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II E - - A- E-S T• R 0.
T,Contpining an °Agin:4 Quadrille, by Musard, upon the themes
11-Fantasin•i," by Persiahi; and an original Song, composed by Ni-
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tipe to:::a.dmit this attempt to remove so much of it as
seems unmerited.

FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.
(Abridged from Gore's General Advertiser.)
On Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in the back
the
sh
ap, side. There a
servant
maid.
only
Mr. three
Clay personssi resides
part of the house occupied by Mr. Robert Clay, chemist find
assistant druggist, situated at the upper end of Bold- street, Liverpool,
on the
in right-hand
sleePing on the premises, namely, Mr. Keane, Mr. Smith, an
'at Etdrton, and knew nothing of the catastrophe for an hour
re
or two after it-bad taken place. The discovery of the fire
-seems to have been made by Mr. Keane, Mr. Smith, and
servant almost at the same time; for Mr. Keane, healing a
noise, and finding his bed-room filled with smoke,' rushed
down stairs, and found Mr. Smith on the staircase endea-
vouring to effect his escape. The lower part of the premises
was so densely filled with smoke and frame, that Mr. Keane
became dreadfully alarmed, and returned up stairs to the
two-pair Wont room, where he was. speedily joined by the
servant maid. Just at this time some gentlemen, who lodged
in a hotise nearly opposite, were taking some refreshment,
after having 'returned -froth a ball, and hearing the alarm
they ran into the street, .aS did'also a young man in the em-
ploy of Mrs. Browlya Milliner, next door. While they were
standing oppositoi Mr: Clay's premises, Mr. Keane and the
servant wero4sari'ed at the window, Mr. Keane endeavour-
ing to prevent her from • jumping out., She succeeded, after a
struggle, in releasing herself, and the moment she was free
she jumped into the street, a height of between`36 .and 40
feet. One.of the gentlenien opposite, a Mr. Todd, seeing the
frightful descent, endeavoured to catch her, and succeeded in
laying hold of her arm,' by which means he broke her fall,
otherwise 'her brains would, in all probability, have been
dashed out. Her arm was found to be severely burned, and
she was otherwise so seriously injured, that at first herlife was
despaired of She' was immediately removed to the house in
which Mr. l'Odd lodges, where for several hours in a
delirious state, but at the expiration •of that time she rallied
considerably, and was taken to the infirmary, where she re-
mains at present. Mr. Keane, almost immediately, followed
her rash example, by jumping out of the window upon the
.cluster of gentlemen who were standing round the girl at the
time.
_lle fell upon one of them—the young man from Mrs.
Brown's establishment, whom he pressed to the ground, and
who was considerably contused, though not to any very
serious extent, by the fall and pressure. Mr. Keane himself
was dreadfully injured, to such an extent. indeed that his
life at first was considered in great jeopardy. He
was also removed to Mr. Todd's lodgings,, where he was
placed in a separate bed, and where he continued., for some
hours in such an excited state that it was deemed. advisable
not to ask him any questions, or to allow any others but the
medical men near him. As the day advanced he became
calmer, and, to all appearance, out of danger. The greatest
possible care was taken of the patients by the inmates of the
house. With respect to the fire, we have only to say that
the ravages were wholly confined to the manufacturing part
of the premises, to the staircase, and also to the front and
rear of the second or upper floor, and that neither the draw-
ing-room nor the shop, which, perhaps, was one of the hand-
somest druggist's shops in the town, has been burned. How
the fire originated is involved in mystery. Damage to the
house and property to the extent of 1,000/. or 1,2001. was ef-
fected ; but we are happy to learn that no pecuniary loss will
fall upon Mr. Clay, as he was insured. There was a steam-
engine of five horse poWer on the premises, upon which the
flames took little or no effect. It was supposed for a long
while that . Smith was buried in the ruins ; and when the
smoke • had in some degree cleared away, Mr. Dowling or-
dered some of the men to ascend the staircase, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining his fate. While they were engaged in
this manner; tidings were brought that the young man had
effected his escape at an early period of the conflagration,
and that he had fled to the house of his uncle, in Preeson's-
row, in a state of alarm scarcely to be imagined. He was
uninjured.

. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
GEORGE HENRY MARSH.
7, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, March 20, 1844.

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the King and the-several members of the RoyallTainily.
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acclamations of the audience, which were repeated• when
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THEntEV":"MR. MARSH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE .11IORNING POST.

Sir,—l cannot but" think that Mr. Marsh has been
somewhat hardly .dealt with. • I- do not desire to ex-
tenuate the immorality of which he has been confessedly
guilty; but a. deeper. degree of culpability has been
imputed to him, and; as itappears to me, on insufficient
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respect to the unhappy woman, the subject of the late
trial, in a short immoral connexion, more than four

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years ago, with a very brief renewal of it, not sought by
him, but forced upon him, through the power she had
acquired from his dread of exposure ; and this last
nearly three years ago. None subsequent was even
alleged, and none certainly .ever took place.
Whether, under these circumstances, the proceeding to
trial was judicious, or otherwise, canlardly be judged of
satisfactorily but by those who are acquainted with the
prevalent. impressiOns which it was thus sought to re-
move. The woman lad established herself in his village
and-neighbourhood, frequented -his church, and indus-
triously. circulated abominable imputations against him,
amongst Others, that of his having administered to her
drugs to prooure abortion. 'He was unwilling to take
steps against her, which would give greater notoriety
to circumstances of which he had long heartily repented.
But his remaining quiet; coupled with her confident
assertions, and imposing manner and appearance,
at length caused a belief that these charges must
be true. It was in consequence' represented to him,
by very respectable persons In the vicinity, that he must
institute some proceedings' against her, as the only means
of disabilsing the public mind; and putting an end to the
'scandal of her presence. He had no alternative, or was
advised that he had none. On this ground he was in-.
duced to abide the issue of a trial; but in no case is it to ,

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be inferred that Mr. Marsh thought lightly of the dis-
grace he should bring upon his profession and himself.'
"The contrary is strictly true. That Chief-Justice Tin-
dal, wlici•tried -this case, considered-the prosecution, how-
ever lamentable in its exposures. -nether censurable, nor
unnecessary, may. faitly 'be inferred from his• having;
upon the acquittal of the prisoner, allowed the whole of
the costs applied for on the part of the prosecutor.
It further appeared on the trial, from the evidence of
Mr. Marsh, that about the period of his acquaintance
with the prisoner, he had occasionally visited the house
,where he unhappily made her acquaintance. This sad
circumstance lam far from desiring. to extenuate. But
he solemnly denied, upon his oath, that even at that time
it was his habit to frequent that or any other such place.
No immorality whatever was proved, or even insinuated
against Mr. Marsh of any later date.
I cannot help, therefore, expressing my feeling that
the Bishop of Peterborough (if I may trust the report of
his speech in the House of Lords) a little overstepped
the obligation of his part, when he said that Mr. Marsh
was " frequently absent from his residence, unhappily, in
this metropolis and in Paris." (I quote from the Times
newspaper.)
The Bishop was called upon to censure, and to censure
with severity, what has been proved against Mr. Marsh.
But surely it was unkind and uncalled for to heap odium
upon him, by the introduction Qf an extraneous topic,
and of facts merely presuined.
The Bishop cannot know where Mr. Marsh is when
absent from his home. The fact, moreover, is not as the
Bishop allowed himself to surmise. Mr. Marsh has not
been in Paris during the last four years,•and was never
there but twice in his life—in 1837 and in 1839; nor has he,
for the greater part of that time, been in London, unless on
the occasions when compelled by the unhappy woman in
question, to negotiate her payments. Since 1842 he ha's
scarcely been there at all, until -her coming into the,
neighbourhood of Barnack, in last September. When
absent from home, it has chiefly been on visits to fami-
lies of the highest respectability, with whom he is on
terms of intimacy.
The truth is, that these vicious indulgences, were re-
gretted and resisted even at the very time referred to,
and he soon determined to keep out of the way of
temptation. To make his name more attractive to him,
he induced his mother (a lady, of whom I may perhaps
be forgiven for saying, that she is not more venera-
ble for her years and station, than for her
eminent virtues and high intellectual endow-
ments) to take up her abode with him in the country ;
which she did, at some sacrifice to herself. This was
not a companion likely to be selected by an abandoned
debauchee. Since that time he has been but little absent,
and then never in Paris, and rarely, and but for short
intervals, in London. One who, without pretending to
account for his every hour, is well'acquainted with the
general tenor of his life, vouches for these assertions.
In his neighbourhood Mr. Marsh's conduct has been
without reproach. Towards the poor under his charge
he has been careful and liberal in ministering to their
wants, and in supplying
the means of education to their
children. Accordingly, he is very popular with his
parishioners.
Soon after this scandal arose, he- placed himself in the
hands of a, clergyman, much his senior, an intimate and
confidential friend of the Bishop, undertaking to follow
his suggestions, and to abide by any wish the Bishop
might entertain; though he was aware, or at least firmly
believed, that, by lapse of time, no formal penalty could
be imposed by him.
When the trial was over, he determined to write to
the Bishop, in the persuasion that, as no steps could be
taken against him, his sincerity was not liable to be
called in question. His intention was to express his deep
sorrow at the disgrace he had brought on his profession
and himself, his remorse at the sinfulness of the conduct
which had entailed it, and his 'wish to abstain for a
lengthened time from the exercise of his functions, and
to withdraw from his residence. The unexpected notice •
taken of the affair made him withhold the letter ; but it
was seen by friends, and the intention to send it known.
One circumstance, which has brought censure upon
Mr. Marsh, is yet unnoticed. When asked, on the trial;
if he bad received any communication from the Bishop,
he repliedr--." Only mediately." A comparison of this
expression with the Bishop's , letter' to the „Times news-
paper, has caused Mr. Marsh to be taxed with prevari-
cation.

ANOTHER ESCAPE FROM NOT-
TINGHAM GAOL.
NOTTINGHAM; MAricri 20.—Considerable astonishment has
been excited, drid perhaps not without reason, by the circum-
stance of another convict (Thomas Shelton, under a sentence
of transportation for life) having escaped from the Notting-
ham county gaol. It will be recollected that no longer since
than last New-year's eve six burglars broke prison, after
making a murderous attack upon the turnkeys, one of whom
was so dreadfully beaten as to render it for some time a matter
of doubt whether he would survive or 'not. It would have
been supposed that every possible precaution would be taken
to
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certainly may have been done, but it is equally certain that,
at about half-past four o'clock, the prisoner Shelton, who is
60 years of age, contrived to elude the vigilance of his keepers,
and to get clear away. He had been tried on the Saturday
previous for stealing a wether sheep, the property of Mr. W.
Bramley, of Arnold, near Nottingham, and convicted upon
the cleasest evidence. Two former convictions were proved,
for one of which "he had been transported fel' 'deven years.
lie had been for two or three weeks before the assiies m the
hospital ; and it appears that.on Tuesday night the door was
by some Means left open. There was a turnkey sleeping with
him in the sdine cell, but the prisoner managed to get out of the
apartMent without waking him, and to let himself over the
wall with the assistance of a clothes'-line into the Unitarian
Chapel-yard adjoining. The prisoner had on at the time of
his escape the usual party-coloured dress Worn by convicts.
lie had, however, stolen a small frock, the property of one of
the debtors, for the purpose of conceaimant. A pair of trou-
sers belonging to the prison& was found in the chapel-yard;
and it is said that he went to his house at Arnold for a fresh
pair of trousers. Information has been given to the police,
who are making every exertion to effect his recapture.
Two o'CLock..—Tne• prisoner has just been brought to
town in custody, and once more lodged in gaol. He was ar-
rested by the county police in Sansom-wood, near Mansfield,
which is about 14 miles from Nottingham.

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LLOYD'S_ SHIPPING.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following haze been posted at Lloyd's :
THE BERLINGS LIGHT AND THE PENICHE LIGHT.
By the Royal Board of Customs at Lisbon, notice is hereby
given, that, in order to obviate the inconvenience arising from
the alfnost perfect similitude in the revolution of the ma-
chinery of the Berlillgs light and the light on Cape Car-
voeiro,- at Peniche, thd movement of the latter has been
altered, the great flash of the light being repeated consecu-
tively every thirty seconds, but produces, with but slight
difference, a continued light, which makes the said lights
perfectly listinct, the one from the other.
Royal. Board of Customs, Lisbon, March 8, 1844.
(Signed)
CYi?RIANO MANOEL DA SIVA MORAES, Secretary.

NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER EMS.-13170Y5.
For greater security in the navigation of' the Ems, by
consent of his Majesty's Minister for the Affairs of the
Interior, the buoying of the Eastern Ems will be further
increased by two white buoys, placed upon the Kachelott
Plate and the Koper Sand, respecting the situation of which
the following is.the notice given
1. The white buoy on the Kachelott Plate.—Masters of
inwward-bound vesselswill find it in a S.S.E. direction from

the black buoy with a basket in Homme Channel (Homine
Gat). , It lies upon the steep point of the Kachelott Plate,
in.six fathoms' water at low ebb. The lighthouse is on
Borkum, a little within the north point of the Ostland sand
hills, keeping Ostland Cape, however, to the S.W. However,
in order, during foggy weather, to prevent masters of vessels
from incurring the risk of mistaking the white buoy on the
'Cachelott Plate for the white inner buoy situate opposite it
on the mister Reef; in lieu of the common shaped white buoy
hitherto lying 'there; a-black and white striped. buoy, pointed
at bah ends, in shape similar to a ship's anchorbuoy, will be
substituted.

2.. The white buoy on the Koper Sand, lies npon a steep
tongue, jutting out from the Koper Sand, in six fathoms'
water, at low ebb, the small cape upon the west hand of
Borkum Island, a short boat-hook's length to the northward
of theslighthouse there, whereby the Black King's buoy si-
tuate op'posite, lies to the north-west by west half-west, but
the Red Cape buoy to the S.S.W. of the White buoy on the
Koper Send. '
The-officer charged with the duty of laying down thek
buoys; has this day set sail, and, weather permitting, will,
without fail, have effected the change within the next few days.
The above is hereby made known in the name of the
Royal. General Direction of Waterworks.
.(Signed) G. H. HETTLER.
ROyal Direction of Waterworks,
Emdem, March 5, 1844. •

THE CONFECTIONERY TRADE.
Yesterday a numerous meeting of the journeymen confec-
tioners who are engaged in the manufacture of hard confec-
tionary, was held in the large room of the Jacob's Well, Bar-
bican, for the purpose of memorialising the Right Hon. W.
E. Gladstone, President of the Board of Trade, relative to
the importation of confectionary from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
at. the nominal duty of one penny per pound; Mr. John
Smith in the chair.

From the statements of the various speakers, Messrs. IIi)l-
-lciway, Hodges, Taylor, Palmer, and others, it appeared that,
the amount
.of. duty paid by the wholesale hard confectioners
of the United Kingdom, for sugar used in the trade, is about
2,000000/. annually; and in this department alone, the enor-
mous Auantity of from three to four thousand tons of sugar
are used in the metropolis'. As only refined sugar can be
used in the trade, cost price to the manufacturer is 84s. per
cwt. In 1842, a very extensive trade' was carried On by
some parties in the Channel Islands, and as a very consi-
derable drawback-was allowed, and the sugar re-imported
into England at a nominal duty, immense quantities were
solely imported for the uses of distillers, capillaire-ma4ers,
and coffee-house-keepers, and it was bringing total ruin on
the journeymen confectioners. This led them to memo-
rialise the Earl of Ripon, the then President of thh Board of
Trade, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and upon an
interview, both the Noble President of the Board of Trade
and -the Chancellor of the Exchequer acceded to the wishes of
the journeymen, and upon the tariff coming into a law, the
exportation of confectionery was prohibited. The result was,
the whole of the men got into full employ. The large profits,
coupled with the impossibility of competing with the foreign
trade, caused, at a subsequent period, some factories to be
established at Heligoland, afid from here the articles *ere
imported, at a nominal duty of one penny per pounce as
being the production of a British possession, but this system
was exposed' by the journeymen to the present President of
the Board of Trade, when that was stopped by an ordmin
Council. Since then the.manufacturer has directed his atten-
tion to Halifax., and as sugar superior in quality can there be
purchased for 305., for the home manufacturers are
paying 845., and the goods in, their manufactured state can
be brought over at a freightage of from 2/. to 3/. per ton, it
prevents the possibility of a -competition—for the Halifax
lozenge is offered at 11d. per lb., -after_ all expenses are paid,'
:which cannot be manufactured at hoine under 2s. or 2s. 2d.
per lb. ; and as sugar is not the produce-of Halifax, the trade
consider that it is one of the prohibitory articles under the
new tariff, and unless British industry is prolected; the-result
to them. will be disastrous in the extreme.

IRELAND.
• . NATIONAL EDUCATION.
DIIBLLN, MAncit 20.—The Dublin Eveningl Mail, of this
afternoon, says—" We have an appalling communication to
make to our readers and to the country—one resting upon
such authority, that its truth admits of neither question nor
doubt."

This " appalling" statement is thus given, in the form of a
letter{{' from a private correspondent :
" LONDON, MONDAY.—You may rest assured that the Pre-
mier himself has addressed a letter. to the Irish Executive
upon the subject of national education, in which he distinctly
declargs _that no future patronage is to be bestowed on clergy-
men of the Established Church in Ireland, who not only are
not inimical to the system of national education, but who
will not undertake to place all schools, in the parishes or
dioceses:in which-they may be promoted, under the imme-
diate management of Dr. Murray's Board."
"This (observes the Evening Afait) may be considered in
the nature of a bribe or a threat, affecting the Protestant
clergy,and with a view ofcarrying out both the more effectually,
our correspondent adds that Sir Robert Peel intimates an in-
tention of appointing English Clergymen (Puseyitus, we sup-
pose) to benefices or bishoprics, as either may become vacant,
should the clergy in Ireland continue contumacious."
The-Evening ITlail, in its capacity of organ of the Orange
Church party, is in a perfect paroxysm of rage at this intel-
ligence, and threatens to turn out Sir R. Peel, by a com-
bination of the Irish Tory Members in the House of Com-
mons, aided by a formidable agitation amonst the Tory clergy
of the 'Establishment in Ireland ! The defeat of Ministers on
Lord Ashley's amendment, on Monday night; is relied upon
as affording ground for hOpe that the Peel Ministry can easily
be-dislodged.
IMPRISONMENT OF MR. O'CONNELL--" NATIONAL
HUMILIATION AND PRAYER."

A memorial setting forth the above facts, coupled with the
ruin which would fall on the journeymen in general through-
out England and Scotland, was then agreed to, and the meet-
ing separaied.

Thp deepest anxiety, has been expressed in various and dis-
tant quarters of the country, that some very marked and de-
cided—mode . of exhibiting the sympathy of the Irish people
should be adopted, in the event of the incarceration of Mr.
O'Connell. No decision has been made as to the course to be
adopted, but it has been proposedthat Whit-Monday, the 27th
of May, should be fixed upon as a day of general prayer and
humiliation; that.the people should on that day assemble in
their places of worship, to implore the protection of Heaven
for this country, and the removal of the evils that afflict her.
It has been also suggested that the .Liberals and Roman Ca-
tholics throughout Christendom should be invited to partici-
pate in this object. It, is said the adoption of this project
only requires the sanction of particular authorities, without
wheat) approval no step would be taken.

The truth is, he might with perfect sincerity have an-
sw•ered " none whatever." But as the friend alluded to

had advised him to continue what he had already begun
of his own accord, namely, to abstain from any pro-
fessional duties, he thought it probable that he was in
possession of the Bishop's wishes, though he had not an-
nounced them ; and, therefore, with proper caution, he
replied as he did ; but surely in a spirit the very opposite
to that imputed to him.
The Bishop has, no doubt, expressed his feelings, in
confidence, to the gentleman in question, and has felt
persuaded that advice would be given and acted upon in
accordance with thorn. This was enough for him. But
it is hard that he should so have expressed himself, as
to cast an unnecessary slur upon Mr. Marsh.
So far from his having the direct knowledge of an in-
terdict from the Bishop, it happened that, when this
same friend: urged his return to Barnack to silence the
suspicions before alluded to, he stated also, that as it was
understood the Bishop had not interfered, Mr. Marsh's
abstaining from his sacred functions when on the spot,
would be regarded as an act of self-condemnation and
self-abasement, and-be becoming and useful.
There is much, very much, to lament and to condemn
in the conduct of which Mr. Marsh had been confessedly
guilty; but is there anything in it for which a man is to
be hunted out of society? Is it a case to call for new
laws, or for stretching the existing ones, to visit it? Are
the Bishops now accustomed to deal with cases of equal
or greafer enormity, when recent, and properly put
before them, with extreme severity? If not, is it right
to yield to a clamour, partly, at least, grounded on erro-
neous impressions?
Here has been no aggravating circumstance of seduc-
tion or adultery. I do not, for one, regard Church pre-
ferment as a freehold. 'There is a cure of souls attached
to it, which justly imposes a strictness of moral con-
duct: at the same time it should be borne in mind that
a clergyman, deprived of his preferment, is debarred by
his orders from every other source of livelihood. This
is a motive, certainly, for increased circumspection in
him, but also for some unwillingness to proceed to
extremity, except where the offence is heinous, or the
character of the party is irreclaimable. I submit that
neither condition is established against Mr. Marsh.
I am his brother. I venture to hope that, from one in
my position, this statement will not be considered unbe-
coming or uncalled for. It is long, but I have found it
difficult to curt til it, without taking from it its proper
efficacy. Space has not been grudged in other quartirs
for censure : I toat to your generosity end sense ofj us-

"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATIt.".—
An awful instance of the uncertainty of human life occurred
in this city on Wednesday afternoon last. Mr. Newton, a
respectable tallow-chandler, residing in Broad-street, was
sitting, in his shop in company with one of his daughters,
when, suddenly hearing an unusual noise, the child looked up,
and observed her father labouring for breath. She spoke to
him, but he appeared insensible, and she then alarmed the
family. Mrs. Newton was from home at the time, but an
elder sister observing Mr. Turley, surgeon, coming up•Broad-
street, in his gig. called him in. Mr. Turley found the de-
mised-lying upon the floor, where he had fallen from the
chair.' *He immediately opened a vein in his left arm, and
about an ounce of blood followed the incision. The pulse,
however, gradually lessened, and soon ceased altogether. He
never spoke after he was attacked with this sudden seizure.
Mr. Turley, on his examination on the inquest, on Friday,
said he had long considered the doceased as subject to
apoplexy, and he had 'observed that latterly his face had
assumed a darker hue. lie had no doubt whatever that the
cause_ of death was the rupture of a vessel in the brain.
Tacit tVas a bruise on the left eye, but this was occasioned by
the.deceased's fall from his chair. Mr. Hyde held an inquest
On Friday morning before a respectable jury, who, after hear-
hng the evidence of Mr. Turley, returned a verdict that the
deceased died by the visitation of God, from the rupture of a
vessel on the brain. . Mr. Newton has left behind him a
large family to deplore his loss.— Worcester Chronicle.
ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.—A dread-
ful accident occurred yesterday on tl e above line, at Folke-
stone Harbour. Some empty waggons were proceeding
down the inclined plane at Folkestone to the harbour, for
coals, when the men who were riding upon them, fearing
they could not slacken the speed, instead of platiog, on-the
break, jumped off and allowed the waggons to proceed full
speed doWn the incline to the harbour. Such was the vio-
lence of the concussion that two of the waggons Were driven
into the sea. One poor fellow, a platelayer, was nearly cut to
pieces, the waggons having passed over him. He was still
alive when this report was made. The man, Stewart, who
was seriously injured, on the above line last week, is fast re-
covering. •

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JOUR'. _IRCULIII.
The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Bu ne
ham Palace.
General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, had an audience of
her Majesty to take leave. His Excellency wag' introduced
by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., her MajestY's principal Sege-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted bysSir lie- Bert Chester, Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The. Dfatquis of Ormonde was the Lord in Waiting on her
Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airina• yesterday in
an open carriage.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the
royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. Miss Paget has succeeded the Hon. Miss Murray
as one of the Maids of Honour in waiting on her Majesty%
At her Majesty's LeVee, on Wednesday, the Eail of-9ilta-
mont was presented to the Queen by the Marquis of Clan-
rigarde.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
DUchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
'Lady Anna Maria Dawson has succeeded Lady Fanny
Howard as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal pighness the
Duchess of Kent.

-A Deputation, consisting of Mr. H. Tremble; M.P., Mr.
W. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Somthwark, Mr. Thos. Grissell,
Mr. James D. Shears, Mr. ThomaS Lett, Mr. Thomas Pocock,
Mr. W. G. Ilorder, the Rev. Mr. Shearman, and two other
gentlemen-. from the Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll Asso-
ciation, attended on Wednesday the Commissioners of Metro-
politan Improvements at Whitehall, on the subject of obtain-
ing the free passage of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vanxha
Bridges, by the commutation of heir imposts, for the benefit
of the public. .
A Deputation from the City of London, accompanied by
the Hon. C. Law, the Recorder, and the City Remembrancer,
had an interview with Sir Itswbert Peel yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Cartwright . had an interview with Lord Stanley yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Saunders had an interview \with" the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade.

-A NEW PROPHET.
PAnir, WEDNESDAY, MAncir 20. Yesterday, an affair
took place at the College de France, which brought the
t•ourse of lectures on Sclavonic literature to a sudden ter-
mination. It appears that, for sonic time since, as native of
Poland, Of the name of Towianski, . has been making
some sensation in Paris. He declares himself to be inspired
,by God to introduce a new interpretation to the coming of
Jesus Christ into the, world, and to the mysteries of Catho-
licism. M. Mickiewicz, the Professor of Sclavonic Literature
in the College of France, has warmly espoused the doctrines
of th., Prophet, and, in place of finishing his course of lee-P
tures on literature, has taken " the opportunity of pro-
mulgating the new doctrines to his scholars. The Miniet
of Public Instruction having ;got notice of this affair;
sent' the ProfeSsor notice that if he continued to
-address his hearers upon the subject of the new
prophecies his course of lectures would be stopped. M. Mic-
kiewicz, however, persisted, and on Tuuday, in addressing
his auditors, among whom he has a great number of prose-
lytes, he asked them if it was possible to doubt the revela-
tions of M. Towianski. A great number of the pupils, and
especially the women, immediately went down upon their
knees, and, lifting up their hands, exclaimed that they
were ready to swear to the truth of all the Towianski pro.-
phecies.. This scene was soon bruited forth, and the Minis-
ter of Public Instruction immediately sent orders inter-
dicting • M. Mickiewicz from lecturing, and it is
said that he is dismissed . from his situation as a
professor in the college. But this is not the only
matter that :has occurred to trouble the repose of the
Minister of Public Instruction. In the College of Stanis-
hms—an institution partly under the control and direction
of the clergy—the students, being dissatisfied with the
chaplain appointed to instruct' them, and being worked up
with some of the feeling which causes so tremendous a
quarrel between the clergy and the University,• revolted,
They entered the -room of the chaplain for the purpose of
wreaking their vengeance upon him, but, fortunately for
himself, he had time to escape by the window. Finding their
victim had escaped, they broke his bed, mirrors, furniture,
&c., and did not spare .even a. figure of Christ which they
found upon the table; and baying completed their work of
destruction, they tossed the whole out of the window, " to
search' for their master." It is said that, in consequence of
this escapade, sixty of the students have been expelled from
the college.

•
LOVER'S Inrsu EVENINGS.—The first of a series
of concerts, under this attractive head, was given on Wed-
nesday night, at the Princess's Concert Room, by Mr. Lover_
It proved adecided hit." The room was crowded by an
elegant audience. Happy. in his illustrations of Irish love
and Irish song, and supported by the sweet and effective
voices .of Miss Cubitt and Miss Rollo Dickson, each
portion of the entertainment drew down rapturous ap-
plause. The antiquity Of Irish learning and music was
very pleasingly narrated' by Mr. Lover. He showed that
hitherto neglected land to have been the seat of learning and
of music so long back as the seventh century. The " sham-
rock" and "harp," and the origin of their being the national
emblem of Ireland, and armonally bearing in the arms of
England, he also Very happily described. In his recitations,
his narratives, his tales of Irish love, Irish sympathy, and
Irish drollery, Mr. Lover was impassioned and humorous.
The " Irish Evenings" of TOry O'More bid fair to become
popular.

'UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, MARCH
21.—1 n a congregation holden this morning, the following
degrees were conferred :—Master of Arts : Rev. W. H.
Stokes, Wadham College; Rev. Frederick William Robert-
son, Brasenose College ; W. Mordaunt Edward Milner,
Christchurch ; Rev. Frederick Gace, Magdalen-hall ; Rev.
Joseph Christian Moore, St. Edmund's-hall.—Bachelor of
Arts : Thomas T. S. Carlyon, Christ-church.—The election of
three Scholars and an Exhibition at Lincoln College, ter-
minated last night in favour of Messrs. John Russell Baker,
and William Harrison Davey, commoners of Exeter College,
and John Oates, commoner of Lincoln College, to the
scholarships, and Mr. Guy to the exhibition.
The vessels from Hull, for the Greenland and Davis's
straits fisheries, will this year be more than double the num-
ber of those engaged in that trade last year.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HANGING.—At an inquest
held before Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., a few days since, on the
body of a boy who had, it was supposed, unintentionally hung
himself, a juror expressed his astonishment that as deceased's
feet must. hare tr.nolleava„Ar.oulaite.could.uot, save himself.

he coroner remarked that there Was• no accounting for—ilig
frequent occurrence of such cases, and proceeded to detail
the following remarkable instances which had come under
his notice in his official capacity :—One was that of a man
who was decidedly insane. lie effected suicide by tearing
a sheet into long strips, and having tied one of the strips to
the side of the bed-post, he made a noose at the other end;,
which was so low that he had to lie down- to put his head.
into it, and when discovered his nose was absolutely within
very little more than an inch from the ground. Another in-
stance was that of a man on whom he (Mr. Wakley-) had held
an inquest at Hampstead. This man first of all tried to drown
himself in a pond, but, finding he could not do so, he gat out,
and sat for some time by the side of the pond, -contemplating
some other mode of suicide. He at length tied his pocket-
handkerchief to the branches of two alder trees tightly, and
then knelt down and laid his neck across the handkerchief,
and in that position he was found dead. A third case was
that of a pauper in Isleworth workhouse; who sat down on
the floor, and having tied a rope to a hook but two feet from
the ground, he placed his neck in the noose, and by ~messing
forward succeeded in effecting his object. Anothor and
most extraordinary case was that of a lady residing at
Islington, who having exhibited a determination to des .troy
herself, was watched by attendants night and day. Not.
withstanding these'precautions, this lady, whilst in bed, an&
in the presence of persons who were watching her, actually
succeeded in strangling herself with her capstrings, and she,
had been dead some hours when her attendants supposed her
to bo asleep. Medical science had as yet been unable to de-
velops accurately the causes which induced persons to take
this means of committing suicide.
. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
receipt of a 501. note, No. 02,556, sent to him by a person un-
known, for conscience' sake._ This money has been placed in
her Majesty's Exchequer.
SIIOCKING SUICIDE IN FINSBURY
morning, between the hours oPai.* and seven, the re-
sidents of No. 47, Finsbury Circus, were thrown into the
most painful excitement in consequence of a young sirigle
female, of the name of Martha Sale, who resided with her
friends at the above address, having committed self-destruc-
tion. It appearsthat for some time past the unfortunate crea-
ture has been, from^some unknown cause, in a very low and
desponding state, but it was never imagined that she Would
lay violent hafids upon herself.. However, upon one of the
family going'into her bedroom yesterday morning she was
astonished at finding deceased suspended by the neck to the
bedstead. An immediate alarm being raised other assistance
came up stairs and cut down deceased. Mr. Townsend, sur-
geon; was instantly sent for, and that gentleman residing in
the next house he was not long in reaching the place. The
• usual remedies to restore suspended animation were resorted
• - to, but with no beneficial effect, the vital spark having for
ever flown.

HASTINGS ELECTION.—The reason for Mr Planta's
resignation of his seat is continued ill health. The. Tories
have a monopolist candidate ready in the person of Mr. Mus-
17ave Brisco, of Coghurst.
• SOMNAMBULISM.—It will be in the recollection of
our readers that an account was given of a very serious acci-
dent which occurred on the evening of the 22d of December
last, to a private of the Royal Sappers and Miners stationed
at Brompton Barracks, near Chatham. The poor fellow,
named Henry Stirratt, bad retired to bed at the usual hour
after tattoo roll-call, and in about an hour afterwards got up
in his sleep, and, opening the room door, proceeded along-the
passage to a window; and, having raised the sash, placed
himself on the sill, and fell a distance of between 35. and 40
feet to the pavement below, where he was shortly afterwards
found drawn up like a ball a few feet from the wall of. the
building, weltering in his blood. The sufferer was imme-
diately conveyed to the hospital, and promptly attended to
by Dr. Chisholm, of the- Ordnance Department, at Chatham,
who did everything for him that talent and experience could
suggest. On examination it was ascertained that the lower
jaw was fractured in two places, and all the joints of his )body
had.suffered from the fall. So frightful was the appearance
of the unfortunate sufferer, and so extensive the injuries he
sustained, that not the slightest hope was entertained or his
recovery. To the surprise of all persons he wonderfully re-
covered, and was able to come with the coMpany to `Which
he is attached from Chatham to Woolwich, and now per-
forms light duties, but he expects to go before the zezt
board to be examined as to the cause of the accident pre-
viously to his being discharged. •
EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH lIER MAJESTY'S
STAG:IMUNDS.—The meet on WednesdaY, which was a bye-
day, was at Hedgerley, where there was a muster of -about
80, including Lord Sheffield, Mr. Warley, Mr. Staniforth,
Mr.boldney, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Baker, several of the officr of
the Life Guards,; &c; The deer, on being uncarted, ran 'red
through the Brocas-wood, and away over Lady Gren ille's
park at Dropmore to the Great Western Railway, andllong
by the side of the line to the Orkney Arms, crossing the
Thames close to Maidenhead-bridge. The hounds were taken
over the bridge, and again being laid on the scent went sway
right across the country to Marlow-bridge, where it *gain
crossed the Thames. The deer then ran .through Sir G.
Nugent's park, and away to Wycombe Marsh, where it was
taken after one of the severest runs of the season, which ex-
ceeded four hours. Very few were in at the take. y The
pace from the turn-out to Maidenhead-bridge was tremeudous,
but slackened after getting on the hills. •
PIMLICO PEILANTHEOPIC SOClETY.—Yest4day
the third annual meeting of the donors and subscribers to this
Society was held at the rooms, 48, Grosvenor-place. J.
Emmerson Tennant, Esq., M.P., took the chair. The Report,
which was afterwards read, stated that within the last twelve
weeks only 700 families had been relieved with 510 41b.
loaves, it tons 7 cwt. of coals, 3,576 pounds of potatoes, and
besides a sum of money given 36 blankets had been lint to
various poor families.
CIiURCII-RATES.—Yesterday, at the Greenwich
Police-court, Mr. Jarman, one of the collectors of the church-
; rates for the parish of Greenwich, applied to Mr. Trail), and
I obtained his signature to- orders to pay church-rates, which
had-been refused to be paid by &great number of Dissenters
and others. By this proceeding, it is evident, after the dif-
ferenf discussions on the subject, that the churchwardens in-
tend to enforce the rates by distresi Warrants, and not to
I carry the matter into an ecclesiastical court: