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London, England, 1844-05-14

IN SOUTH DEVONSHIRE, the most interesting part near to
CHUDLEIGH, and only Ten Miles from EXETER.—A
FREEHOLD ESTATE, including a superior Farm-house and
Buildings, with 170 Acres of capital Land, and a Cottage Villa,
in a most Romantic Spot.—By Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, at
the Auction Mart, on TUESDAY, June 18, at Twelve o'Clock,
in ONE LOT,
AL SINGULARLY ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD
PROPERTY, consisting of one of the
MOST FAVOURED LITTLE ESTATES
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH OF DEVONSHIRE.
It is called Bettor, in the parish of Hemlock, and only three Miles
from Chudleigh.
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and asked for coffee. He went out, as it was not ready, and
came in twenty minutes after. He saw a policeman passing,
and he turned his face away from him, then pulled out a
penny, threw it down, and went away again. The witness
was directed to look round and see if she could identify the
person. She could not, and Mr. Clive at once directed that
her evidence should be struck out.

John Bobert Davies, a pawnbroker's assistant, produced a
dress coat pledged at 4 o'clock on the 30th of April, the day
after the murder. It was pledged by the prisoner in the name
of John Watt. There were stains upon the sleeve, but did
not think they were those of blood.
William Cumming, sergeant, 3 D, was then called, and his
evidence was read over to him. It simply stated that the
prisoner had surrendered himself at the Marylebone station,
and made a statement in which he denied that he had at all
gone upon the bridge with the female, and that his daughter
Augusta was the only witness who had spoken truth.
Mr. Gosling was then recalled, and identified several letters
as some of those he had received from the deceased's brother,
Andrews. Among them were those marked 12 and 13.
Augusta Dalmas proved them to be in her father's hand-
writing.
The letters were then read. The first was addressed to
his "ardently-beloved Sarah," and concluded "Tour affec-
tionate husband, Augustus Dalmas." The second was signed
"Tour most affectionate, A. D." They contained references
to his daughters, and a desire that the deceased would meet
him at a place appointed, that he might introduce her to
" Dr. Morrison as a most respectable widow, and who was
acquainted with the most religious persons in Battersea."
Charlotte, the prisoner's eldest daughter, was then called
in, and briefly confirmed her evidence taken on the last
occasion.

All the witnesses, thirty-two in number, were then called
in and sworn, when the evidence was read over seriatim.
On reading over the evidence of the witness Cook, and
where ho stated that " he had told the potman at the Swan
that he had on the same night (the night of the murder)
seen a man (Dalmas), who had said that a woman had cut
her throat upon the bridge,"
Mr. CLIVE asked what was the man named to whom the
communication had been made, and being answered Good-
child, directed that he should be called as a witness at the
Old Bailey.
After the witnesses had been bound over to attend at the
trial,
Mr. CravE asked the prisoner if he had anything to say in
defence ? _ _

..._____
Mr. Gilliam said that his client, by his advice, had deter
mined to reserve any defence for another court.
The prisoner was then removed.
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At hoine, daily, till Two ; evenings, Seven till Nine.

lEDWARD RUSSELL, at present, and for
9 one year and eleven months past, residing at Bose Lawn-
house, being No. 24, in the Oval, Kennington, in the parish of Lam-
beth, and county of Surrey, and previously, for five years and up-
wards, residing at No. 5, North-terrace, Mount-gardens, also having
a place of residence at 17, Newport-street, both in the parish of Lam-
beth aforesaid, and county of Surrey; and being in no trade, business,
or profession, do hereby give notice, thatl intend to present a petition
to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of
London, -praying to be examined touching my debts, estate,
and .effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full
disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my
just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time
when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be adver-
tised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper one
month at the least after the date hereof; as witness nay hand, this
10th day of May, is the year of our Lord, 1844.
EDWARD RUSSELL.

signed in the presence of Thomas Roberts, 17, Spring-gardens,
Charing-cross, in the county of Middlesex, solicitor to the said Edward
Russell.
London, England, 1844-05-14

FECT FAMILY CONVENIENCE.

Some idea of the size of the house may be afforded by the enu.
merition of the principal apartments, with which every portion of
the building is consistent. Drawing.room, 40 feet by 24; ante.
drawing.room, 30 feet by 20; billiard.room and vestibule, library
and museum, and dining room, The external architectural form is
very chaste; the front adorned by six lofty pillars, with a paved
gallery leading to the terrace walk, extending to the shrubberies
and plantations, which are laid out in the best taste. The entree
is by a covered approach. Within the Mansion its advantages and
capability may he summed up in ene short sentence—
" NOTHING WHATEVER IS LEFT TO BE DESIRED."
To a Nobleman whose sphere of duties attaches him to the Court of
his Sovereign—to an East Indian seeking for an appropriate Resi
deuce, in which to prolong his days in the enjoyment of his vast
acquisitions, with increasing health, yet with Oriental magnificence—
or to a member of "THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON," who
seeks to invite propinquity to the rendezvous, or the comforts of a
luxurious home, a residence is here offered combining advantages
not to be equalled in the neighbourhood.
THE DOMAIN EX TEND TO 550 ACRES,
including the Thornhill Farm, of 200 acres, one portion of which
is of especial value, as offering an undeniable source of increasing
revenue in the rapid formation of a small and select town, which is
already rising on the estate, in elegant and detached villa residences.
The short distance from Southampton, combined with the extreme
beauty and healthiness of situation, offer the greatest attractions to
a fashionable and opulent society. Portions of the estate have
been already let off on building leases, at rents producing Is. 6d.
and 21. per foot frontage, while the most beautiful sites are still
unlet. About 45 acres of the most luxuriant fir and larch plan.
tations, and an equal quantity of valuable land, forming a small
farm, are still available for this important purpose; and the recent
erection of
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On the motion of Mr. ELPHINSTONE Archbutt's
Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed.
Sir J. R. REID presented a petition from Trelawney,
Jamaica, against any reduction in the differential duties
on foreign sugar.
Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool
in favour of the County Courts Bill.
London, England, 1844-07-26

PUBLICATIONS.

Neatly bound in cloth, price Is. 6d.,
THE SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA of DO-
MESTIC LIFE, as they are presented in the House, or in a
Walk in the Fields, familiarly explained. By CHARLES FOOTE
GOWER, Esq., and arranged under the following heads :—The Bed-
room—The Breakfast-parlour—The Morning-walk—The Kitchen—
The Study—The Summer's Evening, &c., &c.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers.
London, England, 1844-07-26

be the instigator of those conspiracies, and that he
had reserved for himself the situatior of chief of the
black republic.
On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents were
quoted at 26i, at sixty days; and tie Fives at 201,
for cash.

We are glad to see that a new asylum for infant
orphans has been established in- the City on the most
extensive and liberal principles, There is to be no
religious distinction. The children of misfortune, of
whatever creed, are to be received into the same asy-
lum, and the hand of charity is held out to the Church-
man and the Dissenter alike. This is the way to re-
concile contending creeds. Why should Christians
quarrel with one another in distress ? Why should
religious dogmas, of which the children know no-
thing and the fathers little, stand in the way of cha-
rity? The supporters of this institution, called the
New Asylum for Infant Orphans, deserve the support
of all charitable men.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CIYT, TIIISItSDAY EVENING.
The English Stock Market leaves off rather flat, but
this is rather the effi3ct of speculation than anything else,
as the latest money bargains were at 991' buyers, and
those for time at 99:: sellers. Exchequer Bills were 795.
premium ; and ',.\;ew Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1028
to

-- ln Spanish there were no further operations, and
prices remained almost nominal. Mexican Bonds were
36f to ; Colombian, 141 toy ; Buenos Ayres, 36 to I;
Belgian, 1034 to 104 k ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 61.,;.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares hare
been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 291; Green-
wich, 54 ; and Thames and Medway, 9i to 4 discount.
Birmingham and Gloucester, New, 83- ; Great Western,
591 to 61 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 361 ; Ditto, Quarter,
25N ; South-Western, 45/I to e ; Manchester and
Leeds, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 3}.f;
Northern and Eastern Scrip, 94 ; South-Eastern, 4' to
; Ditto, New, 7,1 to i; Yarmouth and Norwich, 101 11-;
York and North Midland, 58 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor-
deaux, 11 ; and Paris and Orleans, ltq 1-, premium.
London and Westminster Bank Shares were 64 prem.
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
decided to-day on calling a general meeting of their con-
stituents.
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-
I PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the Boas. of Commons.)
THURSDAY, JULY 25.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

Repart further considered :—ClauseAr4l7eit' Enacted,
That in the event of a married couple, or a single lean or
woman, possessing a cottage under the value of 5/. annual
value, and having paid their Poor-rates, and being no longer
able to work, they be eligible for out-door relief at the discre-
tion of the Guardians) brought up, and read a first time ;
Motion made, and Question put, ,‘ That the said Clause be
now read a Second time :" The House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 28. •
Aldam, W. Duncombe, T. S. Pechell, Captain
Arundel, I.old Entwisle, William Pollington, Viscount
Ashley, Lord Gore, Montague Round, John
Baskerville, T. B. DI Hall, Sir Benjamin Sibthorp, Colonel
Borthwick,Peter Hervey, Lord A. Spooner, Richard
Brotherton, Joseph Hinde, J. H. Williams, W.
Bruges, W. IL L. Kembie, Henry Wodehouse, Edmond
Colebrooke, Sir T. M'Geachy, F. A.
Collett, John Masterman, John TELLERS.
Dodd, George Newdegate, C. N. Napier, Sir Charles
Douglas, J. 11). S. O'Brien, A. S Yorke. Redhead
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PART I. OF

UNT'S LONDON JOURNAL
FALT Price Sevenpence, will be ready with the Magazines for
August. The Weekly Numbers every Saturday, price Three Half-
pence, containing—
The Last New Novel,
The Last New Play,
The Last New Book of Travels,
The Last New Poem,
The Last Now Music.
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more pains, expense, attention, and solicitude than
The Earl of Ranxoa gave notice that he would they will manifest on behalf of their poor labourers,
this iay put a question to Lord WitaaNcLIFFE, re- &c. Sir H. BANBURY spoke, therefore, on a pre-
latire to the opening of letters at the Post-office. , sumption but too well founded, we fear, when he said,
The County Coroners Bill was read a third time 1 in other words, that the want of kindness and per-
and passed.
I sonal consideration in the masters had generated a
Lord BuouGllam presented a petition from his fel.: ! dangerous, though smouldering, feeling of discontent
!ow-subjects, the negro merchants, planters, and ia. (in the men, to which feeling, it was to be feared, that
1-,ourers ',in,
Trelawney, Jamaica, against the reduc.much of the late delorable increase of the crime in
*lon of the duty on sugar.p
The question was to be traced. Gaming Suspension Bill was read a third Our Norwich friend in sending us specimens of
iii,,, and passed.
" a clause or two," incorporated into agreements
1
Lord ABERDEEN laid on the table the latest in-
i which are now insisted upon, in his district of country,
tractions given to the officers engaged in suppressing ' " by the larget landowners, Whigs too," beforehand,
from tenant- farmers about to occupy under them,
tie slave-trade, and gave some statistical details of
shows, in the first place, how severe is the pressure of
`he number of slaves imported into the Brazils and I
the terms of these clause,,, superadded to the higher
Yuba, which showed that there had been a great de-
rents which the competition for farms has a tendency
crease lately. The Earl of MINT°, Lord CoLcirEs- :
to secure to the landowner, and the greatly increased
r ER, the Earl of CLARENDDN, and the Earl of Han-
NGTON, ,made some remarks in reference to these burthen of the tithe, in many
instances, under the
lostructions, expressing their approbation of the plans operation of the last Commutation Act. Thus operated
lopted by the Government for suppressing this on by what he quaintly terms " the stress of
I.Drrible trade.
landlord-and-parson circumstances," and the competi-
Lord BROUGHAM moved that the report of the tion we have just adverted to, these tenant-farmers-
-4 ommittee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill be taken especially the one to two hundred acreholders—re-
i,ito consideration, and that the Bill be read a third sort to all sorts of means and contrivances, :in their
rime. -- - . -- —t. '-"--1 turn, to screw the excess of the rent, tithe, rates, and--
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NEW WRIT.

A new writ was ordered to issuse for the borough of
Cirencester, in the room of T. Master, Esq., who had
accepted the Chiltern hundreds.
WINDOW DUTY.

Captain PECHELL wished to know whether unglazed
lights, for sanatory purposes, were subject to the window
duty ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could
give no opinon on the-subject.
BOOKS AND ENGRAVINGS BILL.

The House then went throu,;ll_ Committee on the
Books and Engravings Bill, and the report was ordered
to be brought up on Monday.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a
place in Ireland against the Charitable Bequests (Ire-
land) Bill. Also a petition from St. Luke's, signed by
6,000 ratepayers, praying for the release of Daniel
O'Connell, Esq., and his fellow-prisoners.
London, England, 1844-07-26

SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONIALS.

39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. - General
Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the comfort
and advantage he has derived at his advanced age of 70
years, and after two years' trial, from the use of Messrs.
S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. Their
valuable inventions fully merit the patronage they have
received. Address. Adlington-hall, Lancashire. --
Major-General Sir 'Toward Elphinstone begs to say that
the Spectacles he has now had some time in use, have
fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B.
Solomons as to their excellence, and having found so
much comfort and advantage from their use, far prefer-
able to every other kind of glasses. 13, Norfolk-street.
Park-lane.--The Hon. George Cavendish, to Messrs. S.
and B. Solomons, 39, .Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, op-
posite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I approve very much
of the Spectacles I purchased from you ; I have made
use of glasses for many years, and never met with any
to enable me to see equal to yours, and with less incon-
venience to my eyes. Yours obediently, G. Cavendish
Leixlip Castle, Ireland.—lmproved Achromatic Teles-
copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the same hied
of lenses, to surpass any ever yet invented.—The
Messrs. S. and B. Solomons' Invincible Operator Voice
Conductor, Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, give im-
mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deaf-
ness.—Caution. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians
and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood.
Nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes,
be cautious and observe—only to be had at 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in the north
in the course of a few days, the requisite arrangements
having been made for his Lordship's reception at Brougham
Hall, to which considerable additions and alterations have
lately been made in the building and deceptive departments. -

- Sir Robert Peel returned to town at eleven o'clock
yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Wind-
sor Castle.
London, England, 1844-07-26

PUBLICATIONS.

Neatly bound in cloth, price Is. 6d.
rpuE SCIENTIFIC PIiEdh.TOMMTA DO
MESTIC LIFE, as they are presented in the House, or in a
Walk in the Fields, familiarly explained. By CHARLES FOOTE
GOWER, Esq., and arranged under the following heads :—The Bed-
room-The Breakfast-parlour—The Morning-walk—The Kitchen—
The Study—The Summer's Evening, &e., &c.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers.

KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME.
TO-MORROW.
THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURES OF
GREAT BRITAIN.
_ _

By G. DODD, Author of" Days In the Factories."
London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street.

Lately published, in 3 vols., crown Bvo., price IL I Is. 6d. cloth,
or 10s. 6d. each volume,
THE RECREATIONS of CHRISTOPHER
NORTH.
W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, and 22, Pall-mall, London.
London, England, 1844-07-26

PUBLICATIONS.

Neatly bound in cloth, price is. 6d,
THE SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA of DO-
MESTIC LIFE, as they are presented in the House, or in a
Walk in the Fields, familiarly explained. By CHARLES FOOTE
GOWER, Esq., and arranged under the following heads :—The Bed-
room—The Breakfast-parlour—The ➢forning-walk—The Kitchen—
The Study—The Summer's Evening, &c., &c.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers.

-KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME.
TO- MORROW.
THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURES OF
GREAT BRITAIN.
By G. DODD, Author of " Days in the Factories."
London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street.

Lately published, in 3 vols., crown Svo., price It. I Is. 6d. cloth,
or 10s. 6d. each volume,
THE RECREATIONS of CHRISTOPHER
NORTH.
W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, and 22, Pall-mall, •London.

PART I. OP
L.TUNT'S LONDON JOURNAL,
Price Sevenpence, will be ready with the Magazines for
August. The Weekly Numbers every Saturday, price Three Half-
pence, containing--

The Last New Novel,
The Last New Play,
The Last New Book of Travels,
The Last New Poem,
The Last New Music.
Office, 10, Bolt-court, Fleet-street.
London, England, 1844-07-26

B ‘NKRUPTS.

ISAAC MUNRO, - builder, Princes-street, Leicester
squ ire, to surrender, Aug. 2, at half-past twelve, and Sept, 6,
at h elf past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Whitmore,
-official assignee,FLisin hall-street ; Ford, Bloomsbury-square.
HENRY DEACON, coal merchant, Waterloo-road, Sue rey,
Aug. 3, at two, and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official asdguee, Sambrook-court, Basing-
reet ; Silvestre, Great Dover-street, Newington. •
JOHN DAVIES and RICHARD DAVIES, linen
drapers, Chiswell-street,. Aug. 9, at two, and Sept., 10, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee.,
Coleman-btreet-buildings; Goddard, Wood-street, Ch,apsid...
GEORGE MOORE, grocer, ,Middlesbrough, Yolk-hire,
Aug. 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. H.pe,
official assignee, Leeds ; Dixon, New Boswell-court, London ;
Myers, Middlesbrough Bond, Leeds.
GEORGE CRAVEN, jun., and HENRY CRAVEN,
millers. Wakefield, Yorkshire, Aug. 8 and 29, at eleven, at the
Leads District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds; Fid-
dey, Temple; Markland, Leeds; and Dunning and Stawman,
LT eds.

REES WILLIAMS, cheesernonger, Bristol, Aug. 9, an(
Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, of
cial a-signee. Bristol ; Bevan, Bristol.

MICHAEL M'DIVITT, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 6,
and Sept. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Holme and Co.,
New-inn, London; Yates, jun., Liverpool.
THOMAS BENTLEY ANDREW, tea dealer, Ashton-
under-Lyne, Lancashire, Aug. 6 and 27, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man-
chester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bed-
ford.row, London ; At4Cl bit, Oldham.
ADAM WATSON, GEORGE MACKENZIE, and
MURDOCK MACKENZIE, ship brokers, Liverpool, Aug.
2, and 28, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row,
London.

SAMUEL FISHER WILLIAMS, hosier, Liverpool, Aug.
6, and Sept. 6, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple-inn, Lon-
don ; Tyrer, Liverpool.

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
T. May, Tunbridge-wells, Kent.
W. Lee,clothier, Batley, Yorkshire.
.1. Walker, clothier, Leeds.

1). Wilcock, cloth neaver, Batley, Yorkshire.
H. Spencer, blacksmith, Kilowick. Yorkshire.

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J.. Dutton, porter, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
J. Tiffin, butcher, PeWon, Essex.
C. Whitlow, laceman, Salford, Lancashire.
J. Scarlet t, labourer, Poplar.
G. Livesey, Chorley, Lancashire.
D. ('Bryan, joiner, Blacklairn, Lancashire.
J. Gregory, law. stationer, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn.
J. Griffin, miller, Bromsgroce, Worcestershire.
J. Batt es, jun., upholsterer, Jamaica-terrace, Limehouse.
R. Rimmer, butcher, Liverpool.
M. W. Prichard, publican. Llanilechid, Carnarvonshire.
W. Haigh, plasterer, Halifax, Yorkshire.
R. fliggitt, hatter, Rugeley, Staffordshire.
I'. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershire.
A. Hutchinson, St. George's-terrace, Walworth.
J. Pim,.carperkter, White Hart-place, Kennington-cross.
G. Littler, servant, Euston-square, St. Pancras.
London, England, 1844-07-26

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JULY 25.—Wind southerly, light breeze, and flue-
DEAL, JULY 24.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.— Arid. Mary,
Moore, St. John's. Sld. Hoppet, Vander Werf, and Christina
Agatha, Batavia; Burmah, Portland, United States; Tropic.,
Quebec; Heppars, Surinam. The Elizabeth Antionette, frons
Amsterdam to Batavia, got on the Goodwin Sands last night,
but was assisted off with loss of anchors, &c.
Porcrsitorni, JULY 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Southampton,
London for Calcutta. Sld. Choice, Quebec. Off, Margaret,
Bohreus, Porto-Cabello for Hamburgh, sailed 21st ult. •
OFF SCILLY, JULY 19.—Isabel, Quebec.
OFF SALCOMBR, JULY 23.—Rob Roy, Allen, Rio Janeiro.,
PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty s
ship Apollo, Chatham for Newfoundland, and Quebec. The
Spermaceti, for Quebec, did not sail as reported.
FALMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.--
Arrd. Flora, de Patton, Ichaboe, sailed May 26. Off, Alliance/
Harper, Cape Coast Castle, sailed .lay 28 ; Lord Keane,
Roberts, Port Phillip; Mannier, Baillie, Madras; John
Thomas Carr, Faddy, Mauritius; Mary Elizabeth, Trinidad;
Forester, M' Arthur, Tobago; Ludlow, Jamaica; Gertrude,
Newfoundland.
OFF CORK, JULY 20.—Princess Royal, Mobile; Hero of
Acre, Savannah.
OFF DOVER, JULY 23.—Forager, Slightholm, St. John%
New Brunswick, was in contact, at three P.M., with the Nile
of Boston, which received trifling damage.
OFF BRIGHTON, JULY 23.—Clara Anne Maria, China fot
Dordt ; Antony, Batavia for Rotterdam ; Javaan, Horn, ditto
for Amsterdam; Henriette, Porto Rico for Bremen; Char-
lotte, Wellman, New Bedford.
OFF PLYMOUTH.—Romeo, Pollock, Calcutta.
OFF SCILLY.—Irv, Binet, Rio Grande for HambUrgh;
Highlander, Carrecßuenos Ayres.
HOLYHEAD, JULY 22.—Sld. Ariel, Ichaboe.

BRISTOL, JULY 24.--Arrcl. Susan, Penton, Demerara. ,
SWANSEA, JULY 23.—Arrd. Harlequin, and Isabella and
Ann, Valparaiso.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 24.—Wind, variable and light.—
Arrcl•
Competitor, Poole, and The Duke, Bissett, Bombay; Conner,
Elliott, Bahia; Caspian, Torrey, New Orleans. Sid. 23, Vic"
toria, Aden ' • Anne, Avon, and Ganges, Ichaboe ; Belfast/
Africa ; Lord Anson. Vera Cruz ; Tarolinta, New York ; John
Huton, Montreal. 24th, Pearl, Jamaica ; Elizabeth, NO,
Orleans; Camillia, New York ;;Greenock, Quebec. Off, Ea"
Grey, Calcutta; Adriana, Barbadoes.
CoRK, JULY 22.—Arid. Columbine, Brocklebank, and Ile"
roine, Hewitt, Ichaboe.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE GUANO ISLAND a
London, England, 1844-07-26

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman,

HER MAJES IY'S THEATRE.
RE-ENGAGEMENT OF SIGNOR MORIANI.
It i respectfully announced that in consequence of the great suc-
cess which attended his former Engagemen s, a Renewed Engage-
ment for Four Nights more has been effected with Si.: Moriani.
TO-MORROW EVENING, JULY 27,
Will be performed (by desire) Donizetti's Oper,
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Orsini, Mdlle. Favanti ; Alphonso,
Signor Lablache; Gubetti, Signor Paltoni ; Astolfo, Sig. A. Giubilei -
and Gennaro, Signor Moriani.
Between the Acts, a Divertisser.ent, in which Mdlle. Cerito
ap, ear.
En conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrei
entitled
London, England, 1844-07-26

ICHABOE, SOUTH AFRICA.

Extract of a letter from Angra Pequena Bay.
"The westernmost point on the south side of Angra re.
quena Bay is in lat. 25 deg. 39 min. south, and lon. 15 deg
7 min. 30 sec. east, one league north of which is Ichab°6
Island, the latitude of which by lunar observation, recent)/
taken, is 26 deg. 24 min. 15 sec. south, and lon. 14 dek
46 min. 45 set., variation of the needle 26 deg. west ; rise al
fall of the water around the island from sto 6 feet. Thisi
the place of loading. The island is only one mile in circuit;
ference, and twelve from the shore, on the east side of whic,
vessels can lie all the year round in perfect safety and saloow
water, riding in five fathoms water.
" The safety and convenience of this harbour are owing t°
the following circumstances:— . 4
"A point of land from the continent extends from 0,.„
miles into the sea, to the south of the island; and from tr.,
extremity of this point a reef puts off in a north-westerly
direction, until it nearly meets a reef that projects from TP*.
west side of the island. Another reef puts off from the north'
east part, of the island, consequently a bay is formed in will',
a ship may lie the year round in safety and smooth water.;
but in entering this harbour or anchorage care should also);
be taken to pass round the north end of the island, givl
its north-east point a berth of about half a mile which
avoid all danger. In working into the harbour, the shore 4„
the main may be approached within two cables,length• a
wind generally is from the north. The current sets in
r,
northerly direction, about three quarters of a mile per 11°,`1rf
Vessels may load at Penguin Island, which is at the beau -
Angra Pequena Bay, but Ichaboe Island is preferable, on °.
count of the safety of the harbour'
16.
Extract of a letter received at Lloyds, dated Ichaboe, MaY
" I wrote some time ago about the nature of the anchon3g
so that I have only to add that the more I see of the PI,
goes to a confirmation of its being anything but a safe I'.
bour, for many ships have lost anchors and cables and so",„
half anchors, and is a truly destructive place for boats."

MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDA
London, England, 1844-07-26

THE THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The yachts of this club sailed their last match for the sea-
son yesterday. The company were received, as on former
occasions, on board the Comet steamer, at the Old Shades
wharf, London-bridge, at nine o'clock, and thence conveyed
to Greenwich, where the yachts intended for the match were
at their anchors off the Royal Hospital. The match was for
boats of two classes, the first in each class to be winners, and
the second in either class to be a winner also. The prizes
were an elegant silver salver, valued at 50 guineas, and two
silver guilt cups and ewers, valued at 25 guineas each. The
distance to be sailed was from Greenwich to Coal-house
Point (a little below Gravesend) and back again to Green-
wich. There was scarcely wind enough to make the match
one of much speed or excitement; nevertheless, the day was
pleasantly spent ; and with the assistance of a good supply
of wives and more substantial food on board the steamer, and
a military band, the company contrived to enjoy themselves
and pass the time agreeably. The start took place at a
quarter past eleven o'clock, the following vessels contending:
London, England, 1844-07-26

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took an airing this morning in a pony phaeton
and four.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
rrineess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton were taken out in the
forenoon in an open carriage.
Sir Robert Peel left the Castle this morning for town.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas' and the
Earl and Countess de Grey also took their departure
from the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frog-
more Lodge in a carriage and four at half-past nine
o'clock this morning for her residence, Clarence House,
St. James's. The Royal Duchess returned to Frogmore
Lodge in the evening..
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing in a
a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, in the afternoon.
The Hon. Miss Liddell and the Hon. Miss Paget, Maids
of Honour in Waiting, followed in an open carriage and
four; and the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and
the Prince, Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie, attended
on horseback.

The royal party returned to the Castle soon after six
o'clock.

The Royal Family were taken airings in the pleasure
grounds of the Castle in the afternoon.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
Prince Edward, of Saxe Weimar, arrived about half.past
nine o'clock yesterday morning, at Marlborough House,
from tfie Continent. Her Majesty landed at Woolwich.
Her Majesty was attended by Earl Howe, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Georgina Curzon,
Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir David Davies, and the Rev. G.
Hudson.

The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Kent,
and the Duke of Cambridge, visited her Majesty at
Marlborough House.
Yesterday was the birth-day of the Duchess of Cam-
bridge. The Royal Duchess received congratulatory
visits at Cambridge House from the Queen Dowager, the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Kent, and
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The Members of the
Corps Diplomatique, and a number of the nobility,
called and left their names for the Royal Duchess.
The Duchess of Gloucester dined with the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.
The Duchess of Kent arrived at Clarence House, from
Frogmore, about half-past eleven o'clock, yesterday
morning. The Royal Duchess paid a visit to the Queen
Dowager, and afterwards proceeded to Cambridge House,
to visit the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal High-
ness left town, on her return to Frogmore, about five
o'clock.

Sir Robert reel arrived in town yesterday, from
Windsor Castle.

THE DANGEROUS PIERS ON
THE RIVER.
London, England, 1844-07-26

MAJORITY-NOES, 42.

Allix, John Peter Fuller, A.E. Mundy, E. Millet -
Boldero, Henry G. Gordon, Hon. W. Nicholl, John
Bruce, Lord E. Goulburn, Henry Norreys, Lord
Byng, G. S. Greene, T. Peel, Jonathan
Childers, J. W. Hawes, B. Pringle, A.
Clive, IL H. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G.
Corry, H. Hodgson, Richard Sutton, Hon. H. M
Cripps, W. Howard, P. H. Thornhill, George
Darner Colonel
Darby, George Jeriwyn, Earl Trotter, John
lknatchbull, Sir E. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Deni.on, E. Leckett Lennox, Lord A. Wawn, J. T.
Dickinson, F. H. Liddel, H. r. Wortley, Flom Jn. S
Escott, Bickham Macki non. W. A. TELLERS.
Flower, Sir James Horsham, Viscount Young, John
Fremantle, Sir I'. Meynell, H. '• Baring, Henry

Another Clause (Be it Enacted, That from and after the
31st day of March. 1845, the Commission appointed by an Act
of 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 76, intituled " An Act for the amend-
ment and better administration of the Laws relating to the
Poor in England and Wales," shall cease and be ab'lished, and
the several Unions and Union Workhouses that have been
created or established for the maintenance of the Poor, under
the aforesaid or any other Acts relating to the rel.ef of the
Poor in England and Wales, shall be exclusively and solely
under the management, power, and control of the several
Boards of Guardians, constituted and appointed for the
management of each separate Union or Union Workhouse,
without any interference, power, or control of the aforesaid
Board of Commissioners) brought up, and read a first time ;
Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now
read a second time ;" The House divided :
London, England, 1844-07-26

Docks.

Commercial
East and West India
London
Ditto Bond,'
8ri5t01......—....« ...... ay
Do. Buds, var. amount
St. Katharine
Ditto 80nd5........
Ditto B.nds
Southampton

Bridges
Southwark, new Subs.
Ditto Newel 734 pr c
Waterloo
Ditto Old Ann. of 81
Ditto New deto of 71
Ditto
Vauxhall. .av

Assurances.
Albion
A:fred Life
Alli,nce Brit. and For
Ditto Marine
Atlas
Birmingham Fire
British Commercial
tier. Med. tg Gen. Life
County
Eagle
......

Economic Life .. . ...

European Life
Ditto New
Freemasons
, Globe
; Guardian
Hope Life
Ditto Fire .... .
Imperial Fi e
Ditto Lite
Indemnity Marine
Law Lite
Leg -.1 andGetier,l Life
London Fire
! Ditto Ship
Nitional Loan Fun
Neptune Marine
Pll,,dium Life .....
' Protector 'Lite
Pr”vident
Rock Li re
R .yal Exchange
Sun Fire
Ditto Life...........
University Lite
Universal Life
Union Fire and Lite.—
Toint St. Banks
.......
Ditto New
Brit North American
Commercial 01 Lon ,on
Colonial
London & WeAminstr
Ditto New........ ......
Lon.,on Joni? Stock
metroplitan. ........
Provincial 01 Ireland..,
Ditto New
National of Ireland
Nat.. Provincial Engird
Ditto New
Gloucestershire
Union of Australia
Union of London

Gaslight & Cok,
Bath
British
Ditto
Itirmin,hain
& Staffordoi
Bristol
Bnghton
• Ditto
City 01 Lo,.don
Ditto New
Continenta: Coos°
Ditto New
• Equitable: .... ...
Impoi I .....
Isle of Thanet
Independent ..«.«.»..»I
Phcenix ...... . .... I
Rateliff ..... .....
South Met opolita'n
United General.„ j
Westmins. Chartered ,
Ditto New .....
Water Works.
Birmingh.m
L00d0it....-- .......
Grand Juncti w tv
Kent
Nw lliv Lon. Bride, A
Manchester and Salford
Vauxhall, late S. Lond.
West Middlesex at
Yrk IS uldg Co. Lcs. Prop

Iron hallways.
Birmingham & Derby
Birming. & Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian ......
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern
E iinburgh & Glasgow
Grand Junctio,....
Great North of Eng
rte t Western
Ditto Halt Share -
Ditto Fifths
Harwich (Braithwaite)
Hu;l and Seib, .......
l.ancaster and Carlisle
'Audi anti
Liverpool & Mancliestr
Ditto Halt-Shares
London and Brighton_
Ditto Loan Notes...—.
London and 81 ckwall
I,,ndt.ii anti Gree,:wich •
London and Bnminrsh.
Ditto Quarter-Shares
Ditto Thirds
London and S. Western
London and Croy4on
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares
Manchstr and Binning
Mitt.and Cott ties..,
North British
N,:rwLh & Brandon
Nor kern and Eastern

Ditto Scrip, iss.s/.dis 5O
Paris and Orteam I
20
Paris and Rouen..-
Rouen and Havre 2O
Stoekt• n & Darlington 100
South East. and Dwer 50
Yarmouth and Norwich 20
1 ork and N. Midland 5O
Ditt. New Shales 25
Itta 17 .
London, England, 1844-07-26

THE THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The yachts of this club sailed their last match for the sea-
son yesterday. The company were received, as on former
occasions, on board the Comet steamer, at the Old Shades
wharf, London-bridge, at nine o'clock, and thence conveyed
to Greenwich, where the yachts intended for the match were
at their anchors off the Royal Hospital. The match was for
boats of two classes, the first in each class to be winners, and
the second in either class to be a winner also. The prizes
were an elegant silver salver, valued at 50 guineas, and two
silver guilt cups and ewers, valued at 25 guineas each. The
distance to be sailed was from Greenwich to Coal-house
Point (a little below Gravesend) and back again to Green-
wich. There was scarcely wind enough to make the match
one of much speed or excitement; nevertheless, the day was
pleasantly spent ; and with the assistance of a good supply
of wines and more substantial food on board the steamer, and
a military band, the company contrived to enjoy themselves
and pass the time agreeably. The start took place at a
quarter past eleven o'clock, the following vessels contending :
London, England, 1844-07-26

GAME-LAWS.

Mr. BRIGHT gave notice, that early in the next
session of Parliament, he would move for a Committee
to inquire into the effect of the game-laws, and the
amount of agricultural produce that was consumed in
this country by game ; and also to inquire into the effect
of the game-laws on the moral condition of the agricul-
tural labouring population.
Captain PECHELL moved for a return of all union
workhouses under the Poor-law Amendment Act, in
which mills or machinery for grinding or crushing bones
have been erected or placed, with the date of such erec-
tion or placing, and the names of the chairman and vice-
chairman of the board of guardians of every such union
at the period.. Also, the cost of the said bones, includ-
ing all expenses of carriage, and other incidental ex-
penses, and the amount which the same have pro-
duced in their manufactured state, and whether the
same have been sold by tender, or at a fixed price, or
otherwise.—Ordered.
London, England, 1844-07-26

JAVA.

In answer to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE,
Mr. GLADSTONE said, persons resident in Java,
not bearing the name or title of Consul, nor having
any official character as between the British and the
Dutch Government, had been authorised by her Ma-
jesty's Government to perform the duty of certifying
Java-grown sugar. The three gentlemen appointed for
the three ports were Messrs. Bonhill, M'Neil, and
Frazer. There would be no difficulty in the parties who
had received orders for shipments in discovering those
gentlemen.
Mr. LABOUCHERE inquired if those gentlemen
were merchants at those ports?
Mr. GLADSTONE said no duties of a consular cha-
racter attached to the office. With regard to the ques-
tion whether, they were merchants or not, it was impos-
sible for him to answer it. The impression on his mind
was, that Mr. Fraser was not in business, though he had
been, and that the other two gentlemen were.
London, England, 1844-07-26

THE PAVILION DINNER.

This grand wind up of the social proceedings of the show
took place to- day, at four o'clock. The Pavilion was erected
at the upper end of Houndmell ; and although considerably
smaller than that used at the Derby meeting, was extensive
enough to seat upwards of 1.200 people.
Earl Spencer occupied the chair. His Lordship also acted
as chaplain, and at the beginning and end of the repast pro-
nounced a short grace, in a loud, sonorous tone.
The Duke of Richmond acted as Vice-Chairman.
Among the gentlemen present we may mention the Duke
of Leinster, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Car-
narvon, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Chichester, Lord
Hatherton, Lord Portland, Lord Worsley, Lord Grosvenor,
Sir John Easthope, Bart.. M.P., Colonel Challoner, the
Chevalier Bunsen, Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Hayter, M.P.,
Mr. Shelly, Colonel Le Couteur, Dr. Buckland, Mr. Benet,
M.P., Mr. Cowper, M.P., &c.

After the usual loyal toasts, the Earl of CARNARVON pro-
posed " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng-
land." It was a toast which he fully expeeted would be
hailed with an unanimous burst of acelamation.--(Loud
London, England, 1844-05-13

DIRECTORS.

KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq.. John 31'G-utile, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
Captain F. lirandreth. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

- .
AUDITORS.
H. 11. Carman, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and B.
Szcanraar--.Tolin Emerson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that
it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and
object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI-
TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
and be independent of the liberality or caprice of those who shall be
in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims
arise ; and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their
deed .of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that
it was obtained front theist by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the
validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
ness of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life
Policy, and which have given rise to almost all the questions which
have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra-judicial com-
promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved
to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by
this Company.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured on the
mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were
effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
Company considering It only just towards the assured that where
piinniums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
slionld be paid ; and they undertake to do so without reference to
the state of the accounting between the assured anal his debtor.
THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, aro
lower than usual upon young lives, where participation in the profits
is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the
assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re-
gard to complete security will permit.
London, England, 1844-05-13

COMPLBTR HISTORY OF THB CHINESE WAR, he.
New ready, in 2 vols. tin., with Mape and Plates, 225. bound,
NARRATIVE of the VOYAGE S
and AERVICES of " Tel NEMESI3,"
From 1840 to 1843;
And of the combined Naval and Military
OPERATIONS IN CHINA;
Comprising & Complete Account of the Colony of HONG-KONG, and
Remarks on the Character and Habits of THE CHINESE, &c.
Front the Notes of Commander W. H. HALL, R.N., with Personal
Observations by W. D. BERNARD, Esq., A.M., Oxon.
" This is probably the most important publication that has ap-
peared respecting oar late contest with China. In all that relates to
the Nemesis especially, and to the naval operation., of the expedition,
It is replete with the most lively and stirring interest. The author
grasps a subject which many others have only been able to play
with."—Naval and Military Gazette.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1844-05-13

THE FACTORIES BILL.-MR. LIDDELL.

Mr. LIDDELL said, however reluctant he was to
take up the time of the House on a personal matter,
yet he found himself so sharply attacked in the
newspapers of that day—(Great laughter)—
for a crime of which he was supposed to have been
guilty, that he must take that opportunity
of setting himself right, in a few words, with the
House and with the public.—(Laughter.) In the
columns of the Times, he was asked if he could pos-
sibly be aware of the baseness of his conduct ?
(Great laughter)—and the Morning Herald said that
he had not Only made shipwreck of his own character,
but also of that of his party.—(Roars of laughter from
the Opposition benches.) It was all very well for
Hon. Gentlemen to laugh ; but it must be recollected
that these newspapers exercised a considerable in-
fluence over the public mind—(Hear, hear)—'-and
those were rather hard words to apply to a Mem-
ber of that House, who gave a perfectly conscientious
and independent vote.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to
take that opportunity of repeating what he had stated
at the outset of the observations which he made
on Friday last, that during the whole of the
discussion which had taken place on that subject pre-
vious to that evening, he had never on any one occa-
sion, either by his vote or his language, given any
person the slightest encouragement to suppose that he
would support the proposition of a Ten Hours' Bill.
ADJOURNED DEBATE—FACTORIES
London, England, 1844-05-13

ll.yors open at flalLpastSeven—the Wizard appears at Eight

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most mafmificent and extensive Collection of ilisto-
-leal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed
• oy One Person; daring Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
coot of 60,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in,
struCtive and Interesting manner, the most Important part Of Euro-
pean histbrv, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER. CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been aMe to Increase, by several very fine
pictures, &e., his previous almost Incredible number and variety of
Ist., Works of Art, sod a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
eurloodtles, In this most instructive and, as hundreds have said It.
ought to he, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it,
and TIIIRTY. PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen lay every me. The price df admis•
sion Is reduced to.ONE MULLING. • .
The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be Seen only at the " Egyptian
MR," Piccadilly, dilly from Ten till Dusk.

TIIE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 13.
TheitatomerF.it, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 68; Noon, 68.
BIIIO:itETER E N.Y.%

NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and .55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
wmally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

fi'o.ll WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning ... 18 minutes after 11 j Evening .„, 41 minutes after 11.

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SECOND EDITION.
London, England, 1844-05-13

SUICIER BY HANGING.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

Mr. Payne, City coroner, held an inquest on Friday at
the Blue Last, Dorset-street, Fleet-street, on viow of
the body of Posthumous Collar, aged sixty-three years
who committed suicide on Tuesday last under the fot
lowing circumstances :—William Pryor, an engineer in
the employ of Messrs. Benbridge and Healy, of Fleet-
street, said ho knew deceased, who was in the ser-
vice of the same firm ; not having seen him since
Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, on Thursday
morning, witness, accompanied by two other persons,
went to his lodgings in Dorset-street to see how he
was ; finding his door locked inside, and being unable to
obtain any answer, it was burst open, when deceased was
discovered in a sitting posture at one corner of the bed.
His legs were twined round the bed-post within about two
inches of the floor—his arms being clasped tightly round
the centre of the post. A pair of braces were fastened
round his neck, and attached to the bed-rail above his
head. He was quite dead and stiff ; indeed, decompo-
sition had already commenced. The evidence of
two of his sons proved, beyond all doubt,
that
the deceased's mind had been failing for some
time past ; and, without any apparent cause, he had
e
long been in the habit of saying to his shop mates
s'
that he was a lost man. The sum of 11. 19 lOid
was found in his bedroom, and a receipt book for 23/.,
invested by him in the St. Clement's Savings' Bank.
One of the sons added that his father's mind had been
affected ever since the death of his wife, five years ago,
and Mr. Day having proved that death was caused by
strangulation, the jury expressed themselves satisfied
awl rettinic4 a verdict of "Temporary insanity,"