The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

ITALY. PIEDMONT. The following letter from Turin, of February 6, announces the illness of the minister Siccardi: Th , announcement of Vic President of the Council in the Chamber of Deputies, that in consequence of the illness of N. Sectardi the portfolio of Omen and Justice would be confided ad interim to the Minister of the interior, has pre ttiest' all the greater Derivation on account of the re- I t att e d which 'taro long pc.raikil coneetuing meals tatted dissrui.sal of M. Siceardi from the cabinet. Should the ratios:ant of this minister he definitive insteudbf temporari, deplorable blow will have been inflicteei upon the rid mauve, and a nmeession will hare bee n made to papal Indus *nee whi t will tend to destroy all confidsnee in tho Rower anent. Siecanli has been the main pillar of the cabinet; his name is attached to those statut , . which hove the ale nis immunities of the priests in the rye of the law, mid their prisiletod tribunals; his profomel know ledge of jurispruil , nee, his e.ne l uenee and II:all:no sitru7 skill, rind ale! , all the heron... , of his c haracter. have won fur him the tualieknet of Lis countr)men, theanh. sion of the chem ist rs, :itad the respect of Europe.. It is therefore not with out..s'se as misiprinq that the: liberal press records even the lON orary rare at of M. Siefilitii from the ministry. hi knatc has adopted the treaties of navigation and comaterte and of literary property, concluded with Frince. Chamhtr of lkputits is occupicel with discussing the budget of justice. FLORENCE, Fen. 3. Mr. ltichard I.Am Shell has presented to the Grum! Dukt his ertelentials as Minister l'lcuipoten tiar; ut Englund at the Court of Tuscany. GERMANY. Berlin corriliprindenee hid the Ath inst., and to the effect that the Lowe r House had rejected M. eon Vinckes motion on the diserttionury power of the polite. The committee on financial affairs had re ject( d the proposition of the opposition tending to effect a reduction of the ordinary strength of the Prussian army. UNITED STATES. Our rornr•pondrnt writes's follnw%: NEW YORK, JAN. n. At the latest-shoot of the sitan rhambbrs • movement lia• made to olitain oo report (eon, the ecommittee on finance autheoriUng foreign noels encrying poroungem and corres pondence to cuter the MeMean porta without the usual charter*. The Minister of Finance, on the 23rd instant, remitted to the mono-elan of the different port. various esplan;:tion• of the instructions for tht decution of the low regulating the public debt. the la Jan., it'hi, the motom-lonmes will divide into three part. the ditties collected in the respective ports from that sate.. • • Toret now devtinc d for the English debt, which must be continued without variation until further orders. Second -Th.,t olootinoll fur the interior debt, agreeable to the article of the law of 30th Nov. (that regulating the interior debt.) • Third—All the rest must be remitted to the general tggmury io, or in money, ..r paying the bill, drawn by the treasury for the want. of the government." 1. The fund. do mined for the English bondholders must la , do railed in the cumom home., and he remitted by steamer., vesso 1. of war, or merchantman that may have for England, consigning the arm to the financial agent of the n publie in London, to Is deposited in the hank; taking can that the remitisionc. In mad. in duo. time, vending montiole to th.• said o•e. lot, t.. the Minod r of Finance, and to td. Ifireetion of Public lot, nn account of the same." The no w r lof 210 per cont. devtined fur interior debt must hr punctually /smith-al from the I.t January, in hills or. the (Come-nil Tnnoury, drawn on atom. of I). Gregurioo Polio r y Term, Pr. violent of the front of Public Do lot. Soak.• of the Mistime' pre., however, treat these instruc tions as a mere pima butfoonerv. The extra 50...b0n of Cosigns. , closed in the 15th of licsomiaor, and the usual session will have romaine e .1 on the Ist of Jnnuary. IV, have bighl v intermtiogr intelligent • from the Isthmu• of Ye-holmium co. The collo oof engineer., under Colonel Bointrorol, an arc ompliodual U. S. °direr, educated at Wo•vt Point, arrived et the mouth of the Iloomenolroo on the 21th lime:Our, making the run from Vent Croir, 137 miles, in a single day. The following are mint of the ape dation is us enee:so. and correct a. I Call no eke it frnm the yafanoo letter. whirl) have lawn received lb re. The. neemeut of the operations has thorn nonarkably preelx•r *us, and give. promise of a lumpy termination The Alodnonot, conveying the expeolitiom, reached Vera Cruz on the Pith of Ikcember. There the steamer was de tnimal three before pe emission toulel be obtained from the local authoritio sto continue the voyage. On the morn inr'oof the 25th the steamer approached the Inc of the river. whit arried a depth of 12 feet w Ater. The title was only twoethinlv floaal. A pilot took the st.ba I ooer with perfect at. ty. The hunt, of the river oac rolonsented as being lOW a nd ke e l, os, relowed with water. but othe•rwim alerting rich and ooLoneloont poistumv, upon which Lorgo• herds of cattle graze. The water woos round deep enough for the u m to Mitsatillan, w lush is ot small town situateol on the aver mole of the river, 34 mil,. from its mouth. Thu Meer wit. 7fin f,l wide at this place by actual intmurement. It way ilismoterevl that the .Maloansa could have proceeded 811 mil. farther up. The tillage is nituatt4l upon a cluster of mall hilly. supplied with sp.risairs of the purest water. On the arrival of doe rapedition at this place, the inhabitants rushed down to greet their no w visitors. Cannon were tiro .1, and the American flag was raived, and the crew of an V,nolis!i let. I, wl, . h happe•titil to be there, theme,' them. A t 4,111.• of A...Sidi,. commeneed, and halloo on board the steam. r and in the village produced the greatest grmal reeling. The ol sy nft•or their arrival, the American party clo harked and pitched their tint. in the maitre of the tow ithoout forth r delay. the expedition commenced thrOr rune), and the ktit.r, which hate been reetived from the party *tate that the ittliabitante nornived them as fon nob. and that the !a...auction, of the country art of the moot valuable deveription. thor politind horizon r. mains quite unclouded. Several I leetions of senator. to Congos.. Love nvontly come off, and crane are Mill in oloolot l'ol. lientoni. who pia. represented looti—ouri ever vino, she,,,tend the union, ha.. at la.t been do bated. awl • wh L t IL. helm chosen in hi. place—a Mr. Go•yer. The. result !seen brought about after forty Isol lotongv bt the union of the NM and the anti-B..nton who have taken deep onf owe at his tendency too soilisau. '1 Itiv i. • heavy blow for the colonel, but he will endo avow- to gain loy the intlietion. 'Phis defeat will induce his friend. and to lower', wlta partake very much of hi. indomitable character, to pu.h hi. claim. to the Naomi &env, . and to refuse their support to any other southern candidate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS 1/AY. BOW-STREET. ri.UNDEIt w .% sll4,lo4AN.—Juleit Far wan ho.rce .1 w ith I.lunllrring 16. ruuslui Bull laud • Wilsm wdollen tlni...ts. Si. Martin,ll.lor. . Th e manager 4.1 the firm .paled that the pristine r had be shalom:ln sine. August last, receiving a salary of 401. per an ... n. and board and lodging. liententay the pri.nivr was rollout to byre hi. situation wry aliilJenly, which ezeited tlw• suspicion.. of Mr. Wee. Yorh;o wan nainerted with the hint and who 41.0 re n•iv..l infonnation that the prisoner had been carry ing on a nynteno of pitonler to a ermniderahle estent. A ' ,AA n p o rtion of the pt mine. w :. Wt apart for the r•. Cipli4.lll , t 1:04141. 1 , 1111 . 11:0411 be CUMMIII'r , and made up into pareein to Is - I. ii until ealkv t fur. It at, the duty of vont shoman to place hi* .ignaturr to the bill• • and attach them to the put eln when lett it. the rernitery, and they were Ott la tot. red iu the sash-hook. in the chance of the cashier. Mr. We) found the pri....nee. nig eat ow to 3 great nuniher ut the pane o. Ono of the bile. referred to a parcel whirl% was allalltVil to toutain :tooth to the amount of V. IN. ltd.. hut which really contained goods not mentioned in the bill. w.orth ro..id. The system of plunder wan this . The prisoner so reed 11 stranger with wain. and the parcel wan to he called for. On Fulani: up the parcel, the primer comtrivell to place a Ltrate quantity of other goods it. the parcel. not menti.mel in the implies. When the stranto - f tailed for the pan el it was handed to him. The prinnuer would afterward. meet his confederate and distil, the spoils. Mr. We) wan affaid the arm hail been 'a n od e/so t to a entinacnillli. est. in that manner. The primmer, who won- a fashionably-made coat of canters hair. ve.es aditol whet:he had purthatond the cloth. Ile said It had been nupplitnl to him by another young man in the shop. named )la hew, and that he believed he had paid for at. ilayhew was asked, in the proenee of the prisoner, and he denied basin': served the prinoner with the cloth. The hoses were searched, and several rants of camel's-hair cloth were found, and also a triunity of other cloth. It had been 'ascertained that the prisoner had had several new coats mode lately. and, on brim questioned, he said he paid the tailor for the making of them in ea-h. The tailor was tent for, and he informed the manager that the prisoner paid him principally in good.. The prisoner denied all know ledge of the person to whom the parcel was addresecd. Mr. Jardine remanded the prisoner until Saturday neat. • 'Dm Ctrl . . or Goon Horx.—Loiters from the ikm.ulnis of Commodore Wyrill, the commander-in-ellitf on the Cape of Good 'lope station. state that Lieutenant- General Sir Harry Smith, K.C.8.. the gorenior of the Cape t'olony. embarked, with SOO men of the 73rd Regi ment and a body of artillery. on the sth of December. for the mouth of the Buffalo. aisturliauees being apprehended among the Kaffir,. l..,ttp BEXLEY Ell'1111:1) tIS SArrao.tv LAST, at his e-utry seat. Footscr.iy-plaer. Kent, aged St This Nicholas Vandttort, P.O L.. 1.R.5., sad F.S.A., was The win of Henry Vim/Mart, Governor of Denial, the daught e r o f Ni c h o l as Morse, Esq.. Governor of He WILA born in 1746, and was appuinted minister plenipo- tentiary to Denmark. 1801. In Isol he was made a lord of the treasury in Ireland; and, after acting far same time as thief secretary far that branch of the Cnited Kingdom, Was elevated to the pest of Clunicellor of the Exchequer, which face be filled fur ,'even yearn. lordship married, in 1806. the daughter of the second Lord Auckland, who died in 1810, and, luting ao Wale, the titfc becomes. extinct. By ..use of tbs noble lord, a pension of 3,00 W. per maws luo, and, am the deoin of the brag. 1161111111 lain Entellianue. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YEvrznnAt. I SerriaG• AT Na Pates WIDDITITI.- Rcroac Jessica TAT TIC•I , MID • Sprint. Jel.T. N.I'LTA,T T. 111 IWVI`I, E.g., N.Y.,AND OTntna.— Ilat..tCH UT A CONTItACT GLAaa. The plaintiff in this action is •looking-glass manufacturer in Fleet-street, and the defendant is the member for Sun- I, dtrland, hut he was sued as a partner in the firm of Swill- , bonnie and Co., plate glass manufacturers. The contract WIP dated the 13th of December, 1849, and by it the de fendant. undertook to supp:y the plaintiff with all the glazing and silvering plate glass he might require from the I date of the contract until the 30th of April at tariff prices ruhjeet to • discount of 75 r r cleat., and to a further di; count of 21 per cent. The plaintif undertook to take all dr, plait glass he required for this period from the defen dant' alone, and to pay for each parcel before it was de nod it was stated that the only object of the defen (Vents in entering into the contract was to quit a large meintity of glass. No difference arose between the parties until about the middle of April when plate plus rose very coinkiticrably in price, and the plaintiff's orders increased in r %tont, his three last orders, given on the 27th and 29th of • April, amounting to f 4,52.5 pieces of glass. These orders awl.' some few others we re wit executed, and the plaintiff claimed damages to the extent of 5,0001. ; but the question war, whether the contract was that the plaintiff was to ls• sup pli.l with all the glass he might ask for, or only with what he should require in the ordinary way of his trade. Mr. Serjeant Byles, Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Horne were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Servant Channell, and Mr. Willa appeared for the dc- fru:tants. In the court of thr the parti , s agrmil to Rettle the ease upon a verdict being taken for the plaintiff for 4001. COURT OF EXCHEQUER—YEsTERDAT. Yw Paam—Buois Bu V. Caro Sum, •vu • MINIM. an peanu. THE AtTOKKIIT.DENEKAL T. Tat Lo XDO 7 , 1 DOCK CO. . • This ram vraa rerumedthi::tMirnina at ten o'clock. Sir F. Pollock addressed the Solicitor-General, and asked whether it was likely it would he tini.hed to-day, u there were a number of persons in other caws in attendanee. The Solicitor-General be thought it likely the case would occupy the remainder of that day and the entire of the next. _ _ The jurors in all other cases were then discharged until Wednesday nest. Mr. Simon Knight examined by the Solicitor-General—l am superintendent of the East and West India Docks. I base been forty-live years in their service. I have general superintendence and control to receive sugar and cocoa at the West India Docks. The quantity that has arisen of cocoa sweepings is very trifling: it amounts to lbs. for the last ten years. In the corresponding period we have re ceived 201 casks and 77,909 bags of sugar. All sweepings at lending go to the account of the merchants. Corse is imported in bsrry. Sweepings arise afterwards; it is our duty to return them to the account of the Mer chants. I have seen the samples of ("sera produced here the other slay; they arc such as I should carry to the mer- chants' riccouni. By the Jury —1 bulk the cocoa. Examination resumed—The 158 lbs. arose from the very minute escapes that had taken place. To a slight extent escapes take place in sugar. It the packages break, it is our duty to replace it, and lay it to the account of the mer chant. In sampling we return the quantity we take out to the merchant's account. From 1840 to 1819 inclusive, we have received 763,603 casks, 4,867,000 baskets and bap, ex clusive of 184,420 chests and boxes. For 1840, there were 3,& 1 43 cwt.; 1841, 3,351 est.; 1842, the allowance was 4,490; 1843, 4, -a 1 cwt.; 1844, ; 1845, 4,922 cwt.; 1846, I• 3lo ewte • 1817, 8 ,171 cwt.; 1848, 7,723 cert.; 1819, 7,134 cert. Each iag would weigh 11 cwt. A hogshead would weigh IS cwt. Warehoused scrapings are wet, the other are dry. The quay and slip scrapings ore dry, and carried to the account of the company. Everything that escapes I and is clean enough to bee returned, is returned to the men chant*. We WWr apply to the company any sugar that Is merchantable. The wet scrapings arc more than half, ar two-thirds, certainly. Cnes-examined by Sir F. Kelly—l was subpamatal last Tut -day. It often happens that a cargo is to delivered to various persons. When the eugar is spilt from the packages breaking, it is not possible to make deliveries to each consignee, but it is our duty tee place it back again. We should re port the fact of deficit ney to the merchants in each ease. A pile of 600 bugs might lee delivered to ten elilferent persons, and at ten different times. We generally receive British sugar in • much worn condition thou fo reign sugar. We eery rarely have packages in excess. It sometimes happens. We apply to the Co mminciemers of Customs for permission to carry them to account. The eompeeny applied to place five in 1t444. We presume that they n-present .0111 e package that the company paid fur. By the jury—l never make molasses of geed sugar. Cross-examination continued—That which cannot lie ear riot to the account of the• merchants belongs to the com pany. For many years the British COCO:1 was far more- than forerun. In super, we are rarely called upon tee make good deficiencies, and in cocoa very trilling. 1 d xaggerate when I say it might occur 10 or 15 times, cocoa lo or 20, and coffee ye ry rare. indeed. He-examiued--Unless the vermin got into the pile, it very surely occurs that sugar is attacked. If there were any great escapee it would soon be discovered by the condi tiem of the pile•. ltummage Palest:eke place Once in two years. We never sell sweepings by private contract, they are sold ley the eolonial broker. Wiliiam Moore examined by Mr. Wilele—l am a locker in the custom's I remember last March being at Davia's corner. I saw Davie there ; he had men washing good sugar into mobeases. It was very dark, and 1 had the cask brought not, and it contained ;rood sugar. Mr. Barber, my superior offict.r, weds then', mot he said to Wickes that things were not AAA, whereupon Wickes said it was only swevpings." rnss-rxeimined by Mr. l'eacuck—My duty took me to Da% e. corner. You canuot see there until you had been then• half an hour. Its-.examinetl-1 have been often at Dal ies corner before. Mr. William Barber, examined by the Salieitur-General am landing-waiter to the customs. I gave directions to the. locker , to keep n sharp look out at this is's corner. I weed there with the last witness. On taking the sugar to the light I found that it was dry sugar. ('toss-examined by Mr. Macauley, Q. ('—Davis. said he was mixing up wet scrapings, and I said it was nut wet. 11 , said it was sec dark he could not say what it was. Mr. Henry Charles Browne. examined by the Sulicitor- Gereeral—l am landing surveyor to the customs. Sir F. Kelly objected to the w itneas, who was present during the entire case. Ile was examined already, early on the first day. The Solicitor-Gencriel said he was quite in the hands of the court. Ile tendered the evidence. Sir F. I'ullceck said he should remise the evidence. The witness procecaled—On the 3rd of August 1 found 4 casks of what appeared to be sugar drawings. After BMOC decusdon the witness was not examined. Mr. Taylor examined by Mr. Wilete—l am examining controller of account. at the Custom Houses I have ex amined the account of sugar imported into the. London Docks, since January 1846. Mr. Henry Cole examined by Mr. Wilde—l am control ler of account, at the London Docks. The vitaes proved the quansity of sweepings at the London Ducks in sugar, male e, and cocoa. The• plaintiff, rue being closed, Sir F. Ke lly euldreseed the jury on lethal( of the defen dants for six hours. lie commenced by calling their reeol lecticm to the feet, that the Solicitor-General had invited them to dismiss from their minds everything they had heard of that ease beteere they entered the box ; and be joined his learned friend in the entreaty. He hoped sincerely that they would strictly and sternly suspend their judgment and upiunen until they should feel themselves in possession of the ease cm the one side and the other, otherwise they might do the greatest injustice. Ile should product' and examine se veral witneasesof high character and unblemished integrity, who had paid strict and careful obedience to the Liss of their country. The Lenelon Dock company, which iwOS repre sented by him (Sir F. Kelly) and his learn( a friends, was formed in 179.3, and they had from that time op to the pre sent carried on one of the largest undertakings in this great mauve. They had constantly in their employ souse 3.000 or 4,00 . 0 penons, anti they had property amounting to 20 ur 30 millions of monde passing through their hands fur the last 10 years. They had never once during the entire of that time a dispute with any of their mercantile fellow countrymen or with the government of the country, they had carried ou their business so entirely w ith the approba tion of the people and the government. They had added millions upon millions to the revenue, and he now altogether denied that they or any one by their authority either con nived at or sanctioned the commission of such frauds as were imputed by the Solicitor-General. He courted the utmost iu vonigation, and he denied that they were either directly OM indirectly concerned in sanctioning such conduct. lle put , it to the jury tee say whether a body of 24 gentlemen would be guilty- of such Conduct. If they or any of them had wronged a man out of any portion of property. however small, he would consent that the verdict pass against him if he would not be the first to redress it. The charges made by the Solicitor-General, and sought to be maintained by such evidence as was laid before• them, he repelled with scorn and indignation. Ile cast them back upon those who cast them upon the London Dock Company, and he should utter his opinion that those imputatious were diegraceful to these., who had brought them forward. For they contained the most odious rin) hue calumnies As to the gratuities, they were given without reference to the base motives which were imputed to the dock company. The truth wale, there wee. an accumulation of goods (sugar especially) up to Nov., 1849. There were 20 casks on hand. and the company would have exported them, only a further accumulation had taken place in March, 1860, when the seizure was made. The dock company, who were large importers themselves, would not think of defrauding the stock of any merchant; yet there had been a series of charges made against them, that, if one-fortieth part were proved, would be more than enough to drive any set of gentlemen in disgrace from the country. If such a system has prevailed, it is one by which the com pany must be pieces by their dividends. But they im ported between 2.5,000.0007. and 26,000,0001. half-yearly, and would Ise incapable for the amount of the• whole realm to act the mean dishonourable parts ascribed to them. Ile would first take the ease of Dana's corner, that dark place, where all these mimes were committed. How emid the charges made against the Dock Company he sustained unless it appeared they were guilty as felons? That was the only way they could be dealt with. For his own part, he w ould I shrink with horror from identifying himself with such aces*, if he had not been convinced that the c made. The very witnesses who were produced were unjustly eed to maintain it were, every one of them, implicated in all they de scribed. The London Dock Company had freely, openly, and unhesitatingly, laid before the Customs every information Sri totald or did desire, and that was the return they re- WIWI. The Customs had availed themselves of the infor lIIStiOn afforded by discarded servants, which, to say the hest was not very creditable to themselves. He met the ease from beginning to the end with the statement that it was as P.ll it was exaggerated. The directors of the Dock Coco any had themselves a direct interest in the citrates, and be should show that they bad given the most distinct , and positive directions that they should be attended to I regularly. It was a most monstrous fabrication to accuse them wits fraud little short of theft. For 25 Davis's they ' had been in the habit of sending sugar to Danis corner ; be could not say whether for the purpose of being con verted into molasses or not. But there were three or four MR. re of Customs continually there. Why were none of them proluced ? It was notorious why. In 1846 the retuse or black stuff, as it bad been called, was sold ,'to a scum boiler for 2s. 4d. per cwt. After refer ring to the correspondence between the Customs and the Dock Company, the learned counsel stated that they bad saved the former 196 surplus packages, 700 others, and no less than 1,736 sweepings, which never appeared in the manifest, the bills of lading, or other documents. He did not put that circumstance forward as of credit to exonerate the London Dock Company, for they had only discharged their duty, bet it was not altogether unworthy of being mentioned when charges similar to the esent had been ma , k against them. Ile wished to know by whet right the customs presumed to interfere between these whose rights were affected and themselves. He denied the right of the customs to interfere, and he termed their conduct in doing so an act of presumption and inter ference. } ive-sixteenths of an ounce of sugar never tame to the dock company, and that was subject to deductions. If the merchants had not applied to be set right, the us toms had no right whatever to interfere for their protection from these scenes of fraud, plunder, and robbery. In 1849 the wages paid by the dock company amounted to 132,8511. , which fell very short of the entire sum, while their income amounted only to 3,4001. a year for all services whatever. That sum would not amount to one-seventh part of a farthing per cent of the property imported. The charges, e. they were alleged in the pleadings were of a twofold character—first, the dock companies were charged with having in their possession goods which were not duly entered; and seroniUy, that they had these goods upon their premises fraudulently concealed or secreted with a view to the evasion of the duty. All frauds at Davis s Corner were, therefore, irrelevant, and so with regard to the abstractions alleged to have taken place. If he showed the Jury that the sugar and cocoa were intended for exportation, there was an end to the ease. In November there was an accumulation for four years and upwards. The quantity had become very considerable, and the dock company were about to apply to the Customs for permission to sell, accord ing to their invariable custom, when they , discovered that a larger quantity brut accumulated, and then the entire was seised. They withdrew the notice they . had served on the Ciotoms for the purpose of advertising something else. Where was the evidence that there was any secretion or concealment? 'there was none whatever. The learned gentleman concluded an eloquent speech eleic upon seven o'clock by calling upon the jury to do justice between the parties. The court then adjourned. hrrrises no BANCO, The court sat to-day in bonen, and took two caws from the new trial paper. In the fir.t no judi.rment was :riven. and in the neat the arguments of counsel were not lininhtd wheu the court rose. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT.—tiEsunDAY. RAPORS TEE Ammon.. ATTENDANCE OF Atm:ions% Sir Peter Laurie, who sat as the second commissioner, took occasion to obaerre to the jury, at the opening of the court, that he had seen by a report in the papers, that the business had been suspended on Saturday in two of the courts in comminutes of the non-attendance of aldermen. lie was very glad to see that the subject had been alluded to in this way, f u r it was tvrtainly very itayroja r that the time of the court, the jury, and the public should he wast, d in such a manner. Ilimself and Sir James Duke had be, a in constant attendance since the commencement of the session, and it really appeared to hint that if gentlemen either could not or would not perform the public duties that were r..quired from them by roan of the position they filled, it would he• better they should resign their office and permit others to occupy it who would perform the du ties that it entailed uponnStems Jane Parnell and Henry Ogan were placed at the bar to receive judgment. The Recorder, addressing the female def'enclant, sail he could not help regarding the case as one of the mast aggra vated character, and one which called for the infliction of the full punithnit tit awarded by the law for this de wcription of offoice, and that evidence was that she be transported beyond the seas for seven pare. The le:lined ' Itecordt r then addressed the other defendant, and said that if it had at all appyared that he had taken any part in the original wicked intention of the ft-male defendant, he should have thought it his duty to Ike. the same sentence upon him that he had upon her, but as it appeared that sea. not the case, he should not go to that extent. The offence of swearing falsely, and thereby perrertiturthe course of justice, Was, under all eircumstanec s, however, a most serious one, and required *every punishment, and he consequently felt it his duty to order hint to be imprisoned and kept to hual.labour foe eighteen months. STAIIIIINO A POLtCtMAN. Charles Darden, 26, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Caleb DUTY with intent to maim and disable or to do him sonic grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cockle prose cuted, and Mr. Ballantine was fur the defence. It appeared that about half-past one o'clock on the morn ing of the 31,4 December the prison, r no. in Holborn, near Middle-new, very drunk and brandishing a knife, with which he threatened to stab anyone who interfered with him. The prosecutor, who is a police constable, laid bold of the prisoner in order to secure him and prevent him front doing any mischief, and the prisoner inintediately made a .tab at him with the knife he held in his hand, and cut him through the clothes, and he repeated the blow a weond time, and inflicted a most dangerous wound in his thigh, from the effect. of which he has nut yet recovered. Mr. Iltillantine, Olt behalf of the prisoner, contended that in the state of drunkenness in which he was at the time the occurrence took place, he was incapable of forming any de liberate intention, and he said that if the jury should take this charitable view or hie conduct they would be juxtitied in acquitting him of the felonious portion of the charge. A gnat number of respectable witnesses gave the pri mmer an excellent character, and described kitties& humane well conducted young man. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault. and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. CIIARGIS Ur VoRGERT AGAINST A SOLICITOR. John Cobb,3o, u person of respectable appearance,was in dicted fur forging nu order for the sum of 12/. 15s. with in tent to defraud William Dean Diekeson. Mr. Rihton and Mr. Prendergast were for the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Birnie defended the prisoner. The eireunistancee under which the; charge was preferred were of rather an unusual diameter. It appeartel that the prisoner had been an attorney, and occupied chambers iu the Adelphi in the year 1849, and he had been in the habit of going to the Exeter Hall lintel, which is kept by Mr. Diekeson, and he and that gentleman were on friendly terms. the Saturday, the 12th of May, 1849, the prisoner took a cheque upon the London and County Bank for 12/. 1.55. Dickeson, and having stated that it was cruesed and must go through a banker's, he asked him to let him have half-a-sovereign upon it, and he at the same time ordered two bottles of sherry and some sandwiches to he sent to his chambers on the fallowing day, and he told Mr. Diekcson to deduct the amount and another small bill he owed him, amounting altogether to 18.. 9d., from the amount of the cheque, and he said he would call for the balance on the fdlowing Mouday or Tuesday. The cheque was presented in due course at the bankers, and it turned out that no such person as the drawer kept an account there, and alter this the prisoner did net go any more to the prosecutor's house. In an swer to questions put by Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Dickeson stated that he saw the prisoner several times after the trans action, but he always treated the affair as a matter of debt, and never thought of instituting criminal proceedings against the prisoner ; and he said he had nothing whatever to do with the present prosecution, but merely attended as a witness to give evidence. Ile also stated that the cheque bad been obtained from him by a person named Pulling, who desired to make use of it upon the occasion ofthe pri soner coming up before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Pul ling being a creditor who wished to oppose him. Mr. Pul ling was examined as a witness, and he stated that the forged cheque was in the handwriting of the prisoner • and he also said that when he opposed him in the luschvint Court he showed the prisoner the cheque, and he denied all knoirledge of it, or that he had ever peen it to Mr. Dicke son. Ulan cross-examination it appeared that a person named Martin, who had formerly been clerk to the primmer, was acting as solicitor for the prosecution, and he asserted that he was retained in that capacite , by Mr. Dickeson—a statement which that gentleman in his evidence positively contradicted. Mr. Ballantine made a very earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging upon them that the prosecution had not been brought forward fur the purposes of justice. but solely to gratify the vindictive feeling enter tained by the witness Pulling against the prisoner, on ac count of his having retailed himself from the debt he owed him by means of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. He likewise called their attention to the fact of the prisoner only having o vri bt"ed ches tahnedPalthanT y a rr. Di of ck i estn , ‘ ,. ' iN "l .l3 l° o mouegwhtinein n e a di reality dw have been the prosecutor if any offence had been com mitted, had never looked upon the matter in a criminal light, and would never have taken any proceedings if it had not been for the interference of other parties. The Recorder having briefly summed up, the jury imme diately returned a verMet of Not Guilty. NEW COURT.—YESTERDAY. Bkroas Cr.xmos Passurr. TAVEUN RoBEERITA. Jaws Jr , rph Rooky, Is, clerk, was indicted for stealing a spoon and lurk, valued at it. 10s., the property of Charles William Doris. The jury found him Guilty. Ile was then indicted for stealing a spoon, the property of Isabel Early, on the rith of January, and was again found Guilty. There were indictments against him for stealing a spoon from Mr. Holt's, confectioner. 9t. Pours Churchyard; another from Ehrard's, at the corner of the Lowther arcade; and there were several other charges which bad not been sent for trial. Xs. Bobo; for the prison, said this was a peculiarly painful case. The prisoner is the son of a highly respectable solicitor, and baring had a quarrcl with his father left his house, and had since fallen into bad company, which had led him to the commission of these odl•nces. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—YESTERDAY. DMZ. Me. RitalllANT ADAIR AffiI.TAMT MIAs. The court sat this morning at, the Guildhall, Westminster, to hear the appeals standing in arrear. ST. CLAIR r. .t CONVICTION OP PEREGRINE BINGHAM, ESQ.—THE °LAMER AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. This was an appeal against a conviction by Mr. Bingham, one of the magistrates of the Nlarlhorough-street police court, under which the appellant was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for an offence against the act relat ing to combinations of workmen, 6 Geo. IV., c. A lengthened discussion took place as to whether the con rietion was good in point of form, and, ultimately, the court reserved for Anther consideration a question as to whether the words " appears to me to be guilty" were a sufficient adjudication of guilt by the magistrate. The conviction was confirmed, and the appellant was committed to prison. The court was filled tith workmen who bad been em ployed at the building, and who appeared to take great in terest in the case. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1851 THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. THEFT AND ALLTIOET) RECEIVINO OF STOLEN G00D!... lelhe t Myland and Henry Jacobs, alias Wilson, were brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination, the former charged with hav:ng robbed his employers, Messrs. Leaf and Co., of Old Change, the extensive Manchester wareltou , tmen, the latter with having received the goods well knowing that they had been stolen. Mr. Jones at tended fur the prosecution, Mr. Lewis for Myland, and Mr. 11. F. Wood for Jacobs, alias Wilson. After hearing additional evidence in this ease, the former hearing of which has been fully reported in the Daily News,' . . - The Lord Mayor said, it is my duty to commit Myland for trial for this very serious offi nee. With respect to Ja cobs 1 am sorry to say that there is not sufficient evidence upon which to commit him for trial, but of his moral guilt there can beno doubt whatever. lam obliged to diNcliarge . . Jacobs, but it is +lbw) my duty to commit Milund for trial at the Central Criminal Court Runama.—James Scofield wan charged with haying robbed William llawley, a eotfee-shop keeper, at No. Lower Thataa..-street, of 07 ur OS eovereigas. The ease excited much interest. _ . . The prosecutor said, on the Ist of January I took the place I live in of the pri,oner, who 1V3% going to Port Natal as an emigrant. I hud succeeded him in the business, and he continued to live in the next hoot., be- tween which and my house there iv a communication. On Thur,day week I had in a carpet bag in my trunk under my bed 97 or 98 sovereigns. On Thursday last I had occasion to pay some money fur freight and other matters, and upon gong to my trunk I found that the car lxt bag was cut, and all the money was gone. I had not ten the prisoner since Friday week, but he was seen leav ing his house or lodging on the following Saturday in a hackney coach with two boxes. Ile wrote to me from Poplar a letter, which stated that he had gone to Liverpool, and I have since ascertained that he never left town at all. I gave him 101. fur the articles and the fixtures. There was no stock, and he was unable to go on a day longer for the want of money. lie told me that he had no noire money towards hit poaaage-money to Port Natal than 51. ' and he could not take his silks with him on account of the expense. The Lord Mayor.—llow did be know that you had all this money ? Witnem—lle had seen 4. or 46 sovereigns with me, and he knew that I had nearly a hundred pounds in sovereigns. I bad got sovereigns at the bank",but a short Iliac before for a 100/. note. As soon as I missed the money I called out to my wife that it was all gone, and she immediately sus pected Scoltield, and advised me to go after him. Ile knew the name of the vessel in which he was going was the John Bright, and I took down an officer to the East India Dock, which the vi ssel was at the moment leaving. When lie saw our he said "Oh, is it you Mr. Hanley i" "lies," said o 1 have come about the trtt sovereigns you robbed me of." Oh, could you suspect me, Mr. Ilaivley; of such a thing ?" " Yes," said 1, " you ore the only person I do suspect, for you arc the only person that knew of the money." Ile Made no reply, and the °that took him into cu , tody. NVe found that he had on board eight or nine new s uite of clothes, and new article , of various kinds, although he had just before scarcely any money. We then brought him here, and your lordship dentinal him, and we went down to the vessel, which had gone to Gravesend, to make further search. We there found some sovereigns in hie trunk, and we also found a number of working tools of mine, some of which my father had nettle himself. The Lord Mayor—You arc sure of the identity of the tool.? Witne•t—l know one of them, a file, these 30 year.. I know tat. atlze% at well as I know myself, and I knot' Et teral other instruments. The Lord Mayor—lint the prisoner say anything when you found thew tools in his trunk ? Witness—lte said, " Don't vOU think a maa might have busint.ra for a few tools abroad?" _ . Cruse-examined by Mr. Lewis—l never saw the prisoner in possession of a shilling. I swear these tools are all mine. 1 have seen them and handled them. My father had lett me this 100/. I never borrowed money from any loan society or from any man. The officer who accompanied the prosecutor to the John Bright for the purpose of more closely examining the prisoner's trunks, send he found in them tight new emits, eleven pairs of new trouser+, and quantities of linen and necessary articles which were of considerable value. Ile also found a key which opened the prisoner's bedroom door and the door of the bedroom of the pnwecutor, in which the carpet hag containing the sovereigns had been kept. The prisoner was remanded by the Lord Mayor, who gave instructions to the officer on the subject of the pri *otter's trunk on board the John Bright. Br.xtvourei F.—llia lonlship requested that,the press would acknowledge the receipt of Al. for the ppnnoorlox from John Kaye, Esq., lute high sheriff of Buckinghanuttire. SOLTITWARR. Funny WEIGTIT iv Coil.s.—MT. Singer, coal mer chant, upon whom a penalty of 14/. was inflicted on Wed nesday last, attended with one of his workmen, and re . quested Mr. A'Beekctt to allow him to make a declaration, the effect of which was to show that the workmen had strict orders by the firm to give their customers full weight of' coal,, and that he had, in conformity with those orders, given the full weight to the person who had summoned the firm to that court. That, although a complaint as to the weight of the coals had been brought before the magistrate, it was not for that the conviction hail taken place, but for having committed an offence in neglecting to have a perfect weighing machine for the delivery of the coals in question. That the person who delivered the coal for them did so by contract, and was hound to provide weights, machines, and all other requirements of the statute. He added that it apared by the report that the conviction was for short weight; and that not being the ease, he was anxious it should be set right before the public, as the firm were in a large way of business, and bad an extensive connexion, and that they would scorn to do, or allow to be done, an act such as that imputed to them. Mr. A'Beckett said he had read the report, and he did not consider it would bear that construction—that he should certainly decline tq receive any such declaration respecting a case which he ha already decided upon. Although the circumstance of a deficiency in the weight of the coals sent to the complainant was incidentally mentioned in the course of the proceedings before him, yet it was not for that offence I the fine was inflicted, but for that of neglecting to have a perfect weighing machine. Mr. Singer then begged leave to draw the magistrate's attention to that part of the report in which it stated that the defendant was fined the mitigated penalty of 101., and said that upon a reference to the act, 10/. was the maxi mum penalty for the offence, and he therefore hoped the magistrate would mitigate it. Mr. A'Beckett said he did not consider 101. too great a penalty for the offence. Although it was not a fine for a deficiency in the weight of the coals, yet how could the weight be properly estimated when the seller was nut pro vided with the proper machine for the purpose 1 That he thought it frequently better to fine one person 10/. than to tine ten persons 11. each, particularly in cases where a small penalty would be no object to the offender. The magis trate added that from the great fairness with which the re ports of the court were generally given he had no doubt that the gentleman furnishing them would see that the slight error complained of was rectified. LAMBETH. ALLMED PC.OFLIGALY.-Mr William G. Smyth, a sur geon, residing at No. bO, Vauxhall-walk, was brought up ~u a warrant, on a charge of indeetatly assaulting Mary Ann Hall, a girl 13 year. of age. Mr. Games appeared for the accused. The evidence in this case disclosed a system of vice which drew from Mr. Norton the remark, that in the whole course of many years' magisterial duty it had not been his misfortune to have heard disclosed such a scene of abomin able profligacy. The prisoner was remanded, the magistrate refusing to accept any hail. BENSVOLENCZ.-Mr. Norton received a cheque for 20/. from the Goldsmiths' Company for the poor-box, and re quested its acknowledgment by our reporter. SUROPiIIIRE MINERAL RtlLWAY.—Yesterdnv the whole day was occupied before his Honour Master Hiiiders ley in proceeding with the lift of contributories in this com pany; the chief portion of it being occupied in endeavour ing to place Mr. Serieant Adams and the other directors on the list in respect of 9,000 shares. TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—APEROACIIING DIVIDEND. —Our Bristol correspondent writes under date of yesterday: I am in a condition to state, upon what I consider unex ceptionable authority, that the forthcoming dividend of this company will be after the rate of 0 per cent. per annum." RAILWAY ACClDENT6.—Yeatertlay was printed the half-yearly return relating to railway accidents, from which it appears that in the period ending the 30th of June last there were 93 persons killed and 68 injured, of which num ber 3 passengers were killed, 33 injured from causes beyond their own control; 7 passengers were killed and 3 injured owing to their own nu conduct and want of caution; 26 servants of companies or contractor's were killed and 17 injured from causes beyond their own control; 29 servants of companies were killed and 10 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution; an& 26 trespassers were killed and 5 injured by crowing or welkin,/ on railways. There were a nth:idea. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Fie. 11, 1851. at each 4.f the following: places at 4ay morning. The stations are latattule. 'VA.' I °l,Mtc't 1 etwaw.atb.r. DIPS (D1:11LIR) Gunk, Deem Gun le Brew Can. Overcast P udely Coed: OIeMIR OTIMIC Overcast Overran Overcast Overcast Ovreiat Orrrarist °acreliet I vertax Partially Cloudy Overcast Bwomrox liAnwros --. litroug Brow (kyle Burge Goole Urceze Osys tr.4llllLoll I.lpmeforynne GREENWICII aC.T4 Gentle Br sae Gentle Breeze Calm - . LTWR HOLTH/LAD Gentle Breese Gentle Brous Cala Overcast Pexp TOW °reread Rat Fogg) Peru.lly Med. WNTTST N,w. BMUS Geetie Breen Gentle Pewee THIS DAY, NOON. Omer of 'tad. Strewth of Who& State et the Weather. ~Y.`J.N Gentle B ttu u. Ovirca t. The returns from the following places did not reach this office in time for publication yesterday; they then fore indicate the 'date of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock. CARLOW Kinosiown (Disup) 1 Intueou i Peon. Gentle Breese, Partially cloudy Hard Wind Partially Costly Strong "reeve Partially Cloudy Gentle breess Partially Cloudy Gentle Breese Partially Used, Btrtns Breese Cloudless Birong !trent. I Partially Coady Strong Breeze Cloudless Strops Breese; Rain Strong Breeze Pants% Cloudy &roes MOM Principally Clear lientle preen Parnauy Lloady OosnraT liourazAD era. Wstrrasurax Burrocr BLMIISIX «...„....., MARKETS. COTTON.—l.tvittrooL, Fl 3. 10.—The Fake of cotton to -day are eatiremed at 5,000 hales, and enentiat of about 3Ou Pernam and Itarriohain, ed. to 001. ; lOe Egyptian, chiefly 7j d. aim Mitt nutat, 41d. to 51d. The market climes daily, and with much offering. Compared with Friday's rater. priors ot all kinds are much the came —the plight advance in 'cod 7d. American said merit Menem have disappeared. COALS.-I.oyDos, FEB. 10.-GLOAT or THE MARKET. -Rate's West Hartley, 13; Huddle'. West Ilarth y, 13s. 6d.; Chester Main, 12s. AL; Davison's West IlarVey, 13a.Pd.; Howard's West Hartley Netherton, 13.. rd.; North Percy Hartley, 135.; Ori ginal Windsor's l'rxitop, 121.; Ord's Main, 13611 d., 13a. ; South Peareth, I Is. GI.; Tanfleld Moor. 12s. 9.1.; Tanleld Elonr Butes, 12s. 6d.; Townley, 12.. 6d.; Walker Primrose, I Is. Gd.; West Hart ley, 16s. 6d. ; Wylam. 13s. 9d. ; Walla End Brown, 1:6 Id.; W.dl's End Cresswell, 13s. ; Walla End Ceiba: li, 13a. 3d. ; Walls kad Gib. PUB, 12s. 9d. ; Walls End Haring, 13s. 3.1. ; Walls End 116.t0n, 136 34. ; Walls End Medley, 136; Walls End Lawson, 12a. 6d.' Wall's End Northumberland, 12644 ; ;Wails End Original Gibson, 12s. 6.1.; Walls hind Walker, 12s. Gd.: Walla End %%name:ilk, 13a 3d.; Walla End Bradil)ll, Its 31. ; Walls End llama, 13..; Walls End Haswell, 136 3d. ; Walls End Lambton, 14s. rd.; Will. End Rirhmund, Its.; Walla End Rowel's Iktton, 116 ed. ; Walla End Stewa rt 's, 126 3d.; Walla End Carmine, 14s. ; Walls End Car sop, 146 3.1. ; Walls End !lough Hall, 146 ; Walls tad 146 3d.; Will. End South hellos, 146 ; Walls End Whitworth, ; Will. End Adelaide Tees, 14s. Gd.; Walls End Cleveland Tees, 12s. 6d.; Walla End 4G. Helen'. Tres, 126 rd.; Waits End Tees, 136; Cowpro Hartley. 1 61.; Goes Goeb atom, 214.; Hartley, 136; Sydney's Hartley, 136 6d. - Ships at market, 2 74 sed, 112. CORN.—Clurstr.srEn, Feb. 10.—The markt t is without alter.tion in the quotato,us of any s na of gron. Best Wheat In goad request; tut idling rot so saleable. Wheat, Vt. 10s. to 101. Its per load; interior, 71. 10p. to ht. 10s. Daley, 19s. to 2.4. per qr. Ilona, 265. to 29s: — Oats, las. to 245. - - • Ilammou F.. 1). 10.—We had a moderate supply of grain today . 'lra& was now, .ad rrea the best amp* ot M that and Barley met a dull wale, as well as other grain. . _ • " • STEN - SING, Feb. 10.—Wheat in moderate /amply, but equal to the demand, et late prima. Vine Barley seam; middling. pkntiful and cheaper. Oats, fit for need, Inquired Deena sod rear rteady. IA heat, old, white, 111. to 111. 10v. • new, lot. to 10/. 10e. ; old, ♦ed, 104 to 105. is.; new, N. to 'JI. Barley, 21s. to :711. WM, las. to 1;r. Beans, 245. to 2Ga. rem, .2Ga. to 27a. CATTLE, &C.—COLCIMTER, ro, B.—There was a fair Arne of *beep at market to-lay, with a genii portion of fat week which continue to tell readily at former rate*. There were more eaten In Mere Sheep than of late, and pewee rather Improved. Prime fat (hen continue in demand, and ral* were effected at rather advanced prices. Lean [Muds sere plentiful, and the trade revived a little, but wine bat the best dicriptiorm reali'ed advanced prices. Good Innen Cows etnanr.tte in demand, and the few thornn found par chums at the early part of the market. Fat Pigs, from eight s• ore davmwards, fetched from ho. 4d. to 3a. Od. per stone of Sib.. Sow* sad store Pigs were remarkably cheap. Supply : Sheep and Lambs, 2,300; Calm* 11 ; Beasts, 310; Pig., 240; Horace and Ponies, 41. - - --- • . . . . . _ Livutroot, Fran. 10.—Wc bore again a full supply of eitttle and 'beep at Oita day's market, the dentwal for beef uutpually du,l, and priers lower than for Rime w, tks poet. Mutton In fair de mal at loot Monday's quotationa. Beef, 3i/l. to 40. ; far a few lots of choice quality Sd. was okkaried. Mutton, Old. to bid. per [lb. Beasts. 2,191 ; 'beep, 4,1.13. - • - - Nortwrcw, Feb. 8.--Our market exhibited a fair show of .tore cattle; trade for remte, 3s. fil to 45., If forward In condition; 'Mart-berm 3e. to 3s. t4l• per Prone of 141 M. when fat; at these ;niece twirl, all were wild. Eat beet, few in numb. r, prices Se. to3s. fd. ; 11 prime, Gs. per stone, and all mid. The pow were NW, filled; bosgets from 20:. to SOL ; very prime, 33e. per heed, and not soh. Oil a side. rat Sheep, Is. to 7v. Cid per steno, and all sold. In store Pigs and Ist pork no slterstioli worth setioo. SCHOOL OF DESIGN AT STOURBRIDGE.—On Mon day a numerous and respectable meeting was held at Stour bridge, for the purpose of adopting measures to found a choul of design for that town, and resolutions in accordance with that object were unanimously adopted. FINSBURY FREEHOLD LAND SOClETY.—Yesterday evening a public meeting of the members and supporters of Institution, in society was held at the Finsbury Mechanics' in the City-road, for the purpose of hearing a statement of the principles and progress of the movement. and enrolling members. Mr. Young was called to the chair, and entered into an explanation of the principles, and the social and political objects in view. Of the whole number of societies of this kind established in this country now amounting to GO or 70, with 16,000 members, upwards of 40,000 shares, and somewhere about 5,000 allotments ; he knew not of one where the security was not only most ample, but much profit had already accrued to the members. 31r. Beale, in mov ing the first resolution, dwelt on the importance of the free hold land movement as a political means, contrasting the present immobility of the country constituencies with the state of affairs in 1831, when 35 out of 40 counties were in favour of reform, and when nominees of lordly houses in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Dorset, Hants, and other counties were signally defeated. These and other places had now become the stronghold of a political reaction, which could only be overcome by means of the freehold land move ment. He dwelt at considerable length on the important social aspects of the movement, in its rapid progress throughout the country, and on the many claims it pre sented to public confidence, especially of the working classes, so one of the best investments for their savings. A sum of 200,000/. bad already been collected throughout thecountry, which testified that the movement had the confidence of the people. It had attractions for the investment of the savings of working men more than almost any other insti tution. If a working man joined a benefit society, in the course of 20 years he must sink the greater portion of his spare capital, with the most trifling benefit to his family after death ; but the Freehold Land Society was the means of yielding a speedy return, and the capital was still available. : Instances could be mentioned in which profits of from M. to 10/. have accrued on an outlay of 18/. or : 20/. in the purchase of land acquired through these societies. Ile particularly urged on those present to apply the income which might he derived from the freeholds in assuring their lives. A capital of 20/. invested in a freehold would yield a sum suf ficient to pay the premium on a life insurance for 1501., and the freehold still remain and would remain to the family of the assurer over and above the amount of the policy. (Neer, hear.) The Finsbury Freehold Land Society, although only established for a few months, had already made con siderable progress, and he had to congratulate the meeting on the near prospect of a purchase of land being concluded by the society on very advantageous terms. He concluded by , moving a resolution expressive of the confidence of the meeting in the society. Mr. Hopkins, a working man seconded the resolution in as amusing speech, in which he detailed his own experience of the benefits of this movement in teaching the working men habits of frugality. Ile urged on his working class hearers to leave off drinking and begin thinking, and they would not be long before they became freeholders, equal at the polling booth on the election day to the best nobleman in the land. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Kesson, of Man chester, and other gentlemen, and the proceedings termi nated by the enrolment of a considerable number of new shareholders. THE LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMFANIF.S.—A case of some importance to railway . companies and to the general public was heard yesterday in the Liverpool court before Mr. James, barrister, the deputy judge. The plaintiffs were Messrs. Jeffery and Morrish, the proprietors of the celebrated drapery establishment in Liverpool known as Compton House, and they sued the London and North West ern Company for the value of a box of silk worth 171., which had been lost during its conveyance from Liverpool to Messrs. BaMance and Sons' establishment, Gutter-lane, London. Mr. H. Tindal Atkinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Blair, barrister for the railway company. Evidence was called, which left beyond doubt, that on the 19th of October last the silk in question had been packed up, and duly deli vered at the goods depot. In three days afterwards a box, which was supposed to have contained the goods, was left at Messrs. Salience's, but feeling light, was opened in the presence of the railway porter, and discovered to he empty ; and the hypothesis was set up that the box must have been opened on the journey, the silk abstracted, and that it bad then been nailed down again. The value of the silk was sought to be recovered from the railway com pany on the ground of their gross negligence. The grounds of defence were numerous: the Carriers Act was set up as a protection, and it appeared that Messrs. Jeffery had not specially made known to the railway authorities that the box in question contained silk or other valuable commodities. It was also contended that the identity of the box had not been made out, and that the case fur the plaintiff was devoid of requisite proof that the silk had been stolen by one of the railway servants. The judge, in summing up, instructed the jury that before they could fi nd for the plaintiff, they must be satisfied, not only that a felony had been committed, but that it had been eommitted by one of the galway servants. The jury returned a,ver dut for the Plaintiff for the full amount of damages elaffised. A number of tradesmen were in court during the trial, and the proceedings seemed to create great interest. The State of the Weather at Nine o'clock yesterday arranged in order of I, Name of nue. WiL P.E. N.W. N. Ni. N.W. E. &W. N.R. 8. B.W. ii.w. KW. W.N.W. N.W. N.W. W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N W. CASUALTIES. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (Tram sit ,roe . Shipplog Orietti," rad " Lloyd% UM Golden Grove (British brig), Hayes, was lost on the Ba hama Banks on the Bth instant, during a severe gale. when the officers and crew took to the boats And arrived in safety at Stranger's Bay. Capt. Hayes come to New York.—Boston, Jan. 28. Phmnix, Kuiper, from Liverpool to this port, is on shore on the Anchovis Berg Bank.—Antwerp, Feb.' 9. Sarah (barque), of and from this port from Honduras, was spoken, Jan. 10, 15 days out, 50 miles N.W. of the Tortu gas, making 12 inches water per hour, and bearing up fur Key West—Liverpool, Feb. 9. Tagus, for Liverpool, is ashore in Bootle Bay.—Liverpool, Feb. 10. SEABORNE MAILS. [X domino that the smite ore neat has the General Pasha Ste by the eight—sad II be the amine--eteeretth.] COUNTRIES. Americe(lwlitit.packet N Imeriaa(byUnited States packet) limenia(btl.fitateapk.Al Africa ( Wen Coast) N A4aaadria• &Uinta ..........., N Brazil Buenos Ayres ll Cali(orniaoria Chagras)2l Cape el o:axt !lope N Cenflantinople • N Central America Channel Isles Chili M DA, whoa maaeupl Erwia whit V Omni !Net- Part 0111 e, Lawton. dcwlatched. 11reb..14 'eh 21 March $ leth cf the month! 19thilr7Oth of osou.l Daily 9th of the month! 9th of the month: 17th of themnnthl I 4 5; ol the ■ton [h~ 7th171.1.27th0f mon , legtUl7t6of molth woe Wed.,lkFrid. (*icy daily Wlia las. ........ - Greece. N Hamburg 11..11and Honduras Ireland N India (via eauthaanfi.)ll lochs (via ilarseillas) N blediterranaan(wia Sown wanton) Dittoi via Manual's) N Mexico Xadrira X Mahar „ X - - Naples• P•pal States• N Liverpoul i Febb. 711 Liverpool , Frb. 17 utherrpten ;Feb. 22 PlTroont , Dover Feb. 111 (Dover Daily 3outliamrtor , ler. uthemplon Feb. 74 I. uirwertua Feb. 20 Plymouth Mania 3 'Poser Feb. 20 Sceltbamptor Feb. 20 4outliunpton. Tu. re. Oa Southampton. Feb. 20 Dom ,Dover ; I Lordr42 un.,822 Nion.TAks Sorth:teptin. ;.b. 21./ , ~ outkampton Feb. 22 1 1,1 user ,1042. 23 'til fthiFtitof woo , Toerday Fre'. sy Wedare. k eater. 17th of the month, rider daily ...... .la M Clllllltl— SI Toteeany• IC Meet indica Heat Indies (except Ha vanna. anel Pieoeint) M 1 • The mails to tboae French packet via Marvel 1 0out Inceptor, : Feb. Is. IDu•Cf ..-kraharn.o.n.,s4.rcb 5 1 6outhaseinull • March It i • Dover I Feb. 20 :'laver 1; Dover ,:Southamptbo t• - el. 12 I lAnothanirtue: Fcb. 20 I Dover : I F.‘naltan.tua.i Feb. 20 I:lsoetbaesptos. l Werth 5 rked i.) are conveyed by 2:oh of the month fthilaithol month 20th el the mouth! 7thlt24th te: nth lthl of the metth 2th of the month 7th,17th,1 hth,27th I &30thof the month sthlhth2sthof mon k sibisteastea mon! 7thl7lh27taof otou 17th of the osonthl ll7th of the month, I'.%d of the otaathi puntrits thus mat? ARRIVED. AIM Many-Cif Bristol, February 10, from Africa ANKR MAFIA-4r Gravesend, February 10, from. .... ..Swiriebarg Avantex Missals-at Gravesend, February 10, from. Callao AlarTra-at Queenstown, February 8, from Jaffa Aosta SOIAlla- at Oneetatowe, February 7, from Alexandria DAWN on Barra-at Falmouth. February 7, from takers Hatennays-at QUCCIIMOTra, February 7, from Berra NUTS Bum here-at Falmouth, February 8, from Landon Count ZICAT -at Falmouth. February 7, from lkleala ' CONCOIDIa-at Saleombe, Febanry 8, from ..... Vlllaviciosa CSRINTNItsIa-at Graredend, February 10, from Rio Coat-+t Graresend, February In, from . ~,... Land +runt etIOP4TIL- at Gravesend, February 10, from Llemersra Daar-at Craverend. February 10, from Tarramitum DAVID 1141,1110-at Falmouth, February 7, from Tatra Inatcatry -off Dorm . , from Darya!) tYlt- at Liverpool, February 10. fermi Bonny E,,,,,,,._at Liverpool, February 10, from Valparaiso Fwanarn-et Deal. February 9, from Constantinople Plan-at Cowes, February 8, from Catiall Follraillalla-at Deal. February 9, from Callao FULLS -at tirareaClA February tO, from Stettin FOITIAL-at Gravesend, February 10, from. Coprnhngen Gastoa-at Gravesend, February to, from Went* Game-at Queenstown. February 7, from Mauritius Jana Cumianta-at Deal, February 8, from Pdenuo Jultaalla Bata-at Falmouth, February 9, from Varna iltaalL-at (tUtA , LIOIrII, February 8, frusta-- ........ Alexandria JUNO-at Queenatawa, February 8, front Newfoundland Jarna-at l'lymuuth. February 8, from Mauritius Jose Flaallalra -at fitlllarata, February 10, from Denmark Kauzaa Kin-roar-at Gravesend. February 10, from Odense Kamm -on hover, February 'J, irvltl Palermo Dumb-at Deal, l'ebruary;s, from '4 Milefiell MOSAISU araa-at Deal, February tt, from .Moulmein blaaras-at QUO...lloolra, February 7, from Panama MISCSILLO-at evilly, February C, from Venire Magic-at Graterella, February 10, from Thiuted Nioau-at Grunwald, February 10, from Norway Oron-at Liverpool, Fe bruary 10, from klarreillet P rritasudiu-at Gramarnebrunry In, (run Para JANAPPIL- at tiraTefead, February 10, from, . ..... tbdrnil Paulus-at Gras - mud, February 10, from Caletit•a FAINCK Or %VALI:I-at pea', Febniiry 0, from Mauritian WAII-off Deal, February 9, from sanyrna itlaltraTlON-at Falmouth, February 7, from klartannple RAJAII-off Doter, February a, from ......... .......- tape ltaaan Saaawaa-at Gravesend, February 10, from Calcutta • &trots-at Gravesend, February 10, from Aalborg fiainto-M Faloloalb, February 8, from Ode,ol • thdasstty-at QiteraeloAll, February 7, front Callao • 'Cram...my-at Deal, February 9, from .Bt. Michael's Turan,e-at Plymouth, Fairrtelly 8, nom Alexandria Valour -at Gravesend, February 10, from s.eUin VICTOAL-at Falmouth, February I, tram Otteraa Vume-at Otararead, February 10, from Norway SAILED. AFOOT-INF-from Plymouth, February 9, to. Jamaica Aram s -from Portsmouth, Februury 9, to. Charleston Ammo-from Liverpool, February 10, to ---Lharlestoo Fit-from Liverpool, February 10. to Seem Moula-from Liverpool, February 10, to ..- ..... . Calcutta Duo-from Falmouth, February 9, to Alexandria CAI UININZ - from Plymouth. February 9, to Sydney Cf LISA-km ,Lirerpool, February 10, to ricriercul CITT or BOCK, at KR-from Liverpool, February 10, ba.......Africo . Court-from Gravesend, Februai y 10, to Carla Douse-from Gravesend, February 10, to St. Michael'. DANNI:moo -from Liverpool, Fe Lruary 10, to Pernambuco DARLINGS-from Falmouth, February 9, to London Domn-from Portsmouth, February 8, to Rio therolAa -from SIM Ids, February 7, to .llilladelpha Fatwors-from Gravesend, Fero uiry 10, to. Lisbon barsoori-from Liverpool, Ft i,rilary 10, to Bombay EIIA-trOOD Liverpool, February to, to Boston ruiara-from Bristol, February 10, to St. Michael's Brum e own is- -from Liverpool, February 10, to New York Gamow Qualm-from Plymouth, February 9. to Cape 0. Mons-in= Queenstown, February 8, to London Oross-from Queenstown, February! ,4, to London Dom 14ms-from Portsmouth, Fratoory 9. to .......... Bermuda Ins or WIMIT-from Quesutown, Fi lottery 7, to London INOUN,TANT- from Liverpool, Fobroaxy 10, to Rio Orande Lou-from OLITIMOLI, February 1 , 1, to ............ ......... naloonme Jos. GIAT-from Portomouth, February 9, to Clark-sum J CATIIAItINA (TOM CORM, I. 0, to London Jeurit Weis-from Falmouth, February 9, to Adelaide has -from Plymouth, February 9, to .Holeare Town Losoro-frora Liverpool, February lU. to Bermuda Lam v-from Gravesend, February 10, to St. Michael's Mout ea-from Grareseml, February 10, t 00.... Cape Maarro-from Liverpool, February 10, to Cadiz • Pears-from Liverpool, February le. to Malta QUOIN or TOR WOST-from &doornails, Febr I, to St. Michael's 'Molar Ihnorz-from Plymouth, February uary 5, to Africa newt, - frsm Gravesend, February In, to Cape Mast korroo-from Liverpool, February 10, t 0......... Mobile Saco. sr -nem Liverpool, February 10, to Panama SAUCT JACK-from Liverpool, February 10, to Naples soma-Run Liverpool, lebravy 10, to Bremen Or. Patna-loom Liverpool, February 10, to Boston Svo Loo-from Liverpool, February 10, to New Orleans OLSMI-from Portsmouth, February s, to. St. Michael'. Tanwits-from Slvielda, February 8, to Vic-roars-from Liverpool, February 10, to Tampico Vona Gamma-from Liverpool. February 10, to St. Thomas W. Herr-from Liverpool, February 10, to Africa We. orro liumnrra-from Liverpool, February 10, to N. Orleans Wool:smock -from Liverpool, February 10, to Jamaica Wows. wacn-from Liverpool, Febuary 10, to Lisbon War POINT-from Liverpool, Icauary In, t 0...... ...... New York AVM. AND KAMM-from Exmouth, :Feb. 9, to Lisboa Wu. Parma-f rum Portsmouth, February 8, to Inaba VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL American Congress (fillip), from New York for London, Jan. 11, lat. 40.40, 10n.091. Ambroblue, from Calcutta for London, Nov. 29, lat. 29 A., lon. 41 FL CoUlnowood (chip), Nov. SO, lat. 080., ton. 20 s 4 E., bound eastward. LVesawell (barque), from London for New Zealand. out 14 days from the Dowrs, Dec. 29, la•. 3.40, lon. 21.20 W. Chancellor, for Bombay, Doe. 25, lat. 4 N., lon. 19 W. Derwent. for Hobart Town, Dec. 25, let. 5 N., lon, 20 W. James Moran f Feb. 4, hit. 47.10, lon. 11 W. John Cooper (ship), Jan. 2, lat. c 0.30 S., on. 20 W. Lydia (phial, from Calautta, 104 days out far London, Jan. 15, Lit. 28N., lon. 34 W. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS, ALEiaNDER.—Feb. 6, at 111:tiMi.. - ga - iden, the wife of Mr. M. Alex ander, of a son. BOWTEAR.—Feb. 8, at Lowndes.rlu•re, the wife of the Rev. T. N. liswytar, of a son. COOl4.l:E.S.—Feb. 8, at Hampton Court, Mrs. Richard Coombes, of a daughter. HALL—Feb. 8, at North Brixton, Surrey, Kra. 0. W. Rail, of a son and heir. IREMONGER.—Feb. 7, at Hastings, the 11We of Capt. Iremonger, of a daughter, still-burn. MARK.—Dec. 26, at Bogota, the •ife of E. W. Mark, EN., ll.M.'s Two-Consul, of a son. SUER - Feb. 8, at Suises.plaet, Hyde-park-gardens, Mrs. Shoe, of • daughter. MARRIAGES. BEYNON—BUCKLAND.—Feb. 5, at ht. Mary's, Rcad ne. 11 the Bee. J. Richards, 0. D. Belson, Bea., of Readine, to Frarnase youngest d.inghter of the late J. Wetland, EN, of / 1 . 10 1.W.d. gt LtE—WOOD.—l f tb. 8, at St. Pancras, by Re , F. J. kt BlBl orthe M.A., Alfred Erre, Emt" d aug hterus Dente, Lee-road, Blackheath, to Emily CAherine, only of tbe Bev. J. A. Wood, MA. PIKE—KI\ 51.—Feb. 3, at Trinity Church, bterney, by the Bee. W. Randall, Mr. J. L. Pike, of Cottage.grove, Milo-end. road, to Mies Maris Sarah Winn, of Turk -terrace, Kennington. STILLMAN—EAU:A.—Feb. 5, at Tonity (lurch, Ck,utitsley.pnare, Islington, T. Wilma, q„ °Reentry-tired, to Cazoduc Ltutton, youngest daughter of W. Zak., t'sq., B.N. DEATHS. . Atrd, late of Calcutta. Eatrauel Cooper, of Peckham, AIRD.—Pcb. K. at Greenevrryy Mr. J. COOPER.—Feb. 7, at 111V 57. .—Veh. 6, Ann, wife of Mr. G. Ellis, of Glen Mohr-tenser, Blackheath. aged 30 . YRANIS.—Yeb. G, at fLaehm, Mr. W. Francis, formerly lay eerie of W. Georges Chapel, Windsor, aired 84. IlAgitY.—Pelo. 4, at Poplar, Middlemen, Kirsh, relict of the late Thomas Darby, agod 73. JACKSON.—Feb. 3, at bigmouth, Prances, widow of W. Jaegeen, ESQ., formerly of Cowley. Devonshire, aged 82. KENDAL L.—Peb. 9, at the Marine pills, Aldeburgh, sod late of Walthantatom, YAM. Jecnima Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Peter Kendall, Zan., aged M. MOMBILLL--Jan. 29, et the Rev. C. R. Women. ROBlNBo3l.—Feb.sired 7 7 , Esq., of Abney House, Et JohiVe wwel.park, I. 0. Printed awl puttlidoel b, Wit.u.ur %um Ha" of No. 8, Lo mbard. street, In tbe My et Leaden Printer, at tbe Lo= street, In the rtlloll* 1111 iUMUITIIe•-TOII7ALT. rill&VilT 14 Una