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during the Easter Recess; atter which, clue notice will be given by
advertisement of their recommencement.

•
This day i 4 published,
•
r'yurs BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
A._ No. XXXIII. CONTENTS.
1, Coins and Curreney.—Ti‘ Bank Charter.
2. Discoveries in Central Aiterica.
3. Books for Children.
4. English Cathedral INfusice—State of the Choirs.
b. Louis Blane's ".Ten Years'" Reign of Louis Philippe.
G. Anglo-Catholicism—The Oxford Controversy.
7. The Penny PoStage and tie PoSt-office.
8. Sir Charles Bell's Essayill+-Anatomy of Expression. •
-9, Life and Correspondence of William Taylor, of NorWich.
10. Thierry—". Les Recits Mt.rovingiens."
11. The Atmospheric Railway.
Recent German Literature. •.
London : R. and J. .E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street; and
all Booksellers.

. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
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. LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, •
NINE and THREE.
BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL,
QUARTER to TEN, ELEVEN, QUARTER to FOUR, and SIX.
• • TERRACE 'PIER, GRAVESEND,
• FOR BLACKWALL,
SEVEN and FOUR. •
FOR BLACKWALL and LONDON-BRIDGE,
• HALF-PAST NINE, and FIVE.*
* On Sundays Seven.

• Common-jury.)
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE-BARTLE (A PAUPER)

T'E'
I.TRE ROYAL LYCEUM, or ENGLISH
• OPERA HOUSE.
,
THE-LAST THREE NIGHTS OF MR. C. H. ADAMS'S ORRERY.
This Evening, TUESDAY, April 2, and during the Week (Good
Friday excepted), Mr. C. II: ADAMS will have the honour to illus-
trate his LECTURE on ASTRONOMY with the most brilliant Ce-
lestial Scenery ever exhibited. To begin at Eight and end about Ten.
Balcony, 4s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes, One Guinea
and Half-a-Guinea.

V. ROE.

This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. Mellor and Mr. Macaulay appeared as counsel for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Hayes for the defendant. '
Mr. MELLOR stated the case.—The plaintiff was a young
woman in an humble station of life, who sued in forma pan-
penis, who had become acquainted with the defendant, a hair-
dresser, whilst apprenticed to a milliner, at Tainworth, and
the result was the birth of a child. The defendant had pro-
mised marriage to the plaintiff on several occasions, and after
the birth of the child he promised to go over to the christen-
ing, and in a letter read by the Learned Counsel, he styled
himself her " affectionate husband," and "hoped the child
would be a dutiful son." Alas, for his promises! in three
short days he wrote a letter, stating that his father would not
let him come to the christening, and that, -accordingly, he
must break his promise to do so, as well as his premise of
marriage, and proposed to allow 6s. per month for the child
instead. _ _

TEIE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM-
SHIPS are appointed to leave LONDON for—
HAMBUltGliand ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails
—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
ANTWERP—From Brunswick Wharf, BlaCkwall—Every Thurs-
day, at Twelve, Noon.
HAVRE—Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning.
From London Bridge Wharf, for—
OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
BOULOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morning.
CALAIS--Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. •
HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning.
YARMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening.
EDINBURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, every Saturday
and alternate Wednesday, at Ten Evening, April 6, and 13.
From Dorn►'s Wharf, Reduced Fares, for— •

Tickets, &c., at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, and at the
principal Libraries.

ROYAL. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The varieus ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Modem
Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily ,
Illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS, the FIRST IMPROVE-
MENT by ARGAND, the RUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS,
PROFESSOR FARAIIIAY'S, the PELLETAN, the CAMPHINE
LIGHTS, New FRENCH LAMP, BEALE'S LAMP, &c., &c.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock
and at Eight in the Evenings. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,
DIVER and DIVING BELL. Various NOVELTIES, which are
in preparation for the EASTER HOLIDAYS, will be announced in a
few days.

On Saturday will be published, price 65.,
THE DUBLIN REVIEW. No. XXXI.
CONTENTS.
Art. 1. The Religious and Social Condition of Dance.
•
2. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico.
3. Dr. Mant's Romish Corruptions.
4. Moehler's Symbolism.
.5. The Nestorian Christians of Kurdistan.
6. Irish Arehmological Society—Statute of Kilkenny.
7. State Provision of the Irish Clergy.
8. Recent Publications on the Irish Question.
9. Suppression of Monasteries.
London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street. Dublin : J. Cumming.
Edinburgh : W. Tait. Liverpool : Rooker and Co..

'Witnesses were called to prove the facts,- and two letters
for the defendant were read, which proved the promise and
the breach.

SUNDERLAND—ApriI 5, 16, and 26, at Seven, Evening.
NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight Evening.
Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, every Wednesday and Sa-
turday.,
To secure Berths, Tor Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of
departure, Fares, &c., apply at the Otlices,,69, Lombard-street ; 37,
Rtgent,circus ; and 35,..Leadenhall-street:

LA POLK A.
MONSIEUR JULLIEN has the honour to an
nounce that he has just Published the POIsKA, price 25.,
Postage Free, splendidly illustrated by Brandon], with a short De-
s,riPtion-oftlio Figur, by E. COULON. The Music composed on
. National Melodies, by JULLIEN.
Many spurious Imitations of ,I Ili, rolka having been sold
to the Public under so titan's!, -forms, lad has published the
Polka•Dance•St his Own 'Mice, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street ; and
in order to secure the public against the possibility of purchasing In-
correct Copies, he has attached his signature to each: None can,
therefore, be relied on which has not his Autograph. Correct Copies
of the Polka to be had at all the respectable Music Shops in the
Kingdom. •

' 11ir. layEs; in a humourous speech, ridiculed such an ac-
tion against a " barber's apprentice," and asked the jury to
discountenance an action which he said must have been
brought by the parish attorney, and not for the benefit of
the girl.
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL summed up, and
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with 25/. damages.

DEAN FOREST AND HIGH MEADOW ESTATE, IN THE

COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER.
TO BE SOLD by AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the
9th of April, about SOO LARGE OAK TREES, with the tops
and bark ; 1,200 tons of bark from thhutings of younr, oaks, and
5,000 cords of Woods.

Particulars to be had of Edward Machete, Esq., Whitemcad, Cole-
ford ; and at the Office of Woods, &c., in Whitehall.

CONOMY COMBINED with ELEGANCE:
E
A most valuable substitute for Silver has recently been Intro-
duced by THORPE, FALLOWS, and COMPANY, in which mate-
rial they have manufactured an elegant variety of Dish and Plate
Covers, Liqueur Frames, Epergnes, Vegetable and Side Dishes, and
every requisite for the table, in the newest designs.
- This Elegant Assortment can ho viewed at their Etablishment.
PASKLIBANON IRON WORKS, 58, BAKER-STREET, PORT-
MAN-SQUARE, where every article has the lowest price affixed, for
cash.

I- FRANCES BOSWOOD, at present, and for
9 six months past, residing at No. 9, Tavistock-street. Tot-
tenham-court-road, in the united parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields
and Saint George's, Bloomsbury, and county of Middlesex, and for
twelve months previously residing at No. 23, Bedford-street, Covent-
garden, in the parish of Saint Paul and county of Middlesex, and being
a spinster, and not in any business, profession, or calling,
do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition
to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray-
ing to 'be txamined touching my debts, estate,, and effects,
and to be protected from all process, upon making • a full
disclosure ' and surrender of suck 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
advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper,
one month at least after the date hereof, as witness my hand this 27th
day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1844.

The PATENT THERMIO STOVE is in daily operation

PORTS, SHERRIES, and all other
WINES. SHERRIES, of first-rate Shippers.—The following
unprecedented terms, for GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for
cash on delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under
usual credit prices :-
-

Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., 365., 428., 485., 50s. ;
Ports, from the wood, 265., 305., 345. ; crusted, in bottles, from 365.
upwards; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from live to ten years
old, from 455. to 548. ; Clarets, 335., 405., 70s. ; Champagne, spark-
ling and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Hocks and Moselles, 405., 505.,
605., 70s. ; Marsala, 238., 265. ; and all other wines equally mode-
rate, in quantities not less, than one dozen. Delivered free in London.
All country orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference
for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPPE
and CO., 51, Bemers-street, London, importers of German Seltzer
Water, in quarts and pints.

WATCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, Chro-
nometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established
134 years.

.11FEBSTER and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNMILL,
here the advantages of the premises will en able them to bring the
workmen under their immediate inspection in the manufacturing
department. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care,
and at lower prices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be
obtained, consisting of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches,
adjusted to the variations ortemperature, on the principle of their
Chronometers, to which Government awarded the 'prizes three years
in succession; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for
Ladies; of the smallest and most elegant patterns; Marine and
Pocket Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se-
lection of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most
eminent makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are
employed .en the premises in the repairing department, both for
watches and- clocks. Foreign work of every description carefully
repaired by workmen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watches
taken in exchange. Post letters Will meet with immediate attention.
W. and Son's publication, with the Equation of Time for 1844,
will be sent, post free, on the receipt of two stamps.

LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
OFFICE, APRIL 2, 1844.
Notice is hereby Given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL I%IEET-
ING of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY, pursuant to the Deed of
Settlement, will be held at the Office of the Society, No. 10; Fleet-
street, London, on TnuasDAY, the 'lllth instant.
The Chair will 13e taken .at One o'Clock precisely.
The Vacancies,. occasioned by Four of the Directors and Two
of the Auditors going out of office on that day, will then be filled up.
The Directors and Auditors" .going out are re-eligible.
By. order of the Board of Directors,
T. It. EDMONDS, Actuary.

NATIONAL. LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,

26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
CapitalZsoo,ooo.
Empowered by Act of Parliament,

The many novel aad varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in ibs life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to' borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting, policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the fall benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
prertiltints

EXAMPLES.

Entry. PtitcY" Age. Sum.
1837 39 59 1,000
1838 ll4 56 3,000

Annual

Bonus
AddOd.
•

Cash I Prem.
Bonus. I:educed.

X 8. d.I B.d. £ s. di X s.d.
67, 8 4 132 14 6 b 8 19 9 S 19 4
175 15 0 296 . 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7

Another DOUltB will be declared in the present year.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The best and most varied provision for after-lifo hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the ago of twenty, will, at sixty-
flve, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. IGs. Gd.,
or 3491. I Is. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives in cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMMOUX, Sec.

THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Expressly establlsled for Insuritnces on the Lives of Mariners,
(whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military
ofilcers.,--It is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will
cover voyages of every description and service lu every part of the
globe.

The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured.
High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is
consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with
other advantaaes, will induce a great increase of insurers.
Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted 'upon very moderate
Premiums.

The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad-
justed table of mortality.
Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied In making a provi-
sion for destitute and disabled Mariners.
Arthur-street, Loudon-bridge. WM. 11...NIELL, Manager.

F.CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
A 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established 1823.
Era Powered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

' .
The Right Hon. THOMASDIRECTORS
FRAN KLAND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq , Deputy Chairman.
Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Thomas Edgar, }:.q.
Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart.
Henry Barnett, Esq, Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P.
Robert Biddulph, Es] John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Davies, Es ' 'William Routh, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Francis Dumergue, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq.
Capt. Robert G rdon, K.N.I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., F.R.S., 27, Dover-strect,
President of the Royal College of Physicians.
SURGEON Benjamin Travers, Esq., ER S., 12, Bruton,street.
SOLICITOR_ Henry Young, Esq, 12, Essex-street, Strand.
BANKERS—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street
ACTUA RY—Jam es John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S.

SECRETARY—CampbeII James Downer, Esq.
The following are among the advantages offered by this Societe:—
LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office,
which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con.
siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the Assured.
Three Bonuses have already been declared out of Three-fourths of
the profits:
The first, in 1831, averaged £l6 per cent, on the Premiums paid.
The second, 1939, ditto £3l ditto since the !st division.
The third, 1844, ditto £36 ditto since the 2d division,
In addition to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will
receive a contingent prospective bonus of £1 per cent. per annum, on
becoming claims before 1819.
No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro
ceeding (id a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one port
thereof to another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring
men by profession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the
world upon terms proportionate to the risks.
Policies on the lives of perions dying by suicide, duelling, or by
the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of parties
to whom they may have been legally assigned.
Assurances may be effected on any and every day.
By order of the Board of Directors,
CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary.

FRANCES BOS WOOD.
Witness, William Heath, Australian Chambers, 33, Gracechurch-
street, attorney for the said Frances Boswood.

NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION.
P E N.O E S CELEBRATED CHINESE
LIQUID HAIR DYE.
The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using
Spencer's Chinese Liquid air Die, pronounce it to be the only Dye
extant which will effectualFfchange in a few minutes, red or grey
hair to a .dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly
that it is the safest dye_ in its use that ever was prepared. Red or
grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., are changed without
trouble, by simply usinga comb welted with the liquid; one applica-
tion will produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour
it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been ef-
fected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, and neither washing, per-
spiration, or anything Will in the least fade nr affect the colour pro.
duced. Hundreds of ladies Who wore false hair, because their own
became grey, wear new their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen
who had grey or red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement, have
become quite dark from the use of SPENCER'S CHINESE LI.
QUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their hair
with ease and secresy in a few minutes. Price 3s. 6d., Gs., and 10s.
per bottle.
To be had of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, Whitechapel-road, London ;
22
also of' Mr. Johnstone, 08, Corn
h ; Prout, 9, Strand; Sanger, 150, 9x.
ford-street; ; Butler,
-street;Ba4' rclaC;',ea9sl7idFaerringdon-street ; Atkinson, 14, Old Bond.
street; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard; Connell, Camberwell.
green ; Kettnaby, /3rothers,lo, Westmoreland buildings, Aldersgate-
street ; Finnigin, 30, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore, 31, Bull-street,
Birmingham; Shirley, 4t), 'George-street, Hastings ; and of most
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. Sent to
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Please to ask for Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.
bferchants and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor-
tation•

WHEREAS, a PETITION of WILLIAM
HOLE, for four months past residing at No. 9, Maida-hill
West, in the parish of Paddington, in the county of Middlesex, and
for twelve months previously residing at Grove House, Hanwell, in
the parish of Hanwell, and county of Middlesex, and being of no
trade, profession, or calling, having been filed in the Court
of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from
process having been given to the said William Hole under the pro-
visions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden
in the- fifth and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty, in-
tituled "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said
William Hole is hereby required to appear. in Court, before
Joshua Evans, Esquire, the Commissioner acting in the matter
of the said petition, ou the 10th day of April instant, at
twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the purpose of being then and
there examined touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be fur-
ther dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All per-
sons indebted to the said William Hole, or that have any of his
effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. G. Lackington,
the official assignee, 3, Coleman-street-buildings, nominated in that
behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of tile said petition.
W. ATKINSON, Messenger.

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1. The Fourth Edition, enlarged, of MORTON on SOILS, price 10S.
g. AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY for the Practical Farmer. By
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3. A New Edition of SINCLAIR on GRASSES. Coloured Plates,
price 30s.

rpHE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLX.,
A. is published this afternoon.

CONTENTS
L BARERE'S MEMOIRS.-THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
11. THE MARQUIS DE CUSTINE'S TRAVELS IN RUSSIA.
111. BANDINEL'S HISTORY OF THE TRADE IN SLAVES.
IV. LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD ST. VINCENT.
V. PROVINCIALISMS OF THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES.
VI. THE CONQUEST OF SINDE.

Loudon : Longman and Co. Edinburgh': A. and C. Black.

THE NEW SWEDISH NOVEL. .
On Tlulrsday, April 11, will be published, 2 vols.,' post Bvo.,
THE R 08E. OF TISTELON.
A TALE OF THE SWEDISH COAST.

By EN ILIE CARLEN.
Translated from the original Swedish.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

On Saturday, April 13th, will be published, 2 vols. Bvo.
THE DISCOVERY of the SCIENCE of
LANGUAGES ; in which are shown the real Nature of the
Parts of Speech, the Signification of the Terminations of Words, the
Meanings which they carry in themselves as their own Definitions,
and the Origin of Words, Letters, Figures, &c. By MORGAN"
KAVANAGH.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,

Published this day, Bvo., 9.3. cloth,

THE ELEMENTS of the DIFFERENTIAL
and INTEGRAL CALCULUS ; with numerous Examples
and Familiar Explanations, designed for the use of Schools and Pri-
vate Students. By JAMES CONNELL, Master of the Mathematical
Department hi the High School of Glasgow.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Also the ENGLISH QUADRILLE, received with immense ap-
plause at the Author's Concerts, Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. La
Valse a deux Temps, now a la mode at the Nobilities' Assemblies.
The Bouquet Royal Valse and Irish Echoes Comic Quadrille.
3, Maddox-street, Bond-street.

NEW VOLUME OF THE LEADING MEDICAL JOURNAL.
THE NEW VOLUME or. the MEDICAL
TIMES 'will commence on SATURDAY NEXT, when the
First of a valuable course of Lectures on Clinical -Surgery, by Sir
Benjamin Brodie, will be published. Contributions have also been
promised by the celebrated M.M. Dumas, Cruveilhier, Amussat,
Flanain, Danger—G. J. Guthrie, F.R.S., Robert Ferguson, F.R.S.,
Benjamin Phillips, F.R.S., Wharton Jones, F.R.S., Charles Clay,
M.D., George Filcher, Esq., Samuel Lane, Esq., F.R.S., Rutherford
Alcock, Esq., Henry Hancock, Esq., and by several other eminent
British and Continental sevens.

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abstract of everything worth mention in the Foreign and ;British
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handsome separable cover, enabling the Journal to be bound free of
advertisements, the profession will have annually, for about a guinea,
a handsome work of Two Volumes, containing the newest and most
valuable scientific information, and extending to 4,000 closely-printed
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Orders are receiVed.by all Newsmen and ooksellers ; or, by Mr.
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THE QUEEN'S CO_N-CREff
_ROOMS, HAN-
OVER-SgUARE.—Mr. Corte, Master of the Ceremonies, in-
forms his numerous friends that his FOURTH BENEFIT BALL
will take place on the 16th inst.
Ladies' Tickets, 7s. 6d, Gentlemen's, 10s. 6d ; Double Tickets, 155.,
supper included.
Tickets to be had only of Mr. Conic, at 36, Bedford-street, Strand.
Mr. Adams's Band will attend.

T WILLIAM ,WHEATLEY PRATT, at pre-
_a_ sent and for ten months past, residing at No. 7, Hanover-street,
9
Rye-lane, .Peckham, and for twelve months previously, of Hill-street,
Peckham,. aforesaid, in the parish of Camberwell,and county of Surrey,
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NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, April 1.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
THE BURY WATER-WORKS COMPANY V. BENSON.

This case was resumed at the opening of the Court to-day,
by Mr. Martin examining a considerable body of engineering
and scientific evidence on the part of the defendant, the ge-
neral effect of which was, that the measurements charged
in the bill of-Chadwick, which had been certified by the de-
fendant, were strictly correct in all respects. The accuracy
of the measurements, indeed, was the only subject of differ-
ence between the parties, the plaintiffs contending 'that by
the defendant's negligence in measuring they had been
charged with and paid for 3,857 cubic yards of embankment,
and 350 superficial yards of pitching, more than they ought
to have been. Mr. IVortley's reply for the plaintiffs was
merely a lengthened 'comment upon the testimony for the
defendant, in which he endeavoured to show that their cal-
culations were•framed upon an erroneous basis, whilst those
for the plaintiffs were taken from those furnished by the de-
fendant himself. _ _

The JUDGE, in summing up the case, told the jury that the
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factorily made out that the defendant had, as alleged, ne-
glected his duty by not properly measuring the work of
Chadwick. In the course of going over the evidence the
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each other. • Who was to blame he would not say; but it
would have been much better for the interests of both if a
disposition of this sort had been exhibited.
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three o'clock, having lasted nearly two hours ; and the jury
without retiring from the box, returned a verdict for the de-
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SEDUCTION—SQUIRES V. MOLYNEUX.
This was an action, brought by Amelia Squires, of
Preston, against the defendant; James Molyneux, a silk-
manufacturer in the same town, to recover damages for the
seduction of Mary Braithwaite, her daughter. Mr. Seger ap-
peared for the plaintiff. The 'action was undefended.
Mr. SEGAR, in stating the case, said the plaintiff was
Amelia Squires ; the defendant was James Molyneux -, and
the declaration 'complained that the defendant had seduced
the plaintiff's daughter, Mary Braithwaite, whereby she had
been deprived of her services. The defendant pleaded
guilty—a plea not very usual in cases of this nature. The
facts were very brief, and would be clearly proved. The
plaintiff was a widow, who had had two husbands ; she bore
a large family to her first husband, the subject of the pre-
sent action being one of the children, and residing with her.
The defendant was a partner in the firm of Brierly, Barton,
and Co., silk manufacturers ; and at the time of the seduc-
tion the plaintiff's daughter worked in defendant's factory.
The defendant was at that time a married man, but he pre-
tended to the young woman that he was single, and, more-
over, that it was his intention to marry her. She did not
know that he was married till he had effected her seduction,
and she discovered it at the late Preston Guild, when she
was walking out with him, and they met his wife. A
scene took place on the intercourse being thus discovered.
The case was therefore of an aggravated character,
with no circumstances of palliation except that of
there being no great disparity in the ages of the parties.
The Learned Counsel then read two letters, addressed to the
plaintiff's daughter by the defendant, in both of which he
made violent protestations of affection for her, declaring that
his heart was continually beating for her, as he hoped hers
was for him, and it would relieve his mind greatly if She
would he kind enough to write to him upon tho score of
her real attachment. If she would but say she would be
true to him, he should be easy in his mind—and a gi-eat
deal to the like effect. The letters wee addressed to "My
dear Mary." The unhappy girl appeared to have conducted
herself with proper feeling through all the circumstances ;
and it was out of the defendant's power to make her repa-
ration in any other way than by the verdict of a jury. The
Learned Counsel then called

Mary Braithwaite, the daughter of the plaintiff, who said
her mother's name was Amelia Squires, and she lived at
Preston. -In 1842, witness worked at the silk-mill of Messrs.
Brierley, Barton, and Co., in which the defendant is a
partner. Went there at Christmas, 1841, soon after which
the defendant proposed to pay his addresses to her, but she
refused on the ground that he was too high in his situation
for her. Afterwards consented to receive his addresses, and
had letters from him. Had a child, of which the defendant
was the father. Did not know the defendant was a married
man till. the last Preston Guild, when she met his wife as
she was walking with him in Bow-lane. The child was born
May 14, 1843.-
.

A witness was next called, who proved that the defendant
was a married man. -

The jury, after a few words from the Judge, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 401.

SEDUCTION--8111T0 2),, CO RE,

This was another action to recover compensation in da-
mages for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter by the
defendant. The action was undefended.

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Mr. CARDWELL appeared for the plaintiff, and it appeared
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Of whom were married and settled in life ; his daughter, the
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Isabel Smith, the subject of the action, was then sworn,
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NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmund's, Aprill.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PATITSON.)
COLLINS V. FLNLAYSON.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.

George Harper, a labourer, and of very savage ap-
pearance, was charged with cutting and wounding a
brick-maker, named Henry Garden, residing in Phea-
sant-place, Ball's-pond, Islington, so as to seriously en-
danger his life.
A certificate was produced from a surgeon, setting
forth that Garden was dangerously ill, and of course
unable to attend in court.

Harriette Garden; the wife of the wounded man, de-
posed as follows :—My husband works in Mr. Rhodes'
brickfields, in the . Britannia-fields, Islington. Last
-night, at half past eleven o'clock, he went out to look at
some bricks and protect them from the frost. He came
back at about half-past twelve, bleeding profusely from
several wounds in the head. He lay down, and the next
moment was insensible. One of his eyes is quite de-
stroyed, and his head is dreadfully bruised. I ran out
for a policeman, who fetched a surgeon. When he
dressed the wounds my husband became delirious, and
continues 'so. Before the surgeon Came I asked him
what had happened to hini, and he said he was sitting
down on a heap of brick When the prisoner came up and
exclaimed " A.h, I have an old grudge against you, and
I'll pay you now ;" he then struck him with a brick, and
he could recollect no more. When _he recovered his
senses he fotind himselflying on the ground, bleeding
fr.om the head.

Mr. COMBE—Did your husband say he gave the pri-
soner any provocation ? Witness-1, asked him that
-question, but he said he had not given him the least
provocation. The poor woman, who seemed to be suf-
fering great agony of mind, said the surgeon had in-
formed her that he had no hopes of the recovery of her
husband, and recommended his removal to the hospital.
Police constable Treford, N 3, deposed that, on that
morning, between twelve 'and one o'clock, Harriette
Garden called upon him, and said her husband had been
nearly murdered by Harper. He went. to her house, and
there saw Garden lyinc, on the ground, he was still
bleeding profusely, one side of his head was in a perfect
mummy—his eye seemed to have been quite battered in.
After fetching a surgeon he went to the prisoner's house
and arrested him. Witness said to him that he appre-
hended him for the attack on Garden. "On Harry
Garden, is it?" replied the prisoner. Witness said
" Yes," and the prisoner said no more. -
Mr. COMBE asked him if he had been to the brick-
field. Witness said he had, and saw a large pool of.
blood beside a heap of bricks there ; he found a brick
beside it partly broken and stained with blood.
Mr. COMBE, after administering the usual magisterial
caution to the prisoner, asked him what he had to say
to the charge. Prisoner—l gave him a blow, bnt he
struck me on the head (he pointed to his head on which
there was the mark of a blow). •
The policeman added that when he arrested the pri-
soner, he had blood upon him. Witness had learned on
that morning that the man's life was in great danger,
and that he was delirious. He was about being conveyed
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. _ _

Mr. CONDE directed the officer to inform him if the
wounded man recovered his consciousness so far as to
be able to give evidence before five o'clock, that he
might go to his residence, and have his evidence recorded.

The officer promised compliance, and the prisoner
was conveyed to the cells.
IVORSHIP-STREET.
A modest-looking, and rather pretty, young woman
applied to Mr. Bingham, the sitting Magistrate, for
advice and assistance, under the following circumstances:
The applicant stated that, while living in service,
about two years ago, she became acquainted with a
young man, about 30 years of age, who paid his ad-
dresses to her, and they were married, after a short
courtship, at Hoxton Church. They proceeded, after
the ceremony, to Gravesend, and, on her return to
town, on the same evening, her husband left her, under
the care of a friend, until he was able to provide a place
for her reception ; but she had neither seen nor heard
anything of him since that time. His father, who was
a respectable tradesman at Hoxton, had informed her
that he believed ' her husband had gone into the
country in quest of employment, but he had no certain
knowledge on the subject. Since her desertion she had
filled a comfortable situation as a domestic servant,
until a few days ago, when her mistress received an
anonymous letter apprising her of the extraordinary
circumstances connected with her marriage, and she dis-
charged her in consequence. As the same prejudice
would no doubt operate against her elsewhere she wished
to know what steps she could adopt to relieve herself
from the difficult and embarrassing situation in which
she was placed. _ _

Mr. BINGHAN said that it was certainly a very hard
case, but he regretted that he had no power to assist
her, and her only remedy was to sue out a divorce in the
Ecclesiastical Court.

MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.—A man named J.
Ozenne, a house-painter, was tried last week at Rouen, on a
charge of having assassinated the widow Decouville, who
lived in the Rue au Lard, at Havre, during the year 1840.
The great suspicion against the prisoner was that, although a
married man (his wife being twenty years older that him-
self) he professed a most passionate regard for the widow ;
and, as he lived in an adjoining house, was known to spend
many of his hours in her company, and to have the means
of admission to her apartment by a private key to a door
which was closed to all except himself. His passion was
under no control, and he had been heard to threaten that,
should she extend her favoured smiles to any one else he
would kill ker. The body of this unhappy woman was found
one afternoon, in the year 1840, iu a wretched state of mutila-.
tion in her own kitchen ; the head was placed against frwall,
and the feet on the hearth stone—between the legs. was
found a candle which had been burnt out—the clothes of
deceased were destroyed by fire,.and the legs and thighs had
been charred to a great extent, Appearances led to the sup-
position that the deceased had been strangled, andathe body
afterwards set on fire ; but, as no robbery had been com-
mitted, for even near to the dead body were found Silver
spoons and other things of value, an inference was drawn
that the murder had been caused by jealousy. Now it was
notoriously known that Ozenne was jealous of the deceased
almost to madness, and he was apprehended and examined ;
but proofs sufficient to warrant his committal for trial were
wanting, until an individual who was in prison for debt
wrote a letter to some official party implicating him in the
murder; and the facts therein stated having been inquired
into, Ozenne was put upon his trial. There were several
witnesses called, who deposed to circumstances which left no
doubt of the guilt of the prisoner, and on Saturday, after two
days' hearing, he was convicted, and sentenced to imprison-
ment with hard labour for life.

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terloo." His Grace then took the dwarf into his arms, and
asked him several questions, with the answers to which the
Duke appeared much pleased, and on his departure presented
the General with a handsome douceur.
AN ENGLISH AVALANCHE.—On Monday last, the
18th inst., as a party of shepherds were out on Longdale
Fells—situate betwixt Orton and the Yorkshire mountains—
they had to encounter most formidable drifts of snow, in
order to rescue the sheep from their icy prisons. Edward
Wilson, yeoman, of Long Gills, was under the necessity of
walking on a very steep acclivity, when
the snow suddenly
began to move in an immense volume from under his feet:
with such velocity, that the young man was unable to keep
his body in an upright position, the rapid progress of the
avalanche—for such it really was—making him excessively
giddy. Ile managed, however, to sit as long as he could,
till, having descended to a rocky precipice, where, about fifty
years ago, a person of the name of James Atkinson was un-
fortunately. killed under similar circumstances, he, the shep-
herd in question, was dreadfully injured by the concussion
occasioned by the stoppage. He, nevertheless, had presence
of mind enough to tie his handkerchief or neckcloth round
his head; to which probably he owed hie preservation, as,
although he bled considerably, he did not lose conscious-
ness, and, on the whole, was much less injured than might
have been anticipated under the circumstances, and in a place
so dangerous. On reaching home, Mr. Noble, surgeon, of
Orton, was promptly in attendance; and we have much
pleasure in stating that he is now in a fair way to recover.—
Kendal Mercury.
A Gascon is not only a boaster; he is often a wit,
and the French jest books are filled with anecdotes of gas-
conading. - From amongst a host of them we select the fol-
lowing:—" Gasconading was a marked characteristic of the
court of Henry IV. Though the Monarch was riot exempt
from the fault himself, he grew tired of it in others, and en-
treated his Minister Malherbe to endeavour to reform it al-
together—to de-gasconise his Court. Must I sweep them
all away, Sire?' asked the Minister. • 'All,' replied the
Prince. Upon which Malherbe slyly answered, Then I
presume your Majesty wishes to abdicate.' Another Prince
told a Gascon gentleman, who had former'y served him as
Ambassador, that he looked like an ox. ' I cannot say what
I look like,' replied the Gascon, but this I know, that I
have frequently represented your Majesty's person.' A
Gascon abbe, who lost a living from the indecent haste of
which he was guilty in canvassing for it, declared he had run
so fast after the benefice, that he ' outstript, in his flight; his
guardian angel.' "—Chamber's Edinburgh Journal,
Although the fact is not set forth in the report of
the Commissioners, we are enabled- to state that it is, in-
tended to give the public a footway of 20 feet in width
from Whitehall-place, to Westmiu,ster-bridge,—Otiserver,