The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-24 00:00:00

'PHUT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,

THE ACCIDENT AT
BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—It is a curious reflection—but those who
perpend it may THE INQUEST.
i
from Toryism is—not Toryism —but mawkish and find it true—that the greatest danger ,
Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, having liee n tip-
morbid Liberalism. What has this Ministry been , pointed by Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, for an inquest
upon the persons who were so unfortunately drowned et
Bckfriars-bridge, on the evening of Monday, the publie
driving at, ever since it came in ? What but—like that Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Watkins were present in Support of ,
actor, who had not got the true pig under his cloak—to the charge. Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Roberts, ' room of the Glaziers Arms, in Water-lane, was densely
, i
__crowded, long before the hour for commencing the pro-
equeak more naturally piggish, than even the true pig were for the accused.
itself ? What but to catch up every sucked and thrown After some consultation among the Learned. Counsel
eeeasngs.
away Liberal orange, and suck it over again ? What Mr. Bodkin addressed Mr. Maltby, and said he appear-ea ,
. The Deputy Coroner, Mr. Joseph Payne, arrived pro-
of had been remanded last '
but to figure as the true Amphitryon, by dint for the gentleman at the bar, who
t-
of a ten-times cooked-up banquet—conipensa week until this day, for the alleged misappropriation of. the cutely at the hour, and the jury having been sworn to
troceeds of two bills entrusted to him by Lord Charles examine into the circumstances attending the deaths of
ins, by its trashy variety, for its want Fitzroy, for the purpose of getting discounted. Without Benjamin Breadcott, aged four years, Mary Ann Bread-
giving any opinion, or going into any investigation as to cott, aged 14 years, Rhoda Breadcott, aged 14. Maria
Bread-
of the solid suitstance of sound kolicy ! The
foreign and commercial policy a the by this the guilt of the accused party, though his belief was, that Bulstead, aged 23, and Aurelia Munday, aged 10 years,
Government especially illustrate its claptrap spirit. the accused had committed no legal oftnnce, he was ready, Mr. Grew-- was chosen foreman of the jury, and the firet
Peace with all the world and his wife ; and a fig for our as his Learned Friend entertained a different view of the witness called in was
naval forces ! Free trade through all the letters of the law,. to enter into recognisances to meet the charge at the Alfred Munday, to prove the last name on the li3t
alphabet—and a fig for cheap bread, or commercial reel sessions.
sufferers. He stated that the deceased was his
seslZionnlarkson said, as this step would answer all purposee,
daughter, that her age was ten, and her Christian name
procity ! Now we may be wrong, but we are stroog
it would not be necessary for him to go into further argument's
persuaded that this daw-in-borrowed-feathers policy is of
in reference to the charge, and on the part of his client he was Aurelia. He last saw her alive on Sunqay.
all poliey the very worst. We prefer nitely the Op-
was willing to assent to this arrangement. He knew nothing of his own knowledge as to the cause
position of 1838 to the Ministry of 1844. In striking Mr. Ballantine informed Mr. Maltby that Mr. Parry (the or manner of her death. He lived in Printing-house-
the chord of national sensitiveness to defence and honour, holder of one of the promissory notes, against whom a bill lane, and kept the Lamb and Lark public-house.
they struck the right chord. In placing protective in Chancery has recently been filed) was in. Court, and ready David Thomas was a labouring man, and lived at the
policy on the ground of the interest of our workpeoplee
_te give evidence, if necessary, of his share in the transaction. Glaziers' Arms. He was down on the lower part of
ere
they placed it upon the right ground. So far as defi- Mr. Clarkson said he should not trouble Mr. Parry to say pier at the time the accident occurred. He was there
eiency of force existed, the Opposition was useful in anything. His object in obtaining the attendance of Mr. proceeding to clear away the large masses of people
provoking its increase. So far as protection was , Parry was to ensure the production of the promissory notes
.ttei
.. eeodsirce said the notes were inCoart, and would be pro. who had congregated on the stairs. A steamer was
given to classes producing other things than the ne-
d afet in
thecessaries proceedings terminated. fifty persons, who had been repeatedly asked to go away,
' reciprocity—it was rightly given. The policy
The clause in the Act 7th and Bth George IV., chap. 29, but would not. There was a rowing match on the river,
fence, and the principle of protection, within such
sec. 49, relied on by the Counsel for the prosecution, is the and all were anxious to witness it. Some of the child-
limits, were not things to be whistled down the following:—" If any money, or security for the payment of ran there ran up from the " dumb lighter" on to the
wind,—not things to be ceded to vague Liberal com-., 'money, be entrusted to any banker, broker, or other agent, steps, and then the " bridge" went down, He did not
mon-places, whether Whig or Tory. National defence with any direction in writing to apply such money, or any see the deceased child Munday. He did see a lady and
—plenty, and protection, for national labour—open corn • part thereof, or the proceeds, for any purpose specified in gentleman in the water, and rescued them. The gentle-
tnerce to supply deficient necessaries—commerce open such 'direction, and he shall, in violation of good faith, and man was a foreigner. About twenty or more went into
or closed, as foreigners thought proper, in all articles of contrary to the purpose so specified in the directions, convert
which, not the raw material, but the labour on that raw te his own use the proceeds, money, or security, 'or any part the water in addition to those who were lost. The people
material, formed the main value. These are the tneereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be subject to were not on the pier by consent of the proprietors, and
points on which a Conservative Government might Ih
penalty of fourteen years' transportation." the proprietors took no money for allowing them to .Ise
have preserved its character beneficially. Because
It will be seen, the stipulation respecting directions in Present. The bridge was merely, for the convenience of
importation of raw produce decides the e writing', is the weak point of the case, as the directions the steam-boat passengers, and he considered that it we:
ques- ' were only verbal on the point of Lord C. Fitzroy. There is, quite strong enough to admit of persons walking across
tion of plenty fbr all. Importation, or non-im nits •• however, another point in the defendant's favour. A bill in with perfect safety. The reason of its breaking down
tion, of finished goods decides, in many cases, the (Ds- Chancery has been filed against him and two others, and the was that too many persons were on it. The people fell
tribution of that plenty—the question whether the la- thire•section of the above Act prohibits in such a case any at once into the water. The wood of the bridge was
hour of the country shall enjoy it less or more. It is criminal pro-ceedings. strong and of a good quality. It appeared to him a pure
quite idle to deny that indiscriminate free trade in ' accident arising from the number of persons on the
manufactures, with nations which-will not open their ' - _ IRELAND. bri_d_ge.
markets reciprocally, exposes the labouring classes of the • LORD HEYTESBURY.—THE CORPORATION. Mr. Newbon said he was there on behalf of the Wee
country conceding it to all the inconveniences of excessive Demme Juix 21.—1 n consequence of the official corn- , terman's Company, the owners of the pier, and the Co-
foreign production of particular articles (where such arti- munication transmitted from Dublin Castle te the Mansion- roner said he could not recognise any professional man,
ekes happen to be also produced by the native labourers), house, respecting the arrival of Lord Heytesbury on the 26th as there was no one in custody. But an estion he
without the counterbalancing advantage of admission to inst., a circular announcing the fact was forwarded yesterday might make should be attended to. y suggestion
those foreign markets. This is a gratuitous hardship afternoon 'to the various members of the corporation of The last witness was examined at considerable length
tt, who were requested to attend at the Mansion-house
inflicted on native labour—or at least the only advan-
Dublin;
robes, to meet his Excellency. by the jury, and stated in addition, that the police had
tage derived from it is the greater cheapness of certain in their official
mina-necessaries—a greater cheapness, which is no na- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. not been called upon to remove the assemblage from the
COUNTY OF LIMERICK—FRIDAY, .Turer 19. pier, and that no extra policemen were put on in tional object to be placed in comparison with the more
quince of the regatta. There a great deal of ex•
conse-
liberal distribution of the means of comfort to labourers n -
- Conseil- ter or GOVERNMENT WITNT,RP-9 TO BURN Loan - was
..J.trNRAVEN'S Oeerces.—This extraordinary and atrocious citement arising from the wish of persons to see the
til home. Such is our creed in the matter of coin-
case was tried before Mr. K • Q.C•,acting of rowing, but at the time of the occurrence not a boat was
Inertial reciprocity. The Opposition of 1838 professed to assize.
• as judge
passing..
nphold protection for the sake of labour. The Ministry of James O'Regan, Mary O'Regan, Mary Burns, and Thomas The CORONER remarked that the two important
ig44 made one of its first acts the gratuitous breaking 1,,,, wereindicted for feloniously and maliciously setting points for the jury were whether the " bridge " had on
demi of that protection—the admission, not of the fire tithe out-offices of the Earl of Dunraven, at Adare, on that occasion been diverted from its original use ; and
main commodities of which greater abundance was the 18th of April last. The indictment contained four whether money had been taken. If these could not be
necessary—but of those countless minutia, admis- counts, in each of which Looney was charged with inciting substantiated the imputation of blame could not rest on
lion of which affects the 'distribution of comforts the other prisoners to commit the outrage. the proprietors of the pier.
amongst our own labouring classes—commodities which s Mr. Bennett, QC., statee the ;aseh He said, tin
for Michael Wal,h, carpet warehouseman, 63, Hatton-
from us all foreigners were loading with restrictions— i
:lir prisoners in
fitrheetodotchke, thre
outhouseseo '‘o'f' etioridruinnra"vten, and garden.—At the time of the accident •he was on the
all foreigners except the Brazilians—and with them
landing at the steps of Blackfriars •bridge, where the
b D3g.. the. ,corn contained in a barn. Looney is charged, these Ministers have succeeded in picking a quarrel
since! This commercial lid of Ministers comes under not with doing it himself, but as being an accessory before drags were kept. He was standing there from five till
pny the fact. One of the prisoners, Mary Regan, a young woman, nearly
_eight. Saw the boats getting ready, and
review curiously, in conjunction with their foreign policy may get off, if the jury conceive she acted under the coercion observed a great many persons on the wooden
in the couree of discussion last night. Sir Robert Peel of her husband; for although she stands charged with a bridge and pier, which was somewhat slanting.
aaid—", I wish the Right Hon. Gentleman would bear in felony, she is excusable by law if, at the time of committing The people were standing, and he heard the wood •
mind the feelings of this country if the French Govern- the deed, she acted. tinder his ordiers ; but, on the other hand, work snap all at once. It went into •two pieces. One
part nearest the stone-work hung by the ropes and
mint had proposed a Select Committee of the Chambers if silliteypaagrtil.mgutes(;l3anind.t
liiilir
seirngi.litsla,ibt3se.
onrihsehecaisse
je,qutrit.
to inquire into the mode in which we got.possesston
the four prisoners were Crown witnesses on former occasions,. chains—the other went out into the water. He rushed
down, and while holding by the ropes and chains at-
of Ilong-Kong, and how far it was consistent with
and having tasted and partaken of the benefits derivable to the ititerests of France that we should extend our posses. and
to rescue several persons who were struggling
such a class of persons, they actually planned this (and I dare lion 4 in the Chinese seas. I wonder what the Right
" say other conspiracies of a dangerous nature), more for the in the water. He did not observe the deceased Aurelia
Hon. Gentleman would have thought of such a motion.
purpose of again getting into the pay of the Government
Monday, but he saw two other girls. He could not say
A British Minister might have remembered that than from any malicious motives towards the nobleman that any money was taken to allow the people to stand
Britain would rejoice to meet such inquiry ; and to place whose property was consumed. This, gentlemen of the jury, on the pier. The watermen and a policeman tried to
her conduct in proud contrast to that of any other con- is the nature of the case, and I think we will satisfy you that keep back the children, but they were • too numerous to
coming. Bower- For whom have we conquered Chinese the w
prisoners ere guilty of all this.
keep away. . exclusiveness ? For the whole world ! For whose Witnesses having beenexamined, the Judge recapitulated By a Juror—lhd no previousopportunity of testing
the evidence, and, without leaving the box, the jury found a oppor
. the strength of the bridge, but from what he saw of it
intereste is it, .• that 7our Chinese' position (coupled
be maintained ?
_verdict of Guilty against all but Mary O'Regan. with our Chinese policy)' 'should
MR. O'CONNELL SUMMONED AS on the day of the accident, was inclined to think it quite A WITNESS.
The interest of• •• the • - 'whole peaceful and coin- ir
mercial: world.? ....Now• • • turn • to- • -French 'conduct.
The Cork Reporter of yesterday says :—" It has been comi strong enough to permit of many persons passing safely
.
to the steamers. He should not, however, say it was
municated to us, from a respectable and well informed source,'
Mr.: Shell asks (and asks of those. whorn Parliament has that Mr. O'Connell is to be examined as a witness in an im- capable of holding 20 Or 30 persons at one time. The
a right to ask); whether min neighbours are, or- are portent record case, connected with the property of the O'Sule accident, in his opinion, arose from the number of per
not, allowed to proceed in -Africa in a manner militating liven family in the west of this county, to be tried in Cork at sons there.
with our legitimate and commercial interest ? What the approaching assizes, his evidence being considered indis-, Thomas Ware—Was one of the pier proprietors. The
is the first fait accompli; ',which at once obtrude:: perusable by counsel in the case."
wooden bride belonged also .to them. Had been in
itself iu answer to the 'question ? Why, the fact
that ditties, their possession two years and three-quarters. When it
uties, amounting to prohibition, have been im-
posed on our ships and manufactures at all the ports SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. came into their possession it was quite new, and had
seized in Africa by the French. How many more ports
"
BANKSIDE REGATTA. been made by Mr. Cox, a barge builder. They took no
is she to be allowed to seize, with the effect of farther The
twenty-sixth
annual regatta for a new beat and some money from the persons on the bridge. He himself was
thereaccident • •
when the happened. He heard a crash ;
very excellent minor prizes, liberally subscribed by the rest-
exelifying the same entente cordiale with our coin - dents of the Clink Liberty, Southwark, to the watermen who , then he ran forward, and saw the people in the water.
mere? We are far,' however,. from thinking the had never before won a boat at Bankside, came off on Monday, The bridge he was sure was quite strong enough for the
immediate commercial qttestion the main question and was well contested. The attendance was certainly not purpose to which it had,been put, namely, the embark-
eencerned. The auestion is, have we men at the very select, but if numbers can compensate at all for quality, log and disembarking '
of passengers. He knew nothing
hel:n who have any idea of acting; whernEngland ought the Bankside wager may lay first-rate claim to notice: Not of the deceased, and dicinot recollect having seen her.
to act ? Mr. Milnes thinks . the time has arrived a barge or inch of the shore was unoccupied, and many had He tried five minutes before the accident to remove the
when Christian civilisation must extend itself to Africa. absolutely ventured up the cranes which adorn the bank, in people, but it was quite impossible. He considered that
Good words are ever commendable; and Christian order to obtain a view of the race. The race was with six there was danger, and told them so, but it was of no use.
civilisation are very good words. We may perhaps be scullers in three heats, the distance being from Mason-stairs, He did not observe that the. police tried to get the
down round a boat moored off the Phoenix Coal Wharf, up
doubtful whether France is precisely the centre of ,
The tide •about after •
people away. was an .hour high-
! round Messrs. Home'sdown before-
road,the again round the
Christian civilisation ;or whether the conductors of the ment' mentionedagain to road, and finish off Thames- boat, up
sazzias are precisely its apostles. On the whole, we street Stairs. of wham he rescued, but he could not say.how many
shnuld like to have the terms defined ; and as we often
Final. lIRAT. were got out.
trek on assisting that laudable object, we hope we shall William Kelley, brown
so contrive our co-operation in the Christian civilisation James Bush, yellow . .
of Africa, as to take especial charge of the points bear- Alfred Harris, pink
ine• eu our Mediterranean commerce and Indian empire! Won easily. • think from the terrific crash that all the planks broke
SECOND HEAT.
STAYDARD.—Lord Beaumont's character, and his together. They were of deal, and an inch and a half
Johu Hides, red
I ;thick. The cost of the bridge was 20/. Thertzwas a
conduct in Parliament, entitle him to the respect of William Knight, green
for whatever proposition he may make. We must, how- Knight took the lead, and off Thames-street Stairs, foul- , owing-match.
ever, confess that his Lordship's Bill in its origi- fig the wherry that was moored there, Hicks shot by and William Th • t li hterman He fished
°ming on was a g . up
usi shape altogether exhausts this demand upon our maintained the lead, he deceased child about half-past seven that, morning,
candou• and our disposition to be pleased. In its GRAND HEAT. close to the Hetherington wharf, near the Blackfriars-
-31 'd eon the London side. The head was much bruised.
first ferm the Bill would go' a considerable The two first men ofeach of the two preceding heats rowed rein g ,
wav towards the re-establishment 'of Roman- In this; Bush after a dozen strokes took the lead, closely fol- The CORONER remarked that reports had been cur-
ismthe Unired ; Kingdom. The Bill, in fact, lowed by Kelly, when, on rounding the flag-boat, Kelly took ently abroad; as to blame attached to parties in this
p inti to repeal whatever remains of about- forty the first place and maintained. it throughout,
.Bush pressing ase, and he 'had therefore been anxious to commence
~a'atrnit,:se, including pretty nearly all the statutes now in him
eihflioeseughianesdtemrnaokfinleaseccampiditaml
arnace7 Knight was third, he inquiry. In the case of the deceased, there had been
farce for the protection of the Protestant Church, and g
! A serious accident occured during the race. ' A Man who ddueed no evidence as to: the de-owning ; for,
dead
the
eh. Protestant religion, against the aggressions of the- had just lit his pipe in the tap-room of the Welsh Trooper, ruises upon the head, she_ might have been before
he
Church of Rome, not omitting even the " security "- flung the paper down, when it set fire to the dress of a female he got into the water. Under all the circumstances,
hi,. which the law" of 1829 was accompanied. who stood next to him, and she was in au instant enveloped ,
bought it advisable to postpone
. further examination,
steatite
Such )11 may no doubt be amended, but it can in flame. Police-constable Ross, 86 M, was passing, and, hat moremight . them. .
evidence be laid before When
Sue a .
curtailment Preen. running to her assistance, succeeded in extinguishing her here had been such an enormous sacrifice of human life,
L eat ended only by enormous
freecur as any class of the clothes, not before the lower part of her dress was consumed e felt satisfied the jury would not hesitate to adjourn
cally, }roman Catholics are tte _
what- arid her person much burnt, as. lso were the constable's hauds, i order to get all the evidence, possible. ,In the case of
' . Iji' 48 - and -there can be no objection
(law:in sJ. jeers P . ,
ST JOHNS. WFSTMINSTER, REGATTA. e Breadeotts, thefather was in such a distressed con-
e'. loran and directly, ,those laws
ose which . - -
ever to repent i . •1 et• t '
mats •t our fiveb -of tiro ' •'it would be •
,- , ~ne sr t, was •(ur or years ago y some e Leon from grief, that
freedom proves to have been repealed
such practical most inthieetialixesidents of this parish to .establish the re-
de or indirectly; as is the case of pro- amine him that ni h g t. . .
either by•riesuette Latta - Y • ••-su 'or footin and althou h for
„ on a el) pen g, . g a season
of milestatutes recited in Lord Bean- ' After some discussion, it was agi-eed that an adjourn-
ba bl v three-fourths
' that the theory f the ,or two their endeavours were attended with • very tolerable eat should take place until seven o'clock.
' Bill• Lawyers will tell us eory 0 success, and an example worthy of imitation setewant of
111410„ S. •
At ' clock• t '
seven athe inquest was resumed at ' the
that of' the Roman law allows general etronaen with other causes, induced those who had e
"E'-41i'lt law' unlike
desuetude . but'
abandons.•the We had hoped 1 • hool-rooin in Church-entry, for,'
owing to the great
, • • no. repeal . a a lays' by ;
,we , been most active_ to
b• i'
' further than the Bill before
_us to 1 that the excellence of the arrangements on these occasions, . of persons .
• . umberwho had waited to hear the d
proceed-
Arne -
„ el net • go. .
-(4'•
that,whatever the theory .of the .law, I With'the gratifieation exhibited by the body of subscribers, 1g , . .
s the former room in the Glazier's Arms was found
Arne • 's , .
i 'sto ' treat obsolete statutes as repealed.
would have indneed -some gentlemen of' standing in the Imuch too limited. , •
the. e, 'g' ti'
.i.i. ,
;Parish to:have again -formed theMselves into a committee 1 Francis Underwocel, 11 years of age, was first called.
ITheurnonts Bill can be inade to re•
y,
i‘; ra , . terns -Me , .
and taken the control, but- we apprehend more for the wane , ekneeir Atirelia Munday. Was with her on • Munday
respectit will be not
„neon, eh •fless• end practice, in this r
of sonic two orthsee to set it on feet than any other cause, 1 e ening, talking 'to her on the platrorm at. Black-
where there is a-1
memie,,,,,vie,:seeionahle but useful,_ „r
..4
or
aar.
, the collection and distribution has fallen mein the Vvaternien f ars.bridge. Went there to see the rowing-match.
eine upon a particular plate! E. , ; ehemselves, wit() we understand have been- tolerably well ltitUde ot
S.e was standing on the middle of the wooden bridge,
we" , e 'le. eSs f subjects, the mount) of %yule" I stipported. -
1."H4 "—nes.- ° sun' ' dto sleep, or to die off from ; The race was in three heats, with 16. free watermen, corn- e tending from thestairgto the barge, when it broke.
law, laver: '''''''l"' --- °re
certainty' that the rest t•
-•those
ere were • many people on it. 110 had left the de-
- the Meldl
. ,is a perfect • - prising who ply at the Horseferty, and 1 esex
eeeeseey- sheer(
C sed haif an hotir before it _down.. Asked her
iie s, „meg ,i, . and glide into ' the same destiny. , side of Vauxhall-bridge'; the distance contested irieachbeat ,
I,e; 1..‘,..,-11,,. --r: ' nlainly not Lord BeatirnOnt's view, being from nnoe.,s of l the Horseferry, upt ' • • Bankside,but she broke
n ' -
round a boat off. go over to preferren remaining
relre". S'`e e' e' havel ''
alt the laws protecting the Pro- , Mills's, Thaniesi Bank, down round' a boat off the new Houses w ere,she was. There was no relative that, he observed
.1"' W'
'.l"
' ' - the
Church repealed, of Parliament, and_back to the clorieferry. , with her. No money was paid for going on the bridge.
to eint religion' • end ...
ridof , ,
• FIRST HEAT.
' Zattlhg
, T e piermen turned the people off several times, but
etii..rdv, with the purpose or ,
_.,
_____ i les
v Cuseina, Veexhall-bridge, IS. Evang, Ikesererry, they went on again immediately.
• 'ill oeVeretive -and stilt 'netneisa. ry. The amend- I
are a Fellow
which the Lord Chancellor ene undertaken to 1
Thos. Coombes, Vaux ha 11-britige, Edward Gardrier, Horse- ' •" '' ' - '
everts Ns •
e mined the body of Aurelia Munday about nine that
. 'II however, wo trait, be made in eoemerely i ferry, white..
mak 6 ive I
m ruing. Found her much bruised about the face, and,
,le but in an• opposite spirit. The Noble 1 William Delwin, Horseferry, S.' Chalk ditto reen a s ilecre"'n Lord; the Chancellor of 1829, Can,-1 `p• Davis, Herse,ferry, J. Cie:tribes, Vauxhall-bridge black 4wi n a phafasion of blood under the ekin, which he
arid Learn !it
,e ne . scarcely expected to stultify ; The winners took 'the'lead,' and held it. wes' a sharp thought. resulted from some injury sustained before life
fur "nIP-'-' ' bit+ hei was .so distinguished a 1 and excellent ram between the second and third pairs.
s ,of w •was extinct, but it might have been done when the body
the Girvertimen- ,
SECOND HEAT.. was under water. The body had been in the water
•ng"tl repeal of 1
e ape by. proposi es repea ,
Men:hee fifteen yeeu
hand, h na' be'e I 'Joseph loyal, Vauxhall-bridge, R. Gardner, Horseferry, twelve hours, .and he was of opinion that death resulted
• e Bin. . On-the other e i y x- ,•,
~,
" tha secanity freedom of operation and efficiency I , ome -
to to , veiee more •
Pee-- " ••'• to remove "the dead or sleeping
the child sus-
to tlust hove by-Denison', . _ .
4. Dray, Millbankpiee J. Goatley, Horeeferry, stripes
and some other laws ' dee-sserhoie vielght it . .I. Piper, Horseferre-, S. Rash, ditto, pink
lions," un
the t
ip to present time, Stapes and Mee went awae- with the lead, and the latter, • '
4 . Wm. Cox, one of the jerymen, at hii own desire, was
directed to the same end 4.4."' ' : hhoid all further
.. • . - . •• . , tit* sworn. He appeared desirous of addressing the
e ca. We will, hoverer, w.t .
..4 .
been ;smothered).
set but the Coroner's objecting, h
i in a speech,on e
' ' until we shall :nee the amended Bill. e the were hampeeed by some craft that lay in the way, 1., ,
s •
given
sat ;down without evidence:
eeTnrlent t,against the assumption I ate red took the second. elaee.
t protes
In tist. meantiine we must
can I :
fiord Beatrinont that no' Romaitist conspiracy' . . ' GRAND HEAT. ISeorge Hodges—Had occasion to make alterations in
of -- ' lAssociation,if not This consisted of the two winning boats of each of the two I the' bridge two years ago. At that time it was in good
the Re a
,exist in our duy. ti 'hat is pe
1 Sure! • not the less a Romanist former heats:-- . I condition, having been made of the best ,Daritzic timber.
.Renuanist conspiracy ? ) • •d• • Royal and ,Gardner
few insane or self-seeking in ivi- 1
eon spi.'"acy because a ,
Bloomfield and Davis
Ives l'rotestants are enrolled among
dual calling titnaiseC h •Gardner
'I.. ,00rn es and 3 j George Maunders, a police sergeant, said that there
thin having happened
its lathlike-1-s ; the very same t g
- against Ft' betir.. ' The winners took the lead directly after the start and kept .
{"'ere four policemen on duty there, arid one immediately
of net the conspiracies iza. it, coming hi tirseby some lengths. The race was respectab 3*
in the cases
on the spot of the accident. The drags were at work
the Inbhoe Society but a Romanist conspiracy, conducted throughout, and the men rowed very well. .
What is ssi
immediately. There was no request made by the bridge
when its first obligee delitT to the. Church
ion is one of fi _ _ ' • ' WOOLWICH REGATTA.
proprietors to drive the people off, and if there had been, it
of nom, e mord Bneumont is himself. an honourable The exceeding
linduced
fineness of the weather on Monday,with the
1 that a Boman Catl: proof greatnumberof
olio can hold apart from and di'- 'anticipation of' goal sport,
__ a . the. I .
I would have required a hundred policemen to do so.
George Casson—Was on the platforin :at the time of
; ' • but were there not many Holiday folly.
eies ;
into visit this popular place of resort, who, with )• .
counteaiance such conspire,.
the townspeople, made a very full attendance. The race was i the accident; and, -consequently, further on the water
such i iliustrious proofs in the reign of Elizabeth, which,
coatand badge—six scullery, in five heats ; the race ex. ' thin the persons standing on the bridge. At the time
ed e for a
as his; Lordship admits, sue conspiracies exist
l• th hole length of the town and back. • the bridge broke, he should say, there might be fifty or
made tent mg ew
Lord Ileward of Effingham, Yk hc.se name is early
The fiest-heat was won by George Wright (pink). i . rixty persons on it, and •he saw twenty or twenty-five
known! tO,Vvery 80h4t01150yi and gratefay remembered
i
The second heat was won by Field (light blue). • stiugglin
gin the water. Heard the piermen warn the
by eve ty Englishman, was, like Lord liZetiumont, a
and
fhe third heat ny Henry Jewitt (dark blue) and William ,
' people off. Some went and the greater part paid no at-
man Ca thedieould many Roman Catholics as brave
Southgate (yellow), ' tention. He thought the bridge not safe for more than
I
loess, if" not fig disting-nshed, as the Vent Admiral,
as I • The fourth heat by light blue and dark blue. . . ,
f , three persons.
had untie sh'sre in thesde.struction of the Armsda ; and . ,The grand heat was between the two lastdes w
yet thisr wits(l.'k t it, 1
1.,„. . than twenty years before' the Gun- the preceding heat. Light. blue took the lea an kept
. . James Lynes, butcher, Newgate-street—Was at the
place during the period of the accident. Saw sixty Or
order Plot: Nothing is ever to be inferred of:, %yipping easily.
seventy persons on the bridge, twenty or thirty of whom
powder I'lot. Nothing is ever to be inferred of: %yiwring easily'. place during the period of the adoident. Saw sixty Or
ko mr.niem- froms,incliviclual instances of virtue, howevee •-,‘ ' -
were immersed: in the water. No money was paid for
yenge. We are always-..if we would :-
numerous, in an
'fflinission on to the bridge. .
lusions respecting that ,artful anal; ,
arrive at just COllO.
;Henry Reynolds gave similar evidence.
worked . ya3itis .b iS secret power, the only .1,
versatilti sect,
thing nu ', The Coroner summed up. He had thought' it of the
e'.
•fo in its eyntem—to take the average of years I
first importance, in consequence of the rumours which
her,i and tines reasoning, we-shall find More:
and of nuns , -
mere rife as to the cause of the accident, to Call together
• - ees in the eighteenelt and ninteenth Romaniet ceengPiraL •
than in the sixteenth and se a jury at the earliest possible 'moment, that the - real
s-
, venteenth cent:trie
circumstances of the case, accredited by witnesses upon
oath, might, 'through the medium of the public press,
go .forth to the world. It had appeared that a number
of persons were collected upon the wooden bridge lead-
• le to the pier, in order to witness a boat race ; and it
11 , t
also appeared that attempts had been made by the pro-
e 1., ' tors to clear it of the mass who were upon it ; and
err
It was further proved that they had neither demanded
ruir, taken money from such persons; and that, therefore,
• there was no gross neglect or wilful wrong to be im-
puted to them. Under these circumstances he thought
there would be no difficulty in the jury coming to an
undivided opinion upon the subject.
The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict
of " Accidental death," and accompanied the same with
a recommendation to the Civic authorities to use mea-
s::res in future for the prevention of persons getting
upOn the barges in such cases as rowing-matches, and
prortieularly in preventing children getting into places so
liable to danger. '
The other cases were adjourned, in consequence of the
Sateness of the hour,

'•., . . ~,. ~i•
of cious and interesting occasion of the accouchment •of her Ma-
, ~
TELEGRAPHIC QOAINII.TNICATION BETWEEN WINDSOR
CASTLE AND PADDINOTON.—Two engines, to be attached to
special trains, have been commanded to be kept in constant
readiness with their steam up, both by day and night, at the
Paddington Terinimim of the Great Western Railway, to start
at five minutes' notice.for the Slough Station, for' the purpose
cf conveying the great officers of state en route to Windsor
).• •• • Castle, upon their being summoned from town on the auspi-
-IVILT ''
Or nil. ..EARL op lAONSDALE.---The wh,, , jasty. A. powerful alartim has dust been fixed at the gal-
the late 3rari of LoriadAle,hae been just proved:ln Doctors ; vanic telegraphic. office at Paddington, communicating with
Commons& by the Riiht.., Hon. Williatn Earl of Lotledale, the 1 the telegraph at Slough, for the purpose of arousing the attend-
Hon. HenkyCeeil Lowther, (sons of the deceived); mid Sir 1 in.:t- who sleeps at the office, in the event of a telegraphic ex-
John Beeltett, Bart. The deeeaeed gives a vary large por- press,' reaching the terminus from Windsor during the night.
Zion of hi a property
his wife (who died in his lifetime). ! A trust? person has also been appointed to remain in attend-
Toto his coatsin, .Nary Frances Thompson, 1(1.0001., but by his ance at tt,e office of the Slough Station throughout the whole
codicil he revo km this legs?, and gives her an annuity of of the nigh:. It Ls computed that a message can be ex..
1,000/. per. annum instead. o his: friend the lien.-G. (YCratl- i preveil by the ...'•id of the telegraph from Windsor Castle to
laghan, 2,0001. By the oodicil,,to his son Cecil and 'family I Bunghant Paia,7e in 2.514.,unte5.
additionto the benefit they received by the will), 30,000./.4.,::.. TAR LATH ATT.EMPT AT MgRDER IN THE SHOOT•
His Lords/ oijs observes, " Bfy domestics and servants arcs .ali:44,GAutity,
i.r,
ousck'N.-Frorn okoirie,s made last night,
numerous that it would be next to impossible to name them it appears that althougis Mr. Smith ao.;qyed comparatively
separately ;" and desires his executors to compensate them, good rest on Sunday night, that he stigaogtiones in as pre..
leaving th • amounts to their discretion. ' Ile aesires to be carious a state as when he wt.'s first wounded. The ball is not
The 'will is AR yet extracted, and in cons t, of its dangero3 position
hurled in Lowther, in a 4‘ priclate manner."
very long, . and dieted in '18361' Itte personal property is (the small o the back near the spine) they are cempelii.--; to
swoin ends or the Large sum •of 100,0001.'. • leave the ball to make its way by absorption, or through
'
The Right Zion. J. B."Bc•gatiquet- has ' kipdly pre- .poulticing. Lord Ansley continues his attention to the
rented 10/. 10s. i.o the General Annuity Society, and Sir C. wounded man without intermission. 1-11 t; Lordship's ill-fated
Forbes, Bart, t i like *Mount. The in i stitution rapidly pro- brother still perseveres in his sullen silence, and will not give
grestgq IA itik ,q.,. , -..i-, 0•:. , - ' , Vie least came for 148 insane act.

A L.i~ris3;,

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 23.
LV RE THOXA,t,
The insolvent who was described as a gentleman,"
• was-bpposed by lir. Cboke,-for Mr. Hudson, a tobacco-
nist ; by Mr. Cresw,ll, on behalf of Mr. Hunt, jeweller;
and by a credito', named Baker, a hosier, in person.
It appeared, kora a very lengthened examination of
the insolvent, win was a very young man, the opposing
creditors, and several witnesses, that he had been dis-
charged by this Caul, as an insolvent, in the year 1841,
when his debts amounted to upwards of 12,0001. Soon
after his discharge, he became an articled clerk to an
attorney, but neglected his profession and lived with his
mother, who had a good property, and supplied him with
pocket money. During this time it was proved that
his expenditure had been of the most reckless and
profligate description, in fact, of such a nature '
as to induce the Learned Commissioner to designate it
by the term of swindling. He went to Newcastle, and,
while there, took a villa from Mr. Hudson, whom he rut
to large expense bylaw costs. He also wrote to Mr.
Hunt ter jewellery to the amount of 9004 but, luckily.
for that gentleman, he only let him have goods to the
amount of 3401., fo:. which he gave a worthless warrant
of attorney. The whole of his debts during the )ear
amounted to 9611., and those he contracted whilst he
was not worth one shilling of money or property. In
his schedule the nanies of eight tailors appeared, and
also those of a number of livery stable-keepers, for the
hire of horses and carriages. It likewise appeared that
he had several dealings in accommodation bills.
Mr. Commissioner Law said, after carefully consider-
ing the evidence, he thought the only proper terms by
which he could designate the insolvent were those of a
cheat, and even a swindler. He had before taken the
benefit of the Insolvent Act, and since that time he had
pursued a career of reckless and indiscriminate profli-
gacy. The sentence of the Court in the present instance
was, that he be reTanded for one year and eight months
from the date of his vesting order.

his pocket. It might be very profitable, but he must sly urged him to the disagreerNe task of beggirg, which,
•it was not very creditable. With regard to the plea God knew, carried its punishment in the numeri us
that the bill was the property of Horne, he said thcre painful refusals, and that contanpt with which 1 wretched
' was no evidence of the fact, and it was a very common applicant was sure to be met.
' occurrence for plaintiffs to sue parties in the names of , Sir J. KEY-I shall, at all events, have 3-ou taken care
other parties. The Learned Counsel then commented of for some time. You shall go to Bridewell upon the evidence given by Mr. Lane, and asked why months.
" Mother" Edmunds, his chere wide, had not been called for three
as a witness?

The prisoner—Lord ! you don't say so ? Why, I
have-done little or nothing. Pray, my Lord\ when I
come out, am I to be done with any other prosecition ?
Mr. Goodman (the Chief (Jlfrk) The three i)ontbs'
imprisonment will not clear you of two chartes (if
forgery, which appear against you. Yon will, in all
probability, be prosecuted upon those.
Horseford, stated that the prisoner a short time ago
•btained 51. from an eminent counsel, to whom he ap
plied, dressed as a farmer, for assistance, in consequence
of ruin caused by incendiari,m. In fact, the pri-iner
was constantly occupied in looking out for "squall' is
fie petitioning world.
Committed to Bridewell to hard labour for three
months. •

Mr. Line here rose, and complained of the attack that
was made upon him by the Learned Counsel. He was
a married man and had a family, and he thought it most
indecent for the Learned Counsel to make such an in -
sitivation against him. There was not the least founda-
tion for it.
Mr. Baron PARKE expressed his opinion that such
observations as those made by the Learned Counsel
ought not to have been made. Tbey did not in any way
apply to the question at issue.

PLATi continued.--He thought Mrs. Edmund:
onght to have been produced as a witness ; but it was
quite clear that his Learned Friend would led have any-
thing to do with her or her clique. After some further
observations, the Learned Counsel concluded by stating
that the evidence for the defendant had not at all sh.,lien
the plaintiff's case. and that he was entitled to a verdict.
Mr. Baron PARE then summed up, and after having
explained the tenour of the different pleas upon the re-
cord, he said that the proceeding ofcommencing the eri-
ginal action in the name of. Horne, who -Mr. Gell knew
was not his client, was most irregular, and one which he
thought no respectable attorney would have lent him-
self to. The jury had heard the explanation that was
given for this course being taken, and it was for them to
I judge of the facts. If they believed the evidence of Mr.
(Jell,
the plaintiff's case had been made out ; but if they
considered the pleas set up by the defendant had been
substantiated, it would be their duty to return a verdict
in his favour.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff for the full amount of the bill.
Mr. Baron GURNEY sat in the Crown Court, and in
his charge to the grand, jury, said he regretted to eee
that there were several charges of arson in the calendar,
but he advised them not to return a true bill in any of the
cases, except the evidence was so clear and conclusive es
would convince them, if they were in the situation of
petty jurors, to return a verdict of guilty. He addel
that he was convinced great mischief was occasioned
hen persons charged with offences of this description
were acquitted.
John Thicken. 30, was convicted of uttering a forge]
cheque, with intent to defraud the London and Wes:-
minster Bank.
The prisoner was stated to be the son of a farmer,
and to have hitherto borne a good character. The jury
recommended him to mercy, and
Mr. Baron GURNEY respited the judgment.

A woman, named Ann IVood, was charged with hay-
ing counterfeited fits to obtain money.
It was stated by several City policemen that the pri-
sonur rt as in the habit of raising a froth about her mouth
with a piece of soap, and that she took ingenious oppor-
tunities of dropping in the street when people were pass-
ing who were likely to compassionate her apparent mis-
fortune. In Alderman Hurhphery's mayoralty, his Lord-
ship paid a sum of money to convey her to her parish
4it a great distance in the country, and supplied her with
clothes and necessaries for the journey, hut, to the sur.
'prise of the Lord Mayor, she was found, five or six days
after her departure, frothing at the mouth, from which a
piece of soap was taken, within the boundary of the City,
where she had declared she never again should be seen.
Sir J. KEY sentenced her to three months' imprison-
ment and hard labour, in BrOewell.
CLERKEN WELL.

Frances Mary Cass was charged with attempting to
commit suicide. .

SUMMER ASSIZES.
HOME CIRCUIT— Maidstone, July 23.
The Conamision for the county of Kent was opened on
Monday. There are upwards of seventy prisoners for
trial on the Civil side ; twenty eight causes are entered,
seven of which are special jury cases.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
DE BERNARDI V. CRIMSTON.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
1651., upon a bill of exchange, accepted by the Honour-
able Captain Grimston, the defendant. The pleas put
upon the record by the defendant were to the effect that
the bill in question was a forgery, and also that it had not
been legally endorsed to the present plaintiff, and that
the property in the bill belonged to the executors of a
deceased person, named Horne.
Mr. Platt and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. Sergeant Channel, with Mr. Wordsworth, were
for the defendant.
Mr. PLATT having briefly opened the case called,
Mr. Gell, a solicitor in Regent-street, who deposed
that he was the attorney for the plaintiff; and that he
was instructed by him to bring the present action. The
bill in question was placed in his hands in February, and
he advanced the plaintiff 90/. upon it. Before it became
due, he communicated with the defendant, and informed
him that his bill would become due on the 3d May, and
in consequence of that communication, Captain Grim-
ston called upon him, and told. him that he had been a
flat in accepting the bill, but he supposed he must
pay it, and he wished him (Mr. Gell,) to wait a few days,
and not to present the bill at the bankers, Messrs. Cox
and Greenwood, where it was made payable, and he pro-
mised that he would make up the money for the bill.
Proceedings were subsequently taken by witness against
the defendant, on behalf of a
,person named Horne, who
died soon afterwards.
Cross-examined--Horne was a clerk to the present
plaintiff, and it was al the agent of Mr. Bernardi, that
the defendant was sued in his name. The bill became
due on the M May, and the writ in Horne's action was
served on the 4th. He was applied to upon the subject,
but he did not mention the name of Mr. Bernardi as
being his client, Captain Grimston did not say, when
he called upon him, that he had accepted the bill for
651. originally, and that it had been altered to 165 t, and
that it was a forgery. Would swear that the name of
Mrs. Edmunds was not mentioned by the defendant.
Did not know George Cullen, who was represented to
be 'the drawer of the bill.
Frederick Dewey deposed that he was employed by
an officer of the Sheriff of Surrey, and in that capacity
he was placed in possession at the house of Mrs. Ed-
munds, at Herne-hill. He remained there ten months
and two days.--(A laugh.) This gave him an oppor-
tunity of becoming acquainted with the members of her
establishment ; and he knew George Cullen, who was
Mrs. Edmunds' nephew. He believed the endorsement
to the bill produced to be that person's handwriting.
Cross-examined—Believed Mrs. Edmunds sas a
lodging-house keeper. George Cullen acted as her
gardener ; and he had a brother named John, who was
a carpenter. Mrs. Edmunds was not very often at the
house at Herne-hill.
By Mr. PLATT—George Cullen used to cultivate Mrs.
Edmunds' garden.---(Laughter.) The bill was then put
in, and this closed the plaintiff's case.
Mr. Sergeant. CHANNEL addressed the jury for the
defendant, and commenced by stating L hat the counsel
for the plaintiff had conducted the case on his behalf
very dexterously, and had contrived to keep every per-
son out of it who could have given the jury any informa-
tion relative to the real nature of the transaction. The
defence he had to set up was, that the bill was originally
accepted for 651. only, and that, in point of fact, the pre-
sent document was a forgery by the substitution of the
larger suin.of 1651. for the original amount. The plain-
tiff's attorney was well aware that this was the defence
which was to be set up, and mixed up as be had been in
the transaction, he must say that he thought it was very
extraordinary he had not given the jury some further in-
formation relative to the eircumstances under which the
bill came into the possession of the plaintiff. The
Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the
fact of the action being first brought in the name of
Horne, the plaintiff's clerk, and also upon the circum-
stance that Mr. Gell, who Was the principal witness to
prove the plaintiff's case, did not say a word about Mr.
Bernardi until the death of Horne, and then the present
action was brought in his name. When Mr. Gell was
applied to for the name of his client, in the first instance
he stated that it was Horne, and the defendant relied
u oneersoofnhwisas,beforepleas, his death, a bona
and if the jury should
believe
fide holder of the bill, and that the present plaintiff was
lnthtitsmfact tthinis p
not his legal representative, upon that ground he should
be entitled to their verdict.
Frederick William Fisher was thenecalled. He deposed
that he was the managing clerk to Mr. Lane, the de-
fendant's attorney, and he remembered the copy of the
w: it being handed to him in the cause Horne v. Grim-
ston, and he put in an appearance to it. A day or two
afterwards witness went to Mr.
Gelb the plaintiff's attor-
ney, and asked to see the bill, and also wished to have
the name and address of the plaintiff. Mr. Gell then
gave him the name of George Henry Horne, and de-
scribed his address as. No. 8, Craig's-court. Mr. Gell
stated that Horne was an accountant. He frequently
saw Mr. Gell upon the- subject of the proceedings, and
he never on-any occasion mentioned the name of Bele
iinrcli until the present action was commenced on the
16th May.
Cross-examined—Mr. Lane "discounts " a good deal.
The offices are in ArgyllsPlaee- Had repeitedly seen
Mrs. Edmunds there and also at the Bankruptcy Court
and other places. Mr. Lane had been also concerned for
him in two or three actions. Had not seen Mrs. Edmunds
el- several monthst and did not think she had been at
Mr. Lane's offices during the last two or three months.
Had not seen Captain Grineston at the office with Mrs.
Edmunds. Could not say whether' Mrs. Edmunds hail
been in the habit of lending young men money, but he
had heard so. •
Re-examined--Mrs. Edmunds was very well known
in London. She was generally called " Mother Ed-
euunds."—(Lauglitee,)
11r. Richard iiiieleman Lane deposed that he was an
attorney, and conducted the present action for the de-
fendant. On the 3d of May he wrote a letter to Mr.
Gall (produced), in which he informed him that the bill
was only accepted by Capt. Grimston for 651, and that
the amount of 165/. was forged. He at the same time
efered to pay the smaller amount. He subsequently
called upon Mr. Gell, and saw the bill, and Mr. Gell in-
formed him that Horne, the plaintiff, was a very re-
spectable man. He had some conversation with Mr.
t; ell upon the subject of the bill, and told him that the
.1
figures 65 were Mrs. Edmunds' writing, but that the 1
was written by another hand. He told him that he un-
fortunately knew Mrs. Edmunds' writing too well, and
that the appearance of the bill confirmed his client's re-
resentation that it had originally been drawn for 651.
only. Mr. Gell appeared to think that he held a genuine
acceptance, but he did not say a word about Captain
Grimston haying offered to pay the amount until the
present action was brought.
Cross-examined—lie took a bill for Lona drawn by
Cullen with him, in order to compare the writing. He
had unfortunately another acceptance for 1,0001. in his
possession. It was witness's custom to fake forty per
cent. interest upon a three months' bill. He gave 1,800/,
for the two 1,0001. acceptances, to which -he hed re-
ferred. Mrs. Edmunds brought him the 1,000/. bill to
discount. It bore the acceptance of Lord —. For a
hill of 1,000/. it -was his custom to give 900/. He' had..
been concerned as an attorney for Mrs. Edmunds, and
had been at her residences in St. James's-street and Ar-
lington-street. Was not aware that she was in the
habit of lending, money to young men, but it was reported-
so, Witness had nothing to do with her or her affairsee
He gave her the money, for the 1,000/. bill in 1841. 'He
also advanced her 1,0004 upon a bill for 2,000/. Mrs.
Edmunds, no doubt, finding that he was such an easy
dope came to him the second time. He must also con-
fese that feMale infitience operated upon him.—
(Laughter.) As Mrs. Edmunds was a woman he did
not suspect her.—(Renewed laughter.)
Mr. PLATT—Then you were induced to lend this
money on account of female influence ?—(A laugh.)
Witness—Yes ; and it has cost me 1,800/.—(Laughter.)
Mr. PLATT--I think you are very lucky to get off so
easily.
Mr. PLATT then replied jury
, and said that even if the
should think that the defendant had written his name
across the blank stamp, and it was afterwards filled up
for the amount now sought to be recovered, he was in
law liable for the amount. He reellarked upon
the circumstance of the stamp being a five shilling
one, which would cover any amount under 2001. ; and he
submitted that there was no evidence to show that the '
instrument was not a genuine one, although the forty- '
per-cent. gentleman had given evidence to the contrary.
He could not help expressing his opinion that the busi-
ness in discounting carried on by that gentleman was
not a creditable one for an attorney to be engaged in ;
and he thought that of all discounters an attorney dis-
counter was the worst, because, if the bills in which he
was interested went to action, he killed his own mutton
and conducted his own case, putting all the costs into

The prisoner is the wife of a decent mechanic, residing
in Stoke Newington, and the mother of a family. They
have lived for some years in comparative comfort, but
latterly the unhappy woman became acquainted with a
female of loose character, who first led her into bad
company, and then involved her in debt and difficulty.
Remorse and the dread that her husband would discover
her embarrassed situation drove her into a state of
frenzy, and early this morning she strove to drown her-
self in the New River at Stoke Newington. A labourer
named Cashel, who chanced to be going to his work,
heard the splash, rushed to the river side, and saw the
prisoner sinking in the water with - all her clothes on.
He dashed in and rescued her from a watery grave,
although she requested him " for God's sake not to
save her."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
LOSS OF LIVES AT BLACKFRIARS' BRIDGE.
Under-Sheriff Anderton waited upon the Lord Mayor
yesterday, for the purpose of particularly calling his
Lordship's attention to the dreadful accident which oc-
curred at the temporary pier at Blackfriars-bridge, on
Monday evening. Numbers of persons had, he said,
assembled on the pier to witness a regatta on the water,
and a portion of it having given way, several lives were
lost. The inhabitants of the neighbouring houses were,
in consequence of the frightful occurrence (the full ex-
tent of which they were not yet acquainted with), in a
state of the most painful excitement ; and blame was
attached to the Corporation for having allowed the tern -
porary pier to remain along the shore, occasioning con-
siderable danger to human life, and palpable inconve •
nience to those engaged in commercial pursuits upon the
banks of the Thames. Speaking as one of the public, he
could not help saying he was surprised that more nu
merous accidents had not occurred. He also begged
permission to draw his Lordship's attention to the state
of the steam-vessels conve3ing passengers to different
parts of the river. Last night one of the steamers was ob
served, at Blackwell, to have on board upwards of 1,000
persons, so that there the immense mass stuck, deriving
its safety, in a great degree, from the impossibility of
moving from one side to the other ; for if the vessel
dropped a little upon either side, the most awful de-
struction must have taken place. He knew that the
Lord Mayor had felt and expressed great apprehension
of the consequences of thus over-loading when his Lord
ship came into office, and had shown a determination to
remedy the evil, but he regretted to find that the active
exertions of the Chief Magistrate did not appear to re-
ceive that energetic assistance which was so requisite in
circumstances distinguished by such conflicting inte-
rests. The inhabitants of Blackfriars hoped that the
Lord Mayor would visit the river as soon as possible ;
and cause the immediate removal of the temporary
piers, or at any rate, compel those who derived profit
from them, to make them firm and secure. The autho-
rity of his Lordship was the more required, as the over-
loading seemed to be upon an equality in all the steamers
plying from London-bridge to Richmond.
The LORD MAYOR expressed his satisfaction at the
manner in which the Under-Sheriff had publicly called
his attention to the melancholy disaster which had oc-
curred, and to the practice of overcrowding the steam-
vessels--a subject which had frequently occupied his
mind. He regretted that delays, arising from the
nature of the difficulties which pressed upon the
subject had taken place ; but the Committee,
together with the Waterman's Company, were, with
the aid of the City Solicitor, at the present
moment engaged in framing rules which would
soon be acted upon, and were calculated to remedy the
hazardous evil of over-crowding. He certainly con-
curred with Mr. Anderton, in expressing surprise that
more extensive mischief had not taken place. The pe-
culiar brightness of the weather was certainly favourable
to the navigation of the river ; but as fogs might soon be
expected, the danger was likely to become imminent.
The regulation of the number to be admitted on board
each steamer was under consideration, and he trusted
the plan to be acted upon would be well adapted to the
important occasion. .As to the piers which had been
temporarily erected, he had taken care •to throw
out a hint to, the • Navigation Committee, that all
temporary erections of the kind must be sanc-
tioned and subjected to constant survey. Whe-
ther that hint had been acted upon generally he could
not tell but the accident of the last evening proved the
necessity for' interference. He had given orders to the
proper officer to prepare for a survey, which it was his
Intention to make from London-bridge to the extent of
his jurisdiction up the river, on Thursday next, when, he
should cause the removal of everything which he should
consider injurious to the navig.ation, and direct that the
piers, which the public convenience required, should be
adequately secured • and fortified. It appeared to him
that the multitude of piers which had been constructed
for private advantage, constituted a very great incon-
venience to the public, as the steamers were, in the course
of their passage, in the habit of stopping every two
minutes. The trade of people along the banks was like-
wise considerably affected by the traffic of the steamers,
and one coal-merchant hail declared that his loss in wear
and tear of barges on account of the ceaseless plying of
the crowded boats; amounted to at least 5001 a year.
Mr. •Anderton—My apprehension is, that if we do not
adopt sortie effective course the Government will save
us the trouble by taking the power into their own hands.
The LORD MAYOR—My opinion as regards the regu-
lition of speed of steam-vessels is, that we should
have an authorised agent onboard, a sort of City pilot.
We should erect public landing 'places ourselves too, and do
away with those private piers altogether ; but lam con-
vinced the Navigation Committee will make very exer-
tion for the public safety and benefit, and it will no
longer be considered' iudispenbible to pack people toge-
ther like a flock 'of sheep to insure their security from
drowning. I shall make the necessary representations
to the Committee, and go upon the survey myself on
Thursday next.
A man named James Randall, who, to suit his purppse,
adopts a great variety of names, was brought before Sir
John Key, and charged by Horseford, the vigilant, Men-
dicity Society officer, With, having,.by begging letters and
certificates containing forged names, imposed upon seve-
ral benevolent persons,
Horseford stated that, on Wednesday last; he saw Mr.
Lambert, of No. 70, Lower Thames-street, and, in con-
sequence 'of information which he received, he went in
pursuit
of the prisoner, whom he soon took into
cnstody. Upon searching the prisoner's lodgings, wit-
ness found a seal which corresponded vvith an impression
upon a begging petition in the puss: ssion of the prisoner.
Mr. Francis D.. Lambert stated, that the prisoner
called upon him at his warehouse, in Lower Thames-
street, about the 6th instant, and produced a book con-
taining names and subscriptions. Witness gave 'him
five shillings,- believing that .he had been ship- I
wrecked, as he produced a certificate to that effect.
Mr. G. Wawn stated that the prisoner called upon
him with the same melancholystory or Shipwreck,on the
6th instant, and witness handed to him 10s, to soften
down the calamity. •
Mr. J. Taylor, of' No. 36, St. Mary-at-Hill, said the
prisoner called 'on him with a forged petition about a
month ago, -and witness gave him ss.
Mr. Edward West, of No. 26, Buck7ersbury, secretary
of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, stated that the
signature testifying to the correctness of the Statement
of the contents, and purporting to be that of Mr.
.Wooden, the agent to the Society at Southampton, was
false and forged. The Christian name was incorrect.
It appeared that the prisoner had levied contributions 1
on several other gentlemen, and that he had the knack
of .asking with a natural touch" which set all suspi-
cion asleep.
Sir Josix KEY—How can you get over this evidence,
priioner ? The prisoner—Why, my Lord, I was appre-
hended and taken to Marlborough-street a few days ago,
and these documents and statements were regularly laid
before the Magistrate, who, however, insisted upon dis-
charging me, after hearing all they had to say. Now, as
his Worship dismissed me, and as nothing new has been
produced, I trust your respect for a brother Magistrate,
will intimate to you the necessity of discharging me ,
without further investigation.
Horseford said the case before the Marlborough-street
Magistrate had not half the force of that which bad been
just heard. He admitted that the seal had been found in
his trunk, but that, he contended, was nothing, as it had
not been found on his person.
Horseford produced it number of memoranda, and
prepared letters and petitions, addressed to the great
and well-known friends of humanity all through the
metropolis, representing a series of calamitous visita-
• bons. In his book' was written down—" Try Mr.
of Russell-square ;" " Try Mr. of the Regent's-
park ;" " Try Mr. ----, of Cornhill, " &c., &c. ; and
some lists of subscriptions, which were, no doubt, kept
separate for the high houses, contained no sum inferior
toll., the prisoner having, in Several instances, put down
the sum of 51. to One individual.
Sir JonN KEY told the prisoner 'he had been most
actively engaged in checking the current of charity by
playing off the degrading' arts of an imposter.
The prisoner assured the Alderman that it was •
notbin.but distress of the most intolerable kind tbat
1

The unfortunate prisoner, who seemed overwhelmed
with grief, did not utter a syllable.
The Magistrate (Mr. ComBE) consigned her to the
care of her friends.

Henry Hutchins, charged with bigamy, the particulars
of whose case were mentioned in a former number of
this paper, was fully committed for trial ; as was John
Barrett, for obtaining money by fraudulently represent-
ing himself as an agent of the Anti-Corn-law League.
Ann Fitzgibbon, a heart-broken-looking poor creature, wag
charged with annoying and assaulting J. P. Fitzgibbon, her
husband. •

The prisoner was separated from her husband in April last;
since when he has allowed her a weekly sum of 4s. Last
evening, having been informed that her husband was going
to Bombay next Monday, she west to his residence, No.
4, Britannia -street, where, having quarrelled, she ttruck him
a blow on the breast.

The plaintiff admitted that he was going to Boltbay, but
alleged that he had made a provision for the payment of the
allowance to his wife.

The prisoner said, fearing the allowance on which her ex-
istence almost depended, would terminate on her husband's
departure, she went to his residence. She heard herhusband
had received 55/. yesterday morning.
Mr. COMBE said he would not punish the woman further
than by binding her over in her own recognisances to keep
the peace, and expressed a hope that the complainant would
provide for the payment of her pension before he left the
country.

f MARKET YE WS.-(YESTERDAYq

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 10s to 4145; 'The.
ful ditto, 4! 5s to 4/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 123 to 4i 150;
Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11145,'
Wheat Straw, 1/ 1-1 s to 1/ 16s per load. A fair tiverBr
supply, and a steady inquiry.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 15s to 4/ 3s; usr
ful ditto 4/ 6s to 4/ 128 • fine Upland ditto, 4! 14s to Si
Clover Hay, 4/12s to 61; 'Oat Straw, 1! 140 to 11 16s: W11°1:(
Straw, 1/.16s to 11 188 per load. Both Haw and Stilt
moved off slowly, at the above quotations.
WHITECRAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 13s to 41; use.
ful ditto, 414 s to 418 s ; fine Upland ditto, 4110 s to 4/ 155;
Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw' 11 12s to II 149 j
Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply good' a"
trade rather dull.
The prices of New Meadow Hay ruled from 3l to 41; and
of New Clover 3l 16s to 5l 5s per load. •

(From the London New Price Current of July 23.)
St AR.—ln the West India Sugar market there has be en
less activity since last Tuesday. To-day bright yellosie!d
strong refining descriptions ofV ,
est India Sugar were in ~efo,
demand, and fetched fully former rates, but inferior .3'l_wses
and brown kinds met with a slow sale. The total wrote,
are 420 hhds and tierces, including 144 hhds 6 trcs Barbara:,
at auction, which went 6d to is above last public sale f.
for good and fine, and at former prices for all other sorf
fine yellow fetched 64s 6(1 to 675, good 62s 6d to 64stwil
58s 6d to 61s, and low 57s to 57s 6d per cwt.
Rs:PINED —The demand has been brisk from the 10.06,
trade for Refined Sugar, and advanced rates again paid, ID
deed, the supply has becorna small of the low and mid (job,
ties. To-day large purchases were made in Refined Goods
..A
the home trade, and prices closed firmly at 77s for stano
and 75s to 76s per cwt for brown grocery Lumps. In bonded
crushed Sugar there is still a good deal doing at 26s per
been c
Maui/rms.—By private contract a gOod business bast:,
transacted in all descriptions, at rather higher rates.
afternoon none were brought to public sale ; privately gvf„
and fine yellow sorts were inquired for, and in some rsvc-
fetched stiffer rates.
EAST INDIA.—The demand has been brisk for Bengal SaV
and the rates paid show an advance on those of Tuesdat
of is per cwt. This afternoon 2,711 bags of Bengal bad
were brought to public sale, 1,921 of which consisted.
(Date), these went at easier rates, and sold as follows
Low yellow at 55s 6d to 565, middling 56s 6d to 58s, dals%
and washed 54s to 58s; sound ordinary grey 555, danll3e,,
to 555. Other sorts fetched very full prices, and sold at "'-
for fine white, 63a to 63s 6ti for good, 61s 6d to 641
for damp and washed, 55s to 55s 6d for ordinl
sound soft yellow, 52s 6d to 54s 6d for damp and weeLs
67s 6d to 68s for strong yellow Dobah, and damp and was
67s per cwt. Of Ceylon Sugar 68 casks 7 cases were an
and disposed of at 52s for lqw brown, 54s to 55s for good, 0!,..
56s to 56s 6d for middling .dingy yellow. 153 baskets Jr
were sold at-the full value; fine Strong grey at 21s to 224
good white 23s to 23s 6d, fine brown 17s 6d to 18s, damp PI
and white 20s 6d to 21s, brown ditto 16s 6d to 17s 6d per c"
FORElGN.—yellow Havannah has been in excellent re
quest, and the rates paid are rather above those of Tues(l3,l
last. This afternoon there was no public sale of Foreir,
Sugar ; by private treaty some parcels of yellow Havannah
and brown Brazil sold at very full prices.
MoLassas.—Prices are maintained for West India, altillo
good demand has existed ; the private operations are 2
puns, Antigua at 24s to
.265, and Trinidad 23s ; at auction,
however, 250 puns were taken in above the value, Antigua
at 245, Barbadoes 265, St. Kitt's 245, and Montserrat 238 j
the arrivals are still large, but prices rule low. In Bengt
Syrup sales made at 14s to 165, per cwt. Of West India Ts'
marinds 17 half-barcels at auction fetched 50s, and sPgs
Jamaica Honey 50s to 58s per cwt.
Cocon.—By private contract several parcels of West India
have been disposed of, but holders are compelled to !WWI,
to rather lower prices ; at auction Trinidad at 38s 6d to 4,r,
for low to mid red, and 38s to 38s 6d for fair grey; 10 I)_„ri.'
of St. Vincent's were bought in at 318 to 323 per cwt for fair
quality; ; the stock is still a large one. Foreign Cocoa is little
wanted, and 200 bags Para at auction were withdrawn.
Taa.—The transactions have been upon a small scale
.41"
black and green Tea by private contract but the offers oil
at lower rates have been rejected by importers, althonit
large parcels- are announced for pnblic competition.
the auctions held on Friday, consisting of 10,000 pkgs. the
biddings were very languid, and the small proportion
of only 2,800 pkgs found purchasers, but with the excer
ticm of fine Hyson, which went rather under late _rates,
other sorts of Tea sustained the previous currency ; Coen
but mid ra str and fresh fetched is 14d to is 2d, but 10,1
blksh If Is 21d, very superior Pekoe fla 2s 2d to 2s 20
Twankay, but mid is sd; Hyson fla 2s lid to 2s 14d ; °au-
powderps 6d to 4s sd, and Imperial2s 10id per lb. Pouchog
was all taken in and withdrawn.
COFFEE.—The market has presented a quiet appearttack!
for all descriptions of West India Coffee since this day rivl :7
This afternoon the demand was brisk for Ceylon Coffee,
'l'-
1,168 bags, at public sale, were all disposed of Is above former
rates—ordinary ragged pale went at 525, good ordinary Pale
52s to 52s 6d, good ordinary greenish 53s 6d to 645, :ine ord.('
nary greenish 55s to 55s 6d, sea damaged first class 52s 6d:
second ditto 50s, third ditto 48s 6d. Privately there was-
good deal doing, and Jamaica was more in demand, at former
rates. Of Mocha some parcels sold at 70s to 75s for middling
and good yellow.
SPlCE.S.—Jamaica Ginger at 4/10s to 10/ lOs per cwt for
low to good bold white : East India has sustained the for°, er,,_
value • Bengal at 22s for bold wormy, being above the 19"„ -
Black'Pepper has been taken sparingly, but holders are D.."'
inclinen to further give way in price, and none has been
offered at auction ; Sumatra in small parcels sold at 2d to,
24d, Penang 2id to 3d, and Malabar 3ild to 30 per lb. COO
Lignea, ord 54s to 553, good ord 563 to .58s, low middling
59s to 60s, middling 61s to 635, and better qualities 64s 0
70s per cwt; for auction on Wednesday 1,400 chests are ,(1..1;
Glared, and the stock is not above half of what it was ,"'"
season at this period. The market is quiet for Pimento.
Nutmegs are not much wanted, and prices drooping, 24 casks
Batavia at public sale were sold at 2s 3d to 2s 4d per lb for
bold limed.

%nous DRlVlNG.—Yesterday, about one o'clock,
the neighbourhood of Blackfriars'-road was a scene of
great confusion and alarm to those who were out at the
time. A cabman, of the name of John Cole, got stu-
pidly drunk, and so excited his horse, that he ran off at
a most frightful rate. Cole very soon lost his balance,
and was thrown with dreadful violence to the ground,
where he lay until some policemen removed him, in a
state of unconsciousness, to the surgery of Messrs.
Brady, where he remained for nearly an hour before
he was considered fit to be removed. The horse, find
ing himself free from restraint, dashed on at an in-
creased speed, until he came in collision with a lamp-
post, which shattered the cab into pieces, and very
much injured the animal, It was very fortunate the
road was clear at the time, otherwise an accident must
necessarily have taken place. Should not this man be
punished otherwise than by the mere taking away of
his badge, for thus endangering the lives of others?
FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE LATE MILI-
TARY OUTRAGE.—A special court of inquiry has this
week been instituted by his Grace the Duke of Welling-
ton, into the late riot at Leeds, and the police and
civilians who gave evidence at the trial against the mili-
tary, have been re-examined at the Leeds Cavalry Bar-
racks, where the tribunal has been conducted. We
believe the Court sat in obedience to a special message
of the Commander-in-Chief, and that it has been com-
posed of officers connected with other regiments than
that whose honour is concerned, and that therefore an
impartial decision may be anticipated. The inquiry has,
of course, been private, but it is probable that the result
of the investigation has already been laid before the
Commander-in-Chief. We sincerely hope that the con-
fession of O'Brien and three other convicted military,
has been fully investigated, and that, if found to be cor-
rect, the nineteen parties engaged in preconcerting the
outrage, will meet with merited punishment. The Pre-
sident of the Court was Colonel Jackson, of the 6th
Dragoon Guards (Carbineers), stationed at York.--
Leeds Mercury.
A Cumous RELlc.—The Prussian Gazette states
that avoung woman of Keine, who
•was travelling with her
masters family, 'found on the road to Bautzen a ring set in
rubies, which had on one side a representation in relief of
Christ on the Cross, and on the other the instruments of pu-
nishment. The ring bears this inscription—" Martino Lu-
ther, Catherina V. Boren, die 31 October, 1525." The ring,
which is well preserved, is a perfect model of art.
IPSWICH THEATRICALS.—The theatre, under the
management of Mr. G. Smith, has been open during the
week. Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster have appeared in a
variety of favourite characters. The celebrated "Polka" has
been danced by these two first-rate artistes to crowded
houses, amidst unbounded applause,. In this favourite dance
Madame Celeste had displayed her inimitable graces, and
asserted her claims to the high position she maintains upon
the metropolitan boards.' Mr. Gomersal has also introduced
a novelty in the shape of a comic song, intitled " Statty
Fair," in which he introduced the Mock Cachouca. It has
been received with great applause, and no doubt will have
a " run." On Wednesday night the performances were under
the patronage of Lieut.-Col: Daly, end the officers of the 4th
Light Dragoons, upon which occasion, the band of the regi-
ment was in attendance. The house was crowded to overflow ;
indeed the brilliant appearance of the upper circle revived re-
collections of olden times, and afforded inexpressible gratifi-
cation to the lover's of the drama. On Thursday night, the
performances 'were under the patronage of the Stewards of the
Races. The Maidqf Otoissey, Foreign Affairs, The Trani.
peter's Daughter, and Binks the Bagman, as on the previous
evenings, went off with • the greatest possible eclat. Of the
various characters personated by Madame Celeste and' Mr.
Webster wecan say no more than that they were sustained
to the high admiration of all present. It Is long since the
play-going public of Ipswich have had such a variety of
brilliant entertainment placed before them, and we as heartily
congratulate th.e manager upon his success as we applaud the
spirit of enterprise which induced him to form engagements
with two such " bright particular stars" as Madame Celeste
and Mr. Webster, whose appearance on these boards, limited
as it is to only a few nights, will be long remembered with
pleasure.—lpswich Journal.
FOUND DROWNED.—Sunday morning the body of
a man, between forty and fifty yews of age, was found off
Cadogan pier, Chelsea. The head was in a most frightful
state, the body having lain in the water several days. From
inquiries which, have been made, it appears that the de-
ceased's name was Pegler, and he was formerly a clerk In the
banking-house of Messrs. Coutts, Strand, The body lies at
the Swan public-house, where the inuest will be held.
INTERERIUNG OPERATION.—We have much plea.
Fuse in bringing to the notice of our readers a, successful ap-
plication of science in restoring to a perpendicular position
the north wall of 'Market Weston Church, in this county.
The church is supposed to have been erected in the fourteenth
century. In 1630 it was injured by lightning, and again, ten
years since, it was much shattered by a thunder-storm. The
time had now arrived when it became necessary to effect a
perfect restoration, as from age and the above-mentioned
casualties the North wall had declined outwardly nineteen'
inches from the perpendicular, and threatened the utter
destruction of the building. Undev the superintendence of
cur able architect, Mr. Uottinghami this wall (the weight of
which had been calculated at 240 tons) has been brought up
to the perpendicular, by the process of expanding, by heat,
three bars of iron, 2i inches in diameter, which traversed
and connected both walls of the church. These bars (which
had screws worked on one end of them and projected
beyond the south wall) were enclos?d in cast-iron boxes
tilled _with lighted charcoal. When the bars were fully ex-
Tended by the heat, the screws were wound up firmly to the
undamaged south wall. The charcoal boxes were then re-
Moved, and the process of onoling commenced. Gradually
the bars contracting equally with their previous expansion,
compelled the whole mass of the wall to fojiow ;be irresiatible
power now exerting itself, and in fait?* successive operations,
the whole wall rose to its original perpendicular. The whole
operation does infinite credit to Mr. Cottingham. Much
commendation is also due to Mr. Reed, of Ixworth, who so
ably followed out his directions, as well as to the sea/ous and
intelligent workmen who brought to a successful termination
this beautiful but simple process. Several of the surrounding'
families assembled at Weston Church, on Monday last, to-
witness the completion of this novel operation, the only in- I
stance of which has been, we understand, at the Cathedral
of Armit
would earngb, under the superiatessdence of the same arehiteet.
Weearnestly h9pe that a similar public-spirited feel-
ing may be awakened in the breasts of prop.rietors of estates
in other parishes, where the sacred eases require separatism,
as has been shown by the principal landowner of Market
Weston (Mr. J. Thurston) on this occasion.—Bary Post.
A SINGLE MAN WITHOUT ENCUNUARANCE.—" Yes. terday ever ing," says the Message:, "a person muted
of Ooritthoerel.lth at- KeDittEllba'll, Aberdeenshire, the Earl
into a hackney cabriolet stationed on the Boulevard St.
Denis and shook the driver by the arm, who appeared to
be asleep; but it was soon discovered that he was dead. On the 9th inst., at Thorganby Hall, Lincoln, Theophil"
The Commissary of Police having arrived to ascertain Barn
the' lE3stqh'inasgte.,da6tlS.toke, Kent, Thomas Comport, &CI" ,
On the 16th inst., at Beaufort Cottage, Wellington-roaat
the cause of the driver's death, it appeared that it was
the result of apoplexy. This man had no family, and Bow, Abraham Burch, E
on examining his bod, the following inscription Was On the 17th inst., Mr.B.llo.hn Frodsh ,of Chatham-place,
found tattooed on his dye,—` John Joseph_, foundling, East Hackney.
abandoned at the ago of two years, on the Place de l'Ho- On the 18th inst., at Kensington, Gurney, second son of F=
ter de Ville in 1806.' John Joseph had no plc,co of Remolds, Esq.'
On the 20th inst., in Lamb's Conduit-street, London, Johndwelling. He passed twenty hours of the day in his
cabriolet, and when lie wished to rest he lay down in his llasiame M.D.
master's stable."
. On the 20th inst., John Peter Perring, Esq., of CombeilorY
House Somet
BOULOGNE AND CaLass.-.aThe number of persons re•
who passed to and from France viii Boulogne, during the
week ending lust Thursday, was 2,695 ; and via Calais, 502, Lendon tinted and Published b MURDO 'YOUNG, of
The numbers in the corresponding week of last year wee No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1121,
Boulogne, 1,336 and Calais, 702, fitmUil, is the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Causal
aisitileiltut, Wednesday, July 24,1844.

per
tailmd4foßrßANDthe fiYn'esANDt qualliitieslLA'oNfDJsa—mPairciaces•Ruarme, stillthe supply
for
rinagl small,l butsor
sorts
par erseednatefteiws
reduction
u ercah asfserrms aerre
rates
ebse
emetf with;2d
gallon has been submitted to. To-day some parcels 0'
other
Jamaica Rum were disposed of, but not at better
- 28 to 30 per cent over proof fetched
prices ;
2s Ild to 3s 3d; 32 to 36 over 3s 4d to 3s 8d; favourite
marks 3s 10d to 4s 3d and 4s 6d. Leewards are owl wanted, but the supply has become scanty, and proof cso
generallv'be purchased under 2s 3d per gallon. Derner8r,
°to
small parcels 34 to 35 per cent over
proof 2d
fetched 39 tA
to 3s 3d. The demand for Calcutta Rum Is good at 112,.:
proof; indeed, in some cases 2s per gallon paid. Brandy Wit'
'taken sparingly, and in some cases easier rates accepted.
RICE.— Bengal has met with ready purchasers, and the
rates given are rather above those of Tuesday last. Today
Madras Rice met with attention, and 4,000 bags at public sale were readily disposed of at rather high rates; gut:. bold yellow fetched 8s 6d to 9s, sea damaged first class
e"+._,.
second and third ditto 6s 6d to 7s 64. Bengal continues in
request, and 400 bags at auction went at 12s 6d for
fine bold
bright white (cleaned by machinery at Calcutta), lls 6d to
12s for good ditto, and lls for good
yellowish white ditto.
Immuo.—The quarterly sale of East India Indigo is still
progressing under favourable auspices, and the attendance 0f
the trade from all parts has been numerous since Tuesday -
last. To-day there was an excellent demand for East
-11",
Z
Indigo flail
quarterly
shippers and the home trade at the
uartery
Sale: $7B chests
_passed the sale.
SALTPETitn.:--Of rough several parcels have been &Mel. '
of by contract, and holders succeeded -in obtaining the
-----_,‘
Vance they required on Tuesday last of 6d to is per Cr,-
To-day. rougitwas in excellent request.
TALLow,—In the value of Russian Tallow on the silo
~t 11°
variation , has taken place, but buyers have purchase"
sparingly, paying 41s to 41s 6d per cwt for P. Y. Candle.
~
OILS.— In Linsed Oil a good deal has been done at 2.5 s 11
to 263 per cwt, at' which prices are Srm. nape Oil at
it to 38s, and brown 36s 64 to 37s per cwt. Cocoa Nat Oil 27°
to 30s per cwt.. Palm 28s to 293 per cwt. Olive Oil is WI
cheaper. Sperm Oil : fine British at 84/ lOs to 854 e°'
American 82/ to 831 per tun. 'Bouthern Oil at 32/ to 33/ for •
good to fine,
and fiii/ to 30/ for low and middling. In the
v oter sorts
variation. of common Fish Oils there is little
-

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-011 Monday,' at half-past
1 rime, a young woman threw herself off the suspension bridge
s at the east end of the Zoological Gardens, leading out of the
Regent's Park towards Chalk Farm, into the canal. A by-
otander was happily in time to procure the assistance of the
police, who were near at hand with drags, aTid after being
about four minutes in the water she was extricated, and taken
to the Albany Tavern, where medical assistance was promptly
procured, and every means adopted to restore life.
When
our informant left no particulars had transpired except that
she was a very young girl, and hopes were entertained that
she would survive:
THE HAIR.—Of tha numerous compounds cOII•
stantly announced for promoting the growth or refsrodue
tion of the hair, few surviv,,,- even in name, beyond a very
lited period 1 whilst " Itowland's Macassar Oil," with a
muteion unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
tnuatlon. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too Weil knoWn and appreciated to need much comment:
The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it
pilloys, Its general use in all countries, together with nu-
merous 'testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au-
thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all
attoopto of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
itsl consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the "genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is
whOily the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders
abortiveany attempt to discover its component parts—thus
proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title
of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words
" Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrer.—All others are
fraiidulo-' counterfeits ! app ____

BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., at Chesharn-pl aee, the wife 01E. Sandr
Bain, Esq., barrister. at-law, of a
On the 18th inst. daughter.
, at Long Bennington, near Grantham,
of a son
Mrs. Richard Window of a son.
On the 15th inst., at, Kennington, Mrs. Frederick Mitchell,
,
itc
On the 16th inst., at East Mailing, Kent, the lady of T. H.
Mhinson, Esq., ef a son.
On the 18th Inst., at the Vicarage, Whaplode, Lincoln-
shire, the with ofthe Rev. T. Tunstall Smith, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, New Shoreham, Stmts,
the lady of the Rev, John Blair, of a son.
On the 19th inst., the wife of John Shepherd, Esq., of
Kensington-square, of twin daughters.
On the 19th inst., at Park House, Shiffnal,
of William Cope, Esq., of a son. lop, the lady
On the 20th inst„ Lady Carmichael, of a
he and heir.
On the 20th inst., at Highbury-place, the wife of Mr. u-
Wa___rwitiE, of Cheapside, of a son.

. `MARRIED.
On the 18th inst., William. Charles Lambert, Esq.. of
KnONVI, Dorset, to Agnes Grove„ eldest daughter of the late
Helyer, Esq., of Coker-court Somerset.
On the 20th inst., at St. Pancras, Church, Mr. Emperor
Adrian, to Selina Ann, youngest daughter of William Douglas,
kiss., of Hampstead-road St. Pancras.