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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 3, 1845.

to apply the money to the liquidation of a debt which
the Mexican Government had contracted with them. Now,
was this objection a tenable one? When a certain por-
tion of the Customs duties received at Vera Cruz and Tamt.ico
were set apart for the payment of the dividends, and when two
Commissions—one on the part of the Mexican Government,
and the other by the committee of bondholders—to see that
agreement carried out in full force, and that the money
so obtained was properly applied—( Hear)—Messrs. Lizardi
and Co. were entrusted with its payment, and had continued to
des so until, for the first time, they set up the pretensions he
had stated. It was true they were the agents of the Mexican
Government, but it was equally true that they were the agents
of the bondholders—the joint agents of both. By documents
w:hich he held in his hand, signed by Messrs. Lizardi, and
C 0., on the one part, and by himself, as chairman of the
committee on the other, they held themselves responsible to
pacy this money to the bondholders. If they denied that tl.is
wa s so, he could not but characterise their condu,:t as most ex-
tra Hear, hear.) ( The chairman then read docu-
ments bearing out the statements he had made.) That agree-
me was drawn up to avoid any mistake as to the
way in which the money should be applied, and
th;tt it might he kept distinct from other transactions
which they might have with the Government of Mexico.
What other object could the agreement have than this? If
this was not its specific object, why did they enter into
it at all ? The bondholders supposed that the money
sent over by the Mexican Government was to liqui-
date their claims, and those who had learnt with
pleasure that the remittances were large, were doomed to dis •
appointment, for whether they were large or small made no
difference, as none of it came into their hands.—( Hear, hear. )
They merely had it on the statement of Messrs. Lizardi that
the Mexican Government' were in their debt. But shat
had the bondholders to do with that ? If they had paid
moneys on account of that Government they had given
them credit, and the landholders were not to be told, that if
the Government did not pay them their account, that they
must—(Hear)--that they should lay their hand on their
money. It was, therefore, for them to consider what
means they should take to compel them to act
honestly and justly towards the bondholders.
They had had just reason to complain of the last
Mexican Government, but they might expect better things
from their successors. Were they to be told that the money
which was sent over to Messrs. Lizardi and Co. was no
more safe than if it were in the hands of Santa Anna, who pur-
loined 300,000 dots. to 400,000 dots. of the public money of
Mexico ? The Committee had considered these the most
desirable steps to adopt, and with that object in
view they had framed several resol.itions, which he would sub-
mit to the meeting. It was considered that there were no
means which they could exercise to compel them to pay Messrs.
Schneider and Co. the money, yet he could hardly believe that
this was so. When the agreement and other statements which
they had in their possession were considered, he thought a
court of equity would be of opinion that they could effect this
object.

The folkming resolutions were submitted to the meeting,
and were carried without a dissentient voice .

" 1. That this meeting has seen with great satisfaction the
change which the Mexican Government has made in its finan-
cial agency. _

"2. That the refusal of Messrs. Lizardi and Co., the
late agents of the Mexican Government, to hand over the moneys
remaining in their hands for the payment of the dividends on
Mexican Bonds, to Messrs. Schneider and Co., or to apply
them to pay the dividends, is in variance to law, equity,
and justice. _

"a. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the moneys
sent to Messrs. Lizardi and Co. were for the express purpose
of paying the dividends, and that they have stated in various
ways that tl is was so.

i; 4. That a Special Committee of Bondholders be appointed
to take such measures as may be expedient to compel Messrs.
Lizardi and Co. to apply the funds in their hands for the
payment of the dividends, and that it consist of three members
f the Committee and three gentlemen to be nominated by the
meeting."
Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr. Samuel Samuel, and Mr.
Richard Garde, barrister-at-law, were appointed on the part
of the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said they mast be perfectly aware that if
legal proceedings were taken that they could not do so without
expense, and he should, therefore, propose—" That in order
to provide the necessary funds to give effect to the resolutions
which had been passed, that Messrs. Schneider and Co. be re-
quested to deduct from the first dividend a rate in exact pro-
portion to defray the expenses."—( Hear, hear.) The expense
on each bondholder, considering their large number, would be
very trifling.
This proposition. like the others, was carried unanimously.
A BONDHOLDER inquired what was the amount in the hands
of Messrs. Lizardi ?

The CHAIRMAN could not be positive, but he believed
60,0001. or 70,0001. sterling. The dividends due in April am!
October were unpaid. It this state of things continued the
arrears would be greatly augmented, and all the advantages
which the bondholders expected to derive by surrendering two
years' interest, would not be realised. Mr. Murphy, the
Mexican Minister, had applied to Messrs. Lizardi with no better
effect than the bondholders. He understood that 70,000 dollars
came over by the last packet.
Mr. Limo considered that the exact amount which Messrs.
Lizardi had in their possession belonging to the bondholders
might be easily ascertained by reference to documents and to
the names of packets which had arrived since the last dividend
was paid.
The CHAIRMAN said their present object was not so much
to ascertain the exact amount of money in their hands as to
enforce its payment. _

A vote of 'thanks to the Chairman was proposed and car-
ried unanimously.
In returning thanks, the CHAIRMAN said both himself at.d
the Committee, wh 3 had acted gratuitously, and should continue
to do so, would use every exertion in their power to promote
the interests of the bondholders.
The meeting then separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, July 2.
(Sittings in Banco before the full Court.)
DOUEL V. GEVE.

This was a motion for a new trial, upon which a conditional rule
had been obtained. Mr. Crowder, Q. C., appeared to show cause
why the rule should be discharged ; and the Court, having heard
counsel on both sides, decided upon granting the motion.

SHANK V. KEITH.

This was an application, on the part of the defendant, of a
similar nature to the last. It was originally an action for trespass
brought by the plaintiff' against the defendant, tried before
Mr. Justice Patteson, in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff.
The motion was made on the ground of misdirection of the jury,
and that the verdict was against the evidence. The plaintiff was
remainder man to Admiral Shank, of the manor of Dawlish, who
died in 1824, at an advanced age, having been blind for a long time
previous to his death. The manor then reverted to his widow,
who died in 1843, when the plaintiff became proprietor. The specific
subject of action was the cutting down of certain trees, which grew
on the boundany of the manor. It was alleged on the part of the
plaintiff that during the blindness of the Admiral and the widowhood
of Mrs. Shanks the defendant had encroached upon the boundary,
and cut trees which overhung a path-way, and which trees were
rooted in the plaintiff's land. The right of possession was dis-
puted by the defendant, who asserted that the trees belonged
to him

The case was tried at the last assizes on the Western Circuit,
and occupied several days. The evidence was most conflicting,
and the jury were sent to view the place. They returned a ver.
diet, as has been stated, for the plaintiff.
Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Crowder, Q C., for the defendant.
Their Lordships postponed judgment.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 2.
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court sat this morning for the purpose of delivering
ludgrnents in several cases that had stood over for considera-
Lion. Of those in which judgment was pronounced the follow-
ing were of more direct public interest

ALLPORT 0. NUTT.
In this case the plaintiff had declared in debt for 100/. for
money had and received to the plaintiff's use, and for 1001.
upon an ac,.ount stated. The defendant, except as to the sum
of 1/., had pleaded the general issue, and as to that sum pay-
ment of the amount into Court. He had also pleaded as to
the sum of 991., parcel of the moneys in the declaration men-
tioned, that a certain illegal game called 6, a lottery" was set
up and exposed, to be played by the defendant, at a certain
public-house in the City of London, which " illegal game
called a lottery" was what in sporting circles is designated
a " Derby sweep." The conditions and regulations of this
" sweep" were, that the subscribers should not exceed 155 in
number, each contributing 11., and paying his subscription to
the defendant, who was to be the treasurer; that before
the race was run the name of each horse entered for the
Derby should be written on a card, all of which cards
were to be placed in a box ; that a like proceeding
should take place with the names of the subscribers, and
that a drawing of names and horses should be made by two dis-
interested persons. The subscriber who drew the horse placed
by the judge as the winner of the race was to be entitled to
receive a sum of 1001. out of the money subscribed, from the
defendant. The plea further alleged that the plaintiff, before
the Derby was run last year, drew Running Rein, the horse
which had been placed as winner by the judge, Mr. Clark,
whereby the plaintiff, according to the rules and regulations
of the said illegal game, became entitled to receive from the
defendant the said sum of 1001. The plaintiff demurred to this
plea, assigning, along with other causes of demurrer, that the
method of determining the right of the plaintiff to the money
claimed was not an illegal game or a lottery, but a mode of
betting by each of the subscribers to a small and legal amount
upon a legal horse-race ; and also that the plea amounted to
the general issue.

The case was argued in Easter Term by Mr. Sergeant Byles
in support f the demurrer, and Mr. Sergeant Channel! in
support of the plea, when the Court thought the question of
such importance as to require further consideration. Judgment
was now delivered by

Lord Chief-Justice TINDAL, to the effect that in the opi-
nion of the Court, the statutes against lotteries were not re-
stricted in application to those lotteries only in which an unfair
advantage might be taken. The Court was bound to give
effect to clear words of prohibition, and to pronounce this lot-
tery illegal. The statute of the 10th William 111., c. 17,
especially declared all lotteries to be public nuisances; the
statute of the 42d George 111., c. 119, declared the lotteries
called " little-goes" to be common and public nuisances, and
against the law; and without acting in contravention of the
express words of these statutes, the Court could not hold such
lotteries as that under consideration to be excepted from the
general prohibition. It had been contended that in the case
of each subscriber there had been a bet on a lawful race, and
that therefore the wager had been lawful. This argument the
Court was of opinion could not be sustained, both because the
plea showed a lottery, and because, admitting a bet, still it was
one on which the plaintiff could not answer. The Court was
also of opinion that a special plea was necessary to bring the
defence properly before the Court. There must therefore be
judgment for the defendant.

shall not lie against the loser to recover the bet, than by hold-
ing that ii must first be paid, and then be recovered back in an
action. It had been said by Mr. Sergeant. Byles that this
action was not brought to recover the money due on the bet,
but to recover damages for the breach of the promise to pay
the debt. The argument savoured too much of subtlety. Tile
duty of paying damages for the non-rayment of more}, de-
pended on the duty of paying the money itself; and if a man
was not bound to pay a given sum of money, he was not liable
in damages for the neglect to pay it. It was further sug-
gested, that as the operation of the statutes against gaming
was suspended until the end of the then next session of Parlia-
ment, by the statutes of the 7th of Victoria, c. 3, and the
7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 58, the inference to be drawn from
the right of a loser to recover back the value of the bet which
he had voluntarily raid no longer applied. But the Court did
not think that the Acts against gaming were suspended by the
statutes referred to, except in so far as the recovery of a pecu-
niary penalty was concerned. If they were suspended, it was
for a time only, and that suspension could not confer on any
one positive rights which he had not had before. The
statutes of Victoria were temporary Acts, passed to remedy a
t i
emporary nconvenience ; to the remedying that inconve-
nience they must be confined; and they must not be permitted
to have incidentally the effect of altering the law. There must,
therefore, he judgment for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A man named John Daher was charged with having
committed bigamy.
Ann Twig, of No. 11, Bennet street, Blackfriarz-road,
stated that the prisoner, and a female who accompani, d
him, took lodgings in her house, stating that they were
married. Witness suspected that they w• re not mar-
ried, and mentioned her suspicions to a friend, who
called at St. John's Church, in the Waterloo-road, and
actually saw the clergyman perform the ceremony. The
name of the female to whom he was united was Ann
Gwynne, and she never slept in the house until after the
solemnization took place, about twelve months ago.
Sarah Gill, the wife of a steam-vessel engineer, stated
that she went into St. John's Church, and saw the
minister perform the ceremony between the prisoner
and Ann Gwynne. She afterwards saw them living
together as man and wife in Bennet-street.
Mr. Robinson (for the prisoner)—Were there not
several married in that church on that day? Witness—
I believe there were.
Mr. Robinson—And might you not have made a mis-
take in supposing the prisoner to be a bridegroom ?
Witness—Not the least mistake in the world.
The LORD MAYOR—You are a married woman ?
Witness—l am, my Lord.
The Loan MAYOR—Then you could not easily mis-
take a bridegroom for an ordinary person on such an
occasion ? Witness—Certainl,i, not, my Lord. The
bridegroom in rather a different situation from that of
other men at the altar.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Not the least doubt of it.
Mr. Robinson—Will you venture to swear that he was
married in your presence ? Witness—l will swear it.
Mr. Robinson—Will you swear that you saw him put
the ring upon the lady's finger ? Witness—No, but I
saw him step fora and as the bridegroom, and go regu-
larly through the ceremony.
It was here stated that the female to whom the pri-
soner was married on the occasion alluded to, could not
be found.

Sarah, the first wife of the prisoner, stated that her
maiden name was Atwood, and that she had been mar-
ried to the prisoner thirteen years.
Tile LORD MAYOR--Why was not this case pro-
ceeded in before ? The wife—Because I was confined
by illness.

The Loan MAYOR—Has he ceased to support you ?
The wife—Yes, my Lord ; I am obliged to work for my
own bread. He has left me these five years, and refused
me any assistance. We were married in Bath.
The LORD MAYOR then directed that the witnesses to
the first marriage should be sent for, and remanded the
prisoner for some days.
A girl, scarcely 16 years of age, named Eliza Griffin,
was charged with having robbed her mistress. The case
was an extremely distressing one, as the respectable
father of the prisoner found it necessary to recommend
the prosecution in the hope of saving her from greater
misery, likely t) arise from the depravity she constantly
witnessed amongst her associates.
Mrs. Byrom, a widow lady, stated that the prisoner
had lived with her upon a former occasion, and acted
with integrity and circumspection, and, in fact, was a
most unexceptionable servant. Lately, however, there
was a change. Witness missed two sovereigns which
she had placed in the kitchen-drawer, and when she was
searching about fir them, the prisoner asked her whe-
ther she had lost anything, and, upon being answered in
the affirmative, expressed a hope that no suspicion at-
tached to her, witness replied that there was no suspi-
cion of the kind. Afterwards, the prisoner mentioned
that her father wished to speak to witness, and took the
opportunity while they were talking together to step
out of the house. The witness subsequently saw the
prisoner at the station- house, where she also saw four
knives and four forks, which were her property, and
had been taken away by the prisoner, who also acknow-
ledged that she had stolen the two sovereigns.
A Inc tropolitan policeman stated that the poor dis-
tressed father of the girl charged her at the station-
house with having rubbed her mistress ; and witness
went to a house of notorious character, near the New-
cut, in Lambeth, and found there in a table-drawer the
four knives and four forks which had been stolen. He
also ascc-rtained that the wretch( d girl was on the most
intimate terms with a lad, aged 16, named Billy Gibbs,
one of the most ingenious housebreakers in the county
of Surrey, and that she had but just left him.
A woman, named Bradshaw, stated that Billy Gibbs
lodged at her house, but she did not really know his trade
or profession. The prisoner knew Billy, and she called
at the house and said that she had procured a place, and
that she would not go home that night, but she would
sleep with Billy Gibbs that night, and she acted accord-
ingly. She produced a sovereign, which she said she
had got from her father, and she paid witness three shil-
lings which she owed, and she put down four shillings
in liquidation of the back rent of Billy Gibbs, who did
not always find it convenient to pay.
The LORD MAYOR---D 0 you know anything about
the knives and forks? Mrs. Bradshaw—She asked me
to mind them for her but I suspected they were got
dishonestly and refused to have anything to do with
them, and then she took them into Billy Gibbs's room,
the wand I heard them rattle in the drawer, and I informed
the police.
The
Psitdi charactersem?fYw
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should be glad to know whether I am not at liberty to
apprehend him in this case. It is evident to us that he
acquainted Gibbs
with, is
and one
ofl
has made a thief of this unfortunate girl.
The LORD MAYOR said he could not see any ground
for apprehending Billy Gibbs in the present case, but as
he was a persoa of such desperate character, he must,
in all probability, soon fall into the hands of the police.
The case of the girl at the bar was indeed a melancholy
one, and showed how soon depraved society ruined all
sense of honesty and shame. He apprehended that the
only chance the prisoner had of escaping the extremity
of wretchedness was by removal from the country alto-
gether. She had cerainly, for one so very young,
shown extraordinary maturity in vice.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

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the prisoner
witness, " I'll job your
and the prisoner being forced out, they this time collected,
was convel'ed to the station-house. gate was shut, and he
Denis Farrel, another park-keeper, n
came to 'he assistance of the other witnesses'-
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roved that when he
very abusive, saying they sh mid lose their coats • was
for not allowing him to pass. in the morning
In answer to the charge the prisoner tlenied
foul language imputed to him, although he having wed the
admitted having
been a little intoxicated, and as a matter
deavour to offer resistance when theoe course he did en-
park-keepers laid hold of
him in such a rough manner.
Mr. HALL ordered the prisoner to Pay a
be sent for twenty-one days to the House of Correction.'enalty of 4/., or
The prisoner was then removed, and in
a short time the
money being paid, he was discharged.
IVilliam Wheels, conductor of a Richmond
omnibus
peared to answer a complaint preferred against a-
George Sexton Woodhouse, No. 3, New Bosweisi him by, Mpr.
Carey-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for having, on the 19-rrt Carey-
of June, in
the Strand, made use of abusive and insulting language to him,
and also with committing an assault upon him.
Mr. Charnock appeared for the defendant.
On a former day another person was summoned by mistake,
and the present defendant, who was then in the body of the
Court, presented himself to have the case decided.
which
objected to, until process should be served upon him mtl was
e usual
way, particularly as attempts had been made to '
practise an im-
position upon the Court. .
The complainant, who conducted his own case, stated that
on the day in question he agreed with the defend
him and two friends from Hampton to London' forant to take
and on arriving in Leicester-square his friends got 0 2s. each,
a female, a gentleman, and himself in the vehicle. out, leaving
along the Strand, near to Somerset House, he eir_uo passing
to the defendant as he wanted to get out, and '
to brsed his fare
ment he applied a most filthy epithet to him, at the astonish.
asking what he meant by offering such a sum as
2se same time
reminding him that it was the amount for which be .},t andd upon
he repeated the same disgusting language, threatenin a agreed,
his barnacles about his face, unless he gave him to break
another. shil-
ling. Witness said he should have no objectioe t
the amount he demanded if hs had not used such words
oorftive him
public streets, and having got on the road he followed tteinothe
nibus as it moved away, in order to ascertain the rn
when the defendant jumped off the step and
stroeirtiumber,
violent blow in the side, which caused him to fall him a
and sprain
his ancle.
The defendant wished to make it appear that the complainant
had behaved indecently to the female in the omnibus, a
he had been appealed to by her for protection, vhiehlla thatliim to abuse the complainant.` He deniea having strata( him.
The female, Mrs.• Payee, the wife of a tobacconist, was called
to substantiate the defence? but her evidence Was contradicted

by the other passengers in the omnibuF. It appeared, also,
that the defendant had offered money to compromise the affair.
Mr. JARDINE having commented in strong terms on the
description of the evidence brought forward by the defendant,
said he never knew such gross conduct, not only in his treat-
ment to the complainant, but also in the manner he had at-
tempted to make out his case. He had no hesitation in saying
that the complainant had satisfactorily proved the charge, and
he should, therefore, order the defendant to he sent to hard
labour in the House of Correction for two months, and his li-
cense to be revoked.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As your pages are never refused to the benefit of your
readers—as The Sun is valued by a large portion of the natives of
the Principality in London—you would oblige one of the number
if you would insert the present letter to draw the attention of my
countrymen to the fact, that while every denomination of British
Christians in this metropolis, except themselves, have for years pos-
sessed places of worship, where the service has been performed in
their own language, they alone, till the end of the year 1843, were
not allowed a chapel according to the established religion, with ser-
vice in their native tongue. And now that they have (through
the unremitting exertions of the Earl of Powis) obtained that pri-
vilege, it has been observed with astonishment that the poor, little
patronage which the chapel in Ely-place affords is all bestowed on
the English. Surely there arc English chapels enough in London
to employ pew-openers and organists without taking the " one ewe
lamb" of Wales, and giving it away from the natives. I need only
pint out how the offices in the Welsh chapel in Ely.place are
filled, viz., by those who cannot even answer the native Welsh in
that language when they come there to attend divine service.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A NATIVE OF WALES.

REPRESENTATION OF ROSS AND CROMARTY.—Refer-
ring to our notice, in the Third Edition of our Satur-
turday's paper, to the rumour of an expected vacancy
in the representation of Ross and Cromarty, and to the
letter from the present LEI'. Member for these counties,
in our paper of Monday, contradicting the report of his
having any intention of retiring, and which we there-
fore cannot doubt is unfounded, we beg to mention that
our notice of it was founded on in tiwmation received from
the county and from Edinburgh ; and that we find
from the Ross•shire paper of last week, published before
the date of our notice, that the rumours alluded to were
prevalent there ; and that we know that in Edinburgh
it was stated, before our notice appeared, by parties who
might be supposed acquainted with the facts, that the
worthy and Hon. Baronet we referred to intended forth-
with publicly addressing the electors as a candidate on
the occurrence of a vacancy, either by the retirement of
the present Member, or a dissolution.
HAYMARKET THEATRE. Morton's admirable
comedy of A Cu, e
.for the Beam t Ache was performed
here on Tuesday night to the great delight of a crowded
house. There is no theatre in London at which it
would be possible to cast this comedy, except at the
Haymarket. Farren's Old Rapid is a personation so ad-
mirable, it defies any approach to imitation ; and the
young Rapid of Charles Mathews is as spirited and
effervescing as a glass of champagne. Buckstone's
Frank Oatland, although not equal to Webster's, is a
very worthy piece of acting ; and pretty Julia Bennett
is the most interesting Jessy Oatland that has appeared
on the stage in our remembrance. The comedy is to be
repeated to night, and will no doubt attract a crowded
house.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—DEAFNESS.—NO. 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors,
when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncoil'.
fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad-
vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex-
treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation,
and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at
church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into
the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases
deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor-
nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and
improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have received the approbation of
the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri-
tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately
they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it
's brought to its youthful, natural, and original state.
Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro-
scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
Jpticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with
d person of the same name in their immediate neigh-
oourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent
nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at
39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel
COWARDLY AND HEARTLESS HOAX.—It tills' seldom
or ever fallen to our lot to notice a mere disgraceful trick than
was played upon two respectable young females of Crslehester, by a
swain who has been notorious in several instances during his
residence there for having " two strings to his bow." He had,
however, contrived to get clear of all these advances under the pre.
tence that he was a minor, and that his friends would not allow him
to change his condition in life. Since then he has attained his
majority, and made overtures sf love to the two young ladies in
question, and an intimacy was formed between him and them (of
course without their joint knowledge), which continued up to his
leaving the town for London, about three months ago ; and a
correspondence has been kept up with both of them during his
absence, which led them to believe that he fully intended to lead
them to the altar of Hymen. A few weeks since they both re.
ceived letters from him, stating that he was in a position to render
them comfortable and happy, and fixed a day for the nuptials to be
celebrated at his parish church in London, wishing them to make
the necessary preparations with regard to dresses, bridemaids,
Ac., with whom he requested them to proceed to London,
per railway, the day previous to that fixed for the wedding
the taking care to name the same train for both patties), when he
promised to be in readiness to receive them at the Shoreditch sta-
tion, and convey them to his residence in King William.
street, where he arranged to have a select party of friends to
meet them, and itccolnpa.ly him and them to church the next
morning. The bait unfortunately took in both instances, and
his request was complied with to the very letter; and the two par-
ties, with their intended bridemaids, arrived in London by the
same train, but not in the same carriage. On alighting at Shore.
ditch station both parties met, but neither suspecting the business
of the other, nothing particular transpired to create any suspicion of
the object of either one or the other's visit to the metropolis. But
no Mr. R. appearing to receive them, both parties felt not only
surprise, but greatly disappointed; but still their object was kept a
profound secret, until they resolved to take cabs, and immediately
proceed to King William-street, the pretended residence of Mr. R.
at which bah parties arrived within a few minutes of each other, when
to their astonishment, no such person as Mr. R. resided at the house
which they had been induced to believe was his residence, from his
letters to them. On the contrary, he was not even known in the
neighbourhood. The parties felt that they had been most cruelly
hoaxed, which led to a disclosure between them, when the infamy
of the scoundrel was fully developed. But after consoling them-
selves that they had far better be hoaxed than united to one whose
wreckless disposition must have rendered them miserable through
life, they repaired to an inn, where they sojourned for the night,
and returned to Colchester the next day. It is needless to say the
heartless fellow has not since been heard of; but it is to be hoped
that, ere long, he will have cause to repent his dastardly conduct in
rifling to such a degree with the feelings of respectable females.—
Ipswich Express.
STATE or TRADE.—The yarn market continues in
the same state as for two or three weeks past. The spinners being
nearly all working to order, there is scarcely any business done for
immediate delivery; but exporters are still desirous of making
contracts,—in some cases extending to the termination
of the shipping season ; and prices remain exceedingly
firm. In goods there is rather more business doing, and manu-
facturers, in some cases, are asking a slight advance.—
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—There has been rather less doing
in the flannel market to-day than on the preceding Monday;
manufacturers are wanting more money for their pieces, and buyers
are not willing to give an advance, which has caused less business
to be transacted. The price of wool is rather on the advance, and
some sorts are very scarce. —Manchester Guardian.
CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE
GENTLEMEN OF KENT.—The continuation of this match was re-
sumed yesterday, and until abcut half-past two o'clock proceeded with
as much satisfaction, considering the preceding unpleasantness of the
weather and the consequent heaviness of the ground, as could have
been anticipated. The bowling, however, refused to tell, and the
whole of the " Kent " wickets were not down till the side had
scored 333 runs, Mr. Whittaker having made up his score to 55
in the second innings. England then entered upon their second
hands, again putting in Mr. Craven and Mr. Haygarth, and at the
hour when the rain set in apparently for the night, 43 runs had
been scored without even the loss of a wicket or even a chance
having been given by either batsmen. The play of course was
stopped, and at dinner time it was suggested by Mr. Swann, on
behalf of the Kent Eleven, that as there was no prospect of the
weather c'earing up, and consequently no chance of the match
being played out that day, it would be as well that it should be
drawn. The matter underwent considerable discussion, which
was ultimately terminated by Mr. Kynaston, on the part of Eng-
land, saying that under the pressing circumstances of the case,
the propssition of Mr. Swann would be acceded to, although his
side felt the utmost confidence as to the result—the more so as the
additional rain had made the ground still worse for the bowlers
than at any preceding period of the game. It was accordingly
agreed that the match should be drawn, without—as the members
of the legal profession would say—any prejudice to either party.
Bets, therefore, upon the match will also be drawn.
FUNERAL OF THE HON. CAPT. DE SALIS.—The
remains of the late much-lamented Captain the Hon. C. Louis
Fane De Salis were removed yesterday morning from the residence
of Mr. Woolmer, surgeon, Victoria-road, Pimlico (in whose neigh-
bourhood the gallant officer met with the melancholy accident
which caused his premature death), for interment, in the family
vault at Harlington Church, Middlesex. At nine o'clock the pro-
cession was formed to receive the body, and the coffin borne on the
shoulders of four privates of the gallant deceased's company se-
lected for this duty, preceded by the full band of the Scots Fusilier
Guards, playing the " Dead March in Saul," and the men of the
first battalion, the pall borne by Captains Brendrip, Rumley, Terry,
Jones, Francis Seymour, and William Ridley, proceeded to
Knightsbridge, where a hearse and mourning coaches awaited its
reception, to convey the body to its last resting.place. Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, Colonel Drummond, the Marquis of
Douglas, and all the officers of the regiment, by whom the de-
ceased was held in the highest esteem and respect, swelled the
mournful ranks. Captain Rodolph De Salis and Harvey De Salis,
Esq., brothers of the deceased, and D. Holmes, Esq., were the
chief mourners, and a great number of officers attended the pro-
cession throughout, among whom were the Hon. William Leices-
ter, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart., J.
P. Courtney, Esq., the Hon. James Murray, Colonel Walker,
Charles Newton, Esq., Ralph Leicester, Esq. The hearse arrived
at Harlington Church shortly after one o'clock, when the funeral
service was performed by the Rev. L. C. Booth.

ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—The annual
festival of this charity was last night held at the London Tavern,
the Earl of Faversham in the chair, who was supported by Mr. P.
Borthwick, M.P., Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. S. M. Poo, Mr. '1
Grissell, Mr. F. Perkins, &c. The usual loyal and national toasts
having been disposed ef, the Chairman, in proposing "Prosperity
to the Royal Infirmary kr Children," observed that the building
debt of the institution, amounting to 2,0001., had been paid off,
and the charity was now proceeding with great vigour. Amongst
the subscriptions announced during the evening were—twenty
guineas from her Most Gracious Majesty; from the Queen
Dowager, ten guineas; the Chairman, ten guineas; Lord Eldon,
ten guineas ; Barclay, Perkins, and Co., fifty guineas; Mr. P.
Borthwick, M.P., ten guineas; Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P., five
guineas; Mr. T, Grissell, five guineas; Mr. S. M. Peto, five
guineas; Mr. F. Perkins, ten guineas; Mr. D. W. Wire, five
guineas. The dinner was enlivened by some effective singing,
under the generalship of Mr. Hawes (including Mr. Manners,
Mr. Keuch, Mr. Bayley, and the young gentlemen choristers of the
Chapel Royal and Westminster). A most agreeable evening was
spent, the company not breaking up until a late hour.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A DRUNKARD.—Yesterday
Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Northampton Arms,
Lower road, Islington, on the body of Thomas Newark, aged 46, a
gardener. Deceased lived at a large lodging-house, in Church-
road, Islington, and Sunday afternoon last he dropped down dead
whilst drinking some coffee and eating bread and meat, the first he
had eaten for a week, having been drunk during the whole of that
period. He wrs a man that would become a teetotaller for three
months together, and then break out most intemperately. His
sister attributed his death to the combined effects of intoxication
and of a wound in the leg, which he neglected to have dressed when
Verdict—" Natural death."
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