Glasgow Courier. — 1846-08-27 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND.  The Queen has appointed the Marquis of Normanby to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- ' potentiary to the King of the French. At Mark Lane on Monday English wheat advanced from Is. to 4s. above the price of -Monday week. A correspondent of the Patriot describes the new President of the Wesleyan Conference as "a Whig, an eminent preacher, a sound theologian, a considerable wit, and a noted votary of the weed." Mr David Gadson, a partner in the firm of Wainwright and Gadson, extensive sugar-refiners, London, is in custody, charged with stealing £B3O, the property of the firm. Hannah Barker was convicted on Thursday, at the Central Criminal Court, of having administered oxalic acid to her husband with intent to murder him. It apeared that he had ill-used her, that she had suffered great privation, and that it was her intention to poison herself, her husband, and her children. She was sentenced to ten years' transportation. Half of a Woman Found in the River namee.,—On Saturday morning, near the newly-erected Greenwich pier, the I lower half of the body of a female was taken out of the Thames. From all appearances there can be little doubt 'but that the deceased had been probably for weeks in the I water. The clothes were completely worn off, and the bone of the right leg was broken, protruding through the skin. It is supposed that the unfortunate deceased was one of the many females who have committed suicide by throwing themselves from the bridges. The remains await a coroner's inquest. Bank Robbery in Berwick.—One of the most extensive bank robberies which has taken place in this country for a series of years, occurred in the premises occupied by the branch of the North of England Joint-Stock Rankin.. Company at Berwick, betwixt Thursday evening and 'Friday morning; whereby upwards of £3OOO have been carried off. It appears that on Thursday evening both the premises and the safe in which the money was contained were made secure as usual, and on the following morning, when the business of the bank was about to be resumed, it was discovered that the robbery had been effected. No marks of violence are discernible either ou the outer door of the premises or on the safe, which leads to the belief that the robbery has been effected by means of false keys • and, indeed, the absence of violence is manifest from the fact that the flat above the banking premises is occupied by a family. The whole transaction has been conducted with the utmost skill and secrecy, not the slightest trace of the perpetrators of the robbery having been obtained. The money consisted of £lOOO in Bank of England notes, about £1.500 in Scotch notes, £3OO in gold, and £250 in silver, which strengthens the supposition that several parties have been engaged in the extensive theft. younded Report of Van Amburgh's Death.—By letters received by Mr. Wallet, the celebrated clown at Astley's, from Boston, U.S., it appears that there is not the slightest foundation for the report that Van Amburgh, the famous brute-tamer, had been destroyed by a tigress at Woonsuckett, Rhode Island, while endeavouring, at the request of a young lady, to take away some meat which the beast was about to devour. The story is a pure fabrication, invented to bring a new paper into notoriety. Van Amburgh was reported to be in good health, and making a most successful tour.