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London, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

wad a THIRD EDITION al SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAIIENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the WEST LONDON RAIL-
WAY COMPANY will be OPENED for public traffic on MONDAY
NEXT, the 27th inst. Trains will start from the Kensington and
Shepherd's Bush Stations, to meet corresponding Trains on the Lon-
don and 'Birmingham. and Great Western Railways respectively,
throughout that and the following days, of which due notice will be
given by advertisement. JOHN THOMPSON, Secretary.
°Slices, 11, Abchurch-laue, May 20, 1844.

ETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The
UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS
for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, arc authorised to receive
sums not exceeding 5001., to be accounted for is Bombay, in rupees
at the exchange of the day.
By order of the Directors,
W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager.
Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
( YESTE RDA Y. )
MANSION-HOUSE.
THE COAL TRADE.—Capt. Mildrum, of the Eliza col-
lier, of Newcastle, appeared upon a summons to answer
the complaint of George Thorborn, and several other
seamen, who charged him with having unreasonably
detained them fur several weeks in the port of London.
The justice-room was crowded with persons interested
in the coal trade, amongst whom were several highly
respectable shipowners and coal fivitors, Sir P. Laurie
presided upon the occasion.
The complainants, who in fact summoned the captain
of the Eliza because they did not know how to get their
case before the public by any other means, stated that
they and from 100 to 200 other seamen, who had worked
colliers from the north to the port of London, had been
detained in the river six weeks between Gravesend and
the upper section of Blackwall, having unfortunately
subjected themselves to such oppressive delay by signing
articles to perform the whole voyage. The amount to
which each of them would be entitled at the end
of the • voyage was no more than 41., and
no part of that money could they obtain to send to their
wives and families, so that the most poignant distress
was inflicted upon multitudes in consequence of the dis-
agreement between the pitmen and the coal owners, the
former having struck fur higher wages, and the latter
being determined to get as high a price as possible for
their coals.
Sir P. LAURIE—How many colliers are now in the
port of London ? One of the complainants—About two
hundred, and while they are holding out for high prices
you may guess our situation when your Worship is told
that several of us have seven, eight, or ten children
each to support. . •
Sir P. "LAURIE--It appearelhat,b'Y the articles which
you have signed you may be delayed here an unlimited
time.

their cries and the violence of their conduct attracted a
mob of two hundred persons round them, and it was
with the greatest difficulty they were removed to the
station-house.

Inspector Penny stated that nothing could be more
violent or disgraceful than the prisoners' behaviour in
the cull.

THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY
DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS
MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends
of— £5O £69 £7O £BO £9O
£lOO £lle £l2O £l5O £2OO
£4llO £6OO £BOO £1,600 £1,500
LS,OOO and 23,000 sterling.
This Distribution contains as many Dividends as Bonds. Every
Bond a Dividend!
Smallest Dividead £5O
Largest Dividend - - £23,000
Diced for Prospectus, with MI particulars, without delay to
NEINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh.
Or to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR. SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o Clock till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue

Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced them to seven days' im
prisonment each, in the House of Correction.

MANSLAUGHTER.— William Hend was brought up, on
remand, charged with feloniously killing and slaying
Catherine Sheehan, of No. 4, Carrier-street, St. Giles's.
-It appeared, from the evidence of Ellen, Johanna, and
Mary Sheehan, the mother and sisters of the deceased,
that the prisoner and John Sheehan, brother of the de-
ceased, lodge in the same apartment. The deceased was
a person of dissipated habits, and on the night of Satur-
day, the 11th, or rather the morning of Sunday, the 12th,
between one and two o'clock, came home under the in
fluence of liquor. She became talkative and querulous,
and so awaked the prisoner, who told her to be silent.
She used offensive language towards him, whereupon he
jumped out of bed and struck her on the face, with his
clenched fist. He then dressed. The quarrel was renewed;
the mother interposed; the prisoner seized a broomstick,
and, in attempting to strike the deceaed, hit the old
woman on the leg. lie then struck the deceased on the
forehead with tlae broomstick (the weapon was produced),
inflicting a wound, from which she bled considerably.
The deceased was soon after attacked with violent spit-
ting of blood, and complained of pain in the head and in
the side. Medical aid was ottained, but she died on the
following Wednesday.
Mr. Wm. Bennett, a surgeon, residing in the infirmary
of the St. Giles's workhouse, deposed that he attended
the deceased during her illness, and made a past mortem
examination of her body after her death. She had a
contused wound on the forehead, which would have ne-
cessarily produced a feverish action. The cause of her
death was inflammation of the stomach, but the wound
on her head might have, in a minute degree, accelerated
her death.

One Shilling. -
HENRY' HOWARD, R.A., Sec.

MUSIC OF FRANCE.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have cigaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th
Instant, and will be continued daring the week, on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and
EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &e., &c.
Admission, la.; Schooli, Half-price.

MONEY.—GRAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, authorised 143- his Imperial Majesty, and the
Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE Nail, at Vienna. Highest
Prize, 23,0001. ; Lowest 50/. ; 700 Prizes.
Apply for Prospectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Full and Co., bankers and
receivers-general, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Bouverio-
street, London, by letter only. Office hours from Twelve to Three.

I MPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of
JIIL. 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the
Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia.
GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND 'VIENNA..

In the Russian-Polish' Loan the following Dividends will he re-im-
horsed :—Oue of 1,000,00011., one of 300,0004., two of 150,00011., six of
25,00011., eight of 14,00011., Re., together 7,000 dividends, gaining,
7,970,000 H. Smallest dividend 75011:largest 1,000,0004.
In the Austrian Loan 70e bonds will obtain 701,7004 in lots of
230,00011., 50,00011., 15,0000., 10,0000., Re. Smallest divideuld 5000.
10 florins aro equal to 11. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's
exchange. The prices are— .

1 EllWan-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0
4 do. do. de. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0
9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0
Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-in-
bursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of
the holders

Itlsave postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris,
NOW York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's. I, Plough-court, Lombard-
street, London, by letter only. Prospectusos, with full particulars,
and Lists cf the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share-
holder abroad .

J. A. SCITWAItZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General.
Frankfort-oa-Maine, ♦pril, 1844.
A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. In the
Austrian Govennnent Distribution is relatively much more valuable
than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th.

SALE BY SHARES,
OF THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES:-
1. I PRINCELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap-
purtenances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of
the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at •• .. £32,000
2. A SPLENDID MANSION, and its Dependencies, situated
in the town of Vevey, Switzerland, valued at 5,000
3. A FINE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a
very abundant Spring Of Mineral Water, situated ou the
banks of the Lake of Geneva— .. 3,000

Forming a Total (In 40,000 Shares of II each) of £40,000
The sale will positively take place iu the town .f Sion, Canton of
Valais, Switzerland, on the 16th of SEPTEMBER, 1844, whatever may
be the number of Shares sold at that time. The value of the Shares
sold will be deposited in the hands of Messrs. Rougemont, Brothers,
London, until the transfer of the property to the new proprietors.
For Shares, Conditions of Sale, Prospectuses, &c., &e., apply, post-
paid, to Mr. Frederick Quin, General Agent for the United Kingdom,
No. 25, Southampton-street, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, No.
1, Finch-lane, Cornhill, London.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and
18, Chancery-lane, London.
The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ;
The obligation to pay the sum- assured although the debt for which
the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ;
Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ;
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years.
These form a combination of advantages which can be obtained
only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
ALEX. ItOBERTSON, Manager.

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

$5, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Capital, £500,000.

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

INCREASED ANNUITIES ranted on unsound Lives, the amount
varying with the particular disease.

Me hers of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES asetued at Equitable
Rates.

HEALTIZT LIVES are island at Lower Rate* than at moat
other offices.

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

SELLING OFF, CARPETS, CHINTZES,
SILK and WORSTED DAMASKS, TABOURETS, and CA-
BINET FURNITURE.

LUCK, KENT, and CUMMING, of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite
Messrs. Howell and James's, beg respectfully to inform their Friends
and the Public, that in consequence of one of the Partners retiring,
they intend relinquishing their West-End Establishment, and are
Selling Off at less than Prime Cost. ♦ splendid Aubusson Carpet,
18 by 15, at Half Price.'
The Lease of the Premises to be Disposed Of.

DAVIES'S FINE WAX CANDLES, la. sd. per lb.;
they only require trial to pros'e theta the handsomest and
most economical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing.
Genuine Sperm Candles, 2s. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s.—
Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d.—Best kitchen and office Candles, 51d.—Extra
line Moulded Candles, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow
Soap, 465., 525., and SBs. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind-
sor and Palm, Is. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 141.—Rose,
2s.—Camphor, 2s.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superflne Sealing-
wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm 011, 6s. per gallon—Solar Oil,
3s. 6d.—For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross.

TIIE BEST MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION. -
NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple, bat certain reme44y, to all
who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com-
plaints; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting
strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system.
Sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 1 Is. each, by I. Willoughby
and Co., lath B. G. Wining, 61, Bishopsgate Without ; and nearly
all Medicine Vendors.

-INTERESTING TO LADIES.
11 TO MESSRS. ROWLAND AND SON, 20, HATTON.
GARDEN, LONDON.
Percy-place, Landport, Portsmouth, April 4, lsl4.
Gentlemen,—l think it but an act of justice to inform you of the
benefit I have de•ived from the use of your admirable Macassar Oil.
About six months ago I found my hair getting daily more weak and
thin, and much discoloured from a practice I had adopted of wetting
it continually ; fearing that I should lose it entirely, and hearing of
the efficacy of your Macassar Oil, I have for some time past con-
stantly used it, and the result is, that my hair is now perfectly re-
stored and much improved in appearance and colour, having become
thick, dark, and glossy ; it also curls freely without the use of paper,
which it never did before. To all my friends I have warmly recom-
mended your Macassar Oil as an excellent restorative mid preserva-
tive for the hair. As I have an objection to see my name in print, I
beg you will not publish it ; but you are at liberty to show this letter,
or make any other use you please of it, and re.er applicants to me,
necessary, in proof of the efficacy of your Macassar Oil.
Your obedient servant
ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL preserves and reoroduces the
Hair; prevents it from falling off or turning Grey; Changes Grey
Hair to its Original Colour ; frees it from Scurf and Dandruff, and
makes it beautifully soft and curly.
Price Zs. 6d.,75., Family bottles (equal to 4 small),los. 6d., and double
that size, 21a.
_ _ _ _ _ _

C A UTION.—Each genuine bottle has the words RO WLAND'S
MACASIA It OIL engraved in two lines on the Wrapper ; and on
the bock of the Wrapper nearly 1,500 timai, containing t. 9,028 letters.
Sold by the Proprietors, A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden,
London, and by Chemists and Perfumers.
Bo Lure to ask for Rowland's" Macassar Oil. All others are
Fraudulent Counterfeits! !!

LAIR'S GOUT and RIIEUALITIC PILLS.
The decided superiority of this Medicine over every other
itherto offered to the public for the cure of those dreadfully painful
diseases gout, rheumatic gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, &c ,
is so fully manifested by the increasing sale, and the testimony of
thousands in every rank of life, that those who are aware of the ex-
istenoe of such a remedy, anti have not availed themselves of trying
its efficacy, cannot truly be objects of sympathy. The testimonials of
the astonishing effects of this medicine are universally accompanied
by the fact that no inconvenience of any sort attends its administra-
tion, but that the patient, without feeling the operation of the medi-
cine, is universally left in a stronger and better state of health than
experienced previous to being afflicted with this disease; and in all
Cases of tient° suffering great relief is experienced in a few hours,
and a cure is generally effected in two or three days.
Sold by Thomas Prout, TX, Strand, London ; and, by his app
'lent ,by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United
Kingdom. Pr'ce f!s. !Id. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT an si RHEUMATIC PI LLS, and observe
the name and address of " Thomas Prom, 229, Strand, London,"
impressed upon the Oorernment Wzny affixed to each Box of the
Genuine Medicine.,

PUBLIC NOTICE.
434, OXFORD-STREET.

TO:„SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, an the Lords ot the Treasury, is universally re-
commended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders
ncident to the Eyes ansl Head.
SIGHT RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND

GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days
longer), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage
of her Majesty and the Royal Family, exhibiting every Day and
Evening, previous to visiting Paris, in CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN
GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One,
Half-past• Two to Five, and from Seven to Nine °Clock, giving
illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, &e.
This wonderful man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS,
and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. The elegant
presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen.
The General wears his Court Dress daily at Half-past Twelve.
The General continues to wait on the Noilllity and Gentry on due
notice.

Admission One Shilling.
The General has never appeared on the stage of the Ilaymarket
Theatre as has been represented.

EXCHEQULR BILL-OFFICE
2, WHITEHALL-YARD, May 20, 1844.
The EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the months of April and
Juno, 1843, viz.:—

P. G Vic. cap. 1, £262,000, 1843.
6 Vie. cap. 17, £9,050,000, 1843.
Also,
The EXCHEQUER BILLS, dated April, May, and June, 1843, p.
3 Vic., cap. 10, for carrying on Public Works, &c., with the interest
due thereon, will be paid off on the 18th day of June, when the in-
terest will cease. Such Bills will be received daily from half-past
Ten o'clock till Two, until and including the 7th day of June, at this
Office, where Lists are to be obtained, containing instructions for ar-
ranging the Bills. The bearers must indorse each Bill with their
usual signatures, and write their names and residences at the bottom
of each List ; and where the names of holders are inserted in Bills,
the bearers, not being such holders, must previously obtain their en-
dorsements. The bearers must attend to give receipts for the
payment.

Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 18th
day of June, upon leaving the Bills for examination one day prior to
that on which such payment is desired.

New Bills, bearing an interest of One Penny-halfpenny by the day
upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said 18th day of
June, may be obtained In whole or in part payment of principal of
the Exchequer Bills issued under the above-mentioned Acts of 6 Vic.,
cap. 1, and 6 Vic., cap. 17, upon stating the required amount on the
Lists, delivered en or befbre the said 7th day of June, which New
Bills, with the interest ou the Bills exchanged, will be issued on the
19th day ef June.
The 11111 s to be classed in separate Lists, according to the Acts un-
der which they have been issued.
The Bills issued for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries will
be paid off in Monday.

DEAFNESS CURE D I
By the most simple, delightful, and fra. rant Compound:
Its mode et application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand
cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet
certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the
sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it.
the Lords of the reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma-
esties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical
Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised
Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim-
stone's Eye Suuff" for its efficacy iu removing all diseases incident
to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie F.sq,, F.R.S. See J. 11. Each-
field, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas, Dr. Andrews calls it
a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late
Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye
Snuff, and call it "Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade
Mecum." See tho many thousand letters of Testimonies, of un
doubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability.
Nottingham, Aug. 29, 1841
This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr- James Wileockson.
Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham.
to Mr. W. Grimstone.
Slr, I feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my
ease, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your
truly valuable Eye-Snuft. Sir, lam new in my ninety-third year,
and a native of Holland, have been in this country twenty-six
years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I
cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, there-
fore unable to follow my business. Ido most sincerely believe I
should have remained in darkness and pain but for the kind recom.
mendatien of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a Is. 4d.
canister of your Agent, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, who knows
the above to be facts, and w,ll bear witness to my extraordinary
recovery of that most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect
Sight"—l declare has preceesied from the use of your Eye Snuff:
For the sake of those suffering, you may make what use you please
of this letter; Mr. Wilcockson and many others will vouch for its
truth, j refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent,
and se well istiOwia in Nottinghasirm.
I an., , your obliged servant,
Aug. 29, 11241. ANNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA.
P.S.—Sir,—l should not de you justiee without statiag my relief
was almost instantaneous. Pity eyes because wear and free from
liqmour, and by persevering in its use very frequently, lam
enabled to read small print without the aid of glasses, and continua
to enjoy God's blessing—Sight ! tree from pails I have reason to be
grateful, and do rec.:mill-IMA
Nottingham. yeiir Eye bnuff to all 1 Allow.
A. Z. M.
Observe the Caution—W. GRIMSTOME is the vie inventor,
;nil the only genuine is prepared by him.
Thia Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is 6.1 d to
mist-ars; 44 Ali., Is. 3d., 4s. 4d., Ss., and 155. eal. each, by
Proprietor, W,* fiftlrST'JNE,at No. 434, Oxford-street, l.ot en.
nam-court-road end
Ipsdos I,jp, 29, Broad-street, Bloomsbury),
and et the Herbary, ighg ite; aiiis pall elfQ be obtained in all the
principal Towns and Cities A liberal 'aileklairs to Shipl+ersOwners,
i Captains and all Vendors of Grimstones tinerl• +
OtssistsV. Snuff' s shipped to all quarters of the glone, and refanort
v. 1.0004;;; :very climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped
old tht
pgRB A. It Y , $19_49

N.B. All Exchequer Bills charged on Supplies dated prior to April
1843, have been advertised to be paid oft

THE LONDON GENUINE TEA COM-
PANY beg to inform Families Visiting the Provinces, that
they may procun GENUINE TEAS direct from the Company, of
their Agents, in nearly every town and village in the kingdom,
packed in Lead, and warranted Genuine by *e Company.
Spurious and English made Tea being now commonly sold by
the shotsiceepers in the country, the greatest caution is necessary.
Observe the Company's seal on each package.
Applications for Agencies for the sale of the above Genuine Teas.
by which a considerable income may be derived, to be made to the
Company at their Warehouses, 2, Lawrence Pountaey.hill, London.

FPSOM RACES.-DORLING'S RETURN
J LISTS for TOWN and COUNTRY.—FuII RETURNS of
EACH DAY'S RACES will be published every day, and sent by
EXPRESS to Town in time to be forwarded by post the same night
to all parts of the kingdom, price Is. each day, including postage, &c.
FULL RETURN LISTS will also be published in LONDON at
Seven o'Clock in the evening, of each day's racing, by George W.
Jordan, 282, Strand, (opposite Norfolk-street,) price Sixpence. May
be ordered of all Newsmen.

The Trade supplied on the usual terms, on giving a day's notice.

Now ready, Volume the First, 12m0., bound in boards, price Gs.,
THE REBELLION IN THE CEVENNES ;
an Historical Novel, in Two Volumes. Translated from the
German of L. TIECK, by Madame BURETTE.
D. Nutt, Fleet-street; Williams and Norgate, Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden.

CHEAP MUSICAL WORK.
rpHE PIANO, for MAY, price ls., or Is. 4d.
post free, contains :
4117

The Grand Polka, the only 'really popular one—Oh 1 I love thee,
my Father, a favourite Song, by Joh❑ Martin—A complete Set of
Bohemian :National Dances—Lanner's celebrated Carriere Gllops—
The Kiss, a popular Song, composed by Fulix. Mendelsolmn, &c., &e.
The whole for Is., would cost 129, at the music shops.
The MUSICAL CASKET, Vol. 11., price 2s. Gd., or 3s. GI. post
free, neatly bound, contains nearly 200 popular airs, arranged in the
easiest keys for all instruments, by JAMES M'ENVEN.
Published by Duncombe, 10, Middle-row, Holborn ; sold by all
Booksellers.

TIIE REV. T. WILSON'S CATECHISMS.
110%,'
‘Cii Int
gD(SaI
tV,OI Ts
Just published, price 9d.,
lIE CATECHISM OP MUSIC.
,11, }l:,sy(itle Rev. T. Wilson
Also, New EditioillsyolfVtlielfo.
Price 9d. each.
First Lessons in Natural Philosophy.
Second Lessons in Natural Pliilosophy,
Third Lessons In Natural Philosophy.
First Catechism of Common Things.
Second Catechsim of Common Tlungs.
Third Catechism of Common Things.
Catechism of Bible History.
Catechism of English Ilistory.
The First Catechism of Geography.
*,,,* The great success which has attended the First, Second, and
Third Mother's Catechism of the Rev. D, Blair, had Induced the pub-
lishers to thrther extend the utility of this system, by a continued
Series on the most important subjects, under the superintendence
and editorship of the Rey. T. 'Wilson. The want of such a series
skilfully executed, has long been felt.
London : Barton and Clark, Holborn-hill.

The complainant replied that such was the case. In
the Act of Parliament for the regulation of the trade it
was so laid down that the poor labouring man had no
chance in a contest with the rich man, who would wait
until the market might rise.
Captain Mildrum said it was useless and absurd to
charge him with having detained the men. He acted
under the direction of the shipowner, who was naturally
anxious to obtain a fair price fur the coal, and the delay
was as much against the owner as against the men who
had worked the vessel.
The complainant declared that the shipowners had an
allowance made to them.
A shipowner here denied most positively that any
allowance whatever was made to those who conveyed the
coal. He admitted that it was a very great hardship
upon the poor men that they should be detained, but in
fact, all parties were sufferers, the market in London
being completely overglutted, so that if sales were made,
the loss sustained would he serious.
Sir P. LAURIE—Is there any prospect that relief will
be afforded to these men P—Captain Mildrum said he
did not know. He knew that they were much incon-
venienced, and he had offered them "half voyage," but
they refused it.
The complainants said if " half voyage " had been
offered to them when first they began to feel the effects
of the delay, they would gladly have accepted it, but no
proposition of the kind had been made until very lately.
Captain Mildrum declared that he did not at all detain
the ship, but he was bound by the articles, and he sus-
tained a loss proportioned to that which the complain-
ants suffered, and he had much more to do, and the
whole responsibility.
Sir P. LAURIE—The fault is evidently in the law,
which is calculated to oppress the poor man who toils
necessarily for the support of his family. Here is a
very severe judgment, indeed, upon the working man.
I trust that the representatives and the Magistracy of
the districts in which such cases of distress have origi-
nated will take up the matter and attempt to provide
some remedy.
One of the complainants—There is no hope in quar-
ters of that kind, your Worship. All the magistracy and
great men, and representatives, are coal-owners. They
are all interested in keeping up the price of coals, and
what chance have such as we against them ? None on
earth.

Sir P. LAURIE—It would appear, then, from what you
say, that there exists a combination between -the coal
owners and the coal factors, and that as the public won't
now purchase coal at the price required, you are to be
the victims ?

A coal factor and shipowner rose and declared that
there was no such thing as a combination or conspiracy
existing between the coal owners in the north and any
persons in London ; but the fact was, if the coals were
to be sold at the prices now offered, as much money as
would pay for the freight and the other charges would
not be received.
Another coal factor said there was no remedy for the
evil complained of. Ile had had several ships in the port for
the last seven weeks, and he was obliged in consequence
of the overglut to avoid working them. The coal
owners of the north had nothing at all to do with the
matter. Almost all the coals which had lately conic
in had been purchased by shipowners on speculation,
and the speculation had failed for the reasons already
stated.

Sir PETER LAURIE—I trust the condition of these
poor men will be taken into consideration by those
who derive profit from their labour. They say that this
is only the second voyage they have made within the
last five or six months, and if they arc to be detained
in this manner, how on earth are they to maintain their
families?

One of the shipowners, who is also a coal factor, here
declared, that whatever might be the state of the
market, he certainly would sell the cargoes in his vessels
a week hence. He also stated to Sir Peter Laurie that
all the men who had been detained would, no doubt
whatever, be remunerated upon their return home.
Some of the complainants assured Sir Peter Laurie
that they had no expectation of the kind. They never
had the least indulgence or consideration extended to
them by the wealthy men who had so much in their
power, and who exerted the whole of their influence and
authority for the benefit of themselves.
Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, I am sorry for your condi-
tion, but there is no law which will sanction my inter-
ference for your benefit. The case will, no doubt from
the interest felt in the circumstances, be submitted to
public opinion through the Press, and I dare say that
through such channel remedy may result from exposure.
Although I cannot relieve you I do not regret that you
have sought redress at the hands of the Lord Mayor.
The case can only be met by an Act of Parliament, and
I trust that although the complainants say the magis-
tracy in the coal districts are all coal owners, some ef-
fectual means may be adopted to protect these poor men
and enable them to share with their families the produce
of their labour.

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The captain was then told that he was wholly excul-
pated, and the complainants retired, expressing hopes,
but appearing to despair.
An elderly man, named Thomas Marsh, of very re-
spectable appearance, and with a head as white as snow,
was charged with having committed a robbery in the
warehouse of Messrs. Lea, Wilson, and Co., the exten-
sive silk manufacturers in Goldsmith street.
Mr. Caldwell, warehouseman in the house, stated that
the prisoner, about a week ago, called at the warehouse,
and desired to see some silk- handkerchiefs. Witness
showed him several, but took no particular notice of
him, never suspecting that a person of his appearance
contemplated a robbery. lie made some objections to
the width of the handkerchiefs, and went away without
purchasing any. After his departure witness missed
some of the goods which had been exhibited, and ascer-
tained in the course of the evening that twelve hand-
kerchiefs had been stolen. On Saturday, the prisoner
again entered the warehouse, and witness having made
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from him, waited upon him. The prisoner looked at
several handkerchiefs, and was observed cautiously de-
positing three of them in his pocket. He then said he
would call again, and was moving towards the door,
when witness stepped up to him, and told him to deliver
up the property which ha had taken. He, with affected
surprise, denied that he had put anything in his pocket;
but upon being told there was no use in denying the
fact, he pulled out the three handkerchiefs, said there
must be some mistake in the business, and flung them
into a corner.

The prisoner said the statement of the witness was
quite untrue, for he had never either put the handker-
chiefs into his pocket or taken them out of it.
Another person in the employment of the firm con-
firmed the evidence of Mr. Caldwell.

One of the inspectors of the City Police said the pri-
soner was in the habit of robbing warehouses and shops,
and was very clever at that sort of work.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I have no doubt that a man so
wholly unlike the character of a thief in appearance
must, with such a propensity, do avast deal of mischief.
I thought, when I first looked at him, that ho was at the
bar by mistake ; but I find that he is an adept, and I
have no doubt that he will be transported for this offence.
Committed for trial.
CLERKEN WELL.
Henry Jones and Charles Creed, paupers in the Hol-
born Union workhouse, were charged with outrageous
conduct.

The prisoner, when asked for his defence, said, " I
will reserve it for a higher tribunal."
He was fully committed for trial.
Anne Mitchell was brought up on remand, charged
with having stabbed John Dymmock with a knife.
The facts of the case have already appeared in detail.
The prosecutor attended in Court, but in so weakly a
condition that he could scarcely articulate.
The prisoner was remanded for the evidence of the
surgeon at Bartholomew's Hospital, who refused to come
without a fee. Mr. Greenwood issued a summons to
compel his attendance.

Charles Ford, servant in the employment of. Mr.
Quelch, an hotel-keeper in Fleet-street, was charged
with having two gallons of whiskey without a permit.
The prisoner met Morris, an Excise-officer, in Church-
street, Lower-road, Islington, on Saturday evening,
when on his way to a customer of his master's with the
liquor, and asked him the shortest way to the street in
which the customer resided. Morris answered by
taking him into custody, finding that he had no permit.
The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was fined 251, or
three months' imprisonment.
Mr. Quelch paid the fine at once.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

MAI THB MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—Among the multitude of opinions and re-
commendations afloat on the subject of the currency,
there is one by Mr. Leckie which seems to be peculiarly
worthy of notice, and that is, to abolish the legal tender
clause as now attached to the Bank of England paper,
the effect of which would be, instead of locking it up in
one place, to " saturate" the country with gold, thus
leaving to the Bank, in the event of a continental war, a
supply to fall back upon.
A correspondent suggests, that as the now banking
measure of Sir R. Peel provides for the registration of all
the names of persons interested in joint-stock banks, a
similar enactment to include bankers generally,
whether of issue or deposit, would be felt as add-
ing greatly to the security of the public. What oc-
curred in the failure of Hammersley's is a case pre-
cisely in point, for if it had been known to the cus-
tomers of the Bank that only one individual was
responsible to them, they would either have with-
drawn their deposits, or, by insisting upon additions to
the firm, have secured themselves against danger. Many
instances, if not of the same kind, nearly approaching
to it, may exist at the present time, and of the firm ac-
tually placed in the list, it occasionally happens that not
one name of those actually in it appears, the old descrip-
tion being kept up long after the business has passed
into other hands. The suggestion appears to be a very
reasonable one.
A letter from Mogador of the 19th ult. says—
" The commerce of Mogador continues in the same crippled
state. Almost every production of this country is lower in
price in London than it is in Mogador, and yet the mer-
chants continue to carry on business! The only possible
way for them to do business is never to pay their duties when
they export produce. But, indeed, this is their system.
They make up their minds to involve themselves in debt with
the Emperor to the amount of thousands of dollars, and to
remain, on account of this debt, in this country for ever.
" There aro two or three joint-stock companies advertised
in the English papers 'for exploring the mines and develop-
ing the wealth of Morocco.' These can never come into ope-
ration, for the Emperor's policy of enslaving European mer-
chants is quite against them. But if the Emperor can trick
the parties, he will."
SUN.—Stocks close better than they were in the morn-
ing, being 991 to for Consols, and 981 for Reduced
Three per Cents. There was no alteration, however, in
the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Securities.
The Foreign Market also looked more buoyant.
Spanish Actives touched 24 to *, and the Three per
Cents. 35 to *. Mexican were done at 35* to 1, being
about previous quotations. Venezuela were 40k to e,
and Colombian 14k to f. The northern investments re-
mained as in the morning.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :--Birmingham and Gloucester were 8 to 10};
Caledonian, to Blackwall, 91, and Greenwich, si
to I discount. Bristol and Exeter have been 14 to 12k;
Ditto and Gloucester, 18 to 18k; Chester and Holyhead,
2 to 11; Dublin and Cashel, 21 to 31; Eastern Coun-
ties, New, si; Great Western, 46; Ditto, Half, 17i;
Harwich (Locke), I; Lancaster and Carlisle, 2; Bir-
mingham, 1241-to 125; Greenwich, Preference,; South-
Western, 46*; Ditto, Eighths, 41-; Croydon, 4i; Ditto,
Scrip, 9to 8i; Manchester and Birmingham, 161; North-
ern and Eastern, 12; North Midland, Thirds, 7i; Trent
Valley, .5e to 51; Paris and Rouen, 18k; and Rouen and
Havre, 9i to I premium. British North American
Bank Shares were 81 discount; Union of Australia, 11;
and Union of London 21 premium.

THE RECENT GALES.
Since Saturday last the weather has been more like that
generally prevailing in March and November than at the
latter end of May. The effects of the north-easterly gales
have been most severely felt at various points along the coast,
and accounts from more distant quarters are looked for with
the greatest anxiety. On Sunday the wind blew a perfect
hurricane, and the shipping detained by the easterly gales in
the Downs suffered much damage, many of them being driven
from their anchorage out to sea, and others cast ashore.
During the afternoon a schooner was observed by the Dover
boat-men rounding the South Foreland in great distress.
She was evidently at the mercy of the waves, and attempts
were made to render some assistance from the shore. The
sea, however, ran so high that the efforts of the boatmen
were entirely fruitless, and the vessel shortly after went down
in deep water, when all hands perished. At an earlier pe-
riod of the day a large brig had driven ashore under the cliffs
eastward of Dover, but, being lightened, she fortunately
floated off with the next tide. Another brig got ashore near
the South Foreland Lighthouse, and has sustained much in-
jury. Yesterday morning a large barque, which had ridden
out the gale of Sunday in the Dover roads, parted both
anchors, and was driven out into the Channel, but, the wind
shortly after moderating slightly, assistance was sent off to
her, and she was brought to an anchorage again during the
afternoon. Margate, Dover, and Folkestone harbours are
crowded with vessels driven in by stress of weather, many
of them with loss of topmasts and spars, and in Sandgate
Bay yesterday afternoon there were no less than thirty-five
vessels at anchor waiting more moderate weather to proceed
up Channel. The steam communication with the Continent
has been very materially interrupted by the weather. On
Saturday the vessels had considerable difficulty in getting
across, and on Sunday the Charon Government mail-packet,
bound for Calais, after beating about in the Channel for some
hours, was compelled to give up all hope of making that
port, and put into Boulogne, where she landed her mails and
passengers. The Charon was the first boat to leave Boulogne
yesterday, and during her passage the sea rose so high that
one of her passengers, who was seated on deck near the
helmsman, was washed overboard when the vessel was about
mid-channel. Fortunately the gentleman was a most expert
swimmer, and, notwithstanding the buffeting of the waves,
ho kept himself afloat until the packet was put about and a
rope had been thrown to him, which he grasped firmly hold
of, and was then rescued from his perilous Situation. The
Folkestone boat did not go out on Sunday night, and her
passengers remained at the south-Eastern Pavilion. The
wind greatly moderated during the latter part of yesterday
afternoon, and the Boulogne boat was within sight of Folke-
stone when the seven o'clock train left.

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT THB LONDON DOCKS.—
Yesterday morning, about half-past twelve o'clock, an acci-
dent of a peculiarly frightful character happened in the East-
ern Basin of the London Dock, to a man named Thompson,
belonging to the Sylph, a vessel trading to the West Indies,
and which is now unloading at that quay. lie was aloft
doing something to the rigging, when, from. some unex-
plained cause (being perfectly sober at, the time), his foot
slipped, and he fell from the main-topsail yard, a height of
perhaps 30 feet, head-foremost on to the deck, striking, in
his descent, against the handle of the winch used for hoisting
out the; sugar hogsheads, which the men had left hardly
three minutes before. His skull was literally dashed to
When
by the fall, and the deck strewed with his brains.
When taken up he was quite dead, and presented a shocking
spectacle, the face being smashed to a mummy, and the arms
and ribs completely broken. The horribly-mangled remains
were conveyed on. a stretcher to the dead-house of St.
George's-in-the-East, where they await a Coroner's inquest,
which will be held at the Wellington public-house, adjoining
the church, this day. What renders the occurrence the piprp,
lamentable is, that the poor man had re,10.1110 his with and
family only two • days before, after returning safely from a
Yrie to tie Wesfluctio.

Creed, when placed at the bar, affected to be both
deaf and dumb, and his fellow prisoner said ho was so.
The Magistrate sent to the workhouse for an interpreter;
but Creed was no sooner placed in the passage of the
Court than he commenced using the most abusive
language towards the policeman who captured him, and
replied to several questions.
An interpreter, however, was sworn, when it appeared
that, at seven o'clock on the previous evening, the pri-
soners, who were under the influence of liquor, went
along the footway in Baldwin's-gardens and Gray's-inn-
lane, pushing the passengers into tho street. When
remonstrated with, they used the foulest language.
Police-constable 163 G came up. They then insulted
a servant girl, who attempted to pass along on an errand.
The officer took them into custody, and they at once
fell upon him. The assistance of two other constables
was obtained, whom the prisoners likewise kicked and
9404 in a rao4 ferocipus 14414114! Wlia 104403 41.

SALT TRADE.—A large trade in salt has just been
created on the joint lines at Derby, where scarcely any
existed before. Salt, which used to sell at 355. a ton, a
price almost prohibitory for agricultural purposes, is
now delivered in Derbyshire by the North Midland
t 178. a ton, and is extensively used as a fer-
tiliser,' per.ultarty suited to the soil of the country.—
Leicester ihurnal.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE,

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE at NAWORTH
CASTLE, CUMBERLAND.
' It falls to our lot to.reeord an account of one of the most
woeful and destructive fires that, perhaps, ever occurred in
the county of Cumberland. - About two o'clock' on Saturday
afternoon last, a most violent fire broke out at Naworth
Castle, one of the seats of the Earl of Carlisle, when an ex-
press was immediately sent off to Carlisle ftir the fire engines
and other assistance. The engines were almost instantly
sent off by the railway, and arrived at the scene of destruction
about six o'clock. progress and devastation of the fire
in the meantime had proved so rapid and violent, that on the
arrival of the engines the roofs of the principal building had
fallen in, with the exception of the large tower, which the
uncontrollable element had not reached. The exertions of
the firemen were directed to the preservation of this tower,
which, after the most venturesome and arduous work,
was at last with great difficulty saved. There are various
rumours afloat as to the origin of the fire. Some
say that it was from one of the chimney fluos; others that
it broke out in a room where had been no fire for years.
We understand tharthe valuable collection of old paintings,
by the best masters, and also. the ancient and valuable fur-
niture, were nearly all destroyed. The smoking ruins of
Naworth Castle, are 411 now that remain of the baronial man-
sion of the great Barony of Gilsland, situate in a verdant
park, embosomed among lofty trees on the south margin of
the river Irthing. This specimen of a feudal residence con-
sisted of two lofty towers, connected by other masses of ma-
sonry, inclosing a quadrangular court. Up to the time of
its destruction by fire, on Saturday last, it was kept up in
the style in which it appeared when occupied by Lord William
Howard, the "Belted Will" of "The Lay of the Last Min-
strel." Fortunate, however, it is for the sake of antiquity,
that the tower which is saved is that which contains the
private apartments and furniture,. his library, oratory, and
armoury, which " convey a strong impression of the soli-
tary grandeur and inconvenient magnificence of the border
feudal Lord." The private aphrtments communicate by
secret passages with the dungeons; thus, whilst reading in
his library, or engaged in his confessional, his eyes
might still be directed towards his prisoners and their guards,
so that it may be truly said of Naworth Castle, " that sus-
picion was its architect and fear its founder." Large
concourses of people from Carlisle, Brampton, and the sur-
rounding districts, hastened to the spot to lend every assist-
ance in endeavouring to extinguish the fire, but without
effect, except the :preservation of " Belted Will's" tower.
Much credit is due to the firemen, and more especially to
Mr. Richardson, ironmonger, of Carlisle, and other trades-
men, whose exertions were f the most arduous and daring
character. - The fire was distinctly seen on the Botcherby•
road at Carlisle, a distance of about ten miles, and being
Saturday evening, thousands of people congregated there, to
view the distant mighty flames, which illumined the whole
canopy of the sky for miles around with a brightness and
effect most wonderfully astonishing and sublime. The loss
sustained by this fire cannot as yet be actually ascertained,
but it will be enormous. No lives were lost.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR
FOLKESTONE.

Yesterday, shortly after three o'clock, much excitement
was occasioned at Folkestone by the arrival of amounted ex-
press, with'intelligence that a tire of a most alarming charac-
ter had just broken out in the extensive homestead occupied
by Mr. Taylor, and known as Enbrook Farm, situated about
midway between Folkestone and Cheriton. The inhabitants
were immediately on the alert to render the necessary assist-
ance, and a pair of horses, belonging to Mr. Vafyer, the
postmaster of Sandgate, which were awaiting the arrival of
a carriage at the railway station, having been attached to the
fire-engine belonging to the parish of Folkestone, it was im-
mediately dispatched with an efficient body of men. On ar-
riving at the spot the fire was found to be raging furiously in
the stack-yard belonging to the farm. Two wheat ricks were
already destroyed,_ and the flames were rapidly extending
themselves. Before water could be procured in any sufficient
quantity to be of service, several adjoining stacks were on
fire ; and, as a strong north-easterly wind was blowing
at the time, small hope was entertained of saving any
portion from the general.) wreck. The inhabitants of
Sandgate and the adjoining villages soon assembled in
great numbers, attracted by the dense volumes of smoke
which arose from the burning mass; and it is only right
to say that each vied with the other in endeavouring,
by the most active exertions, to stay the progress of the fire.
Unfortunately, however, from the dry and combustible nature
of the stock and premises their efforts were of no avail, and
within little more than half an hour of the outbreak a large
barn full of wheat, all the ricks in the stack-yard, and
various lesser out-buildings, were one complete burning
mass. So rapid was the progress of the flames, that all those
at work on the farm where the fire broke out could do was to
remove the horses and other live stock out of danger. All
hope of saving the farm-buildings having ceased, the efforts
of the workmen were directed to the residence of Mr. Taylor,
which fortunately stands rather removed from the home-
stead. Notwithstanding this circumstanee, however, it was
several times in imminent danger, and escaped only by
keeping the walls constantly cool. The fire in the stackyard
and homestead continued to rage with undiminished violence,
and only ceased when it had literally burnt itself out.
When the last up-train left last night nothing remained but
a heap of smouldering ruins. It is said that the accident
originated from a spark supposed to have been blown from
the locomotive engine of the eleven o'clock down-train into
the stackyard, and from a personal inspection of the spot,
such an occurrence appears extremely probable. Under
ordinary -circumstances it appears sufficiently far removed
from danger; but, yesterday the wind blew at some periods
with such fearful violence near the coast, that it is impos-
sible to say where security might exist. It is said that
the stoker was attending to the fire as the engine passed
over the embankment, beneath which the farm is situate,
and that a large number of red hot 'Anders fell from the
fire near the spot. If this really be the case, the accident
is easily accounted for. Mr. Taylor is a young man very
highly respected, and, unfortunately, is stated to be un-
insured.

THE RECENT MELANCHOLY
ACCIDENT.
(FURTIIER PARTICULARS.)
A correspondent sends us the following particulars of the
melancholy accident at London-bridge Wharf, from an in-
quiry instituted yesterday (Monday) at the police stations in
the city and at Wapping. The boat into which the children
ventured belongs to a waterman named Williamson, and at
the time of the accident it was rowed by his son, a youth
nineteen years of age, who had been duly indentured to
his father, and was, consequently, so far qualified to ply for
hire upon the river. The boat, however, was not licensed,
as it had been purchased only a few days, and the necessary
instructions furnished in the 2d and 4th by-laws of the
Master and Wardens of the Watermen's and Lightermen's
Company had not been complied with. From the number of
those already known to be lost, and those rescued, it is evi-
dent that more were taken on board the skiff than the law
allows, as the proviso distinctly states that if more than
eight persons are carried, the party is liable to a fine of 51.
By an Act passed in 1742, such an offender would be liable
not only to the amercement, but to a disqualification, amount-
ing to a prohibition from plying at all for twelve months.
This statute, however, is rendered obsolete by the above by-
law, passed during the mayoralty of Alderman Lucas. The
following is a correct list of' the persons known to be missing,
and of those subsequently restored to their friends :—Lost,
Julia Lane, aged twelve years, resident at Brin's-court,
Southwark; Robert Thurlow, eight-and-a-half, 12, Shaftes-
bury-place, Aldersgate-street ; W. Newton, thirty-eight,
Allen-street, Goswell-road. Up to this afternoon (Monday),
other inquiries have been made, but it is not quite clear that
the parties inquired for were on board the boat when she was
upset. Restored, George Field, William Bird, Charles New-
ton (brother to the above, who went down) ; Joseph New-
som, and Henry Thurlow. A lad of the name of Leicester,
who was supposed to be dead when taken into the Castle
public-house, in St. Mary-at-hill, recovered after consider-
able !attention, and was eventually removed to his home.
Another boy was restored at the Steam-packet Hotel, and
furnished with a change of clothing by the landlord. It is
to be hoped that the authorities will take immediate steps to
stay the nuisance of these overcrowded boats, in so danger-
ous a part of the river. None of the bodies have at present
been found.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP RAILWAY.
ANTWERP, MAY 18.—A dreadful accident has occurred on
the railroad from Brussels to Antwerp, at a station four miles
from the latter town, named Bad Goed. The train which
arrived at this station about five o'clock was, while in full
progress, thrown off the line, and brought in contact with a
luggage train. The concussion was fearful in the extreme ;
three persons were brought in dead last night, fifteen
grievously wounded, and about forty with contusions more
or less serious. The accident is said to have been occasioned
by the carelessness of the railway servants in attending to the
points, so that at the junction with the Ostend line the car-
riages were thrown off the line, and came into collision with
the baggage-train. Strange to say the engine, the tender
and one carriage continued upon the proper line, but were
violently separated by the concussion from the remain-
ing carriages. Another account states that the rail was
under repair, and that one rail, which had been replaced,
was imperfectly bolted and fastened at the extremity to-
wards Brussels. As the train passed over it the fastening
was loosened, and after the passage of the first carriage the
end tilted up, caught the wheel of the next carriage, which
was thrown off the line,' and thus occasioned the accident.
The carriages were crowded with passengers, and among
them several English people. One Englishman was carried
to the hospital of St. Elizabeth, but after having his wounds
dressed was able to be removed to a private residence. I
could not learn his name at the hospital, as his stay was
short, and no record made. Another had his face severely
cut and contused, so that his features could not be recognised ;
and a third, who had left his own carriage and was tra.
veiling with his courier, was severely wounded in the legs,
but not, it is to be hoped, to require amputation. An Eng.
lish lady is also named as having been killed, but I will not
repeat the name, as it is a common one, until I can ascertain
if the report is correct. Four German bakers who had been
in England, and were returning to their employment,
got
into a carriage which had been recently painted, but
leftitt
for another in consequence of the strong smell of the paint.
It was a providential removal, for the newly painted car-
riage was literally crushed to atoms. A Belgian advocate
had
appears both
inevitable his legs so frightfully janlilled, that amputation
.
Some accounts say that there are already ten persons dead,
bat I hope it is exaggerated. The numbers I have reported
wore given me at the hospital
Si J

Ar ames Duke still continues unable to attend
to his Parliamentary duties from severe indisposition,
which confines him to his room at Brighton.
HOT BLAST CASES.--We understand that the expe-
rienced ironmasters to whose arbitration was submitted the
disputes between the hot-blast patentees and the proprietors
Of the extensive iron-works at Venydarvan, Aberdare, and
Tred9gar, as to the amount payable by the latter for in-
fringing the patent, have, after a careful investigation, issuM
a final award, finding the patentees entitled to nothing, and
ordering each party to pay their own expenses. We are in-
formed that the proprietors of the above works had previously
offered, for their use of t 4 patent, one shilling per ton upon
all the Ali mace tbiuni but that this QifCl 7a4_ 4.6144°'