The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

happy condition, that these happy topics can
honestly and with truth be put forward in a royal
address. It is not, however, pretended that
our social state admits of no improvement ;
many improvements in that state are called for, but
they must be gradually adopted, that they may not
let in greater evils than they can cure. And, not-
withstanding the slighting way in which the Times
speaks of the work of the session, we contend that
more has been done in the last session to
promote the prosperity of the country, than in
any ten sessions before Sir Robert Peel's coming into
office. We are not now going to enumerate all
these measures ; and it is quite unnecessary, for the
achievements of legislation are to be measured, not
by tale, but by weight, and one good measure may
preponderate over one hundred of inferior importance
and value.

X a. d.

100 1, 0

ELECTION FOR CHAMBERLAIN.
At three o'clock, when the poll closed for the day,
the gross numbers wero :
Mr. Alderman Brown
Mr. Heppel 49

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CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCE.—Sir Ro-
bert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and the other Cabinet Ministers, left
town this afternoon, by a special train on the Great
Western Railway for Windsor, to be present at the
christening of the infant Prince, which august ceremony
was to take place in the private chapel of the Castle, at six
o'clock this evening. We have heard that the infant
Prince will receive the Christian names of " Alfred
Frederick," but nothing positive has been publicly an-
nounced.

All paid

DIRECT RAILWAY FROM LON-
DON TO YORK.
A great sensation was yesterday produced in the
railway world, by the announcement that the Direc-
tors of the Wakefield, Lincoln. and Boston Rail-
way have united with the promoters of the pro-
posed London and York Direct Railway, and that
the latter line, as surveyed by Mr. Locke, will
be brought before Parliament in the ensuing session,
supported by a majority of the Hoose of Com-
mons and favoured by the Government. A union
' with the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway
will, in fact, be a union with the powerful and
wealthy Manchester, Leeds, and Hull line; and
it appears that the condition on which the Wake-
field directors have consented to transfer their
subscriptions and coalesce with the London and
York is, that the entire scheme of the
Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway, both
as to its connexion with the town of Wake-
field and occupation of the Foss and Witham Banks
to Boston, form a part of the undertaking; and that
the line joins the Hull and Selby line at the latter
town, and from thence direct to York, which, they
confidently state, will make the most extended and
complete railway communication presented to the
public, at once bringing the great manufac-
turing and agricultural portions of the kingdom
into railway communication with each other, as well
as with the metropolis, reducing the distance of the
principal towns in Yorkshire and the north from 10
to 35 miles with London, while the natural facilities
for its formation are such as to insure its completion,
at a cost of little more than one-third the amount ex-
pended on existing railways connecting Yorkshire and
the north of England and Scotland with London.
The entire line from London to York wil not have
a greater deviation from a dead level than 1 in 800 ;
it will contain neither a tunnel nor a bank, or cut-
ting exceeding 13 feet ; and it is estimated
that in its construction, and in providing
the working stock, the advantage of being
guided by the experience and warned by the errors
of others will be equivalent to a saving of nearly
2,000,0001. The united Companies are determined
to bring into operation upon the new line all the
latest improvements in railway locomotion ; the car-
riages, waggons, and engines are all to be of the most
approved construction ; and this, combined with the
favourable gradients, will, it is added, secure a rate
of speed that may be fairly averaged at thirty-five
miles per hour.
These are large promises, and in the case of parties
unknown to the public they might be looked upon
with suspicion ; but the character achieved fur
themselves by the leading individuals in the new
alliance, the directors of the Wakefield, Lincoln,
and Boston Railway, seems to set all doubt at rest.
These gentlemen, as we have already stated, are
also the directors of the Manchester, Leeds, and Hull
Railway, which for cheapness of rates, and general
attention to accommodation of all classes, not except-
ing the most humble of the population, stands second
to no similar undertaking in the country. It first set
the example of low fares, and it has carried the plan
out with undeviating constancy, until all the great
lines have been obliged to follow in its wake.
The direct York line will have its terminus at
King's-cross.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 3i
Rotterdam 2U. 12 6
Antwerp 25 85
Llamburgh M.B. 13131
Altona l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90
Frankfort on Maine l2l

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.
Gibraltar

Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 85
Milan
Venice 47
Naples 391
Palermo, par oz llB
Lisbon s4i
Oporto 54
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 2B
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldyssight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars 0 4 11

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
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Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M 952
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 37

Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville —

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. G.
Pemberton, as Consul at Quebec ; of Mr. J. M. Tobin,
as Consul at Montreal ' • of Mr. B. Scott, as Consul at
Newfoundland ; and of Mr. J. M. Peters, as Consul in
Prince Edward's Island, for his Majesty the King of
Prussia.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Joz6 Benso, as Consul-General at Gibraltar for her Ma-
jesty the Queen of Portugal.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Charles Duncan, as Consul at Lerwick for his Majesty
the King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Charles Maynard, as Consul at Graham's Town, Cape
of Good Hope, for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 5.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot—Ensign and Lieute-
nant J. A. V. Kirkland to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Brand, who retires ; Ensign W. G.
Dawkins, from the 49th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Kirkland, Sept. 6.
49th Foot—Ensign J. 11. King, from the 86th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Dawkins, appointed to the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards, Sept. 6.
86th Foot—W. C. Barclay, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice King, appointed to the 49th Foot, Sept. 6.
87th Foot—Lieut. C. W. D. Staveley to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Lord John Chichester, who retires ; Se-
cond Lieut. H. G. R. Robinson to be First Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Staveley ; T. Lloyd, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, Sept. 6.
99th Foot—Lieut. T. T. Worsley, from half-pay 45th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference, vice
Webster, promoted; Ensign F. B. Pigott to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Worsley, who retires; W. F.
Austen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pigott,
Sept. 6.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieut. W. H. Kelson
to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Layard, whose
promotion has been cancelled, Aug. 23.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Cornet
Clarke, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, are Thomas Miller.
The Christian names of Ensign Gordon, of the 77th
Foot, are George St. Leger Gordon.
The names of the gentleman, appointed to an En-
signcy in the 19th Foot, on the 20th of August, 1844
are William Henry Lee Warner.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 3.

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The Lord Chanbellor has appointed William Black-
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to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV.`i NING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1844.

official assignee, Leeds ; Ryalls, Sheffield ; Blackburn, 1
Leeds.

prices rather under those of this day week, pale Seal at
3415 s to 341105, Cod 331 lOs to 341, and Southern at 271
to 311 per tun. Sperm, fine British has, been fetching 851
to 861, and American 811 to 831 per tun. Linseed
Oil at 24s to 24s 3d per cwt on the spot ; the markets
is well supplied. Rape Oil 36s for pale, and 35s per cwt
for brown. Olive Oil is held with firmness. Gallipoli
at 451 to 464 Spanish 421 to 444 and Barbary 401 to 411
per tun, but there has not been much passing; the con-
sumption continues good. Palm Oil, prime, has been
fetching 27s to 28s per cwt. This afternoon prices gave
way for Southern Oil, at a public sale of 80 tuns selling
at 27/ lOs to 31110 s.

JOHN KITCHEN, corn dealer, Stockport, Sept. 18,
at twelve, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
tict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Ferns,
Stockport.
LOUIS ADOLPHE REGNAULT, milliner, Chelten-
ham, Sept. 23, at half-past two, and Oct. 21, at eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee,
Bristol ; Pike, Old Burlington-street, London.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Sept. 3, 1844, is 30s. 101 d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Sept. 6.)
SUGAR.-The market has presented a firmer appear-
ance this week fur all descriptions of raw Sugar admissi-
ble for home consumption, and merchants have offered
only a limited quantity at public sale. There has been
a large amount of business transacted in all descriptions
of West India Muscovado, grocers and refiners having
been free purchasers at prices equal to those of Friday last.
To-day West India Sugar was in excellent request for
all purposes ; importers manifested firmness and ob-
tained rather higher rates, making the advance for the
week 6d, and in some c ises is per cwt ; the rise is more
apparent on the low and middling yellow sorts. The
total purchases for the week amount to 2,500 hhds
and trcs.
REFINED.-Prices have advanced for Refined goods
this week, and a brik demand has prevailed for all de-
scriptions from the home trade ; the quantity of Sugar
remaining undisposed of is small, in consequence of the
immense quantity taken by the trade during the last
two weeks. Brown Lumps have been selling at 73s
to 73s 6d, standard Lumps 74s to 74s 6d, Tittlers 73s to
795, superior 79s to 83s, Harnburgh Loaves 74s to 81s,
double ditto 82s to 90s, and wet Lumps 71s to 72s
per cwt. The market has a firm appearance, and
Refined is still cheaper in comparison than raw Sugar.
Bastards 18s to 19s. Treacle is in request at lis6d to
12s. In Dutch crushed Sugar sales free on board made
at Amsterdam at 25s 6d for first quality, 24s Gd for
second ditto, and Loaves 91b to 101 b 27s to 28s. Bel-
gium crushed Sugar free in bond in Antwerp has been
selling at 25s to 25s 6d, second quality, 23s to 245,
and 91b to 101 b Loaves 27s to 28s per cwt.
To-day there was a good deal of business transacted in
Refined goods by the home trade, brown Lumps at 73s
to 73s 6d, and standard 74s 6d per cwt ; of Bonded
Crushed Sugar there is still very little offering, and for-
mer rates are fully supplied.
MAURITIUS.-There has been no public sale, but a
parcel is announced; good and fine yellow sorts have
been much inquired after, and all the parcels on offer
found purchasers at prices rather above those
of the last auction. This afternoon there was an in-
creased demand for Mauritius Sugar, and 6,603 bags at
public sale were disposed of at prices 6d per cwt above
those of the last public sale : low mid and mid brown
went at 46s 6d to 48s ; low yellow 53s 6d to 54s sd, mid
55s to 56s 6d, good middling 57s to 57s 6d, good 58s to
to 60s Gd, fine 61s 6d to 65s 6d, and very fine Barbadoes
kind 66s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-An extensive demand has prevailed
fur white descriptions of Bengal Sugar this week, prices
have further advanced and rule 613 to Is per cwt above
those of Friday last, yellow sorts are in better request,
and stiffer rates paid. To-day Manilla Sugar was sought
after, and some parcels were disposed of at firm rates.
making the private purchases for the week 8,000 bags
for refining in bond at 18s 6dper cwt for
19s
ormipdedrlinnwggt.reßyiesnh.,
and small parcels of better quality at
gal Sugar met with a good demand, and 2,197 bags at
auction were all sold at very full rates, fine white fetch( d
645, good 62s 6d to 635, mid and good mid 60s to 61s Gd,
low 59s to 59s 6d, low yellow 53s to 545, middling 55s Gd
to 565, and good 57s to 58s per cwt.
FOREIGN.-There has been an increased demand for
Brazil Sugar this week, and a good business has been
transacted at firm rates; 180 casks brown Bahia for a
near port at 17s 9d, and 300 chests brown Bahia on the
spot at 18s to 18s 6d per cwt; none offered at
public sale ; yellow Havannah rates on the spot
at 18s 6d to 21s ; there is a disposition to pur-
chase largely at a slight decline in prices. The im-
proved rates previously established are fully supported
for white Havannah, but there has not been much business
transacted by private contract this week.
FRUIT.-The accounts come to hand from the Islands
and the Morea are rather more favourable for the Cur-
rant crop, and some Holders here are more disposed to
realize ; the demand was limited at 40s 6d to 43s for
Zante and Cephalonia, and 47s to 49s per cwt for Patras.
COFFEE.--There has been no improvement in the de-
mand for West India Coffee this week ; although the
supply is still not large, prices are going down, and rule
Is to 2s per cwt under those previously quoted. This
afternoon 110 casks of Jamaica Coffee were brought to
public sale, nearly the whole consisted of superior coloury
descriptions; these were all disposed of at very full rates,
and fetched 120 s to 136 a for fine mid, 98s 6d to 108 s fur
good middling ; but of other sorts a part only found
purchasers at lower rates ; middling went at 82s, low
middling 725, good and fine ordinary 54s to 60s,
fine fine ordinary 66s to 70s, low 49s to 50s, triage
26s 6d to 39s 6d ; 103 barrels of Demerara were
taken in at 60s for fine fine ordinary, and good
ordinary 50s ; privately aoo bags of Rio were sold at
33s to 35s for good to hne ordinary. Ceylon met with
attention, and buyers were compelled to pay 56s to
56s 6d per cwt for good ordinary by private contract,
being again rather higher.
TEA.-The market has still an improving appearance
for Tea, merchants show firmness, and still refrain from
offering any at public sale ; privately there is very little
pressing for sale. Congou ord sound at lld to llid, and
good common 111 d to is Okd per lb. Pouchong at 6d
to 1013, and superior wid to is per lb. For Souchong,
however, there are still few orders. Twankay
has been disposed of at ls 2d to 153 d for common, Is 4d to
is 9d for brightest leaf, and is 10d to 2s 6d per lb. fur
Hyson kind. In Plain Orange Pekoe there has been a
good deal done at prices that merchants could not ob-
tain last week. Scented Orange Pekoe at 3s 2d to 3s 5d
per lb. For Flowery Pekoe the demand is getting
brisker, but, at present, prices cannot be quoted higher.
Imperial and Gunpowder fully sustain the improved
rates of last week.
COCOA.-West India is wanted, but stiffer rates being
required, large purchases have been prevented. Of Tri-
nidad some parcels have been disposed of by private con-
tract at 41s to 46s red, and 40s to 42s per cwt for grey ;
only 12 bags of Grenada have been offered at public sale,
which sold at 42s per cwt for common red. Foreign was
inquired for, but stiffer rates being asked, business has
been restricted ; and 240 bags of Bahia at auction were
taken iu at 33s per cwt for fine bright red ; there were
purchasers at fair market rates.
MOLASSES.-For West India previous rates are re-
quired, but less demand has prevailed, and only a
limited business has been transacted by private treaty;
at auction, 62 puns of St Lucia were taken in at 21s 6d
per cwt for middling quality, being above the value. In
East India very little business has been transacted; 14s
to 16s per cwt is the value of Bengal.
SPICES.-In black Pepper purchases to a fair extent
have been made by private contract this week at firm
rates; 2id to 214:1 paid fog Sumatra, lid to 2j-d for Pe-
nang, and 3d to 3id per lb. for Malabar.
This afternoon, 17 chests of Bencoolen Cloves at auc-
tion were sold at rather lower rates, and went at 2s 3d
to 2s 5d per lb for fine bold bright. 24 chests I box of
Mace sold at 3d to 4d per lb cheaper ; fine bright went
at 4s to 4s 2d, good 3s 5d to 3s 10d, middling 3s 2d to
3s 4d, low middling 2s ltd to 3s, low 2s 6d. 18 chests
I box Nutmegs were all sold at stiffer rates ; good bold
brown Singapore fetched 3s 10d to 4s 3d, good mid 3s 6d
to 3s 83, rather small middling 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; 20 bags
of Pimento fetched 311t1 per lb for common.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-Jamaica Rum has
met with ready purchasers this week, and in most cases
importers have succeeded in obtaining an advance upon
previous rates of Id per gallon. The total purchases
are 200 puns- fair quality 30 to 36 per cent over
proof at 33 8d to 3s 10d ; good 33 to 36 over, 4s to
4s 3d; fine 32 to 34 over, 4s 5d to 4s 8d ; 26 over, rather
high flavour 4s 2d, and 20 puns very fine and rich, of a
favourite mark, 35 per cent over proof, fetched the high
rate of 8s 6d per gallon. Leewards at 2s 4id to 2s 5d
proof strength. Demerara at 3s 3d to 3s 6d per gallon
for strong descriptions. Calcutta 2s 21d to 2s 3d per
gallon is the value of proof with certificate. The arrtvals
of West India Rum have been to a fair extent since this
day week. In Brandy the operations have been limited.
Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 selling
hhds 5s 3d, puns 55 ld ' • ditto, 1839, hhds 5s id, puns
4s Ild ; ditto, 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto, 1841,
hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 8d puns,
4s 6d, mid to good mid 3s 2d to 4s 4d and low 2s 10d to
3s per gallon. Geneva at is 10d to is ltd ; fine, for
home cansumption, is fetching 2s 6d to 3s 6d per gallon.
English Corn Spirits is lOs 4d per gallon, cash.
SAGO.-There are few purchasers of Sago and prices
continue on the decline ; of 103 bags 210 boxes at auc-
tion, a very small part only was disposed of, middling
small brown Pearl at 14s the remainder was taken in at
25s for fine small white Pearl, and good large bright
brown at 21s per cwt. Tapioca is cheaper, and 280 bags
at auction were only partly sold at lid to 3d per lb.
This afternoon at public sale 3 puns 5 brls 180 tins of
Jamaica Arrowroot were sold at 64d to 7id per lb.
RICE.-There has been less demand for Bengal, and in
some cases the rates taken are rather under those of this
day week ,• small parcels of good mid white having been
disposed of privately at Ils to lis 3d. Foreign East
India is less wanted, and little business has been trans-
acted privately-Madras yellow 8s to 8s 6d, white 9s to
cwt.l°s 6d
C; I ejaanvead yellow
dantodl2llsspetnr
cea at 14s toto 18s9 for white
Patna,9 s 6

TALLOW.—The market has been firm for Russian
Tallow since this day week, a good business has
been transacted on the spot at 41s to 41s 6d for
old, and at 41s 9d to 42s per cwt for new P Y
Candle. Holders are not disposed to press for sales.
For delivery sales to a fair extent have been made, and
42s per cwt paid currently for the last three months of
the year. Prices remain firm for Town Tallow, and the
demand has been brisk at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt nett
cash ; other descriptions of Tallow brought full rates,
and have been in steady request.
This afternoon at public sale 220 casks North American
Tallow were partly sold at 37s Gd to 61s Gd ; 271 pipes
102 hhds 2 brlo 96 srns 4 boxes South American 34s 9d
to 40s, and 144 casks New South Wales 34s to 43s
per cwt.

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ANOTHER LADY THIEF.-_4 female of respectable
appearance called on Monday last, on a respectable
family in Carriage-hill (a suburb of Paisley), seemingly in
great distress of mind, and pretending she was going to
Neilston t.) see a friend. She said she had been robbed
in a tavern in High-street, Glasgow, of all her property,
consisting of 2501. in cash, a fine silk plaid, and other
articles, which accounted for the rather shabby shawl
she then wore. The money, the plaid, and the thieves,
she slid, had been discovered—the thieves in prison, and
the plaid and money kept as evidence against them. She
further said she was niece to a highly respectable gen-
tleman in Hurlet. With the exception of her shawl she
was otherwise genteelly dressed in a fine brown silk
gown and Tuscan bonnet. The people on whom she
called acted the part of good Samaritans. Some of the
family about four o'clock in the morning discovered she
had been able to resume her journey, carrying with her
5/ Bs., which her kind entertainers had scraped toge-
ther. The woman has not since been heard of.—Glas-
gew Courier.

FOREBODINGS or WINTER.—On Sunday evening,
a large flock of wild geese passed over Chesterfield, on
their way, it is supposed, to the fens of Lincolnshire.
Such a circumstance, at this early period of the season,
was hardly ever known, and it is considered to forebode
an early and severe winter.—Nottingham Review.
EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY.—The exportation
o ;lace machinery to France is again in operation. The
exporters allege that it is done to evade the patent laws,
and that the National Institute of Paris levies a duty of
50 per cert., but if the machinery is upon a new prin-
ciple not known in France, the duty is only 15 per cent.,
as heretofore.—Nottingham Review.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.
Yesterday a young woman, named Em'na Tierbuck, in
the service of Benjamin Badger, Esq., a barrister, re-
siding at No. 22, Cambridge-street, Edgware-road, was
brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr.
Rawlinson, charged with having stolen articles of jewel-
lery and other property of much value.
Prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had been about
six months in his family as cook. On the same morning
(yesterday) he missed a silver thistle, and suspecting
that she (prisoner) was the thief, he, accompanied by
Mrs. Badger, went to her and desired that her boxes
might be searched, but she objected to that being done
unless in the presence of a policeman. A constable was
accordingly sent for, and on his arrival the said boxes
were opened, when a great quantity of property belong-
ing to prosecutor and a young lady, the governess, was
found there and in other parts of her (prisoner's) room.
When her guilt was detected she begged for forgiveness,
and promised that in the event of her offence being
looked over she would be a " good girl" all the days of
her life.

Sergeant Walker, 5 D, produced a gold seal, ring,
brooch, and the silver thistle before alluded to, together
with a number of tableforks, and a quantity of tea,
sugar, soap, and other things, many of which were dis-
covered secreted under the prisoner's bed. On witness
telling her (prisoner) that she was in charge for the
robbery, and must go to the station-house, she exclaimed,
" Oh, what a foolish girl I am, and I wish I may die
before I get there." She fell upon her knees, crying,
and several times kissed a letter which she had recently
received from her mother.
Mr. Badger identified a great portion of the property
brought forward as being his, and the prisoner, who had
nothing to say, was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
UNION-HALL.
_ _

Yesterday, Sarah Drew, a woman advanced in years,
was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with ad-
ministering poison to Richard Drew, her husband, with
intent to deprive him of life.
The complainant, who is also advanced in life, and
very sharp, stated that he keeps a circulating library at
3, Castle-street, Kent-street, and that the prisoner occu-
pied a room up stairs, but did not take her meals with
him ; that she was in the habit of quarrelling with him,
being of a very violent temper, and that was the reason
, they did not live together in the house, she occupying a
room up stairs, and he allowed her a weekly sum of
money to support herself. On the preceding day, he sold
a small chest of drawers, that he did not require, to his
son, and this gave great offence to the prisoner, who
came down from her own room, and began to abuse him,
and while he was afterwards assisting his son to take
away the drawers, the prisoner, from an up-stairs room,
intentionally dropped a heavy piece of wood on his head
from the window. The same afternoon, she (prisoner)
came down into the parlour, where he was preparing
his tea, and began to abuse him for selling the drawers,
during which a customer came into the shop. He took
the teapot off the table, and placed it on the grate
by the fire side, while he went into the shop to attend
upon the customers, and on his return into the room the
prisoner was still there, and he took the teapot and
poured out a cup of tea, and when he had taken two
draughts he experienced a burning sensation in his
mouth and throat, and immediately began to vomit. He
complained to the prisoner of his sensations, saying he was
certain there was something wrong, but, instead of procur-
ing anything for him to abate the sickness, the prisoner
seemed rejoiced at his sufferings, and ejaculated that she
hoped he would throw up his heart, and used other language
of a similar description. She then left the room and went
up stairs, when soon after her departure he perceived a
piece of paper on the spot where the prisoner had pre-
viously stood, and on opening it he found it to contain a
lump of white stuff resembling chalk in its appearance,
and on pouring the remains of the tea out of the cup
into a saucer, he discovered a quantity of white sedi-
ment at the bottom of the cup. This convinced him that
poison had been thrown into the teapot while he was ab-
sent in the shop, and as there was no other person in
the room but his wife, he concluded that she had put it
there. As he still continued very ill, retching violently,
he and his son proceeded, without loss of time, to Mr.
Maize, chemist, of 274, Kent-street, and having exhi-
bited the sediment left in the cup, and also the paper
containing the lump of white stuff, they were pronounced
to be arsenic. He was still suffering from the effects of
what he had drunk, and an antidote having been admi-
nistered, he recovered sufficiently to be enabled to attend
the court that day, although he was still far from being
well.

In reply to Mr. COTTINGIIA.SI the complainant said that
;here was no person but his wife in the parlour when he
went to attend on the customer; that he made the tea
himself, and was confident the teapot was quite clean at
the time; that he recollected now that his wife said on his
entering the room from the shop, taking up the teacup,
"This will be the signal for your whores, youl old
serpent." She made no remark when he was pouring
out the tea, but was using abusive language when heb
commenced drinking it, and, amongst other things, said
that she hoped it might bring up his heart, when he be-
gan to get sick and retch; that while he was sick she
came down stairs with a stuffed bird, which he kept in a
case in one of the rooms, and threw it at his heal, and
again repeated her abusive language, but did not attempt
to give him anything to assuage the burning sensation
and sickness which he felt.
Mr. Col-mai:tam—Was she sober ?—Perfectly so.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM—Has she ever threatened you be-
fore? Complainant--Yes. She has sworn that she would
get hanged for me before long. Not a week ago she
made use of that threat.
After some further evidence,
Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the prisoner, said that
the charge against her was one that affected her life, and
that at the present stage of the inquiry he would recom-
mend her not to say anything in answer to it ; and that
having given her that caution, she however might uze
her own discretion, but that she was to remember that
whatever she did say would be taken down, and probably
used hereafter as evidence against her.
The prisoner said—l put myself in the hands of the
Lord. All I have to say at present is, that I am inno-
cent of the charge.
Mr. COTTINGUAM said that he should remand the pri-
soner until next Wednesday, and in the meantime he
directed that every exertion should be used by the police
to trace out where the arsenic was purchased.
WANDS WORTH.
Hannah Hogan, the young woman who was charged
at Wandsworth Police-court with creating a disturbance
at the house of her late master, Mr. Gray,
No. 7, Dorset-
terrace, Clapham-road, and who was afterwards charged
with attempting to drown herself, was yesterdayi emoved
to Peckham Lunatic Asylum a confirmed maniac.
LAMBE NIS TRE E T.
James Smith, a labouring man, residing at No. 2,
James-street, Commercial-road was charged with com-
mitting a most dreadful assault on James Deans, in the
Commercial-road, by stabbing him in the thigh with a
knife, by which means he inflicted a serious wound, and
the prosecutor lost a large quantity of blood.
The prosecutor, who appeared to labour under the
serious effects of iis un-English mode of attacking an
adversary, stated that on Wednesday evening, about
seven o'clock, he was proceeding along the Commercial-
road with a truck, on which was placed some timber.
The prisoner, who knew the prosecutor, was passing at
the time, and called after him, " Captain," which the
prisoner
well knew would be a source of annoyance—the
prisoner called after him Captain several times, and which
lie was continually in the habit of doing, for the purpose
of annoying him. The prisoner still persisting in the
annoyance, he turned round and struck hire. when the
prisoner, who had a clasped knife in his hand, aimed a
blow at his stomach, and swore " he would rip his guts
open." The prisoner missed his aim, but at the same
time stabbed him in the right knee, by which means he
inflicted a most severe wound, and the prosecutor fainted
from loss of blood ; the prisoner then coolly wiped his
knife, and said if he dared to strike him again, " he
would rip him well up." The prisoner was then re-
moved.

26s per cwt for Carolina.
SALTPETRE.—This afternoon, Rough met with less
attention,
360 bagsntion,an were disposedbagsdofls2Bof
of
atC 25a
adr middlingatfopublic
sale,
only
dingy dry grey, 5/- per cent. refraction, and unrefracted
245, being rather under former rates ; the remainder
was all taken in at 26s 6d to 27s for fine strong grey, 41
to 31 per cent, refraction.
COCHINEAL.—There has been an increased demand,
and the rates previously established are fully supported:
Honduras at auction went at 4s 5d to 5s Id for very ordi-
nary damp to very fine bold silvers, and 8 bags black at
5s 4d to 5s 9d per lb for middling to good.
INDIGO.—A favourable opinion is still entertained to-
wards East Indigo; for good and fine descriptions of
Bengal the demand is brisk for exportation, and the
rates paid are fully equal to those of the last qutrterly
sale, and in some cases rather above. For picked lots
buyers are compelled to pay an advance of 2d to 4d per
lb. Madras, Oudes, and Kurpah are wanted, but of
such the supply is scanty. The quantity of Indigo sold
d, ring the past month was large, amounting to 1400 j
*PAS, and was taken chiefly by exporters.
OLGO.---There has been little business transacted in
any description of common Fish Oils this week; some
raporters are inclined to realise, and have accepted

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
THE PALMYRA—LONDON TO CHINA.
As fears are entertained in private circles that some
accident has occurred to the Palmyra, Captain Campbell,
which sailed from London on the Bth of November last,
for China, it will be satisfactory to those interested in
her safety, and who have relations on board, to know
that there is no apprehension entertained at Lloyd's, or
in commercial circles, as to her having received damage,
or otherwise. It will be no less satisfactory to such per-
sons to learn, that accounts of her having arrived at
Hong-Kong are looked for by the Overland Mail, now
hourly expected. The Palmyra had, besides other cargo,
a quantity of Government stores, and amongst her pas-
sengers several officers, newly appointed to certain
official stations at the lately-acquired English posses-
sion in China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
ALTERATION IN THE LIGHT OF FAKKEB
JERG, ISLAND OF LANGELAND.

Admiralty, Sept. 2, 1844.
Sir,--I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of
the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that
the light of Fakkebjerg, on the south point cf the is-
land of Langeland, Denmark, has been strengthened by
additional lamps, by order of the Danish Government,
by which means it will be rendered visible at the distance
at which it was originally intended.—l am, Sir, your
very obedient, humble servant,

(Signed)
W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.

JOHN BARROW,

DEATH OF THE GIPSY KING.
A few days since, died, near Beaulieu, Joseph Lee,
the acknowledged monarch of that mysterious class
of people, the Gipsies. He was a native of Brocken-
burst, in the New Forest, and was, it is said, in his
eighty-sixth year. He was the progenitor of a long
line of descendants, having left behind him a large
assemblage of aged children, grandchildren, and
great grandchildren. He is reported to have died
worth a great deal of money. Indeed some years
ago, when Charity Lee was married to one of the
Stanleys, old Joseph Lee presented her upon
the occasion with one hundred spade guineas, besides
trinkets, and several pieces of plate furniture. About
sixty years ago he was in the habit of travelling the
country around Southampton, Ramsey, Lymington,
and Ringwood, as a razor-grinder, and was well-
known in those neighbourhoods under the sobriquet of
Gipsey Joe. It is observed that "Joe" in his day had
dabbled in almost every department of the Black art,
and with the exception of having upon three or four oc-
casions mistook his way into Winchester gaol, he had
managed to play his cards with more than ordinary suc-
cess. He was the boon companion of the notorious Peter
Warren and Billy Dear, the two greatest contraband
adventurers that ever risked life and property in the
pursuit of hazardous and perilous undertakings on the
South-Western coasts of England. The prodigious
freights of illicit spirits this gang used to work some
fifty years since is incalculable. Sometimes they
would be accidentally met with a caravan of one hun-
dred ponies and upwards, laden with tubs, passing
into the forest, where they were wont to conceal the
traffic until a favourable opportunity presented itself
to them to remove the same with safety to some more
inland mart for the sale of it. Nor were the " Wal-
tham Blacks " in their day more formidable for deer
stealing in Waltham Chase than was Gipsy Joe and
his party in the New Forest. Smuggling, deer steal-
ing, poaching, and occasionally selling a few ponies
at the various fairs, were Joe's mottled avocations.
His artifices and manoeuvres were so skilfully
managed, that he successfully eluded the vigilance
of the New Forest keepers, and no farm- house
larder lacked a haunch of venison when Gipsy
Joe was at hand. He was in the forest what
Jonathan Wild waa on the town—up to every trick,
and down upon every move. In his political adminis-
tration he was remarkable for one act which took
place in his reign, viz., that of excommunicating, in
person, about three years ago, a gipsey of the name
of Lee, from the sybilline fraternity, for some act the
latter had committed against the rules and regulations
of the order. The ceremony was performed before a
very large assembly of the various tribes, and though
extremely novel, had a very imposing effect.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES IN

SUFFOLK.

The suicide of the Earl of Stradbroke's head game-
keeper was announced in T/ee Sun this week. Scarcely
had the sensation caused by the act somewhat abated,
than the neighbourhood of Henham-park was thrown
into a renewed state of excitement by the report that
axother of the Noble Earl's keepers had destroyed him-
self. The situation held by this second suicide was de-
scribed as that of superintendent of the other game-
keepers, including among his duties the supervision of
the horses, dogs, &c., belonging to the Earl of Strad-
broke. His name was Cruxey ; and from the few facts
that are to be gathered from the many rumours, it would
appear that on Sunday afternoon (but little more than
24 hours after the frightful death of his fellow-servant)
the unhappy man went into the lower apartment of his
own cottage, situate in the park, and with his gun de-
liberately shot himself. At the time of the act one of
his Lordship's grooms was lying in the room imme-
diately above that in which it was committed, confined
to his bed from the effects of a serious accident he had
met with but a short time since. Many rumours are
about professing to account for the melancholy deed with
respect both to Cruxey and Easey, neither of whom
seem to have had any domestic incentive to the com-
mission of so rash an act. Cruxey had been seen but
a few minutes previous to his death in excellent
spirits. One report attributes the death of both to
their anxiety and dread of meeting their master
(who was expected at Henham-park on Saturday,
on his return from his Irish estates, but who is not
now looked for till this week), fearing his anger that
such extensive depredations should have been allowed
among his preserves as have lately thinned the numbers
of his pheasants, &c. Another rumour states that
Cruxey had robbed Easey's portion of the preserves of
many pheasant's eggs, &c., and laid them under the
birds on his cover, so as to figure before the Noble Earl
as the more prosperous and worthy steward ; the conse-
quence of these acts was the suicide of Easey from vexa-
tion, and the subsequent imitation of his rash example
by Cruxey, who feared that all would transpire and his
delinquencies be detected. He did not bear so good a
character as the head keeper did. A third cause as-
signed is, that both the deceased have for some time past
been carrying on a system of plunder ; robbing their
master's preserves, and sending the game to market for
sale. It is supposed that the inquest which was to have
been held on Easey's body on Monday will have been
postponed to allow of both examinations taking place on
the same day, many of the witnesses in the one case be-
ing equally necessary to the other. A third suicide has
just been committed in the vicinity of Halesworth. The
unfortunate individual in this instance is a young lady
named Burgess, who possessed considerable personal at-
tractions. She is said to have, been excited to the fatal
act by disappointment in love. She effected her purpose
by throwing herself into the river about a mile below
the town. These melancholy occurrenees so rapidly
succeeding each other have naturally caused a great and
painful sensation and regret here.

LOUIS PHILIPPE AND LADY ALDBOROUGIL—One
of our Paris letters contains .the following instance of
gallantry on the part of his Majesty the King of the
French, for the truth of which the writer pledges him-
self :—"On Thursday or Friday last Lady Aldborough
(who, if any lady ever was old, conies into that cate-
pry) wrote to King Louis Philippe, begging his Ma-
jesty would have the kindness to inform her was war
imminent ? The King delayed not a moment to reply
to her Ladyship, through his first aide-de-camp, that
she might make her mind perfectly easy. No war be-
tween France and England was imminent, nor indeed
likely."
THE HORRORS OF A DEPARTURE.---" Your letter
found 'us in what have been termed, with scarcely any
exaggeration, the horrors of departure.' All the
callings, the leave-takings, the apologies for the omission
of both, and all the other external and internal variety
and complication of social contrivances for manifesting
civility, and wasting time, and diminishing comfort ;
and, to close the whole, bill upon bill, and new claims
coming forward, when you supposed all had been satis-
fied, while the supplies which you expected to carry
away with you grow less and less, and you doubt whe-
ther you shall have enough to go off like an honest
man."—Letter from Wilberforce to one of his Children.
STATE OF TRADE.—SOUTH SHIELDS.---TllO ship.
ping interest in South Shields, during the last two or
three weeks, has undergone a complete reaction.
Freights, from being a losing affair, are rising up to the
average of the best times. During the last two years,
they have, in the coal trade, fluctuated between five and
six shillings per ton, and they have now risen to eight
and nine shillings. The continental trade is in the same
excellent condition. The seamen of the town are mak-
ing an effort to get higher wages—and will get them ;
already they have risen ten shillings on the voyage.—
Tyne Mercury.
Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any
deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowland's
Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel-
ling the cloud of langour from the complexion, and
immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending
restored elasticity of the akin. The distressing and
unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also
promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples,
freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its
specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness and
transparency of the skin, giving rise to sensations of the
utmost pleasure and surprise. Its universally great de-
mand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers,
who give the title of "Genuine" Kalydor to some com-
pounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious
character, containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous j
to the complexion, and by their repellant action endanger-
ing health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to
I
see that the words " Rowland's. Kalydor" are on the
wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits !I I
BARNET FAlR.—Wednesday this ancient and popu-
lar fair opened with every prospect of a fruitful harvest
to the speculators in booths, tents, and amusements with
which the green was crowded. Notwithstanding the
attendance of a numerous body of police to prevent a
repetition of the disgraceful conflicts that have been
enacted during the last two years, through the gamblers
that infested it, the thimble-riggers, and other members
of that class of blacklegs, were to be found in all direc-
tions, having scouts to give notice of the approach of
the police. From an early hour in the morning until late
in the evening, the roads from the metropolis were
crowded with vehicles heavily laden with patrons of the
fair, who seemed resolved " to make a day of it."