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PUBLICATIONS.

CONSUAIPTION ; its Curability established by
reference to numerous cases ; being a Letter addressed to the
Physician in Ordinary to her Ilajesty's Household, Physician Extra-
ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Senior Consulting
Physician to the Censumptive Hospital, Chelsea—Patron, her Meet
Gracious Majesty the Queen. Ey D. CRONIN., Physician to the
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doubt of its superiority to the use of locomotive
engines. M. llallette expects that a stationary
engine every five and a quarter miles will suf-
fice to exhaust the tube, instead of (as by Clegg
and Samuda's plan) an engine every two and a
third miles. If the invention should realise the
expectations formed of it, all the advantages of
the present atmospheric railway will be realised in a
higher degree. Railways might be carried over ele-
vations of more than 400 yards; and of course the
necessity for tunnels, embankments, and cuttings
would be nearly done away, and the expense of the
construction of railways would be exceedingly dimi-
nished. Much lighter rails might be used, as the
enormous locomotives (which chiefly require the rails
to be so strong and heavy) would be done away ;
and much lighter carriages would also suffice, be-
cause collisions would be impossible. The risk of
accidents would be reduced to the smallest possible
amount. The trains would pass without noise,
and with very little vibration. The expense of work-
ing the trains would be exceedingly diminished;
there would be no need for the large workshops and
the great numbers of first-rate mechanics on rail-
ways.
Should the invention succeed, it will furnish a
means of cheap and rapid traction on canals and
rivers, and may be applied to many other purposes of
great utility.
We understand that patents have been taken out
for M. Hallette's invention in England,'Scotland, and
Ireland. If any of our readers should wish further
information on the subject, we have no doubt that M.
Chevalier, of this town, who acts for M. Hallette,
would immediately supply it.

CAUTION.

The Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention
to the Numbers and Dates of all 51., 101., 204, 301., 401., 504,
1004, 200/., 300/., 5001., and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes
that m...y be offered is payment ; and before changing them to
examine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank
Notes which have been stolen from Messrs. Rogers and Co., and
which hays been advertised successively in the Daily and Weekly
Papers. _ _ .

Illußtrated by " Phiz," price One Shilling, No. 11. of
F ANN Y, THE LITTLE MILLINER;
OR, THE RICH AND TIIE POOR.

By CHARLES ROWCROFT, Esg.,
Author of the " Tales of the Colonies," &c.
CONTESTS:—Chap. IV. The Journey—The Tidings—Black Will—
Chap. V. The Labourers' Meeting—The Sufferings of the Poor—Re-
becca—Ai Desperate Project—An. Unexpected Intrusion—Chap. VI.
Rebecca's Wrongs—The Revelation of the Plot—Lord Sarunt's Peril.
—Chap. VII. The White Woman's Pit—Tke Virtues of the Poor—
Reflections am; Resolves—Little Fanny.
London : John Mortimer, Publisher, Adelaide-street.

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PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.

GLOBE.—In the -United States, as in England,

there is more uncertainty than usual, as to what the
new year will bring forth. Great changes seem to
be impending in the commercial policy of both coun-
tries, but their indicaticns are yet extremeiy vague.
This is especially apparent in America. Every paper
in the Union presents us with a different opinion,
not only of what the President elect means to
do, but of his ability to do it. his position is,
in some respects, not unlike that of Sir Robert
Peel in 1841. It is pretty clear that a few
months will put him and his party in power. lie is
about to take office upon the understanding that his
policy will differ materially from that of his prede-
cessor. Yet what is to follow, no man ventures to
predict, with even the appearance of confidence,
and no two men predict alike. Polk and Peel
are alike inscrutable. No art could reach the
designs of Sir Robert—no cunning in a strategy,
no bitterness of taunt, availed to obtain a glance
at the prescription, till the physician was regu-
larly installed, and the fee paid. lle could not
be either driven or wheeled into depriving his mea-
sures of what power they might derive from their
novelty when brought forward for application. Mr.
Polk has taken a similar course; and there is a real
resemblance in the two cases which seems to justify
the imitation, if it be one. When the elevation of
a man to responsible office is already determined,
any particular declaration of his policy is often un-
necessary ; it always operates as a tie, and, under
ordinary circumstances, can purchase nothing.
Even in the present positions of these two statesmen
there is enough to continue the resemblance. A dis-
cussion of the expediency of continuing the income-
tax, with its inevitable pendant, a discussion of our
tariff, is looked forward to as certain in the approach-
ing session. And everybody expects that a modifica-
tion of the United States tariff will be one of the first
measures of their new Government. There is now no
room to doubt, that if either tariff be touched, it must
be for the purpose of making a further application of
the principles of free trade. So far, all is as clear as
political anticipations well can be. We see the chart,
and our probable course upon it, but (in both cases)
the man at the helm persists in keeping his mouth
shut ! Shrewd politicians, desirous of trimming
their sails to the coming breeze, congregate around
Mr. Polk, but can gather no indication of the quarter
it is to blow from. Ile meets and wards off their
well-meant thrusts at his internal man with a cool,
unvarying, and impenetrable " politeness" in the ex-
ternal ; and they retire to spread, not reports of what
Mr. Polk says and intends, but rumours that he is
turning out a much cleverer fellow than anybody ex-
pected. In the heat of the recent contest he was called
a " Repudiator." Now few seem inclined to say
more on this point than that he is not disposed to ha-
zard the existence of the Union in a desperate attempt
by the federal Government to coerce the delinquent
States. Even the slavery question is admitted to stand
upon very similar ground. A secession from the
Union, of the States implicated in slavery, would
undoubtedly ensue, were the question now raised
and pushed to extremities. The particular evil would
not be lessened, but another, of incalculable import-
ance to America, would be created—the substitution,
as to two great sections of the Union, of division and
weakness for union and strength, would be unavoid-
able. On the tariff, but one course seems open.
Yet, there are grave obstacles to that. Mr. Cal-
houn's opinions cannot fail to have considerable
weight, and it is well known that liberal prin-
ciples of commercial intercourse between nations
never had a stauncher or more consistent
advocate : but even in the United States there
is an anti-free-trade party, and that of no contempti-
ble strength. In this country, public opinion already
shows a tendency to favour the retention of
the income-tax, provided it can be made the
basis of corresponding relief from taxation in other
and still more oppressive forms. The Customs'
duty on raw cotton, the Excise on paper, and
the Assessed Tax on windows, are already
put prominently forward for reduction or repeal ;
and as the time for action draws near, we may
expect that other taxes will find their especial foes—
and that " provincial Chancellors of the Exchequer"
will again incumber the facile Premier with their aid,
and draw down the mild thunders of the Treasury
Bench. All this, however, while the oracle is silent,
will only thicken the fog in the political world.
England and America, then, are now in the hands
of men who have at least the ability to keep their
own counsel ; and to both it does a double service : it
makes what power they possess more effective, and
leads people to think them much wiser than they are.
It is not impossible that the coincidence marks the
commencement of a new era of statesmanship—in
which taciturnity and mediocrity is to do the work of
eloquence and wit. Were there a fair prospect of the
work being better done, we should have nothing to
object to the change. But this, as yet, is sadly wanting.

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AFLOAT.

(From the Cork Southern Reporter of Tuesday.)
We are happy in being able to announce to our
readers that the Vanguard steamer has at length
been got off. At about four o'clock this morning
she was got off the rock amid a hearty cheer, from
all whom curiosity or duty had drawn to the spot,
which was oft and heartily repeated. A detail of the
operation to get off the Van4uard may be interesting.
On Monday, the Victory steamer left the Quay at
three o'clock, and proceeded down the river, for the
purpose of taking a warp from the Vanguard, and
to assist in towing her off. The Eagle also left the
Quay at tive o'clock, with a large number of empty
casks, but, as the sequel will show, the Vanguard
needed not the assistance of them. Captain White,
who, from the commencement showed an
activity and diligence in managing the vessel
which entitle him to the highest commendation, made
a minute examination of the hull of the Vanguard,
and having discovered the apertures through which
the water gained ingress, succeeded in stopping them,
by which means, joined to the assistance afforded by
the pumps of the vessel, which, by the bye, were
effectively worked by her own engines, she was very
soon got off. Another impediment had also to be
removed, which was the rocks, that not only sur-
rounded the vessel, but had actually broken through
her bottom ; this was, however, easily effected by
means of chisels, hammers, and pickaxes. A tank
was then constructed in the vessel, and every other
preparation having been completed, four o'clock this
morning, owing to the flood tide, WAS the time ap-
pointed to make the attempt to bring her away. The
Victory having sent out a hawser, it was made fast to
the Vanguard, when, as the rope was drawn to a strain,
the vessel floated off without the least difficulty.
This is important to observe, that the Vanguard had
her own engines at work at the time, and by their
means solely was she backed off the rock. The vessel
being got out into deep water she floated right well
for some time, say about an hour, when the leak be-
gan to spring again, but not to a great extent. She
was towed by the Victory towards Spike Island, but
when opposite the Buoy it was found necessary to cut
her loose, as she would not steer well, by reason of
her being attached to the other vessel. This being
done, she then made the rest of her way unassisted,
and ran in upon the mud bank at Spike, whef•
she now is, waiting for the ensuing tide to bring
her up to Passage, where it is said she will be re-
paired. Of this, however, we cannot speak with cer-
tainty. The Vanguard is not much injured, in
fact, the hull is nearly as sound as when she
was turned off the stocks, and her engines also are in
complete working condition, which was shown to a
nicety in her passage this morning across the Bay to
Spike Island. There are some remainsrof the cargo
still on board the vessel, but they are not worth
noticing. The surprise is general that a vessel which
had suffered so much, and into which the water of
every tide had found an extensive entrance, should
yet have come off in so comparatively uninjured a
condition. When the Vanguard was being backed
off this morning, the hawser which had attached her
to the Victory was snapped asunder, though nine
inches thick, so suddenly did the former vessel glide
out into the water from her position on the rock.
We understand the Victory was anchored at
the time, which was the cause of the occurrence.
There was also an accident happened to one of the
seamen of the Victory ; when they were taking in
the slack of the hawser, it struck the poor fellow in
the head, and cut him most severely. That was the
only accident which was reported, and is certainly
rather singular, considering the number of men em-
ployed on the occasion, and the unseasonable hour at
which they laboured. We cannot close this state-
ment without offering one or two lines upon the
parties who were more immediately interested in the
fate of the Vanguard, and who had exerted them-
selves to get her off. We have already alluded to
Captain White's activity and efforts, but we must
add, in justice to him, that both were indefatigable.
Ever since the vessel had met with the ac-
eident, Captain White was on the spot, and
no matter how inclement the weather, or how arduous
the labour, his duties knew no relaxation. Mr. Taylor,
one of the Dublin agents, was also down, and he
spared no pains on his own part to get the Vanguard
to rights. Captain llirst also deserves the greatest
credit for his exertions ; nothing that could be done
did he neglect, while the men under his command
showed themselves ready and willing to lend every
assistance. We had almost forgotten to mention that
Captain M‘Kinnon exerted himself very laudably in
endeavouring to get the Vanguard off. The exact
amount of the damage sustained by the Vanguard has
not yet transpired.

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if care can be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ATMO-
SPHERIC RAILWAY.
(From the Leeds Mercury.)
M. Hallette, an experienced engineer and maker
of steam-engines, at Arras, near Calais, in France,
has patented an invention, which he regards as an
important improvement on the atmospheric railway
of Messrs. Clegg and Samuda, and likely so far to
perfect that principle of railway construction as to
give it an unquestionable and great superiority over
the present methods of constructing and working
railways. The subject is of sufficient interest, in
these days of railway enterprise, to justify us in en-
tering somewhat into particulars.
The means contrived by Clegg and Samuda for
attaching the carriages to the piston, was to make a
groove along the tube, covered with a leathern flap,
which being weighted and covered with wax, allows
a cable or bar, connecting the piston with the car-
riages, to traverse—opening with ease to admit the
passage of the cable, and closing after it, so as almost,
but not entirely, to prevent the admission of air. The
apparatus is extremely ingenious, but complicated ;
it requires the application of a heated iron in
advance of the piston, to melt the wax, and a
roller following the piston to re-seal it; and it
allows of a leakage which the patentees calculate
as equal to fifteen per cent. of the power em-
ployed to exhaust the air, but which Mr.
Robert Stephenson believes to amount to 36 per
cent., and even at the higher velocities to 74 per cent.
Several of the most eminent engineers, both English
and French, have examined the operation of the at-
mospheric railway, and have reported most favour-
ably amongst them may be named Messrs. Brunel',
Cubitt, and Gibbons, and also Messrs. Teisserenc and
Mallet.
The improvement made by M. Hallette is in pro-
viding a means of opening and closing the longitudinal
groove, so as to prevent the loss of power by leakage.
He has endeavoured to imitate nature, by providing a
pair of flexible lips to the groove, which allow of the
passage of the piston-bar or cable without admitting
the air. It is possible, as every one may find on trial, to
pass a quill or pencil between the lips from one side
of the mouth to the other, without admitting the
least air into the mouth or out of it. M. Hallette
has made artificial lips, by disposing along the parallel
edges of the longitudinal groove two little cylinders,
cut laterally, so that the concave of the one cylinder
is opposite to the concave of the other ; and, filling
each cylinder with a kind of hollow gut or tube, of
leather or other material impermeable to sir, which
tubes, being filled with compressed air, and lying in
close contact with each other, form a kind of elastic
lips, that open like the lips of man, and allow a bar or
cable to pass along them without admitting any air
into the large tube.
Such is the method ; and we have seen a letter
from M. Hallette to a French gentleman in this town,
who acts as his representative, stating that, after ex-
periments made publicly on a short railway at Arras,
he has proved that the artificial lips placed along the
groove of the tube hermetically close it, and effec
tually prevent the admission of air into the exhausted
portion of the tube as the piston passes. His in-
vention also affords the means of bringing the piston
and train to a stand much more quickly than any
other system, and of course it is better adapted than
any other to the descent of considerable inclinations.
M. Arago and other distinguished men of science
• in France have declared their approbation of M.
Hallette's invention ; and a Commission, composed of
I Messrs. Charles Dupin, Arago, Seguier, Morin, and
Piobert, has been appointed to report upon it to the
Academie des Sciences.
If the plan should succeed, it will so cheapen the
atmospheric principle of railway as to remove all

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THE LATE MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A BAND OF
POACHERS ON THE EARL OF COVENTRY'S KEEPERS, AT
CROOME.—Yesterday, Superintendent Harris, of the
Pershore station, accompanied by Superintendent Pet-
ford, apprehended three men in Pershore, suspected of
having been concerned in the fatal affray. They are
severally named Francis Dingley, Samuel Turvey, and
William Brimfield. They were conveyed to Upton, and
this day taken for examination before Mr. Stone, but,
in consequence of the witnesses being at Worcester, in
attendance at the inquest on the body of poor Staite, no
evidence was adduced, and they were all remanded till
to-morrow. We understand that Turvey and the three
other prisoners have already been convicted of poaching,
and that strong suspicion exists that all participated in
the late deplorable outrage. Government has offered a
reward of 501., in addition to that offered by the trus-
tee of the Earl of Coventry, for the apprehension and
conviction of the murderer of poor Staite, besides a free
pardon to any person not being the actual individual
who injured the keepers. The inquest on Staite was
commenced yesterday, and after the examination of
several witnesses, was adjourned to the 7th of January.
—From the Worcester Herald of Saturday.
EYE, DEC. 26.—A young man of irreproachable
character, and occupying a small allotment of land, find-
ing it much infested with rats and annoyed by persons
stealing the cabbages and other vegetables, has been set-
ting traps to get rid of some of the former depredators,
and on visiting his allotment one morning found a hare
caught in one of the traps, on removing which he was
seized by two persons who had concealed themselves, and
was taken to Brome Hall, before E. C. Kerrison, Esq.,
who having heard the charge, dismi sed the case. It is a
singular circumstance that the persons who are nightly
watching rat traps on the allotments, do not occasionally
discover those who steal the cabbages and other vegeta-
bles. Rumour says, a watchman is paid one pound for
every conviction under the game-laws.— Suffolh Chronicle.
DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM OYER-CARE.—On
Saturday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr.
Baker, at the White Lion, Hackney Wick, on view of
the body of Amelia Lucy Irons, five weeks old, who is
supposed to have died from suffocation while in its
mother's arms. It appeared that on Thursday after-
noon last the mother and the father of the deceased, who
is a gardener living at Hackney Wick, went to spend
the evening with some friends, taking the deceased with
them. They were out late, and on their return home
the following morning, the deceased was wrapped close
up to protect it from the inclemency of the weather ;
when, on the mother reaching home, she found her child
without any signs of life. It was put in a warm bath,
but this had no effect.—Verdict, "Found dead."
STRIKE.—At a meeting of the journeymen to-
bacco-pipe makers, held at the Harewood Arms, Leeds,
on the 7th of December, it was resolved that they wou;d
give their masters s fortnight's notice for an advance of
wages, and the masters not having complied with their
request, they struck work on the 23d Deeember.—Leeds
Timm

4D VERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
GUILDHALL.
James Discery, a cashier in the employ of Messrs.
Meeking and Co., woollen-drapers, on Holborn-hill,
was charged with having embezzled certain moneys,
to the extent of 401., the property of his employers.
The evidence adduced went to show that the pri-
soner was in the habit of receiving all the money
that was taken in the warehouse during the day, and
handing it over to one of the firm at night. His duty
was also to see that parcels were sent home by the
porters, and for those which were not paid for at the
shop, his more especial duty was to see that the por-
ters brought back the amount of the goods, and duly
paid it to Lim. On the 19th inst. the porters neglected
to take two packages to the parties who had ordered
them, and the prisoner left the warehouse with them
for the purpose, as was supposed, of taking them
home, and receiving the money due for them. He
did not return, and shortly afterwards it was ascer-
tained that he had delivered the goods, and had ab-
sconded with the amount of their cost, 51., which had
been paid him.
Mr. Humphery, who appeared for the prosecution,
begged that the prisoner might be remanded, as he
was informed that upwards of 301. which had been
paid to him by the. porters on account of their em-
ployers, had not been accounted for.
The prisoner's solicitor, Mr. Justings, not offering
any opposition, Alderman Hooper remanded the pri-
soner until Wednesday.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Benjamin _lsaacs, a respectable-looking Jew, land-
lord of the Blue Anchor public-house, in Petticoat-
lane, and Elsey Isaacs, his brother's wife, living at a
marine-store-shop in the same neighbourhood, were
brought up for re-examination, upon a charge of re-
ceiving a piece of new carpet (36 yards), stolen from
Mr. Shepherd, a pawnbroker and salesman in the
City-road, and upon another charge of having felo-
nious possession of a quantity of leather (about 401.
worth), now proved to be the property of Messrs.
Hockbut and Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Mr. Shepherd, it appeared, had been repeatedly
missing goods from his sale•shop, and at length en-
gaged a policeman, in plain clothes, to watch his
place; but on the very first evening, just after the
policeman had stationed himself in his hiding place,
to watch the premises, the entire piece of carpet in
question was stolen from the front. In the course of
that evening another constable (Conway, of the H
.division) went to the house of the prisoner (Mrs.
Isaacs) to search for a coat, said to have been stolen.
The coat was not found, but Conway, seeing the
piece of carpet and a large quantity of new leather,
inquired where they came from. :llrs. Isaacs said
they had been bought at a sale, and left there by two
young men. This account was, of course, deemed
unsatisfactory, and the police took possession of the
rtwb•ehooisneinhgu.s bandapbrosepeonrtdyed,anadnddbeatsainnoetdsAinleres.
bleseaancfso,
Ben-
jamin Isaacs, the publican, who was there at the
time, was also detained with her, but subsequently
admitted to bail.
The piece of carpet had already been identified as
the property of Mr. Shepherd. The leather was now
ascertained to be the property of the other prosecu-
tors, and had been stolen from a cart on the way from
St. Paul's to a railway station, for transmission to
the country. That robbery had been committel only
an hour and a half, and the piece of carpet stolen
only two hours before the officers found the property
as above-mentioned.
The MAGISTRATE, after hearing Mr. Vann on the
part of the prisoners, now discharged Benjamin
Isaacs, and libecated the female also upon bail (two
responsible sureties in 50/. each), for her appearance
a week hence.

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Mr. H. Richardson, one of the overseers of Ash-
ford, proved that, in consequence of what he heard
from the last witness and other persons, he went to
the cottage of the deceased, and found the man alite,
and the woman apparently quite dead. The decema
man breathed very hard, but was quite unconscious,.
and the foam came out of his mouth "like yeast out
of a barrel" (the witness's own words). At first wit-
ness had an impression that it was possible the deaths
had been occasioned by destitution, but he afterwards
felt satisfied that they were the result of poison. `.l he
little girl had been vomiting a great deal during the
night, and was in a wretched plight. The boy told
him that he had some bread and butter for supper, and
that his little sister was very ill during the night, and
he tried to awaken his mother to assist her, but was
unable to do so.

Mr. T. M'Keron, the assistant to Mr. Curtis, the
medical officer of the union, deposed that he went to
the cottage of the deceased, and found them in the
state described by the last witnesses. The counte-
nance of the man was very livid, and his extremities
were quite cold, and he was unconscious. Witness
looked round the room, but did not see a trace of any
vessel having contained poison.
The CORONER —Has any poison been discovered ?
Witness—l believe not.
CORONER—The case was quite hopeless when you
saw it ? Witness—Certainly.
CORON ER—Did you at the time suspect the deceased
had taken poison ? Witness—l did not.
William Oliver, the son of the deceased, was then
summoned. He deposed as follows :—I was at home
all Monday last; all the evening. My mother was
with me, and she appeared very well. My father
came home between eight and nine o'clock. They
were both sober. When my father came home he
kicked up a row about some money, and swore at my
mother and scolded her a good deal, but he did not
strike her then. My mother wanted to buy firing,
and my father said he had no money. We all had
some bread and butter and bacon for supper, and they
drank tea with what they ate. I went to bed directly
after I had had my supper. It was after supper that
they quarrelled. I did not see my father put any
powder in the teapot, but he made the tea that night,
which my mother was in the habit of doing. He took
the tea out of a paper, and then threw the paper on the
fire. When my mother tasted the tea she said it was
very nasty. My mother generally poured us out a
small pot full of tea, but on this night my father
poured me and my sister a basin full. My father used
to knock my mother about and beat her frequently,
but I have never heard him threaten to kill her. On
Sunday morning week he threw the stool at her,
when my mother cried a good deal.
By the CORONER—I never- heard my father say
anything about poison, or about getting poison to kill
rats or mice with. My father was very often tipsy.
A gentleman belonging to the parish used to give him
two shillings and four loaves of bread every week. I
used to go about begging with my father.
CORONER—When did your father beat you last ?
Boy—On the night he died.
In answer to further questions, the boy said that
he heard no sound of struggling or blows during the
night, but he heard his mother and father "blowing"
very hard. His father awoke him in the night and
told him that there was a basin of tea and some bread
and bacon in the cupboard, and he might have it, but
he did not drink any. The coke fire went out about
the time it got pitch dark, and they had frequently
burnt it in the same way on cold nights.
Mr. C. B. Emmott, a surgeon at Hounslow, de-
posed that, in consequence of an order he received
from the Coroner, he examined the bodies of the de-
ceased persons. Upon an external examination, he
found that the body of the woman appeared to have
been forcibly compressed against the bed ; the nose
was flattened, the lips were swollen, and the head
had evidently been forced with great violence upon
the pillow. Upon an internal examination of the
woman he found the lungs very much congested,
the right cavities of the heart full of liquid blood,
and the vessels of the head also very much con-
gested. The stomach contained food—apparently
bread and egg—but it exhibited no appearance of
disease, and the mucous membrane was perfectly
healthy. There was no trace of poison, and he had
no doubt she died of suffocation from external force.
The inside of the mouth was cut by the forte of the
pressure on the teeth. On examining the body of
the deceased man he found the lungs perfectly
healthy. The stomach was congested. He sub-
mitted the contents of both the stomachs to the same
tests. There was no poison in that of the woman,
but he detected arsenic to a considerable extent in
that of the man, and he had no doubt his death was
occasioned by that ingredient.
CORONER—Have you any doubt of that fact ?
Witness—Not the slightest. Every test that was
applied showed the presence of arsenic in the stomach.
The Coroner here made some inquiries relative to
the state of mind of the deceased, but all that could
be clearly ascertained was, that the man was a very
violent, idle person, and one witness, a neighbour,
said that his conduct was most brutal to his wife,
and she had often stated that she dreaded to go to bed
with him, and that on Monday night she heard him
say that he would settle her, either that night or some
other time.
Some other confirmatory testimony having been
adduced,
The CORONER said he apprehended there could be
very little doubt upon the evidence that the unhappy
man had destroyed his wife by suffocating her, and
that he afterwards killed himself.

LAMBETH-STREET.
CLOSING OF THE COURT.—THE COURT POOR-DON,
AND THE POOR OF THE DISTRICT.-Mr. Norton and
Mr. Henry being both present, the former magis-
trate rose and said that as the public business of that
court was about finally to terminate, he wished to
say a few words with respect to the funds which had
been so kindly forwarded to himself and his respected
colleague, Mr. Henry, for the use of the poor, and to
enable them to alleviate the sufferings of those un-
fortunate beings who were frequently brought before
them. It must be in the recollection of all who heard
him that in every instance where applications were
made for relief this season, that pains had been taken
to ascertain the truth of the representations, as well
as the characters of those making them, so that
no impositions should be practised, and he,
Mr. Norton, was happy to say that he did not
recollect a single instance in which he had to
regret the application of the funds, while on the
other hand he felt that the benefits conferred by
this mode of administering seasonable assistance were
most gratifying. It was at this court that the dis-
graceful system of giving out work by large slop
warehouses to one individual at a certain price, and
that person giving it out to others, and each deriving
a profit, so that the poor creatures who had to make
up the work could not obtain a mere subsistence by
their labour, was first expressed. It was at this
court, and in the case of the Misses Reynolds, the
daughters of a distinguished officer, persons brought
up as gentlewomen, that the disgraceful system of re-
quiring persons to make a shirt for three halfpence,
had been exposed as it so justly deserved. In attend-
ing to this case, he was happy to say that with the
kind assistance of the public press, no less a sum than
400/. had been subscribed for the Misses Reynolds,
and these ladies were raised from a state of poverty,
:which the wretched pittance allowed them for their
;exertions must necessarily entail, to one of, he hoped,
to say, lasting comfort. Having said thus much
as to individual cases, he observed it was
the wish of himself and his colleague, Mr.
Henry, to tender to those benevolent individuals
who had supplied them with the means of doing so
much good an account of their stewardship ; and they
could not do this better than by courting an inspec-
tion of the " poor-box book" which was kept by the
chief clerk, and which could be always seen at the
New Court, Lambeth, by any of the subscribers.
By this book it would be seen that from Christmas,
1843, to the present period, a sum of 246/ 13s. 3d.
had been distributed,! and that every entry (which
gave a sufficient account of the manner in which the
money was given as to call the attention of the ma-
gistrates to every case) bore the signature of the ma-
gistrate by whom it was ordered to be given. A
balance, he was happy to say, remained in favour of
the poor-box, and it being the opinion of Mr. Henry
and himself that they should distribute a portion of
this balance amongst the numerous poor of the district,
they had directed that a sum of a/. should be expended
in the purchase of bread, blankets, and coals, and that
these should be distributed by ballot to the deserving
poor, under the superintendence of their own officers.
In conclusion, Mr. Norton said that the management
and distribution of the articles issued had imposed a
new, onerous, and arduous—though he should add
pleasing—duty. The summoning officers had much
additional trouble in making the necessary inquiries
about applicants, and for this additional duty Mr.
Henry and himself had arranged to pay two of the
three summoning-officers a gratuity out of their own
pockets, so that no portion of the past levies should be
touched. Both the magistrates subsequently ex-
pressed their admiration to Mr. Young and Mr.
tierce, superintendents of the K and H divisions of
'police, of the manner in which all the officers under
them had invariably discharged their duty, and at the
final closing of the court most of the respected parish
officers, dz.c., were present.

The jury said they were quite satisfied, and they at
once returned a verdict that the woman was wilfully
murdered by her husband, and with regard to the
deceased William Oliver, they returned a verdict of
felo de se.

CUSTOM-HOUSE APPOINTMENTS

We understand the following arrangements are to
take place immediately :
The office of collector of customs at Glasgow
having become vacant by the retirement of Mr.
M'Murdo, the situation will be filled by the pro.
motion of Mr. Vanderkiste, at present collector at
Belfast.
Mr. Wilcox, collector at Dover, is promoted to
Belfast.
Mr. 'Williams, collector at Dundee, is transferred
to Dover.
Mr. Stuart, collector at Galway, to Dundee.
Mr. Richardson, comptroller at Galway, promoted
to the collectorship at that port.
Mr. Dowsley, collector at Westport, County Mayo,
to the comptrollership at Galway.
Mr. Miller, clerk at Dublin, to the collectorship
at Westport.
By this arrangement an opportunity has been
afforded to make a reduction in the salaries at Dover
and Galway respectively, in consequence of the falling
off in the trade at those ports. It is presumed that
the business at Dover has been affected by the
establishment of a customhouse at Folkstone, and
the resort of passengers to the latter port on their
way to and from France.—Observer.

PILLS !SOLD UNDER EMINENT
MEDICAL MEN'S NAMES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You would be doing a public service by
cautioning the public against a number of pills,
brought out under the rtstuned names of various emi-
nent medical men—for instance, we have Dr. Den-
man's Pill, Astley Cooper's Pill, Dr. Locock's
Wafers, &c. &c. Yours, &c.
A GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
London, Dec. 28, 1844.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Cheltenham Stag hds., Wed., Wittington Village ; Sat.,
Beech Gate.
South Berkshire hds., Tues., Basseldon Park; Wed.
Aldermaston ; Fri., Stanford-101.
Sir John Cope's lids., Wed., Hyde Common ; Fri. Sil-
cheater Dials.
Lord Gifford's hds., Tues., Ready Token ; Thurs.,
Jackament's Bottom ; Sat., Sinnington-1 1.
Hambledon hds., Wed., Rumsden Bottom ; Fri., Cor-
hampton Downs.
1I Tues., Four Lanes, Beanworth ; Thurs., Can-
dover' Church ; Sat., Lashran Village-1043.
N.F.H., 'rues., Eyeworth ; Thurs., Beaulieu ; Sat., Paul-
tons-101.
Tivyside hds., Thurs., Troedyrawr Lodge Gate-10.
Col. G. Wynham's hds., Wed., Burton Park ; Fri.,
Bury Ilill.
Fife hds., Tues., Airdrie Castle ; Thurs., Laddedie
Quarries ; Sat., Lindores-10i.
Linlithgow and Stirlingshire bds., Tues., Hangingside ;
Thurs., Hunter's Folly ; Sat., Wallhouse-10i.

THE CASE OF POISONING AT
ASHFORD.
TIIE INQUEST.

, The inquest upon the bodies of William and Sarah
Oliver, who were found dead, under very extra-
ordinary circumstances, in a cottage at Ashford, on
Tuesday morning last, was held on Saturday at the
King's Head, Ashford, before Mr. Wakley, the
coroner, and a jury composed of the principal inhabi-
tants of the village, when the evidence dearly made
out that the unhappy man first murdered his wife and
then destroyed himself. The following witnesses
were examined :

SCILLY.—On Thursday, the 19th instant, the
schooner Amy, Johnson, of Ipswich, from Liverpool,
with a cargo of salt, in entering the harbour of New
Grimsby, struck on a sunken rock, and before she could
be got into the harbour, was obliged to run ashore on
the rocks where she filled with water, and the salt in a
few tides was entirely dissolved. The vessel, which has
since been got off and brought in, has received consider -
able damage, particulars of which are not yet precisely
known. We have now nearly a hundred sail of vessels,
in the different harbours, the masters of which, particu-
larly those from foreign parts, loudly complain of our
want of a regular post communication with the mainland,
being anxious to advise their owners, consignees, and
friends, of their arrival thus far on their passage home.
-- tires Briton.
The following extract, apparently from some
Kentish paper, has been sent to us. Its " moral" is
good :--" A Night, rejoicing in the name of Parkhurst,
has scratched his nacre on the windows of several of the
first-class carriages of the Greenwich Railway, and
some wag hitt made the very mortifying addition—
' Since hung at Maidstone.' Both name and history
have, on some of the carriages, since been carefully.
obliterated, evidently by the hand of the original offen-
der ; for it is not likely that any friend, however well-
disposed, would volunteer such a service, and thereby
run the risk of being detected by the Company's Kr'
yante."—Bailway Rec9rd,

William Lathem, the constable of Ashford, was the
first witness. He merely deposed that, in consequence
of an alarm that was given, he went to the cottage of
the deceased on Tuesday morning last, and found the
woman lying dead on the bed, and ,the man reclining
with his head on her body. The two children were
in a corner of the room crying, and the boy pointed
to the bed, and said, " Look there !" The man was
foaming at the mouth very much, and the woman also
appeared to have been voiding foam, but she was at
that time quite dead. The deceased man was not
sensible, and the only sign of life he exhibited was
breathing very hard. He died between twelve and
one o'clock.
In answer to questions from the Coroner, the wit-
ness said that the boy was nine years old, and the girl
five. Ile also stated that what the boy. said was,
"Look here : my mother is dead, and .my father can-
' not open his mouth r'