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OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, Dec. 17.

At the sitting of the Court this morning, at nine
o'clock, the trial of Downing and Powys, for the murder
of Sir Thomas Boughey's gamekeeper, was resumed.
Mr. Yardley and Mr. Boughey were counsel for the
prosecution ; Mr. Allen and Mr. Huddleston for the
prisoners. _ _

By the desire of Mr. Justice Coltman, two of the wit-
nesses who had been examined yesterday were recalled
and re-examined, but their testimony did not vary in any
respect from that which was yesterday adduced.
Several other parties gave evidence of a material na-
ture, to account for the motives which in all probability
induced the murderers of the unfortunate man to take
away his life.
_ _ _

Downing, it appeared, was a man of notoriously bad
character, and had repeatedly been in gaol, sometimes
upon charges of poaching, on one or two of which
Cooper (the deceased) had appeared as a witness against
him. He was proved on more than one occasion to have
threatened, in terms devoid of much ambiguity, to wreak
his vengeance upon Cooper as soon as he was liberated.
The report of yesterday's proceedings comprises, how-
ever, all the material evidence against the prisoners,
which we have given more in detail than ordinary, in
consequence of the peculiarity. of the circumstances,
which scarcely admit of being intelligibly arranged in
the form of a narrative.
Upon the close of the cue for the prosecution, Mr.
Allen rese to address the jury on behalf of the prisoners,
which he did with much care and ability ; and Mr. Jas-
tice Coltman thereupon proceeded to sum up.
It was three o'clock, P.m., before the Learned Judge
commenced this arduous and responsible duty, which
was discharged with the greatest impartiality. His Lord-
ship detailed in order all the various minute particulars,
dwelling carefully upon those which were material, mad
pointing out a probable solution to difficulties and appa-
rent inconsistencies, which might arise in the course of
the deliberation upon which the jury had to enter, ar-
ranging, at the same time, with perspicuity and clear-
ness, all those facts which bore with the greatest weight
upon the case, as well as those which in any way tended
to exculpate the prisoners.
At five o'clock precisely the jury retired to consider
their verdict, and in three quarters of an hour returned
into court, when they pronounced both the prisoners
Guilty.

After the verdict had been fullyirecorded by the
officer of the court, and the jury had again expressed
their assent thereto, the foreman (turning to his Lord-
ship) said, " So far as mercy can beshown in a case of
murder we would wish it to be extended to the prisoners
in the present case l"
The Learned Judge thereupon made a note of recom-
mendation, which cannot but be esteemed a most ex-
traordinary one, in a case of deliberate and diabolical
murder such as the present, in which it is impossible
to
_observe one single palliating or
.extenuating circum-
stance.

Mr. Justice COLTMAN, having covered his head with
the black cap, thus addressed the culprits :—" You two
young men have been found guilty of a most deliberate
and cruel murder, committed no doubt from motives of
the deepest and most cold-blooded revenge. The jury
have thought proper to annex to their finding a recom-
mendation to mercy ; it will, however, be out of my
power to do more than to lay that recommendation be-
fore her Majesty's Ministers. It only remains for me
now to pass upon you the last painful sentence of the
law, and to entreat you to prepare for that dreadful end
which you must so shortly experience. It is not for me
to extend to you either mercy or hope ; all that now
remains for me is, to direct that for this your offence
you, and each of you, be conveyed to the place of eon-
finement from which you were brought here, that you
be taken thence to a place of execution, and hat you be
there hanged by the neck until your bodies be dead, and
that after death your bodies be buried within the pre-
cincts of the gaol, according to the form of the statute."
The prisoner Downing, who throughout the trial had
conducted himself in an insolent manner, laughing in a
sarcastic manner at intervals, during the proceedings,
here made a loud protestation of his innocence, and on
being conveyed from the dock, catching a glimpse of
some of the witnesses, looked at them in a menacing
manner, and shaking his fist, poured forth a volley of
threats and execrations against them.
The district from which the prisoners come is de-
scribed as occupied by the most desperate and lawless
set, and has been the scene of more than one fearful
tragedy of late. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the
awful fate of these criminals may operate as a warning
to the inhabitants of the district which was the scene of
their atrocious crime.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, Dec. 17.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
Thomas Jackson, aged twenty-one, Joseph Bailey, aged
twenty-one, and William Harrison, aged twenty-two,
were charged on the coroner's inquisition, held at Newark
on the 27th of August, the former prisoner with killing
and slaying John Toder, and Bailey and Harrison with
aiding and abetting in the same. Jackson and Bailey
were also arraigned upon an indictment, proceeding from
the Court, for the same offence. As against Harrison,
the grand jury ignored the bill.
Mr. WILLMORE, on the part of the Crown, said that as
the bill against Harrison had been thrown out he should
offer no evidence against him on the inquisition, and he
would, consequently, be acquitted.
A verdict of not guilty was according taken in favour
of Harrison, and the case proceeded against the other
two. The prisoners, who were undefended, were mild,
inoffensive-looking youths, in circumstances apparently
of the better order among the poorer classes.
Simon Caunt, sworn, examined—ls an ostler living at
Newark. On the 26th of August he saw the deceased,
John Toder, near the Trent Bridge, and a number of
persons following him. Witness understood,. there was
going to be a fight, and he went with them in order to
keep them out of a close of his master's. Went into a
field with them belonging to Mrs. Cooke. Saw Jackson
and Bailey there. When in the field the deceased and
Jackson pulled off their clothes, shook hands with each
other, and then began to fight. Had previously heard
Jackson say he had ss. ; whereupon Toder said he would
rather fight him for 10s., but as he had only got ss. he
would fight him for that. The men fought for an hour
and a half. Jackson seemed at first to have the best of
it, and then Toder, until within the last six rounds.
Heard Toder say "He would take the shine out of Jack-
son," and after that the battle seemed to go against him.
Saw Jackson in the last three rounds hit Toder several
severe blows on the body. It was a fair fight. When
time was called, Toder said he would give over. He was
sitting on his second's knee. Jackson went up to him,
shook hands with him, and witness then left the field.
Saw Bailey " hand" or second Jackson for several
rounds, when a man named Elvidge came and took his
place, and Bailey did not do any more.
William Kirby deposed to having been present during
the whole of the fight. Saw Bailey there. He acted as
second in the early part of the affair.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—Were you present the whole
time? Witness—Yes, my Lord.
Mr. Justice I'ATTESON—Do you know you have ren-
dered yourself liable, and may be indicted for man-
slaughter ? Witness (with a look of ludicrous astonish-
ment)—No, my Lord.
Mr. Justice PATTEsoN—Then you are ; t.nd you had
better understand that every man who is present at a fight
of this description, death ensuing, is liable to be indicted
for manslaughter. Understand that, and recollect the
caution I have given you.
Mary Hanson, an elderly woman, stated the deceased
was brought to her house on the 26th. He was very
bad and never stirred or moved. His head was very
much swollen and bruised. Washed it over with warm
water. The doctor came, bled him, and ordered the ap-
plieation of nine leeches to the head. About three in
the morning Toder threw front him a quantity of dark 1

matter, which she considered to be blood. He died about

SCYQII.

The surgeon who was called in (Mr. Dobbs) de-
scribed the nature of the injuries deceased had received:
there were severe bruises on the face and head, such as
might be produced from blows. Made a post mortem
examination the day following the death. On opening
the scalp found a considerable extravasation of blood on
the left side of the head. There was a large quantity
of blood on the brain. The rupture of the vessels was
the cause of death. Blows given by the fist would
produce injuries of a like nature.
Jackson, in his defence, said the deceased had been
fighting in the afternoon before he fought with him— he
had a black eye, a bruise on the forehead, and his nose
was plugged up.
Mr. Justice PArrssoN—You should not have fought
with him if he was in that state.

Jackson—My Lord, he would fight with me.
Mr. Justice PATTEsox—You know you fought for a
wager.

Both prisoners were found Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said he
wished it to be known that, whenever there was a fight
and death ensued, the parties concerned in it may be
and generally aro guilty of manslaughter, even when
proceeding from a quarrel and the passions are aroused,
when it may be almost called natural to fight with
those weapons nature has provided ; but, if death
resulted, it would be manslaughter, though, under such
circumstances, it was not customary to visit it with
severity. He found Bailey had been in prison since August,
and, therefore, had suffered enough; he should, there-
fore sentence him to pay a fine of ls. and be discharged.
With reference to Jackson, who had been out on bail
for some time, the sentence was that he bo confined for
two months in the House of Correction, and kept to hard
labour.

This case finished the business of the assize, which has
been very light. The commissions of the city and
county of Lincoln were opened this day (Wednesday).
There are four cases only for the city, and about four-
teen for the county. Of the latter several are charged
with the commission of rather serious offences.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Dee. 17.
The commission of assize for the city of Norwich and
county of Norfolk was opened this afternoon by Mr.
Justice Williams, who afterwards attended Divine ser-
vice at the cathedral.

The calendar contains the names of forty prisoners;
among these are, one for murder, nine for the crime of
arson, four for burglary, and other serious offences.
The business of the circuit commences to-morrow
morning at ten o'clock.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and Mr. Baron ROLFE.

Elizabeth Smith, 21, Catherine Edwards, 20, Wil-
liam Palmer, 21, and Sarah Bing, 24, were indicted
for robbing George Martin upon the highway, and
were also charged with using personal violence to the
prosecutor at the time of the commission of the
robbery.
George Martin, the prosecutor, deposed that, on the
evening of the 25th November, he was in the Wa-
terloo-road, about ten o'clock at night, when he met
the prisoner, Smith, who asked him the way to the
Elephant and Castle, and he directed her the way to
go. While he was speaking to her the prisoner Ed-
wards came out of the side-door of a public-house
close by, and struck him on the eye and knocked him
down. He got up and laid hold of Smith, and a
struggle ensued, and they fell down together, and
while they were upon the ground he felt her hand in
his pocket, and when he got up he missed ten and
fourpence. He called out that he had been robbed,
and had hold of Smith to secure her, when Palmer
and Byng came up, and Palmer shoved him on one
side, and the women ran away across the Waterloo-
road, while Palmer ran off in another direction. He
afterwards saw the prisoners in custody, and identified
them as the persons who had acted towards him in
the way he described.
The prosecutor, in answer to questions from the
Court, admitted that he had been drinking before the
occurrence took place, and was not sober, and as there
was no corroboration of his testimony, the jury ex-
pressed their opinion that the charge was not clearly
made out, and they therefore acquitted the prisoners.
The prisoner, Palmer, was then indicted for felo-
niously cutting and wounding Daniel Martin, a
police-constable.
This charge arose out of the former transaction.
It appeared that the constable, Daniel Martin, having
received information of the robbery, was induced to
seek after the prisoner, but, in his attempting to ap-
prehend him, ho made a violent resistance, and drew
a knife, or dagger, and attempted to stab him, inflict-
ing, in the attempt, a slight wound on his person.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen
years.

John Greunhall, 32, was indicted for obtaining
goods by a forged order.

It appeared that the prosecutor is a shoemaker,
named Fribe, and the prisoner went to his shop with
a written paper, purporting to come from the Rev.
Mr. Hall, the Vicar of Hayes, in which the prosecu-
tor was requested to send six pairs of boots by the
prisoner, in order that Mr. Hall might select a pair
that would suit him. The boots were given to the
prisoner, and the paper was soon afterwards found to
be a forgery.
The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be
kept to hard labour for two years.
The Court adjourned soon after four o'clock, and
it was formally announced in the course of the day
that there would not in future be any evening sittings.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)

MANSIOIV-HOUSE.

Richard Sargood, the ClAver of an errand cart, was
brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
been instrumental to the death of a man named Dean,
in Threadneedle-street, on the evening of Tuesday.
One of the City policemen stated that the cart in
which the prisoner had been driving, at a little after
five o'clock on Tuesday evening, came in contact with
some stones which had been laid in the carriage-way
of the street, and turned over upon a poor man who
was drawing a truck, and crushed his head in such a
manner as to cause his death. A boy, who was in
the cart, was thrown out with great violence by the
collision, and had been taken to the hospital in a very
desperate condition.
G. W. Home, a person employed in the Hall of
Commerce, stated that he heard the noise of the
collision, and upon going to the spot observed the
deceased under the cart. The head of the deceased
was completely smashed, and the prisoner was doing
all he could to render assistance, and appeared to be
greatly excited and agitated by the dreadful occur-
rence. The deceased was taken on a shutter to the
hospital, but after breathing about three times he died.
The LORD MAYOR—What stones are these with
which it has been said the wheel came in contact ?
Witness—The stones with which they are paving the
foot-way.
The LORD MAYOR—Were they on the foot-way ?
Witness—No; they came off the kerb in the car-

riage-way.
The LORD MAYOR—Was the prisoner sober at the
time ? Witness—Certainly he was.
The LORD MAYOR—Was there room for the pri-
soner to pass where the accident happened without
touching the truck which the deceased was drawing?
Witness—There was.

The LORD MAYOR—How, in your opinion, did it
happen ? Witness—l am of opinion, that in endea-
vouring to keep clear of the truck, the prisoner came
in collision with the stones, which he did not see.
The prisoner stated that he was going at the time
at no quicker rate than about five or six miles an
hour, and not seeing the stones, which were piled up
in the carriage-way, he avoided the truck, and came
in contact with the stones.

Thomas Kyte, one of the labouring men employed
by Mr. Chadwick, the surveyor, to repair Thread-
needle-street, stated that he had placed the stones in
the street, and they might have projected into the
carriage-way about two feet, but there was a great
deal of room for all vehicles.

The Loan MAYOR---I do not see that I can allow
you to be sworn, as your statement is calculated to
affect yourself.
Mr. J. K. Gallard, a gentleman connected with a
commercial-house in the City, stated that he witnessed
the collision. The prisoner's cart was going at the
rate of about six miles an hour—a quicker pace than
he should wish to travel in the City. He saw the cart
overturned, and thought at first that it was occasioned
by the falling off of the wheel. My friend afterwards
thought the accident was occasioned by the wheel
coming in contact with the stones, about half a yard
higher than the pavement, and appeared to him to be
sufficient to cause the overturn.
The LORD MAYOR—Under the circumstances, I
am disposed to take bail for the appearance of the
prisoner on a future day ; but I must order Thomas
Kyte, Mr. Chadwick's man, into custody, for it apt
pears to me that he has been the cause of the death o-
this poor man. The boy, too, has suffered greaf
injury.

It was stated to his Lordship that a summons had
been issued by the police on the preceding day to the
principal engaged in repairing the street, in conse-
quence of the obstruction, which had since been so
fatal.

The LORD MATOR—Yes, I know that a summons
has been issued.

Bail was then given for the appearance of Sargood,
1 and Thomas Kyte was taken into custody and re-
manded till Friday.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE POOPS'-BOX.—The Lord
Mayor acknowledged the following contributions to
the Mansion-house poors'-box :—The Fishmongers'
Company, 10/. ; H. S., a lady, per J. Shaw, Esq., 51.;
he Mercers' Company, 10/.
BO W-STREET.
POST•OFFICE ROBBERY. —An elderly man of respect-
able appearance, named Robert Hobson, who keeps the
receiving-house at Walthamstow, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Jardine, charged with stealing the postage of

a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General, under
the following singular circumstances:—
Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution ; and Mr.
Swan, a solicitor, appeared for the prisoner.
Mary Carter, a widow, residing with her brother, at
the Cock public-house, March-street, Walthamstow,
stated that on Saturday last, about eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, she took to the post-office the letter produced,
addressed "John Carter, seaman on board the Samuel
Boddington, Captain Knock, master, Calcutta, or else-
where; and, having seen the prisoner, she delivered it
to him with is., which he said was the amount of the
postage. He then stamped it " Walthamstow," and
after marking with red ink " paid one shilling," ho
placed it in a drawer under the counter, upon which she
left the shop; but a few minutes before twelve o'clock
she was called upon by the prisoner's son, and in con-
sequence of what he told her she gave him 10d. more,
which he took away. When she delivered the letter to
the prisoner, she told him she wished it to be dispatched
by the next mail to India, which would be the 15th of the
present month, and on the same afternoon, having seen
Holmes the letter-carrier, she made a communication to
him respecting the letter.
In cross examination, witness said the distance from
her house to the post-office was not more than five
minutes' walk. There was no money in tho letter, and
the boy made no observation when she gave him the
additional 10d.
George Holmes said he recollected having seen the
last witness about two o'clock on the afternoon of Sa-
turday, at the public-house, and in consequence of what
she told him respecting a letter addressed to Calcutta,
he spoke to the prisoner at the Post-office on the follow-
ing Monday, saying he had to make inquiries about a
foreign letter, at the request of a lady, for the purpose
of ascertaining if the postage of Is. 10d. was correct,
and if he had sent his son for the extra charge, to which
he replied, it was correct, and his son had been sent by
him. Witness said the lady was very anxious about the
letter going at the proper time, and inquired by what
collection it went. The prisoner said he had sent it by
him (witness), which he knew was not the case; and hav-
ing denied he ever had it, the prisoner said he sent it at
the right time by Reeves, another carrier. Witness was
then about to leave, and the prisoner said, " Please to
tell the lady I have added the 10d., or she may
think I have been robbing her." Witness's duty was
to go to the Walthamstow post-office every day at half-
past three o'clock, for the purpose of taking the letters
to the post-office at Whips-cross, where the bags are
made up and put into the London bags, to be forwarded
to the chief office ; and previous to his having the con-
versation with the prisoner, on the 16th, he had collected
the letters, and the one produced was not among them.
He had also collected the letters on the 14th, and was
positive no such letter was among them. On Saturday,
when the prisoner gave him the letters, he also handed
him the bill, by which it appeared there were fifteen let-
ters, the postage of which amounted to Is. 4d.; and on
Monday there were twenty-four letters paid, the postage
amounting to 25., as appeared by the prisoner's hand-
writing in the bill.
Cross-examined—The postage of the respective letters
was not specified, but the entries were made in the gross
amount, and he had collected from the prisoner about
two years, the time he kept the receiving-house. When
he spoke to him about the lady, he showed him a printed
paper on the wall, that had been furnished by the post-
office in consequence of his having on other occasions
charged too little postage.
Mr. sculthorpe, a president of the Twopenny Post-
office, said that on Tuesday he went to Walthamstow to
make inquiries, and the prisoner said he had sent it by
the twelve o'clock dispatch ; but on showing the letterletter-
bill, he said he must not have sent it on that day, as his
boy did not return till the post left. He was then asked
if he had sent it on the Monday ; and he replied he had
delivered it, with the others, to the carrier, which was
not the case, as appeared by the bill of that day. The
officer Peake was then called in, and on making a search
the letter produced was found in a drawer with the pri-
soner's private letters, which his wife said be must have
put there for extra care.
Mr. Swan said the prisoner had carried on business as
a grocer at Walthamstow for the last thirty years, with
an irreproachable character ; and he hoped there would
be no objection to accept of bail for his future appear-
ance, which he could procure to any amount.
Mr. JARDINE said, as the prisoner would be brought
up again to complete the evidence against him, he could
not, at the present stage of the proceedings, consent to
accept of the bail.—The prisoner was then removed.
WORSHIP-STREET.

POLYGAXL—Thomas Bartholomew Imbert, alias Ste-
vens, a respectable-looking middle-aged man, described
as a colour manufacturer, was charged with having in-
termarried with a yowlg woman named Abigail Isted, he
having no fewer than four other wives then living, but
one of whom had since died.
It appeared that the prisoner was apprehended in
consequence of instructions from Mr. George Wilson, a
parochial officer, of Mile-end New Town, the father of
tho third wife, who had circulated handbills, offering a
reward for his apprehension. The prisoner was married
to Miss Wilson on the 30th of July, 1838, but he deserted
her some time after, and was in consequence apprehended
and brought to this Court, when an order was made
upon him to allow her a weekly maintenance, which he
did for a short period, and then absconded altogether.
Searching inquiries were made after him, in the course
of which it was ascertained that at the time of his mar-
riage to the prosecutor'sdaughter he had two other wives
living, the first being the daughter of a person named
Grimsdale, and the second a young woman named An-
drews, residing at Walaorth. Information was at
length received that the prisoner was living in East-
street, Kennington, with a fourth wife, whom he had
subsequently married, and the officers, Holland and
Rowland, proceeded to that address, and took him into
custody, while he was engaged in making preparations
for starting into the country that Right.
The officer Rowland produced certificates relating to
two of the marriages, the last of which was solemnised
at Islington Church, on the 3d of January, 1842 ; and
the witness stated that he had also in his possession a
mass of amatory epistles, which the prisoner had ad-
dressed to the unfortunate young woman he had so
heartlessly beguiled.
The fourth wife, Abigail Isted, vtas in the first in-
stance charged, in conjunction with the prisoner, with
robbing their furnished lodgings at Kennington ; but as
her evidence was considered essential to establish the
more serious charge against him, the magistrate directed
her to be removed from the bar, and received as a wit-
ness. The third wife, a very good looking young woman,
was also present, but her evidence was not taken.

The prisoner (who declined saying anything) was re-
manded, to enable the officers to obtain further evidence
to substantiate the case.
THAMES POLICE.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROB=ERT.—Thomas
Smith, a master shipNiright• and barge builder, of Mill-
wall, Poplar, where he has cariieB on business for many
years, and has long been consid'eied a man of good re-
pute, was brought before Mr. Broderip on a charge of
stealing a quantity of deals, the property of Mr. Thomas
Fossey, timber-merchant of the same place, and Mr.
Snook, a ship-builder.
Mr. Pelham attended on behalf of the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Fossey and
Mr. Snook had recently missed deals from their pre-
mises, and the prisoner had been transacting business
at both places. On the 2d instant a barge load of pine
planking and deals were landed on Mr. Fossey's wharf.
On the 7th he missed several. About that time deals
were lost from Mr. Snook's premises, and the prisoner,
their neighbour, was the last person suspected, until
Saturday last, when a remarkable circumstance led to
suspicion falling on the prisoner. A person named Phil-
pot, a manufacturer of patterns and castings for engi-
neers, sent five pieces of timber to Fossey to be cut
up into smaller pieces and planking, and Mr. Fossey
immediately identified four of them as his own pro-
perty. One was a pine plank, another a spruce bat-
ten, and two others Swedish deals, and very black,
in consequence of their having been confined when
they were green. The other turned out to be
one of the deals stolen from Snook's yard. Mr. Fos-
sey subsequently waited upon the prisoner, who said
that a man named Tom Kent picked up the deals and
sold them to him, and took the prosecutor to several
places under pretence of finding the party, but was un-
able to do so. The prisoner afterwards informed Mr.
Evans, a Thames police-inspector, that he had known
Kemp fur two or three years, and that he worked for
Gabriel on the Regent's Canal, and that he gave him 12s.
for four deals, the price at which he disposed of them to
Mr. Philpot. It afterwards transpired that the prisoner
had sold eight deals to Mr. Philpot, and he produced a
receipt for 125., signed " T. Kemp," for four of the deals.
There was a great mass of evidence against the pri-
soner, and the deals were clearly identified by Mr.
Fossey, and by a sawyer in the employ of Mr. Snooks,
as having been stolen from their premises. Others found
in a boat adjoining the prisoner's wharf, by Inspector
Webb, of the Thames police, were also identified by the
same parties, while no such person as Tem Kemp could
be traced;

In cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the prosecutor
(Fossey) said he had known Mr. Smith for many years,
and had hitherto considered him a respectable man, in-
capable of acting dishonestly.
Mr. Pelham said the prisoner would decline saying
anything at present.
Mr. BRODERIP said he should commit the prisoner
for trial, but as some further evidence was required to
complete the case, he would stand remanded till Tues-
day next.

TNS NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—This under-
taking is advancing rapidly in the neighbourhood of
Berwick-on-Tweed. The excavations having been
commenced in tho Duke of Northumberland's property
adjoining the town, should the weather, during the
winter, be at all moderate, this section of the cutting is
likely to be completed by March or April. In a circular
issued from the Directors'. office in Edinburgh, on the
6th instant, we observe it stated " that the works on the
main line will have ali been let to respectable contractors
at prices considerably under the estimate, that they are
progressing in a very rapid and satisfactory way, and
th ,t they have every reason to think they will be com-
pleted, and the line opened, within the stipulated period,
viz., by Ist May, 1846."—Berwick Advertiser.
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—We have this week
to announce the death of the oldest inhabitant of Brigh-
ton. Mr. Edward King, residing at 2, Kensington-
gardens, died on Friday, in his hundredth year, having
about a month previously completed his 99th year. Mr.
King was a clerk in the Middle-street Brewery before
the time even of the late Mr. William Wigney, and con-
tinued in the counting-house till he was nearly 86 years
old, discharging his duties with accuracy and fidelity.
About twenty years ago he retired from Messrs. Wig-
ney's service on a pension, which Mr. George Wigney
paid up to the day of the centenarian's death. Mr. King
was a man of great integrity, and enjoyed the esteem of
all who had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with
his worth.—Brighton Guardian.

On the 11th inst., at BDelmlEonDt; Bath, John Thu
.acke, pg.;
of Boughton House, Cheshire. "rife'
On the 13th inst., at Newby-plaee, Poplar, Martial
J. 13. Gordon, Esq. dear
On the 13th inst., at Hastings, Jemima, the eldest - „arY:i
ter of Sir Charles Wager Watson, Bart., of Wratting '''
Cambridgeshire. 00
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On the 15th inst., at Bath, Dame Catherine, roll
late Sir George Glyn, Bart., of Ewell, Surrey. ...ifid
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Emma, youngest 511..,-..es,
daughter of the Rev. W. Walford, of Hatfield Peverel,n7o,
On the 16th inst. Rosina Poland, the only
, daughter
Dru Drury, Esq., of Blackheath. Thonss P.
On the 16th inst., at Wootton, near Gloucester,
Lewis, Esq., aged 60. eon of
On the 16th inst., James Ward Harper, youngest
Adam Yates Birdisq , of Kidderinster. scluilre
On the 17th nsEt.,• in Charlotte-street, Bedford-
Catherine, the wife of Henry Langley, Esq. ..-... AO
On the 17th inst Elixabeth, eldest daughter of om
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Chappell, aged 18 the elderOn the 17th inst. at Ramsgate, Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Rev. John Manley Wood.

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