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SUSPECTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon, at two
o'clock, an inquest was held at the York Tavern,
Waterloo-road, Lambeth, before Wm. Carter, Esq.,
the Coroner for Surrey, on view of the body of
Simon Ravancigh, aged 45 years, which was found
on the bank of the river Thames, opposite to Messrs.
Dawson's, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, about nine
o'clock on Saturday morning last, having apparently
been in the water two or three days. There was a
severe wound of the scalp on the right side of the
head, which most probably was caused by some barge
passing over it. It was left on the bank of the river
by the receding of the tide. It was subsequently
owned, in consequence of a paragraph appearing in
the public journals.
The deceased had, it appears, been in very good
circumstances, but had become, of late years,
very much reduced, and lately had been solely
subsisting on the charity of an acquaintance,
with whom, until within the laSt fortnight, he
had been residing at Smallberry-green. Middle-
sex. He had lately been in a very dejected
and desponding state of mind, and abruptly left his
friend's house, having, however, a day or two pre-
viously, stated that he intended coming up towards
town, and endeavour to get employed in some of the
market-gardens in the neighbourheod, but which it
is supposed that he was unsuccessful in doing, and
having no means of subsistence, he had, in a fit, of
despair, thrown himself into the Thames. Only four
penny pieces were found in his pocket.
The Jury agreed to return a verdict of—" Found
drowned, but whether by . his own ar2t or otherwise
they had no evidence to prove." It was, however,
not recorded, owing to the party who identified him
having neglected to attend. The inquiry was there-
fore adjourned until Thursday next.

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(Before J. Merrifield, C. Cooper, and W. Attree, Esqrs.)
This morning, at ten o'clock, the adjourned meeting
rook place for the proof of debts and choice of assignees.
Fhe Court ps before was crowded to excess.

Mr. William Stanford attended to prove for 4,4001.,
and was examined by Mr. JAMES —He deposed that his
father was formerly partner in the concern in the late
Mr. Wigney's lifetime. The partnership was dissolved
twelve years ago and Gazated. Witness was positive
the dissolution of partnership, which was by mutual
'consent, was Gazetted. He was exe::utor to his father,
who never had anything to do with the bankrupts. Wit-
ness held no security 'for his deb'. The proof was then

Mr. Turner, a solicitor, attended on behtilf of Mr.
Warwick, to prove for 2,340, being a debt on a pa-
tent sugar speculation of Mr. Wigney's, carried on
under the firm of Wright and Taphn. Mr. Dubois
was the manufacturer, but he never had a shilling. The
whole concern belonged to Mr. Wigney. Mr. Warwick
)ffered, for the sum of 7001., to work up all the syrup
on the premises into sugar, which would yield about
7,000/., and the liabilities on the, concern, including the
claims of the Excise, would not exceed 5,0001., leaving a
aal:ince of 2,0001.

Mr. Isaac Wigney, Mr.' Clement Wigney, and Mr.
Wigney, were then examined, in order to show
that a favoured few were informed cf the insolvency of
the bank, and in consequence exchanged the notes
amongst the tradesmen of Brighton.
Messrs. \Vest, Creasy, Baku, Catt, and Patching
sere appointed assigness, and the meeting adjourned till
the 22d of April.
Amongst the largest amounts proved were—
Richard Weekes and William Thomsett,

Hurstperpoint
Win. Catt, Bishopstone .
Edward Short, messrnaster of the Scots

...£1,53.5 15 7
. 2,017 13 4

STRAWBERRY HILL.

" Some cry up Gunnesbury,
For Sion some declare,
And some say that with Chiswick House
No villa can compare.
But ask the beaux of Middlesex,
Who know the county well,
If Strawberry-hill, if Strawberry-hill,
Don't bear away the bell ?"

The first day of the private view of the contents of
this place commenced yesterday.
The house looks wretchedly dirty, dilapidated, and
deserted: It would almost appear that not a shilling
had been expended upon it, or upon anything in it,
for half a century. The usual appearance of all
houses in which a sale by auction is about to take
place is comfortless and cold ; but in this that appear-
ance is increased by the quaint and faded look of the
furniture, and the style of the decorations. The auc-
tioneer's men sort badly with the portraits of lords
and ladies ; they look like the undertakers of departed
grandeur, if not of departed worth, and increase the
gloom by the monotony of their motions and answers.
This place must have been a very different sort of
thing in its original state, and under the immediate
care and management of its original owner, from what
it now is, or its reputation, even as an elegant toy,
could never have been so high and so widely spread.
The attendance of company yesterday was but
thin. Amongst the visiters of rr.nk and fashion we
noticed Lords Tankerville, Cadogan, Lilford, and
some others.

The sale of Strawberry-hill is creating a great
commotion among the lovers of Fine Arts. The
list of rarities is numerous. The vrious portraits of
Holbein, cr"ious as showing the rise of the limner's
art in England, and valuable as undoubted likenesses
of Bluff Harry, his wives, his children, and his
courtiers ; those of Vandyke, exquisite in colouring
and consummate in anatomical skill, conserving th e
beauty and the chivalry of a later age in his glowing
canvas ; the lovely faces and the voluptuous bosoms of
the fair ones whose bloom still lives in S". Peter
Lely's warm colouring; the lovlier, because more
modest damsels, to whose charms the pencil of Sir
Joshua Reynolds has imparted half of his own im-
mortality ; the portraits of Jarvis, of Richardson, of
Kneller—these are, for the most part, firstof their class,
they are all priceless as representations of the illustrious
of the land, as well as splendid specimens of each ar-
tist's peculiar style. Portraits, either single or in groups,
from the principal portion of the pictorial treasures
of Strawberry-hill—for though there are beautiful
composition pictures by Reubens, by Rembrandt, by
Rosa, and other old masters, they prodominate—but,
as a series, they are unique and above value. The
two paintings by Hogarth, of " The Original Sketch
of the Beggars' Opera," and " The Rehearsal of an
Opera," as they came from his hand, must not, how-
ever, be passed over in silence, though here we must
bid adieu to the nobler twin-sisters of the arts. In
'sculpture, unless on a small scale, Strawberry Hill is
not rich ; still it possesses an Imperial Roman eagle,
discovered about a hundred years ago, net the baths
of Cmcalla, which is truly a superb specimen of Gre-
cian skill ; a head of Vespasian in basalt, of wonderful
expression and character; and other relics of the
same sort, perhaps equally worthy of mention, but
less striking. to the eye. In prints, in original draw-
ings, and in manuscripts, here are, indeed, riches
boundless. Eight hundred letters from the renowned
Maria de Vichy, afterwards Madame du Deffaud, to
Horace Walpole, throwing light upon the transac-
tions, literary, political, and social, of France, up to
the time of her death in 1780, and dissecting, with a
skill which a femme spirituelle of that period so well
knew how to employ, her contemporaries—historians,
poets, philosophers, beauties ; the collections of por-
traits to illustrate Granger, and those designed to
illustrate the reigns of Villiam the Third and
his successors, down to George the Third, con-
taining some thousands ; the engravings of Faithoi ie
and Vertue, and other artists, to whose talent and
perseverance we owe the unequalled position England
now maintains in that branch. The superbly
illumi-
nated missals by Julio Clovio and others ; the rare
books published at his private printing press by Ho-
race Walpole himself, and the many scarce works
to which he has added yet greater worth by com-
ments and marginal notes written by his own hand—
amongst which we may mention the copy of the Iliad
and Odyssey, from which Pope made his translation.
These are all our space permits us to name, yet there
are enough to indicate the precious store of learning,
of wit, of personal sketching here deposited. But
it is as a museum of curiosities that Straw-
berry-hill surpasses. Its exquisitely-chased orna-
ments, its miniature bronzes, its Etruscan vases, its Li-
mognes enamels, its antique medals, its coins of all
dates and countries, its magnificent armour and
knightly accoutrements of the middle age, its antique
furniture, andrits porcelain of Sevres, of Dresden, and
of China, are indeed as splendid as they are varied.
Add to these its rare intaglios, its choice collection of
miniature paintings, its Indian sacred utensils, its
faenza and majoilica vessels of classic design, and above
all its painted glass, some of which is truly surprising
for drawing colour, and expression, and a faint idea may
be formed of what is here to be found to delight the cu-
rious and to gratify the man of refinement. Amongst the
last-named class of articles it is impossible not to no-
tice more particularly a large silver bell, enchased in
the most exquisite style by Benvenuto Cellini, and a
suit of armour, steel gilt, worn by Francis the First
of France, each of which is, in its line, beyond any-
thing we have ever seen in beauty of workmanship.
A hunting-horn of copper, enamelled of that descrip-
tion called Limoges, having the history of St. Hubert
painted on it, is, we believe, unique in its way ; and
a small gilt clock, presented as a love-token by Henry
VIII. to Ann Boleyn, when he was a thriving wooer, is
an object which must be interesting to the tender-hearted
of all ages. We could dwell with rapture on the
enumeration of the many pieces of China which are
indeed beautiful, on the vessels of terracotta, of the
relics reserved from Herculaneum and Pompeii, and
on the fine Gothic and old English carvings, but we
must deny ourselves that pleasure. Still the wonder-
ful magic mirror of Dr. Dee, and his right-hand man
Kelly, must not be forgotten. A day or two now
will make us bid farewell to Strawberry-hill and to
its treasures.

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a servant under a false and counterfeit certificate of
character, whereby (under 32 Geo. 111., cap. 56, sec. 5)
he had rendered himself liable to the penalty of 201.,
or imprisonment and hard labour for not exceeding three
months. The case was heard before the borough Magis-
trates of Winchester last Thursday morning, on which
occasion the prisoner made a voluntPry statement, ad-
mitting that his real name was George Blair, and that
the correspondence by which he had obtained the situa-
tion was altogether counterfeit, the letters havingbeen
written by the same parties in London, from whom
Mr. Northover had received so many other appli-
cations. The act not allowing of any mitigation,
the prisoner was convicted in the full penalty
of 201., and in default of payment committed
to hard labour at the County Bridewell for
one month. In consequence of the disclosures made
in the investigation of this case, confirmed as
they were by the letters and other evidence which
Mr. Northover had previously collected, the Magis-
trates immediately issued warrants against two other
individuals, resident in London, and Mr. Northover
at once proceeded to town with one of the Win-
chester police, to take them into custody. Ore of
the delinquents was unfortunately permitted to escape,
but the other, whose name is Edward Andrews,
otherwise Edward Etches (after being suffered
to leave his residence, No. 1, Pembroke-place, 'West-
minster-road, in the very face of the policeman), was
afterwards met by Mr. Northover, who caused him to
be immediately apprehended, and taken to Winchester
on the following morning, where he was properly con-
victed as the actual writer of several of the letters, and
sentenced to two months' hard labour in the Bridewell.
The other parties implicated in this nefarious concern
are well known, and hopes are yet entertained that
they will be shortly brought to justice. The bonus
or fee expected and generally paid -by a young man
for obtaining a situation through the agency of these
parties, varied from 1/. to 51.—Hampshire Paper.

AMERICAN NEWS.
(Furthor Extracts from the American Papers.)
SAN ANTONIO MUTINEERS.

The nine men arrested for murder and mutiny on
board the Texian schooner San Antonio, on the tight
of the 11th inst., were yesterday brought before his
Honour the Mayor for examination. The -Attorney-
General was present—so was Lieutenant Seeger,
commander of the San Antonio.

The depositions of Messrs. M. H. Dearborn, Allen,
and Odell, all officers of the San Antonio, and who
were on board at the time of the unfortunate occur-
rence, were taken down. They are in substance a
recital of the facts given in this paper on the 13th
inst. They were all remanded to prison, to await
their trial on a "charge of murder, except Edward
Keenan, the cook, who, it appears, did not partici-
pate in the mutiny.
The following are the names of such of the crew
as are still at large, who were concerned in the plot,
and a party to the proceedings. Those persons to
whose name an asterisk is prefixed were among the
ringleaders_—

*James Hodgins, *Charles Lourence, *Mr. Wal-
lace, *John Francis, Thomas Compton, Henry Stultz,
T. E. Power. James Alsten, Eyeton, William de
Roone, R. A. Neely, A. Londois, R. Martin, and A.
Messenberger.
James Hudgins, another of the Texian mutineers,
has been arrested. He was taken at the South-west
Pass, on board a schooner bound for New York.—
New Orleans Bulletin, Feb. 22.

REPUDIATION IN FLORIDA.—The Star of Florida,
of the 10th ult., says—" So far as the fair fame of
Florida can be disgraced by the action of a faction,
we are of opinion that she has been disgraced by the
repudiating doctrines passed through the Senate du-
ring the past week. The following resolutions in-
troduced into that body by Mr. Cooper, of the Eastern
District, were taken up and passed :—" Resolved—
That the Territorial Legislature does not possess, nor
was it ever invested with, the authority to pledge the
faith of the territory responsible for the debts, or en-
gagements, of any corporation chartered by said Ter-
ritorial Legislature. That the Territorial Legislature
has no legal power, or authority, to impose taxes on
the citizens of the territory, for the purpose of dis-
charging the obligations, or paying the debts, of any
bank, railroad, or corporation ;, and all pledges of the
public faith so pledged, and laws made to sustain
thereby a levy of taxes on our citizens, are null and
void, ab initio.' _ _ _

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—The Baltimore American
of Saturday says—Mr. Thomas J. Flack, wholesale
grocer and liquor merchant, was found in his ware-
house in Argyle-alley, near South-street, this morn-
ing, with his throat cut and in a state of insensi-
bility. Physicians were immediately called in, who
dressed the wounds in his neck (being two gashes
running into each other immediately under the chin),
after NN hich he was removed to his dwelling, appa-
rently insensible, and unable to communicate any
reason for the rash act. Slight hopes, however, were
entertained of his recovery. Mr. Flack, it is mid,
had between one and two thousand dollars about his
person yesterday evening, which was not found on
him 'this morning, though it may have been disposed
of or left in some secret place at his house. The
spickets of two large casks of liquor in the ware-
house had been turned some time in the night, and
the contents (amounting to several thousand gallons)
run out.

Greys
Isaac Bass, of Brighton, grocer, assignee
of Trangmer ..
John Chatfield, of 'lone
Bright Smith
Thomas Ward Capps
J. Lushmar, Brighton, baker
Cooper & Co., of L►mbard st., bankers 326 11 5
Wm. Hallett, Bristol Hotel

MORE Mon LAW.—The Batesville News, of the
10th ult., gives us an account of an outrageous mob
in Van Buren county, Arkansas. The circumstances
are as follows :—A short time since, at the County
Court of Van Buren, a young man by the name of
Riser, was engaged in a fight with one of Samms,
when Butram threw a rock and broke his skull. Bu-
tram was arrested and committed for trial, but subse-
quently made his escape. A mob, then, of some
fifty persons gathered up and attempted to commit
violence upon the father of the young man who was
killed. The old man then with some friends, barri-
caded his house, and the mob commenced firing
into it, which they riddled considerably with their
balls. A female child, daughter of Mr. Kiser, had
her finger shot off. Mr. Kiser, by some means, got
a messenger off for aid to a neighbouring county, to
assist him in getting off with his family, but on their
arrival, Mr. Kiser and five others of his friehds, who
were in the house with him, were missing. What has
become of them no one knows. The mob, at the last
account, were still in arms, and had stopped a num-
ber of persons passing through the county, and exa-
mined their persons and papers. The Neu s under-
stands that a messenger had been dispatched with a
petition to the Governor, to call out the militia of
the adjoining counties to put down the mob.

THE METROPOLITAN PRISONS FOR DEBT.—There
are upwards of 400 persons confined for debt in White-
cross-street Prison, besides about 100 on bail from the
Insolvent Debtors' Court. The number confined is
greater than has been for some years. The measure now
before the House of Lords respecting the corsolidation
of the debtors' prisons will not interfere with White-
cross-street or Horsemonger-lane. The Secretary of
State will be empowered to make rules for the Queen's
Prison, and a distinction will probably be made in the
inmates. There will be in the same gaol Admiralty
prisoners, Chancery prisoners, and Marshalsea prisoners,
besides those who have been located for some years in
the place. There. is one man in the Fleet who has
' been a prisoner upwards of 26 years. In the Bench there
are 223 rooms, and the aggregate of prisoners is ex-
pected to be about 400. There are now 120 in the gaol,
and those to be removed from the Fleet and Marshalsea
will make together about 400—consequently, there will
be about two in a room. There have been as many as
800 in the same prison, when the practice of " chum-
ming" was carried on to a great extent. It wascustomary,
when one man was " chummed " on another, to pay him
58. a week, on which consideration he took his abode
somewhere else, and left the former prisoner in the un-
disturbed possession of the room. It is, however, ex-
pected that such a system will be prevented. All fees
are to be abolished. The Fleet and Marshalsea Prisons
are to vest in the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.

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common inks. The colour of the Nickel Ink is a Schecles
green, but it dries a vivid and permanent black—a striking con-
trast to the rusty black of other inks and writing fluids.

W. - at 2 C sold by Peacock,, _ursitor-street, Chancery-lane ;
and by all the principal Stationers in town and country, in
bottle, at 6d., Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. each.

MILLBANK PENITENTIARY.—The keport
of V the
Superintending Committee for the past year, of this
Penitentiary, for the reception of convicts, affords but
little conclusive, and amounts to scarcely more than a
statement of what is doing, in furtherance of what
should be done. The former distressing increase in the
number of insane prisoners having been occasioned, in
the opinion of Dr. Baly, the medical attendant, by the
severe observance of the separation system, the Com-
mittee, under his advice, have relaxed this strict system
with regard to all prisoners, except two classes specified;
an insufficient space of time, however, has as yet elapsed
to pronounce upon the comparative merits of the two
systems, and the lapse only of another year will afford
any positive data. It however appears that since the
change of discipline, introduced in July, 1841, and
carried on during the five succeeding months, only two
prisoners became insane, and those were curable cases.
From the health returns, it 'appears that the prisoners,
during the last year, have enjoyed good and superior
health to the average run of preceding years. The
aggregate number of prisoners confined in the Peni-
tentiary in the course of last year was 998, exclusive of
military convicts, who amounted to 874 ; the deaths
in the whole number during the same period amounting
to fifteen.

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TION.

The folio +in; is an interesting extract from a letter
just received L•om au impartial observer of peeing:
events in Scotia id, in reference to the subject now dis-
turbing the repose of the Seobch Church :
" As to the Scottish Church, or non-inatuiiort
question, my opinion is that the majority of the
people of Scotland really care very tittle about it, and
that it is a dispute which has been stirred up entirely
by the will men among the clergy. The evil of pa-
tronage is greatly exaggerateil. The settlements in
the face of reclaiming congregations' since the
Act of Queen Anne, or 1710, if ten account
were taken of them, would be found to .be
comparativerly very few indeed. Popular- elec-
tions among the Dissenters have caused -far
greater dissatisfaction and schism amongst congre-
gations. How many instances could be induoed of Jai-
norities amongst the Dissenters breaking off from the,
majorities and choosing new pastors for themselves e
And how many instances could be given of pariah..
ministers who were unpopular and were thrust on their
congregations, gaining the good will of their flocks and
becoming the most useful and the most esteemed of the
Scottish clergy !
"As to the legal question, you hear it said the Scottie
civil and ecclesiastical courts are in collision. This is
wrong.
"The law is fixed at present by Act of Parliament •
by civil law, the Act of Queen Anne, and has been acted
on upwards of a century. Every clergyman in the
Church of Scotland was settled, in virtue of -this
law, till within these few years, when the General
Assembly, an ecclesiastical body, presumed to legislate
on the subject by passing an Act declaring that congre
gations shall have it in their power to veto the appoint-
ment or induction of any presentee, and this without
assigning any ground or oldection whatever. Here was
Popery, in my opinion, in every sense of the term. A
body of churchmen preiuming to alter the civil law of
the land. It is quite obvious that no civil court could
ever recognise so incompetent a proceeding, or any other
than the ordinary civil or statute law of the land. _Ac-
cordingly, on the first occasion when the veto was at-
tempted, and when the Court of Session, as the inter-
preters of the civil law, were appealed to, what could
they do bat pronounce it—the veto—illegal, and order
the settlement and ordination of the presentee ? Why
should the Court of Session be abused for this ; and why
should all the abusive, indeed impious language be asp-
plied to them about defying the head of the chuech—
trampling on God's heritage, and all the fanatical slung
that' ai been so copiously poured out on the &object.
" What astonishes me is the glaring inconsistency of.
the wild men. They profess their anxiety to get thu
matter settled by an Act of Parliament—that is, by the
civil power. This is confessing at any rate that their
own power—the ecclesiastical—cannot settle it, and is,
therefore, impotent for any good. Well, supposing
a Bill brought in by Sir George Sinclair, Sir Wiffiara
Rae, or the Duke of Argyle, Fox Manic., or any otheqr
person, and passed into a law, to the present satis-
faction of all concerned—suppose, however, that a dif-
ference of opinion arose about some of the provi-
sions of the new law, and that I maintained my view
of the enactment in opposition to a majority of
the Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly, and
that I appealed to the Court of Session, as tlx
interpreters of the civil law, and for authority to
implement the provision, and the court decided in my
favour, would the majority opposed to me not be bound
to obey the new law as ordained by the court ? If not
bound to obey it, what is the use of applying for any
new law ? If bound, however, to obey the new law, then
the question is inevitable, why not obey the present
existing law ?
" The present Government has done right in refining
to legislate until the present law be obeyed. Biefirmly
insisting en this being done, they will do more to uphold
the Church of Scotland, and to maintain Christianity—
for the principle of maintaining authority is as essential
a principle to general well-being, as the non•intrutaion
principle—indeed, far more so than any other course it is
possible to take. 4 few fanatics may go out of the
church, but their example will not be followed. Con-
cession would, in my opinion, be a most dangerous
course."—Morning Herald.

THE ROYAL HOSPITALS.
REPORT OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
AND POOR PEOPLE MAINTAINED.
CIIRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Children put forth apprentices the year last past,
187; nine whereof, being instructed in the
mathematics and navigation, were placed forth
apprentices to commanders of ships out of the
mathematical school founded by his late Ma-
jesty King Charles 11.
Children buried the year last past
Children now under the care and charge
of the Hospital in London and at
Hertford 1,280
To be admitted on presentations granted
to this time

206

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.
Patients addmitted, cured, and discharged
during the last 'year, 4,724 ; in-pe'ents,
15,609 ; out-patents, 15,215 ; casualty
patients, most of whom were poor sick
and lame persons, and many of them des-
titute of all relief, have been supplied
with money, clothes, and other necessa-
ries, to enable them to return to their
several habitations, amounting together to
Dead

Remaining under cure,
In-patients
Out-patients
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.
There have been cured and discharged feom
St. Thomas's Hospital, in Southwark, this
last year, of sick, wounded, maimed and
diseased persons, 3,143 in-patients, and
29,505 medical and surgical out-patients,
including casualties, some of whom have
been relieved with money and necessaries
at their departure, to accommodate and
support them in their journies to their
several habitations
Buried from thence after much charge in
their sickness
Remaining under cure.
In-patients
Out-patients and casualties
So that there have been during the last year
of poor miserable objects under the care
of the said hospital, and destitute of other
proper care
13SIDAW NM. HOSPITAL.
ReceiYed into this hospital during► the last
year under commitments by the Lord
11a.vor and the Aldermen of this City, as
criminal or disorderly persons, who have
hr en kept to hard labour or received cor-
rection
Apprentices sent by the ebtunl;briain for so-
litary confinement
Received into this hospital during the same
period, sundry poor persons who have
been committed for wandering abroad,
and begging in the city of London

187
3

1,486

35,548

470
1,450

32,548

241

390
916

34,095

1,069

BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL.
• CURAULES.
Remaining on the 31st of December, 1841,
out on leave :
Women •
In the hospital,
Men
Women BB

1,314

- :i7

INCURABLES.
•
Remaining in the hospital on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1841,
Men
Women 5O

- 88

ISLE OF SKYE, MARCH 18.—The month of Mareh
has been unusually wet and stormy on the west coast
this season, and the earlier spring operations have been
much retarded. There has been no seed sown here, nor
can there be any for some days to come, even should
there be a favourable change of weather, owing to the
wetness of the soil; and very little has been done in our.
gardens. On the afternoon and evening of Friday last;
we were visited with the most terrific gale of wind, ac-
companied with rain, we ever remember to have wit-
nessed in this country. Towards the evening it blew a
tremendous hurricane from west and south-west, and a
feeling of horror and dismay pervaded the whole com-
munity. Several houses have been unthatched, corn-
stacks scattered and destroyed, and much damage has
been done to boats on some parts of the coast.
A HOUSE SET ON FIRE DT A CAT.—About four
o'clock yesterday morning, as a policeman on duty was
passing the house of Mr. James Blake, tobaeconia
No. 21, High-street, Aldgate, he observed a strong lig?lt
through the shutters of the shop. He immediately aroused
Mr. Blake, who, on coming down stairs, discovered the
shop to be on fire. Several- engines were speedily on the
spot, and, by great exertions, the fire was confined to the
slop, but not until the building had been much damaged,
and a considerable portion of the stock had been con-
Ainhed. The fire was occasioned in a most singular
manner. A cat belonging to Mr. Blake, had, by some
accident, been shut up in the shop, in a drawer which
contained some boxes of lucifer matches, and the animal's
movements to get from the place of her confinement
caused the ignition of the matches, and the fire commu-
nicating to some paper lying about, set the shop in a blaze.
THE BENCH AND THE BAR.—At the Cork As-
sizes there was a great blow-up between the new Judge,
Baron Lefroy, and the Munster bar, who had a quarrel
in consequence of his Lordship
having rethe Court at seven o'clock in the evening, in eomphanee
tusd to adjourn
e
with the wish of Mr. Bennett, the leader of the. Bar,
who was supported by the whole of the barristers with-
out a single exception. In order to coerce his Lordship
all the barristers left the Court along with Mr. Bennett ;
was not to be sos befart.ejn,ohfnor
Ile called on
bthuet
agents to
tsudto
examine the witnesses, and as there were
no speeches, they settledthe.,e matterl by half-past seven
A
o'clock. At the same Assizes
ob-
tained a verdict, with 2,000/. damages, against Mr. Sa-
muel Devonshire Penrose, for the seduction of his wife.
The plaintiff and defendant were near relatives.