The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

Beds constantly well-aired.

..B:—Eus'nes conducted also (on the above principles) at the.
Bengal Arms Tavern, Birchin-lane. Cornidll.
Ordinary from One to Five, daily.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN,

JAMES WALSH b: ;s respectfully to acquaint
his Commercial Friends, that he has commenced Business at
50, Old Change, one door from Cheapside, and will be happy to receive
their favours and recommendation.

They may rely on having the choice from a large Stock of every
quality in BEAVER, PARIS, FRENCH VELVET, and GOSSA-
MER FIATS, manufactured on the most improved principles, of
strengths adapted to all sorts of wear, shapes varied, and most mo-
dern, and at the lowest scale of prat.

Aftettravelling for near twenty years, J. W. hopes his commercial
friends will give him their support. and they may rely on having an,
article stilted to their wear.

London, March 28, 1845

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY. -

The BUSINESS of this COMPANY, during the alterations of
Nos. 8 and 9,.Waterloo-place, is carried on at their Temporary
Offices, No. 28, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE.

ROYAL. FARMERS' and GENERAL, FIRE,
LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. ••
• Empowered by special Act of Parliament: •
Capital, 500,000/.
Offices, STRAND, LONDON.
The Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,950 in number.
All persons whose Insurances with this Office fall due on Quarter
Day, are respectfully reminded that, to preserve the benefit of their
Policies, the Premium should be paid within fifteen days from that
date, and that the Receipts are now in the hands of the Agents.
FARMING STOCK Insured, without the Average Clause, at 3s.
per cent., no duty.
COMMON INSURANCE.—Private Houses and Shops, is. 6d. per
cent. Hazardous, 2s. 6d. per cent. Double Hazardous subjeet to
special agreement.
HAIL-STORM INSURANCE.—Premium 6d. per acre for Wheat,
Barley, and Peas ; 4d. per acre for Oats, Beans, Turnips, and Po-
tatoes.—Glass in Hothouses, Greenhouses, or Private Houses, 20s.
per Cent.

Insurance of Lives on an equally moderate scale of charges,
Annual Premiums on Life Insurances for 100/.

Age 20 I 30 I 49 I 50 I 60 I 65

£1 16 1 1 2 7 1 1 3 3 & 1 4 10 3 1 7 5 5 1 9 3 4

Endowments of all kinds for fliture or existing children.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the office, or will be fbrwarded
post-free, upon application. The usual Commission to Solicitors,
Agents are appointed in the Principal Towns in the Kingdom
W. SHAW, Managing Di
13 URGE

SS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES.
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London,
JOAN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the
public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following
cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but
without s same or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW, SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such
great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by'them, and is recom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all
climates.
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.
The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse.

NATIONAL LINEN COMPANY'S SALE.
Th. Directors of the National Linen Company inform their
numerous patrons that, in addition to their factory in Ireland, they
h we purchased the entire works of Alexander AinHenson and Nephew,
of Dunfermline, and they can now offer every description of house-
hold goods on the most advantageous terms. The large stock of linens
on hand has been removed from the factory to their City warehouses.
This will be found a desirable opportunity for merchants and private
families. To those families who, living at a distance, cannot avail
themselves of this opportunity, the Directors will forward goods for
inspection previous to payment, and any article sent not giving entire
approbaton can be retureed free of expense. All goods delivered car-
riage free. The Directors respectfully refer to the numerous families,
both in town and country, who have patronised and who can testify to
the advantageous prices, as well as the superiority and strength father
manufactures. A few leading articles are here quoted, but prospec-
tuses containing full particulars of the goods for sale, with lists of prices,
can be had at the City warehouses or by post. Stout unbleached linen
sheetings, from 3s. 11d. to Bs. 6d. per pair; bleached ditto, for family
use, from 6s. fal. to 10s. 6d. per pair ; fine and wide sheetings, from
12s. 64. to 18s. per pair ; several bales of curiously fine sheetings,
suitable for the use of the highest families, samples of which can be
forwarded for inspection, and will be found at half the prices charged
by retail houses. Irish linens, stout and free from dress, the piece of
26 yards for 21s. ; ditto, excellent quality, 26 yards for 25s ; and very
flue, 26 yards for 30s ; yard-wide Irish, of the purest flax and finest
texture, 26 yards for 425. Table cloths of every quality and size ;
linen breakfast cloths, from 6s. 6d, per dozen ; rich damask table cloths,
six yards long, 15s. each ; smaller sizes in proportion; magnificent
double damask cloths of surpassing richness both in qualities and de-
signs, consisting of various emblematical figures, with napkins and
slips to correspond. The directors will feel great pleasure in forward-
ing any size of the last-mentioned goods for comparison. Fish nap-
kins, from 2s. 2d. per dozen ; fine Irish cambric handkerchiefs,
12s. 64 per dozen ; common lawn handkerchiefs, 3s. 6(.1., and very
good, 6s. 6d. per dozen : transparent and curiously tine Irish cambric
handkerchiefs, equal in appearance to the finest French, at one half
the price ; stout linen huckabacks for towels, commencing, all linen,
at 4s. 9d. per dozen ; glass cloths, from 2s. 9d. ; dusters, from Is. 9d.
per dozen ; yard-wide furniture dimity, 6d. per yard ; large stock of
quilts and counterpanes ; calico sheetings, for charities, 2s. 9d. per
pair ; long cloths, from 2s. 9d., to very superior, at 6s. per dozen ;
sLperior shirting calico, 24 yards for 7s. 6d. ; elegant designs in win-
dow muslins ; corded skirts, from Is. each ; nursery diapers, &c.
Entrance, 98, Farringdon-street, and 105, Fleet street, corner of
Farringdon-street, bottom of Ludgate-bill. It will be found most
convenient for carriages to set down in Farringdon-street.

DUPRE Z AT D BUR Y-L A•N E
Duprez is delighting the public again
Off the stage of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane ;
And thousands admire the vocalist's skill,
Which causes the house every 51cening to fill.
The surprising effect which he/gives to a song
Has met with unequalled success all along.
Our reason for mentioning Duprez in print,
Is clearly displayed in the following hint :
This singer, whose voice can be rivalled by none,
Should sing a choice song for E. MOSES and SON.
Such extensive commercial achievements as ours
Are rutted to such a choice vocalist's powers;
What thousands of people would throng Drury-lane,
If Duprez were to sing Messrs. MOSES a strain ;
And how would the crowding assemblage rejoice,
To hear him thus nobly employing his voice.
A thing such as this might be very soon done,
For the words could be written by MOSES and SON ;
And the wonderful singer himself codld prepare
A touching, a bold, and a suitable air.
Such words and such music, with choice adaptation,
Would obtain for the singer increased approbation ;
And a merited honour would also be done
To the trading achievements of MOSES and SON.
A new work, entitled " THE LEVIATHAN OF TRADE," with
full directions for Self-Measurement, may be had on applieation,
or forwarded post-free.

LIST OF PRICES
READY MADE.

X s. d.
Tweed ..... from 0 7 6
Do. do., a superior quality, with silk collar, cuff.,, and
%dugs ..... ...................., 0 13 6
Codrington and Chesterfields, in light and gentlemanly ma-
terials . ..
Cashmarette Coats in every style and make, including regis-
tered Peltees ...... ..................... 1 2 0
Milled Jean, grand Drill, and diagonal 810u5e5............ 0 3 6
Splendid Summer Vests 0 2 6
Cashmere and Persian, in endless variety... ... ........'.... 0 4 6
Black and fancy Satins.. .... .................... 0 6 6
ClothTrowsers ............... ....... 0 9 0
Dre55C0at5............ ....... .................... ..... 1 0 0
Frock ditto, ditto

pATENT BELMONT MOULDS, bid. per lb.,
of a dark colour, but burning without snuffing, as well as the
finest wax or sperm.
PATENT BELMONT WAX and SPERM, Is. per lb., expected
to be within a short time the only candles used by the upper classes.
PATENT BELMONT COMPOSITES, 10d. per lb.
PATENT BELMONT SPERM OIL, purer than the finest animal
Sperm,- 4s. per Gallon.
Any of these, as also Price's Patent Candles, and the Vauxhall
Composite Candles may be ordered through any dealer in town or
ceuntry, and are supplied wholesale to the trade in London, by.
Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer and Co., Sut-
ton-street,
.Clerkenwell ; and William Merchant, 253, Regent-
circus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, by Richardson and Roebuck,
Market-place; In Bath, by T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close ;
in Cheltenham, by Mathews and Co., 400, High-street; and in Salis-
bury, (IC. Stokes and Son.

Parties wishing to try any of these articles, but finding difficulty in
obtaining them, are requested to write to Edward Price and Co.,
Belmont, Vauxhall; who will then send the address of a dealer whom
they know to keep the Candles and Oil, or should there be no such
dealer in the neighbourhood, will take other measures to flirnlsh
samples.

IiZILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE.

C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by
a person of Science iu the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in
bringing to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ;
possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura-
bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as
it does, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed
Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as
silver, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and
Sideboard :

Fiddle. Threaded. King's,
Table Spoons and Forks, 16s, 6d. doz. 30s. 355•
Desert Ditto
Tea Spoons 6s. 6d. _ lb. 6d, 13s. 6d.
Sugar Tongs ........
C. WATSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal is
peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold
than kis metal is from all others--on its intrinsic merit alone he
wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he re-
ceives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an
article of universal wear.

C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant
is just published, and Families who regard economy and elegance
should possess themselves of this useful Book, which may be had
Gratis, and Post Free, from the above Address.
PATENT PARAGON CAMPIIINE LAMPS.
The perfection of these Lamps over the Vesta has been
happily attained by the invention of two parallel fiat rings—a larger
and a smaller Arming a cone round the margin of the wick, which
cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus condensing
every particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell,
having perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to
iG wax candles.

C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton
Foigate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant
recherche and new patterns, comprising Ormolu, China, Glass, and
Opal.
Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And the
Paragon Apparatus applied to the Vesta for 6s.
The spirit analysed
and recommended by Dr. 11Tre, is delivered in screw cans by C.
Watson's carts, at 4s. per gallon.
41 & 42. BARBICAN. and 16. NORTON FOLGATE.

TILE NINTH EDITION.
Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. Gd., and sent free, on
receipt of a Post-office Order for 35. Gd.
MANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into the
Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline, with Instruc-
tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from
the destructive consequences of excessive .indulgenee, terminating in
Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In-
digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation
on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, Re. By C. J. LUCAS
arid Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street ;
and sold by Brittain,
1, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63,
Oxford-street ; Noble, 109, Chance lane ;J. Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark; C. Westerton, 15,
Park-side, Knightsbridge; Huett, 37, Princes-street, Leicester-
square, London ; T. Sowler, Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man-
chester; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool; W. Wood, 78, High-
street, Birmingham ; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edin-
burgh ; T. Price, Dame-street, Dublin; and all Booksellers.
" The best of all friends is the professional friend ; and in no shape
can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in 'Lucas
on Manly Health.' The author shows how Manly Vigour,' tem-
porarily impaired, can be restored." The New Bell's Weekly
Messenger.
Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and
from Fire till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, New-
man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be
successffilly treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing
the usual tee of 11. for advice.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consult rig
ad at
the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; aria
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration.
Hannay and
Compton-
The batted effects of solitary indulge-see, neglected syphilis symp-
toms, tcc., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings ; followed
171 -iarl°lw-st;relletan;
by observations on marriage, with plain directions for the removal of
certainsurleondsi,sqLue
alindtionea.tl°Pnusblished by the Authors, andannidacyob:63,
ox.
their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Ox-
ford-street 0
rSdo-lsdt r
ebeyt
; Strange,oordo n 2,
Compton-
street, Soho ; and all Booksellers.
"We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaints
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a ma;ority a the me-
dical profession, for whit reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially
I'l4P6a, t erL
enadet
wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by th a advice contained in its pages.,,___
Age and
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, lose
of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 Is., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335„ by which I Is. are saved. The Ave-pound cases may
be had as usual.
ETERSIVE E
The CONCENTRATED D SSP:NCR, an anti-syphl-
litic remedy for searching out and_ purifying the blood from scurvy,
blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painfUl
affections arising from imprener treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price,
I Is. and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6cl ,
and I la. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, infi .-
nation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business.
Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases n
daily attendance for Sary.
Messrs. Perry are in da. . , consultation, at their re-
sidence, 19, Bemers-sireet, Ox_r?,r_otiatreet, London, from 11 till 2, and
5 till S. On Sunder, from ul
lo I 2. One personal visit is n 1
0 y ne-
cessary to effect a permanent cure.

my., paired off with Ijord Ingestrie
-----
in fl%Sivro.uVr oifllbielsr.,Christie's motion, on the subject of the Uni-
versities, on Thursday evening.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'
G-REASE.—When the hair is beceming thin, and falling
off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head,
is the use of the two above named articles, applied al-
ternately—the botanic water to cleanse the roots from
einqgua are
itaity used, and
preserving
scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's grease as a
nourishes. If any further evidence WAS required of the
virtues
hai
r f
the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame-
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and
theo,
fir. a
Catlin
119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first intro-
duced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who
fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to pur-
chase none other but with their names and address
bear's
atglreinit 's se
account for
printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtaining' a
spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to the hair
are worse than useless.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Standing Orders :
London and Croydon Railway.
London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway.

Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2),—Petition for Bill ;
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private
Bills.

COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS.
MONDAY, APRIL 14.
Direct Northern Railway (No. 2) (Lincoln to York). -
South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester).
South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells).
South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings).
South Eastern Rt.ilway (Branch to Deal and Extension of
the South Eastean, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate
Railway).
South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the
London and Greenwich Railway).
South Eastern Railway (Hungerford-bridge to Chilham, with
Branches).
South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad-
dock Wood).
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2).
London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and
Tunbridge).
London and Croydon Railway Enlargement.
London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch),
London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham),
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway.
Gravesend and Rochester Railway.
Hull and Gainsborough Railway. -
Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway.
Waterford and Limerick Railway.
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.
East Dereham and Norwich Railway.
London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley
to Wolverhampton).
Wells and Dereham Railway.
Kingstown and Bray Railway.
Churnet Valley Railway.
Epsom and Dorking Railway.
London and Norwich Direct Railway.
Midland Railway Branches Bill (to prove Standing Orders).

. •
The Committee of SelectionSelleection have nominated the following
Select Committees on Railway groups :
A Committee of
1. Mr. P. M. Stewart (Renfrewshire)—Chairman.
2. Mr. More O'Ferrall (Kildare County),
S. Mr. Redington (Dundalk),
4. Mr. Rice (Dover),
5. Mr. Trotter (Surrey) ;
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in groups B.

Viz. :-

1. Leeds and West Riding Junction,
2. West Yorkshire,
3.' Huddersfield and Manchester (Railway and Canal),
4. Marchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch),
5. Manchester and Leeds (Heywood Branch Extension),
6. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale,
7. Leec's and Thirsk,
8. Harrogate and Ripon Junction,
9. York and North Midland ( Harrogate Branch),
10. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, April 21, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. Mr. Barneby (East Worcestershire)—Chairman,
2. Sir William Clay (Tower Hamlets),
3. Dr. Boyd (Coleraine),
4. Mr. Some. (Dartmouth),
5. Sir IL W. Barron (Waterfood),
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in groups
C. viz :

1. Barnsley Junction,
2. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction.
The Select Committee. will meet on Monday, April 21, at
Twelve o'alock.
A. Committee of
1. Viscount Palmerston (Tiverton)—Chairman,
2. Mr. R. Palmer (Berkshire),
3. Mr. Wyse (Waterford),
4. Mr. Leslie (Monaghan County),
5. Hon. H. F. Berkeley (Bristol),
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group I.
viz :

1. Lynn and Elv,
2. Ely and Bedford.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, April 21, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. The lion. R. Clive (South Salop)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Bankes (Dorsetshire),
3. Mr. M. J. O'Connell (Kerry),
4. Mr. Dugdale (North Warwickshire),
5. Mr. Neville (Windsor),
to whom they have referred the Billa comprised in group D.
viz.:—

I. Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley to Come),
2. Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne,
3. Blackburn, Darwen, and Belton.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. The Hon. John S. Wortley (West Riding of York),
Chairman,
2. Mr. Ewart (Dumfries),
3. Mr. Wrightson (Northallerton),
4. Mr. Bulkeley Hughes (Carnarvort),
5. Mr. Ainsworth (Bolton),
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group S.
viz.:—

1. Belfast and Ballymena,
2. Londonderry and Enniskillen,
3. Londonderry and Coleraine.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at
Twelve o'clock.
And a Committee of
1. Sir George Grey (Devonport)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Cripps (Cirencester),
3. Sir R. Ferguson (Londonderry),
4. Mr. Hindley (Ashton-under-tine),
5. Colonel Verner (Armagh County),
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in group T.
viz. :

1. Bedford, Lendon, and Birmingham,
2. Midland Railways Extension (Syston to Peterborough),
3. Dunstable, and London and Birmingham.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 22, at
Twelve o'clock.

The following is the List frot
lecteti to serve on those Rai]
mence their sittings in the v
Mr. T. D. Acland
Mr. Thomas Baring
Mr. Christopher
Hon. W. Cowper
lion. F. Charteris
Sir C. Coote
Lord Courtenay
Mr. Darby
Mr. Buller East
Viscount Ebrington
Sir Philip De Grey Egerton
Viscount Emlyn
Mr. Entwisle
Mr. French
Colonel Fox
Mr. Greenoway
Mr. Hawes
Mr. Vernon Harcourt
Sir Edmond Hayes
Mr. Hay-ter
Mr. G. A. Hamilton (Dublin
University)
Lord Alfred Hervey
Mr. Langston
Mr. Lefroy

n which Members *ill be se-
[way Committees which corn-
reek beginning April 28 :
Hon. Henry Liddell
Sir Charles Lemon
Mr. McGeachy -
Sir John Mordaunt
Sir Denham Norreys
Mr. James Oswald
Mr. Pendarves
Mr. John Parker
Captain Plumridge
Mr. Plumptre
Mr. Phillpotts
Mr. Rashleigh
Mr. Ross
Lord John Russell
Mr. Poulett Scrope
Mr. Shaw
Hon. G. J. Smythe
Mr. Sturt
Mr. Smollett
Dr. Stock
Mr. Baring Wall
Mr. Wodehouse
Mr. William Williams
Lord Woraley
Mr. H. R. Yorke.

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY TRAFYIO.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:—

VVeek
ending

Last
week.

II Q
Pa 4
. s
o' J. -
US .) a

(Before Vice-Chancellor Wtotint.)
The Court was occupied the greater part of the morning
in hearing short causes.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, &c.)
Hort.SE STEALING.—John Parish, a butcher, pleaded guilty
to the stealing of a horse, a cart, and harness, and a gelding,
saddle and bridle. The robbery was committed in the most
impudent manner. The gelding had been ridden by one of
Mr. Giblett's men, of Bond-street, when delivering goods to
the customers. The man had left it for a moment while he
descended to the area of a gentleman's house. The prisoner
leaped into the saddle and made off with the animal. The
horse and cart was stolen in the same cool manner.
The prisoner having. been an old offectier was sentenced to
transportation for ten years.
THE ST. GILES'S MURDER.—APPLICATION FOR
POSTPONEMENT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Although it 'was generally expected that Joseph Connor
would be put upon his trial this morning for the barbarous
murder committed upon Mary Brothers, in the brothel in
George-street, St. Giles's, the Court was not in the slightest
degree crowded, even a smaller number than usual of the
curious being in attendance. It looked in fact as if the public
appetite for horrors had been completely sated with
Tuesday's banquet. There was rot one stranger in the
bench beside the Judges, and the only person who seemed in-
terested in Court was an artist engaged to tale the mur-
derer's likeness for some of the weekly illustrated journals.
Precisely at five minutes after ten the Learned Judges
Coltman and Platt entered the Court, and took their seats
on the bench.
On the name of' Joseph Connor being called,
Mr. BALLANTINE, the prisoner's counsel, then rose and
said—My Lords, in the case of the prisoner, Joseph Connor,
whose name has just been called, and who, as your Lordships
are aware, stands' charged for the crime of murder, I have
to make an application that the trial be postponed until the
next sessions. I have communicated with my learned
friends who sare to conduct the case for the prosecution, and
they are fully prepared to accede to my application. The
ground on which that application is made has not been re-
duced to an affidavit, as it is only founded on a recent
conversation I have had with the prisoner. It is
stated by him that a person who knew where he
was at the time this transaction was alleged to
have taken place, is well known, and may be found
and under such circumstances, I am sure your Lord-
ships will feel that in a case of such importance it is essen-
tial to the interests of justice, as well as to the prisoner, that
Your Lordships should allow the case to be adjourned. Your
Lordships are aware that sufficient time has not been allowed
to bring the witnesses in the case forward, and in my hum-
ble opinion, supposing there is such a person as that men-
tioned by the prisoner, it would be highly improper to go to
trial without the presence of that witness.
Mr. BODKIN said should be sorry to try the prisoner
under the circumstances stated by my Learned Friend, but
he has certainly not made his application to the Court in the
proper and formal manner. My Learned Friend ought to
have supported his allegation by the affidavit of the prisoner.
in the absence of which I should have thought that if I had
consented to postpone the trial to some other day in the present
session it would have sufficiently satisfied the justice of the
case; but, still, if my Learned Friend wishes the trial post-
poned till the next session, I am extremely happy to accede
to the application. The case is left entirely in your Lord-
ships hands.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, after conferring with Mr. Baron
Platt, said that he did not think the application could well
he objected to, and the application was consequently acceded
to. The trial will not, therefore, take place until the next.
sessions.

The prisoner seemed relieved at the successful result of the
application, and walked from the bar with a lightened step.
lie was dressed in the same manner as at Bow-street, but
the serious position in which he finds himself has apparently
had its effect upon him, for his face does not now by any
means exhibit the almost brutal indifference that it did when
before the magistrate.
John Slack, aged 28, cabman, and James flashy, aged
24, cabman, were indicted for feloniously assaulting
Charles Green, with intent to commit a highway rob•
bery, &e. In a second count of the indictment the in-
tent was laid to be to do some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutor, a clerk to a highly respectable com-
mercial firm in the City, had been dining with some
friends on the 28th of February last, and indulged freely
in wine. On his way home, somewhat the worse for his
libations, he entered the Blue Boar public-house in
Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, and called for a glass
of gin and water. While the liquor was being mixed
by the landlady, the prisoner Darby came in, and im-
portuned the prosecutor to hare a cab home, a pro-
posal which was refused by the prosecutor,
who, however, tendered to Darby his glass to
partake of. Darby did so, and asked "if he might not
ask his mate in to partake." Assent being given, the
prisoner Darby went to the door and called " Jack,"
upon which the prisoner Stack immediately presented
himself and partook of the gin and water. In paying
the landlady, the prosecutor exhibited a purse in a
manner to be observed by both the prisoners. lie left
the house, and on the instant was followed by Darby,
who called to Stack to follow him. From the Blue Boar

the prosecutor was dogged by both the prisoners.
Shorily after twelve o'clock a policeman of the name of
James Clarke was on duty in Crown-street, Soho, when
he observed a cab standing at the end of George-yard,
Crown-street. A man was sitting on the driving-seat,
and as the policeman approached the vehicle that man,
turning his head and directing his voice up George-yard,
called out, " Make haste, here's a Bobby " (the cant
word fur policeman). At almost the same instant an-
other man, who turned out to be the prisoner
Stack, sprang upon the oab, and the other man
(Darby), who was driving, immediately turned
the horse's head round, and drove at a rapid rate towards
Oxford-street. The policeman Clarke pursued and
stopped them, suspecting all was not right, but having
satisfied himself by their badges and the number of the
cab, which he found on examination to be empty, he
permitted them to proceed. Clarke then went to George-
yard, where he found the prosecutor, Mr. Green, lying
weltering in blood, and in a perfectly senseless state. It
was found that a serious and dangerous blow, from the
effects of which Mr. Grc en had not yet recovered, had
been inflicted by some blunt weapon on the right side of
the head, from which the blood was still profusely
flowing.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of Guilty against both prisoners, and they were sentenced
to be severally transported for the term Df 15 years.

PIETY COURT.
Henry Pratt, aged 25, was indicted for forging and
uttering an order fore the payment of ten guineas,
with intent to defraud J. Barnard and others. The pri-
soner was further indicted on four separate counts,
charging him with fraudulently obtaining valuable pro•
perty by means of false pretences.
On being placed at the bar, the prisoner made an ap
plication to the Bench, earnestly praying for a postpone-
ment of his trial until next sessions, in May; this request,
however, the 'Court refused to grant.
The prisoner, it will be fresh in the recollection of
our readers, was lately examined before the Lord Mayor,
at the Mansion-house, when the whole of the particulars
of the case were fully reported. It will be unneces-
sary, therefore, to state further than that the prisoner,
whose movements proved him to be an adept at " rais-
ing the wind," went to a fashionable hotel, No. 4, Albe-
marle-street, and represented himself as being " Major
Herries," the son of the Hon. J. C. Herries. He stated
that he had just arrived from India, and that his luggage
was at the Golden Cross. He then signed a cheque for
ten guineas, on Messrs. Barnard and Co. ; which, on
being sent to the banking-house, was honoured, and the
prisoner received the money. The prisoner also paid a
visit to Mr. Houlston, of 154, Strand, the publisher of
the Horticultural Magazine, to whom he also represented
himself as the son of the lion. J. C. Herries, and stated
that he had a brother in Somerset-house, who was
partial to horticulture, and to whom he wished some
numbers of his magazine to be sent.
In his defence, the prisoner said that he signed the
cheque when in liquor ; but Mr. Williams, the landlord
of the hotel in question, witnessed the signature, and de-
clared that he was perfectly conscious of the fact at the
time. _ _ _

----The jury imuudiately found the prisoner Guilty,
and the " Major " was sentenced to be transported for
10 years.

HOCKER'S DEFENCE.
The following are copies of the papers read by Hocker :
" I beg to read to your Lordships and to the gentlemen of
the jury two statements that I have furnished to my counsel
through the medium of my solicitor. I have very carefully
perused the depositions against me, and I find nothing in
them to the truth of which"—:
[At this point the prisoner hesitated, as if unable to read
the manuscript. He repeated, " And I find nothing in them."
He again stopped and gave utterance to a subdued but impa-
tient expression, as if annoyed at himsOlf for not being able
to read more readily. After another lapse of nearly a minute
he recommenced.] •
" I have very carefully perused the depositions against me,
and I see nothing in them of a serious and weighty nature
to the truth of which I object. I wish to communicate to you
all I have to say as calmly and dispassionately as possible;
and to that end I shall not attempt the least apology or de-
fence. I will state to you every circumstance connected with
the depositions, leaving it for you to say whether they are
consequential or not. The two grand questions are—how came
my clothes to be saturated with blood ; and, how did I come
into possession of the property of the deceased? The former
I can answer satisfactorily to my own conscience; but no-
thing on earth shall cause me to divulge it, at least on this
side of my trial. It were an easy matter for me to fabricate
—to make a lie; but I will not do it; and to prove to you