The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-22 00:00:00

No. 165387. LONDON, SAIURDAY EVENING SUN 7 FEBRUARY 221 1845.

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PUBLICATIONS.

GRESHAM AVENUE ASSOCIATION.
Provisionally Registered.
Notice is it eroby given that the Committee will, on MoNDAY, the
24th inst., proceed to ALLOT the SHARES in this Association amongs
the applicants

By order of the Committee,
W. C. CRANE, Secretary.
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30, Bucklersbiuy, Feb. 15, 1845.

VICTORIA•PARK CEMETERY COMPANY.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.
Capital 20,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit 10s. per cent.
DIRECTORS.
George Offor, Esq., Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq.
Joseph James Foot, Esq. Frederick James Catling, Esq.
James Collier, Esq. Robert Becton, Esq.
This Company is establfshed to afford the means of sepulture to
the population of the metropolis, and the eastern parts adjacent
thereto, having for its object the securing an ultimate and protected
resting-place for the dead, and a preventive against infection to the
living. The necessity of promoting the health of towns, by prohi-
biting interments within their walls, is too universally admitted to
need comment.
Applications for shares, &c., to be made (p. p.) to
JOHN HUMPHREYS, Esq., Solicitor and Registrar,
6, Spital-squara.-
.

BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Princes- street,
Bank, and 448, West Strand, London, January 1, 1845.

Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINESS of the LONDON and
WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE- SOCIETY has
been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding
policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the
renewal premiums thereon shall become payable, new policies will
be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, at the same
rates of premium which they xow pay, and without any charge for
stamp-duty ; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London
and Wcstminetor Mutual Life Assurance Society are informed that
such claims will be discharged by the Directors of this Company, a
soon as the the same shall have been substantiated.
PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, empowered by spe-
cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9.
HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.

Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with-
out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums,
paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the
option of paying off the principal at any time, or haying the amount
deducted from the suns assured when the policy becomes a claim.
Policies may thus he effected at lower rates than are generally re-
quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the
same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may
happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would
be charged for assurances effected in the us 'al way.

Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.

Annual Premium required for an Assu:

mee of 1001. for the Whole

Term of Life

YORK CATHEDRAL.
THE BUILDER, No. 107, for February 22,
contains :--Influence of the Window-tax on Morals, Health,
and Cleanliness—Mr. Cockerell's Lectures on Architecture (specially
reported)—Gothic Ornaments in York Cathedral, with Four Illustra-
tions—Dissolution of the Cambridge Camden Society—Machine for
Raising Stones (Illustrated)—Covent-garden in the IGth Century—
London Burial-ground Practices—Profit arising from Gas applied to
Public Improvement—New- Tool for Chamfering Tracery (Illustrated)
—Notices of New Books, Contracts, Tenders, Competitions, Timber
Sales, &e. Price 3d.

Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers

On March Ist, price 69. cloth,
VOL. I. of a NEW EDITION of
TEN THOUSAND A YEAR
By SAM EL WARREN, F.R.S.

Revised and Corrected, with Notes and Illustrations.
To be completed In 3 vols.
William Blackwood and Son, Edinburgh and London.

On the 28th of February will be published, price Two Shillings,
D OLMAN'S MAGAZINE. No. I.

Art. 1. Correspondence with Sir R. Peel on Irish Agrarian Outrages.
2. The Eternal City.
3. The Policy of Catholics.
4 Floral Symbolism.
5. The Anglo-Saxon Church.
6. The Countess Clernence. Chap. I. By the Editor.
7. Vices, Sins, and Crimes.
8. A Peep at all Things, and a Few Others. By 80-Peep.
9. Reviews of New Publications.
London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street ; sold by T. Jones, Pa-
ternoster-row; Cumming, Dublin; Stevenson, Edinburgh; Booker
and Co., Liverpool; and all Booksellers.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR-
LIAMENT.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1845.
Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill—Committee deferred
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock.
London and York Railway Bill—" for making a Railway
from London to York, with Branches therefrom providing
for the counties of Hertford, Bedford, Huntingdon, Northamp-
ton, !Rutland, Nottingham, and the three divisions of the
county of Lincoln, a railway communication with London
and I ork, and with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire
and Lancashire, to be called ' The Great Northern. Railway,'"
presented, and read a first time.
Brighton and Chichester Railway (iPortsmouth Exten-
sion)—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on
Petitions for Private Bills.

Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Dies and
Dereham Branches—Petition of the Corporation of Norwich,
against the application ; to lie on the table.
Direct Northern Railway—Petition for Bill ; referred to
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway—Petition for
Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri-
vate Bills.

PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR MONDAY, FEB. 24, 184.5.
SECOND READINGS.
West Yorkshire Railway.
Leeds and Bradford Railway.
Richmond (Surrey) Railway.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway.
Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Cockermouth and Workington Railway—Second Reading,
Tue.?day, Feb. 25.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway—Committee on
Petition, adjourned till Monday, Feb. 24.
London and York Railway—Second Reading, Tuesday,
Feb. 25.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Jtispetblished, price 2e. 6d.. fres-by pest a sealed envelcrk-e) 30. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; and
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration.
The baneful effects of solitary indalgenee, neglected syphilis symp-
toms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings ; followed
by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the removal of
certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting
Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be ad at
their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox-
ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenliall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho ; and all Booksellers.
"We regard the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaints
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially
wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice eontained in its pages."—Age and Argus.
" The authors of the ' Silent Friend' seem to be thoroughly con-
versant with the treatment of a class of complaints, which are. we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous &tyie in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those
who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to
recommend to it a careful perusal."—Era.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, loss
of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 Is., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335., by which 115. are saved. The five-pound cases may
be bad as asnal.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi-
litic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from scurvy,
blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painftll
affections arising ftom improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price
I ls. and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd.,
and 1 le. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam-
mation, irritation of the bladder, Sec., without hindrance to business.
Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary.
Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, at their re-
ridenee, 19, Berners-street, Oxford.etreet, London, from 11 till 2, and
5 titill
illl2. One personal visit is only ne-
cessaryliB. O
to effect ndaapye fromrma 10
cure.nent

Manchester and Buxton Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Scottish Central Railway—Committee ;on Petition, post-
poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Committee
on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Tuesday,
Feb. 25.

Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from
Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Chester and Birkenhead Railway—Second Reading, Tues-
day, Feb. 25.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway—Committee on
Petition, Tuesday, March 4.
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Rail-
way—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, March 4.
Lynn and Ely Railway—Committee on Petition, post-
poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28.
York and Scarborough Railway Deviation—Second Read-
ing, Monday, Feb. 24.
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway—Second Reading, Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
Kendal and Windermere Railway—Secondßeading, Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway-r Second
Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ardwick
and Guide Bridge Branches) Railway—Second Reading,
Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch, Oldham
and Heywood Branches Extension) Railway—Second Read-
ing, Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Leeds Railway—Second Reading, Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
London and South-Western Railway, No. 1 (Metropolitan
Extension)—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch) Railway—
Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Trent Valley Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3.
West Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3.

Age. Half Premium for Whole Premium,
seven years. after seven years.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
30 1 1 9 2 3 6
35 1 4 11 2 9 10
40 1 9 2 2 18 4
45 1 14 10 3 9 8
50 2 2 6 4 5 0
55 2 12 9 5 5 6
GO 3 6 8 6 13 4

PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT.

AB. SAVORY and SOISTS, Watchmakers, 9,
• Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank. Price, in Silver
Cases, Three and a-Half Guineas each ; or, in Gold Cases, Six Guineas
each. These Watches are accurate and durable, the Horizontal
Escapement being peculiarly salted to combine those important requi-
sites. They are jewelled in four holes, and continue going while
being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given with each.

LATEST FROM CHINA.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
By the Overland Mail we have received letters from China,
from which we glean the following intelligence :
" Hong-Kong, Nov. 1,1844.
" The N.E. monsoon has set in early this year, and Hong-
Kong is again very sickly. The 4th Madras Native Infantry
hare 105t152 men in the last five months. Twenty more
soldiers have been sent on board the Minden, which gives
her the appearance of a military hospital, there not being
more than fifteen sailors out of sixty on the sick-list. The
98th Regiment have lost 187 men. Lieutenant Viscount
Suirdale (eldest son of the Earl of Dononghmore) is ill, and
not being able to obtain leave, has sold out, and is going to
England. Captain Edwards, of the 98th, died on the 13th
October ; Mr. Lester is also dead. Chief-Justice Hulme, his
lady, and two children, are very ill. The Java, transport,
has not yet arrived, although six months out from England ;
she has Mrs. McKnight, (wife of the Naval Storekeeper)
and family, on board. The Castor, 36, has arrived, and her
Captain (Graham) is the senior officer in command until
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane returns, in January. The
Iris, 26, is gone to join the Admiral, at Chusan. The naval
and victualling establishments there and at Amoy are broken
up, and these places will be given up after the payment of
the last instalment, in August next. Intelligence has jest
reached here (Hong-Kong) that Admiral Sir T. Cochrane is
on his way from Chusan, in the Wolf, 18, his flag-ship, the
Agincourt, 72, being at sea cruising. They are preparing
furnaces on shore for red-hot shot, in the event of the French
causing us any trouble ; they have four frigates, one cor-
vette, a brig, and a large steamer in these seas. We have
only the Castor, frigate, here at this moment. The French
are endeavouring to force an envoy on Pekin, but the Chinese
Minister, Keying, will not hear of it. Mr. Tetley, of the
Ordnance department, is gone to Chusan, as acting store-
keeper ; Mr. Boate has left for Manilla ; and Mr. Pett is
principal storekeeper here. The Minden's establishment is
reduced to a master, and it is reported that the agent-
victualler is to live on board ; it is also rumoured that she is
to go to Trincomalee."

INCREASE ofPO STAGE on LETTERS
AND NEWSPAPERS (OVERLAND) 'l'o INDIA.
On Friday the following notice was posted in the hall of
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand
" On and from the Ist of March next, an additional rate
of 4d. per half ounce, over and above the present postage,
will be chargeable on all letters, and an additional rate of 2d.
on every newspaper forwarded by the overland mail, whether
via Southampton or via Marseilles, to or from places to the
east of Calcutta, and also to and from the Mauritius, the
Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, or Madagascar, when dis-
patched to such places from ports in India, or vice versa, this
sum being levied to defray the charge made by the East
India Company for the dispatch and receipt of such letters
and newspapers.
" The rates of postage chargeable from the date above-
mentioned on letters and newspapers transmitted between the
United Kingdom and India, and dispatched from ports in
India to places to the eastward of Calcutta (as well as those
forwarded to the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon,
or Madagascar), and vice versa, will therefore be as follows :
" On a letter forwarded via Marseilles, weighing under
a quarter of an ounce, 2s. 2d. ; not exceeding half an
ounce, 2s. 7d. ; not exceeding three-quarters of an ounce,
4s. 9d. ; not exceeding one ounce, 55. 2d. ; exceeding one
ounce, and under one ounce and a quarter, 9s. Id. ; news-
paper rate, sd.
" Via Southampton—Not exceeding half an ounce ,ls. 4d. ;
exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce,
2s. Bd. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two
ounces, ss. 4d. Newspapers—British colony, 2d. ; foreign
possessions, 4d.

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, front one ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, andkbut
little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l is. per
innum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling lot or loss.
Application to ke made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

" This charge will apply to all letters and newspapers to
and from Australia, Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, China,
Hong-Kong, Java, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand,
Sumatra, and Van Diemen's Land.

, ....
" Letters and newspapers, however addressed, to Aus-
tralia, Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Mau-
ritius, New Zealand, and Van Diemen's Land, must be
specially directed ' via India,' or they will not be dispatched
by that route.
' Letters of soldiers and sailors, forwarded in conformity
with the Act, will not be liable to this additional rate.
" General Post-office, Feb., 1845.

Oxford and Rugby Railway—Committee on Petition,
Monday, March 3.
South-Eastern Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3.
COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS
FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.
MONDAY, FEB. 24.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation) Railway.
Eastern Counties (Hertford and Biggleswade Extension)
Railway.
Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon) Railway.
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Cohan Railway.
Chester and Holyhead Railway.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway.
Glasgow Junction Railway.
Yorth and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway.
Barnsley Junction Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway.
London, Worcestershire, and South Staffordshire Railway,
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale (Heywood Branch)

Bridgwater Navigation and Railway.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway,
WEDNESDAY, FELI. 26.
Clydesdale Junction Railway.
Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway.
York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway.
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway.
Manchester and Buxton Railway.
Cornwall Railway.

FRIDAY, FRB. 28.
Scottish Central Railway.
Lynn and Ely Railway.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway.
Newcastle and Berwick Railway.

THE IRON TRADE.—A further advance of twenty
shillings per ton in the price of iron was declared by most
of the large houses in the South Staffordshire district on
Thursday last. This rise, notwithstanding the recent and
rapid advances, did not, however, come altogether unex-
pectedly on the trade, as the principal ironmasters have for
some time past declined to execute orders at the former
prices. No fresh orders to any extent will, we believe, now
be taken, unless at the advanced rates, and even these will
be difficult to execute, as we are informed many of the
manufacturers have more orders on hand than they can sup-
ply for the next twelve months. Whether the rise will be a
permanent one, we cannot, of course, undertake to say, but
the trade is regarded as in a most unsettled and feverish
state, from the uncertainty as to the continuance of the
present prices. As might be expected, under these circum-
stances, a corresponding advance has taken place in nearly all
descriptions of manufactured goods, including nails, in which
a rise of fifteen per cent. has been declared. We are glad to
find, as regards the nailers—a class of persons whose labour
has been greatly depressed—an advance of ten per cent. on
their wages was decided on at a meeting of the masters, held
at Dudley, on Tuesday. Of manufactured goods for the
foreign market, we may observe that the orders are compara-
tively light, the great demand being for iron rails, chairs, &c.
—Birmingham Journal.
THB BRITISH PLATE GLASS COMPANY. The

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
15th of February, 1845." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:--

CAUSES OF DEATH. Weekly
Total. Average of
e Years
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 178 Fiv
184
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat l2O 106
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 175 159
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 368 292
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44 24
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestioa
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 6
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l5 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles l4 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay B6 70
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 1110 954
Deaths from all Causes ...... lll2 ' 963
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

TILE ABOVE BEADS.

liberal and comprehensive plan of Sir Robert Peel, so far as
the recognition of free-trade principles is concerned, are
already about to be brought into practical operation in this
neighbourhood. Owing, in a great measure, to the restric-
tive and vexatious duties levied on glass, the above company
relinquished business about two years ago, it being found
impossible to carry on the manufacture without loss to the
shareholders ; and their extensive works have, up to the
present time, been at a stand-still. Since, however, the an-
nouncement of the Premier's plan of commercial reform, it
has, we understand, been determined to bring the works
once mere into operation ; the effect of which will be to give
employment and bread to hundreds of families in the neigh-
bourhood. Independently of the demand which the home
trade will create in a material which is susceptible of appli-
cation to almost every conceivable purpose of use or orna-
ment, our manufactures, released from the restrictions which
pressed so heavily upon the trade will be able to enter into
successful competition with our continental neighbours, and
regain those markets abroad from which they were all but
excluded by the policy or impolicy of our rulers.—Birming-
ham Journal.

Total. Weekly Average
of Five Years.
Consumption
Scarlatina 3B 36
Pneumonia
Dropsy .. ... .. .. .....
Hooping Cough 29 33
Typhus 25 80
Small Pox 33 20
Disease of the Heart
Measles ....... l9 24
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain ...... .... 10 10
Diarrhoea..
Sudden Deaths ....... —........ 16 15

DISTRICTS.

Deaths Weekly Births
in Average of in
the Week. Five Years. the Week.
West
North 225 176 244
Central
East 219 209 293
South

DINNER TO MR. BARON PLATT.—Last evening a
sumptuous banquet was given at the Albion, Aldersgate-
street, by the members of the Home Circuit, to Mr. Baron
Baron Platt, on his elevation to the Bench. The chair was
taken by Mr: Sergeant Channell, the leader of the circuit,
supported by a very large party, who assembled on this oc-
casion to do honour to the new judge. After the company
had done justice to the entertainment, which was most ad-
mirably arranged by Messrs. Staples, the proprietors of the
Albion, and the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured,
the Chairman proposed " The health of Mr. Baron Platt,"
which was received with enthusiasm. The healths of Mr.
Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and other leading
members of the circuit were then proposed, and the company
did not separate until a late hour. An apology was received
from the Solicitor-General, expressing his great regret at
being unable to attend the meeting, on account of the pres-
sure of his Parliamentary duties.
MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND.—It appears from very
elaborate tables, prepared by the Registrar-General of births,
deaths, and marriages, and on Tuesday laid before Parliament,
that the total number of marriages, in 1842, in England and
Wales was, 118,825 ; of these 17,689 were in the metropolis
alone. Of this number, 26,198 were persons who had been
married before, the proportion being 15,619 widowers, and
10,579 widows. Thus, the proportion per cent. of those who
were remarried was 11.02 for the whole of England, and 12.34
or the metropolis. The proportion of annual marriages
to persons of all ages was 1 in 130 in all England, 1 in
102 in London; the annual marriages were to the persons
aged from 20 to 40, nearly as 1 to 40 in England, I to 37
in the metropolis; or, more exactly, 2.515 per cent.; and
2.675 (as regards London).E Taking 100,000 persons, it
further appears, that in ngland, 1,473 were married of
that number, of all ages, 4,814 between 20 and 40, and 4,278
were " bachelors and spinsters married to 100,000 persons
living, aged 20 to 40." There was, altogether, one marriage
to 136 males and females living in 1842, but only one person
married for the first time to 76.3 persons living, which may
be considered equivalent to one marriage to 153 persons
living. Eleven per cent. of the persons married had been
married before, and had been enumerated in the returns of
previous years. In 1839, the number married out of 100,000
malee was 1,625; and of 100,000 females, 1,553 ; in 1840,
1,597 males, and 1,526 females ; in 1841, 1,574 males, and
1,504 females; and in 1842, 1,506 males, and 1,439 females.
Thus, it will be perceived that there has been a yearly de-
crease during that period. The annual average has been,
however, 1 in 64 out of 100,000, and 66 females.
THE BUDGET.--SUNDERLAND, FEB. 7.—Copies of
the Time.,, containing a full report of Sir Robert Peel's financial
statement, with the subsequent discussion, arrived here by
railway-train on Saturday night, and it has been ever since
the theme of conversation in political and commercial circles.
Its interest exceeded that of the Premier's statement on the
11th of March, 1842, and its receipt was much more grati-
(ring. Almost without exception, the statement is favour-
ably received. It is true, many regret that Sir Robert has not felt it
his duty to remove the tax from Incomes derived from trades and
professions, which, by the bye, In consequence of there being no
.ap-
peal-courts nearer than Durham, presses with unusual incon.yeXteitittie
and harshness upon men engaged in business at Stualerland
'.llexcel-
removal of the export duty on coal and tile duty on glass are
lent propositions—so well calculated to extend the tradteeonfttthseeuhcceonurnttrisl-e,
and especially of this district—that not a few are coa
that the entire
obnoxious income-tax a little longer, rather thanwas a large gradual
budget should be lost. From 18;44 to 1842 there
increase In the quantity of coal exported, iarronzliittheyntTsyn6els,
,t2llseslNt'eciaisr:
and the Tees ; in tile former year tilil;icis the imposition of the
in the latter year 1,852,000 tons.
ehr:t e. ed
al
lxextrpoenriteles(i
duty there kiss been a slight decrease, and thisrt hw
I o.fPt
prejudicially, inasmuch as a considerable 1v
Is small and of inferior quality,
and the owners have not been able to
obtain a market for it at home.A The Coal Trade Association
Association latl
on (the tu;lon) hatl'e
owners' anion) and the Miners' e
equally petitioned for a remission o this duty, and its remission
at this period is the more gratifying, perhaps,, because it was unex-
pectetl, the last deputation who waited upon Sir Robert Peel having
reported
unfavourably as to their interview. There can be no doubt
that the coal trade will now greatly increase, and if the coalowners
would only take the Premier's advice, and break up the vends,
the increase would be so enormous as to exceed all expectation.
Is is reported that, should the proposed measures pass, the lass-
manufacturers on the Tyne and Wear will materially enlargegtheir
works, and, in eonsequence, employ a great additional number of
hands. Trade In every department here is still reviving. Freights
coastwise have been lately rather lower, owing to the low prices of
coal in the London market, but it is supposed this will be only tem-
porary, as it no doubt arose from the large' fleet of ships which lately
entered the Thames together. Ship-building is again brisk, the po-
pulation well employed, and Sunderland, which was ate of the most
repressed towns in the kingdom, is now enjoying a fair sharo-olproe-
peritF.—Tillies.
VIENNA, FEB. 11.—A piece of intelligence has just
become known which causes extraordinary joy here—it is, that phis
Majesty the Emperor has been graciously pleased to abridge the
period of military service from fourteen years to eight years, in all
parts of the empire, except Hungary and Italy. The time of service
in Hungary, its fixed by the Diet, i 9 ten years, in Italy it is only
six errs.

Total . .. 1112 _
963 1256

RACE BETTING.—In the Palace Court, yesterday,
morning, art action, Cooke v. Freeman, was brought to re-
cover the sum of 251., being a bet lost on the issue of the
race for the Derby. It appeared that the plaintiff is a painter,
and the defendant a buteher in Titchfield-street, and he
betted the field against Running Rein, Orlando, and Ratan,
and in consequence of the dispute as to which was the win-
ning horse, he refused to pay the bet. Counsel for plaintiff
said the difficulty which had arisen was,whether the plaintiff
ought to claim on Running Rein as being the first horse in,
or on Orlando, who, it had been decided, was the winner.
The whole of the facts were stated in the declaration. The
Judge said there was no necessity for them to try that point ;
they had claimed on Orlando; the only point to prove was
the making of the bet. A witness gave evidence of this fact,
and that Running Rein and Orlando were the first two horses
in. The jury found a verdict for the amount claimed.
FALL OF PART OF AN IRON ROOF.—Considerable
alarm was excited in Salford, on Saturday morning last, by the fall
of the greatest portion of the roof of one of the buildings of the Man-
chester Bonding Warehousing Company, Chapel-street, which for
many years was used as the cotton warehouse, in connexion with the
mill of Messrs. Philips, Lee, and Co. The gable-end of this building
fronts Chapel-street. The building is about one hundred and twenty
feet in length and forty feet wide. The roof was an old cast-iron
one, much decayed, and was supported by two ranges of iron columns
(the building being fire-proof ), dividing the building longitudinally
into three bays. These columns were very slight, and from iron
cups, let into the top of these pillars, very light principals of cast-
iron were carried, :at a shallow spring, to support the roof, or
rather roofs, for it was in three divisions. Several workmen
and others were upon the roofing, which was undergoing re-
pairs, when about twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, the
whole of the division next the yard of the premises :fell at
once, with a loud crash, and this dragging the tie-rods down,
dislodged the pillars on one side of the centre bay, about a third of the
roof of which next fell, followed by a rather larger proportion of that of
the other outer bay ; so that, in all, about two-thirds of the roofing
fell. Fortunately, no one was in the uppermost room, which was
quite empty. It was also fortunate that, a short time since, this
room had been celled with plaster, the coiling supported by beams,
&c., wholly Independent of the roofing, so that this broke the fall, and
rendered it less destructive to the floor than so great a weight of iron
must otherwise have proved. One man, named James Liptrot, a
hired porter, was much hurt, receiving several cuts, wounds, and
bruises, about the head and face. Amongst the individuals on the
roof was a clerk of Mr. A. Mills, architect, who escaped without
injury. U'on inspection, yesterday, it was found that nearly all the
castir one ups in one range of pillars had been cracked or torn, aPPa-
rentlytin• a long time, by some severe shock or strain, and one of the
principals was also broken. The cast iron beams were ex
slender; and being only an inch and three-quarters deep, half an
inch thick, and nine feet in length.—Nandissisr Guardian.
MILLWORK AND MACIIINERT.—A return, on the
been
of
Treasury,
hvaaslu
motion of Mr. Cardwell, the Secretary of theee
aid
before Parliament, giving an account ofth
Lie United Kingdom in each
millwork and machinery exported from
quarter of the years 1841,
tointhe sth of
1842, 1843, and 1844. The declared value
.sctihthioferyjexupoarrtyed, from the United Kingdom In
1842, was 551,363,14.
r; the year
1843, 654,6531. • in the •
ended
edeyde millworka
rtt
eenBtd)ae, cla:ft hmje.
January,
showing an increase en every year in the value of
1844, 713 474/. ; and in the year ended the sth of January
January, ,
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"W ,Mtnic-NAZM
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, . 21.
(Sittings at GuildhalT,lrenre EF BARON and a
London Jury.)
O'CONNELL V. HEPWORTH AND ANOTHER.
Mr. JAMES (with whom was Mr. Lush) stated that this
was an action brought by Mr. Henry O'Connell, the illegiti-
mate son of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, against the defendants,
as proprietors of a newspaper called The Wakefield Journal
and Westßiding Herald, for a libel published in that paper on
the Bth of March, 1844, reflecting on Mr. O'Connell's charac-
ter. The Learned Counsel stated that the plaintiff, although
he inherited nothing else from his father, inherited
some portion of his talent and eloquence, and as soon as he
arrived at maturity, disdaining to be a mendicant on his
father, he earned a livelihood by lecturing in various towns
in the country on the science of astonomy. By the profits
obtained from these lectures, the plaintiff supported himself
and his mother, whose name was Courtenay. In the spring
of last year the plaintiff lectured at Leeds, where his lectures
were numerously and respectably attended. He afterwards
proceeded to Wakefield, where he also purposed to give lec-
tures ; but, before any lecture had been delivered by him in
that town, the defendants published the libel now complained
of. The Learned Counsel then read the alleged libel, which
was as follows :
"Lectures on Astronomy.—A Mr. H. O'Connell, who
claims to be a son of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., has been
delivering a course of lectures at Leeds this week, which
have been very thinly attended, and gave but indifferent
satisfaction. This Mr. O'Connell, we are informed, is dis-
avowed by the learned Irish agitator, who declares that he
is no son of his, and that it is a trickby the use of his name
to gain audiences. We leave the disputants to settle their
own quarrel, but it certainly is a singular thing for a' father
to deny his own son, and mercenary as we believe Mr. D.
O'Connell to be, we do not believe him so lost to every sense
of shame as to disavow his own flesh and blood. We un-
derstand this Mr. H. O'Connell is the same man who was
exhibited at Exeter Hall some few years ago as the bastard
son of the Honourable and Learned Member for all Ire-
land,' and whose exposure only threw ridicule upon the
getters up of the affair. We perceive that the gentleman is
posted on the walls of this town as Mr. H. O'Connell, the
sen of Mr. D. O'Connell, M.P." The Learned Counsel said
that nearly every allegation contained in this paragraph
was false. Mr. O'Connell never denied that the plaintiff
was his son ; on the contrary, he had paid for his education
until he was of an age to support himself. The plaintiff
had never exhibited himself at Exeter Hall, as suggested ;
this was a piece of fabrication. In fact, the paragraph was
as false as it was cruel and malicious ; and it had been the
sources of positive injury to the plaintiff. He was engaged
by a lady named Penn, who kept a boarding school, to give
lectures to her pupils, but, after hearing of this paragraph,
she declined to let him continue his lectures. In this, as in
other cases of libel, it was impossible to know to what extent
it might have injured the plaintiff to represent him as an
Impostor. He, therefore, called upon the jury to give rea-
sonable damages.
Mr. Wuiuxs, for the defendants, submitted that a person
who had the indelicacy to go through the country promul-
gating his own unfortunate situation and the frailty of his
parents, was fairly open to the imputation conveyed in the
paragraph read to the jury. All that the defendant had
done was to suggest that the plaintiff's mother and father
were not what he represented them to be. The Learned
Gentleman observed that there was a new coin, half farthings,
known in the north as " grahams." The plaintiff did not
want damages, but notoriety ; let the jury give him notoriety,
by being the first person to whom a British jury awarded a
"graham."
The jury, after five minutes' consideration, returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages 101.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A
COURT OF JUSTICE.
At the Public Office yesterday (Friday), after a charge
against some prisoners for stealing toilet bottles had been
disposed of, Inspector William Hall handed upp to the Mayor
(who, with Mr. Weston, the ex-Mayor, presided) a slip of
paper, which, we were subsequently informed, contained
the following notification :—" Feb. 14, 1845.—Inspector
Hall begs leave most respectfully of the Mayor to allow him
to resign forthwith." After presenting his resignation,
The Mayor said—l will see you after, Mr. Hall. We can-
not accept your resignation without knowing what it is for.
Mr. Hall (in an excited tone)—That has nothing to do
with the matter. You may as well accept my resignation
now as any other time; and if you do not, it shall come be-
fore the public.
T
Mr. Hall—l have been most grossly insulted by Mr.
eerAdliasycuorssihoenre mpinastuteehatpedlacteo. interpose, to put an end to
on the bench ; and I now tender my resignation as a man.
[This language of Hall produced great sensation in court]
Weston, the ex-Mayor—a greater vagabond never was seen
further
The Mayor—Mr. Hall, this is very improper language.
Hall—l don't care, I will have something to say about you
before the public, before I have done.
The Mayor—l do not care what you have to say of me
before the public.
Hall—l will not serve such a corporation and such a b---
set of thieves and vagabonds any longer. There are a few
thieves there (pointing to the gallery), that are a d—d sight
more respectable and more competent to fill that situation.
I can go and get a porter's situation at 12s. or 14s. a week,
as you did when you were at Mr. James's, in the Bull Ring.
Hall was proceeding in this abusive and violent strain, in
spite of the repeated efforts of Mr. Gem, magistrate's clerk,
and Mr. Redfern to restrain him, the latter frequently ejacu-
lating "Hall ! Hall !" in a deprecating tone.
In reply to the remonstrances of these gentlemen, Hall
continued, "I don't care ; I know what I am doing," and
(turning to Mr. Weston), exclaimed with vehemence, " You
have been studying the law, have you ? You have been
studying the law and morality? Recollect Highgate I I
can live upon 12s. a week, and upon porridge, as you in
the Bull Ring."
Hall was here bustling towards the door, when Mr. Weston
who had during the extraordinary scene remained silent and
perfectly undisturbed, addressed him and said, " Hall, the
Mayor and myself dismiss you."
Hall—Very well ; that is done, that is better ; you have
been obeying the law, and at the same time you hays been
studying a d—d deal of immorality.
Hall here left the office.
There are various surmises as to the real cause of this, scene,
some attributing the inspector's violence to mental aberiation,
while others, who see a " method in his madness," do not
hesitate to say that it is the first act of a plot got up to in-
sult the Chief Magistrate of the borough, and bring the
authority of the Corporation into disrepute...-Birminghans Journal.

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