The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-05 00:00:00

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER E

No. L—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of Apr
br Decrease on each head thereof.

DING APRIL 5,

1, 1843, arid sth of April, 1841, sh 4.

1844.

wing the Increase

YEAR
QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED Year ended April 5. Quarter ended April 5.
-., ended „,....-----..-.----------, ended
.
rJuly 5, I Oct. 10, 1 Jan. 5, April 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 0, Jan. 5, April 5, April 5,
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
' ` 1,
1842 1842 1 1E343 1843 1813 , 184.3 1843- ' 1844 - ' 1844 - 1844
.. . •
Customs :- -...,-.-...... . --•
Consolidated Duties -. 3,120,603 4,647,472 3,274,000 3,193,596 - • 3,304,473 4,276,151 9,674,424 3,529,551 - - - . - _ - -
Sugar Duty to Coma- . - ... .
dated Fund 1,301,983 - •-
262,546 - 1,252,723 - - 420,796 -
Ditto to Supplies - 1,296,505 940,089 '763,405 - - 1,253,357 1,092,544 654,100 - - - .- _
Total Customs 4,422,191 5,943,977 4,214,089 4,219,537 18,799,794 4,557,201 5,529,568 4,766,968 4,604,447 19,459,129 Customs ....... 658,335 384,910 -
Excise 2,B' /0,11 0 3,726,03.5 3,022,008 1,767,373 11,405,516 3,030,113 3,966,550 3,030,771 1,852,689 11,880,123 Excise ' 474607 85,316 -
Stamps 1,698,379 1,621,480 1,561,751 1,593,129 6,484,729 1,659,010 1,650,304 1,523,653 1,039,011 6.472,040 Stamps -
Taxes 2,059,•99 177,437 1,886,163 142,603 4,265,537 1,981,831 194,108 1,868,,57 144,685 4,192,473 Taxes 73,064 1,987 -
Property Tax 313,844 257,212 1.885,232 2,456,268 861,709 2,047,904 454,415 1,992,859 5,356,887 Property Tax 2,900,599 107,627 -
Post Office . . 154,000 168,000 141,008 144,000 607,000 145,000 160,001 143,000 174,000 622,000 Post Office . 15,000 20,000 -
Crown Lands 30,000 12,560 40,000 35 000 117,500 82,500 :0,000 • 30, 0 0 65,000 147,500 Crown Lands 30,000 30,000 -
Miscellaneous 213,757 20,924 21,537 541,556 797,774 1 1,063,524 17,744 11,917 41,292 1,134,477 Miscellaneous. 336,703 500.264
Total Ordinary Revenue 11,467,666 11,994,197 11,143,763 10,3211,52-2 44,954,148 12,333,93 13,586,172 11,829,581 10,513,983 49,262,629 Total ... 4,415,244 85,763 685,725 100,-264
Imprest Moneys, &c 267,530 111,070 107,097 - 16.907 504,604 67,100 34,005 50,136 54,244 205,865 Imp. Moneys 296,739 37,337 -
Repayments ofAdvan ces 102,552 180,211 235,247 124,048 642,053 138,207 230,932 332,060 226,281 927,483 Rep, of Adv... 285,425 102,226 ...... -
Total Income 11,837,748 12,285,478 11,486,107 10,469,477 146,078,810 13,539,290 13,851,409 1 12,211,777 10,794,511 50,396,977 Total... 4,700,669 382,502 825,298 500,264
Amount applied to Con- 6,980,776 9,047,560 6,860,0:4 9,760,269 32,64E3,659 , 6,442,506 10,123,636 7,859,893 7,625,972 92,462,1 07 ~,,, c Deduct De- ~,,, „, r Deduct
solidated Fund 3B2,'"` 1 crease `'"`',--- 1 Decrease.
Ditto, as Advances
Increase on „„„, n, f Increase on
,
Ditto, as Ways & Means
of the Year 4,626,350- 3,064,291 4,626,053 567,830 12,884,524 6,905,273- 3,187,773 -4,060,383 2,918,539 17,071,968 4,318,167 i the Year. '"'','-''" I. the Quarter
TotaL 11,837,749 12,295,478 11,486,107 10,469,477 146,078,810 113,539,260 1 13,851,409 112,211,777 1 10,794,511 50,396,977 . . I

No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1843, and the sth April, 1844.
• '
' Quarters ended April 5..1 • • Quarters ended April 5.
INCOME. 1843 1814
CHARGE. 18.'--7-------h4
.
Customs.—Consolidated Duties 3,193,586 9,529,551 Permanent Debt - 3,534,666 3,532,232
Sugar applicable to the Terminable Annuities
Consolidated Fund 262,546 420,796 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund • 34,259 9,392
Sinking Fund - • 360,826
Total Customs 3,453,132 3,950.347 The Civil List • 97,422 97,597
Excise
Stamps 1,593,126 1,639,011 For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bills issued for Advances
Taxes
Prope ty Tax
Post Office
Crown Lands 35,000 05,000
Miscellaneous 90,150 41,892 9,825,965 10,155,203
Produce of Silver from China
lmprest and other Monies 16,907 54,244 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1843,
Repayment of Advances... ...........
------- paid off out of Sinking Fund
9,725,965 10,155,308 ,The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1814, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Censoli
dated Fund for Supply Services , 2,918,539
To Cash brought to this Account to ,The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5, 1844
be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills 100,000 .
The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
I I 9,825,965 10,155,306 April 5, 1814

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

and Strasbourgh and Bale, 21 discount. London and
Westminster Bank Shares were 41- to 31 premium.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
'HERALD.—We believe that many years have passed
since a newspaper has had to congratulats its readers
upon such a financial return as that which it is our
gratification to present in this day's Heratd. The
return was made up yesterday, one day before the
regular day ; but against this we must set off the
leap year, so that the periods to be compared are
equal, each consisting of 365 days ; and what is the
result of the comparison ? An increase upon the last
year of no less than four millions three hundred and,
eighteen thousand one hundred and sixty-seven pounds
sterling. This increase pervades nearly all the sources
ofrevenue ; absolutely all the important ones—viz.:—
Customs
Excise
Property
Post-office
Crown Lands 30,000
Miscellaneous
The heads of decrease are :
Stamps
Taxes
It is right to remark that under the head of pro-
perty-tax, four quarters are counted in the hat year
against three quarters in the year preceding ; and we
must, therefore, in order to approximate to a perfectly
just comparison, deduct the property tax of this
year's quarter, corresponding to the omitted quarter
of last year—namely, of the July quarter. This we
find to amount to 861,7091. After this deduction,
however, the year's increase will be found to amount
to nearly three millions and one half sterling. We
cannot, by, any use of language, improve upon this
fact ; and here we present it to our readers, accom-
panied by our sincere congratulations.
CHRONICLE.—The quarterly revenue tables,
which are usually made up on the sth of April, were
completed yesterday, on account of this day being a
close holiday. They will be' found in another
column, and it gives us pleasure to learn from them
that the productive energies of the community are
not impaired. The increase in the quarter is—Cus-
toms, 384,9101; Excise, 85,316/. ; Stamps, 45,885/. ;
Taxes, 1,987/. ; Property-tax, 107,627/. ; Post-
office, 30,0001.; Crown Lands, 30,000/. ; making a
total increase in the ordinary revenue for the quarter
of 685,7251. There is a decrease under the head
Miscellaneous of 500,2641., which, though balanced
against them in the account, scarcely affects the
sources of revenue derived from the industry
of the people. The total increase in the
quarter, both of ordinary and extraordinary
revenue, is 825,2981., from which, deduct-
ing the decrease, there is a sum of 325,0341. more
than in the corresponding quarter of 1843, to be ap-
plied to the services of the State. In the year there
is a decrease in the amount of stamps of 12,699/., and
in the amount of taxes of 73,0641., but on all the
other branches of the ordinary revenue there is a con-
siderable increase. The total increase, deducting the
decrease of the revenue for the year, is 4,318,1671.,
which is, however, less than the amount of the Pro-
perty-tax, 5,356,887/, by 1,038,720/. This turns
out, therefore, a much more productive tax than Sir
Robert Peel anticipated ; and the sum it yields shows
that the whole of the incomes of 1501. and upwards,
the limit of the tax, amount to something more than
200,000,0001. a year. What a prodigious mass of
wealth ! On the whole, these tables are satisfactory
as an index to the still increasing trade, consumption,
and wealth of the community.
ADVERTISER.—The usual abstract of the
yearly and quarterly revenue, issued last evening,
appears, like everything emanating from the present
Government, far more gratifying to a casual view
than to a close examination. There is, on the year's
income, a total increase of 4,318,1671., of which
325,0341. appears on the quarter just closed. This
total increase has been chiefly effected in the follow-
ing items : .

The Foreiga.Ex.changes did not vary- to any extent
this afternoon, either as regards an advance or decline.
A pamphlet has been sent us headed " Reasons
against Legislative interference with the present system
of Circulation, submitted to Sir R. Peel, by the Commit-
tee of Private Country Bankers." As this is a topic of
the deepest importance we may give an analysis of the
reasons stated. They were thus given in the shape of
resolutions passed at a meeting of the Committee held
very recently :
" First, That under the present state of the law, the
private country bankers enjoy no privilege, which in
practice is inconsistent with the maintenance of a sound
and wholesome state of public credit.
" Second, That the agricultural, commercial, and ma-
nufacturing classes of all descriptions throughout the
kingdom are mainly interested in the continuance of the
privileges which the law now confers on private country
bankers, and will be immediately and seriously embar-
rassed by any legislative measure which shall interfere
with or limit the exercise of these privileges.
" Third, That the present state of the law, as it regards
private country bankers, has not been made the subject
of public complaint or petition, nor has it been allege on
authority against them that they have abused their pri-
vileges, or been in any degree accessory to the recent
depression or the sudden alternations in the state of
trade. _

" Fourth, That the anticipation of an alteration in the
law relating to private country bankers, combined with
the want of all information as to the nature and extent
of such alteration, if contemplated, is calculated to inter-
fere with the ordinary operations of business, and to
shake confidence and credit. _

"Fifth, That this meeting being earnestly desirous to
avert the excitement which has hitherto always accom-
panied the agitation of questions connected with credit,
and impressed with the due sense of the magnitude of
the consequences involved in the discussion, consider it
to be their duty to take such steps as may tend to re-
move all uncertainty regarding the intentions of her
Majesty's Government."
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar —
Ditto, at 5ight......... 12 4 Leghorn 3O 65
Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Genoa 25 95
Antwerp 26 0 Milan —
liamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice 47
Altona l4 0 Naples 39
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 75 Palermo, per ox ll7
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon s3}
Marseilles
Bourdeatix 25 0 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine.. 1221 Bahia 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Buenos Ayres —
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight

Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M 9 67
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 361
F

Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars X 3 17 9

Cadiz
Bilbao

rortugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0

Barcelona 36

New Dollars 0 4
_9/1

would have great pleasure in acting in accordance wit
the recommendation made to them.—(Hear.)
The conversation then dropped.
The election of three trustees, eight new commit-
tee-men, and three auditors, were then proceeded
with, when the following gentlemen were declared by
the Governor to be duly elected:—Messrs. Williams,
Binning, and Franklin, for trustees; Messrs. Elt,
Avery, New, Hickman, Clench, Higgins, Berry, and
Lawrence, for Committee-men ; and Messrs. Butter-
field, Southall, and Perkin, for auditors.
The GOVERNOR having declared that the business
of the Court was concluded,

Seville —

Mr. BINGLEY begged toy move the thanks of the
meeting to the Governor, Trustees, and Committee,
and said that the accounts which had been read that
day were a sufficient proof of the zeal and ability
which they had displayed in advancing the interests
of the Society of which they were the executive.—
Agreed to.
The GOVERNOR, in expressing his acknowledg-
ments, said that it must be as gratifying to his col-
leagues as it was to himself, to find that their efforts
to advance the cause of the noble Institution with
which they were identified were thus appreciated by
their fellow-tradesmen. He trusted that every suc-
ceeding Committee would be equally fortunate in re-
ceiving the thanks of the trade ; and sure he was that
no greater stimulus could be given to anybody of men
to do their duty than the approbation of their fellow-
tradesmen.—(Hear, hear.)
Upon the motion of Mr. EVANS, the thanks of the
meeting were given to the auditors; after which,
Mr. VOUSLEY, jun., proposed the thanks of the
Court to Dr. Sheridan, the Editor of the Morning
Advertiser, and to Mr. Smalley, the Secretary.
They all knew the talent and ability with which Dr.
Sheridan conducted the Morning Advertiser.—
(Hear.) His merits were so well appreciated by
the gentlemen present, that he was sure it required no
eulogium from him to induce them to accord their
thanks to that gentleman.—(Hear.) With respect
to Mr. Smalley, who owing to the unexpected de-
mise of the late Mr. Blake—and here he could not
but express a hope that they would not leave that
place until they had manifested their feelings with
respect to their late lamented Secretary—had but
recently been appointed to his present honourable
situation, he would only observe, that for many years
Mr. Smalley had held a responsible position in con-
nexion, with the Incorporated Society of Licensed
Victuallers—(Hear, hear)—this, together with the
manner in which he had carried out the duties of his
office since he had been appointed to it, and par-
particularly for his conduct that day, which had given
such general satisfaction, was, he thought, a sufficient
ground for calling upon them to give that gentleman
their best thanks.—(Hear, hear.)
Dr. SHERIDAN, in expressing his acknowledgments
for this continued mark of their kindness and confi-
dence, said that his greatest pride should be so to con-
duct the Morning Advertiser as to afford satisfaction
to its patrons and supporters, and to advance the in-
terests of the noble charity with which it was inti-
mately associated.—(liea.r, hear.)
Mr. SMALLEY felt more than he could well express
at this unexpected manifestation of their kind feelings
towards him. He could assure them that he was
quite conscious of the loss which the Society had met
with in the unexpected death of his friend Mr. Blake ;
but this he would say, that however incapable he
might be of rivalling the business attributes of his de-
ceased
friend, he would at the same time give way to
no one in a desire to advance the interests and pro-
mote the welfare of an Institution, the value and im-
portance of which he was well rcquainted with.
Mr. BINGLEY then begged, in accordance with the
suggestion thrown out by his friend Mr. Vousley, to
move the following resolution :
" That this Court cannot separate without express-
ing deep regret at the sudden decease of its late
lamented. Secretary, J. F. Blake, Esq., nor without
recording the sense entertained of the faithful and
most valuable services rendered by shim during so
many years, by which the Corporation and all con-
nected with it have realised important benefits."
Mr. VOUSLEY seconded the motion, which was
unanimously adopted.
Upon the motion of Mr. DICKSON, a vote of thanks
was also given to D. Wire, Esq., the solicitor to the
Society, for his uniform attention to the welfare of

Silver in Bars 0 4 lli

INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF
LICENSED VICTUALLERS.
Yesterday a Special General Court of the members
of this Society was held at the Licensed Victuallers'
School, Kennington-lane, at eleven o'clock, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of altering the
by-laws relating to the qualification of candidates for
the Committee, in accordance with the following re-
solution of the Governor and Committee, namely :
" That no member shall be qualified to serve on the
Committee of Management of the Incorporated So-
ciety of Licensed Victuallers while on the Commit-
tee of either the Licensed Victualler? Asylum or the
Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society.'
There was a very numerous attendance of the trade
on the occasion.
The GOVERNOR (Mr. Keasley) presided. He took
the chair shortly after eleven o'clock.
Mr. TeruN said, that having been informed by
their respected solicitor, Mr. Wire, that the motion
which he had intended to submit to their considera-
tion, relative to the qualification of the gentlemen to
serve on the Committee of Management, would, in
fact, be an illegal proposition, and could not, there-
fore, be put to the court, he begged to withdraw it.
—(Hear, hear.) He only regretted that, under the
peculiar circumstances of the case, so many gentle-
men had been called from their homes at so early an
hour.

Increase on Increase on
the Year. the Quarter.
Customs £658,335
Excise.

Property-tax 2,900,599
Post-office
At first sight it would appear that this increase in
the Customs and Excise has arisen from an increased
consumption of articles subject to those duties ; but
the real fact is, that this increase has arisen from the
more vigilant management of the Custom-house, since
the recent exposure of the enormous frauds of which
it had previously connived at the perpetration, as
well as from the more stringent enforcement of
the Excise laws generally. The supposition of any
material improvement in the condition of the people
is a sheer fallacy. So much for one portion of this
vaunted increase ; and with respect to another, that
presenting the largest item—the income-tax—the in-
dustrial classes, the chief sufferers from this iniquit-
ous impost, can find but little cause of congratulation
in recognising the vast amount which is wrung from
their hard-wrought earnings to fill the general coffers
which misrule has exhausted, and which the authors
of that misrule would leave in a state of bankruptcy
rather than forego a single item of their own super-
fluities, or in any way reduce their extravagance and
profligacy. The total amount of the income-tax for
the year is upwards of five millions three hundred
thousand pounds, an excess of nearly one million and
a half over the Premier's calculation. What are the
reductions to be made in consequence of this excess ?
Or are we to have, as Sir Robert Peel recently in-
timated, this most unjust impost continued beyond
the three years which was at first fixed as the period
of its duration ? These are questions to which the
country ought emphatically to require a distinct and
specific answer from those intrusted with its govern-
ment.

Mr. WIRE said that his attention having been
drawn to the subject alluded to by Mr. Taplin, he
(Mr. Wire) felt it to be bis duty to wait upon the
overnor, and inform him that the proposed regula-
tion appeared to be a contravention of the charter,
inasmuch as it narrowed the choice of the consti-
tuency, and imposed a disqualification on members
not contemplated by the-charter. The Governor had,
upon hearing this opinion, kindly desired him (Mr.
1V ire) further to consider the subject, and to be pre-
pared to advise the Special Court how to act. He
(Mr. Wire) had since then read over the charter and
the by-laws, and was fully prepared to advise the
Court not to receive or pass the resolution.
Messrs. Homer, Larby, Vousley, jun., Bryon, and
other gentlemen concurred in the view taken of the
subject by Mr. Wire. Indeed such appeared to be
the prevailing feeling of the Court.
Mr. TAPLIN begged to be allowed to withdraw his
motion, and it was withdrawn accordingly.
The GOVERNOR then dissolved the Special Court,
announcing at the same time that a Quarterly General
Court would beheld at one o'clock, for the election of
trustees, committee-men, and auditors, in lieu of those
going out by rotation, and on other business. Ac-
cordingly, shortly after one o'clock,
The Governor again took the chair.
The SECRETARY then read the usual periodical
accounts, which afforded considerable satisfaction,
showing, as they did, the increased profits of the
7lforning Advertiser, with a diminished expenditure,
arising from the careful revision and improved ar-
rangements adopted by the management. They also
showed that there were now 267 claimants receiving
weekly allowances from the funds of the Society.
Mr. LARRY would take that opportunity of sug-
gesting to the Committee of Management the pro-
priety of adopting a plan by which an accumulating
fund would be created, the formation of which would,
in his judgment, materially add to the advantages
derivable from being connected with the Incorporated
Society.
Mr. OLIVER said the principle• had already been
acted :on in reference to the subscriptions of new
members, and he trusted it would yet be more ex-
tensively carried'out.
Mr. Bingley and other gentlemen expressed their
opinions in accordance with those put forth by Mr.
Larby, when"
The GOVERNOR said he was sure the very admirAble
suggestions thus thrown out would not be lost sight of
by the Committee.
Mr. LARDY then congratulated the Society on the
very gratifying state of their affairs, and moved that
the accounts be signed by the Governor, in the name
of the Court,
This being done, the accounts were passed.
Mr. PERRY then drew the attention of the Court
to the subject of the admission of children into the
school, with the view of recommending that, for the
future, the Governor, Trustees, and Committee should
not admit children into that Institntion on account of
the Permanent Fund, unless the parents of the children
had been subscribers to the school.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LARRY most heartily concurred in the recom-
mendation in question, on the ground that the admis-
sion of children whose parents were not subscribers to
the school prejudiced the election of other children,
whose claim to the benefits of the Institution was
more legitimate.
Mr. Vousley, sen.,- Mr. Homer, and other gentle-
-men, perfectly concurred in this view of the case, and
Mr. WICKER (the Governor elect) said he was sure
that, after the feeling that had been so unanimously
evinced
_by
_the gentlemen present, the Committee
`'• ‘f •

the Corporation.
Mr. WIRE, in expressing his thanks, said he had
only one wish, and that was to see their glorious In-
stitution flourish, and to see the children educated in
it go forth to the world, and, by their conduct, prove
themselves worthy of the care and kindness conferred
upon them.—(Applause.)
The GOVERNOR. adjourned the Court till the first
Thursday in July.

THE SUICIDE IN FLEET-STREET.
Last evening the inquiry connected with this mys-
terious case, and adjourned from Monday last, was
resumed before W. Payne, Esq., City Coroner, at
Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. The inquiry related
to the death of Mary Griffin (servant to Mr. Scratch-
ley, surgeon, of 168, Fleet-street), who, it was alleged,
had destroyed herself by swallowing tincture of
opium on the morning of 'Sunday last. The evidence
on the former day tended to impress a belief that de-
ceased had been seduced by her master's brother, the
Rev. Charles James Scratchley, 8.A., now or late
curate of St. George's Chapel, Queen-square, Blooms-
bury ; and the evidence of the latter was given in a
somewhat contradictory manner, which kept the
matter in doubt, and hence the adjournment, for the
purpose of a post mortem examination, and to procure
the attendance of relatives and of additional evidence.

At the inquiry last evening, Mr. Moxen, of the
Chancery bar, attended to watch the proceedings on
behalf of the Rev. Gentleman. Among the additional
evidence adduced was that of Mr. Lewis Day, sur-
geon, who had made the post mortem examination,
who was of opinion death had ensued partly from the
poison and partly from the antimony administered as
an emetic. Deceased was not pregnant, and, in his
opinion, had never borne a'child, although she was
not a virgin.
Rebecca Griffin (sister of deceased), a person of
lady-like manners and appearance, living at Canter-
bury, underwent a long examination, from whichtit
appeared that her sister's real- name was Charlotte,
and age 34. About twelve years since she bore a
child at steeple Ashton, by a man to whom she was
about being married. Subsequently, in about the
year 1835, she formed an intimacy with Mr. Charles
Scratchley, then about nineteen years of age. They
went together to Paris, and lived in England as man
and wife, and the relatives of the latter thought they
were really married, and witness, under such impress'
sion, visited them at Pentonyille ; but in about 189
Mr. Scratchley, being then designed for the Church,
went to college for that purpose, Dr. Scratchley, the
father, having written to say that the connexion must
be dissolved before his son could enter into holy
orders. Some slight allowance was made to her, but
her mind was much distressed.
.Mr. Scratchley be-
haved kindly to her while she was living with him,
and the object of recommending her to his brother
was to give her a character for another situation.
Witness did not believe she was capable of commit-
ting robbery, but had latterly thought her mind im-
paired, and. was consulted by Mr. Charles Scratchley
as to the propriety of her being taken care of.
It further appeared that Mr. George Scratchley
was ignorant of the previous connection when de-
ceased came into his service, and also that deceased
had become of intemperate habits, and was acctisr-
tomed to converse and drink spirits with abandoned
females, although her conduct was proper while liv-
ing with Mr. Scratchley. She was, however, very
desponding, and generally so whenever the Reverend
Gentleman came to stay at his brother's.

,
The inquiry having lasted some hours,
CORONER summed up, condemning the con-
tradictory evidence of the Rev. C. J. Scratchley, but
which was done, no doubt, to get out of a difficulty.
She appeared affected in mind on the night of Sa-
turday, and certainly had not been kindly treated by
a man who bad lived with her us her husband, whic'h
she must have felt ; for the separation of five years
could not have extinguished her feeling towards
him. No doubt she had destroyed herself, and it
Would be for the jury to say whether the conduct of
Mr. Scratchley had induced her to_ do so, and whe-
ther she was in a state of temporary in sanity.
The jury, after nearly an hour's deliberation, re-
turned the following verdict :—" We find the de-
ceased, Charlotte Griffin, committed suicide whilst
in a state of temporary insanity, induced by the
cruel and heartless conduct of Mr. Charles James
Scratchley ; and we are compelled to express our
strong disapprobation of the flippant and unfeeling
manner in which Mr. Charles James Scratchley's
evidence was given on the night of Monday last."