The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-02 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Little Dorrit. No. XV. By Charles Dickens.
A capital number—one of the very best instal-
nteuts of " Little Dorrit" yet published. What
possibly, by the way, can be more deliciously lu-
dicrous than the comparison of Mr. Dorrit's
" flourishes" about the subject of Fanny's Mar-
-1 riage the comparison of those very cha-
racteristic flourishes with which writing mas-
ters are in the habit of embellishing copybooks
and ciphering-books : " where the titles," writes
B. oz, " of the elementary rules of arithmetic diverge
into swans, eagles, griffius and othercaligraphic de-
corations, and where the capital letters go out of their
minds and. bodies into ecstacies of pen and ink"—
what possibly, we ask, than this in its way can be
more deliciously ludicrous ? Throughout almost
the whole of this fifteenth Number, Mr. Dickens is
" himself "—thoroughly. And he could at by any
chance when he is in this mood be any one more
entirely delightful. What a picture that is for
example of Mrs. General at bedtime ! " Her re-
tirement for the night
itwas always her frostiest
ceremony ;as if she felt necessary that the human
imagination shouldbe chilled to prevent its following
her ;" to which is added—" When she had gone
through her rigid preliminaries, amounting to a
sort of genteel platoon exercise, she withdrew."
What again can be more cormoil than the disparage-
ment pronounced upon Mrs. Merdle's false hair, as
viewed by her affectionate daughter-in-law that-is-
to-be—" for I am confident," says Fanny Dorrit
to her sister, " it's not all real, ugly as it is, and
unlikely as it is that any one in their senses would
go to the expense of buying it l" And that notion
about the " Roman Cxs;ars," as revealed to
us through antique sculpture how horribly
true it is ! Where Mr. Dickens alludes to "The
murderous-headed statues of the wicked Emperors
of the Soldiery, whom sculptors had not been aths
to flatter out of their villanous hideousness." Ants
that final glimpse we have in the present number of
Mrs. General, as she appears when wanderingamong
the ruins of old Rome, ever accompanied by Prunes
and Prism, Mr. Eustace, Papa, and Potatoes—
" scratching up the dryest little bones of antiquity,
and bolting them whole without any human visitings
—like a Ghoule in gloves !" Then Mr. Merdle,
in the midst of a conversation, suddenly getting
up "as if he had been waiting for his legs and
they had just come !" Or, better still, that great
Dyspeptic Capitalist, when—advancing to greet hi
son-in-law, Sparkler's bride, newly arrived in Lon-
don from the continent—" His hand seemed to
retreat up his sleeve as be advanced to do so, and
he gave her such a superfluity of coat cuff that it
was like being received by the popular conception
of Guy Fawkes." Appended to which memo-
randum of Mr. Merdle's doings, we find it written
—" When he put his lips to hers, besides,
he took himself into custody by the wrists, and
backed himself among the ottomans, and chairs,
and tables, as if he were his own police-officer,
saying to himself, Now, none of that ! Come !
I've got you, you know, and you. go quietly along
with me !' " Occasionally there is a little cynical
sparkle in Mr. Dickens' glance at the great world,
not at all of the old genial kind—as where he
describes, with a comical sneer, "the brilliant com-
pany of such as are not made of the dust of the
earth, but of some superior article for the present
unknown, shedding their lustrous benediction
upon Mr. Dorrit's daughter's marriage." For
Fanny Dorrit is married, after all, to Edmund
Sparkler ; and Mr. Dorrit accompanies the wedding
pair home from Florence to England, little Amy
Dorrit remaining, during the interval of his ab-
sence, under the custody of Mrs. General, in
Rome ! Returned for a while to London; Mr.
Dorrit makes rapturous (but the reader is also led
to conjecture, perilous) accotaintance with Mr.
Merdle, the millionnaire—has a strange, tear-
ful, wrathful, confused interview with young
John Chivery sends by him a testimonial
of 1001. to be distributed among the poor
'fellows lying in the old Marshalsea—hears from
Flora's incoherent lips of the mysterious disap-
pearance of Rigaud, otherwise Blandois—and to
make good the story of this disappearance (a story,
however, which he does not make good after all)
pays an anonymous visit of inquiry to the, three
grim old occupants of the House upon Crutches !
On his solitary way back to Rome Mr. Dorrit,
while at Paris, buys, we are told, a gift of jewellery
for a lady : asking for the commodity he wants
from a pretty little Frenchwoman thus described
—one whom Laurence Sterne could not have more
daintily pencilled :
" It was a charming little woman to whom he said it
—a sprightly little woman, dressed in perfect taste, who
came out of a green velvet bower to attend upon him,
from posting up some dainty little books of account
which one could hardly suppose to be ruled for the
entry of any articles more commercial than kisses, at a
dainty little shining desk which looked in itself like a
sweatmeat."

The gift of jewellery, by the way, being evidently
for Mrs. General's owu exclusive wearing—Mr.
Dorrit having an eye obviously to that same
wily General's promotion !

Where must we look for the Future Prevention of
Crime? By William Ellis. Smith, Elder, and
Co.

Taking, as his standing ground, the fact that the
number of criminals or disturbers of the peace and
comfort of society is greater than it need, and,
consequently, ought to be, Mr. Ellis passes in
review Governmental and Educational means " for
Promoting Good Conduct or for Preventing Bad
Conduct." governmental means or punitive mea-
sures, intended to operate as deterrents, he pro-
nounces susceptible of improvement, but, never-
theless, incapable of being made efficient. Turning
to educational means he finds much room for hope.
The education to which he would have us look is
one vastly superior to anything hitherto attempted
and made universal, specially aiming at teaching
what good conduct is, and how it is to be attained ;
and at training so as to inspire a desire and love
for good conduct—at teaching what bad conduct is
and how it is to be avoided—and at training so as
to induce a horror of bad conduct. On an educa-
tion of this sort he is of opinion all intelligent and
well-disposed men must fix their thoughts if they
would effect any further sensible diminution in the
number of criminals. Considerable time, how-
ever, must elapse before education can be ex-
pected to prevent moral malformations. Mean-
while he would have active energetic mea-
sures taken with existing criminals, so as
to relieve society from their alarming and con-
taminating prowling abroad. " Criminals," we
are told, "must be hunted out, s6ized upon, tried,
convicted, and placed in confinement. Further
than this, all the criminally disposed, who have
thwarted the efforts of education in their behalf,
are not to be abandoned in despair as utterly irre-
claimable. Some, perhaps most of them, ought to
be subjected to reformatory discipline." On this,
however, ho does not appear to pin much faith, to
judge by what follows :—" The expectation of a
large measure of success in this latter and more
difficult department of effort is hardly warranted.
Where partial success has been attained, relapses
are to be found. To reform a character is surely a
more arduous task than to form one. How can
we look for success in a difficult undertaking from
those who are inadequate to the easier ?" He has,
however, this consolation for mankind—•" In pro-
portion as they approach excellence itt the perform-
ance of the easier duty, so will the strain upon
them for the performance of the more difficult be
lessened." Mr. Ellis has evidently given the -sub-
ght,and if his conclusions be
opensub-
ject ho
considerable
to

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

The February sessions of this Court commenced this
morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the
Common-sergeant, Aldermen Sir J. Musgrove, Sir R.
W. Carden, Kennedy, and Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Mechi,
Mr. Sheriff Keats, Mr. Under-Sheriff Crosley, Mr.
Under-Sheriff Auderton, &c., &c.
The first edition of the calendar contains the name
of 120 prisoners.

The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, expressed
his regret at finding so large a number of prisoners on
the calendar, notwithstanding the short period that had
elapsed since the adjournment of the Court, not a
month since. The cases were not of a very serious
or difficult character, and there appeared to be
only one charge involving the destruction of human
life, that of a chemist's apprentice, who gave by
mistake a customer prussic acid for castor oil, be
being at the time engaged in making up a pro-
scription, in which prussic acid was used, and thus caused
his death. if the facts were made out to their mind, the
party so charged was guilty of manslaughter, and it was
well it should be known that persons dealing with deadly
drugs, such as prussic acid, were bound to use the neces-
sary degree of caution to prevent such oalamitous acci-
dents, and that if they neglected to do so, and death
resulted, that they were liable to be punished for it.
The learned Recorder next alluded to the case of a person
in the calendar charged with endeavouring to defeat the
ends of justice, by preventing a person
giving evidence
in that Court on a charge of felony. Such a proceeding
was looked upon by the law as one of a very serious
character, and undoubtedly, if any person were convicted
of the offence, he would be punished most severely.
The grand jury were then dismissed to the perform.
anee of their duties.

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2 ) 185 7 •
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TRICEs oF Sll 4RPS. Countr 7 Markets. .
LAW .INTELLIGENCE.-Jan. C. ended to leave England as soon as he could obtain his i the ship's stores to a great extent, a reformatien was be-
) •
SP.RING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS ,
-4. iberty. I lieved to have been effected, and witue-s glaelv received -2,.-
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-see.-- IN ENGLAND. 1,, The rule was accordingly discharged with costs. him to a good home. All went well until the 18• h, when, Froln the Official Lost,
Saturday being the last day of term, the judges, in ..a. - COURT OF EQUITY. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster.-Before Mr. by the lad's afteradmission, he entered his bedroom eurine HA DDI, GTON GRAIN MARKET- JAN. .
peirStlanCe of the Queen's warrant, issued and signed the The quarterly return of the marriaseee, births, and ; (Before Vice-Chancellor Kicdersley.) Baron Bramwell and Common Juries.) the nieht, st de his puree containing the notes named
First ., Ts • ete.4o'
eeiree. I BARLEY 1 ..4 . . ,
66s Od 44s 0•1 1 37s 01 SO, Oa
• t been üblished '
for holding the general Assize of Oyer and Ter- deaths registered in England has jus p ,by . EACH V. RACE. THE DUSTON IRON ORE COMPANY Ir. Nictiou.s.-ACTION together with gold and silver from his troueers pocksts, CUBLISHELDOENVDEORYN,TFUID,AI,
CANALS. Second •Bs 53 ; 37s Od ; 24s 5,1 364 Od
preCepts
FOX CALLS AND GOODS. broke open a writing-desk, ransacked a bureau tor valu- _ .
miner and general gaol delivery for the seheral counties authohity of the Registrar-General. The marriage re. l u
is this petition, the object of which is to withdraw
Mr O'Malley and Mr. Chitty appeared for the plain- a.bles he could not however find, and left the hou-e by i , Third 2Bs Od 1 31s 63 I 19• 63 • 304 oa
.? Dividencr
VENIN .
old
turn includes the months of July, August, and Septem• h-- on -
Total quantit of
in England and Wales. The following are the arrange-
ber ; that of births and deaths, the months of October, t e guardianship of the girl Alicia Race from her mother
' tiffs ; Mr. Mettor represented the defendant. the area door. The prisoner, after the robbery, returned games 01 d Divideaa price. Names 01 o,_ per rrice. 3' wheat in market, 1164 gre.,1027 so.,
TY,ANJDAN.F 3R 01 ,D AIBYS7E.
Companies. 1 barley 461 qrs., 359 8 la
snouts, with the exception of the Home Circuit, the death ; being called on, This was enaction to recover 234/. 16s. 9.1., for arrears in the dead of the night, and broke into the house, ere'. Companies. it
Anpneur. .
.= Annum PP PP
to
November, and December, 1856.
yof calls and for goods supplied to the defendant, to which into his bedroom, and having vainly sought there and in a PP p oats ,; 419 qrs., 342 -gel
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of Mr. Baron Alderson having created a difficulty, Mr. This return comprises the births and deaths registered Mr. Bagshaw said that it was thought desirable b
PP PP beans 184 qrs., 12
he had been induced to take the shares a lodger's apartment for money left by the same means
Justice Coleridge, who was to have gone on that circuit, by 2,196 registrars in all the districts of England during i those who represented Mrs. Race, the parent and eatu. he pleaded that _
h. . X z
- Peak Forest 76 sOs 76 ••
AVERAGES PER IMPEBIAL QUARTER.
n quarter that ended on Dee 31 1856 • and
the autnrh . .
, , : ral guardian of the infant, that an opportunity should be by the fraud of the company, and also a set off. Mr. idainmill observed that it would indeed tax the sstitn ikOldl, 93 'V. p. et. .
17s , 6 Wheat, 1/. 18 5 B•l4ths 12ths
re ining in town until the new judge is appointed.
Birminoham 40 4/. - Regem t's so i Barley, ...11. 17 0 O•
the marriages in 12,208 churches, or chapels, about '
given to cross•examine certain persons who bad de It appeared that the defendant, who held a situation ingenuity of any reformatory to reclaim such a child. ' • 11 - Rochdale... 8-5 41. '' -
Coventry... •)0 Oats, ... 11. 4 5 11-12ths I Beans, ..... 1/. 16 0 4•12
• tbs
The arrangement'', however, stand thus :- 3,811 registered places of worship unconnected with the e ma - in the office of the company, for which he received a ea- Ile wou d therefore send him for trial on the double Derby .• •••• , 00 6/. 05s. - otfird &Wor• 40 28 440
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Established Church, and 628 superintendent registrars' s i his c He the
affidavit n t ase. refore asked tbat the mat. lary of 2001. per annum, bad purohased 350 1/. shares charge of robbery and burglary. GrandJ inctn :00 11. pr. et. 44 ,Stotarbridg. .45 11 /. -
et. 11Alsevern And - DALKEITH GRAIN M.A.RKET-Jaer, 29
Judges-Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Wightman. offices, in the quarter that ended ore Sept. 30, 1856. ter might stand over, to give an opportunity for this in the company, and bad paid the deposit of ss. per share. mr, Henry Linton, a very respecteble loelting inhabi- Do., 6 pr• Ct. 10 6,. pr. . (20 2/. , - Qrs.
d Union A)0 7s 6,1 - Wye Rail.) Best. Current. Infelior
Northampton Mon., Mar. 2 j Nottingham and Town, Sa- The returns of births and deatha for the four quarters cross-examination taking place. He had also paid a call of 2s. 6d. per share, since which tent of Hoxton, was charged with assaultieg Wm. Ar- ciScreaenet _
& Ave- 40 63. 6 Warwick &? 2/. 25 855 Wheat 61s 03
j 00 18s 6(1
Leicester and Borough, 1 tnrday, March 14 of the last year imply that in the country, as well as in the Mr. Ellis, on the ether side, resisted delay, and said two additional calls of 2s. 6d. each had been made, which nold, a cab-driver, who stated that on Friday night he Leeds ScL,vzi 00 251. -v , Birm:g.s,
1521 Oats
Thursday, March 5 i Derby, Wednesday, March metropolis, the health of the population of England and
that the court would, •
when an Infant was concerned at he had not Paid. Ile had ale° bought asluantity of bricks drove a lady from the west-end to Hoxtott, and in the Leicester . ee
./5,5•
s 49'4
'Wnwpton..l3 iOO 2i* - 706 Barley 4O, 01. ....... 358 Od . ........ 20- dee
Oakham, Monday, March 9 I 18 Wales was better than it was in any of the previous ten ' from the plaintiffs, the value of which they now sought Kingsland-road met the defendant, who got in and rode Loelcstiiria"il- 8.1 in, ' / ___ i
iWorestr &i
78 lOs - 80 Peas & beans 40s Od 3ss Sdd ......... 30, e's
Lincoln and City, Tuesday, I Warwick, Saturday, March once proceed with the consideration of a motion. He
years. The effects of sanitary measures are becoming ap- to recover, together with the arrears of the calls. also. Upon arrival, he asked 4s. for his fare, but the ;Vaucge 1 e's)tri el ' 00 21. 10s. - 1 Binning. _ •
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March 10 I 21 should withdraw the affidavits to which reference had Mr. Mellor said, ori the "nclnsion of the plaintiffs' defendant, who said the lady was his wife, instead of Neath •• •• • 0 16/. I - Wilts &Br i
kt - Is. Od. -
ABERDEEN-JAN. 3).
parent, although they are only partially carried out ,
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
within limited areas. Out of a thousand persons living '1 ade
een m . .
case, that he did not think he could alter the facts, and paying him, struck him on the neck and knocked him Oxford.. •• ••
.00 - j 103 ' s Potato oats 22s 03 to 24s 03 , bushel
Judges -The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and the the fall of the annual deaths from the average of twenty- . The Vice-Chancellor said that so doing was an admis. therefore he must consent to a verdict against him. down ; upon which the horse started off, and two rugs - WATAR-WORKS. Common oats 208 03 to 21s 63 1 401os per
Hon. Mr. Justice Erie. ion that they were immaterial. He doubted whether The verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiffs were lost from the cab. __ Bore 13s 03 to 3;'s 03 I m2ll,
three in the ten years 1846 to 1855, and from less than et
Dividend ' Amount
St. Edmunds Wed-
Aylesbury, Monday, Mar. 9 Bury ,
twenty-three in the year 1855 to less than twenty-one in . P
he court would ermit evidence to be withdrawn in the OLAYDON Y. WOTTEN-A FAMILY SQUABBLE.. Mr. Hammill ordered defendant to pay 20s. fine, half
per of Paid I Price Barley 338 Od to 37s lal f"'"
Bedford,Saturday,March 14 nesday, March 25
1856, is decisive. The births in 1856 exceed the average case of an infant. However, he thought it wou'd be Name of Compan .
Mr. Collier and Mr. Beasley appeared for the plain. of which, together with 108. fld, Costs, was handed over y Annum, Share. Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od
Huntingdon, Wednesday, Norwich and City, Tuesday, . better that he should at once proceed to hear the case, to the complaining cabman. --- -- a white 303 Ocl to 50s Od 1 621bs ~,
Th Ch ' t t of the year shows a tiff ; Mr. Sergeant Parry for the defendant.
March 18 I March 31 proportion. e les mas guar er
decrease of deaths and an increase of births. The mar- and if he found that the interest of either party required The declaration in this case alleged that the defendant - xs,d.Z 8. d•
t 10 0 0 100 Oatmeal
5 C Flour 178 ed to 188 fld per boll.
Cambridge, Friday, Mar. 20 I
it he should direct further evidence to be taken. RK -Sixteen able-bodied c re be-
riages exhibit a considerable increase in the summer had wrongfully taken away and converted to his own SOUTHWA . pa pe Berlin .. •• .. ........ 51. per cn .
11 112
East London O.. per cnt. Stock. a
25 50s Od to s:s Od per sack.
PROVISION MARKET.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Ellis then proceeded to state the facts of the case
ls 2d
auarter of 1856 on the returns ot the summer of 1855. ' use certain articles and money, the property of the plain- longing to Christchurch workhouse, eleven of whom were Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. 41. per cent. 25 0 0 -
- Beef, per lb 6(l to 83 Butter p lb, ls ld We gel
Judges-Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Crompton. s MARRIAGES. which are already well known. It will be sufficient to ese
ae, as administratrix of the will of Mary Wotten. The considerably under 40 years of age, were charged with Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 -
.50 0 0 - 75 -o,lutton, per lb 6d to 8d Eggs, 'p
doz. Os Od toy' ad
'Ammeter, Wed., Fele. 18 Durham, Wednes., March 4 78,304 persons married in the quarter that ended on state here that the plaintiff is the child of Lerman Race, defendant pleaded that he did isot take away the goods refusing to perform the work allotted to them, and set- Grirod Juir,,lcetyiron ..........: 4.. per cat
25 0 0 _
- Lamb, do., Os Od to Ce 0 Hens, p pair 3s 03 to 38 ed
Appleby, Friday, Feb. 20 York and City, Monday, September 30th, 1856 ; and this number exceeds by a serjeant in the Marines, and of Alicia his wife, who and money, not guilty to the conversion of the goods, ting the authorities at defiance. - too 0 0 - in
Carlisle, Monday, Feb. 23 march 9
was described in her marriage certificate as A.licia Riley, and also that thegoods and money were not the B' k the clerk to the guardians, said that two eambeth ............ si. per cnt. too 0 0 - 95 Veal, per lb ... 9d to ls Od Chickenselo.2s Od to 2', ei
6
4 002 the number of persons who married in the sum- property Mr. .a e, Pork, per st...os Od to Os 6d Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 0,
Newcastle and Town, Fri- Liverpool, Saturday, March ' widow. By his will, dated the 24th Aug., 1852, Race, New River Company.. - - -
of the plaintiff. of the prisoners who had large families supported by tbe
day, Feb. 27 21 f 1855 Th •
neer quarter o . e marriages rose from 37,151
after makin certain bequests, appointed his wife sole From the plaintiffs case it appeared that she was the parish cost 200/. a year. The men and their wives were Southwark &Vauxhall - 100 0 0 -
11: - GS arlomu os
en,' ppererbrlbace. .....
OOss
OXFORD CIRCUIT. to 39,152. An increase in the marriages is observable g .
executrix thereof, feeling confident that she would do West Miedlesex ••• • .. - 61 e 0 -
in every division. There is an increase in en ;an a . .
•K t d mother of Mary Wotteo, the testatrix, who had been for in the workhouse, and the children were at school at Do. Do, .. •• .• 41. per cent. 51 8 1 - 24 Tallow, p stone, Os to 12s Od Potatoes, pr peck, 9,1 W '
Judges--The Hon. Mr. Justice Crowder and Mr. Justice • f • • • Justice to his children as a wife and a mother. Imme- some years lady's maid to Lady Malcolm. She died in Tooting, where each of them coat the parish 7s. weekly, Rabbits, each
too 00:
TDlnuckkelyinsfesac,doho4ss 0033 tt...2, 0'5°,4.1,d00.11
9d to iOd.
Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.9-le Od to 96,4
Willes. . larger increase o marriages in Hampshire, which is .
BRIDGES.
chately before his death, which occerred at the battle of -
partly due to the return of seamen from the war • for April last, and left nearly the whole of her pro erty to Those two men, with the other 14 now in the dock, re•
Reading, Monday, March 2 I Shrewsbury, Mon., Mar. 23 marriages in t e ortsea Island district, including
h • •h P • • • Petropaulovski on the 4th September, 1854, Race her two unmarried sisters, and merely a bible toPher bro• fused to perform their usual daily labour, in return for Dividend Amount
of Paid. Price. Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen
Oxford, Thursday, March 5 I Hereford, Thursday, Mar. 26 1, e
ortsmonth were 156 211 and 335 in the correspond- wrote a farewell letter to his wife, commending their Nemo of Company. per
ther the defendant, a member of the Cheshire constabu. such support. The commotion (mused in the workhouse Annum. Share. RETAIL PRICES. 23 441
Worcester and City, Mon- I Monmouth, Sat. March 28 . Flour, 141b....0s 03 to 2s 10d Barley flour,l4lb.N to goo
day, March 9 1 Gloucester and bity, Wed- ' ' ' ' - children to her care. After the death of Race, and in
mg summer quarters of 1854-56. In Devonshire the
the year 1855, Mrs. Race, the widow made some in- lary', who immediately after her death seized everything by their conduct was so alarming that the master was - -
XB.d.£ s. d. Oatmeal Os Od to ls 10d „ dust, ..... Os to 06
~,A
Stafford, Friday, March 13 I nesday, April 1 increase of marriages is also considerable ;in Plymouth . . she possessed. Some portions of the property were, after compelled to call in the police.
25 0 0 - - Bereineal ....Os Od to 23 Od , per lb .......... 2d to 'qr,
guinea with a view to obtain assistanne.from the Royal great difficulty, given to the plaintiff, who bad adminis. The prisoners here said that the weather was so cold Esbenttedrarh
_dd...
.... Joe o o - - Peasemeal... Os Od to hs 8d Si'ds, ........................... 9'
WESTERN CIRCUIT. and the adjoining districts of East Stonehouse and Stoke
Patriotic Fund for herself and her children, of whom -
tered to the will, but the defendant still retained certain and the food no scanty that it was impossible for them "u Cheese, per imperial stone, Ss. 6d. to 4s OA
Judges-Sir Alex. Cockburn and Mr. Justice Williams. Damerel the marriages in the same three uarters were
315, 330' • • q •
, and 514. In Norfolk the chief increase VIA* In there were two, a boy and the plaintiff. Prior to, and articles worth 301., and 17/. in cash, which he bad taken to perform their work. Waterloo IIOO 0 0 - -
4-Ib. 10af...8d. I 2-Ib. 10af...4d.
Winchester, Mon., March 2 I Exeter &City,Mon., Mar. 16 - . about that time, Mrs. Race was residing with her bus- Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 1 . .
2s Od ' 60 0 0 - -
from the lodgings of the testatrix. The action was Mr. Blake said his worship could perceive that the
ieorwicia. In Lancashire and Yorkshire the marriages
71. 11. as. Od. 40 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw ditto of
Salisbury, Saturday, Mar. 7 I Bodmin, Monday, March 23 . band's mother, together with her childree, and she re- brought to recover the articles and money so wrongfully wbole of the prisoners were hearty able-bodied men, and 70 10 3 - - DUBLIN, JAN. 27.
increased but little. In Sussex, Wilts, Dorset, Glouces-
Vauxhall .......• • . -28 s.
Ditto New of 7% p,c. lOs per cent., 30 0 0 -
Dorchester, Thur., March 12 I Tuesday, Saturday, Mar. 28 mained with their grandmother until the children were quite able to do the work required of them. As for the • The corn trade was dell to-day, but farmers' wheat b:ci
NORTH WALES AND CHESTER. ser Salop, Rutland, Derby, Cheshire, and Northumber.
placed at school the boy at Chardstock in Dorsetshire, e defendant it appeared that the deceased bad food it was wholesome, and a great deal more plentiful GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
ing in small supply, an advance of 6,1 per brl. was realis •
land, the number of marriages was less in the summer ran . ' . , t , For th
Judge-The Hon. Mr. Baron Bramwell. d the girl at the Sailors Orphan Girls School and
„ desired the defendant to see her wishes carried ont as than many of the ratepayers were able to get. Dividend Amount tor the best samples. No change in barley. Oats 'Of i
quarter of 1856 than in the same quarter of 1855. conv;rted.
of Paid. Price. . . ult.
Welshpool, Tues., March 10 I Rnthin, Saturday, March 21 Home, at Hampstead. During their residence with tneir difficult of sale, although in many cases lower rates W 0"
The rate of • w
marriage as 814 t 0,
010 000 living in the i expressed in her will, and that she had given him the The magistrate aaid that they must each be committed
Annum. Share. _ have been accepted.
Bala, Friday, March 13 I Mold, Wednesday, March 25 gran m
d other the children were brought up, a 8 the plaio- . • • f h ' t 11 II fC t f 14d •hh dl b
jewels which formed a portion ot e articles which he ot e ouse o orrec ion or ays, wit ar a our.
_____ - -
321
f 1856 • the avera e rate of the ten
summer quarteh o ~. g
X s. d. .£ s. d. White wheat, 31s 6d to 34s Od ; red ditto, 31s Od t° s
Carnareon, Monday, Mar. 16 I Chester and City, Saturday, tiff's supporters allege, in Protestant principles. On the had taken away. She stated that she knew tbat he -
nue
Beaumaris, Thur., March 19 I March 28 quarters preceding was 803.
girl being placed at the school at Hampstead, the mother Name of Company. per
would take care of them, but that if they got into the LAMBETH.-Richard Moss, a person well known British Provincial .• •• 71. per centt 20 0 0 ail - Od ; ditto new, -s ; barley, malting, 16s te 253 6d ; gr-rea
BIRTIN.
20 0 0 - 15 • -
The Judge on the South Wales Circuit will meet Mr. went to reside at that place. This occurred on the 2d ha ds of ker mother they would be taken to the pawn- to the police, was placed at the bar for further examine. Brighton •••••••• •• .• 51. per cen . ,_ _ 0 0
150 i 0 _ mg, los to 20s 63 ; oats, old, Ils to 13s ; ditto new, -s.
, ,_ •je.
The births of 157,615 children were registered in the . •
City of London .• •• .• 21. per cent. 15g Oil to 15s Od.; oatmeal, 143 to 15s 0,1• ber 168 es
Baron Bramwell at Chester. 1 0 b 1856 n
August, 1855, and from that time unti do er„ broker's. He had teken possession of his sister's property tion, on a charge of having been concerned with his wife 'bl •• •• • 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all - . , e, new, 21.10
last uarter of the ea
q y r 1856, and th es that the
is impli
f , . , . Eetuta e• •• .• - 0•1; reties- d, 30s Od to 32s Od per bre ; beet:ls' flour, s
51 cent 2) 0 0 -
Mrs. Race did not express any dissatisfaction at the course in order to fulfil the terms of her will, but he had ke . I.
pt in stea ing property o the value of 12t., belonging to European .... .•• .... . . per .
l'e
rate of birth was 3.267 per cent. per annum, against the 12% Ocl to 26s Od per cwt ; 'adieu corn, 3is 01 to ees Od
8/. per cent 10 0 0 -
hich bad been d ' f h • 1 Al' •
pursue with re erence to t e gir icia. ker property intact, with the exception of her jewels and Mr. Davis, a cornchandler, in Lambeth. Edirne Moss Great Central •••• •• • •
PARLIAMENTARY _BUSINESS. corresponding average rate for the quarter of 3 145, de- w
01 nt 50 o 0 - 91 480 thee
Imperial ............ 1 . per ce .
On the 23d October, 1856, Mrs. Race wrote to Captain a few other art' I of little valu E th• i h d was also charged before Mr. Elliott with being concerned
lc es e. very ing ese a 50 0 0 12 10 0 31
-4. duced from the births of the ten autumn quarters 1846
Ditto New -
Fishbourne stati a the' she desired to have the boy •
Stock 100 0 0 -
NOTICES OF MOTIONS WHICH STAND IN TNE ORDER 55. The births exceed by 8,762 the births in the last ' ne ' • laintiff for the use of his nn. • with her husband in the bove robbery and further with
. been delivered up to the p e a , Ditto Debentures - -- .. ,
0 42 15 0 -
, , out of the school at Chard.tock, and that she also wished ma ri d • t lin a old watch h
r e sisters. The 171. had Paid the funeral ex- s• a g g .., tee property of William Beaver. Do. Continental IstCap. 31. ts. 50 0
BOOK Off THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE SESSION quarter of the preceding year, and the increaxe pervaueu . .
41 15 50 0 0 41 0 0 73 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.
I ' 0 h S h 1 Se-
to have the girl from the Sal ors rp an coo . . p„,,, The female prisoner had been servant to the prosecutor Do. Do. 2d Cap. •• s•
b 0 0 0 43 10 0 66
WHICH OPENS TO-MoRROW (TUESDAY). tlae whole of the eleven divisions. Tne increase of births
Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 105.
A 41 0 0 -
and these bein
veral other applications were made, g Mr Baron Watson summed up and said the laintiff in the first case • and on the Ist ot October lest she in 31 60 0 - ___....4,_____.
Mr. Bell-East India (Public Works)-Detailed re. in some dietricts is ascribed to the return of men from . , P , , , . . ' t , Do. Do. 4th Cap. •
t d b th s having the custody of the person , • . . .
resis e y e person
40 0 0 all -
as aumintstratrix, was entitled to have had th• wbole of tne absence of the famil carried away a large bundle, Independent .......- •• 51. 24% LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31.
the war. Westmoreland is the only county in which 3', 0 -
turn of all public works, civil and military, which have - s of the girl, Mrs. Race wag driven to take proceedings in
London Parl. Preferen. 61. per cent 25 0 _ 0 0 0 _
ther • •
eis a decrease of births. the personal property of the deceased placed in her containing 3 shawls, 16 d f •Ik d, tt
yar s u si ,an i ier property,
51. per cent 60 0 0 OY 3' STOOP. EXCHANGE jpgly‘ quit'
been commenced or completed in India during the three the Court of Queen's Bench, the result of
isivisich was,
.-The mark tis x
The births on the registers of the year 1856 amount to hands for distribution. The jurY would say whether of the value of 12/., and was joined by her husband on Pallactec4.: -7:::: :: :: se 20 00 16
•11, 0 !..5,
12 4 and prices are generall lower. Cealed e'acee,d3ol 14 2 °-...
1061
year's from the 30th of April, 1853, to the 30th of April, 657,704 ; a number exceeding by 22,581 the number as our Ttcilteres ittloretareiyetiit,rtr,
(t)t.3.a.t
eit.hoew
ititily mese die; they gave credence to the defendant as to the gift of the leaving the house. In the second case, she called at the surrey Consumers .... 81. Per cent. 10 29, I'2 20% South-Eastern, 2.1 -yLondon and NoorntihnlVestern,,eset
1858, or which are now in progress. of births in 1855. It is the greatest number of births d but a short United General .• - • 138 6d per sh. 50 0 u
5:11 Man h• liter S seen--
clared e I d Id dY I h I..bi .g r Jewels by the deceased, If they found for the plaintiff, house of .Mr. Beaver, where she stoppe 90 0 - c . heffield, and Lincoln, 3:la ex die'. h
was therefore now in her hands. The only additional h Westminster Chartered 69 ger cem. 5
--Dilt'e
Mr. Bramley-Moore-To call attention to the slave ever registered in any year in England. The birth.rate
fa.ct of moment in the case wag the circumstance that ime and im h
tey must say what they considered to be the value of t , mediately after she had left a gold watch,
Ditto, New .... •• • • - 50 0010 0 0 10',4 Nlestern, 655-Lancashire and- Yorkshire, 961 oh
trade, and our relations with Brazil. of the year was 3'454, while the average ef the ten pre-
the father was a Protestant, and the mother a Catholic. the articles in question. The learned baron characte. which was safe when she entered the home, was missed. Western A
4 0 • --
Ditto B ••••• • • • • • .. •• 10 o 0 e
per
- Rheuish, ls 5(1 dia.-Great Western (Chester prefer°
6 cent.), 17i -Midland, 821.
Sir William Clay-Church Rates Abolition-Bill for ceding years was 3'339. The learned counsel then read at great length the eve riled this as the most miserable case he had ever heard. • The prisoners were committed for trial.
The i v returned a verdict for the plaintiff tor 8/. 103. • INSURANCE COMPANIES -
INCREASE 07 POPULAT/ON. deuce which had already been before the Court ol Queen's -tn.-
the abolition of Church rates ; the bill to be limited to n the money count, and 24/. for the jewels. WANDSg ORTH.-A. tall elderly man, who was LEEDS-JAN. 31.
As 157,615 births and 96,521 deaths were registered Bench. This evidence went to show that the child, -n
Dividend Amount A; / t3f°if
_______
total abolition of such rates, and a provision saving in the i„t quarter of 1856, the ascertained natural in- Alicia Race, bad written a letter to her governess, described as a baker, and who gave the name of Joan
Name of Company. per of Paid Price. STOOK EXCHANGE.-The market has been eo.nevedh
existing legal obligations. crease of the population in three months was 61,094. at Hampstead, expressing her desire to be a Protestant, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.--Jan. 31, . , .
Hampton was charged with being cuncerned in working Annum. Sheu•e., _.-- - business to-day. Midland, 820-Sheffields, Me-
-96a e-North-Westerns, 7 i.
Mr. Craufurd-Judgments Execution, &c.-Bill to In the same period 39,063 emigrants sailed from the and that on having a long written statement read over es- a private stall. -- Xs. d Zs. d.
enable execution to issue in any part of the United ports of the -United Kingdom ;of whom it was ascer- to her by the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, in the presence of (Sittings at Westminster for the consideration of Crown In consequence of large quantities of molasses having
Albion .. •••••• • • • • .• 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 --
tained that 16 062 were of Roglish origin ; and allowing 10 or 12 ladies connected with the Saito '
re Orphan cases.-Before the Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Cress- been traced to a hou.e in Church-row, Battersea, two allianze Bri:. and For. 7/. 14s 6d.bs 100 0011 0 ' 17% MANCHESTER., JAN. 31.
btli
Kingdom under judgments or decreets obtained in cer- ' d - • • excise officers proceeded to the premises, and, in a front Ditto Marine ... .... 4. p.c.& bs. 1001 00 -.
0 25
ail ' 394 STDOR EXCH ANGE. -There was a ist market, •s,
or
for a proportion of 4,721 persons of una.scertaine origin School, asking her what she desired to do, she replied well, Mr. Justice Erle, and Barone Martin and Wet. -
tain courts of record in England, Scotland, and Ireland. the En lish emigrants may be set dowa at 19,211, tne that she desired to re • • tth • blh - room, they discovered a large stilt in full operation, and tthenaeure. ..•• -•• ••
15s-.od. 50 0 . 515 0 • 16% subsequently rallied, and closed firmer. East Lance 0--
Viscount Ebrington-Army-Te rneve tbe following Scotchgat 2,406, the Irish at 15,467, foreigners at 3,204. The Vice-Chancell roar Alaed
ifa:lts 03h merle son )
terial. As THE QUEEN T. GORIIETT.-" STEALING" AND " EMBEZ- running off strong illicit spirits. They also found ebout Atlas .. ........ ......
41
per
cent.
I, 'rgus "fa ••• •• ••
••
••
• 1 105. 50 011 5 ' 0 6
100 0 0 25 0 0 - 23-Lancashire and Yerkshire, 96} Blackburn,flifre.
221 °
resolutions :-That the long-continued excessive mor- It is novel to see that the English emigrants exceed the he understeod the matter, the question 708 r mi:i Mat that ELING.-.II7DGMENT. twelve gallans of illicit spirits, wash, tubs, and all 'ee otritish Commercial .. 7 . 10 London and North Western. 064-Dovers,
f England .. 71. ios. 50 0 0 20 0 3 -Sheffields, 335-Midland, 82j i.
tidily of the British army has been mainly caused by the Irish in number, and the tfor 5,897 sailing to the United otlaer utensilB for carrying on an extensive trade in illicit Church_oo
,iO.
......
5/. 50 0 0 2 0 $ 214
moment•to deside was, whether or not it was ne In this case the risoner had been indicted for steal-
bad sanitary condition of their barrack accommodation. States, a force of 13,1n8 embarked for the Australian cessary . p distillation. The stilt was an extensive one, being about gilets;l L n
c0it:,,,i.d.8,,, aen.te fe spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I 30
at that time to take some immediate steps in relation to ling, not embezzling, and at the trial, the chairman of • BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 31.
eteer
That this house has viewed with satisfaction the efforts eolonies. sixty gallons, and the quantity of illicit spirits that could 4/ 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
the custody of the child. All these facts might or might t the sessions before whom he was tried put several b downy .. •• • •••• •• • • .
it Ise 50 0 0 50 0 - STOCK EXCHANGE - This market was doing l•-ras.
of successive Governments, aided by Parliamentaey As 657,704 births and 391,369 deaths were registered e manufact red dal
u ly was about thirty gallons, thereby Crown ..•• •• •• •• •• •• 58, 50 0 . 50 0 7
not be important to the final decision of the case. It questions to the jury, who found a general verdict of defrau. • less business to-da ; d rices were tending dowirlsoll
grante, to improve the moral, intellectual, and physical in the year 1856, the natural increase of population ia 1 +Jug the revenue of between 11. mei 10/. every day. Eagle .... •••• • • • "
nd ........... 54 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
was, however, not the final case which was under cense Guilty against the prisoner. A c tee, however, had been Equity a Great Western, Biyrni, innghapne Guaranteed, 754 it----"°- Of
condition of the British soldier, and is encouraged by England was 266,335. The number of immigrants into Ar. Dayman fined the prisoner 30/ ,or three inonthe' ii. 20 o'' all 18 Ca,
deration. stated fur the opinion of the court, and the question for imprisonment, . with hard labour. European Life
41 per cent. 100 0 0 40 0 - and North-Western, 106 i 106 t - Birmingham k e---
the happy results of such efforts and grants to hope England during the year is unknown ; the emigrants of Mr. Ellis submitted that it • ' - 'd ' h h h • -
was important to bring their consi eration was, weter t e prisoner had been Family Endowment •• . •
b per cent. 5 0 0 all 5,,, 9ls x d-Birmingham Gas, 138-Shropshire Bac '
much from a continuance and further extension of the English origin amounted to upwards of 7A,285. General.. •••••• • • • • ••
51 per cent , Stocks all 98% General Steam, 26).
_
h these facts to the knowledge of the court oven with a daly convioted or not.
Globe • • • • • • • • •
same. That much stel remains to be clone with regard The natural increase of population in the United - 47 b
TiSW to the decision of the • • ' • hi h • '
primary question as to whether The Chief Baron now sat that t e question which had THE WEATHE AND THE PARKS. Gresham Life • • - - •--•--0-01=
to barrack accommodation-firstly, far its increase, Kingdom was probably at the rate of 1,000 a day. _ 20 0050 0 0 -
Do. Do. ..... • •
or not a* immediate step should be taken been raised for their considerat;on meant in fact for the .e. 5/ per cent 100 0 I '5O 0 0 52
with a view to the discontinuance of the present practice The pressure and the temperature of the atmosphere Guardian .. ••••• • • • • • • SEABORNE MAI LS.
The Vice-Chancellor said that in uc'h as this our • • - ' '
tto say whether tne evidence set out was such as 121. ter cent. 500 0 0 30 0 0 376
EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. Imperial Fire... •• • • ••••
;48.3, 21 b,. iOO 0 8 210 0 20q
of billeting, as being alike oppressive to the civilian were remarkably variable. October and December were the last da f term and some da min
was
c • •
s would elapse before would warrant the verdiot of ullty. The court was of p 1 Life
seesasfo
and demoralising to the soldier ; and secondly, for its warm ; Novensber cold. 3.9 inches of rain fell at Greea- 9.lthough large printed bills were stuck up yesterda Meetnit'i'ity Marine.... 5 P ot. &bs. 100 9 9 12
190 ; 97
the Court tyvt:uld sit'again, he weld su st that some o •nion that there was abund!nt evidence of embezzle- - [When the date for making u a mail falls en 11. 7in- tifd
improvensent, both as regards the healthy accommodation wich, and this was 3.7 inches less than the average qua,a. arrangement should b d th gge
Hs P 1
t b ht h 'd • e ' h • k • th h • •
eMae, so at matters mig t re. men , ut t a t ere was not any eel ince against tee in t e various par s announcing at t e ice was in a
Y Law Fire ...... ••• • • • '2B &25 bons 100 9 0
st. pe. eent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 -62 the mail remains open until thepday following ; exceP - guch
of the troops in general, and the decent accommodation tity. Law Lite.• •••.•• • •• • • On '
main in etatu quo until the further hearing of the petition. prisoner of stealing. Therefore the verdict was not v r dan erous state, yet many thousand persons would Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 ti , 2 0, e _
6 case of the India mail, via Southampton, which,
of the married soldiers. That in the opinion of this The price of the quarter of wheat was 635, 4d. oa an If it were necessar • ' d •d . . e Y 3
yhe would sit again on Monday, and warrante by tha evt ence, and the conviction must be insist upon venturing upon it, and, as will be seen be. I,ondon 1/. ss. 25 0 0 12 1) e
occasions, is made ap the previous evening.]
Bs. 50 0 0 2 0 0 , -
house such increase and improvement are imperatively average of 13 weeks ; so the price of wheat has fallen ondon & Prov. Law••
so from day to day until the matter was disposed of ;it reversed.
Marine... •........... M.& bs. 400 I 0 20 0 0 -0, l'
called for, not less by good policy and true economy 16s. or 20 per cent. since the autumn of 1855, when the low, a great many accidents took place.
....
hhde.ersoe ' ,
would, however, be very inconvenient for him to do so, Conviction reversed. Sled. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% per cent 50 0 0 20 0 314 FOZ
than by justice and humanity. price was 795. 4d. The quantity of wheat and of wheat for he had made arrangements expecting that the sittings THE QUIN V. BHARPL-REMOVINO A CORPSE VROM A During Saturday night the thermometer at the Royal ninerva ............ 51. per cent 20 004 0 0 - z .
- ---'l.°4--- .011-11
Mr. Ingram-Inland Revenue-Select committee to flour entered for home consumption was equivalent in spnarch •••• • • • • .... 51. per cent. s 0 0 1 0 .
• 1/. BY se,
would be suspended in the usual manner, It a peared, BURIAL OROUND.--SUDGMENT. Humane Society's Receiving-house in Hyde-park fell as Made up at W hence
By what When aess
inquire into the present method of collecting the inland the three autumns of 1854-5 6to 19,512, 42,358, aud New Equitable - --•-• the des- ted '
however, to his Honour that the case was one ipri which This was an indictment preferred agabeat the defend- low as ea deg , indicatin 16 degrees of frost. Yester- Pelican .......• ••
•' - Post•OfEce. patched. Vessel. an"
di05,,,0
_
revenue of the country, and to report any improvement 103,328 quarters of wheat weekly. The price of meat by an undertaking might be given which would meet the ant, who was a surgeon, for exhuming and removing the -.
, g • d Phcenix - 182
day morning at 9 o clock the glass registere 24 deg., at
_.......----
_,,,,„
they may recommend in this department of the public the carcase in the London markets decreased during the wishes of all parties. body of Louisa Sharpe, his mother, from a burial ground . . P fese nal Ltf . 51 t 6-5
0 0 10 0 - ------ -- --._.--.
per con
Alli'-
service. three autumns of 1854-5-6 ; beef was 54d., sid., and A long discussion then took place between the counsel belonging to the Dissenters, at Hitchin, in the county d 28 d duall rose till it reached terrOvident Lifes.!. •• • - •
noon it pointe at ,an gra y
Rock Life.... • • .. • • .. 75.
..... 12%. per c. Lou 0 0 10 0 0 - Lisbon. .. •.. 7th,l7th, &I
50 0 010 0 Sr Spain - Alham- 24 bra'
Jan.
. Mr. Kennedy-Enst India (Public Works)-Select 51d. per lb. ; mutton, 6d., sicl., and 50. ;so that there engaged on both aides, when the following terms were of Hertford. It amaeared that the defendant indueed 32. The barometer at 9 o'clock yesterday morning stood
Royal Exchange ...... *p.c & bs Stock. all -le Gibraltar
committee to inquire into the subject of public works in has been a sensible reduction in the price of beef, but agreed upon :- the wife of the man who kept the kevii of the burial at 29.97. The wind at nine in the morning was south. Sun Fire .... 6% p c. 30 bs. - , ~ - Gibraltar .."1
India generally, and particularly into the progress made this has borne chiefly on the lower qualities of meat. " Continue the former undertaking (i.e., that the child grouud te permit him to examine his family vault, in west, but after that time it veered completely round each te:?fittZ-linfeedam • : 41.11, bo4naila. 20 -0
0 510 0 5 %1 aim
Egypt .. • •
hot 'OlOO
in opening railways for traffic in that country, to the The highest prices remained at 60d. per lb. in the three remain within the jurisdiction of the Court.) The Vice- order to ascertain whether it was sufficiently large to point of the compass accompanied by occasional dense Universal fife - • 51. & bonus. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ceylon .. - 0,000 20t ,
financial effects of delay in executing the same, and to autumns. Potatoes (York Regents) were 100 s. a ton Chancellor to see the child. It the child wishes to go to contain the body of his father. He raised three coffins v Victoria Life -.... •• si. & I.ooThs . - 50 0 51( Ind's. .
fogs. The suds' en chai; e i the weather dcrin Saturda
month.
certain recommendatioes of the late Governer-General at the water-side market, Seuthwark, or rather mere the Roman Catholic church in the interval between this which were placed at the top of the vault, and, having .ni ht had the effect of regnditin the different rgo dof the JOINT-STOCK B kNKS. Mauritius
,via Ceylon) '
in Council of India, and of the Government of Bonabay, than a halfpenny a pound ;or 22ies. for a Bhiiiing, The aed Monday week, she is at lihertY to do BO ;if she removed his mother's, conveyed it away and buried it in raLopol's tb various bridgegs and suburban adisstricts China
,
in relation thereto. price of this important esculent was the same in 1854, wishes not to go, the Vice. Chancellor will make an order a churchyard with his father. The jury at the trial, 'I ' e ' - ' ' ' ' Dividend Amount Penang .. •• 51 the South- Ripon ' Feb. 4.. -
Mr. Kennedy-Pablic Business-Select committee to but it was 5 per cent. less is the autumn of 1855. prohibiting her from being taken to any Roman Catholic which took place before Mr. Justice Erle, found that very slippery, so that travelling on foot or by vehicles was N f Com an
RITIO 0 py. per of Paid. Price. *ingapore .. month. } I ampton
fniji
inquire into the means by which the time of the Im- extreme] d . d 1 f d
y angeious, an upwan so a ozen persons were Annum. quire. Aastralia(via} 3/ f South- SiOoo/
STATE OF THB PUILIC MEAUX. place of worship until Monday week. In the meanwhile the defendant tied, when he applied for the keys, in- the Cape).. •••"• • • • 0 ampt„ •. • • ... Jan. 31 ele
taken during the day to the hospitals who had slipped down -
penal Parliament could be best economised, and the The deaths of 96,521 persons were registered in the the child is to be left to say such h d d th b d b• h d I - •
prayers as a e may ten e to remove e oy,w ic was one mere y out ar .£ s. d. X s. d. Cape of Good g
interests of the integral parts of these kingdoms may be id thereby received dislocations of legs or arms. At ,
Australasia.... 101. t 40 0 0 , all 944 esooe ~ ..
..
....... per cen .
geese's
last quarter of the year 1856 ; and the rate of mortality think fit ; the mother undertaking in the meanwhile not of respect for his mother, and that he was d
actuate by H-de.
y park-corner it was found absolutely necessary to 25 0 0 18 15 0 18% MauritiuS .. E Feb. 5.. . Dart- Harbin- jan, 25 -
best secured, ttc.
Ban E t
kot gyp ...... - .
in the three months was 20 per 1,000 per annum. In herself to communicate, or to allow any one else to com• no ill•feelings towards any one, The learned judge r mouth ger ..
MY. Locke King-Administration of justice-Select e• gravel the roadway to enable horses drawing omnibuses Bank of London ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 58 Ceylon ....
the districts comprising the cnief towns in which nearly municate verbally or writine or otherwise with the child served the point as to whether the convict' uld be •. i British NorthAmericao ti'. p. c. & bs. 50 0 0 all 69 India ......
committee to inquire into the administration of justice in _ . lon co dr carriagee to pass alhng. i
The follow ng are the oflcia
p p
half the population is living, the eo le died at the rate on the subject of religion, n'or to s t'to the child to rted. Mr. Sharpe, who
ugges suppo appe r d Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. 4 per cent. 20 00' 6 0 0 - Lisbon e
the superior courts of equity and common law. a e in person, and lists of the casualties in the different parks :- City ........ ........ 51. per cent. 100 9 0 50 0 0 69% Madeira 1
1
of 24, while in the remaining districts, comprising small eay any particular prayers or prayer. This order to be argued the case last term, submitted that as the alleged T e a
Colonel Lindsay-Army Colonels-That an humble HR wERPENTINE, HYDE PARK.- Eacl! bank along Colonial .............. Of 100 0025 0 0 - CapedeVerds l South- Feb. 12 A"
towns and country parishes, the death rate was 17 in without prejudice." ofence was done without any bad motive it could uot • 100 oe2oo. 0 - Brazil
address be presented to ber Majesty, praying that else this river was crowded with persons during the whole Commercial of London. empton eredwaY
1,000. This shows in a strong light how much room Upon this arrangement being come to it was intimated be thought an unlawful act. His ob•ect ig • t h Eng Scot & Aust. Ch. 101. per cen .
t 20 a 0 all 18 FluenosAyres
will be graciously pleased to take into consideration the ° t a day, and the carriage
.. e
• drives were well fill d with veld- I
there is for improvement in our large towns • for it is to his Honour that the child and her raC:ither were in his grave was to judge whether there wijis suffinci:Tg
n room to Lond. Char. Bk. of Ins. 4/. per cent. 20 0 0 „ - Falkland Is-
J
injury inflicted on those lieutenant-colonels of the army le c t • •
c s on awing members of the nobility and gentry, Do. New ..... ... .. 20 0 8 „ 17% lands
well known that many fatal agents which may Is'e arrested private room. The Vice-Chancellor thereupon left the inter his father there ; but finding there was not, he 90
who attained that rank before the 20th day of June, ilet the ice on the river was patronised by about London and County .. IV. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 38 Wes, Indies
I
are at work in the small towns and country parishes. Court. had to a certain extent acted with reserve, and removed 2woh 000 k I'd - - Lon & Eastn 130 kg C. 61 per cent. ,100 0 0 50 0 0 - (except Ha-
-1854, and who have been superseded by the retro.
Fe:ot s eters and El I. Us, hmohgst whom were several
391,809 persons died in England and Wales during the On his return, the Vice• Chancellor said-Havin had the body of his mother, being desirous that his father London 4coint-Stock..• . 12% pc. & bs' 50 0 0 10 0 0 334 vane and
spective action of the warrant of the 6th day of *atelier, year 1856. A.bout 324,000 died by diseases and accidents, the opportunity of seeing tee child, I took care to legt her and mother should be interred in the same grave. Guards and a tuly sprinkllng of the Horse Guarda Londn wad Westminstr 16 r. per cent. ,lee o 0 20 0 0 47% Honduras)• 2dand 17th Ist CO
1854. which are at present almost inevitable. And 67,000 per- understand that the only euestion now under considera. The Chief Baron said in this case the court felt full (Blue). Sliding aud skating went on without the least Nat prov
. incial of En „ 1100 0 0 35 0 0 - Venezupla
00 0 0 10 o 0 - Grey Town l5l of the South- 16th of 0,00
• ampton Parana the
Colonel Lindsay-To bring under the consideration y interruption until about a quarter- ast twelve o'clock, ' Ditto. New ... g•
" 20 0 0 5 0 0 15 New Granada month.
sons perished by causes which, if they are skilfully ast, tion was, what were her personal wishes as to whether sensible of the estimable motives on which the defendant when alt of a sudden acr-f3, H Pi " - Ditto:ditto - -
i month.
of the house tbe effect of the warrant of the 6th day of y o h e p was sounded on 22 10 0 - Chili ..•
tacked, may, it is believed, be either mitigated or re- she should or should not go to a Roman Catteeic place , f had acted, but they thought that that would not avail either shor It th Nationr.l Bank • ..... 51.pWeent. 50 0 0
October, 1854, upon the position of that raeritorious class who en seen tat seheral persons bad New South Wales .... 20'. per tent. 20 0 0 all 490, Peru • ,
moved. Let us pause to consider for a moment what worship to-morrow and to-morrow week (being -senday him against both the authority and principle upon which broke s, e.
h 37% California • •
of officers, the captains of the line, Ordnance corps, and these fi fi
ve gures wean. Each unit represents a iife lost. and the Sunday following). I need not say that I en- the court was b n t roug the ice, and were clinging to each other oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0
a_out to act. He apprehended tbat the in the water The societ 's ice Ottoman Bank - 20 (1 0 111 0 0 14% 16th af •••'''
Marines, £1.9 far as rela.tee to their promotion to the rank y men at once put off, Honduras i.
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Many had lived to the ordinary limits of age - but thou. tirely abstained from entering upon any other l• th corpse was a misdemeanour, but tbe takin
matter. steaang 0 g under the d•• •
irection of Mr. Superintendent Williams Proyinclal of Ireland 4l.p.etAbs. 100 0025 0 0 - 0 ass= . . . ~
ampton
of brevet-major, and the disadvantage they will hereafter
, Date, New......... 01. per cent. 10 0 0 alll
_-:_-• mon Ll'' os
sands in the throng were children sons 'dauehters The child is a very shy child, but apparentl erf tl a cor se for the purpose of anatomical science would not but a brittle th d f •
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_, Mexico .... f } South- „ / et!
be subjected to in comparison with the system previously meters, br h • b d ' 'h - ' d d h • hth t eat or N •th d'd h 1 A
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in force. , L the ruen fell through, that as the icemei endea- South A.ustralla ••.• .. 10/. per " A Havana .... arena Feb.
arnpton '
had not lived out half their days. These lives have reply, she informed me that she wished to go to Christ the eight of any one child to the corpse of his parent. Toured to pull the parties out they b„ ii „ Union of Australia.. • . 211. per cent. 25 0 0 all 63% .
Colonel Lindsay-Address for copy of any memoran-
ed 210 0 - Madeira ....
,„tbioe
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been lost ; but happily forty-eeven thousand men, wu- Church, at Hampstead. I collect that that was the The law recognised n° Property in a corpse, and the themselves, and ever, the' - cam
-I• mme
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dum or minute, in nhich the respective functions and ir apparatus eisappeareo Union of Hamburg.... - 15 0030 0 - I eneriffe 1 Feb. 23 ..} Ply- Feb 6 .
men, and children of the same claisea are now living church to which she was accustomed to go whe t tection of the grave at common law was distinguieh- und th • w c.oterripa mouth '• '•'' ••
responeibilities of the Secretary for War and Commas- nat ue pro er e ice. Owing to the joint exertions of Union of L0nd0n...... 101.pefe .bs..
1,5,(c.; g g g g g r _
who would have been dead had the satne r . ' I • ' 1 • rht t h • ;
ate of 'nor- Sailors Orphan Sch°°l. I tcld her that Waa not the a.ble from ecc esiastica rie ot e protection of conse- . • , Unity Mutual ........ . 9 liritish North
der-in-Chief of the Army are defined. the different men bele riging to the society th- folio wit) I Pl*
talitY Prevailed in the year 1856 as prevailed in the ten question ; but that it was tor her to decide whether she crated groutid. But there was no autherity tor saying we • .. - 6 Western Bankol.londn - 100 00,500 0 ' 4N America .. Every Fri.} Liver-
Europa Feb. 7
Mr. Manartney-Civil Service Superannuations-Bill re got out in a very exhausted condition and conveyed United States pool
years 1846.55 ; and the loss of lives je 84,873 less than wished to go on Sunday and Sunda next t 1, 1 h t there was anything to justify •he taking of a corpse DOCKS. alo
to alter and amend the provisions of the Act 4 aed 5 u a cateeec t a t h • • '
ot e receiving-house ;-Mr. Win. Barrett, of No. 11, Unitedetates Feb. 3 and „ice.
it was in the previoue year A certain n b f h h h Sh 1. d th• th d• y '
um er o t ese c urc . e rep lease id not wish. Under these from the grave w ere
h ' h d b Ihl T
it a een al . he court had Igo - -
'
Liver- Ericsson Feb. 19e
Will. IV. c. 24, for the purpose of abolishing the pre- eppell•street, Chelsea ; Thomas Costar, a youth of 17, Dividend Amount Britiah North alternate }-
lives have been saved b . •
y sanitary measures. circumstances, and understanding that it would be naore been unwilling to coefirm the conviction in this case, on os game ot Company per pool
of paid. !Prim America .. ruesdays. -
sent system of deductions from salaries, establishuig a No. 3, Blue Ancher-court, Westminster • Thomas
I sl°
iu accordance with the wishes of the mother that I account of the respect to the rnetives of the defend . (.. , Annum. . Share. I United states ' 19 .4tf
more equitable scale of retiring pensions ; and according ------- - ---- , e mu* d
ant ' ho was so much exhauste as to be unable te British North al Feb. 25 .. 1 South- ifenuo se,
. ___________ _
t - ---.. ampton -
s(s%!:°
h • ht to be on the public service after a certain num-
t e rig THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WA L WORT H. should make an order as to d felt it their dut to do so rather than la P ? w
going to church, than ieave eut they ha . . y , y give his address ; Mr. Chas. Wallett, of 2, Crown-street, Xs. d. .£ s. d. l America ..
the matter upon an undertaking, there will be an injunc- down a rule which might lessen the degree of protect•on Gld
o en-square ; Mr. Edward Auenstus Davi,4, of 49, commercial .. .....•• 51. pr cent. Stock. Atock. ' Iso Canada .... I E Feb. 24 ..I Ltvef- Indian Feb. 1r..12/.
ber of years in office. .
tion or prohibition restraining an o f ke which the law gave in in respect to graves The con• G Do. Preference itock _ j poo
Mr. NVMahon- Fisheries (freland)-Bills to a.ssimi. On Saturday the whole of the papers containing the • , . y pers n roes ta ing reat Queeriattreet, Liticoln'e-ir,n-fieldo ; Mr. George IP
d. heref '
the child to any Roman catholic place of worship up°, viction woul t ore stand. The court, however, had gif ‘,„ East and West oldie.. 6/. pr“cent. Stock: 120
31-Morning. E-Evening.
late the law as to the sea coast and inland fisheries of particulars, as far as they have reached Mr. Reiott, re- . u ord, of 21, Hooper's-caurt, Knightsbridge ; Mr. 00 • Otani ourry D & Canal 4i. per cent. 100 • 0 00 71 0 -
, 118
Ireland to that of England. lating to the death of Mrs. Bacon, were forwarded to d wi h
Sunday er Sunday next. The mother, whom I bare communicate t the learned judge who had tried the smith, gg. 3 g • d D L N t
9, Clifton-roarl, St. ohn s-woo ; and iceman o. oan ‘. oes .... „ 100 0 0 00 0 e -
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seen aieo, ia suffering from considerable anxiety and dis. case, and he had stated that if the court fined the defen• Do. 5 per cent. Pref. 51. pr cent. 25 0 0 ' 5 0 0 - . , cie
Mr. M`Mahon-Aesizee-Select committee to con• Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of State fur the Home De- f . . HS• h (N
. mit o. 20), who had sunk three timee in his en-
i The salutary effect 'of Du Barri see
tress o mina lest her child 'ehoutd be taken from her • h'Il• th
, dant oae s i ing at would amply satisfy the justice of d London ... .•• ....
Stock. 6tock. 97% [ADVERTISEMENT,- ( f
eider the expediency of reviving the ancient lase as to pertinent, ter his consideration. This course was cell eavours to save the others. These parties were all At. Katharine .... •• •• 44/. per cut. Stook. „ 94 cious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing Indigestiort hat
and tbe child itself ex resses ite wish that it should no tee case. The court, therefore, would act u on the au
holding assizes for civil as well as criminal business three eidered necessary in consequence of the extraordinary placed in hot beths, and afterwards put to bed, and •outhampton ,-- •• 4 per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - pepsia), Flatulency, Constipation,Nervous, Bilious, all° ititV
be taken from the P I t • d would fine the defendant the nPominal g
mother. have stated that for the reams, an Slim
times a-year at the least, and more frequently if neces. apathy shows on the part of the authorities at Stamford, - daring the day they recovered sufficiently te be conveyed thhhoria h....... ~ 5/. 05 per C. 20 00200 0 ' - complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debilitl 04
present there is no intention to part them. The re- of one shilling.-Conviction affirmed. ate New •• •• .. ••
sary ; and as to trying actions in the counties where aud the magistracy 112 Rutlandshire, in which county to their several homes. Between one and two o'clock in p e ,20 0 0 14 0 0 13%
out Medicine, is admirably displa,yed by the followingl&)S/
mainder of the order will rest npon the terms of th• ---- the afternoon another fearful crack in the ice happened .
o Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,
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they arose. the body is buried, in neglecting to have the remains u d .
rtaking. PREROGATIVE COURT. ..•IST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PirCES. .-..,..,........,...,, dvsnrmain._ nprim,,a,,,,,,,, , , .... •Li. e1",.-11St
Mr_ Muntz-Oueen knne'a Annntv-Seleet. nnmrnit.. eehumed and subiseted tn tise nametanary investieration n e

Muntz—Queen Anne's Bounty—Select commit-
tee to examine into the constitution and management of
Queen Anne's Bounty, with a view to report to the
house some recommendation for the more effectual man-
agement of the same.

—Mr. Muntz—Taxation—To move the following reso-
lutions :—That the collection of a property tax under
the existing law is universally admitted to bear most
unequally upon the parties who pay it. That all taxes
which bear unequaby must be unjust and oppressive,
and,it is the bounden duty of the representatives of the
people
,to remedy such inequality as 'mach as the circum-
stancesiwill admit. That to defer the application of a
practical remedy, under the pretence that it would not
be a perfect one applicable to every individual ease, is in
truth only to add insult to injustice. That such admitted
inequality would be greatly alleviated if a property tar
was imposed upon the owners of different classes of in-
come, capitalised according to the relative value of the
subject from which the income is derived. That the
abstract justice of such principle cannot be denied, and
the details for carrying it into practical operation would
be very simple. That among other tables Of classifica-
tion which may be suggested the following would be
equitable, and would undoubtedly relieve the people
from a great portion of the inequality, injustice, and op•
preesion inticted upon them by the present mode :
Incomes arising from land, funds, rents, mortgages,
tithes, shares, capitalised at 25 years' purchase ; from
house property, capitalised at 15 years' purchase; from
commerce and trade, capitalised at 10 years' purchase ;
and from professions, capitalised at 5 years' purchase.
Colonel North—Address to the Queen for an allow.
ance to the Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth for
table money.
Mr. Oliveira—Foreign wines—Select committee to
inquire into the practicability of reducing the duty upon
foreign wines, the Committee of 1852 upon this
subject
saving made no report.
Sir J. Pakington—Address to her Majesty, ravine,
that she will be
graciously pleased to givediret'nnn that
an annual salary of 6001. be paid to the Bishop io Nfs
Zealand, together with the arrears since such
sal lew
discontinued, and-to aesnre her Majesty that this house
is house
will make. good the same.
Mr. J. G. Phillimore---To call the attention of the
house to the administration of justice in the Company's
courts in India.
Major Reed—To call the attention of the house to
certain declarations signed by a number cf acting gks,,it.
ant-surgeous in the array, with reference to their having
a gratuity of only two months' pay on their services
being dispensed with.
Captain Soobell—Greenwich Hospital—To call the
attention of the house to the disadvantageous positionof
the captains, commanders, lieutenants, and masters of
Royal Hospital, Greenwich.
Mr. Tite—Benk Charter Act—Select committee to
inquire into the operation and effects oc the commercial
and financial interests of the country of the Act 7 and
Vic., c. 32, known as the Bank Charter Act, with
especial reference to the separation of the deparrments
of banking and issue of the Bank of England, and to the
limitation imposed on the circulation of notes paYab;(3"
demand of the private and joint stuck banks of England,
Scotland, and Ireland.

On Saturday the whole of the papers containing the
particulars, as far as they have reached Mr. .Elliott, re-
lating to the death of Mrs. Bacon, were forwarded to
Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, for his consideration. This course was con
sidered necessary in consequence of the extraordinary
apathy shown on the part of the authorities at Stainford,
and the magistracy in Rutlandahire, in which comity
the body is buried, in neglecting to have the remains
exhumed and subjected to the necessary investigation
by a coroner's jury. This apathy is the more extraor.
dinary when the strong grounds for requiring such a
course is considered, and the desire expressed by Mr.
.Elliott for such a proceeding is taken into account. It is
now proved beyond a doubt that Bacon, the prisoner in
custody under such peculiar circumstances, had, on the
Sth of Nlay, 1855, purchased half an ounce of arsenic at
the shop of Mr. Paterson, a druggist, at Stamford, and
that he had invited his mother to dine with him on the
Sunday following is equally certain. It is also beyond
a doubt that the old woman was seized with illness after
dinner, and that her sickness bore all the symptoms of
that generally produced by arsenic. Yet after her death,
which took place two days afttrwards, the medical man
in attendance on her gave it as his opinion that death
had been produced by "cerebral disease." This was
taken for granted, and much of the difficulty that has
taken place to the exhumation of the body has, it is be-
lieved, arisen from the fear that the examination of the
body itself will present a different state of things, and
disclose a carelessness on the part of the magistracy and
the police in permitting at the time such a case to pass
without a close and searching investigation. It was ge-
nerally believed that Saturday's post would convey to
the proper authorities the order of Sir G. Grey for the
disinterment of the body, as well as directions that an
inquest might be held on it, and a searching investiga-
tion take place. Adverting to coroner's inqaests, no-
, thing can appear much more farcical than the inquest
that has been held on the unfortunate children in this
instance. In fact it was much worse, it was mischievous,
and as nearly as possible defeating the ends of justice.
In the first place the coroner's officer took it on himself,
the very morning after the murder of the poor children
was discovered, to have their bodies removed from the
position in which they were found, and washed, and he
bad also all the stains of blood in the place removed, and
thus destroys(' many important parts in the evidence
which a close inspection, after the suspicion against the
wretched father bad been excited, might have supplied.
The inquest itself was a most hurried affair. The coroner
bound over the witnesses to appear at the Old Bailey
on the morning of the day appointed for the further ex-
amination of Mrs. Bacon, to give evidence on an in-
quisition in which verdicts of wilful murder in both
cases against the unfortunate woman was returned.
Had there been no other power to interfere in the
matter, the consequences would have been that the
unhappy woman would have been tried, acquitted uu
the ground of insanity, consigned to Bethlehem as a
criminal prisoner, and her husband allowed to roam about
in perfect security. IL, the whole of the evidence that
has been given there is nothing that strikes one with
that
suspicion against the reale prisoner than the fact
cnhoitldi
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The ni-iglibimrs on both sides were in the c'onstant habit
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was
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heard the whole of Monday or the T" impression of nine persona out of ten whu
wit-
nesses was that the appalling murder took eaird the
'the
Monday morning, and that befire Bacon left t!ce
omeon The
Solicitor to the Treasury has been spoken to on
the sub-
ject of the prosecution in the case, and it is believed that
he will at once take it up and conduct it up from the
present point. •

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings in Banco, before Chief Baron Pollock and
Barons Martin and Watson.)
RANDALL ♦. LIICK.-ALLEGED SEDUCTION.
This action was tried a few days ago before Mr. Baron
Bramwell, to recover damages for seduction, and on that
occasion his lordship nonanited the plaintiff. The plain-
tiff was a licensed victualler, and the defendant had
lodged at his house, and had frequently been waited
upon by the girl in quertion, who was only about 19
years of age.

Mr. Sergeant Parry now moved for a new trial, on
the ground that his lordship had acted wrongly in non
suiting the plaintiff, when there was plenty of evidence
to go to the jury.
Rule granted.

ROSS Y. MONTH-KOHL-TRH LATH CIARGIII OP ALLEGED
FORGERY* ON THH ZAPS OP GOOD HOPE HANK.
Mr. Hawkins showed cause against a rule which had
Seen obtained at this court to rescind an order of Mr.
Baron Bramwell for the arrest of the defendant, and to
discharge him from custody. The order had been made
on the ground that he intended to leave England. The
defendant swore in the affidavit on which this rule was
obtained that on his arrival in England from the Cape
of Good Hope he was taken into custody on a charge of
forgery, and brought before the Lord Major, at the
Mansion-house, who, after several remands, discharged
him ; that he was arrested by a creditor, on the ground
that he was about to quit England, and detained en
three other actions. That he had been discharged by Mr.
Justice Willes, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice
Crompton, oa those detainers on applications similar to
the present one. He also swore that he intended to
marry and reside in England, and he introduced a letter
from the lady to whom he was about to be married to
confirm that fact. His atttorney also swore that he be-
lieved the contents of that letter, and that portion of the
defendant's affidavit to which it referred. The learned
counsel stated that the defendant had been guilty of
forgery, or uttering a forged letter in the Cape of Good
Hope, upon which he had obtained from the plaintiffs in
this action 811. The Lord Mayor bad discharged the
defendant on the ground that he had no jurisdiction over
the offence. He also contended that the defendant was
not to be relied on, and that as soon as he obtained his
discharge he would leave England, as the plaintiff had
sworn that the criminal charge would be renewed as
soon as fresh evidence could be procured.
Mr. Field, for the defendant, contended that the facts
on the affidavit fully warranted the court in coming to
the conclusion that the defendant did not intend to leave
England.

PREROGATIVE COURT.
(Before Sir J. Dodson.)
MOON' ♦. OLAXTON AND BOSS.—JUDGMENT.
This was a suit to determine the validity of a codicil
executed by Mr. Thomas Simeon, late of Ely, miller, by
which he bequeathed an additional legacy of 3001. to his
niece, Mrs. Ross. Probate was resisted by Mr. Joseph
Simeon, who would have taken the bulk of the deceased's
property under a previous will. The facts of the case
were reported a few days ago.
Sir J. Dodson now decreed probate of the codicil,
being of opinion that the testator was of perfect capacity
to execute the instrument. He condemned Mrs. Ross,
however, in the sum of 501., nonainc expeneariztm,

Although large printed bills were stuck up yesterday
in the various parks announcing that the ice was in a
very dangerous state, yet many thousand persons would
insist upon venturing upon it, and, as will be seen be•
low, a great many accidents took place.
During Saturday night the thermometer at the Royal
Humane Society's Receiving-house in Hyde-park fell as
low as 16 deg., indicating 16 degrees of frost. Yester-
day morning at 9 o'clock the glass registered 24 deg., at
noon it pointed at 23, and gradually rose till it reached
32. The barometer at 9 o'clock yesterday morning stood
at 29.97. The wind at nine in the morning was south-
west, but after that time it veered completely round each
point of the compass, accompanied by occasional dense
fogs. The end,' en change ice the weather during Saturday
night had the effect of rendering the different roads of the
metropolis, the various bridges, and suburban districts,
very slippery, so that travelling on foot or by vehicles was
extremely dangerous, and upwards of a dozen persons were
taken during the day to the hospitals who had slipped down
and thereby received dislocations of legs or arms. At
Hyde-park-corner it was found absolutely necessary to
gravel the roadway to enable horses drawing omnibuses
or carriages to pass along. The following are the official
lists of the casualties in the different parks :
THE iERPENTINE, HYDE PARE.— Each bank along
this river was crowded with persons during the whole
day, and the carriage drives were well filled with vehi-
cles containing members of the nobility and gentry,
whilst the ice on the river was patronised by about
20,001 skaters and sliders, amongst whom were several
Foot Guards and a tidy sprinkling of the Horse Guards
(Blue). Sliding and skating went on without the least
interruption until about a luarter-past twelve o'clock,
when all of a sudden a cry of "Help" was sounded on
either shore. It was then seen that several persons bad
broken through the ice, and were clinging to each other
in the water. The society's icemen at once put off,
under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Williams,
but so brittle were the edges of the ice near where
the men fell through, that as the icemen endea-
voured to pull the parties out they became immersed
themselves, and even their apparatus disappeared
under the ice. Owing to the joint exertions of
' the different men belonging to the society the following
were got out in a very exhausted condition, and conveyed
to the receiving-house ;—Mr. Win. Barrett, of No. 11,
Keppell-street, Chelsea ; Thomas Costar, a youth of 17,
of No. 3, Blue Anchor-court, Westminster ; Thomas
Spicer, who was so much exhausted as to be unable to
give his address ; Mr. Chas. Wallett, of 2, Crown-street,
Golden-square ; Mr. Edward Augustus Davis, of 49,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-ien-fielde ; Mr. George
Bulford, of 21, Hooper's-c,urt, Knightsbridge ; Mr. W.
Smith, of 39, Clifton-road, St. John's-wood ; and iceman
H. Smith (No. 20), who had sunk three times in his en-
deavours to save the others. These parties were all
placed in hot baths, and afterwards put to bed, and
during the day they recovered sufficiently to be conveyed
to their several homes. Between one and two o'clock in
the afternoon another fearful crack in the ice happened
near the bridge. A soldier, who was skating, named
Browbent, of the Grenadier Guards, was followed by
several others, when their weight caused the ice to break,
and the soldier, with nearly ten or a dozen others, fell
through into deep water. For several minutes their
struggles were fearful, which increased upon the icemen
going to their assistance, for the moment they got to the
Place the ice gave way at the edges, and they were pre-
cipitated head foremost amongst the other persons. By
great exertions, however, all the persons, iccluding the
icemen, were saved, and removed to the society's house,
where they obtained medical and other assistance, and
after the lapse of a few hours they happily recovered.
Amongst those rescued were Henry Augland and James
Tollswell, both belonging to the Royal Horse Guards
(Blue). About a starter to five o'clock another break-up
of the ice took place, when a great many others were
seen to disappear under the ice. The icemen at once put
off, and with the aid of breaker-ladders and sledges, they
succeeded in dragging out of the water about ten men,
who were taken to the receiving-house. Amongst the most
exhausted were Mr. Price, of Pimlico ; P. Kennard, 16,
Charles street, St. James's-square; and E. Willamore, 17,
Earl-street, London-road. Whilst the men were engaged
in their praiseworthy attempts at saving 'He a great
number of other parties, probably 400 or SOO, com-
menced snowballing any respectably dressed party who
was passing along, not even sparing women and children.
The police, after some trouble, succeeded in apprehending
some of the ringleaders, but as they were conveying the
prisoners along they were assailed by a shower of snow-
balls and stones.
TIE LONG WATER, KENSINGTON-GARDENS..—Abut
on this
10,001 persons disported themselves upon theice
ea
and
river. Four immersions took place during theb
several persons had their beads seavesrellecruthayfalling, or
d ne of his
being tripped, upon the ice, and. 1
eyes nearly cut out by the point ofo a skate, and was
obliged to go to the hospital.
Taz ROUND POND, KENEONOTON-GARDENS.-3,000
skaters and sliders am used themselves upon this pond
yesterday, but no accident of any importance took place
beyond a few cut beads.
THE REGENT'S PARK.-
7,000 sliders and skaters ven-
tured upon the ounainental waters in this park, in spite
of the cautions issued that the ice was only two inches
thick and very dangerous. About one o'clock a person
named Wm. Leonard Stowie, of 23, River-street,
ton, broke through the ice and became immersed in 6 feet
of water. was, however, rescued, and removed to the
society's teat ; and shortly afterwards, James Morten, of
21, Little Edward-street, Regent's-park, and George
Harris, of Charles-court, Camden-town, and three or
four others, became immersed, some in 7 feet of water,
but they were fortunately rescued by means of the sledge
acid the services of Deputy Superintendent Parsons and
Icema u Pavey. They were attended up ,n in the marquee,
and w.ere, after some time, eeab.ed to go to their homes.
The Yeotorie-park, Clapham-park, and Highgate-pond
bad each a great number of patrons during the day, but
no serious accident happened.
The ornamental basics in the Crystal Palace grounds
and the lake in the Surrey Gardens will be open for
kitting this de

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The Chief Baron thought that the rule ought to be
discharged. He found, on looking into'the affidavits, that
the lady's letter corroborated the defendant as to the in-
tended marriage, but it was silent as to their future resi-
dence, and the affidavit of the defendant's attorney was
■worn with a scrupulous avoidance of any pledge that he
believed the defendant when h• swore that his intentioa
was to live in England after his marriage. In his opi-
nion, if the rule were wade absolute, th• defendant wouisi
leave the country within 24 hours.
Mr. Baron Martin said he entirely agreed in the view
which had been taken by the Chief Baron on the affida-
vits, and added that he was of opinion that the defen-
daut's attorney know perfectly well that his client is•

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It is report ed that the Bth Royal Irish Hussars are
under orders t ,o warch fro 'I Dundalk to Dublin early in
'March. The Bth will probably releive either the 2d or
3d Dragoon Qijards, both preparing for service in lud,a.

B IR T H'S.
ors 80:1. Of
On the 31st ult., the wife of Clement Francis, 94
.
Cambridge of 00
On the 30th ult., Mrs. L. M. Humbert, wife
Master of St. Cross. 4

OF A DAUGHTER 014
111°1
On the 31st ult., at 32, Glocester-squarte,
the Lady Elizabeth Arthur. or nothsti.'
On the 31st ult., the wife of Charles F. I.`9r
Esq., of Tottenham.

M A R R 1 E D. 0,
loop, ,
On the 3 at ult., at the parish church, St. MorY ' oe
f b al,
by the Mon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, Dr. King, ° void
row, to Elizabeth eldest daughter of the late 00, 0-O,lelP
Lumley, Esq., and step-daughter of Wm. Golden '
r
Esq., of Sus.ex-place, Regent's-park.
On the 27th ult , at St. Peter's Church, Worceler'
ug bte
C Bousfield, of Whitefriars, London, to Sarah, "3
of the late Mr. John Coling, of Banbury.

On the 30th ult., at DIED.2BeI rill'
owe
Henry Auther, Esq., aged 83.
road, ,A .1,
grave-place, Wand
,fiewf
On the 30th ult at the Manor House, Chestmi
~ oil°
Cutts, Esq., solicitor. Ann, On the 30th ult., at 25, Qloane-street, Mary
of Mr. R K Lane, aged 53. . goore'
On the 30th ult, at K ' ' Mr. Franco
~ enninguon, f th°
aged 80. e ° ad
On the 29th ult. Mr. George Reid Fenillakl , lig
oath
Colonnade Hotel, Charles street St. James's-scl f
72. to o
, Is 0,
On the 28th nit., at Paris, John Charlton, Dlclipnd°
the firma of Charlton, Brothers, Birmingham and
a 9oi
On the 28th ult., at Portfield-place, Mr. C
aged 81. Child' age ge`
_OO, a
On the 2tsth ult., at Brompton, Mrs. Ann Law
03„
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