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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORIsTING, FEBRUARY 19, 1846.

av cured by their support, and they knew his opinions, he
ehould deem it an honour of the highest kind.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. C. HEALY SN ished to ask Mr. Finch whether he would
oppose the Mil itia Bill ?
Mr. Fixcii hoped rothing would occur to disturb the peace
we now enjoy, but should there arise a necessity for embody-
ing the militia, he certainly could not say he would oppose
any law for carrying out that object.—{hear.)
The Max SIIXRIFF having called upon the electors to
propose any other person whom they might think fit to
represent them, and there being no response, declared Mr.
Finch duly elected.
Mr. FINCH having been girt with a sword, said, having de-
tained them so long already, he would then only declare his
gratitude for the honour conferred.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Sheriff, after which
the new Member was chaired round the town, accompanied
by a large multitude, who occasionally cheered most voci-
ferously.

IRELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
DUBLIN, FEB. 14.—The Cork Reporter continues to take a
gloomy view of the prospects of the poor according as the

season advances:—
" We adverted in our last (says that journal) to the alarm-
ing prospects of scarcity in the immediate neighbourhood of
this city, then brought under our notice. Subsequent ac-
counts that have reached us tend to confirm our apprehen-
sions as to the immediate approach of a general scarcity of
found patotoes through the country. We may, however,
state on what we deem competent authority, that the pre-
cautionary measures of the Government are on such a scale
as to afford an ample supply of food when the exigency may
arise to require it. The quantity of Indian corn and corn-
meal at present to be del►vered at the ordnance stores is
300,000 bushels; but, should a much greater supply be re-
quired, arrangements have been made by which it can be
readily obtained. This will be at once manufactured at the
Lee Mills and stored, and will be sent from this port in Go-
vernment steamers to where it may be wanted. The terms
upon which it will be disposed of we have not been able to
ascertain, and our impression is that they have not yet been

determined upon."
The miners of the City of Cork and its surrounding vici-
nity have issued a public announcement, stating that, in
consequence of the advanced prices of the common neces-
saries of life, and the prospect of their being scarce and very
dear in summer, they therefore will not work for less than
2s. 6d. per day, or 15s. per Week, after the 12th day of April

next ensuing.
A very influential meeting was held at Youghal on Wed-
nesday last, for the purpose of devising measures to meet and
remedy a state of affairs such as is described in the following

resolution
" That from minute and accurate returns lately taken in
this town and in the country parts of this parish, by direc-
tions of the Poor-law Commissioners, the following appear
to be the deplorable condition and prospects of the people,
namely :—That in the country parts the farmers have no
more than a sufficient supply of potatoes for themselves, that
some of the labourers have almost totally lost their potatoes,
and that most of them have a supply only for the consump-
tion of two months; and that in the town the state of affairs
is still worse, there being an awful amount of destitution,
much sickness, and no adequate employment for either la
bourers or tradespeople, at a time when it is apprehended
that potatoes will soon run up to starvation prices."
The Duke of Devonshire has sent a subscription of 1001. to
the fund for the relief of distress in Dungarvon.
MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF WATERFORD.
" Great sensation," says the Cork Examiner, " has been
created in the neighbourhood of Clashmore, in consequence
of the discovery of a murder, committed on a poor woman
living within a short distance of this place. The body was
found on Monday
.last in a drain, having the breast bone
broken, and showing other serious contusions in various
places. It is understood that she has been separated from
her husband for some time, who has been, in consequence of
certain suspicious circumstances, committed to gaol, waiting
the result of the coroner's inquest."
EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY.
The following account of the execution of this wretched
man is furnished by the reporter of the Freeman's Journal.
Seery, it will be seen, persisted, when on the verge of eter-
nity, in the most solemn terms, to assert his total innocence
of the crime for which he was about to pay the forfeit of
his life :
" MULLIXOAR, FRIDAY EVENLNG.—The die is cast—' the
law has taken its course' and Bryan Seery—the ill-fated,
self-declared, and universally believed innocent Bryan Seery
—is now no more. The following declaration was made, vo-
luntarily made, by the unhappy man on Thursday evening,
in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Savage, the deputy-go-
vernor of the gaol, Mr. Gunning (the prisoner's agent), and
two magistrates of the county, who signed the document :
" County of Westmeath to wit—l, Bryan Seery, now a
prisoner in the gaol of Mullingar, and to be on this day exe-
cuted, do most solemnly and sincerely declare, in the pre-
sence of that God before whom I must shortly appear for
judgment, that I never fired at Sir Francis Hopkins—that I
never committed any act tending to injure him in person or
property—and that I never was cognisant of, or a party to,
any conspiracy to plot or shoot, or injure the said Sir Francis
Hopkins ; and that I am not guilty, directly or indirectly,
of the crime for which lamto be hanged. . .
• "
"This was the declaration preknfed- by the Rev. Mr. Sa-
vage to the Sheriff to vitrieps ;.- and I presume it is the same
document signed, in the presence of the parties alluded to
above, on the previes evening.
" The prisoner, after having spent the whole of Thursday
evening with the Rev. Mr. Savage in religious devotions, re-
tired to bed about eleven o'clock, and slept soundly until six
in the morning, when lie arose, and after attending mass in
the chapel he received the holy communion from the hands
of the Rev. Mr. Savage, whose attention to the poor convict
was unceasing. At six o'clock in the morning the trumpets
of the military were heard all over the town, the men being
under orders for duty at eleven o'clock. The military present
boii.lasgisotoeiclls:lfatulierafonllkowaninird •FieTwmocutmlßLDA 11th ugpt.
Jones ; two troops of the Bth llussars, of 40 rank -and tile
each, commanded by Colonel M'Caul and Lord Killeen ; the
6th Regiment of Foot (stationed in the town), two coin.
panies of the 32d, under the command of Captain Lowe;
v Captain Bathurst •
one company of the 75th coinme
'unuer trl';et—lcouinmand of Messrs'.
and 75 conetele:"--7
eey arm slums. I have never beheld a more awfully
solemn scene. Almost every shop in the town was closed,
yet hardly a soul except the soldiery attended at the execu-
tion! It was a fine unclouded morning; as the day advanced
the clear bright sky proclaimed the return of sr ring.
The streets, as I have already said, were quite deserted, and
the people testified, by their refraining from either cooling
into town, or collecting in crowds in its suburbs, their abhor-
rence of the tragedy. One fact illustrative of this I shall
relate :—A mercantile gentleman, who came from Dublin to
purchase butter, could not get any person to do business with
him, and although the day was that on which the butter
market is held, according to the patent, the market being the
largest in Leinster, there was not a single firkin brought
into town.
"At eleven o'clock the infantry and police were placed in
order in front of the gaol. The unfortunate convict was ac-
companied in his devotions throughout the morning by the
Rev. Mr. Savage, who, since his sentence, has bees most
assiduous and unceasing in his attendance. When the hour
of twelve o'clock had arrived, the Rev. Mr. Savage requested
the sheriff to witness the declaration, of which I have given a
copy above; but that functionary refused. The Rev. Gentle-
man then informed the prisoner that the hour was come for
him ; and the prisoner, taking a crucifix in his hand, said,
I follow Christ, and declare lam an innocent man.' The
Rev. Mr. Masterman, wearing his surplice, then walked with
the prisoner to the scaffold, repeating the Litany of Jesus
aloud. When the prisoner appeared on the drop he • said,
raising the crucifix, and in a calm, loud, and steady tone, and
with an emphasis of awful and terrible solemnity—' I declare
before my Ged that I had neither act, hand, part, or know-
ledge in the crime for which I am going to die here !'
" This declaration, so pronounced, caused a shudder
amongst the soldiery, and the prayer, 'The Lord have
mercy on him,' burst from every lip. A few moments more
and the unhappy man was launched into eternity.
" The body, after the usual time of suspension, was cut
down and placed in the coffin, and then his friends conveyed
it to the late residence of the deceased, in the town of Mullin-
gar, amid the sobbing and burning tears of the townspeople.
Thus ended the fearful tragedy.
"The body will be interred on Sunday in Castletown, and
although not a soul was present at the execution, some hun-
dreds of thousands will, I am assured, accompany poor
Seery's remains to the grave. There was only one magis-
trate of the county (Mr. Uniacke) present. I cannot write
more, for, in common with the whole inhabitants of the
town, I am so shocked at what I have witnessed, that I am
quite nerveless. God grant that I may never again have to
describe such a scene. Gloomy silence now reigns, and all
is tranquil.
" The military will not, I understand, leave town for a day
or two.
" Seery was kept for an hour after the time appointed for
his execution. Sir Guy Campbell was understood to have
said that the delay arose from the expectation of a re-
prieve by the ten o'clock coach."

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
NEAR ANDOVER.
ANDOVER, FEB, 14.—Since our last report of Wednesday's
date, Brealev, the man shot this day week by Shurmur, has
been rather better, and it is hoped now he will eventually
recover. On Thursday last he was ordered by the doctors .50
drops of laudanum at three different periods during the
night, each time he awoke. On Friday he was at times
sensible and rational.
This day (Saturday) Shurmur was brought from Win-
chester Gaol, arriving at the Andover station by 10 o'clock.
At 12 o'clock precisely Mr. Van Santen, the superintendent
of the Andover district, and Mr. J. Blair, of the Winchester
district, brought him before the bench of magistrates—Col.
Ironmonger, the Rev. C. Randolph, and the Rev. C. Dodson.
The witnesses were in attendance.
Mr. W. Smith, surgeon, was the first witness examined.
After being sworn, he deposed that he had seen Brealey that
morning. He was still at the cottage, gedrise ; and at. pre-
sent he believed he was progresaing favourably, but as yet
could not pronounce bim out of danger. Jerobably, by next
Saturday, he might be e
.410-ao if he continued to
improve as he had do el'ist twoday;; yet even then be
would not be suffici ly recovered to be brought up to give
evidence. 4•14 -
By Colonel Ironmonzpr—po.you think:be may be well
enough to berftxamineff laera,by new .Wednes ay week ?
Mr. Stnith4Tserhaptrhe may, if he sots op_as w las he has
done for the lt three days, but I snOuu not,
positively ha wasould. e to say
After some further consultation, Friday, the 27t1; Fel)ru ry.
was fixed for Shurmur's further and final examination ,
which day he is remanded to Winchester Gaol, on that day
to be again brought up to Andover, the examination to coin.:
silence at 10 o'clock in the morning, by which houeall wit=
tresses are summoned to attend.
Shurmur is much altered in his appearance since Monday
last, and expresses great contrition, persisting he did not mean
to shoot Brealey.

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—A return, procured by Mr.
Hume, was issued on Saturday, showing the number of Acta
of Parliament supplied to the public under the promulgation
ordir, and to public departments in Great Britain, iu each
,• • 1935 to 1844, both inclusive. The Acts supplied
ear i frol i
in 1814, under the promulgation order, numbered 505,849,
and to public departments. 43,313.
DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MA ILS.:—POiT-OFFICE.—
By a notice affixed on Monday at the Gener.ilpost-office, the mailsd for
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Oadiz,Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, In
Chine, the Wad Indies, America, Sydney, and New South Wales,
will be dispatched as follows : —This day, Tuesday, the 17th Inst.,
the West Indies, New Grenada, Vigo, and Madeira, will be dispatched
by the Tweed. The Peninsular will also on the same (this) day be
conveyed by the Pacha. The Mediterranean. Egypt, India, China,
with the Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, lonian Isles, &c., via Southamp-
ton, by the Oriental. The next mail for India, via Marseilles, will be
t , dispatchedtzne on Tuesday, the 24th inst. On Saturday, the 28th inst.,
.0.„......ae1, the 3rd ofybiaNreehr South Wales, &c., by the Agincourt. On Tuesday,
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BATTERSEA-FIELDS.
The fifth report (to the Queen's most excellent Majesty)
the
of
the Commissioners appointed by warrant, bearing date
23d November, 1842, " to inquire into and consider the most
effectual means of improving the metropolis, and of providing
increased facilities of communication within the same.
In the year 1843, in connexion with the inquiries insti-
tuted by this Commission into the practicability of an em-
bankment of the north side of the Thames between Batter-
sea and Vauxhall-bridges, the attention of your Majesty's
Commissioners was very earnestly directed to the expediency
of purchasing and appropriating to the purposes ex a public
park a portion of the large and yet unoccupied space known
as Battersea-fields, on the south or Surrey side of the river.
The course, however, which your Majesty's Commissioners
had prescribed to themselves imposed upon them the duty of
disposing, in the first place, of those measures which had
either in themselves been recommended by Select Com-
mittees of the house of Commons, or had in principle, re-
ceived the sanction of Parliament, or of those which, as in
the case of the embankment already adverted to, involved
the expediency of making the interests of individual pro-
prietors instrumental in promoting objects of great public
importance as regards the convenience, the health, and the
recreation of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and in respect
to which any delay might tend to endanger such chances of
their accomplishment as the conjoint application of private
contributions and public funds might present.
The proposed improvement in Battersea-fields was not
urged as a measure which fell under any of the conditions.
The principle of securing open spaces for the public Is, indeed,
so sound in itself, and so important in its bearings, that your
Majesty's Commissioners could not fail to acknowledge it ;
but, with the mass of evidence before them showing the de-
fective condition, in other most essential particulars of many
portions of the town, your Majesty's Commissioners would
have felt great difficulty in giving practical encouragement to
the snlject of this report, except under the peculiar circum-
stances which now appear to them to render the project de•
serving of the early consideration of your Majesty's Govern-
ment and of Parliament.
The appropriation of Battersea-fields,' originally urged
upon this Commission by Mr. Thomas Cubitt (in his evidence
delivered before the Commissioners in 1843), was subse-
quently pressed upon its attention by the Hon. and Rev.
Robert Eden, as vicar of Battersea. And though the opinions
of these gentlemen were found to differ widely in respect to
the expense of such a project as originally proposed, and as
to the many requisite details, yet they were strongly concur-
rent not only as to the objectionable purposes to which, in its
present state, the locality is made available, but also as to all
the considerations which bore upon the expediency of con-
verting it into a place of healthful and well Tegulated resort,
and of securing for the public a site in which unusual facili-
ties are afforded for the recreation of all classes.
Your Majesty's Commissioners obtained from these parties, I
in evidence, all that could reasonably be expected from them.
The estimates of Mr. Eden were submitted to them without
any pretensions to professional accuracy ; and the testimony
of Mr. Cubitt was unaccompanied by plans or general esti-
mates of any kind, it being understood that Mr. Cubitt's re-
commendation of the proposed improvement was offered on
public grounds alone, and not in his capacity of builder, or of
one in any way disposed to mix himself up in its execution
as matter of pecuniary gain or speculation.
Your Majesty's Commissioners, however, found enough
in this evidence to justify them in making the project of a
park at Battersea the subject of further investigation, and
they accordingly instructed their professional officer, Mt.
Pennethorne, in communication with the gentleman alreadr
named, to examine carefully the locality, to inform himself
of the greatest extent of ground advantageously available for
the purpose, the various tenures to which it was held sub-
ject, and the prices at which any portions of it had been
recently sold ; and to lay before them a plan and estimate,
showin the result of these 'inquiries, and the mode in which
the site g proposed might be most profitably and beneficially
appropriated.
The result of these proceedings was to bring. under the
consideration of your Majesty's Commissioners, in the first
instance, three plans, viz., that of Mr. Eden, embracing a
site of 313 acres ; a plan of Mr. Pennethorne, comprising 179
acres; and a plan designed to represent the principle of a
terrace only, by the river side, comprising an area of not more
than 96 acres. Each of these plans occupied an equal, or
very nearly equal, frontage to the river.
Upon a careful examination of these, with reference to the
mode of appropriation which each would best admit of, Mr.
Pennethorne was of opinion that the ultimate cost to the
public of the first plan would be about 52,0001. ; of the
second, 30,0001. ; and of the third, 26,0001. The saving in
the last two of these cases being, in fact, effected by a cor-
responding sacrifice of those advantages which, in the opi-
nion of this Commission, would give to the project its chief
recommendation as a public measure.
Your Majesty's Commissioners, however, think it right to
state that, even if it could have been effected without the
sacrifice of any of these advantages, they should have hesi-
tated in the present state of their proceedings, and under the
circumstances to which they have already adverted, to re-
commend the formation of a park at Battersea, with the pros-
pect of an ultimate loss to the public even of the smallest
of the sums above mentioned.
It only remained, therefore, for your Majesty's Commis-
sioners to consider whether any measures were in progress,
or could be usefully devised, in connexion with the appro-
priation of the ground at Battersea to the purposes of a park, ,
which might deserve encouragement from your Majesty's
Government, and which, while it should involve no addition
lo the ultimate cost of acquiring the requisite site, would
nevertheless, have its influence upon the value of such por-
tions as should be subsequently appropriated to building
purposes, and afford, either to the public or to private
speculators, the prospect of an adequate return for their
money.
Your Majesty's Commissioners have adverted, in the se-
cond of their reports, to a project (promoted by a public
company) connected with the proposed embankment between
Battersea and Vauxhall, for constructing a bridge across
the Thames, in continuation of the extension of Sloane-
street to the river side. They requested the attention of
Mr. Bird, the engineer to the company, and they examined
quirt'. From the 01.611-6 oY Alrl All'l4"inibrdS4 in;
promoters of this measure have no Bill before Parliament ;
that the estimates are based upon the assumption that the
embankment will be first completed ; and that the proceed-
ings of the Company are, in fact, dependent very much upon
the proceedings of that improvement.
As the estimates of Mr. Pennethorne, in the first instance,
had been made irrespectively of any such communication
between the Surrey and Middlesex shores of the river, your
Majesty's Commissioners instructed him to revise them, as-
suming such a communication—either as matter of private
and separate speculation, or as part of the measure imme-
diately under their consideration—to be completed, and the
land to be brought into immediate contiguity with the ex-
tensive and highly valuable portions of the town formed of
late years west of Hyde- park-corner.
In pursuance of these instructions, Mr. Pennethorne pre-
pared and laid before this Commission the plan which ac-
companies this report, comprising in the whole an area of 320
acres; and the result of a revision of his estimates upon the
basis of the erection of a bridge (but exclusively of the cost
of embanking the river) exhibited a probable outlay in pur-
chasing and laying out the ground for the park, of 154,2501.,
and a probable return for this expenditure of 179,2501., mak-
ing a balance in favour of the undertaking of about '25,000/.
We think it right to state, however, that an embankment of
the frontage to the river would appear to be an essential fea-
ture of this plan, and that the coat of such embankment
would absorb the large portion of that balance.
In pursuance, also, of instructions received from this Com-
mission, Mr. Page, who, as civil engineer, is employed on the
embankment recommended on the Chelsea side of the river,
laid before her Majesty's Commissioners designs and
estimates of three descriptions of bridge, to form the com-
munication between the Middlesex and Surrey shores, at the
point already referred to—one of brick, having seven arches,
and being 42 feet iu width, the cost of which he estimated at
50,000/. ; one of timber, on piers of brick, having five arches,
and being of similar width, estimated to cost 35,000/. ; and a
suspension-bridge of iron, not exceeding 35 feet in width
(being that of the bridge at Hammersmith), the execution of
which he considered to be practicable at from 45,000/. to
50,0001.--contingencies in each included.
Your Majesty's Commissioners were of opinion that, in
principle, a suspension-bridge presented the most eligible
mode of crossing the river, as admitting, from the thinness
of its floor, of a better headway to the traffic on the river,
in conjunction with an easier inclination of the roadway
above; and as involving the smallest practical diminution of
the navigable channel. Assuming each of the proposed
bridges to have the same height and inclination of roadway,
theatre
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llaving regard, however, to the possible requirements of the
traffic, both by land and water, your Majesty's Commis-
missioners instructed Mr. Page to revise his estimates, sub-
ject to certain conditions given to him for his guidance; any
from the result it appears, that allowing 24 feet 9 inches for
the headway above high water, and 40 feet for the width of
the road and footways between the respective shores, such a
bridge may be constructed at an expense not exceeding in
the whole the sum of 60,0001.
Your Majesty's Commissioners thought it their duty,
nevertheless, to inform themselves whether there were any
application of the principle of suspension, differing from
the mode which prevails in the construction of such bridges
in this kingdom, which could be resorted to with less ex-
pense, and with a prospect of equal durability, and the
adoption of which would be justified by the existence of
known and approved examples in other countries; and if
so, what would be the probable cost of such a structure in
the present case, as compared with a suspension-bridge
similar to that at Hammersmith. For this purpose they
referred, as will be seen from the evidence, to Mr. William
Tierney Clark, the civil engineer employed in the construe •
tion of that bridge, and extensively acquainted with
similar operations in foreign countries. From the report of
Mr. Clark, it appears that he is not aware of any modifica-
tion of the principle of suspension as at present applied in
this kingdom, the adoption of which he would deem advisa-
ble in the present instance; and that he estimates the pro-
bable cost of a bridge ur on the ordinary principle, over a
water way of 750 feet, at Battersea, in width not less than
35 feet, and in the centre 23 feet above high water (Trinity
datum), at about 45,000/. Looking to this testimony, there-
fore, in conjunction with that of Mr. Bird (already referred
to), which probably includes a sum for expenses beyond
the outlay upon the structure only, the sum of 60,0001, the
amount of Mr. Page's estimate, may be taken as the pro-
bable outside cost of a communication across the river,
amply sufficient for all the possible requirements for this
locality.
Any estimate of the probable return for this expenditure,
your lajesty'e Commissioners are aware, must at the presept
moment be conjectural ; and it must be admitted that expe-
rience in the case of such of the bridges connected with the
mtdheit:rpooposedalipstpeoas are at present dependent upon tolls, is not en-
couraging to speculations of this nature; but looking to the
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constructed over the river at Chel-
sea, in immediate connexion with thesareposed embankment
of the river on its northern shore, ant! with the site referred
before
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thorne,to i n tll et
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ef parka at finan-
cial point of view alone, well deserving the attentionne of your
Majesty's Government.
The Commissioners feel, moreover, that while the inha-
bitants of the rich districts on the west and south-west of
London possess the advantages of the older parka—Hyde-
park, the Green-park, and St. James's-park—largely im-
proved and opened as they have been in later years; while
the inhabitants of the northern district, the borough of
Marylebone, have within the last quarter of a century
been provided with the vast field for recreation and health
which the Regent's-park supplies; and while the eastern
districts of London have now the prospect of similar enjoy-
ment in the Victoria-park, the south of London has never
possessed such means and area of exercise and pleasure. The
whole, or at Wit tho western pea of Soutlorea, he
the

whole of Lambeth, may be considered as likely to benefit by
the formation of a park on the south or right bank of the
river, in the position of Battersea• fields, while the erection
of a bridge on the site proposed would extend the advan-
tage to a large population on the northern or Mid-
dlesex shore of the river. The comforts thus opened
to the vast and crowded masses of the metropolis would,
by the great highway of the river, be made available
to them in the cheapest, easiest and quickest mode
by steam navigation, or very conveniently by land convey-
ance along the terraces. It is ne little recommendation of
this scheme, in the eyes of your Majesty's Commissioners,
that the realisation of this project would put alt end to the
scenes of demoralisation which the existing almost lawless
state of the locality presents daily, and chiefly on Sundays.
This consideration is strengthened by the feeling that the
places now disgraced by every kind of profligacy may hence-
forth be made a scene of happy and healthy enjoyment to
large masses of your Majesty's subjects, now for weeks to-
gether pent up in the close alleys of this metropolis ; and
your Majesty's Commissioners feel more anxious to impress
at this time the importance of the plan proposed upon your
Majesty's Government, inasmuch as every year's delay is
likely to add materially to the expense of effecting it, by the
increased value which every acre of land in the environs of
London is constantly acquiring by the gradual extension of
its limits. On these various grounds, therefore, the Com-
missioners are disposed to recommend to the early and fa-
vourable consideration of your Majesty, subject to the con-
ditions herein detailed, the plan for a park on the present
site of Battersea-fields, in connexion with a bridge over the
Thames in the same locality, and with the embankment of
the northern shore of the river, which forms the subject of
their second report.
(Signed) LINCOLN, and the other Commissioners.
Whitehall-place, July 23, 1845.

GIBRALTAR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—As up to this day I believe we are tie latest arrival
from Gibraltar, and as an old subscriber to The Sun, I have
troubled you with a few lines, to say that upon leaving
Gibraltar, on the 31st ult., the steamer from England, due
about the 23d or 24th, had not arrived. The steamer with
the outward-bound India mail arrived there on the 31st.
Her Majesty's ship Canopus was there, 17 days from Eng-
land, and was to sail on the 2cl for the West Indies with the
38th Regiment.
There has been a continuance of heavier westerly gales
than had been known for years in the Mediterranean ; all
the ships spoken with had very long passages.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
C. P., Royal Yacht schooner Circassian.
Devonport, Feb. 15, 1846.

THE REV. I. M. CHANTER, M.A.,
VICAR OF ILFRACOMBE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Snt,—When I inform you that the Rev. I. M. Chanter,
♦icar of this parish, this day administered the sacrament of
the Holy Communion, also performed part of the morning
sei vice, and preached from St. Luke, ch. viii. v.ls,in the parish
church of Ilfracombe, you may reasonably suppose that the
representation in a paragraph of last evening's edition of The
Sun is incorrect therefore I feel assured that you will not
allow a day's publication to pass by without giving a
positive and direct denial to the assertion that the Rev. I.
M. Chanter, Vicar of Ilfracombe, has " conformed to the
Roman Church."
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ROBERT WILLIAM DICKINSON, Portreeve.
Ilfracombe, Feb. 15, 1846.
P.S. Perhaps you will have no objection to name the
authority which induced you to publish the paragraph above
referred to.
[The paragraph in question was copied from the Daily
News.]

THE GREENWICH MURDER.
On Saturday, at half-past 12 o'clock, the prisoners William
Richardson and Ann Maria Richardson, his daughter, ar-
rived in the prison van from Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, and
were shortly afterwards placed in the felons' dock, at the
police-court, before Mr. Grove, the sitting magistrate. The
Court was opened soon after 10 o'clock.
The Rev. Robert Mayne was examined, and he said that
he is the first assistant to Professor Airey, the Astronomer
Royal at the Observatory, and resides at Park- terrace,
Maize-hill, Greenwich. In the absence of the Astronomer
Royal he acts in all respects for him. The male prisoner
was one of the assistants. Richardson had leave of absence
granted him on Saturday morning, the 14th of June, to Sun-
day evening, the 6th of July last, and was suspended from
his occupation at the Observatory about the 27th of October.
Frances Mills, housekeeper to Mr. Charles Robins, under-
taker, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, deposed, that she recollects
a gentleman coming for a coffin. He asked for a small one,
and she was sorry that neither Mr. Robins nor his man was
at home. She said that there were some small ones on the
shelf, and pointed to them, two in number. The prisoner
said one was too small, the other might do. The man then
came in. The prisoner is the person who bought it.
Thomas Grace confirmed this witness's testimony.
Jones, a labourer, who was examined on a former day,
said the hole was open on the Saturday night, when he was
paid his money. He saw it open at 6 o'clock. Richardson
came in with a bundle. He was quite certain the hole was
open ; four other men were waiting for wages at the time.
He went again on the Monday following, when the hole was
filled up. (If this witness be correct, the hole must have been
dug before the death of the infant.)
William Stanton, surgeon, deposed that he attended the
female prisoner in June, 1845, at the request of Mrs. Richard-
son. He had subsequently conversed with Mrs. Richardson,
and was led to believe from circumstances that she was preg-
nant, and left off his visits. Richardson said she had not her
occasional visitations, which was the reason of her illness, and
he subsequently felt satisfied she was enciente, when he did
not repeat his visits. In October he attended the male pri-
soner for a serious illness. He was labouring under ulcerated
sarn.tl2Ma.t.nWidgefttelina= giriarSAftagildientring
family-way, and admitted that he was the father of the child.
He sad that society would view it as a great moral crime, and he
should lose his situation at the Observatory, and that the
child lived only a few days.
Mrs. Reynolds, the nurse, deposed further to-day, namely,
that on the day the child was taken ill there was a cup on
the hearth containing rusks, or tops and bottoms. No milk
was used. She was called next morning by Mrs. Richard-
son, at four o'clock, and told the child was dead. She went
up and found it lying in the bed beside its mother. Mr.
Richardson came again the next day. Witness put the body
in the coffin.
Mr. Riches, of London-street, Greenwich, apothecary, de-
posed that he lent Mr. Richardson some building plane in
April list, as he told witness that he was going into York-
shire in order to have some houses built on his property.
The plans were returned after Midsummer. The arsenic
must have been purchased by Richardson subsequently to his
returning the plans.
William Cross, registrar of births and deaths, said no cer-
tificate had been presented to him, and consequently no
entry made, in the name of Theodore Horatio Robinson, or
Richardson.
Dr. Leeson, in addition to his former evidence, said that he
had since completed all the experiments for the purpose of
ascertaining the quantity of arsenic present in that portion of
the body he had examined, and it amounted to four rains
and about one•tenth of a grain. The immediate effect of
arsenic greatly depended upon the mode in which it is ad-
ministered, the feod or substance in which it may be mixed,
and the contents of the stomach at the time of swallowing it.
Two letters were here read by Mr. Ffincb, the chief clerk,
dated the 16th and the 26th of September, found upon the
male prisoner when apprehended by Sergeant Wilson, at
Pocklington, Yorkshire. One was from his wife, and the
other from the female prisoner. The first related to the
labour pains, written by the prisoner's wife, and the other
about the child's illness, and were calculated to lead an in-
different person astray as to the motives of the writers.
This being the whole of the evidence adduced to-day,
Mr. GROVE rose from his seat, and addressing the male
prisoner, said—William Richardson, you have been already
found guilty, under the verdict of a coroner's jury, of wilful
murder. You will now leave this court, and be committed
to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court on the
23d of this present month. You are no longer charged with
the mere concealment of the birth and death of the child.
but the awful and deliberate crime of wilful murder, under
the most atrocious circumstances. And you, Ann Maria
Richardson, stand committed also as an accessory to the
deed.
The prisoners were then removed from the dock into the
reserve-room, where they commenced conversation together;
and, in answer to something that was said by the female
prisoner, the father patted her on the shoulder and laughed
as though nothing serious bad occuared.
and I

We regret to hear that General Lord Bloomfield,
Commandant at Woolwich, continues indisposed.
We have to announce the demise of Viscountess
Doneraile, who expired last week at the Noble Viscount's
seat, in the county of Cork. Her Ladyship Is as daughter of
the late Earl of Bandon, and was married, in 1816, to the
present Viscount Doneraile, by whom her Ladyship has left
one son, the Hon. Hayes St. Leger. The Bishop of Killaloe
and other families of distinction have been placed in mourning
by her Ladyship's demise.
HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.—The Earl of Ross-
lynn, Lord Sheffield, several military officers in garrison at
Windsor, and a field of upwards of two hundred and fifty
were at the meet on Friday at Beaconsfield. It being the
day on which the February fair is held in that town, the
foot people included a mob of between 1,200 and 1,500 of the
yokels of the neighbouring villages. The celebrated little
deer Sailor, which was selected for the day's sport, upon
being uncarted near Holtspur Gate, took away in beautiful
style towards Holtspur Bottom, doubling to the right of the
village of Penn, through Penn Wood to Wycomb Common.
where it was headed back through the wood to Penn-street.
Sailor then went right a-head, at a racing pace, crossing part
of Shardeloes Park, on to Amersham, and was taken at Wil-
den Gate, near the town, after one of the best runs this sea-
son, of an hour stud twenty minutes. Upwards of one hun
dred were up at the finish. The meet to-day will be at the
Grand Stand at Ascot, and on Friday at the Magpies on
Hounslow-heath. There will be a by-day on Wednesday.
The fixture has not yet been made public.
SUICIDE THROUGH MATRIMONIAL DIFFERENCES.—
On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Queen's Head
Fashion-street, Spitalfields, on view of the body of Mrs.
Eliza Blount, aged 41, the wife of a respectable chemist an.i
druggist, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, who committed suicide.
Mr. Griffin, 47, Red Lion-street, Spitalfields, grocer and
oilman, said that the deceased was his wife's sister. She bar.
b&ii living at his house for the last three months, having
separated from her husband, on account of difference, which
had long existed. During the last few days she had ale.
peered very unhappy. The previous morning, about sever:
o'clock, his wife went, up to deceased's room to call her, when
upon not finding her, she informed witness, who proceededto
another room, where he discovered her suspended by a box
cord. He cut her down, eekkent for Mr. Hart, surgeon.
Union-street, who, upon examining qe deceased, pronounce(
life to be extinct. Verdict—Teinporary Insanity.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a
select circle at dinner on Saturday last, iy,e'lbeir mansion in
Carton-house-terrace. The Noble Visc9fanfeoeceived com-
pany at a subsequent period of the eviWg.• '
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknoitlefilges the
receipt of a 501.-note (No. 51,567,. 21st May, 1844), 4opit " Con-
science." This money will be plactd to the' public aceouittown-
lug-street, Feb.l6.
On Monday morning therremains Jeremidh Vence
btark, and Helen Stark, his young wife, whom lfe murder After-
wards destroying himself, were buried in one grave in, the Tower
Hamlets Cemetery, near Bow.
SUDDEN ATTACK OF ILLNESS.—T. 11.4-14ps, Esq.,
veryo ralrarmENicngzestalNte.
ST. .TAMER'S
jlihmipEpss,swpasAautzt.he ;31
the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions held at Warminster, Wilts,
was attacked with a fit of paralysis on Monday, and remains in a
the Petty Sessions at Westbury.
y, thaet
used notices of offences in the Park duringmonth
same
timeat Saturday, sittinga
n
posted at all the principal entrances of thehi l the past
esw!t.
c osure of St. J
Park, by order of the Commissioners of Wood. Forests.am
One
individual was committed for three months anddin ee
above park. A second case is named of a femaleor ln
indecency in
to
drown herself; she was handed to her Iliends, who promised to place
her in some asylum. The notices haying been issued throughout the
parks has been the means of almost entirely checking the many acts
e( egleeeecy that were WWI, tales placc.

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 15.—The Myrtle steam-vessel, with the
crew of the Princess Alice steam-vessel, came round to
Woolwich from Dover last week, and were transferred to
the latter vessel under Commander L. Smithett, and re-
turned to Dover to resume their duties in the Princess Alice,
now ready for sea, and employed on that station.
The Phcenix steam-frigate, Captain John Robe, has been
placed under orders to convey Captain Hennis's company, 2d
battalion of the Royal Artillery, to Jersey, to relieve Captain
Dupuid's company, Bth battalion.
The Garland, iron steam-vessel, building at Blackwell for
the packet service, on the Dover station, will be launched on
the 26th instant.
The Sphinx, steam-vessel, built in the slip next to the
Royal Albert, 120 guns, in Woolwich Dockyard, will be
launched on Thesday next, the lith instant.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—The Right Hon. Lord Ellenbo-
rough, First Lord of the Admiralty, has announced his in-
tention to Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Ilart., the Commander-in-
Chief, of visiting this port to-morrow (Saturday). His Lord-
ship is expeced to arrive at the Royal Clarence victualling
establishment, Gosport, at five o'clock.
No announcement has been received of his Lordship's in-
tention to bold a levee, but a distinguished party of guests
(1.8 in number) are invited to dine with his Lordship at seven
o'clock to-morrow evening, at the George Hotel.
The Retribution, steam -frigate, dropped down from her
moorings alongside the Alfred this morning to moorings
abreast of the King's-stairs. She has 500 tons of coals on
board.
The Janus, steam-sloop, was hauled down from her posi-
tion opposite the new slips last night, and moored alongside
the dockyard for the convenience of the workmen.
The Speedy, 2, Lieutenant Commander Spong, having re-
fitted, sailed this morning for the eastward, taking supernu-
meraries for the Snake, Electra, and Scout.
The Emerald, tender, sailed to-day for Devonport with
newly-raised men.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, and the Chil-
ders, 16, preparing for the pendant, will be undocked to-
morrow, and the Alfred, 50, will take their place to be expe-
dited for speedy. re-commission.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, will go out of the
basin to-morrow.
The Scourge, steam-bomb-vessel, Commander Ca. in, is
coming into harbour on Monday to repair damages caused by
tiring hermortar on Tuesday.
SUNDAY, Fan. 15.—LordEllenborough, First Lord of the
Admiralty, and Rear-Admiral Bowles, accompanied by the
Hon. H. T. L. Corry, First Secretary to the Admiralty, and
Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and Archi-
tectural Work, arrived yesterday afternoon at three o'clock
by the ordinary express train of the South-Western Railway,
to pay a visit to this port.
Their Lordships were received at the Royal Clarence Vic-
tualling Establishment by Captain Carter, R.N. superinten-
dent ; Mr. Town master attendant, and Mr. T. T. Grant,
F.R.S., storekeeper, and by these officers conducted over the
establishment.
At about half-past 8 their Lordships entered the Ad-
miralty barge (which had been in waiting some time in
charge of Flag-Lieutenant Morris), and went on board the
Rattler, Commander Smith, when the process of unshipping
the screw through the deck was exhibited to their Lord-
ships, who also went into the engine-room and inspected the
machinery, which having done, they left the Rattler, entered,
the barge, and crossed over to the King's-stairs of the dock-
yard, where their Lordships were received by Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Ad-
miral Hyde Parker, Superintendent of the Dockyard,
Captain Sir Richard Grant (Flag Captain), and the
Captains and Commanders of all the ships in commission,
together with the dockyard officers, who escorted their Lord-
ships round the establishment. They inspected the various
storehouses, the new ships building, the new steam basin, &c.
Their Lordships left the dockyard at five o'clock, and pro-
ceeded to the George Hotel, where the First Lord entertained
at dinner the following officers ;—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
Bart.; Rear-Admiral Parker Rear-Admiral Bowles, Cap.
taro Carter, Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Yard and
Hasler Hospital; the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P.,
Captain Brandreth, R.E. ; Captain Sir Richard Grant, of the
St.. Vincent; Colonel Jones, Commandant of the Portsmouth
Division of Royal Marines; Captain Denison, Officer of
Royal Engineers in charge of works ; Captain Corry, of the
Superb ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent ; Captain Lushing-
ton, of the Retribution; Captain Seymour, of the Carysfort ;
Captain MoubrayA of the Victory; and four other officers,
whose names we could not obtain.
This morning their Lordships left the Sallyport in the
Admiralty barge, and went on board the Rattler screw
steam-sloopt-,at Fen o'clock, and steamed out to Spithead to
attend church 'on board the Superb, 80, Captain Corry.
After church their Lordships partook of a dejeune on board
with Captain' Corry.
Their Lordships returned into harbour about three, and
inspected the new works of defence in progress at Block-
house, the,powder magazine at Priddy's Hard, the Excel-
lenftunnery-shipa&c.
Their Lordships, together with the Hon. Mr. Corry, Sir
William Symons„,eurveyor cdthe navy, Major-General Sir
Hercules andatLady Pakenham, Rear-Admiral Parker, Capt.
Sir RicharcbGrant, Captain Chads, Captain Corry, Captain
Brown, R.N., M,rs. Brown, Captain Brandreth, Mr
Richard Haig, secretary to Sir Charles 041 e ; and Flag-
Lieutenant Morris, dine this evening with Sir Charles Ogle,
and the family circle, atliiheeAdmiraltv• house.
Every preparation•was made by Sit... Richard Grant, and the
other captains, to alien yards and salute, but their Lordslrips
declined to be ed honoured, and no Announcement was made
of their arrival, except a salute of 10 guns from the platform
battery. The Admiralty: flag has not beenloisted.
The Alfred, 50, was docked yesterday to be brought for •
ward foe re- commission +with all dispatch.
The Retribution, steam-frigate, Captain Lushington,
moved down to moorings opposite the King's-stairs, on Fri-
day. An accident, which might have been attended with
most disastrous consequences, but for itstimely discovery,
occurred on board this ship on Friday evening. The gallery
fire burnt through the deck into the coal-bunkers, which
are immediately underneath, and set fire to them. Fortu-
nately the discovery was made in time, or the ship might
--•- ‘-sss seriously injured,„ if not destroyed, by the " de-
vouring element. rbs has bean talc cu vat arm graced
in a dockyard lump alongside the ship, where all cooking,
&c., is now being,done, while the damages caused by the
fire are beingrepatred.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, was taken out of
the basin yesterday, to her hulk on the Gosport side.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, and the
Childers, 16, were undockei yesterday.
The Cambrian, 36, will bd brought down to-morrow, to be
prepared for r e-commission.
The surveyor of the navy, Captain Sir W. Symonds, is at
,hls port in attendance upon the Lords of the Admiralty.
PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenant—Sir W. S. Wiseman, of the Excellent, to the
rank of Commander.
Mates—L. IL Hammett (1810), G.Greathead
(1840), H. B. King (1842), R. Dew (1842), and H. Boys
(1843), to the rank of Lieutenant.
.APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—Sir T. Herbert, K.C.8., to the Raleigh.
Commander—W. Horton, to the Cygnet, vice Leyton.
Lieutenants—R. L. Curtis, from the Hibernia, to the
Virago; W. C. Forsyth, from the Hibernia to the Botetta ;
11. Bailey, from the Hibernia to the Hecla ; J. B. Kinsman,
to the Ferret ; 11. King, to the Agincourt ; H. G. Simpson,
and A. Wilmshurst. to the Excellent; G. H. H. Greathead,
to the Harlequin ; H. F. W. Ingram, to the Raleigh.
Surgeon—James Smith (b), from the Inconstant, to the
Warspite, in exchange with John Campbell.
Chaplain—Rev. E. S. Phelps, to the Caledonia, rice
Payne, to Plymouth Hospital.
Assistant-Surgeon C. N. Wilkinson, to the Cyclops.
Mates—W. M. K. Joliffe, and C. Poles, from the Virago,
to the Hibernia ; C. Vesey, to the Rapid; F. W. Smith, to
the Terrible; F. Rooke, to the St. Vincent.
Midshipman—R. B. Oldfield, to the Excellent.
Clerk in Charge—lL Conquer, to the Speedy.
Naval Cadets—A. H. Crainser, to the Wanderer; R.
Wright, and C. R. Bloxam, to the Hibernia.
Clerk—J. S. Hopper, to the Wanderer.
Gunners-4. Donovan, to the Ferret ;W. Hurst, to the
Cyclops.

COAST GUARD.
Removals—Commander T. C. Sver, Inspecting Comman-
der of Chifden district, to Gorey district, vice Lieutenant
Boileau, previously removed k Lieutenant J. P. Brouncker,
in command of Straith's station, to Coatham station, vice
Stubbin, previously removed.
ROYAL DIARIXES.

First Lieutenant—G. Drury, from the Warspite to the
Inconstant, in exchange with Second-Lieutenant W. B.
Haberfield.
Second-Lieutenant—R. F. Tucker, to be first, vice Arnold,
who retires on half-pay.

1 844. Dbouutkiyt airscl oiy,lesy
LAUNCH OF TOE SPHYNX STEAM-FRIGATE.—This beautiful vessel,
built
evening.
in hiay,
the last
built from the designs of Sir William Symonds, Surveyor-General of
thea er Nkae ve
ly
w, launchedWoolwich
few weeks that any extraordinary exertions have been used to com-
plete her, and during this latter period the men have been almost in-
laid
cessantly at work upon her. se that her progress has lately been very
remarkable. The preparations made for launching her were under
the direction of 0. Lang, Esq., the master builder. Notwithstand-
ing the lateness of the evening, and the unfavourable state of the
weather, there were about 1,000 persons present at the launch,
amongst whom were Sir P. Collier, C. 8., the captain superintendent
of the Dock-yard, Colonel Barney, commanding royal engineer, and
several officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines. The dog
Shores were knocked away, and at 5 minutes before 5 o'clock, the
vessel, which appeared at first to bang- a little, owing to the very
gradual inclination of the ways, went off slowly into her native ele-
ment, amidst the cheers of the workmen. She was brought up at a
few yards' distance in the river. From her mould she promises to be
a vessel of considerable speed. She will be towed round to Mr.
Penn's factory, at Deptford, where her engines will be immediately
fitted. The following are the dimensions of the Sphynx :
it. in.
Length between perpendiculars .... 180 0
Keel for tonnage
Breadth (extreme) ..
„ for tonnage ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • . 35 84
„ moulded. • •
Depth in held -•••••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • -• • • 20 11
Burthen in tong, 1,061 12-94.
Her armament, which will be put on board as soon as her engines
are fixed, will be as follows :
2 ••• • • • 42 pounders ••• • • • 84 cwt. (pivot guns.)
2 ...... 83 ~ 64 „
2 ••• • .. 42 „ .. 22 „
The Garland steam-vessel, building at Mr. Fletcher's yard at
Limehouse, will be launched on the 26th inst. She is building under
the superintendence of Mr. 0. Lang, inn., and is inu
tended to be
placed with the line of packets that run between Dover, Calais, and
Ostend.
The Devastation had her steam up this afternoon in the inner
basin, to try her engines.

LOSS OF THE STEADFAST AND
ARETHUSA,
usgdalen Islands, Dec. 26, 1845.
Sir,—When I last wrote to you I advised the report of a ship being
uebec, stol, r
Steadfast,John Adams. master, from Q
on shore at Brion Island, since which that report has been confirmed
by apart of the crew having reached me. She proves to be the
ti ship
and deal laden. The captain and five of the crew remain there for
the purpose of saving the materials, &c.
I have also to report the loss of the barque Arethusa, of Marypert,
Wm. Lester, master, from Montreal, bound to Plymouth, flour and
wheat laden, abandoned by the crew in their long boat on the
ing, all of the crew being
evening of the 7th December, when about 30 miles N.W. of the
Magdalen Islands, and landed on Brion sland the following even-
s° severely frozen they will have to re-
main here during the winter.
I have also further to acquaint you that Brion Island is not in-
habited, and from the exhausted state in which the latter crew
landed, being unable to save their boat and without provisions, every
soul must have inevitably
perished had they not fortunately met the
crew of the former ship still there.—l have the honour to be your
obedient servant,
barque Mar (Sig,ned) LLOYD'S AGENT.
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. •
The agent to Lloyd's, at Portland, Unit
on edshore Statnear Baile es, referringy's Mis to the
in November last, states that a Practice exists amongst the English
y, of London, having got
and American masters of vessels bound to that port, seeking aid
from indirect sources rather than to the authorised persons, such as
the Consul-General, Sec. -----

To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following
query is proposed.—Why do all the first cutlers of Europe use and
recommend Saunders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop? The answer
is, simply because it is the Only one that gives to a razor a keen and
smooth edge. Manufactory, 705. ~_strand,
MELANCHoLT SUDDEN ITEATE....T. - regret to an-
nounce the sudden death of Mr. Edward Jorey, clerk in her Ma-
jesty's dockyard at this port. Deceased was In the not of preparing
to go to the gveulag service 01 St. John's Chapel iii Stllll,ty last,
when he complained that he felt a pain in his chest, and almost
instantly expired. lis was universally respected, Dem Port
Telegraph.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 18.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to (Iv a the
Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were '47,ori.
Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court
and the Right Honourable Thomas Pemberton Leigh, tke Chancellot
of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with oolostia
nd ecclesiastical appeals of no general interest.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 18.
The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day.
Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the part-heard poll
tion in the matter of Britten.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb.' 18.
The Vice-Chancellor of England took causes to-day, none of which
possessed any particulars ofinterest.

COUR?' OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 18.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.)
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
SMITH V. LORD FERRER&
This case, at least that portion of it which was yesterday opened
for the defendant by the long and laboured speech of the Attorney-
General, and subsequently supported by the evidence adduced up to
the rising of the Court, has caused it to take an almost novel and extraor-
dinary turn, and the interest it had at first created appeared this morning
to have increased tenfold. The rush of the crowd at the doors was tremen-
dous, and in a moment after they were throvrn open every part of
the Court was filled ; but precautions had been taken to prevent
the passages being filled as they were yesterday. The Solicitor-
General, who is leading counsel for Miss Smith, and who did not ap-
pear in Court either on Monday or yesterday, took his place this

morning at the sitting of the Court.
Devereux Shirley, Esq., was the first witness called—l am the
only brother of Lord Ferrers. I was with my regiment in Scotland
in 1844. I joined it in 1843, about the end of March. I had not
leave of absence at any time until the year 1845. I never quitted
my regiment during that time. Ido not know Miss Smith, the plain-
tiff, and I never saw her to my knowledge. In the early part of
February, 1844, I did not see Miss Smith, and say to my brother she
was unwell. As I said before, I have never seen her at all. I have
never been at Brighton at all. lam not skilful at sketching, and I
never drew in my life. I would not be able to sketch the naked
shoulders of three Scotch ladies.—(Laughter.) I am not acquainted
with Lord Claude Hamilton. lie did not call for me in the year 1844
at my brother's room. I never heard of such a person. The two
letters marked Y. now handed me, I never wrote. I never:wrote a
letter of any sort to Miss Smith. I did not meet her at Ashby in
1844. I never had any conversation with her about a bonnet, and
never gave her or anybody else a note to put in the bonnet-box.
The Coma —That note has not been put in.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No, my Lord. (To the witness)—l
never gave a note to anybody at any time to put in a bonnet-box to
Miss Smith. I never sent a " jascynth" ring from my brother to
Miss Smith, or to anybody else. The ring now shown me I have never
seen before. (Here the Attorney-General read the extract of the
alleged letter of Lord Ferrers to plaintiff, stating that this ring the
defendant took from his hand while in bed, and sent it to plaintiff by
the witness.) I was not at my brother's bedside at the time alleged
in the letter. I was then in Scotland. I have never received any
letters from my brother signed otherwise than " Tamworth" or
" Ferrers." My brother was not in the habit of gambling. I never
knew him to lose a farthing at cards or any other description of
gambling. I never knew him to write on scraps of paper. The
letters now shown me are not in his writing.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS-1 have no letters of my bro-
ther's with me. I saw some of his letters on Saturday night in the
possession of Mr. Jessop. He showed me about twenty. My ownletters
are in Oxfordshire. Before Mr. Jessep showed me these letters I had
received several from my bother; there were Mr. Ell and my sister, and
Mr. Wm. Ell present on Saturday night. The object was to examine
my brother's handwriting. I did not look at the dates, but some of
them were written from abroad. I first joined the regiment at
Paisley, thence we went te Fort George, and Glasgow and Edinburgh
I have left the army since. It was when I was a little boy that I
was at Austray. I know of no relative who resembles me. lam now
twenty years of age. It was about a year ago that I first heard of
this proceeding. My brother told me he had never seen Miss
Smitnin his life, and did not know who she was, and had never
heard the name of Smith at Austray. It was after I returned from
Scotland he told me this. lie was a young man of spirit and fun. I
joined in one of his larking parties at Cbartley before I joined the
army. I forget what it was, it is Rocha time since. I have been in
a boat with him at night. We were pulling round the moat.
The COURT —Do you think it worth while to prosecute this at any
length, after what you have heard?
Witnees—l never saw before the letter now shown me. I have
not the least idea of the writer of the envelope now shown Inc.
Mr. Francis Jessop—l am attorney at Yarmouth. I was concerned
for the late Lord Tamworth and his father. I was attorney for the
guardians of the present Earl. I was never concerned for the present
Earl. I have had a good deal of correspondence with him ; and all
the money remitted to him, while he was at school or abroad, passed
through my hands. I was not his confidential attorney.
By the COURT—He has said he never was his attorney at all.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—We are not asking general questions,
but questions In pursuance of certain expressions used in certain
Letters.

Witness (In continuatioa)—The letters now shown me do not in
the least degree resemble, either in the signature or in the body, the
writing of Earl Ferrers ; he always wrote to me on sheets of note
paper or letter paper. Mr. Hammett came to me, and showed me
some letters, which I said I did not think were Lord Ferrers'
writing ; but I said that In consequence of the position I was
in in regard to Lord Ferrers I would not wish to say much about it.
I do not recollect that any of the letters now shown me were those
brought to me by Mr. Hammel], but one of them referred to a Mr.
Neville. I showed Mr. Hammen some of Lord Ferrers' letters,
and he said he did not think the writing was the same.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL—What did Mr. Hammel' say?
The SouctTon-GEstertat objected, and the question was not
pressed.
Cross-examined—The bodies of the letters I showed Mr. Hammell
were written by Lord Ferrers; they certainly were not written by
a lady.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then said he had a few observations to
make to the Court. Owing to kis unavoidable absence for the last
two days he had heard nothing of four letters which were produced
yesterday by his Learned Friend the Attorney-General on behalf of
the defendant, and it was net until this morning, and after his
Lordship had taken his seat on the bench, that he had heard
of them. Those letters had also come with equal surprise
upon the respectable attorney conducting the cause for
the plaintiff, as well as upcn the respectable family
of the young lady herself. Therefore, at this most mysterious part
of this most mysterious case, and taking into consideration the ex-
traordinary fact that those four letters had been identified by the
mother of the lady herself, and that they had come by surprise upon
not only the parties he had mentioned, but likewise upon his Learned
Friends who were assisting him. Under these circumstances he
would pray his Lordship would be so kind as to allow him to with-
draw from the case.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had only an observation to make.
lle had no objection to his Learned Friend adopting this course - but
he would pray that those four letters should be impounded, and that
the handkerchiefs should also he placed in the custody of the °Meer
of the Court.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL begged that all the other letters should
be impounded also.
COURT—Certainly.
The plaintiff was then declared non-suited, and thus abruptly,
and moat unexpectedly, terminated, after three and a half days' in.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• BOW-STREET.
The charge against Mr. Edward Bryant Carey, of forging office
copies of documents, which has been before the Court for the last
six weeks, and of which full particulars have appeased in the columns
of The Sun, on each examination, was finally brought before Mr.
Twyford this morning.
No further evidence was given and the prisoner was fully com-
mitted.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Lilly, farmer, Brinepitts, Worcestershire—first div. of Is. in the
pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
J. Adamson, grocer, Stockport—first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound,
any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
T. Harvey, innkeeper, Wandsworth—second div. of 4s. in the
pound, Feb. 14, and three following Saturdays, at the office e Mr.
Groom, Abchurch -lane.
It. Edwards, draper, Aberdovey, Merionethshire—first div. of ss.
in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Backhouse, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 10s. in the pound,
any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
E. C. Flowers, cattle dealer, Whltchurch, Buckinghamshire, March
10, at half-past eleven—F. Dixon, curlier, Long-lane, Bermondsey,
March 11, at twelve—C. J. Banister, linendraper, Derby, March 12,
at twelve—ll. Baker, merchant, Mark-lane, City, March 12, at
eleven—J. Mohon and R. Simonds, wine merchants, Mincing-lane,
March 12, at half-past eleven—J. Mohon, wine merchant, Mincing-
lane, March 12, at half-past eleven--J. Aplin, scrivener, Bicester,
March 12, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
A. Parkinson, wine merchant, Leeds, March 12, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court —W. Lendon, sen., and W. Lendon, jun., cur-
riers, Exeter, March 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court—C. Bar-
ber, calico printer, Denham Springs, Lancashire, March 11, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—T. Clarke, mercer, Rugby, March
13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the con-
trary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Brooke, miller, Gooderstone, Norfolk, March 12 —R. Tate, sil-
versmith. Regent-street, March 12 —F. Dixon, currier, Long-lane,
Bermondsey, March 12-11. Leman and T. K. Bryan, wharfingers,
Old swan-pier, Upper Thames-street, March 10 —C. J. Blunt, civil
engineer, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square, March 10 —J. H.
Rand, dealer in glass, Westminster-bridge-road, March 12 —R.Castle,
grocer, Twyning, Gloucestershire, March 17—H. Woodgate, horse
dealer, Kingston, Dorsetshire, March 12-0. W. and J. F. Gee,
drapers, Leeds, March 11—J. Laidman, shipowner, Liverpool, March
10—T. and J. Walker, upholsterers, York-road, Lambeth, March 10
—J. Wake, timber merchant, Silverrone, Northamptonshire, March
10 Butterworth, plumber, Manchester, March 10—D. B. Smith,
merchant, Liverpool, March 10—S. Phillips, hatter, Hull, March 10.
PARTNX RSIIIPS D I SSO 'NED.
T. W. and J. Glover, coach-spring makers, Drury-lane—F. W.
Yeowell and W. Kirby, gas fitters, Litchfield-street, oho—R. Yarrow
and W. Overton, tailors, Trimley, Surrey—J. Hanson and J. Milnes,
woolstaplers, Huddersfield—T. and G. K. Farrar, Scholes, Yorkshire
—J. T. Smith and S. Woodhouse, stockbrokers, Manchester—E.
Brimelow and W. Jeffs, bobbin turners, Wigan, Lancashire—R.
Ashton, W. Jackson, and A. Howe, merchants, Sheffield (so far as
regards A. Howe)—J Vigurs, B. P. Batten, J. Batten, Louis Vigurs,
T. James, and W. Gilbertson, copper smelters, Castle Baynard-wharf,
Thames-street—E. Farnden aid E. Turquand, Long-acre—J. Whit-
tington, and C. Castle, attorneys, Bristol—J. W. Walker and E.
Bentley, rope makers, Bury—J. Watts, It. Thompson, and R.
Wortley, engineers, Norwich—D. Cloves, P. Cloves, and E. Kirlew,
coal merchants, Storehouse-wharf, Ratcliffe (so far as regards E.
Kirlew)—C. Ilird and J. Lawson, common brewers, South Church,
Durham—lt. Bennett and J. Dineley, attorneys—M. 31. and H. M.
Salomons, Manchester—J. T. Brameld and J. D. Beckitt, glass
dealers, Titchborne-street, Haymarket—ll. Dixon and J. Dixon,
coopers, Liverpool—T. and D. Wilson, booksellers, Halifax, York-
e shire—H. Hanesworth and W. Bonner, hatters, Kingston-upon-Hull
T. Orrell and J. Hulme, comb manufacturers, Little Bolton, Lan-
cashire—W. Green and S. Cave, engineers, Manchester —A. and B.
Bide, glove manufacturers, Yeovil, Smeereetshire—J. Palmer and E.
Holt, pin manufacturers, Birmingham —G. R. Wyatt and W. F.
Barlow, surgeons, Oxford—H. Tyler and T. Lloyd, brassfounders,
Whitecross-street—T. Robinson, W. C. Cocks, and F. H. Adams,
farmers, Ross, Herefordshire—R. Pocklington, G. Frackelton, and E.
T. Jury, meat salesmen, Newgate-market (so far as regards It.
Pocklington)—T. Patts and J. Nicholson, jun., Queen-street, Cheap-
aide—W. Dickson, W. Burnie, T. B. Venn, W. Dickson, C. Arkcoll,
and W. Dickson, merchants, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope (to far
as regards W. Burnie).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Dewar Burden, farmer, Feddal, Feb. 24 and March 21, at
twelve, at Kinross' Inn, Dunblane.
Peter Tannehill and Co., manufacturers, Paisley, Feb. 20 and
March 13, at one, at the chambers of Reid and Henderson, Paisley.
Armstrong Munn, jun., manufacturer, Glasgow, Feb. 21, and
March 14, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Marshall, Hill, and
• 11111, Glasgow.
Andrew Zuill, spirit merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 20 and March 14, at
twelve, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow.

The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
IS GLAMORGANSHIRE SATISFIED WITH THE PRO-
POSED MINISTERIAL MEASURES?—Whatever opinions in-
dividuals might entertain respecting the alterations proposed
by Sir Robert Peel in the laws regulating the importation of
corn, as well as other portions of his tariff in which im-
portant reductions are made in the duties on various articles
of general consumption, we conceive that the above question,
as it regards the opinions of the inhabitants of this impor-
tant county, taken collectively as a whole, may be easily
and satisfactorily answered. If we refer to the feelings of
the extensive manufacturing and commercial interests of
Swansea, Neath, and the immediate vicinities the senti-
ments entertained in reference to this subject have been
attested by demonstrations made since the enunciation of
the Government scheme, as well as on repeated occasions
previously. The same observations may be applied to the
extensive iron districts of Merthyr, Sirhowy, and other
placed situated in the Glamorganshire hills, which abound
in riches hitherto but partially developed. The mea-
sures, we repeat, have met a reception on the part of the
inhabitants of these portions of the county, the meaning of
which is not to be mistaken. The opinions of the inhabi-
tants of the agricultural districts must be collected by a
kind of negative process ofreasoning—not by inquiring what
they have done, but what they have not done, and com-
paring this with what they have done on former occasions.
There have been no demonstrations against the measure
throughout the county. With regard to the opinion of the
tenant-farmers of this district, we can safely aver that the
majority have heard of the proposed changes with much satis-
faction, only regretting that this question, which has been so
long a topic of and dissension between various classes,
is not to be more speedily terminated by immediate abolition.
Taking into consideration all these circumstances. we imagine
the question with whi..ll tlii rticle commonc,l, without
fear of contradiction, be answered in the affirmative, that, on
the whole, Glamorganshire is satisfied with the Ministerial
measure& Cantbrian.

CASE of POISONING at BROMLEY
The further inquiry into the above mysterious affair
was again renewed yesterday, at the Swan Inn, Bromley,
by Mr. Carter, the coroner.
Since the last adjournment Superintendent Pearse
and Inspector Field of the metropolitan police have
been actively engaged in making inquiries, and have
been in constant communication with the coroner, and
Mr. Field was present during the whole of the pro-
ceedings yesterday.
Before any evidence was adduced, a gentleman named
Rose addressed the coroner, and said he attended as the
professional adviser of the Rev. Mr. Verrall, to watch
the case on his behalf. He at the same time said that
that gentleman was ready and anxious to give all the
information in his power, but from some circumstances
of misrepresentation that had transpired, tending to pre-
judice his character, he requested permission to attend
on the present occasion as ,ais legal adviser.
The CORONER said he was not aware of any evidence
having been adduced tending to throw suspicion upon
any party. The Gain was an open Court, and had been
s,) all along, and the gentleman was at liberty to be pre-
sent if he pleased.
The inquiry was then proceeded with.
Mr. H. Beau nont Leeson. physician of St. Thomas's
Hospital, and lecturer on chemistry and forensic medi-
cine, was the first witness examined, and his evidence
was of an important char tcter, as tending to show the
impossibility of the deceased having destroyed herself.
It will he remembered that a small phial was found in
the soil of the water• closet where the deceased was found
dead, and it was supposed by some persons that this
had contained the poison, and that it had dropped from
the deceased's hard. This supposition, however, was
nexatived to a considerable extent by the evidence of Mr.
link, the surgeon, of Bromley, who was first called in,
and his evidence was eetirely confirmed by Dr. Leeson,
who stated that, in his opinion, the phial had been in the
place where it was found for a considerable time, and
that it had originally been used as a smelling-
bottle, and that it had never contained prussic acid. Dr.
Leeson detailed a variety of experiments he had tried
with the sal-ammonia that was contained in the phial
when it was found, and said that, by adding a small
quantity of lime-water to it, the pungency of the salts
was immediately restored, and fur want of this he said
he had no doubt the bottle had been thrown away. The
witness then explained that the effect of adding lime-
water to the sal-ammonia, when it had lost its power,
was immediately to refresh it, as it were, and restore the

smell.
In answer to a question from the Coroner, Dr. Leeson
said that the effect of mixing prussic acid with sal-am-
monia would be like giving the poison and the antidote ;
and he considered that the effect would be to entirely
neutralise the effect of the prussic acid. He was not
prepared to say that the mixture would be perfectly
harmless, but certainly the power of the poison would
be to a great extent destroyed.
The CORONER: I believe, Dr. Leeson, it is pretty well
understood that smelling salts, or sal-ammonia, is an
antidote to prussic acid?—Dr. Leeson: So much so, that
a gentleman I know took a large dose of prussic acid on
purpose to try the experiment. He had a person stand-
ing by him when he took the poison, with some strong
smelling salts, which were immediately applied to him,
and he found no ill effects from the poison. I have not
tried the same experiment upon myself, but I have upon
CORONER.—And always with the same result?.—Wit
ness.—Certainly. He then proceeded to state that from
an analysis of the contents of the stomach of the deceased,
a portion of which had been shown to him, he had no
doubt they contained prussic acid, and that in consider-
able quantity. He should state, however, that prussic
acid was a poison of such a diffusable charactet , that it
entered the blood and moved through the whole system,
and in order to ascertain the actual quantity that had
been administered, it would be necessary to distil the
entire body.
The CORONER remarked, that in the evidence pre-
viously given by Dr. Stott, he stated that he distinctly
discovered the smell of prussic acid in the brain of the

deco sed.
In answer to further questions put by the CORONER,
Dr. Leeson said that the result of his investigation was
an opinion that a large quantity of prussic acid had been
taken by the deceased, and that the bottle which was
found in the water-closet had never contained prussic
acid.

A juror said he should be glad if Dr. Leeson would
inform him whether, supposing the deceased had taken
the poison herself, it was likely she would have been
found in the easy recumbent position in which the wit-
nesses proved she had been discovered? Dr. Leeson
said, he could only inform the jury that in all the cases
%here he had administered the poison to animals, the
effect was to cause them to fall in tantly to the ground,
as though shot. He had never seen the effect upon a
human being, but he should imagine it would be some-
thing similar.
In answer to another question put by the Coroner,
Dr. Leesom said that Scheel's prussic acid contained
four per cent. of the real acid, and the prussic acid of
the Pharmacopoeia only two per cent. The real prussic
acid was seldom seen except by the chemist, who might
be willing to produce it ; in fact it only existed in the
form of gas.
The CORONER here remarked. that in consequence of
what had occurred at the form* r inquiry, he felt it to be
his duty to have the contents of the stomach of the de-
ceased, and likewise the phial and the matter it Con-
talueo, Dr_ LoPsnn, in nrtlpr thst tbs. jury
might have the benefit of his scientific knowledge upon
the subject.
The jury expressed their satisfaction at the course
adopted by the coroner, and said that they considered
the evidence given by Dr. Leeson was very important.
Mrs. Martha Coate, the wife of a labouring man, near
Bromley, was next examined. She deposed, that on
Monday night, the 6th of November, 1843, which was
the day on which the deceased met her de ith, she was
coming to Bromley, at twelve o'clock at night, to fetch
her husband home from a club meeting, and as she was
passing by the chapel, a man ran by her very fast. He
appeared to have come in a direction leading to the
chapel, and when she bade him good night, be made no
answer. Her brother-in-law was with her at the time.
By the JURY.—She was induced to pay particular at-
tention to the circumstance from the speed at which
the man was running, and his not making any answer,
when they wished him good night. He appeared to
have the flaps of his coat under his arm when he ran
by them.
James William Churcher, one of the members of the
Dissenting congregation, of which the deceased was also
a member, was the next witness. He was asked by the
Coroner, to state particularly when he first heard of the
deceased being missing ? and he stated that so long a
time had elapsed, that it was impossible for him to re-
collect all that recurred. He added, "We all have a
clear conscience, and are ready to answer any questions
you please."
The Coroner replied that there was no desire to at-
tack his conscience or any other person's. All they
wanted was to get to the facts of the case.
Mr. Verrall was then re called, and the Coroner said,
that on a previous occasion he had stated, that when he
saw the deceased in the chapel after the morning service,
on the Sunday he referred to, she did not ask him for a
testimonial to her character to enable her to get the situ-
ation at Arundel, but that he did not give her one
addressed to the committee at that place. He wished
to know now whether this was still his impression ?
Mr. Verrall said it was still his opinion that he had
not given her any testimonial for the parties at Arundel.
The Coroner then read a testimonial addressed to the
Managing Committee of the School at Arundel, men-
tioning the deceased, signed " George VerralL" The
testimonial, be said, was not in his (Mr. Verrall's) hand-
writing, but appeared to be a copy, and he wished to
know whether he had ever given the deceased such a
testimonial.
Mr. Verrall said he was almost certain ho did not.
He did write a testimonial for the deceased to St. Albans,
where she had been before trying to obtain a situation,
and he thought it very likely the one now read by the
coroner was merely a copy of that testimonial.
CORONER—Did the deceased, or did she not, in point
of fact, on that Sunday apply to you for a testimonial
to her character to be sent to Arundel.
Mr. Verrall—l think I must have made a mistake on
the former occasion, and that she did not apply to me
for a testimonial.
Thomas Churcher, a relative of the former witness,
here addressed the coroner, and with some warmth com-
plained that Mr. Pearce and Mr. Field bad charged him
with endeavouring to frustrate the ends of justice by re•
fusing to state all he knew. He denied that there was
any foundation for such a charge, and said that it
was one calculated to do him great injury in the town;
he hoped the jury would express their opinion whether
there was any foundation for the charge.
The CORONER said that the officers had been spe-
cially employed by the Government to make inqui-
ries, and it was his duty to give all the information in
his power, and he understood that he had refused to
answer some inquiry that was made of him.
Inspector Field said that when he applied to Mr.
Churcher, he told him that he had made one statement
to Mr. Pearse, and he should not make another.
The CORONER said they were pursuing a very im
portant inquiry, and it was the duty of all honest men
to give every assistance in their power to further the
ends of justice.
The inquiry was then again adjourned.

Sir Robert Peel has issued cards for a grand dinner
party on Saturday, the 28th Instant, at his residence in Whitehall-
gardens.
INDICTMENT OF AN ENGINE DRIVER.—At Hertford
quarter-sessions, on Monday, John Young, the engine-driver, who,
by not attending to a signal, caused a fearful collision on the Eastern
Counties Railway, near Waltham. on the 9th of last Kovember, sur-
rendered to take his trial. An objection, however, was taken to the
proceedings by his counsel, Mr. Ryland, who contended that the de-
fendant ought to have been first taken before a magistrate. The
Marquis of Salisbury, the chairman, and the other magistrates, de•
Med that the objection was fatal to the indictment, and the defen-
dant was discharged. Ha may, however, be still taken before a ma-
gistrate to be punished summarily.
SUDDEN DEATH OF 111118. BRAIIAM.—We regret to
announce the demise of Mrs. Frances Braham, the lady of the emi-
r ent singer, which took place suddenly on the night of Sunday last,
at Mr. Braham's residence, No. 8, Gloucester-rord, Victoria-gate,
Bayswater. Mr. Braham had for some days been absent from town
on a professional tour in the city an 1 neighbourhood of Southamp-
ton, which had proved very successful. On Sunday morning Mrs.
Braham went to church, and in the afternoon took a walk in Hyde
Park. On her return home, she complained of a slight faintness and
sinking, far which she could not account. Having, however, dined
with her family, she seemed restored to perfect health. About
eight o'clock in the evening Mr. Braham returned from his tour in
high spirits, and, after passing an exceedingly chef rful and appy
evening, the family retired to rest aboh twelve o'clock. Scarcely,
however, had Mr. and Mn.d Braham been in bed about half an hour,
before Mr. Braham was alarmed by his wife saying, " John, Um
dying." and her leaping out of bed, declaring she had broken some-
thing at her heart. Mr. Braham instantly alarmed the family, and
the servants were dispatched for medical aid, and with intelligence of
her illness to the deceased lady's brother, Dr. Bolton, and Lady
Waldegrave, her daughter ; but, before five minutes had elapsed,
Mrs. Braham breathed her last in the arms of her eldest son, Mr.
J. Hamilton Bral.nn, wni!,2 b»111:11{; Olt 1114 tr,:e. Brallarn wee
a rrmarkably fine and llNnstzoisle, woman, 4 years oi age. Thc
ic-
dieal gentleman who first attended opened a vein, but it was of no
aSail, life being quite extinct. The melancholy event has throw
Lhe alai 141,9 UV: u2oet poignant grief.

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