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The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-22

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 21.

The SP-RAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY BRANCHES.
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL moved that it be an
instruction to the Committee of Selection to postpone
the meeting of the Committee on the South Eastern
Railway Bill until after Easter. He said that his object
in submitting this motion was to ensure the attendance
of Members who were interested in the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. GLADSTONE,
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL consented to with•
draw his motion.

NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Sir THOMAS ZRF4VANTLE,
London, England, 1844-03-22

-ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Moder'
Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily ,
illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS, the FIRT IMPROVE-
MENT by ARGAND, the BUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIE'S,
the PELLET AN, the CAMPHINE LIGHTS, New FRENCH
LAMPS, BEALE'S LAMPS, &C., &c. The Ilia- Lecture, by Pro-
lessor Bachheffner, Ph. D. M.A., is at a Quarter-past Three o'clock.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock
and at Eight in the Evenings. NEW DISSOLVING TIEWS,
DIVER and DIVING BELL, Among the recent Deposits is the
HEAD of a MUMMY from THEBES, very remarkable.

Admission, Is.; Sch•ols, Half-price.
London, England, 1844-03-22

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and inbarieus metals called Nickel imel German Silver sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA
PLATE.
C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARS/C.431; and-16; -NORTOX-POL-
GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals,
has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beauttfUl article
ever yet offered; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance
—with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in
use—undergoing, as it does, a Chemical process, by which all that is
nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted--resisting all acids—
may be cleaned as silver, and manufactured into every articlu for
the Table and Sideboard.

Fiddle. Threaded. King's.
Table spoons and Forks, per doz• • 16s. 6d. • • 325. Od. • • 355. Od,
Dessert ditto, per doz. ..... .• • • • • • 12s. 64. .. 255. Od. • • 28e. Od,
Tea Spoons, per doz. . 51. 6d. .. 12s. 6d. • • 138. 6d.
Sugar Tongs, each..... 15.••••••••• 3d. 3s. Od. • • 3s. 6d.
Salt and Mustard Spoons, each .... 6s. Od. •• 13s. 6d. • • 138. 6d,

Communion Ser►ices, &c.
Fruit Dessert Knives of Watson's new Albata Plate, with French
Forks and Ivory handles, 21. ss. per set of 24 pieces ; ditto, with
carved ivory handles, or with Albata Plate handles and blades.
Albert pattern, 21. 10s. per set of 24 pieces.
C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu-
liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than
his metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes It
to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he
is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of uni-
versal wear.

C. Watson'. handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
Is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance,
should. possess themselves of this usethl look, whick may be had
gratis, aad post free, from the above address.
Paper Tea Trays 2.55. the set of three.

PUBLICATIONS.

This day is published,.

THE LANCET; GREATLY ENLARGED.
NUMBER ONE, with Professor Liebig's Indroductory Ad-
dress to a Course of Lectures on Chymisty, and a multitude of other
Articles of Medical and General interest. Price Sixpence. Stamped,
fbr free postage, Sevenpence. - -
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.

Office for publication and Advertisements, 46, Princes-street, Soho.
London, England, 1844-03-22

WEIGHS ONLY FIFTEEN POUNDS I

He will amuehisVi;itoWb;; relating his lihitOrY7 also giving imi-
tations of Napoleon Itonaparte, Grecian Statues, Songs, Dances, &c.
No just conception of the extreme diminitiveness and fascinating ap-
pearance of the General can be formed, except by seeing him. Hours
of. Exhibition from Eleven to One, from Two to Five, and from Half-
past Six to Nine.

Admission, One Shilling; Children. One 'Shilling. No Free List
the Press excepted.
The General will be happy to wait on the Nobility end Gentry a
their Residences after Nine o'clock, on due notice being given.

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT,
STREET, FEB. 15, 1844.

BONUSES DECLARED, b 29,3061. 17s. 7d

Notice is hereby given, that all persons whe hold Policies in this
Mice, bearing date prior to the:year 1834, may receive the present
value of the Bonuses which.haye been added to their Policies, upon
application at the Head Office, or to the Agents through whom the
Policies were issued. • OEORGB BEAUMONT, Actuary

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
AIME SOCIETY,

26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Bmpowered by Act of Parliament.

The many novel and varled•advantages beetowed by this institu-
tion, both in Ds life, assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums wltheat ex-
pense or florfeiture--the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benetts and converting policies so as beet to
snit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the fUll benefit to his family at death, and animal division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the nociety's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging flfty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied In reduction of fixture
premiums.
London, England, 1844-03-22

NEW WORK BY MRS. LEE, AUTHOR OF TAXIDERMY.
This day is published, 12m0., with 56 Woodcuts, 7s. 6d. bound,
ELEMENTS of NATURAL HISTORY, for
the use of Schools and Young Persons : comprising the Prin-
ciples of Classification, interspersed with Amusing and Instructive
Original Accounts of the most Remarkable Animals. By Mrs. LEE
(formerly Mrs. T. E. Bowdich), Author of " Taxidermy," " Memoirs
of Cuvier," &c.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
London, England, 1844-03-22

JAMAICA.

Mr. VERNON SMITH said that in the papers which
had been presented to the House on the subject
of immigration the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley)
had inserted queries with respect to the possibi-
lity of relaxing the rule confirming the immigra-
tion of women into the colonies to one-third. He begged
to ask whether he entertained any intention of proposing
a relaxation of the rule which had hitherto existed ?
Lord STANLEY said that in consquence of a repre-
sentation which had been made to him, he had written
to the Governors of Trinidad and Guiana to ascertain
whether any practical inconvenience would result from
the relaxation of the rule. He had only received the
answers five or six days ago; consequently he had not
had time to send out further instructions.

THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. O'BRIEN IN THE

COUNTY OF GALWAY.
Mr. BELLEW rose to ask the Noble Lord the Secre-
tary for Ireland a question respecting the appointment
of a Mr. Thomas O'Brien, as a magistrate in the county
of Galway, that gentleman having been until very lately
a violent and undoubted Repealer.
Lord ELIOT said the Hon. Gentleman was quite out
of order in making such observations. If the Hon.
Gentleman had any motion to make he (Lord Eliot)
would be prepared to give him any information respect-

ing it.
Mr. BELLEW merely wished to know on what
grounds the appointment had been made.
Lord ELIOT said lie must decline answering the
question.
London, England, 1844-03-22

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS Ia Ancient and Modern
Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily ,
illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS. the FIRT IMPROVE-
MENT by ARGAND, the DUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS,
the PELLETAN, the CAMI'HINE LIGHTS, New FRENCH
LAMPS, BEALE'S LAMPS, &c., &c. The First Lecture, by Pro-
fessor Bachheffner, Ph. D. M.A., Is at a Quarter-past Three o'clock.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock
and at Eight in the E►enings. NEW 'DISSOLVING 'VIEWS,
DIVER and DIVING BELL, Among the recent Deposits is the
HEAD of a MUMMY from THEBES, very remarkable.
Adiniseion, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.
London, England, 1844-03-22

AUST/t AL A.SIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCR and ANNUITY COMPANY,
126, Biskopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital 290,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
MILIECTOIS.'
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Mkt. ' Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onelow, Esq.
Jahn Henry Capper, Esq. - William Walker, Esq.
BeNimui--Unlon Bank of London.
_ _ —. _ _

CoLowtAt. BANKERS—Th• Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by:Royal
Charter, 1633), No, 2, Moorgate-street.
SowciTois--Messrs. Maples, Pearce, Stevens, and Co.
PnYaIcIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Szcsznkar--Edward Ryley, Esq.

ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually
favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the
assured. Participation in Protits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, whisk is
charged as a debt against the policy, tables, for the assurance of a
sum payable in the event of death to the exeentors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES In
particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, Ws Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.
London, England, 1844-03-22

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

(THIS DAY-)
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Sarah O'Meara, a middle-aged
Irish woman, of very decent appearance, was committed to
take her trial at the Central Criminal Court, on a charge (
stealing a
_valuable diamond and embossed gold ring and a
silver teaspoon, the property of Mr. Stephen Hagen, of No.
16, Woodstock-street, -New Bond-street, ladies' stay and
corset manufacturer, in whose service she had lived as cook
for several months- past. On Friday last, the property in
question was missed from an upper apartment of the house,
but not the slightest suspicion . was attached to the prisoner.
It, however, appears she was. the thief, and had secreted -
the property in the copper-hole, where as she had not
the opportunity of taking it out of the house, it remained'
until a day or two since, when during her absence the
chimneys and flues of the lower part of the houJc
and amongst the soot, &c., the stolen articles were taken
away IT the sweep, as he alleges, without his knowledge.
The prisoner afterwards applied to him, stating that the
ring and spoon which belonged to her had been taken from
the copper-hole, and offered, if he would sell them, to give
him half the amount they fetched. He had found theni

amongst the soot, but fearing that he should get into trouble
he gave information at the police-station in Vine- street,
which led to the prisoner's apprehension.
The prisoner confessed her guilt, but implored very ear-
nestly forgiveness.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
ROYAL LEAMINGTON STEEPLE-CHASE—Thunsnar.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added.
The second saves his stakes. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Powell's Roulette, lOst 101 b (Powell) 0
Mr. Wesley's Brilliant, lOst (Noble) 0
Mr. Tilbury's Tom Tug, list 3
Lord Maidstone's Caesar, list 4
Mr. Audinwood's British Yeoman, lOst 5
The following also ran :—Little Robert, lOst 41b ; Camilla,
lOst ; Emperor, llst ; Gay Lad, list 121 b ; Charley, lOst 41b
(killed) ; Ace of Diamonds, lOst 101 b ; and Balugani, llst.
A dead heat between Roulette and Brilliant, and the stakes
divided.
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each; with 25 added. 12st each.
Two miles and a half. (7 Subs.)
Mr. H. Clarke's Leo 12st (Dowdeswell) 1
Mr. Le Blanc's Duke, 12st 2
The Egyptian, 12st; Belfield, 12st; Fire King, 12st; and
Refuse, 12st, were not placed. •
AYLESBURY STEEPLE CHASES—TuunsnAv.

The Piece of Plate, presented by Baron Rothschild for
Farmers, &c. horses, 12st each, three miles, was won by Mr..
Perrin's Telegraph (Mr. W. Golby), beating Mr. T. Wesley's
Irish Girl (owner), Mr. E. Lucas' Partizan (Mr.W. Eustace),
and eight others, in a canter.
The Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st, were
won by Mr. Manning's Tom Tit (Mr. G. Carrington), beat.
ing Irish Girl, Telegraph, 12st 71b, Paddy, and three others,
London, England, 1844-03-22

KNOWLES' PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY
DICTIONARY.- • •
In royal Bvo., price 125., cloth,
A PRONOUNCING and EXPLANATORY
DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Founded
,on a Correct Developement of the Nature, the Number, and the va-
rious Properties of all its Simple and Compound Sounds, as combined
into Syllables and Words.

By JA:tiES KNOWLES.
Edward Afoxon, Dover-street.
London, England, 1844-03-22

ESTABLISHED 1821.
THE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE
WORKINII COMPANY, are enabled, with their PATENT
MACHINERY, to execute Chiraney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets,
Slabs for Furniture, and every description of sack Work, with an
accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, aad
reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere.
The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS,
containing the largest stock In tkis country.
The Trade supplied with every description of -Rough Slab Blocks,
or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works eat to order.
Esker-street, Holywelhatreet, Milbank, Westmtaster.
Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prereat imposi-
tion, the Company having ao cOnnellort with any other Establish-
ment bat that in Esher-street.

NIT IL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS,
MUSIC-HALL, STORE- STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARR.
On MONDAY EVENING, March lb, At- Right o'clock,
Mr. Wilson will give his EntixiMnment, entitled
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE CHARLES, -
With the Illustrative Jacobite SongS.
Pianoforte, Mr. 111 FD.
PAST I.—Welcome Royal Charlie a'll be King but Charik ?
over the hills that I lo'eweel—Whit Wadtla theht for Charlie 7
—This is no my aln house—Cam ye by Atholo?—Loons. ye main
-gee home--Charlie is my darling.
PART IL--Johnnie Cope—The women are tt; gene wud--Allister
M'Allister—Woe's me for Prince Charlie----There are twa bonnie
maidens—Flora M'Donald's Lament.
In the Press, the MUSIC in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Front Seats, 2s. 6d.; Back Seats, 25.; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music-
shops, and at the Music-hall.
Mr. WILSON will, in the course of the season, produce th'e follow-
ing, which he has had some time in preparation :—Jacobite
Reliee—
Wandering Willie's Wallet—The Jameses Of Scotlaad—The Wallace
and the Bntce—A. Halver wi' Jamie Hogg.

THE GALLERY, 53, PALL-MALL, adjoining
the British Institution, will REMAIN OPEN until the 30th
of March instant, for the SALE of SHARES of the FIRST DIVI-
SION of PICTURES of this COLLECTION, which Section includes
the celebrated Picture by LUDOVICO CARACCI, from the Luoca
Gallery, of CHRIST CURING THE BLlND—the Annibal Caracci,
of the Villa Aldobrandini—a beautiful Cairn, by W. V. de Velde—
a magnificent Landscape, by Jacob Ruisdael, and other an. Works,
as detailed in the Catalogue.
After the present month these pictures will be removed to the
Gallery, adjoining the London Library, 49, Pall-Mall.
B. DACOSTA, Steretary.
Admittance, One Shilling.
London, England, 1844-03-22

PUBLICATIONS.

•
This day is published,
THE LANCET, GREATLY ENLARGED.
NUMBER ONE, with Professor Liebig's Indroductory Ad-
dress to a Course of Lectures on Chymisty, and a multitude of other
Articles of Medical and General interest. Price Sixpenee. Stamped,
for free postage, Sevenpence.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.
Office for publication and Advertisements, 46, Princes-street, Soho.
London, England, 1844-03-22

Abe ie: RICHARD ATTKINS.
•Atkinson, 27, Carey-street._
t„t t"SEPH HOLLOWAY, at present, and for
cht, eiye months past, residing in the parish of Heston, and
~t f :Iklddlesex, and being a baker, do hereby give notice
k ,_ to preeent a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy,
kCittire eiamlued teaching my debts, estate, and effects, and to
t 4 It ern all'
prooess, upon making a Hill diaclosure and Nur-
, !Ilk., "eh estate and effects for payment of my Just and law-
ti 1114ttts and • I hereby farther give notice, that the time whoa
", L: 6f the said petition shall be heard is to be, advertised
kAiteat aver
Gazette and to the San newspaper ens montk at
r the date hereof; as witness, ray kand, this 19th day of
the Tsar of our Lord, 1844.
JOSEPH HOLLOWAY.
R. Atkinson, 27, Carey-street.
T
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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COM PANT.
UNREGISTERED SCRIP.
NEW SHARES of 2M. each, issued uider Resolution of the Special
Genaral Meeting of the 22d of February, 1842.
The holders of the above Scrip, who have neglected to REGISTER,
are required to send in their Scrip to this Office for registry, on or
before the Ist day of May next, when the Registry Books for this
Scrip will be FINALLY CLOSED.
By order of the Board,
Offices, Shoredltch Station, March 18,A.LKELET, Secretary.
1844.8 U
London, England, 1844-12-04

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAV.)
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a fall Bench of

Magistrates)

A seafaring man, nazied 7'hmitas George Chalk, was
indicted for stealing three sheets and a blanket, the
property of William Green. I❑ another indictment the
prisoner was charged with stealing the same articles,
being the property of the governors and subscribers of
the Sailors' Home Asylum.
It appeared by the evidence of several inmates of the
asylum, that the prisoner gained admission to the insti-
tution as a casually destitute seaman, on the night of the
27th of November, and when leaving the room in the
morning where he slept, he was observed to take from off
the bed the articles named in the indictment, which he
tied up with a piece of tape, and walked down stairs, for
the purpose of leaving the aiylum. Information was,
however, given to some of the officers of the institution,
and the prisoner was brought back, when he endeavoured
to get rid of the property by hiding it behind a bed in
the corner of the room.

The jury, after a consultation of nearly an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in pronouncing sentence upon
the prisoner, commented strongly upon his base ingrati-
tude in attempting to rob an asylum, the objects of which
were of a charitable nature, and where he had himself
been relieved. The sentence of the Court was, that he
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of
Correction for six calendar months.

John Bamin, aged thirteen years, was indicted for
stealing a till containing various moneys, which were
described as the property of Thomas Wells and others.
The circumstances of the case were of rather a sin-
gular nature. It appeared that a person, named Sweet-
man, who kept a shop in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square, became bankrupt, when his property and pre-
mises were handed over to the keeping of one of the
messengers in bankruptcy. On the 28th of November
the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Sweetman, and
crawled on his hands and knees behind the counter, from
whence he took the till and moneys, and tried to get out
of the shop. The messenger of the Bankruptcy Court,
however, heard the noise, and took the prisoner into
custody._

Mr:O'BRIEN, on the part of the prisoner; contended
that the indictmentB could not be supported, inasmuch as
the property was described as belonging to Wells, who
was only the trade assignee, whilst in point of law the
moment an assignee was appointed to a bankrupt's
estate all the property became vested in the official
assignee, who in this case was Mr. Groome. The
Learned Counsel having quoted several authorities in
support of his position,
The COURT held that the objection was fatal to the
indictment, and desired the jury to bring in an ac-
quittal, which was accordingly done, and the prisoner
left the bar.
London, England, 1844-12-04

fkiLATRE ROY AL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 4.
Will be repeated a Grand Opera ',aria, called TP;n: DAUGHTER
OF ST. MARK. Lusianano, Mr. Burdini ; kadrea Comae, Mr.
Borrani ; Moncerligo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, M. W.
Harrison; (,atarina ornaro, Riss Raintrdrth
To conelude with the celebrated Ball'zt of THE PERI. Aehmet,
N. Desplaces ; The Pefi, lidlle. Plunkett; Neurmabal, Mdlle.
O'Bryan ; Aysba, Mrs. Pr.yne.
The Box-onice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Slx
➢in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
and Tickets may ba haft on application to Mr. John Parsons.
London, England, 1844-12-04

UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.)

Thomas M'Galloway, the master of a trading vessel,
was charged with committing a violent assault on Eliza-
beth Button, whose right arm was broken in consequence
of the violence used towards her.

The complainant stated that her husband is mate of
a ship, and at present abroad. That the defendant and
another seafaring man, both acquaintances of her husband,
called at her house, and she treated them with kindness
on that account. That they had not been long in the
house before they began to treat her with great rudeness,
and went so far as to attempt to violate her. She, how-
ever, successfully resisted their attempts, in doing which
her arm was broken. The defendant's companion had
since gone to sea. The complainant added that she had
been confined to her house nearly ever since.
The prisoner said he was intoxicated on the night in
question, and that he had no recollection of what took
place.
Mr. CorrENUAM said the prisoner was proved to
have behaved in a most brutal manner, and that it was
well for him he had not succeeded in his base attempt, for
if he had his life would have been placed in jeopardy.
The magistrate then inflicted the full penalty of 51. on
the prisoner, and in default of payment, to two months'
imprisonment.
London, England, 1844-12-04

PUBLICATIONS

Now publi,hing'
p OST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
For 1845.
Kelly awl Co., 19 awl 20, Old liosWel-court, Temple-bar.

THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. 83,
IS JUST PUBLISHED.

CONTENTS :-

1. Lord Stanley.
•
2. Legislation of 1544.
3. Life of r. Arnold.
4. Miss Barrett's Poems.
5. Influence of Aristocracies.
6. Alkyssinia and Kordofan.
7. The Proposed Railway between Cairo and Suez.
8. Maegregor's Co+ninercial Statistics.
9. The Earl of Eldon.
Postscript and Miscellaneous Notices.
_Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East.

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1. The Study and Science of Jurisprudence-2. Resistance to the
Gradual Improvement of the Law-3. On.the Distinction between
Law and Fact-4. The Law of Fees and Costs-5. A Memoir of the
Lord Chief Baron Abinger-6. The Joint-Stock Companies' Regulation
Act-7. The Alteration in the Alien Law—B. Lord Denman's Speech
on the Relief of Scrupulous • Persons from Oaths--9. Atemefrof the
late Lewis DuYal, Esq.-10. The Revision of Public Bills-11. Legal
Education-12. Recent Alterations in the Forms of Conveyances-
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Recently published, in 3 large vols. royal Bvo., pile,: 41. 10s.,
THE BOOK of the FARM;
Being a Systematic Work on Pnctical Agriculture, de' ailing
the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward. Ploughman, Shepherd,
Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, ae.d Dairymaid.
By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E.
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We have thoroughly examined these volumes, but to give a fill
notice of their varied and valuable contents would occupy a longer
space than we can conveniently devote to their discussion ; we there-
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Dec. 2, 1844.
London, England, 1844-12-04

IMPORTS FROM EUROPE.

BRITISH COTTON PIECE GOODS.
The general inactivity in all fabrics under this head
as noticed in our last, continued until within the last
I, yr s, r!bor, pet,r qprrn,,,ch of the Dor,rgoli
Poojah holidays (in consequence of which all business
will be at a standstill for twelve days), obliged some of
London, England, 1844-12-04

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the AesisTaNT JuDar, and a full Bench of
Nfagistratoi.)_

The first December Sessions for the county of Middle-
sex commenced yesterday at the usual hour, at the
Court-house, Clerken wel l-green.
The calendar contained more than the average number

of prisoners, there appearing no less than 63 cases, of
which 54 were charges of felony, and 9 for assaults and
other misdemeanours.

A fine able-bodied young man, named George Knight,
was indicted for stealing a coat, of the value of 193., the
property of Thos. Marshall.
It appeared by the evidence, that the prisoner entered
the shop of the prosecutor, and taking up the article
named in the indictment, ran off with it. He was, how-
ever, eventually taken in custody, after a sharp run.
The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and
The COURT, after cautioning the prisoner, sentenced
him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.
The Prisoner—My Lord, I entreat of you to send me
out of the country. I have lost my character, and for
the last three years I find it impossible to earn an honest
livelihood.

The AfigISTANT-JUDGE—IfaTe you reflected suffici-
ently upon the matter before you make the request?
Prisoner—l have, and I think that if I went to an-
other country I might eventually earn an honest live-
lihood.

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE.—If this be your wish, I shall
respite the sentence until next session, when some course
will be adopted if you still be of the same opinion.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar, after
thlpking the Court with every appesran"e of sincerity.
John Atoare was indicted for stealing a knife, the pro-
perty of John Burgess.
Th© Jury returned ayerdiet of Guilty and the Court
London, England, 1844-12-04

DIVIDEND.

J. and D. Sugden, fancy cloth manufacturers, Hud-
dersfield, Dec. 24, at cloven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.

C. Rogers, saddler, Bishop'sgate-street, Dec. 24
G. J. Marshall, woollen warehouseman, Wood-street,
Cheapside, Dec. 24-IZ. Barham, jun., draper, Ems-
worth, Hampshire, Dec. 24—J. S. Holmes, ship broker,
Liverpool, Dec. 24—T. Stephens, umbrella manufacturer,
Newgate-street, Dec. 24—J. George, silk manufacturer,
Bread-street, Cheapside, Dec. 24—W. Millar, engineers,
Wapping-wall, Dec. 24—W. Orrell, commission agent,
Manchester, Dec. 24—J. Lowther, builder, Queen's-row,
Pentonville, Dec. 24.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. Bayley and H. Chittenden, corn factors, Mark-lane
—T. aid C. Lester, pork merchants, Dudley, Worces-
tershire—G. Broadbent and Co., grocers, Tankersley,
Yorkshire—J. and N. Walker, corn millers, Otley,
Yorkshire—J. Gaskins and R. Winder, comb manufac-
turers, Birmingham—J. Barrowcliff and Co., timber
merchants, Bawtry, Yorkshire—T. Peat, J. Walker, and
T. Paine, accountants, -Manchester (so far as repay:kJ.—
Walker)—Firth4 Hellawell, and Co., silk spinners, Hud-
dersfield (so far as regards D. and W. Firth)— S. Han-
naford and W. Beare, grocers, Dawlish, Devonshire—J.
Newton and T. Watkins, cabinet makers. Bruton-street,
Soho—G. B. Wainwright and IL M. Jones, ship
brokers, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Alexander Doetor, weaver, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire,
Dec. 7 and 28, at twelve, at the Cross Keys Inn, St.
Andrews.

Alexander Turnbull and Co., furniture brokers, Edin.
burqh, Dec. 4 and 18, at two, at the Royal Exchange
Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
James Taylor and Co., machine makers, Dundee,
Dec. 12 and Jan. 2, at one, at the chambers of W. Neish,
Dundee. •

David M'lntyre, plasterer, Nairn, Dec. 10 and Jan. 3,
at one, at Anderson's Hotel, Nairn.
James Mather and James Allan, grocers, Montrose,
Dec. 9 and 30, at twelve, at the chambers of R. Burness,
Montrose.
London, England, 1844-12-04

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London, England, 1844-12-04

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)
Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a full Bench of

Magistrates).
A seafaring man, named Thomas George Chalk, was
indicted for stealing three sheets and a blanket, the
property of William Green. In another indictment the
prisoner was charged with stealing the same articles,
being the property of the governors and subscribers of
the Sailors' Home Asylum.
It appeared by the evidence of several inmates of the
asylum, that the prisoner gained admission to the insti-
tution as a casually destitute seaman, on the night of the
27th of November, and when leaving the room in the
morning where he slept, he was observed to take from off
the bed the articles named in the indictment, which he
tied up with a piece of tape, and walked down stairs, for
the purpose of leaving the asylum. Information was,
however, given to some of the officers of the institution,
and the prisoner was brought back, when he endeavoured
to get rid of the property by hiding it behind a bed in
the corner of the room.
The jury, after a consultation of nearly an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in pronouncing sentence upon
the prisoner, commented strongly upon his base ingrati-
tude in attempting to rob an asylum, the objects of which
were of a charitable nature, and where he had himself
been relieved. The sentence of the Court was, that he
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of
Correction for six calendar months.
John Bamin, aged thirteen years, was indicted for
stealing a till containing various moneys, which were
described as the property of Thomas Wells and others.
The circumstances of the case were of rather a sin-
gular nature. It appeared that a person, named Sweet-
man, who kept a shop in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square, became bankrupt, when his property and pre-
mises were banded over to the keeping of one of the
messengers in bankruptcy. On the 28th of November
the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Sweetman, and
crawled on his hands and knees behind the counter, from
whence he took the till and moneys, and tried to get out
of the shop. The messenger of the Bankruptcy Court,
however, heard the noise, and took the prisoner into
custody.
Mr. O'BRIEN, on the part of the prisoner, contended
that the indictment could not be supported, inasmuch as
the property was described as belonging to Wells, who
was only the trade assignee, whilst in point of law the
moment an assignee was appointed to a bankrupt's
estate all the property became vested in the official
assignee, who in this case was Mr. Groome. The
Learned Counsel having quoted several authorities in
support of his position,
The Coital. held that the objection was fatal to the
indictment, and desired the jury to bring in an ac-
quittal, which was accordingly done, and the prisoner
left the bar.
London, England, 1844-12-04

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 3

Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.)
REVENUE FRAUDS.—THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V.
BRYANT.

In this case the information was filed at the instance
of the Attorney-General, to recover from the defendant,
a paper•manufacturer at Weston Mills, near Bristol,
certain penalties alleged to have been incurred by the
ev%ision of the Excise duty.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the facts on which
this information was founded were nearly identical with
those which were submitted to the consideration of the jury
yesterday in the ease of the Attorney-General v.Westcott,
and notwithstanding the result of that inquiry, he felt
bound to proceed against the defendant for the full
anriunt of the penalties incurred. In this ease they had
to deal with the fraudulent paper maker himself and j
not with the party who received it when it bad not paid I
the duty. It would he proved that the defendant
had been frequently seen at Westcott's with a spring
cart, although he was not now in possession I
of such a vehicle ; that he had been in a darkened back I
kitchen in Westcott's house while parties were cutting up
paper ; and, further, that a considerable quantity of
paper which was received front the defendant's mills
Was
sent by railway to Loudon, without having
paidtbc duty. There was also this additional and
striking circumstance: Mr. Bryant had employed about
• seven iT eight hands at la's
; the duty which he
paid annually was about 3
• ; and the amount of duty
showed a quantity of
swoorils which was quite in-
sufficient to support
as„l.litat. the duty
This was proved by tbeargLtan establishment.
paid by the defendant incl.;
ruloue after the seiz:rre. In the fiat aix weeks (orinl, dni ly
it was termed) after the seizure, the duty arnetinted, With*
out an:, apparent increasd of business, to 1131., more than
dowhito the previous average; in the second round it was
1131., and in the third, 130/. Under all the circumstances
London, England, 1844-12-04

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purpose, he would adopt it as readily as a truth). :He
would tell the miscreant that be lied, He would quietly
pronounce the entire of that paragraph as gross a false-
hood as ever yet an English brut asserted tith respe,-A
to an Irishman. That man might compl • • ' se harsh-
ness of his language, but how dared such a.
slander against any man ? His entire pu •lic life was
before the world, and if the Examiner could prove its
assertion, the opportunity was open to it to do so, but if
it could not—and he defied it to do so—then he was
justified in pronouncing the charge a gross and lying '
calumny. He would then leave the scoundrel where he ,
found him, and proceed to consider the different resolu-
tions which he had mentioned at the last day of meeting.
It was not a small island that he was contending for. There
were twenty-three independent States in Europe, and of
these no less than [eighteen were inferior to Ireland in
revenue and population. He did not want that Ireland
should have the entire expense of governing herself, be-
cause, by her connexion with Engand, she would have
but a portion of those expenses to be accountable for.
But it was not alone in population and revenue that Ire-
land was superior to those eighteen States, but her rela-
tive position made her the best suited of any country in
the world for being the entrepot between the eastern and
western hemispheres. After some further business had
been disposed of, Mr. O'Connell announced the rent for
the week to be 4931. ss. 6d.—(Cheers.)
The meeting then adjourned.

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London, England, 1844-12-04

THIS DAY'S NEWS

PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.)
'Die Judicial ;Committee of the Privy Council sat to-
day.at the Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present
were. the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the
Admiralty Court, Lord Campbell, Sir H. East, Sir E.
Ryan, and Sir E. Johnstone. Their Lordships were oc-
cupied the whole day with Indian appeals.
London, England, 1844-12-04

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 4,
Will he performed a Nev and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles :11athe e ; Tom Coke
Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of I pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which, will be produced a New Comic Drama, entitled
SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Monts, Mr. Charles Mathews; Minnie,
Madame Vestris.

To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG
ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James
.Peoley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Poolev Mrs. Humby.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas aril Oa_ Guinea and a-Half each.
llckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. :kr cher, at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'Clock.
London, England, 1844-12-04

Linen Diapers, for table-cloths, nearly yards wide, per

. .
yard
Long Lawns. the piece of 10 squares for
Lawn Handkerchiefs, fine quality, the dozen...
Real French Cambric Handkerchiefs, the dozen.. ...... 9 6

.rish Linens, good quality, 26 yards for 2l 0

Superior, for shirting (West end price Is. 9d.) 26 yards for 25 0
A box, curiously fine, for collars, 12 yards for lB 0
The above goods are part of the stock of Scoltfield and Co., re-
cently purchased by BROOKS and CO., for 17,4001. The sale of
the above have just commenced at their. principal establishment,
106, High, street, Borough, facing the end of Union-street.

Samples of the above goods forwarded to any part of town by
horse and cart, or into the country, if written for.
London, England, 1844-12-04

ujng2),lll3

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1844.

The remains of her late Royal Highness the
Princess SoPHIA MATILDA will be interred in the
family vault in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor, on
the evening of Tuesday, the 10th instant ; and, in
compliance with the wishes of her late Royal Highness,
the ceremony of lying in state will be dispensed with,
and the funeral will be conducted with as much pri-
vacy as is consistent with the rank of her late
Royal Highness.
London, England, 1844-12-04

PUBLICATIONS,

Now publishin7
POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
For 1845.
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Okl lloBwoll-court, Temple-bar.

THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. 83,
JUST

CONTIINTS

1. Lord Stanley. •
2. Logislation of 1814.
3. Life of 1:r. 'Arnold.
4. Miss Ilarretes Poems.
5. Influence of Aristocracies.
6. A hyssinia and Kordofan.
7. The Proposed Railway between Cairo and Suez.
S. Maty;regor's Coonnercial Statistics.
9. The Earl of Eldon.
Posts,ript and 'Miscellaneous Nottoes.
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London, England, 1844-12-04

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5,
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI
MOLINA ; or, Ruse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Hudson, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss
Woolgar.
After which, a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER. CoilLt Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson • Count
Vanilla, Mr. Selby; The Mjsterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ;
Creguet, Mr. Wright; Checliore, Mr. 0. Smith.
To conclude with NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter sir. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-cdice open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.
London, England, 1844-12-04

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

SAYER V. WAGRTAFFE.--JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this appeal
to=day, affirming the deciaion of the Court below.
IN RE THE PRINCEI3S BARIATINSKI.
The fUrther arguments in this part-heard lunatic
.pe-
tition occupied the Court the remainder of the morning.
London, England, 1844-12-04

By B. J. CULVERWELL, M.D.,

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of
the linll, and twenty-three years Resideot Practitioner in London.
" Of hutacu ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature and ley art acquied.
Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle—the matured and sage—
The lonely and the mated—all sustain ,
In kindly spirit herein counsel's given,
hew health, how hope, how happiness to gain."
Sherwood, 2:1, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ,
Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; 3iann, 3i, Coruhill ; and the Author, 21,
Arundel-street, Strand.—A• home daily till Two: Evenings, Seven
till
London, England, 1844-12-04

RAILWAY SHARER.

St. Germain ..
Versailles, R.B. •.• • • • ...... 445 • • 445 .. 445 .. 44i
L. 14.•••••• •••• •• 320 .. 320 .. 320 .. 320
Rouen•••••••••...... ..... 1015 . 1015 —lOl9 —lOlB
Rouen o ..... • 783 75 .• 713 75 •• 783 75 .. 783 711
Orleans ........1055 "1355 ..11155 ..1055
Strasburg to Bale 278 75 .• 278 75 278 75 . 278 76
RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, Dm. 3.
St. Germain ..... ....• 937 50 .• 940 .. 937 50 940
Versailles, R. 8..... ..... 442 50 •• 443 75 442 50 .. 443 75
L.B .
Bonen ........... .. ...1010 ..1012 75 ••1010 ..1013 75
Rouen to Firvre•• ••.•• 785 .. 786 25 .. 785 .. 786 25
Orleans ..
Strasburg to Bale
A.,rignen to Marseilles— •• 915 •• 920 . 915 920
RAILWAYS FOR TELE ACCOUNT, Dze 16.
Rotten. •
Rouen to Havre• ••• • • • 737 50 788 75 .. 787 50 .• 788 75
Orleans ........• •.........1057 50 ••1058 75 —1057 50 „mg 57

Strasburg to Bale— •• ••.... 278 75 280 .. 278 75 •• 27$ 75
Avignon to Marseillet•••• .. 915 •• 922 50 .. 915 .• 922 50

THIS DAY'S NEWS

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat 'to-
day at the Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present
were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the
Admiralty Court, Lord Campbell, Sir H. East, Sir E.
Ryan, and Sir E. Johnstone. Their Lordships were oc-
cupied the whole day with Indian appeals.
London, England, 1844-09-13

WHALERS.

French, 6, measuring 2,371 tons, with crews of 183
men, and laden with 10,200 barrels of oil, estimated at
106,040 dollars.
American, 59, measuring 19,556 tons, with crews of
1,728 men, laden with 106,200 barrels of oil, worth
1,567,800 dollars.
English, 2, measuring 580 tons, with crews of 57 men,
laden with 1,800 barrels of oil, worth 25,000 dollar=.
Total, 67, measuring 22,517 tons, with crews of 1,968
men, laden with 118,200 barrels of oil, to the value of
1,698,940 dollars.
London, England, 1844-09-13

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. WALESBY.)
Margaret Taylor, aged 70, was indicted for steal-
ing nine yards of printed cotton, the property of John
Swann. The evidence against her was quite conclu-
sive, and the jury found her guilty. It appeared that
she had been very recently convicted of a similar
offence.

The COURT sentenced her to six months' imprison-
ment in the House of Correction.

John Ayres, Joseph Wentworth, and Thomas Cooke,
were indicted for assaulting George Mason Pratt.
Mr. Prendergast appeared on the part of the pro-
secution, and Mr. Payne for the prisoners.
It appeared from the statement of the witnesses,
examined on the part of the prosecution, that the pro-
secutor had served some legal notices on the prisoners'
master, the occupier of a farm at Willesden, and that
on the 22d of August last he w.;;s walking in a field
in that neighbourhood for the purpose of observing
whether an injunction which had been granted by the
Court of Chancery against the removal of any pro-
perty from the farm had been obeyed, when he was
met by the prisoner Ayres, who invited him to take
part of a pint of beer, to which he assented, and hav-
ing been joined by the other two prisoners, they all
adjourned for that purpose to a neighbouring beer-
shop. They proceeded together along the towing
path of the Paddington Canal, a distance of about 200
yards, and when they came to a deep part of the
canal, near Old Oak Common-bridge, Ayres suddenly
seized prosecutor by the middle, and, assisted by
Wentworth, threw him into the canal. While he was
struggling in the water, Cooke, the third prisoner,
laid himself down on the towing path, and caught
hold of him and pulled him ashore. The prisoners
then ran away.

The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Ayres
and Wentworth, and acquitted Cooke.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said there
could be no doubt that the prisoners had been insti-
gated by their employer, Mr. Davis, to act in the
manner they had done, and, therefore, he should pass
a very lenient sentence upon them, viz., that they be
imprisoned one month in the House of Correction,
and there kept to hard labour, and that they do also
enter into their own recognizances in 201. each to
keep the peace for the next twelve months.