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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAI.7 MORNING, JUNE l5, 1442,

[ to them. It had been said that the measure would inflict a ha; not suffered damage, they are all more or less the
serious injary open France France was possessed of an easy 1 I maged. Sense, it is said, are scarcely habitable. The
remedy. If she wished to have the advantage of English c ,al I facade of the Senate house, on which is seulpturiei the
she could take off the import duty which she had im?osed arms of the ilepublic, surmounted he the tree of liberty,
and she could derive the same advaniave With rega dto what were detached from the edifice and broken into pieces by
had been said of the supply to be derived from the continen-
tal coal fields, they were at such a distance from any scapert 'the fall. The interior of the building has also received
1 that they could not compete with British coals except in their sme damage.
own immediate neighbourhood.
In the night between Saturday and Sunday, two
Mr. C. BULLER was not surprised at the Hon. Gentleman shocks were again felt, but not so violent as the first,
opposite saying he did not approve at all of the proposition of one at 10 o'clock and the other et 12. At 11 o'clock
the Government, and yet he felt himself compelled in the morning of Sunday came another shock; mass at
to vote for it. Hon. Gentlemen on the other side church was interrupted, and those officiating at it ran
of the House had, frequently been placed in the same away and many females fainted.
situation during the present session.—(Cheeers and laughter.) Monday, at eleven o'clock in the morning, another
Throughout the debates on the tariff he had always sup- she k.
ported the Government ; but on this question he felt bound '
to oppose them. The Noble Lord who had just sat down The weather during these three days has had a low-
admitted that there was some risk in interfering with the ering and at times a threatening appearance. Monday
trade. He (Mr. C. B.) was not inclined to run so great a evening a little rain with i excessive heat before and after-
rtsk for the mere purpose of eking out the enormous amount of warts ; night cool. Tuesday, a change of weather, r -
the Income-tax by such a paltry sum as 140,0001.—( Hear.) turn of the breeze and appearance of rain.
There was a very streng argument which had not been met In the evening at eight o'clock, the weather was
by the gentlemen on the opposite side, viz., the mis- stormy, and everything seemed to indicate an abundance
chief they were doing to the interests of this country, by of rain.
levying a duty on articles of raw material, upon which the in- The hopes we entertained yesterday have not been
dustry and wealth of the country depended. They were realised. On Wednesday we were awoke at a few
holding out to foreign countries an inducement to levy duties minutes before five in the morning by another earthquake.
on their produce. They were holding out inducements to
Russsia to impose a duty on the export of hemp; they were Daring these latter days it appears to us as if the earth
holding out an inducement to France and Italy to impose a on which we were walking was constantly quaking.
duty on raw silk ;to the American in respect of cotton ; and SAINT MARc.—A letter from this town, which has
to the German and Spaniard in respect of wool. To all been communicated to us, informs us that there too the
these they were holding out an inducement to tax articles upon earthquake of Saturday last was felt with the greatest
which the manufactures of this country depended ; and they violence ; many houses have been so much shaken that
were laying down this principle for the paltry sum of 140,0001. they threaten every instant to fall down. On some
a year. plantations in the neighbourhood of the town very great
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Corn- damage has been done.
mittee divided, GONAIVES, MAY B.—Yesterday afternoon an earth-
For the Government proposition
quake was felt in this city, which was so violent that
Against it .
most of the houses in it were thrown down. At the same
Majority for the motion
On the duty of 6d. per cwt. on the export of clay, China time, in consequence of the shock, a fire broke out in the
stone, cement stone, and flints being propsed, a short conver- apothecary's shop of Mr. Invernezzes and consumed in a
cation ensued, after which the item was agreed to. few moments an entire block. The flames destroyed
Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the duties imposed in the everything that came in their way; there was not a drop
foregoing schedules on articles other than spirits and timber, of water in the town.
shall be respectively subject to the charge of 5 per cent., pro- All the houses which have not been burnt down
posed by an Act passed in the third year of her prevent Ma- have been injured by the earthquakes, and this morn-
jesty, cap. 17, and the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules in, the shocks occur every quarter of an hour.—
on spirits shall be subject to the additional rate laid on
The shops of Madame John Joufferts and M. Dupu It
spirits by the said Act ; and the duties imposed by the fore-
going schedules on timber be subjected to the additional duty have fallen a prey to the, flames. The shops of M.
of 5 per cent. ' Bichardpauphin and M. Oster, built of stone and brick-
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BOWRING opposed the resolution, on the ground that
the Right Hon. Gentleman had himself acknowledged that
these additional duties had proved an entire failure.
After a a few words from Sir R. PEEL, the resolution was
agreed to.
This being the last clause of the voluminous tariff, the decision
was received with loud cheers from the Ministerial Benches.
An HON. MEMBER wished to ask the Right :lon. Baronet
opposite when the new tariff• would come into operation.
Sir R. PEEL sad the universal rule would be that the new
duty would come into operation from the passing of the Act,
He hopes! that now the general feeling of the House
would be, that as the tariff had been fully and fairly
discussed they should, as much as possible, expedite the
passing of the Bill. There was no probability that any ma-
terial alterations would now be made, and he thought it was for
the public interest that the Bill should come into operation
with the least possible delay.
TITHES COMMUTATION BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of the Tithes Commuta-
tion Bill,
Sir B. INGLIS protested against the principle of the Bil:,
and objected to all compulsory commutations of tithe.
Mr. HUME thought the compulsory process ought to have
been more strictly Enforced by the Commissioners.
Sir J. GRAHAM vindicated the principle of the Bill and
the conduct of the Commissioners.
The Bill was then read a third time, and passed.
ASSESSED TAXES BA.L.
The Assessed Taxes Bill was read a second time.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
Hoase adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'( lock.

have fallen down. Houses and shops are inaccessible,
and we write these hurried lines in the street. The
whole population has passed the night in the middle of
the streets. Of the m.,rehandise, which the merchants
had been obliged to pile up in the public. square, a great
part has been stolen. It is impossible at present to esti-
mate the extent of the loss. The church, the prison, the
national palace, the treasury, the arsenal, and the house
which was getting ready for the colonel commanding
this district, are now nothing more than a heap of ruins.
In short, no one has escaped the calamity. Now,
while we are writing, the fire is entirely extinguished,
but the sky looks threatening, and we are afraid of
more shocks. If unfortunately our fears should be
realized, there w ill be an end of the few houses re-
maining standing, and Gonaives will be no more.
The first aad principal shock lasted about five mi-
-1 nutes and was followed, during the night by more than
twenty others, which, though not so violent, were equally
fearful.
It is now eight o'clock in the morning. Not half an
hour has passed since we had another violent shock.
The number of persons killed and wounded is not yet
known. All the prisoners who were not buried under
the ruins of the prison, have escaped. God grant that
the capital may not have been afflicted with a similar
misfortune.
CAPE HAITIEN, WEDNESDAY, SIX O'CLOCK IN THE
EVENING.—Most deplorable news is spreading through-
out the city. It has been brought by Mr. Otias, son of
the General commanding the district of Plaisance. In
consequence of the earthquake which was felt here on
Saturday evening, Cape Town has entirely disappeared,
and with it two-thirds of the population. The families
which escaped this disaster have taken refuge at La
Fwsette, where they_ are without shelter, clothes, or
provisions.
Such is the news circulating in town, and which un-

AMERICAN NEWS

ARRIVAL. OF THE ACADIA.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORI LVG.
The British and North American steamer, Acadia,
arrived here last night, at midnight, after a quick voy-
age of only ten days from Halifax. She left Boston on
the Ist, Halifax on the 3d inst. She has thirty-seven
passengers. Her dates from New York are to the 31st
ult. inclUsive.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, MAY 31.
The most important occurrence since our last is the resump-
lion of specie payments by all the Banks in New ()titans. At
' first, three of the banks held back, the Consolidated, the Citi-
zens', and the State Bank ; but the depreciation to which their
notes were immediately exposed, combined, we may presume,
with the very strong indications of public opinion adverse to
their course, and the evidence, as regarded the other banks,
that resumption did not lead to any run for specie, induced
them to come in ; and New Orleans is now, with all its ten
banks, a specie pay,ng city.
The effect of restoring the character of Bank paper was ne-
cessarily to depreciate all irredeemable paper, and of ,that cha-
racter were notes, amotibting, it is supposed, to nearly one
million of dollars, issued in sums under five.tlollars, by two
of the three municipalities into which the city is di-
vided, and which has been the favonrite • currency during
the suspension, because the credit and pro; erty of the city
were pledged for their redemption. But as they were not re-
deemable in specie, they ceasedleeirculate the moment specie
payments were resumed ; and the holders, mostly among the
labouring classes, became, clamorous, and committed some out-
rages. These, however,'Wie speedily checked by the police ;
and arrangements being immediately entered into to fund or
to redeem this floating paler, order was restored, and all will
work smoothly,_,_
In pubic affairs there is little change to note.
The States of Massachusetts and ,Maine have appointed
Commissioners, with full powers to arrange with the General
Government, the question of the North-Eastern boundary ;
so that, it is to be presumed, this point in difference between
the United States and Great Britain will be satisfactorily ad-
justed.

fortunately is probably too tru. It is to be hoped, how -
ever, it will not be confirmed in its full extent.
It it said that the President of Hayti has given orders
to the physicians and officers of health attached to the
hospital, to set off this evening and give their assistance
to the unfortunate victims of this disaster.
The earthquake which proved so disastrous in Hayti
it appears extended to the Island of Porto lied—as
Captain Brown, of the schooner Franklin, arrived yes-
terday from Mayaguez, reports that on the 7th inst., a
very severe shock of an earthquake was fe t there ; for
two minutes the ground moved like the waves of the sea,
and the inhabitants fled to the sea-side to take boats
for the shipping. There was not, however, much da-
mage done.
Captain Gould, of the brig Maria J. Estelle, arrived
last evening from Guayanilla, states that there was a
• • slight shock of an earthquake felt at that place on the
same day.
(From the New York Herald of May 30.)
RANGE AND SEVERITY OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.—
' The earthquake which has recently desolated a large
portion of St. Domingo, was one of the most severe that
has occurred in any part of the world for many years ;
and, perhaps, more extensive in the sphere of its ope-
ratioas, than any since the earthquake whi h destroyed
Lisbon, in 1755. It appears that on the same day, and
very nearly the same hour, the effects of this recent
earthquake were felt at various places, ranging from Port-
au-Prince to the base of the Rocky Mountains. The great-
est explosion, from the force of internal pent up fir.-s,
was felt at. Cape Ilaytien, St. Domingo, on the 7th
instant ; here they had three successive and violent
shocks ; and previous to the first of them a shock of the
earthquake was felt at Porto Rico, on the morning of
the 7th of May, which, as far as we have yet learned,
was the most easterly point that the effects of it were
felt. The internal fires, it seems, then took a north-
westerly direction, struggling to escape from their prison •
house, and ultimately tore the ground asunder and •
broke out at Cape Haytiens. It stretched clear acrose
the breadth of St. Domingo, and was felt at Port-au-
Prince on the same day, and at nearly the same hour.
It also travelled on, and was felt at Mayaguez at the
same time ; then to St. Martinsville and one or to o
other places in Louisiana ; thence to Van Buren, Ar.
kansas, and clear up to the foot of the Rocky Moun-
tains ; where it was also felt on the same day. It thus
travelled at least 1,500 miles; and, perhaps, was felt
even further. It is a sublime and awful thought ; here
we have proofs of the existence of a body of internal
fires, 1,500 miles long, and probably as many deep.

- A menacing insurrection in one of the States (Rhode Island)
has quietly evaporated without bloodshed, and the respect for
law and authority, instead of receiving attaint, has rather de-
rived strength from this attempt to overthrow both.
In money matters we are pretty much in state quo.
The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States visited
this city a week or two ago, and succeeded in raiste:g about two
llions of dollars, of the three and a half millions advertised for.
The terms have not been made public, but it is known the stock
was sold under par, and probably with some stipulation that the
Treasury should not appear again in the market before July, or
possibly September ; and perhaps with an option to those who
took this portion of the loan, to take a large portion within a spe-
cified time, at estnall advance. The stock is offered, and finds
purchaseri in moderate amounts for investment at par. $50,000
were soldin one line yesterday at that rate.
Congress has not touched the Tariff or either of the Ex-
chequer plans for months. On the 30th June the Compro-
mise Act has its complete operation, and a horizontal
line of duties of 20 per cent ad valorem is to be the rule.
But legislation will be necessary to adapt that rule to
existing laws and usages ; and as it is now out of the ques-
tion that Congress should, before that time agree upon a
Bill that will be so full of details, and so largely discussed,
as any Tariff Bill must be, recourse must be hal, as the last
resource, to some comprehensive resolution, that for sixty or
ninety days the present rate of duties shall continue to be levied.
As to the Exchequer or any other plan of providing a uni-
form currency for the United States, our opinion remains, as
it was expressed months ago. None such will be adopted by
this Congress.
Another issue of 7 per Cent. Stock, to the amount of
1,700,000 dols. is about to be made to the banks in this city,
which have made temporary loans to that amount to the
State Government; which it is more convenient to it to re-
pay in this way, and as money is abundant, more advantageous
to the Banks so to receive. The Banks have accordingly as-
sented to the arrangement, and the stock is to be issued in
July next, and be redeemable in 1849.
The Money Market is quite easy, or rather ate should say
stagnant. Money abounds, because no ore knows where or
how to employ it. Until the Tariff is settled, merchants
cannot enter into operations of which the result may be ma-
terially varied, by the ,more or less of duties that may be
imposed upon their return cargoes; manufacturers, for the
like cause, can neither venture to revive old, nor give ex-
tension to existing factories, nor undertake new lines of busi-
ness, while uncertainty continues about the Tariff; and the con
sumurs, the great mass, are, both
.by the low prices of agricul-
tural produce, and the want of a general circulating medium,
prevented from any purchases beyond those of instant necessity.
Foreign Exchange is plenty and dull ; London at 7i a 8; and
some good bills not endorsed here, are offered at lower rates,
and with difficulty find buyers. Domestic exchange in most
points are slowly but steadily improving, as the resumption of
srecie payments ere long becomes imperative in all parts of the
Union.
RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
$5OO Corporation 6's
$2,000 Ohio 6's, 18C0
$4,000 Kentucky Bonds
$5,000 Indiana sterling Bon&
$2,000 Indiana Dollar Bonds
60 shares Bank of America
70 shares Mechanics' Back
5 shares Bank of Commerce (full)
25 shares Delaware and Hudson
75 shares Farmers' Loan ..

THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
(From the Boston Attis.)
NORTHERN EASTERN BOUNDARY.—MAINE LEGISLA-
TURE.—We have received the following letter from oar
obliging correspondent at Hallowell. The proceedings
of the Maine Legislature are deserving of great com-
mendation. We entertain little doubt, now, that the
Boundary Question will be speedily and satisfactorily
adjusted. The Board of Commissioners appointed on
the part of the State of Maine are intelligent and judi-
cious men, and we have no doubt they will do all they
can towards a pacific arrangement of the questions sub-
mated to them

13 shares Equitable Insurance Company
5 shares Auburn and Rochester
50 shares Mohawk RR
150 shares Harlem Railroad
200 shales Long Island Railroad.....
10 shares N. J. Railroad
30 shares Stonington Railroad
The transactions to-day at the Board were but moderate,
without much variation in prices. Kentucky Bonds improved
1 per cent; Indiana declined; Delaware and Hudson,i ;
Mohawk improved 1 ; Stonington ; Harlem

39i-s6O

EARTHQUAKE IN HAYTI.
(From the New York Enquirer.)
We gave yesterday, on the report of a captain of a
vessel just arrived, a brief account of a frightful earth-
quake w hich has devastated some of the principal towns
in the Island of Hayti. We have since obtained a Port-
au-Prince paper, from which we translate the particulars
we.publish below. To those who have listened to the
glowing description which the refugees from St. Po-
uting() were wont to give of its thriving, happy popula-
tion, its crowded cities, and abundant cultivation, it is
painful to think of the present position of the once
Queen of the Antilles.—What abolition and ks ands des
noirs have leA undone, the inscrutable hand of Provi-
dence would now seem to have almost accomplished.
(From Le Patriote of Port-au-Prince, Ala) 11.)
On Saturday, the ith inst., at 20 minutes past seven in
the evening, we experienced some severe shocks of an
earthquake, t hich put the whole town in commotion.
At mid-day a large meteor was perceived passing to the
east. The heat was excessive, and thick clouds hung
over the neighbouring mountain, going in a direction
from the south-east to the north-east. The seamen who
were in the roads report that they felt tin: shock before
they saw the houses shake, which would indicate that
the shock came from the east. Many persons, however,
think they observed that the oscillations came from the
north and went south.

There were two very decided shocks, the first was
not as long as the second ; the latter was the most violent
and lasted about three minutes. All abandoned their
houses, and the streets were filled with the affrightened
population. But a little more, and Port-au-Prince would
have been the scene of a disaster similar to that of 1770,
a fatal year which occurred to the minds of every one.
There is scarcely a single brick or stone house which

pleakure, wore especially as I wish to give a solemn and
public testimonial of the esteem you have gained by a
conduct alike wise, prudent, and noble. I promise you,
then, that you shall return to your country with tic
citizens of the United States, who have not yet oba:ned
the benefit of liberation. I hope, sir, your Gov, rnment
• will duly estimate my sentiments, and the conduct on
your part, that has merited the friendship and esteem of
the Mexican nation."
On the 9th of April, a fire broke out in the town of
Tehuantepec, by which 206 houses, and many goods and
chattels were destroyed.
('reparations are making in all the departments of
Mexico, for the election of members of Congress. On
the result, or the character of the men elected, mainly
depends the stability of Santa Anna's power.
General Houston's proclamation, declaring_the ports
of Mexico in a state of blockade, produced considerable
excitement when it reached Mexico. Not few, or mild,
were the epithets applied to the Texians ; and the in-
terference of France and Spain to annul the blockade
seemed to be counted on.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS. June 14.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, a;:d
tin Judges, sat in the House of Lords to•day to hear writs of
error.

FIR F. BURDETT, BART. V. DOE AND °TITERS.
The arguments in this case, which were partly heard at the
conclusion of Easter Term, were resumed and concluded to-day.
The House propounded certain questions of law for the con-
sideration of the Judges, which their Lordships took time to
consider.

SKYNNER V. DOE AND OTHERS.
This writ of error stood in the paper for argument today,
but she case involving the same question as the last, similar
question; were put to the Learned Judges, who took time to
answer them.

RUTLAND V. DOE AND OTHERS.
This was also a writ of error from the judgment of the Ex-
chequer Chamber, reversing a decision in favour of the p'ain-
titf, who claimed certain tenements in Norfolk, under au in-
denture of lease, executed in Dl C. 1833.
Tne arguments not having concluded at four o'clock, we're
postponed till to-morrow.

In the papers we have, any more than the letters we
have seen, there is no allusion made to England the ses-
sion of the Californias, &c.—New Orleans Courier.
MURDER IN MEXICO.
On the morning of the 29th of April, the city of
Mexico was thrown into the highest excitement by a re-
port that' Mr. Egerton, a landscape painter of great
talents, had been inhumanly murdered at Tacuhaya,
together with a woman with whom he lived as his wife
—of rare personal attractions, and who also possessed
high endowments as a landscape painter. Tacuhaya is
a small village some three miles from the city of Mexico,
and is a place where many families of distinction reside,
especially in summer. The palace of the Archbishop is
also in Tacuhaya, as well as the summer palace of Santa
Anna.

ROLLS' COURT, June 14.
Lord Langdale sat to-day, to hear unopposed petitions and
consent causes.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 14.
( Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMA N and a Aliddlesc x

Common Jury.)
MILLIANKE V. GRANT.
This was an aation brought by an apothecary, to recover
281. 10s., the amount of his bill.
For the defence it was admitted that the defendant Edward
Grant had been under the professional care of the plaintiff, but
it was contended that as the defendant was not at that time
residing with his brothe,, Richard Grant, of whose fa-
mily was the professional attendant, the credit
had been given to Richard, who had subsequently compounded
the plaintiff's claim, and gave him three bills of exchange f.o-
the ba ance cf the account, which bills, however, hat,, evei y
one of them, since been dishonoured.

It seems that on the evening of the murder, Eger-
ton and the unfortunate woman were walking in a large
garden attached to their residence, as was their
cuttom. While walking they were attacked by
some person or persons unknown, and both of them
murdered. The body of Egerton was found some
distance from that of tie woman, run through ap-
parently with a swori. Near him was—founcL his
walking stick much hacked, from which it is evident he
made a stout resistance. That of the woman was found,
also stabbed and otherwise horribly mangled, and this
induces to the belief that she also resisted to the last.
She was enciente at the time, and within a short period
of her delivery, and the perpetrator abused her in the
most shameful manner before taking her life.
Tier face was scratched and otherwise much disfi-
gured, and a large piece was bitten from her breast ;
and the perpetrator, probably fearing that she might
not be recognised, Wrote her mune upon a piece o:'
paper, and pinned it to a fragment of her dress, tie
most of it having been tore off in the struggle which
ended in her death. The formation of the letters of
her name wire plainly English, and this circumstance
renders it certain that the murder was neither planned
nor matured by Mexicans. Mr. Packenham, the
British Minister had exerted himself to the ut-
most to arrest the perpetrators of these horrible murders,
and he had also been assisted by General Valencia and
the Mexican authorities ;, but up to the latest dates no
clue to the authors had been discovered.
As no robbery was committed, as the watch and money
in the pockets of Eg* rton, together with the je‘‘
cl-
h of the unfortunate woman were left untouched,
it is almost certain that the act, by whomsoever com-
mitted, was one of revenge. Egerton had a wife and
family in England, and some two years since eloped
w jib the murdered woman. lie has since lived
with her as his wife. Rumour also has it that this
female was engaged to a young man in England
at the tone of the elopement. Whenever Egerton
left his residence at Tacuhaya, he locked her ur,
and never permitted her to go out except in his com-
pany. Tais circumstance was undoubtedly well known
to the perpetrator of the Murder. The whole affair
is shroud( d in mystery, and thousands of spe-
culations are afloat in Mexico in relation to it. he
one w hick receives the most credence is, that the
murder was plan Led in England, and carried out by sonic
acquaintance of the woman as a matter of revenge.
Another story is, that Egerton had been involved in an
amour with scone fair Mexican ; but this received but
little credit. Time only will solve the mystery.—.N. 0
Pim/ene.

The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damage s
2q. 10s.

The Court reserved leave to the defendant to move for a non_
suit, on the ground the plaintiff was not ertitled to maintain his
action as an apothecary.
Mr. Plitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder for 11:e
defendant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 14.
( licfore Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Common Jury.)

C RIM. CON.-CA KEY V. HEWLETT.
This was an action to recover damages for criminal conver-
-sation with the plaintiff's wife.
Mr. Sergeant 13031 PA s (with whom was Alr.Watson) stated
the ease for the plaintiff, who is a journeyman hairdresser, the
defendant being a hairdresser in Burlington Arcade. The wile
of the plaintiff was an embroiderers for hairdressers, and the
plaintiff became acquainted with her in consequence of his bu-i-
-ness, and in a short lime afterwards they were married. At
that time his business was worth three or four hundred a-year.
Subsequently he assisted her in the embroidery, and they re-
ceived employment from the defendant Hewlett. This seemed
to have originated the intimacy which led to the injury of which
theplaintiffnow complained. he marriage took place inAugust ;
and, in November, Sits. Casey obtained the consent of her hus-
band to go into Kent vi visit her relations. In the met
time, the plaintiff was informed that his wife was accompanied
into the country b, Mr. Hewlett, and that they travellt-d as
man and wife. He wrote to a mutual friend of his wife and
himself, a hair dresser, residing at Deal, whose reply satisti,
him of the truth of what he had heard. The Learned
Sergeant proceeded to address the Jury upon the magnitude
cl the defendant's offence, and of the injury which the plaintiff
had suffered. The defendant, so far from regretting w hat he
.had done, or dreading the exposure and the legal consequences,
boasted that he was able to meet the plaintiff with n.oney, and
that the exposure would do him more good than harm as it
would give him notoriety.
John Barrington, foreman to a hair dresser, knew the plain-
tiff and his wile. The former had served his apprenticeship
with witness, and was always an industrious, respectable, you? g
man. Mrs. Casey was a young woman of great abilities and
personal attractions.

The head-waiter and the " boots" at the Castle Inn, Rams-
gate, proved that Mr. Hewlett and Mrs. Casey came to the
inn on the 17th of November, and remained until the 19111,
occupying the same bed-roum and sittin s-room in the mean-
time.

John Kelly, a hair dresser, residing at Deal, stated that he
had known the pasties before their marriage. On the
19,h of November Alrs. Casey (who had been on a visit
with the wife of witness at Deal before her marriage), called
on them at Deal, and remained from eleven o'clock in the
morning to five in the afternoon. In consequence of a letter
hich he received from plaintiff, he went to the house when,
Mrs. Casey was stopping, and found her there with Mr. Hew-
lett, occupying the same apartments.
A witness, who was called to prove the expression attri-
buted in the opening speech to the defendant, denied that
the latter said '• the exposure would do him good ;" but ad-
mitted that he heard him say he could inert the plaintiff
with money.
Mr. COCKBURN, for the defendant, at great length, ad-
mitted that a verdict must go against them, but contendo g
that there was no claim fur heavy damages, fur the plaintiff
had not ventured to show on what ter ms he and his wife
had lived. But, on the contrary, there was every reas,,n to '
stir mi,e that his lose, had not been very great, when his wire le•ft
him in the manner proved, within three months after their
marriage ; the Jury would bear in mind that there was no evi-
dence as to whether they lived affectionately up to that time,
or whether she had experienced good or ill treatment from him.
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The Jurr, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff.—bamages, 1501.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 14.
(Sittings at Ni i Prius. )
Before Lord ABINCER and a Middlesex Common Jury.)
BRAITHWAITE v. HITCHCOCK.

'lhis was an action brought to recover the sum of 351., the
ameunt of a quarter's rent, for certain premises now in the oc-
curation of the defendant. The plaintiff is the well-knov n
engineer, and the defendant, George Hitchcock, is the brother
of William Hitchcock, late of Regent-street, whose ease has
been recently before the Insolvent Court. In the year 1840,
William Hitchcock agreed with the plaintiff to take the house
now in question at a yearly tent of 1501. The house was after-
wards assigned to the present defendant by his brother, and this
action was brought to recover a quarter's rent, which had since
become due to the plaintiff.
The defendant s4sught to evade the claim made against him
by denying, first, that the house had been demised to his
brother, and next, that the property had never been assigned
to himself.

Some difficu:ties of a technical character arose upon these
points. After a discussion among the Counsel, the Jury, by
the direction of his Lordship, returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff, subject to a special case for tLe decision of the Court.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 14.
IN RE DANIEL BRITTEN.

The insolvent's petition to be discharged was opposed
by Mr. Woodruffe. The Learned Counsel said the
grounds of opposition could be best understood by giving
a short outline of the case previous to calling evidence.
In the year 1824 the insolvent became a bankrupt for a
sum of about 25,000/., and soon after the issuing of the
tiat got his certificate in consequence of the petitioning
creditor, who proved for 24,0001., having agreed to sign.
In 1831 a docket was again struck against him, and the
statement he made in his schedule was to the effect, that
he was made a bankrupt at the instance of Messrs.
Perrot and Watts, with whom he carried on business in
partnership as a calenderer and packer in Lenter-
street. Since the time of his declaration of bankruptcy
he had caused proceedings to be taken against the as-
signees in Chancery, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, in
the Court of Review, and in the Exchequer and Com-
mon Pleas, by which they wore put to law costs exceeding
2,5001.—he sueing in many of the cases in forma pauperis.
There were certain houses in Basinghall-str,et which
were mortgaged for a sum of 2,0001., and the counter-
parts of the leases of which were held by the insolvent,
or by some person in trust for him, and which Mr.
Woodruffe contended should be handed over to the as-
signees under the fiat of baunkruptcy, as well as certain
household furniture accounted for before he should be
entitled to his discharge by this Court.
After evidence had been adduced,

The insolvent said that the property alluded to by the
opposing Counsel, was held under a deed of gift from his
father in the first instance, and that a will had been sub-
,;uently made by which the right became vested in his
(it. • ‘,l vent's) wife.

Coininissioner REYNOLDS said he should order the
case to stand adjourned, in order to procure the attend
ance of the holder of the counterpart leases. Two days'
notice to the creditors would be required, and the schedule
lo be revised in the meantime..

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before the REconnEa.)
Charles Pritchard was indicted for stealing a quantity cf
wine and other articles, at the Fishmongets' Hall, the property
of the Fishmongers' Company.
The case possessed no interest. The robbery was clearly
protect against the prisoner, and be was sentenced to seven
years' transportation.
- THE CASE OF coorEtt. -
It was understood in Court this morning that the trial of
Thomas ( couer, charged with the murder of the policeman
Daly, will take place on Friday next. The prosecution will be
cem:ucted by the Attorney-General and Mr. Manic., Solicitor
to the Treasury.

THE CASE OF FRANCIS.
It was also rumoured in the Court, but nothing was publicly
stattd, that the trial of Francis will be postponed till the next
session. The reason assigned for the postponement of the trial
is the crowded state of the calendar.
The Recorder sat from nine until five, and disposed of a
number of cases in relief of the gaol delivery ; but none of them
contained any feature of public interest.
No definitive arrangements have been made with regard to
the tria:s of Francis or Cooper, but the impression on the
minds of the authorities is, that the case of high treason will
stand over to the next session.

NEW COURI'.
A respectable-looking little lad, named George P raire, aged
14 sears, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a biscuit,
value Id., trem Hugh ItGberts, a baker at Greenwich.
In answer to questions from the Court, the prisoner stated
that he had a father and mother living who were respectable
people; he went to Greenwich fair, and having spent all his
looney and feeling hungry he took a biscuit. He had been in
prison now nearly a month.
The COMMON-SERGEANT ordered him to be further im-
prisoned in Newgate for the space of three days, to be whipped
with a bitch, and discharged.
The prisoLer was then removed, apparently not at all relish-
ing that part of the sentence which re'ated to the whipping
with the birch.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
(Before INIr. Baron PARKE and Alt-. Justice PaTrEsos.)
Northampton—Monday, July 11.
Oakham—Friday, July 15
Lincoln and City—Saturday, July 16.
Nottingham and Town—Thursday, July 21.
Del by—Montlay, July 5.
Leicester and Borough—Thursday, July 28.
Coventry and Warwick—Alot:day, August 1.

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SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Baron ROLIE. )
Glamorganshire—Monday, July 4, Cardiff.
Carmarthenshire and County of the Borough—Saturday, July
9, Carmarthen.
Pembrokeshire Town and Ccunty—Saturday, July 16, Haver.
ford west.

Cardiganshire—Wednesday, July 20, Cardigan.
Brecknockshire—Saturday, July 23, Brecon.
Radnorshire—Wednesday, July 27, Presteign.
Cheshire—Saturday, July 30, Chester.

MESSRS. WIGNEY'S BANK- I An overseer subsequently attended, and the prisoner was
IRUPTC Y. handed over to him, and taken to the workhouse.
.
BRIGHTON, TUESDAY- —ThiS morning an adjourned meet- James Foster was charged with having attempted to stab
Mr.
ing took place in the large room of the Town Hall, for the ex- Inn Charles Box, a gentleman residing in King's-road, Gray's
.
sheet.
aniin -squaee
ation of the bankrupts, and production of the balance- From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was in the
habit of receiving a weekly allowance of 75., which the corn-
.
Mr. JAMES addressed the meeting at some length, and ob- plainant paid him ; that on yesterday he went to Mr. Box's
served that a most important question isouid arise, as it appear d r s e ice to receive it, but the latter refusing to give hittt
from the books at the date of the late Mr. wi„,',,,y,, death, in
more than 6s. in consequence of his irregulaiity of conduct,
November, 1836, there was a deficiency of 58,000/. It a'sa ithe prisoner took out a large earving• knife, and made a des_
appeared that a balance had never been struck since 1824. M pel
a-e tin u 4 at him. r. BENNETT considered the accounts had better not be put n
default of finding competent bail he was committed to
in, as the books of the Scotch concern were not forthcoming. prison.
Mr. HALLETT, one of the assignees, said they had made an A lad, about eleven sears old, named James Divett, cha ged
arrangement with Messrs. Houldsworth, which he hoped would Francis Loriott, his Master, a boot ant shoemaker, itsining
be satisfactory to the creditors.
in Brownlow-street, with cruelly maltreating him.
Mr. Isaac en Wigney was then sworn and examined Ti e boy stated that on one occasion he had been knocked
by Mr. Newtonm 1836, at my father's death, myse f down by the prisoner; on another had his head laid open by
and father were the partners. The deficiency at that a bless from the heel of a boot ; and on last Fliday his master
time, according to the balance-sheet, was 54,8f.6/. 8,;. 7ti. had beaten him with a knotted rope's-end.
I never knew of the deficiency until the accounts have Mr. GREENWOOD said he would punish the prisoner to the
been recently gone into. The last balance was struck utmost he was capake of. He should pay a fine of H., or go
in 1824. Mv father took an active part in the bank, and the to prison for three onths the shd be canceed.
books were tinder his revision. I joined the bank in 1830. and Loriott should return; 19/.indentures of the ')01.oul
premium he ll
had
I took no capital in. At my father's death I took no account I received.
of the state of the bank. On reference to the books, 31st Ike.
182.1, the whole claims were 89,342/. 4s. 4d. The accounts
will not tell the state of our affairs. The assets, good, bad,
and doubtful, are the same in amount, viz., 89,3421. 4s. 4d.
I have not the least idea what amount of this was bad. Mr.
Stanford and Mr. Valiance were partners. At their retiring
I never took an account of the bank. The deficiency found at
my father's death, amounting to upwards of 54,000/., com-
menced in 1824. In the year 1825, during the panic, the loss
was nearly 9,000/. I speculated that year to the extent of
26,0001. That-sum was the commencement of the deficiency,
as far as 1 was concerned. My father was aware of my losing
9,600/., and that amount was never replaced by myself or my
father, but the bank went on with that deficiency. In 1826
1,147/. 10s. 3d. was lost. It, 1827 the deficiency was 1,499/.
by speculations. In 1828, 2,007/. In 1829, 2,426/. 15s. 2d
In 1830, 1,8511.25. 6d. In 1831,5901.'85. 6d. In 1832, 1,004/. (is
In 1833, 559/. Ils. 4d. Up to 1833 the deficiencies were
19,746/. 12s. 2c1., of which I was the sole cause, and which
amount was never replaced. There was a loss in hops. in
1.'20.'3, of 3,979/. From 1825 to 1833 1 lost 23,725/., and no
part was replaced. Up to 1836, the time of my father's death,
49,357/. 1 Is. 3d. was the total amount of deficiency caused by
me. I have spent about 4,000/. on the electi ms. The ten
first cost 1,163/. ss. 6d. The two next 2,816/. The cost of
the last 1,800/. The expenses of the last election are paid.
.11y father from time to time knew of the losses. I carried on
the concern with the deficiency unsupplied. When my brother
joined in Jan. 1837, he brought in no money. I have not ap-
propriated any money belonging to my father's estate to make
up the deficiency which arose whilst he was a partner. We
have paid off the debts of 1836 by the subsequent deposits.
The Court then adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
.411.41?L1301?0 UGH-STREET.
A person of In ry respectable appearance, who gave his name
as Thomas Hone, was charged with causing an obstruction and
disturbance at the Caledonian Fancy Dress Ball on Monday
night, at Willis's-rooms.
Police constable, No. 13 of the A division, stated that about
ten on Monday night he was on duty in King-street, his instruc-
tions being to prevent any person standing in the carriage way
so as to obstruct the line of ear. iages proceeding to set down,
when he observed the defendant standing in the carriage way,
and on being requested to go on he refused, and made use of
abusive language, calling witness a d—d scoundrel, and telling
him that he paid for him. Several of the crowd followed his ex-
ample, and some of the carriages were obliged to turn out of the
line and press against the persons un the footway, and it was a
matter of astonishment that no accident occurred. The and
inconvenience the defendant was creating was pointed out to
him, but he persisted in remaining where he was, and became sa
riotous and disorderly that he was taken into custody, and con-
veyed to the station-house.
The defendant said that he had a ticket for admission to the
hall of the rooms, to see the company sit down, but not being
able to get in, thought he had a right to stand where he had
placed himself ; he had, however, not the least intention of
mush- g any obstruction, and was extremely sorry if he bad
done so ; he shots?, have moved on, but that the police handled
him very roughly.
Mr. Icla LTBY—Pray, what are you, Sir? Defendant—l am
the proprietor of an hotel in Albemarle-street.
Mr. MALTBY—Then you ought to have known how to con-
duct ys, ursell in a better manner. I shall impose a fine of 40s.
on you, and, in default of pay ment, commit you for 14 days.
The defendant smiled at the idea of being committed for 14
days," and instantly paid the fine.
FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROBBERIES AT TIIE ITALIAN
OPERA HOUSE.—Yesterday two young men, who gave:their
names as Francis Cook and Alfred Williams, were charged
with stealing a quantity of glazed pink and yellow satin, glazed
cotton, fringe, &c., the property of Mr. Thomas Wassail, of
No. 67, Oxford-street, upholsterer.
The prose, utor stated 'hat he was employed to fit up and &a
corate the Italian Opera House, on the occa ion of the late fancy
bail for the relief of the Spitaltields weavers. Vast quantities
oftlifferent materials were supplied by hinm, for the purpose, and
among t them several thousand yard of glazed satins, of different
colours. Since the ball took place he had missed above 300
yards of satin. and other property to a very considerable amount,
part of which he believed to have been stolen from the theatre,
and part from his wareithuse aojoining his residence. The ar-
ticles produced were his property; there :were about 12 yards
of satin. The prisoners were perfect strangers to hint, and
a, far as he knew had na right to have the property in their pos-
session. After putting some questio s to Mr. Warren,
Mr. AIA LT BY said he should remand the prisoners until
Monday next, and in the meantime the constable would inform
the Superintendent of ;he division how the case stood, and he
o oulti, no doubt, take such steps as were necessary.
Mr. Warran stated that he had discovered portions of the
stolen property at different rag and female clo hes-shut s,
which had, invariably, been sold for a mere trifle, pawn-
brokers refusing to take it in, as it had been used, and was
not made up.
Richard Foot," coachman to 'he Earl of Eglinton, who, with
the Countess, is at present sojourning at the Clarendon Hotel,
New Bond-street, was charged with causing- an obstruction
in Bury-street, St. James's, on the previous night, at ten
o'clock, just at the time her hiajesty and his Royal Highness
Pt ince Albert were leaving the St. James's Theatre.
Inspector Beiesford, of the C division, s'ated that
the prisoner drove Lord Eglinton's carriage up
to the corner of Bury-street, in King-street, and
insisted on remaining there, although he knew it
was contrary to the orders of the Police Commissioners, issued
and posted about in the neighbourhood for the regulating of the
actang down and taking up of carriages at the St. James's
Theatre, during the French plays. The position he had
taken up caused a complete obstruction to the line of carriages,
drawing off from the theatre, and also those from the Cale-
donian Ball at Willis's Rooms. Witness pointed out to him the
dangerous confusion and serious consequences that would, most
probably, occur from his persisting in remaining there, but he
obstinately refused to move or give his master's name, and
ultimately he was obliged to be pulled off the box by force, and
taken to the station. house. He was at the time in a state of
intoxication.
The prisoner said he had had only one g'ass of ale during
the day.
Mr. MALTBY said it was well for him that he had committed
no assault upon the police, and that no accident happened
through kis misconduct; in either case he should have dealt
ssi:h it in a very different manner to that he intended. As
it was, he should fine him in the full penalty of 40s. for dis-
obeying the regulations of the Police Commissioners.
'I he prisoner grumblingly paid the fine and was discharged.
CLEI?IOEA WELL.
Mr. Charles Dunn, a So'icitor, of 33, Gloucester-street,
Clerkenwell, was charged by Mr. George King. carpet-manu-
facturer, of 37, St. Rmlin-street-road, with having committed
a violent assault upon him.
Mr. King stated, that about a fortnight ago the defendant
called at his shop, accompanied by his wife, and selected a
Brussels carpet, which was sent to his residence, together
ssith a bill and a receipt. In two days after a servant girl
called to request witness wou'd attend at defendant's house to
alter the carpet to the size of a room for which it was intended,
and that a hearthrug to match should be sent. The rug was
sent by a boy, with instructions not to leave it without the
money ; and the boy, having been informed that the defendant
was not at home, and therefore that the rug could not be paid
for, brought the article back again. On Saturday evening the
defendant called at witness's shop, evidently in a very excited
state, and having used to witness's wife very gross and threaten-
ing language in reference to witness, demanded to see him.
itness being in a back parlour at the time immediately went
into the shop, when the defendant, repeating the language he
had used, threw a half-sovereign on the counter, and then
seized witness by the coat collar with his right hand, arid com-
menced beating him with his left hand upon the ribs in a vio-
lent manner. A struggle ensued, and they fell down, the de-
fendant being under, in which position witness contrived to
keep him until the assistance of a policeman was procured,
who, aided by the neighbours who had crowded into the shop,
extricated witness from the grasp of his assailant, and secured
the latter.
This testimony was corroborated by that of Mrs. King and
the servant girl.
Mr. GREENWOOD asked whether the defendant was sober at
the time ?
All the witnesses said they thought he had been drinking.
Police-constable. G 154, said that when he went into the
shop, he saw several of the neighbours holding the defendant
down on the floor, as if to secure him. Witness took him
into custody.
The defendant, in answer to the usual questions from the
Magistrate, said that he felt exceedingly annoyed at the rug not
having been left without the money, he being absent for a short
time when the boy called. Thi; was treating him as if he
were a cheat or a swindler. The complainant, he said, seized
the half-sovereign, and took hold of him first. lie denied
that he had keen drinking, or that he had used the bad lan-
guage attributed to him.
Mr. GREENWOOD said that the complainant had a right to
sell his goods for ready money, or as he thought proper. The
defendant was not justified ie. conducting himself in the outra-
geous manner it was proved he had done. He would convict
him in the penalty of 40s.
The defendant immediately handed over two sovereigns to
the clerk and left the Court.
The Clerk—l really think we ought to have scales of some
sort to weigh the sovereigns tendered to us in Court.
Mr. GREENWUOD—I am afraid if you were to refuse to re-
ceive sovereigns from the class of persons by whom they are
pay able here, you would incur greater risks than time loss
arising from light sovereigns. I should think a light sovereign
may easily be detected by its appearance.
The Clerk—Then are we to be the losers ?
Mr. GREENWOOD—NO ; I should say the Queen must re-
ceive them as we get them, and be at the loss.
On Monday Win. Harmer, aged 18, was charged by Ann
Harmer, his own mother, a cast-down, heart-broken woman,
residing at 27, Cromer-street, St. Pancras, with having stolen
a sown-piece, a suit of boy's clothes, and other property.
It was elicited that the prisoner was a dissolute character,
who had frequently robbed his parents, and ill-used them in
im her respects, until his father died of a broken heart. He ab-
sconded limn home some timla ago, taking with him a suit smf
clothes belonging to his brother, which he sold. His father
died on Thursday last, and whilst he was lying dead the pri-
soner entered the house and robbed it of the other property.
The prisoner was traced on Saturday night last to a low hous
in St. Giles's by policeman 5 E, and taken into custody.
The mother said she did not wish to hurt the prisoaer, but
she wished to save him from ruin. His father was now lying
twat' in the house.
Prisoner (clasping his hands and crying)—Oh 1 for God's
sske do forgive me, mother. I did not know my father was
dead when 1 took the property. Oh, your Worship, pray have
mercy and forgive me, and I will go to sea and retrieve my cha-
rade r, and try and be a comfort to my mother. Do not let a
mother transport her own child !
The mother—Oh, do riot let me transport him. Do some-
thing to save him from ruin.—( She here fell down in a fit, and
was supported from the witness box.) The motheright n
being;o
be
enabled to speak again, begged that the prisoner
prosecuted to conviction, but summarily punished. m
Mr. GREENWOOD said the auditory felt the deepest corn
miseration for the unfortunate mother, and he ditected tha
the prisoner should be locked up, and that the officer should
call and request the overseer of St. Giles's parish to attermo
in order to be consulted as to the best course to pursue in the
case, and if possible to get him to sea.

ALL.
EXTENSIVE BITIIGL AUNION- R
V.—ThreHe men, named Brown, Ma-
son, and Ellis, were charged with breaking into the house of
Messrs. Flint and Naylor, No. 63, Blackfriars'-road, and steal-
ing a quantity of silks, ribands, and drapery goods, to the
amount of 250/.
The prenaisca were entered between two and three o'clock on
Monday morning, the burglars having gained access at the rear of
the house over a wall 15 feet in height, which they surmounted
by means of a rope-ladder. They then got in by the kitchen
window, and from thence into the warehouse; and while they
were plundering the place of silks, satins, and drapery goods to
the above amount, they placed a large linen sheet over the fan-
light of the door in ti ont of the shop, in order that no discovery
might take l lace by the policeman on duty. The prisoners
were taken into custody in the vicinity of the spot.
They were remanded.

CI?OYDON POLICE.
llillaarn Shearman, the master cf the National School at
Croydon, was charged upon a warrant before Messrs. Suther-
land and Lucas, with having cruelly beaten and ill-treated one
of the scholars, a little boa named Sammons, six years old.
The father of the child being sworn, stated that he was in-
duced to bring the present charge in consequence of the cruel
treatment his son :lad received at the hands of the defendant.
Ile then proceeded to state that on Thursday last, when his
little boy came home from school he appeared to be in very
great pain, and was unable to sit in a chair. He did not make
at y complaint at the time, but on his being questioned he said
that his master had been beating him with a " pointer." His
p,r, on was afterwards examined, and he was found to be
bruised in a mast dreadful manner, and he was at this time
hardly able to sit upright.
The little boy was then brought forward, and the Magis-
trates said be was too young to be sworn ; but, in answer to
questi,ns put to him, he said that his master beat him. The
Mag;strat s then gave dia ections that the inspector on duty
should take the boa into another room and examine his persoza,
and this was arteui tin g!y dace.
Thomas Elliott, a schoolfellow of the complainant's son, was
then sworn, and he sated that the master took the boy and laid
him on a ritsk, and beat him with the pointer. He said that
he beat him severely, and appeared to be in a great passion
with him at the time he was beating him.
The inspector here informed the Bench that he had examined
the boy's back and bps, and that there was now a brui:e larger
than his hand, and lie appeared to have been very severely
beaten.
Mr. SUTHERLA ND asked the defendant what answer ha
had to make to the charge preferred against him?—'fie
defendant replied that he had 150 boys under his
charge, and it scas necessary to keep strict discipline in the
school. The complainant was the most tiresome little boy in
the school, and he could do nothing with him. On the day
in question he had inflicted a slight punishment. upon him in
the morning, and as this did nut hare the desired v&ct he cer-
tainly did punish him more sever, ly in the afternoon, but he
thought at the time he did not give him rnm.o punishment than
he deserved.
Mr. SeTHERLAND asked the defendant if he had seen the
state of Cie child's person since the punishment ? He replied
that he had.

Illr. SUTHERLAND—And do you think Sou %x ere justified in
ii,flicting such a severe punishait,lit upon a child six yfars old?
Defi‘ndatit—l must say I do not think I shou!d punish him
aga n so severely.
The Alz,gistrate, here both expressed their opinion that the
child appeared io have been punished in a most severe and un•
ju,t fiab:e manner.

The defendaot said he had filled the situation of master of the
scho .1 for come years, and no complaint had ever before been
mace against him.

'1 he father of the comrlainant observed, that it was r otorious
that the defendant treated all the boys very cruelly, and a great
number of them were about to leave the school in consequence
of it.

The deendant here remarked that he was very sorry to Iv
~.,ompelled to say that the boy was a very bad character.
The MActsraATas told him it was nonsense for him to talk
of the cha:a-ter of a and six years old. They considered he
had treated the little boy very cruelly, and they a.ijudged him
to p.ty a fine of 2%. and costs. Mr. Sutherland, at the same
time, advised the father of the child to represent the matter
and tin/ result to the Committee of the school, in order that
they might be aware of the fact, anti act upon them as they
might think fit.

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SUICIDE BY A LEA r rnom A WI n in-
quest was held yesterday at the London Hospital. before Alr.
Baker, the Coroner, on the body of Thomas t'arker, aged 49,
a bricklayer. Catherine Forward said that the deeeastel was a
lodger in her house in Crescent-place, Hackney-road. Um 1
three months ago the deceased was a particularly sober ma, ,
I hut since then he had drank to such excess as to tin duce
delirium tremens. From the effects of that complaint he had
been recently subject to fits, and whilst suffering from one on
Sunday week last, he fell down and fraetu eel his skull. At
nine o'clock the next morning, during witness's absence, he
aro a flow bed, opened the window and jumped our upon the
pavement, a distance of 30 feet. Ile was not rendered inseu.
Bible by the fal, but became so violent that it to, k four
men to secure and take him to the hospital. Ile diet from the
effects of the fall on Saturday last. Verd.ct—" Temporary
insanity."
The Silesian Gazette states that the greater part of
the manufacturing town .1 Belehatow' in the district of Petri-
kanwart, was, last month, destroyed by fire.
We were gratified to hear from a gentleznan, who
had an opi:ortunity of repeatedly seeing the Royal infants at
Windsor choir g the last week, that they were both in excel-
lent health. As for the Prince ef Wales, he appeared the
healthiest and liveliest little Briton in her Alajesty's dominions.
The Princess Royal has quite recovered from a slight indis-
position, which a short time .go fed interfered with her usual
healthy appearance.—Morniny Advertise-.
MELANCHOLY AM) FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday
week a melancholy and fatal aceident betel a person named
Timothy Skully, who had been brought down from London to
erect a Scaffold outside of York Cathedral, for the purpose of
its repairs. It appears from the evidence adduced on the in-
quest, held More J. I'. Robson, Esq., that deceased, along
vs ith others, were, cn the morning of the 3d instant, about
eleven o'clock, engagedin erecting the scaffold at the cathedral,
when, by some m. a: s, Skully overreached himself in endea-
vouring to fasten a rope to one of the poles, and unfortunately
from a height near the top of the clock, awful to contemplate,
into the church-yard, across a grave, which he deeply indented,
'I he poor fellow was seen to fall by several of the inhabitants.
and was almost immediately picked up and conveyed to his
lodgings, life not being quite extinct. He was instantly attended
by tour or five medical gentleman, but never spoke afterwards,
death putting a period to his suffermgs in about an hour and a
half, the injuries received chiefly being internally. It was said
that Skully had (previous to ascending the dizzy height) par-
taken of several glasses of ale, but was not to say intoxicated,
although it was affirmed that such was partly the ease. He
was a man greatly respected by his fellow workmen, about 2S
years of age, and has lift, it is said, a wife in London, and two
young children, to deplore their loss. The Jury returned a
verdht of " Accidental Peath."—Leeds Mercury.
Lord Palmerston has added his name as a subscriber
to the " Addresses to Youth," about to be published. Nearly
100 illustrious and noble personages are subscribers to the work,
and a great many more are expected to patronise it.
From a Parliamentary paper just published, it ap-
pears that the total annual cost of the Ecclesiastical Establish-
ment in the West Indies is 20,30C1., anti that the aggregate
amount since the passing of the Act 6th George IV., is
341,261/.

PRESENTS TOR HER MAJESTY.—An Arabian man-
of-war, the first that ever appeared in English waters, came up
the liver on Sunday, in tow of a steamer, and was moored in
the afternoon off the Victualling-yard, at Deptford. Mon-
day she was tossed into the St. Katherine's dock. The pennant
was flying at her main-topmast head, and she had a red ensign
hoisted at her mizen. 'I his vessel, which excited much cu.
riositv, is from Zanzebar, and has brought over four valuable
Arabian horses and other presents, from the King of Muscat
to her Maj, sty Queen Victoria. The vessel presents a similar
appearance to that of one of our own merchantmen of 500 or
600 tons burden, except that she carrier ten guns. Zanzebar,
or Zaminebar, is a country on the east coast of Africa, between
..1 N. and 10 S. lat. It includes several petty kingdoms, in
which the l'ortuptese firmerly had settlements, but it is now
subject to the King of Muscat.
DANtsit CLAnsis.—There are, we believe, several
parties in Liverpool interested in what are called the Danish
claims. We think it right, therefore, to communicate to them
the following extract from a letter written by an influential
Nlemb,r of Parliament, who had been applied to by a friend
of ours on the subject :—" 1 thud that the Government will
not pay unless they are forced to do it by a vote of the
House of Commons ; and I hear that it is the inten-
tion of some Members to endeavour to get the House to
direct the payment of them in the same manner as was
done during the last session, when the Whigs were in power."
It is time, therefore, that those parties in Liverpool who are
interested in this matter should be stirring up our representa-
tives to use their influence with the Government to yield with
a good grace to the demand made upon them. Mr. Creswell,
a bile Member for Liverpool, was indefatigable on this point,
and we have no doubt that Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Doug-
las will, if applied to, display equal energy and activity in fur-
thering the claims of justice.—Liverpool Albion.
Tim TII 111IES AND TIIE TEA-DRINKERS.---FOT the
decoction of the "gossip-shrub,"-the Thames water is farsupe-
rior to that even of the river Tees; whilst from this circum-
stance, and from our city being built on a chalky soil, Landon
has become universally famous for the manufacture of milk.
When analyzed, Father Thames is found to consist of—
Pure water
r‘ I iscellanecus
100
This water is considered by the inhabitants of London a most
delicious beverage, and they all pay certain Companies (who
lay it on uncommonly thick) fur the privilege of drinkiag .t.
—Punch.
SALE OF TIIE EARL OP LICHFIELD'S PROPERTY.
--The public sale of the costly and elegant contents of the
Noble Earl's mansion in St. James's-square was commenced
on Monday on the premises, by Mr. George Robins. The cata-
logue enumerates a large collection of valuable property, ar-
ranged in nearly 1,400 lots. The sale on Mnoday consisted of
portion of the household furniture, continuing yester-
slay aid to-day. TUe splendid
de sideboard of plate, including
the massive silver gilt service uts:eadellleioriaaroyf memorable occasion,
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fa:itaudr'
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will
form The
buyers:
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prices. belongingi‘ion dtaoy
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weaving,
indignant at seeing some Belgian workmen from Salerno,
set up a little establishment of the same description iu
the place, attacked the house, and, after having destroyed what
it contained, wanted to set fire to it; but the authorities, sided
by the gendarmes, interfered, and prevented any further
damage.
A sumptuous entertainment is to be given to the
Right Hon. Sir Robert Feel, Baronet, and the rest of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers, at the Goldsmith's Hall, on the 29th instant.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Leiter of our Correspondent at Poole on " Teetotalism"
h.is been received. We agree in many of the views of ti e
writer, but the personal remarks, and occasionally strong lan-
guage prevent us from publishing it.