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them lived about an hour, and the other about an hour
and a half. I could hear the miners working to get
us out. I believe everything was done that could be
done. I was afraid to stir, although I saw my suf-
fering companions close to me nearly buried in the
earth. It was light a part of the time from a candle,
but after it want out we were in darkness all the
time. Some of the men had their arms wedged
down, and asked me to remove the clods from their
mouths to allow them to breathe, and I did so several
times, although it endangered my own life, as the
stuff continued falling. The butty was one of
those stopped up; and he died. While he WAS con-
fined his arms were crushed against his body, and
his head was kept bent down. He could scarcely
breathe, and when I removed the clod from his mouth
he breathed so hard that the candle went out, and we
gave ourselves up for lost. I have been a miner from
my childhood, and havQ worked at the pit in question
about six weeks, and speaking from my expe-
rience I think the occurrence was accidental, and
could not be prevented. I did not think there
was any danger, or I would not have worked at the
pit. There is plenty of timber, and every precaution
is taken to ensure the safety of the men. After
the deceased was got out, his body was, I believe,
taken to his house. It is now lying there. The t%so
others who were killed were removed to Dudley. I
think the accident took place through there being a
hollow above the one where we worked, and the stuff
between the two dropping down. Ido not think any
one is to blame with reference to it.
Other corroborative evidence was given, and the
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—
Wolverhampton Chronicle of Wednesday.

da)r to the warehouse he found that they had been

the H division the prisoners were arrested—Hawkins
in Whitechapel, and Crawcour in a house of ill fame,
No. 6, Salter-place, Cannon-street-road, when they
were brought before Mr. Ballantine, on Saturday.
last. The only evidence to connect either of the pri-
soners with the burglary was that of a lad named
Edward Cummins, who swore positively that at eight
o'clock on the evening of the preceding Sunday,
whilst standing in Cannon-street, almost directly op-
posite the school-house, he saw two persons, one of
whom was Hawkins, come out of complainant's house,
whilst Crawcour lighted them with a candle to the
door, and in about two minutes afterwards followed
them down William-street.

stjlen.

The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Letham)—Did you
sell any of these goods to the trade ?—Mr. L,Aham
replied that he believed he did last year.
The LORD MArott—Would theQo pieces have
brought a higher price than Mr. Evans gave for them ?
Mr. Letham—They would have been sold at a much
higher price. Mr. Evans has given a very low price
for them.

Mr. Humphreys—ls not Mr. Evans's a very respect-
able house ? Mr. Letham—Certainly it is.
The LORD MAYOR—These goods have been pur-
chased at fourpence-halfpenny a yard. What would
you have charged ? Mr. Letham—l think there is
not one which we would sell at less than ninepence a
yard, and there are some which would produce four-
teen or fifteenpence.
Mr. Humphreys—Ts it not usual to sell off a bank-
rupt's stack at at least a 3 low a rare, comparatively?
Mr. Letham—l have never observed things of the

The first witness called was police-constable 126 H,
by whom Crawcour was arrested. He stated that he
had discovered no traces of the stolen property, and
was therefore not able to carry the case any further than
on the previous examination. He had, hwever, made
inquiries into the character of the lad Cummins, on
whose evidence the charge entirely depended, and all
the answers were in favour of his honesty. One of
Cummins's former employers, named Allen, dis-
charged him for sauciness, but did not accuse him of
being a liar.
Cummins was then called—Though subjected to a
long and severe cross-examination by Mr. Lewis,
he persisted steadily in his previous statement ;
nothing was elicited to affect his character more than
that he had been dismissed for sauciness by Mrs.
Allen, and from her employment at the Cannon-street
toll-gate, because on one occasion he had stayed up
all night with the toll-taker at Stepney-gate. Some
additional evidence, however, was elicited from
his further cross-examination, which will be of
great importance to the prisoners. He swore
that, previously to his seeing Crawcour light
the two parties out of complainant's house, he was
standing against a lamp-post at the corner of Chap-
man-street and Cannon-street, talking to a nut boy.
On seeing the goings on at the house, he said to the
nut boy, " There's something wrong there ;" onwhich
the latter replied, " Don't talk to me like that," and,
taking up his nuts, went away. There were not many
people passing at the time, and witness could not be
mistaken as to the identity of the prisoners, as he had
seen each of them several times, and on one or two
occasions be had seen them in company with each
other. _ _ .

kind. lam not in the habit of taking the least notice
of placards or advertisements about such stock.
Mr. Humphreys—Do you not know that goods are
often sold at a great reduction of price ? Mr. Letham
(as we understood him)—Certainly.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the prisoners.
The prisoner Kirby asked whether the Lord Mayor
would not accept of bail for his appearance ?
The LORD MAYOR replied that he could not accept
of bail under the present circumstances.
A very wild-looking Irishman, named Ned Howe,
was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge
of having assaulted Margaret Macnamara, a country
woman of his cwn, after having been bound over a
short time ago to keep the peace towards her. The
assault was committed under rather odd circum-
stances.
The statement of Mrs. Macnamara, was to the
effect that she had, about three months ago, been in-
volved iri a row with the defendant in Angel-alley,
and that the Lord Mayor thought so badly of his
conduct upon that occasion that his Lordship
thought proper to bind him over in a
serious penalty to keep the peace for
six months. Notwithstanding, however, so solemn
an engagement, he bounced out of his window in
Cock-court, Angel-alley, in his shirt, on Wednes-
day morning early, and pitched his knuckles into her
ribs with such violence, that she wondered the life
did not leave her along with her breath.
The Loan MAYOR—Do you swear that he actually
got out of his window without his clothes to attack
you ? Complainant—Yes, your Lordship. All he
had on in the world was his shirt, and I was in the
front of the court getting a kettle of water.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have
you to say ? You are accused of breaking your bond
to keep the peace. Defendant—Oh, then, my Lord,
who could stand it ? Why, do you know what she
called me ? By the vartue of my oath, she called me
a son of a —.
Complainant—Weu, my Lerd, what do you think
he called me ? By the 'vartue of my oath, he called
me a —, and ain't that as bad as the son of a
any day ?—(Great laughter.) Why should Ibe
tumbled over head and heels, and a kettle of water
on my bead, for calling him what his mother knew
very well he was ?—(Laughter.)
The defendant—The devil a bit I hurt her, for I
didn't give her a single clout on earth. '
The LORD MAYOR—She swears that you did, and
it is quite intolerable, after a magistrate has taken
your own recognisances to keep the peace, that you
should so grossly break it. Now I must put a stop
to this sort of proceeding. I shall send the case to
the sessions to be disposed of.
The prisoner was accordingly committed.
MARYLRROVE. •
On Thursday Joseph Farmer, grpona.tn Mr. Allen,
a surgeon, residing at 6, Hohneeeterrace, Kentish-
town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long,
charged under- the following extraordinary circum-
stances :
The - -
maid-servant, Elizabeth -Riley, .deposed, that
OD the previous night, between ten and eleven o'clock,
during her master's absence from home, the prisoner
demanded to be paid his wages immediately, as ,he
intended to leave, when Mr. Allen, jun,' desiteed him•
to make application for his money to Mr. Allen on"
the next morning. He then became exceedingly
violent and noisy, and going into the kitchen seized
hold of a large poker with which he broke the door
to pieces. He next smashed to atoms a complete
dinner, dessert, and teasservice in the kitchen and
pantry, and then made his way up stairs into the
surgery and dining-room, in both of which apart-
ments, as also in the passage, he demolished with the
poker the framework and glass in two or three of the
windows, and a valuable lamp; there were two police-
men in the house, but they for some time seemed
afraid teinterfere.
Inquiry was made by-- the magistrate- as to the
amount, of damage ; it was estimated at not less than
201.
Stevens, 222 S, said, that he was ealled.in, and on
approaching the kitchen the prisoner rushed at him
with a large poker, swearing that he would beat out
his (witness's) brains, at the same time aiming a tre-
mendous blow at his head, which fortunately missed
him, and by the force with which he (prisoner) struck,
the door was shattered. Witness added, that as soon
as he was able, he and hiS brother officer secured the
prisoner 'in the passage, and after considerable resist-
ance conveyed him to the station-house.
Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)--Have you anything
to say fur yourself?—Prisoner (sullenly)—Nothing.
Mr. LONG observed, that he could not deal with the
prisoner for the damage, the amount thereof putting
that part of the case entirely out of his jurisdiction.
He should, however, inflict a penalty of 40s. for the
assault, and in default of payment one month's im-
prisonment.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar.
. CLERICENWELL.
Yesterday James Shirley, alias Thompson, alias
Chambers, a smartly-dressed, shrewd-looking young
man, was brought up for final examination, charged
with numerous robberies at the houses of professional
gentlemen, also with a burglary at the house of Mr,
Rogers, a gentleman residing in Bedford-square.
Sergeant Dodd, 9 E, who had charge of the case,
produced in court as many books as would furnish a
small circulating library of every description—Court
Guides, novels, and French and German works ; also
a variety of notes tastefully written. These were the
instruments with which the prisoner worked in a way
novel and successful, and practised to a very great
extent. Frequent communications had been made
to the police-stations of the frauds, and the pri-
soner's person accurately described, but he was
not apprehended until Friday, the 10th instant.
The evidence given was very voluminous, but as it
was of the same character in nearly all the cases, it
will be sufficient to mention the modes operandi. He
went to the house, rang the bell, and when the door
was opened, lianded a parcel of books to the servant,
and a note, saying' they were for the cook. The note
ran thus :—" 20, Charles-street. Dear Sister,—
With this .note I send you books that you have long
desired to peruse, and I think they will repay you
with profit tenfold for your trouble. James has gone
to Southampton, and he told me to say that he could
not possibly call on you before. ho started. Call as
early as you can make it convenient. Eliza wishes
to See you ,'r me that you 'have
nut called on her for a 1.;:07th past. Mc.,anwliiie, I
"aria your all',!;:ti,-litate brother, J. D. Clyarol)rs."
Withlettele of this nature h 3 robbed the .re•3l,lence
*of ;.11r. CI GAtil'Als, Of No. 21, .11e.d.forl-p!aee, of a
, .
Spanish cloak, the property of Archdeacon Marrhtt,
of Sydney, who was on a yisit to Mr. Griffiths ; the
house of Mr. Geo. Faulkner, No. 1, Bedford-row,of a
weatherglass; the house of Mr. Barrow,. of 29,
Bloomsbury-square ; two houses is Albian-pleee,.
Blackfriars, of wearitig'-apparel ; and' about -heif-a-
dozcn other gentlemen's.houses in various parts of the
metrovolis, amnngst others, Mr. P. Samuels; of No. 1,
BedfOrcl:place, of 'a great coat., The itirglary • was
Committed 'at the ' house of Mr,. Rogers, ;where the
prisoner stole a beaver coat,, value 51. IN the night
of the 10th instant the prisoner knocked at the door
of Mr. Gregory, a solicitor, residingein Bedford-row,
but the cook no sooner saw the parcel than she knew
what it meant, gave the alarm, and he was secured.
The prisoner, who refused to give any satisfactory
account of himself, was committed for trial.
THAMES POLICE.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jun. 23.
(Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.)
BURT V. ALLAN.

This case, which was before the Court upon bill and
supplemental bill, related to • the settlement of partner-
ship accounts between the late Dr. Allan, High Beach,
Essex, and • George Bury, surgeon, the plaintiff in the
cause. It appeared that early in the year 1842, the
plaintiff, Bury, and the late Dr. Allan entered into part-
nership in the management and proprietorship of an
establishment at High Beach for the cure of insane and
nervous persons, Bury agreeing to pay Dr. Allan the
sum of 2,5001. in consideration of the share he was to
have in the profits—one moiety, viz., 250 L, to be paid on
the day of the commencement of the partnership; the
other moiety within 'a specified time mentioned. The
partnership lasted uninterruptedly from February, 1842,
to July in the same year, when, in consequence of
an altercation between the parties, Dr. Allan excluded
the plaintiff from all management or concern
in the establishment. Up to that period the first moiety
of the sum had been paid by Bury; the other moiety has
never yet been paid. The original bill was filed in
1842, when an order of the Court was made, according
to which the Master appointed Dr. Allan to act as re-
ceiver or collector of the partnership debts. Subse-
quently, in the year 1843, Dr. Allan became bankrupt,
and the plaintiff thereupon filed a• supplemental bill
against the assignees. For the defendants it had been
argued that the plaintiff had no claim to any of the part-
nerahip profits, and that he should be merely paid the
money he had advanced, and the interest thereon.
His HONOUR entered at length into a detail of the cir-
cumstances which, led him to the conviction that Dr. Allan
was not justified in excluding the plaintiff, who had em •
barked such a sum in the concern, from all share in the
partnership, and he therefore-ordered the accounts to be
taken as between the assignees and the plaintiff, the
latter to be credited with the 2,5001. mentioned in the
agreement, and debited on the other hand with the
1,2501. unpaid. And, besides, with such a sum as bore
the same proportion to the whole 2,500/., as the time
from the commencement of the partnership to the Ist of
July, 1843, inclusive, bore to the term of fourteen years,
the intended duration of the partnership. Any questions
of interest, as well as of costs, between the plaintiff and
assignees to be reserved, and-an arrangement to be made
to prevent any dividends being made in the bankruptcy
prejudicial to the plaintiff's rights.

Police-constable H 126 was then called, and in
answer to the question as to whether the house in
which Crawcour was found was a brothel, said, he
called upon the landlady, who told him the house had
been taken by a stout young woman for a new mar-
ried couple. He visited the place after the arrest of
the prisoner, when he saw two young women there,
and shortly afterwards he saw them and a young
gentleman sitting by the fire.
A host of the prisoner's friends presented themselves
to speak in his behalf, and assured the Magistrate that
it was absurd to suppose he would have committed
such a crime as that with which he was charged. It
was also stated that it would be impossible for a per-
son standing as the witness represented himself to
have done, could see what was passing at the com-
plainant's door.
Mr. BALLANTINS said that he felt deeply for the
position of the prisoner and his friends, but there was
nothing in the case to take it out of the class of simi-
lar ones which were frequently before him, except
the respectability of the parties implicated. He felt
it his duty to send the case fur trial ; but as the high
character given to the young man Crawcour created
a doubt, which however it would be the province of a
jury to solve, he would take bail for his appearance
to answer the charge.
The previous bail to the same amount was then re-
ceived for Crawcour, and Hawkins was committed to
Ne wgate.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 24.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLINQUE.)
THE TALACRE MINING COMPANY—TUE DIRECTORS
LIABLE TO THE BANKRUPT LAWS.—IN RE JOHN

DAVIES, AN INSOLVENT.
This insolvent came up to-day for his final order,
which had been adjourned on one or two former oc-
casions. He was one of the Directors of the Talucre
Coal and Iron Company, which it was said now owed
the sum of 30,000/. The insolvent held a consider-
able, number of paid-up shares. He had also been
connected with the West Cork Mining Company, the
St. George's Harbour Company, and other similar
speculations.
He was supported by Mr. Sturgeon, and ,opposed
by Mr. H. S. Wilde, upon the ground that the
Talacre Company was a trading Company, to prove
which several books, reports, and other papers were put
in. It appeared that the Talacre Company had a
stone quarry at Talacre, in North Wales, and
it was shown that they had manufactured the stone
into various forms, such as polished flags, tooled flags,
sink stones, &c. Different descriptions of masonry
articles were also supplied to build a church at Llan-
roost, and to Lord Crewe, and various other persons.
Several cases were selected from the books and papers
produced, upon which the insolvent was examined,
but he denied all knowledge of the manufactory of the
stones for the purposes above-named having been
carried on.
Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE, in giving judg-
ment, said that the question for his decision was en-
tirely one of trading—were the parties in question the
Directors of the Talacre Company—were;they quarry-
' men, or stonemasons? It did not follow because a
freeholder adapted articles which he raised from the
bowels' of the earth for conveyance from place
to place, that he should necessarily become a
trader. A landlord might fell his timber
and square it for sale, without subjecting him-
self to the bankrupt laws, and the quarryman
might split his stone into flags without being a
mason ; but, if more workmanship and skill were
bestowed upon it for the purpose of making it more
marketable, and by which a higher price was obtained,
the parties were traders. lie had before him a book
which proved the sale of stones of several shapes to
different persons, and at various prices, and it was
clear 'to his mind that the Company would have sold
to any body sent to purchase, and that the articles
which they made were not, as it had been attempted
to be shown, made merely as specimens. The item
which occurred most frequently was "flags," of
which there were three descriptions, polished, tooled,
and rough flags, the prices being regulated by the
workmanship. There were also landings, grave•
stories, copings, and sink-stones ; in short, every de-
scription of masonry used for building purposes. It
was impossible that such articles could have been
manufactured without the knowledge of the Directors
of the Company, and it was therefore a trading com-
pany, and the -insolvent, being a partner in it, was a
trader:. His'petitioU must therefore be dismissed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)

MANSION-HOU-SE.

~
TWo Men, named Kirby and Armstrong, 'were
brOught before the. Lord Mayor on suspicion of
having plUndered the premises of Messrs. Letham,
Blyth, and Letham, of Friday-street, muslin manu-
facturers. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prisoner
Armstrong.
Mr. !Matthew Letharn,• ,of the • house of Letham-',
and GO.;. stated 'that 'on the mo,ning of VedneSday
'last 6;O ' pieces ,' of ' goOds (trimmings) were stolen
from', the:earefiense': He could. sWeat to some of the
f;eods poSitireliii;y, the, private' markS of the house._;
TliV 'were • SOU:Ii goods, and many firins had the
same sorts Of goods.,
:\lr. W. I'lernen, of Tottenharn-cotirt-viad, stated
that his pariner,purchased sorne trimmings from the
prisoner Kirhy,•:Fld witness paid Si. 45., or 81. 6s. for
them, and time or four dresses, about ten or. eleven
days; or -perhap*only a week ago. • (Here a parcel of
goods were produced, which the witness identified as
those' he had purchased.) . • -
James Nelson, a person in:the employment of Mr.
Evans, of 449 and 130, Tottenham 'Court•read, stated
that a second 'parcel of _goods which was produced
had bOn liroirght by the prisoner Kifby to his em-
pkiier, about 'a week ago, and that Mr. Evans paid
41. 7s. 9d: 'or them, The bill of parcels was here ex-
hibited. It enumerated the particular of the purchase
with the usual regularity. •
Inspector Waller stated that, in consequence of iri,
Formation'which he had received that a robbery had
been cooirnitted on Wednesday week, in the ware-
'house of Messrs.: Latham arid CO,,* and that the goods
' 'stolen had'.been olered for -sale, 'he • went to Mr.
EVans's-'_heuse to liobk tatthe property. Mr. Evans
identified the' property, and Air.
,Latham stated that
'Kirby, Who resided at Islington-green, at a coffee-
'shop, had'sOld- therm. At Islington-green, Kirby,
.upon Joeiniv questioned,, with' the due caution to
mind .what he said, as he was to consider
himself., in . custody, stated that he could clear
up his part of the transaction by proving
from whom he , had got the goods. Kirby then ac-
companied, him .(Inspector Waller) to Stanhope-
street, Clare market, where, after having wasted a
considerable time, lie saw the prisoner Armstrong go
up to the door_ of a house. Kirby then approached
Armstrong, and said to him, " Why, I am come after
those goods. This is.a pretty thing.' Witness then
asked 'Armstrong; having told him previously that he
was not bound to answer, where he got the property.
Armstrong said he could not directly tell, and witness
conveyed him to the station-house. Witness after-
wards searched Armstrong's lodgings, but found there
but one small piece of goods, which he said he left
-with his wife to cut up for caps for the children.
Mr: Letham said the piece of goods just produced
was lA' the . same 'style of goods as these which had
been already identified.
Mr. Ewin, who stated that he was in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Letham and Co., said he had packed
some parcels on the day preceding the robbery, and
taken them round in his, chaise, and afterwards depo-
sited them in the warelouserand.thaton..onfi
.next

George Hawkins, a reputed thief, was brought up
on remand, and Henry John Crawcour, a surgeon,
said to be in an extensive practice in Old Gravel-lane,
surrendered to answer to .a charge of having burgla-
riously entered the house No. 6, attached to the East
1113ddlesex Society's School, Cannon-stref.l-road, St.
George's-in-the-East, and stolen therefrom a time-
piece, three silver spoons and some Britannia metal
spoons, together with other articles, the property of
James Starke, the master of the school. .
From the position of one of the parties accused,
and the apparent' improbability that he could- render
himself amenable to such a charge, or he in any way
connected with such an associate as Hawkins, the
case excited great interest, and the Court was crowded.
Mr. Lewis appeared for Crawcour. The,prisoner
Hawkins was undefended.
Though ,the particulars of the case, all of which
Came out in the first examination,' appeared fully in
our publication of Monday, it will be necessary, to
render the proceedings
.of yesterday intelligible, to
briefly recapitulate the circumstances of the case,
The complainant left his hairse at about six o'clock
on Sunday week, when all was safe, locking the front
door after him. On his return home he found it had
been entered by means of skeleton keys, which opened
the external lock as well as the locks of the inner
rooms. Several boxes and closets had been forced,
and the greater part of the contents were strewn about
the apartments. On a further §ep.reh it was found
'that a timepiece, three silver spoons, some Bri-
tannia metal spoons, and various other articles, had
been abstracted from the premises by the burglars. In
cousevence of tufQruSion, givQ W two ccauttible# of

THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1845.

find anything belonging to the prosecutrix. The pri-
soner on the way to the station at .`iranchworth said,
" go through it, you shall not draw back ;
ruin you; I'll take all the flesh off your bones."
The prisoner admitted the fact of having sat betwen
the two 19. dies, and paid a good deal of attention to one
of them, the proaccutrix, but he solemnly denied hav-
ing committed the offence he was charged with. Up
to that moment his character had been unblemished,
and it was not probable that he, who was capable of
earning a great deal of money by his profession, who
was married, and had a young and numerous family,
and whose connections were highly respectable, would
be guilty of so paltry an act. He was surrounded by
his friends, and he was convinced they would,
if examined, prove that he was incapable of commit-
ting such an act. With respect to his alleged sudden
disappearance at the Angel, he should be able to prove
that he did not at all leave the spot, but went into the
Angel and had a glass of ale, to pay for which he
changed half a sovereign. After that ho ordered some
meat and other provisions for his family in the imme-
diate neighbourhood.
Mr. PAYNTER said the defence made ad not meet
the charge. The case was a most suspicious one,
and it would be his duty to remand the prisoner until
Monday.
Several gentlemen said they were ready to become
surety to the amount of hundreds.
Mr. PAYNTER subsequently consented, in the event
of nothing being found when the prisoner's house was
searched, to accept hail for his appearance, himself in
801., and two sureties in 401. each.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTY.
A meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St.
James's, Westminster, was held yesterday evening in
Willis's Room, Brewer-street, for the purpose of
adopting the best means of obtaining the repeal of
the window duty in the approaching session of Parlia-
ment. Mr. Keith, churchwarden, took the chair
about seven o'clock, being supported by several of the
parish officers and other respectable inhabitants.
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con-
vened by the requisition of a large and respectable
portion of the inhabitants, for the purpose of securing
the repeal Of tfie- window duty. He hoped the ex-
ample would be followed by other parishes in the
metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) The parish of St. James
was peculiarly called upon to come forward at this
juncture. They were aware that an Act had recently
been passed, called the Building Act. He had, with
his colleagues and the overseers, gone round the pa-
rish, for the purpose of ascertaining the number of
houses which, under that Act, would next year be
rendered unfit for dwellings unless they had windows
and areas, and he believed that the whole number
would not be less than one thousand.—(Hear, hear.)
It occurred to him, in going round, as a very strange
thing, that a law should be made to compel a man to
open a window, and yet that by another law he
should be punished if he did ; for the effect of the
window duty was to operate as a penalty.—(Hear,
hear.) He hoped that many meetings similar to that
would take place; and that a strong appeal would be
made to the Government to abolish this infamous and
oppressive tax.—(Cheers.)
A letter was then read from Mr. T. S. buncombe,
M.P., regretting his unavoidable absence, and pro-
mising his cordial co-operation in Parliament.
Mr. MAULS rose to propose the first resolution.
He said there was no tax more severe or unnational
than the window duty. He 'was not aware at what
period the outrageous device of taxing this necessary
element of existence originated, but as long as he
could remember it had been reprobated as a most in-
human and unrighteous mode of obtaining a revenue.
A poll-tax was not more hateful than a tax upon the
light of heaven and the air they breathed. There had
never been a periOd more favourable to the removal of
this most odious duty. The national revenue ex-
ceeded by some millions the estimates of expenditure.
There was also a disposition manifested in high quar-
ters to trace the sources of mortality, and one or two
bulky volumes had been published in reference to the
state of the smaller dwellings, and the necessity of
`obtaining a free current of air. Under such circum-
stances he thought the public had a peculiar claim to
the abolition of the tax. He therefore begged' to pro-
pose the following resolution : -" That the tax upon
windows, so styled, but, in reality,, a tax upon light
and air, is in its very principle revolting, inhuman,
wicked, and unchristian, denying, as it does, the full
enjoyment of the first and most essential of heaven's
bounteous gifts, and, moreover; is in its practical
workings oppressive and injurious."
Mr. Ew.est seconded the resolution, which was also
supported, by Dr. Costello, and carried unanimously.
Mr. GEEsrst- prbposed the 'second resolution :
' " That this tax is grievously oppressive 'upon the in-
, dustrial community; and bears with unequal, and
therefore unjust pressure, upon that class which, for
Cheapness, occupy houses in those localities from
fashion abandoned by
,the wealthy, and which houses
contribute, in proportion, more to the tax than the
choicest and most noble mansions."
Mr. W. AT ECK-Err seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. LAWFORD proposed the following : —"That this
meeting earnestly recommend the parochial authori-
ties of the metropolitan parishes to convene meetings
in their respective districts, for the purpose of form-
ing committees to become members of a general me-
tropolitan committee; which, Iv
,being thus composed,
will concentrate within itself a power which, if well
directed, must eventually tend to carry out the object
of this meeting." He was glad to find that the large
parish of Marylebone was stirring In this matter.
He thought that if all the parishes were united, there
could be no doubt of success.
Other resolutions were proposed, appointing a com-
mittee, and generally for the purpose of carrying out
the object.
Mr. HUGGETT observed that there was one light in
which the matter had not been put, which would have
afforded an additional reason for seeking the, aboli-
tion. This tax was made a condition of the elective
franchise, and formed an impediment to its exercise.
ThiS he conceived to be a very powerful argument
against its continuance.
A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and
the meeting then separated..

THE GAME MANIA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—The game-laws were passed by a landlord ing
Parliament, for the especial use of the " English
country gentleman." Hence the desire, as has been
for years, to increase game Preserving, and monopo-
lise game to them-elves. The game-laws, every one
knows, have been carried out with a savage ferocity
If one of the " lower orders" has been detected com-
mitting a theft, and he happened to be a poacher, the
full vengeance of the criminal law was sure to be dealt
out to him ; and more particularly in quarter sessions
and petite sessions. Most country magistrates would
get up at midnight after a game case, but keep people
waiting for several hours, perhaps a day, fur any other
j usticial matter, unlesithe accused was a poacher, then
did matter received different attention.

The game-preserving propensity, the game-laws,
and the administration of them, are a great stain upon
our national character. LOOKER-ON.
January 22, 1845.

THE OLDEST SOLDIER IN EUROPE.—OH Wed-
neiday, the 221 inst., at the Roman Catholic chapel in
the London-road, the Poles assembled to attend the
funeral service in honour of their late General-in-Chief,
M. -Casimir Malechowski. The Rev. H. Brzezinski,
the `• chaplain to the Polish refugees, officiated..
The Gallant General was eighty-three years of
age, and =served no less than sixty-five years in the
armies which best served the cause of his unfortuna'e
country. General Malachowski was ohe -of the distin-
guished members of the six armies, viz., the army of
General Kosciuszko, the Polish Legion in the service of
France he was also a General in the army of the
Grand Duchy of Warsaw, of the French expeditionary
army to Russia, in that of the late Viennese Polish
Kingdom ; and, lastly, he was a General of the Polish
army in 1831. It was he who by mistake signed the
capitulation of Warsaw. As soon as he found out his
-"atal mistake, he ordered a general parade of the
despairing army, and in the front of it in the most ener-
getic manner accused himself of the fact, invoking court-
martial and death for his unintentional crime ; but the
gallant patriots, moved to tears by the self-accusation of
the grey-headed soldier, would not comply with his re-
quest. The General, faithful to the last, emigrated for
the third time in his life from his native land, and on the
sth instant- died at Chantilly, near Paris, having served
sixty-five years, and fought in eighty-four pitched battles.
THE ANCIENT CLOCK OP LOCHLEVEN CASTLE.—
r one hand clock, all curiously constructed of brass,
which was brought' some years ago from Lochleven, is
supposed to have been the principal and ornamental
clock of the castle. It has much carving, and the
maker's name and the year 1566 is engraved on it. It
is enclosed -in a very curiously-wrought old oak case.
It is at present in fine order, and goes well, in the pos-
session of William Wilson, 14, Shuttle-street, Glasgow.
The clock• is now 279 years old.—Glasgow Gazette.
Ltimistous BREATII.-Dr. Watson mentions a
singular occurrence which took place in the West
Derby poor-house, near Liverpool. A man, about
forty-seven years of age, a drunkard, was admitted into
the house, labouring under hiemorrage from the bowels,
with cough " and expectoration. A short time, about
twenty minutes before •death, the attendant nurses ob-
served a red-hot coal like streak on the mouth, playing
on the right cheek' and upper lip, and continuing till
death took place. The flame was persistent with the
breath of expiration, and not at all lambent This ex
•
traordinary circumstance was not reported for a day m
two, as the nurse looked upon it as a proof of Divine
vengeance, and, consequently, the body was not exa-
mined.—Medical Times.
KINGSTON, JANUARY 16.—0 n Tuesday morning
last the preventive service men on this station fell in
with and captured a boat containing 120 casks of con-
traband spirits, and subsequently took four men into cus-
tody on suspicion. The spirits were safely lodged in the
Customhouse; at Aruniel ; but -the men, after neing
examined before the magistrates, were e dischar d.
g
Brighton afraid. .