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PROMOTIONS

Rev. Matthew Vicars. Rector of Allhallows, Exeter, to the
Perpetual Curacy of Nether Cerne, and the Rectory of God-
manstone, Dorset; patrons, R. B. Sheridan and J. Good-

Th'orOas Allen Southwood, Esq., of Emmanue
Cambridge, to the Mastership of the Modern Department at
the Cheltenham Proprietary College.
James Taylor, Esq., 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge,
to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School, Kim-
bolton

Rev. G. W. White, M.A., to the Rectory of Darlaston,
Staffordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Hugill,
D.D. ; patrons, the Trustees of the late Rev. Chas. Simeon.
Rev. William Renwick Bowditch, of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge, to the Curacy of Waddington, Yorkshire.
Rev. James Hutchinson, B.A„ of St. John's Col
Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Pleshey, Essex.
Rev. James Gavin Young, 8.A., of Trinity College, C
' ' •

bridge, to the Curacy of 80-Xwell, Gloucestershire.
Rev. John Dobson, to the Rectory of Wivenhoe, Essex,
vacant by the death of the Rev. James Ind.

wark.
Rev. Richard Evans, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John,
Llantrissant, Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the
Rev. W. Rhys

. M.D., Fellow of King's
has been elected Physician to the St.

rt Gordon Latham, Esq

College, Cambridge,

Rev. Benjamin Hall Kennedy, D.D., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, Head Master of Shrewsbury School, to the
Prebend of Gaia Major, in the Cathedral of Lichfield, vacant
by the death of the Rev. S. Clayton ; patron, the Bishop of
Lichfield.

From the Cambridge Chronicle

The Lord Bishop of Peterborough his instituted the Rev.
Granville Sykes Howard Vyse, 8.A., to the rectory of
Boughton, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation

of the Hon. and Rev. Richard Carleton; on the presentation
of R. W. H. Howard Vyse, Esq., of Stoke-place, Bucking-

hamsbire

Wm. Henr:

Bishop of reteroorougn nas —•
Newbolt, M.A., to the rectory of Paulerspury,
tonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Walter

J. Kerrich; on the presentation of

Harden

of Winchester College, Oxford.
The Rev. John Stoddart, D.D., has been instituted to the
rectory of Islip, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the death
of the Rev. R. M. Vane; on the presentation of the Duke
If Dorset. • licensed by ti

The Rev. Thomas Storer, 8.A., has been licensed oy
Lord Bishop of Peterborough to the perpetual curacy of St,
Andrew's, in the town of Northampton. .
The Rev. Charles Dodgson, M.A., formerly Student of
Christ Church, Oxford, perpetual curate of Daresbury,
Cheshire, and examining chaplain to the Lord Bishop of
Ripon, has been presented to the rectory of Croft, York-
shire ; patron, the Crown.
The Rev. Thomas Stringer, M.A., formerly of Queen's
College, Oxford, curate of St. John's, has been presented to
the perpetuel curacy of St. Ann's, Liverpool, vacant by the
death of the Rev. William Blundell.
The Rev. William Ward, of Horncastle, to the perpetual
curacy of Asgarby, Lincolnshire ; patron, the Bishop of
Lincoln.
The Rev. Mr. M`Kan, to be chaplain of the Bridewell, at
Marlborough, Wilts.
The Rev. Walter J. Clarke, M.A., late minister of Rode
Chapel, Cheshire, to the vicarage of Swinderby, Lincolnshire.
The Rev. Robert Shirley Bunbury, to the perpetual curacy
of Ecclestone, Lancashire.
The Rev. Sharp Mossop, to the perpetual curacy of St.
Bridget's Berkermet, Cumberland.
The Rev. Edward Neville Valentine Boydell, to the per-
petual curacy of Wingate Grange, Durham.
The Rev. John Pickwood, to be chaplain to the Bishop of
Antigua.
The Rev. James Neville Heard, curate of Hitchen, to be
domestic chaplain to the Earl of Winterton.

The still undecided election for the vacant Professorship
of Divinity is the general topic of conversation amongst the
graver members of the University. It has happened now
and then that it was Trinity against the University, as in the
contest for the High Stewardship between the present Lord
High Chancellor of England and Lord Lyttelton ; but it is
now Trinity against Trinity, and not two but three members
Cuitew,c it,. the contest. Dr• mat ,ory high members
a Theologian, and his labours in the East, in conjunction
with Middleton and Heber, are well known and universally
oken of. With respect to Drs. 011ivant and C. Words-
• " 'ends are enumerating their acade-
o the calendar it appears
s follow :

Honours

Chancellor's Medal.
Members' Prize.....
Sir W. Browne's Briz
Porson's Priz
Chancellor's

English Prize

Craven Scholarship
Tyrwhitt

Dr. 011irant. Dr. Wordsworth

The death of Dr. Le Blanc, Master of Trinity Hall, has
caused very deep regret, not alone in his own college, but
throughout the University. The appointment to the vacant
•, in the hands of the Fellows of the College.

The following dignitaries of the Established Church died
in 1842 :
Y0rk.......... L. Hird
London ....... R. Watts.
Bath & Wells.. J. Williams ditto .. •• . ditto.
T. S. Escott ditto .. ... ditto.
S. Blackall ditto .. ... ditto.
Chester....... F. Wrangham ditto .....
Chichester.... Dr. Shuttleworth Bishop.....
H. Atkins .. Canon..... Non-resident.
Exeter C. Chichester.... ditto ..... ditto.
E. R0dd..... ..... ditto .. ... ditto.
Hereford R. Wetherell ..... ditto ..... ditto.
Lichfield..
F. Buick..
T. Blomfield .. ditto ..... ditto.
Linc01n....... J. Pretyman ditto ..... ditto.
Norwich Dr. Fisher..
Peterborough.. Dr. Strong.... ... ditto ..... ditto.
Salisbury ......W. Kerrich .
G. Montgomery ditto ..... ditto.
H. Majendie..
St. Asaph.. ... R. Wingfield..
St. David's.... E. Griffith .....
Woreester.. ... J. Meakin ditto .....

Dr. Singleton

Westminster.. Dr. Ireland

Dr. Causton Canon

The produce of the valuable and indispensable article of
salt, at Droitwich, is likely to be considerably extended ere
long, from the approachinz completion of the works of the
new company. A shaft has been sunk to the depth of 165
feet, and in the course of sinking it, a rock of pure salt, of
considerable depth, has been arrived at; and the workmen
are now engaged in boring through the rock for the brine,
upon the plan of the Artesian Wails, with the expectation
that it will very shortly be met with.
THE OUTBREAK AT GREENWICH NAVAL SCHOOL.—
Thirteen boys of the Upper Naval Asylum Schools, Green-
wich, have been expelled for their insubordinate conduct on
Thursday week, when they did considerable damage to the
windows, &c. On Sunday last there was another outbreak,
which was, however, easily repressed. The damage done on
the two occasions is estimated at £lOO. 100 boys are to be
added to the present number in the upper school in lieu of
the girls' school, which was done away with some time since.
RADICAL FALSEHOOD.—We inserted, in our last, the
speech of Dr. Marsham, delivered at the Buckinghamshire
Conservative Festival, a few days previous. The Morning
Chronicle, the chief organ of the Leaguers, wincing under
the chastisement administered by the Dr. to Anti-Corn-law
agitators, thus notices his address. " Dr. Marsham's name,"
it says, "is not, perhaps, well known to the public. But it
ought to be. Dr. Marsham is one of the greatest pluralists
of the Church. We forget how many ecclesiastical sinecures
he enjoys; but the sum which he pockets from the revenues
of the Church amounts to somewhat about £5,000 a year."
Previously to this, the League writer had made great preten-
sions to local knowledge of Buckinghamshire and of the
speakers at this dinner. The reader will, therefore, be better
able to estimate his assertions when we state, that Dr. Mar-
sham, of Merton, IS A LAYMAN, " and, of course, is neither
pluralist, sinecurist, nor receiver of one penny of ecclesiastical
income." The lie is set afloat, however, and no doubt the
Liberal papers will abound with philippics against this
" clerical" assailant of the League, and the clergy generally !
Thus the game is kept up.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The adjourned
special general meeting of the proprietors of this company
took place on Thursday, pursuant to adjournment, at
eleven o'clock, for the purpose of balloting the votes of
the proprietors for and against the resolution that the lease
of the Cheltenham line be confirmed, Mr. Sturge having, at
the last meeting, moved that it should not be so. The
directors also proposed, in case Mr. Sturge's motion should
be carried, to move, as an amendment, that the line be pur-
chased, and upon that motion also the votes of the proprietors
would have to be taken. Only two scrutineers werelappointed
—Mr. Bailey, for the company, and Major Wayth, for Mr.
Sturge. The voting of the proprietors was then proceeded
with. Shortly after three o'clock the two scrutineers entered
and delivered the following report :
" We, the undersigned, being appointed scrutineers, do
hereby declare that the under-mentioned have voted:—
For the amendment—Presnt
Proxies 234

representing 13,467 shares, and their voting amounting to
6,871

For the orig

inal motion—Present,

Proxies

Total votes for the original motion, 352, making a majority for
the amendment of 6,519 votes, representing 14,894 shares."
The announcement of the numbers was received with loud
A ~.cnititiflll- givinz Dowers to the directors, if they

jeers. It resoiuuu.•,
should think fit, to exercise the option of either leasing or
purchasing the line of the Cheltenham Railway, thereby
amalgamating the two lines, was agreed to, after a few ob-
servations from Mr. Vousley. On a resolution being put to
enable the directors to carry the two previous resolutions
into effect, by creating a sufficient number of shares to raise
the £900,000 required, and to pay interest while the works '
were going on, Mr. Sturge said that the directors had not
oower to do what they proposed. The Chairman said that
id. The resolution was then carried, as was also a
-n adopting the report, ordering it to be printed, and
the resolutions circulated among the proprietors.

resolutic

INQUEST ON IRE BODY OF THE LATE

MR. DIUJMMOND

An inquest on the body of the late unfortunate Mr. Drum-
mond was held this afternoon, at the Lion and Goat Tavern,
Lower Grosvenor-street. It was at first intended to hold
the inquest at the private residence of Mr. Drummond, but

at the requ
man, the

st of the amictect tarnily of the deceased
)Toner ordered the inquiry to take plat
tioned.

tavern above-rn

Shortly after four o'clock Mr. Gell, the coroner for the
city and liberties of Westminster, and a respectable jury,
composed of 20 inhabitant householders residing in the vi-
cinity, had assembled in the inquest-room.
Mr. Alaule, Solicitor to the Treasury, was in attendance
to watch the evidence on the part of the government.
Mr. Higgs, Deputy Coroner, was also preaent to assist in
wiry.

The jury having been sworn in the usual form, retired to
e residence of the late unfortunate gentleman to take a

view of the body. On their return,
The Coroner asked if any party appeared on behalf of the
accused?
Mr

Maule saidlle appeared on behalf of the Crown

The e—oTonei.--_-Not.O;1 behalf of the accused

—Certainly not.
.—Then, I think the inquiry will he a very
uoe—it is merely to investigate into the cause of Mr.
Drummond's death. Another and a more competent tri-
bunal will judge of motives, and the circumstances under
which the act was committed. He (the coroner) had applied
to the governor of Tothill-street gaol to produce the prisoner
at the present inquiry, but he had refused to do so, and on
that refusal being made known to Sir James Graham, the
Home Secretary said the governor of the gaol had exercised
a proper discretion. He (the coroner) should, therefore,
proceed with the inquiry, although he was aware that Mr.
Wakley bad refused to do so unless the accused was present

Mr. Alanle.-
The coroner

at the inquiry.
Policeman James Silver, A 63, was the first witness
examined.—His testimony was exactly the same in all respects
as that given at Bow-street, on Saturday last, when the pri-
soner was examined before Mr. Hall. The witness, however,
added that be had since examined the ball which was ex-
tracted from Mr. Drummond's body, and it exactly corres-
ponded with the bore of the pistol -found on the prisoner.
The weight of the bullet was 2 drachms and 35 grains.
The ball which was extracted from the body of Mr.
Drummond was here produced, and examined by the coroner

and jury.
By the Coroner.—The prisoner could not have been four
yards from thfrdeceased at the time he fired the first pistol.
He was confident that the prisoner in custody was the man
who fired the pistols. The deceased party was Mr. Edward
Drummond, and the prisoner at the station-house gave his
name as Daniel MiNaug,hten ; he said that he was a turner,

both warm when witness took them iron' me
There was no person between the prisoner and deceased at
the time the first pistol was tired.
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found ?
Witness.--In a loose table-drawer of the prisoner's lodg-
ings. After I first seized the prisoner it required all my
strength to prevent his escaping.
Robert Hodge was next examined. This witness stated,
he was passing Charing-cross at the time the prisoner
It Mr. and then proceeded to detail the

/rutin_ Au,
circumstances of the melancholy case, which did not, how-
ever, in any particuular, differ from the evidence previously
published. At the time the prisoner tired, he was about
three yards behind the deceased. At the time Mr. Drum-
mond was shot there was no person near him except the

prisoner.
Mr. Charles Guthrie, Jun. was next called and examined.
I was first called in to see the deceased about eight o'clock
on Saturday evening. I remained in attendance upon him
every evening until late on Tuesday night. When I saw
Mr. Drummond he had a wound in the part of the abdomen
which had been made to extract the bullet ; he had also
another wound in the back, near the spine. It was a small

unu WOULIU.
The Coroner.—Did the deceased ever speak to you on the

,übject

, ~...„„ him to speak. I have
made the post mortem examination to-day in the presence of
several medical gentlemen. The witness then read a written
statement, which was of a technical character. It
stated, in substance, that a serious injury had been inflicted
on the abdomen, and no doubt could exist but that the death
of Mr. Drummond was caused by a pistol shot. This writ-
ten evidence was signed by Dr. Chambers, Dr. Hume, Mr.
Guthrie, Mr. Bransby Cooper, and Mr. Jackson. The wit-
ness said the size of the wound was exceedingly small when
he first examined it. It was smaller than the size of the
bullet. It was made larger for the purpose of extracting the
ball. It was the unanimous opinion of all the medical men
that the pistol wound was the cause of death.
The Coroner said he thought the evidence was so exceed-
ingly clear that it would not be necessary to call further evi-
dence. The firing of the pistol was proved, and the identity
of the prisoner had also been proved. He did not object
however, to further evidence if any of the jury desired it.
William Parrott, footman to Mr. Drummond, proved the
christian and surnames of the deceased.
The Coroner.—You will now, gentlemen, consider your
verdict.
The jury, without leaving the room, immediately returned
a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Daniel M'Naughten.
The Coroner inquired who prosecuted ?
Mr. Maule.—l attend here to-day, Sir, by directions of
her Majesty's government to watch the proceedings, but not
to take any part in them. I have, however, received instruc-
tions to prosecute the prisoner on behalf of the Crown.
The Coroner.—Then you will undertake to prosecute ?
Mr. Maule.—Certainly, Sir; but there is no objection to
your binding over the witnesses who have given evidence to
appear at the trial.
The several witnesses' were then bound over in recogni-
sauces of £4O each, to appear at the next Old Bailey Ses-
sions to give evidence against the prisoner on a charge of
wilful murder. The inquiry then terminated.
Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer, was in attendance to
take notes. Several of the relatives of the deceased were
also present. The inquiry excited the greatest interest.

FINAL EXAMINATMN OP THE ASSASSIN,

In consequence of the melancholy death of Mr. Drum-
mond, it was decided that the prisoner, who was originally
remanded till Monday, the 6th of February, should be finally
examined on Saturday, in order that he might be at once
committed to Newgate to take his trial at the Central Cri-
minal Court sessions which commenced yesterday (Monday.)
The prisoner was brought from Tothill.fields, between
eleven and twelve o'clok, in a hackney-coach, in the custody
of the chief turnkey of the prison, and was locked up in one
of the cells attached to the court till the hour appointed for
his examination arrived.
Mr. Hall took his seat at half-past twelve. Mr. Maule
appeared for the prosecution, but no legal adviser appeared
for the prisoner. Mr. Cooper, the surgeon, was examined
at length, but the substance of his evidence will be found in
the depositions at the inquest given above.
The prisoner was dressed in the same manner as at the
former examination, and looked very well; his incarceration
did not appear to have had the slightest effect upon his health.
Throughout the whole of his examination, he seemed to pay
extreme attention to what was going forward.
After proof had been offered, which was legally required,
Inspector Tierney stated that he had had several interviews
with the prisoner in his cell, and at one of them he gave the
prisoner a caution not to say anything to criminate himself,
and he said I had acted towards him very fairly. I first asked
him where he came from, and he said from Glasgow, but
had been from there about three months, and had remained
at Liverpool seven days, on his road to London, where he
had since remained. He said he had been in business at
Glasgow, on his own account, as a taller ; that he gave up
that business, and was going into another line, but was pre-
vented. I said, " You have a good share of money ;" to
which he replied that he had, but that he had wrought hard
for it ; that he used to do the work of three ordinary men
daily. I then told him I had been in Glasgow three or four
months previous, and had brought back with me a prisoner
of the name of Ellis, and asked him if he knew Mr. Richard-
son, of the Gorbals police. He said be knew him, though
not intimately, but he was considered a more clever man
than Miller (meaning another officer). I said I did not re-
collect the name of the vessel I went over in, but thought it
was the British Queen. He said "No ; it must have been
the Princess Royal." I then recollected that that was the
name of the vessel, and told him so. I then asked whether
that was the same vessel he came over in, but he said it was
not ;he came in the Fire King. I next asked him whether
he had ever been at Paisley? He said he had. I remarked
it was a great place for shawls; and he replied they were
nearly all weavers there ; but a great many of them were out
of employ. I asked him whether he would take any food,
and he expressed a wish to have some tea or coffee, and some
coffee and bread and butter was supplied to him. In the
course of the conversation I asked him whether Drummond
was a Scotch name ? He said it was ; that it was the family
name of the Earl of Perth ; but the title had died away.
Nothing further passed that evening.
Mr. Maule.—When did you see him again?
Witness.—About 9 o'clock on the following morning. I
then asked him whether he had taken his breakfast, and lie
said he had. He also asked what o'clock it was, and 1 told
him. He then asked if I would allow him to have some
water to wash with, to which I consented, and sent the con-
stable who had remained with him all night to get it. When
the constable had left, I said to the prisoner, " I suppose
you will assign some reason to the magistrates this morning
for the act you have committed ?" He said he would—a
short one. I then told him lie might have said anything he
pleased to me on the night previous after the caution I had
given him.
Mr. Hall here asked the prisoner whether he heard all the
witness was saying ?
Prisoner (nodding his head).—Yeg., sir.
Witness continued.—The prisoner then said the tories had
adopted a system of persecution against him ; they followed
him from place to place, and continually persecuted him. I
then said, I suppose you are aware who the gentleman is you
shot at. He said, " Sir Robert Peel, is it not 1" I said,
" No" at the moment, but instantly recalled the word, and
said, " We are not aware exactly who it is yet ;" but recol-
lect the caution I gave you last night, for anything you say
may be used against you. The prisoner, who was sitting
down at the time, looked up at me, and said, " But you
won't use this or these words against me." I said, " I don't
know ; I gave you a proper caution." I said nothing more,
but immediately left him.
Mr. Hall then told the prisoner he might make any state-
ment he wished, but he declined doing so.
Mr. Hall then committed him to Nwgate to take his triai
for wilful murder; and told him that the Sessions would
commence on Monday.
The prisoner, whose demeanour was extremely calm and
collected, bowed respectfully to the court, and was removed
from the bar.

M'Naughten on Sunday maintained his usual composure
through the whole day. As yet he has said nothing about
being defended. The witnesses for the prosecution will go
before the Grand Jury on Thursday, and the trial is expected
to take place on Friday or Saturday next.
The Post of yesterday says " scarcely the vestige of a
doubt now exists that (and we ourselves have all along dis-
claimed any doubt,) the murderous bullet which closed the
good, valued, and honourable life of Edward Drummond was
designed by the miscreant assassin for the person of the
Prime Minister ;" and the Herald says that the statement of
the prisoner to the Inspector, as given in the preceding evi-
dence, has produced a profound and most painful sensation
tiroughout the metropolis.
M`Naghten looked much better on Saturday than he d
on his first examination. His complexion was more clear,
and greater attention appeared to have been paid by him to
his toilette. He wore a black coat, black double-breasted
waistcoat, and pepper-and-salt trousers. He is of the mile
dle height, rather slenderly made, and seemingly about 30
e rtof age. His hair, which is of a light brown colour, was
ramped on one side, in accordance with the prevailing fashion.
Fl twniskers, which are rather lighter than his hair, are
somewnat scanty. His face is of the angular form, and the
expression of his countenance is not unpleasant, if we except
a slight squint, which is occasionally discernible in one of his
There is nothing like ferocity or even determination'
in his appearance.

Mr. Edward Drummond, the unfortunate !gentleman who
has been hurried into eternity by the hands of the assassin
M'Naughten, is believed to have been the same person who
was mistaken for Sir Robert Peel, as he passed through this
city, to meet her Majesty in Edinburgh, in August last.—
Durham paper.

FARTHER PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO

WNAUGHTON, THE MURDERER

the Glasgow Constitutional of Saturday.)

It appears, from the statement of Mrs. Pattison, the per-
son
with whom he lodged in Clyde-street, Anderston, that
his mother. who was a dressmaker in Glasgow, died about
twenty years ago, when his father took him home, and that
they continued together till about ten years since, when, in
consequence of frequent misunderstandings betwixt them,
the seperated. M'Naughton, as already stated, then entered
into business for himself, and, in the course of a few years
realised about £lOOO. Two years ago he went to lodge with
Mrs. Pattison, and paid the paltry sum of Is. 6d. a week
for his room. He occasionally went from home for months
at a time, and never gave his landlady any intimation of his
departure or return. In the month of August last, as ap-
pears from a letter found in his chest here, his attention
seems to have been attracted by an advertisement in a Lon-
don newspaper, wanting a partner who could advance from
£BOO to £lOOO, to be embarked in a " profitable business"
connected with the oil trade. He made application by letter,
stating that he could advance the money, and received an-
swer, requesting him to go to London to treat personally
in reference to the matter. Immediately after this, he ap-
• pears to have proceeded to London. On leaving Glasgow,
his landlady states that he took no shirts nor clothes with
him, and that what he left behind were mere rags. Indeed,
his wardrobe had all along been of the most wretched des-
cription—a circumstance which is to be ascribed to the ex-
treme parsimony of his manners. She farther states that,
about a year ago, he became very incoherent in his language,
and had an uncommonly wild appearance about the eyes, which
impressed her with the conviction that he was more or less
insane. He Was generally very quiet—but on one occasion,
when she challenged him for injuring her furniture, he got
into a dreadful rage, seized her by the throat, and manifes-
ted such symptoms of frenzy as deepened her impression
that he was labouring under insanity. He told her on
another occasion, after a return from one of his wanderings,
that he was so beset with devils from Glasgow that he could
not get a situation. The devils, he said, were " just men
from Glasgow," and, while making the complaint, he ap-
peared to be under great terror and alarm. In the latter end
of July, or beginning of August his landlady found a pair of
pistols, about nine inches in length, upon a shelf attached to
the wall
Daonfiehli,swbheadt are you going to do with the pistols ?"-closet. She exclaimed, " In the name of
God,
when he replied that he was going to shoot birds with them.
Her fears were excited lest he might intend to shoot herself,
or some one else, and she asked him to take them away,
which he afterwards did and she had never seen them since.
Soon after he disappeared himself. Since the month of
December, 1811, he frequently lay in bed the whole day with
his clothes on, reading books in science and the like,
and got ~JaP about nine or ten at night, went out,
and generally returned in an hour or so, saying he had
walked ten miles. He then undressed and went to bed.
The landlady bad no doubts latterly of his being insane, and
was " wrong in the mind." to which
"you know nothing about it."
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lodgings are a number of French works, including a Gram-
mar and Dictionary, which bear marks of having been a good
deal used ; a number of volumes of plays ; pamphlets relating
to the currency, and other topics of public interest; volumes
of travels, &e. His connection with the stage is evidenced
by his being possessed of a pair of sandals of red leather,
Which bear the stamp of a boot-maker in London.
It has been ascertained that the pistols were made by Mr.
Martin, gun-maker in Paisley, and sold by him to M`Naugh-
ton about the end of July last, along with a number of bul-
lets. The pistols not being entirely matched, M'Naughton
several times called upon that point at Mr. Martin's shop,
and on none of these occasions was there anything in his ap-
pearance or manner to indicate insanity.
Among the papers found is a scrap, apparently part of a
journal or diary, in which he describes his room, and every
article within it, with the greatest possible minuteness. At
the close of his description, he adds—" I forgot to say that
there are two umbrrellas, with handles, hanging one on each
side of the eight- y 'clock."
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In the months May, June, and July last, he attended
the anatomical lectu es of Dr. James Douglas, lecturer in the
Portland street Medical School, and the ticket he then used
has been found among his papers. It appears that he did
not join the class till a fortnight after the regular time of
opening the course, and was, consequently, so far behind the
other students; but, in order to make up for this, he was in
the habit of spending an hour every day in the dissecting-
room, studying anatomical works, and especially those por-
tions of them which related to that section of the science
which had been expounded before he joined the class. Dur-
ing the session the class met five days a week, and the students
were examined every Saturday. These M`Naughton did not
attend, because he was unacquainted with the Latin, and
could not pronounce properly ,the Latin names; but in no
respect was it observed that there was anything peculiar about
him, talking perfectly rationally on the subject of his study,
and attending the lectures with much regularity and apparent
interest.
.

Nothing of this looks as if he should not be.made answera-
ble for his crime, but as his plea of insanity will be tho-
roughly sifted, we refrain from any reflections on the subject.
We understand that a person of the name of Daniel
M`Naughton was confined in the Lunatic Asylum here some
years ago. If this be the assassin, as we have heard he is,
who committed the late murder, the authorities must surely
be aware of the fact.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER.-SIX
WAREHOUSES DESTROYED.

MANCHESTER MONDAY NIGHT

On Saturday night the inhabitants of Market-street,
Brown-street, and their immediate neighbourhood were
thrown into an alarm in consequence of a fire which broke
out in the extensive pile of buildings situate ,in Norfolk-
street, close to the Postoffice. About half-past nine o'clock
a fire was discovered to have broken out in these warehouses,
which has proved to be one of the most destructive conflagra-
tions we have had to record for sometime. The building was
erected in 1836, a portion of which is in Brown-street, Essex-
street, and Norfolk-street. It is in the form of the letter L,
was six stories high, and occupied as warehouses by Meesrs.
Clayton and Gladstone, commission agents ; Messrs. Ackard
and Co., general merchants; John Hayhurst, merchant;
Andrew Hall, manufacturer and spinner; and Lowe and Law,
yarn dealers.
All these houses are extensively engaged in their respective
businesses, and the stock in hand was very considerable.
The warehouses, at the time of the conflagration, were
crowded to the ceiling with calicoes, yarns, counterpanea,
fire originated on the second floor, in
ladstone's warehouse.
By eleven o'clock the flames had so far progressed as to
Messrs. damasks,
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andh e G
leave little hopes of preserving the building, which, at one
o'clock, was one mass of lurid blaze. The flames having
reached the upper part of the building, where the goods were
of a more inflammatory nature, raged with great fury, and
about half-past eleven the whole roof was on fire, and shortly
fell in with a most tremendous crash, carrying with it two of
the upper floors.
The cellars were densely filled with calicoes, a great portion
though not without •
of which was saved, considerable injury
and some of the men engaged
were seriously injured, many o
them much burned.. All hopes of saving the building being
now at an end, the attention of the firemen was directed to
the preservation of another building, which completed the
square, two sides of which were formed by the building on
fire. The building saved was occupied on the ground floor
by Mr. John HonaPson and J. Sewill, Esq., as a discount
bank, in which there was much valuable treasure. The
be estimatedless than £30,000, including
the cannot at ing
the building. The whole of the losses, we understand, will
be covered by insurances. We are happy to state that no
lives have been sacrifised although much danger was appre-
hended from the falling in of the walls.

FIRE AT LORD HILLSBOROUGH'S RESIDENCE

(From the Observer.)

On Saturday, at a quarter before six o'clock in the morn-
ing, a fire brokeoutin LonordtheHsilolusbth side,orough and four'smansio mansion, 15,
Upper Grosvenor-street,
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his family, had started but half an hour before for Bristol, to
visit a sick daughter.
The fire was first discovered by police constable C 62, who
immediately sprung his rattle, and commenced giving an
alarm ; but before he could successfully do so a thick body
of flames burst through the second floor windows; and so
rapidly did the fire extend over the splendid building, that
the exertions of those persons who first assembled to reseue
any portion of the costly furniture, Sze., weae altogether un-
availing. Several engines were soon on the spot, but, owing
to a want of water, some time elapsed before they could be
put into operation. By this time the flames were spreading
through the lower part of the premises, and the glare of the
conflagration might haue been seen for several miles distant.
A more plentiful supply of water was shortly after obtained,
and the effect of the engines began to be visible in arresting
the progress of the flames to the adjoining houses. Shortly
before seven o'clock the roof fell in, carrying the back floors
with it, with a tremendous crash ; but the second and draw-
ing-room floors in front still remained. About eight o'clock
a second crash was heard, and instantaneously the front floor-
ings also gave way, carrying with them two men (Brigade-
men M'Leau and Goddard, who had carried up the branches
of two engines into the drawing-room) into the ball under-
neath. Active measures were immediately taken to clear the
entranee to the hall, which being effected, Goddard was the
first that was got out, and, on his being removed, M'Lean
was discovered lying close to the same spot. The former
on examination. was found to be comparitively but slightly
injured, while the latter was burned all over, and appaared
in a very exhausted state. M'Lean was immediately con-
veyed to St. George's Hospital, where every attention was
paid him by Mr. Pollock, the house-surgeon. He is dread-
fully burned about the lower extremities, and his face and
left hand are completely blackened by the force of the fire,
every particje of skin having been burnt from it up to the
wrist. Goddard was also conveyed in a cab to his apart-
ments at the engine station in George-yard. Crown-street,
where every attention was immediately paid to him.
Sir G. Larpent had only occupied the mansion (which
comprised 26 rooms, besides capacious offices) five weeks,
having taken it for six months, during the stay of the noble
owner and family at Bexley-hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire.
On Friday Sir G. Larpent received an express, via' Bristol,
from Ireland, with information that his daughter, who is re-
siding there, had, subsequently to her accouchement, been
seized with an alarming attack of scarlet fever, and he im-
mediately gave orders for the departure of himself, Lady
Larpent, and family, for Bristol, vie/ the Great Western
Railway, by the six o'clock train on Saturday morning. The
household were in consequence up nearly the whole of the
night engaged in making preparations, and about a quarter
past 5 o'clock Sir George and Lady Larpent, having par-
taken of coffee, &e., left the house in their carriage for the
Paddington terminus, whence they departed by the train,
unconscious that their residence was at that moment en-
veloped in flames. How the fire originated cannot at present
be ascertained.

About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the firemen succeeded in
extricating from the smouldering mass a massive iron-chest,
supposed to contain Sir G. Larpent's plate, Sze.: which was
removed for security to the residence of the Marquis of
Downshire, in Hanover-square.
The Earl of Hillshsrough's mansion is insured in the
Westminster Fire-office for nearly £5,000. The late Coun-
tess of Carysfort's mansion is, with the furniture, insured to
the extent of £7,000 in the County-fire office. It has been
just taken by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cottenham), whose
servants took possession only on the previous evening. It is,
however, but slightly damaged by the fire, although the
effects of the water will prevent its being occupied by his
Lordship's family for some days. Mr. Lyon's mansion
(No. 44) is insured in the Alliance Fire-office, but the
damage done to ft is principally confined to the roof and the
effects of the water. _ _ _

On inquiry at a late hour on Saturday night at St. George's
Hospital as to the state of the poor fireman, M'Lean, we
learned that he was in a very precarious state, and fears were
entertained that the excitement occasioned to his system by
the nature of the fear!ul injuries he has received may pro-
duce inflammation, the consequence of which will most pro-
bably be fatal. He was, however, perfectly sensible, and had
been several times visited by Foggo and others of his officers.

There is a man in St. Andrews who is so great a liar that
he even lies When he's asleep.
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A down-easter has invented a patent coat which he can al-
ternately turn into a hat, vest, or pantaloons, as occasion re-
quires—at least it is said so.

THEATRE.ROYAL, WILLIAMSON•SQVARE.

Mr. RAYNER ftnd Mr. STUART.,:,:,'
Second Night of THE TEMPEST.'
Last Week of the COMIC PANTOMIMI

THIS present TUESDAY EVENING:IIIe 31st instant,
will be performed Sbakspeare's Pla)i-Of

THE TP,MPEST.
With New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, 8,-c
To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of
BARON MUNCHAUSEN.

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