The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 8, 1851.

HER MAJESTY'S COURT AND
_ PRIVY COUNCIL.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham
Palace yesterday afternoon.
At half-past two o'clock a deputation from the Corporation
of the city of Dublin arrived to present an address to her
Majesty, and were conducted to the Green Drawing-room by
Sir William Martins and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, the general
Ushers in Waiting. The Queen was conducted to the
Throne by the Lord Chamberlain, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert being by her side; the Duchess of Norfolk and the
Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Ladies in Waiting, the Great
Officers of State, and a number of the Officers of the Royal
Household were in attendance.
Her Majesty was also attended by the following Ministers.
viz., Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir
George Grey, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar-
quis of Clairicarde.
The deputation from DAdin consisted of the Lord Mayor
o üblin, Alderman Andrews, senior Alderman of
Alderman Kinahan, High Sheriff of t. üblin, Aldermar
Hoyte. Alterman Campbell, Alderma+l Cresharn, Alderman
George Roe, J.P. DL. Alderman Hudson, Alderman Moy-
la-, Town Councillor Leland Crosthwait, ;.L., Town Coun-
cillor Joseph Casson, Town Councillor Classon, Town Coun-
cillor 4. illiam Harvey Pim, Town Councillor Jo=hita Watson,
Mr. Thomas Vance, T.C., Town Councillor Arthur Baker,
Town Councillor William Fry, Town Councillor John
l'A•cy, Town Councillor Thomas Hutton, J.P. D. ~ Town
Councillor Francis Codd, Town Councillor Richard Kelly,
Town 4 ouncillnr John Jameson, Town Co ncillo- John
Chambers, T. O'Brien. Bart., M.P., ?-ir Lucia O'Brie ,
Mr. R yn Ids, M.P., Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Grogan, M..
Snawg, and Mr. James Lambert.

The f (lowing tficers of the corporation of Oublin were in
attendance on the deputation, viz., Mr. Th mas Reynolds,
Marsha of D blin ; Mr. William Ford, Town Cler- ; Mr.
Francis Dowling, High Constable; Mr. Th mas
wordbearer ; and Mr. James Curran, Macebearer.
Mr. Frederick Sutton, private secretary to the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, was iu attendance on his Lordship.

Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
lined the Throne room.

Her Majesty being seated on her Throne, the deputation
were admitted, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain,
who conducted them to the Queen.

The Lord Mayor read an address from the Corporation of
the City of Dublin on the subject of the abolition of the office
of Viceroy of Ireland, to which her Majesty returned a most
gracious answer. -

The Lord Mayor had then the honour of being presented to
kiss bands.

Sir timothy O'Brien, the mover of the address, and Town
Councillor Leland Crosthwait, !.L., the seconder, had also
the honour of being presented to the Queen to kiss hands.
The deputation then retired.
After the reception of the address her Majesty held a Privy
Council, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury,
the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial
Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the
Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber-
lain. the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to
the Prince. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Sir George Grey, Lord
John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Grey.
The Court was attended by the Captain of the Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen
Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the
Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House-
hold; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting; Lord George
Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Lieutenant-Colonel
Hon. A. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting; Lieutenant-
Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince,
Mr. James Tyler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of
Gentlemen-at• Arms. Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo-
men Guard, Major Harmer, Standard-bearer of the Honour-
able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Colonel Chaplin (Cold.
stream Guards), Field-officer in Brigade Waiting, Captain
Curling, Adjutant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms, Captain Phibbs, Eon in Waiting, and Messrs.
Forbes and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty's body guard was on duty in the Palace as
usual. A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards (with
the band) was on duty in the grand quadrangle of the Palace

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.

A rumour Wtll4 circulated List evoning in the neigh-

bourhood of the Houses of Parliament that Lambeth

Palac© was on fir?, and was generally credited
owing to the circumstance of the whole of
that side of the water being brilliantly illuminated,
throwing into bold relief the dingy towers of that an•
dent building. Happily, however, this rumour proved to
be incorrect, for on inquiry it was found that the palace
was entirely uninjured, and free from any danger of
coming in contact with the devouring element which
was raging with great fierceness in its near vicinity.

The scene of this fire our reporter fund to be the ex-
►ensive premises of Messrs. Charles Ogleby and Co.,
vho carry on the business of spermaceti re-
finers and oil merchants in Paradise-street, Lam-
:-,eth- walk. The very nature of the business will
At once show how great was the danger to be ap-
prehended from the first symptom of a fire on
the premises, which extend from Paradise-strett
to High• street, and are bounded on both sides by houses
and ware•rooms, That port of the building in which the
fire originsosd was a large pile of warerooms, three
stories high, on the left side of the yard, which was
enmpletely filled with spermaceti oil. It appeared
that while the men were working in the upper story
they were startled by a strong smell of burning,
and they had scarcely time to ascertain the
souse of it before the whole interior wa4 enveloped
with fl Lines and smoke, and they say their escape
;uto the open air was most miraculous. This was show
five o'clock, and in less than a few minutes afterwards
ho whole of the building, including a tower attached
to the end of it, was one mass of filmes, the
heat arising from which was so strong that
no one could approach in front of it. Dispatches were im-
mediately sent off to the different engine-stations, and on
tneir arrival the firemen set to work with
a degree of courage and quickness which is be-
yond all praise. By seven o'clock they got the fiacees
completely under, but not before the building in ques-
tion was completely gutted and the roof destroyed.
This is the more wonderful, as the whole yard was
covered with barrels of oil, as well as the adjoining
sheds.

The loss sustained amounts to many thousand pounds
but the proprietors are amply insured in several offices.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE..--Independent of the great
fire in Lambeth, the Brigade was called to five others.
One was at No. 23, tikinner-street, Clerkenwell. It
originated in the apartment of a Mrs. Smith, and 071
some of the neighbours entering the place to render as-
sistance they found the unfortunate occupier lying on the
second-floor landing completely enveloped in flames.
The engines of the London Brigade quickly attended,
and the fire was subdued, but not until Mrs. Smith was
so frightfully burned that the flesh peeled off her body
when touched. A medical gentleman promptly attended,
who gave it as his opinion that the poor creature could
not possibly bye a couple of hours.
FIRE AN CORNIIILL.—A fire, which was well
nigh being attended with consequences almost as
disastrous as that which occurred in Mark-lane, broke
out on the premises of Messrs. Grosvenor and Carter,
wholesale paper merchants and stationers, Cornhill.
Fortunately the fire was discovered so early, or it is
possible that the whole of the houses near would have
been destroyed; as it was, however, the stock was
damaged.
A MANUFACTORY BURNED DOWN AT BATTLE-
BRIDGE —Yesterday morning, about half-past four
o'cl,.,ek, a fire of a very fierce character broke out in
the Patent Fire Lighting Composition Factory, belong-
ing to to Mr. 0. Priestley, at Belle Isle, Maiden-lane,
Battle. bridge. The flames could not be conquered until
the factory and the storehouse were totally gutted. The
sufferer, it is understood, was not insured.
FIRE AT MILE-END.—Shortly before the above fire
broke out another one happened at No. 9, Wellington-
street, Waterloo• town, Able-end. The building was
much damaged. Mr. Humm. the owner of the property,
as insured ►n the Norwich Union Office.

RAILWAY' RET URNS

TRAFFIC RETU"NS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
1851. 1850. 1851.
RRITISH. .--- --
72 Aberdeen -••••••••••• • • • •• • • • ' • • • £Bl9 £1,255
37% Belfast and Ballymena •••••••• • • • • • • 454 5e2
17 Belfast and County Down ••.•••• • • • • • - 16
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 954 1,265
•27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 413 668
85%, Bristol and Exeter •..
160 Ca1ed0nian............ •• . - ...... - 5,760 6,356
94% Chester and Holyhead..... ••• • •
32 Dublin and Behest Junction ••..• • . • 253 3:5
53 Dublin and Drogheda.. •••••- • • • • •. 786 792
6 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 804 977
16% Dundee and Arbroath ••••••• • • • .. • • - 354
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction '609 646
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.• .. ••• • .•
67% East Ang1ian.........
79 East Lancashire .•
30
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ...: ~ :: 14,207913,787
12,539
95 Eastern Union •••• • • • • .... -.. ..
116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .••. • • •
71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee •
18 Furness Railway -•••.. _ • - • • ... • -- 461
171% Glasgow, and south-W estern ••• • ..
224, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• •• 018 907
236 Great Northern and E. L.........
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,920 4,20
262% Great Western
90 Lancaster and Carlisle...-.
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••• • • .... 12,091 14,5 2
39 Leeds and Thirsk .... ..
12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. 87 253
518 % London and North Western ..... .... 40,204 41,859
5% London and Blackwell •• •••••• • • • • • • 601 750
173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 7,465 7,630
239 London and South Western. • ....... 8,357 8,707
15 L,ndonderry and Enniskillen .. 125 14b
1136 Manchester, Buxton, and A% atlock, &c. 120 114
167% Manchester, Midfield, and Lincolnshire 5,129 5,857
9% Manchester and South Junction... - 358 410
28 Maryport and Carlisle -•• • • • • • ..... 580 613
49634 Midland ..... ....... ..... ........ 20,505 19,402
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,007 1,061
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ••- .. • ..... 1,851 2,098
146 North British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• 3,170 3,113
222 North Staffordshire •. • ... .. .... .. 4,097 4,422
47 North-Western ...... •• .. . •
45 Scottish Central
32 Scottish Midland
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... 1,377 1,384
30 Shropshire Union .... ••- • .
58 South Dev0n........ ............... 1, 484 1,501
234 Soutt Eastern ..... ..... ............ 8,003 9,086
75 South Wales -..-...... - _ _ _ - 919
69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole :: 1,013 1,069
1,644 2,135
785 195
25 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... - 386
13 West Cornwall .
12 Whitehaven Junction ............... 182 193
293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 11,949 13,143
256 York and. North Midland . • ... .. 6,400 6,761
FOREIGN.
7634 Amiens and Boulogne. .............. 1,337 1,244
44 Di. ppe . • • •• • • .... • • ....• -
63 Montereau And Troyes
336 Northern of France ................ 15,581 16,830
143 Orleans to Il.•urges (Cent.) .......... 2,520 3,040
72 Orleans to Bordeaux .. ..
82 Paris and Orleans ............ _ .... 6,,,52 7,324
85 Paris and Rouen . -
bi, 34 Rouen and Havre ..........„ _ .... 20,1 _

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT,-.-011 Monday morn-
ing last, a fatal accident occurred at the railway crossing
near the Collins-green station, on the Liverpool branch of
the London and North-Western Railway. An old woman,
named Ashton, who lived eta farm near St. Helen's, and
was in the habit of going thither every morning with milk,
went up to the gates as usual with her horse and cart, and
was all•rwed by the gateman's wife to pass through; but just
when the cart was upon the line the express train from Li-
verpool came past, and running over it broke the cart to
pieces, and killed both the old woman and the horse, the
former being thrown by the force of the shock into a field at
the side of the line.

The expense of the in •door poor of Glasgow is
101. 12:. 7 d.; and of_out-door, 51. 14s. 10d. per head per
annum.

SALMON FISHING.—Since the Ist of February only
ten fish have been caught in the Doon. The take continues
to be very moderate in the Tay, but not more so than in an
average of seasons in February. The fish hitherto taken
have been almost uniformly large, and a few 30 very heavy
as to be exhibited for their size and symmetry. Prices in
London have varied from 2s. to Is. 6d, per lb. during the
last fortnight, according to the supply. A very erroneous
impression prevails as to the tall in the rents of the Tay
fishings. Some of the stations, no doubt, have fallen ofl, but
others have proportionably increased; and, on the whole,
the present rental of the river is about equal to what it was
twenty years ago. Glasgow Constitutional.

BURKE'S HI•TORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, for
1841, corrected to the present time, and including many ad-
ditional Families, 2 vols. This importact publication ap-
pears at an appropriate moment, when the political excite-
ment of the day is drawing attention to that influential
body— the Landed Interest. Th.. work furnishes such a
mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal
families in the kingdom as ha- never before been brought
together. It relates to the untitled families of rack, as the
"Peerage and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms, in
fact, a Peerage,of the Untitled Aristocracy; comprising par-
ticulars of upwards of 10(1,000 persons connected with them !
.. A work of this kind k says the Morning Post) is of a
national value. Its utility is not merely temporary, but it
will exist and be acknowledged as long as the families whose
names and genealogies are recorded in it continue to form an
integral portion of the English Constitution. As a correct
rec• rd of descent, no family sboud be without it."

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL,— The country will
regard with mingled emotions of indignation and sorrow the
proceedings last night, in the House of Commons, on the
subject 01 the Papal Aggression Bill. Never did a Ministry
cut a more sorry figure than they did during the delivery of
Sir George Grey's speech. The Papal measure never was
worth much. It fell far short of the necessities of the case;
but whatever little value it possessed, has now been taken
from it by the " modification? which Ministers have agreed
to make in the measure. It has become a mere mockery.
To waste the time of the House on such a Bill is
an unwarrantable trifling with the country. How long
is this state of things to last? How long is a Govern-
ment to be tolerated which dogs not know its own mind for
two days t.gether?•—a Government which submits to mar
and mangle its own measures, to propitiate opponents to such
an extent as that they scarcely retain a trace of their ori-
ginal features?—eldvartiser.

THE GREAT EXHIBITON.—A letter from St. Peters-
burgh announces that the Emperor of Russia intends to
spend lie,00(),000 silver roubles in making purchases at the
Great Exhibition. His agents are specially commissioned to
purchase every model which may be useful to Russian ma-
nufactures.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The usual
monthly meeting of this society was held lest evening at
the society's rooms, 20, Bedford•rtreet, Strand, A. Ilentrey,
Esq., vice• president, F.L.S., in the chair. Numerous dona-
tions to the library were announced, and a great number of
valuable British and foreign plants bad been received since
the last meeting. After several new members had been
elected, the continuation of Mr. Stock's paper, " On the.
130%11 of Dung, SUffai" vas read.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Rear-Admiral Barkeley,l C. 8., M.P., and Captain Sir
Thomas Hastings, returned to London on Thursday night,
from Portsmouth.
Commodore Bruce, appointed to succeed Commodore
Fanshawe as commander-in-chief on the coast of Africa, has
selected Captain Henry Lyster (1845), who was promoted
for his services against the pirates at Alaluda Bay, to be
commander of his flag- ship, the Penelope steam-frigate.
Commander Edmund A. Glynn (1848), promoted from
the command of the Dart, 3, on the coast of Africa, has
been appointed to the Penelope.
Lieut. Henry Warren (1840), has been appointed to the
Boscawen, 70, ordinary guard-ship at Chatham, and Lieut.
William Wood (1845), to be first of the Alecto steam-sloop,
fitting at Woolwich.
The Rev. Edgar B. Barnes fiLs been re-appointed
chaplain and naval instructor to the Prince Regent, 90, at
Portsmouth.
Master John Belam (1841), who has had several responsible
charges of ships, and now uf the Ocean, flag-ship at Sheer.
ness, has been appointed to command the Rhadamanthus,
steam-transport, at that port.
Assistant Surgeon—J. W. Elliot has been appointed to
the Prince Regent.
Second Masters—J. Rainbott (1846), and F. W. Rea
(1849), to the Rhadamanthus; Richard F. Browne, to the
Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth.
Clerk—Charles Fisher, to the Alecto steam-sloop.
Boatswains—John Goldsworthy, to -the Prin..o Regent;
John James (acting), to the Boscawen ; Thomas Flintharn, to
the Sionarch.

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Carpenter—John Hooper, to the Prince Regent.
PROMOTION.

John Doyle (1841) the senior eligible clerk on the list,
late of the Arab, 12, has been promoted to the rank of pay..
master.
SHELL PRACTICE ON BOARD THE EXCELLENT.—The trial
of shells was resumed again on board the Excellent yester-
day, under the superintendence of Captain Chads, Colonel
StevenF, and Captain Pickering, 01 the Etyal Artillery, who
are ordered to report on their respective merits. Captain
Moursom's were alone tried on Wednesday and Thursday ; on
Wednesday at the long range, 1,200 yards at a target and
Topaz, and on Thursday at 5 0 and 800 yard ranges. As we
have be:ore stated, these shells (percussion) were much ap-
proved and burst accurately, averaging b 3 per cent. good
shells. Yesterday about one o'clock the testing of Mr.
Moore's concussion shells commenced at the long range, at
the ship-target and Topaz. Ihe committee, Captain Chads,
Colonel Stevens, and Captain Pickering, were present, and
also Colonel Dundas, K.A., Capt lins Lock, .Stk Word, Ryder,
Elliot, Key, &c. Three shells will be tried at the three
ranges of 500, 800, and 1,200 yards. The practice will Le
continued from the Excellent tur several days to come, as
there are other " concussion" shells, the invention of Mr.
Freborne and Mr. Macbrey, are also to be tried and reported
on by the committee.
Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, left Queens-
town on Thursday, for Corfu, with the colonel and 403 officers
and men of the 92d Regiment. 'Abe Apollo is afterwards to
convey the 97th to Halifax, from Jamaica, instead of to New
Brunswick.

Alecto 6, steam. sloop, Commander Lavie, is about a dozen
blue jackets abort. She will be ready for ea at Woolwich
by the 11th, and will proceed to Devonport, calling at Ports-
mouth, on her way to the coast of Africa.
Penelope steam-frigate will be complete at Portsmouth on
the 11th, and will be commissioned with a complement of
300 officers and men, as 'the new flag-ship for the coast of
Africa.

Banshee steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Hosken,
is now ready for sea at Woolwich. She is ordered to pro-
ceed to Plymouth to be paid advance and wait for orders.
.bonetta, 3, brigantine, is now ready for sea at Chatham.
She is ordered to Plymouth to be paid advance and to re-
ceive her finalorders for Brazils.
Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, flag-ship of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Gouge Seymour, C. 8., will have her defects com-
pleted at Spithead, on the 11th, and will be ready to sail on
the 12th for the West Indies.
Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, will be paid off at
Devonport this day.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is slowly entering her
blue jackets. She wants 400 petty officers and seamen. It
is expected that many of the Powerful's men will join her.
Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, will be
paid off at Portsmouth this day.
Rhadainanthus steam-transport, is ordered to be commis-
sioned by Mr. Belem as Master-Commander, and to be got
ready for sea at Sheerness with all dispatch.
Vulcan screw troop-ship, Master-Commander Penn, had
her steam up at Portsmouth yesterday, received her water
and provisions, and was to leave for Cork last evening to
embark the 74th Regiment for the Cape.
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE SRALARL—Messrs. Hallett, Ro-
binson, and Co., have given notice to Commander Mony-
penny and the officers and company late of the Sealark, who
were actually on board at the capture of the Francellina on
the 6th of October, 1849, that they will be paid their re-
spective shares of the tonnage bounties and sale proceeds of
the above vessel on Thursday, the 20th instant, at No. 14,
Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares not then
demanded will lie re-called for three months :—Flag, 311. ss.
0013..035.d
.1; 1 dse.
_;
6/2.
aonsd.ers,dl.s;o/fi.
ft6hs:
9111. do.s;.
4thdi.r;d
sicxlatshs,,
tenth,
*A Vs. ld. ; eleventh, 1/. 10s.; twelfth, 1/. ; thir-
fsodn r; t he 710 m/
venth, 51. Os. 2d ; eighth, 4/. Os. 2d. ; ninth, 3/. Os. ;

teenth, 15s.
PRIZE-140Y :Y FOR THE PLUTO STEAM.VESSEL.—Messrs.
Hallett, Robinson, and Co., have also given notice to Lieut.
Crowder, the officers and company of the Pluto, who wero
actually on board at the capture of the Quatro Aniorinha,
on the sth November, 1848, that they will be paid their re-
spective shares of the slave and tonnage bounties and sale
proceeds of the above vessel, on Thursday, the 20th inst., at
No. 14. Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares

not then demanded"will be re-called for 'three months:—

Flag, 1041. 16s. Bd. ; lieutenant-commanding, 238/.145. 4d. •
fourth class, 59/. 13s. 7d.; filth, 531. 14s. 2d. ; sixt4,3s/.
16s Id.; seventh, 291. 16s. 9d.; eighth, 23/. 17s. sd. ; ninth,
171. 183. ; tenth, 111. 18s. Bd. ; eleventh, 81. 195.; twelfth.
5/. 19s. 4d.; thirteenth, 4/. 9s. 6d. •

THE COMMAND OF STEAM-VESSELS,

TO TILE IIDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—ln a letter that appears in your paper to-day, bear-
ing the signature of Sir Charles Napier, it is there stated
that the saving to the State by giving the command of steam
troop-ships to masters is only 66/. I send you, for your in-
formation, the expenses attendant on a commander and hi,
tail, as well as those of a master and his staff; you will then
see that the old Admiral is rather out in his calculation.
I remain, Sir, yours, and a constant reader,
Southaea, March 6. TaUTH.
COMMANDER AND Ills TAIL.
£ a. d.
..• 300 0 0
... 602 5 0
... IEO2 10 0
... IE2 10
... 129 5 0
••• 91 0 0
... 66 18 4
... 63 17 6

1 Commander ..
3 Lieutenants ...
1 Master ... ...
1 Surgeon ... ...
1 Assistant-Surgeon
1 Purser ... ...
1 Mate .. ~.
2 Midshipmen ...

Total sum ... £1,618 510 -
Thus leaving out second-masters, of which the Apollo has
;wo and one assistant.

MASTER AND STAFF.

1 Master ... ...
4 Second• Masters
1 Assistant-Surgeon
1 Clerk ... ...

£ s. d.
..• 212 18 4
... 292 0 0
... 184 0 0
66 18 4

Expenses attending the Master ... 755 16 8
Ditto the Commander ... ... 1,6 q 3 510

£862 9 2
8621. 9s. 2d. saved to the public In pay only► and the work
ten times better done and in a threefold proportion to what
is done by vessels of that kind commanded by commanders.

TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS.
TO THE IDITOR OF TIIE TIMES.
Sir,—ln your paper of to. day my attention was called to
the following passage in a speech reported to have been
made by Mr. Cobden, at a meeting held in r,ference to what
The fact was that
press only existed
tahr ei
sccaol luendtrtyh eh
a"dt anxoe ad a
iolny
pkrneos
sw. l eTdhgee
dailye'
in London. It was scarcely known in the country." Being
myself one of the many thousands of your country readers
who receive your paper daily at a distance of more than 100
miles from the metropolis two hours after its publication, I
was rather surprised at this statement. But I was still more
surprised when I found, on a further perusal of the same
re-
port, that the speakers at this meeting relied on the superior
merits of the American press as a leading argument for the
repeal of all the taxes they condemn.
Having
through
tra-
velled
op-
portunities of witnessing the utter indifference
nvesisrilytedaltlhtehe United States,
sta and having
tes, I have had
with which
newspaper statements are treated, and the powerlessness of
the press as an organ of opinion. The little fly-leaves which
are hawked about the railway cars for two cents a-piece, with
the imposing titles of Heralds, and Couriers, and Chronicles,
are generally torn up and thrown out of window as soon as
the last quotations of cotton, or the news of the latest British
steamer, nave been ascertained. It would be as hopeless to
attempt to redress a grievance, or advocate a reform, or vin-
dicate a principle, by appealing to the American public
through the columns of the New York Tribune, as it would
for me to try to set the speakers at St. Martin's-hall right by
addressing this note to one of the weekly retailers of penny
blasphemy in Holywell-street.
The newspaper press of this country, as at present consti-
tuted, has a vast power, whether for good or evil we need not
now inquire. Let it be once assimilated—either by the re-
moval of taxes or otherwise—to that of the United
States,
and it requires very little acquaintance with the two coun-
tries to assure us that frotn that moment its power is
gone for
ever.—l am your obedient servant,
Bath, March 6. A. M.
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'de members,ed of set-
HULL PUBLIC BATH ComraNY.---On Thursday
meeting was held before Master Sir William Horne to ar-
range the list of contributories, which is divi ed into three
was decided generally as re-
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tlement, and paid the calla. All these persona were settled
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as contributories. The second portion of the list consists of
c ntributoriea who did not sign ,he deed, but who paid upon
,shaanreds. eNmobtrhaiche: eighty names, representing
garded the liability of this class. The third division of the
contributory list contains the names of twenty-five persons,
h lding one share each, and who agreed to accept the shares,
but did not take them up. After a good deal of discussion,
in the course of which his Honour expressed surprise and
dissatisfaction at the mode in which the transactions of the
company had been recorded in the books, the names of all
the parties in the third portion of the list Avers expunged.
Mr. Goodchap, the ofEcial manager, in his report, states that
the company was formed in 1841, more with the desire of
conferring a benefit on the inhabitants of Hull, than of
making any profit ; 233 shares only were subscribed for,
and about 3,30( /. was raised by calls.
FORGERS EXTRAORDINARY.--CAUTION TO THE
PUBLIC.—At Rochdale petty sessions on Wednesday last,
Mr. John Whittles, of Nelson-street, flannel manufacturer,
aged 58 years, was brought up by the county police superin-
tendents, Jarvis, of Rochdale, and Carswell, of Burnley,
charged with having paid forged Bank :of England notes at
Todmorden, Burnley, and other towns. When taken into
custody on the day previous he had upon him 2201. in forged
notes—namely, thirty-six Si, and tour 101. Bank of England
notes. Joshua Butterworth, a dealer in wool, was also
charged with a similar offence, and there were found upon
him one 101. and twa Si. forged notes. The prisoners were
remanded till this day. Several other persons, residents of
Rochdale, Littleborough, and Todmorden, who are supposed
to have been carrying on a similar business, and are con-
nected with - a gang, have absconded, but the police are
making great exertions to apprehend them. The notes
are said to be excellent imitations.—Liverpool Mercury of
yesterday.

THE CAPE OP GOOD Harr.--The 74th (High-
landers) and a strong reinforcement of the 91st (Argyll-
shir,) Regiment are under orders for immediate embarkation
for the Cape., It is reported these troops will proceed, t 9
their deetwitioit fa 3 oteamcrie.Nriti4h Artnv klatch.'

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME GlRCUlT.—Chelmford, March 7.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL.)
THE INIU.RUER, AT DO:eDINGHURST.
Thomas Drory, 23, described as a farmer, was indicted for
the wilful muieler of Jael Denny, by strangling her with a
rope.
Mr. E. James, Q.C. and Mr. Rodwell conducted the pro-
secution on behalf of Le Treasury; the prisoner was defended
by Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Hawkins.
The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having opened
the case in a lucid and temperate manner, the following
evidence was adduced:—
Frederick Chancellor, a surveyor, produced certain plans
of the neighbourhood of Brentwood—the spot where the body
of the deceased was found, and the prisoner's premises.
Thomas Last—l am the father-in-law of the deceased girl,
Jael Denny. In October last I was living at Doddinghurst,
in this county, with my wife end the deceased. We had
been there just a fortnight. Previously to that we had been
living at Mr. Drory's off-hand farm. I know the prisoner
very well. He was living at this farm, and managed it for
his father. On the afternoon of the 12th of October I saw
my daughter in the cottage, about five or six o'clock. She
was having her tea between six and seven o'clock with me
and my wife. During tea she got up and said something,
and then went out. This was about half-past six o'clock, as
near as I can tell. I never saw my daughter again alive.
We sat up that night until half-past ten o'clock for her.
When she went out she had on a pink frock, a blue shawl,
her mother's cloak, and her mother's old bonnet, and
round her throat there was a piece of check. In consequence
of her not returning. on the following morning between 5 and
6:o'clock, I went to search for her. I got to Mr. Camber's
mead, or the Gravelpit Mead, and there I saw the body ot
my daughter lying upon the ground. I went up to it. The
body was lying with the face upon the ground, and I saw a
cord round her neck. I did not touch her, and could not see
how many times the rope was round her neck, but I ob-
served that the end of it was loose between the thumb and
fingers of the left hand. The deceased was righthanded.
She had her cloak and bonnet on, and her clothes were
straight down and orderly. After making the discovery, I
returned towards my own house, and as I was going along I
met a man named Hammond, and we returned to the body,
and turned it over. I then saw that her nose was pressed
down tight, and that blood was flowing from the mouth, nose
and eyes. The ground, the spot whence I had moved the
face, had blood upon it. After this the body was removed
to my own mouse in the same state in which it was found.
By Mr. Ceeursoer—l have been married some years to
the mother of the deceased. Before I lived with the prisoner
at the off-hand farm I lived at South Weald in this county.
The deceased bad lived with us at that place. She had not
been at Mr. Drory's long before she went into service. She
was in service about eight months and then she went into
lodgings at Brentwood. After this she went to see her sister
down in Suffolk. and stayed there about five weeks, and then
she came back again to us at Mr. Drory's. She had been
promised marriage by a man named Aaron Byat while we
were living at Mr. Drory's. I think the deceased left Byat's
company and that he did not desert her. After this she was
acquainted with a man named Hubbar ;, and it was said that
he was going to marry her. I don't .know whether he left
her or not. I don't know how long they kept company to-
gether. The deceased used to go sometimes to Brentwood
fair, but I don't know that she ever danced at any of the
booths there. The prisoner managed his father's farm, and
used to send fowls and calves to market. I don't know that
he used to kill the fowls or bleed the calves. I have seen
him kill pigs sometimes. The prisoner was engaged in reap-
ing last harvest, and I remember his cutting himself; but I
don't know what trousers he had on at the time. He cut
one of his nails right off, and he went home directly.
Re-examined—lt was wheat harvest when this occurred.
I never saw the prisoner bleed a calf. The prisoner was
living at the farm at the time my daughter was there, and
they were intimate together.
Mr. W. Hammond—l live at Doddinghurst. I recollect
seeing the last witness on the morning of the 13th of Oc-
tober, about eight o'clock, in the meadow adjoining
his cottage. I heard him making a noise, and I went
up to him, and he took me into Gravelpit-mead, where I
saw the body of the deceased in the position he has described.
She was lying a little upon her left side, and quite dead. I
observed a fur tippet lying upon the ground near her. I
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noticed the end of a cord, about an inch and a half hanging
loosely on her left hand. I observed that her face was black
and very much swollen, and there was blood bubbling from
her mouth and nose. I next noticed a cord round her
neck. It was twisted three times round it. I took one turn
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I had left Last in charge of the body I went to the pri-
soner's Lot at home, and, in consequence of something I had heard,
I gave directions to my brother, and went myself to Mr..
Colson, the police superintendent, and I accompanied him
to the house of Mr. Moore, at Shenfield. This was a con-
trary direction to the spot where the body was found. Mr.
Colson found the prisoner at Mr. Moore's, and we all went to
the spot where the body was lying. As we were going along
the prisoner asked me what made me out sowing so late in
my field on the previous night? I told him I was not
sowing anything, but I had drawn on a couple of loads of
soot. A person going from the place where the body was
found to Brentwood would have to pass this field. I was in
the field about eight o'clock on the night before, and this
was the time the prisoner referred to. I was about in dif-
ferent parts of the field for twenty minutes. I knew the pri-
soner and the deceased very well, and I had frequently seen
them together during the last two years, and they appeared
very familiar. Of la e they had not appeared very familiar.
The last time I tied seen them together before her death
was about three weeks before it occurred. Upon that oc-
casion I saw ;hem-in the prisoner's father's mead.
By Mr. Bordefx --The deceased's father took me to the
place where the body was !Mind. I don't know which of
us touched it first. I do not think any one had interfered with
the body before us. There is a gate in the field I have sp ken
of, which would lead he m the prisoner's farm to Brentwood.
I knew the man Wheel, in whose house the deceased had
'edged. I may have seen him on the Sunday before the in-
quest. but I do not r. collect receiving any communication
trom him respecting the deceased.
Re examined—There was a green lane on one side of the
field, and a road on the other.
Louisa Last lam the mother of the deceased. She was
21 years old on the 13th of last June. I know the prisoner,
and had for some time lived at the Beech-house Farm, which
he occupied. I knew that he was intimate with my daugh-
ter for shout a year and a half ',Core last October. On the
12th of October the deceased was living at our cottage.
We had moved from the tam on the 29th of Septem-
ber. I had t cted as housekeeper to the prisoner, and lily
husband worked on the land. I remember the evening of
the 12th October. My daughter went out for a short time
on that evening, between four and five o'clock. She re-
turned home soon afterwards, and came to me in the
.garden, and in consequence of something she said
I prepared the tea. It was about our usual time for that
meal. I and my husband and the deceased sat down to tea,
and while she was having her tea my daughter looked at
the watch and got up and drank her tea, and laid her bread
and butter down and went out. She put on my old bonnet
and cloak, and a piece of check folded as a handkerchief was
placed round her head and neck. She dressed herself very
hurriedly, and did not tie her bonnet. Before she went out
she said something to me about an appointment, and on the
following morning, when I asked the prisoner where my
child was, and he said he did not know, he bad not seen her,
I told him it was not true, for he did see her the day before,
between four and five o'clock, and talked to her, and ap-
pointed to meet her at half-past six at the stile nearest to my
house, and had gone to meet him. I then asked him
where he left her, and he said he had not seen her after five
o'clock, and that he had been to Brentwood afterwards. My
daughter was in good health when she went out, and she ap-
peared cheerful and in good spirits. I never saw her again
Jive. I expected from her leaving her bread and butter
in the way I have described that she would have
returned almost immediately. I first saw the dead
body at my own house. I observed that her bonnet
was crushed both before and behind in the state
it now appears, and I also observed stains of blood
upon both the corners of the piece of check. I likewise no-
ticed some of the hair of the deceased upon the cape of the
cloak she had worn, and likewise a rent which was not there
on the previous night. On the 3d of September, before this,
I remember a youth named Gibling being at the prisoner's
house. At this time I knew my daughter was in the family-
way. I said to the prisoner, in Gibling's presence, and also
in that of my daughter, that he must be a villain to think of
marrying Miss Gibling when my daughter was seven months
gone in the family-way by him. I had heard be was going
to be married. The prisoner made no answer when I said
this to him. I spoke to him two or three tunes afterwards
upon the subject of my daughter's condition, and we used to
disagree. Gibliug was the brother of the girl to whom I had
heard the prisoner was going to be married. On the 29th
of September I and my husband went to the prisoner's house
to receive some fruit trees we had left behind. My daughter
was at the cottage alone. I suddenly missed the prisoner
from the garden, and upon my returning home I found him
under my bed in my bed-room. ia)y daughter was down
stairs in the keeping-room, and she appeared hot and Hut.-
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tied. The prisoner, upon seeing me, came out from the bed,
and handed me a paper, which I read, and he said to me,
Here, are you going to sign this?" I saw it was my
daughter's scribbling. I tuld the prisoner 1 knew nothing
about it, and I was not goinr to set my band to any paper
whatever. The paper appeared to have been just written.
It was then put in and read. It was dated September 29,
1850, and was as follows:

" This is to prove that this trouble that I am in is not by
Thomas Drury, although I suppose it has hecn reported it is,
and, therefore, I wish to satisfy the minds of those who may
read this note, that I wish them to trouble themselves about
their own business."
It was addressed to the prisoner. r'-`r
Examination continued—l cannot say whose writing is
upon the envelope of the letter. The prisoner did not pro-
duce the envelope, but merely showed me the paper. This
occurred in the bedroom, end I immediately went down to
my daughter and spoke to her, and then went out, leaving
her and the prisoner in the house. I did not know my
daughter was in the family-way until the 3d of September,
and in the ordinary course she would have been delivered
at the end of October, and linen had been prepared for the
baby, and every requisite had been provided. Before my
daughter came to live with us she had occasionally been in
service, and she used frequently to go backwards and for-
wards to the prisoner's farm. When she could not earn
enough to support herself by her needle, lused to assist her.
She was very clever at dre•smakieg and staymaking, and
could turn her hand to anything.
By Mr. Hamxixs—The letter is all in my daughter's
writing. It was open when it was produced to me, and it
had not been folded. I remember that the prisoner cut his
little finger very badly last harvest, and I dressed his finger
for him, but it was bad for a long time. My daughter did
not dress very smartly.
Elizabeth Hammond—l was at Mr. Last's house on the
morning of the 13th of October last, and saw the body of the
deceased there. I helped to undress her between one and
two o'clock in the afternoon. I observed that her face was
very black and swelled, and her mouth was bubbling with
blood, and her torgue was protruding from it, and clinched
very tightly by the teeth. Blood was also orzing from the
nose, the eyes, and the ears. When I took off Vie cloches of
the deceased I saw that her body, from her waist to her
shoulders, was very black indeed, and her neck was quite
lacerated by the cord through the skin. I also observed on
one of her wrists the marks of both rows of teeth, as if of a
bite.
Mr. Thomas Colson—l am superintendent of the Essex
constabulary, and am stationed at .14rentwood. I remember
Mr. Hammond coming to me on the mon ing of the 13th of
October, and f.,iving me information of the discovery of the
I
body. accompanied him to the meadow where the body
was lying, and afterwards I went to Sir. Moore's, at Shen-
field, where I found the prisoner sitting by the fire with his
back to me. I asked him it he knew Jael Denny. He said
he did. I then asked him when he saw her last,
and he said,' "Last night, about half-past 5 o'clock, up
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her that morning, and he said he had not, but he had seen
her mother. I then told him I had received information
that she was murdered, and it was highly necessary he slims
go with me to the spot. He replied " Very well; I will go."
Before we started I asked him if he had made any appoint-
ment to meet her the night before? and he said he had not.
I asked him if he bad cot been in the habit of keeping com-
pany with her, and he said he bad not for nine or eleven
months past. I then went with the prisoner to the spot
where the body lay ; and, when we came up to it, the prisoner
looked at the body, but did not speak. We were there about
twenty minutes, and the body of the deceased was then taken
to the old man's cottage. Before this was done I had taken
the prisoner into custody. When the body was removed I
observed that the nose was pressed almost flat to the face.—
(The witness here produced the rope that was taken from
the neck of the deceased. It appeared to be about a yard
long, and rather smaller than the little finger.) The knot
was nearly in front of the neck, and the bite of the noose
was nearly under one ear. The first coil was drawn very
tight, and the flesh of the neck had swelled round it. I ob-
served that the hair of the deceased appeared to be very much
matted together with blood and dirt, and the side of her
mouth was bloody. After the body had been removed
the prisoner was searched by a constable named Lennen, and
I observed some blood on his breeches. They were common
corduroy breeches. I asked him how the blood came upon
them. Where the blood was there was moisture also, which
appeared quite fresh. The prisoner, in answer to my ques-
tion, said that it was not blue I that was upon his breeches,
but some stuff he had had to give the calves ; and when we
went to his house he would show me the pot he kept the
stuff in. He also said he had a letter in his box that would
show that the child was not his. I had said nothing to him
about any child before he made this observation. When we
got to the prisoner's piece he took me to an outhouse and
pointed to a pot, and said that was the pot he had referred
to. I looked at it, and tohl him it was all over cobwebs, and
I showed it to him that he might see it was so. There was
a spoon in the pot, and that was also covered with cobwebs,
and could not have been made use of fur some time. After
this I west into the prisoner's bedroom, and I saw bis box
open, and I observed Lennan, the constable, take out the
letter and the envelope that have been produced. In a till
in the box I found some pieces of rope which I produce.
They do not correspond with the cord fouLd round the neck
of the deceased, but at first I thought they did. They are
abi,ut the same size, but the web does not correspond. The
rope that was taken from the neck of the deceased was in
the constable's hand, and when I took the rope from the box
the prisoner said, " That is not part of the rope." I after-
wards handed in the trousers and the pot with the stuff in it
to Dr. Taylor.
Cross-examined—l once stated in my evidence that the
rope found in the prisoner's box appeared to have been cut
from the same piece that was round the neck of the deceased,
but I afterwards found that I was mistaken, and told the
coroner so. It was possible that some one else might have
made some remark about the pregnancy of the woman and
the child before the prisoner said anything about the letter
that was in his box.
William Lennan, one of the Essex constabulary, said,—l
received information of the death of Jael Denny on the
morning of the 13th of October, and I afterwards accompa-
nied Mr. Colson to Mr. Moore's house at Doddiughurst.
The prisoner, myself, and Mr Colson rode in a cart to bar.
Hammond's house, and as we were going along„ I heard the
prisoner say that he saw Jael Denny about half-past five
o'clock the previous night. He said this in answer to the
question that was put to him by Mr. Colson, and he added
that he had met her about twenty roods up their mead. He
said at the same time that he had not met her by appoint-
ment, but accidentally. The prisoner afterwards said that
he left his own house about seven o'clock, and went to Brent-
wood. We rut up the horse and cart at Mr. Hammond's, and
we three then proceeded to the place where the body was
lying, and I then unhooked the clasp of the cloak that was
on the deceased. The ribbons of the bonnet were entangled
in the rope, and I was obliged to cut off the one on the right
side. I then took the rope from the deceased's neck. There
were three turns and a half altogether round the neck. All
the three whole turns were very tightly drawn. The body
was then carefully placed upon a large field gate, and
taken to Last's house as speedily as it could be carried. I
remained outside with the prisoner while the body was
being taken in, and he said to me that he had a letter in her
own handwriting that would certify that the child was not
his. Before he said this I had not made any mention of a
child. The prisoner then said that he had beard her mother
say that she would destroy herself, and he added that the
mother had come to him about 14 days before and askedhim
if his razors were all right, and he told her he would go
and see, and he did so, and found them all right. The pri-
soner then said that he inquired of the deceased's mother why
she asked such questions, and she answered that she had
heard Jael say that she would destroy herself, and she
thought she would get at his razors. Superintem,ent Colson
then came out and told me to bring in the prisoner, and I did
so, and we searched him, and found some money and other
articles in his possession, and we then proceeded to the pri-
soner's farmhouse. The witness then narrated the particu-
lars of what sulisequently occurred upon the searching of
the prisoner's box and the discovery of the letter and the
rope.

Cross-examined—When I was examined before the coro-
ner I swore that the two pieces of rope appeared to agree.
John Herries—On the 12th of October last I was in the
prisoner's service. I remember the evening of that day. I
saw the prisoner and the deceased together. It was about
half-past five o'clock, as near as I can tell, when I saw them.
I first saw the deceased, who appeared to come in the direc-
tion from her home, and she walked up the footpath to the
home mead till she came to a stile, aid the prisoner left the
farmyard and went towaros her, and they met at the stile.
They discoursed together at the stile for about twenty mi-
nutes, and then they parted, and both returned to their
homes, the deceased taking the footpath leading in that di-
rection. I left work about six o'clock. My way home led
in the same direction as the deceased's cottage, and as I was
going along I overtook the deceased going towards her own
borne. From the farmyard to the cottage was about five
minutes' walk. Before I left work I saw the prisoner in the
house, and he paid me my wages. The prisoner asked me it
I was ping to Brentwood, and I told him I was; and he
said he had a collar at the collarmaker's, and he asked me to
bring it for hint, and I said I would. After he had paid me
he said he must make haste or else he should be behind with
his work that night. I had frequently seen the prisoner and
the deceased together before the time I have mentioned, and
I once heard the prisoner say that he should like to "shake
her off," for he was carrying it on so far it would bring him
into trouble.

Cross-examined —The place where the body was found I
should say is a quarter of a mile from the stile where they
met. It was drawing very near seven o'clock when I
started for Brentwood. I did not hear any cry or alarm as I
was on my way there.
Mrs. Last recalled—l never said to the prisoner that my
daughter would destroy herself, or anything to that effect.
I rever heard hsr say any Ling of the sort. I Lever went to
the prisoner to ask him if his razors were all right. Nothing
of the sort ever occurred.

;eorge Nicholls said—l live at South Weeld. I know the
prisoner. I remember on Tuesday, the Ist of October, being
with him in a field at plough. There had been a sale shortly
before at Mr. ➢loore's, and the prisoner said he should blow
Mr. Hammond up for pcandalising his chef acter at the sale.
He went on to say that he had been to Jael Denny's house
on the Sunday morning to get her to write a letter to certify
that the child did not belong to him ; and he added,
" George, you will hear of something very serious about Jael
Denny, for she told me on Sunday morning that she would
make away with herself."
Mr. W. H. Jenkins--I am a baker at Brentwood. I re-
member that on the evening of the 12th of October last I
was near Mr. Millington's gate, at the entrance of Brent-
wood nearest to Doduinghurst. I saw the prisoner on this
night. He was coming towards me from the Doddinghurst
road. I sp,,ke to him first. It was about five minutes past
eight o'clock.

James Millington—lam a carpenter and builder at Brent-
wood. I know the prisoner. He came to my house on the
night of the 12th of October, and brought a basket and some
eggs that I had ordered. It was a few minutes past eight
o'clock, and while lie was in the house my clock struck nine.
The prisoner appeared to be astonished, and pulled his own
watch out, and I told him he need not be surprised at our
clock striking, as it was about three-quarters of an hour too
fast, and the prisoner then said that his watch was twtinty
minutes past eight.
Susan Twin proved that she knew the deceased, and that
at one time she lodged at her house, and that she left in
July, 1850. She knew the prisoner, and he was in the habit
of visi.ing the deceased while she lodged with her. The de-
ceased employed herself in needlework and conducted herself
very respectably. Another young man besides the prisoner
used to visit her.

W. S. Hubbard deposed that he and his wife went to live
in the service of the prisoner after the Lasts had left, and
he proved that between six and seven o'clock on the even-
ing of the 12th of October the prisoner went out with a bas
ket which had some eggs in it, and that he said he wai going
to Brentwood. The prisoner took the key of the door with
him, and he saw no more of him until the next morning at
six o'clock.

Mr. William, a surgeon residing at Brentwood, spoke to
the appearances presented by the body of the deceased upon
the post mottem examination. The face was livid, the eyes
were swollen, and the mouth was also livid and the tongue
protruded from it. There were also the marks of a deep in-
dentation upon the throat, evidently caused by a rope, and
death was undoubtedly the effect of strangulation. On the
right hand there was also the marks of a bite from a human
mouth. The witness likewise proved that the unhappy girl
was in a very far advanced stage of pregnancy, and he ex-
pressed a confident opinion that the death was not the result
of her own act, but that she bad been strangled by another
person ; and he also said that her chest appeared as though
it had received a heavy blow, or as if some person bad knelt
upon it. The witness also said that the effect of the pressure
by the first coil of the rope upon the trachea of the deceased
must have been to cause immediate insensibility, and it was
impossible lhr her to have made two other coils of the rope
round her neck afterwards. He had examined the prisoner's
mouth, and bad formed an opinion in consequence with re-
ference to the bite that appeared upon the girl's hand.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked the witness what that
opinion was? —The witness said that from the regularity of
the prisoner's teeth, and the absence of any indentations of
teeth upon the hand, he bad formed the opinion that the in-
jury was of just the character that would be inflicted by such
a mouth as the prisoner's.
Dr. Taylor gave similar evidence. He expressed a de-
cided opinion that the deceased, from the position in which
she was found, and the manner in which the rope was fixed
round her neck, could not have destroyed herself; he said
that it would have been impossible for the deceased to have
screamed, or have given any alarm after the first coil of the
rope was round her neck and tightened in
described.
It being now eight o'clock, the further proceedings in this
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day the patrons and friends of this society WIDOWS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—T. te
e, Ludgate-hill; the
day evening at the London Coin JR annual meeting
that this society had ex-
The report commenced by stating
flicityror the last ten years in rais-
Rev. J. Charlesworth, rector of St. Mildred, in the chair.
perienced the greatest di
those cases which they from
imperatively called upon to relieve.
their nature had been
relieved during the past year was
ing funds requisite to relieve
The number of persons
ngscale :—By grants and exceeding 205.,
• 405., twenty-nine ; 605., three ;
thirty-eight; Bus.,
to nineteen. Twenty-five had re-
ceived allowances
and wee
108, in the following
-- towards the purchase of materials for manufac-
ceived grants nineteen ,
&c.; thirty, stccks for trading; and the remaining
ntourme.ber 'for different articles of clothing, furniture, &C. There
~e,., six pensions of 5/. per annum to females above 60 years
of age. The receipts for the past year amounted to 1921. 14s.
7d., eaid the expenditure to 1911. 4s. 4d., leaving a balance
of 1/. 10s. The report was adopted; and after a vote of
thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated.
NKw FRANKLIN EXP.EDITION.—W• learn that it
is the intention of Lady Franklin to send out again the
Prince Albeit, with boat parties, for the Search of Regent
Inlet and the region south and west of it. The expedition
will be c,,nmiancied by Mr. Kennedy, late an (Beer in the
Hudson Tiny Company's service, who has had great expe-
rience in Arctic travelling. That gentleman (lately arrived
from Canada for the mission in question) is now in the north
engaging some of his men, and endeavouring to find some
person of sufficient enterprise, knowledge, and pereargance
t 9 WS. Charge. WAR WWI 9f MG Otto WE pities