The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND DR. HAWKINS.
TO THE REV. THE PROVOST OF ORIEL COLLEGE.
My dear Sir—l have rarely been more surprised than
by perusing your letter of the 31st ult., which I have
this day received. It had not before occurred to me
that any one could construe my letter to Mr. March
Phillips as " containing strictures on the conduct of the
late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors, in the judgment
upon Dr. Pusey's sermon." For I not only used the
words cited by you, that " the authorities in Oxford had
exercised the power belonging to them, according to the
conscientious judgment of those who had to exercise it,"
but I also added, that " I did not presume to question
the justice or wisdom of that judgment."
My adverse observations were most explicitly limited
to the principles of the law which you had to administer;
and even of that law I said that it must not be judged of
without recollecting the " very special duties of caution
and jealousy" which belonged to "an university as such."
You say" possibly your Lordship did not mean to cast
any reflections on our conduct ;" I answer, that until I
read your letter I should have judged it impossible that
any person could see in what I had said the slightest
indication of such an intention.
You add, " But the public, I fear, will interpret your
words otherwise." I answer, that I have too much re-
spect for the understanding of the public to participate
in your fear. If, however, you still think otherwise, I
should not have the slightest objection to your publishing
your letter, together with this my answer ; nor should
I inquire whether you are, or are not, entitled, as ycu
assume, to any expression of my " more favourable con-
struction of your conduct," were it not for the other
matter in your letter.
Fur I protest against the injustice of your making an
unnecessary defence against an unreal charge ascribed to
me, to be the vehicle of those disclosures of the particu-
lars of the conduct of the late Vice-Chancellor and his
assessors towards Dr. Pusey which have hitherto (for
whatever reason) been withholden.
Of those particulars, I will only say, that while they
do not in the slightest degree reconcile me to the prin-
ciple of the law of the University, as a rule for myself in
administering the discipline of my diocese, I gladly re.
cognise in them that spirit of kindness, candour, and
equity, which, whether required by the academic law or
not, I should always expect to find actuating the late
Vice-Chancellor, and his assessors, in administering it.
You will do me the justice of recollecting that I
am not now for the first time distinguishing be-
tween that law and its administrators. In answer to
a letter from the committee (of which I believe
you were a member) for conducting the election of
the preicnt Vice-Chancellor in October last, I expressed
my regret that an indispensable engagement (a
confirmation fixed on the day of the election) would pre-
vent me from making a journey to Oxford for the mere
purpose of recording by my vote my sense of the injus-
tice of the opposition to Dr. Symons,Thecause he had in
Dr. Pusey's case conscientiously performed a painful
duty which was forced upon him.
1 am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
H. EXETER.
P.S. If you persist in the purpose of publishing your
letter to me, which, for the reason I have given, I think
highly improper, I request that this my answer be pub-
lished with it.

If my memory does not deceive me (and I really have
not opportunity or leisure to ascertain the point), a me-
morial to the late Vice-Chancellor, subscribed by Mr.
Justice Coleridge and many others, in the last year, pro-
ceeded on those very grounds which you seem to imagine
were first put forward by me in my letter to Mr. March
Phillips.
Bishopstowe, Jan. 3, 1845.

TO THE LORD BISHOP OP EXETER, &C.
My dear Lord,—l lose no time in expressing my re•
gret that the expressions to which I referred in your
Lordship's letter to Mr. March Phillips should have been
misunderstood. Had your objections been supposed to
relate to the statute I should not have taken the liberty
of replying to them. It is very possible that the statute
might be altered with advantage.
Let me also apologise for having already printed my
letter of Dec. 31st, without previous communication with
your Lordship ; which, indeed, was not contemplated
when I began the letter, but was judged advisable by
those with whom I had acted as well as by myself, when
your observations had already occasioned, as we had
reason to believe, a revival of the old objections, directed,
not against the principle of the statute, but against its
administrators, against our " construction of the sta-
tute," and our proceedings under it. Your Lordship's
letter of the 3d instant shall now, according to your
desire, be published without delay, together with this
apology.
But allow me to return my thanks for your kind ex-
pressions respecting the late Vice-Chancellor and his
assessors ; and to mention, that, not having been a
member of the committee to which you refer (having
been absent, indeed, from Oxford whilst it was sitting),
although I had heard with much pleasure of your Lord-
ship's wish to record your vote in favour of the Chancel-
lor nomination uf Dr. Symons, I had not seen your letter
to the committee, and was not aware of the sentiments
which it expressed.
. _

Let me repeat my regret that I should appear to have
needlessly occupied your Lordship's time and attention,
and my great satisfaction that there is no room for tres-
passing upon them again—no occasion, indeed, I would
willingly hope, for any future recurrence to the painful
subject of our correspondence.—l am, my dear Lord,
your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant,
Oriel College, Jan. 4. EDWARD HAWKINS.

" To W. Davey, Esq., Redruthii

"11. EXET:ER.

".111PM,
MONEY MARKET and Cl'iv NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS Dia:

CITY, MONDAY EVEN/NG.
TIMES.—The Forth packet has brought no more
,han $6,000 on account of the Mexican dividends, and
the explanation which is given to account for the small-
ness of the remittance is of a nature somewhat alarm-
ing. The agents of the bondholders in the city of
Mexico have written to the Committee of Spanish Ame-
rican Bondholders letters dated the 29th of November,
in which they state, that in consequence of disturb-
ances in various parts of the Republic, the Minister of
Finance had appropriated to the public service the pro-
duce of the Customs duties, amounting to about
$700,000. Of this amount $340,000 belonged to the
bondholders, and had it not been for the untoward oc-
curr, nce, $lOO,OOO would have been remitted by the
Forth packet. The agents of the bondholders at Vera
Cruz protested against this strong measure, and remon-
strances were made to the Minister at Mexico, both by
the Committee's agents and Mr. Bankhead, the British
Charge d'Affaires. The result of this application is,
according to the words of one of the letters, "a promise
from the Minister to replace the amount in sufficient
time to be made available for the April dividends."
The " April dividends" most likely mean the divi-
dends due last October, which are so called on an as-
sumption that they will be paid in April next. What
is the value of the promise made under such circum-
stances, and why the Minister should feel so confident
that he can get together the required amount of dollars
by the time mentioned, it is rather difficult to see.
From other letters is gathered the following short his-
tory of the movements in Mexico :
" Immediately on the news of the rising of General
Paredes at Guadalajara, the President Santa Anna put
himself at the head of the troops which were at Jalapa,
and marched on Mexico, gathering on his road the
troops which were at Puebla. Meantime the partisans
of Paredes had not been idle, and had induced the Con-
gress to pass a vote declaring that General Santa Anna
had not been called to the command of the army, and
upon this the Minister of War resigned, and his place
was filled by one named Barsabre. General Santa
Anna was exceedingly angry at hearing this, but
after some altercation with certain of the senators,
he continued his march towards Queretaro, where
he arrived on the 20th of November, with about
8,000 men. Although the plot to overthrow the
government of Santa Anna extended over the depart-
ments of Guadalajara, Durango, San Luis, Queretaro,
Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and the southern provinces, still
is is expected that General Paredes will be obliged to
capitulate, for neither his military nor political abilities
are equal to those of President Santa Anna, nor are his
troops (amounting only to about 3,000) a match for
Santa Anna's army. We have, however, seen enough of
Mexican revolutions to know that it is extremely diffi-
cult to foresee which party will triumph. It is clear
there is a powerful party opposed to the actual Govern-
ment, or rather to General Santa Anna, who is, however
acting with great energy; and to insure present re-
sources he has laid hold of the funds, intended for the
dividends (but with a positive promise to repay them
soon), and has also ordered the custom-houses on the
coast to cease payment of all assignments, except those
of the tobacco contract."
Trade in Mexico is described as being very bad in the
interior, on account of the disturbances.
A royal decree from the Hague, of which the follow-
ing are the heads, has been received by Messrs. Raphael
and Sons:—
"To afford the holders of the remaining Dutch Five
per Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another op-
portunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents.,
books are opened from Wednesday, January 8, 1845,
till further notice, or till 20,000,000 guilders are sub-
scribed, but, at all events, not later than Tuesday,
January 28.

" The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest
from the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for
Five per Cents. so converted is fixed at 98i per cent.
The holders receive out for each 100 guilders 11 guil-
ders in money, and one-third per cent. for difference of
interest from the Ist of October to the Ist of January
last."

On Saturday a deputation from the merchants of Bir-
mingham, consisting of Messrs. Spooner, M.P., Muntz,
M.P., Chance, Martineau, and W. R. Lloyd, had an in-
terview with the Board of Trade to induce the Govern.
meat to take into consideration the difficulties arising
from the obstruction of traffic on the line of raik ay
between Birmingham and Bristol. The road to which
the deputation referred belongs to two separate compa-
nies, the Birmingham and Gloucester and the Bristol and
Gloucester, whose roils are of different gauges, so that
the same carriages cannot perform the whole journey,
but a trans-shipment must take place at Gloucester.
This is found to produce the greatest impeiiment to
the people of Birmingham, and the deputation, who
requested the Government to take some steps to
remove the inconvenience, acted under the authority
of a very numerous meeting held at that place, in which
feelings on this subject were strongly expressed. At
the same time Mr. Lloyd took occasion to present a peti-
tion, signed by various merchants of Birmingham, to
consider the injury that might be done to the trade of
the country by allowing railway companies to have the
monopoly of acting as carriers. This petition pointed
especially to the Grand Junction and the Birmingham
and Gloucester Companies, as there are no other existing
means of conveyance in the district which are Jett to
operate as a sufficient check.

The advices by the West India mail give a satisfactory
account of the progress of the crops, the reports from
the various districts being favourable, not only as regards
the weather, but also as regards the exertions of the
labouring population, who appear to have lost that
apathy which was formerly a distinguishing feature in
their character, and now exhibit an interest in the wel-
fare of their employers, the planters. The return of
sugar for the next year was expected to be large, and a
positive increase upon the last exports was predicted.
Messrs. Wright and Young, of Hull, in their annual
circular, take a very comprehensive view of the state of
the corn and seed trade during the past year. They,
however, appear to dilate at the greatest extent upon the
condition of the market for linseed, which seems to have
attracted much attention amongst those interested in the
article. A very active business is reported to have been
done in the markets throughout the year, though it is
said that during the greater part of the period it could
not be considered profitable to the importing merchant,
the value here, owing to the continued and large influx of
arrivals during summer and autumn, approximating too
'early to the prices paid abroad to allow of a return
adequate to the risk of shipment. For a short period in
the spring the case was, however, different ; and, as
regards the two closing months of the year, widely so,
the great and rapid advance that then took place in
prices leaving room for amply remunerating profits.
SUN.—The English Market went back this afternoon,
Consols being 1001 New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. were 104; and the Three per Cent., Reduced,
Mi. India stock, however, was rather better, being
288 to 289.

Spanish Bonds continued rather drooping, the Five
per Cents. being 27/ -8-; and the Three per Cents., 36i A-.
Mexican Bonds were flat at 34i 4, as it appears that
Santa Anna seized at Vera Cruz 340,000 dollars of the
Customs' duties belonging to the bondholders, 100,000
of which at least would otherwise have come forward by
the Forth. Remonstrances, however, had been made
upon the subject, and it was promised the sum should
be restored in time for the April dividend. Colombian
Bonds were 14i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
were 63k.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Bristol and Exeter were 6; Cambridge and
Lincoln, i; Direct Northern, 1; Dublin and Belfast, 2i;
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 51 5 ; Great
Western, 86 ; Ditto, Half, 46 ; Hull and Seby, 20;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 4i; Birmingham, 129; Brighton,
2 ; Ditto, Loan Notes, 2i ; South-Western, 36i to ;
Croydon, 21 to London and York, 2; Lynn and Ely,
11; Newcastle and Berwick, 63-; North Kent, 11-; Ports-
mouth, Direct, ; Trent Valley, 8; York and North
Midland Selby crip, 50 ; Lyons and Avignon,
Orleans and Bordeaux, 5/ ; Paris and Orleans, 24 to
231 ; Paris and Rouen, 20 ; and Rouen and Havre,
241 premium. Midland, and Birmingham, and Derby,
have been 14 discount.

_ -
THE INCOME-TAX.—Yesterday and on Saturday
notices were affixed on the church doors of the various
parishes within the City of London, by order of the
Commissioners of the income-tax, to the effect, as stated
in the circular, that all persons ho " think themselves
aggrieved by the assessments in the said ward, in respect
of the profits arising from professions, trade, offices, and
the other profits chargeable under schedule D of the
property and income-tax for the year ending the sth of
April, 1845," should appeal before the Commissioners
for General Purposes acting for the said district at their
meeting, " which will be held for the purpose of hearin,,
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THE KING or THE FRENCIL—Mr. Catlin, who
has recently returned from a visit to Paris, had the
honour during his stay there of presenting his American
Indian Portfolio to his Majesty Louis Philippe, who ex-
pressed pleasure in examining the work, and compli-
mented the author by graciously subscribing for a
number of copies. His Majesty the King of the French
has just presented Mr. B. Cu bitt with a splendid diamond
ring, in testimony of his satisfaction of the conduct of
that eminent engineer, and his services in forwarding
the train along the Dover Railway on the night of the
fire at New Cross station, when the King passed through
to Dover.

ic • ii--,
to mord 'respectful consideration than many simile 6r ad- ! SP.GRTING /NTELLIGEN
dresses have merited. Indeed, the only particulars nich . TATTE RS A LL'S—YESTERDAY. •-• ",-:: = \''
culls for any adverse remark from me is the threat -con- With the single exception of Pam, against Who*J--i
tained in eke second resolution, which had almost d ! ter- to 1 to nearly 2001., the price quoted against tlie:-praStqA
mined me to decline taking any notice of the memorial. ' cipal favourites, were nominal. Business turnrthehie,ily
"Still lam more diposed to take in good p•lrt wi sat- upon Panty a, the Miss Whip colt, Collier and i . !le-
pot, the odds laid against the first .two ~,,,,,,,- "...
ever can be so taken than to find reason for censuri ) or
complaint. .-
I we have returned below, against C011ier...5044- '''. -.. .4tl
"On the surplice, no difficulty remains. I have w, ith- ! Jinglepot I,ooo's to 15 and 20. Several offers to back
drawn that portion or my order.
e Cher-
their the Rebecca colt (now called Annandale), but nearly all
the layers " full," and little or nothing done. 3:11.
" On the offertory, I leave it to my clergy to exert •ise
ter Cup betting was confined o'l,ooo to 20 against
their own discretion. Those of their congregation -w ho
New-
duly feel the duty of almsgiving, if they are aver 'se, t,9 I court, 1.000 to 15 against Cabin Boy, a small be At 50
use the privilege of giving to God in the way in v.rhi.on . to 1 against Dog Billy, and 50 even on 22 against the
the Church points out, appear to me to be
busiuenced UT field, and two or three others laid in private.
an tfrensous prejudice—but certainly not yselfishness-
or worldiy-mindedness. Those terms apply only to 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
such persons who hare not a due sense of the duty- of 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas
Christian almsgiving, and to them I dare not be afra id 18 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—t. and aft. off:
to apply them. 18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger
" The Rubric being the law of the Church, I deem it 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's NeWsmonger
for reasons publicly stated by me, necessary to enforce , 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale
it. I rejoice to think that very few alterations will be 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit--taken
required in churches where reasonable attention to the 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gull's Old Eng
ird o'-Cockpen—t
and—taken
Rubric has hitheri,3 prevailed.—l have the hoilour to be 35 to 1 agstllukeofßic
Sir, your very obedient pervant, 35 to 1 agst Mr. Most n's Pantasa—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam
—4O to 1 taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen-40 to 1 t
40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier-50 to 1 taken
40 to I agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
50 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock'o Jinglepot—taken
loco to 15 agst Mr. Feguson's Clear-the-way—taken
OAKS.
20
.1 agst Mr. Bowes's As-you•like-it—taken
10

THE WI s‘")lt
D GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE
N

CHASE

Sporting event, which will take
. closed on the Ist; instant;.
The entries for ice..accidents which riccurred
place on the 25th of 31:21'4,2
will be remellabered,
In consequence of the serial)
last year (three valuable horses,
having been killed, arising from timi highly daverous
leaps over the land then selected in the' I,annediate vici-
nity of the town), it was at first contemplated that . the
runs should come off this year in the neigh.!iourhoofi of
Ascot Heath. An excellent line of country, ./lOweiret
has been selected by the stewards, within about two :Mile g
of Windsor, and close to Dedworth-green. Three
events have been announced to come off on the s, time
day (Baster Tuesday)—viz., a military chase, for hor, seal
the property of officers ; a chase for a sweepstakes or
five sovereigns each ; and a hack chase for one sovereig
each. The following are the entries for the military
chase :

Lord Glamis's br g Tea-fighter, aged,--Earl of Long-
ford, 2d Life Guards, names The Dentist, aged—Captain.
Blanes, 2d Life Guards, br g The Martyr, 6 yrs—Cap-•
tzkin Schobell's, 17th Lancers, Cock Robin—Lord Miles's,
17th Lancers, The Colonel—Lieutenant Langlefs 2cL
Life Guards, the Cardinal, aged—Mr. Pyett's br g
don—Captain Boucherett's, 17th Lancers, The Imposter-.
Mr. IL Sutton and Sir Charles Kent, Ist Life Guards,,,
Major Ogilvie, and Mr. Heskett, 2d Life Guards, have,
paid forfeit. The stewards are Captain Mountjoy Mar-
tyn and W. 11. Tollemache, Esq., 2d Life Guards, and..
Major Lawrence, 17th Lancers.

Some excellent: sport is anticipated, from the well—
known character of the horses already entered, aid the
line of country selected by the stewards.

GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH
FOR TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
The great running match between Shepard, a cele—
brated pedestrian, of Birmingham, and Jackson, alias"
the American Deer, a noted runner, for 1004 $ side,.
was decided yesterday in favour of the latter, who, ac-
complished a feat said to be unparelleled in the Amara
of pedestrianism, that of running eleven miles all bet
100 yards, within au hour. The match came off on thee
Hatfield-road, a short distance beyond Barnet, and at--
tracted a large assemblage of spectators, as the event has:.
for some tithe past excited considerable interest of a
speculative nature in the sporting world, particularly
among those who delight in feats of strength and.
speed, and considerable sums were pending the result.
Sheppard at one period was the favourite at odds- oil'
about six to four, but a rumour obtained currency laaU
week that he was " amiss," and a reaction in thek
betting was consequently the result. The winner wast
admirably trained by Fuller, the well-known pedestrian,
but who is now somewhat passe. He has, however,
kept his man at work lately, making him day, it is
said, get over forty miles of ground, in order to test his
speed and powers of endurance. Sheppard is also a.
most extraordinary runner, his previous performances
fully justifying the confidence of his friends and back era.
For instance, on the 4th of November last, he raw ,ten
miles at the Vauxhall-gardens, Birmingham, in fiftrei. z
minutes and a half. Some of the cognoscenti attnbeta
his defeat to his having been trained " too fine,' and
that he had been compelled but a few days since to resort
to aperient medicine, which had produced temporary
debility. Jackson has always been considered to be w
" crack" man at a long distance, and it is recorded of
him that when he ran Maxfield, the " North Star," at
Peckham, he accomplished three miles in four seconds.
under sixteen minutes. The event will excite consider-
able sensation in the provinces, particularly in Birming—
ham, where Sheppard is held in high estimation. •
In betting 6 to 4 were freely laid our Sheppard, and
perhaps on no other running match was so much money
speculated. One mile of road was measured, over which
the match was to be decided. The competitors started
at about the rate of one mile in six minutes. They con-
tinued nearly together till the eighth mile, when Shep-
pard appeared at an advantage. Upon the approach of
the tenth mile Jackson increased his speed, and pressed
his opponent, and on the turn of this mile Sheppard
staggered and fell completely exhausted. Jackson then
proceeded at a slackened pace for the remainder of the
way, and the one hour had passed as he was 100 yards
from the llth mile. The performance is greater there
this, as we learn from a source on which we can strictly
depend, that this is what is termed a long mile, that in
point of fact it exceeds that distance by 21 yards. We
are indebted to a sporting man who has recently mea-
sured it for this information. During the race there was
a large body of horsemen riding alongside, the bibeds
keeping the quadrupeds in a good sweat.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, about
,hree o'clock, an accident, which has proved fatal, oc-
curred to a shipwright named Atchison, whilst employed
at the stern of her Majesty's ship Comus, 18 guns, now
fitting in the third dock at Chatham. It appears that
the un%rtunate man was standing on a stage suspended
by ropes, which not hanging perpendicular at the
time, caused the stage to tilt, whereby he fell into
the dock, a depth of nearly thirty feet, his head com-
ing in contact with the edge of the stone steps. When
picked up he was insensible, and blood was flowing co-
piously from the head ; the other parts of his body ap-
peared to have received severe injury. He was immediately
placed upon a stretcher, and conveyed to the surgery,
but owing to the extent of the injuries, it was found
necessary to forward him to Melville Hospital, where he
received every medical attention from the principal offi-
cer, Dr. Rae, and Surgeon Charlton. On the removal
of the hair from the bead the back was found to be
completely shattered, Dr. Rae extracting upwards of a
dozen pieces of bone, leaving a piece of bone in the head
of about four inches in diameter. The poor fellow's
sufferings terminated at three o'clock on Saturday mora-
ing last. The deceased was about sixty years of age, and
had been in the dockyard upwards of thirty years. He
has left a widow and six children. The widow will re-
ceive 121. a-year as a pension for life.
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF STRANGULATION' BY
MACHlNERY.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at
the York Minster, Bunlall-row, St. Luke's, on the body
of William Lawrence, aged eighteen, employed by Mr.
Martin, paper glazer and embosser, of Old-street, but
whose factory is in Bunhill-row. On Friday evening
deceased was about to glace some paper at a one-horse
power steam-engine, and was passing a proof sheet
beneath its rollers, one of which is of hollowed brass,
heated by a red hot round bar of iron, in the manner of
a tea-urn. He wore at the time a handkerchief with
the ends depending loosely. The sheet of paper ho
was trying, missing its bite, slipped, and, as he stooped
to catch it, the ends of his neckcloth got beneath the
brass roller, and ho was drawn in, with his neck and side
face tightly fixed against it. He cried out, "Stop the
engine;" and two fellow-workmen hurried to his assist-
ance, and did so. They then unscrewed the roller, and
extricated deceased. He sighed heavily once or twice,
and expired. Mr. John Matcher, a neighbouring sur-
geon, having been sent for, pronounced the cause of
death to be strangulation, and accounted for its sudde.n-
nessbyith recolellosr. H
close contactadit been of the
cool
edoecl
be mighteased'svi notsage mth
the heated have
been strangled. Verdict, " Accidental death."
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CIIARACTEI.---.
Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Dolphin, Tun-
bridge-street, New-road, upon James Leach, a master
shoemaker, aged 72. The deceased,hiswhs was a widower,
led a kind of anchorite life duringwidowhood, seldom
admitting visitors, and allowing his apartment to be
cleansed but once during the past six months. Last
Thursday the female who discharged that duty called to
do some work for him, and he told her to go away and
return.about one o clock. She did so, and upon her re-
turn she found him stretched and insensible alongside
his table, at which he was dining, with his half-consumed
meal before him. Medical assistance was called in, but
he was lifeless at three o'clock. Verdict, " Natural
11 tShtn3or DeTerembAelrimlaDsEt Ra OcormmANonlNwFhAiteNT.w—ickoern the
bas-
ket, of rather bulky appearance, was brought to the
Southampton Railway terminus at Nine Elms, by a
female, directed to " P. Muspratt, Esq., Winches-
ter." It was accordingly sent to the latter place
by the mail train, but no person of that name could
be found there. It was shortly afterwards brought
back to Nine Elms, where it laid in the parcel office
until yesterday, when a putrid stench from the basket
attracted the attention of the clerks. It was accordingly
opened in the presence of the superintendent, when the
body of a new-born male infant was found inside, rolled
up in a piece of old flannel, over which was a piece of
yellow oilskin. A surgeon was sent for, but there were
no marks of external violence. It is presumed that the
infant died for want of nourishment and proper attention
from its inhuman parent. The body, which is in a very
putrid state, awaits a Coroner's inquest.
Lord Mayor Gibbs presents his compliments to
the editor of the Great Gun, and would be obliged by
being informed whether Tyler, the President of the
United States, is any descendant of \Vat Tyler, who
was once knocked down by an unaccountable Lord
Mayor.—Great Gun.
Hay has attained the price of 61. 53. per ton at
Merthyr, and it is feared will for some time continue to
rise. It is computed that the weekly consumption of
hay in this town averages 8701. worth per week, and of
employed in
the k
worthw;osrucs.h.cmri.
is
athbealan.rge number of horses