The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-22 00:00:00

tiE suN, t.ONCI OI , SATURDAY EvigNiNr,, JANUARY 22, 1848.

TIDAL WATERS and NAVIGABLE
RIVERS.
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APPLICATIONS TO PARLIAMENT FOR LOCAL BILLS.
NOT IC E.
I WILLIAM CUBITT. C.E., of Great George-street, Westrain-
ee
' l'. having been appointed by the Lords Commissioners for e7:ecut-
ibe ()dice of Lord 114 h Admit al, Surve)ing llftlcer under an Act
pawed in the tenth year of the reign of her present Majesty, !Mauled
An Act for waking preliminary inquiries in certain cases of applica•
:tions for Local Acts," in no faras the said Act re,ates to an intended ap-
Tilication to Parliament for an Act in relation totho Lambeth Water-
-works (Extension of Works and imuovement ot :upply of Water),
41,,, hereby give notice, that I shall attend on Al enday, the 7th day of
Fe:,ruiry. is4iz, at the Mitre Inn, Lower Tooting, Surrey, at the hour
of Eleven o'clock it, the Forenoon, for the purpose of ma:..ing such
examin.ition and survey of the locality as the proposed Act will
affect, and of making such inquiries relative to the provisions of
the said proposed Act, and of investigating such other matters
relating thereto as the said Lords Commissioners have by their order
d"rected me to make and investigate. And Ido hereby require the
promoters of the said Intended Work, to appear before me at
the time and place aforesaid, and to produce all such sur-
veys, plans, sections, estimates, documents, and evidences as will
be necessary to support such intended application ; and I du hereby
further give notice, that alt pers.,s desirous o: being heard in oppo-
sition to such intended application, do appear before me, with wit-
nesses, p airs, sections, maps, books, or other documents relevant to
the said inqui lee.

As witness my hand this 22,1 clay of January, 1848.
WILLIAM CITISIIT Surveying Officer.

THEATRE gOYAL, HAYMARKET.
Un ~-• the Nlansaement .r Mr. it. Wobster. sole Lessee.
MR. AND MRS. CIIA.RLES KEAN.
THIS E YEN IN l;
Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled TIIE WIFE'S
FECRET. L.rd Arden, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Am:- ott, Mr.
Charks :tern ; Jahcz Sneed, Mr. ‘v.hster ; Harrington, r. Urin-
(LH ; 11r,,Mllard, Mr. hovers; Lady Eveline Arnyott, Mrs M.
Charles
Kean; Maud. Mrs. Keeley.
After whi h, a new Farce, called DERE:=T LIZABETH. Mr.
r.
Lionel Lax, :qr. Keeley ; Mr. WinchA, Mr. Eo Egers ; Betsy,
Keeley.
To conclude with a Nosy and Original Besque Spectacle
untitled
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ritE WORLD I/NDERC.ROUND; or, the url
Golden Flute
Brazen Waters.
M
elage Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting anager, Mr. F. Web :ter.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Poxes, ss. T'd., 3s. ; Gallery, cs. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors op,,ri at ilalt-past Six, I'.7rtormance to commence at Seven.
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i it 110VAI., ADMAN:II.
Cnder the direetihn h: N:sdatne Celeste
Tllll4 EVENING

Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEA-a. OF
TIIE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Merinaitlen. Principa, cha-
racters by Jlcssrs. Waye, Betif,r‘l, Wright, Mnnyard, tilennaire,
Cullentord, and Worrell ; Miss Wool;ar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
7..11en Chaplin, Mts. Laws, and Madame Celeste.

To be followed by :he Farce, entitled Tills HOUSE TO BE SOLD
!.the proper:3 of tile late IVAliant Shakspeare), Ingu!re Within. Cha-
racters by Messr3. W;., Cul:,::nford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed-
ford,
To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the
Married 'Man ; ani POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow.
Boxes, 45.; Pit,'Ls., Gallery, Is.

1 ,nors oren at t Six, l'erfoimance to commence at Sores.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the 31anagernent of 3:adame Vestls.
Sole LeEsee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING

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be presented new Comic Drama, entitled TEE TR.A.-
OEDY QUEEN.
After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN
BRANCH.
To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX.
Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Iluckstone, and Mrs. Mac.
"Amara.
Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part at the house.
The .Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellingten-street, M •pea to the
Public eccry day, from Ten till Six.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
Bradwell of the uclosseum.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street,
Portland. place.
Madame ANNA TIIILLON.
THIS EVENING

wit be presented a new and original Operetta, entitled The
YOUNG GUARD. Don Guzman, Mr. Boddit ; Don Alvarez, Mr.
Barker; Donna Olmpia, Miss Sara Flower; Estella, Mrdame Anna
Thillon.
After which, a new Farce, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW.
Frank, Mr. Compton; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley.
To be followed by a new Comic Piece, entitled THE SULTANA.
Solyman, Mr. Ryder; Osmyn, Mr. Compton; Yuseph, Mr. Henry ;
Roxalana, Madame Anna Thillon ; Elmira, Miss Villars Ismena,
Miss Hodson.
To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD
FATHER TIME; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0:(1 Bond-street.
ON MONDAY EVENING,
Will he performed a New Vaudeville, entitled LES IMPRESSIONS
DE MENAGE.
After which will be produced,ANew Grand Play, entitled,

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DIOGENE.
Diogene, M. Bocage; Alcibiade, Fechtcr ; hyperboles, M. Car-
tigny ; Aspasie, Mad. Rabut Feekter.
A detahed prospectus of the generol arrangements, and of the
pieces winch will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr.
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Bea-office
of the Theatre.. which is open daily, from It to 5.
Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven.
Boxes, Gs. ; 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, DAvidge-terrace, Kensington-road,
Surrey.
Under the Manageinent of Mr. Bonn.
'EVEN ING, be performances will tuninience with the
debrated Opera
THE DAUGHTER OF THE ItEei IME'NT.
Characters by 3tessrs. 11. Phillips, King, Hormone, Rafter, Att-
wood. M'Mahon, and Miss Poole.
To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled rATTLEDOOR and
SHUTTLECOCK ; or, liarlegu.i Trap, Bat, and Rall.
A dii•tinet entrance to the private boxes has been made (which
',Ave been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly •f all the
inelpal Librarians ; and at the Box-slice of the Theatre, which Is
;,pen daily from Ten until Four.
Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Tills EVENING

Will he performed THE LIGHTERMAN of lIA),IKSIDE ; or, the
eidhan of Bermondsey. Characters by Messrs. Henderson,
Hicks, Searle, r'orinan, Higgie ; Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, and Miss
Iturroughcliffe.
Atter which, the new grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime,
entitled THE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and
he Origin of Printing, with wonderful -cenery and decorative ap-
pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ;
Harlequin, M. Lupine ; Sprite, Signor Ilolino; Columbine,
To conclude with THE JACKET OF BLUE.
Boxes, ts. ; Pit, (id. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part
of the house.
Doors open at Slx, to commence at Half-past Six.

A STLEY'aI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Pro;ricdor and .Manager, 1:r. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants.
Tremendous hit of Lasater Lee, the renouned double Leaner, sur-
named the Pounding Ball.—The greatest Jumper in the world hill
appearevery Evening in his extraordinary Gymnastic Exercises, in-
*Audi lig his astounding double leap over twelve horses, a feat unparal-
since the days of the celebrated Ireland.
4t THIS EVENING,
tie Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.
Entirely new Scents in the Arena, by Vie talented Artistes of
c,sta'ois!.lll oat, in 1.14 carious modes or equestration.
To conclude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled
n rtLEguis DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY
.SIARE, in which those popular artistes Herr Den!iii, Mdlle.Theo-
dote, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine,
Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect
all former productions at the Amphitheatre,
Box-office open liom 11 till 5
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West.

wEATHER.-suN OFFICE, JAN. 22.
TaznnomErza, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 29.
LAROY.ETER, 30 09.—WIND N.E.; hazy.

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SATURDAY JAN UL'I LY 22, 1818

LONDI ):•1

Such an extravagant amount of enthusiasm has
been recently engendered by the controversy
(oves pr
rsyaebc:u-
ut
our national defences, that the advocates
tionary measures have allowed themselves to become
abusive whenever their arguments have been opposed.
Some of our Contemporaries have in fact risen into
such a delirium of excitement that they have indulged
in scurrilities against one of the most distinguishtd,
and certainly one of the most patriotic statesmen of
the age,
simPly because he depreciated the supposed
urgency a
the ette, and placed more reliance upon
free trade as a national sareguard than upon a fortitit d
coast, or an extended militia. Sentiments of grWi-
tude to lir. COBDEN for what he has already '
accomplished, of respect for his character,
and of admiration for his abilities, should
have prevented any liberal journalist from
speaking in terms of derisien of his remarks upon
the security of our Position as an insular and maritime
power. Differ with him they might have done, em-
phatically and explicitly, without degenerating into
coarseness both of manner ar.d language. Mr. Con.
DEN, we admit, even to our own thinking, spoke
rashly and injudiciously when he expressed his
anxiety, the other day, to witness the diminution in-
stead of the augmentation of our military and naval
armaments. Ile spoke with scarcely any of that pm-
dentin! forethought for
which his speeches have hi-
therto been so rexnarkabi e.
I'.• be brief—in using
such expressions as he did, his inspiration
of the Evangelinspiration was drawn
rather from the gentle voice
than from the severe
and
were
elemborn solemn warningsratber
of Experience; his feelings
of Rope than of Prudence ; he spoke, in
short, rather as a philanthropist than as a politician.
He committed a grievous . error in altogether con-
temning the late movement towards the strengthening
• of our bulwarks, but it was an error arising from a
glorious misapprehension—it was the illusion of a
golden day-dream. Mr. COBDEN reposed a profound
confidence upon the benign operstion of unrestricted
commerce, influenced ~,d ennoblyd as that opetation
would he among the different races of the globe by
the divine principles of Christianity. Ilia blunder
~ as not so much in attributing too much to the cause
t-
tevroolXll,l,..wkich his eloquence had rendered triumphant, as it
._, -'.,1- '"n anticipating those, beneficent effects too soon.
iteit ought Europe less sanguinary, because he hin
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~_ -se l#', as more sanguine. Ile regards the next gene-
•- .
t-ya-rkthi through an atmosphere purified by the holy
NyM)
71. (III& nes which his lips have t-o w idely, so nobly, and
___'---ikoilen promulgated, and the future good conse-
' . qty ntly appears nearer to him than it does to another.
From meditating so long .upon the grand scheme of
mercantile emancipation his ken is wider, his gaze

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penetrates further into the distance, than those of the
majority. In imagination he lives more in the 1
future than any one else among his coi.temporaries.
On no other supposition can we explain that extra-
ordinary obliquity of judgment which the Hon.
Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire has re-
cently manifested ; but upon these vei y reasonable
conjectures the obliquity of judgment is accounted
for and comprehensible.
From what we have already remarked it will be
seen that we can by no means coincide with Mr.
COBDEN in rejecting as altogether idle the present
agitation about the national defences of Great Bri-
tain. But it will also be observed that, while we
plainly dissent from him in these opinions, we treat
with reverential tolerance the splendid fallacy in which
his ideas have originated. That it would be only in
accordance with the dictates of wisdom, and in co-
incidence with the most pacific views of humanity, to
prepare ourselves by warlike defences against any
emergency in the shape of military or maritime
aggression, is proved beyond all question, if only
by the " old, old adage " that that nation
best ensures its tranquillity which is the best pre-
pared to do battle. And most especially is this old
saying applicable to England—to England so
miserably destitute of defences—to England so im-
mediately contiguous to a warlike, ambitious, and
powerful people like the French. "An invasion
from France I" exclaims the representative of the
West Riding of Yorkshire—" An invasion from
France! Why, what statesman, or party, or news-
paper, in that great, constitutional, and civilised
nation, has latterly been advocating a war with
England, or threatening a descent on our
shores ?" Softly, Mr. COBDEN ! That is not the
question. It is not whether France is at
this moment in readiness to realise the vision of her
great Emperor, it is not whether she is prepared to
make an irruption to-morrow into the wolds of Kent,
it is not whether she is resolved to plant the tricolour
upon the turrets of Windsor Castle before the year
of grace 1848 has been brought to a conclusion—it is
whether we are not by our apathy, our indolence,
and our false economy holding out a gorgeous temp-
tation to our neighbour—a temptation which in-
creases with every addition to their naval force, and
with every fresh development of their standing army
—a temptation which may at this rate become in the
end wholly irresistible, and may destroy their
friendship by exciting their cupidity, animating
their courage, and inflaming their ambition. This
consideration, it must be acknowledged, is not only
eminently rational, but it is also one of the most
vital and stupendous importance. It implies the
very preservation of our existence as an independent
people—it implies the maintenance of our nationality
and the perpetuation of our glory. Shall we, then,
laugh such a question as this to score ? Shall we
not rather investigate it with the most exquisite scru-
pulosity, and evince the depth of our patriotism by
the ardour of our exertions ? GOD forbid that it
should be otherwise ! GOD forbid that out of
a vain-glorious temerity, or out of an
over-sanguine estimate of a generous system like
that of free trade, we should deride the present de-
mands for defensive preparation, and plunge the des-
tinies of England into an abyss of jeopardy ! We
will confess with Mr. COBDEN that it is ridiculously
exaggerative to depict this as a crisis, to describe the
country as trembling on the brink of destruction, or
so to agitate for improvements in our navy, our militia,
and our army, as to torment the population with
the agonies of a panic. If the Duke of WELLINGTON
and the Earl of ELLESMERE have painted the state
of the nation in rather too alarming colours, Mr.
COBDEN has treated the matter with a great deal too
much indifference. There is an extraordinary ne-
cessity for an increase in our national defences, but
there is no danger of our immediate downfal by a
sudden invasion.

We yesterday directed the public attention to the
result of the Special Commission at Ennis, so far as
the cases of actual murder were concerned. The
conviction of JOHN CROWE, for the conspiracy to
murder Mr. WATSON, is, however, far more important
than that of the humble instruments of crime—the
professional assassins—who carried into execution
the fatal deed he had planned, the sentence he had
pronounced. Caows was what is termed in Ireland
a " warm farmer," that is, a man in easy and com-
fortable circumstances. He held sixty acres of ex-
cellent land, at a fair and moderate rent, which
were well stocked with cattle and everything that
could be required to cultivate his holding in a
proper manner. He had also a shop in a neighbour-
ing town, by which his resources were considerably
increased. No excuse could, therefore, be offered for
the nonpayment of his rent. Nor was he driven by
poverty to the commission of the fearful crime for
which he is about to forfeit his life:to the offended laws
of his country. Mr. WATson,:the agent of his landlord,
had insisted on the liquidation of the arrears of rent due
by him, and on his non-compliance had distrained a
bull and ten cows; for this act of duty to his em-
ployer the prisoner cherished a feeling of deadly ven-
geance, which could only be satiated by the blood of
the victim. He was, however, resolved that he would
not expose himself to risk, but that he would pur-
chase the services of the assassins who should commit
the crime, conceiving erroneously, that if he was not
actually or impliedly present, aiding and abetting in
the act, he could not be made amenable to
justice therefor. He therefore adopted mea-
sures which he thought would effectually pre-
vent any suspicion being attached to him; but, as we
repeatedly have seen, the very precautions he had
taken were the means of rendering his guilt more
manifest, of making him amenable to the laws against
which he had offended, and formed connecting links
in the chain of evidence against him. At the very
time that the murder was about to be committed he
went to the residence of his landlord, thinking that
his p-esence there, which could be proved by indis•
putanle witnesses, would have the effect of exonerat•
ing him from any charge founded thereon. The
result was, however, different from that which he had
anticipated, inasmuch as the absence of any reason-
able pretext for such a visit, combined with the
manner
,in which he remained loitering about the
place fur sonic hours, without any apparent mo-
tive, materially strengthned the evidence against him
hich v. at; neceDsarily of a circumstantial character.
Convictions of this description have hitherto been
exceedingly rare, indeed, we may say, comparatively
unknown in Ireland. The present case will strike at
the very ro it of the evil, by instilling a salutary
terror into the minds of those who have plotted
against the tranquiility of the country, and for their
own sordid or vindictive purposes provided the funds
required for the hire of the actual perpetrators of the
crime, who are generally strangers brought from
other localities, in order to diminish the chances o:
identification. The parties that have formerly been
brought to justice have been reckless desperadoes,
outlawed for former offences, and living in a state of
constant hostility to society. They were, happily,
few in number, but their ranks were constantly re-
cruited by desperate men, who were prepared for any
atrocity, so long as those in a superior position were
to be found to pay for such services. It was the
sanction and connivance of the latter that encouraged
and sustained the former in their unhallowed pursuits.
oVbitiaeinnethd_at sanction and connivance can no longer be
when the fate of R C OWE of M‘ManoN,
and of FREWEN shall have terrified 'the secret con-
spirators,
speedily become extinct
we 'nay hope that the other class will
be found on Irish grout:di:lap:Ll:is:oh:at t
ce illre will no longer
willing to accept the
wages of guilt, and
lifedoff a human
being with whom they had no quarrel,
pecu-
niary reward to stain their hands withantheorbaloodoi
a fellow creature.

Another capital conviction, of a similar kind, has
also been obtained. A man named A. 4
found guilty of having conspired with others to a 3
pro-
cure the murder of a respectable fanner named Bo-
LAND, residing in his neighbourhood. Happily,
however, the intended victim escaped from the snares
that had been set for him, chiefly because the stipu-
lated price of his blood was not forthcoming when
the party, who had actually been engaged for the
purpose, attended for the performance of his part of
o
compact. In CROWE'S case it was motives
of v unholy
fur
vengeance that induced him to bribe the assassins
r the murder of his landlord's agent, but in
in any manner, the comfortable
NPMAnows it w
removed feeling
that if
a supposition
sosicfrom a still more
oLAND was
re degradedsdeodf
B

which be was possessed might be divided amongst
those residing in the neighbourhood, and that he him-
self might have obtained a portion thereof. The state
of society in that locality may be gathered from the
fact that the prisoner openly and unblushingly ap-
plied for subscriptions in order to raise the amount
required by the assassin. There is another circum-
stance connected with the case deserving of notice,
and which we feel the most sincere pleasure in re-
cording. It is the conduct of the Roman Catholic
clergyman, who by his spiritual admonitions arrested
the progress of the conspiracy—preserved the life
of the intended victim—brought the criminal to
justice—and saved his congregation from the
moral leprosy with which they would have been
covered if the crime had been perpetrated, and they
had been.involved in its commission. The Loan CHIEF
BARON, when sentencing the prisoner, alluded to this
pleasing fact. His Lordship said—
" He thought it right to mention that
one of the persons to whom the prisoner
had applied to lend his aid in hiring an assassin
was induced by the spiritual admonition of his cler-
gyman, not only to prevent the man from engaging in
the crime to which the prisoner had tempted hin-1
hut further to lead to that information which bad
ultimately brought him to justice. That had been
done because that clergyman, under the impression of
the most solemn and most sacred duty, felt that
if that moral pestilence were to come within the
flock submitted to his charge—against which it was
his daily duty to offer up his prayers, and to summon
theirs, in communion with his own, to the living
Gon—it was a part of that sacred and solemn duty to
take those human means which the law afforded for
preventing the spread of that dreadful contagion, and
saving his flock from the temporal as well as the
eternal mischiefs that must result from
its introduction. He had no doubt that
others were at that moment engaged in
similar efforts, and he trusted that they would be suc-
cessful. It was the bounden duty of all in their
different spheres, by their counsel, advice, influence,
and authority, to assist in arresting the progress of
such frightful crimes."

Here, then, is an instance of the vast power for
good or evil exercised by the pastors of the people
Gladly do we acknowledge our belief that the vast'
majority exercise that power to preserve those whose
spiritual destinies are committed to their charge from
the commission of crime. We cannot imagine that
any Christian minister would be guilty of using lan-
guage which might lead to murder, and involve any
of his congregation in the awful crime. But some
few have been indiscreet, and having suffered
feelings of indignation at some fancied or real injus-
tice to arise in their minds, they used in-
temperate language, which they would subse-
quently, when too late, have made any sacrifices
to be enabled to recal. Had the clergyman to whom
the Chief Baron alluded spoken in angry or excited
terms of BOLAND'S conduct, had he flattered the feel-
ings of the people by speaking of their wrongs and
their sufferings, and ascribing them to the acts or in•.
fluence of BOLAND, is it probable that the conspiracy
weuld have terminated until its objects had been
achieved, the blood of the victim shed, and many of
his flock involved in the crime of murder ? No, the
result would have been very different; but, happily
for his own peace of mind, and for the people with
whom he was connected, he spoke temperately and
affectionately, and thus obtained the approbation of
the community, and, still better, the approval of his
own conscience.

Copenhagen letters of the 13th represent that the
KING'S health was greatly improved. The KING has
written an autograph letter, giving details as to his
state after the bleeding to which he was subjected,
and which had caused some alarm. Erysipelas had
broken out, but by the attention of the physicians all
ill consequences were prevented. The Royal Family
had become quite tranquillised with respect to his
MAJESTY.

Letters from Rome, of the 14th, state that Aus-
tria has demanded permission to march 30,000 men
thrcugh the Roman States, into the kingdom of the
Two Sicilies. It was said that several Cardinals
were in favour of granting the permission, but that
the POPE had emphatically answered, No ! These
reports had caused great emotion among the Romans,
who had demanded the immediate organization of the
army, under the command of the brave Colonel FER-
RARI, who commanded the Foreign Legion in Spain.

M. MONCHINI, the Minister of Finances, has sub-
mitted to the Consulta a project for a loan of one
million of Roman crowns. The Consults has ap-
proved of it, en condition—first, that the clauses
of the contract shall be submitted to the examination
of that body; second, that the sinking fund shall
be re-established; third, that the Government
shall at once commence economising its expenses, and
more especially that the payment of annuities granted
to religious corporations since 1814, without just
cause, should be immediately suspended, as well as
all pensions granted as a matter of favour, and not as
a matter of right.
The Jesuits and the retrograde party, who will be
the principal sufferers by these measures, are furious.
A crisis is daily expected, which will end either by
annulling the powers of the Consults, or by trans-
ferring the governmental power from the clergy to the
laity.

Letters from Naples of the 11th say—

" Sanguinary disorders took place at Messina on
the Bth. The details have not yet reached us, but it
is known that the gendarmerie and a part of the gar-
rison fraternised with the Progressists. Cries of The
Constitution for ever l" Long live Pius IX. have
been heard at Messina. There have been some persons
killed."

The Grand Tribunal of Naples has acquitted the
persons charged with having taken part in the riots
of the 13th of December, a decision which has so
annoyed the Court that they have seized several
noblemen and others, belonging to the highest
classes of society in Sicily, such as the Due de,
VILLAROSA, the Counts AMARI, DONDES FERRARA
PERLz LESSA PIZZATO. Their crime consisted in
interfering to prevent the people of Palermo from
committing worse excesses. All hopes of reform by
the Government had been abandoned.

The Gazette de Cologne, of the 19th instant, con-
tains the following :
" KirENIGSBERG, JAN. 11.—To-day the code
Nicholas, instead of the code Napoleon, will be put in
force in Poland. it is useless to express with what
sentiments the Poles have introduced the Russian
laws into their country."

The Grand Council of the canton of the Valais
has come to the following resolution by a majoriiy
of forty-six to thirty-four, but subject to the unction
of the people :—" All the property, real and personal,
which belonged to the Most Reverend Bishop of
SION, the venerable chapter and rectors of the Cathe-
dral, the seminary, the convents, and religious cor-
porations existing in cantons, are added to the do-
mains of the State, on condition of making a suitable
retribution to the above-named members of the clergy
as well as to the seminary, and providing for the hos-
pitality at Saint Bernard and the Simplon. ' The
surplus of the said property shall be applied in reduc-
tion of the public debt."

Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived.
On the previous day the QUEEN, accompanied by
her mother, had gone on a hunting party, at which
CHRISTINA had shot a WOlf.

Dispatches have been received from General SER-
RANO, announcing that he had formally taken posses-
sion of the Charitina Islands in the name of the Queen
of SPAIN.

SALAMANCA, who was still confined to his house
by illness, has written to the Congress demanding
an investigation into the charges made against him
by I'IDAL.
We learn from Madrid, by express, that in the
sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, on the 16th, the
application of the Ministry for authority to collect
the taxes for the six months ending in June, was
carried by a majority of 148 to 37. We have
already stated that General NARVAEZ had declared
that he made this vote of confidence a Cabinet
question.

- MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 15.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 26 13-16 for cash, and closed at 278 at
fifty days; they were 268 13-16 cash after the close.
The Five per Cents., 16} cash, 16 at fifty days, and
mere 161 buyers, sellers for cash after the close.
Passive Debt, 51 sellers, buyers.

We have received the Paris pipers of yesterday.
The Chamber of Deputies were on the previous

day engaged in discussing an affair of official and
electoral corruption, in which, although the majority
came as usual to the aid of the Ministry, yet the ex-
posure was complete, end will furti6h a fresh argu-
ment (if any such were needed) to the supporters of
electoral reform.

It appears that M. RICIIOND DES BRCS was last
autumn the Ministerial candidate for the representa-
tion of Puy, in the department of the Haute Loire,
and M. RICUOND DES BRUs was returned by a large
majority ; but ugly rumours were in circulation as
to the manner in which that majority had been ob •
tained. It will be recollected that in the course of
the last summer the department of the Haute Loire
suffered severely from inundations, and that subscrip-
tions were raised throughout the kingdom of France
for the assistance of the sufferers. This money was
entrusted to the authorities for distribution—
one of these authorities being a certain
prefect named Cuorris D'ArtNouvILLE. Now
M. CHOPPIN took upon himself to distribute this
charitable fund at his own good pleasure, and just on
the eve of the election he awarded from this fund to
a clerk in his own office 1,1001., to an elector, a mil-
lionaire, 600 f., to another elector, whose property was
200 metres-above the level of the river, and had not
been flooded at all, 1,500 f., and to three electors, the
damage to whose properties had been estimated by the
commission at 4001., more than 2,000 f. Moreover,
the worthy officer retained in his own ha' ds 23,000 f.
of this charitable fund for private distribution, and
awarded various sums to his sub-officials for the same
purpose, and this on the eve of an election. Of
course, the Ministerial candidate was elected by a
large majority. But the Council-General of the
department were not satisfied ; they demanded
an account of the distribution of the money, and M.
CHOPPIN replied, "That is no business of yours;
that only concerns M. DUCHATEL and myself;" where-
upon the President of the Committee of Distribution
indignantly resigned his office, and the Council-
General, by a majority of 18 to 8, persisted
in its demand for further information, which
was still refused. On Thursday, when the
report of the Committee on the election of M.
RICIIOND DES BRUS was about to be brouet up,
M. BUREAUX DE PINY, M. ODILLON BARROT, and
M. GARNIER PAGES move .1 that the accounts of
M. CHOPFIN should be referred to the Committee
before they made their report. This was opposed by
M. RICIIOND DEB Bays and by M. DUCHATEL, who
blundered and bullied, and denied and spoke, and
acted as men conscious of guilt. It was evident, to
quote the words of M. GARNIER PAGES, that this
election " had begun in corruption and ended in
falsehood"--nevertheless, the Ministerialists roared
and bellowed, and in answer to the question of M.
ODILLON BARROT, " Do you wish to ascertain the
truth in this matter ?" characteristically answered, as
with one voice, "No!" M. Ric EIOND DES BRCS therefore
takes his seat by the side of M. DUCHATEL, and is,
perhaps, after all, one of the least corrupt members
of the Ministerial majority. These constant exposures
of corruption are beginning to tell upon the electoral
body, and the electors of Villefranche have placed on
record their opinion of the virtue of MM. GUIZOT
and DUCIIATEL by electing M. DE MORTEMAR, the
Opposition candidate, by a majority of upwards of
100 ever his Ministerial opponent, M. PAYEE, the
numbers) being, for M. MORTEMAR 371, for M.
PAYEE 263. This is " a heavy blow and great dis-
couragement" to the Government, seeing that the late
member, M. TERME, was a Ministerialist. It is the

answer of the electors to the ill-judged declaration of
M. DUCUATEL that there shall be no reform.
It is said that the Prince and Princess of JOIN-
VILLE and the Duke and Duchess of MoNTPENSIER
are about to proceed to Algiers, on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess D'AUMALE.

It is known that the partisans of electoral and par-
liamentary reform of the 12th arrondissement lately
determined to have a reform banquet, but the Govern-
ment refused its authorisation. The stewards pro-
tested against this, and declared that, in spite of the
refusal, the banquet should take place. Welnesday
was fixed for it, the place chosen being the Rue
Pascal, in a building formerly part of the convent of
the Cordelieres, but now employed as a manufactory,
and it was fitted up for the accommodation of 2400
persons. The authorities, however, made no display
either of police or soldiers. At seven o'clock the
quarter was deserted and silent as usual, and no ban-
quet was held. It was said in the neighbourhood
that the dinner had been postponed to Sunday, the
23d ; but as the Government persists in refusing
its authorisation, this statement ii probably un-
founded.

The Sentinelle, of Toulon of the 16th, says :—" We
learn with pleasure that, upon the complaint of the
Arab prisoners, the excessive rigour with which they
were treated has been diminished. For some days
past they have been allowed meat, and those of Fort
Malbousquet are no longer compelled to lie upon the
ground with only chopped straw under them, but have
paillasses furnished to them. Several of them, who
were severely cast down at being separated from ABD-
EL-KADER, have been removed to Fort Lamalgue.
And this day again one of the chiefs, a very old man,
who would certainly have died of grief if the separa-
tion had continued, has been conveyed to the presence
of ADD-EL•KADER. This old man had crept into a
corner of his prison at Fort M albousquet, and from
that he would not move until be was told that he was
to be transferred to Fort Lamalgue."

The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies yes-
terday opened with a demand made by M. RICOND
DE Baus for the retractation by M. GARNIER
PAGES of an offensive expression made use of by the
latter, in the discussion of the preceding sitting, rela-
tive to the election of the former. The latter denied
making use of the expression, and the matter dropped
in the Chamber, but it is reported that a hostile mes •
sage had since been sent on the subject. M. 0-
BARROT brought forward his intended motion, or
rather inquiry, relative to the affair of M. PETTIT,
and demanded from the Government seine explana-
tion on the business. lie wished to know whether
M. GENIE, who was said to have been engaged in it,
acted as the agent of the Minister ? He called on the
Government to give a clear and distinct answer to
his questions. Several other members spoke on the
affair, which still occupied the Chamber at post hour.
PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, Jan. 21.-The market
opened firm, at a higher quotation than at the close
of yesterday. Some absurd rumours soon after-
wards became current that accounts had reached
Paris of the death of Prince ALBERT, which had some
little effect, and a reaction took place, leaving, how-
ever, the closing prices better than those of
yesterday, Threes having been last called at
741, 15c.; Fives, at 116 f. 25c.; and New Loan at
75f. 20c. ; the market closed as follows - Three
per Cents. for cash, 741. 20e.; for account, 741.
15c.; Five per Cents. for cash, 1161. 25c.; for
account, 116 f. 25c.; New Loan, for cash, 75f. 20c. ;
for account, 75f. 20e.; Bank of France shares, 3,182 f.
50c.; Neapolitan, 99f. 50c. ; Spanish, not quoted.
RamwAxs.-The Share Market has well main-
tained itself to-day, and a further advance has been
obtained on many of the lines. For cash, Paris and
Orleans closed
,at 1,183 f. 75c. ; Paris and Rouen,
8921.50 c.; Rouen and Ilavre, 445 f.; Strasburg and
Bale, 158 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 5121. 50c.; Nantes, 3881.
75c.; Northern, 528 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4751.; Part s
and Strasburg, 408 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
8981. 75c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAW. 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1314 —Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon), 14 ex int.—Northern of France, 11 ex
int.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% ex int.—Paris and Lyons,
s%—Paris and Strasbourg, 3.ts.

EXPERIMENTS IN TIIR ROYAL ARSENAL.—WOOL
wicu, JAN. 21.—Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C.B ,
Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Lieutenant-Colonel Har-
dinge, and Major Palliser, assembled at two
o'clock PM. to-day at the Butt, to witness experiments,
ordered to be main with part of the mast of the Curagoa,
sent from Sheerness to Woolwich to be fired at, to
ascertain the adhesive and protective qualities of Mr.
Jeffery's marine glue when used in mast. for frigates or
other large ships of war. Two pieces of the mainmast
of that vessel, which hal been used in her upwards of
four years, and during the whole of the period she
.was
on foreign service, each of the pieces being about eight
feet long, and 28 inches in diameter, were set up at the
butt and firmly supported. A 32-pounder shot VVII.B then
fired at one of them at 100 yards range, and went directly
through the centre, entering the butt in the
.rear. On
examining the timber forced from the interior of the
mast, it appeared in the most perfect condition and as
sound as at the time it was made, the marine glue being
equally as tenacious as when first applied, and the wood
separating in splinters in the vicinity and other Parts
distant from the jomings. Several other shots were fired,
and the experiments were found equtilly satisfactory—
testing the adhesive qualities of the glue,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW.

CITY. Q('ARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales, 4,000 bales, at previous rates. Railway shares
were dull, and but little business was done.

The position of the Bank of England is more deve-
loped each week, and there is evidence of the accumu-
lation of money and the withdrawal uf cash for dividend
purposes. The bills under discount are being daily
diminished, and there is an indisposition to enter into
business transactions. The Bank, nolens miens, will
be ere long in the field as a competitor for business, at
a reduced rate of interest. The weekly return to the
15th inst. gives, upon a comparison with the previous
statement, the following results:—
Notes issued
Increase
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Decrease 1,079,328
Other Deposits
Decrease 182,098
Seven Day and other Bills 902,976
Increase 56,612

Government Securities 11,203,353
Increase 210,000
Other Securities
Decrease 1,091,022
Notes .... 7,152,400
Decrease 162,985
Bullion
Increase
Active circulation
Increase s .... 533,215
The total circulation for England, Scotland, and Ire-
land during the month to the Ist instant was 32,432,6891.,
a decrease of 2,172,6211.
In the rates for foreign bills of exchange no ma-
terial alteration occurred yesterday.

There are not any arrivals of importance to-day.
The market for Consols has been rather firm this
morning at 88i for the account, and at 88k for the

first transfer day in the next week. The premium upon
Exchequer bills is firm at 265. 28s. India Bonds have
advanced to 19s. 20s. premium. The Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have advanced to 89k.
In the Foreign Stock Market there has been a good
deal of business transacted to day. The Spanish Three
per Cents. have ail/mace(' to 30, and the Five per Cents.
to 19i. Russian Five per Cents. are at 1084 ; the
Brazilian Five per Cents. at 83; the Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 53k; and the Four per Cents. at 85k.
There has been an improvement in the aspect of the
Share Market to-lay, although the business done has
been inconsiderable.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 881
3 per Cent. Consols Anns B3 8814
New 314 per Cent. Areas. 8914 89 89
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 l9 20 p
Consols for Account BB%
katchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001.
5001.
Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Dan:sli Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent B3l/
Equador Bonds 3
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto for the Account .. 25%
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 10S'%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 ... 1914
Ditto for the Account ....... 19%
Ditto Passive Bonds 4l/i
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29% 30
Venezuela Bonds
Do. Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21A per Cent.,l2 Guild 541,E 53%
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
Ditto for the Account B5 84%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PSZ SHADS.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% to
Ayrshire 'and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. to
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dadley 10 ... .
Birraing., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 6
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckingham sb ire..
Caledonian

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 56
Chester and Holyhead.— ..... 371/ .....

. . _
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 21 Class, 5 per Cent... I()
Do., Goa. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Dublin and Belf.ist Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
and L. & D 25 —
Ditto, 181., E. &II lB ......
Ditto, W. 108., E. & H... 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per C.. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... per
Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... -
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .
Do., New
East ersn Union. 5O
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 121,4 —
Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 ...... 9t 4 to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ..- ......... .... • 13
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire 12%
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares l2l/2.
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22%2......
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... 33/4 — ...... to
Ditto, New port
Ditto, ditto, New 2% — .....• to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchater 2%
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Clrlisle-8/. 63.8 d...
Glasgow, Kilmarnock; & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. % Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% - ... to
Great Neratern ... 101/2 4YB3/4... to
Do. London & York Exten. 21t — ... .. to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 371v2 — ...... to
Great North of England 100 -
Ditto, Nt ur 40/
Ditto, New 301
Ditto, New 15/...... ....
Great Western
_ _ . io

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Sbares -
Ditto, Fifths

Do. New 171 - ... ...... to
Huddersfield and blanches' -r 24 .. -.
Ditto, 'lhirds... 8
[lull a•ld Selby
Ditto, Hull Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shales l2li —
Ipswich & Burr St. Edmunds 171
Do. do. and Norwich -
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Comb. and Ely) 24...... ..... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50

Do.,Thirds lO ...... --
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto half Shares - 38
Ditto Quarters 14% ...... 11% to
Ditto Fifths S
Ditto Sixteenths ........... VA..... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — ...... to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Hudders. and Shelf) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and. Goole 471/ —
Do., West Riding Union ...41. `25.....
Do., Preston arid Wyre ... 25
Do.. do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto . , ...... ......(B) liA —
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... .. ... to
Leicester and Bedford l6s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Blanches. 421
Do., Branch IA Shares 12%...••. ...... to
Ditto, New Branch (blue) 2% -
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk 36
Ditto, New - ..... - 22%.....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... -
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction to
London )4i. 131ackwa11...16/. 13s. 4d 6 ...... to 6
Ditto New, No. 1..
Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13! ..... t
. 4 ....... --- .•..•
.. to tto: =
Do. Extension —
-- 17142 ..-- .....
to 44
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 .......--
to
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ..--
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
_—
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ..-..
to
—I:
to
DittoLopnctitotio.,adnidttoo
re.e..1;;ic..1.1 .. ..........ooiss.
4.. d..... —......
e.5.t.a.r.n..:...1.831:073 2d...1-52% toto
_-
I,ondon uPreNoferrtehi;
34% to
too: t0rNt:f.,..:......L..r.d.
....... 2,1
.....
wii• Do. do. Fifths ...............
..
to
DDoo..
4QouLasrthearrset:..........L....
aG.AL. 2150
...... _
3::to
401.
.S. hares...
andM
B. a. n(dA B. 4791/2
.. .
.... : =
to
Do: 101. .. M. B. (a.) 71A. —
to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d...
Do. New Consolidated °ths. 40
to
Ditto New 501...............
Ditto New 401 ... ...... ... 2632V2".'
" 301/2
to
to
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds 84 6s. 8d ... 1% dis. to
London, Saliskuy, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — io
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 8 — to
Mancbr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo
Ditto 1% Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, IA). Shares (No. 8)... 7%. .....
Ditto Grimsby 25 — , , to
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... ---

Manchesterand Southampton ‘ 214 — .. ..,, to
NI idiand 100 ll5 ..,, .. to
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100

Ditto,
401. Shares 4O
- -

Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 15
Midland, Bina., and Derby...ll)o
Midland, Consol. Bristel and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 -
_ ...

Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36
Ditto ditto 111. 85.6.1. ..
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
ningten (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... .
Midld. Great; Western (Irish) 35
owesuitle and Carlisle IOU ......
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chesterford 181 A — to
. _

Ditto Extension
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk 100
Ditto New 201.
Ditto Extension
Do. Seri p,1847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpeint, and
Rostrevor

12 % ...... ••• •• to ...

.% orthent Counties Union .... 4
Serth British
Ditto Half Shares. 12% —
Do. Quarters 43/4 — -
Ditto. Extension -
Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 2
North Staffordshire-. .. ...... 10
North Wales 3% ..... . .... to
North Western . 6
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
serhanipton
Reading, Guildfd. , & Reigate 7% ...... 7% xi -t.
Royston and Hitchin ......

Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .. .. 20
Ditto, New
_

Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole - ...... to --
shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 — ..... to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewebury and Cheater
(Nor. W. Alin.) _ l6
...... to

Ditto Halves, - Ditto 8 ... .. .„,-, to
Ditto, Uswestry l2
Ditto (New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Prof 5 ......
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 ..... to
Shropshire-Union ... 4
South i)evon ....... ...... ... 40
Ditto. Preference
Seuth Staffordshire ... 4

South Eastern and Dover 33!,i

Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, No. 2 l7
Ditto, New, No. 3
Ditto New, No. 4............ 7% — ... .. to
South Wales
-outh Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Uoole
6wans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4
Chortles Haven Dock and
Railway 17% to
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 13%......
Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ... .. to
Waterford, Wexford,W icklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall
Nhitehaven and Furness l2 ... ..
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western s2a.

Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 80 ...... ... - to
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 35 to
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 31% to
Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ...
Do. Exton. Nit.l (Y. & N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. If
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8
fork and North Midland .. 30
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and NV est Riding
Extension ..... ... .. ...... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzoa)
Central of Spain .
Ceylon
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ...„ to
Datch Rhenish 7 .••••• ...... to
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 53. ..... • ...... to
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1

Louvain i la Sambre
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege .
Northern of France lO ...... 114 0 --.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d - 2 ..... to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8
Rouen and Havre 21
Sambre and Meuse
btrasburg and Bale l4
Tours & .Nantes ..
fournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Ilasselt

6
6 .•••••

West Flanders - 8.4 — to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London
[Anion Joint Stock ..... lO
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 3b
' Ditto Now
National of Ireland 22% ..... to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 2% to
Union of London ... 10
Union of Madrid 4O ...... ...... to
MINES.

Anglo Mexican .. 100
Astrian Mining Company ... it ....•
Australian
Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... 10
Bolanos Sorip
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 21 .•...• ...... to —.
Galvanized Iron
Ditto, New
Real del Monts, Unregistered —• .• lia to
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Imsteriam 12 534
nit.% at sight 12 2%
Rotterdam 12 6
26 10
damburgli ......M.B. 13 1411
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 65
Ditto, .............. 25 95
Marseilles •• •••• .. • • 26 5
•• 24 5
Frankfort on Maine.... 123 %
Petersburgh, Sil. Rble..
1ier1in...... •• ••
Vienna, effec. .• .. 10 19%
l'rieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 20
Madtid ••.. • • ........ 4614
Cadiz • • • .... ........ 48%
Bilbao.. •
Barcelona •• •.........

3ibraltar.. .• ...• •. •• ..
Leghorn ........ •• ..•• 31 30
GOVIOa •• ••••••• • • • • • .. 26 10
Milan .. •• •• •• ........

Venice ...• .. • • • • • • .•
Napleq ••••••• • • • • • • • 39U
Palermo, 118.1)i
Lisbon.• •••••••• •• • • • . 61%
0p0rt0.... •••••• • • .• • . b 2
Rio Janeiro ••• • • • ....

Bahia ................

Buenos Ayres ........
New York, 21 days'sight
Philadelphia 7

----FAIC-5.9 OF BULLION, TEA OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9L
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars •••• •• •• 0 4 113¢

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 22.—Wind this day at noon N.E.,
moderate brceze and frosty.
PonTsmouTll, JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Pedang,
Zwaurt, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Sld. Margaret, Evans,
New Yurk.
COWES, JAN. 21.—Wind N. E.—Arrd. Liebe, Von
Kohler, Bahia, fur Gothenburg.
BIDEFORD, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Lady Gordon, Scurr, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Wind N.—Arrd. Princess,
Murphy. St. John's ; Medina, barque, Quebec.
MILFORD, JAN. 20.—Wind E.S.E._SId. Clara,
Trinidad.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 21—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hannah
Salkeld, Robertson, Calcutta Avon, Greenditcb, Monte
Video ; Elizabeth Beyuor, Warne, St. Domingo ; Lord
Seaton, Fitzsimons, New Orleans. Sid. Luna, Grenada;
Ingleborough, Calcutta ; Herculean, Bombay ; Enri-
quits, Havannah ; Highland Mary, New York.
BELFAST, JAN. 19.—Sld. Lina, Barbadoes.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 21.—Wind E., fresh.—Sld. Queen
Dowager, Matanzas, after repairing.
CORK, JAN. 19.—Wind N.—Sld. Glenmore, Earba-
does ; Veronica, Newfoundland.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 21.—S1d. Hindostan steamer,
Alexandria.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind E.N E.—Arrd. Bengal,
Cook, New Orleans ; Tweed, Willinger, St. John's for
Wisbeach.
HULL, JAN. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Alma, Meyer,
Batavia; John M•Kenzie, Callao.
BEUMARIS, JAN. 20.—The Odine, Bangor, for Liver-
pool, while at anchor in Friars Roads, was in collision
with the Raven, Liverpool to Bangor, when the lormer
immt,diately sunk; crew saved.
KIRKALDY, JAN. 19.—The Lord Seaton, Talbot, from
Quebec to Aberdeen, which got on shore here on the
Bth instant, was floated yesterday, and brought into
harbour.

BOSTON, JAN. 20.—The William, of Exeter, when in
Ilob Hole, caught the British Queen's anchor, and is
making a deal of water, and must discharge to repair.
SHIELDS, JAN. 20..—The John and Amelia, to this
port, from Archangel, has put into Norway c.smasted.
HARWICH, JAN. 20.—A coppered vessel, bottom up
wards, has been seen drifting near the Cook.
LEITH, JAN. 18.—Arrd. Prince George, Young,
Quebec. 19th, Robertlll•Queen, ditto.

MARKET NEWS.— (THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
Potatoes, from 5s 6d to 7s Gd per cwt.; Onions, is 9d
to 2s 9d; Apples, Is 6d to 3s; and Pears, 3s 6d to 6s
per kalf-sieve; Walnuts, 8d to Is; and Oranges, 5s Gd
to 12s per 100; Greens, 2s ad to 3s ad ; Turnips, 2s 6d
to 3s; Leeks, is to 18 6d; and Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d per
dozen bunches; Savoys, 10d to is 2d per dozen; Celery,
Is to is 8d; Horseradish, 2s to 4s 6d; and Brocoli, is 6d
to 2s 6d per bundle; Filberts, 8d to 10d; and Cob-nuts,
8d to 10d per lb; Spinach, as per sieve.
NEIViTGATEI D X.EIADENELAX.36.
The supply of Meat was seasonably extensive. Most
qualities moved olf steadily, at our quotations. Beef,
from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 4d ; Veal,
4s to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the car-
case. Fair average supplies of Game and Poultry were
on sale to-day, and which moved of slowly, at but little
variation in prices. Turkeys, 3s to 8s 6d ; Geese,
4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits,
is 2d to 15 10d ; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is ld ; Pigeons,
6d to 10d ; aid roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each. Surrey
Fowls, 5s to 9s ; Chickens, 2s 9d to 4s 6d ; and Barn-
door Fowls, 2s to 5s per couple ; Eggs, English, 9s to
106 ; and Yrench ditto, 88 to Os 6d per 100; Frail

49
Week Last 14
ending 1 NAME OF RAILWAY. Week. ,1 Oe'
8 S
Jan. 16 Amiens and Boulogne • 997 -
15 Arbroath and Forfar •. • • ... „ „ 169 212
14 Chester and Birkenhead .• • ...... 573 481
13 Dublin and Drogheda •. • ... ....... „ 690 722
18 Dublin and Kingstown • . 600 685
15 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .. • . 721 286
15 Edinburgh and Glasgow . .• • ... 3,161 3,065
15 Edinburgh and Northern 726 -
16 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 10,005 8,910
15 East Lancashire 956 655
9 Eastern Union.-- 1,044 457
15 Glasgow, Kilmargock, and Ayr .. •• •. 2.011 2,007
15 Glasgow and Greenock.. 880 906
15 Great Southern and Western. • • .... • • 1,860 1,047
16 Great Western, &c.............. 16,687 15,731
15 Kendal and Windermere...-. •••• •• 88 -
15 Lancashire and Yorkshire........ •• • • 8,245 8,236
14 Lancaster and Carlisle .......... •• .. 1,043 -
15 Laidonderry and • • ....• 115 -
15 London and North Western, &c....•. 34,319 35,411
15 London agd Blackwall- • ......... • . 702 695
15 London and Brighton. • •• • 5,987 5,533
16 London and South Western .•••• •• •• 6,398 8,688
15 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 2,058 1,731
16 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • . 558 446
15 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 16,588 13,892
16 Midland Great Western (Irish) • • 806 -
15 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • ... •••• • • • . 1,888 2,039
16 Norfolk.. •••••••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • • • 1.735 1,271
15 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1,788 1,339
15 Paris and Rouen .•••••••••• • • • • •• •• 6.223 5,502
15 Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • •• •• .. 2,737 -
16 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• .• •• •• 537 296
15 South Eastern and Branches .. •• • • 6,856 6,496
14 South Devon •• • ..... •••••••• • • • • • .• 684 769
15 Tail' Vale
616 730
15 Whitehaven Junction ....• ...• „ 152 -
16 York and Newcastle .• • ............ 9,329 7,713
15 Ycort and liortli 311.11au4. •• • . 6,264 4,866

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) SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN] NO, JANUARY 229 1848
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HO RR ID MURDER AT DU Nalt Y, I IRISH S PECIAL COMMISSION. ,Ti ere were three shots fired, and I think the third ,
COURT CIRCULAR. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, N.A.TII
came close by me. I lifted M`Mahon, and we brought WIN 1.• lo • NEAR BRISTOL.. (From Saunders's News Leiter of ve
LIMERICK, 'l' , .7
‘ N. 20. him into Limerick.
Cross examined by Mr. °I-Ina-Th-4e is nothing was accompaniedsoit, ... RIDAY.-Prince Albert enjoyed the
sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness I ►N' BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK. At a prelimina
(FROM OUR C •RRE-PONDENT.)
Th-.. Lord Chief Justice an. the MIAMI .on took
with a view to th
BRISTOL, FRIDAY NIGHT.-An inquest 1105 beer: .
couki not say hut that it was a spade Skehan had in Gordon, Equerryby
yn
the Earl
the h 1t• • / -If-past unusnal in seeing a man's servant in his hat Ord. I Liver 1
.Cowper and. the Earl of From the Official List,
their seats upon t tic i _:).: Ino na, .., 1...
held this afternoon, at the Carpenters' Arms, Dundry, tell o'clock.
petitioning ; ofPs
; and wa.s atten.ded by Captain the Hon. A.
1 g eUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. the Town-hall, B
a. about fair miles from this city, betore R. Uphill, MURDER or MR. HILL-CAPITAL CONVICTION.- iii 3 haltil before I saw him. •
To the CouaT-I had never seen the pris o The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Whewell took their rlepar- crease in the nati
fore to my knowledge. LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21.
Esq., Coroner, touching the murder of a respectable James Shelton, a very young man, not more than 20 • tun/ from the Castle to-day. the militia, and al
yeoman, named Walsingham Hazell. years of age, was placed at the bar and indicttd fur The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
having, on the 18th of November, 1847, at Rathherd, John M‘Nainara, a boy not more than nine years will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of SOINT-STOCB BANKS. sition to the press
of age, examined by the ATTORNEY-I am Kent, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl of Dividend Amount solved, "That Ri
The proceedings lasted for several hours, dining
Name of Company. per cf Paid. Price •
cient advocate of
which tl.e following facts transpired : - in the county of Limerick, wilfully and feloniously
murdered one Ralph Hill, by firing a loaded gun at nephew to Daniel Quan, and old Mr. Quan is my Liverpool, the lad in Waiting of the Duchess of
grandfather. My father is gone to America. Since Kent, the Barone'ssyde Speth, Sir George Couper, and . Annum. Share.
- - specially and earn
The deceased, an old man of sixty- four years of him, from the effects of which he died. There are
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age, was a large farmer, living at Dundry •; a maiden four or five other parties charged with aiding and he left I lived with my grandfather. I know the Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie.
prisoner James Skehan. He was in my grandfather's The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend 400 o 0 °O
-- received by the c
sister lived with him, as did also two nephews, abetting the prisoner in the commission of the mur-
service. I remember when Mr. Hill was shot. Be- during dinner. i 6611.. pp
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young men, named James and Benjamin Hazell. der;. but the prisoner's.. counsel having refused to al_
lolonial.. ... - "bey dear Stu
fore a challenges,Skehan ' th t I heard Skehan and other •
low them to join in the was given persons talking afterwards attend in the Castle. Gloucestershire -
Her Majesty's private band will '
-
On Monday afternoon last, between three in charge to the jury alone. about him. This was three or four days before. lonian ........ ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 • 25 0 0 - • • • •
and four o'clock, be was seen by several of his The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, They said, "Itis a murder not to kill Hill." My A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yester- Logtrtioand Westintnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 so 0 0 24 ing, inviting me
- a copy of a resolu
0 - tion in
.Birmu
labourers, who were at work in a barn, talking with Messrs. Bennett, Q.C., and Plunkett, Q.C., appeared uncle said that, and Skehan was present, and said, day afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers ..ondon Joifit•-Stoc•Ic.•••••• 61. per cent. 60 -0
0 11(3) (1:1 0 the ' National
his nephews. After that hour nothing was seen of on behalf of the prosecution ; Mr. ()Ilea for the "it is." I remember seeing the prisoner making
81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - most
present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Pratitnociepf Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 o o -
heartily w
prisoner. bullets about a month before this. He melted lead in Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan- Kationi:l or ir;la•nd :• • Si. per cent. so 0 0 22 10 0 - ing, I regret
him, and as he did not reach home in the evening,
Mr. Bennett stated the case for the Crown. a grisset, and poured it into two holes in the floor. eellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir Nat, Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
the greatest alarm was occasioned to his sister, as he Thomas Flannery examined by the Attorney Ge- Ile then hammered them. I slept with my uncle and John Hohhouse, the Right Hon. li. Labouchere, south oiaiNs Australia lia. •:: : • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
40 o 0 40 ••• - allow me to ace
utterly it/telligibl,
was a man of remarkably steady habits. A. search was neral.-I live in the city of Limerick, in Mr. David the prisoner. I don't know if Shekan slept with me Lord Campbell, the Marquis of cianriearde, and the
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instituted, but without effect ; and among other places Fitzgerald's employ. in October last I was en). that night, but I awoke in the night, and there was no Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. - - 210 0 -
Names
of
wr; ••221DAn!ivinodue:od. - protect us against
searched was a stable, the key of which glued by him in making a distress. It was executed one but my uncles Corcoran and James Quan in bed. The Council sat two hours and a half. , Union of Madrid _
on the. 29th of that month, and took place at John Daniel Quan slept with Skehan. I remember hearing Lord John Russell was prevented by indisposition , _.______ vasion from i ran(
James Hazell at first refused to give up, saying that
the shots the day Mr. Hill was killed. I saw the CIP-16713.143, or newspaper, in
Q. uan s, about two miles from this city. There were from attending the Council. His Lordship remained
he could not be there; and in this he was joined by his
three or four stacks of barley, some corn, and hay prisoner that morning coming up the road. lized nation, has 1
This was yesterday at his residence in Richmond Park.
brother Benjamin, who also said the stable should Names of ,r; Dividend! Price. England, or threa
seized. Some of the corn was in the hag- an hour before the shots were fired. He then went 1.-____________ -
Companies. 2 per Companies. Per Price. No ; the whole a
some gossipping ii
not he opened. A short time afterwards, however, g ard, and more was in the barn thrashed. I into bed, and got up again, and in about a quarter of NEWMARKET HANDICAP. ri: Annurn.j
theseinlliinfessathoen has fall
£ ' ' 'taprya,
rmtieesnaiimidpii
the stable was opened, but the search there proved was there all that day, and next day until an hour I heard the shots. There was a gun in the BURGUNDY AND RATTRAP. -
4
of no avail. Things remained in this state until the evening. I was there when the corn was house. I saw it the night before. It was a double- _____,„„„.___
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.5:. pc 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
fprroo
English and Pr
sold on the 17th of November. I know the prisoner barrelled gun. The gun was kept near where Skehan TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Barnslei.• • • ;160 121. ISO Neath ••• • • • 1001 201. 340
Thursday, when Thomas Capell and another man, at
3rank&Abrgjlso; 61. 80 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 201. 200 James Skehan. I saw him at Quan's the day the used to sleep. SIR,-In refutation of the charges against the
Birmingham, 35; 41. 8U l'eak Forest. 78! 31. 40 ters would be qui
work, thrashing in a barn, were informed by one
To Mr. O'HEA.-I often saw that gun. It was
property was seized. I saw him on the evening andhandicapper of this race, contained in the letter signed Coventry
....y 100; 25/. - Regent's •• •• 331 It. 4s• likxd
Joseph Stokes that two men, named Henry Grover next day. I also saw him on the day of sale and the three months before. lam sure the prisoner was " Justitia "in your paper of the 15th, and dated Dernv . • ... ,1001 61. 63 Rochdale ..• • 85, 41. 54
,
Ells x re&Chs; 131 41. 50 Somrset Coal 150. 71.105. 130
and Benjamin Payton, had told him that they had day I posted the notice of sale. I heard he was a not out half an hour before the shots were fired. from "Kildare," I request your insertion of the
r.;:e.t ash . • •1100 i 32c. - Do. twot 12 i 61. p. c. • - way as they a
Honora M‘Namara, a little girl, about eleven years following remarks, and not merely to protect honest .
dreamt that the body of Mr. Hazell was in a ter- servant of Quan's. The first day I saw him he was iraud.l unctn I 100 51. 79 Stffrc 1401 281. 275 ancient animositi.
2'0511. 305- of an entire genet
tain old well. The men sneered at the informs- working in Quan's ground pulling turnips. When I of age, sister to the previous witness, examined by
the SOLICITOR. GENERAL.-I remember the day Mr. and diligent handicappers from unjust aspersions, but
also to guard future handicappers from being led
.-4,. Uniono,..Traannrtrrey:oooo.
11.-10 s. 231)% I.horearbsrlbdigrra:: 125' 1
tion, but were induced at length to go to the well, was posting the notices he was standing at Quan's
Hill was shot. I was sent to milk the cows about astray by that article. The writer begins by remark- antham .•150 121. - Severn andl 14526 11. Bs. 30 irrational conflict
Kennt & Avnj 39i 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail.s
door, and on the day of sale I saw him carrying a
els& Livrpjloo 341. 505 Warwick&l
which was dry, and had not been used for some time, eight o'clock that morning. I was in the house the .
ing that "• 4 negligence or wilful impropriety in the
hamper of turnips round the barn. On the day ofbeLeleester ...•j 140 101 7b Birming. j K 51. 66 human beings have
and was then to all appearance in its usual state, a sale I asked him for the key ofthe barn, and he
there that night. There was a double-barrelled gun discharge of the handicapper's duty is an error of no Leicstr &Nth! 83. 41., 36 Warvelekal brought to a clog
raves in the two
I 1 46 g large stone being on the lid, which was fastened on that herself (Mrs Quan) had it, and was in tovvn. I ordinary importance," and goes on to remark on the .7.ouvhhoregh!l42 701. 530 Napton..
39 favourable a view
in the house. I never saw it in his hands. When danger of intrusting it to a single individual. Now, Monmouthshlloo Si. .-- Worcstr &•/
one side by a hinge. The cover was lifted up and went into the house to look for it and could not get slntgemrysh!loo 51. - itirrnillg.j 78 2L much of our old
the men looked in, but could not see anything. They it, and then I broke in the door. The prisoner tot- coming home from where I was milking the cows Sir, the imputation of even "negligence" in such a
- _bleltn3l wbry:loo 101. - Wilts & mks, 671 11. 11
.1„,....„ ,

BRISTOL, FRIDAY NIGH r.—An inquest has been
held this afternoon, at the Carpenters' Arms, Dundry,
about f ear miles from this city, betore R. Uphill,
Esq., Coroner, touching the murder of a respectable
yeoman, named Walsingharn Hazel].
The proceedings lasted for several hours, during
which tl.e following facts transpired :
The deceased, an old man of sixty four years of
age, was a large farmer, living at Dundry; a maiden
sister lived with him, as did also two nephews,
young men, named James and Benjamin Hazel],
On Monday afternoon last, between three
and four o'clock, be was seen by several of his
labourers, who were at work in a barn, talking with
his nephews. After that hour nothing was seen of
him, and as he did not reach home in the evening,
the greatest alarm was occasioned to his sister, as he
was a man of remarkably steady habits. A. search was
instituted, but without effect ; and among other places
searched was a stable, the key of which
James Hazell at first refused to give up, saying that
he could not be there; and in this he was joined by his
brother Benjamin, who also said the stable should
not he opened. A short time afterwards, however,
the stable was opened, but the search there proved
of no avail. Things remained in this state until
Thursday, when Thomas Capell and another man, at
work, thrashing in a barn, were informed by one
Joseph Stokes that two men, named henry Grover
and Benjamin Payton, had told him that they had
dreamt that the body of Mr. Hazell was in a cer-
tain old well. The men sneered at the informa-
tion, but were induced at length to go to the well,
which was dry, and had not been used for some time,
and was then to all appearance in its usual state, a
large stone being on the lid, which was fastened on
one side by a hinge. The cover was lifted up and
the men looked in, but could not see anything. They
then got a candle, and were startled to perceive
marks of blood upon the aides of the well. A
rope and a hook were procured, and at length they
brought up the dead body of a man, which proved
to be that of their missing master. There were
marks over the eye of a tremendous blow, and also
upon the back of the head were several marks of
heavy blows. In the pockets of the deceased were
10d. in silver, and a few articles of trifling
value. The body was then removed to the house.
The well, we may state here, was near the stable.
A man, named John Hall, assisted to remove the
body into the house, and he then went to a dung
heap near the stable, turned it over with a fork,
and found an ash stick two and a halt
inches thick, and about two feet long ; on
this stick were marks of blood, and there were also
some grey hairs attached to it. Hall also found an
umbrella, which the deceased had with him at the time
he was missed, on a wall adjoining the stable. The
two nephews were in custody upon suspicion of com-
mitting the murder, and were attended by Mr. Har-
mer, solicitor, Bristol. Hall was severely cross-
examined by Mr. Harmer, and he gave most evasive
answers. At first he said he was at a public-house
from twelve to eight on Monday, and afterwards ad-
rnitt?el that he was absent from the house for some
time. lie was, after the inquiry, taken into custody,
upon a charge of being an accessory. The inquest
was adjourned.

Thomas Flannery examined by the Attorney Ge-
neral.—l live in the city of Limerick, in Mr. David
Fitzgerald's employ. In October last I was em-
ployed by him in making a distress. It was executed
on the 29th of that month, and took place at John
Quan's, about two miles from this city. There were
three or four stacks of barley, some corn, and hay
seized. Some of the corn was in the hag-
gard, and more was in the barn thrashed. I
was there all that day, and next day until
the evening. I was there when the corn was
sold on the 17th of November. I know the prisoner
James Skehan. I saw him at Quan's the day the
property was seized. I saw him on the evening and
next day. I also saw him on the day of sale and the
day I posted the notice of sale. I heard he was a
servant of Quan's. The first day I saw him he was
working in Quan's ground pulling turnips. When I
was posting the notices he was standing at Quan's
door, and on the day of sale I saw him carrying a
hamper of turnips round the barn. On the day of
sale I asked him for the key of the barn, and he said
that herself (Mrs Quart) had it, and was in town. I
went into the house to look for it and could not get
it, and then I broke in the door. The prisoner tol-
lowt.d me in, and said I would suffer for it. In a Jew
minutes after I broke the door I saw a daughtet' of
Quan's and James Quan, one of his sons. They were
in the yard. A quantity of wheat, barley, and hay
was sold that day. I purchased the corn. The
threshed wheat was removed the day it was sold, but
I Ilid not remove the cum. On the day after the sale
I went to remove it. I went then, about eight o'clock
in the morning. I brought six cars with me, and Mr.
Ralph Hill, the deceased, Caine also. There was a
person named Edward Allen with us, also James
lll'Mahon, Bolin Hanky, Michal Tobyn, and James
Neale. I found all those persons at Quan's.
To the Court—They were all keepers.
To the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-.-I met the keepers,
and some of Quan's family near his house, in the
avenue. The keepers came back with Hill and I
and the carmen, to Quan's house. Before we arrived
at it we met old Mrs. Quan and her son Daniel ; we
had some altercation. Mrs. Quan caught hold of
me by the collar of the coat; I was then at this side
of Quart's, near where Hill was shot, within from
seven to twelve yards of it. I know Mr. Fogarty,
the surveyor; I pointed out to him the place where
this occurred as well as I could. When Mrs. Quan
had hold of me her son Daniel pnlled her away down
the road towards Limerick, from the direction of the
house ; as soon as he pulled her away I went on
towards the house. Bill, the five keepers, and the
carmen, were all with me. The cars were with us
also. When going along the avenue I had a full
view of the haggard. We had not gone more than
ten yards when we heard a shot, and both Hill and
Tobyn fell immediately; they dropped quite close to
me. I saw the smoke from the shot.

Honora M'Namara, a little girl, about eleven years
of age, sister to the previous witness, examined by
the SOLICITOR. GENERAL.—I remember the day Mr.
Hill was shot. I was sent to milk the cows about
eight o'clock that morning. I was in the house the
night before. I know the prisoner, and saw him
there that night. There was a double-barrelled gun
in the house. I never saw it in his hands. When
coming home from where I was milking the cows
with my aunt I met the prisoner. He was going in
the direction from my grandfather's, and was running.
He told me if I saw any one going after him to say
I did not see him. I was then by myself carrying
home the milk. This occurred before breakfast. I
heard of Mr. Hill being shot after breakfast, and I
went out, and saw him on the rood.

TO THE EDIfOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In refutation of the charges against the
handicapper of this race, contained in the letter signed
" Justitia " in your paper of the 15th, and dated
from " Kildare, I request your insertion of the
following remarks, and not merely to protect honest
and diligent handicappers from unjust aspersions, but
also to guard future handicappers from being led
astray by that article. The writer begins by remark-
ing that "a negligence or wilful impropriety in the
discharge of the handicapper's duty is an error of no
ordinary importance," and goes on to remark on the
danger of intrusting it to a single individual. Now,
Sir, the imputation of even "negligence" in such a
case, to say nothing of "wilful impropriety," is a
charge of a serious nature. Let us examine if there
is any real ground for it. I may here remark that,
under the guise of zeal for the general interests of
turf sports, the real object of the writer appears to be
to bespeak a warm berth in the Liverpool Cup for the
great Irish " pot," by getting Burgundy slipped into
it at Bst., under the pretence that he is at least four or
five pounds worse than Rattrap.
After a prefatory fling at the weights of a couple
of English horses, the writer proceeds to the
" business " and object of his lettter. Rattrap, he
says, "is weighted at Bst. 61b. (his last performance
having shown him better than Burgundy)"--an as-
sertion which he slyly slips into a mere
parenthesis, and he goes on to assume that he could
give Burgundy at least 41b., presuming that the per-
formance last in order, irrespective of accompanying
circumstances or former events, is tke sole test of
comparative merit between horses rivals in half a
dozen other races. Now, Sir, this very case will
prove the wisdom of selecting well-practised handi-
cappers, who have been in the constant habit of keeping
close watch on the course of turf occurrences, their
attendant circumstances, and ♦indicatory symptoms,
and not merely relying on the chronological order in
which a winning race stands in the catalogue. In
order to judge whether this last race affords a true
run test, I will resort to the report in Bell's Life of
the previous day's race. In his September report the
reporter accounts for Burgundy's defeat by his total
want of preparation, and in consequence of his pre-
vious lameness. In this report he says—" Burgundy
came out in something like his old form, made strong
running to the 2 yrs. old course, where all were dis-
posed of but Rattrap and Panic. The latter gave
way at the chains ; but Rattrap struggled on to the
distance." There Burgundy left him, cantering on
alone, and walking past the post. That this " strug-
gler" should come out next day, and beat this " can
terer " (a horse proverbially stout, and winning all
his former races by severe play,) appears a rather
singular phenomenon until it is recollected that a
horse vamped up only to " something like his old
form" is sure to feel the effects of a first race
on his ailment. So that Messrs. Weatherby
were quite justified in concluding that a loose screw
alone gave that rate victory to a horse so often and
so easily beaten by him. But other aids were
afforded in judging of Burgundy's merits, viz., the
singular ease with which he beat Eryx, and the
style in which he tailed off the rest of the lot for the
Newton Cup, Eryx not being able to travel the pace
with him a single yard of the race ; so that even the
disadvantageous weight on Eryx did not adequately
excuse the canter in which he was beaten. His
(Burgundy's) well-known victory over Wolfdog the
previous week, when Wolfdog was quite fresh, also
confirms the opinion of Messrs. Weatherby, though,
of course, no private trial` affected their handicap.
But its most decisive confirmation appears in the fact
that he was kept out of the Chester Cup (though first
favourite for it, till his non-entry became suspected,)
in order to win the five Irish Queen's Plates. Would
his owner forego such a chance in order to subject
him to fresh defeats by Rattrap, whose noble owner
has never evinced any particular aversion to Irish
Queen's Plates ?

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ing than I used to get at my grandfather's. I never
spoke about this until I spoke to the gentleman in the
court-house. I often get cakes and apples from Mrs.
Daly, whom lam now living with. She is the police-
sergeant's wife.
To the SOLICITOR-GENERAL-4 SAW Skehan after
I met him running; he was then with the police,
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Sergeant-Major William Reed examined by Mr.
BENNETT—I am in the artillery stationed in this
city ; on the day Mr. Hill was shot I was out with
my troop exercising; about twenty minutes before
ten o'clock, as I was on a road leading from the Cork
to the Roxborough-road, I saw some constables stand-
ing near a man who was shot. Upon looking.to the
rise of the hill, I saw a man, in a crouching position,
near a hedge. I told the circumstance to Mr. Cripps,
the magistrate, who rode in that direction, followed
by the police. The man then ran off in a stooping
position when he saw the police. Mr. Crips rode across
to cut off his retreat, and I rode across in the direc-
tion of the man, and on arriving there I lost sight of
him, and was sure he could not follow his course
without my seeing him. I then called for the police
to search the field I was in, and they found the pri-
soner, who had one shoe on. I directed one of the
police constables to search the field the prisoner was
running in, and he found a shoe which he said was
not his, but they appeared to he matches ; previous
to this he had denied that he had run through the
field where the shoe was found. After this a man
came up who said he had seen the prisoner in the
haggard that morning.
This %% itner.s upon leaving the table complained of
misrepresentations which, he said, appeared in some
of the Limerick papers, with regard to the part he
took in the arrest of the prisoner.

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To the COURT—I did not See the flash, but I saw
the smoke.
To the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I saw it in the
haggard, at the quick-set ditch. You go round the
house and barn to get into the haggard. The hedge
was very thick. 1 heard a second shot immediately
after the fint—so soon, that there was not, I thick,
time to reload the same gun that fired the first. The
second shot wounded M‘Mahon. He was a keeper,
and was a little to my right nearer to the haggard.
That shot appeared to come from the same place.
saw smoke at that place, and nowhere else. I
was about thirty yards from where I saw the smoke.
There was a third shot fired. When I heard the
second I ran back, and had not gone more than six or
seven yards until I heard a third shot. I cannot say
if it hit any one. This shot came from the near
corner of the haggard. The keepers and carmen all
ran off when the second was fired. The third shot was
fired from a part of the hedge where there was a gap
where a man could pass through. When the third
shot was fired I pulled out a pistol I had, and it fell
on the ground ; in picking it up I looked to see if any
one Whi following me, and I saw the prisoner leap
out from the haggard from where the shots came,
with a gun in his hand. I was about fif-
teen yards from him. I ran off, and cannot
say where he went to. I had the fullest
opportunity of seeing him. I came into Limerick to
Mr. Fitzgerald's office, and informed the police, and
returned to Quan's. I made no delay. I brought
M'Alahon with me. He was well able to walk,
although wounded, but Hill and Tobyn was left after
us. I was the last of the party, and the nearest to
the haggard. When I was going to Quan's house
with the police, we met some artillerymen. The
police and I crossed the fields, and the police who
got on before me arrested the prisoner and brought
him to where I was. He had but one shoe on. It
was not an hour from the time Hill was shot until
Skehan was arrested. I ran to Limerick and drove
hack with the police. The artillerymen gave the
alarm.

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A WOMAN SHOT BY A SOLDIER.
LEEDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—A most deliberate
act of homicide was committed at the Cavalry Bar-
racks of this town last night. About seven o'clock, a
married man, named William Garratt, a private in
the 57th Regiment, was in his room at the barracks,
with his wife, private Michael Stokes, sergeant
Keenan, private Dooley or Doolan, and other soldiers.
Without any angry words or the slightest observa-
tion, Michael Stokes got his musket from the rack in
which it was usually kept, and took it for a moment
or two to a table, as it he was about to clean it. He,
however, suddenly turned round, put the piece to his
shoulder, pulled the trigger, and shot Mrs. Garratt.
She fell to the ground mortally wounded, the bullet
from the musket having entered her abdomen, and
passed out at her back. Mr. Jackson, the regimental
surgeon, was immediately called and in attendance
upon the poor woman, but she expired in about an
hour and a half afterwards.
Stokes was instantly taken into custody, and kept
at the barracks until this morning, when he was given
up to the civil authorities of this borough.
We cannot ascertain that there is any known or
even supposed cause for the perpetration of this fatal
act. The prisoner is a young man, a native of Ire-
land. It is stated that after he was taken into custody
he acknowledged, in the presence of Sergeant Mus-
tard and private Jones, of the 57th, that he had pre-
meditated the deed for two months, and that he
loaded his musket about two hours before he fired it.
The deceased, Margaret Garratt, was 28 years of
age. An inquest will be held on her body by Mr.
Blackburn, the borough coroner, at the Court-house,
to-morrow (Saturday) morning.

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The CHIEF JUSTICE said that from what had trans-
pired in his evidence he had no reason to be ashamed
of his conduct. On the contrary, it was highly praise-
worthy, and he was sure his commanding officer
would not judge of him by what might have been
published in a newspaper.
Police-constable Anderson, who found the shoe in
the field, and produced it, and also the shoe which
was found on the prisoner (they apnPared to be per-
fect matches); he also proved that tbs pz oner denied
that the shoe was his, and afterward. uumitted it.

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To Mr. O'IIEA—I arrested the shoe.—(Laughter.)
Police• constable Shannon deposed to having seen
the prisoner arrested, and his statement as to the
shoes; he also proved that he stated he lived at Kill-
clare, and that his name was James Cane.
To M. O'HEA—" James " is his name, and
" Skehan" sounds like " Cane " after the "s" in
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Mr. William Wright, examined by the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL—I had no communication with Sir Mat-
thew Barrington, or any one in the Crown-office,
until this day. I live in George-street, in this city,
next door to Mr. Fitzgerald. About eight o'clock
the evening before Air. Hill was murdered, three men
came into my shop, and asked where Mr. Fitzgerald
lived. The prisoner was one of the men. They asked
for " Mr. ritzgerald, the agent, or Hill, his man.
Not cross-examined.

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four pounds more, or even equal weights, could have
performed the feats of Burgundy at Newton or
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TO THE ADD 01? 01. 7.HE SUN.
SlR,—Your account of the meeting of the meal
hers of the Master Boot and Shoemakers' Institution,
although in the main statistical facts correct, was
rather premature, as the public meeting of that body
will not take place until Monday, the 31st inst. The
monthly meeting of the committee occurred on the
19th inst., at the Freemasons' Tavern, when a report
of the past year's tpmceedings was discussed, pre-
paratory to the general meeting. This probably gave
rise to the mistake, which, if you will be kind enough
to correct in your next impression, will much oblige,
Sir, yours, &c., JOHN SI M PSON,
A Member of the Committee.
1, Tottenham-court-road, Jan. 21.

Newton is too near this town, and its clerk of the
course too observing, discriminating, and just, to
permit the handicappers for the Cup to be caught by
"the trap," however artfully disguised.
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John Ryan, examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL
—I am in Mr. Curran's employment on the same
townland with the Quails. I remember the morning
Mr. Hill was killed. The keepers stopped atj my
place. I went out between ten and eleven o'clock on
the night before the murder, and when I was coming
in, passing the stile, I met the prisoner with a gun
in his baud. He asked, 44 Who came there ?" I
" A friend." He then said he thought there was
some one else there.

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Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA.—I was a turnkey
of the city gaol, and was present at a great many
trials. I know pretty well the necessity of good
evidence and sticking to one's information. If a man
tells a magistrate one story and a jury another, he
should not be believed. I broke in the barn door. It
was for the purpose of selling the corn. Allen
and Sullivan were the bidders. Sullivan was
one of the keepers. Tobyn and a carman
also bid. He was one of my carmen, and
bid against me. There were but lour bidders
when the corn was knocked down to me. I bid the
value less the carriage and expense. I forget what I
bid for it. I was to have given the corn up to my
master, Mr. Fitzgerald. There was to be an open
sale, and for that purpose I bought the corn. lam
a labourer. I gave up my office of turnkey to
make looking glasses. Since that time I have been a
law officer— serving lattitats.—(Laughter.) I am
familiar with taking oaths. I saw the smoke of the
third shot from the corner of the haggard. Alter I
heard it I went down the avenue. I did not go down
the little road opposite the castle.
Counsel here read the witness's information, in
which he swore he could not say where the third shot
came from.

Liverpool, January 19, 1848.

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40,
211

To Mr. O'HEA—My information was true, and
was read to me. I saw the smoke of the shot in the
corner of the haggard. I toll the magistrate so, and
cannot say why it was not put in my information.
I saw the prisoner come out of the corner immedi-
attly after the shot. Jam telling the truth, and have no
resentment. lam perfectly indifferent as to whether
the prisoner is acquitted or not.

To the COURT—My side was to the hedge when
the two first shots were fired, but my back was
turned when I heard the third.

Michael Tobyn, one of the persons who was
wounded on the occasion of the murder, was next ex-
amined by the Solicitor General-1 was a keeper
over Quan's corn when it was seized; on the night
of the day of the sale I heard shots fired, which I be-
lieve were fired in the haggard ; on the day Mr. Hill
was killed I was going down by the haggard, and
saw the prisoner inside ; this was shortly before Mr.
Hill was murdered, about ten minutes before I met
Mr. Hill, and returned towards the house. (The
witness here corroborated Flannery as to the firing
of the shots, and showed his face to the jury, where
a ball entered his right cheek, passed round his entire
head, and came out upon the opposite side, shatter-
ing the bones of his jaw and teeth in a most frightful
manner; ofcourse his evidence did not prove anything
atter he was wounded.)
To Mr. O'HEA—I went through the fields with
Edward Allen that morning, and crossed towards
Mr. Hill's, when I saw him on the road, coming to
Quail's; it was about ten minutes from the time I saw
the prisoner in the haggard until the shots were
fired ; I can't tell exactly, it might he an hour.
John APMabon, another of the persons who was
wounded on the occasion in question, examined by
Mr. PLUNKETT—I >was a keeper over Quan's corn.
know the prisoner, and saw him shortly before Mr.
Hill was shot inside the haggard hedge, with a gun
in his hand. He was inside the spot tram which the
shots came. (This witness, it appeared from his evi-
dence, was severely wounded in the head, although
not so bad as Tohyn.)
To Mr. O'HEA--lt was about half an hour from
the time I saw Skehan in the haggard until Mr. Hill
was murdered. Tobyn was along with the at the
time. I knew the prisoner as soon as I saw him
after wards.

To Mr. O'HEA—I only told this last week to the
magistrate, and I don't know how he found it out, for
I did not tell what I knew to Ay man living.
Constable Cane examined by Mr. BENNETT—I saw
the prisoner arrested. It took place about nine
o'clock in the morning. At two o'clock that day I
searched the place, and found a gun hid under some
straw in the pigsty.—(Gun produced.) It was then
loaded with five balls and a large charge of powder.—
(Tne balls were here produced.) I know a man
named M'Namara. I showed him this gun, and he
said it was his.

To Mr. O'IIEA—I would not swear that those
bullets were cast in holes in Quan's floor.
Mr. O'IIEA—I am surprised at that.—(Laughter.)
William M'Namara examined by Mr. PLUNKETT.--
1 know the Quans. On the night before the murder
James Quan came to me to borrow a gun, and I lent
him the gun produced. It was then loaded with
shot; single and double duck.
To the COURT—I bad that gun five or six weeks,
and know it well ; it is very remarkable.

To Air. O'HEA—I know- that Quan's corn was
seized, and notwithstanding lent him the gun-. I
don't know what an accessory before the fact is.
Air. P. G. Barron, MM., examined by the ATTOR-
NEY. GENERAL—I went to Quan's in about two hours
after Mr. 11111 was shot ; he was then dead, and the
prisoner was in custody ; I observed that he kept his
right hand in his pocket, and upon making him take it
out, found a mark in the centre of the .palm. as if
made by the muzzle of a gun. (Balls produced.)
These balls were given to me by a soldier of the 41st.
To Mr. oj-it:A—The top of an ink bottle would
make such a mark on his hand; the top of a pipe I
don't think would.

Private Leary, of the 41st, deposed that he was on
duty at Quan's-place after the murder; upon searching
the cow-house he found some balls, which be gave to
Mr. Barron, the rilagistrate.
Dr. Gebiton proved seeing the remains of Mr. Hill
a few minutes after he was shot, and that he died in
consequence of gun shot wounds inflicted on his person.
The case for the Crown here closed, and
Mr. O'llmA addressed the jury for the defence—
He said the prosecution altogether rested on testimony
of a circumstantial nature, and principally upon the
evidence of the first witness, Flannery, who was not
deserving of credit on his oath, from the manner in
which he told his story.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the evidence
to the jury, who convicted the prisoner after a few
moments' consideration.

He received the announcement without observa-

Counsel here read the witness's informations, in
which he said he did not know the man he eaw inside
the hedge before he met Mr. Hill.
Robert Hanley examined by Mr. BENNETT—I was
a keeper on Quan's corn. 1 know the prisoner, and
remember when Mr. Hill was shot. On that day I
was looking at the farm, and on my way to the house
I met Mr. Hill. Before I went out to meet him I
saw Skehan in the haggard. He had something in
his hand, but I cannot say what it was. I saw him
there about half an hour before the shots were fired.

tion .

The Court adjourned until morning.
ADJOURNED SITTING OF THE COMMISSION FOE THE
COUNTY LIMERICK.—The grand jury having come
into court in the course of the day,
Mr. Crokei (the foreman) applied to their Lord-
ships to discharge them, as there was no business to
be transacted.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The Brighton harry„ Mon., Patehani; Wed.. Thun-
der's Barrow; Fri., the Dyke-104.
The Brookside harrs , Mon. , Newmarket Hill; ,
Thurs.
Telscombe Tye-10i.
The Crowley and Horsham lids., Mon., the Fox, Three
Bridges; Wed., Horsham Gate; Fri., Buleombe Village
The Herefordshire lids., Mon., St. Weonard's; Thurs.,
Canon Froome Wharf; Sat., Tiberton-10i.
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Little Limber Lodge;
Fri., Utterby.Village—l 1.
The Essex Union lids., Wed Moor Gardens; Sat., at.
Lawrence Hill.
The East Essex lids Tues., Great Northey; Sat.,
Mark's Hall. •P
Mr.Lumley's hds. Mon.,Gringley-on-the Hill; Tues.,
nary ; Fri.,
Ilodsaek P
Darlton Bar ; Sat. Shooter's
11111-10.
Sir Tatton Sylie's lids., Mon., Settrington Beacon;
Wed., Stamford Bridge; Fri., Fluckham-101.

The CHIEF JUSTICE said he regretted it was not in
his power to do so, as he was aware of the intention
of the Government to have the Commission adjourned
before he and the Chief Baron went to Clonmel.
Under these circumstances he could only discharge
the grand jury for the present, and if their services
Here again required they would be summoned in due
time.

INTItAiIUIiAL -------
BURIALS.
Yesterd
at meeting of the vestrymen of St.
James's, Westminster, was held, the Rev. John
Jackson, D.D., Rector, in the chair, in compliance
with a requisition signed by 360 rate-payers, to
consider the proprietyural burials of
petitioning the Legislature
against intramettAlß unals, and on other business.
R
The ev.
stAN said that the subject was
difficulties, surrounded with but he was of opinion
that the overcrowde 1L churchyards should be closed.
Mr. Churchwarden
GEESON said that when he con-
sidered the crowdede state of certain metropolitan
burial- grounds, he
decidedly of opinion that
Government was boun.a dato interfere, and protect the
living against being brought in such close contact
with putrid and putrefying masses, which necessarily
impregnated the surroundingatmosphere with a
deadly poison. Ile therefore
most willingly moved
the adoption of a petition for the abolition of intra-
mural burials. •
The Hon. F. Brtio, one of
the Sanitary Commis-
sioners, seconded the resolution, and availed himself
of the opportunity to
"'
were decidedly favourable
the vestry that the
clergy le to the suppression
of burials in cities and towns.
Mr. ex-Churchwarden Aus,
EN said that when he
was in office a portion of the churchyard wall was
forced out by the heaps of de
bodies that were
raised up against it, to the height
tof several feet.
A VESTRYMAN declared that- the dead buried in the
churchyard half hid his house, they were piled over
each other so close up to it.
The motion was carried, and
the Chairman, the
Hon. F. Byng, Messrs. Compart, Leeson, and Austen,
wero appointed a committee to draw up the petition.
Mr. GEEsoN brought up a
petition for the repeal
of the window tax, which was
the laid in the vestry for
signatures ; after which, and
disposal of some
m
parochial business of no i,...
portance, the vestry
broke up.

The Great Belt is entirely covered with ice. Tra-
vellers and the
mails are carried across in boats eon-
structed like sledges. The Sound, at the date of the
last accounts, was covered with pieces of ice, which were
beginning
to unite. All communication between El-
sinore, in Denmark, and Helsingburg, in Sweden, is
consequently interrupted.
Ttir, ARmi..--It is stated that, among the plans at
present underconsideration on the subject of the army,
.hn
L.... out pensioners in the recruiting
is one for employing
department, and additional pay, in lieu of maintaining
the present staff of non-commissioned officers ard men
from each regiment. Should this plan be carried out,
a considerable saviny %via be effected to the public.
Them: are in E
nglan five recruitiug districts, Ireland
thr.:', and in Scotland two.
STATE OF TRADE REPORT.--MANCIIESTER, Jan.
21.—We have closed this week reach quieter and less
cheerfully than last, and we are now certain that the
prices of yarns and goods are so low, that many manu-
facturers in Preston and other neighbourhoods have
decided again to limit their production, and in some
cases suspend operations altogether. Rumour of a
large houso in London beiu' in diffic ilties has added
to the gloom.

THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.—The Worcester
Chronicle states that Mr. F. O'Connor has purchased the
Great Daff. ird estate, in Bromsgrore parish, containing
280 acres, of Mr. Bomford, the present occupier and
owner. The subject has created a great sensation
amongst the farmers, lest O'Connor's four acre allotments
should bring more poor into the parish, it being already
very heavily burdened.

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WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
. - -
£ s. d. .£ s. d.
Birmingham. ••••• • • • j 188. 25 0025 0 0 -
East London. . 81. 100 0 0 - 166xd
Grand Junction .• ••• • 1 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - S 2
3/. 100 0 0 - 84
lew Rivr Lndu fledge 2/. 10s. - - /,•
rational" •.•..• • • .. • ! 100 0 0 - 101
West Middlesex . . . 5/.15c omit.. 63 12 9 - IIN
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMP.aNIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. . Price.
Annum. Share. i
---•
£. s. d. Z. a. d.
British ••••••.• • • • • • • IT. 40 0 0 18 0 0 ' 174,
Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 23}.
Bristol ••.•••• • • • • • .. IC/. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
Brighton - 19
City of London .. •• • • 10/. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 290
ContinentalConsolldat• 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 54
Ditto. New • •
Equitable.. •• • .....
Imperial ••..••• • • • .• 6/. per cent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 to, N
Independent . 6l. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 8 G 4
London•• .... •••• • • - • 21,41. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto • -
Phenix ..• .. •• • ..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 I 34 xd
Ratcliff -• • • .. •• • ... 5/. and Nis. 100 0 0 90 0 0 so
United General ••• • • . 4141. pr cent.! 50 0 0 40 0 0 17
Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 - 5534 xd
Ditto, New •• • • -... 12s. 40 0 0 10 0 0 : 1156
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount 1
Name of Company. per of 1 • Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. a. d. X. a. d.
Australian A,:riculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 -
Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Ilalf Shares.. - - 1 210 0 -
Canada ... • • .... .... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 -
Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per Cent. .- - -
City 80nd5.......... 314/. pr cent. - - -
Comp. Cppr 3lurs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0' 70 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. e.k big, 2111 00 0 0 100 0 0 100
Equitable Reversienry 4%,. pr cent. tOO 0 0 95 0 0 it
Gen. Steato Navigation 11. Ss. 13 0 0 14 0 0 24
London Institution .• • - -- - •
Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5954
Reversionary Int. Soc. ,31j1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 57
Royal Malt Steam- • . f:q,il. pr cent. - 60 0 0 43
South Australian ..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 95 0 01-
Van Dleman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 1 4
Universal Saivage •• • • - 25 0 0 5 0 0 1 -
BRIDGES
Dividend Amount . -
Name of Corapsay. per of Paid. PrtLe
Annum. Share.
---
X. a. d. L. a. d.
flungerford .• ........ - - - -24
Southwrk, NwSun. Av. - 632 12 i -
Ditto Nw of 754 p. c. 358. per cent. 50 0 o - If.
Waterloo .... •. • ....• - 100 0 0 -5,,,
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 25
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 2r.
Vauxhall .... ... Ay. It. 168. 70 10 0 - 2$

DEATH OF A SINGULAR LADY.—Yesterday an in-
quest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Mariners, Cass -
land-road, South Hackney, into the death of Mrs. Maths
Sutor. The deceased, a lady in independent circum-
stances, aged seventy-six, resided with some members
of her family at Hackney Wick. About three years
since she attempted suicide by cutting her throat, and
since that period had been frequently afflicted with fits
of temporary derangement of short duration. When in
good health she was in the habit, both_ in summer and
winter, of sitting all day near her residence, out of doors,
taking her meals with her family. In this state she had
passeu the three last years of her life, scarcely ever
putting on bonnet or shawl, even during the inclement
season. She was taken ill on Monday, and died on
Tuesday morning, before medical aid arrived. Mr. B.
Clarke, surgeon, said deceased died from natural causes.
everal of the jury having spoken to the kind treatment
shown to deceased by her family, a verdict of " Natural
death" was recorded.
The owner of some spinning mills at Berlin has
lately brought into the market a new species of flaxen
thread, which is extremely long end silky, white in
colour, and spun and dyed with extraordinary
This primary material, which possesses, even in a supe-
rior degree, all the qualities of silk, is likely to compete
with it from its simple and rapid fabrication, and from
low as comparatt with that of ti;k.
its price being very
The appearance of this new Article of commerce has
caused a great sensation among the dealers at the fair at
Leipsic, and an English gentleman has offered the in-
ventor 20,0001. for the secret, but this was refused, as the
owner intends to reserve to himself all the benefits of his
discovery,

NATIONAL DEFENCES.
MR. COBDEN.

At a preliminary meeting, held on the 10th inst.,
with a visw to the convening of a public meeting in
the Town-hall, Birmingham, to consider the propriety
of petitioning Parliament against the anticipated in-
crease in the national defences, and the enrolment of
the militia, and also to take other measures in oppo-
sition to the present war establishment, it was re-
solved, " That Richard Cobden, E-1., M.P., the effi-
cient advocate of a pacific international policy, be
specially and earnestly invited to attend."
To this invitation the following reply has been
received by the chairman :
" Pencarrow, near Bodmin, Jan. 12, 1848.

" My dear Sturge,—l have your favour, enclosing
a copy of a resolution, passed at a preliminary meet-
ing, inviting me to be present at a public demonstra-
tion in Birmingham, upon the subject of
the National Defences.' Agreeing as I do
most heartily with the promoters of the meet-
ing, I regret that my engagements will not
allow me to accept their invitation. To me it is
utterly intelligible why we should now be suddenly
stunned with this outcry for additional armaments to
protect us against an attack by the French. An in-
vasion from r ranee ! Why that statesman, or party,
or newspaper, in that great constitutional and civi
lized nation, has latterly been advocating a war with
England, or threatening a descent upon our shores ?
No; the whole affair must have been the work of
some gossipping idlers at our clubs in London, or of
military men impatient at the neglect into which their
profession has fallen after thirty years of peace. If
these parties and our diplomatists and foreign Minis-
ters would be quiet, there never was a time when,
from the inevitable tendencies of the age, the
English and French nations were in so fair a
way as they are at present to forget their
ancient animosities. It is more than the lifetime
of an entire generation since the last sanguinary and
irrational conflict between England and France was
brought to a close. Upwards of sixty millions of
human beings have in that interval passed to their
graves in the two countries—and is it taking too
favourable a view of human nature to belii,ve that
much of our old national hatred lies buried with
them ?

"I am delighted to hear that you are prepared at
Birmingham to extend the hand of friendship and
confidence towards the French people. Such a de-
monstration will have the best possible effect upon
public opinion, not only in France but throughout
the world, and I hope your good example will not be
without imitators elsewhere.

"I remain ever faithfully yours,
"RICHARD COBDEN.

" To Joseph Sturge, Esq."
In consequence of the Town-hall having been
previously engaged for the day it was proposed to
hold the meeting, it is unavoidably postponed for a
short period.

THE NEW BISHOP OF HEREFORD
HEREFORD, TIIIIRSDAY.—The clergy of the diocese
of Hereford, anxious to testify their feeling towards
their newly appointed diocesan, Dr. Hampden, are
about to present him with an address of congratula-
tion and satisfaction at his appointment.
The address, which has already received a large
number of signatures, is couched in the following
terms :

" TO THE RIGHT REV. EENN DICKSON, LORD BISHOP