Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 6th July 1850, Edition 2 of 3, Page 5, -THE LA.TE SIR R. PEEL. In oar third pag...

Page 5
Page 5
5 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • Witt
  • Text (6)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      July 6, 1850. The Northern Star G

      July 6 , 1850 . THE NORTHERN STAR g

      -The La.Te Sir R. Peel. In Oar Third Pag...

      -THE LA . TE SIR R . PEEL . In oar third page will be found an account of the death , and also a memoir of this distinguished statesman . It is impossible to exaggerate the feelings of profound emotion with which the mournful intelligence of the death of Sir Robert Peel -was received on Wednesdayin every circle ef the metropolis . At first a feeling of incredulity wascreated by the startling intelligence ; butwhen tins had been removed beyond all doubt , the next very natural desire was for more amp le information than the suddenness ofthe occurrence had hitherto admitted of . In

      order to satisfy this very natural anxiety , it will , perhaps , suffice if we embody the leading incidents connected with the calamity in the subjoined narrative , the materials for which have been gathered from sources of unquestionable authenticity : — Sir Robert Peel had called at Buckingham Palace and entered his name in her Majesty ' s -visiting book only a few minutes before tbe accident Proceeding np Constitution-hill , he had arrived nearly opposite the gate leading into the Green-park , when he met Miss Ellis , one of Lady Dover ' s daughters , on

      horsehack , attended by a groom . Sir "Robert had Scarcely Changed salutes with this young lad y , when his horse became slightly restive , swerved towards the rails of the Green-part , and threw Sir Robert sideways on his left shoulder . Two gentlemen who -were close to the spot ran forward and raised him , holding him in a sitting posture . Dr . Foucart was the third gentleman to render assistance . He saw the accident from a distance of 150 yards , and hastening forward reached the spot josfc as Sir Robert had been raised by the other two gentlemen . Sir Robert , on being

      raised , groaned very heavily , and in repl y to Dr . Foacart ' s questions , as to whether he was much hurt , replied , " Yes—very much . " During the few moments which elapsed before a carriage was procured , Sir Robert became unconscious , in which state he remained until after he had been assisted into the carriage . He then slightly revived , and , again in reoly to Dr . Foacart , said , "I feel better . " The carriage was then ordered to drive slowly through tho park to Whitehall-gardens , Sir Robert being supported by- Dr . Foncart and the two gentlemen , who had first raised him

      from the ground . They had hot proceeded more than thirty yards when Sir James Clarke met the carriage , and , having heard of the accident , came np to Fee if he could render any assistance . Dr . Foncart requested Sir James to accompany him in the carriage to 'Whitehall , which Sir James consented to do . In a few minutes after he had entered the carriage Sir Robert became much excited , and endeavoured to raisa himself up , which it -was thought necessary to prevent . He then again sank into a state of half-unconsciousness , in

      which he remained until his arrival in Whitehall-gardens . On being lifted out of the carriage he revived , and walked , with assistance , into the house On entering the mansion , Sir Robert was met by Lady Peel and the members of his family , who had been awaiting his arrival in painful anxiety after having received intelligence ofthe accident . Lady Peel was overwhelmed with emotion , and would have flung herself into her husband ' s arms had not Sir James Clarke and the other gentlemen in attendance removed her . The effect of the

      meeting npon Sir-Robert was extremely painful He swooned in the arms of Dr . Foucart , and was placed npon a sofa in the nearest apartment ( the dining room ) . From this room Sir Robert was never removed , and so extremely sensitive to pain did he speedily become , that it was only after considerable difficulty that he could be removed from the sofa to a patent hydraulic bed which had been procured for his use .

      Sir James Clarke having consulted with Lady Peel , it was arranged to send at once for Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mr . Ca ? sarHaw-Jdns . Dr . Seymour and 3 tr . Hodgson , the family physician and surgeon , were also sent for at the same time . Sir Jaines Clarke and Dr . Foucart remained in attendance until Mr . Shaw ( Sir Benjamin Brodie ' s assistant ) came , when the former left . At length Sir Benjamin arrived , and a consultation took place between the six gentlemen-whose names are above given . A formidable difficulty

      presented itself at tho very outset of the case , from the distressing- fact tbat Sir . Robert ' s sufferings were so acute that he would not permit any minute examination of his injuries to he made by the medical men . The slightest touch in the vicinity of the injured parts gave him intense agony , and the only manner in which he conld be treated under the circumstances was to assume that the comminuted fracture of the clavicle ( which was evident to the eye , on the clothes being removed ) was the only one , and tbat the . ribs were uninjured . After the consultation it was determined to

      redace this fracture , but owing to the extreme sensibility of the patient , the operation was not completely performed , and , at the expiration of a few hours , the sufferer entreated that he might he released from the bandages , and they were accordingly taken off . During Saturday evening ISir Robert was permitted to see Lady Peel and the members of his family ; but after this it was thought advisable to exclude all strangers from the apartment , for fear of producing any additional excitement Sir Robert passed a restless night on Saturday , his extreme sensibilitv to touch increasing hourly , and his symptoms altogether becoming very alarming , which at first , we believe , some of the medical gentlemen in attendance did not consider them to

      he . On Sunday evening , tho pulse having increased from between eighty and ninety , at which it wag ranged after the accident , to upwards of 100 , it was deemed necessary to take some blood , with a view of reducing the inflammation . Twenty leeches were accordingl y applied to the left shoulder by Dr . Foucart , and a large quantity of blood was obtained . There was no positive improvement in the condition of the patient from this operation , and he continued in a very precarious state throughout the whole of Sunday and Monday . On Monday night the alarming symptoms were greatly increased / About seven o ' clock Sir Robert become delirious ,

      and attempted to raise himself up m bed . In this state he continued during the greater part ofthe night , and at intervals he became so much exhausted that his medical attendants were several times of opinion that he could not survive through the night In the paroxsyms of his sufferings Sir Robert ' sthoughts were with his oldest and dearest friends , and the names of Hardinge and Graham were frequently upon his li ps . At four o ' clock on Tuesday morning Sir Robert fell into a sound sleep , in which he continued uninterruptedly until eight o ' clock . On awaking , his mind was quite composed , and his medical attendants considered him to be much refreshed by the rest he had enj oyed . There was still ,

      however , canse fer intense anxiety . From the period ofthe accident up to this time ( nearly seventy hours ) Sir Robert had taken no other sustenance than a gla 8 s 0 f champagne and ike yolk of one egg beaten up . which he was induced with some difficulty to swallow . Medicine had been administered , as a matter of £ 2 ? fff ^" S ^* i *« same lengthened neriod . the system he . d remained perfectly inactive . The pulse had greatl y increased on Tuesday , marking from 112 to 118 and becoming very weak . At noon on Tuesday Sir Rohert expressed himself to be a little easier . This relief , was , unhappil y , © f short duration . At two o ' clock far more dangerous symptoms than any which had yet " been observed presented themselves . At tins time Sir Robert began to Ibreathe stertoroiudy , and his senses again failed him . He ceased

      -The La.Te Sir R. Peel. In Oar Third Pag...

      to answer any of the questions addressed to him , and appeared to be sinking into a coma * tose state . Sir Benjamin Brodie , was again sent for , and on his . arrival , agreed with Dr . Foucart ; and the other medical gentlemen , that the case now . assumed a most dangerous aspect . ¦ : The pulse had . Decome . very' ' weak , and marked . 118 . From tw * o o ' clock to . six o ' clock the change for the worse was progressive , the pulse increasing to 130 , and becoming gradually weaker . Stimulants were administered , bnt had no apparent effect , and the stertorous breathing became more and more painfal . The relatives Were now informed that all the relief medical science could

      afford was exhausted , and that no hope whatever existed of Sir Robert Peel ' s life being prolonged for twenty-four hours . The Bishop of Gibraltar ( tho Rev . Dr . Tomlinson ) , a very old friend of Sir Robert ' s , was now sent for to administer tho last offices of the church . On the arrival ofthe prelate it . was intimated to Lady Peel and the members of the family , that they might now , without risk of increasing the dangerous condition of the patient , be admitted to the apartment in which he was

      lying . In a few moments the whole family were assembled in the presence of their beloved relative , whose exhausted condition at this time scarcely enabled him to recognize their identity . It is not the province of the journalist to violate the sanctity of a scene like this , and therefore this portion of our narrative

      necessarily omits all matters of detail . It is . sufficient to say that the lamented sufferer revived sufficiently during one period of the interview to identify tho features of those beloved ones surrounding his couch—towards whom he at length extended his faltering hand , and , in an attitude bespeaking the intensity of his feelings , whispered in a scarcely audible voice —" God bless you !"

      At the termination of this distressing scene Lord Hardinge and Sir James Graham , who had been informed of the fatal result anticipated , were admitted to the presence of the patient , now rapidly sinking . Both gentlemen were painfully affected ; and well might Lord Hardinge remark , on leaving the room , that the contemplation of his beloved friend npon his dying conch had move unnerved him than all the dangers he had encountered on the plains of Moodkee . and Sobraon .

      At nine o ' clock Sir Robert had become so exhausted as to be callous to all external impressions . The members of his family still remained near him , with the exception of Lady Peel , whose painfully-excited feelings rendered it absolutely necessary to remove her from the apartment The sufferer ' s strength was , however , so far exhausted tbat , although he gave occasional indications of being sensible of their presence , the power of utterance had altogether ceased , and it soon became evident that his end was rapidly approaching .

      Sir Rohert ceased to exist at nine minutes after eleven o ' clock . Those present at his decease were , his three brothers , the Dean of "Worcester , Colonel Peel , Mr . and Mrs . Lawrence Peel , three of his sons , Mr . F . Peel , M . P ., Captain W .. Peel , B . N ., and Mr . A . Peel ; his son-in-law , Lord Villiers ; Lord Hardinge , Sir J . Graham , and the medical gentlemen in attendance . - Sensibility to pain had ceased some time before death , and his last moments were not disturbed by ' any phys i cal suffering .

      After death an examination of the body was made , when a most important fact was , for the first time , discovered , viz ., that the fifth rib on the left side was fractured . This was the region where Sir Robert complained of suffering the greatest pain , and it was probably the seat of the mortal injury , the broken rib pressing on the lung , and producing what is technically known as effusion and pulmonary engorgement .

      The family were consulted on the subject of a post mortem examination , but both Mr . Frederick Peel and Captain Peel objected to allow the remains to be disturbed in any way , and the precise cause of death will therefore never be ascertained . An application for permission to take a cast of the face , from an eminent sculptor , was also refused . Lady Peel continued throughout Tuesday in a state of complete prostration , and on Wednesday morning her illness had so much increased that it was found necessary to call in Sir Benjamin Brodie . .

      . Several of the principal mercantile establishments in the City , and at the West End , manifested their high respect for t e lamented deceased , and their regret at his premature demise , by closing their windows—a proceeding almost universally adopted in the neighbourhood of Whitehall . The flags of many vessels on the river , and also on many public buildings , were hoisted half-mast high , as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased . The body was placed in a shell on Wednesday evening , and the funeral will , it is expected , take place in the mausoleum of the family at Drayton , near Tamworth , in the early part of the ensuing week .

      The intelligence of the death of the hon baronet has produced a feeling of general re gret in" all the provincial towns .

      Alabmixo Collision—On Saturday Last Inte...

      Alabmixo Collision—On Saturday last intelligence was received at Gravesend of a very serious collision having occurred in the South-West Reach , a few miles this side of the Xore Light , between the 2 ? eptune screw steamer , and a fine brig called the Henry Alexander , for Hamburgh . The unfortunate disaster took place about eleven o ' clock on tho right of Thursday , the wind blowing strong at the time from the E . S . E . The force with which they came in contact may be gathered from the fact that tbe brig foundered very shortly after she Lad been struck , the crew just having time to preserve themselves by getting on board the Neptune , which

      returned with them to this place . The steamer lost her bowsprit , cutwater , and other damage . The Kon-i-Nooa Diamoxd . —This celebrated gem arrived in England on Saturday last on board her Majesty ' s steam sloop Medea , Commander Lockyer , which put into Plymouth , and landed mails and passengers . The jewel was not Janded at Plymouth , but was forwarded on to Portsmouth in . the Medea , in the charge ofthe officers entrusted with it from India—Colonel Mackcson and Captain Ramsey . It remains at Portsmouth until instructions from the Home Office arc received by the officers in charge of it as to its removal .

      California . —The Daily Alia California , of the 13 th April , contains the following announcement —" Dr . Stout ' s Hospital—now successfully established for a year , and the oldest in San Francisco —offers every comfort to invalids at reduced terms : a private room , twelve dollars per day ; a private ward , eight dollars per day ; general ward , five dollars . These prices include all charges , except surgical operations , night watching , and baths . Washington-street , second block from Portsmouthsquare . This institution is rather a private residence for invalids than an hospital , and the proprietor feels that an inspection of its comforts and order will remove the popular prejudice against entering hospitals . " Tub Gebman fleet , lying at Stettin , is described as going to ruin from the failure of the funds for its

      supf o : t , m consequence ofthe uncertain position of the Central Government . Dekbtna . ve Abbe ? , so long the home of the 0 ' Connells , and the palace of the Liberator , whoso name has conferred upon it a share of his own immortality is announced for sale—an act which , it seems , is prompted by some half-dozen creditors , and , curious enough , the name of the sheriff who is to effect the object is O'Connell ! Monet-Ordkrs . —Generai Post-Officb , Jone . —Newton Butler , county Fermanagh , havin * been constituted a post town , the office there will he opened for the issue and payment of money orders on and after ihe 6 th of July next , upon which dale also the receiving office for letters at Tottenham Cross will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders .

      An Obstacle to Keys and Picklocks . —During the whole of last week the officers belonging to our county prison , tbe Castle , were unable to lock the gate leading to the Little Roodee . On Friday last t ^ ysotasmiin to take ( . ff . the loek , when , to their awofliAment , they discovered that some bees had wi ^™ ihe T ?' . anitb 2 ,: ^ vardof it was filled Sct ^ P" * the fi " time ¦"" «««• h « rd of l « w » a sin gular wrcumstence . -. CKerter Ckron ^ e ... .

      Witt

      Witt

      . Guildhall.—Dahgbbous Assauit. — Samuel...

      . GUILDHALL . —Dahgbbous Assauit . — Samuel Settlefield was brought up , charged with comr mitting a very dangerous assault upon Henry Gunning , under the following circumstances ¦;—Mary Gunning , wife of the unfortunate man , was called , and stated tbat she lived at 25 , Philip-lane , and that on Saturday , about seven o ' clock in the evening , she was sent for , as the prisoner had been ill-treating her nephew , Richard' Rolfe Fowler , a boy about eleven years of age , in Philip-Jane . She told the prisoner it was a . great shame to beat a poor boy who had neither father nor mother to protect tn ' ra , upon which prisoner ,. and the woman he was living with as his wife , ran out and called

      her all the most abusive names they could think of . Witness ' s father came out , on hearing such a volley of abuse levelled at his daughter , the consequence of which was that Wows were exchanged between them , when witness ' s husband , Henry Gunning , came up , and asked prisoner the reason why he insulted his wife , whereupon prisoner ' s woman immediately pushed Gunning , and while he was staggering back prisoner ran up and struck him a violent blow in the month , and another at the back of the ear ,-which knocked him down , and his head coming in contact with tho kerb caused a very dangerous concussion of the brain , which left him senseless . Witness , thinking her husband was killed by the blow , interfered , when the woman

      seized her by tho hair of her head and held her while prisoner struck her several very severe blows on the face , she jvas rescued from tho hands ^ of the two wretches by one of the bystanders . Gunning was picked up and conveyed to his own house , and Dr . Simpson' was sent for , and , on examining the head of the patient , he pronounced him to he in very great danger , since which he has been getting worse and worse . —Richard Rolfe Fowler said he resided at 2 , Bird-court , Philip-lane , and that on Saturday evening , shortly before seven o ' clock , he was skipping up the court , when the prisoner came out , and caught hold of him by the breeches and heck , and threw him with eveat

      -violence from the greengrocer's to the public house over the way , a distance of about ten or twelve feet . Witness complained to his grandfather about prisoner ' s ill-usage , who immediately expostulated with prisoner upon his rough treatment of a boy so young . Prisoner threw himself into a fighting attitude , rand challenged . tho old man to fight . —Several witnesses corroborated the above , statement . —The woman who lived with the prisoner appeared , and was ordered to be placed in the dock by the side ofthe prisoner . The surgeon ' s certificate was then put in , which stated that the poor man ' s life was despaired of . The prisoners were remanded .

      Robbery op a Bank Note . —Frederick Pulleh was placed at tbe bar before Alderman Finnis , charged with receiving a £ 50 bank note , the property of the Gloucestershire Banking Company , well knowing the same to have been stolen . —Mr . James Maurice Shtpton , ot Pucrup Hall , near Tewkesbury , and one ofthe Directors of the Gloucestershire Banking Company , stated that on the 24 th of June he had occasion to go to the station at Tewkesbury , having in his pocket at tho tiraoa pocket-book containing a £ 50 bank note marked "B 111 , " that being the private mark ofthe Gloucestershire bank applied to that particular note ; the pocket book also contained a memorandum book , and several cards with the prosecutor ' s name

      and address on them . While at the station he noticed a great many loiterers about , sauntering up and down , and directly after leaving ho missed hia pocket-book . " He immediately proceeded to the bank , and gave directions to the managing clerk to write to Messrs Bush and Mullins , the solicitors to the Gloucestershire Banking Company , to stop payment of the note at Messrs . Jones Lloyd ' s hank . Witness identified the note produced as the same ho had lost in tho country , and stated that ho had never seen the prisoner before . —Elizabeth Lipscombe said she was in tbe service of Mr . Devey , Cornhill , and that about one o ' clock on Friday , as she was coming down stairs , she saw tbe prisoner going out of the street door , in comoanv with

      another young man , since which time she had seen nothing of the prisoner . She could not describe the young man ' s appearance , as she only caught a glimpse of him as they were going out . —Remanded for further evidence . A Madman . —A young man , aged 20 , very respectably dressed , but who refused to give hia name , was charged with making use of seditious language at the Queen Tictoria public-house in King-street , Smithfield / It was also mentioned in the charge that he was supposed to be insane . — Police-constable Webb , of the detective force , said that from information he received ho wont to the Victoria public-house about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon , in the parlour of which he saw

      the prisoner , and asked whether he was the person who wished to see witness respecting a letter he then held in his hand . Prisoner said he was , and , turning to the landlord , asked him if he could be accommodated with a private room . On being shown into a private room , prisoner said to witness " I suppose you know the contents of the letter , " and on being answered in the affirmative , he asked witness if he was a determined Chartist ; Being again answered in the affirmative , he added , " 1 am a determined Chartist , and a phvaical fortee man . " He then asked witness if he would assist him to carry out a certain plan , and after explaining what it was , he said if witness did not do it he ( prisoner ) would , adding , " ft can be easily

      dolie , and if you will not do it I am determined to get some one else . " He then again spoke of his plan , which is laid down in the letter produced : " 29 th June , 1850 . —Sir , —In Kensington-gardens of a Tuesday and Friday evening , about six o ' clock , nearly the whole ofthe aristocracy in town are congregated to hear the band play . A great number seat themselves under the trees near the band , but a greater portion promenade upon tbe gravel walk . They are so crowded together that the dresses ofthe ladies , which are of the lighest materials , touch one another . Therefore if we could set fire to one of the girl ' s dresses the flame would immediately extend over the whole . The ucheme is this : Go to the Gardens some very fine

      Tuesday or Friday evening , and take with you a piece of paper steeped in turpentine , a few matches , and some cigars . Screw up one end ofthe paper in the form of a cigar-light , light it with a match , and after lighting a cigar drop the blazing paper upon a mushnVfress , which it will immediately set fire to . The girl would instantly rush into tho crowd , and in the confusion all the people running together they would push the persons near tho girl against her , and the ladies' dresses being all in mo « tion the flames would rapidly extend to a great number . Tho people could not easily escape , as there are so many chairs and stools about tliey would fall over titem . You could easily escape in the confusion , and it would be advisable to

      turn penny-a-hner , and report the matter to the newspapers as an accident , for which you would get a good sum , and as it would allay any suspicion that might otherwise arise , you would have the satisfaction of grilling the greater portion of old Satan ' s representatives , besides saving hini some trouble , by sending them to their final residence half roasted . If you could succeed in getting a light dress fairly on fire success would be almost certain , as persons on fire , especially ladies , naturally rush to anybody near , at hand . Jf you do not like this scheme I am acquainted with some others , one of which is to set the Opera-house on fire on a grand night , in sach a manner as to cut off tho retreat of the audience

      hut this would require three or four persons . — Yours , die , A . B . Addressed to 'A determined Chartist . '" Witness then asked the prisoner if tho foregoing was in his handwriting , and was answered that it was ; and on being further questioned as to whether he had any more such letters about him he produced the following : — " June 29 , 1850 . — Sir , —Are you a determined Chartist ? If so , and you would not mind risking your life in assisting your party , I am acquainted with a scheme whereby you may do so , by settling the greater portion ofthe aristocracy now in London . Although I do not belong to your party , yet tho aristocracy have so misbehaved themselves to me that I should like to start 500 of them on their infernal journey .

      If you would not like to undertake the business yourself can you inform me of a person who would ? I want a cool determined fellow who does not mind running some risk . —Yours , & c „ A . B . " —Prisoner This is tny writing—I admit it ; and the first letter is also my writing . —Witness further nsked if he was determined to carry the plan into execution ; and he answered that he certainly was , and if witness did not choose to do it he would go and get some Frenchmen ' who would do it in no time , and added that he thought no more of taking a man ' s life than he did of spitting . Witness then took him into custody , and , on prisoner ' s name being demanded at tho police station , he said he would rather he hung at Newgate than say who he was . On searching him a piece of paper containing the following instructions was

      found m his pocket : — " Instructions to persons about to commit suicide . —( Note : Operatives with starving families cannot get relief . )—You may as 1 well be hanged as drown yourself . Break head of relieving officer . If none at hand practice on that of policeman . Attend at Belgrave-square or Eatonsquare at twelve at noon , when a lady is passing from her mansion into her carriage , settle her with a crack of a life preserver . If you killed a duchess it would he as good as a life insurance for your family . —( Note : Spitalfields weaver on 8 s , Gd . per week . )—Fasten a cork on tho head of a long bodkin—attend at Regent-street , about three p . m ., and as a lady is passing from her carriage into a silk mercer ' s , thrust the bodkin into her temple , and you will kill her instanter . If you had the luck to stick a countess you would do more for the distressed needlewoman than all the societies and public ( speeches ; have ; ever done . You would

      . Guildhall.—Dahgbbous Assauit. — Samuel...

      rery likely escape being hanged , on the ground of insanity , and if so / be comfortably provided for for the rest of your life . —( Note v Distressed * nfedlewoman on slop , wages . )—AUend . at Tat . tersalJ ' g and shoot the first jockeyyou see . —( Note ; Ruined by betting on , horse racing . )—Kill some person of that class who have driven you to desperation . ' If . ybu are hanged : for so doing , you will depart to ' the future state easier , and more respectably , than if you had drowned yourself , besides being ' of some use to society in your death . —( Note : All persons about to commUVsuicide . )—A second piece of paper , found on the prisoner , had written on it the following : —¦ " National Hall ,, Holborn—Meeting-houae , bottom of Holborn-hill , up yard—Sons of . Fussell fields

      —Bonner ' s- Cottages , near there — Chartist leaders French Republicans in London— Qy , Get one to come over from Paris . " — Rohert Smith , residing at No . 30 , King-street , Smithfield , a commercial traveller , said he saw the prisoner between one i and two / - o ' clock on Wednesday at a house where witness :: usually dines . . Prisoner came in and called , out , " Is there any one hero who is a Chartist ? " Witness treated the matter lightly , and jokingly said that ho was a Chartist , upon which prisoner wanted to speak privately with witness , who . would have , nothing to say to him unless he . spoke aloud . The prisoner then said that what he contemplated would bo , best known by the perusal of the two first letters , which he handed to him . Witness treated him as a person a little-deranged , and left him with a friend of his . Hisfriend took him to tho ' f ; Victoria . " and

      witness afterwards thinking , that it would-be unsafe for such a person , if deranged , to he at liberty , went and asked him for the first letter , which was given to him , and he then gave information to the police . —Tho prisoner who , during the examination , was smiling at everything that was said by the witnesses , when called on for his defence , -handed in the following paper : — " July 3 , 1850 . —I merely explained how an unlawful act might be committed , but did not incite the-person to commit it , and expressly stated I should not do it myself . This is no legal offence . To save trouble , I admit the paper s are in my handwriting , but decline tostate who I am . Should it bo necessary to bear any punishment I am quite ready to do so , even to the sacrifice of my life upon political principles . "Mr . Alderman Finnia decided on remanding him in order to afford Webb the officer time to learn more about him ..

      MARLBOROTJGH-STREET . — An Unnatural Mower , —Mary Lee , a dress-maker , living at No . 5 , Sneyd ' s-gardens , was brought before Mr . Bingham , at the suit of the parish authorities ot St . George , Hanover-square , charged with having neglected and cruelly ill-treated her , child , aged three months . —Several , persons gave evidence which fully substantiated the charge , and Lacy made a communication that appeared to create a sensation on all ' who heard it . He said that the prisoner ' s neighbours had told him that tho prisoner had contrived to put away five or six children before by the same system of , neelect and

      illtreatment . Another week , would no doubt have ended the miseries of this last child had not some kind-hearted people interfered . — Mr . Bingham thought the best way would be for the prisoner and ber husband to pay 3 s , a week . ' to ; tho pariah for the maintenance of the child , —The prisoner , who evidently expected a different kind of punishment , readily agreed to this , and ; -began to whine about having back her dear , infant . —Mr . Bingham thought the lesson she bad received would induce her tO < reform her conduct and her habits . She must undergo a probation of two months before he would listen to her application for the custody of her infant .. .

      MARYLEBONE . —Two Gentlemen [ -Two respectably-dressed persons , who gave their names as Thomas Jones and John Smith ( no doubt fictitious , ) the former of whom told the inspector on duty at tho station-house that he lived at 120 , Queen . street , and tho latter that his residence was at 3 i , Bedfordplace , were brought before Mr . Broughton , charged under the following circumstances : —The ) defendants were both described on the charge-sheet as being ' Gentlemen . "—Drinkwater , 291 D , deposed that the same morning , at . two o ' clock , ho heard a great noise in Park-crescent , Regent ' s-park ,. and , on proceeding to the spot , he there saw Jones very drunk , and creating a disturbance , lie was desired to -go quietly on , but he refused to do bo , and

      abused witness in the most gross language imaginable ; he also struck him a violent blow , which knocked him down , and , while upon the ground , he ( Jones ) kicked . him , and tried , to . bite him on the arm . Other constables came up to his assistance , and his assailant was taken into custody ; The defendant Smith was in Jones ' s company at the time , and his conduct would be sworn to by other witnesses . —Smith : Will you swear that this gentleman , Mr . Jones , knocked you down ?—Witness • I have . sworn it . —Jones : Then you have perjured yourself , by — -. —Mr . Broughton .:. I , desire ,: sir , that you will behave yourself , with proper decorum ; recollect that you are now in a court of justice . — Pike , " 256 " D , said that when he went up he saw Jones and the first witness struggling together on the ground . Smith used his utmost endeavours to

      release Jones , and said he'd be —r— if ho wouldn ' t see . him home ; ho ( Smith ) was extremely violent . —Ofcherevidence was gone into , from which it appeared that Smith exclaimed to one ofthe officers . "P your eyes , you shan't take my friend , " and , on finding that he could not prevent the police from doing so , ho ofltred them money to let him go with Jones to his house , w ) ij ch he said was in Queen Ann-street , Cavendish-square . Smith had no doubt been drinking , but he was not drunk . —Jones , in answer to the charge , admitted that he was the worse for liquor , and accused the constables of having treated him with , unnecessary harshness , and Smith said that ho was taken for no , other offence than that of wishing to get his friend home . —Jones was fined 00 s ., and Smith iOs . The penalties were paid . .

      Assaulting a 'loix-CoiLEOTOR .-Captain Philip Barnard , residing at 14 ,. Sumers-place , Hyde-park , was charged with having violently assaulted . Thomas Staples , a toll-collector . —Complainant deposed that on Tuesday afternoon , the defendant , who was on horseback , passed by the Momington-crescent bar , Hampstead-road , without paying , toll . He fcomplainant ) walked after him , aud ' demanded l > 3 d „ but defendant , instead of paying , laughed at him , upon which complainant finding that he could not get hi * money seized the horse ' s reins , when the defendant raised his stick , and with the lower end of it struck him several sharp blows over the head and shoulders ; he also hit him with the butt end , and the number of Wows he received in the whole was seven or eight . —Defendant—Did you demand the toll of me before

      you laid hold of and stopped my horse . —Complainant—Most certaiu ' y I did , more than two or three times . —George Jackson , coachman to the Earl Compton , said , he saw complainant , who had gone after defendant to speak to him , flogged by the latter ; the blows appeared to witness to have been given with considerable force . —Defendant , on being asked what he had to say , replied that he knew nothing about any bar being at the place alluded to until after his horse was violently seized by complainant , who then for the . first time demanded the toll . "When at the station-house , to which he was taken by a constable , complainant wished to compromise the affair with him , but he would not agree to anything of the sort ; the only

      assault he committed was that of striking complainant on the head . —Defendant called a witness who said that there was nothing , like a gate at ( he spot to indicate that toll was expected ; all that was there wai a sort of chain bar , not projecting into but at the side of the road . —Defendant wns fined 40 s . which in addition to H . for the toll due from him he immediately paid . BQW-STREET , —Daring Robbem in a Steam Boat . —A desperate looking fellow was charged with the following robbery on board one of the halfpenny steam boats . The prosecutrix , a young Parisian , deposed that she was on board one of the halfpenny steam boats plying . between London Bridge and Ilungerford last Saturday afternoon , and whilst

      coming up the river she , was robbed of her purse . She observed the prisoner sitting next to her , and also noticed that ho appeared to he uneasy about something , as he was continually moving from one side to another . When sho . got up he followed her , and as she was going , off the boat she fancied she felt a hand in her pocket , but she did not think of looking at the moment . Directly afterwart ' s a little boy came to her and told' her that the prisoner had robbed her of a purse . Upon looking she discovered she had . lost her . purse , witli ^ wne silver , il \ it , and a constable coming up she ga ™ the prisoner into his custody . Notwithstanding that several persons saw the robbery the prisoner denied , ever being in the boat , and swore that the nurse was his own

      nroperty ; he was , however , fully committed . Tub late Charge of Throwing a Woman from a Winnow . —Committal op tub . Prisoner . —Daniel Donovan , the pugilist , . who has , been in custody for some considerable time , was brought up for final examination charged with throwing hia wife , Ann Donovan , from a second-floor window , with a felonious intent to do her some grievous bodily harm . — Mr . J . Wood now stated , in answer to questions by the magistrate , that for the first time since tho injured woman had been in the hospital ho could state from general symptoms that she was out of danger , and would be able to leave the ward in a few days .

      Any excitement , in his opinion , would bring on n relapso , which might terminate fatally . Tho witnesses were then all bound over to prosecute , and tho prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court ou the charge of felony . WORSHlP . S'i'REET . — ¦ Detbbmihbd Acts p * SELF-pKsiuucxioN .-r-Erauift Constable , a young girl of delicate appearance , and scarcely exceeding 16 years of ago , was charged before Mr . Arnold with tbe following repeated and determined attempts at self'destruction .-iFrancis , a constable of the ^ . division , stated , that Awhile on duty-atHackneyata late hour ou the night of the 2 M of May last , ho

      . Guildhall.—Dahgbbous Assauit. — Samuel...

      found the prisoner wandering about in a very wretched and disconsolate condition , and , as she acknowledged that . shewas , both homeless and destitute , he conveyed her to the station-house . Upon roacbingtber'e she was placed m one of the ceils , and remained perfectly quiet until about two o clock inthohiornihg , ' when witness was hastily summoned by ' the ' reserve officer on duty , who had noticed something strange in hev manner , and upon opening the cell ' dobr he found her sitting in one of the corners , tugging as hard as she could at the ends ot a handkerchief , attached to two p ieces of tape , which were secured ' so tightly round her neck as to leave no doubt of her intention to destroy herself . ; Alter cuttinglthe ' ligatures sho slowly revived , and on

      asking her what she meant by such an act , she told him she was determined to put an end to herself at the first convenient opportunity . On that occasion she was brought to this court for attempted suicide , and remanded by the magistrates for a week , at the expiration of which she was liberated and received into a charitable institution in the neighbourhood , and he saw nothing more of her until the night of the 20 th of June , when he found her lying under one of the railway arches at IJackney , and on rousing her' up and inquiring why she was not in the institution , ' she replied that sho had been subjected to ill usage by another of tho inmates , and had run away in consequence . At that time she was again remanded for » week , when a

      gentleman named Tucker , attached to the City Mission , attended and offered to prpcuro her admission into nnother institution Where SllO WOUkl DO properly protected , but she refused to avail herself of the opportunity . —Bennett , 152 N , stated , that shortly after the prisoner had been locked up on the last occasion referred to by the officer Francis , he hoard a gurgling noise in the cell whore she was confined , and upon opening the door found her Efootmng flown in the back part of the cell with her garters tied tightly round her throat . She had not at that time entirely lost her senses , and struggled violently to prevent his saving her life , but he succeeded with assistance in loosening the garters , and as soon as he had done so she told him sharply

      to leave her alone , as he had no right to Interfere with her . During the remainder of the night he Continued to visit the cell at intervals of every ten minutes , and upon going there a few hours afterwards ho found her again lying at full length upon the floor ; with her shawl wound tightly round her neck , completely black in the face , and evidently in the agonies of strangulation . —She was upon this occasion , again reitotMled by the magistrate , that he might have an . opportunity of considering what course to adopt to insure her safety , and was transferred to . the Upuio of Detention in the prison van , with private injunctions to the van gaolers to watch her actions' This seemed scarcely necessary for the grcater ' portion of the distance , as the prisoner

      remained perfectly tranquil , but upon opening the wicket of her compartment shortly before reaching the gaol the officer discovered her silently Strangling Herself with a piece of green riband taken off her bonnet , and which was tied so firmly round her throat that it was necessary to out it with a knife . —Alderman , tho g aoler ofthe court , apprised the magistrate that since the prisoner had been in his custody she had solemnly declared to him that it was her fixed determination to deprive herself of existence , and that' all the precautions they took to prevent" her were perfectly useless , as she would fulfil her intention the very first opportunity that presented itself . He had continaally kept a woman ID the cell to watch her , but she obstinately refused

      to assign any reason forhcr extraordinary resolution . —A second gentleman belonging to the City Mission , who appeared to take great interest in the fate of the girl , and expressed his anxiety to procure her admission into another asylum , was now in attendance , but the , magistrate thought it advisable tq take further time to determine what course ho should pursue with a person who had manifested such a pertinacious determination to destroy herself , and the prisoner , who remained obdurately silent , was again remanded for a week . SOCTIIWARK . — Assault on a Police-constable . —William Hughes was charged with committing a violent assault on police-constable 39 M , while in the execution of his duty , —The officer stated that a little after twelve on Sunday r . i £ 'ht ,

      ho was on duty near St . George ' s Church , when he saw the prisoner go up to several females and grossly insult them . He went up to him and told him , that unless he desisted ho should be compelled to take him into custody . No sooner had he done so than the prisoner turned round upon him and struok . him a severe blow in the face , and attempted to kick him . He then took hold of him , for the purpose of conveying him to the police station , when he struggled violently , and attempted to get away . —Several persons camo forward , ' . and stated that the prisoner was extremely violent , and that housed most disgusting language towards every female he met , and that the officer acted with great forbearance towards him . —Mr . A'Bcckett fined him 40 s : for the assault , and in default of payment committed him for one month .

      LAMBETH .- Bigamy ajto Charge of Attempting to Poison . —Henry Page , a master bricklayer , and Mary Clarke , were brought up for final examination on a charge of bigamy . During tho inquiries of the officer , he ascertained that both the prisoners were previously mnmeel , but that tho former husband and wife were then living . As soon ns the female was sufficiently recovered he apprehended her , and both were remanded , for the depositions against them to be taken . The female prisoner admitted in the presence ofthe constable , that sho . was married to a man named Clarke , and that he was living . Sho also stated that Page administered some drug to ber in ' some drink in a coffee-house near Newington church .- Several witnesses having proved the marriages , the prisoners were fully committed for trial , and all the witnesses bbsmd over to prosecute at the next sessions .

      Forgery . —William Edward Eicko , lately a clerk in the accountant ' s office of the London and South-Western Railway Company , was brought before Mr Elliott for final examination , charged with forging and stealing a debenture bond for £ 2 , 000 , the property of the railway company . Tho whole of the voluminous depositions were then read over to the prisoner by Mr . Parry , the chief clerk , when Mr Elliott asked him whether he wished to' say anything , as he stood full y committed to take his trial at the ensuing Old Bailey sessions , for tho forgery and larceny . —Mr . Games , who appeared for the prisoner , declined stating anything . —Tho prisoner was accordingly committed , and all tho witnesses bound over to prosecute .

      IIAMMERSMIxn . —Dabino Plate Robbery . — J . C . TJrquhart was charged with stealing a quantity of valuable plate from the residence of Mr . Henry Gilbert , a gentleman of property , Oakley Cottage , High-road . Hammersmith . — ' Catherine Johnson stated that she was governess in Mr . Gilbert's family , and between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday night , as she was proceeding from her own room towards tho kitchen , sho saw the prisoner standing at the plate closet . On seeing her he asked her if Mr . Boddington lived there . She answered

      no , and demanded what he wanted there , on which he rushed out ofthe house . She , however , followed him down the garden towards the front gate , when he pulled out the soup ladle and struck at her head with , it , but sho avoided tho blow , and it only struck her slightly , and opened tho gate and called for tho assistance of two young men who were standing opposite , ' The prisoner had by that time returned again up tho garden and climbed over a wall eight feet high . After that she saw no wore of him . —The prisoner was remanded .

      THAMES . —Desperate Assaul and Robbeby . — Henry Haseman , a registered coal-whipper , Catherine Baseman , a bloated and dissipated looking woman , his wife , and Emm ; i Smith , a girl of looso character , were brought before Mr . Yardloy , charged , with feloniously assaulting and robbing Mr . Charles Williams , a country gentleman , now residing at 37 , Jubilee-place , Stepney . —The prosecutor appeared with his head and face cut and bruised in a dreadful maimer . His shirt and clothes were torn and covered with blood , his hands were severely lacerated , and his eyes were swollen and discoloured . It appeared from his evidence that ho had only been in London a few days , and that on Monday evening he was passing along John's-place ,

      Stepney , near his own residence , when ho met the female prisoners at the door of the house No . 10 , and they invited him into tho house , and asked him to give them some porter . When that was drunk Smith asked for somo rum , and ho gave her a shilling to fetch some . This was repeated several titties , until the iftala prisoner came in , with his face begrimed with coal dust , and Mr . Williams was introduced to him as a country gentleman whom they had invited into their humblo dwelling to give him a caution against the thieves and sharpers of London . Soon afterwards , and while talking to the women who were constantly hanging about him , he put his hand into his waistcoat pocket and missed bis purse , which contained five sovereigns . He was sure it was safe when ho entered the house . His silver in another pocket remained untouched . Tho prosecutor immediately jumped up from tho chair and said , " You have robbed me , " upon which

      Smith attempted to leave the room . Mr . Williams put his back against the door and prevented her . The man , Haseman , directly made a furious attack upon him , struck at him right and left with his fists , and declared that ho should not leave tho apartment alive unless he allowed Smith to leave tho room . Mr . Williams was soon covered with blood , which flowed copiously from his nose , mouth , and cars , but he , notwithstanding , defended himself as well as he was able , and ho was then set upon by the female prisoners , who struck , bit , and scratched him in a most savage manner ; the other prisoner all the while hitting and kicking him as hard as he was able . After a desperate conflict the door was opened , and the par ties all got into the hall of the house , where the struggle was renewed . The prosecutor was dragged into the yard at the rear ofthe house , where an attempt was made to strangle him . He clung to the male prisoner , who threw him down

      . Guildhall.—Dahgbbous Assauit. — Samuel...

      and kicked him , and the women get upon him again and beat him . He called out " Murder , police , thieves ' . " as loud as he was able , and ' at length , when he was nigh exhausted , Pye , a police-C 01 W stable , No . Ill K , rushed into the house just as Mrs . Haseman was preparing , with a piece of wood three feet in length and as thick as a man / s arm , to beat out tho prosecutor ' s brains : Pye arrested her arm , and saved the prosecutor from a blow which would most probably have killed himhad it taken effect . Pye drove Haseman on one side and raised the prosecutor from the ground . He was then covered with blood , and there was a frightful gash on his forehead . Tho prosecutor said ho had Seen robbed of five sovereigns and nearly murdered . While thoy were talking Pyo saw Mrs . Haseman

      attempting to conceal tho piece of wood m the garden . He took the male prisoner into custody , leaving Serj eant Smith , No . 28 K , in the house , who began to search the front parlour for the purse and spvereigns which Mr . Williams had lost . While he was doing so ^ the prosecutor saw the end of his green purse behind a shell on the top of a chest of drawers . He snatched it up , and , the woman perceiving him him to do so , said to Smith , "Search him , ho has eo doubt got it about him . " Mr . Williams immediately s ' sid , " Yes , Ihavegofc . it , " and handed it to tho sergeant . ' It contained all the money the prosecutor had missed ;—Tho prisoners endeavoured to turn the tables on the prosecutor

      by accusing him of most gross familiarities with the two womcni which ho solemnly denied . They denied all knowledge oi tho robbery ) and said the purse was never \ a thwv possession . Haseman also said he caught the prosecutor taking indecent liberties with bis wife , and resented it by striking at him , and was struck again . —Mr . Yardley asked the character of tho house where the assault and robbery was committed ? Smith said it was a brothel where a sailor was robbed and nearly murdered a fortnight ago . —Mr . Yardley , after commenting upon the imprudence of Mr . Williams entering such an infamous place , and joining such company as he had done , committed the prisoners for trial .

      Kos-»Elivbrt Of "Nr.Wsrators Aud Letters...

      Kos- » elivbrt OF " Nr . WSrATORS aud Letters OJJ Susday . —A deputation of the proprietors and their representatives- of tbe principal London weekly newspapers , waited on the Marquis of Clanricarde , Postmaster-General , at his residence , Carltonterrace , on Wednesday morning , in order to urge upon his lordship , and through him upon the government , tbe necessity for tbe abrogation of tho recent post-office regulation , suspending the delivery of letters and newspapers on Sundays . Col . Thompson , M . P ., had also an interview with the noble marquis for the same purpose . Mr . Serla addressed his lordship at some length , and explained the inconvenience which had arisen to tho public and the newspaper proprietors in consequence of the new regulation . He was followed by several other gentlemen , who brought forward

      a variety of facts and arguments tending to show the injury which had arisen to a . variety of persona therefrom , and urging the government to use its influence to rescind it . His lordship , in reply , observed that his own sentiments on the subject were well known to the public . It had not been the wish of the government to pass the regulation , for every member of tbe government in the House of Commons had voted against the recent alteration at the Post-office . Ho believed a motion nowstood for an early day in the House of Commonj for the house to reconsider its judgment , and he might say , all Her Majesty ' s Ministers WOllld be of opinion , though he was not in a position to pledge his colleagues , that the originalrule should be reverted to . The deputation , alter some further observations , thanked his lordship , and withdrew .

      Escape and Recapture of Convicts . —Woolwich , July 3 . —About eight o'clock' this morning two convicts , ono named Joseph Hindmarsh , aged 23 years , and the other John Griffiths , aged 21 years , obtained possession of a short ladder , and got upon the top of the dpekyard wall at the wesfc end , and , having thrown back their coats and hats , dropped into the lane leading to Charlton-pier . They were immediately pursued by the police , fcufe succeeded in eluding them , and all traces were lesfe of them for somo time , although express was sent to tho various police stations and beats in the neighbourhood . About half-past four o ' clock p . m . the convict Hindmarsh was brought , to Woolwich Dockyard by an inspector and sergeant , of the )

      police , his capture having been effected m a singular manner . It appears tbe convicts had made tbei" way so far into tho country that they reached tho farm of Claypits , in the parish of Lee , by the middle of tho day , and while occupied in searching for " a hiding place found the middny refreshment of three countrymen who wove mowing hay on the farm . The convicts were not long in consuming tho bread and cheese and drinking the beer , but that did not satisfy them , and they commenced dressing themselves in the clothes and smockfrocka of the mowers . While thus engaged one of tha mowers approached to refresh his thirst with beer ,

      and seeing two men putting on the clothes of himself and the other mowers , called them to his assistance to secure their property . Tho convicts would not give up the property , and the three mowers had a regular fight with them , the convicts resisting them most determinedly and actually patting large stones in tlieir handkerchiefs , and laying on the mowers most unmercifully . Tho mowers , being three to two , at last secured the convict Hindmarsh , and kept him until given into the custody of the police . The convict Griffiths , finding his as * socia te overpowered , made his escape into a copsenear tho farm , and a strong force has been placed round it as a cordon to secure him should he

      attempts come out . Death op Mr . R . D . Browxe , M . P . —It is with much regret we announce the demise of Mr . Robert Dillon Browne , M . P . for the county of Mayo , which took place on last Monday morning , about ten o ' clock . The hon gentleman was in the enjoy * ment of his usually excellent health until the Friday previous , when premonitory symptoms of gout de « veloped themselves . On that evening , contrary to the advice of his medical advisers , he attended in his place in the House of Commons for the purpose of recording his vote in favour of Lord Palmerston ' s foreign policy , and there is little doubt that . the excitement and exposure to cold necessarily , consequent on that step tended to a 2 « ravalo the illness

      with which ho was threatened . On the following , day he was seized with a violent attack of gout in , . the head , which terminated fatally , as already ' stated . Mr . Browne was an . accomplished classical ' scholar and a very able speaker . As a popular * I Orator ho had few superiors , ai ? d , although he spoka 1 but seldom in the House of Commons , he seldom t failed to command attention and respect . Mr . . Browne was first elected in 1830 , vice tho Right t Hon . Dominick Browne , created Lord Oranmore , , and during tho long period that he represented hia a native county , his votes were given undeviatingly y in support of the principles of civil and religious' i 9 freedom . For some time previous to his death ha a was busily engaged in asserting his claims to tho ia dormantlrish peerage of Roscommon . Mr . Browno . 10 was in tho thirty-ninth year of his age .

      As Extraordinary Calculatob . —In a report of of the proceeding at a recent meetiug of tho members rs of the Institute of Actuaries , given in tbe Post Ma » ' < x » gazine , the following account is furnished of a * a * German , at present resident in London , whose cal- \ 1-culating powers seem to outbid those of the cele- lebra ted " George Bidder : —Tho remainder of tha ha evening was occupied by the appearance of a Ger-artnau gentleman , named Daze , whose extraordinary » ry talents for calculation , and the facility with whiebjeix ho performs the most tedious arithmetical opera-rations , and answers the questions with equal CilseiSO i either verbally or in writing , are so remarkable , aa aa to elicit the wonder and admiration of every onama who sees or hears him . His answers are given witbvitn

      almost the same rapidity that tho listener can writarita i down the result , allowing nothing for thetimaimai spent in computing . The fiist question asked hirahimi was the product of a number , consisting of five five : figures , by another number of five figures , and the the j correct answer > as given almost instantaneouslyasly His friend , who acted as interpreter for him , statetateti that ho had the most singular power of telling at iat a glance a great number of objects thrown upon tha thi i table—as for instance , the , total number of markiark ; on dominoes , oven to 100 or more . To test thi ; thi i quality , the balloting balls , which had just beei beei i used for the admission of new members , werwer ^ thrown from the box looso upon the table , and Her Her . r . Daze , after taking a single glance , and then turninirnin ; i ;

      away , declared the total nuniber to be sixty-eightjght ; which proved to ho correct , when the balls werwer ? counted and returned to the box . It should bid hi remarked in this case that some were lying mucmuc j nearer together than others , and that they woulwoull appear to an ordinary spectator to be so confusenfusee as to puzzle even an experienced calculator how tow tt avoid reckoning some of them twice . He then gaw ga ^ ^ the product of two numbers to twelve figures , mm , mun tiplicd it by seven , and repeated tho latter prodmroduw backwards without an error in any figure . < B \ < EG was then asked the cube of 457 , which was correcthrectltl given , 95 , 443 , 993 , almost instantaneously . He wHe wi'i divide a number by another , consisting of two ( two < i three figures , ' and will write down the answer swer i once , in one line , without any apparent intermedianediai

      process . In as rapid a manner he gave the facto facto o to 7 , 421 , namely , 41 , 181 ; but it would take up t ( up t < t < much time to state all the surprising proofs of to of tbb singular gift of calculation . We may merely niely nice tion , as one instance , that ho multiplied a mimbaumbeie consisting of twelve figures , by another number mber twelve figures ; and gave the product correct in ot in oui minute and three quarters . Tolls on Vessels . —A return to Parliament ( Oint foo tained by Sir George Pechell ) was yesterdssterdiii printed , from which it appears that in two years years s from the 10 th of October , 1847 , to tho 10 th of Octof Octit ber , 1849—as many as 32 , 333 v essels passed Dovd Dow harbour , the tolls on which amoiatedI iWii ' £ 21509 12 s . lid . From the port of London 7 , 3 'on 7 , sm vessels passed , on which the tolls in the two yeafo yeaiai amounted to £ 8 , 708 Vs . Id . - , ; .. . . . ; .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06071850/page/5/