The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

M. Quatremere de Quincy died on Saturday at
the advanced age of 95. This venerable litterateur
and antiquarian was the oldest member of the Institute.
The Estafette states that a split has taken
place among, the members of the reactionary club of
the Council of State. The parti-pretre, headed by
M. Montalembert, wished to induce the members to
vote that the discussion on the Education Bill of M.
de Falloua should have precedence over that
•n the Bill proposed by the Government,
ani carried their motion by a small majority. The
conduct and language of M. de Montalembert was so
offensive to the Ministry that they determined to
secede from the club, and they have announced their
intention of forming a new club. Among the
seoeders are MM. de Broglie, Daru, Leon de Melte-
vine, and Pi!catory. It is thought probable that
M. Mole will join the Bonapartist Club, of which
M.M. Dariste, Abatucci, and Vaudrey are members.

IRELAND.
(PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

DUBLIN, 'SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 30.—The wea-
ther still continues intensely cold, and all the still
water in city and suburbs is frozen over, but not
strong enough to bear Fkaters, who, notwithstanding
the noted insouciance of the Irish character, are by no
m%-tns so prone to involuntary suicide as the patrons
of the treacherous Serpentine. The officers of the
Custom-house were all at their poats to day, as per
order, to give a meet reception to the "high tide,"
whiels did not once show its face, nor even give a
glimpse of its plethoric entity—the weather still con-
tinuing most unpropitious for an impressive entree,
and the tide at Dublin bar not even reaching the
ordinary altitude.

But if we have not been inundated by Neptune,
the Graces have visited us with a perfect deluge of
the ornamental, in dress and bijouterie. In the latter
line all Golconda would seem to have been
ransacked by an English company, who are selling
0' stones of the first water," at " less than the cost of
manage." In the last intimation there may be more
truth than is meant, albeit, there is no lack of pur-
chasers. But the "tremendous sacrifice of bankrupts'
stocks, " to the value of 200,0001. sterling," has all
Dublin agog. If your witty friend Punch were here,
he would indeed have many a joke to crack
at the expense of agonised Benedicts, impressed
into the Rotundo, "only just to look at nothing
snore"—the 100,000 shawls of " Messrs. Howell,
33aird, and Co., of London." If this wondrous firm
hod not had the good luck to make bankrupts of half
your London tradesmen—or if the latter had not
become so for their accommodation—the " unprece-
dented opportunity" now afforded could never have
arisen. This "important sale, duly legalized by
the scarlet sanction of the Crown"' (the phrase,
I'll be bound, is more novel than the goods), com-
prises, according to the advertisement, as many
articles as, if heaped together,. would fill all the
buildings in St. Thomas's parish, not to talk of the
Rotondo.
Your leading article and the two letters in
Thursday's number, in reference to the extinction
of the law courts here, haveexcited a
eircle
great sensation amongst legal
The
entire productions I have heard ascribed to h
e o
hand—and that hand not one of an Irish practitioner. ne
I feel convinced that it is as feasible for
landlords to obtain protection, as for its advocates Irish
dicet's to
succeed in the abstraction of Irish legal jurisdiction.
In this all Irishmen are unanimous. The scenel°Of
litigation must still be at their own doors. They all
agree that they should fight with each other at home.
Another great man has deelared against protection.
I shall be accounted justifiedin applying the epithet
to the Earl of Rosse—the constructor of the most
magnificent telescope in the world, the friend of art
and science—a good landlord and an honest man.
No one, however, differing from the political opinions
of his Lordship, can with truth deny him the credit
of being just, benevolent, and gifted, in his character
of landlord, resident proprietor, and man of science.
The Galway Vindicato, of yesterday has a report
of A Protection Meeting, called by the High Sheriff,

but counter-reselutions were passed at the instance
of Mr. M. J. Blake, M. P. and the Rev. Mr. Daly.
The Cork Examiner reports a meeting at Dun-
garvon, in which Mr. Maguire, editor of that paper,
addressed the electors, promising to seek their suf-
frages at the next election, in opposition to Mr.
Sheil, Master of the Mint.
There is no news in the other provincial papers
received to-day, with the exception of a fall having
taken place in linens. The Banner of Ulster says
We regret to report a still further reduction in the
price of linen fabrics during the past week, amounting
in some districts to a farthing a yard, and others a half-
penny. The consequence has been a very general reduc-
tion of ten, and in many cases fifteen per cent. on the
wages of the weavers. The trade is fully as brisk as
ever, the decline in prices having been caused by the
immense increase of hands at the looms, not by any want
of demand on the part of consumers. The export from
Belfast during the past week amounted to 1,374 packages
considerably above an average."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 31.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF CHARLES W. DAVIS.

Davis was the proprietor of the Kent Hotel, in
Brownlow-street, Holborn. He came up on the
question of choice of assignees. This is Davis's third
bankruptcy. The debts were stated to be 1,0001.,
the assets 2401. Assignees were appointed, and
Messrs. Linklater are the solicitors.

A bankrupt named Francis M'Queen, who was a
rectifying distiller in Hounsditch, came up on the
question of certificate, which was granted at once, but
of the third class.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 31.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Puu.urs.)
IN RE ROBERT BYGRAVE.

This insolvent petitioned under the Protection Act
as a trader owing less than 3001.
Mr. MACRAE appeared on behalf of a creditor, and
took a preliminary objection to the petition, upon the
ground that the insolvent therein had not described
himself by all the trades and occupations which he
had followed. The insolvent described himself as a
" milkman," while he was, in reality, a " cowkeeper,"
selling the milk which he obtained from his own
cows. The two occupations of milkman and cow-
keeper had been created separate trades by the special
mention of the last business in the Bankruptcy Act.
Mr. DUNCAN having been heard for the insolvent,
The Learned COMMISSIONER took time to consider,
and this morning announced his opinion that the
objection of Mr. Macrae was well-founded, and that
the insolvent, not having described himself as a cow-
keeper, had been guilty of an omission, which put
the case out of court. The petition must be dismissed.

PALACE COURT, Westminster, Dec. 31.
(Before Mr. W. B. BRENT.)
FINAL CLOSE OF THE COURT.-At eleven o'clock
Mr. Brent took his seat on the bench for the last
time, and the court was opened by the crier (Mr.
Eley) in the usual manner. The attorneys attended,
as well as the officers of the court, but the barristers
did not appear.
The Deputy Prothonotary (Mr. Hewlett) inquired
whether any person present had any business to
transact in the Marshalsea or Palace Courts ?
No answer was given to the interrogatory.
The Prothonotary told the crier to adjourn the
courts.

Mr. Eley went through the usual form of adjourn-
ment for the last time, and the Court rose, never to
resume its sittings.
As soon as Mr. Brent retired from the court, the
six attorneys were admitted into his room, and pre-
sented him, by Mr. Turner, the senior attorney, with
a memorial expressive of their thanks for his courtesy
towards them whilst he had presided in the court.
Mr. BRZZIT returned thanks. The attorneys as
well as the other officers of the court had treated him
with great respect. He hoped he had always evinced
a disposition to uphold the dignity of the court, and
to administer justice between the parties who ap-
peared before him. He would further say that when
an attempt was made to infringe upon the privileges
of the bar, the attorneys, and other officers, he had
done all in his power to protect the same.
Mr. Brent took leave of the attorneys; the Pro-
thonotary called forward the officers and the assistants
to ascertain their addresses; the crier, Mr. Eley, left
his box, and all departed from the scene of their ac-
tivity. The doors of the court were finally closed to
the administration of justice. The building will pro-
bably be converted into a kind of barracks for police-
men ; it faces the office of the Commissioners of
Police in Great Scotland-yard, and could be fitted up
for the accommodation of thirty or forty men.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
A. respectably-dressed man, named William Laid-
law, was brought up for final examination before
Mr. Alderman Sidney, eharged with obtaining goods
and money from various houses in the City under
false pretences.
The prisoner declined saying anything.
Alderman Sidney committed him for trial on two
charges of obtaining goods under false pretences,
and a third for felony.
BO W-STREET.
Tapley Eggar, a young man who has just com-
pleted his term of apprenticeship to Mr. S. Shep-
pard, grocer, at the branch post- office in the Hamp-
stead-road, was charged with stealing a letter con-
taining money.
Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, prosecuted.
Mr. W. R. Sculthorpe, president in the London
district department, stated that owing to the frequency
of complaints respecting the loss of cash-letters at
Hampstead, he was authorised to test the honesty of
the servants at the branch office kept by Mr. Shep-
pard. Accordingly, a fictitious letter was written to
a lady at Erith, in Kent, and enclosed, with a marked
half-sovereign and a shilling, in an envelope, which
was sealed and posted at the office. In the ordinary
course of business the letter would have been for-
warded by the next dispatch to the General Post-
office, but, not finding it among the others in the bag,
witness proceeded with a constable to Mr. Shep-
pard's, where, after inquiring for the missing letter,
they searched the prisoner (who had made up the
bag), and found it;with its contents, in his pocket.
The constable proved that the prisoner admitted
his guilt, and begged them to deal leniently with him,
as it was his first offence.
Mr. HALL committed him for trial.
WESTMINSTER.
Jane Manning, a woman 49 years of age, and
Harriet, her daughter, a girl between 10 and 11,
were charged with stealing a vast number of papers
from the House of Lords, the property of her Ma-
jesty.

'3n Wednesday last Police•constable Williams, 45
B, was at the shop of Mr. Blore, a butcher, in Wood-
street, Westminster, when observing some printed
particulars respecting appeal cases belonging to the
House of Lords being used for waste paper, he sus-
pected that something was wrong, and having re-
quested permission to take a few sheets in the butcher's
possession he forwarded them to the proper authori-
ties, who took the necessary steps to bring the
offenders to justice.
John Blore, of 13, Wood-street, stated that about
three months ago the prisoner came to his shop, and
having inquired whether he wanted to purchase any
waste paper, he purchased 41b. of her at 2d. per
pound. He subsequently bought two other lots of
41b. and 21b. more, the first of these being brought
by the younger prisoner • and about a week before
Christmas, another 21b. of the mother, part of which
the policeman (Williams) saw at his shop and took
away. _ _

Mr. C. Harris, grocer, in Little Peter-street,
Westminster, proved that he bought printed paper of
the description produced on several occasions of the
elder woman within the last three months. He had
purchased in all about cwt.
G. Dasson, a cheesemonger, in Masham-street,
Westminster, also stated that the elder prisoner had
sold him two small lots of similar paper.
William Cordwent, of 8, Dean street, Westminster,
gave similar testimony. He had bought at different
times 81b. or lolb. of paper of the elder prisoner.
Mr. W. A. Green, clerk in the Parliament-office of
the House of Lords, said, that the papers produced
had reference to causes of appeal now pending in the
House of Lords. He had missed a great many of
these papers from the office.
Mr. Lewis, who attended for the prisoners, cross-
examined the witness at some length, in order to
show that as these printed papers were usually sup-
plied in great numbers from the solicitors on either
side concerned in appeals, for the use of the law
lords and others, the papers sold by the prisoners
might have been obtained elsewhere than at the House
of Lords. One, however, of the papers produced
had some writing on it by witnesses's son, and other
marks which enabled him to identify it.
Mr. H. S. Smith, another clerk in the same office,
identified a bundle of fine papers sold to Mr. Dasson.
In reply to questions from Mr. Lewis as to whether
this might not be considered waste paper at the House
of Lords,

Witness replied that he should certainly say not, as
there were amongst the five produced two consent
Bills bearing the signatures. These papers had been
in the charge of Mr. Courtney, who was dead, and in
his (witness's) opinion they were papers which would
have been kept in the House, and not considered waste
paper. _ _ .

Mr. G. Martin, an inspector of the A division, said
he found 1441 b. of these printed papers at Mr.
Harris's, one of which Mr. Green identified by the
writing on it. He took the elder prisoner into cus•
tody, who denied that she had ever sold any paper to
Mr. Harris, but she subsequently informed him that
her husband had brought home the papers, and she
understood they were his perquisites.
Downey, 46 D, proved apprehending the younger
prisoner and finding some House of Lords' papers at
the mother's lodgings.
The police having intimated that this was as far as
they were able to carry the case at present,
Mr. BRODERIP inquired what the elder prisoner
was ?—Mr. Martin replied, the wife of a watchman
employed in the interior of the House of Lords, and
in the course of bis rounds he would have to go into
the rooms where these papers were deposited.
In reply to another question from Mr. BRODKRIP,
the police informed him that the husband was in at-
tendance, but not in custody.

Mr. Lewis thought that it would be neither pru-
dent nor useful to address any observations to the
bench at present with respect to the elder prisoner,
but submitted that there was no case upon which a
jury could possibly convict her daughter, a mere
child, acting under the direction of her mother, and of
an age at which it -was not likely she could know
much about such matters. The case, besides,
was extremely slight against her.
Mr. BBODEAR asked Mr. Martin whether he was

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likely to strengthen the case against the child ? Mr.
Martin having replied in the negative,
Mr. BRODEEI thought that the child might have
been desired to sell the paper, and obeyed, without
any idea of doing wrong, and as he was always
most desirous of saving a child from the contamina-
tion of a gaol, he would discharge her, but remand
the elder prisoner for a week.

She was remanded accordingly.
In the course of the case Mr. BRODERIP expressed
his opinion that persons ought to be more careful in
purchasing what was termed " waste paper." He
had known many a valuable book disposed of under
that head.

Edward Burgeas, formerly a butler in the service
of Mrs. Sawney, 16, Onslow•square, Brompton, was
finally examined charged with plate robbery.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.
A well-dressed middle-aged man, named William
Nightingale, was charged with the following out-
rageous attack upon Mrs. Eliza Flack, a respectable
young married woman, residing in Provost-street,
Hoxton.
The complainant stated, that while passing through
Westmoreland place, City-road, on Saturday evening,
she was accosted by the prisoner, who was an entire
stranger to her, and after some offensive observations
he pressed her to accompany him to an adjoining
public-house and partake of some refreshment. She
declined the invitation, and requested him to go away,
with an intimation that she was a married woman ;
but the prisoner persisted in his importunities, and at
length seized hold of her, and assailing her with the
grossest indecency declared that unless she allowed
him to act as he thought proper with her he would
tear her to pieces. She screamed loudly for assist-
ance, and used her best efforts to disengage herself
from him, but the prisoner pertinaciously retained his
hold, and, after tearing the front of her dress and
dragging off her victorine, struck her two violent
blows upon the head, and immediately darted away
down the street. As soon as she recovered from the
effects of the ill-usage she hastened after him, until
she fortunately met with a policeman and gave him
into custody.
Police-constable Gillies, N 98, stated, that at the
time in question he perceived the prisoner, who
appeared to be intoxicated, proceeding rapidly along
followed by the complainant, and on coming up to
witness he stopped suddenly, and desired him to
remove the woman, as she had been for some time
annoying him. The complainant, however, who was
greatly distressed and agitated, immediately accused
him of having subjected her to the grossest insult and
ill treatment, and observing that her dress was much
torn and dishevelled, witness at once refused his
charge and conveyed him to the station-house.
In answer to the charge the prisoner, in general
terms, denied that he had at all molested the com-
plainant, and said, that if she had suffered such an
outrage as she has described, it must have been in-
flicted by some other person.
The complainant, however, declared, that she was
positive as to the prisoner's identity, as she had not
lost sight of him for an instant from the time that
he left her until she had placed him in charge of the
officer.
Mr. HAMMILL said that it was a most shameful
outrage, and, as he considered that it had been
brought clearly home to the prisoner, he should order
him to pay the highest amount of penalty it was in
his power to inflict, namely, 51, or to be committed
in default for two months to the House of Correction.
The prisoner was unprepared with the money by
the hour of the court's closing, and was therefore
removed in the van.

SOUTHWARK.
Thomas Pratt, a tall stout young man, belonging
to the swell mob, and Charlotte Wilton, a repulsive
looking woman, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett,
charged with stealing a hat and neck shawl from
Mr. Bernard Lee while under the effects of chloro
form, suspected to have been administered by the
latter prisoner.
The complainant stated that on Saturday evening,
about seven o'clock,
as he was walking along Black-
man-street towards London-bridge, the female
prisoner came up to him and wanted him to go
home with her. He refused to have anything to
say to her, and ske began pulling him about, and
in a moment she thrust a handkerchief up to his face,
when he felt an extraordinary sensation, but, not
suspecting at the time what it proceeded from, he
went into a public-house close at hand called the
Dun Horse, and called for a small glass of brandy
and water, in order to relieve the strange symptoms
under which he laboured. After having drunk the
spirits and water, he became totally insensible, and
recollected nothing of what subsequently transpired
until some time afterwards, when, at the station-
house at the rear of this court, he recovered his senses,
and then found that his hat and a large shawl which
he wore round his neck were gone. He added that
he was perfectly sober when the woman first accosted
him in the street, and that he felt in his usual state
of health up to the time that she passed the handker-
chief over his face, and that from that circumstance
he strongly suspected that there was chloroform
upon it, which accounted for the sudden nature of the
attack.

Inspector—The constables receive orders to call upon
householders and caution them as to the necessity of
their keeping the path in front of their dwellings
clear, and intimations are also given to those who
seem indisposed to comply with the provisions of the
Act that they render themselves amenable to a penalty;
a timely hint with regard thereto has, generally
speaking, had a beneficial effect.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Now as to cleansing by means
of salt, do you give any advice to parties about that
being the best way of proceeding ? Inspector—
Certainly not; we give no advice whatever respecting
the mode of removing the snow ; all that we say is,
that it must be cleared away in conformity with the
Act of Parliament, which states that it must be re-
moved before ten in the morning.
Mr. W. Johnson, secretary to the Royal College of
Chemistry, and who had been in the court for ab,)ut
an hour prior to the magistrate speaking to the in
spector said that he came forward purely upon public
grounds, to give his impression as a practical chemist,
in reference to the plan too frequently adoped, viz.,
that of throwing salt upon the pavement. He was
satisfied that the practice alluded to was highly detri-
mental to health, as the sprinkling of salt by which
the snow was dissolved had the effect of bringing the
temperature to 32 degrees below zero ; the moisture
which penetrated into boots and shoes of the wearers
thereof was of such a description as could not be com •
pletely got rid of for several days, and he (Mr. John-
son) hoped that the practice of which the Royal
College of Chemistry could do no otherwise than
condemn, would hereafter be discontinued.
Mr. BROUGHTON—I quite agree with you, Sir, that
the practice which you have denounced as an evil is
really so to the public; and I hope that the opinion
which, as a practical chemist, you have given, will
have a due and proper weight and influence over
those whom it may immediately concern.
Mr. Johnson thanked the magistrate for his
attention, and then quitted the court.

CITY COMMISSIONERS of SE WERS

Yesterday the Commissioners met at Guildhall. In
the absence of Mr. Deputy Peacock, the chairman
of the board, Mr. Deputy Corney was called to the
chair.

This body being appointed under the seal of the
Corporation, in pursuance of a statute, its constitution
differs from that of the committees of the Corporation,
which are necessarily composed of members of the
Common Council, of whose election no official return
is made until Plough Monday. The Court has the
power to appoint any persons upon the Commission of
Sewers whom they may think fit.
The business of the day was confined to the recep-
tion of the report of the auditors appointed by the
Court of Common Council to Examine and report
upon the accounts of the Commissioners of Sewers.
The accounts were presented to the Court with
the abstract prepared by the Chamberlain of London
and the balance-sheet made out by the auditors.
After some conversation, they were signed by the
chairman, on behalf of the Commissioners.
Immediately afterwards it was referred to the
committee to consider the propriety of adopting
certain suggestions made by the auditors as to the
manner of keeping the accounts in future. The ac-
counts, it was satisfactory to the Commission to
know, were highly approved of by the auditors,
although some objection was made, as was before
stated, to the mode in which they were kept.
The Court then adjourned.

MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS OF THE

In reply to Mr. A'BECiETT, the complainant said
that he had no recollection of the woman Wilson
having entered the Dun Horse with him, nor had he
aeon the male prisoner until he was afterwards take❑
into custody.

Henry Garlick, of 'Change-alley, Cornhill, stated,
that on the evening in question he went with Mr
Merchant, a friend of his, into the Dun Horse, and
saw the complainant lying across an empty barrel in
front of the bar, and a woman close by his side, holding
him and seeming to be very anxious about him. That
woman was the prisoner; and from the attention
which she seemed to be paying him, be ;(witness)
and his friend thought that she was his wife, and was
trying to prevail upon him to go home, as he ap.
peared to be in liquor. After some little time the
woman Wilson took off the complainant's hat and
shawl, and when she thought witness and his friend
were conversing together and not thinking of what
was going forward, she quitted the house with the
articles specified, leaving the complainant still lying
across the barrel. Witness, su'pecting that all was
not right on observing the prisoner leave the house
in the way she did, went out to the door to look
after her, but could not see her, and he
then called in a policeman, to whom he
communicated what had happened. Previously,
however, the other prisoner (Pratt) had been for a
short time in the house, but the moment the police-
man was called in he ran out of the place, and was
not seen there again. The witness added, that he
assisted in bathing the complainant's temples with
vinegar, and•using other means for bringing him to a
state of consciousness, and that a considerable time
elapsed before this was effected, and he (witness) was
confident that the stupor or insensibility under which
the complainant laboured was not produced by liquor,
but by some deleterious article—such as chloroform—
which completely overpowered him, and rendered him
totally incapable of mental or bodily exertion.
John Merchant, who was with the first witness in
the Dun Horse at the time mentioned, confirmed his
evidence in all particulars, and added that, when he
was in the public. house, he observed the female pri-
soner take the glass of brandy-and-water out of which
the complainant had drank to the door, and give it to
a man who seemed to be waiting for her, and that she
took back the glass aolin, and put it on the counter.
Policeman Wild, -L. 94 M, stated that on Saturday
evening he was on duty, in plain clothes in the
Borough, about 7 o'clock, and his attention was
called to the circumstance by seeing Pratt, whom he
had previously known, walking up and down in front
of the Dun Horse public-house. After some little
time he saw a woman come to the door and hand
Pratt a glass, out of which he drank something and
then walked away. He (the policeman), not suspect-
ing anything wrong at the time, walked up the Bo-
rough, and as he was returning he saw Pratt running,
and he was afterwards informed of the robbery.
Wild added, that about 9 o'clock the same night he
took Wilson into custody in the Red Lion public-
house, Pearl-row, Borough-road, and two hours later
he also secured her fellow-prisoner, coming out of the
same house. He added that he searched the prisoners,
but did not find anything in their possession belonging
to the complainant, and that Wilson refused to tell
where she lived.

LATE MR. PEACOCK.
The will of J. H. Peacock (late of Ayot St. Pe
ter's, in the county of Hertford), Esq., formerly
proprietor of the City of London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, deceased, which passed the seal of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 14th inst.,
contains the following charitable and benevolent lega-
cies, and all of them clear of legacy duty :-5001. to
the Worshipful Company of Vintners of London; the
interest to be applied for use and benefit of the widows
of deceased liverymen, inhabitants of the almshouses
at Mile•end belonging to the company ; also his
portrait. 5,5001. unto and equally between the
55 charitable institutions, societies or companies,
in or near London—to wit, 1001. to each—The
London Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in
Hospital, London Orphan Asylum, Infant Orphan
Asylum, Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Seamen's
Hospital in the Dreadnought, Royal Humane
Society, Refuge for the Destitute, Indi-
gent Blind School, City of London National
School, City of London Truss Society, City of Lon-
don Dispensary, Deaf and Dumb Ayslum, patrons of
Charity Schools, Friends of Forelgners in Distress,
Jews' Hospital, Scottish Hospital, Welsh Charity
School, Benevolent Society of St. Patrick Charity
Schools, Marine Society, Licensed Victual-
lers' Charity School, St. Ethelburga Charity
School, London Buok Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge among the Poor, St.
Ann's School, London Houseless Poor Society,
Hotel and Tavern Keepers' Provident Institution,
the Shipwrecked Fishermen's and Mariners' Benevo-
lent Society, Covent garden Theatrical Fund, Drury-
lane Theatrical Fund, Worshipful Company of
Fishmongers for the benefit of the inhabitants of the
almshouses belonging to such company, Worship-
ful Company of Leathers..-11ers, Westmoreland So-
ciety for Maintaining. Indigent Children, Infirmary
at Hertford, Essex and Herts Benevolent Medical
Society, Benevolent Society of Blues (instituted in
1824), Trinity Almshouses, Mile end-road, Company
of Cooks, Butchers' Institution for Decayed Master
Butchers and their Widows and Children, Company
of Carpenters, Company of Cutlers, Company of
Skinners, Company Of Salters, Company of Merchant
Tailors, Company of Haberdashers, Company of Dra-
pers, National Animal Friend Society, Lying in Hos-
pital, City- road, St. Luke's, Old-street-road, Bethlehem
Hospital, St. George's Fields, Hospital for Consump-
tion and Diseases of the Chest (the erection of which
was commenced on or about the 11th June, 1844),
Society for the Protection of Young Women, Water-
men's Institution, Musicians' Company or Society,
Lisle-street, Distressed Needlewosnen's Society,
Society established in London in the year 1801, for
the benefit of Decayed Members of the Stock Ex-
change.—Bell's Messenger.

THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

Policeman 43 M said that he was on duty on the
night in question, and, in passing the Dun Horse, he
saw Pratt eagerly peeping in at the door, as if he
was waiting for some one. He (policeman), seeing
Wild near the spot on the watch, left the place, and
went on his beat, and he was afterwards informed of
what had occurred.

MAILS FOR JANUARY, 1850.
The following are the alterations and dates on
which the foreign and colonial mails will be made
up at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
during the present month, and when the return
packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and
Falmouth :

For the British and foreign colonies in the West
Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, and
Havannah), Venezuela, and Jacmel, on the mornings
of the 2d instant (to morrow) and the 17th instant ;
Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras,
and Havannah, on the morning of the 2d only ; Ma-
deira, Grey town (San Juan de Nicaragua), New
Grenada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the 17th
instant only, by steam-packets from Southampton.
The Trent for the mails of to-morrow. Next packets
due on the 7th and 22d instant at Southampton.
Letters and newspapers to the foreign colonies must
be prepaid. For Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres,
on the evening of the 4th instant, by her Majesty's
brig Swift, from Falmouth. Next packet due, her
Majesty's brig Linnet, on the 24th instant; her
Majesty's brig Crane overdue. For Vigo, Oporto,
Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar,
on the mornings of the 7th and 17th inst., and even-
ing of the 26th, by steam-packets from Southampton.
Next packets due on the sth, 15th, and 25th inst.
For the Mediterranean, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Aden,
Ceylon, (Mauritius on the 24th only), India, Hong-
Kong, and China on the evenings of the 7th and 24th
inst , by the fortnightly overland closed mails via
Marseilles, due in London on or about the 3d and
23d inst. (letters and papers must be prepaid) ; Gib-
raltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, India, &c., on the evening
of the I9th inst., by steam-packet from Southampton;
next packet due on the 28th inst. For British North
America and the United States on the evening of the
11th inst., by steam-packet via Liverpool, Halifax,
and Boston, and, on the evening of the 25th inst.,
to New York (during the winter months, till
April, the mails are only made up every al-
ternate Friday evening, and every Friday during
the other eight months). The branch packet for
Newfoundland will be dispatched from Halifax
on the arrival at the latter port of the home-
ward packet from Boston, and the branch packet
for Bermuda will be dispatched from Halifax on the
arrival at that port of the outward packet for Boston ;
next packet due the Hibernia, on the 20th inst.
(Newspapers for the United States must be prepaid
Id. each, or they will not be forwarded) For New
South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and
New Zealand, by ship letter bags, as vessels may
sail from London, Liverpool, &c. All newspapers
must be prepaid Id. each for these colonies. Arrange-
ments are making for a monthly mail by steam-
packets, which is expected to come into operation
early this year. France, &c., twice daily, morning
and evening (Sundays excepted), by steam-packets
via Dover and Calais ; due daily twice (except Sunday).
Belem, &c., every evening, (except Sunday) via
Dover and Ostend; due dully. Hamburgh, &c.,
Tuesday and Friday evenings (the navigation of the
river Elbe being rendered impracticable owing to ice,
the mails for Harnburgh will be transmitted through
Holland); due Tuesdays and Saturdays. Holland,
&c., Wednesday and Saturday mornings; due
Mondays and Thursdays, by the General Steam
Navigation Company's packets via the Thames. The
mails of last night for Madeira, St. Vincent, Cape
Verd Islands, Sierra Leone, and the Island of
Ascension, were forwarded this morning by her
Majesty's sloop Contest, from Devonport.

The landlord of the Dun Horse was sent for, and
in answer to Mr. .'Beckett, he said that he recol-
lected the complainant walking into his house on
Saturday night, and calling for a glass of brandy-and-
water. He appeared to be in liquor, and the woman
Wilson entered either with him or immediately after-
wards. Witness saw Wilson take the brandy.and.
water to the door and give it to some person, and she
brought back the glass and placed it on the counter.
At this moment witness left the bar in order to fetch
up a bottle of wine for a customer from the cellar, and
when he got back he found the woman was gone, and
that the complainant was without his hat and scarf.
The prisoners, who merely denied the charge, were
remanded until Wednesday, and the police had
directions to trace out, if possible, where the female
prisoner lived, in order that a thorough examination
might be made, not only to discover the complainant's
hat and shawl, but also to detect if she had any dele-
terious article concealed there.

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.
Yesterday f'renoon the thermometer, which during
the night of Sunday had fallen to 27, rose as high a 3
48 degrees, with a bright clear sky; but at six last
evening the mercury had again fallen to within one
degree of freezing point, and from the rapid fall of
the glass within so short a period, there seemed every
probability of the frost continuing for some time
longer. The barometer stood at 30.61, with a rising
wind from the N.N.W. The frost, which continued
during Sunday night, had the effect of freezing over
those portions of the ice in the ornamental waters of
the various royal parks which had become thawed
during the middle of the previous day, making the
whole much firmer; but, notwithstanding, the ice was
far from being safe, and boards announcing that fact
were stuck along the banks of St. J4ITle,'S.B and Hyde
parts:. From the sloppy state of the streets in the
metropolis during the day pedestrians would imagine
that the frost had entirely gole; bat such was not
the case in the suburb*, for even at Hyde park corner
the roads and footpaths were perfectly dry, and in
many cases quite slippery from the ice upon them.
Subjoined is a list of the official returns made to Mr.
Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane
Society, detailing the state of the ice. in the different
parks, and the number of accidents yesterday.
THE SERPENTINE,HYDE-PARK.—TOO ice was
inches in thickness, and very dangerous
Although this fact was publicly announced by
printed bills upwards of 2.000 skaters and sliders
went upon it. No accident, however, took place
until a quarter to four in the afternoon, when two
young children fell through a hole into five feet of
water. They were saved by iceman Thomas Dixon,
just as they were going out of sight. The children
could not tell their names. The only other sect lent
happened to two gentlemen, who fell through into
eight feet of water, but they were got out by one of
the society's men with only a wetting.
THE ROUND POND, KENSINGTON GARDENS--The
ice here was described as being an inch and-a half
in thickness, and very dangerous. The number of
skaters and sliders about one thousand. About three
o'clock in the afternoon en accident happened near
the island on the north hank, by which the iives of a
highly respectable family of six persons were gr -at!y,
jeopardised. At that peril Mr. John Nier,iinan,
surgeon, of No. 9, Kensington-square, his son
Thomas, his two eldest daughters, and two young
ladies of the name of White, relatives, were proceed
ing arm-in arm across the ice, when it suddenly
broke, and the whole of the parties fell into Nigh:
feet of water. At first the death of some of tee
persons seemed inevitable, and before they could be
rescued, one of the Misses White went under the
ice. Icerinen Deze and Cook immediately pro-
ceeded to the scene of the accident, with breaker
ladders and the sledge. After considerable trouble
the whole of the persons, with the exception of Miss
White, were extricated; and to rescue her one of the
icemen was obliged to put his arm under water, as
far as his shoulder, when he happily succeeded in
reaching her, and pulling her out. She was, of
course, much exhausted, and had she been under the
ice much longer, she must have lost her life. The
residence of Mr. Merriman being nearer than the
Royal Humane Society's receiving house, the party
were taken there. No other accident of any import.
ance happened here.
THE LONG WATER, KENSINGTON-GARDENS.
The ice here was returned as being two inches thick,
and, although firmer than in other places, was dan-
gerous. The noblemen and gentlemen belonging to
the Skating Club mustered in strong numbers during
the day. There were also about 1,500 other persons
on the ice, but no accident happened.
THE REGENT'S-PARK.-ollly one portion of the
ice in this park could be pronounced as tolerably firm,
the other parts being very dangerous ; notwithstand-
ing, about 10,000 persons amused themselves by
sliding and skating upon it. The only accident, how-
ever, that occurred was to a lady and gentleman, who
fell through the ice into deep water, but were soon
rescued by the icemen.
ST. JAMES'S-PART.—The surface of the ice in the
ornamental water of this park having become ice-set
during the night, induced an immense number of
persons to venture upon it. About eleven o'clock the
ice was literally crowded, when it indicated symptoms
of breaking in. The Royal Humane Society's men at
once ordered the people off, which prevented many
an accident from taking place. It was ascertained
that M. Soyer, who became immersed the previous
day, was, although out of danger, obliged to keep
his bed.

THE MURDER AT BOSTON,

UNITED STATES.

CORONER'S VERDICT AGAINST DOCTOR

NN EBSTER.

(From the Boston Atlas, Dec. 13 )
Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes before six
o'clock, the room in the Court House, occupied by
the jury of inquest, summoned by Coroner Pratt, in
the Parkman case, was thrown open, and the reporters
of the various papers admitted. Coroner Pratt sated
that in accordance with the opinion expressed by the
Attorney• General of the Commonwealth, Mr. Clifford,
and by a vote of the jury, in which vote he concurred,
the evidence before the inquest wiiuld be kept secret
from ever) body until laid before the grand jury. lh
remarked that the inquest had been in session ten
days, and had examined a large number of witnesses,
and that their evidence occupied over eighty large
foolscap pages of writing paper. He then said that
the verdict which had been agreed upon would be
made public, and accordingly the secretary of the
inquest, Mr. Andrews, was directed to lead the
verdict as duly recorded, which he did, and it is in
the following language :
" Surrms, ss.— An inquisition taken at the city
of Boston, within the county of Suffolk, 13th day of
December, in the year of our Lord 1849, before Jabez
Pratt, Esq , one of the coroners of said county, upon
the view ot sundry parts of the body of a dead man,
viz., a thorax, kidneys, pelvis, two thighs, left leg,
and sundry bones, there lying dead, by the oaths of
Osmyn Brewster, John L. Andrews Pearl Martin,
Thomas Restieux, Lewis Jones, and Ilarum Merrill,
good and lawful men, who being charged and sworn
to inquire for the commonwealth, when, how, and by
what means the said dead man came to his death,
upon their oaths do say—that they all have been
demonstrated to be parts of one and the same person
—that these parts of the human frame have been
identified and proved to be the remains and parts
of the dead body and limbs of Dr. George Park-
man, late a citizen of said Boston, aged about
sixty years—that he came to his death by violence,
at said Boston, on the 23(1 day of November
last, or between the hours ot one and a half of the
clock, in the afternoon of that day (about which
time he entered alive and in good health, into the
Massachusets Medical College building, situate in
North Grove street, in said Boston), and the hour of
four of the clock in the afternoon of the 30th day of
November last (when a portion of the said remains
were concealed in and under the apartments of Dr.
John W. Webster, of Cambridge, in the county of
Middlesex, in said college building), in which build•
ing the residue of said remains were afterwards dis-
covered ; that he was killed in said college building
by a blow or blows, wound or wounds, inflicted upon
him with some instrument or weapon to the jurors
unknown, and by :means not yet known to said
jurors, and that said blow or blows, wound or wound.,
were inflicted upon him, and said means were used
by the hands of said Dr. John W. Webster, by whom
he was killed. In witness whereof the said coroner
and jurors to this inquisition have set their hand and
seals the day and year above said.
" Jahn Pratt, coroner ; Osmyn Brewster,
foreman ; John L. Andrews, secretary ;
Pearl Martin, Thomas Restieux, Lewis
Jones, Hamm Merrill."
(From the Boston Transcript, Dec. 14.)
The verdict of the coroner, pronouncing Professor
Webster guilty of the murder of Dr. Parkman, does
not seem to have occasioned much surprise. For
some days the public mind has been prepared for such
a result, in consequence of developments, to which
we have already alluded, tending to show that the
murder was premeditated. The coroner's jury have
spoken their convictions freely and fully, without
bias, we believe, from any opinion• outside the
room, where their protracted and careful inquiry
was conducted. It now remains to extend to
the prisoner a fair trial before the high legal tri
bunal of the state. And we trust that the agitation
which has existed upon this melancholy subject may
be stilled during the interval. We learn that Pro-
fessor Wehster's appearance to day is precisely the
same which it has been of late—that although he has
read the finding of the coroner's inquest, it has not
disturbed him in the least, and he remains perfectly
calm and self possessed. He is in good health and
apparently quite contented in his situation, and satis-
fied with the treatment which he receives from the
officers of the gaol. It has been reported that his cell
was better furnished, and his fare more sumptuous
than other prisoners. We are informed that his
accommodations are only improved by the allowance
of some footmats; but it is true that his food is
furnished by his friends from Parker's restaurant in
Court-square. Professor Webster's time is wholly
employed in reading and epistolary correspontitnee
with his friends.

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