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EXECUTION OF 111.4.RK SHER-

WOOD.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUG. 23.—This day, at
_ noon, the wretched culprit, Mark Sherwood, con-
victed at our late assizes for the wilful murder of his
wife, suffered the extreme penalty of the law, on a
drop erected in the middle of the racecourse circle on
the Town-moor. The concourse was immense, pro-
bably owing to the long period that has elapsedtince
such a mournful proceeding was enacted in his dis-
trict. He was formerly a private in the Royal Artil-
lery, and from long servitude received a pension. He
then became very dissolute in his habits, and whilst
residing at Hull, his first wife was found in her apart-
ment dead, almost burnt to a cinder, and her guilty
partner lying by her side in an insensible state of in-
toxication. It was considered that she had met her
death from some accident, but owing to the similarity
of the demise with that of the unfortunate creature
for which act he has so justly forfeited his ex-
istence, and other circumstances which have
since transpired, it is too strongly feared that
she also fell a victim to his murderous
purpose. On re-marrying he came to reside in Bland-
ford. street, in this town, where it appears he gained
a subsistence by working an illicit still. His de-
bauchery was still of the worst description, both
living a most violent life with each other. The night
prior to the sacrifice of his victim, viz., on the 12th of
last March, he pawned some of his apparel for a
trifling sum, in order to procure drink, and a serious
quarrel ensued between them. A niece of the unfor-
tunate woman happening to enter their apartment at
the moment, attempted to pacify them, but of no avail.
The following morning the relation went to call her
aunt up, when Sherwood answered that she had gone
out. Several hours afterwards, in the middle of the
day, the niece went again, and after knocking at the
door some time, and receiving no answer, the assist-
ance of neighbours was gained, and the door forced,
when the poor creature was found lying on her side,
bleeding from several wounds in her throat, quite
dead, and her guilty destroyer prostrate on the floor,
in a state of complete insensibility from the effects of
whisky.
• After his condemnation, and on being removed to
the doomed cell, he showed no disposition to spend
his few remaining days in a contrite manner, but
through the humane efforts of the worthy chaplain,
the Rev. L. Page at last succeeded in bringing his
mind to a proper state fitting the awful change he was
about to undergo.
On Thursday afternoon the miserable man, in an-
swer to interrogatories put by the worthy pastor, ad-
mitted that he. was prepared to die. He then partook
of the sacrament, and at an early hour retired to rest.
He slept rather more soundly than a man in such a
situation would have been thought to do, and shortly
before six o'clock this morning he rose and partook of
a hearty breakfast. He then craved the indulgence
,f being allowed to smoke a pipe, which was granted,
and at nine o'clock the Rev. L. Page again joined
him in earnest prayer.
He made the following confession to the Rev. Gen-
tleman :—" He stated that he entirely denied all pre-
meditation in the committal of the deed ; that he slept
with his wife during the night, and that she got up
once to know (as she said) how the cursed still was
going on. In the morning when he arose he partly
dressed himself, and put on his great coat, and while
lathering his chin for the purpose of shaving, his wife
recurred in irritating language to the quarrel of the
preceding night—and this; together with her gross
and indecent conduct before him, so excited and en-
raged him, that in the moment he suddenly turned
round, seized and threw her down, and with the razor
which he held in his hand he made several gashes on
her throat; after which he drank the spirits to ex7ess
to destroy himself, when it overpowered him, and he
fell down at the place where he was found. He fur-
ther stated, that with respect to the death of his first
wife, he denied all participation in it, and said that
the reports against him about it were all false."
Shortly after twelve o'clock the sheriffs and under-
sheriffs arrived, when the miserable being was de-
livered over to them by the governor for execution.
He was then placed in a kind of covered break or
van, accompanied by the minister, governor, and
wardens, and which proceeded, in slow time, fol-
lowed by a mourning coach, containing the sheriffs,
to the Moor, escorted by a strong body of police.
On arriving at the drop he, for a moment, looked
around at the mass that was assembled, there being
upwards of 20,000 persons present, and was as soon
conducted under the fatal beam. Some few seconds'
delay took place through the rope not being properly
adjusted, during which time the wretched criminal
stood with the most unflinching fortitude. At length
the bolt was &awn, and, after a few brief struggles,
he had ceased to exist. The body hung the usual
time, viz., one hour, and was then cut down, placed in
a shell, and removed to the gaol for interment.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A

MISER.

A protracted investigation was gone into before
Wm. Carter, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the
Jolly Farmers, in the parish of Horne, near Godstone,
as to the death of George Murray, aged 60, a well-
known eccentric character, who has for many years
travelled about that part of the country, which took
place under very singular circumstances, and led to
the discovery of an amount in money which, although
he was known to be of a very penurious disposition,
he was never thought to possess.
The magistrates of the county having been in-
formed of the particulars connected with his death,
and the large sum of money that had been found upon
him, immediately communicated the facts to the co-
roner, who forthwith issued his warrant for the in-
quest. Upon the jury viewing the body, it was found
to be in a loathsome state of filth. The flesh was ac-
tually covered with living vermin ; his shirt, such as
it was, must have been worn for months, while his
outer garments were but a bundle of rags.
Mr. Lane, the churchwarden of the parish, stated
that he had known the deceased for seven or eight
years, in consequence of his having travelled that part
of the country selling tapes, thread, and other trifles.
He was in the habit of sleeping in barns and stables,
or any other place where he could get shelter, and
usually cooked his dinners under hedges, having
means to light a fire for that purpose. About the
middle of the day, on Monday week, witness (who
is an extensive farmer) was passing through one of
his fields when he saw the deceased sitting under
the hedge. He (witness) knew that he had been
ailing for some time, and crossed the field to ask him
how he was, when he replied that he felt very ill. It
was found that he was unable to walk, and a constable
was sent for, who procured a chair, in which he was
conveyed to a barn on the farm of Mr. Huggitt, in
which he said he had last slept. He was here pro-
vided with nourishing food, and Mr. George Chap-
man, of Lingfield, surgeon, was sent for. In-
formation was also sent to the relieving-
officer, and arrangements were made for his ad-
mission into the union workhouse. Mr. Chapman
prescribed for him, and ordered what was
necessary, which was supplied to him in the barn.

During the following day it rained heavily, and it
was not thought prudent to remove him, especially as
he refused to go into the union ; he, however, had
mutton- broth, arrow-root, &c., during the whole time
he remained in the barn. At the end of the week he
was again questioned whether he would go into the
union, but he persisted in refusing.
The CORONER observed that it seemed strange a
man in his state should prefer a barn to a place where
he would have been taken much better care of.
Mr. Chapman said he had advised his removal, for
the place where he was was unfit for a man in his
state of health.

11Titness contintied—When he appeared so positive
about not going to the workhouse, he was asked who
would take him in in the fifthy state he was ? when
he said he thought Mr. Cooper (a large farmer in the
neighbourhood) would, though he had refused him a
short time before. It was therefore determined to
take him to Mr. Cooper's barn ; but as it was sup-
posed he had some property, it was suggested by the
constable that he (witness) should take care of him.
After a great deal of persuasion, he said that he had 71.,
which he produced.
The CORONER-But was that all he had ? Wit-
ness—Oh, no ; with great hesitation he " fumbled"
in his breeches-pocket, and at last produced an old
dirty bag, nearly full of gold; it was counted in his
presence by the constable, and contained ninety-eight
sovereigns, three half-sovereigns, 45., and
A great deal of surprise was expressed in the court
at this announcement, the state of the miser being
fresh in the memory of the jury.
Witness added, that after this he got from his
waistcoat-pocket a 51. note;'and the whole he handed
to the constable. He then said he would go to Mr.
Cooper's, for which purpose a cart was provided, in
which he was placed, and propped up with pillows
and straw. Having said that he felt quite comfort-
ab!e, the horse went on for a few paces, and, upon the
driver turning round to look at the deceased, he found
that he had fallen back and was quite dead.
Mr. Chapman said the deceased, when he first saw
him' was labouring under severe bronchial affection ;
and his- death, no doubt, arose from natural causes. It
was absolutely necessary to advise his removal, as the
place he was in was too cold for the state of his health.
The coroner and jury having remarked upon the
extraordinary facts which had been elicited, a verdict
of died from natural causes was returned.

It is said that the deceased has some half-sisters,
who may yet be living, and who will be entitled to
this property, should they hear of his death, but it is
thought this is not the whole he was possessed of, as
he was considered to be too cautious to carry the
whole about with him.

DISASTROUS FIRE IN SURREY.
Throughout the whole of Saturday and. Friday
night, the hitherto quiet village of Horsham, Surrey,
presented a scene of the greatest excitement in con-
sequence of a fire of a most destructive character
breaking out in the extensive premises belonging to
Mr. Nightingale, farmer, situatei in about the centre
of that village. When first perceived the flames were
raging in the barn, a large building, nearly 70 feet
long, by 25 feet wide, and which was filled with un-
thrashed barley, the produce of 9f acres. Fire once
communicated to an article so inflammable, of course
its progress was unusually rapid, and very speedily
the entire building was one broad sheet of fire, which
shot up into the air a considerable height, completely
illuminating the horizon. Some idea of its extent
Puy be formed when we state that it could he dis-

tinCtly seen from Richmond, nearly ten miles distant.
The barn being surrounded by numerous other build-
ings, it was not long before a range of stabling be-
came ignited, and was quickly razed to the ground.
Fortunately the horses were all extricated, but not
without great difficulty. The flames next communi-
cated to the bullock-sheds, and from thence to the
cart and agricultural implement house on the oppo-
site side of the waggon way. The whole of these
buildings were blazing away most furiously, and for
some time the destruction of the farm-house, granary,
and chaise-house, appeared certain, thete. being very
little space of ground between them. The Esher
and Walton engines, however, arrived in the nick of

time, but shortly after their arrival the only conve-
nient supply of water, the pump in the yard, failed,
and they were compelled to work from a pond a
long distAnce off Nevertheless, they R ere of great
assistance, and to them may he ascribed the safety of
several othiyi- buildings. The heat throwu out, by the
conflagration was so intense that the inmates of the
houses on the opposite side of the turnpike-road
were obliged to keep throwing water upon the fronts
of their buildings to prevent them from becoming
ignited. The inhabitants willingly lent their assist-
ance, many of them working at the engines the whole
of the night, for it was not until twelve o'clock on
Saturday that they left the premises, and at five
o'clock, when our reporter left, the ruins were
still emitting bodies of smoke. A deal of barley was
got out after the fire was somewhat, abated, but it is
greatly damaged, and it is feared will not be fit for
malting. Th origin of the fire is unknown; it is
hardly poisible that is is the work of an incendiary,
as Mr. Nightingale is universally respected through-
out the village. liis loss will be covered by an in-
surance in the Sun and Royal Exchange Fire-offices.

ailyal
- STATE OF - -
TRADE.
We have not to report
ENGLISII WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUGUST 23.
of trade this week. Sales are st et
eraadt3i
,o,nprices
h firsi bu
Ira,
an
nc hd
the manufacturers are
aFOREIGN WOOL il very fully employed.
TRADE, LEEDS, AUGUST 23.—We
have no material change to notice in the foreign wool
trade this week. Sales
progress steadily, and prices
are firmly supported.
WAKEFIELD WOOL
the last wc.k we ,
have
MARKET, AUGUST 23.—During
Combing Wools_vvnhate had rather less inquiry for
sales have taken place are at
old prices, at which hold
Wools continue to be holders
are very firm. Blanket
scarce at market, and in good
demand at late prices.
Yoax WooL MARKE
not much business don ; AUGUST 22.—There was
show being small, and e
thin the market to-day, the
than.the buyer seemed e prices asked being higher
willing to give. What sales
were effected were done at rather lower figures
than
last market.
LEEDS —There is nothing
new to report of the state
of our markets. The Su
has been light, whilst pply of goods to the cloth halls
shawls, cloakings, thebeavers,
demand has been lively for
goods calculated for s, pilot cloths, and other heavy
the '
steady, and the stocks winter trade. Prices are
very brisk in the warehouses.
low. Business is
good many
wholesale oases. There have been a
buyers in the town this week,
who have bought freely, particularly heavy winter
goods.
HECRIVONDWIRS
BLANKET MARKET, AUG. 22,—.
We are glad to report
y,thewas a good attendance
favourably of the state of this
market. On Monde
of merchants, but few samplesre
manufacturers being engaged shown, most of the
to order. On Thurs-
dab the attendance was not so good.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAT
change in the weather appears to —The favourable
have inspired con-
fidence that the harvest will
be
and the prospect for the home trade being generally
favourable, somewhat more has been done in the Piece
Market than last week, and prices very
steady. There
is about an average business doing in the Yarn
Market, and at prices the same as fg. several weeks
r
past. In Wool there continues a
dui lnesa, which
to may, in some measure, be attributedthe very full
supply now in the market, and the consumers buying
only for immediate use, as the current prices offer no
inducement to more spirited doings,
MANCHESTER THURSDAY EVENING
•--W have had
less doing in cloth this week, especially e
with •
the prin-
ters, who, finding the supply now fully
the demand, are become shy in their purchases, and
to
2ases, and in
consequence lower rates are current, sa
piece, and today the market closes d• to 3d. a
heavily. at that
decline. There is not much difference the value
of other kinds of grey cloth from the ia
rates
current
last week, though the market is anything but. bouyant.
There is a considerable business doing in Ireland.
The home trade is in a most unsatisfactory state.
Yarns are without any decided change, though we
think there is not that eagerness t
-0 purchase' that has
for some time past been the case.--Leeds Mercury.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUGUST 23.—A few
brands of middling and fine Antiguas hate constituted
w
the chief attraction in the market this eelc. These
have brought from 603. to 685.,
full prices ; but the low and middlingbeing verycri
tions of raw sugar continue neglected, deap-
and
former
rates are with difficulty supported ; the transactions of '
casks. the week do not exceed three hundredßengal
and Mauritius are quite neglected. Rum has
been in
good demand, and nearly every puncheon °fferin
been taken ates by the trade at improved r il has
. ridol
Mercury.

A stoppage has taken place on the Cologne and
Aix-la-Chapelle Railway, through a heavy slip.— hail-
way Record.
Dispatches for the Governor of the Mauritius were
sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening.

RAILWAYS IN SUSSEX.

Mr. It istrick and numerous assistants are now
busily engaged in setting out the lines of railway
from Brighton through Lewes to liastings, and from
Shoreham to Chichester ; and as soon as these preli-
minaries are completed, the earthworks will be imme-
diately commenced. The Adur is to be passed by
means of a pile-bridge ; and we hear that Mr. Rag-
trick promises to open as far as Worthing in May
next. We also understand, from good authority, that
the line from Hastings to Lewes is likely to be opened
to the public in May or June next.
Once more we may be permitted to congratulate
our townsmen on the prospect of speedy completion
which these railways now present. We all know
how greatly the value of property at Brighton has
been already raised by the London and Brighton line;
or, if there be those not yet aware of the fact, they
need only inquire of any house-agent or auctioneer in
the place what relation the rents and prioes now ob-
tained bear to those which were procurable before the
railway was made. At this moment the demand for
large houses is, we believe, beyond all precedent, when
compared with the corresponding period of any former
year; and, judging from present appearances, there
can be little doubt that the season which is just com-
mencing will be one of great prosperity.
Nor will the benefit be confined to Brighton. Our
friends in East and West Sussex generally will
participate in the gain. Mr. Faithfull, it may
be recollected, made the startling statement
at a meeting held lately in Hastings, that
until the new railway was projected, he—one of
the leading solicitors at Brighton—had never visited
that place; nay, what was more extraordinary still,
that one of the most influential noblemen (Lord
Gage) in East Sussex, bad also never seen it. Can
any man imagine for a moment that this would have
been the case if a railway had existed ?
In a national point of view, too, the early com-
pletion of these coast lines is of immense importance.
If the madmen who constitute what is called
the " war party" of France should unhappily
succeed in their efforts to embroil the two nations,
the facility of conveying troops from point to point
along the coast will, combined with harbours of
refuge, be among our most important means of de-
fence ; and the evidence on this point given by Sir
Willoughby Gordon before the Parliamentary Com-
mittee cannot be forgotten. There is little doubt that
the branch line about to be made to Chichester will,
at an early period, be continued to Portsmouth ; and
we hope that the Eastern line will in like manner be
extended to Dover. When this is done there will be
an unbroken communication between two of the most
important points on the southern coast.—Brighton
Gazette.

Tint SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—In addition to the
information we gave in our last, as to the contracts being
ta'.:en for nearly all the line from Exeter to Newton, we
are now enabled to add that preparatory steps are being
taken for the commencement of the road at the Plymouth
end. During the past week men have been employed
in sinking shafts on the ground adjoining Maley Plain,
in order that the nature of the strata may be ascertained,
prior to the contracts being offered. Oa Saturday last a
line ship, of upwards of 1,000 tons burden, commanded
by Captain Taylor, entered Catwater, laden with Ame-
rican timber, having on board, as we are informed, 1,400
loads for the purposes of the railway. The timber will
be deposited pro tern. in llooe Lake, and it is generally
rumoured that it will be prepared at this port and shipped
by barges for Teignmouth, Dawlish, Starcross, &c , as it
is wanted. If this be the case it will give employment
to a great number of men. The contractors are under
heavy penalties to finish a considerable portion of the
works by February next. Mr. Gill, the chairman of the
directors, with other members of the board, have been
during the past week in Ireland, in order personally to
inspect the atmospheric railway, now in operation in
that country, as the question of the propriety of adapt-
ing it to the South Deron line, will shortly be discussed
by the directors.—Plymouth Journal

TENBURY.—The quantity of rain which has fallen
of late, accompanied with boisterous winds, has proved
injurious to the hop plantations, many poles having been
blown down ; but still there is not so much harm done as
might have been anticipated. It is expected that in this
neighbourhood there will be more than an average crop.
A few more fine days will complete the wheat harvest, the
quality of which is excellent. The barley and other
crops, it is feared, will be light.—Tcn Towns' Messenger
ALARMING FIR E.•-•••• On Saturday forenoon, between
ten and eleven o'clock, n fire was discovered in a stable
at the rear of the Two Bells pabli.l-house, facing White-
chapel Church, in the ocnipation of Mr. C. VanderstAn,
jun. The stable adjuins the back of the premises of
Mr* Banks, the extensive sugar-ba'cer, _ Osborn-street,
.—..

Whitechapel, where it was that the tire broke out. At
this spot inside ths bake-house is the large store which
is used in the manufacture of the sugar, and it is sup-
posed that the iron tires which passed through the wall
were red hot, and thus caused the wood of the stable to

ignite. The progress of the fire was very rapid, as the
workshops of Mr. Bradley, undertaker, also caught.
Fortunately there was a plentiful supply of water, and
the parish engine, with those from Wellclose-square and
Jeffrey's-square, quickly arrived. Several buckets of
water were promptly thrown over the devouring element,
which was soon got under. The damage done was not
very extensive. Had the fire occurred during the nizht,
a most disastrous destruction of property would have
been inevitable. The Lugar-baker's was burnt demi
about eleven years ago.
IRISH CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.—The ob-
noxious principle of this Act—the right of interference
.with Catholic doctrine and discipline—has been retained,
and the modifications of detail in the provisions of the
measure, as originally introduced, leave that vicious
principle untouched. As we had all along anticipated, a
feeling of extreme hostility against the Act prevails
amonst the Catholic prelates and clergy, not one of whom
had been consulted regarding a measura.so vitally a ffect-
ing the charitable bequests of the Catholics ; and thi4
sentiment, we have reason to bdievo, extends amongst
those portions of the hierarchy who hare been remark-
able for their unwillingness to take an active part in
political movements. Several letters. indignantly de.
nouncing the hostile provisions of the Act, have been
published. Indeed, we may go so far as to anticipate
that the Catholic clergy will avoid communication, and
decline all co-operation with a board to be constituted
under such circumstances. There is no remedy but an
extensive modification of the Act.—Dublin Evening Pest.
HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG NAVAL OFFICER.
—A few evenings ago, as Mr. Walpole, a mate of the
Collingwood, lying at Spithead, was coming on board
from a yacht, a little after twelve o'clock, and when
within about fifty yards of the vessel, his boat, which was
very small, upset. It was blowing rather fresh at the
time, and being encumbered with his pea jacket, ho
would inevitably have perished; but for the heroic con-
duct of Mr. Roderic Dew, a brother mate. ;This young
gentleman, who had taken his place on the watch shortly
before the accident occurred, on seeing a. man in the
water, instantly
,jumped overboard, and swam to his as-
sistance. Mr. Walpole was nearly exhausted when he
reached him ; and the sea being very rough, it was not
without the greatest exertion he succeeded in bringing him
in safety to the ship. Mr. Walpole, so nobly rescued
from an untimely death, is a scion of the noble house of
Orford. This Incident, unsurpassed as it is in true
bravery, might have gone unrecorded, if accident had
not brought it to the ears of the gentleman who has fa-
voured us with this account of it.—Sunday Times.

NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE --On Saturday work-
men commenced placing the bells in the belfrey of the
tower of the new Royal Exchange, of which there are to
be fifteen. There are seven of them on the grounds which
weigh above 38 cwt. The bell which is the lightest
weighs 4 cwt. and 26' lbs. This is B flat, and the cord
bell to it weighs 6 cwt. and 27 lbs. The whole of the
bells will weigh above 80 cwt., and will be at the Ex-
change in the course of the next week. The contractor
for them, Mr. Meatl, will superintend the placing of
them. It is expected that they will be in their several
positions in the course of ten days. The mechanism of
the clock will then be put up. To-day the stonemasons
will begin to lay down the flag-stones outside the build-
ings, under the direction of Mr. Collingshaw, the super-
intendent of the works. The first stone will be laid
down opposite the Wellington testimonial. The opera-
tion will take place in about three weeks, by which time
the external front of this magnificent structure will have
been cleaned down. From the appearance of the inte-
rior, and the progress of the encaustic painting, the
probability is that it will be about the middle of October
that the merchants will be able to be admitted fur the
transaction of business.

TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.--HOSPITAL FOR
CONSUMPTION, &c., AT BROMPTON.—On Saturday the
building committee of this valuable institution held a
meeting at the board-room in Great Marlborough-
street, when it was determined to proceed at once as ra-
pidly as possible towards the completion of the building,
and tenders for such sections as were agreed upon were
received and adopted for that purpose. As a testimonial
to the worth and merits of the late Henry Blunt, the
respected rector of Upper Chelsea, the friends of the
Rev. Gentleman have determined to purchase a bed in
perpetuity in one of the wards, which it is proposed to
name after the deceased. It may be remembered that
Mr. Blunt himself died of pulmonary consumption ; the
compliment is therefore as appropriate as it is deserving.
It is the intention of the committee of management to
hold another fancy fair on behalf of the building fund.
YORKSHIRE JURORS.—" I remember," says Lord
Eldon, in the Anecdote Book, " .Is/Ir. Justice Gould try-
ing a case at York; and when he had proceeded fur
abont two hours, he observed, ' Here are only eleven
jurymen in the box; where is the twelfth ?' " " Please
you, my Lord," said one of the eleven, " he is gone
away about some business; but he has left his verdict
with me."

TRAVERS TES 1 IMONIAL•
'We stated a few weeks ago the proceedings at the
Ilan of Commerce, eta meeting of mer:•liants, bankers,
and trader., assembled for the purpose of doing honour
to the menury of the late John Travers, Esq , the
qualities of whose heart and intell,•ct had gained for
him the warmest affection and highest respect of all
who knew him.

It was upon that oceeA.on referred to a Coaunttee
to consider of and report to a future meeting the best
and grist lasting Mode of testifying the ser.s2 enter-
tained by all of his worth, so that posterity, by con-
templating his many public and private virtues, may
be led to imitate his example.
Subsequently a meeting took place, Sir George
Larpent, Bart., in the chair, when it was resolve4l
unanimously that the most suitable and most lasting
testimonial to perpetuate the name and worth of Mr.
Travers would be to found a scholarship in connexion
with the City of London School, to be given to
the boy whose merits and character, upon a strict exa-
mination, should be deemed the most worthy, and•
that such boy should be called the Travers' scholar,
and proceed either to the University College, or
King's College, LondO'n, as the parent or guardian of
such boy might determine.
A great number of the highest names in the City
appear in the subscription-list, as might be expected_
from the exalted merit of the individual whose virtues
•
it is intended to commemorate.

The list is open at the following establishments :
Messrs. Grote, Prescott and Co., Threadneedle-street;
the London Joint-stock Bank, Princes-street; Com-
mercial Bank, London ; Messrs. Robarts and Co.";
and Messrs. Deni3on and Co Lombard •street; also
by D. W. Wire, Esq., Hon. Sec., St. Swithin's-lane.

GRAND FETE AND FANCY FAIR.
It is expected, should the weather prove propi-
tious, that the fancy fair, to be held on MDnday and
Tuesday at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for the
benefit of the Licensed Victuallers' School, will be
the most brilliant and numerously-attendedfite that
has ever taken place in those beautiful grounds. The
attractions provided by the managing Committee for
tht entertainment of their visitors are so varied, that
we must direct the attention of our readers for the
enumeration of them to the advertisement, which will
be found in another part of our paper. We cannot,
ollowever, omit noticing the principal feature of the
file—namely, the fancy fair, to which the wives,
daughters, and female relatives of the members of the
institution- hare contributed a great variety of ele-
gant and costly articles. The Morning Advertiser
informs us that the family of Mr. Wicker, the Go
vernor, have sent in, amongst other things, two large
models of a boy and girl of the school, by Mrs. Eady ;
a figure of Flora, by Miss Wicker; two pair of ele-
gant toilette bottles, by Mrs. Mitcheson. A splendid
collection of articles has been contributed by the
daughter of Mr. Oliver, of the Duke of Clarence,
near the Surrey Gardens, consisting of reticules,
caps, cases, &c., and an exquisitely-wrought model
of" The old woman who lived in a shoe." Amongst
the miscellaneous offerings are some handsome watch-
pockets, from Mr. Green, of Bow; several tasteful
and ornamental articles from Mrs. It. B. Hughes, of
the Princess of Wales, Queen's Elms, Chelsea ; toge-
ther. with a large and diversified collection of draw-
ings, vases, music, ornamental pens, pen-wipers, an-
penda2ss for the work-table, perfumed sachets—in
short, an infinity of those graceful works with which
female ingenuity byes to promote the causes of
charity.

CAJANI'S ANATOMICAL WAX

WORKS.

We were admitted on Friday to a view of those ad-
mirable works of the great Florentine Academician,
Ludovico Cajani, now exhibiting in Mr. Leach's ex-
hibition-room, 10, Rathbone-place. They are accu-
rate and beautiful representations of all the organs and
tissues of the human body, and to he appreciated they
must be seen. The principal fipres are a Venus de
Medici, and a half figure, displaying the most im-
portant dissections, and the organs in their relative pa
sitions. On removing the integuments of tha head
and part of the cranium we are presented with a
model of the brain, which is separable into vertical
and horizontal sections, exhibitinc, the vessels, convo-
lutions, divisions, and the two substances of this organ.
The muscle=, glands, nerves, and vessels of the face
are next shown ; then the interior of the mouth, with
the larynx, pharynx, &c.; then the superficial n:,l
deep-seated muscles of respiration—the heart, lungs,
and great blood-vessels, the muscles of the ab-
domen, with the viscera and their appendages.
Each of "the viscera is represented by a se-
parate model of exquisite nicety, and these are
all placed in their true situations, being remov
able, one after the other, for th.l more perfect exami-
nation of the whole. These exact mode's are well
adapted to convey such a knowledge of the human
body as every rational person must desire to possess,
presenting one great outline of its wonderful mecha
nism and complicated relations. This instruction, so
useful and satisfactory, is thus afforded without the
disagreeable incidents of the diszecting-room, and
without any accompaniment which would offend th,
fastidious. The structure and functions of the
living machine are further illustrated by numerous
anatomical diagrams and preparations, of which Mr.
Leach availed himself in a neat and comprehensive
lecture upon physiology, which drew forth the ap-
plause of a respectable and g antified audience. Many
of his observations were valuable as respects the pre-
servation of health. In pointing out the functional
relations of different organs to one another, he showed
how much pain and disease men might avoid, if they
only understood so much of their own structure as
was here displayed. It is to be hoped that he will
attract that degree of public attention, to which his
ability as a popular lecturer, and the inappreciable
value of his collection, are entitled.

DERBY AND ST. LEGER CLUBS.
The following is the reply from the Home-office,
to a communication requesting information as to a.:
legality or illegality of Derby and St. Leger Clubs :
" Whitehall, 19th August, 1844.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date,
and to refer yeti for the information which you are de-
sirous of obtaining, to the Act prohibiting lotteries.
Any person offending against the statute is liable to be
proceeded against as therein directed.
" I.am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" H. MANNERS SUTTON.
" Mr. Charles King, White Hart, 276, Oxford-street."
In observing on this letter, the Sunday Times
says :—" Notwithstanding the illegality of these
clubs, we think that, on an application to the Attor-
ney-General by the defendants, under the 46 Ge 0.111.,
c. 148, 5..59, he would stay the actions, because that
statute provides that all actions for the penalties must
he commenced by the Attorney-General, and we do
rot think the 6 and 7 William IV., c. 66, which gives
half the penalty to the informer, dispenses with the
necessity of obtaining the Attorney-General's per-
mission to bring the actions. It may, however, be
open to doubt; therefore, once more we say, petition
Parliament on the sth of September."

PROPRIETY OF INSERTING IN THE POLICE GAZETTE
DESCRIPTIONS OF BODIES FOUND.—On Saturday an in .
quest, held by Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., coroner, at the
Swan public-house, Fulham-bridge foot, on the body of
a man, name unknown, about forty-two years of
nagter,
which was found floating in the river The
Putney-bridge, on Tuesday last, some clothes
e nmtehslelaAin
been- found on the towing-path at Barnes.e
the
passing
pre-
vious Friday, the jury lamented that sinsc
wofhtihche Poor-law Amendment eenxdpmenesnet
of
fegt there wahlnieoitfyunted
afrdoena-
rsvrieprtoiorneolsfet4l.iheebroo.die:fro.fwpearhsioenys-
jury
in
information in the Governmkez coincided with ,vif•_oituhntdh ei_nj
the insertions being gra-
in that opinion, and suggestedittlpiaetliteheeGinaszeertttleo;lsvohfiesiut,,is
published three times a wee
watetro;
present contents. The
more useful than many
otuitous, would be a greatf piutsblic benefit, and wonld be
was no
n ino evidence the
but how the body cam
1
jury returned a verdicet
show." thereof ‘‘F
thereo und
THE
HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds Con-
stantlyounced for promoting the growth or reproduc-
tiono
nf lnthe hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very
limited period; whilst " Rowlands Macassar Oil," with a
reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too well known and appreciated to need much comment.
The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it
enjoys, its general use in all countries, toffether with nu-
merous testimonials constantly received in is favour, are au-
thorities which amp its superior excellence and title over all
attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
it 4 consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the " genuine' Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortiveany attempt to discover its component parts—thus
proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title
of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words
" Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the . - wrapper -- kll others are
,
frandule ,` counterfeits!
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, transacted
busincss.at the Foreign-office on Saturday.