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by the increased duties which they would forthwith
lay upon all our imports from foreign countries.
We should thus gain an awful loss in the shape of a
removed tax. The remedy would be worse than
the disease. The patient would escape from his
malady by escaping from his life at the same time.
We sometimes read quack advertisements speaking
of " awful cure.." We now comprehend the mean•
ing of the phrase. To be cured of the Malt-tax by
an import duty of five per cent. on all goods from
foreign countries, would be, indeed, the most "awful
cure" on record. And yet this is what the Joseph
Ady of Conservatism announces as " the something
for our advantage" which he is anxious to impart
to us.

And then, again, in the matter of cutting down
the national expenses, both sides in Parliament are
pointing to the unhappy judges as the very pigeons
to be plucked, trussed, and roasted to appease the
public appetite for economy. We are marvellously
tickled with this impudent plagiarism from an old
fable. Once upon a time, when a plague broke out
amongst the beasts, they called a meeting to consi-
der whose sins could have called down such a visita•
lion upon the community. The lion confessed to
having devoured a few flocks and herds, and occa-
sionally swallowing a herdsman or shepherd with
them by way of a relish. But this was nothing, it
was even praiseworthy, in a lion. The tiger had the
same confession to make, and received the same
absolution. The wolf escaped in a similar manner,
Nothing was even thought of the forays of the fox
upon the geese and turkeys, ducks and chickens, of
the neighbouring farmers. But at last the poor ox
stood forth and stated, that once, when very hungry,
he had, in passing the churchyard, nibbled one
mouthful of the parson's grars. /I'he whole meeting
was immediately overwhelmed with pious indigna-
tion. The cause of heaven's anger was at once re-
vealed. " Sacrilege, sacrilege !" was simultaneously
shrieked forth from every quarter, and, before the
unhappy culprit could urge another word, he was
torn to pieces and devoured by his holy hearers, who
then dispersed in the odour and sanctity and a good
work, to devour flocks and herds, herdsmen and
shepherds, ducks, geese, chickens, and turkeys, just
as they had done before.
Now let us give the moral of all this. We
clamour for the abolition of the pensions to the
offspring of Charles the Second's menagerie of
tramps and trollops. But it is in vain. They
have intwined themselves among the lions
and tigers of society. They have been mar-
ried and been given in marriage among
the big ones of the land, and we are told that
they have established a vested right in the plunder
of our flocks and herds. We ask to have no more
generals anfl admirals than we want. But they also
are connected with the lion and the tiger, or, at all
events, with the wolf and the fox. We tarn to our
colonial blunderheads and our diplomatic " ne'er-
do-wells." But we only get the same answer. Still,
however, the cry for economy goes on, when at last
a bright thought seems to flash upon the leaders of
both parties, and they cry out, " There are the
judges, pitch into the judges, devour the judges
without mercy or distinction." And is it not very
proper that it should be so ? The judges, like the
poor ox, hays no friends to help them. They are
neither brothers, nor sons, nor cousins to the lions
and tigers, wolves and foxes. They can trace no
descent to Nell Gwynne, or the Duchess of Ports-
mouth, or Lucy Waters. They cannot plead booby-
ism or blockheadism in their behalf like the aristo-
cratic locusts who swarm in the army and navy, the
colonies and diplomacy. They have not the peerage
at their back and beck. They have presumed to
rise by their own diligence and perseverance, by dint
of study, by virtue of their own talents, by the force
of their own merits. They are alone too, unsupported
by a family connexion in both Houses of Farliament.
Out upon them. They are the very ox for the sacri-
fice. Bind them upon the altars. Offer them up to
the spirit of retrenchment. Tear them to pieces. De-
vour them, and then let the country see what stern
economists we are.

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salaries, if they are too high, be cut down, pari passa
with those of the official servants in every branch of
the Government. Let the supernumeraries in the
army and navy be reduced. And, above all, let the
pensions of those people who call themselves the de-
scendants of Charles the Second be brought to an end.
In the case of some of them it Is even more than
doubtful whether they are sprung from him at all.
His ladies, it is well known, were very general,
promiscuous, and miscellaneous in their favours. It is
not at all improbable that we have been paying for
all those bad bargains so dearly and so long on " the-
pig-in-the-poke" principle. If we are to believe the
scandalous chronicles of the days when Charles
the Second was the master and centre of so
many houses of ill-fame, Churchill, afterwards the
famous Duke of Marlborough, was' the father of
more of our pensioners than his Majesty. At all
events it is time "to stop the tap." 'We have paid
the wages and premium of iniquity too long under
any circumstances.—Liverpool Albion.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING

Six o'Cwoc

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP:
5 to 2 agst Cheerful
8 to 1 agst Baby
12 to 1 agst Mounsecr
20 to 1 agst Black Eagle
25 to 1 agat Sir Gilbert
30 to 1 agst Valentine

TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS.
2 to 1 apt Bee Hunter

CHESTER CM
13 to 1 agst Miss Ana
13 to 1 agst Cossack
20 to 1 agst Roland

GRANBY HANDIcAX.
3 to 1 aget Backbiter

DEBBY.
5 to 1 apt Bolingbroke
7 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum
8 to 1 agst Mayors
17 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel
1000 to 15 agst Compass

PURPOSES.
HARD WATER. UNFIT FOR DO-
MESTICFew subjects have attracted more attention among
sanitary reformers than the necessity of obtaining
a copious supply of water to the dwellers in large
cities. Experience has shown that the supply
should be at least twenty gallons daily for
each inhabitant, although forty gallons are neces-
sary to carry out to the full extent all the sanitary
improvements deemed desirable for the well-being of
a population. But in looking to quantity of supply,
quality has been thought of less importance ; there
could not be a more gross error, or one more fatal to
civic economy and domestic comfort.
The water found in springs,
brooks and rivers, has
its primary origin in the rain of the, district, unless
there should happen to be some accidental infilteration
from the sea, or other great natural reservoirs. This
rair, falling on the upper soil, either runs off in
streams, or, percolating through it and the porous
beds beneath, gushes out in the form of springs, wher-
ever it meets with an impervious bed which refuses
it a passage ; pits sunk down to the latter detect it
there, and these form the ordinary wells. In its
passage through the
pervious rocks, it takes up soluble
impurities, varying in their amount and character
with the nature of the geological formations, these
impurities being either mineral, vegetable, or animal
matter. The mineral ingredients may be chalk, gyp-
sum, common salt, and different other compounds,
but it is the earthy sorts generally which impress pe-
culiar qualities on the water.
Hard water is of no use as a
cleanser, until all the
lime has been removed by uniting with the oily acid
coming a detergent. destroy in this
of the soap. Every hundred gallons of Thames water
so as to econo-
miceresort to other methods of washing,
s
soap. If our readers in London observe their
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waste
resort the dwellers in towns supplied with hard water,
habits in washing, they will perceive that the princi-
pal quantity of the water is used by them not as a
cleanser, but merely for the purposes of rinsing off
the very sparing amount employed for detergent pur-
poses. In London we do not wash ourselves in but
out of the basin. A small quantity of water is
taken on the bands and saturated with soap so as to
form a lather; the ablution is now made with
this quantity, and the water in the basin is only used
to rinse it off. The process of washing with soft
water is entirely different, the whole quantity being
applied as a detergent. To illustrate this difference
an experiment may be made by washing the hands
alternately in rain and then in hard water,
such as that supplied to London ; and the value
of the soft water for the purposes of wash-
ing will be at once recognised. Even with-
out soap, the soft water moistens the band, while
bard water flows off, just as if the skin had been
smeared with oil. Now, although the soap may be
economisedmethod in personal
dersesoenrailbeablution by the uncomforta-
blethis economy in the washing of linen. In this case,
the whole of the water must be saturated
with soap before it is available. Soda is, to a
certain extent, substituted with a view to economy,
as much as 30,0001. worth of soda being
annually used in the metropolis to compensate for the
hard quality of the water ; and, perhaps, as an ap-
proximative calculation, 200,0001. worth of soap is
annually wasted without being useful as a detergent.
This enormous tax on the community results from the

hardness both of the well and river water ; the for-
mer being generally much harder than the latter.
But this expense, large as it may seem, is not the
only consequence of a bad water supply. The labour
required to wash with hard water is very much greater
than that necessary when it is soft,. this labour being
represented in the excessive charges for washing. In
fact, extraordinary as it may appear, it has recently
been shown in evidence before the General Board of
Health that the washerwoman's interest in the com-
munity is actually greater than that of the cotton-
spinner, with all his enormous capital. An instance of
this will suffice to show our meaning : a gentleman
buys one dozen shirts at a cost of 41., three of
these are washed every week, the charge being four-
pence each, making an annual account of 2/. 12s.
The set of shirts, with careful management, lasts for
three years, and has cost in washing 71. 16s. The
cotton-spinner's interest in the shirts and that of the
shirt-maker's combined, did not exceed 41., while the
washerwoman's interest is nearly double. A consider-
able portion of this amount is unavoidable; but a
very large part is due to the excessive charges
for washing rendered necessary by the waste of soap
and increased labour required for cleansing. A
family in London, with an annual income of 6001.,
spends about one-twelfth of the amount, or 501,
in the expenses of the laundry. On an average,
every person in London, rich and poor, spends
one shilling per week, or fifty-two shillings
a year for washing. Hence at least five million two
hundred thousand pounds is the annual amount
expended in the metropolis alone for this purpose.
Yet, large as this amount is—and it matters not
whether it be represented in the labours of house-
hold washing or that of the professed laundress—
it is obvious that the greatest part of it is
expended in actual labour, for the washerwoman
is rarely a rich or even a thriving person. Hence
it follows that this labour, barely remunerative as
it is, must be made excessive from some extrane-
ous cause ; for it is found by experience that one-
half the charge is ample compensation in a country
district supplied with soft water. The tear and
wear of clothes by the system necessary for washing
in hard water, is very important in the economical
consideration of the question. The difference in this
respect, between hard and soft water, is very striking.
It has been calculated that the extra cost to ladies in
London in the one article of collars, by the unne-
cessary tear and wear, as compared with country
districts, is not less than, but probably much exceeds,
20,0001.

We now proceed to draw attention to the inconve-
nience of hard water in cooking. It is well known
that greens, peas, French beans, and other green
vegetables, lose much of their delicate colour by
being boiled in hard water. They not only
become yellow, but assume a shrivelled and disa-
greeable appearance, losing much of their delicacy to
the taste. For making tea the evil is still more ob-
vious. It is extremely difficult to obtain a good in-
fusion of tea with hard water, however much may be
wasted in the attempt. We endeavour to overcome
the difficulty by the addition of soda, but the tea thus
made is always inferior. One reason of this is, that
it is difficult to adjust the quantity of the soda. Tea
contains nearly 16 per cent. of cheese or casein, and
this dissolves in water rendered alkaline by soda ; and
although the nutritous qualities are increased by this
solution, the delicacy of the flavour is impaired. The
water commonly used in London requires, at the very
least, one-fifth more tea to produce an infusion of the
same strength as that obtained by soft water. This,
calculated on the whole amount of tea consumed in
London, resolves itself into a pecuniary consideration
of great magnitude.
The effect of hard water upon the health of the
lower animals is also very obvious.—The Ladies' Com-
panion.

THE ARMY.
WOOLWICH., APRIL 6. The Atholl troop-ship,
Master Commander Pearn, has nearly unloaded all
the baggage of the troops she brought home from the
Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope. In addition
to the two companies of Artillery, she brought home
the 10th company of Royal Sappers and Miners from
the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Lempriere com-
manded the Artillery, and was the only officer who
returned with them, the others having all been pre-
viously moved, owing to the number of changes
which have recently taken place in the corps.
PLYMOUTH, Aram 6.—The Rev. J. W. Langmead,
M.A , the garrison chaplain, has had presented to
him, within the last few days, by Colonel Messiter
and the officers of the 28th Regiment, as a mark of
their deep regard and esteem, a silver communion
service, the gallant Colonel expressing to the reve-
rend gentleman, in the name of himself and officers,
their most grateful acknowledgments for his unre-
mitting zeal and attention, during the period of nearly
two years that they have been under his ministry.
MORTALITY IN THE ARMY.—From a return just
made to an order of the House of Commons, it ap-
pears that among the European troops serving in the
East and West Indies, the mortality during the nine
years from 1840 to 1848, both inclusive, was in the
ratio of 61.52 per cent. in the East Indies, and in the
West Indies of 48.18. The deaths which occurred in
hospitals, in consequence of wounds, during the above
nine years, were 370 in Bengal, 39 in Bombay, 2 in
Madras, and 4 in the West Indies.

THE EXPECTED GREAT COMET.
TO TEE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES.
Sir,—ln my letter addressed to you on the 7th
of March, Is hich appeared in the Times on the
following day, I mentioned the possibility of a con-
siderable delay in the return of the comet of 1264
and 1556, owing to the attraction of the larger
planets, particularly Jupiter and Saturn. I have just
received from M. Bomme, of Middelburg, a very
complete memoir on this subject, which has been re-
cently published by the Royal Institute of Sciences
in the Netherlands. It is the result of a long and
laborious series of calculations, performed on the most
approved methods of modern mathematicians. The
conclusions being of general interest, I may very
briefly state them here, as the paper itself is not likely
to fall under the notice of many English readers.
In order to predict the time of re-appearance of a
comet moving in an elliptic orbit, with allowance
for the attractions of the planets, it is necssary that
we should know the precise time of revolution
, instance,
the to some past epoch (as, for
the previous perihelion passage),
or the period
which the comet would require to perform its circuit
round the sun, if all planetary disturbances were to
cease from that moment. The comet in question was
observed in 1264 and 1556, and the interval between
the perihelion passages in those years amounted to
106,567 days, or 2911 years; but this tells us nothing
with respect to the length of period corresponding
to the ellipse described at the instant of perihelion,
either in 1264 and ]556, since it includes the united
effects of planetary perturbations between
those years. Therefore, before we can ascertain the
epoch of the next return, we must calculate the
amount of acceleration or retardation due to the
disturbances between 1264 or 1556, which
being applied to the above period gives us
the exact time of revolution of the comet at
the moment of perihelion passage in the former year,
and hence we ascertain the period in 1556. Having
found this, we can calculate how much it would be
increased or diminished by planetary attraction up to
the present time, and thus determine the date of the
next arrival at perihelion. This is essentially the
method adopted by M. Bomme, and he has performed
a great part of the computations in duplicate—first,
with the elements of Halley, in 1556, found in all our
catalogues of cemetery orbits, and, again, with my
final element, published in the " Astronoraische
Nachrichten" of Professor Schumacher, the "Comptes
Rendus" of the French Institute, the "Notices" of
the Royal Astronomical Society, and elsewhere ; this
last set only came to M. Bomme's knowledge when
he had nearly completed the first series of cal-
culations, but, as he considered them more
exact, he went through the greater part of
the work again. With these elements, taking into
account the attraction of Jupitur, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune between 1264 and the present time, and
of Venus and the Earth in 1556, it is found that
the length of the comet's revolution at the time of
perihelion passage in 1264 was 110,644 days, or
302,922 years, and in 1556, 112,561 days, or 308,169
years ; that the effects of perturbation will diminish this
period 2,166 days, and therefore the present revolu-
tion will occupy 110,395 days, or 3021 years, so that
the comet will return again to its perihelion on the
2d of August, 1858, and will then be moving in an
ellipse of 112,785 days' period. With Halley's
elements, the true time of revolution of the comet in
15.56 was 112,943 days, and the perturbations should
diminish the ensuing period about 1,797 days, whence
we, find the next perihelion passage will occur on
August 22, 1860.
Thus M. Bomme concludes that if the true ele-
ments of the orbit in 1556 were within the limits as-
signed by Halley's calculation and my own, the
comet will appear again between 1858 and 1860.
The main cause of this uncertainty is the difference
between the two determinations of the positions of the
major axis, or line of Apsides, in 1556. Halley
fixes the perihelion in longitude 278 deg. 50 min.,
while 1 place it in longitude 274 deg. 15 min., de-
viating 4 deg. 35 min. Having expended a good deal
of time and trouble some years ago on the calcula-
tions for my orbit, I believe I may safely state that
the utmost allowance that can be made for error in
the position of the major axis does not exceed
four degrees, so that it is probable the time
fixed for the return of the comet by my elements
(August 2, 1858) must be within two years of the
truth, and therefore we have but little chance of seeing
it within six years from this time. At any rate, the
supposed delay in its re-appearance is fully accounted
for through the zeal and industry of M. Bomme,
whose calculations, as regards extent and intricacy,

may vie with those of Clairault and 'Rosenberger for
Halley's comet.

Mr. Barber's results, which were commnnicated in
my last letter, are not comparable with those of M.
Bomme, and, for this reason, any apparent difference
between tbem is not to be attributed to error of cal-
culation. Mr. Barber, for want of leisure to com-
pute the purturbation for the period anterior to
1556 was obliged to assume at starting, that the
comet was moving in that year in an elliptic orbit,
having its major-axis corresponding to the interval
between 1264 and 1556, or 291.75 years ; but it ap-
pears from M. Bomme's investigation, that the true
period of the comet in the latter year was no less than
308.17 years, giving an increase on the length of the
axis used by Mr. Barber equal to 3i times the
earth's mean distance from the sun, a quantity suffi-
cient to produce a very considerable alteration in the
computed distances of the comet from the disturb-
ing planets, and consequently in the determina-
tion of their attractive powers at different times.
I think there are not many individuals who
would have had courage to attack the doubtful and
labourious problem which M. Bomme has so com-
pletely solved, and it is only right that he should
receive his due share of praise, if the comet return a
the time he has predicted. I remain, sir, your mos
obedient servant,
April 2.

J. B. HIND.

Circulars have again been issued, calling upon the
pensioners to register their names for service as
Guards for convict ships proceeding to the Austra-
lian colonies.

COWES, APRIL 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Bertha, Rio
Grande, and sailed for Ilaroburgb ; Creole, ditto, and
sailed fur Bremen; Innocence, ditto, and sailed for 11am-
burgh; Adelhud Iquique, New South Wales; Begona,
Porto Rico; Amelia, Matanzas.

OFF THE START, APRIL s.—Sarah, of Sunderland,
from Ceylon.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 6th,
William Hyde, Applethwaite, New Zealand; Coquette,
Shields, for the Cape of Good Hope, loss of boats and
decks swept. 7th, Sld. Sultana, Adelaide; Recovery,
Ceylon; Dalhousie, Cape of Good Hope.
THE POISONING AT STOW.---It appears that there
is every reason to believe that the melancholy event was en-
tirely accidental, that the poisoning (arsenic, of which Mr.
Page used a quantity for sheep-washing, &c.) was laid in a
closet in the kitchen, where the tea-things used to stand, and
thus became, probably mixed with the sugar, the packet
being disturbed in looking for something else. A packet of
arsenic, which Mr. Page's shepherd had given to his master
in October last, was found in this closet. Providentially
there have been no more deaths.—Norfolk Chronicle.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
___ GUILDHALL.

Edmund Woodland, the son of a highly respectable
and extensive brewer in Twickenham, was summoned
before Alderman Challis for refusing to support his
illegitimate child.

From the statement of the complainant, who is a
very interesting young,. lady, and whose connexions
are exceedingly respectable, it appeared that the de-
fendant paid his addresses to her about four years ago,
since which time his attentions had been so marked
that all her friends and relatives considered him in the
light of her future husband, and treated him as such.
About 12 months ago defendant took her on a plea-
sure trip to Richmond-park, and there succeeded in
removing all her scruples, urging that it could make
no difference to her as be would marry her in a few
days. He afterwards repeatedly promised her mar-
riage, until the birth of the child, when he discon-
tinued his attentions altogether, and engaged himself
to a young lady possessing some fortune. When he
was called upon by the complainant to fulfil his pro-
mise of marrying her, he said he could not do so
without consulting his " papa" on the subject. Find-
ing she could obtain no satisfactory redress from him,
she applied to this court in the hope that the Alder-
man would order him to support the child.
The order was then made upon the defendant, who
did not appear to the summons.

BOW-STREET.
On Tuesday last a serious quarrel toook place at
the Strand Theatre between Joseph Mathews, the
stage carpenter, and a man named Lepridge, a
scene-shifter. They had been engaged in the boxes
and Lepridge, being intoxicated, seized Mathews by
the collar and threw him into the orchestra, falling
on him. Mathews was so seriously injured that he
was taken to King's College Hospital. Lepridge
was given in charge to the police, and lodged in the
station-house. He was brought before the magistrates
at this office next day, but was remanded, as the
injured man was incapable of attending.
Lepridge was this day brought up, and Mathews
appeared, although suffering severely from the in•
juries he had received. His left arm was in a sling,
his face covered with contusions, and he was evi-
dently suffering from other injuries.
-William Wray, the painter's assistant, stated that
on Tuesday last he was in the act of setting the
scenes, when the prisoner and Mathews entered the
theatre ; both appeared to have been drinking.
Mathews desired witness to complete some work
which the prisoner was incompetent to execute, and
this excited his anger (he was naturally ill-tempered
when affected by liquour), and he endeavoured to
pick a quarrel, first with the gasman and then with
witness, but they both evaded him. He then turned
to Mathews, who ran into a box to escape his fury,
but he entered the adjoining box, climbed over, and,
seizing Mathews by the neck, threw him over into
the orchestra with such force that part of the fittings
was torn away. He fell with him on the kettledrum,
and Mathews was so much injured that it became
necessary to convey him to the hospital in a state of
insensibility.
Mathews, who was scarcely able to stand, now said
that the prisoner was an excellent workman, and when
sober an extremely inoffensive man. On the day in
question, while in a state of intoxication, he was en-
raged at the last witness being directed to finish his
work ; and being desired to leave the theatre became
still more violent, and committed the assault, from
the consequences of which he was now so pain-
fully suffering. Feeling persuaded that the prisoner
now deeply felt the impropriety of his conduct, and
was sincerely sorry for it, and considering that he
acted under the maddening effects of drink, with the
magistrate's permission he did not desire to proceed
further against him.
Mr. Norton, of the theatre, also spoke to the
general good conduct of the prisoner, and attributed
his violence to the cause assigned.
Mr. HENRY said, that but for the interposition of
Mathews, it was his intention to have sent the case to
the sessions. Drunkenness was no excuse for such
violence, but rather; aggravated the offence. It was
impossible to pass over such conduct without punish-
ment, and as a warning to restrain his conduct in
future, he should fine him 51., or two months' impri-
sonment.

WESTMINSTER.
.A. woman, with a child about three years of age in
her arms, and who stated herself to be enceinte, ap-
plied to the magistrate for pecuniary aid under, the
following distressing circumstances :
Applicant stated that she was the unfortunate
widow of Alexander Monro, a smith and iron boiler
maker, who met an untimely end by the wreck of the
Royal Adelaide. He had been at work for some
time at Devonport, and having transmitted her tri
fling sums for her support, joined the ill-fated vessel
on Thursday, at Plymouth, to come to London.
Hearing of the calamitous wreck of the Royal
Adelaide, and having too much reason to believe
that her husband had taken his passage on board of
her, she immediately instituted inquiries, and re-
ceived the following communication, which she pro-
duced :

" London, Southampton. Dublin, and Belfast Steam
Packet-office, Plymouth.
" Sir,—Your favour of the 4th is before me. I have
sent to 9, Rose-street, and find that Monro left there
with the intention of proceeding to London by the Royal
Adelaide, and from his name being on the way-bill I
have no doubt he is the man inquired for. My water-
man, who took his ticket and received his fare, has no
recollection of his person.
" I am, Sir, y our obedient servant,

" ROBERT CLARKE.

"Mr. James Hartley, 137, LeadenhaTl:sireei,l.On&."
This was accompanied by a certificate from the gen-
tleman to whom it was addressed, stating that
the communication was a correct copy of the letter
received from Mr. Clarke, the company's agent at
Plymouth.
The poor woman, who gave her addrese, stated
that her husband had served in the British legion in
Spain, and produced his pension paper in confirma-
tion of her account.

Applicant, in reply to inquiries from the magis-
trate, stated that she had some bread allowed her
from the parish, and a trifling allowance of meat.
She expected her confinement to take place in the
course of next month.

Mr. BURRELL commiserated her unfortunate situa-
tion, and ordered her to receive ss. from the poor-box,
for which she appeared very grateful.

CLERKEN WELL.
William Jolly, a respectable looking man, was
finally examined, charged with having defrauded Mr.
S. Newman, cattle salesman, of Compton-street,
Clerken well, of 641.

Mr. Wakeling, the solicitor, attended for the pro-
secution. He said the prisoner had been employed by
the prosecutor for a lengthened period to purchase
cattle, for which he was paid Bd. per head, and hav-
ing mentioned that he had made some extensive bar-
gains with several graziers, the money was given to
him by the prosecutor to make them good, when he
appropriated the same to his own use.
He was fully committed for trial.
LAMBETH.
George Poulter, an omnibus conductor, in the ser-
vice of Mr. Dackham, was finally examined before
Mr. Norton, on a charge of stealing a sovereign, the
money of Mr. Thomas Lewis, a tradesman residing
at Clapham.
From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared

a few nights ago he rode in the omnibus of which
the prisoner was the conductor, and on reaching
his house in High-street, Clapham, gave him
what he supposed to be a shilling, but which turned
out to be a sovereign. He, however, asked the prisoner
at the time if it was not a sovereign, who, after
looking at it close to a gaslight, replied that it was
not—that it was only a shilling; and, giving him 6d.
change, called out to the driver to go on. On reach-
ing his house the prosecutor at once found that it was
a sovereign he had given the prisoner, and on the fol-
lowing day asked for it, but the prisoner positively
asserted that it was only a shilling he received, and
was very impudent in his manner. It subsequently
came to the knowledge of the prosecutor that the
prisoner had acknowledged to the omnibus driver on
the same night that some person had given him a
sovereign for a shilling, and the driver having con-
firmed the fact he gave the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner did not deny the charge, but said that
if he had taken the sovereign for a shilling he must
have parted with it for the same amount.
Mr. NORTON remarked that the case involved a
very nice point of law, namely, whether the prose-
cutor, in having given the sovereign voluntarily, had
actually parted with his property in it; and to render
the case one of felony, it would be necessary to show
that he had not parted with his property in it. There
could be no moral doubt, however, that the casewas one
of felony, and as the law, fortunately, provided another
mode of punishment, he should deal with the case as
one of misconduct of the prisoner in his service, and
commit him to prison for two months.
Charles Morris, a well-dressed person, representing
himself as a converted Jew, was again brought before
the sitting magistrate for further examination, charged
with attempting to obtain money from the Rev. Dr.
Steene, Baptist minister of Camberwell, by false re-
presentations.
A great many persons were preient from whom' be
had obtained, or attempted to obtain, mosey. To
some lee represented himself as having embraced
Christianity and been baptised in Oxford, and as hav-
ing been a member of the Baptist Church there. To
others he said he was a member of the church in
Wandsworth, while to one minister of the Gospel he
represented himself as anxious to begome a Christian.
Mr: Ferguson, of the Mendicity Society, stated that
a great number of persons were going about just now,
levying contributions on the religious community by
representing themselves as converted JIM.. The
officer added that there was no " dodge" that suc-
ceeded half so well at the present time as the "Con-
verted Jew" dodge:
•
Mr. NORTON had no doubt whatever that the pri-
soner had carried on a most extensive system of ins-
posture, and to give.the officer time for further isle
quiriee he would remand him till Friday next..
It was stated by a City officer who was in attend-
ance to identify the prisoner, that he had received 1001.
from one benevolent lady, and from another 601.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
HEREFORD, 'Ross, AND GLOUCESTInte—A public
meeting of parties interested in the construction of s
railway to Ross was held there on Tuesday, for the
purpose of taking steps for the formation of a railway
from Ross to the Forest of Dean and Gloucester
Railway at the Grange ; Mr. Vaughan in the chair.
It was stated that the landowners along the proposed
line were favourable to the project, and would be
satisfied- .with a fair remuneration for, the land .re-
quired for the,. railway, and that- some 'of the land-
owners would take the value of the landmin shares 'of
the company. Railway communication was Much
wanted in the district by agriculturists and others,
wbo were at present under great disadvantages in
consequence of the great expense to which they
were subjected by. the present mode of conveyance
on the common road. It was estimated that the
proposed line from Ross to Gloucester would cost
about 110,000/. ; that the traffic would be sufficient
to remunerate parties for
.the outlay ; and the
line could afterwards be extended to Hereford. Re-
solutions were passed to the effect that the meeting
would give its support to the line which offered the
most direct communication from Gloucester to RO3/ ;
appointing a committee to treat with the Great Wes-
tern Railway Company as to the terms on which they
would cede a portion of the Monmouth and Hereford
line ; to procure estimates of the total cost of the un-
dertaking, and the revenue it would be likely to yield ;
opening a subscription of 11. is. each for the purpose
of defraying preliminary expenses ; and that the com-
mittee report the result of their labours to a general
meeting on the 2d of May at' Ross.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.— A memorial, numerousjy
signed by landowners, magistrates, and others residing
in the county of Buckinghamshire, and the inhabi-
tants of Aylesbury, has been presented to the directors
of the above railway, expressing their satisfaction that
the intended lines of railway are nearly completed for
traffic between Bletchley and Oxford, and between
Banbury and Middle Clayton ; but they regret that
,no steps have been taken to purchase the land' lying
between Middle Clayton and the terminus at Ayles-
bury, reminding the directors that the compulsory
powers to purchase• the land ivill cease on the 22d
of July next, and earnestly urging upon the company
the expediency of purchasing the land before the
powers referred to expire.
CHELTENHAM, OXFORD, AND LONDON.—PetitiODS
have been presented to the Court for the winding up
of this company's affairs.
BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—The second line of*tube is to
be floated for the double roadway in May.
LONDON AND NORWICH DlRRCT.—Petitions have
bean presented from the shareholders to have the
affairs of this company investigated and wound up.
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Arum 6.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share msrket WAS extremely' quiet to-day. Little business WAS done, but prices remained
tolerably steady.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been dull te•
day, and the amount of business done was limited. The
transactions were as ' follow :—East Anglian, 3% Shares
guaranteed 6 per cent., l%—Lancashire and Yorkshire.
&fifths, 1034 dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 2 p.—London and
North-Western, 1031/2—Ditto, New Quarters, dis.Ditter
Fifths, IA dis —Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Mid
--
and,
Ditto, Halves, 271/e dig.— Newcastle and Carlisle, 87;4--•
South-Eastern anu Dover (No. 4), Registered, 4% —York•
Newca3tlc, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), guaranteed
per cent. till 1850, c. dis.—Demerara, 10% dis.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 6.
STOCK Excuartoff.—=For the lsit two days there has been
a much better market, and prices are considerably firmer.
The transactions tozday were as follow:—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Fifths, 10%—London and North-Western, 103%
—North Staffordshire 10X.
BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tbe only transaction to-day
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 634 dis.'

Lady Ponsonby's.New Novel, " Pride and" Irreso•
lution," will add (says the Weekly Chronicle) to the reputa-
tion which the authoress deservedly earned by her former
novel, " The Discipline of Life." The powerful hand, the
feeling heart, and the reflective mind of the writer make her
work find a passage to all our finest sympathies, as to our best
reason and judgment. To Lady Ponsonby we are indebted
for writing which would do no discredit•to. the beet efforts ,of
Miss Austin, and yielding to even these but little in know-
ledge of human nature, surpass them in the 'skilful plumbing
of the depths of true emotion and pathos. For the metal
the work before us teaches it is entitled to high praise, and
such praise we bestow when we say that we would as soon
place this novel in the hands of a beloved friend, or child,
to correct " pride" and "irresolution," As Foster's Essayi•
The novel revives our best literature of the school. _We' re-
commend these admirable volumes to every library in the
kingdom.
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BIRTHS.
On the Ist inst , the wife of E. A. Cowper, of Winsor-cot-
tage, Birmingham, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., in Mornington-crescent, the wife of A. S.
Eddis, Esq., of a son.
On the sth inst., at Richmond, the wife of Professor Anstedt
of a son. -
On the Ist inst., at Leamington, the wife of William P.
Urquhart Eqq., of a son.

AtABBIED.
On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Ccmmander W. T. Griffiths.
Royal Navy, son of the late Lieutenant-General Charles
Griffiths, to Anne Elizabeth,'second daughter of the late Rev.
Edward Richards, of Epsom.
On the 3d inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Peter Jay, Esq.,
third son of the late Dr. John Jay, to Emily. Sarah, second
daughter of the late. R. Taylor, Esq, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
On the'4th inst., at Cheltenham, the 'Rev. Henry Bond,
vicar of South retherton, Somerset, to Editha Augusta Mary,
only daughter of the late Hon. Henry P...meroy.
On the 4th inst., at,Whiteparish Church, Wilts, Lieut.-
Colonel Lawrence, of the Rifle Brigade, to Eliza Murray,
only surviving daughter of the late W. Murray, Esq.

DIED.
On the 4th inst., at Madeley, near Hereford, the Very Rev.
John Merewether, D.D., Dean of Hereford, and •Deputy
Clerk of the Closet to her Majesty.
On the 3, th ult., in Norfolk-square, Brighton, Lieutenant
Charles F. Steuart, 62d Regiment, aged 20.
On the 31st • ult., at Palkstone, near Poole, Mary Anne,
youngest daughter of the bey. E. P. Blunt.
On the 3d inst., at Plymouth, aged 85, Mary, widow of the
late J. Ilarris, Esq., of Clapham, Surrey.
On the 4th inst., at Tonbridge-place, New-road, Miss Mary
Mitchell, aged 67.
On the 4th inst., Henry Eaton, Esq., of Victoria-road,
Pimlico, aced 87.
On the 4th inst., at Shawford-house, near Winchester, the
Rev. Edward St. John, of Ashe-park,'Hants.
On the 4th inst., at Ladbroke-place, Nutting-hill, Charles
Lyell, Esq., aged 75.
On the 4th inst., at Bath, aged 62, Ann, widow of the late
Major-General John W. Fast, of the Bengal Army.

London: Printed and, Published by MURDO YOUNG: of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112.
Strand, in the precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Middittex, Monday, April 8, 1850.