The Welshman

HOUSE OF COM MO>S S, .MONDAY, MAY 9. I I I 1 lie order oi t';e d iV w-is read for resuming the ad- journed i!e!) ite on rhe e lection proceedings. Major BKKKSFUKD said he refused to answer the questions of the lion, member for Bath, because hu con- sidered them unparliamentary. He should not refuse to answer before a competent tribunal. He S;i0U!d vote for a committee of nquiry. Mr.WvsN thought the motion of too general a nature, it contained no specific charge: and Mr. W,i rd thought, Lis honorable anil learned friend had understated his case. Sir 11. IN GT.IS opposed the motion. Mr. IIKDHKAD \OHKE quoted from a sp" oeeh of Sir Kobert peel, made in the last session, in tilecase of <_ ar- lairvwi, in winch he stated his wish that the case of those towns accused of bribery should be inquired into by this house. The house w is about to divide, when J.o.-d 1'ALM biiSTON said he o old not but express his wonder at the silence maintained in this case by tile members of her Majesiv's government (loud cheers tor some time), ivny did not the right hon. baronet opposite tell the house what course he meant to pursue. (Renewed •cheers ) He considered that as the COIlIjHOIIJ ises referred to were no violation of the statute law, and as. therefore, the parties engaged in them eonld not be was an unnecessary waste of lime to inquire into facts which appeared to be already admitted on al: hands. lie was prepared to take Mr. Roebuck's statement, and to vote fur liie measure introduced by Lord John Kusseil in J;1.0. which contained a provision making it imperative uii electill" committees to pursue the impair, whether the petition was abandoned or not. Sir R. PEEL said that if the member for Bath placed some specific charge on re< ord, on the ;oLirti.,I. r' the house, he should teel bound to agree to the in the same way as he had supported the nomination of a committee oil the Carh vv election case. Lord J. RLSSELI. admitted that the ri.uht hon. baronet had given his (Lord John's) measure his support in that house, biit he could lend much more effective assistance now, by bringing in a measure i:i the name of the government, which would meet ihe support of his col- leagues in tiie Upper House, and be, of cour>e, carried into a law. Sir It. PEEL said he would give every assistance to the noble lord in preparing a bill to e,tle teci elections. i. t l ir(i%N-ii (,iit to Mr. Kor.BucK.to meet the ?u?'jp.tions thrown o'U to him, altered his motion to the loliovving shape :—That the hou-.e being informed by a member of that house respecting the inquiries iiLstitu:ed into the c'!enion petitions presented from Reading. Nottingham, llar- wick, Lewes, and Falmouth, that a corrupt compromise had been entered into to avoid all investigation into the gross bribery alleged to have been practised at the elec- tions in the said towns, a select committee be appointed to enquire whether suc h a compromise had been en- tered into and such a bribery had taken place." 1 iie motion was then agreed to. The report on the Property Tax Bill wis then agreed to after a lengthened discussion, and the third reading of the measure ordered to take place on Fi 1 l iy.  -'0 I ??,y 10. NF.W WRIT rott NOTTINGHAM. —Mr Pinr.ir HOWARD i moved the issue of a nt:w writ for the election of a member to serve in this present Parliament for the town of Nottingham, in the room of Sir George de Hochepied Larpent, who has accepted the oliice of Steward of the Chikern Hundreds. Mr. R()r:BL"C suggested to the house that there was now reaiiy a Pa-Hamentary ground for resisting the isue i of the writ. (Hear.) He had already stated reaonsl acting on which the hoMse had resolved to a'-p.inta select committee to in juire into certain ;lIlf'gel llupure1 conduct in towns and boroughs at the late elections, and Nottingham was one of the towns so impugned. The house was about to inquire into t!?ee foul transactions,' and he applied to ths house whether any harm could arise from the suspension of the writ, Lut tInt on the contrary much good was 1:kc]y to resnJt from such a step. i Mr. UuDso? thought the writ ought to issue. Issue the writ, and they would find whether the alleged bargain w?sornot ill-founded. (Loud laughter.) Mr. WARD deeply regretted seeing such a motion as this (It,- '{OIl thp?c (the opposition) benches. (Renewed cries of h"ar, hear.) If the house wished to lower itself in the eyes of the country it w.x'Li ado?t this motion, and thereby stuitifv indecision of yesterday. The hopes held oiti vest w(,!11(1, be dashed to the ground. The committee, when appointed, ought to have instructions to commence with Nottingham, and If, as he I believed would be the case, the charge ti I?-t town were proved, in his (Mr. Ward's) opinion, no WIit would aain be issued for that place. Therefore he should meet -the motion with :1 direct negative. Sir I". PE I, 1, 1as the house had in this, with h" other cases, enteted upon a novel inquiiy, the case came under different circumstances than in the ordinary cases. ) •He thought it would he inconsistent to issue the writ I (hear, hear) after having instituted this inquiry. He should, therefore, vote against the issue of this writ. Sir R. II. Ingl is wouiil not inter/ere with the ordinary course of proceeding by voting for the suspension of the writ. Mr. JAMES asked his hon. friend to withdraw his motion, as he thought his constituents would be better •pleased if he withdrew the motion. Mr. HOWARD, at the suggestion of Mr. James, and F""i"g the opinion of the house so strongly against him, would withdraw his n,,ntioii.-t hear.) Morion withdrawn by leave. tin the motion of Sir T. FRI:.M\ vn.r, a nc.v writ wn- ordered for the county of Londonderry, in the lJlacc of i Sir Robert Batesou, who had accepted the Chilterti Hundreds. Mr. GEORGE BANKES presented a petition from the Isle of Portland against portions of the pro;.oset{ Tarir; e.deetmg their interests, iii relation to taking the duty oil torr:gn stones. He gave notice that he would VA O Vt" f that the duties on the i,ziportat;o!i )f t!i; ii-ticle not cease; and he also gave notice of a motion tor to- morrow for returns in connection with this subject. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that he should to-r.iorrow move toi leave to bring in a bill oi indemnity for witnesses to be examined bet-ore- his committee ot inquiry into election cases and that he would on the same day move the appointment oi the members on that committee. Sir V BL AKE gave notice of a motion on the appoint- ment fn :nat committee relative to the exercise of the fr,mc.hi",t'The motloll was ot so rambling a nature I that it was impossible to catch its purv' .ort. Mr. H v u E postponed his motion (mi t,l e sublet of I Savings' Banks trom Thursday next, on which there was to be no house, to the "id of June. Bi'RHI-.KV AT T'T.CTRONS. Lord J. RCSSELL °rive notice toat on Friday next he should move for lea\e to tiring in a bill on the subject ot bribery at elections. (.oud cheers.) Mr. REDINUTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to cf -franchise the borough ot Sudbury, winch was seconded by Sir Iarnes Graham, and agreed to. Sir It. PEEL then rose to make his statement on the taritf; and at'ti-r going through toe details, in which there is very little alteration, the t.onsewent into committee pro /Ir'na, ami Sir Robert Peel said he would postpone tiie third reading i f the Income Tax bill till ilLer the Whitsun recess, and go on with the tariff on Fiiday. We shad give an analysis o.' the de'jatci.i our next. 1

I): EA.hVL RAILWAY .UTIDKNT NKALI PAHTS. — FOKTY Oil FIF i Y FKKsOXs AND ABOVE A IiL:XiU¿1; (From the Standar I's Private Correspondent.) PARIS', MAY 9. A frightful accident occurred yesterday on the Paris and Versailles Railway, \\hi(;l1 led to a greater loss of human life than has, perhaps, ever resulted from any similar occurrence in any country where railways are in use. It is usual for the great water-works of Versailles to play the first Sunday in May upon occasion of the K.ng's fate day, which falling this year upon a Sunday, the 1st, the Sunday following (yesterday) was the day ar. pointed for the gratification of the Parisians, by this attractive display. There are two railways to N-er- sailles, one laid down by the right hank, and the other by the left bank of the river, and it was upon the latter that the accident took place. It appears that the train which left Versailles ,t five o'clock was composed of IS carriages filled inside and out, and was drawn by two engines. I pon arri ving at or near Meudon, the axletrees of the first broke, the second was stopped, and, as some say, caused to burst, while the tire scattered about set fire to the nearest carriages, which, as they were newly painted and the wind high, were, to the number of five, as it is said, soon wrapped in flames all this time the doors wpre locked, and no one coulll get out. The following accounts are taken from (Jalignaui's Mes- senger, the Ske'e, and the National:—• The Rive Gauche Versailles railway was yesterday evening the scene of a deplorably fatal accident, by which many lives have been lost, and a gieat number of per- sons areadtully manned. ltns sad catastropne took place near Meudon, the train which experienced the ac- cident being that which started at half-past five o'clock f. cm Versailles, and which, being crowded to excess with persons returning to town from the fte, rendered the event more calamitous than it would have been at any ordinary period. Our informant is a gentleman who was a passenger by the train, and who was happily in one of the carriages which escaped the colli ion. He described the velocity with which the tram was proceeding some minutes previous to the accident as so great as to have suggested, in his mind, the idea that the slightest obstacle 011 the road encountered by tie wheels of the engine, at such a moment, would be dangerous to excess. 'l he thought had scarcely occurred to him, when a frightful shock to the entire train, a fearful crash, mingled with horrible shrieks from all the carriages in ad vance of that in which he sat, showed that some dreadful accident had occurred, but the doors of the carriages being locked at the exterior, it was not lint lour informant and the other passengers in the carriage, and in those which were a!lt i ill ti lose W'?l I(L i l Wl-' I e placed behind it, were able to make their by the windows, that the frightful extent of the accident they had so providentially escaped became known to them. The scelle which presented itself was truly appalling. It ap- pears that the engine had by some fatality got off the iine, and ran lip against the emit mkment, when, from the alarllling rapit:¡ty with which the heavily-laden train was then running, six or seven of the carriages were literally dashed to pieces, and were lying in a confused mass of fragments piled up upon the engine: numbers of the outside passengers had been thrown off by the shock, but of the unhappy sufferers who had taken their places in the interior, and who ,,t I ;urvivecl, the fate was even more dreadful than these who had been killed; for to make the calamity still more horrible, the lire of the cilgifie i "staiitly extended to the broken mass which was above it, and several of the sufferers were .viiic i i w:i., a! )C, v e it, a?i( i actually burnt to death on the spot. Our informant de- scribes tlw skieks of the victims—whom it was impossi- ble to aid, and more particularly of two unfortunate ladies, who were vainly calling to the last for water as inexpressibly dreadful. (From the Second Edition of Galijnunl's Messenger.) "I??. ? i he hah-past rive o'clock train was returning yesterday from N- 'A'iLh about IS waggons drawn by 3 engines, when, between Bellevue and Meudon, the first engine broke down, in consequence of the breaking of (,:ie c-f t,ie 'J'Iie s,o!i,f engine con>eipieotly rusiied upon it, crushi d the stoker, alld snIashtd the engine to pieces, stre ving the fire along the laihvay. 1 lie fire caught the waggons, which had been newly pointed. 1 ne conflagration became dreadiul, and to add to the horror uf the accident, the doors ot the waggons were all fastened, the keys being kept by the conducteurs,. so tnat the passengers could not get out to save themselves. .1 ine uotue.s ot tiie victims were brought last IllgJlL w tile station at Paris, and laid in the but they presented only the appearance of a mis-shapen mass of burnt flesh and bones, so that not a single individual couid he recognised. When assistance was e;t to Meudon to collect the remains, it was found necessary to use forks, and poles, and shovels, or other tools, to move them..Many who were injured, but escaped with lite, remained at Meudon some were brought to the Necker Hospital, and otbels were taken to their homes, so that the number of tiie sufferers cannot as yet be ascertained; but the killed are variously stated, some giving the loss of life so low as from 7 to 12, and others at between 30 and 40, and the wounded to be no fewer than l->d. One of the directors ot the railroad had an crm a leg broken. Seven waggons were either entirely burnt or severely damaged. One gentleman, who was ii) the first compartment of tiie waggon which immediot -ly followed the engine, although he escaped without bodily hurt, was so affected ny the shock, that he lost the use of his mental ficulties, and was wholly incapable of g'ving any account <.f what had occurred. Immediately on ihe intelligence j of the disaster being made known, die Commissary of; Police ot Meudon, the gendarmery, and a great number ut private persons hastened to the spot, and rendered every possible assistance. Many of the sufferers were carried up tc the Palace, and others humanely received into private houses. The burning heap remained two tiours :Jt:fore it could be extinguished." The Y((ti{)!/al adds the following to the above:—" On going to examine into the cause of the accident, the two engines were found one resting upon the other; the tender of one of them had betn completdy t!nned round, and in the directly opposite position ? Intle .tn one aid? was a waggon overturned, and half, burnt; at a sil? distance some of the rails were cut asunde-, and other* driven deep into thtr earth. Tin; noise which \,recl.L, the accident was not that of the explosion of a bursting boiler, nor were there any traces ot violent rupture ill the bodies of thp pngillcs: hit it was astonishing to find that the sentry-box of one of the watchmen near at hand showed ali the appearances Ol v blown up." LATL.[ .\CC;{;TS. The most dismal stories are this evening in circulati In. The number of deaths is now carried to the awful sum of 00 1 There art' wounded about li)"), iiid ol these not one less than half are declared to be mortal. I have heard of the loss of a whole family, nine in number, lather, mother, and children. This morning were buried several frag- ments ot bodies, some burned so as not to be recognisable. The scene in tiff-neighbourhood of the railway is dis- tressing beyond all attempt at description. This event, following so immediately the affront put upon the Archbishop of Paris by the rejection of Mis- address from the Alohiteur, chiefly because ut hi" remoll- strance with regard to the desecration of Sunday, cannot but be regarded as a singular coincidence. [f ,,j his Grace's suggestion been so far acted upon, as that an example had been set in high quarters of .rpf'ct for the SaLbath, by the postpo'.emen!: exhibitions, this city mightnotto-day have'ucen?ilcddwi. thtuourniitg. FURTHER PARTICULARS. t,?n tn t i l?-, of There have been "3 bodies taken tothe cemetery of the Mont Parnasse, but insuch a state tn^at it was impos- sible to recognize them. Six bodies were also removed to the same place, which were afterwards recognized, and removed by their friends. Nine were taken to the Morgue. Upwards of 20 were carried to the 1I ospibl Necker so dreadfully wounded that recovery seemed hopeless. The three first carriages II) the t'ain were I atic i ti,e t l iiiies b??r,it wii, completely destroyed by fire, and the flames burnt with such fury that it was impossible to approach to render assistance to the unhappy passengers within. The two engines were demolished, and two of the firemen killed, the third escaped as if by a miracle. O.ie gentleman, who was in a carriage which escaped damage, was so atreeted by the fright, that he is now in a state of mental derangement; and a young lady i" another carriage expired from the fright alone. The scene beggars de- scription. A number of watches and other articles ot jewellery have been taken out of the ashes, which may perhaps be the means of recognising or rather confirming the death of their unhappy possessors, ihe military are stationed round the spot for the protection of the properly that may be found. We omit giving the names of any person, whether natives or foreigners, who are said to have suffered, untilan official list be published,as reports, which have already been contradicted, have been spread with regard to the names and qualities ot several of the sullerers. I* A it i s, MOXDAY.—It is now official that -10 are killed. IIe;;ven knows the number of wounded, but it cannot be less than 1.jD. An attempt was made this iii, ruing" by the populace to destroy the terminus, but the buildings were saved by the police and military, who were in great f..ree. M. G ,uig-tf, Deputy for Avignon, was severely burnt, as well as his wife. Six employe* o' the railroad have perished, and two pupils of the Polytechnic School have also been recognized. There are nine bodies at the Morgue to be claimed, and 31 at the Cemetery of the Sainte. Steamers were plying all day on the Seine to remove the wounded from Meudon to Paris. The engineer George, who was killed, was an Englishman. It is now positive that the accident arose from the breaking of t l, -st i the ailctre.-s of the first The body of an infantry officer has been identified, as a'so that of ill- it Paris advocate. The first and second waS-goll., were entirely burnt.

MCRDFR OF JANE JOXMS.—TRIAL. It is generally believed that Jane J ones, the unfortu- nate victim of the iloehampton tragedy, is a native, if not ofWates, of Abergavenny an inquiry i.; ill the course of being made, Wllldl will solve all doubt in a few days. Good will be tried, it is believed, on tV 1 r] 1 inst. There is 110 doubt hut the trial of Good and his alleged accomplices after the fact, will occupy two days. Last Monday the Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey, the presiding judges are Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Col tman. In the course of his address to the Jury, the Recorder said there was a caseoftnurder which would require their most serious consideration: he memt the case of Good. The evidence which would be laid before them was of a circumstantial nature. He then quoted from a work of Mr. Starkey, to show that circums'antial evidence was very proper in such cases, as they were generally com- mitted in secret. lie then went through the principal !L deceased being last seen in the company of Good,and his running away when the body was found in the stable. lie thought there was sufficient to induce them to find a true bill, and let the case come before a higher tribunal. He then referred to the case of Molly Good and Gamble, who were charged with being acces- sories after the milder, and quoted the opinion of Lord Hah; with resrard to that crime. He thought there would be a difficulty about the wife, but at present there was 110 proof that she wa's so; an, therefore, if the facts I were sufficient, they had better return a true bill, and let it co:ne before the judges for furtlit r investigation.

DESTiil'C I ION OF THE CI i Y OF HAV-j ELTiO EY FIRE.—FRKSiFFFl L LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 1 1'< J l, 1. 1. The following is one of the few private letters received from Hamburg by the ('(?o/?, for, the post-omcc hav- ing been (letrf)r?d, tiie usual tilail c(:til,,l not be made up, nor had the letters received from London on Friday been delivered :— HAMBUKO, May Cth.—I have neither time nor; spirits to address more than a few lines to you, merely to give an outline of the direst calamity that has ever be- fallen Hamburg. Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, a fire broke out in a small house at the corner of the Deich Strasse and Stein Twiete. Owing to the previous drought of nearly three weeks, the fire extended rapidly, and in less than four hours (aided by strong and variable winds, which appeared almost to second tiie imbecile attempts made to extinguish it) the fire had obtained the complete mastery over the firemen. Nearly the whole of the Deich Strasse, the Rollings, and Hopfen Market, the Burstah, Bohnen Strasse, Muhlenbrueke, Berg Strasse, part of the Neuenwall, Grosse Bleichen, and Jutigfern- steig, have fallen a prey to the devouring flames. The wretchedness and misery of the lower classes are com- plete. Most of them have last their all, ,i:i(i even of the 'C"" who have insured, it becomes very problematic if they will recover any thing, as they arc chiefly insured in Ger. man companies, which there is every reason to fear are totally ruined. The English companies will suffer heavily, but they enjoy the best confidence of the public. No estimate can as yet be made of the entire destruction of property, but I stioiilkt t'car any estimate below two millions would fall far short of the loss, and the fire is still raging on the Jungternstieg and near St .Jacob's church with almost unabated fury. The English post-house, tiie Senatc-Iiouse, out and New Exchanges, Borsen-halle, and the magnificent church of St. Nicholas have all been des- troyed, and great fears are even entertained for the church of St. Jacob. The city presents the appearance of a town sacked by the enemy. Furniture is to be seen in every dire-tioil! III(" the streets are filled with persons more or less interested directly in the calamity. "This moment Mr. Salomon Heine's house, on the Jungfernstieg, and the Union Club, have been blown up by gunpowder, and the chasm left gives us a faint hope that the rest of the new part of the city will be spared. "God grant that the wind abate, aTlli enable us to over- come the flames; for such another night a the last I do not wish to mv greatest enemy." The following letter is from the Chronicle ;— Hamburg, 4 o'clock, May 6, 1842. "Sir,—I write this amidst flames and ashes. One quarter of the city is laid in ruins, and the fiery element at this moment making such progress that it is impossible to say how it may end. I have no time to enter into par- ticulars of th is melancholy catastrophe, and will only state for those who have partaken of the hospitality of the Hamburg citizens, and know the town, how this unfortu- nate and deplorable event commenced. On Wednesday morning, about one o'clock, it broke out in the rag ware- house of a Mr. Seligmani), in the Deich Strasse. This street, the Rodings Markt, with its magnificent church, Neuenberg, Johannes Strasse, and the whole of the old Exchange, Bank, and Senate-house, Nenen-wall, Monke- damm, and the Jungferusteig, with its famous hotels, were soon laid in heaps of rubbish; and at this moment it rtiges with such fury that I am fearful another quarter of the town will be laid in the dust Ileam tlmty-cight people are either killed or wounded; but the melancholy sight to see the streets crowded with thousands and thou- sands of every class in society, with the fruitless endea- vour to save their little all—others seeking their families and friciids-is one I cannot describe. 1 give you but a taint outline of this dreadful calamity, as 1 write this in a house that is expected to become a prey to the flames ill a few minutes, and have now only to implore of you to call upon the generous British nation to send instant suc- C,).!r to a city whose benevolence and charity are so well known, that no disaster in any country ever occurred, but Hamburg citizens were the first to send their mite. I appeal to my countrymen, in the name of the Almighty, for immediate relief; let them imagine (up to this mo- -iiie up to this ment only) probably 10,000 people houseless, without food or clothing. Oh, Englishmen, I know you are Ia- bouring yourselves under every possible deprivation, but still your generosity and noble character will point out I the way to send aid to your fellow-creatures in such aw- ful and dreadful exigency. To you, sir, I appeal fur in- tercession in behalf of this unfortunate city, and to receive subscriptions on their behalf, which will be received with gratitude and prayers. I can say no more at present, and you must pardon this scrawl, which is sent to avoid exag- geration. On Tuesday I will endeavour to give you full particulars, if the Almighty grants me existence. J. II." "P.S. ( Fwo hours later.)—Such a sight! Thirty-six hours without a change ot dress—twenty-four hours without food! God only knows when it will end; the Berge Strasse, Bleichen, &c\, now in flames." "Srii.L LATE it.—The neighbouring countries are pouring in aid the Danish and Hanoverian artillery are now employed in blowing up houses to preventits spread- ing. God knows with what effect. 1 hear the estimated loss up to this moment may be taken at forty millions marcs banco." VN hen the Caledonia was about to leave Cuxhaven, telegraphic despatches had been received from Hamburg to three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. At that time Jacobi church was oil lire, and a gale was blowing from the north-west. Many of the poor people, who had been burnt out, had been ordered to leave the city, and some thousands of Danish an Hanoverian troops had marched .I, to as,ist ill arresting the conflagration by battering down hou es with ai til'ery, in order to prevent the further extension of the calamity. May 7, 11 o'clock.—The fire pursues the Same destruc- tive course, rather worse than better; and on all roads leading away from the city are to be seen strings of car- riages, waggons, and carts conveying the inhabitants and their furniture away. Houses are being continually blown til) and in this service there are Englishmen from the factory of Messrs. G luchman and Busse, engaged under the superintendence of Mr. Thompson, their ma- nager. Explosions are continually sounding, yet the fire to ¡¡¡crease, and where it will end Gott only knows. Tbe loss is at present incalculable, and business of course cannot be thought of nor even entertained for davs to come. There is scarcely a fiiiilv in the place which has not suffered in some way or other.

LAW COUxirS AND POLICE OFFICES. I A IIF.AYY TOLL.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, 011 Wednesday, Captain Titwuus RicketU, late of the 11th Regiment, and Jlr. 1)'Israeli were charged before the magistrate, for not paying a turnpik-toll, anluntillg h -lid. in the parish of Hallingdon. The case againstCapt. llicketts Aas dismissed, as the informer was the principal witness; but Mr. D'lsraeli, brother to the member for Shrewsbury, was fined £"j and 30s. costs. BANK MANAOKK BANKRUPT.—Oil Monday, at the Court of Bankruptcy, the adjourned examination took pi,ice of Mr. Hannay, who was formerly the managing director of the Maiylebone Bank, from which it was admitted that he had The case having been c;tlcd 011 by the registrar of the Court (Mr. Parry), it appeared that the bankrupt was not in attendance, nor the solicitor of the fiat, nor the creditor, nor the assignee; and Sir C. Williams said, "I shall adjourn the hearing tor three weeks but let it be known to Mr. If-iiinty, that if he do not appear to give informa- tion to his creditors, another course of proceeding may bring him to his senses. It is the duty of the Court to protect the interest of the creditors, and I shall take care that in this case that duty shall be performed. AN AMIABLE DE 1 LKMINATION.—On Tuesday, a young woman was brought before Mr. Javdine, charged with attempting to muider a boy twelve years of age, with a razor, and on her way to the station-house, she declared it was her determination to murder some person if not the boy, and being near her, she attacked him with the razor! The Lul, though severely. wounded, is pronounced out of danger. DISTIU'-SSING CASK. On Saturday, a poor woman named Elinor Ann Preston, waited upon the Lord Mayor, requesting his assistance to aid her in recovering a slim of money she had lost in the following manner:—Appli- ed t had, she said, iesi ed in the tamily of the Rev. J. Lowry, ot Omagn, in Ireiand, tor fifteen years, and had, by great economy during that petiod, contrived to save the sum ot Xi-iO, wnich was transmitted to her from the bank at Armagh, arm which she received in one note of £ Jo00, one note of £ 200, and one note of X-if). Being determined to place the money in the English funds, she deposited them in her pocket, enclosed in a pocket-book, and got lllt" a1) ollill; bkls at Hammersmith for the purpose ot calling upon a banker in the city to purchase the stock. When she was about to leave the omnibus, however, she discovered that her clothes had been cut and her pocket- book stolen. The police dhccrs stated that ballk notes of considerable amount obtained in the manner in which applicant's property had been stolen, were regularly taken over to the Continent and sold, and thus all possi- bility of tracing them was removed, and the Lord Mayor told the unfortunate woman that he had not the slightest expectation of succeeding in fro, u,i:ig the restoration of the bank-notes, the amount of winch no doubt had been divided between t;.e thieves, who watched and full(jwel hcr into the 'I lie iy, It arit aid she was completely destitute, after 1,,avitigw tl and econo- mised all her lire, for thj purpose of falling back upon her savings in her old age. Ilis lordship de- clared that lie would willingly receive subsciiptions for a poor object who was plunged in so pitiable a condition by her ignorance of the ways of the town, and hoped that the press would give the details of this most lamentable case. At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday, the adjourned examination took place of Mr. Kobinson, who carried on an extensive business iu Leadenhall-street, and had embarked to all immense amount in the tallow-specula- tions ot the year lolO. His present debts and liabilities are upward s of £jO,GOO, and this large deficiency being attributed by him to his tallow- speculations. The bankrupt entered into a detailed explanation of the discrepancies in his accounts, as com- pLillcd of by tiie assignees. No less than a million of bills bad passed tliiough his hands, upon which the stamp duty alone was and everyone (H. them was entered on his bill-book. He had his creditors e,-ery opportunity ol tcstir.g bis integrity, with which they were perfectly satisfied. He only sought to pass his exami- nation as an honest man, or not at all. The case occu- pied the court for a considerable time, and, in conclusion, the learned commissioner said he was of opinion that the proof must be rejected. In the Insolvent Debtors's Court last Friday, Frede- rick Burghart, the well-known tailor, residing in Clif- ford-street, Bond-street, was opposed by Mr. Crosswell for a Mr. Lane and two others, as also by Mr. Wood ruffe for a Mr. Stone. He was supported by Nlr. Nieliols. The opposition was to obtain some information, and not with a view of preventing the discharge. The insolvent was a bankrupt some time ajjo. and obtained Lis certi- ficate. He had assigned his business, to two persons who had advanced consideiable sums, which prcperty would be forfeited if the money was not repaid by the year J 8-1-8. ihe insolvent had a salary from the parties the use of furniture and the upper part of the house. He expressed his belief that he should be in a situation to pay off the money advanced. A dis- cussion took place respecting the appointment of assig- nees. 1 he insolvent was a large creditor of Count Val Marino, vvho had obtained a patent for the generating of gas at a reduced price. from which considerable benefit was cxpected. The Court named Mr. Stone and Air. Wright assignees. The case stood over for the service of I a notice.

i. I BY A HIGHWAYMAN. 1 For the last three weeks n series of highway robberies have been perpetrated on persons passing through the n.dsiunnd near t)ora<cy wood house, 2 or 3 miles only from London, by a footpad sai l to have Heea heavily armed. On Thursday afternoon Moss, 162 N, was 0:1 duty near Horassy, wood house, when he observed a gentleman going along the path which leads from it towards town, and a man following who answered the description of the suspected robber. He pursued him, and on approaching within a few yards, the villain turned round and fired a pistol, ilie ball in AIoss's ri-ht arm. Mallett, N 341, whs was about a quarter of a mile fioin the spot, and a baker, named Mott, joined in pursuit of the robber. Mott had got within a tew yards of him, when he drew another pistol from his breast, and again fired, wounding his pursuer frightfully in the shoulder. Mr. Howard, a baker, of llornsey, who was in his chaise cart at the time, and saw the occurrence, gave chase to the assassin, whom he kept in sight along the main road in the direction of Highbury Iiarn, on arriving near which he jumped over a ditch into some fields. Mr. Howard followed, and observed the murderer reloading his pistols. He called to two gardeners, who had joined in the pursuit, to be careful, for the man had loaded fire-arms. lie got into a lane, at the end of whieh there was no th<1roughfare, and in which he was met by Timothy Daley, N G5, who was about to seize him, when the villain drew from his breast the pistol be had reloaded, and fired at Daley, who instantly fell lifeless, the ball 4 having penetrated his heart. By his time Mr. Howard and his other pursuers came nr, and the murderer was seized. He exclaimed, I'm done, now I give myself up," and he was then asked to give up his pistols, which he did. On being: asked if he had anything else about him, he said, No," but on being searched, a knife or dagger upwards of a foot lonir, and sharpened at the point on both sides, was found concealed down his fob pocket. No police had come up by this ti;ne. and the people assembled bound the assassin's hands with cords, and in that way conveyed him to the I sling-ton station. Mr. Dreury, surgeon, proceeded to Hornsev and in- spected the wounds susfained by Mott and Moss, the other police constable. From the shoulder of the former he extracted a bullet the size of a musket-ball, and in the arm of the latter he found a wound through which the ball had pnssed. and they were then removed by his direction to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The prisoner, who gave his name Thomas Cooper, No. 1 Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell, said he was 23 years of age, and a biicklayer by trade. He is about five feet four inches high, and of fair complexion, but has very cadaverous sharp features. His attire was a blue coat, very ragged, an old red Valencia figured waistcoat, and fustian trou-ers. On his arrival at the station house, and during his progress there, he treated what he had done with the greatest unconcern and indifference, and frequently repeated, it served them right, for he told them not to come near him. He also said several times that they should not hang him, he'd deceive them yet. Although lie had run upwards of two miles before he was captured, he did not peem to he at all exhausted. On searrhing him two bullets, as largr; as musket-balis, were found upon his person, but no powder. The pistols were large cavalry pistols, upwards of a foot and a half in length. All the money found on his person was 4d. He had no shoes or stockings. The prisoner, when brought out for the purpose of healing the charge-shcet read over to him, on coming to that part which charged him with the murder of Timothy Daley, exclaimed, What! Is he dead ?" and his counten- ance became deadly pale. His previous fortitude seemed completely to have left him he asked, Might he have a pillow to lay his head upon ?" and to be permitted to have some coffee and bread and butter. It appears that the baker (Mott) and the deceased were in the same lane together, and that when the prisonerfound there was no thoroughfare, he drew the two pistols, and declared "the first man that attempted to molest him he would shoot." A man in a cottage close by came out with aeun,and the prisoner fired both the pistols simultaneously at Daley and Mott, A gentleman who was robbed on Saturday night last at Hornsev wood identifies the prisoner. He was stopped near llornsey wood, and asked by the assassin for his money Piid wzttcli, but replyioc that lie hai neither, he was knocked down by him with the butt-end of one of his pistols,- and robbed of his watch. It luning become kuown that the prisoner was to be brought up for examination at the New Clerkenwell Police Court on Friday morning, a considerable number of persons assembled. The deceased was the individual who so laudably interested himself in rescuing several persons f-oin the house in which a young- lady wfis killed by the falling of a stack of chimneys during the storm in the early part of A pi-il and his conduct called forth the commenda- tions of the coroner and several witnesses, at the inquest. Evidence to the effect already given was then adduced. In the course of the examination the prisoner once or twice felt faint, and water was given. At length he became so exceedingly ill that he was obliged to be earned out of the court, and have some brandy and water administered. When he got outside he admitted that he had, before he was apprehended last night, taken poison, which he lielicvtd to be now operating. A suspicion of the sort had arisen the night before, but the surgeon of the police force thought it groundless. Thomas Cooper, the murderer of the unfortunate police- man, T. Daley, was again placed at the bar on Friday. I it his conversation with the officer, who is constantly with him, he frequently expressed his regret that the medical gentleman should have given him anything to remove the poison from his stomach, and once said, "If I had a pistol 1 would soon settle myself." Indeed, he continues in so desperate a state of mind, that the oHieerthougbttt necessary to remove the cl?tlass aud other weapons usually kfpt in the cell, lest he should make an attack upon him (Waddington) in the hopes of himself getting killed in the encounter. He appeared very iinpatieut of the pub.ic gaze, and leant his face forward (aud covered it with his hands) on the front of the dock, until told by the ma- gistrate that it was necessary for the purposes of justice that he should sit up, in order that he might see the witnesses, and that they might see and identify him. Previously to the commencement of the examination the magistrate questioned the medical genUemau as to the priqnner's coiiditigii. Mr. Dreury staied his belief thai the prisoner was quite capable of attending to the examination. But in Icss than half an hour it A-as again interrupted hy the illlless of the prisoner, who turned very pale and became exceedingly faint. The jailer, after the lapse of about an hour and a half, entered the Court, aud told Mr. Greenwood that the prisoner complained of giddiness, and he thought it would disappear if he was allowed to assume a recumbent posture in the Court. The prisoner, the jailer said, wished to have a stretcher placed within the dock, and to be allowed to lie upon it. for then he thought he should be able to hear and attend to the evidence, and would be satisfied. Mr. Greenwood acceded to the proposal of the prisoner, who was brought into Court, and a stretcher placed on chairs within the dock. Waddington and several con- stables took the prisoner in their arms to place him on the stretcher, but in doiog so his bead fell upon his breast, and he exhibited sufficient symptoms of extreme faintness to induce Mr. Greenwood to say that it would be indecent, in the state the prisoner was, to Cuiuinue then the exami- nation, and that uuder thecircumstnuces he would postpone it to Monday morning next. The prisouer was then led away, and the witnesses were ordered to be ia attendance at ten o'clock on Monday. On Monday, the examination of Cooper was resumed. He appeared still to be suffering from great weakness, looked exceedingly haggard, and leant upon the front of the ouck, supporting his head with his left hand. After some additional evidence confirmatory of that previously adduced had been given, the friagi$Uvi.e said he thovi-Lt they had quite enough evidence already, as the case was a very clear one, and not like one of circumstantial evidence. The prisoner declined saying anything, and was com- mitted to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court, the Sessions of which commenced on the 9th inst.

EXTRAORDINARY AND ROMANTIC STORY. I For these last few days 111,11,11 excitement has prevailed in Paradise-street, a short distance from Lambeth Palace, which had yesterday increased to so great an extent as to render the street nearly impassable, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the police were enabled to prevent the thoroughfare from being wholly impeded. The crowd were assembled chiefly ill the front of No. 15, where several of the police were parading, and who it was alleged were desirous to effect an entrance into the house, wherein it was said was a female with three children whom she was supposed to have murdered, as they had not been seen since Friday last. Various other rumours of a similar kind were freely circulated, but all appeared conjecture, as the police preserved the most imperturbable silence. The following particulars were, however, obtained from a source which may be replied upon :— Some years since a certain Scotch nobleman formed an intimate acquaintance with a female, by whom he had three children at his death, which happened about six years since, he left by will to the eldest child, a girj (now about ten years of age), the sum of 70,00(M. per annum and to the two younger children he left the sum of 30,0001. a year each; and to the mother 620,0001. a year. II is brother, who now enjoys the title, was appointed to carry the provisions of the will into effect, and to see to the education and proper care of the children, who were to be under the guardianship of the mother while she remained unmarried, and conformed to certain other regulations, but some of which it appears she has infracted; a knowledge of which having reached the ears of the surviving brother, the nobleman alluded to, application was made to the Lord-Advocate of Scotland, by whom a war- rant was issued some months since to remove the children from the custody of the mother, who then lived in the neighbourhood of Glasgow she, however, neit to l.onuon, and up to last r rnlay lias contrived to seclude herself; but through the activity of an inspector of the A division her retreat has been disco- vered, and constables have been directed to watch the pre- mises, so that the children should not be again removed until an application should have been made to the Lord Chancellor. This has been deemed an annoyance by the mother of the chileIren. and 011 Saturday night she pre- sented pistols at the police, and declared that she would fire at any person who attempted to enter the house. Every window is kept closed, and the doors bolted, and letters and provisions are drawn up by a cord to the first floor window, from whence all applications and messages are answered. It is expected that a warrant tiic l,or d wi; be w l t forci from the Lord Chancellor will be obtained, when a forci- ble entrance will be etfected; bn t from the determined spirit evinced by the llJOiher, it is feared that the affair will not terminate without bloodshed.—Times.

™ Mi'RDEit AND SUICIDE AT PRESTON. —A melancholy occurrence has taken place this (Saturday) afternoon. The tragedy has been perpetrated by a man named Peter Whittle, a spinner, residing at o. ti, Yicar-street. 1!1 this town, on the body 01 his wife. It appears, that they sat down to dinner, which '.vas despatched without any thing remarkable, but, upon her rising to go to her work at the factory, she was called bark by her husband, who joined her in the lobby of the house, and while pretending to give her a kiss or an embrace, cut her throat deeply with a razor which he had concealed in his hand. The screams ol the poor woman called round the assistance of the neighbours, who, on entering the house, found that the murderer had attempted suicide by inflicting a similar wound upon himself. The female expired almost imme- diately, the vvoend being across the jugular vein. Whittle is still alive, but doubts are entertained of his recovery. As yet no inquest has been hell'. The murderer is sup- posed to have been actuated by some jealous notions, but various rumours are afloat relative to the occurrence, j

THE 1' n IfF. Sir Rjh.-it p, l' t ,tt:.¡¡:I:t of tht Turill occupied the greater pm t cf last Tuesday night's sitting. We shall give an analysis of the debate in our next. Meantime we lay before our readers the Globa's just views in relation to the subject as well as those of the ministerial Standard. [Abridged from the Standard."] The tariff is a compromise, and a compromise of that kind which extends beyond ?a ?/vse;?. As imply. a kiii?l WiliCIL- it must necessarily weigh with seventy in com p rom i se- some particular quarters, but as a compromise co.item- plating the future, that is, as?p?o;-?? measure, all must make some present sacrifices, be they greater or less. With regard to the agricultural class, we think that the right hon. baronet's explanation ought to set all alarm at rest, for he very clearly showed that the admission of dead meat could possibly work no injury, while the ad- mission of live animals would :It once open a new branch of agricultural industry, and that which the analogy of experience proved to be tee n ost profitable to which land can be applied, LIe fattening of live stock imported lean (and rsry lean all imported stock must be,) while the analogy of the trade m horses, long admissible at a duty of £ 1 u?ic,(f i horse, promised that the uhimate effect of the proposed change would be to make tins au exporting coun- try at ill animals, as for many years it has been of horses. 1 he reduction 111 the timber duties needed little to be said in commendation. By lowering these duties Sir Hohert Peel will create ctn Irish ifshery, possessing advan- tages greater than any other fishery in the world, and in that create an inexhaustible supply for the navy. Upon the subject et manufactures Sir Robert Peel has suown that very high duties are in fact illusory, as the smuggler wul always be able to evade such duties, and wdi have a motive for doing so. The right protection of manufactures is tne procuring the raw material as cheap as possible this, as in the case of hard woods, whicli perhaps ought to be relieved fiom all but a uoniinal duty, must bring manufactures to the country where skill and industry are hignest, and where property and liberty are most secure. Need we name the country ? The retlnction of the duty 011 ores and other mineral productions seems to be the question of greatest difiiculty in the whole tarilf. Although the working of mines de- mands a great outlay of capital generally, labour enters more largely into the price of minerals than into the price of most other articles brought to market. Some mines are, no douut, rich in production, but this is by no means a common case; and it is to be feared that any consider- able reduction, say in the price of lead or copper, would render it necessary to close work in many mines now giving employment to thousands. Thi; is a serious iiiatter, all(I we ti ust it will be well considered. We hope that the clause of the tariff respecting mines and mine- rals may be expunged if it is found likely to put a single mine out of work better that the river shipbuilders lose a few contracts, than that thol),3t.ds of miners be deprived of bread. [Abridged from the Globe.'] -1 Sir Robert Peel's speech of last evening, in introduc- ing his was as instructive and satisfactory as could well be expected, considering his necessity for blowing hot and colli with one breath. Before we proceed to illustrate the operation of that "dire necessity" on the topics and arguments of the right hon. baroi.et's speech, we may remark the radical con- trast which was indicated by Mr. Labouchere between his proposals of Tariff alteration and those of the late government "The right hen. baronet had occupied a considerable portion of his speech in dealing with those objections which he said had been urged by some of the manufactur- ing classes of the country to the unfair manner in which, as they alleged, they had been dealt with in the new Tariff. Now he (Mr. Labouchere), probably in conse- quence of Ins late official situation, had opportunities of seeing and conversing with many persons representing or connected with the classes said to be injured by this Tariff; they had come to him for the purpose of com- plaining of the manner in which they were affected and when lie replied to them, How can you expect me, with my own opinions as to reduced imports, to oppose the government in their reformed Tariff?' They rejoined, Yes, we, knot: i~ery well th/it you yourself proposed to deal us in the same manner, but tlten, at the saine t ime, you proposed to deal effectually with the Cor 11-laics loo.' (Hear, hear.) And the right lion, baronet might depend upon it, that the feeling ot dissatisfaction which prevailed in many quarters, on the subject of the Tariff, was mainly founded upon the very general opinion that the right hon. gentleman had dealt with the great subject of the Corn- laws in a different manner from that in which he had dealt with the comparatively minor subject of the Tariff." it is impossible to exhibit more completely than the above extract does the main ground of exception which may be justly taken to the Peel Tariff. The right hon. baronet appeared te be sensible of the force of this contrast; since he took some trouble to an- swer the objections founded upon it to his scheme. And how did he answer them? Firsi by a fallacious attempt to make the reduction of duties under his Corn- laws pass for reduction of price. 1 wish," said the right hon. baronet, to cousid r fairly the force of this objec- tion." When Sir Robert PeeJ begins in this manner, one is at once prepared to expect some notable attempt to throw dust in our eyes, nor did the Right Hon. Bart. baulk our expectations. He objects to taking the Corn-laws merely into con- templation :— mere l y; do not take o-ie Do not take the Corn-laws merely; do not take one single article only; but I call upon you to look at the whole of those articles which mainly constitute the subsis- tence of the people, and then I ask, can you deny that a material reduction has been made in their cost price ?" Vv e can neither deny norafiirni anything on the matter as yet from experience; and we should be disposed to take our materials for denial or affirmation from the right hon. baronet himself, who must know best the drift of his own measure. But it is perfectly clear that the only measure he has yet passed has not produced cheapness and although it was not to be expected that any measure immediately sho:dd (for the fear of scarcity of corn from abroad would be much more rational than of ^uperabiiri- dance), yet it is already plain enough that the old machinery is working precisely in the old way; and that the same temptation to hold on for higher prices and nominal duties which operated under the old law is still operating under the new one. But other articles of provii-ion besides herrings are to be marvellously cheapened by the Tariff. Which ? Meat? Why a large proportion of the right hon. baronet's speech was devoted to proving that no such supplies of meat can be expected from abroad, as those which steam has of late years brought us from Scotland and Ireland without lowering prices. We really can find no important articles of subsistence on which any consistent promise of cheapness is held out, except riec and potutnas. And we throw out the anticipation, as by no means an impos- sible result of the inordinate anxiety of the landlords that the people should eat dear bread-we anticipate, as by no means impossible, or improbable, if this legislation lasts—that, without obtaining permanently their fancv- price for their wheat produce—(prices which could only be paid if the country were permitted to prosper)—they will simply have the satisfaction of seeing the people eat rice and potatoes instead Whence,after all, then, is this cheapness of living, through the Peel I'ariff, to come ? Partly perhaps from rice, and potatoes, and herrings. Partly from cheapened manu- factures. We do not mean to deny the advantage, in competing with foreigners, of those reductions on raw material, as timber, and semi-manufactured articles, as copper, &c., proposed by the new measure. But the effect of all these, as regards mere cheapness of living at home, cannot be very important. The main sources of cheapness are closed against us, and proclaimed excep- tions." And Sir Robert Peel, in his usual manner, seemed anxious to re-assure the operatives engaged in those branches of manual industry with which it is de- signed to bring their French rivals into closer competition -by represelltlng (with a tangible illustration which he exhibited to the house) the operations of the smuggler as baffling all measures of prohibition. Assuming this to be trur-, as regards the more portable finished manu- factures, it follows that we shall not get them any cheaper after the proposed redaction. Where then, we again ask, is the reduced cost of living tocoma from ? We will tell ,oll ot' C,,)Iiii,i e rce continues. him—if the present depression of commerce continues. From the reduced command of the precious metals by thiscountry, which must lower all prices.

INCOME TAX. What can be more unjust, than that a farmer should contribute the same amount, whether his balance at the year's end be profit or loss. At the present moment, the farmer's prospects are not very favorable certainly it is probable that his gains, it any, will he considerably less than the average of the last three years, and yet, Sir Rebert Peel will, lihe a veritable Shyloek, have his full pound of flesli. The rents of farms often remain nomin- a\Jy stationary for years in bad seasons deductions, varying from five to twenty-five per cent., are comnonly I made by the landlord; but the Peel-Tax Commissioners will have no authority to make such deductions they much insist on every drachm of the pound of flesh. The tax is particularly unjust to the legal profession, to auctioneers, and innkeepers. Already each pays a heavy annual duty for certificate or license although the ai tides, which they vend-if we may use the word in this extended sense—as deeds, goods sold by auction, wines and spirits, are now taxed heavily. Attornies, auctioneers, and innkeepers, thus pay a tax because they are attornies, auctioneers, and innkeepers; ar.d Sir Robert Peel intends to add to their burdens, because they are citizens. On the medical profession, the Pe-el Income Tax will press with peculiar oppressiveness. What class of men throughout the entire community do so much work gra- tuitously as our doctors and surgeons? What class of men can shew so many bad debts, and what class of men shew so much forbearance to their debtors ? and yet, every bad debt, which has not been placed in the hands of ail attorney, and thus legally proved to be bad, is to be reckoned as income, and to be returned accordingly. The tradesman is, ot course, in the same predicament; his bad debts are to be taxed as good ones, unless he has been to the expense (a process commonly railed throw- ,?s co,)Illl?)n l y ci l le(i "t liro". ing good money after bad") of going to law, and can shew that he has lost both the debt and the costs. Again, it a tradesman has any borrowed capital; no deduction is to be made on account of it, which is just as direct a violation of the first principles of equity, in fact as direct a robbery as can possibly be perpetrated by Act of Parliament. Cnce more if a nwn he engaged in two branches of trade or business; and loses £:150 a year by one, and gains £ 300 by the other; his income being but JtiloO, that su:n, and no more, should evidently be subject to the tax. So, indeed, says justice; but not so, Sir Robert Peel, who will take 3(,0 seven- pence?, that is 150 scven- pences on the JCIOO pounds ]"l! But these are onl:, a few of the monstrous examples of gross injustice, which cover the pages of the Peel Income x ax Bill. Hereford T'imes.

DIVISION ON THE TAltnT.-Thc f,)llowinrr memùers connected with the Principality last Tuesday night voted iti4lie minority of 152, on l Major Vivian's motion against the Government, whose suppression of Mr. Meek's report relative to the importation of Agricultural Produce. Satt Provisions, &c.,sn!ac?nt]y shows the character of tile P')Iitic"zi ?,loi1ry,.?.c, J. H. ivian, Sir K. Philippe, and C. il. M. Talbot; for the suppression we see tiie names 01 Trevor, Nicholl, or;;an, and iiagot. The following did not vote: Guest, Powell, Pennant, Mainwaring, Jones, and Mostyn.

HER MAJESTY'S MASQUED BALL. HER MAJESTY'S DREss.-Over a skirt, with a demi- train of ponceau velvet, edged with fur, her Majesty will wear a surcoat of brocade, blue and gold. The centre and the edges likewise lined with minever. This fur —distinctive of the highest social station in the middle ages, when the costume of high and low, of age and youth were not conf-oun(lc(i--I)er Majesty alone will wear at her ball. From the upper edge of the centre ol the minever stomacher there will be a band descending of jewels la id on gold tissue, and the other parts of the dress, the arm- lets, &c., will be likewise studded with precious gems. The Sovereign will wear an ample mantle of the splendid brocade, gold and silver, with flowers of silver mattes and brÜliar. t5, over a gold ground, whose marvellous tissue made ns well as the blue and gold brocade, by the Spital- ticlds weavers, we have described in a previous number. This mantle will likewise be lined with minever. Her Majesty's hair folded inward a la (Jlovis, will bear the light crown of graven gold we have also formerly de- scribed. Her Majesty's display of jewels will be of immense value. Front the upper part of the robe we hear her Majesty will have suspended a description of pendant stomacher of the intrinsic worth of £ d0,000. Ditrgs OF PRINCE ALBERT.—-We are enabled, from a personal inspection, to give the following description of the dress which will be worn by h.. Royal Highness Prince Albert as Edward the Third. K"> Royal High- ness's cloak will be composed of the richest scarlet velvet which (as well as every other external part of t,t,e attire of his Royat.Highness and of her Majesty) has been expressly manufactured in Spitalfields, lined throug.ut with ermine of the first quality. Round the entire extrt- nuty runs a splendid gold lace, three inches in width, bearing upon it a raised pattern of oak leaves and acorns. This lace is edged top and bottom with two rows of pearls of an unusual size, amounting in numuer to no less than 17200. The cloak is cut so as to fix itself in such a manner as to hang pendant fully from each shoulder without any fastening. His Royal Highness, however, will connect the two sides of the cloak across the breast with a band composed of and most gorgeously studded with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, topazes, and almost every other description of precious stones. Underneath this cloak his Royal Highness will wear a full robe, reaching from the throat to the feet, constructed of a material which in its manufacture has cost 15 guineas per yard. It is a brocade, of which the component parts are gold and blue satin and silk. The splendour of the effect of this robe will be greatly enhanced from the circum- stance that from the knee downwards it will be slashed with royal "blue velvet, the slashing "being fully studded, like the connecting band of the cloak, with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, &c. The collar of this robe will be arranged, with respect to the brilliancy of its jewels, so as to match the baiid of the cloak.

Wn.Ft/L Mt'Rnr.R.—An inquest was held on Monday last at the Cross Keys Inn. St. Neots, by R. W. Allpress, Esq., coroner for the hundred of Toseland, on view of the body of Freshwater, a young man who died on Saturday morning of locked jaw, which was brought on by injuries received the Saturday night previous. From the evidence it appeared he had been struck on the head with a brick. A verdict of Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.Cambridge pape-r. A DWARF THE RELATIVE OF A WELSH BARONET! -The West India steamer Clyde, which arrived at South- ampton last Sut.day night, has brought to England a gentleman called vv ynri, one of the most perfect dwarfs that was ever seen. He was idolized by the rest ot the passengers, who had been charmed by the wit and con- verScitiounl powers which he displayed during the voyage. He is a highly accomplished person, and is a distant re- lation of Sir Watkin VVynn, the wealthy and distinguished Welsh baroret. SELF-FORMED PAPER.—About two years ago we an- nounced that Mr. Pugli, surgeon, Barmouth, bad trans- mitted to us a quantity of all aquatic vegetable matter found by him on the sands, near Barmouth, which, on the subsidence or evaporation of its pabulum, had become bleached, and matted, into a substance resembling paper, and capable of taking ink nearly as freely as the ordinary kinds of brown and cartridge paper, which it much re- sembling in texture and consistency. Specimens of this peculiar and curious substance were lodged in the muse- um of this town, at the time referred to, where, we believe, they still remain for inspection. O11 Wednesday last, we were again favoured by Mr. Pugh, with several pieces of the same natural paper. He finds it in considerable quantity, covering a; large space on some naked sand plains, in the vicinity of the sea: but observes that it is a treslt water product, as the locality in question is above high water mark, and is flooded in rainy seasons from the adjoining hills. CIIARTIST MEETING AT AIsEnGAVEXY.-On Tues- day night the Chartists of Abergavenny held a meeting in their room in Frogmore-street; about 80 or 90 persons were present—Mr. W. Edwards spoke for about an hour and a half. In advocating the cause of Chartism, as ex- pressed in "The People's Charter," he displayed talent. While, with an unspaiing hand, he denounced Whigs and Tories as having aided each other in withholding the peo- ple's just rights from them. HE thought that if the pre- sent system of election were continued, the Radicals themselves, if in power, would r.ot be one whit better. He handled the late Government roughly. "If Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell had evinced while in office, half the firmness and zeal in the cause which they espoused, when they had not only a large majority in the house with them, but were also supported by nine-tenths of the people without, as the present Premier does in carrying his obnoxious measures, the country would have been relieved ot its distress seven years ago." While dilating on the horrors of war, and the sinful causes which occasioned it, especially the injustice which led to the Affghanistaii slaughter, he gave utterance to senti- iiieiit-, of philanthropy, in conclusion, he urged upon his audience the it11porancc-thc paramount importance, of acquiring knowledge, general knowledge: for without it they could never attain their object-good government: that great blessing to our country never would, never could, be obtained but by mar: means. DEATH BY POISON.-Two lamentable de-itlis oteurrecl at the parish of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire. It appear- ed that a poor widow ot'the name of Davies had occasion to leave her home on Monday last, and, during her ab- sence, her three children discovered some roots of water hemlock (cicuta virosa) near the river-side, of which they ate freely; and an old woman, in passing by, found two of the children very ill; upon inquiring what was the matter, the eldest informed her what they had been eat- ing. Information was immediately given in the village of what occurred, and a messenger was despatched for Mr. Lloyd, surgeon, Ll i iifiiir, who was quickly in atten- dance, but 00 his arrival he found two dead (one aged ten years, the other three years and a half), and the ottier in a hopeless state, but however, through Mr. Lloyd's prompt and judicious treatment, is now in a fair way of recovery. Inquests were held on the bodies, when the jury returned their verdict, "lhat their deaths were caused by the eating of poisonous roots, commonly called water hemlock."—Chester Chronicle. LIVERPOOL, MAY 9.—ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE MERSEY.—TWO MEN DROWED. -.Thls afternoon, about three o'clock, some boatmen standing on the North end of the Prince's Pier Head observed, at some little distance, a corpse floating down the river with the tide, and supposing it to be one of the unfortunate young men recently drowned, immediately put off for the pur- pose of picking it up, a large reward being offered for their recovery by the relatives. They had not proceeded far when, unfortunately, the day being stormy, a gust of wind upset the boat, and the men, four in number, were immediately immersed in the water. Assistance was rendered with all despatch from the shore, but before it could reach, two of the poor unfortunate fellows had met a watery grave, but, we are happy to add, the other two were saved. MELANCHOLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Last Friday night a melancholy accident happened on the Hull and Selby railway, attended with loss of life. As we un- derstand, two waggons had to be left somewhere on the line, near the Market Weighton river; the guard tknking I to save time, was attempting to unyoke them while the train was at its full speed, when, from some sudden jerk, he was thrown off and the train passed over his body, causing death almost immediately. His name we have not been able to ascertain, but the above few particulars are autfientic.-Ilull leock-inglia?n. ROBBERY AT THE POST-OFFICE.—A few minutes before four on Saturday afternoon, when the windows of the money order office were thronged by a crowd of persons eagerly reaching over each others' shoulders for the purposs of handing in their orders, and getting them cashed before the striking of the clock should put a stop to the business of the day, a gentleman named Marriott, a Manchester warehouseman, residing in I hnes-street, had his pocket picked of a pocket-book, containing bank- notes and bills of exchange to the amount of nearJy lOOT. The loss was not discovered until alter Mr. Marriott had quitted the Post-office, the pocket-book being safe in his possession only a moment previously. There is no doubt that the affair was a novel speculation of one of the swell mob, the old system of robberies in omnibuses being now almost exploded, the plunder being too trilling to com- pensate for the risk. STEALING A MUMMY.—About three months back, there was discovered in the ruins of a convent at Madrid, a body which, although interred two centuries ago, was in so perfect a state from having undergone some pro- cess of embalmment, as to have been regarded by the owner of the place in which it was found, and by the public of Madrid, as a valuable curiosity. A person was placed to watch it, but it suddenly disappeared, and a ridiculous rumour prevailed that the man in charge of it had been bribed by the British Ambassador to convey it to his residence, to be from thence forwarded to England. We are now informed by the Madrid papers that the missing treasure has been found in the possession of an old man and his family, in a house on the b inks ot the ri ver crvion, 1tnd thac the intention of thpse persons, iji obtaining fraudulent possession of the body, was to take it to England through trance, showing it on the w?y to the curious for money. It is stated that the lid wo't ?' to coffin bears the name of Donna lilanca de Oliveros, who died in HMO. One of the Wapiti deer, which had been recently pur- chased by her Majesty and placed in the paddocks at Cranbourne, died last week. The noble animal had been unwell from a cold tor some time, and every means was resorted to to save linn, but without etrcct, CURIOUS SURGICAL CASE.— I may mention a curious case which I saw some time ago, of spontaneous sepitri- tion of the upper jaw. A boy had cancrum oris, which took on a healthy action, and healed. The upper jaw, | however, died, and came away entire, with the exception of its nasal process. It has separated at the sutures from the palate bone, the vomer, the malar, and the maxill 1 ot the opposite side. The bone is not completely developed the two bicuspiiles, and the dens sapictitlee, being still deep within the ja.v.—J. D. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT SPALDING.-Sunday, Mr. Marriot, veterinary surgeon, while dressing the eye of a spirited young horse, received a dreadful blow on his head from a tore-foot of the aiiiiiiil, which knocked him down, and before he could be rescued the animal stamped upon him. lIfF. -Ni. possessing strong nerve and muscular frame, after being- released, couragcously ordered the horse to be again brought out, and he would dress him. He accordingly seated himself on a crib or board, near the place where the accident occurred but his languid appearance indicated to those around that he had received internal inquiry and in attempting to move, he staggerated, fell down, and almost instantly ex- piled. It was distinctly proved to the Jury that the horse was not vicious. J

REMOVAL OF THE NiAll, FROM MILFORD. c A petition against the removal of the Irish mail from Milford, is in course of signature in Carmarthen, and has alrcady obtained a considerable number of signatures. As the removal apprehended, would obviously be very detrimental to the whole of South Wales and since the question is wholly unconnected with politics, we hope to see attached to the petition, the name of every man in the neighbourhood. A public meeting should be called- and not only in this town, but in every town in South Wales which has not yet taken a step so imperatively called for. Help yourself and God will help you," is an axiom in politics peculiarly applicable to the point in question. For our own parts, we have neither patience with, nor sympathy for, those short-sighted persons whose apathetic stupidity seduces them into listless inaction, when they ought to bestir themselves, moving heaven and earth for the sake of their own interest, as well as for the general good. Cardiff (and some other towns also, we believe,) have met and adopted resolutions and a petition grounded on them. That Carmarthen, Cardigan, Milford, Aber- ystwith, Llanelly, Haverfordwest, &e., &c., will promptly pursue the same judicious and now indispensibly neces- sary course, we cannot doubt. Every soul in South Wales, no matter in what part of it he may reside, or what his pursuit may be-erery man, we repeat, has an iI. 'erest in preventing the removal talked about, and every man ught to be up and stirring. It appears by a return to Parliament of the names of barristers appointed to revise the list of voters, their time employed, fees 2nd expenses received &c., that in 1835 they recei ved ;t;2,079 in 1836, £ J2(>,871 in 1837, £ 31,222; in 183S, £ J0,537; in 1839, £30,557; in 1840, £ 38,980; and in 1841, ^30,357. DERBY.—At Tattersall's, last Monday, the favorites were the Frederica colt, Auckland, the Lord of Hold- ernes, and Jack. Of this lot th,- first opened at 7 to 2, taken in hundreds, several other beu at that price \r>!rc succeeded by 1,500 to 500, and 300 to 106 in three or four places and 7 to 2 was offered throughout agst Attila (4 to 1 was betted twice), the Stockbridge nag was decidedlv estaolished as first favourite; the odds agst. each, as given below, were cunently offered at the close. Auckland had a strong party at 12 to 1, taken frequently; his back- ers would) have gone on. The Lord of Holderness began at 16 to 1, and at one moment had supporters at an improved price, but gave way on the advance of Jack, who came late in the afternoon, and was backed freely at IS to 1. As this see-saw game has been played over and over again, it would be hard to say which of the two will be the favourite on Thursday, or whether both will not be displaced by Meteor, who closed at takers of 30 to 1 after 1,000 to 25, and 1,000 to 30 had been laid five or six times. A few other horses were backed, but not at odds or to amounts to call for observation. Nothing done on the Oaks. WlItRE THERE'S A Wn,L THERE'S A WAY."—The 0.1 proverb is pre-eminently true when the will is a wo- man s. The ladies (Heaven bless them!) generally con- tri ve to compass their end, when they resolutely set about it. Here is a case in point :-A young bachelor lately wooed and won a young lady in Lancaster; and they twain betook themselves to the parish-church, to be made one tiesh. But they were not destined to become man and wite in a quiet, humdrum way. Dame fortune was determined to give them a subject for connubial con- versation in after-days, and, therefore, induced their "friends" to pursue them to the altar, and prevent the tying of rile marriage-knot. The damsel was taken home in the dumps, and her lover was left lamenting. She, for safety's sake, was ordered off-to Warrington, in custody of her brother, who took tickets for himself and sister at the railway-station. By some miracle or another, t?tud) the captive could possibly explain, her solitary swain received a hint of her departure, and, by another f,!»,icontm-'e(l to discover the train by which she was whlske tLancaster. Having made this dis- covery, It so hppened al?° was a passenger by the tIsI'f'^ iTU t Prston, the lady and her brother hal?d tor a short time' Th?rh&??ne? on some pretence or other, got leave of absence for a few minutes-having previously persuaded her conductor that he had better entrust his purse to her sate keeping lest the Preston pickpockets should plunder him. Once out of sight of her simple guardian, she was in the com- pany of her lover the next moment; and proceeding to the parish-church, they became man and wife in a trice. Her bamboozled brother, after waiting in vain for her return, suspected treachery, and soon learned that his suspicions were true. He then returned to Lancaster, where he was scolded at home, and laughed at by the neighbours. HINTS ON DIGESTION.—Dr. Watson says, that indi- gestible matters, to which the pylorus refuses a passage, may remain in the stomach, and disturb its functions for days, or even sometimes for weeks together. Sooner or later vomiting is set up, and the offending substance is removed or expelled. He lately witnessed a mass ofharcl cura—a small cream cheese in respect to consistence—which Was thrown up after several days of severe gastric pain and disorder. The relief was immediate and complete. The patient had been taking large quantities of cream with his tea and In another person, a similar fit of in digestion terminated in the ejection of a mass of snuff." This is no unusual source of derangement of the stomach among those who use lavishly that nasty luxury.—Medi- cal Tunes. Last Tuesday, Nicholas Suisse, valet to the Marquis of Hertford, was examined at Bow-street office, for the fifth titne, on a charge of stealing property to a large amount belonging to the deceased nobleman. He was again re- manded tor a fortnight, there not having been time to receive an answer to some letters sent to Milan. The Magistrate said, however, unless evidence by that time arrived, or some very strong grounds shown to the con trary, he should discharge the prisoner at the expiration of his next remand. MR. ROGERSON V. THE SECRETARY OF THE PRO- VINCIAL NEWSPAPER SOCIETY.-Tiie case lies in a nut- shell. Mr. Rogerson advertises extensively, and wishes to do so cheaply. The Secretary of the Society takes exception to the prices offered by Mr. Rogerson, whom lie freely censures. Mr. Rogerson replies in self-defence. The Secretary files a rejoinder, to which Mr. Rogerson puts in an answer, designating his opponent's attack most unjustifiable—an attack in some sort upon his responsi- bility, which Mr. Rogerson meets by supplying the following simple facts" respecting his establishment, at 24, Norfolk-street. Mr. Rogerson says, in his letter to the "lembers Qf the Provincial Neivspcyter Society, I am chief proprietor of the Mark Lane Express,' a paper which selling at 6.1,d., circulates 238,000, according to the stamp returns published.—For paper alone I pay nearly per annum, and have dealt with the same Stationers upwards of twenty years.-I am sole or chief proprietor ot the Magazines printed in Norfolk-street, of which the number published monthly is 24,7-50. The order of Messrs. Simpkin's and Co., for the Farmers' Magazine, alone, is larger than it is for '.Blackwood. I have 111 constant employ about sixty hands, exclusive of Editors, Engravers, copper-plate printers, binders, &c., they constituting no part of my establishment in Norfolk- street.—I have four printing machines, steam engine, hydraulic and Columbian presses, &c., which have cost several thousand pounds.—I now ask any one ot you who may be doing business to an equal extent, whether you would consider yourselves fairly dealt with if the Pro- vincial Newspaper Society,' or any other body, should call your establishment a publicly nameless concern?" To the question asked in the last paragraph there can be but one answer, and that is in the negative.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The arrival of much miscellaneous intelligence, possessing peculiar as well as temporary interest, induces us to wittmraiy flotil our columns some observations on Political Latitudinarism. In stating that they will appear next week it will not be in- ferred that we attach much importance to them-we do no more than notice an omission. To tilt: same cause several other omissions must be assigned. RETRosPEcr.Our Retrospect or Summary is withdrawn for the same reason. Weare really sick of making promises the fulfilment of which iiepenils upon other persons. All we can say to the Swa.n- sea Subscriber" is that we desire to supply all the news of his locality, with repoits of all municipal as well as public meetings, and that we have made most satisfactory arrange- ments for doing so. H. C.—The books may be sent through Simpkin and Marshall. *—'The Derby will be run on the 25th Instant. S.—We see no difference betweer, attacking the stability of a Bank and that of a Newspaper. We kaow of no recent io- stance of either in the Principality. C. S.—The Inquisition, since its foundation in the 14th century, has burnt at the stake 100,000 persons of both sexes, besides destroying twice that number by imprisonment. H. W.—The first voyage round the world was completed in 1522. A Farmer."—The price of wheat in 1750 was £ 7s. lid., and in iaia J6J6 SS. 8d. per quarter. A professed Liberal," like a professed cook, so long as we see nothing of him but the name, is not a very valuable personage. A fig for professions-in what is a Liberal Letter than a Tory if the former iloes not evince either earnestness, zeal, or even friendliness. We have avowedly no faith in a merely nominal distiiiction-no affection for such half-faced fellowship.

We arc indebted to the Globe and the Standard respectively, for the details which we have copied from their columns, of two awful calauiities-P. railway accident near Paris, through which 40 or 50 persons have been killed, and upwards of 100 wounded—and the destruction of the city of Ham- burg by fire. "At three o'clock on Saturday nearly half the city was either consumed or was on fire. The conflagration had extended to 52 streets, three churches, and two prisons. Nothing ddinite has transpired as to the number of lives which have been sacrificed, but it is said that 100 persons have been killed. All the principal hotels on the Jungferusteig are destroyed, and although the most energetic attempts had been made to save the goods from the large warehouses by put- ting them into barges on the canals, in many instances the burning houses fell in the canals, and destroyed the goods. The military and en- gineers were engaged in every direction in blowing up houses with a view to arrest the progress of the fire."