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      Parliamentary Review. The Navigation Bil...

      SI' ^^^ tomselves to teUing us that we should have been worse off without these measures . That , however , is , at the oest , a hypothetical proposition , and forms but a slender compensation for the positive mischief , now and in future ,. which these measures must inflict on the great masses of the industrious population .

      W On Tuesday Night, Hoth Houses Were Occ...

      w On Tuesday night , hoth Houses were occupied m singing the praises of the Indian army , wheh , in the battle of Goojerat , seems to have succeeded in effectuall y putting down the Sikh War— at least , for the present . That it has put an end to war , or that it will prevent the brave and patriotic natives of those wide realms from attempting to wrest from us the power which we have usurped , we do not believe Ever since the days of Clive and Warbex HAsrorGs—the real founders of our Indian . Empire— the cruel , remorseless , and hypocritical policy which they commenced , has been pursued towards the native Indian Governments . First , we have picked quarrels with them . Overthrown the reigning Prince by force of arms , and then set him up again , or some novel claimant , as our puppetwhile ' we

      , exercised all the real functions of Government in the newly-annexed territory . . Then , when tho natural consequences of such aninsultin « and hybrid system developed themselves in di £ content , popular risings , or conspiraciessometimes real , sometimes fabricated—we have thrown off the mask , and boldly set up our own rule , on the pretence that it was for the benefit of the great mass of the people we did so , and that they would be deli ghted to exchange the tyranny of their native rulers for the firm , constitutional , and mild Government of England : An empire gained by such means , stands on a

      j ) recanous tooting . All the popularprejudices and passions of the ancient races are against us . At no remote period , the Feringhees were only a few tolerated traders , permitted to reside for purposes of ti-affic , at one or two ports , on the edge of the mighty empire once ruled oyer by the Mogvls . Alien in language , religion , and blood , they have gradually , and by means the most nefarious , usurped the Government of those far-stretching territories , and are everywhere hated b y their ^ voluntary subjects with an intense hatred . Concentration of our power is impossible . The curse of

      conquest is upon us , and every extension of our territory places us still more exposed to attacks upon a " Wide-spread line of operations . Religious zeal blends with patriotism to inspire the men who attack us . We have learned , by dear-bought and bloody experience , how brave they are by nature , and how well their native courage has been disciplined and directed . Animated by such passions , and with such a Stake to fight for , future wars are certain . "We have won by the sword , and must keep by means of the same weapon , or be defeated by it .

      The Whole Country Was, Some Time Since, ...

      The whole country was , some time since , excited tothe feverheatof indignation , at themanner in which a Duchess—travelling to see her father on his death-bed— -was refused a passage on a Scotch Railway on the Sunday , and thus prevented from receiving her parent's blessing ere he died . We sympathised with the natural sorrow of the woman under such distressing circumstances , but almost rejoiced that such an outrage had been done to the feelings of one so powerful , as the Mistress of the Eobes to

      the Qvees ; under the impression that the monstrous nature of the grievance being thus forced into thepreseneeof Royalty , and brought home to the sister of a Cabinet Minister , it would he speedily put an end to . Vain hope ' Abuses exist in this happy land precisely because they are abuses ; the more gross , aggravated , injurious , and detested they arethe better they strive . Mr . Locke brought in a Bill , the very smallness of which attested the domination which Ca >* t exercises in this most

      canting of countries . He asked simpl y that a few passenger carriages might be added to the train which carries the mail bags on Sundays , on the immaculate Scotch lines which refuse to take passengers on that day . 2 sVer was a case more conclusively made out winch ended with a more moderate request . But Exeter Hall and the Free Kirk had been at work , and Ministers did not dare to hid defiance to Cant They looked at the back benches and counted the votes . Scotland is eminently Whiggish , and eminently pious after the fashion which converts the Christian Sunday into a Jewish Sabbath , and Lord Joirx cannot afford to lose

      any supporters . Mr . Labouchere therefore threw cold water on the question , made a Jesuitical and canting speech , intended to catch both parries , and ended by voting against the Bill , which was lost by nine . We hope that the subject will be vigorously taken up by some other member , and , meantime , Think that the gratitude of the country is due to Mr . Locke for his admirable exposition of the question in his speech of Wednesday , a speech which was conclusive in every part , and which , notwithstanding then * ill-gotten victory , must be felt by the saints and hypocrites as the severest condemnation that ever was passed upon them , while the smallness of their majority amounted to a virtual defeat .

      Receipts Of The National Land Company Fo...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob thb Week Esdzsg Thursday , April 26 , 1819 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Leicester . Kewton ISO J . Walker .. 020 Sheffield .. 10 0 0 E . Walker .. 0 2 0 Gustewick .. 116 WML Walker 0 2 0 HuR .. 112 0 JohnVisjurs .. 0 2 C Oxford .. 0 7 0 WttliamSpraignaft 0 2 0 Oonvich , Hiiwj- 1 io e W . Mathews .. 0 10 Leicester . Barrow lie T . Hodges .. 010 John Brown .. 0 10 R . Pattia > u .. 0 10 fi . Jones .. 0-3 6 Esther Howe .. 16 0 Kottiugham .. 0 8 0 , Manchester 1 i o & n 2 6

      EXPENSE FUND . Kottingham .. 0 14 Osford .. 0 2 0 JEO 3 4 TOTALS . Zand Fund ... 21 2 C Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 3 4 Bonus ditio 120 8 8 Xoan ditto 0 19 1 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 Bulesj ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 £ 143 2 5 EBEAiOi . —In last week ' s Star , Glasgow should be 6 d ., not Cs . ; the gross stun is , therefore , 5 s . 6 d . less than that set forth . W . Daox , C . Dotxe , T . Clabk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .

      Executive Fund. Received By S. Ktdd.—Nor...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Ktdd . —Norwich , per J . Horrjr , 10 s .: Manchester , £ 1 ; Stainland , 16 s . ; Elland , lis . ; Sowerbyj lus . ; Macclesfield , 3 s . Received by w . Ridhl—W . Boser , BrixtonlUU , Is . VICTIM ' . FOND . Received at Iasd Omcx . —Greenwich , Mr . WMtcombe and Friends , 12 s . fid . ; Deptford , Mr . Flovd and Friends Ss . ; Sowerbj , 6 s . 6 d .-, Mr . Th « HiaslAvescy , 28 . 6 a . ' FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rnas . — T . Willej , Cheltenham , Is . ; Morton Colliery , per d . Boxby , Is . 3 d .: Kotfingham , per 2 . Snee :. 5 s . 90 . ; Mottram , per M . Clayton , £ 1 , M'DOUALL'S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OB OTHERWISE ) . Received bv W . Rn > o . —Buclr iiighani , perR .

      KIRKDALE PRISONERS . deceived by S . Ktdd . — Per John Smith , 6 s . 9 d . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Keceired by J . JUsoix . —Coventry , per G . Freeman , 10 s . ; Edderminster , T . Smith , per S . XythaU , Is . 6 d . ; a Few Friends at ditto , per ditto , 3 s . 3 d . ; Westminster , per J . Srassoy , 1 b . ; Crown and Anchor , per H . Pelteret , 5 s . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per T . Brown , 3 s . 2 d . ; South London Han , per J . Dm-al , 4 s . lOd . ; Or . Kider , as per Star , £ 1 8 s . ; «^ . £ P » » P « ®< to t 5 a J iand . Q & ie , as per ditto , fttis ,-Qa -

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      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XLI . " Words M » things , and a small drop ofink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions think . " 8 rR 0 Jfi LUXURY AND LEES DEATH

      AND DESPAIR . Brother Proletarians , Yesterday evening ( Wednesday , April 25 th , ) the Lord Mayor of London gave a grand guzzle hi honour of "her Majesty ' 8 Ministers . " The attendance of notables was very numerous , and included the forei gn ambassadors and "the elite of the nobility . " The reporter of tho Dail y News informs the readers of that journal th at "the . suhstantialmaterials of the banquet were the most recherche in their character , including not onl y the delicacies of the season , but many of those which in the ordinary course of nature can only be obtained at an advanced period of the summer . " Of course , the "musical arrangements , ' * ' . & c ., & c , were

      " complete , " and " grace" was " chaunted , " in the usual brilliant style by the singers . It seems that ' the " noble lords" and " worthy citizens" cannot say " grace" for themselves , but must need return thanks to God by proxy . Judging by the speeches delivered at this feed , a newly-arrived visitor from Japan might imagine the United Kingdom to be a perfect Paradise , in which neither want nor woe , neither oppression nor discontent , could be found . The Lor . r > Mayob pronounced the people prosperous , happy , and loyal . In another speech he asserted that the only effect of recent changes on the Continent "had been to unite all classes more closely in the bonds of affection and loyalty to their most gracious Sovereign . " He added : " Here the people were satisfied and contented with their

      ancient institutions . " The Archbishop of Canterbury congratulated his hearers on the "harmonious connexion of Church and State ; " and trusted that lords in ermine and lords in lawn would always pull together , for ( would you expect it ?) " the benefit and prosperity of the whole community III" The Lord Mayor , in proposing the health of the Premier , again exulted over the blessed condition of " our own happy land . " The farce was kept up by Lord John Russell , and

      subsequentl y Lord PALMEItSTON , who ( I believe without blushing ) acknowledged the eulogistic comments of the Lou © Mayor on his ( the noble lord ' s ) " management of the foreign affairs of this country !" This day as I came along Piccadilly to the " Star" office , I observed St . James ' s-street crowded with carriages and attendant flunkies , " peelers , " anda number of those astonishinglooking ( feather-bed ) warrior * , the Life Guards . A glance in the direction of St . James ' s Palace sufficed to show me that one of those

      Court-fooleries called a "Royal Drawing Room , " Was the occasion of this fuss , bustle , and display . The occupants of the carnages , ( I had a passing glimpse of a very few ) , were as fine-looking as the labour of other people ' s hands could make them . The apoplectic coachmen looked stuffed almost to bursting . The ignorant , insolent-looking flunkies quite took the shine out of the finest-dressed mountebanks I ever saw . The " peelers" seemed to be a select let—fat , saucy , and ready for any kind of brutality , if perpetrated in the name of the " law ; " and in the service of " our Sovereign Lady the Queen . " They flourished their

      truncheons most heroically , and seemed to be anxiously on the look out for a stray applewoman or refractory cabman upon whom they might exercise their peace-preserving batons . The " guards , " arrayed in scarlet Jand steel , helm and plume , looked each a very Mars in the adjuring eyes of gaping nursemaids . So much- ^ no more , I saw of the show ; quite sufficient to fan the decaying flame of my loyalty , and excite my admiration of those enlightened fellow-countrymen

      of mine who are content to suffer cold , hunger , and misery without repining , cheered by the reflection that the substance produced by their toil , is expended on royal revelries , and the trappings and gewgaws of aristocratic flunkeydom ! I ! Not a week passes but you may read in this and other journals of deaths by starvation , even in this metropolis . Several such cases are reported in this number of the Star . But it is in Ireland that the greatest triumphs of our " glorious institutions " are manifested . Irish horrors have become so much

      a matter of course that they now but rarely excite particular notice on tho part of the Press * I beseech you to read the week ' s reports from Ireland in this * week ' s Star , and then ask yourselves whether the greatest miscreants that ever cursed mankind with their sway , were not angels of mercy compared with our present rulers . I tell you that Nicholas , RadetsRY , WlXDISCUGRATZ , "Weldex , and JW dixaxd of Naples combined nave not destroyed more fives than " the system" has destroyed in Ireland in the course of the last two or three years . Those who ascribe those deaths to the potato-b ' ught , lie I Those who talk of the massacres executed by Famine and Pestilence as a " visitation of Divine

      Providence , lie and blaspheme too ! I have spoken of "the system , " but let me not even unintentionally countenance the language of political humbugs . Doubtless " the system" is the great curse , and no mere change of men , nothing short of a reform of the system—the social system—will avail to put a stop to the horrors of which Ireland is at present the theatre . But I will not merely denounce " the system , " I denounce those who permit that system to continue , although they have the power to bring it to an end . I repudiate , loathe , scorn , and spit upon the policy so much in vogue with the " respectable , " the " genteel , " the " moderate , " " moral suasion" "

      reformers , " of drawing a distinction between a bad system and those v ? ho profit by or defend it . What is a " system V Is it something that can be made to feel public censure or public punishment ? Xo ! the system must be struck at through , the men who live by and defend it . If you would pull down the system , you must pull down the men who defend it ; and I include amongst its defenders sham-reformers , as well as avowed conservators of things as they are . In calling upon you to execrate the system , I call upon you to also execrate the rulers and legislators , by whose championship or sufferance that system endures . " Horrible , horrible , moat horrible ' . " must be the exclamation of all right-minded persons on reading

      this week s record of Irish suffering , It appears that under the . joint operation of emigration , pestilence , and famme , Ireland is undergoing a depopulation most frightful to contemplate . All who can find the means are flying from the country , eager to escape from a land apparently doomed to utter destruction . Those less fortunate are rapidly perishing from hunger , and diseases produced by hunger . The union workhouses are gorged with the unhappy beings who seek shelter therein , only preparatory to finding the more merciful shelter of the grave . * Cholera is despatching thousands , and , with the addition of fever and dysentery " the

      people are dying like rotten sheep . " In the midst of these horrors the murderous landlords are at their old work of rooting out such of the miserable occupiers of the soil as have not yet fled or fallen . Driven by hunger and landlords' persecution to the towns , tfie unhappy people there find new enemies in arms against them . The civic authorities of Cork have " voted a sum of £ 100 for clearing the streets , and carting paupers to some distance From the city boundaries . These wretched beings—the " hordes of rural paupers "—are being carted out of Cork , and some four or five miles from the city are p itched upon the highway , to wander elsewhere if thev can . or nerish of hunger , cold , and cholera

      on the roadside , " What is most astonishing is , that Ireland was never so "tranquil" as at present , but it is the tranquillity of death . Behold the results of British supremacy , Pekl and Russell legislation , landlord and money-lord rule : —a large' part of the country depopulated , the soil uncultivated , commerce perishing , Famine and Pestilence marching unchecked over the prostrate bodies of tens of thousand * © f victims , and , worse still , the yet UTOlg _ content in their turn in Hia and maltA no

      sign , leaving to their unfeeling masters an unchallenged rule over barren wastes and reeking graves . * , Br 0 t i !! fXn ^ l aria ' , wlieD y ° « ™ thought on these horrors , then think on the waste ana folly of the Civic gorge and the Royal raree-show ; and think , too , that these are but the outward and visible signs of the system of political villanyand social plunder under which you suffer , and your fellow-creatures m Ireland ate condemned to slaughter . Think , further , that all blame does not rest with your rulers , ( hat much—very mugh—

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      blame rests with you . "Your power to change the system is- undoubted , but you lack tho virtue , the will , the energy , to redeem yourselves , and save your brethren . Tc- ' & any whom I address , this heavy charge does not '¦ apply , but it applies to von as a class . " . . .... "

      '" lis true 'tis pity , and pity 'tis 'tis true !" Press of matter compel ? brevity , and forces me to postpone comment on several ' subjects , including the forei gn news of the week . Next week I hope to address you , at some length , on foreign questions . 1 will now merely direct your attention to tho horrible persecution carried on against the French Democrats by President Buo . vafabte and his infamous agents . Buonaparte , Barrot , Faucher , Thiers , and the rest of the anti-Republican conspirators , are doing . their utmost to excite a conflict in tho streets , with the view of making the Democrats the victims of a political St . Bartholomew massacre . May their atrocious conspiracy recoil upon themselves ~ and may safety and victory attend the steps of the gallant Red Republicans . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . April 26 , 1849 .

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      MARLBOROUGH STREET .-The soi-msaxi Covxtess of Carlisle . —The court was crowded on Monday inconsequence of the attendance of parsons to give information against the woman who has for some time past gone about obtaining goods and getting into debt in various quarters , under the assumed title of the Countess of Carlisle . —From the inquiries of the police it appears that the prisoner has passed under various names in this country and in Ireland , of which latter place she is a native . From letters , found in her possession it would seem that' her maiden name was Dawson , and that she was the daughter of Captain Dawson of the 100 th Foot . The prisoner is supposed to have several sons , as . a copy of verses was found in her possession , addressed to her youngest son , Irwin Uilldea ,

      who had recently been sent out to India . The name , however , she is best known by is Wetherelt . It was in that name she took tho apartments iu Mrs Wake's house , 32 , St . Martin-street , where she conducted herself with such profligacy that it was found necessary to give her notice to quit ; through the medium of Mr . W . Austin , solicitor , of St . Martin-street . In reply to the notice to o uit Mr . Austin , the solicitor , received the following epistle : — "The Countess of Carlisle scarcel y considers a . strange vulgar production which she has received purporting to come from Mr . " \ ¥ . H . Austin worthy her notice . However she condescends to acquaint that weak-minded individual that she is armed so strongly in virtue , probity , honour , and honesty , that although he and the whole body of * Chartists' were ' coming' she would

      not for a moment flinch from the bright and unvarying path of propriety which she has always heretofore followed . As to fear , such a word is , a stranger to her vocabulary . Lady Carlisle is desirous tfiat this ridiculous correspondence shall end . —31 , St . Martin-street , Leicester-square . " Immediately after sending this letter , the prisoner disappeared from her lodgings with a table-cloth and a sheet , which she disposed of to a woman . in Tottenham-courtroad for half-a-crown . In consequence of the publicity which the case has obtained , a lady came forward and informed the police'that the prisoner had passed by the name of Madame Carvina , and that she had obtained £ 700 from her by artful misrepresentations . The prisoner had ordered a . large number of pairs of stays from a West-end tradesman

      named Marriott , which she had ordered to be sent to Thomas ' s Hotel , addressed to the Countess of Carlisle . Two tradesmen in Tottenham-court-road , one a jeweller , the other a fancy article dealer , had received considerable orders from the prisoner , in the name of the Countess of Carlisle . These parties , however , would not part with any portion of their goods , and the prisoner then gave directions that they should be sent to tho Earl of Carlisle ' s residence , who would , as she said , immediately pay for them . Numerous cases of a similar sort were discovered . In the course of their inquiries the police ascertained that the prisoner is the same woman who made her way into the Palace a few years back , when her language and demeanour were so inexplicable that it was presumed she was under some

      mental delusion . She was taken to Bow-street , and being pronounced by certain medical gentlemen out of her mind , she was sent to the County Lunatic Asylum , where she remained for about two years . — Police-constable Boyce having obtained some important information from Lord Carlisle , informed the sitting magistrate , Mr . Bingham , that he was prepared with the evidence against the prisoner Wetherelt . —Mr . Bingham intimated that he had received some communications since the prisoner had been in custody which induced him to change his mind about dealing with the case criminally . —The witnesses having been called into court , Mr . Bingham said with regard to the charge preferred against Mrs . Wetherelt , he had recently received several letters which fully satisfied him the prisoner was an

      insane person , at the present moment . The prisoner had been for a long while in the county asylum , in confinement as a lunatic . He had received a letter from Lord Ashley , the chief commissioner , another from the medical man who had attended her within the last six months , and who said she was decidedly out of her mind . Under these circumstances he did not think it would be right to expose the prisoner to an aggravation of her disorder by ordering her to be examined again in a public court . He should order her to be given up to the authorities of St . Martin , who would take care of her as an insane person . —Police-constable Boyce said he had seen Lord Carlisle , and his lordship had informed him that the prisoner had obtained £ 40 from him' by means of forgery when in Ireland , and when he was

      secretary for Ireland . He was quite willing to come forward and prosecute , as he was but one of the public in such a case , because he believed the prisoner was connected with a gang of swindlers . —Mr . Bingham said the evidence of insanity was too conclusive . It was unlucky the delusion should take the form it did , but he could not deal with the matter otherwise than by handing the prisoner over to the officer of St . Martin ' s parish , who was present . —A lady came forward and said the prisoner had given her a packet of letters and a duplicate of a gold watch as security for 6 s . which she borrowed . —Mr . Bingham said the letters might be given to the parish authorities . The duplicate could be kept until the money was repaid . —The dressmaker who had received the goods obtained from Messrs . Shoolbrod and Co ., said she had partly made up the dresses ordered by the prisoner , and when the goods were taken away by the parties from whom tncy had been obtained , the linings of the dresses , which were her own

      nroperty , were also taken away . She wished to know what she was to do to recover the property . —Mr . Bingham thought there would be no difficulty in getting back her property if she applied to the parties who had possession of it . ~ Mrs . Wake applied for the restoration of her sheet and tablecloth , and the buyer of the property claimed the right to retain it . —Mr . Austin , who appeared for Mrs . Wake , said he would arrange that matter . —The caiman wished to know what ne was to do . He had taken out two summonses against tho countess at his own expense ; he had been discharged by his master , and now he was deprived of all chance of getting either his fare or his expenses , —Mr , Bingham , said tho cabman ' s case was a very hard one . He could not assist him out of his difficulty further than by giving him half-a-crovrn towards hisloss . —The proceedings then terminated . —It is a singular circumstance that hardly one of the persons who hare been duped had the slightest suspicion of the prisoner ' s insanity .

      An Addition to the Peerage . —A cabman brought a person before Mr . Bingham for having refused to pay him his fare . The defendant described himself as Charles Wegg , Earl of Norfolk . — The cabman said ho was hired by the defendant on Tuesday morning to drive him to a coachmaker ' s in Oxford-street . The defendant went into the coachmaker ' s rooms and selected a carriage , announcing that he was making the purchase on his own account as the Earl of Norfolk . The coachmaker , however , not being at all satisfied with Ms customer , gave a hint to the cabman , who at once drove the defendant to this court . The cabman having obtained another address set off with his noble fare , but on arriving at the house he found it

      was tenantless . He then came back to the court and charged the defendant with refusing to pay his fare . —In explanation , the defendant said he was Capt . Wegg , an artist , and also the Earl of Norfolk , he having married the Earl of Norfolk's daughter , which entitled him to bear the rank of earl . As for the trifle he owed the cabman , if the cabman would drive him to the Bank of England he would get a cheque for £ 50 , 000 , which ho had in his pocket , immediately cashed and discharge the debt . —Mr . Bingham said it was evident the defendant was not in his right mind , and the constable must go to the parish authorities and request them to receive him until the state of his mind could be ascertained and his relatives discovered . The defendant was received into St . James ' s infirmary for the present .

      Sham Charitable Institutions . —The Royal Belgrave Ltino-in Hospital , Chapel-place , Matfair . —Since the apprehension of Mr . James Locke , who describes himself as surgeon to the Belgrave Lying-in Hospital , and his three sons , on a charge of having collected money under fraudulent pretences from the nobility and gentry for a number of years , about 100 noblemen and gentlenen have called at the court to make inquiries and to state that they had been applied to for subscriptions year after year , which , in the majority of instances , they had paid in the belief that the institution was what it was represented to be . Wednesday being the day appointed for tho re-examination of the accused , a number of gentlemen were in attendance to g ive evidence , and the officers of the Mendicity Society were also present to state what they knew about the institution . James Locke , the father , and his three sons ; were then placed at the bar . Mr . Wm . Seabrooh , steward to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sent , said be had the . charge , of the

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      papers and correspondence connected with the charitit * to which her Royal Hi g hness subscribed . At the request of the police he had come forward to state that her Royal Highness had withdrawn her patronage from t-hc institution since the year 18 U . Her Royal Highnea . bad withdrawn her name years before , but her name u ^ 'ing been continued in tho prospectuses , a formal prohibition had been given against any further unauthorised use of the name . — Mr . Ryder was chairman of the board of guardians in 1813 , when , in consequence of a- woman named Lawrence having been Confined without receiving any medical attendance from the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Hospital , although she had received a ticket from one of the subscribersan inquest was

      , held on the body of the infant , which eventually led to an inquiry into the character and management of tho so-called lying-in hospital . In the course of the investi gation before Mr . Wakley , tho coroner , witness conceived it to be his duty to make inquiries as to the genuineness of tho high names which were appended to the prospectuses . A public meeting of tho subscribers was called , to which Mr . Locke was invited , but he did not attend ; a committee of the following noblemen and gentlemen was also formed : —The Earl of Effingham , W . Ellis , Esq ., M . I ., Col . Vernon , and Sir G . Rich , for the purpose oi smug Mr . locke atf- opportunity of proving by booKs of accounts how the funds were expended , and of negativing those suspicions which had cot aoroad

      .. Ifo information having been afforded , the public meeting and the committee came to resolulutioirito the effect that the institution was valueless m character , and the public were put on their guard against giving any further support to it . Witness having ascertained that though the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Cambrid ge had withdrawn their names , and other noble personages whose names wore used had no knowledge of the circumstance , their names were made use of to collect subscriptions , thought it'his duty to make application to Queen-square police office , and Mr . Burrell , the magistrate , agreed to ' issue a summons against Mr . Locke under-the-Vagrant Act for collecting money under fraudulent , pretences . This summons , however , was never issued , as the

      magistrate believed that the exposure which the affair had received in the ' morning papers would have all the effect desirable : - In the prospectus issued by ¦ the alleged manager of the Royid Belgrave Lying-in Institution , there wore about fifty names , headed by the name of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , as patronesses ^ patrons , and members of the committee . In reply to his inquiries he received letters from several of tho nobility and gentry , stating that they had ' withdrawn their names from the list of subscribers to the institution in question . The witness went on to say that every Opportunity had been affordedto Mr . Locke to come forward anil clear the institution from the suspicions which had got abroad ; but Mr . Locke had not done so , and

      tho institution was still going on exactly on the same system , as . that . on . which it had from the first been conducted . —Mr . Havdvrick . asked Mr . Ryder if lie ever had inspected the interior of tho institution . —Mr . Ryder replied that he had never entered the institut «« vbut- he was aware that the house which had been hired was made to present , all the usual externals of a- public institution . —Inspector Lester said it appeared-to him that the institution was a cheat from the . commencement . He could find neither books nor accounts of monies paid away or received . He had only found a vast number of letters from subscribers . The solicitor who appeared for the defendants applied for the letters in order to , assist his client to make his defence . —Mr . Hardwick said he could not sanction their being

      removed out of the custody of the officer . The solicitor might have all reasonable access to them if necessary . —The solicitor said when the letters were examined he should be in a condition to show that authority had been given to use the names in the prospectus . —Mr . Hardwick said he should feel it to be his duty to send tho prisoners for trial on the evidence already before him . He should , however , remand them until Wednesday next , in order to give them an opportunity to make their defence . Bail having been applied for , Mr . Hardwick consented to accept £ 200 for the father , his own security , and two sureties in £ 100 each ; and for each of the sons £ 100 on their own surety , and two others of £ 50 each .

      BOW-STREET . —Novel Cash of Swindling . — Patrick Hay , a bill-discounter , and John Alves , were placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with having conspired to obtain money , and securities for money , from the Rev . Cornelius Griffin , vicar of Haselor , near Stratford-on-Avon . upon false and fraudulent pretences . The prisoners were detained on the above charge under the following extraordinary circumstances ' . —Ha y had been locked up at tho police station for drunken and disorderly conduct in the streets the previous night , and was awaiting his dismissal by the magistrate , when the Rev . Mr . Griffin arrived at the Court , and requested the advice of his worship upon the transactions detailed below . The chief usher of the court

      intimated that tho man implicated was then actually in custody , and it further appeared that he had sent a messenger to his friend Alves ( the other prisoner ) , with a request that he would come and pay the fine , and so relieve him from custody , Alves accordingly arrived shortly afterwards , and , the parties being identified by the clergymen , were ; to the utter astonishment and dismay of both , ordered into tho dock to answer to the above more serious charge . — The Revi Cornelius Griffin , stated that a few weeks back his attention was attracted by an advertisement in a morning newspaper , offering a " highly honourable and distinguished appointment , a « chaplain , " to any member of the established church , nc wrote a letter enquiring the particulars , and

      received the following letter , signed , P . Hay , and dated 24 th March , No . 2 , Cannon-row , Westminster : —* ' Sir , —In the strictest confidence I reply to your letter of yesterday ' s date . The appointment is that of one of her Majesty's chaplains , and the duties confined to the preaching a certain number of Sundays in the year in one of the chapels royal . The income is but small to commence with , some £ 60 per annum , but increases according to seniority , The . sum required for the nomination is £ 600 . Should this suit your views , I shall be happy to hear further from you . The appointment is in tho gift of the crown , and 1 need not add a permanent one , nor expatiate on its advantages . — After some further correspondence , the applicant came to town , and on going to Canon-row he saw

      painted on a large board outside the door tho words " Crown Colonics Office . " Ho was shewn into an inner room , behind what he considered the public office , and on seeing the prisoner he expressed his doubts respecting the propriety of an engagement in such a business , and also stated hia ignorance as to the law upon the subject . The prisoner said that Dr . Adams had been consulted , and gave it as his opinion that it was a perfectly legal and proper negotiation . Witness then told him it would be impossible for him to pay so much as £ 600 at once , but he would give £ 100 in part payment , and show him documents wherewith to fulfil the engagement . Upon which he gave him an order upon the Saint Clement Danes Savings Bank for £ 100 , and received

      a memorandum . They also exchanged written agreements upon the terms stipulated . Witness proceeded to state that the prisoner said the sum was very low , and he should go to the "Admiralty " and consult Lord John upon tho subject , leaving witness apparently for that purpose ; and after a delay of half an hour , returned , saying that his lordship was exceedingly displeased that so small a sum should be taken , anil the thing should remain for a few days , and that it would be better to make another visit to town . To this he demurred , and it was agreed that if he stayed in town till Thursday , Lord John might alter his mind . On the next morning witness returned , and having left theordor and bank-book with the prisoner , he was told that

      prisoner had scon Lord John , who had given orders that the appointment should bo make out forthwith , an agreement being signed that the remainder of the money should be paid within a given time . Tho prisoner then said , "By the by , I have just seen Dr . Wesley , the sub-doan of the Royal Chapel , who told mc there were certain fees to bo paid to the different officers of the establishment , amounting to £ 7 or £ 10 , and the appointment will be gazetted on Easter Tuesday , " which was the day the £ 100 would be paid at the bank . The prisoner then proposed they should burn the papers , and upon witness saying he had not his with him , the prisoner threw his papers into the fire , desiring he would do the same on his return home . On the 10 th instant , witness

      received another letter from the prisoner , intimating that he had received notification of the appointment being ready for gazetting , but previously fees must bo paid to its leaving the office amounting to £ 23 10 s . Witness accordingly sent an order on Messrs . Smith and Company , the bankers , for £ 23 10 s ., upon which all further correspondence between them ceased , and the appointment not appearing in the tho next Oazette , 'he wrote to the prisoner on the 15 th expressing his uneasiness , and requesting he would remove it by sending him the appointment , to which he received no answer ; . but on the morning of tho 17 th , he was surprised to have a strange gentleman ( the other prisoner ) call upon , him at Stratford-upoh-Avon , and after giving his name , ho commenced by

      inquiring if witness had not some business with Patrick Hay , and if ho had given him any money ; ho replied he unfortunately Sad , at the same time inquiring how ho came to the knowledge of such a circumstance ? Upon which the prisoner replied , " Wo have seized your letter from the postman , and have opened it . " Witness asked by what authority he did so , and ho replied fhat he had employed the detective force , and that the Crown Colonies Office had been watched since Saturday , it being- doubtful if it was a real government office . Ho also "SJp he feared that Hay had absconded , the boy in the " office haying said he knew nothing about him ; but the principal object of his coming was on behalf of a clergyman who had fallj ^ a into the same predicament by means of $£ tery same advertisement ; that tua frioud h ^ put M loft the ^ ^

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      who took him to -the Admiralty , whore a similar proceeding occurred . Thd man declined to give witness his address , saying that a letter would rind him at Mr . Reed's , 15 , Charing-ci'O . *? , and he went away . Witness subsequently found that the account respecting the detective force was false , and on the lUtii inst . lie received a letter from Aires , promising that in a week he would have some information for him ; that Hay had left town in consequence of a temporary difficulty , and he would attend to any suggestion lie had to make in the matter ; and on hislettinghim know that he need not interfere in the matter , as he refused the clergyman's name , he got another letter from him on tho 21 st , stating that the clergyman , instead of having the business exposed , was ' content to have his papers restored , and be at the loss of the money . —Mr . Lewis , tho solicitor , who entered the court at tho conclusion , of the investigation , submitted that no case of

      conspiracy was made out , and that the prosecutor , by his own illegal acts , could not fix tho guilt upon the prisoners . —James Scarfe , an occasional messenger at the court , proved that the prisoner Hay had been charged with drunkenness and refusing to pay a cab fare , and that he was locked up in default , whereupon ho sent witneaj with his card to the other prisoner requesting hfe presence . He , therefore , camo to the court in ignorance of the charge about to be preferred againsf him . —Before the night charges were disposed of , the Rev . Mr . Griffin waited upon the magistrate to solicit his advice upon the subject , and tho name of Hay appearing on the police-sheet , the complainaai immediately identified him as tho person by whom he had also . been swindled . Tho prisoners wore ordered to put in bail , themselves in the sum of £ 500 and two sureties itj ^ , £ 250 each , to answer tho charge in a week . '•" ¦

      CLERKEXWEL ^ . —Charge of Shooting xsd Wounding . —J . Divyer was charged with shooting and wounding Wm . Hughes , who described himself as an auctioneer—The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last , at one o clock , he announced a sale by auction at his residence in Shepperton-cdttagcs , when ho was obstructed by a party who had a bill of sale , and witness was obliged to discontinue the sale . He left the p lace , and proceeded to the City . On his return he found the prisoner in possession of the house , and the door was blocked against him . He climbed over the back garden waif , when the prisoner made his appearance at the window , and presenting a double-barrelled pistol at witness , swore that he would blow out his brain * if he d .-u-eil

      to force an entrance . Witness went to tho door and was endeavouring to enter when the prisoner discharged the pistol at him , and the contents struck him on his hand and wounded him severely . Witness had a dagger ( now produced ) , which he exhibited to the prisoner , and told him that he had better be cautious , as he ( witness ) was determined to obtain possession . Tho prisoner ran out of the house , and escaped . He was given into custody on the same night ; He had known the prisoner eight years , and had lived in tho same house with him . — Miss Mary Hopkins , who held tho bill of 'sale , said she had authorised the prisoner to keep possession of the property . —The prisoner in defence said he was in legal possession of the house and property . He fired at the prosecutor because he was afraid he would stab him with tlie dagger . —Mr . Combo said the prisoner was not justifiedin shooting at the prosecutor , and he must commit him for trial , but he would remand him for a week .

      Charge op thkeatesing to commit Murder , — William Hughes was then charged by Mr . James Barfoot with having threatened to murder him . — The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last he . was authorised by Miss Hopkins to guard ' the house and property at No . 78 , Shepperton-cottages . At about half-past nine o ' clock at night he was alarmed by loud knockings at the door , and on looking out he saw the prisoner , who demanded admittance . This being refused , he produced a dagger , and threatened to murder him . He was still afraid that

      the prisoner would do him some injury . —Mr . Combe asked Hughes whether he was a licensed auctioneer ? He replied in tho affirmative . —Mr . Combo said ho had no doubt it was a plan laid down for the purpose of swindling Miss Hopkins out of her property . Miss Hopkins said she never authorised the remoual of the goods to 78 , Shepporton-cottages , nor . did she employ Hughes . —The prisoner denied the charge . —Mr . Combe said his conduct had been highly improper , and he ordered him to find responsible bail , which , not being forthcoming , he was locked up ,

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Attempted Murder—T . Webb , an elderly man , formerly employed as superintendent of the shoemaking department of the Refuge for the Destitute , in Hoxton , was charged with assaulting and wounding his wife , Sarah Webb , with intent to murder her . —Catherine Taylor , a married woman , stated that the prisoner and his wife , who was her aunt , had lodged for some time in the back room of the house occupied by the witness and her husband , in New Church-street , Bethnal-grcen . Between six and seven o'clock that morning she waS'aroused from her sleep by a scuffling noise , followed by stifled moans , in the prisoner ' s apartmcht . ' nnd she immediately got up , and hastened to the door , but finding it was fastened inside , she wasendcavouring to force it , when it was

      suddenly flung Back by her auut , who rushed past her with the exclamation , " For God ' s sake send for a surgeon—he has cut my throat J" She was bleeding copiously at the time from a wound in the neck , and the witness observed a pool of blood at the side of the bed and on other parts of tho floor . The pr isoner was pacing the room in a hurried and distracted manner . Ho muttered incoherently , " She is dead , and it ' s all over . " Witness instantly sent for a surgeon , and returned into her-own room , where she found the injured woman reclining in a chair , with the blood still gushing from her throat .. Witness was attempting to stanch the wound with a cloth when the prisoner presented , himself at tho door , and repeated tho words " She is dead , she is dead ' . " He then retreated to his own , room and

      fastened himself in , and a surgeon soofi after arrived . Witness added that the prisoner and las wife had always lived upon aflcctionato terms until a recent period , when he exhibited symptoms of mental derangement , under the influence of which ho had made an attempt to destroy himself about a month since , and he had not long been discharged from the London Hospital . —Police sergeant Burhauisaid , that when he apprehended the prisoner he ( prisoner ) went to a cupboard , from which he took a sharp-pointed shoemaker ' s knife , and endeavoured to stab himself in the chest . The pi-ison ' er was then conveyed to the station-house , and on the road there he repeatedly exclaimed , " I have done it , audi know she is dead . " The witness produced tho knife , which was about ten inches in length , and was much

      incrusted with blood , both upon the blade and handle . A certificate was handed in from Mr . Meeres , the divisional surgeon , stating that in addition to a small punctured wound , the injured woman had received an extensive incised wound in tho fore part of the neck , and that she was in such a dangerous state as to preclude her attendance . On being asked if he wished to say anything , tho prisoner shook his head , and was ordered to be remanded for a week , to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injuries his wife had sustained . LAMBETH . — Allkged Embezzlement by a Railwat Clerk . — J . Grange was placed at the-bar for final cxMnmtion on a chavge oi embezzling various sums of money belonging to the directors of the South Western Railway Company by whom he

      was employed as clerk . —Mr . Robert Simpson said I am agent to the London and South-Western-Railway Company , at their station at Weybridge . Tho prisoner is an apprentice to the company , and had been employed under me as clerk for about fourteen months . It was his duty to receive the money from passengers travelling from that station , and to issue tickets for the journey . These tickets arc a 11 numbered , and are entered by me in a book kept for that purpose , as they are issued from our station . It was the prisoner ' s duty to account to me every morning for the money he had received the preceding day , and to enter into a book all the tickets he had issued , which I examined and checked by tho money he gave me . Double journey tickets are issued from the station , which ought in the regular

      course to return to the same station , and on arriving tberc tbey should be delivered to me by tho prisoner in the usual daily account . On Sunday evening last I . was takjng the numbers of the bottom tickets in each tube where the . tickets are kept , and noticed in the tube appropriated to double journey tickets from Weybridge to Fareham tho fare as well as the number marked . The fare I noticed was not tho proper fare for a journey to Fareham and back , and in consequence drew it out , when I found it to be a double journey ticket to Wareham and back , and then examined tho rest of tho tickets in that tube , and found there the two double journey tickets produced , which are tickets from Weybridge to Farehara and back , and which havo been issued and used and returned in the ordinary course . They had no business to be in that tube at all . The Wareham ticket had been taken from the tube aporonriated to those tickets of which only one ticket

      numbered one had been delivered , and as wo only look at the oottom ticket , 'that "Wareham ticket which I found in the Fareham tube , ixai . which is numbered 9 , would not bo missed in tho ordinary way for some time . The last ticket fox Fareham and back entered in my book is No . 9 , and that is the reason for a ticket of that number being required to he at the bottom of tho Fareham tube . If that number had not been there I should havelooked for an account of the money for tho ticket , and which would lead to a discovery . Tho ticket for tho journey to Fareham and back , No . S , had never been accounted for . The fare for that journey is 17 s . 8 d . That ticket is not found as it ought to be had it been returned to our station . The two double journey tickets from "Weybridge to Fareham which have been used ' are numbered respectivel y 10 and 11 , and as the numbers are what'I look to ! usually , it was not discovered that they had been issued until I found the Wareham ticket on Sunday last . IJpon making tho dis ^ yery I mM % \ U pii ^ fat

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      , and directed him to take the tickets otitoftlio tube He at first said he knew nothing at all about u-, b \ it afterwards admitted having issued the two tickets , and having put them back again info tho tube I asked him what had become of the money ,-and he made me no answer . 0 * be followhig dav '[ informed Mr . Stovin , the general manager o ? -traffic ,-ot the circumstance , and I heard the prisoner admit to that gentleman that he had received about £ 0 of the company ' s money forwhieli he had isrtaccounted Tho prisoner sometimes- collected the tickets froni the passengers on their arrival at the slstion , but when hedid not collect thorn they came into' his hands to label and enter . —Thomas Bent , a constate , « ave similar testimony as to the admission made by ° the prisoner , and added that ho also said he war verv

      1 sorry for what lie had done > -The prisoner saiil 1 nothing in his defence , and he was committed for trial . Roiidert . —On Tuesday , E . Wosdall , 17 years of ago , was placed n & the bar before Mr . Broughtoa for re-examinatioriy on the charge of having stolen a handkerchief , the property of Mr . Seorge Peach , a clerk in theemptoy of the Great Western Railway Company . It will be' remembered that , upon the inquiry gone into on tho 17 th inst ., 3 hat it was alleged by the prosccfcfof , that the prisoner , whom he imagined to be a wcanan , committed ot act of a most gross and indecentf nature upon him .- He had not tho slightest idea uisfft after the prisoner had been locked up on tho charge of stealing hi-8 handkevebief that he had been'Mking to one of his own

      sex . The handkerchief was- found at a distance of 200 yards from the spot at vhieh the prisoner was given into custody . A soliciSer now attended for the prisoner , who since tho flWt examination- lias been out upon bail . Upon the first inquiry' ho alleged that he was a ballet danesr , engaged at the St . James ' s Theatre ; but that statement turns out to be untrue . Mr . Peach was further questioned by the magistrates , and said—My handkerchief was safe just before I saw tho prisoner . I was with him , altogether , for three-quarters of an hour or fifty minutes ; neither of tho prisoner ' : ? friends came near enough to me to havo taken nv ? handkerchief . The prisoner once or twice put his r . ? m round my waist , , and ho might then have abstracted the handkcrehiefy which was in my coat pockst . —Serjeant Walker ,. 5 D . being askeifbv Mr ; Broufthton . as to

      the precise words used by prosecutov when the charge was-given rine ^ ied , "Mr . Pencil said , 'Igive that girl into custody for stealing my pocket handkerchief . ' "—Mr . Beovghton : Is there any one here who knows anything swore about the prisoner ?—Fencen , 502 ' A' -, , said , that while on duty in the II division ho toek the prisoner into custody on the 29 th of August , 184 S ,. for robbing his master , a licensed victualler in Bermondsey , in whose service ho was as u-bavnvAtt . He-was tried , at tho Central Criminal Court , and being convicted , was sentenced to sixmonths' imprisonment , —Mr . Broughton considered that it was a proper case for the consideration of a jury , and . he should commit the prisoner for trial , — Tho prisoner wasdibe & atod- on finding good bail for his attendance at the court next Mondiiv , on which

      day the depositions will be completed , and tho witnesses bound over to givo evidence at the sessions . MANSION HOUSE , —A-mwiRD ROBBEliv at Clys ' s Baxkix « -hoks « -. —Wright and Horner , who had been charged on . Saturday with having entered Glyn ' s banking-house-with the intention to commit felony , were again put to the-bar before Alderman Garden . An attorney appeared for the prisoners , and said that there was nothing at all in their conduct calculated to excite suspicion that they had gone into the banking-house with a bad intention , and the property they bad . about them showed that they were above any " such , intention as that ascribed to them . —Alderman Garden said tbsit a letter had been received from a gentleman who knew the

      prisoners to bo member . * of a gang of well-dressed thieves , and had seen them- prowling about Lombard-street and looking , in at Barclay ' s bankinghouse before they went into . G-lyn ' s , where he caused them to bo apprehended .. That * entleman could not attend , b \ it the evidence of the officers who had spoken of their character was- not to ho doubted , and they ono and all declared that the prisoners were the notorious associates- of thieves . —llaydon , the officer , said he know the prisoners about two years to be thieves . Ho knew that Wright had been in custody at Marlborough-sfcreet Police-court twelve months ago , upon a charge of having robbed a lady of her purse , and that he was sentenced to imprisonment for four months . He also knew Horner to have been convicted summarilv for

      robbery . —Ihe attorney to the prisoners said he did not care if his clients had been convicted fifty times . The officers were too hasty in saying they were in the banking-house for the purpose of committing a robbery . They had gone in for the purpose of getting notes for the sovereigns- they had in their pockets , and conducted themselves with as much propriety as the other visitors tothe banking-house . One of them had a gold watch about liimT and it was not very likely ' that he could have- gone in with a felonious intention . —Alderman Garden asked Haydon whether he had anything else to say about the prisoners ?—Haydon replied that he had seen them on Friday evening with four other well-known tliieves , and was asked by them whether he was going to Norwich , and when he told them that such was his intention they said they would not at that rate go there . He knew , too , the business was

      telo" ¦ raplied . —Alderman Garden said that nothing could be clearer than tliat the immediate apprehension of the prisoners was the means of preventing tlie mischief no doubt intended by them . The appearance of the fellows was such that they might be very reasonably supposed to be men engaged in some commercial pursuit , and it was particularly incumbent upon the active officers who had so complet ly marked them to have their eyes fixed upon the visitors to the banking houses , which might bo said to be beset by the most dangerous thieves throughout the day . The unavoidable absence of tho gentleman who had seen the prisoners about Lombard-street was a lucky circumstance for them , and made it necessary that they should be discharged ; but they wei-e well marked in the City as well as at Xowington , and would get into much greater peril if they were seen mixing with men of business again . —The prisoners smiled upon leaving the bar .

      Spanxiso The Globe.—An American Merchant...

      Spanxiso the Globe . —An American merchant , bound for Ceylon , left IVew York , on tlie 4 th inst ., in tho Canada mail steamer , and arrived in Liverpool on the morning the 10 th . After transacting some business in Liverpool and London , he arrived at Southampton by tlie day mail train on the 20 th , and immediately * embarked on board the Ripon steamer , which was preparing to start forAlcxan . driawith the Indian mail . This gentleman will reach his destination on the 15 th June . Thus he will have travelled from the United States to China , a distance of nearly 15 , 000 miles in seventy-two days . In a little m ' orc than two months he will havo traversed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , and

      the Mediteranean , Red , and China Seas , called at England , Gibraltar , and Malta , in Europe ; Alexandria and Suez , in Africa ; and at Aden , Ceylon , Penang , Singapore , and Hong-Kong , in Asia . With the exception of passing through England and Ejypt , the whole of his journey will havo been performed by water , in British ships . The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s servants never recollect a passenger for China who had been so recently in America , and it will probably be , for length and rapidity , tiic most extraordinary voyage over performed . Attempt to Exhume a Corpse . —On Weunesuay week tho son of Mr . R . Brown , of Reedhain , who had been lomr afflicted , and was lately deceased ,

      was interred in tho churchyard of that village . From some cause unexplained the servants were ordered to watch tho grave , an office which they took by turns . On the Friday following the interment it was the groom ' s turn to keep watch , and about two or three hours after midnight ho observed two or three men . in tho churchyard , busily employed in throwing out the mould from . the newly made grave . They had got to the depth of about two spades when " he presented himself , and told them that if they did not immediately desist he

      would shoot them . One of the men instantly turned round and shot at the groom , whom , however , he fortunately missed . The groom , who was armed with a double-barrelled gun , immediately levelled it , and discharged one . of the barrels at tho angressor , who if is believed received the charge in lus breast . Ho shrieked out violently . The groom than ran for assistance , but by the time he returned the parties had decamped . Tlie blood from the wound was traced to some considerable distance , but no clue has yet been obtaineii likely , to lead lo tho identification and detection of the parties huplir cated in tho transaction .

      Westerx Australia . —Accounts from Swan R . Tcr are to the loth of December . Several cxplceing parties had taken pl & flO n and one ofthese . pavfcies , under Mr . A . Gregory ,. had returned from the Earthward on the 12 th Xovember-, having discovered a largo tract of fertile , land in the neighbourhi > bd of Champdcd Bav , estimated io contain 30 CjpO 0 to 400 , 000 acres " of lhnd , superior to that of the , York district . During the oxpioatation , many indications of coal were observed , and plumbago asd several , garnets obtaised . Specimens of ores ,, resulting ; from some of tho attempted mining operations . hV this colony ,, Siad been sent to Adelaide . ion analysation , and tke report received is of the mast

      premising character , and such as will , nodcjibt ; eneoar . age > mining operations on a commensujatp . scah \ Tho report states that a specimen of SuVphureJs of lead was found , richer in silver thaa any lead ore yet found in South Australia , and tlsat sulphwot of zmo was everywhere found in cei & itvnctuxn with silver . Jud g ing from , tho specime » . sv it waa deemed pro * babfe that they may lead to a , lodo which , if of a re > fular kind , would disclosa % very rich silver mine ; ut tho report recomuvondsj a careful and scientific examination of tho sujrfaco specimens sirM & Vion of tho -rocks wh | || p m tuff fcM moans of aim

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28041849/page/5/