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The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-15

CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.

A Part will be published every Fortnight until the whole is com-
pleted, in Sixty Parts, at 2s. each ; also, for the convenience of Fa-
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London ;-Publishodby assignment of the iixeeutors of Dr. Adam
Clarke, for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside.
London, England, 1844-03-15

COURT-raslizoxaßLE.

Prince Albert has deferred his visit of inspection to her
Majesty's marine residence, near Cowes, until Monday next,
when the Blask Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht is ordered to
be in waiting at Portsmouth on that day, to convey his
Royal Highness to the Isle of Wight.
''he Duke of Wellington gives a grand entertainment on
the 27th inst. to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, at Apsley House, when her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is also expected to dine
with the Noble Duke.

The Earl of Devon has left town for Dublin, intending
from thence to go to Dundalk, when the Noble and Learned
Earl, and the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the
tenure of land in that country, resume the active duties of
the Commission.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leve-
son Gower intend to remain at Brighton until the second
week in April, and then return to Stafford House fur the
season.

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived in Park-,
lane from• Brighton. The Noble. Duke and Duchess com-
mence their elegant parties immediately after Easter.
The Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty,
held his first levee on Thursday, when thirty-seven officers
of the Royal Navy had audiences with his Lordship.

1VL14CZ36.413.NZ0115.
Mr. Murchison, as President of the Royal Geographical
Society, gave his third soirée of the season, at his residence
in Belgrave-square, on Wednesday evening, which was at.
tended by above 300 noblemen and gentlemen, besides a
great many ladies of distinction. Among the interesting
objects inviting attention was the prow of a Roman galley,
the property of Sir Howard Douglas, fished up from the
bottom of the sea, near the promontory where the battle of
Actium was fought.
An anti-League meeting was held at Morpeth on Wednes-
day, to adopt measures for opposing the repeal of the corn-
laws. The meeting was convened by a requisition from cer-
tain landowners and farmers, amounting, it was said, to eight
hundred. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the
requisitionists were adopted, and an Association formed, to be
called the Northumberland Society for the Protection of Agri-
culture, the Duke of Northumberland President.
London, England, 1844-03-15

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAnen 13.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon James Clark Ross, Esq., Captain in the Royal
Navy, F. R. S.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 13.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Charles Fergusson Forbes, Doctor of Medi-
cine, Fellow of the Royal College of Phys:cians, Deputy-In-
spector-General of Army Hospital!, and Knight Commander
of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MARCIE 13.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
London, England, 1844-03-15

SIVLZTIIFIELD.

Notwithstanding our market was but scantily supplied with
Beasts, a large portion of which was of middling and inferior
quality, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state. how-
ever, the primest Scots sold at prices about equal to those
obtained on Monday ; but the value of all other breeds had a
downward tendency. The fresh arrivals from Scotland con-
sisted of 58 Scots. The numbers of Sheep were only mode-
rate, while the Mutton trade was tolerably steady at about
previous currencies. In Lambs very little was doing, at
barely late rates. Prime small Calves commanded a steady
sale ; other kinds of Veal a slow inquiry, at our quotations. A
good business was transacted in Pigs. Mitch Cows wore
selling heavily, at from 16/. to 19/. 10s. each.

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
a. d. to s. d. s, d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 1 20, Interior Sheep ... 2; 3 0
Second quality itto 210 3 01 Second quality ditto... 3 2 3 6
Prime large Men 3 2 3 8, Coarsamoolled ditto.. 3$ 4 0
Prime Scuts, Sze.
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 61 Large Hogs. 2lO 310
Prime small ditto
Suckling Calves, each 18 028 0 1 Quarter old Pigs, etch l 6 0 21

SIIkPLY AT MARKET.
•
Beasts. Sheep. Calves. pigs
I I
Ce 9 3,260 I 196 320
NEVITGATE AND 7..EA.DENNAZ.L.

The supply' of Meat was but moderate, while the demand
was heavy, on the following terms :

At per stone. by the Carcase
s. d. to s. d., s. 61. te s. d.
Beef, ..... 2 2 2 4 Atutten, inferior 2 6 2 8
- middling 2 6 28: - middling 2lO 3 2
-- prime large 210 301 - prime ..... 3 4 3 6
prime small
...». 3 2 3 41 .
Pork, large. 2 4 3 8
Veal •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 6 4 81--small. •••••••••••••• 3 6 4 4
Lamb. 4s fki to ss. Bd.
BOROUGH HOP IVIARICLIC. •
-

This markot still continues very scantily supplied with
both old and new Hops. The demand, in consequence, is
active, on very full terms. Weald of Kent pockets, 61 4s to
6/ 16s; Mid Kent ditto, 6112 s to 91 lOs; East Kent ditto,
6/ 15s to 91 lOs ; Choice ditto, 101 to 11/ lls ; Sussex ditto,
6/ to 6/ 13s ; Farnhams, Si 15s to 11/ lls; Mid Kent bags,
6115 s to 8110 s.
London, England, 1844-03-15

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,

26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empeweredby Act of Parllanient.

The many navel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both is its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
nano or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies--
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreeiated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their Ckaieral Meeting is May last, to add to each policy
en the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. en the
amount already invested ; and this bonus, aeeording to as equitable
scale, la ay either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction el future
premiums.
London, England, 1844-03-15

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Mr. ALLEN begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils,
and the Public that his FIRST BENEFIT' will take place on
THURSDAY EVENING, the 21st of March, on which occasion
ROSSINI'S OPERA, OTHELLO, will be performed for the FIRST
TIME on the ENGLISH STAGE.
Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massingham, at the
Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at the principal Music-shops,
and at Mr. Allen's residence, 19, Baker.street, Lloyd.square, Pen-
tonviVe.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARC/1 15,
Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickans, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews,
Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee.
To he followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
After which, ULRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal
Characters--Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland,
and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lea and Chaplin.
'l'o conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid,
Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs, Fright, Miss Emma
Stanley.

. -
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, if,. ; Second price at Nine. Doors
open at Hall-past Six, coalmen -c at Seven o'Clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TUEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 13,
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL.
LING, supported by all the Company.
After which, FEMALE ASSURANCE. Captain olding, Mr.
J. T. Johnson; Charles, Mr. Morriso.i;• SoAia, Mrs. H. Hughes.
• To c nclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST.
Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes; Florian, Mr. J. T. Johnson ;
Bertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Elienia, Mrs. IL Vining.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
office, from Eleven to Four.
London, England, 1844-03-15

STEAM-BOAT VENTILATION.

One of the Addiscombe Professors, Lieut. Cook, RN.,
F.R.S.. has invented a method of ventilating steam•
boats, which promises fair to add materially to the
comfort of passengers by these vessels. Those who
have merely crossed the Channel, especially by night
in boisterous weather, are well aware of the impurity
of the air which passengers, however delicate, are
under the disagreeable necessity of inhaling, and which
of itself is quite enough to produce sickness ; but in a
hot climate, the evil is of still greater magnitude. Even
in large steam-boats, invalid passengers have been fairly
driven upon deck in the night from the lower cabins,
finding it impossible to remain in such an atmosphere.
The evil being universally admitted, it remains to be
seen how far the remedy will be applied, should
it in practice prove as efficient as in principle
it appears to be sound. A cylinder—in which a
solid piston moves air-tight—has two valves at each
end ; through one, opening inwards, fresh air is ad-
mitted into a vacuum ; which is, by the next action of
the piston, forced through the other e
end, opening outwards into tubes, an ed
to every cabin upon each deck ; whi ot, or oul
air, is at the same time drawn off from these cabins into
a vacuum above the piston, through a valve opening
inwards, from whence it is finally ejected through the
fourth valve, opening outwards into the open
air. The effect produced will, of course, depend upon
the size of the cylinder, and this upon the size of the
vessel. One two feet in diameter—the piston having a
two-feet stroke—with tubes and valves sufficiently large,
would force in about 100 cubic feet, or above 600 gal-
lons of fresh air (drawing off the same quantity of im-
pure air) every minute. Large steam-boats might have
two cylinders. The machinery may, in an instant, be dis-
connected, so as to cease from acting. The fresh air
would be conveyed in a regular stream, and not be inter-
mitting in its effect.
London, England, 1844-03-15

BE-ISSUE OF DR. ADAM -CLARKE'S BIBLE AND
COMMENTARY-.

On Saturday next will be published, in imperial Bvo., embracing all
• -the learned and judicious Emendations and Corrections of the Au-
' tbor, Part I , price 25., and also Vol. 1., price 245., in cloth,
A NEW and VERY ACCURATE EDITION
.Llll of Dr. ADAM CLARKE'S COMMENTARY on the HOLY
SCRIPTURBS.

CONDITIONS OP PUBLICATION.
A Part will be published every Fortnight' until the whole is cotn-
plated, in Slaty Parts, at 2s. each ; also, for the convenience of Fa-
milies, an Edition in Volumes every Three Months, bound in cloth ;
Vols. 1 and 2, at 245. each ; Vols. 3t06, at 20s. each. The Work is
printed so as to bind in 6ix Volumes—may be depended on for cor-
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before he died, and in that finished state it is now presented to the
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London : Published hy assignment of the Executors of Dr. 'Adam
Clarke, for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside.
London, England, 1844-03-15

THE MURDER OF MR. GATCHELL.

Thomas Dowling, charged with the murder of Mr. Thomas
Gatchell, is to be placed on his trial to-morrow.
MARCH 11.

The Solicitor-General is still here, and upon inquiry of
him this morning, with regard to the Norbury case, he
stated that the Crown had not even then finally resolved
upon the course which they would pursue. I believe they
are waiting for the arrival of some of the Norbury family
from England, whom they think right to examine should
the trial be proceeded with.. There are the most extraor-
dinary rumours afloat here with regard to the matter, which
it would be improper to mention pending a trial. • The names
of the two men to be tried are Dolan and Gill ; they were
both in the employment of Lord -Norbury at the time the
murder took place, one as a farm-labourer and the other as a
shepherd.

TRIAL FOR MURDER.
At ten o'clock this morning, Chief Justice Doherty took
his seat in the Crown Court, and, after the grand panel was
called over, three brothers, named Thomas Gilligan, James
Gilligan, and Christopher Gilligan, were arraigned for the
murder of John Fuller, which took place at or near Bally-
cumber, on the evening of the 29th of August last.
Mr. GOILILL; counsel for the prisoners, stated that by ar-
rangement with the Crown, he would only ask forty peremp-
tory challenges on the part of the three prisoners, although,
in point of law, they would be entitled to twenty each.
We believe that this course was adopted to prevent the
Crown trying the accused separately, which they would have
a right to insist upon if they thought proper.
We may here state, that amongst the first hundred names
on the jury panel there are but eight Catholics.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case very briefly, and
then called witnesses..

It appeared that the son of the deceased and the prisoners
had had a difference previously; that on the night in ques-
tion a scuffle occurred between the parties, in which the elder
Fuller was so severely injured by a blow that he died in nine
days after.
The jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter.
His LORDSHIP passed the sentence of transportation for
on the prisoners.
FINDING OF THE BILLS FOR THE I.IURDER OF LORD NORBURT
The expected witnesses in the Norbury murder case ar
rived here, to-day, at two o'clock when bills were sent be
fore the grand jury, which came down at half-past thre
found.

It is said that one of the sons of Lord Norbury, their age'
Mr. Garvey. the house-steward, and several of the servant
who were at Darrow Abbey when the murder was com-
mitted, are amongst the witnesses who arrived here to-day.
Besides the Solicitor-General and the whole host of Crown
counsel who are to prosecute, Mr. M'Donagh is engaged on
the part of the next of kin.
London, England, 1844-03-15

This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by
which it ran ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued 'on restoration of the Assured to
permanent health.

INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the ameun
varying with the particular disease.

Members of CONSU_►IPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable
Rates.

11EALTIIY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most
other offices.

Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides,
Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the
Policy should death ensue from any of these causes.
F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary.

AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE
LIFE• ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY
126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.

Capital 200,0004, in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhottn, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
BANIKERs—Union Bank of London.
COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia ( Incorporated by,Royal
Charter, 1833), No. 2, Moorgate-street.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq.

AMURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually
favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the
assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is
charged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a
sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or GO.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in
particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.
London, England, 1844-03-15

DZTVIRED ♦NNCITIIO.

The best and most varied provision for after-llfe hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty.
aye, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. id.
or 3491. 1 is. cash, er policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
My, My-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re.
presentatives In cases of premature death.

F. FEItGUSON CAMEOUX, Sec.

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE.

25, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Capital, £500,000.

. .
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by
which it can ASiURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued. on reateratiou of the Assured to
permanent health.

- INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount
varying with the particular disease.
Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable
Rates.

MEALTHY LITES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most
other offices.

Policies of twelve months' standing are mot affected by Suicides,
Duelling, icc. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the data of the
Polley should death ensue from any of these causes.
F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary.

AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY,
126, Blehopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
nisxcTose.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. 3langles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
BANma—Union Bank of London.

CIILONIAL BANYEILB7-The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by. Royal

, .
Charter, 1833), No. 2, Moorgate-street.
SOLICITOUS—Messrs. Maples, Pearce, Stevens, and Co.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Skcarrasr—Edward Ityley, Esq.

ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually
favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the
assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is
charged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a.
sum payable in the *vest of death to the executors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIA'S COLONIES la
particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.
London, England, 1844-03-15

COTTON MARKET.

The state of the Cotton markets throughout the country
is a subject of much solicitude to speculators and holders-of
large stocks. We have no doubt, that for the next month,
an immense quantity of cotton will go on: board ship for
foreign ports. This is going to disiolve the speculative move-
ments going on in this article. Large receipts will unsettle the
different markets. and prices will become less firm and favour-
able. We have in our money article remarked on the posi-
tion of this staple, and the probable result of the coure
ere~rP* 11131/0 0CT...V1 Wa c ,i,LOtttLIOIIS, -On-
.quence Of the fluctuating state of the market and the ab-
sence of sales that would give something more than nominal
rates.
London, England, 1844-03-15

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—A case of greater atrocity, or more revolting to
every feeling of humanity, than the one disclosed in the
report of the trial of the Rev. John Day, at Aylesbury,
for maliciously maiming some sheep, which appeared in
the journals of yesterday, has rarely been brought before
the public. It appeared from the evidence, that seven
sheep, the property of a neighbour, had strayed upon
the grounds of the defendant, and had been impounded
by him in a stable, and after they had been there for
some, time he had taken a knife and plunged it into the
body of each of the poor animals, inflicting such serious
injury that they had to be killed in consequence. If'
anything were wanting to excite abhorrence of such an
act to the utmost, it would be supplied by the fact that
the perpetrator of the act is a clergyman, upon whom it
is most incumbent to teach, by both precept and example,
that every creature which the Almighty has made ought
to be treated with mercy and kindness.
The defendant was acquitted by the jury, apparently
on the ground that malice against the owner of the sheep
was not proved ; but I do trust that the public press
will not allow him to escape from the punishment of
having his conduct held up to universal detestation and
abhorrence.—l am, &c., G. M.
March 14, 1844.

PROGRESS OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN THE
CITY.—CHEAP, CORDWADIER, AND DOWOATE WARM —A
meeting of the inhabitants of the above vrards took place at
68, Cheapside, for the purposeoftaktng immediate and
practical steps to put the register in a sounder condition.
Mr. Harvey was called to the Chair.
Mr. Sidney Smith,
Secretary to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association,
addressed the meeting on the objects for which they were
convened—the important changes effected by the decisions
of the Court of Common Pleas in extending the franchise,
the wide door that was now open for the most useful exer-
tion, and the practical steps to be taken to fulfil the provi-
sions of the law. Mr. Harvey, the Chairman, further ex-
plained
the necessity of such arrangements for the purpose ofprotecting the poorer class of voters from undue influence, of
which he gave several instances, and extending the franchise,
for which there was now such ample opportunity, the single
ward of Cripplegate Without, containing three hundred
houses capable of conferring the right of votiag, if claims of
occupancy be duly forwarded to the overseers. After many
observations on the organisation to be created, a resolution
was moved by Mr. Thomas Wilson, and seconded by Mr.
Miles, that an Anti-Corn-law Registration Association be
formed, which was carried unanimously. A Committee was
then appointed, and the meeting adjourned.
London, England, 1844-03-15

!SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND

Witt tcCi.)intou.

Who run may read."

PUXLEIGIV.

The King of the French on Monday, accompanied by
General de Rumigny and two orderly officers, went to
Neuilly and visited every part of the chapel of Saint Ferdi-
nand. His Majesty returned to the Tuileries to dinner, and
among the party invited on the occasion were M. Guizot and
Mr. Edward Ellice.

The France of Wednesday says, that though the report of
the Duke of Angouleme's death is not true, yet, that by ac-
counts of the 6th, received from Goritz, there was no doubt
that he could net hold out for many days.
"A letter from Madrid, of the 6th instant," says the
Commerce, "has been communicated to us, according to
which Bonet had left Alicante in an English frigate, which
anchored off Alicante at dusk, on the 29th of February, and
set sail about eleven at night, carrying away, it is said, large
puma of money.
The last letters from Italy are full of accounts of the
armed bands which have of late re• appeared in the Appe-
nines and in the low country on the coast of the Adriatic;
and it is said that all the troops the Pope has at his disposal
at Bologna are not sufficient to prevent the nightly depreda-
tions to which that city is exposed.
London, England, 1844-03-15

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.

BaussELs, MAncit 9.—The Chamber of Representatives in
its sitting to-day agreed to the project of law for the conver-
sion of 100,800,000 f.
Count F. de Hanal, lately attached to the Belgian Lega-
tion at Copenhagen, set out this morning for Madrid, to act
in the same capacity to the Belgian Legation in Spain.
M. Mans, the engineer, has returned from his visit to Ire•
land, whither he was sent by the Government to inquire
into the advantages that might result from the adoption of
the system of atmospheric railways. Mr. Stephenson, the
celebrated English engineer, was requested to be present at
the experiment to be made at Dalkey, in order to enable M.
Mans to examine the advantages and inconveniences of this
system. The Belgian engineer has been furnished with every
information, and his report, which will shortly be published,
will be extremely interesting.
Some time ago two of our most important establishments
for the manufactory of machines were in negotiation with
the Russian Government for the supply of 150 locomotives.
The whole of the sum required was about 6 millions of
francs. An American house likewise made proposals which
have been accepted,
BRUSSELS, MARcir 10.—The King and Queen came to the
palace at Brussels to-day.

The municipal taxes of the city of Brussels produced in
the month of February 224,132 f., which is 12,232 f. more than
in February, last year.
BucssELs, Mancit 11.—The King and Queen set out this
morning for Ghent, where they will arrive at five this after-
noon. The object of their Majesties is to view the splendid
annual exhibition of the Horticultural Society, which is one
of the most distinguished for the beauty and variety of the
flowers exhibited that has been known for many years.
Many of the most eminent botanists of Holland, France,
Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, have come to Ghent,
to form a jury to award the prizes.
BATavia., Nov. 10.—On the 2d and 3d of September, there
arrived in the road of Timor Koepang, the English corvette
the Fly, Captain Blackwood, and the schooner the Bramble,
Lieutenant Yale, and, after taking in refreshment, sailed on
the sth of September for Swan River. These vessels are
commissioned to make a survey of Torres Straits, an opera
tion which, according to Captain Blackwood, will take three
years to complete. They will come again to Timor Koepang
in January.
AMSTERDAM, MARC!! 12.—We are happy to learn that his
Majesty will visit this city on Friday next, and that the
Royal family will, as usual, visit us after Easter.
the papers are filled with articles respecting the income-
tax, and some detailed reports of the speeches delivered in
! the Second Chamber for and against the measure.
London, England, 1844-03-15

Captain Grover has received Dr. Wolff's journal up to the
19th of January, on which day he was to leave Tabreez for
Tehran. He reached Tabreez on the 13th of January with-
out any accident. The snow was frequently up to his horse's
neck, and at night he was glad to find shelter in a stable.
The Doctor writes in grateful terms of the hospitable kind-
ness and indefatigable exertions of Mr. Bonham, her Majesty's
Consul-General, through whose influence his Royal High-
ness Prince Bateman Mirza, Governor of Tabreez, sent a
Mehmandah and horses to meet him six days' journey from
Tabreez, and who has ordered a similar escort to accompany
him to Tehran.

In the year 1831, travelling in Khorassaun, Dr. Wolff
was taken prisoner, and made a slave by Iszhak )Khan
Kerahe, chief of Torbad, and was subsequently released by
order of Abbas Mirza. This Iszhak Khan who had sold at
least 60,000 Persians to the Turkomans, the Doctor now
found a prisoner at Tabreez, and, being desirous of seeing his
former master, he obtained permission of the Prince-Gover-
nor, and went, accompanied by Mr. Bonham, to his prison.
They found a guard at his door, and an officer in the room.
The prisoner immediately recollected his former slave, and
the Doctor remained two hours with him.
The only passage in this ,portion of Dr. Woolff's journal
relating to the Bokhara captives is the following:—
" This afternoon a Persian merchant, trading into Bokhara,
called at the British Consulate. He was at Bokhara twelve
months ago, and saw Samet Khan, in whose house Stoddart
formerly lodged. Mr. Bonham and myself examined him,
and all he knew was, that both are in prison. He was told
by Samet Khan that when once a person is imprisoned in the
Ark (castle), one does not know whether they are dead or
alive. All these reports are so far favourable, as ,they
unanimously contradict the account of Satoh Mahome&
which was believed by Col. Shiel, sent over to Government,
and believed by Government at home."
London, England, 1844-03-15

MECHI'S UNIQUE PRESENTS,
4, LEADEN ALL-STREET:'
Superb ladies' cabinets and jewel cases, elegant papier nutchi ta-
bles, chess-tables, work-boxes, card-boxes for playing cards, visiting
card cases, work-boxes, desks, and dressing-cases, pole screens, hand
screens, card-racks, envelope cases, vases, netting-boxes, portfolios,
note and cake baskets, superb tea-trays, and table inkstands, present-
ing a tout ensemble of splendour and elegance hot to be equalled in
London. The papier =iche manufactures are superb and various in
their design, the prices varying from fitly guineas to a few shillings.
A few high-priced elegancies will be sold at cost prices to clear the
stock. Bagatelle tables, backgammon, and chess-boards, table cut-
lery and Sheffield plate, as usual. •
London, England, 1844-03-15

THE NEW BUILDING ACT.
" The BUILDER" of SATURDAY NEXT, March 16, will
contain, In a deiuiely printed DOUBLE NUMBER of Thirty-two
Paged, price 6d., stamped, Rd., the whole of this important Bill,
verbatim, with Critical Observations upon each Clause. By ALFRED
BARTHOLOMEW, Esq., Architeit, F.S.A. Also, Working Draw-
ings of the beautiful Ancient Font iu St. Mary's Church, Brecon—
Design for a National School in Ireland—Reports of the Architectural
and other Scientific Meetings—Notices of Contracts, and many other
matters of the first importance to• Builders, Architects, Freeholders,
Members of the Legislature, and Magistrates. _ _ _

Oftleo, 2, York:street, Covent-garden, and of all Booksellers.
London, England, 1844-03-15

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 14.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo:
sack at Five o'Clock.

Petitions in favour of protection to agriculture were
presented by Lord Prudhoe, from Northumberland ;
by Lord Sondes, from a number of places in Kent; and
by Lord Brownlow, from Yorkshire.
On the motion of Lord COTTENHAM, the Com-
mittee on the petition presented by the Noble and
Learned Lord on a previous night, respecting Dis-
senters' property, was appointed.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
London, England, 1844-03-15

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Oxford Assizes, Edward Butler was tried for the
murder of his wife, by kicking and beating her in a most
brutal manner. The jury to the surprise of the Court, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter only. The pri-
soner was transported for life.
At the same assizes Keeling Richardson, aged 24, John,
Richardson, 34, and Joseph Starkie, 18, three of a desperate
gang who have infested this county for some time past, were
indicted for entering iu the night time certain enclosed lands
at Clifton Campville. and for having feloniously wounded
Thomas Harrison, with intent to murder •him. The jury
found all the prisoners guilty, and they were transported for
20 years.

The assizes on the Western Circuit were opened yesterday
at Dorchester by Judges Wightman and Cresswell.
John Hall, Richard Terry, sen., Richard Terry, jun.,
Joseph Terry, William Adams, an Thomas Spratley, were
indicted, at Aylesbury, for having committed a brutal assault
on the person of Ann Pepper. The evidence proved the most
shocking depravity on the part of the prisoners, who were
found guilty, and transported for twenty years.
The trial of the persons charged at Tullatnore with the
murder of Lord Norbury, has been postponed till the next
assizes.

Two boys, named W. Matthie and Joseph- Hood, both
under 14 years of age, were committed for trial from Mary-
lebone, on charge of robbing Mrs. Cobden, the lady of the
Honourable Member for Stockport, of her purse, containing
111. 15s. 6d., while passing through Oxford-street.
William Camel!, a tall well-dressed man, was brought
before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, for re-examination,
charged with being concerned with another man, not in cus-
tody, iu the robbery of James Forder of 110/. in Bank of
England notes and sovereigns. The robbery was effected by
the old trick of entering into conversation with him, advising
him to be very careful of his money from the number of
sharpers about, and then "ringing the changes" by putting
a bag of coppers into his pocket instead of his sovereigns.
The prosecutor left town by the train for Brenchley, in Kent,
immediately after the robbery, and did not discover his loss
till the next morning. The prisoner was committed for trial.

MARKET NEWB.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

A very limited quantity of English Wheat has been re-
ceived here during the present week, and the show of samples
was, consequently, small. Although the attendance of
millers and others was scanty, the demand for the above
article was scanty, the demand for the above article was
steady, at fully Monday's quotations. For Foreign Wheat,
free of duty, the inquiry was active, at very full rates.
Bonded Grain was much neglected. The Barley trade was in
a very dull state,' the malsters buying sparingly. Malt had
a drooping appearance, with an average quantity offering.
Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were very dull.

ARRIVALS.
1 Wheat. 1 Barley. gate. i Hour
Eng1i5h.......... ,1,41 u qrs. 2,180 qrs. S4O qrs. 1.290 sacks.
1ri5h.............. -
F0reign.......... - - - .......
Malt, 1,770 qrs.
London, England, 1844-03-15

PUBLICATIONS.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLX.
Advertisements for insertion in No. 160 of the Edinburgh
Review, must be sent to the Publishers' by Monday, the 25th instant ;
and Bills on or before Tuesday, the 26th. •
39, Paternoster-row, March 14, 1844..
London, England, 1844-03-15

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

ITARROCATE.—The village of Hampsthwaite and its
neighbourhood has of late been thrown into a state of
considerable excitement, owing to a report that a farm-
house in that neighbourhood, occupied by a person of
the name of Dalby, is visited by some supernatural
being. Indeed, no affair of the kind has ever caused
half the consternation and gossip, since the existence of
the Collingham ghost. The inmates of the house have
been so much alarmed by this mysterious un-
welcome visitor, that they scarcely can persuade
themselves to continue upon the premises. A
variety of strange unearthly sounds are heard, during
the night, in different parts of the house ; such
as loud thumps on the floor, moving of furniture,
flying open of doors, together with other indescribable
noises ; and, strange to say, no clue can be obtained
to lead to the discovery of the cause. Several indivi-
duals, who have been very sceptical concerning this
affair, have been permitted to remain upon the
premises during the night, and are fully satisfied as to
the truth of the report, but utterly unable to find out
the cause. The Rev. Mr. Shann, of Hampsthwaite,
who is the owner of the property, being desirous that
the mystery shOuld be plainly solved, appointed two
very respectable individals, of undoubted veracity, to
lodge in the house, and investigated the matter, and, if
possible, to find out the cause ; but all without any
effect. One of the above-named individuals, Mr. Robt.
Pullen, a respectable druggist in Hampsthwaite, from
whom part of this report is obtained, states that when
in bed, the noise at one time during the night com-
menced, as he supposed, at the foot of the bed on
which he lay, and proceeded up the middle, between
himself and, bedfellow, but nothing could be either
seen or felt. At another time, while they were en-
deavouring to follow the sound in the dark, they were
surprised to hear it move from a distance, and pro-
ceed from the spot on which they wero standing,, yet no
visible or palpable object could be found. Thus the
whole affair yet remains in mystery; but we are in-
formed the reverend gentleman intends to spare no pains
or expense to elucidate the matter. We have heard
several scientific and ingenious individuals express a
wish to be permitted to stay a night upon the spot, but
it is understood that Mr. Shaun will not permit strangers
any longer to satisfy their curiosity, except those whom
he himself may appoint.—Correspondent of the York
Courant.
London, England, 1844-03-15

THE MARKETS, FEz. 28

•
FLOUR.—The market continues to be quiet. Genes& is
offered at 5 dols.' and sales are made at 4 dols. 94c. Ohio
and Michigan, 4 dols. 87c. a 4 doll. 94c. •, round hoop, 4 clols.
94c. A small sale of about 1,000 barrels has been made foT.
the English market. Scratched Western, 4 dols.:62ic. a
4 dols. 75c. Fine middling, 4 dols. 25c. Georgetown and
Alexandria, 5 dols. Richmond Country and Brandywine,
5 dols. 12i. Richmond City, 6 dols. Rye, 3 dols. 50c.
Corrox.—The market continues to be dull, and the sales
in favour of the buyer. The movement for shipments within
a few days has been small. -
ASHES.—But little doing in pots ; 4 dols. 75c. is asked, but
no sales over 4 dols. 62ic. Pearls are 'dull at 5 dols. 6iC. a
5 dols. 12ic.
_ _ _ _

SEED.—Moderate sales of clover at 9 dols. ie ; rough flax-
seed at 9 dols. 62k. Clean 10 dols. 50e., and Timothy 15 dols.
CoAL.—The market is rather quiet. Sales of Orrel at
8 dols. 25e.

OIL—A sale of 4,000 barrels is 'reported here, and 3,200
barrels at the eastward, deliverable here—al.l at 35c. Further
sales of Ohio linseed at 85c.

GRA,IN.—The last sales of Illinois wheat were at 106 c.;
corn is selling at 47c. a 48c. ; barley,s6c.; oats, 36c. ; rye 70c.
PROVISIONS.—Pork is selling at 7 dols. 624 c. ; Mess, 9 dots.
62ic. a 9 dols. 69c. ; beef, coun,try, 4 dots. and 6 dols. ; city,
4 dols. 25c. a 6 dols. 25c. ; butter, 6ic. a Bc. ; Cheese, 41ic.°1t
6c. ; hams, sc. ; shoulders, 3ic. a 34c.
London, England, 1844-03-15

PUBLICATIONS.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CIA.
Advertisements for insertion in No. 160 of the Edinburgh
Review, must be sent to the Publishers' by Monday, the 25th Instant ;
and Bills on or before Tuesday, the 26th.
39, Paternoster-row, March 14, 1844.
London, England, 1844-03-15

PROMISSORY NOTES.

(From This Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those
circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and
by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks
in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks
in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the
Bank of England, during the tour weeks ending the 2d day
of March, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic-
toria, cap. 50 :
ENGLAND.

Bank of England
Private Banks 4,992,709
Joint-Stock Banks..

SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,684,191

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland 3,609,000
Private and Joint-Stock Banks

Total
Bullion in the Bank of England . £16,011,000
HENRY L. WICKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, March 15, 1844.
London, England, 1844-03-15

NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.

.2,000 Ohio Sixes, 60
2,000 Kentucky Sixes, 30 years, April2o lO3l
4,000 Illinois , , 424
2,000 Indiana • 394
71:911 8 135 3
1,000 Pennsylvania Fives , 7
100 Shares Dry Dock Bk
150 Shares Farmireioan 8
50 Shares Farmers' Loan b6O 38i
50 NAm Trust , s 3 14

50 Nor and Wore 36i
50 Long Island b 3 74
50 Mohawk Railroad s 3 57
50 Paterson Railroad B2

100 Stonington Railroad. 37
50 Harlem Railroad.• ._ •. 514
London, England, 1844-03-15

FORFEITED PLEDGES.

MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR will
SELL, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on
WEDNESDAY, March 20, at. Eleven, WATCHES, plate, jewellery,
plated goods, guns, pistols, linen and woollen-drapery, hosiery, sllk
mercery, elegant shawls, scarfs, and handkerchiefs ; ladies' and
gentlemen's apparel, table and bed linen, carpets, feather beds,
household furniture, and ether effects, pledged in months prior to
April, 1843, with the following pawnbrokers, viz. :—Bonham, late
Fleming, High-street, Whitechapel ; Franklin, Tottenham-court-
road ; Aldridge, Orange-street, Bloomsbury ; Priest, Long-acre ;
Poile, High-street, Borough, late of. Great Suffolk-street ; Reeve,
Gray's Inn-lane ; Summers, Bath-street, City-road ; Thomson, Eyre-
strect,hill ; Thomson, Frederick's-place, Hampstead-road ; Walms-
ley's, High-street, Borough.

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

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

MECIII'S UNIQUE PRESENTS,
4, LEADENNALL-STREET.

Superb ladies' cabinets and jewel cases, elegant papier mach* ta-
bles, cliessi-tables, work-boxes, card-boxes for playing cards, visiting
card cases, work-boxes, desks, and dressing-caeca, pole screens, hand
screens, curd-racks, envelope cases, vases, netting-boxes, portfolios,
note and cake baskets, superb tea-trays, and table inkstands, present-
ing a tout ensemble of splendour and elegance not to be equalled in
Londpn. The papier mache manufactures are superb and various in
their design, the prices varying from fifty guineas to a few shillings.
A few high-priced elegancies will be sold at cost prices to clear the
stock. Bagatelle tables, backgammon, and chess-boards, table cut-
lery and Skeffield plate, as usual.
London, England, 1844-03-15

SU PERIM CANDLES.

DA.VIES'S CANDLES, sd; per lb. ; Wax
Candles, Is. 21.; fine Wax Is. sd. ; Composite, ls. ; extra
fine Wax-wick Moulds, 7d. ransparent Wax, 2s. ; genuine Sperm,
28.; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per
121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm,
Is. 4d. ' • old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Camphor, 2s. ;
Almond, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Scaling Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; genuine
Sperm Oil, Gs. per gallon; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For cash, At DAVIES'S
old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New
Slaughter's Coffee-house.

IVORY TABLE KNIVES, 11s. per dozex
DESSERT, 95.; CARVERS, 3s. 6d. per pair.
TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS.
doz. doz. pair.
handsome balance handle ..• • 18s. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d.
I-in. balance handle, largest and best

reads— . ....... ._ ..... • 20s. Od. 16s. 6d. 7s. U.
Ditto with Watson's Alabata Plate
handles, equal to silver 225. 6d. 18s. Od. Bs. 6d.
Forks half the price of the above.
These houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-erniaent for their
Cutlery, which is always exchanged, if not approved.
Fruit Dessert Knives of Watson's new Alabata Plate, with French
Forks and Ivory Handles, 2'. ss. per set of 24 pieces ; ditto with carved
Ivory Handles, or with Albata Plate Handles and Blades, Albert
Pattern, 21. 10s. per set of 84 pieces.

C. Watson's New Alabata Plate possesses the following superiority
ever all other mixed metals :—A perfect sweetness and purity, a rich
and silvery appearance, and great durability. Strong Tea-pots for
Six Persons, 245. each; Cruet Frames, with four richly cut bottles,
225. each; and is manufactured into every other article for the table
and sideboard. Papier Mackie Tea-trays, 355. a set of three up to
Ten Guineas.

LAMPS.
BRILLIANCY AND ECONOMY IN LIGHT,

C. WATSON'S houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton-
ton-Folgate, contain all the most approved Lamps of the day. 1.
Painter's Caudle Lamp, which requires no snuffing, 9s, 6d. 2. The
Medium Lamp, to burn a 3-wick candle seven hours for twopence,
255. each, complete; Magnums, giving a splendid light, 425. Solar
Lamps, now so much used, to burn common oil without smoke or
smell, 223.6 d., and upwards.
His Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is Just published, con-
taining a detailed list of his jtunly celebrated Albata Plate, &c.
which may be had gratis and post-free, of application at his ware-
houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton-Folgate.
London, England, 1844-01-27

New Scenes in the Circle.

To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM
O'S RANTER. _ _ _

-- : -- - -
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. 55.;
Boats, 45.; Upper Boxes, :is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.; Upper Gallery,
Box-ottice open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One
Gain, a ; Half.price to Ditto, Hall-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two
ti,iineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past
Eight.

DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE.
iks usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime.
THIS EVENINO, JANUARY 27.
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTERS.
DORF. Sup. orted by Messrs. Saville, Hughes Hicks, R. Honner.
Neville, Vale, Smith dohnson, Lewis, , eslop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs.
Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining.
After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantominse, with
Srlendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks,
every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN
ORA M MAR, or, Lindley Murray and AEIO U. Harlequin, Mr.
W. H. Harvey; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta-
loon, Mr. Hawsins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair.
brAher and Miss Sharpe.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, JANUARY
Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitles
POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy
Tacit, Mr. Nantz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss
Arden ; Mary Or iham, Miss Vincent.
After which NATURE AND ART. In which Miss Vincent
will sustain her Five Original Characters.
To conclude with THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.

THE WEATHER -SuN OFFICE, JAN. 27.

TkMICROMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 45.
BA ROM XT ER, 30.33.—W1ND, S. W.
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NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes
the freezin,,,,r point, and 55 tempvrate. In Barometers
fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning ... 31 minutes after H. [ Evening ... 49 minute. after 6.

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