The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

THE LATE FATAL CONFLAGRA-
TION IN OXFORD-STREET

Cerito made her debut last week before a
Gais audience, in the ballet of La Sylphide, and in La
in both of which she met with a favourable re-
-44Q0. Mdlle. Cerito is engaged in that city for 16
, resentatiOns, at the termination of which she proceeds
tti:4/4(lon, where she is expected to arrive at the end of
month.
kr. and Lady Mary Vyner will occupy Earl de
Three Y's mansion in St. James's-square during the season.
Irti.NOhle Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de Gi.ey,
Zalnow understood, are not expected to leave the I/ ice-
Lodge for town until the end of next month, or the
at week in June.

Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., who is now at his
seat in Cornwall, returns to town on Monday next.
The two vacant. Lord Lieutenancies of Westmore-
land and Cumberland have both been conferred on Lord
Lonsdale.
The Holderness Hunt Ball will be held in the
Hedon Town-hall, On Friday, the 19th inst., after the
Burton Constable races, under the patronage of Lady
Clifford Constable. A brilliant attendance is expected.
The Earl of Carlisle continues slowly to improve
in health at Castle Howard, where Lord Morpeth has
joined the family circle from town.
The alliance between the Earl of Abovne and Miss
Pegus, daughter of the Countess of Lindsey, and halt
sister to the present Earl, is fixed to take place to-
morrow (Tuesday). The ceremony will be performed
at St. Martin's C'hurch, after which a dejune will be
given by Lady Charlotte Guest, in Spring-gardens, to a
select circle of friends and relatives.
Lord Alvanley is shortly expected to arrive from a
Continental tour.
Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, Viscount and
Viscountess Adore, Lady Charles Somerset, Mr. and
Lady Blanche Balfour, Viscount Strangford, Lord De
Lisle, Right .Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord John
Manners, arid a large party of fashionabies have left town
to visit Lord and Lady Beresford, at Bedgebury Park
during the Easter recess.
COSMORAMA,. 209, REGENT-STREET.—This exhibi-
tion was opexed to the public for the season on Saturday
last, with eight new views—viz., the Plains of Thebes in
Upper Egypt, with the colossal statues of Memnen ; the
Pantheon at Rome by moonlight ; the exterior of St.
Peter's, at Rome, and the interior of the same ; a valley in
Savoy, with a representation of a part of Mout Blanc and
the Glaciers of the Alps; Mount Vesuvius by night ; a val-
ley in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland ; and the Hippo-
drome .at Constantinople, all of which evince consider-
able talent on the part of the artist, and in some of them,
especially the interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and the
night view of Vesuvius during an irruption, the illusion
is so complete that it is difficult fur the spectator to be-
lieve that he is looking at a mere flat surface of painted
canvass. Altogether the exhibition well deserves a place
amongst the various others of its class in the metropolis,
and we recommend it to the attention of our holiday-
making readers.
Signor Emiliani, after a successful provincial tour,
has•returned to town felt. the season.
TUE MEMORIAL TO TUE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.—
In our number of Saturday last we stated that a memo-
rial, on the want of accommodation in reference to the
Yorkshire and South: mails, which was signed in four
days by upwards of 500 respectable mercantile and ma-
nufacturing firms and individuals in Manchester, had
been forwarded by Thursday evening's mail to Colonel
Maberley, for presentation to the Earl of Lonsdale, the
Postmaster. e understood that the memorialists, at
the head of whom was Mr. Woollam, the boroughreeve,
have fared no better than the Corporation, the Chamber
of Commerce, and other public bodies, in former memo-
rials to the same quarter, The gentlemen have, indeed,
received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their me-
morial ; but one altogether- unworthy of the Govern-
ment functionary who may be presumed to have directed
its dispatch. It is one of the ordinary printed forms,
with which we can now say, from a pretty long and ex-
tensive.experience, the Post-office authorities are wopt to
get rid of any petition or memorial emanating from this
great mercantile community ; and as, if nothing should
be wanting to mark the reply as at once curt, uncour-
teous, and even disrespectful, this stereotyped document
is not signed by the Postmaster-General ; it is not even
signed by Colonel Moberly, to whom the letter was ad-
dressed which accompanied the memorial ; but by some
subordinate functionary or clerk in the establishment.
These things require no comment. We understand that
the memorialists have determined on sending up a depu-
tation, consisting of John Woollam, Esq., boroughreeve;
Messrs. Richard Birley, J. B. Wanklyn, and other gen-
tlemen, and that it is probable the deputation will pro-
ceed to London on Monday next. —Manchester Guardian.
LARGE GuN.—On Tuesday, the 12th instant, a
stanchion, or punt gun, belonging to H. W. White, Esq.,
Monar, was tried for the first time at the Longman. It
was loaded with two ounces of lino powder and one
pound of shot, which, when fired, showed great shooting,
at sheets of paper, and on the snow, from 80 to 150 yards
distant. The dimensions of this powerful gun are as fol-
low :—Weight 100 lbs.; length of barrel, 7 feet ; bore,
inches. The lock is on the percussion tube principle,
and the barrel is fitted on Colonel Ilawker's ingenious
plan, consisting of a strong spiral spring for easing the
recoil. The gun was made by our townsman, Mr. Play-
fair. Mr. White has built a gunning punt, with all the
necessary gear, for enjoying the favourite sport of wild
fowl shooting on the Moray and Beuly Friths, where
thousands of kinds of aquatic birds, from the majestic
wild swan-to the restless little teal, take refuge during
stormy weather. The exciting spot t of winter shooting
on a large scale, was first introduced in this quarter by
Sir St. George Gore, Bart., who s,:nt down his complete
apparatus, constructed after the most approved method,
as used on the coast of England. Captain Flood em-
barked often last winter, and had several successful bat-
tues on the water. Mr. White and Mr. Rose made a
trip on Thursday to try the merits both of boats and
guns ; the former gliding noiselessly through the weld-
ing element, which contrasted strangely with the boom-
ing sounds as the guns gave out their discharges.—
Inverness Courier.
FALSE ECONOMY Or THE PRESENT INCOME TAX
--The income-tax produces 5,356,887/., which shows,
says the Morning Chronicle, " that the whole of the in-
comes of 1501. and upwards, the limit of the tax, amount
to something more than 200,000,0001. a year. What a
prodigious mass of wealth !" To say nothing, too, of
evasions. It should always be remembered that there are
two points in the manner of imposing this tax, one un-
just, the other delusive. The income of 150/. is too high
a limit for total exemption, wasting a vast field of avail-
able resource for the tax, and, as everybody saw at the
time of laying on, operating with a curious injustice ;
for while the man 01149/. a year pays nothing, the man
of 150/. pays 41. 7s. Gd tax. Represented in the tax itself,
the difference between their incomes Should be worth
7d ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer treats them
as if the difference in their incomes were worth 41.75. 6d.;
now as 41. 75.6 d. represents an income of 1501., they are
assessed as if that m ere the actual amount of the diffe-
rence between their incomes, although in round numbers
both may be considered as possessing that same income
of 1501., the difference being only 1/. The other point
is, the delusion of the title, for although officially called,
-it is really a mere income-tax, property
and only exempt in some cases as the
e. The man with an incoine of 150/.
abi
nepdi rneogxp eeorxft ye :pot
earned by labour, and the fundholder enjoying that in-
come,vatme
and
possessing property besides of that yearly
are. taxed alike, The 5,356,000/. therefore, is
raised in a manner at once unjust and partial, the
greater number of incomes, and the general mass of pro-
perty being exempt. In considering the merits of an
income and property-tax, it is well-to bear in mind these
points in thapresent form of assessment, especially when
we find the tax to productive that, objectionable and
limited as it is in these Fespects, every penny farthing
in the pound produces a million sterling of revenue.—
Spectator.
Since the penny postage was introduced, the weekly
number of .letters has increased from 1,586,000 to
4,212,000. For every 100 letters written under the old
system, there are 270 wader the new;

INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE SIX
SUFFERERS.
OD Saturday Mit:rill-gm, at 4 0-cloc';, (~,roticr',
invcstiatiod was commenced by ior. ilig , the
deputy coroner for Westminster, before a jury of
fourteen respectable tradesmen, at the Malpas Arms
public-house, Charles-street, Grovesnor-square, on
the bodies of the six unfortunate persons, namely,
Mrs. Eliza Williams, aged 31 years ; Eliza Williams,
her daughter, aged 4 years ; William Williams, her
infant; Sarah Hodgson, aged 25 years ; Charlotte
Fisk, aged 30 years (the servant); and Henry Jacob
Pickering, aged 12 years ; who lost their lives at the
dreadful fire at the Crown and Cushion tavern and
wine vaults, A the corner of Gilbert-street, in Oxford-
street, on the night of Thursday last.
The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the
remains of the unfortunate deceased persons which
lay in the dead-house attached to St. George's Work.
house. On the return of the jury to the inquest-
room the following evidence was taken :
William Fluck, a police-constable of the C division,
No. 98, stated that on the night of the fire (Thursday
last) he was on duty in Gilbert-street, Oxford-street.
At about half-past eleven o'clock he was standing
with his back against the counting-house of Mr.
Williams, spirit and wine-merchant, known as the
Crown and Cushion. at the corner of (Silbert-
street, and Oxford-street, when ha saw a blue
flame on the counter. At that time he noticed the
barman in the same part of the premises standing be-
hind the counter. All the lights were burning through-
out the house. The barman seeing witness, said "For
God's sake, go and call the engines, for we are all in
a blaze." He (witness) then sprang his rattle,
shouted "fire," and called a cab, into which he got,
and ordered the driver to drive to the King-street
station of the Fire-brigade, and request Mr. Foga to
bring the engines. A green door was parallel with
the counting-house and staircase, but witness could
not tell whether it was open or closed. The cabriolet
was driven with all speed to King-street, when wit-
ness ordered not only the engines, but also the escapes
belonging to the Royal Society for Protection of Life
from Fire. He next went to the engineers of other
engines, and gave information of the calamity.
One of the jury thought that the policeman would
have done better to have sent some one for the en-
gines, and have remained himself on the premises, to
have rendered assistance to the inmates.
The CORONER said he had no doubt the officer did
what he considered was the best.
The evidence was corroborated by police-constable
33 C, who added that on his getting in front of the
Crown and Cushion, he observed flames breaking
through the side door, into Gilbert-street, but there
was not much fire then. It appeared to witness to
be that moment bursting forth.
The next witness examined was William Hewitt,
who said that he was a barman to Mr. Williams.
On the night of Thursday last his master was not at
home. When the fire broke out the shop was
open, and he was serving customers at the bar.
The hour Mrs. Williams retired to bed he could not tell.
He heard and saw Goodwin pumping up the spirits
at the bar; Goodwin was quite sober at. the time, and
lived on good terms with the family. When the
flames were beginning to spread, some one brought a
ladder, which was placed against the parlour window
over the counting-house, but the fire growing stronger
it spread with indescribable rapidity.
The CORONER—Did any one escape by means of
the ladder? 'Witness—No sooner was it placed where
I have stated, than Miss Fritchley got upon it, but
she was obliged to jump down to escape being burnt
to death.
A juror—Do you think, Mr. Hewitt, if a person
had gone up stairs at the first, the inmates would.have
been able to escape ? Witness—l don't think they
would, because the intense heat caused the bottles to
keep cracking, and the contents (liquor) becoming
ignited, the flames spread quicker.
The CORONER—How long have you lived with Mr.
Williams? Witness—About three weeks, and I may
almost be termed a stranger.
Mr. William Thompson, an upholsterer in Gilbert
street, here stepped forward, and begged to say a few
words. On hearing the alarm of fire on the night in
question, he instantly hastened to the spot with a fire-
escape which he kept in his possession. A very few
minutes had then elapsed after the outbreak, and
hearing that there were people in the house he went
to the next house for the purpose of getting on to the
roof, where he considered there would be a chance of
saving the parties, but he was prevented from
going up by a policeman, who was standing at the
door, and who refused any one admission into the
premises. He told him his intentions, when the mob
outside exclaimed that they had all been got out. He
was positive that had the police allowed him to pass
lie could have saved many of the unfortunate persons,
for there was sufficient time to reach them from the
roof, which was the only accessible means of getting
into the premises, the flames having the entire posses-
sion of the bar and counter.
Robert Tozer, an engineer in the brigade force,
was next called. He stated, at a quarter to twelve
o'clock on Thursday night, he received information
of a fire breaking out at the Crown and Cushion
tavern, he forthwith proceeded to the spot, with the
engine and firemen belonging to the station of which
he had charge, namely, Baker-street, Portman-square.
On arriving.he found the premises nearly on fire from
the shop to the roof, and the flames were extending
out halfway across Oxford-street. Two other en-
gines had previously arrived—one from King-street
station, and the other from Marylebone Court-house,
belonging to the parish. They were directly got to
work ; and, after working the one he brought
in front of the house, he took the hose on to
the roof of the adjacent premises, and played into
that on fire. After extinguishing the flames, they
commenced to search the ruins for the deceased persons.
The first they came to was between one and two
o'clock, which proved to be that of the boy Pickering.
He was lying on the flooring of the second floor front
room, which partly stands, and was not much burnt.
The next—namely, that of Mrs. Williams—was found
on the remains of the uppermost flooring, and near
her laid the two servants with the children in their
arms. Witness described the condition of the re-
mains when first discovered, which caused a most
painful sensation throughout the court.
By a juror—He did not think ten minutes elapsed
from the time of receiving the intelligence until he
arrived with the engine. His station in Baker-street
is within half a mile of the place. A fire-escape had
reached the fire before his arrival, and he saw it fixed
against one of the adjoining houses. The conductor
of it told witness that he was afraid of placing the
machine against Mr. Williams's house in case the
canvass caught fire, for the flames were bursting out
of the shop with great violence.
A relative of the sufferers—Do you not think that
the lives could have been saved at the time your en-
gine arrived, had the police and the fire-escape people
taken proper measures ? Witness—No, sir, I think
not, for every part of the house was then in flames,
and the poor creatures must have all perished long
before that period. I am, however, of opinion, having
examined into the circumstances, that both the lives
and the house might have been saved had the count•
ing-house door been closed; it was, unfortunately,
left wide open amidst the confusion, and this ac-
counts for the flames extending throughout the
house with the astonishing velocity they did.
A juror—lt is but proper that engines should be
provided with blankets, in case of an emergencyof this
description, in order that persons can escape by throw-
ing themselves into them.—Witness replied that
nearly the whole of the engines belonging to the Lon-
don Fire Establishment were provided with canvass
sheets, which answered the same purpose, and also
lengths of scaling ladders.
The only witness now to be examined was John
Goodwin, the other barman, who, on being called, ap-
peared to suffer great mental anguish. Having been
cautioned by the Coroner that he need not make any
statement to criminate himself, he said he was willing
to give all the information that laid in his power. He
was then sworn, and stated that since the fire he had
been living at No. 26, Thomas-street, Grosvenor-
square. He had acted as foreman in the service of
Mr. Williams, for three years, and his duty, amongst
other things, was to see to the vats and casks on the
premises being properly filled. On Thursday morn-
ing Mr. Williams said he should expect him to pump
up the gin into one of the vats, but he wished it
not to be done till after the house was closed.
The vat contained three hundred gallons. He
(witness) would have attended to Mr. 'Williams's
instructions, and not have commenced till after
the shop had been closed, but finding the business slack,
after half-past eleven &clock at night, he set about
the task. The pump was erected near the counting-
house door, and the spirit was conveyed out of a
puncheon in the cellar up into the vats above the bar,
and counter. He had not commenced pumping but
one or two minutes before he found the spirit flowing
over the small casks in the counters, which he was
much surprised at, having filled them in the early part
of the day.
The CORONER inquired if he could form any judg-
ment how that arose ?—Witness said he suspected
that after be had filled those casks, he had neglected
to turn off one of the Pocks, for be found instead of
pumping the gin into the large vat, it was being eject-
ed into one of the casks.
Evidence continued—He instantly stopped pump-
ing, and went to the counter, and took down a shutter
which covered the casks, to ascertain the one that
was overflowing, and no sooner had he done so than
a great quantity of spirit came down, and some fall-
ing on the burning gas, the burner of which was im-
mediately beneath, ignited it. lie instantly ran into
the cellar, a.nd obtained two pails of water, which he
threw over the burning spirit, and partially
extinguished it, and for the purpose of of

The inquiry occupied nearly five hours. It was
stated that there was between 700 and 800 gallons of
spirits on the premises at the time of the outbreak of
the fire, the whole of which was consumed.

NAVAL INTELLIGEN,CE.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—The Malabar, 72, Captain
Sir G. Sart,rius, and Vernon, 50, Captain W. Wal-
pole, are expected daily from the Mediterranean. The
Malabar left Gibraltar for this port on the 20th of
March, and the Vernon arrived at Lisbon on the 24th
of March, afterapassage of twenty-five days from Malta,
and was expected to leave the Tagus for England on the

28th ult.
The Albion, 90, Captain Lecliyer, is spoken of by the
last accounts as having surprised her officers by her
nimbleness in working and steering, and it is said that
in crossing the Bay of Biscay she behaved most gal-
lantly under very rough weather and heavy seas. They
say no line-of-battle ship in the service can equal her
speed, unless it be the Queen.
The Winchester, 50, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
the Hon. J. Percy, C. 8., was in Simon's Bay on the 30th
of January, and was shortly to proceed thence to As
tension and the western coast of Africa.
The orders for the ri•turn of the Queen, 110, flag-
ship of Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen, in the Mediter-
ranean, to England to be paid off, have been counter-
manded, the Admiralty having abandoned their intention
of reducing the Mediterranean fleet to one ship-of-the-
line ; consequently the three line•of-battle ships,
Queen, 110 ; Formidable, 84 ; and Indus, 80, will re-
main on the station until the completion of their full
period of service.
The Prince Regent, 120, is being rapidly reduced from
a lumbering first-rate to a 92, and report speaks of her
as likely to turn out a crack ship of the latter class.
The llastings, 72 (in harbour), will be commissioned
about June next, as the flak;-.ship on the West India
station, to relieve the Iliustrious, 72.
In llarbpur—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Victoria and Albert, and Soho and Fearless steamers.
In Dock—Prince Regent, Rodney, Athol, scourge

(building), Lily, and Bee.
DEVONPORT, APRIL s.—The Pluto, steam-vessel,
Lieutenant Crozier,:sailed for Cork onFriday, having had
her defects made good.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Mr. S. B. Cook,
master commanding, arrived from Portsmouth, on Sun-
day, with the Hon. H. P. L. Corry and the lion. Sydney
Herbert ; and on Monday they proceeded to view the
ground intended tor the formation of a new steam esta-

b'
blishment at Morricetown, and completed the purchase
of 55 acres for that purpose. On Tuesday they sailed in
the Black Eagle for Holyhead.
The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon, is fitted
with lower caps on the improved plan of Mr. -Wallis,
foreman of the shipwrights in this yard. She will be
completed ready for sea by the middle of May. It is
reported she will be put on the Mediterranean station.
The artificers in this dockyard on Saturday resumed
working on the Flora, the Amethyst, and the Creole,
building here, and ordered to be launched at the fall of
the present year. The Sanspareil, the Thetis, and the
Niobe. will occupy their slips.
In Harbour—The Caledonia, the San Josef, the Ame-
rica, and the Confiance.
SHEERNESS, APRIL s.—The Cygnet, brigantine, and
Fantume, 16, are rapidly fitting for sea, and will shortly
be commissioned at Chatham.
The Boscawen, 70, was towed to this port on Wednes-
day, to be masted, and now lies at the Nore, ready to be
towed into harbour.
The Bonetta, 4, brigantine, Commander Brock, and
Sparrow, ketch ,Li eutenant-Commander Otter, are fitting
at Chatham, as surveying vessels ; the former for the
Mediterranean, and the latter for the coast of Scotland.
They will be ready for sea about the Ist of May.
The Mutine and-the Espiegle, new class 12-gun brigs,
building at Chatham, will be launched about the middle
of May.
The Firefly, steam-vessel, Captain Beechey, fitting for
surveying service at Woolwich, will be ready for sea
early in May.
The Speedy, cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Beaufoy,
sailed, on Wednesday, for Penzance, to convey the mail
between Penzance and Scilly pro tern.

The Vulture, first-class steam-frigate, is rapidly pro•
grossing, and will be out of the dockyard hands in about
three weeks.

In Harbour—Camperdown and Ocean.
In Dock—Ganges, Amazon, Aolus, and Cygnet.
At the bore—Boscawen.

PROMOTION s.—Lieutenanti—Praneis 11. Coghlan (the
(Anson), and Montagu Thomas (the Thalia), 1831, to
the rank of Commander.
Second Masters—F.- H. May, of the Frolic, and
Stephen Johns, to the rank of Master, vice Hammett,
deceased.
APPOINTMENTS.--Commander—C. F. Brown (1841),
to the Wolverine, 16, in the East Indies, vice Morris
(acting.)
Lieutenants—J. B. Emery (1827), of the Comet, to
the Lucifer steamer ; J. F. Lapidge, to the Cyclops
steamer ; George Cleaveland (1842), of the Tartarus, to
the Hecate steamer ; \V. H. Church (1838), to the Tar-
. .

tarus, vice Cleaveland ; R. W. Aldrich (1842), to the
Firefly ; W. Woolcock (1809), to the Poietiers ; Richard
Fowke (1816), to the Ocean.
Master and Pilot—Richard Hoskyn (1837), re-ap-
pointed to the Comet steamer.
Masters—Stephen Johns, to the Wolverine ; L. C.
Bailey (1838), to the Firefly.
Mates—John Cartwright, from the Caledonia, to the
Cyclops; W. 11. Hood, of the Coast Guard, to the Royal
illiam ; F. Rooke, to the St. Vincent.
Surgeon—D. Thomas (1843), to the Firefly.
Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to the America.
Second Master—G. Stovin, to the Firefly.
Assistant Surgeons—j. D. Hooker, to the William
and Mary, for special service ; J. P. Lawrence, to the
Styx; J. C. Walsh (1840), of the Lark, surveying
schooner, and James Laird (1841), of the Illustrious,
flag-ship on the West India station (additional), to the
Illustrious, for hospital service at Bermuda.
Naval Instructor---K. M. Knapp, to the America.
Clerics in Charge—C. E. Colman, from the Admiral's
office on board the Queen, to the Polyphemus ; J. Par-
miter, to the Thames.
Clerk—G. Jeffery (additional), from the Excellent, to
the Tortoise.
Naval Cadets—H. M. Elliott, to the Aigle ; W. J.
Smith, to the Bonetta.
Midshipman—The Hon. H. Moreton, to the St. Vincent.
(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—The Belvidere, 36, Capt. G.
Grey, is ordered home from the Meditere.nnean to be
paid off, and has left Malta, for the purpose of embark-
ing some of the Xanthian Marbles, and bringing them
TThhee
FlyingCornw aFliiisah,
,7h2u,
to England.
of Admiral Sir W. Parker, arrived at Singapore, on
Pem-
broke, is expected here next week, when the 11th of January, from China.
NSoyemnonadils
tharteePem-
iCltahpyt.
Sir W.
bearing the flag
ves-
sels will be commissioned on the same day.
The Clio, 16, Captain Fitzjames, arrived at Bombay
on the 27th of February, from Muscat, on her way to
England to be paid oil.
The Thunderbolt. steamer, Captain Broke, arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of January, from
Benguela.
The Castor, frigate, Captain Graham, arrived at
Macao on the 24th of December, from Ireland, having
General Davlar on board, the newly appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the British forces in China.
The Acadia sailed on 'Thursday for Quebec.
APPOINTMENTS.-11.tre5---J. Cartwright, to Cyclops ;
F. Rooke, to St. Vincent.
Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to America.
Master's-Assist .au—T. B. Reed, to Speedy.
Midshipman—Hon. 11. Moreton, to St. Vincent.
Clerk in Charg--C. E. Colman, to Polyphemus.
Naval Instructor—H. M. Knap to America.

THE PIRATE OF THE MEDITER

RANEAN.

There has, on several occasions, lately appeared
some brief particulars respecting the daring depreda-
tions
of a
Already Greed
piratical vessel up the Mediterra-
nean.have several foreign vessels been rran-
sacked, and an English barque sunk by her, and that
within the spare of a very short time. From the de-
scriptions given of this vessel by commanders of ves-
sels who have either been plundered or chased by her,
it is rather singular that none of her Majesty's men-
of-war have yet come athwart her. But her escape
hitherto, shows the ingenuity and deep deception she
must be compelled to resort to to elude the men-of-
war ; still, it is somewhat surprising, that she has not
been taken. By a letter received at Lloyd's on Sa-
turday, from Malta, dated the 28th of March last, it
appears that the Clipper, Captain Hammond,
arrived there from Liverpool, had been chased by
a suspicious looking barque on the 2d of that month,
off Cape Passare, and from certain circumstances at-
tending the chase, the one in question, there is little
doubt, is that seen in this instance. Captain Ham-
mond states that when first seen she had her courses
clewed up with her topsails on the cap, but upon his
hauling to the wind, she immediately let fall her
courses, hoisted her topsail and set top-gallant sails,
and gave chase after him. He was compelled to tack
three times, and only escaped upon several vessels
heaving in sight. When first seen she was about a
mile distant, by which Captain Hammond was ena-
bled to note her appearance more particularly. She
had a small heart painted white on her stern, showed
no boats, and, from the rapidity of her movements,
must have been well-manned. The chief of her de-
predations have been between Cadiz and Gibraltar. It
is satisfactory to ic
now
ment are acquainted wi that her Maje-ty's Govern-
th her depredations.

SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon, a highly re-
spectable jury was empannelled before Mr. T. Wakley,
coroner, at the Crown Inn, on the Great Western-road, near
Kew• bridge, on view of the body of Mrs. Charlotte Brown.
aged 32 years, the landlady of the above inn, who committed
suicide on the afternoon of Wednesday last. The evidence
proved that the deceased had been for some time past labouring
under various mental delusions, &c. The jury, after a short
conference, found that the ctepegied wasi found hanging,
'which they believed to be her own act ; but as to the state
of for muri at the time there was ay evi4eaco to, slaw."