The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRClllT.—Salisbury, March 7.
This morning was fixed by Mr. Justice COLERIDGE for the trial
of the Wraxhall burglars. The case has excited the greatest in-
terest and sensation in the county, front the extraordinary audacity
with which the offence was committed, and the still nibre extra-
ordinary presence of mind that was displayed on the occasion by
the Misses Audry. The consequence was that at an early hour
each avenue leading to the Cuurt was densely crowded, and
upon the doors being opened, every part of the hall that had not
been previbusly filled by private admissions was crammed to
suffocation. On the Learned Judge taking his seat,
John Stokes, George Stokes, Nathaniel Burge, John 3filsons, John
Gough, and if Ma'am Allen, were placed at the bar.
On the indictment being read John Stokes pleaded guilty, all
the others pleaded not gull'y.

Miss Audry was called, and stated—l was at my father's house
on the 22d December. On that night I went into my bedroom
about half-past ten. I did not go to bed till two. In about a quarter
of an hour after I got into bed I heard the key of my door move. I
had not been asleep. I was wide awake. I said, " Who is corn-
ing in ?" Three men entered the room. I am in t certain that
there was not a fourth standing at the door. They had thick
sticks in one of their hands, and candles in the other. They came
all round my bed, and then one held a light over my head and said,
" If you'll be still we won't hurt you, but if you speak we'll knock
your brains out." I answered, " I shall be quiet. What do
you want ?" One said, " We're starving—we must have
money. We have not been used to _ such ways, but it is no
use resisting; we arc ten." I told him where the money
was, in a basket on the table. There was about 131. there.
He asked me for my watch. I gave it to him. I then said,
" There is a locket so the watch which I should be glad to retain,
as I very much value it." One of them said, " Let her have it."
The man who had my watch then returned it to me, and I took off
the locket and returned him the watch. They asked me more
questions, and then said that they knew that there was more money
in the house, and they must bave it, or they would kill all the
people in the house. I said there was more money, but that I
must get it, as it was in my mother's room, and I was afraid
that any sudden alarm would injure her. They assented to this,
and I put on a dressing-gown and went into my mother's
room, When I went into the passage I saw five more. I
belive there was a fifth, but I did not very distinctly see him.
I then went into my mother's room. The men paused at
the door, as they had promised. Three of them then came
in, and two of them made use of the same threats to my
mother as they had done to me. I think that it was I that
found my mother's keys, and one of the men opened with
them a little cedar door in the room. Two 51. bank notes were
there, and were taken out with many articles of jewellery. The
leader crushed the notes in his hand, and said, "this will never do ;
weraust have gold, and we will have it." Burge was that man, and
he acted throughout as the leader. They then took my mother's
pocket, which was put into the leader's hat, which he quickly put
on his head. There was some money in that pocket. Whilst
this was going on, Milsom came to the door and said, " We have
two pistols loaded, if you want them." No notice was taken of it
by any one. At times the leader and George Stokes spoke to me
quite civilly, making many apologies, and saying it was only
starvation that led them to it. They shook hands with me once.
They then asked me for the plate. I said, " I will
get the keys in the servants' room, but I must go first."
They allowed me to lead the way, giving me one of the
candles which they held in their hands. They appeared
now to have arrived at perfect confidence in me, and seemed
to think that I should do whatever I promised. I knocked
at the servants' door, and then entered. I told the servants not to
be frightened, for if they made no noise I thought they would not
be hurt, but they must give up-everything they had. I was fol.
lowed by three men. There was a fourth outside. I had seen him
in going from my mother's room to the servants'. He was pacing
up and down, with a stick across his shoulders like a sentinel. The
place in which he walked commanded all the doors of that floor.
Two of the men repeated their threats. I obtained from one of the
servants the key of the pantry-door, and the key of the plate-chest.
Burge unlocked the door. They helped themselves to some silver
things on the shelves, and then opened the plate-chest, which was
in the pantry. Burge asked me which was silver and which
plated, and they took the silver and left the plated. They
then unfolded a tablecloth, and put the plate into it. There was
a pistol in the box, which Burge took up, and asked if it was
loaded. I answered, " No." Burge held it to my face in a
scrt of bravado manner. One of them left the pantry be-
fore this and went away. The man who acted as sentinel had
come down and stood at the pantry-door. I then had an oppor-
tunity of seeing him, as I stood about five minutes by his side.
[Miss Audry here pointed out Milson as the man who had acted
as sentinel, who was afterwards proved to have been a soldier.]
Gough then took the cloth and carried it to the dining-room,
The window was opened, the cloth was put out, and I think taken
by some persons. The leader now began to swear and to say that
lie knew there was more money in my father's room, and that
they would have it. I said, "It is useless to speak to my father
as he is very old and can't hear." I went to my father's room and
was followed by three men. The sentinel remaived down stairs.
Whilst I was trying to wake my father they searched his pockets.
They took my father's watch and his purse, in which there were
245, They were disappointed at finding so little, and made use
of very violent language. They said they would murder the whole
set of us, especially Burge said so. The others did not
speak so much, but joined and brandished their sticks.
While this was going on, my sister called from the top
of the stairs ; she was sleeping on a higher floor, and said she had
a few shillings, which she would give them. They instantly ran
up stairs, and I followed. When we went into my sister's room,
my sister gave them my purse. I then saw them take her watch
and her trinkets. They did not make use ofany threat, but brandished
their sticks over her, and the leader swore a good deal. After they
had satisfied themselves there was nothing mare, they ran down
stairs, and I followed them. They had, whist in the pantry, asked
for some wine. The leader had my keys, 1 said, " Give those
keys to me, I hey can be no use to you." He gave them to me, saying,
" You promsed to give us some wine." I opened the cellerette,
and gave them a bottle. They asked for a glass ; I was going to
fetch it ; but, before I did so, I saw that it was useless, as they
were drinking out of the bottle. Before I went up stairs I saw
two of them standing at the cellerette with bottles at their mouths,
and two at the window. One was getting out. I saw nothing
more of them. In about a quarter of an hour I returned, and they
were quite sane. I could see the next morning that they had got
in at the window. About an hour after they were gone, I and my
sister commenced making a list of what we had lost.
Miss Audry underwent a lengthened cross-examination by Mr.
Stone, who failed, however, to shake her testimony in the slightest
degree, or to obtain any admissions for the benefit of his client.
The evidence given by Miss Audry was then confirmed, so far
as she sat/ of the master, by her sister. Both the Misses Audry
and the two servants spoke positively as to the identity of Burge.
Other witnesses were called, who proved that a certain portion
of the stolen goods were found in George Stokes's house—that he
absconded—that he was taken at Wellington a fortnight after the
robbery with another portion of tho goods in his possession. Against
Gough it was proved that a part of the goods was found in his
house—that he absconded, and was taken at Southa-npton with a
coat of Mr. Audry's in his possession, and a diamond hoop ring.
Against Allen it was proved that he lived at Twcrton, near to Bath,
that, after Gough's house was searched, he was nowhere to be
found—that, subsequently, he was taken at Smithfield with Mr.
Audry's watch in his pocket.

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The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a verdict of
Guilty against all the prisoners, except Milsom,
The Learned Judge sentenced them to be transported for the
term of their lives.—The case lasted from nine in the morning till
eight at night.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, MARCH 10. —Wind this day at noon N. to N. W.
DEAL, MARCH 9. —Wind S. S. W., fresh breezes. —A rrd.
Lord Lyncdoch, Humble, Mazakan ' • Olympus, White, Ma-
dras ; Mary, Bombay ; Camerons, Young, Berbice. Arrd.
from the River, Lady Sarah Bayley, Jamaica; Gladiator, for
New York. Put back John Hullett for Mauritius.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 9.—Wind W.S. W., fresh.—Arrd.
Phoenix, Shaw, Bombay; Theodosia, Cushing, Calcutta;
Statesman, Queller, Maranham ; Rothschild, New Orleans;
Jessie Barker, Mobile; Sarah and Ors la Charleston; Roches-
ter, Woodhouse, New York, sailed 19!'h ult. ; General Wil-
shere, Leslie, do. ; Mexican packet, Chaplin, Laguna, sailed
Jan. 20. Sid. Henry Winch, La Guyra. Arrd. off, Dibdin,
Barbadoes ; England, New York, sailed 19th ult. The Francis
Stanton, Wilson, hence to Baltimore, was driven ashore on
Cape Henry, 13th ult., crew saved. The Oglethorpe, from
New York to the Clyde, was abandoned in a sinhing state 3d
ult., in lat. 41,10 n. 57, crew saved. The Wellington, APlntyre,
hence to Charleston, a sloop, a barque, and sereral brigs put
into Belfast Lough, yesterday. A revert gale at west was ex-
perienced at New York, 17th ult.
Orr DOVER, MARCH 9.—Mary, Kemp, Cape; Christian,
Hansen, Bahia, for Altona.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind W. to S. S. W., strong
and squally.—Arrd. Katinka, London, for Jamaica; Bengal,
Bordeaux, for Mauritius ; Alexander Robertson, London, for
Montserrat ; Belgique, Antwerp, for Havannah.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrd. Orbana,
London, for Hobart Town ; Emerald, ditto, for Antigua ;
Clara, ditto, for Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, MA item 8.---Wind S.W. to W., fresh breezes.
—Arrd. Preciosa, Cron, Bahia, sailed Jan. 20; St. Christopher,
London, for Sierra Leone, with damage.
Orr SCILLY, MARCH 7.—Adelaide, Wharton, Mauritius.
Arrd. off, Seringapatam, Courtney, Sydney, New South
Wales, sailed Nov. 7.
CowEs' MARCH 9.—Arrd. Loehiel, Shields, for Exeter,
leaky, and must discharge ; Harriett, Shields, for Havannah.
KINGSTOWN, MARCH B.—Belgrave, Liverpool, for Antigua,
with bowsprit sprung.
RAMSGATE, MARCH s.—The Sarah, from Newcastle to
Malta, which was in contact with the Unity of Exeter 2d inst.,
came into this Harbour yesterday, and must discharge. The
Henarika, Van Duivenbode, came in 3d. inst., leaky, has dis-
charged part of her cargo, and has gone into the Dry-dock to
repair. 6th. The Apollo, from Marseilles to Hull, has been
assisted in, with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been
on the Goodwin Sands, but anparently without damage.
DEAL, MARCH 5. —Wind W. S. W. to S. S.E light. Arrd.
Crusader, westward; Margaretta, Batavia; Margaret, Shields,
for Aden ; Edward, Shields, for Bombay ; Mulgrave, Shields,
for St. Thomas. Arrd. from the River and sailed, the out-
ward bound.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 5. —Wind W.N. NV; to S. S.W. Arrd.
Napoleon, Beudian, Chili, in 86 days; Mary Bibby, Hondu-
ras; Bowditch, Crowell, New Orleans; Iteb Roy, Marsh,
Charleston; Rival, Sutherland, Nassau, sailed sth ult. ; Syd-
ney and Themis, New Orleans ; Robert Parker, Dwight, Sa-
vannah. Sld., Baboo, Rio ; Baldwin, Philadelphia ; Roscoe,
Powhaltan ; Amazon, Stephen Whitney, Emblem, Holder
Borden, and Brooklyn, New York ; Laurina, Buones Ayres ;
Nightingale, Pernambuco; Emma, Maranham ; Palmerie,
Jamaica; Donald, Berbice ; Halcyon, Para ; Thomas and Pa-
kenham, Vera Cruz ; Leodas Abbot, Lord, Tarnenend ; Pio-
neer, Tarquin, and Daicalion, New Orleans; R. A. Parke,
Savannah; Mersey and Monsoon, Mobile; Camera, Balti-
more; Richard Anderson, Wilmington; Rose, Tencriffe.
Arrd. off—Sunflower, Maranham • Ohio (supposed), New
Orleans. The Walter Scott, bound this port, put back to
Nassau, 29th January, leaky, and would sail Bth ult.
PoRTSMOUnr, MARCH 6. —Wind E. S.E. to S. E. —Arrd.
Montreal, London, for New York. Sld. Molacca, Calcutta;
Gratitude, Valparaiso; Janet, Mauritius; Emerald, Antigua;
Chieftain, St. ilelena and Trinidad; Acne Laing, St. Thomas;
George, Jamaica.
TEIGNMOUTH, MARCH 5.... Skl. Active, Newfoundlad.
CowEs, MA act! 6. —Ellan Mary, Ceylon ; Magnet,n Gre-
nada.

TORBAY, MARCH s.—Sld. William Harris, Jamaica; Jane
Erskine, Pernambuco.
BRIXHAM, MARCH 4. —A foreign boat about twenty feet
long, painted black, with white bottom, and red streak, was
picked up off Berry Head this afternoon.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind S.W. to S.E.—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Wolverine, China ; Amphitrite, Newfoundland.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind S. S. W. to W.N.W.-5. S.
to E.S.E._Arrd. Stewarts, Fishor, Pernambuco. Sid. Pe-
terel packet, West Indies ; Trent steamer, West Indies ;
Mexico, Spencer, Demerara. Off President, Waller, Port-
au-Prince, and sld. for Antwerp • Julian, Cusa for Hamburgh.
BRISTOL, MARCH s.—Sld. Antwerp;
Demerara
MILFORD, MARCH s.—Sid. Wilberforce, Trinidad.
OFF ST. BRIDE'S BAY, MARCH 3.—Elizabeth, Demerara.
OFf THE WIGHT, MARCH 6.--Edward, Breton; Pollock,
Calcutta.

Coat, littacx 3.—Acrd. Dalhousie, Clyde for Trinidad,
with loss of boat, bulwarks, &e., having encountered heavy gales.
HULL, MARCH 5. —Wind W. N. W.—Sailed Defender, New
York.

HAnwrcir, MARCH s.—The Despatch, Hutchings, from
Middlesborough to Torquay, was wrecked on the Kentish
Knock, 2d inst., crew and part of stores and materials saved.
BRISTOL, MAacm-B.—Arrd. Reliance, Mauritius.
CAPE or Goon Hopi, JAN. 8 —Arrd. Her Majesty's
hip Cambrian, Plymouth, in forty-nine days.

LOltD HILL
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
you have the goodness to inform your subscribers
*hat is becotrie df Lord Hill? His Lordship's name has nut
appeared in the Court Circular, nor any of the public papers,
for a very considerable time
While his Majesty the King of Prussia honoured us with a
visit, it tloes not appear his Lordship's name was ever mentioned
in the gay doings at Windsor. If the Commander-in-Chief is
laid up at his seat in Shropshire, the public will be glad to
hear occasionally what t rogress the Gallant and Noble Lord IC
making towards recovery.—l am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Hereford, March 9, 1842. AN OLD SOLDIER.

GREECE AND FIER FINANCES.-
ATHENS, FEB. 12.—The anniversaries of the arri-
val of the King and Queen in Greece, their birth-
days, and their name days, are all high holidays in the
capital, and hopes, are cherished that on each of these
days some favours will be bestowed, some pro-
motions made, or some act agreeable to the nation
published. Such hopes have too often been disap-
pointed, and never more so than on the 6th instant,
the ninth anniversary of King Otho's landing in
Greece. The usual ceremonials were observed ' • but
the only honours bestowed were crosses of the Sau-
veur to M. Christides and his associates, in reward for
their betraying the national interests, and endeavouring
to • deceive Sir Stratford Canning. The Greeks care
little to see their Ministers covered with cheap deco-
rations ; they would not feel jealous or angry were
they so covered from head to foot, before and behind,
so little do the nation esteem them ; but the whole
capital is indignant at the dotation made on the
above day to M. Kriesis, the Minister of Marine, of
100 stremata of rich currant grounds in full bearing,
in the plain of Corinth, and worth near 7,000/.
sterling, yielding near 10 per cent. annually. This
act is illegal ; no national lands can be -given away
or sold without the concurrence of a National
Assembly. These lands, some of the most valuable
in the country, are specially pledged and mortgaged
by the acts of the National Congresses for the
payment of the British loans of 1824-25,4f0r the Na-
tional Bank Actions of Capo d'lstrias' Government,
and for the Alliance Loan. It is high time that the
bondholders and Messrs. Eynard and Rothchilds should
protest against such wanton illegality. M. Kriesis is
the minister who, by treachery and ill-faith, aided the
King in forming a Ministry when Mavrocordato re-
signed; he has sold himself to the King for this gift—
and the Greeks with one voice cry out, shame l If
the King is once permitted of his own free will to
grant such gifts, what is to become of the liberties of
Greece ?—whence are to be paid the claiths of the
veterans of the war of independence ?—where is the
security for the public debt of Greece •? Capo
d'lstrias never attempted such dishonest means to gain
partisans.

To show the falling off in the revenue, I will give
you a statement of the British trade", for 1840 and
1841, in the Gulf of Patras, which I have from sources
that can be fully relied upon, and I call the attention
of all who are interested in Greece to examine it.

In 1840, 60 British vessels entered Patras, of

the tonnage of 7,926 tons, and with

... £39,500

cargoes worth
In 1841, only 47 vessels entered, 6,235 tons,
with cargoes worth

18,500

Falling off in entries, 14 vessels; in cargoes £21,000
In 1840, 62 British vessels cleared from

Patras, with cargoes worth £230,200
In 1841, 47 British vessels cleared, with
cargoes worth

Falling off 15 vessels ; and value of

cargoes £120,800
Thus the aggregate British trade last year in that
part of Greece was less than half what it was in 1840.
The deficiency in the revenue from this falling-off, is—
On imports, the duty being 10 per cent. ad

valorem _ £2,100
On exports, duty and land-tax 16 per cent.... 19,328

Total deficit in revenue £21,428
Or 600,000 drachmas from one district of Greece, on
one branch of trade, and with one nation only. When
you consider that this large deficit forms 1-25th part
of the total revenue of Greece, and that all branches
of trade and industry, as well as agriculture, have
equally suffered during the past year, it is not too
much to calculate the total deficit at 3,000,000 of
drachmas, or one-fifth the revenue. Is this a moment
to alienate national property ? Is this good faith to
the nation, or to the foreign bondholders ? These
latter must make themselves heard, and the powers
that guaranteed the last loan must take instant means
to put a stop to such proceedings, which exceed in in-
iquity all the blunderings of the Regency mad its le-
gion of Bavarian leeches who so long sucked the
heart's blood of Greece.

HAN G-C H 00-FOO.
THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF CHINA.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT WHO HAS LONG RESIDED
IN INDIA.)
If llang-Choo-Foo (capital of Chekiang, the richest
and most populous province in China,) be really taken
by our threes, they are now progressing in that course
which will most alarm his Celestial Majesty. Hang-
Choo-Foo is, by Sir John Barrow and otlicrs, con-
sidered the best built city (of granite) in China. It is
situated at the north head of the Imperial Canal, on
the banks of a deep river three to four miles broad,
opposite the city, from which one canal runs to Ning-
po, another canal to Cha-po, forty miles off, and from
whence the whole trade between China and Japan is
carried on ; another canal, the Imperial, runs to Pe-
kin, and by the Hang-Choo-Foo river and the Canton
river there is a communication by water (the Meting
Pass excepted), and by which Lord M`Cartney s
Embassy travelled between the two provincial capitals.
The imperial Canal from Hang-Choo-Foo to the
Great liver Yang-Tzee-Kiang, is navigable by
vessels of 200 to 250 tons, loaded with rice, hence any
of our largest steam-vessels can traverse this part of it;
the canal in this part is very broad. Hang-Choo-Foo
was once the seat of the Emperors of China. The
times are stirring in India and China; it is non-
sense to hesitate any longer ; our Government
should at once call out the subsidiary forces, three
hundred and fifty thousand, and take Birma (its fron-
tier to seaward I mean, and a hundred miles inland) ;
take Nepaul and subsidize it; occupy Oude de facto,
and not, as at present, by an imbecile and oppressive
shadow of kingly native Government ; and compel
the Punjaub to become subsidized. China and Aff-
gbanistan is then only a flea-bite. India will never
be thoroughly tranquillized till these thorns in our
side are plucked out: If it he contended, what right
has Great Britain thus to usurp power over these
comparatively independent states, the answer is. it is
for the (rood of the human race, that anarchy, infanti-
cide, and abominable cruelty should be extinguished
in those wretched and ill-governed and enslaved
kingdoms ; and as they are continually harassing the
British possessions in India, and endangering their
repose, and as our occupation of these misgoverned
kingdoms would guarantee an extinction of these abo-
minations, and substitute order, civilization, peace,
and tranquillity, and the blessing of the Scriptures of
truth, it is the duty of England to bestir herself, and
put an effectual end at once to the present unsatisfac-
tory state of affairs in those kingdoms. 11,. w.

THE NEW HOUSES OF IARLIA•
s'INT

E ...
(From the Surveyor, _Et n and Architect)
The works .of this splendid pile are now ift
progress, and although the magnitude of the under:
taking, and the many unforseen circumstances whi,e°
may occur to delay it, render the tiree of its 0000 e,"
tion a matter of. uncertainty, it is still stitistaget w,
observe that no exertions are spared to hasten Ow pert
i
gress of the works, and that, should the Prese„
favourable weather continue, a more than usual Ow
of proceeding may be anticipated during this spri.ngs:
Another winter's experience has been added to the.."._
of last year in reference to the capacity of the meg° a
sian limestone to stand the attacks of frost, ,11_1,
nothing can be more satisfactory than the sound sit;
of all the blocks of stone which are dispersed over
cu,;:.
site of the works, We did not observe
or flaw in any of these blocks ; and being assured biatro.
the severe frosts of last winter were equally unPthit
ductive of injury to the stone, we may conclude
it is more exempt than most other limestones from tw'
particular species of destruction. 'jog,
It is scarceiy possible, without the aid of draw nor.
to convey to a stranger a correct idea of the Pr°tfoie,
tion of the building which is completed up to this iver
In general terms it may be said, that the Whole
.r,
r.
front is carried up to the second floor, on a coolie
able part of which the preparations are now being lie
tnand
for raising the iron girders of the floor. The 15,00-
a single crte.
west ends are also raised to the same height ; t'ef the
crete is laid for the tower at the western end ° the
building, and the foundations for the tower atder tb
eastern end are in course of excavation. The
of concrete is seven feet four inches, and the many:
ip
shire landings; which are to cover it, are six in° of
depth, and of immense superficial dimensions, in 00
of them exceeding 150 square feet. These sWes ro•
the micaceous sandstones of Yorkshire, and are Post
cured from Bramley Fell and other places in
county. ea 00
There are at present six travelling cranes us ow
the work for setting the stones. Each of these eh is
sists simply of a crab fixed on a platform, whiciroo,
mounted on wheels, and these wheels work 011
logs
bars, which are laid down on longitudinal thuhfri, the
at a considerable height above the level to which is
building is raised. The motion of the platforthe
effected by means of cogs on the perpihery °,
wheels, which work in a corresponding rack Cr' the
the bars or rails on which they travel. This ' try
usual plan adopted for giving action to these used
yelling cranes, and is similar to that which "'as of
on the earlier railways, before the practicabill .aer.
communicating motion by simple adhesion was .°n onstood. The crabs have also a transverse 01°1,1,05fit
the platforms, and by means of these two
right angles with each other, the stones call "-,.ecise,
jested with the greatest nicety just over the Pitein.
spot they are to occupy in the work. Numer°ll the
porary railways are laid down on the work, I° the
purpose of conveying the stones on trucks ftinsshig
sheds where the masons are employed in "'":
them. The rails used are of a light desetteips
exactly similar to those of the Croydon railway'. boat
spiked or screwed down to longitudinal balks, wit
the intervention of chairs. afford
The sheds are conveniently disposed, and pa Op
shelter to a great number of masons eniple:,,
dressing the stones. These are seen in all sl°gougli
preparation, some only scabbled or picked into 0 roia
form as they come from the quarry, others undergoitD
the process of hammer-dressing, and picking/01.
sharp-pointed tools, while others are being ,„,.,15 or
dressed to a smooth surface with flat-edged '—
chisels. wet
The iron girders intended for the second t1e°,,r,.„0
four tons each, and are tested by means of the P"-Thel
or hydrostatic pump, with a force of thirty tons' Or
tire cast at the works of Messrs. Brarnah, near
mingham.
It is known to most of our readers that the resio
cipal stone employed in this building is the lnaglbe is
limestone, as recommended by Messrs. Barry' Go.
Beche, and the other commissioners appointed bYtioos
vernment to inquire into and report on the 1,00
kinds of stone suitable for such a building pr 0:,
originally contemplated that this stone could 'lilt
cured from Bolsover Moor, near Huddersfield',„„ this,
was soon found that the supply obtainable fr°—,,,sod,
locality would be quite insufficient to meet the de been.
in consequence of which, large quarries haveviico,
opened.at Anstone, on the line of the same ge° the.
formation, from which place the greater part ore,
stone is now procured. The quarries of Anst°'' sito
situate about three miles from Roche Abbey' the
about twelve miles east of Sheffield ; they are if-5
hands of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contraet,°,:es
the building, so that the supply and the VaILI:A
the stone, with respect to size and other part'cipet&
are in their own control, and not subject to be
by the caprice, negligence, or spirit of extortion, 'icor
not unfrequently characterise proprietors jibe
mand the exclusive supply of an important sten° W
the one in question. The colour of the stolle2o.t I
first quarried is a brownish yellow, not unlike "
coarse brown sugar ; but when tolerably dry, as
it
it has been under cover of the sheds for two years, to
colour is a delicate cream almost approachint
white. Some of the older stones, when firs.tsthe,
the work, present this white appearance, but 'oor
soon, particularly after rainy weather, resumede not
what of their former yellow colour, but of a sha
so brown as when they contain the gnarl. let
t'
Like most other free-stones, it is softest and Os' toir.
dress when first quarried, but even when dry, its co 't
formity of texture, and the almost entire abse°o
harder veins, render it a good free-working sttive
the hands of, the mason ; and it is not
that injury to the points and edges of the tools, lid
is so highly objectionable in many limestones,
most of the harder free-stones. A tolerably uires
polish can be put on the stone ; and it only rejoble
the advantage of a white colour to render it Ye
in ornamental decoration. 13°th
In addition to the magnesian limestone, v•-enio,.
stone from Painswick in Gloucestershire is er°Tor'''
for some of the more ornamental parts of thhe
The extreme ease with which the Bath stone panreli
cut into the most elaborate and intricate forgo, do'
ders it superior to all others for carved orne'll
01
masonry.
We cannot conclude this brief notieeviloilY
alluding in terms of high praise to the wort'' large
spirit of order which pervades the whole of theltiteo
works. It has been our lot more than once to
bins
with pain, in the course of some large unae',"e it e..
Produe
but too many indications of slovenly managen',leo(
the part of the contractor, and this sometimes r`orisloe
ing to. such an extent, as to create a very re,„ o'er!
surprise when the result or completion of
has happened to turn out anything short et ,gro
ruin to the contractor. But, on the contrary, tyi o'll
out the works of the New Houses of Parliatne,° eyed
order and regularity ; every implement an'he part
piece of machinery seems exactly adapted for L, 4 e
pose to which it is applied ; there ispno defiele't•
machinery to hinder and cripple the progresLies
works, and no useless lumber to throw obsi.•-
the way.

20th !'itt;

Advices from St. Petersburgh of the -,1 000'0
state that the weather had been exceedingly mild, agast°
ice had broken up. This early and unexpected ,crotapsiel
A letter from Navarre, in the Eco del Commercio, very unfavourable to trade, as goods could only be 0:,,et0
states that great activity is displayed by Carlo-Christino emis- or from the interior by canal at heavy rates of freiglii; osb ;is
series, who cuter and return from France under various pre- to the cost of transporting them by the ice roads. , was iii, alt
texts, and who spread the most alarming reports as to the in- that there would be another fall of snow. Business ehicio at
tentions of the Government, will a view to excite the inhabi- the Russian capital, except in the article of tall°w'hot ''IV
tants to revolt. The letter adds, that no doubt can be enter- brisk and firm in price. The fine weather of the t (01101'
tained of the existence of a grand Carlo-Christino Junta in two has already exercised a beneficial effst;eee !le,
communication with committees in Paris and Bayonne, and that home trade in town, but although the change ha „fly 1, 0'
frequent attempts are made to corrupt and seduce the troops. taneous in various parts of Europe, it is very g_elli 1111°00
The France publishes the following letter, ad- hended that the season sets in too early to u'.. Lod sawsit'
continuance, and that, consequently, we may have certain.istioa
dressed to it by General Cabrera, Count de 11Iorella, dated
as was the case last year. One thing, however,
.:9,,,e alto 00
Lyons, 25th ult. :—" I have read in your journal an article
giving an account of the causes which might have induced me that the agriculturists have been benefiting by
earlier
to take a journey to Paris, and the reasons I had for not doing in the weather, to commence field operations e tlie
so. Infamous calumnies have for some time been spread as to 1 usual.
my political conduct. Much has been said, much has been INDlA.—Official despatches were receiVr ceeeos *
written, and many falsehoods have been told; but you, Sir, Board of iellit tt
Control yesterday from Bombay ar nadisiltbe,
have said the truth, and I thank you for having done me jus- We regret to state that they fully confirm the meia-ctieti tag)
tice. It is true that, but for the injunction I received from an
authority I shall always respect, I should, perhaps, have gone which we published yes erday relating to the destrn_ near.att"
to Paris, whither I was called by personal affairs, and not b any army in Affghanistan. The accounts which have ?rat o'4
political matters, in which I neither do nor will take any ypartj.
You may make a declaration to this effect in our journal, with the dreadful catastrophe, we understand are rtahtheeirotureepaiePii,
over-rated. The army in Jellalabad, when
.. .
ws•re sent off, remained secure, and great hors owseitrloa afi.
confidence that you ear not deceived." Y j ' tained that they would be able to maintain their P istseen,be .
FONDNESS OF CLERICAL MAGISTRATES
FLOGGING.— A return has been presented to the House of
FOR such time as reinforcements could be sent to therirr,asst'er 0,0:0,1
CAUTION TO SMOKERS.—A young be--' the e- jel,
Commons, dated February 9, 1842, stating the number of Northern Circuit, a Mr. Hay, was fined 20s. hYwejeel:oe
persons of the age of 20 and upwards sentenced to be flogged magistrates, at the Moot Hall, in Newcastle, et t! _ Nesvc",,,
by the summary conviction of one magistrate, from the Ist for smoking cigars in one of the carriages of
en;,:pe (IN
of January, 1840, to the Ist of January, 1841. The returns and North Shields Railway Company on the pre a' .
Ic.°/1
are—from Norwich, 1 ; Swaffham, 1 ; and Warwick, r, ; Newcastle Journal. srloe ..A,
seven in all, six of whom were committed by clergymen ! COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—About ten °G-rareatoo" '
Facts and Figures.
YOUTHFUL QUARRELS.—An inquest was held at ship of 800 tons
01;.00)
between the Wilmot, a large
the Church Tavern, Liverpool, on Thursday last, before John Wednesday night last, a collision took place ofhttrtio,kicti,
the Royal Adelaide steam-ship. from London t be'
f life, hnius'et,
Taylor, Esq., Borough Coroner, upon the body of Matthias however, has not been attended with any loss of ~.he W ,0,
Crook, a boy between eleven and twelve years of age, son of d a
n le
anag rg.
nr a n-riT e''sladY;;l'o!
a weaver at Bolton, who, in a slight quarrel which arose out of which vessels i
sh aa• hate
boundsu sustained nseodo t very ry
Australia.ex ten siv
withe
play, was kicked in the stomach by John Marden while on the
floor, Edward Crook, his brother, holding him down. After c,aarsg ot,oww
eaisi hauleddown to outGravesend,
the iwhereine' s
Wednesday evening the Royal Adelaide started tr.,o ise!;ent
the Coroner had summed up, the Jury remainedein deliberation
about an hour, and then returned a verdict of " Manslaughter
against both John Marsden and Edward Crook," and -they Katherine's wharf on her passage to Leath.e
.t_J ,ho
tyls.t.
were committer.' under the Coroner's warrant for trial at the coast, when she ran with great force into the ,a(lcha oil
1-- Brea r
ensuing assizes at Liverpool.
An aged widow, a portress, was sweeping the rying away her bowsprit, topmasts, and
larboardsid,besides doing a IV 0010
Gravesend the steamer was about to cross ov r ;r,
ii,oo
oil
ep is
1 The Royal Adelaide was 101_,Inoci res;
street, a few days since, in the front of her h in of damage to her hull. The shedoe duck
too ppl_e...ut :lino
4-51 CI i
house,
tunate, she having lost her . bowsprit, a g
her oaddle-bo bot _
the Rue du Cherehe Midi, when a female,
Sister of Charity, accosted her, and in
relief, and teas invited into the lodge in the garb of a
toquired if she had need of at,d bulwarks from heri.
ceived very extensive injuries to one ofa „lira et .00
thseuippoieoer,will as to her hull.
.The. alarm produced . ward e e..,,,,
hear a tale of distress Having examined the scanty furniture, the .
and fi urehea'• ottit 1,
representative ofhad a considerable number
benevolence invited rest' an ella
n, earuerles. by the
Wilmotconcussion is described as being °f onictor'et
the church of Saint to accompany her to
where she would be presented nearly all of whom had retired to „min ~,0,
to the Countess of Karadeuck,president •
who would, no doubt, grant her a small pension for the rest of . ls
;,i07.0:1
of a charitable society, 'matter, without having waited to dress
ongst e
on board,
rid children all hastened on deck, to sac` este es
was the
her life. They set out together, but, when on their way, the The steamer had also a number of passengers, aZo on pt
Sister of Charity recollected that she had a sum of money and were several females, and the terror was no less 1,..1% skore,fee
a pot of comfiture to leave for a lying-in woman, in the Rue theWilmot. Signals were made,
Cassette. She desired theshe would
woman did so, but having • dhour .41
portress to walk on, and well
overtake her at the steps of the church. The deluded oldsome time
~
tog
t r off, and took many of the passengers to Gra•v" heforn.bef
night was very boisterous, and it was
more of her supposed benefactress,waof clear of each other. It was a fortunate 'P °the
s ips g . .
any
soil
waited anreturnedwhio_troeu,t seeinghoping that down. - Serove
the collision was with so large a vessel as the Wilm"t' tk
wise in all probability she would have gone ~ the
she would come again another day. She was soon unde-
ceived, for, ono pening her drawers, she discovered It is rumoured that on the opening 0' ,irozinf,,o;
that they as P-11
had been st • ripped of all her little store of property, • Eastern Railway in Ma neat,
ythe stock markett the ...r ',
I h IdT sel which will race 0 e-,
consisting
wil be e al ue a
of two napoleons, five sf. pieces, a small gold chain and cross,London hulelle.
venience of everyt ornate graziers and the ~,___447, obey,—
and a snuff-box, which had been adroitly abstracted by the pre-
it as many others to a very great extent.,-AsT"'
tended philanthropist
. I