The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 251 1850.

MR. GEORGE HUDSON, M.P., AND
THE " WEEKLY CHRONICLE."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,— Not being personally known to you, I can
only solicit the insertion of the enclosed letter in your
journal on public grounds.
I think it essential to vindicate the honour of the
press—which has been assailed in my person—from
the imputation that every article that may be written
by any friend of the proprietor of a paper must ne-
cessarily be for some corrupt purpose.
Your obedient servant,
ROBERT W. RUSSELL.
19, Northumberland-street, Dec., 1850.

Sir,—A long career of misrepresentation, and a prac-
tised indifference to fact, has so completely case-har-
dened the Dublin Freeman's Journal to all the feelings
of honour, truth, and justice, that one must not expect to
be saved from its assaults by any of the considerations
which hold the tongues and pens of men in the transac-
tions of ordinary life. A more striking instance of the
effects of such a factious career on the spirit of public
journalism can scarcely be conceived than is
presented by the leafing article which appeared in
that " organ," on Saturday last. under the title of •' Mr.
Hudson and the Weekly Chronicle." It is not enough to
say that its scope is untrue, its arguments disingenuous,
its coeclusions unwarranted. In almost every line there
is a falsehood; and it is besides so unjust and partial
that I can only account for its appearance by the appli-
cation of the old saying, "Kites do not pick out kites'
eyes." Mr. J. H. Doyle, in whose behalf it was
written, is the correspondent of the Freeman's Journal!
the wonderful London correspondent, who has asto-
nished the world with revelations of the most secret
Cabinet Councils, ere they had dissolved ; earwigged
from unsuspecting Ministers their whole policy, ere
they rightly understood it themselves; and afforded
more amusement to the Dublin public by his extraor-
dinary efforts to cater for the morbid taste of his patrons,
than even Punch's" fat contributor." Those who have
read his lucubrations at this side of the channel, under
the head of " Latest Intelligence," in the Weekly
Chronicle, of which unfortueate paper he was, and still
claims to be, the editor, join, no doubt, with the sub-
scribers of the Freeman in admiring that ingenuity which
enabled him to announce that Queen Victoria was going
to Gibraltar; or that her Majesty had given orders fur
6 tie erection of a palace next door to the convent at
Delkey."
With this gentleman it is my misfortune to have been
for some time associated as proprietor of the Weekly
Chronicle. Not satisfied with compelling me to remain
so, and hereby rendering me liable for debts contracted
without my knowledge or consent, of which I have
already had some alarming specimens, he has attempted
to force into the partnership Mr. C. W. Dillon, a
commercial traveller (formerly of Dablin), who is
legally disqualified, were it otherwise in his power,
from investing capital in the establishment. These
two facts, the non-supply of capital, and the forcible
introduction as a third partner of an uncertificated bank-
rupt, to say nothing of editorial mismanagement and
corruption, led some months ago to such serious differ-
ences, that on the 6th Sept. I addressed a formal letter
to Mr. Doyle, reminding him of bills dishonoured, of the
unfair state of our capital account, and of the possibility
of bankruptcy; and called on him either to sell his share
or purchase mine upon equal terms. Consistently with
his former declarations " to bind me to my agreement,"
he refused in writing t 3 entertain the proposition!
After a struggling existence of this nature fir some
months, during which articles were written by ono of
Mr. Doyle's "ablest and most valued contributors," for
any advertising company that chose to pay for them in
the firm of patronage or the purchase of papers, and
during which Mr. Doyle himself has inserted " Letters
to the Editor" of a highly offensive character, with no
other and no higher motive—Mr. .Digby Seymour, a
distinguished member of the English bar, sent me for re-
view a copy of a pamphlet, edited by himself, of Mr. Hud-
son's evidence at York. In the course of a few days I
wrote to Mr. Seymour as a private friend, expressing my
individual opinion on the subject, and asking him to fa-
vour me with a notice written in a moderate and rather ju •
dicial tone, confining his remarks to the evidence in ques-
tion, and taking care not to commit the Weekly Chronicle
to.a general justification of Mr. Hudson. That letter, lam
happy to say, has b.en preserved. Mr. Seymour sent me
the review, which I handed to Mr. Doyle, expressing my
admiration of it as a literary composition, and assenting
to its publication. Mr. Doyle states the truth in
saying that he hesitated; nay, more, he even raised de
jection3 to its insertion. But he does not state the truth
in saying that he yielded to my "earnest solicitations"—
as that is a style of request I never resort to, and one
which I am least of all likely to adopt towards:my equal
only in authority. No; the " open sesame" to Mr.
Doyle's editorial sanction was contained on the fly-leaf
of Mr. Seymour's note to me, in the form of an order
fir 200 papers ! The moment I m-ntioned that fact,
the editorial pen was set to work—a few isolated words
were expunged—the review was " modified" and printed,
and Mr. Dillon, the publisher (Mr. Doyle's other self ),
joyfully dispatched the 200 papers as directed—albeit,
the directions were taken from- a " cl,cateent from under
my own hand, and now in the possession- of John Henry
Doyle!"—being, in fact, nothing more nor less than a
copy of the names and addresses sent me by Mr.
Seymour, with whom„l need scarcely say. I made no
stipulation about papers, and who knows full well that
a suggestion of the kind would have been as offensive to
me as it could hare been unworthy of hirivelf. That
review appeared in the Weekly Chronicle of Sept. 15.
On the following Thursd,►y, of er going through
the books of the establishment, I again called Mr.
Doyle's attenti,in to the embarrassed state of our affairs,
informing him in a very decided and peremptory tone
that I would not, if it saved the establishment from

bankruptcy, increase my liabihtic another shilling. At
first Mr. Doyle said he would consent to a sale of the
paper; but subsequently he suggests d that, " as we had
done good service to Mr. Hudson, he did not see why
Mr. ITuelson should not be asked to do a service to ❑s."

I at once repudiated the idea of such an application
as preposterous and absurd, and utterly denied,
as far as I was concerned, ever having done Mr.
Hudson a service. Both Doyle and e'Dillon then
'suggested that Mr. Seymour ought to be solicited to
discount a bill for 1501., that being the sum of which the
establishment was in immediate want. In an equally
determined manner I objected to any such re quest,
observing that, even if Mr. Seymour were to grant it,
I should moat certainly refuse to put my name on the
bill, having, as I said, fully resolved not to incur any
fresh liability. Seeing, however, that Mr. Doyle per-
sisted in his intention of making the application, I con-
sented to accompany Mr. Dillon, le fling, if I did not,
• that he might commit me to the request. As we ap-
proached Mr. Se} moues chambers, in the Temple, Mr.
Dillon said he thought it would be better that I should sea
Mr. Seymour alone, to which I readily assented, rejoicing
at the opportunity thus afforded, and of which I instantly
availed myself, candidly to repeat to Mr. Seymour the
whole conversation that had just taken place as my only
excuse for being the bearer of so unjustifiable an appli-
cation from Messrs. Do) le and Dillon. I assured Mr.
Seymour at the very outset that I was no party to it--
that if I required 1501. I could command it without bor-

rowing, and that I had refused to pay the dishonoured
bills of the establishment because I had already supplied
more than half the capital, and had been cautioned by
my solicitor not to advance a farthing more unless on
the condition of winding up the affairs of the paper.
hether I said these things to Mr Seymour that gentle-
man alone can testify. I have only to add that the request
was not complied with, and that coming from men with
whom he was barely acquainted, it naturally evoked from
him a stronger feeling still than indignation. Before I
left I asked Mr. Seymour for the second article he had
promised me on the subject of Mr. Hudson's evidence.
He said he had not had time to write it, and that after
what had just occurred, he felt little disposed to do so.
Eventually, however, he said that if he could make
time that evening he would write another article in
completion of the first, and let me have it next
morning. I received it next day and handed it to Mr.
Doyle, who instantly recorded his rejection of
it, on a slip of paper, of which he seems to have
kept a copy in anticipation of that exposé with which he
has ever since been menacing Mr. Seymour, Mr. B—,
one of the most distinguished members of the Irish bar,
Mr. W. H. Russell, of the Middle Temple, and myself,
lind which I am in a position to prove by one of these ger,
Vernet), he consented to withdraw for a money con-
sideration!! That is not all. As I told him at the
time—his declaration in writing only made his venality
the more glaring, for while he disapproved of this se-
cond article just as he had of the first, he nevertheless, on
that same evening, intimated that in the then embar-
rassed state of the paper, he should not feel himself jus-
tified in inserting it for less than 100/. I assured him in
the most impressive manner that I had no authority to
offer payment in any shape, and that I would be no party
to accepting payment if it were offered for its insertion.
The article, therefore, did not appear, as I stated in my
letter to the Times, " because it would not he p id for.
I then, as now, drew this comparison between us—that
whereas I approved of the article, and considered that if
it were inserted, not sneakingly in an obscure corner
of the paper, but boldly, prominently, independently
and. without remuneration, as coming from a political
exponent, it would elevate rather than damage the
character of the paper—be, disapproving of and disa
vowing the opinions it contained, was ready, as before,
though at a higher price, to barter his principles for a
mess of potage. This was the language I used then—l
repeat it now, and I have the authority of Mr. Seymour
for stating in corroboration (not being myself cognizant
of the fact) that in the ensuing week after that article
had been returned to him, Mr. Dillon, as the represen-
tative of Mr. Doyle, called upon Hr. Seymour, and sug-
gested (parenthetically alluding to some " kind friend,"
and the " discounting of a bill") that it might not be too
late to insert Mr. Seymour's article in the publication of
the following Saturdai !
In a letter to the Times, dated December 4th, Mr.
Digby Seymour, after repudiating" the very disgraceful
imputation of h eying endeavoured to corrupt tee Weekly
Chronicle," say s
That I wrote is sle rt notice f Mr. Hudson's evi-
dence at Yolk, whit h appeared in that newsp:lper on
the 15th of September, is true. I wrote it at the in-
stance and request of Mr. Russell, anj, as I then beteeved
with the entire saection and concurrence of his partner„
Mr. Deyle. That I asked Mr. Russell to direct Mr.
Dalai, the publisher, to f qward 200 copies of the paper
containing my article to the addresses m.ntioncd in
Mr. Doy lee: letter is equally true. Tt at I wrote a se-
c mei art'cle, ceacluling and in MT ptetion of the f r-
mer (but to' a panegyric on Mr. Iltelson' and merely
a review of his evidence), is also true—but I did
tertadee. That is the head and front of my offending!
never sugg.sted—l tiever offered a bribe. The idea

never crossed my mind. It is true that the second article
did not appear, but I myself insisted on its being re-
stored to me, and destroyed it with my own hands
rather than accede to the terms upon which it was

offered to be inserted—an offer which did not come from
Mr. Robert W. Russell."
The following, is my second letter to the editor of the
Times, which, as well as Mr. Seymour's, was so care-
fully omitted by the Freeman's Journal : I
Sir,—l trust you will insert the following paragraph I
(omitted from my letter in the Times of Tuesday)Pin
reply to the statement of facts' in your paper of to-
day, signed John Henry Doyle:—
"' It may be, when the truth is known, that the world
will one day think that the origin of the indignation
manifested against Mr. Hudson is not anything he, or
any ono on his behalf, has done, or attempted to do—
but rather what he has not done, and what a gentleman,
supposed to have influence with him, indignantly re-
fused to do en his behalf. That gentleman is Mr.
Digby Seymour, who during the last two months has,
to my knowledge, been frequently menaced with this
charge of corruption—at length publicly made, but since
privately withdrawn.' "
Now, notwithstanding the circumstantial nature of Mr.
Doyle's "facts," I again solemnly assert that the charge
of corruption they are meant to convey is utterly false;
that the attempt at corruption was on his part, and
was resisted by me; that the article he alludes to
did not appear because its insertion would not be paid
for; and that our dispute, which he has sworn originated
with that circumstance, existed for months before. Most
truly, then, might I say to Mr. Doyle, and also to Mr. Dil-
lon (who, I presume, will "corroborate" Mr. Doyle'.
statement), de to fabula narrotur. As my defence fur the
present must rest mainly on my ow❑ character and vera-
city, I have only to hope that the public will suspend
their judgment until both can be fairly tested and placed
side by side with the evidence and character of my
accusers. This, however, I may say, as it is a fact
recorded—that when, a fe .v wer k s since, I we s
necessitated to seek the protection of a magis-
trated from the violence of• Mr. Dillon, who threat-
ened to turn me from my own establishment, he was
bound over to keep the peace towards me for six months,
on my single testimony, contradicted though it was by
himself, unsworm, by Mr. Doyle upon his oath, by Mr.
Allen upon his oath, and upon the oaths of two other
servants in the establishment, all of whom are retained
in it contrary to my wishes. Against such a formidable
array of witnesses I should fear to stand were I not forti-
fied by the belief that truth will triumph is the end.—l
have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
Dec. 4. ROBERT W. RUSSELL.
If I can prove the assertions in this letter, and
I pledge myself to do it, then Mr. Doyle has swor❑
falsely in asserting that our partnership dispute
and the proceedings in bankruptcy arose out of
the rejection of an article which was not even
written till Friday, the 20th September. On the
6th of that same month I wrote the letter to Mr. Doyle,
already referred to, and concluded it by saying—" If
you do not consent to one of these propositions, I shall
infer that you do not mean honourably by your part-
ner." The existence of our dispute for weeks before
the 20th September can be proved, not by servants in the
establishment, but by gentlemen whose oaths it is no
compliment to them to:say, will, at least, be as valuable
as that of Mr. J. H. Doyle. That the proceedings in
bankruptcy bad no earthly connexion with that article
has already been recorded before Mr. Commis-
sioner Fonblanque, on the oath of the petitioning
creditor. He distinctly swore that when last
in London (which was on the 26th of August), I
told him that I was most unpleasantly situated with
my partner and his friend Mr. Dillon, and that
I really feared I had no alternative between immediate
bankruptcy and ultimate ruin. The same witness stated
distinctly on oath, and in reply to a question direct
from the Commissioner. that Mr. Doyle, whom
he had never seen but once before, had sworn
falsely in asserting that he (witness) had upon that
first and only interview conversed with him about my
private pecuniary affairs—a thing, to say the least,
not very probable. In dealing, therefore, with Mr. Doyle's
sworn testimony, it must not be considered as in no
degree disproved. Entirely so, and, I venture to say,
satisfactorily so, it would have been, had he had the
courage to examine his own witnesses in the persons of
Mr. Dlgby Seymour and myself. Not having done so, I
am compelled to adopt this means of vindicating myself
from charges which, if simply personal, I should treat
with contempt, but which, as involving the " purity of
the British press," I am bound, as a public journalist, to
refute and expose, if, as I think I have shown, it is in
my power to do so, despite the prejudice against which
I have to contend, fully conscious of my own innocence,
and painfully impressed with the well-founded belief
that a mere grovelling lave of gain is the mainspring of
those unscrupulous accusations.
And now one word for the Freeman's Journal. After

the inroad I have made upon your space, I must neces-
sarily be bria. Mr. Doyle, the ex-reporter, and now
de bent esse correspondent of the Freeman's Journal,
declared, on his examination in the Bankruptcy
Court, that he believed he would not have
stood where he did but for his refusal to lend him-
self to an attempt on my part to corrupt the Weekly
Chronicle. The Times, struck by so startling an asser-
tion, wrote one article thereupon, more, however, for the
purpose of insinuating that its contemporaries who had
taken up Mr. Hudson's defence had received some
weighty reasons for their advocacy, than for the purpose
of espousing Mr. Doyle's quarrel, or of vindicating his
cause, and thereupon the Standard, Herald,
and Post indignantly remonstrated against the
injustice of such insinuations, grounded upon the
more noisy outburst of a dissappotnted and almost des-
perate man. The Freeman's Journal then writes an
article, no doubt on suggestions from the proper
quarter, which is quite a curiosity for the ingenious
diversity of misrepresentation and falsehood which
abound in every sentence. They state in elt-ct
that King Hudson and his retainers thought
bis restoration to his loss throne would be best securt d

by corrupting some portions of the press, and ruining
such men as he could not corrupt. He and his retainers
(you will one day learn who those really were who
would have been his retainers if they could) therefore
set to work to corrupt that most important and in-
fluential paper, the Weekly Chronicle, and be-
cause they could not succeed in shaking the
iron integrity of Mr.. Doyle (who was ready, how-
ever, to puff Mr. Dover's sewage manure plan, or
the Glace Percha Company's operations fur a small
" order"), they absolutely sought to make him a bank-
rupt—as it such an attempt were impossible to any one
who had not the enormous resources of Mr. Iltelson
himself. The Freeman next asserts that the Commis-
sioner in Bankruptcy confirmed the view taken by the
limes that the ex-King (for in the next sentence the
Freeman dethrones him) sought by corrupting the public
press to re-establish his shattered throne. A more
impudent inertial could scarcely be imagined. The
sole question before the Commissioner was, whether the
petitioning creditor's debt was sufficient to enable hint
to sustain an adjudication in bankruptcy, and the Free-
man grossly libels a Learned Judge when it proclaims
to the world that in order to punish Mr. 'Hudson, who
was not before the Court, he gave judgment against
the petitioning creditor, who only sought to recover
his money, acid decided the question on an issue which he
emphatically declared to be quite irrelevant. The
Times in its " one" leader expressly declared that Mr.
Doyle's statement was s part?, and that a witness, whom
the Court would not examine, had offered to refuto it,
adding, that Mr. Doyle " seemed to be an honourable
man," (i. e. for all that appeared in the ex parte case
to the contrary). ",The extraordinary process by
which a docket of bankruptcy was struck against
Mr. Doyle only " (the proceedings having been taken
against me as well, although the Freeman says other-
wise) was that very extraordinary process by which
people who owe money, and cannot give security for its
payment, are rendered liable to the operation of the
laws of England: but as the Freeman expressly declares
that this is a foreign case (all the persons engaged in it
being, however, Irishmen), it may be excused for the
ignorance of law which it joins to its indifference to
fact. One would think the Freeman would be rather chary
of quoting the authority of the Times, but it drags in
the name of that paper a second time, for the pur-
pose of remarking that it "declared in the most em-
phatic manner Mr. Doyle's honour was untouched in
the whole transaction." The whole article of the
Frsenian contains no greater falsehood. I offer to plead
guilty to every charge against me. if in substance,
letter, or spirit, a single extract from the Times
can be produced which makes any such declaration.
In the same spirit, the Freeman states that Mr.
Seymour's letter, and my second letter, merely denied
Mr. Doyle 'e statement. I leave your readers to de-
cide if that is net of a piece with their former alle-
gations. No! Mr. Seymour admitted the greater part
of Mr. Doyle's statement; but ho added much that
Mr. Doyle did not state, in his concluding aid
significant remark, that an offer of corruption had
indeed been made, but not by Mr. R. W. Russell.
Where every paragraph of this article is distorted by a
spirit of gross partiality and inaccuracy, which I must
suppose to be wilful, I must only be content with having
thus pointed out a few of the most glaring. lam re-
joiced to find that there is even one sentence which,
mutatis mutandis, can be applicable to the real facts of
the case, and I give the Freeman the benefit of it:—
" But we do not refer to the matter now for any other
purpose than to exhibit the means by which persons
having power and other people's money at their disposal
attempt to make both instrumental in the seduction of
the press for their own base ends, and the still more base
attempts which they make to crush men whom they
cannot corrupt."
Such is my object in writing this letter. One of the
most odious crimes known to the law is the attempt to
extort money by threats of infamous accusations. It
will soon be seen if there were any persons in the Weekly
Chronicle guilty of such an offence. Next in importance
to money, perhaps, is " political capital ; " but I
believe those who have been unsuccessful in their
Schemes to raise the one will speedily be detected in
their stratagem to obtain the other, and in that belief
I confidently await the result which cannot now be long
distant, and the judgment of my countrymen and the
public.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient
servant, ROBERT W. RUSSELL.
19, Northumberland-street, Strand, D.c. 12.

A STUPID BRADFORD JURYMAN.—A certain gen-
tleman from Bradford, who wears a broad brim, and who is
an advocate of many things which would be a benefit to the
town, but unfortunately never agitates for the abolition of
the coke, happened to he on the jury at the York Assis,,,
when the case was heard " Wright a. P Aty " for highway
robbery. The evidence of the robbery wase clear and con-
clusive; notwithstanding, this " Friend of the Peace So-
ciety" declared that he would not be a party to find the
man guilty, unless a witness could be produced, in addition
to the prosecutor, who saw the robbery committed. Of
course the jury could not agree upon their verdict, the con-
sequence was they had to retire. Mr. Broadbrim buttoned
oufp2ipisrocgo,a't' coat,, saying
ylnghe had provided himself with plenty
unless the .
eleven would give way to him
he would certainly sit until next day. friend of the
Bradford soke, 'however, discovered that his colleagues were
as well prepared as be was ; and consequently, after sitting
about two hours, he gave in to the verdict of guilty, and the
man was transported for ten years.—ffaltiax Guardian.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 24, 1850.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wiliiam Con-
grove Breckenbury, Esq., now Consular• Assistant to
the British Mission at Madrid, to be her Majesty's
Cunsul at that capital.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Charles Middleton Kernot, chemist, West Cowes,
of Wight.

paper-hanging—J. Smith, C. Brewer, and W. Brewer,
Larkhall-lane, Clapham, paper-mould manufactur.; rs—
G. Wor:dell and H. Bleckly, Warrington, Lancashire,
iron-manufacturers—S. Tillotson and W. Woodward,
'West Derby-road, public-house keepers—Caroline James
and Mary Ann Evans, Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-
wood—J. 11. Beaumont and J. Beaumont, Manchester,
brewers—W. May, H. Hull, and W. Andrews, Ince and
Coppull, Lancashire, coal mimers (as far as regards H.
Hull) —J. Wheeler and G. Wheeler, Brentford, cheese-
mongers and grocers—J..Garraway, M. Mayes, and F.
Grigg, Bristol, nurserymen (as far as regards F. Grigg)
—W. S. Blessley and H. Sothcott, Portal a, Hampshire,
grocers—J. E. Denham and J. Smith, St. Bennet's-
place, Gracechurch-street—E. Breffit and S. Walker,
Castleford, Yorkshire, glass and bottle manufacturers—
G. Freeman, E Lawrence, and J. Berry, Manchester,
merchants (as far as regards J. Berry)—J. Hyland and
P. V. Purcell, Merton, Surrey, designers of patterns
for woven fabrics—l. Peel and L. Gosling, Little
Horton, Yorkshire, manufsctui ing chemists —R.
Raven and J. Chadwick. King's Lynn, Norfolk,
painters —W. T. Potts and S. Illingworth,
Hulme, Lancashire, bakers—E. Evans and J. Evans,
Liverpool, woollendrapers—J. Sparks and J. Mears, New
Band-street, sellers of vulcanised India rubber air-
cushions—R. W. Tibbs and' S. Tibbs, Cheltenham—
I. and M. Nathan. Newgate.market, butchers—
W. Moberly, W. H. Moberly, and R. Favell, Great
Winchester-street, general mercha-As (so far as regards
R. Favell)—G. R. Morgan and M. Wayne, ironinasters
and coal proprietors—G. Harwood and E. R. Turn. r,
engineer—J. Hands and W. Sylvester, Stow-
on- the-V old, Gloucestershire, grocers and tea-dealers—
R. Watscn and W. Watson, Greenfield, Lancashire, and
Cowling, Yorkshire, cotton spinners.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
Richard Dunk, Faversham, K.,at, glover.
Richard Henry Twitchen, Buffington, Hampshire, inn-

keeper.
Samuel Bennett, Sedgley, Staffordahire, iron-bucket

manufactui er.
Joseph Morrell, Dudley, Worcestershire, broker.
Joseph Lswley, Bilston, Staffordshire, butty collier and

miner.
Charles Baker, Dlldley, Woree)telshire, broker.
Robert Wilday Binks, Tipton, Staffordshire, painter and
glazier.
Joseph Bellingbam, Dudley, Worcestershire, innkeeper.
William Drake, Bristol, umbrella maker.
Thomas Pearce, Bristol, paperhanger.

Sydney Sprod, Bristol, upholsterer.
James Offer, Bristol, bright smith.
James Taylor, Bristol, coach builder.
Edmund Smith, Manchester, beersellt,r.

John Page, Eastbourne, Sussex.
Augustus Jesse Couves, Gravesend.
Albert Medus, Landport, Hampshire.-
Henry Robert May, Landport, Hampshire, clerk.
John and William Huokey, bhorne Ridgeway, Kent,
milkmen.
John Wilson, Hulme, Lancashire, heerseller.
Bernard Jones, Market Dray Cm, Shropshire, grocer and
tea dealer.
Henry Saunders, Walsall, Staffjrdshire, tinner.
Zachariah Slaney, Frutton, Hampshire.
Mary Ann Bown, Stonyway-bridge, Derbyshire.
Richard Leadbetter, Stafford, butcher,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Wilson, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, carrier and
grain and provision dealer, to meet within the Meal-
market Inn, Lanark, Dec. 28 and Jan. 20, at twelve.
W. Mountain, Greenock, rope and rag merchant, to
meet within the James Watt Inn, Greenock, Dec. 30 and
Jan. 18, at twelve.
W. Drysdale, J. Drysdale, and R. M. Drysdale, Alva,
Stirlingshire, wool spinners, wool merchants, and manu-
facturers, to meet within Campbell's Royal Hotel, Stir-
ling, Dec. 31 and Jan. 21, at two.

FRUIT.--There are sellers of Currants at lower rates,
but sales aro upon a limited sca'e at 40s to 453 per cwt,
sad the market is well supplied. Raisins are deals in
with caution, and sellers are disposed to accept 37s to
393 for Valencia, and 403 to 90s for low to superior
Muscatels. Figs are less in demand, and a desire is
evinced to realize at 44s to 755. The value of new Jor-
don Almonds is 61103 to 9/; the market has a very quiet
appearance.
SALTPETRE.—There continues to be a good demand,
and importers evince confidence; none has been offered
at auction since .our last report, and the stock
is on the decrease. The parcels sold privately
were at 28s to 293 61 for common to fine, and there are
large purchases rather under these rates. British Re-
fined has been in good demand at 303 6d to 31s, and
with not free sellers. Ytrate of Soda, is held for 14s to
14s 6‘i, still few sales have been made.
COCHINEAL —Tl.ere is no further redaction, but the
amount of business concluded has been upon a small
scale for all purposes; the stock does not diminish.
O 240 bags at auction, a small part only sold; Hondu-
ras Silvers common to good at 3s 81 to 3s 101; mid to
good black 4s 3d to 4n 61; Mexican Silvers, 33 81 to 3s
9d, and black 33 10d ta 3s 11d.
INDIGO.—Tbe market continues in a dull state, and
some parcels of Manilla have been sold at a reduction
on last sales rates of 21 to 3d, but Bengal or Madras
cannot be obtained under the terms of that period.
Spanish has been operated in with caution, and late rates
are not to be abtaiued.

METALS,—There continues to be much activity in the
market for tin, and prices for East India are still on the
advance, ruling at 843 to 85s per cwt. For
arrival several parcels have been disposed of.
A good business has been done in Tin Plates,
and improved prices; one C Coke selling at 283 to 28e
6i, and Charcoal ditto at 33s to 34s per box,
hilst a further advance is looked for on the spot.
Speller is offersyi at 161 7s 6d to 161 108 per ton, but
met with little attention. For arrival not much has
been done, and 16/ 5s to 161 7s 6d in the value.
Lead is held with firmness, and many purchases
have been made; British Pig realized 171 5s to
17/ 103, and Sheet 18/ to 18/ 10s. In
Copper there is still no variation. There has been a good
deal doing in Pig Iron, and the market is firm; Scotch
at 43s 6d to 44. 6d according to assortment; and Welch
52s to 725. In Manufactured Iron sales continue of im-
portance. Welch Bars at 41 15s to 5/, and Rails at 51 to
51 5s per ton. Swedish Steel is still 141 103 to 15/ lOs
per ton.
Tannow.—There has been only a limited business
concluded in Russian on the spot, and prices have a
downward tend, nc) ; fine new yellow Candle being offered
at 36s 9,1 to 37s per car. For delivery in January and
February there are sellers at 36s 3d to 36s 9d ;
and fur February and March at 36s 9d, but only small
contracts have been concluded. The rates quoted tor
the last three months of the year are 38s 61 to 395,
but there has again been nothing doing. Although
home melted is offered at 36. 9d to 378 net cash,
operations are upon a d scale, and the sup-
ply is greater than in the previous week. o,her sorts are
purchased with caution; and of 390 cks Australian at
auction a part only sold at from 35s to 37e 3d; but 110
cks Petersburgh Soap were mostly taken in at 34s 9,1 to
355. No public sales are declared for Friday.
OlLS.—There has been only a limited business concluded
in Rape Seed Oil, and more desire is evinced to sell,
brown at 35s 6d to 365, pale 37s 6d to 37s 9d; and
Foreign 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. Linseed Oil is
offered upon rather lower terms, but home
dealers operate with caution, and few shipping
orders were completed. Oa the spot there are
sellers at 32s 6d to 32s 9d, and for delivery at 32s 9d to
33!, there is also a further increase of supply, but a fair
consumption prevails. Palm is in good request, and
prices have become firm, fine has been selling at
28s 6d to 295, and stipply is yet limited. In Olive
there is not much doing; at the same time merchants
are firm, and obtain for Gallipoli 431 to 44/, other
descriptions 411 to 421 lOs per tun, but an improved
demand is looked fur shortly. Cocoa Nut sells
with more freedom; Ceylon at 293 to 31s,
Cochin 30s to 325, and stock is not so large
as a few weeks back. Seal Oil is offered at a reduc-
tion, yet few buyers are to be met with, pale is to be
obtained at 371 to 381, tinged and straw 35/ lOs to 36/10s
yellow and brown 341 to 361. In Cod there is a fair
business doing at 38/ to 391 103, for arrival a desire is
evinced to sell at these rates. Southern is cheaper, the
supply being more plentiful at from 341 to 37/forlow to fine
quality, however, a good business has been concluded.
The market for Sperm is in a quiet position, and lower
rates are anticipated, fine sort is to be obtained at 851 to
861. For Headmatter there is less inquiry, and late rates
are not to be obtained, as stock continues to increase.
Ground Nut Oil is dull of sale at 34a to 35s per cwt.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION at ABERDARE.

_
LOSS OF SIX LIVES.
(From the Cambrian.)
Another of those sad events which periodically oc-
cur here has again happened, casting a gloom around,
and depressing the minds of all living, within the
circumference of the coal fields of Wales. It is
true, the victims of the fatal damp have many sym-
pathisers, but none can sympathise so well as
those acquainted with the perilous duties of the
collier and the miner. Hard-taxed to supply the
wants of their families, kept from the pure air of
heaven, and inhaling the noxious vapours, which,
combining, destroy them, and this, too, at wretchedly
low wages, their lot is surely to be pitied, and a
great allowance made for those excesses generally
observed in the coal districts. Scarcely has the pub-
lic mind recovered from the shock caused by the
intelligence of the explosion at the isletty Shenkin
Colliery, last year, when another occurs, happily
not so destructive of life, throwing the inhabitants
of the little hamlet into consternation and fear. On
Thursday evening intelligence was received ut Mer-
thyr, of an explosion having, occurred at the
New Dyffryn Pit, Aberdare, by which it was
rumoured thirty lives were lost, and many
wounded. Upon arriving at the place we found the
rumoured number of men killed to be greatly exag
gera'ed, at the most there being but six or seven,
although the catalogue of wounded was large, and
the injuries severe. It appears that about four o'clock
on Thursday afternoon a slight tremulous motion of
the ground was felt by the people living within the
vicinity of the pit, and immediately afterwards a
vivid flash of light was seen to issue from the
shaft. Well aware of what had taken place the inha-
bitants thronged to the spot, presenting a scene ima-
gination could not conceive. Mothers were running,
as if distracted, about the shaft—wives, with pale
faces and looks of horror, were gazing tremblingly
at the mouth of the pit, down which in the
morning those " near and dear " to them bad
descended, in the full enjoyment of health and
their small portion of happiness, but from which
the eager expectants could now only imagine them
borne mutilated specimens of what once existed.
Every now and then, as the fancy called up
some image of those eemed dead, a wailing cry
would issue from the crowd, be echoed again and
again, and then die into a heart-moving sob,
which truly bespoke the agony of the bereaved.
Add to this the gloomy night—the many torches
flitting about—the rushing to and fro of the crowd
appearing by torchlight ghastly and fearful—toge-
ther with the faint cry for succour from the survivors
at the bottom of the pit, and you have a scene of such
sad reality, that we would not willingly "look upon
its like again." Such was the force of the explosion
that a boy at the mouth of the pit was thrown
down, and sustained a concussion of the brain. The
sides of the shaft were also blown in, thus choking
up the regular means of access to the colliery.
Willing hands were soon, however, in readiness to
assist the survivors, and means having been found of
descending the air-shaft, most of the men were soon
rescued. Two men were buried under a fall of
rubbish, and were only bad out on Monday, life of
course quite extinct. Three of the colliers were killed
by the explosion, another has since died of his in-
juries. The majority of the men have, however, sus-
tained injuries, which with some are expected to
terminate fatally ; with others, to incapacitate them
from work for a long time ;and with most all to
remain as severe wounds, and be remembered for
many a year, and eventually carried down to the
grave with them. The cause of this melancholy
occurrence is not yet known, but will doubt-
less transpire at the inquest, on Thursday
next. By some it is attributed to carelessness ;
this may be the case, as the colliers are notorious
for their wilful disregard of life, ven-
turing into dangerous headings where the coal has
fallen for the sake of better luck, and thus endanger-
ing their own lives and those of their fellow-workmen
for a trivial gain. The New Dyffryn Pit has not,
we believe, been worked more than three years, and
some part of that time the workmen were idle,
being engaged in a long, and to them disastrous
strike, the result of which was the refusal of their mas-
ters to accede to their terms—their dismissal—and
their places refilled with colliers from the Forest of
Dean, and a few of the turncoats. The rapidity with
which explosion follows explosion here, loudly called
for Government irstuiry ;- and at last we have the
pleasure of knowing what Government inspectors have
been appointed to institute a rigorous survey of the
coal and mine-pits of the district. This is not before
it was wanted, and if they are competent for their
undertaking, we may hope to hear less of these disas-
trous events which render the business of a collier a
doubtful and hazardous risk.

WHOLESALE PoAcuING.—A marauding gang, con-
sisting of between fif.een and twenty men, made their ap-
pearance at Boreatton, in this county, on Friday night, when
they assaulted one of the servants and itole several fowls.
A number of poachers—probably the same lot as the fore-
going— entered the grounds of Captain Williams, Eaton
Mascolt, on Tueiday night. They wounded one of the
keepers severely, and shot a valuable dog. One of them,
Morris alias Skiver, was apprehended in Roushill, in this
town, and has been remanded for
.further examination.—
Shropshire Conservative.
DEATH OF THE MAILER. Or HIS OWN COFFIN. —An
itiqutst was held on SaturdaY last at Banipton, on Jeremiah
Hewletts, who retired to rest on the previous Thursday
night in his usual health, but was found dead in,his-bed on
the following morning. No doubt could 'be-entertained that
he died. a natural death, and the 'jury returned a ,:vei.dict
accordingly., The. deceased was nearly. eighty years 'of
and was of very eccentric habits.- made his coffin twenty
years ago, and kept it under the bed whereon he died.—
Berrow's Worcester Journal.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
Henry Sellers, occasional errand boy to Messrs.
Wich, Newman, and Co., general commission mer-
chants in Bury-courteeSt. Mary Axe, was charged
with having stolen a quantity of indigo and other
goods, the property of his employers, and Moses
Barnett, a clothesman, was charged with having re-
ceived the property.
A clerk to the prosecutors said—Sellers had access
to a large chest of indigo and several small ones, and
had been in the habit of taking out samples. On the
11th of December we missed about 10Ib. of cochineal,
value 2/. 10s., from a drawer in the sample-room.
Next day I met Sellers coming down stairs with a bag,
and be looked into the counting-house, and asked me
if there was anything to be done ? Observing that
his pockets were encumbered, I told him to walk into
the counting-house. He then asked me to forgive
him, and, upon my desiring him to empty his pockets,
he pulled a bag of indigo out of each of them. The
quantity he exhibited was worth 3/. 17s. He begged
that I would forgive him, for the sake of his poor
father, who knew nothing at all about the business ;
and he said it was all the doing of a Jew, who pre •
veiled upon him to rob the indigo-room.
Mr. Wich said—Sellers said he had robbed us
since the last Monday in consequence of an old Jew
being at him for the last month to induce him to
steal, to increase his wages. Ha told me that the
Jew's name was Barnett, and that he lived somewhere
near Wellcluse• square. I went to the police-station
and obtained the aid of' an officer, and I caused
the indigo which had been found uprn the boy to be
marked.
Trew, the officer—l asked Sellers, upon taking him
into custody, where he was going with the indigo ?
He said to a Jew, named Barnett, who kept a clothes-
shop. He told me also that he had taken indigo to
the place about three times before ; that Barnett met
him about two months ago in Mincing-lane, and said
to him, " Boy, where do you work ? You are in the
indigo trade, are you not ?' to which he replied " Yes,"
and to other questions put by the Jew he replied that he
was in the employment of Messrs. Wich and Ca., and
that be was paid a shilling a day; that the Jew offered
to buy samples of him, and at last, by frequent soli-
citations, prevailed upon him to rob his masters.
It was agreed that the boy should go with the marked
indigo to the Jew, and that one of the clerks and I
should follow. When we got to Grace's-alley, Well -
close-square, Sellers went into the house No. 16,
which is a clothes shop, and after remaining there
about two minutes be came out with 4s. in his band,
and said be had sold the indigo to the Jew for that
sum. We all then went into the shop, and I saw
him with a scoop scale containing indigo, which he
was examining. I said, " I want this indigo which
you have just bought of this lad." He said, "Here
it is, but I have not bought it. The boy has left it
here." I said, "The boy says you gave him 4s. for
it, and I have got them." He made no answer to
that. I searched his place, and with the assistance of
Kilby, an officer who accompanied me, we found one
bag of rice, three bags of raw coffee, and one bag of
gutta percha, one bag containing some chesnuts, one
bag containing 23 brass stamps, 12 sample bottles
containing various samples, one bottle of Cayenne
pepper, a quantity of cinnamon, of oatmeal, of shell-
lac, two bags of sego, and other bags containing black
dye, ginger, arrowroot, gum, sugar, nux-vomica,
coculus indicus, &c.
Upon his cross-examination for Barnett the wit-
ness said—lt was not at my suggestion the boy went
to Barnett's house with the bag of indigo. I have
taken away from Barnett's house some invoices and
papers. Barnett looked through them for the purpose
of ascertaining that he had paid for those goods; but
he only found one relating to some castor oil, which I
did not, consequently, take. He was in a state of
great trepidation and fear.
Upon his re-examination, the witness said—lt did
not appear, from the appearance of the shop, that the
Jew dealt in indigo. The articles I seized were, some
of them under the counter, and some behind the
counter. The gutta percha was in a bag, before the
counter, on the floor.
Henry Sellers, the prisoner, was then ordered to go
from the bar to the witness-box, for the purpose of
being examined as evidence against Barnett.
The following, which was listened to with intense
interest, was the principal part of the statement of the
boy :—" The first time I saw Barnett was in Mincing-
lane ; and, after asking me whether I was not in the
indigo trade and who my master was, be asked if my
master had any indigo samples to sell that were lett
at the sales. I said, 'No, Sir ; ba returns them, I
believe, to the warehouse.' He then said, Do you
ever have any dust of your own (meaning indigo
dust) ?' I said, ' No ; I have no perquisites allowed
me.' He said, Oh I then you have high wages, I
suppose ?' I said, No, Sir, I have not ; I have only
ss. a-week whilst I am employed at the sale times,
and if my master wants me any day after the sale, he
gives me ls. a day.' He said, know boys of less
age than you, and smaller, and they get more
money a- week than you do.' I said, 'Do you ? I
wish I bad better wages and a better place ; but I
have very little work, and my master is very
kind.' He then stopped to consider; and he said,
' Your master has a great many samples
open ?' I said,' My master had at sale time: Can
you not,' said he, take a small piece out of each sam-
ple ? If there is only an ounce out of each sample,
and there were 100 samples, that would be 100
ounces, and I would give ls. a pound for any -you
bring me. Will you do it ?' I said, No, I will not
steal.' He then said, ' Why, you are having very low
money, and that would help you on.' I said, Yes,
but an honest penny is worth a silver shilling.' I saw
Barnett afterwards several times in the lane. Each
time be spoke to me in the same same kind of way.
At length, on Friday, the 6th of December, I con-
sented to steal. 1 met him then in Hart-street, and
he said to me, 'Well, have you made up your mind ?'
I was considering what I should do, as I had no em
ployment that week. Says he, What are you break-
ing your head about ?' I said, About nothing.'
He said, You are a young fool to be thinking about
anything when you have nearly a golden ball in your
hand.' He said to me, Will you bring any indigo ?'
I said, I will ;' and I said to him, ' Shall I bring you
some to-morrow ?' He said, 'Not to-morrow, that is my
Sabbath ; bring mesomeon Monday morning, as early
as you can. I went on Monday morning to my em-
ployer's place at an early hour. The housekeeper
was the only person there. I went upstairs, where
there were some chests under a table, and I took
about five pounds of indigo, put it in two papers,
weighed it in the scales, and took it to Barnett's shop.
It was about a quarter to ten o'clock when I went
there, and I saw a woman there, who called out, 'Bar-
nett, come here.' The servant was in the kitchen,
and Barnett said,' Oh ! you want a pair of trousers,'
and put a pair into my hand. He said to me, Well,
if you don't like that pair there is a pair
behind the counter i • and I went behind the
counter, and- took out both parcels, and gave them to
him, and he put them into a scale. He said there
was only three pounds, and I said, You make a
mistake, there is five.' lie said then, ' Oh, yes,
I see now,' and be gave me ss. and I went
away ; aed the next morning I went again to my
master's place, and took four pounds from the
same chest. I put them into one parcel and took it
to Barnett, who was standing at the door. I went
into the shop, and looked at a meerschaum pipe, and
he said I could have' it for 61b. of indigo. I said
there were 41b. there, and he said he would trust to
my generosity to bring the other 21bs. I said no, it
was making too much of a market of me, as it was
a pipe I could buy for 2s. 6d., and he wanted Gs. for
it. He praised the pipe up, but I did not take it,
end he gave me 4s. for the indigo. The woman
came out of the parlour and 'Asked me if I could get
'any saffron. I said, I dare say I can.' She said,
I use it for colouring my soup.' I said, What
instead of turmeric.' She said, Yes.' I went
back to my master's, but could not find any saffron,
but I saw some cochineal, and I took 41b. of that and
put it into a parcel, and took it to him the same day.
I said to him, You must give me a good price,
for it is a beautiful article.' He said it only fetched
2s. 61 per lb., and it was not the best silver gray.
He offered me is per lb. I offered it to him at ls.
3d. per lb., and it should be his. He said, Not a
farthing snore '—(Laughter)—and he paid me is. per
lb. On Wednesday morning I went again to my
master's place and took 5 lb. of indigo out of the
same chest, and took it to Barnett who said,:' You are
doing this as a maid drinks—you are going on any
how.' I said, can't do any better.' He gave me ss.
for it, and I left him. On Thursday morning I went
again to my master's place, and stole 10Ib. of' indigo
from another box, but was detected by Mr. Appell."
The witness then stated that he went, at the desire
of the prosecutors, with the indigo to the Jew, and
the other circumstances which were represented by
the other witnesses.
Upon his cros-sexamination the witness said—My
master said, if I would P-11 the truth he would forgive
IS. It was not in consequence of that promise that
I dischee d it. I thsugi t I fisd done wrong, and I
thought I would be right to pi otect other poor boys
by telling. I did it because my parents were too
poor to give me anything. The money I received
from Barnett I spent in waste.
Kilby, who accompanied Trew, also gave evidence.
George Woodgate, in the service of a broker in
Crutched-triar-, said he was with h ssitnes- Sellers
about two mt nth. ago, i,l 1‘11r) .;og lane, vrl-cid Bassett
beckoned to Ssllers, who wen' fo
It was stated that Barnett had trequeutly been
seen talking to boys who were employed in the ser-
vice of merchants in the neighbourhood of Mincing-
lane.
The prisoner said he would reserve his defence for
the time of his trial,
a< then folly ctimmittca for tri el.
A person naisied Gardner w -s ds. d with having
stolen at various times from his late employers,
Messrs. Thompson and Co., of No. 5, Trinity-square,

ship-brokers, sums of money amounting in the whole
to aly,ut 2001.
Mr. Ba;:Antine attended for the pro ecuticn, and
Mr. Chrkson for the defence.
The books were produced, and it was shown that
alterations had been made for the purposes of deception.
Alderman GIBBS ordered that the prisoner should
give bail, himself in 4001., with two sureties in 2001.
each, to answer the charge at the next session of the
Central Criminal Court.
The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would
acknowledge his receipt of 101. 10,1. from the Me"
chant Taylors' Company, and half of a 51. note, ono"
nymous, for the poor-box.

- THAMES.
Several depositors of the Penny Savings-bank, or
St. James's, Rateliff, Provident Society, the receiver
and distributor of which has disappeared, and is re"
presented to be a defaulter to a considerable amount,
attended before Mr. Yardley to complAin of the lila,
of their hard-earned savings, and also to hear the e%-
planation of the R= v. Mr. Williams, incumbent of St°
James's district church, who was always looked 11131°
as the head of the society, and the person responsible
for the repayment of the depositors' savings.
In the evening just before the magistrate was about
to retire from the bench, the Rev. Mr Williams, so'
companied by Mr. Harrie, parish clerk, name int°
at°'
the court, and made a long address to the magi'trri
and said the society originated with the Rev'
Spencer, his curate, five years ago, and that he ('", f'
Williams) never sanctioned is or had anything
whatever to do with it—that on the Rev. Pr;
Spencer leaving the parish the Scripture Iteaue
Society' continued the society and appointed John.
Harwood, who was a stranger to him, district 14";
tor and receiver and distributor of the ProvrTiden
Society, and all the moneys p .aced through ror.
wood's hands. The Rev. Mr. Williams, in conclusion,
said he deeply regretted the painful circumstance;
that had happened in his parish, and, although an_
legally bound to pay the money, he
much with his very poor and provident flock, that h
would take care to satisfy the whole of the Clain:Wit!'
He woulr' pay the w hole of the de ositors out of his
own pocket. P
Mr. YARDLEY need scarcely say how vouch be riel:
joiced to hear such a statement from the Rev' ?tale
tlentan, and how creditable it was to him as s O-
man and a Christian minister. vt, v.
A long conversation then ensued between the -.ln
sympathised soe
Mr. 'Williams, Mr. Harrie, and the Magistrate, 007:,
appeared that the clergyman had for the
certained that Harwood had received 227/. of thie de,
positors, and had distributed 166/, which he haltdiv,
ceived at the Limehouse Savings-bank on Frt 66/.
and that his deficiencies amounted to betiseen
and 70/. Mr. Williams had given Harwood Our;
months' warning to leave his district as SeriPt :a,
reader three mouths ago, and that, having bis ITut
givings about a young man of whom he knehwa di-
little being intrusted with so much money' the
rected Mr. Harrie to accompany Harwood to
be
present
Bank of England for change for the notes, Yne,
present at the distribution on Friday, which svasniore'
It was stated by Mr. Harrie there was 51. or r.
maining in the box, and asked the magistrates per
mission to open it? • tic!)
Mr. YARDLEY said, there could bead lec d
to the Rev. Mr. Williams doin so,
g then tea.
the letter he had received from Harviood. It Was
lengthy epistle, and Harwood said he could not n°l3o{
ceive how the deficiency occured, and that the fella
personal violence had prevented him from onload
forward to meet the charge against him• liarvir of
also said he had acted as receiver and distributor it.
the society, and never received a copper of PeY wool
Mr. YARDLEY said, although there was 00 °do
case before him, he would adjourn the investige ha
till Monday, and if Harwood liked to attend then
should be secured from personal violence.
William Langford, aSOUTHWARK tall powerful-looking rni.drng
man, described as a carpenter, was placed at the toed
before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with being conner Poor
with two other men (not in custody) in robbing Pin,
woman named Hunter, a laundress, of be
trusted to her by customers to wash.
The complainant stated that on the previous 01,,,t°r.org
ing, during the fog that prevailed, she was clotheso,
along Trinity-street, carrying a quantity of
in a basket, when three men came up, one of wilts
was the prisoner, and, snatching the basket 09_
r 0
contents from her, ran away. She pursued
Cone,
closely, and in Swan-street, near the County 01
saw the prisoner stopped, and also had her bundle
clothes restored. att
Mr. John Eley stated that he is a medical etude. a
and that at the time in question, as he was Waiiiit°e3
along Trinity-street, he bad his attention saw of
on hearing the cries of a woman. In consequelfawas
the fog that prevailed he could not discern wha,' :of
going forward, but he went towards the spot, n" ':"-s
a man running with a basket and a woman followino
Stwophichthietfh:e'
hman,n inc a itheli n calling
courseoti t
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the basket and continued to run along
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street, until he came to the door of towards
a house
of,'"
County Court,
at which he sat down. Witness, b
lalitteer purlth lwocis:st.
hol,
he
ever, not having lost sight of the prisoner during, d
pursuit, rushed towards him with the view of tialcls
him into custody, but he started off again, and ilk
eventually secured at some distance off. The los aeri
with the clothes were picked up by, the policelo;a
into whose charge the prisoner was given.--lie
committed.

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Brazil ..319th of the month SeuthamPt• .:',e,. 25
Buenos Ayres .. .. 51 9th of the month Southanlo. ,'ati, 5
California(viaChagres) 51 17th of month Southamyt.: --
Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth • 1.10. 20 ca
Central America .. AI 2d & 17th of month SouthamPt• iv, T 0• '-
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.lSoutkamPt• ,jan, 5
ad
Chili .. .. .. .51 17th of the month SoutharaPt: Twice t,
France .. .. M. & N Twice daily .. .. Dover '• Tues. •-„oe,
Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London •• ,son,Ti•
Holland .. .•.. N Wednes. le gatur. London ••
,';,, 20,if
Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the mouth SouthanlPt: ivied."'"
Ireland .. .. N& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • t.,e,, 25
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the inorithlSouthanWt: ""
„0, 35
India (via Marseilles) N 7th2e 24th o f month! Dover --
Madeira • . .. .. N
Mediterranean (via Dec. 98
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southasipt.
Mediterranean (via I .. Jo, 3
Marseilles) . - .. N 7th& 24th of month Dover
Mediterranean (by
French packet via
Marseilles) ..
Mexico .. .. .. 31 2d of the month.. 'South—araPt• ,J„aijec: bt‘
Peninsular.. .. .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of mo Southampt•
v n.
Peru • • • • • • .. 51 17th of the month SoutharnPt• Zi. 20
West Indies .. .. N 17th of the month ,SouthamPt• "
West (excet
Havannalndies & Nassaup) 31 2d of the month ..SouthamPt•l'T/P..6.031c°
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12d of the month ..
mails are sent from
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[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A certain Cure are plioj;diS
'Chestsways Pill for Headaches, Lowness of S hi% o'l d 1
the —A soldier, who had seen rauchPservicesbretio ij
fered for years from headaches, lowness of spirits, 21111,,P-fooP:
the right side, which had so debilitated him that riteoti°7j
necessary to disc
to his harge him from the service. PierY„oreoas
had been paid complaints, both by tho armYsn7
in the hospitals. At last it was decided that be was JP;ofi'"'
but since his discharge he commenced taking
which have been the means of restoring him to that bold for
flollowaY sof
of spirits and excellent health that he had not eanilloolil
years.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor l'()
Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Wed'
MET.ANCIIOLY ACCIDENT NEAR PERTII.-- sound
nesday evening two young gentlemen, one of then' 81.13 so'
the late Rev. Mr. Skeete, episcopal '
clergyman in rer;*;er,.ilit,
the other a clerk in a writer's officer went down the "al lig'l7
a boat for the pw 11 in
pose of shooting wild ducks %8 bus
In passing the Dundee and Perth railway bridge all Whin',
struck against one of the projecting iron spikes W".,roosB
the wooden piers of the the P"'' A 0"
bridge are acme,. for „0
breaking the floating ice that comes down the river' of tPo
a hole stove in its bottom. It is supposed that on.erving of
oars was also lost;iffd-tliat Abis parties were then chain
make for the shore when the boat ran against the ~boo"
the dredging machine, which was lying below the no the
ette
-
which enlarged the hole, and capsised air. Sk
water. A boat was immediately put off from tue d
machine. but Mr. Skeete had sunk before it reache apioci
and his body has not yet been recovered. H!s con
was taken out of the boat when it was in a stoking
tion.— Edinburgh Courant.

BIRTHS
OF A SON. the 11°11'
At Itchenstoke Rectory, Hants, on the 21st inst., .
Mrs. R. C. Trench. a ..1. Trib
On the 22d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of 4-.• •
Esq., Roy al Marines. a Ed°r°
On the 2'2d inst., at Montague-street, the wife -f
Leigh Pembert• n, jun., Esq. Ylif.
05 A DAUGHTER..
On the 28d inst., at Montpelier-villas, Stockwell the
of W. C. Higgins, Esq.

On the 23d inst., at /1 t
I.43rßi f li • . is Eh D
Embassy,
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vvillis
Forster, Esq., eldest son of Sampson Forster, EA.' W
t. filtirr
line, eldest daughter of Ellis Cunliffe, Esq.
At Bedfont Church, Middlesex, on the 21st ins,-',. fet ti
Paris, -ore
Arthur Herbert, Esq., to Graoe Anne, fifth datigi"'- °A A
Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron. ~;11 fn 0
On the Bth! inst., at Jesus Chapel, FortY-..'D viiii,!,t
G Bev Tracy, Esq., of St. John's-wood, 1, 0 A 3117 r 0 1 ''' - '
,
of the .D. Cresswell, D.D., F.R.S late vc""
_.,,,,
Andrew's Church, Enfield

, biro,
WED.
On the 20th inst., at Lvercreech-house. Sonersetispe
James Lord Talbot de Malahide and Lord Malahide ° 1,
'abide, in the county of Dublin. ~i,, ale,
On the IrAli inst., at Canterbury-villas, Maid S,
4,5,
Philips, Esq., aged 72. ~, V. 'l3,
On the 19th inst., a ed B', Gloster Wilson, K'SCI. 'of 'ea
On the 22d inst., aged 51, Charles Barron, EAci" 7' 'pod
mark-hill, Surrey.
On the 20th inst., at Kensington, Elizabeth, the:oow, e'
daughter of the late A. R. Sidebottom, Es+, of . .44 #
... '' t . for
street, aged 48. i Egg!
On the 23d inst., at Flounslow, Thomas Wilson, :4 -' ',
Merly of Burton- crescent, aged 74. ' -. . .--'-'-S/00
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L• '3i, .-:: .11,-. .•11.-",i,:4,---„,0 ,_,. wiADD -1,,,,14.0. I
No. ; '.' :::.,:.•,,,,,,, '.rinz...r., ~ The Sun Otlke,...apti
Strand, in the l'reeiLet of the Savoy, an the v.
aiiddlesex, Wednesday, Dacember 25, 1850.