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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
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LARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS, one of which, the In-
terior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA in JERUSA-
LEM, taken from the work of D. Roberts, R.A. (published
by Mr. Moon), rivals the much-admired picture of the Inte-
rior of the GREEK CHURCH.—Among other Novelties are
fine specimens of Fresco, in the Ancient and Modern styles,
just executed by Frederick Sang, a German Artist of the first
eminence.—Among the varied Lectures in Practical Science,
the CALOTYPE PROCESS of Mr. For Talbot is given at
Two o'clock daily, in which Pictures are spontaneously deve-
loped before the Visitors.—The ORRERY. DIVING BELL,
DIVER, &c. &c.—The COSMORANIIC VIEWS are shown
in the Evenings only.—Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis.
Admission. ls.

TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.
THE PATENTEES of the OMNIBUS INDI-
CATOR beg leave to inform all parties who may feel
an interest therein, that the FIRST OMNIBUS with this
IMPROVEMENT will start from Sloane-square, Chelsea, to
the Angel, Islington, on THURSDAY, the 25th August, 1842,
when*, the Inventor will be in attendance for.the purpose of ex-
planation.

NA,TIONAft LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,

QECOND-HAND WATCHES ancI:CHRONO-
METERS.—A large assortment of superior' Second-
hand Watches on Sale, at WEBSTER and. SON'S, Chrono.
meter Makes to the Lords of the Admiralty, established 150
years, consisting of the finest Chronometers, Duplex and Lever
Watches, with several Repeaters by the most eminent Makers
in London ; many nearly equal to new, at half their original cost:
all are warranted in their performance. having been repassed and
carefully examined. To country Gentlemen, the Clergy, and
those to whom accuracy and economy are an object, the selec-
tion is worthy attention.' Also some elegant and superior
FOREIGN WATCHES at low prices.—W. and Son have
on the premises the finest Workmen in the repairing depart-
ment for English and Foreign work, t(, which equal attention is
devoted with their own manufacture, at the lowest possible
charges. W. and Son's new work consists of the most accu-
rately compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, adjusted to
counteract the variations of temperature upon the principles of
their Chronometers, to which Government awarded the Prizes
three years in succession. Old Watches taken in exchange.
Letters promptly attended to. WEBSTER and SON, 3,
Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER•
CATALOGUE, with ENGRAVINGS (Gratis),
POSTAGE FREE.—The celebrity of the rich and silvery
appearance and extreme durability of the material made ex-
clusively by ourselves, has induced many attempts to foist
upon the public the notoriously deleterious German Silver
under the guises of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," &e.
&c., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
eminent chemist, we have succeedeil in purifying our material
so that acids do not afiect it ; it is now so well known and
appreciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its
uses. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
can only be had at our warehouses. It is the same through-
out., and can be engraved and made in all the various articles
that are in silver, from which it can only he told by reference
to the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.

Table Spoons and Forks, full
size, per dozen..
Desertditto and ditto, ditto los. Od. 21s. Od. 251. Od.
Tea ditto and ditto ditto 59. Od. 1 ls. Od. Us. Od.
Gravy ditto 4s. Od. 6s. Od. is. Od.
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street.
Established 1830.—Catalogues gratis.

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN)
41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the mai-
gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice .the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich-
ness of Silver in appearance—with 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—resist' ng all acids, may be cleaned as Silver,
and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side-
board.

s. d. s. d.
Table Spoons and Forks, l Sauce Ladles ..... 1 9
per doz
Dessert do., per dos l2 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6
Soup Ladles... 6 6
C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal
is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public will there-
fore have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs
the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy
itVffecing from the unparalleled success which has marked the
progress of His New Plate since its introduction. C. W.,
unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the
result will establish its pre-eminence.
41 and 42,,BARBICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE

ILVER •P L ATED CORNER DISHES.—
T. COY SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, No. 47,
Corn-hill, Loudon ( Seven doors from Graceclrarch-street).
submitsthe prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated
Corner Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields
for engraving the crest or coat of arms :
The Gadroon Pattern.

Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... £lO 10 0
Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and
Covers
The Flower Pattern.

... 12 12 0

Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and
Covers

13 10 0

N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that
they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to
any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free.

39, ALBENIARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly
opposite the York Hotel), and
76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
IIGHT AND HEARING.—TESTIMONIALS.
The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly-invented
SPECTACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely
;mperfect vision—We give them the decided preference to
every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency
brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view
the most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are
particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to
the sight, and soften• bright and brilliant lights :
James Blundell, Esq., AI.D., 1, Great George-street, West-

rainster.
George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dever-street;
T. J. Pettigrew, Esq,., Surgeon, F. 8.5., Saville-row.
John Ramsbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings.
Anthony White, Esq , Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, Kennington
Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth.
T. Daldy. Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
R. H. Lucas, Esq., Exeter.
J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D.
Wm. .Bowie' Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby.
'Vm Jeafresen, Esq., Surgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street.
S .D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., M. 1)., Brighton.
William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
E. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Walli.agford.
Thomas Willis, Esq., M. D., Brig, ton
ciriffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith.
John Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manche3
ter-square.
Charles Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town.
H. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place, Ken-
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N. M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pat liament-street.
Samuel Banner, Esco Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square.
W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor
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W. English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-11;11.
A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon. 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury.
E. S Addart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square.
J. H. Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury.
C. Iligham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edwaru Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire."
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their
INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited,
is not larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into
the cavi, y of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort-
able nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place.
By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
with distinctness. _

These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High-
nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Pr.ocess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Grace;:
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the
Dukes of Devonshire, Argyle, Manchester, and Marlborough,
Lord Hill, ev.e. Sze.
Observe the, 4essrs. Solomons state that they have no con-
nection with persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland,
and that they do not employ any Travellers or Agents ; the
' genuine article are only to be had London, at their Esta-
blishments, 3 9 Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York
1 lintel, and 76, King William-street, Bank,

TO PERSONS VISITING BOULOGNE.
FLOURY'S COMMERCIAL liOI7EL, 15,
RUE NEUVE-CHAUSSEE,EOULOGNE-SUR-

M ER.

The HOTEL FLOURY is situated in one of the best streets
of this agreeable Watering-place, and is near the :Thea're,
Post-office, the Paris Coach-offices, and the Pier. There is
an excellent. Table d'flote every day at a Quarter.past Five.
A great variety of Wines at moderate prices; and the Bed-
rooms and Sitting-rooms are uncommonly clean and convenient.
Persons wishing to pass a few weeks at the Sea-side will
find every convenience at this Hotel ; the expenses are even
smaller than in private apartments, and only about one-half the
amount charged at many fashionable watering•places.
Good Stabling.
04,4, No Commissioner being employed on board the packets,
travellers will find prices the more moderate. The rec3mmen-
dations of Commissioners on board the steamers should be par-
ticularly guarded against.

IF the GENTLEMAN who LEFT CHEL-
TENHAM on SATURDAY, the 13th inst., by the
GLOUCESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, will
put himself immediately in communication with his FAMILY,
or any CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND, there is an assurance
that his affairs could be satisfactorily adjusted.
Saturday, Aug. 20,1342. •

MR. GREEN'S LAST ASCENT.
(From the Dorset County Chronicle.)
The inflation was slow, and commenced at two p.m.
Gas began to be prepared as early as five o'clock in
the morning. The balloon which was used on this
occasion is nearly new, and bears the grand name of
the " Royal Albion." It was enclosed in a substan-
tial net, and altogether, it may be well proud of the
name it hears. The balloon is 113 feet in circumfer-
ence, contains 25,000 cubic feet of gas, and, with the
car attached, is upwards of 50 feet high. The car
was attached at half-past four o'clock p.m., the town
hand playing many delightful lively airs. The car
was, we thought, rather small for two persons, consi-
tiering the number of sand- bags stowed away, with
the cable, grapnel, and instruments. It was, however,
strong and neat, the top part being' covered/with rich
blue silk, with gold fringe ; the under part crimson
and gold, and lined witli'green silk damask, being al-
together remarkably unique. Mr. Green entered the
car with his usual firmness of nerve, having been per-
fectly satisfied as to his sailing in an inland direction,
from first having, as a surety, sent up a good-sized
balloon to ascertain the Current of air aloft. This
being done, Captain Currie as boldly entered, and who,
we find, was formerly quartered here, and was an officer
in the 23d Regiment of Lancers, which was disbanded
at Radipole Barracks in 1817. All being right, th eli nes
which held the balloon were speedily unloosed, and at a
quarter to five o'clock, they made one of the most beau-
tiful ascents ever witnessed, amidst the shouts of thou-
sands of spectators, the band playing " God save the
Queen." This makes the 280th ascent of Mr. Green, and
the 36th of Captain Currie. The course taken was a
north-east direction, passing over the figure of his
late Majesty King George 111., which is beautifully
cut in chalk, on one of those range of hills be-
tween Preston and Osmington. It is needless to say
they were watched with intense anxiety
,as far as the
eye could see, and for several minutes had totally dis-
'appeared, when a cry was heard—" The balloon ! the
balloon !" It was, however, seen but a few seconds,
and soon dipped behind the hills to afford others the
enjoyment of witnessing that which had created so
much interest with us. There could not have been
much less than between 15,000 and 16,000 persons
present. Mr. Green, accompanied by Captain Currie,
arrived in Weymouth about eight o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning, and immediately waited on the
Mayor to announce his safe return.

passed by that of .I,'"aple3 was charming; the e
could reach to the Devonshire cliff's on th
we.:4, and extend to the Isle of Wigl:
on the east. The day IN-as cloudy and h.
clined for rain, but at the moment we quitted th
earth, the sun shone .forth in all its glory, and I an
convinced the ascent must have pleased those who di,
us the honour to look at us, and I rather think the:
were not a few. From the sun acting upon the bal.
loon we shot up like a rocket, and were soon above th
clouds. It would be impossible to express completel3
the beauty of the scene, but suffice it to say, th'
clouds had the appearance of an interminable ocean o
snow. I have before seen the reflection of the ballool.
on the clouds, but the balloon only ; on this occasiou
it was surrounded by a double halo, with all the pris-
matic colours of two rainbows clearly defined. Mr.
Green has seen it on several occasions ; I never have
been fortunate enough to do so before, and was cer-
tainly astonished and delighted. 'We descended in
perfect safety, and were most hospitably entertained
by the Rev. R. Waldy, who was so kind as to lend us
a carriage to convey us towards the point of our
ascent. R. W. CURRIE, H.P.,
Late Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards.

SUICIDE-BY:LEAPING.FROM THE
MONUMENT.
INQUEST ON THE BODY.

On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. Payne,
the Civic Coroner, and a jury of respectable inha-
bitants of the parish of St. Magnus, Lower Thames-
street, assembled at the Swan Tavern, Fish-street-
hill, to inquire into the circumstances attendant on
The death of Jane Cooper, aged 17 years, who commit-
ted suicide on the morning before by jumping from
the top of the Monument.
The jury, on being sworn, proceeded to view the
shattered remains of the deceased, which were depo-
sited in a shell in St. Margaret's Church, and on their
return to the inquest7room the following evidence
was adduced before them :

The first witness called was Robert Fuller Rolfe, a
City constable, who deposed that while passing up
Fish-street-hill on the morning before, and on reach-
ing near the chapel,' he saw a female in the act of
dropping from the top of the Monument. In her fall
she struck against a part of the Monument itself, and
thus caused her body to rebound and fall into near the
middle of the street. He hastened to her assistance,
and raised her up, but found she was quite dead.
He then sent for a shell, into which the body was put,
and removed into St. Margaret's church. He era-
mine :I her clothes, and found the initials upon them
to be " J. C.," but beyond this there was nothing else
about her person by which she could be identified.
GeOrge Pike, another City officer, corroborated the
evidence of the last witness.

Thomas Jenkins, the receiver of the fees to view
the Monument, was next called and examined. He
stated that the deceased presented herself at the en-
trance to the Monument about half-past ten on the
day before, having paid sixpence for her admission.
He did not at the time perceive anything remarkable
in her appearance or manner to give him the slightest
suspicion that she meditated self-destruction, and on
her paying the money he merely told her to take
hold of the railing on the left hand side ; upon which
she replied, " Oh, yes, I know." She then proceeded
up the stairs and did not seem to be the least flurried
in her manner, and he saw no more of her until he
observed her body in the street. There is a person
named Fletcher at the top of the Monument, whose
duty it is to conduct all visitors round, and not to
leave any person alone. If there are several persons
at the top he is required to walk round, but not to in-
terfere unless his suspicions are aroused. At the
time the unfortunate deceased had ascended there
was no other person on the top of the building, with
the exception of Fletcher. He (witness) did not see
the deceased, after giving her the warning to hold by
the left railing, until after, she threw herself from the
building.
Nathaniel Fletcher, an inactive old man, said, that
on the morning before, he went on duty as usual at
nine o'clock, and about half-past ten deceased came
and asked to view the Monument. She then paid
the fee and went up, and he fbllowed her to the top.
When they had been there a few minutes, he heard a
noise as if a door closed, and went to see what was
the matter, leaving the deceased alone. He returned
in a few minutes, and not seeing the young woman,
he thought she had gone down stairs, but instead of
this she threw herself off. When he left, the de-
ceased was standing by the flag-staff, and this was the
last time he saw her. In reply to a question from a
juror, the witness denied having more than half a
pint of beer to drink on Friday morning.
The jurors almost unanimously expressed them-
selves perfectly astonished that a person so feeble and
incompetent should have been appointed to such a
situation.

Sarah Timmins, a fashionably-dressed young
woman, said she lived in the Walworth •road, and
had been acquainted with the deceased for some time
past. On Thursday last the deceased called upon
her and she then appeared perfectly happy. No par-
ticular conversation took place on that occasion, and
she never observed any thing in her manner or habit
to induce her to think she was disturbed in her mind,
Mr. IV. Rowbotham, of Buttesland-street, noxton.
deposed that the deceased had been in his service for
about twelve months, and up to Thursday last, when
she went out for a holiday. He was quite certain of
her identity, and that her name was Jane Cooper.
She always appeared to her mistress to be in good
health and spirits, and he knew of nothing that had
latterly occurred to prevent her being otherwise. lle
understood she went out to spend the day with her
friends, and she was expected home on Thursday
night by eleven o'clock, but did not return. The wit-
ness was not aware that she went to Camberwell Fair
on the Thursday evening, nor did he know where
she had spent Thursday night.
Mrs. Sarah Rowbotham, wife to the last witness,
said that when the deceased left her house on Thurs-
day morning, she told her she was going to Vauxhall,
and she then requested her to be home by eleven
o'clock; which she promised. I expected her back,
but she did not come; nor did she (witness) see her
alive after that morning. In answer to the questions
of the Coroner and Jury, the witness said that she
had paid the deceased one shilling on the Thursday
morning when she went,. and that was all the wages
due to her. She said that the deceased had some
days before drawn the whole of her wages but the
shilling to purchase clothes, and the whole of those
she wore on the Thursday morning. This witness
also declared that she was not aware of any male ac-
quantance which the deceased had, nor of her form-
ing an improper intimacy with any one, nor had
any of her friends or followers been to her (wit-
ness's) house the whole of the time she had been in
her service.
A number of letters which had been produced by,
and which were found in the box of the deceased, by
Mr. Rowbotham, were here examined by the Coroner
and Jury, and some extracts from them read by Mr.
Payne, but they Contained nothing to give the slightest
clue as to the cause of the rash act. In one letter to
Miss Timmins she wrote thus :—" I wish I could find
every one so unchanging as you are." But when Miss
Timmins was called on to explain what it meant, she
declared she was quite ignorant of its import, and that
she did not know of any one to whom
the deceased
had been in the slighest degree attached; nor had she
ever heard her, she said, mention the name of any
young man whose company she kept.
step-mother to the deceased,
Mrs. Sarah Cooper,
stated that the deceased had been to service about four
years, and that during that time two situations; in the
first of which she had been about three years, and in
the last twelve months. She was a young woman of a
very high spirit and very self-willed, and for some
time previous to her death she and witness had not
been on good terms. This was owing to her speaking
to her about keeping very irregular hours while at
her house, as she used to come home at one and two
o'clock in the morning while stopping with her.
CORONER—When was this ? Witness—When she
was out of a situation.
CORONER—Do you know of her forming any im-
proper intimacy with any young man ? Witness—
Not any one in particular. She was rather gaily
inclined.

CORONER—Can you form any opinion as to the
cause of her committing this deed ? Witness—None
whatever.
Juror—You have said the deceased was of a hasty
temper ? Witness—She was, Sir, very violent in her
temper indeed, and had once threatened my life.
CORONER—Has she ever threatened to take away
her own life? Witness—No, Sir; but I have fre-
quently spoken to her about self-destruction, and
what a shocking offence it was ; but she seemed to
treat it with indifference, and said she did not think
anything about it.
Juror—Do you reccllect having heard her say any-
thing about the young woman who had thrown her-
self off the Monument about two years ago ? Wit-
ness—No, Sir, but I have heard her say she should
wish to see the Monument.

Another Juror—Was she in the habit of reading
ovels or religious books ? Witness—She used to

gad both, Sir,- and was as nice a young woman as
ould be, but had lately become completely altered.
CORONER—You have said you were in the habit
pf speaking to the deceased about self-destruction.
What were the causes that led you to do so ?
Witness—No causes ; but we used to read of such
things in books and in the newspapers, and that's all.
CORONER—Then you cannot assign any cause that
has come within your own knowledge for the de-
ceased's throwing herself from the top of the Mon u-
nent ? Witness—l cannot, Sir.

Mr. William Fuller, surgeon, of King William-
;treet, was next called, and examined. He stated
that he saw the body of the deceased just after it had
been picked up, and on removing her bonnet he found
part of the skull fractured and forced in.
CORONER—There were, I believe, several injuries
ni different, parts of the body. There is no necessity
,or a minute description of them, but merely state
m Aerial or principal injury which was the more
immediate cause of death. Witness—The more im-
mediate cause of death was the,fracture of the skull,
and the laceration and protrusion of the brain.
'CORONER—By my directions, Mr. Fuller, you have
made an examination of the body of the deceased with
he view of ascertaining whether the- deceased was
n a state of pregnancy. Is it your opinion, from that
examination, that she was in the family way or not ?
Ar. Fuller—lt is my opinion that she was not in a
state of pregnancy ; if she was so, it must be in its
early stage. In reply to another question from the
Coroner, the witness gave it as his decided opinion
that the deceased had permitted familiarity with the
other sex some time before.

The Jurors put several questions to Mr. Fuller as
to whether he could judge of the state of the mind of
the deceased from the appearance of her countenance
after death; to which he professed himself unable to
4.ive satisfactory answers. '
Juror—Do you think it possible for a person whose
countenance is so placid as that of the deceased, to have
been deranged in her mind when•she threw herself off
the Monument ? Witness—lt is quite impossible for
me to say. I can only say that I have seen persons
whose features were much distorted with pain and ill-
ness just before death, and in a very short time after-
wards they were as placid as could be.
Juror—Yes, but that was in a case of natural
death. Do you know any similar instance in a case
of violent death ? Witness—No, Ido not.
The next witness called was Caroline Bottrell, an
interesting-looking young woman, dressed in deep
mourning, who, on being sworn, stated that she was
step-sister to the deceased, and that she had seen but
very 11.ttle of her for the last four years. The de-
ceased, she understood, was in her 17th year, having
been born on the 23d of September, 1825, and she
(witness) was not aware of any circumstances which
could have led to her committing such. -an 'act.
Mrs. Louisa Edwards, another sister of the de-
ceased, and whois a widow, deposed thtf she had not
seen the deceased for twelve months, and that this was
owing to her not knowing where she lived. This
witness here said there were some circumstances in
the case which she feared were withheld from the
Coroner and Jury, and which she wished should be
strictly inquired into.
,The circumstances she alluded
to, and which had been withheld were, that there were
two gentlemen, lodgers in the house of Mrs. Rowbo-
tham, with whom her unfortunate sister might have
formed an intimacy, and she (witness) should be glad
if the Coroner and Jury would inquire whether
either of those gentlemen were from home on the
Thursday night.
The CORONER, upon this suggestion, had Mrs.
Rowbotham re-called, and in reply to the questions of
the Coroner and Jury, she said, that two gentlemen
had lodged at her house, but one of them left last
month, and the other, she swore, had not been absent
from home on the Thursday night.: This witness de-
nied in the most indignant manner the imputation of
Mrs. Edwards, the last witness, and complained of
having been grossly insulted by her while waiting to
be examined. The witness, in conclusion, said it was
her firm conviction, from a close observance of her
conduct and manner, that so far from the deceased
forming any improper intimacy with the gentlemen
in her house, that she was perfectly spotless, chaste,
and pure.
The CORONER—The surgeon who has given his
evidence has declared her to be otherwise, and that,
too, for some time.

Mrs. Rowbotham (evidently much surprised and
affected)—l could hardly believe it possible, and I
can only say, the opinion I have expressed of her was
the one I have always entertained.
In reply to the question of a Juror, Mrs. Row-
botham said, that Mrs. Edwards, and, she believed,
the other members of the deceased's family, were per-
fectly well aware of where she lived ; yet for the 12
Months she had been in her service neither of them
came to see her.

Mrs. Edwards was again called, and it appeared from
her own admission that she had not the slightest
ground for making the imputation against Mrs. Row-
-botham, or the inmates of her house, and the Coroner
and Jury expressed it to be their unanimous opinion
that there was not the slightest imputdion against the
character of Mrs. Rowbotham.

Sarah Timmins was here recalled by order of the
Coroner. She said she became acquainted with the
deceased by her living as servant to a tenant of her fa-
ther, and that she corresponded with her occasionally,
but she was not aware of her having an acquaintance
with any young man, nor any improper intimacy with
any one. The deceased left her house on Thursday
evening after ten, and after being there about an hour
and a half, left for the purpose, as she (witness) believ-
ed, of going home to her master. She did not hear any
thing about Camberwell Fair, nor did she observe any
peculiarity in manner on that occasion, and she had
no idea where she bad been that (Thursday) night,
nor any cause which led to the rash act. The witness
was here questioned about some expressions in a note
which she had sent to the deceased in April last, but
the answers led to nothing particular.

The beadle here remarked that he had made in-
quiries, and found that the deceased bore a very ex •
cellent character in the situation which she had been
in previous to going into that of Mrs. Rowbotham,
and her mistress spoke very highly of her. Ile (the
beadle) had used every exertion to ascertain where
the deceased had been from six o'clock on Thursday
evening until half-past ten, when she presented her-
self at the Monument, but could not get any informa-
tion on the subject.

Mr. Deputy Pewtress said that, ukon hearing of
the unfortunate accident, he went to Cruildhall to ex-
amine the minutes of the Committee -who had been
appointed on the occasion of the former fatal accident
at the Monument, with the view of preventing a re-
currence of such offences. By those minutes he
found that the Committee had left the matter in the
hands of the Clerk of the Works to report on, which
gs he did. The report recommended two thinfor the
prevention of suicides,—the first was the appointment
of a person to accompany those persons who wished to
view the monument; and the next, that the iron
railing at the top, which was then four feet high,
should be raised four feet more, but as the latter
would somewhat diminish the architectural beauty of
the pillar, the former recomMendation was adopted,
and the man Fletcher was appointed to the situation.
He (Mr. Pewtress) had been to the top of the
Monument since the melancholy affair, and it was to
him a matter of considerable surprise that a person so
short in stature as the deceased could have got over
the iron railings, such as they were. On making a
minute inspection, however, he saw that it was easily
accomplished, for he found that the flag-staff had been
made fast at two places with bindings which formed
a resting place for the feet, and by their means a per-
son of almost any stature could have surmounted the
railing. Had this shelf not been in its present situ.
ation he (Mr. Pewtress) was of opinion the deceased
could not have accomplished her object.
Mr. Hall, Chairman of the City Lands Committees
said a Committee were summoned to meet An MM.:
day next, to take the present unfortunote occurrence
into consideration, and he (Mr, Hall) might with
confidence assure the Coroner and the Jury that such
means would be adopted as would effectually prevent
the recurrence of such tragic scenes.

The CORONER, in summing up VW OVldiance, ob-
served there could he no doubt the deceased came by
her death by an aot of her own, as it was impossible
to suppose that she could have fallen of by accident,
and the only question the Jury had to consider was the
state of mind in which she was at the time. With
respect to the Monument itself, he (the Coroner) wait
glad to find that two gentlemen who stood high in
the Corporation was in attenclall4e, and the jury had
heard what those gentlemen had said on the subjeei.
For his own (the Coroner's) part, he felt satisfied
from the assurance given by those gentlemen, th4i
something Would be at once done to effectualky pmeo
further deaths of this description. 4 was impbssible to
prevent suicidesi there were so many means of noon,.
pushing self.destruction, but something should be
done to prevent the outrage done to the public and

public feeling, by acts like the present. It was stated
that, on the present occasion, a man who was acci-
dentally passing had narrowly escaped, for had the
deceased fallen upon, instead of close by him, his life
must have been sacrificed. By the evidence, it did not
appear where the deceased had spent her time from six
o'clock on the Thursday evening until near half-pastten
on the following morning; but if the Jury should be of
opinion that an adjournment of the case would bring
forth this fact, he (the Coroner) was willing to ad-
journ the case to a future day. If, however, they'
were satisfied with the evidence before them, the only
question for their consideration (as there could be no
doubt of her having committed the act her3elf) was
as to the state of mind in which she was when she
committed it.

The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, re-
turned a verdict—" That the deceased came by her
death by injuries, by throwing herself off the Monu-
ment ; and that she had committed the act while la-
bouring under temporary derangement, occasioned
by indiscretion and stopping out all night."
A Juror, after the verdict was returned, said he
considered the Jurors would not be doing their duty
if they did not add to their verdict their disapproba-
tion of the City authorities in appointing to the situa-
tion such a person as Fletcher, a man who was so
worn out and decrepit as to be incapable of preventing
persons from throwing themselves from the top of the
building, if they even attempted to do 30 in his
presence, and who was a perfect specimen of the old
watchman.

The CORONER remarked he Ind no doubt th iwil
would be immediately remedied.

CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS.

The following is a return of the number of troops
and quantity of ammunition conveyed by the London
and Birmingham Railway within the last eight claw: ;
and it gives us much pleasure to state that -the
arrangements of the Company have called forth the
unqualified approbation and admiration of the military
authorities. Eight or nine hours sufficed for the
journey from London to Manchester and Leeds, for-
merly a 14 days' march.
Saturday Night.—Half a battalion of Grenadier
Guards,—viz., 20 officers, 500 men, and 6 horses ;
troop of Royal Horse Artillery,—viz., 3 officers, 62
men, 50 horses, 2 cannon, and 3 ammunition wagons.
Sunday Morning.—Half a battery of the Royal
Artillery,—viz., 3 officers, 41 men, 23 horses, 2 guns,
and 2 ammunition wagons.
Sunday Evening.—Part of the 34th Foot—viz.,
24 officers, 577 men, and 7 horses
Tuesday Morning.—Remainder of the 34th Foot;
—viz., 4 officers, 215 men, 63 women, and 44 chil-
dren, about 12 or 14 tons of ammunition.
Thursday Morning.—The 73d Foot,—viz., 24
officers, 633 men, four horses.

Thursday Night.—Two tons of ammunition.
Friday Morning.—The 73d Regiment,—viz., 24
officers, 650 men, 6 horses.

In addition to the foregoing, a large number have
been conveyed on from Weedon, and replaced by the
12th Foot brought up fron the North. Large quan-
tities of baggage, &c., have also been transmitted.—
Railway Times.

A CHEQUE STOLEN FROM THE

CUSTOM-HOUSE.

For some time past, private investigations by the
borough Magistrates, have been going on with respect
to the circumstances attending the loss of a cheque
for 1101. 10s. 11d., from the Custom-house. It ap-
pears that on the 7th of July a cheque for that
amount, drawn on Messrs. Maddisons, was paid into
the Custom-house, by Messrs. Forders, spirit-
merchants, and in the course of business handed
over to Mr. Graves, of that establishment. The
following day Mr. Graves missed the cheque, and
from the hurry of business at the time it was paid,
he did not recollect whether he had put the
cheque into the cash-box, or had accidentally
laid it on hia desk. An immediate inquiry
was made at Messrs. Maddison's bank, when
it was found the cheque had* been presented im-
mediately after the opening of the bank in the
morning, by a young man named Job Earle, a porter
at the Vine Inn, and cashed by Mr. Maddison with
25 five-pound notes, 5 sovereigns, and 10 shillings
and 11 pence. Earle had left the town, and from that
time to this the most active exertions have been made
by P. S. Terry, who, on Wednesday last, in conse-
quence of information he had obtained, proceeded to
Havre, and there with the assistance of two of the
French police, apprehended Earle, andgot him on board
the steam vessel and brought him over to Southampton.
On the voyage, the prisoner, without any promise or
inducement, made the following statement :—He said
he went out one morning to fill his buckets with
water, and saw the old man who sweeps the Long
Room of the Custom-house come down, and empty a
tub of some rubbish in which were some pieces of
paper. He (the prisoner) went and searched amongst
it for some pieces of string, and amongst the papers
he found a cheque. He took it to the Vine, and shbwed
it to the cook, who could read better than he could,
and she told him it was not worth anything. After
he had had his breakfast he went up to Maddison's
bank with the cheque, and Mr. Maddison paid him the
money without a word. He gave one of the Si. notes
to his father and two others to his sister-in-law, and
then went off to Bristol. Afterwards he went to
Rouen, in France. About a fortnight back he got
tipsy at the house of a man named Fitzpatrick, at
Rouen, and during the night he was robbed of sixteen
of the Si. notes and some French silver. The prisoner
was fully committed to take his trial for the felony.—
Hampshire Independent.

LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.
The intended opening of the line as far as Head-
corn at an early day, and afterwards, before the end
of this year, its continuation to Ashford, has al-
ready produced its effect upon the value of the tolls
arising on the turnpike road for the intermediate
distance between the latter place and Dover,
and even on the branch road from Folkestone to
Barham. On Wednesday the 17th, the Trustees
or the Dover and Sandgate Road, and of the
Folkestone and Barham Road, met at the Guild-
hall, in Folkestone, pursuant to advertisement,
to offer the tolls on those roads to public competition,
which were then let at the following rates, viz. :
Folkestone. Hill Gate, which was let last year for
3041., is now let for 4281. ; Sandgate Gate, which last
year produced 2961., is now let for 4201.; Uphill Gate
(Barham Road), let last year for 1201., now for 170/. ;
Denton Gate (Barham Road), let last year for 122/.,
this year for MO/. There were very many bidders,
and the competition was exceedingly brisk, The
increase on the two gates between Dover and H,ythe,
viz., Folkestone Hill and Sandgate Gate; was in each
case exactly the came (1240 ; but we have a strong
impression that the lessee will, even at that increase,
have a more profitable speculation thtn his prede-
cessor. We should not have been surprised if double
the last year's rents had been given for these two
gates ; for there can be no doubt that on the opening
of the railway to Ashford, the great majority of the
traffic between the Continent, Dover, and London,
will pass via Dover and Ashford, by the railway be.:
tween the latter place and the metropolk_ls,
ver
Chronicle.

OPERATIONS OF PEEL'S NEW CORN SCALE.—The
duty on foreign wheat has advanced to-day, as antici-
pated, to 9s. per quarter, and duty at Bs. has been paid
to an extent that will yield almost 700,0001. to the
public revenue. This immense accumulation in the first
place of corn in bond, enhancing the price to the pre-
judice of the consumer ; and then the effect, in the
second place, of entering for home consumption so much
as 1,000,000 quarters simultaneously on the very nick
of harvest, to the great loss of the English farmer, forms
a beautiful illustratiou o,e the " steady trade in corn,"
which the Premier boaster? of as a sure consequence of
his modified sliding scale. It is not a whit better than
the jumping scale. The industrious classes are praised
by their rulers for their " patience" so long as they lie
down and starve quietly by the roadside, mumbling out
with their last breath, " Confidence in my Government;"
1410 so soon as hunger and want drive them to deeds of
violence they are shot.—Morning Cironiele.
"Have you filled up your Schedule ?" is the ques-
tion one hears asked 'now by every body of every bods.
This puzzling tax has given a new turn to the com-
kntewourse of society. People don't ask now
44er each other's health, nor do they talk mueb about
the weather, glorious as it is ; nor do you hear
a Milt deal even of the alarming riots in the
north. There may be. ACM 41.4 the ft slight
glancing at these thin:4s\ but Thera is a mat-
ter of deeper iini!crtt a weigntior, mrstery, which sits
upon rnell'a souls, and " barren up their thoughts."
people you see going ;gout the streets with an ab-
stracted air, the solemn groups at the turning speaking
sotto voce, young tradesmen looking prematurely care-
worn, and here and there an elderly-gentleman appearing
disgusted with the werld—especially if he is a Tory, and
as feels himself caught in his own trap--all of them are
in .an internal ferment about their Schedules.—West
Briton.

HANGING AND CROWNING.—Murder upon a small
scale—no ! that is not good. Why ? Because we are
used to see men hanged for it. Murder on the largest
scale—O, that is most excellent I Why ? Because we
are used to see men crowned for it.—Bentham.