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London, England, 1844-06-03 00:00:00

water, and are at all times impervious to salt-101-0
damp, and well adapted for letters and specie. In of
words, it may be mentioned that the chief prePl
this valuable trunk (and the principle is alsi apP.' sof
carpet-bags, &c.) consists in its extraordinary buoy, c 8
when filled with clothes, and its capability of slotted
in the water froth six to thirty grown persons, att!„,,f.
by grummets, or loops, conveniently fixed for the relit,
pose. Its buoyant property requires no arrange°lo4
but it is always ready for use. Lieut. T. J. Irvine, bit
to whom the public are indebted for the inventioNel
named it the Arcasalus. Every one about to 10,714
sea voyage would do well to inspect it before cometio
their arrangements, as but one chest of this desellPler,
may be considered necessary for a family, or tracoo
A public test of its capabilities is shortly intended V
made upon.the Thames.

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL,
BRUSSELS, 11AY 30.—The Princess Clemerll'3',ifetl
her consort, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, erac' isl
at half-past seven on Wednesday evening, by a 5,.t0gel
train at the railway station, where the Royal 6,.-0'
were ready, in which they proceeded direct to the
ce of Lacken. cor
The Chamber of Representatives has at lengl"ofoo
eluded to-day the debate on the timber duties. niit,
commencing the debate on the article coffee, louli
mortier and M. Rogier proposed that this article!, ci
be reserved to be discussed in a Secret Comalit'eS'
that the Chamber should inmed'ately examine tu-ness
ceptions that may be made in favour of the Etir9; jr
entrepots. This was opposed by the Minister of tha rod
terior. It was resolved that the whole t iff 51°1 ttii
ar , sho
be discussed, and that the exceptions to be made
be afterwards examined in Committee. r cat
The Government proposes a reduction of 25 Pe aile3
in favour of the national flag, on coffee brought, asel
from the countries where it grows. Messrs. l'WeLisi'
and Dumortier proposed an amendment, to gir etk
vantage of 35 percent. to the national flag. This itta
ment was rejected. 17f.1°
The average price of wheat, last week, was
and that of rye 10f. 86c. The duties on imp
and exportation remain as before. rot
THE HAGUE, MAY 30.—His Majesty the DoPeAeffs,
Russia arrived here morning, at half-past-0F
o'clock. The King being informed of his coming' tlO
some way to meet him and accompanied blot
palace, where he was welcomed by her Maiesitill
Queen, his sister. The Emperor intends to set "to tY
morrow for London, and will afterwards return
Hague and spend a days. me
MAY 31.—The Emperor of Russia, with a 13`.-vnbOr

suite, set out this morning from Rotterdam, to ,`-te.
for London. A project of law has been presenT ;tY
second Chamber of the States-General, for adlegi,
sum of 156,000 florins to the fifth chapter of the,,,,,iel
of the expenditure of 1844-45, which sums are 70,
for the improvements of the roads in the pr°l
Friesland.
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STATE OF CRIME IN FRANCE.—The .0....• nor
Justice has just presented to the King the report,iie lit;
minal justice ter 1842. We learn from it that;ffeer
crease in the number of charges before the ui!, if
Courts of Assize, which was shown by t; ff,
port for 1841, as compared with the ftnities ',
ceding years, was in nearly the same proP°T iB4:
1842. In 1840, the number was 6,004 1 re'
5,528 ; and in 1842, 5,104. In 1841, the
ropes",
was in the number of charges of crimes against P 0171
whilst those against the person had increased, but iiii,
both descriptions of erims were diminished in sae
equal degree. The number of persons involved in toe 0
satiens of 1842 was 6,953, being 509 less than in _.,,1 aglii„
1,273 less than in 1840. Of the 6,953 persons hw,o,te
trial in 1842, 2,236 were accused of crimes egn,itaeof,
person, and 4,717 against property. Of the 02'5. 7
bar of 6,953, 5,716 were males, and 1,237 fenl3'looll
chief crimes of the latter were infanticide, brltil
der by poison, domestic robbery, and arson. igi.;lfli
of the 6,953 had not attained their sixteenth Yen 4
were between 16 and 21 years of age, 1,032 betrffl 4
and 25, 1,198 between 25 and 30, 1,752 betvveenodr,4
40, 1,037 between 40 and 50, 398 between 50 0
208 between 60 and 70, and 54 more than 7ber le
of age. About one-sixth of the total 110 of Poffe
without any occupation, and living in a so'tae.3 ,
ness and habitual vice • of the remainder, it
o' sys;
engaged in business of spme sort on theiritoo
count; the others were workmen, servants, els,' 2serj,
&c. ; 3,626 were wholly without education ; 2' ere)
read and write in an inferior degree; 805 lie
ly
ciently versed in these arts to turn themß..,essj
and 239 had received a superior education. L'une „JP'
number of wholly uneducated persons brough'boclii
in 1842 was, there is a gradual diminution in_t4oo
In 1838, 1839, and 1840, it was in the propoP'lo,o,4
per cent.; in 1841, it was 54 per cent. ; and in, 64615,
per cent. 2,237 of the 6,953 were acquitted; ""o den
condemned to various punishments—viz., 42.,! OS
174 to imprisonment with hard labour for lii!_,:l4l,f
the same punishment for a certain number of )1,50,
to solitary imprisonment ; 1 to civil degradati°l32o%,,
ordinary imprisonment for a term not exeeu—sy,'
year; 567 to one year and under; and 9 to filletiittelto
one, under sixteen years of age, were act1..;•00,,,,
having acted without discernment ; 14 were Fdir
to their parents ; and others were placed in r (
teary schools.
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ROBBERY or A BANKER'S PARCEL.—Ott„,- tr i
last, a person of respectable appearance, about d'ilsiii
age, who gave his name as James Richards, but
ea*
give any particular account of himself, was exaut"
a Bench of Magistrates, at the George Inn, Luton, 4,
shire, on a charge of being concerned in stealing ney9s4
e
parcel, containing 1,700/. in notes, and bills of 0..4,11
the amount of 2,0001., in the month of Septe's pi,,
It appears that, on the 25th of September lastl,o j
containing the above property, was intrusted_hVi
the Bedford coachman, to be delivered at the hantTitfi
of Sir Charles Price and Co., King William .street, iti.;tl;
after the coach had reached town it disapPeareited U,
mysterious manner. Advertisements were inses,W
newspapers at the time, offering a handsome iftiesiloriAl
person who would give such information as itlig",, it ,e'r,l
immediate recovery of the parcel; but no one hn`i'a es",
been tempted by the offer. Nor dees there appear f
tea'
anything heard of its valuable contents until3,-es ifitoti'
~
On that day the prisoner made his appear cp y
sec- .we
purchasesustas the shops there were about to be closed llorie,kiir
from three different tradesmen, an of tlieliii',;
note at each. By a strange coincidence, each ~:, saill-igl
keepers happened to go to smoke his pipe on L'-entioil it'
at the same inn, and one of them happenisg teSin„t uie.; 4
course of conversation that a respectable-lookt!'p I'LL' t,,
appeared to be a stranger in the town, had eined 5 ~., Y,,
just as it was about to be closed, and exchangeho 01oftf
for a pair of stockings he had purchased fraw his
other two shopkeepers present inquired the descr,irjertscll4
person, and on hearing it said it was equallY sl...Nonii
same individual had purchased a pound of tie'gret eSie,?;
them at a late hour on the same evening, an' idelt
a 51. note from each of them. This excited COs 0ti0!,4
picion, and the result was that the prisoner icnis. ie ilit.i
and taken into custody. On being searched, 6° ,erea 09
checks were found upon him; and it was disct)„;.eel•tja,e)
the same evening, he had managed to change "0-elleffte
different shops in the town, and all these, as,,, bacte94,
other 51. notes found upon him, were proved na 599
a portion of the contents of the parcel stolen,. re tlieopei
last. He underwent a private examination bel%blicoildi
trates on Saturday and on Monday, and 3 P Of take
Thursday, when Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, 0 erip,
garden, attended on his behalf. The gen,tilee, 044
to the banking-house of Messrs. Sharpies, DsMist' 011?
by whom the parcel had been forwarded, ivere,lh, Wl'oji,4,
but the evidence was not gone into at any lenFieteld A,
Robinson requested that his client might be reis soto
~
few days longer, which was assented to. it peso?
singular, that, since the apprehension of the rstoleil
Si. notes, which also f nmed a portion of the 10,'4(4b
have been passed at Luton. -a NI , eh
It was stated by Captain Laws,_--' 'Of- of Aft
dence before the Committee of the Hour bili
on the Hull Docks Bill, that the ware,hesterte
Manchester and Leeds Railway, at Mallaril it
comprise six acres of flooring. In their ' had d.
houses along their line the Company hail tor
fert
one time, in sacks, which, when range"
tended over eleven acres of ground. h , i
the
c e}4
i d
The return of severe illness under wb
reif
tie?
rable Earl Grey now suffers, has again f Siltlllei;
tioneering speculations in the borough °o.ollVoi
The very advanced age of Earl Grey nalonOvAif,
the apprehension that his Lordship cannot. di, ~ei/ile
and in the melancholy event of his descerisrt,o)
Howick will succeed to the peerage, and' f tilei,`( 01
a vacancy will occur in the representation notoroole,;
of Sunderland. Such an event, it is undenoe fictilli
immediately bring Colonel T. P. Th°Wrcie rf:i. dill
field as a candidate on liberal and free 10101 CP V
and under the present state of political esitilt be
derland, there can be little doubt but the fleig
would be triumphantly elected, vrlineve
opponent. C,'.P
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tile
BIRTHS. °f
uocie* , j!
On the 31st ult., the lady of Mr. John 14' 000 •
hole hte
Tavern, Strand, of a daugr. sses' oe,'
On the 25th ult., at Bigods, Dunmove, 101‘ i
E. C. Woodbridge, Esq., of a daughter. .h of o.il
On the 26th ult., Mrs. William Ilea' the )1
a son. 110' of
On the 30th ult., at Wheathampstead, 941.'
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the Rev. H. Teush Hecker, of a son. Nvoaros, i.`
On the 30th ult., the lady of Hugh , a son. ilif
Manor House, Kineton, Warwickshire. cutvieiain
On the 31st ult., at Kentish-town, Dirs. /
S' 4
of a daughter. ,a s(f, *
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MARRIED. I* to',CB'
On the 22d ult., at Brunswick, GerninadentdeeP
Esq., of John-street, Berkeley-square, .110,0 P
Mattha, daughter of the late Henry Wi
Esq., of Brunswick.
t" I"'
Pt
DIED. daughter
of
On the 18th ult., Maria, fourth daug gre
John Pinhorn. votelif 4
On the 29th ult., at Brooksby-streete 152 d 1e..,i. 041 i
Clark, widow of the late Mr. W. Clark! 6,--0,,,, r.,"
On the 31st ult.,
On the 31st ult., at Peckham, Pike Ch,,„,,j,lan
in Piccadilly, Davglarjoellt PO, r"
On- the 31st ult , in Tilney-street, ~:ea el.
Rawson, Esq., of Mild Hall, Yorkshire, age al'
rie
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MONTHLY MILITARY OB sir,r.
General—C. P. Douglas.
fj.t h;
E.I. Majorc om G.
senervera. Is-=-Crosse, formerly of 06 118.3%; la'
Colonel—R. Moncrieffe, late of R. Mosivaleicit i,
F pi
ts°' JP • '
Majors—Myers, Unatt., at sea; J. G.
Serv. Be pro 3i t.;
Captains—J. Wilson, h.p. 7 Dr.; ~.. pro i.
H. Geary, do. on board the RattlesnaAe, t t 1,04
Kent. Mil. hop; fit, IP f,'
Gds Nnrt • 4,0
Lieutenants—Allen, 4 Dr. • ainier,,oe
Moffatt, 46 F. on board the General PArt.. 0 !pp
F. ; Lethbridge, 85 F. Olphert, 11:
.giljfiv• of.
it. Vet. Bn. ; Neale (Adj.) h.p. 25 DR; Art. co,
Alderson, h.p. 33 F.; R. Madden, late : 0
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Commissariat Department—Dep. Corp.°'
turin, li.p. ti` iiiP
Assist. Comm. Gen.—l. Irvine. -. ,-, I' ie.
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Strand, in the Precinct of the WO,
pliddloiezi Monday, Jima, 1544