The Express. — London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

LAW DTTELLIGENCL THIS DAT. COURT OF QUEE.NI BENCH. (diming, it Bum.—Before Lord Cmaphen, rug j ui c e! , Coleridge, WigMasa, sad ark,„) 111 EE 14WE* tiltrENWool , , INROLV A LMT DIRTOL IViIIaiDILLTION or 101',ITT COrKT It tom. Ni. liarewles shoved came agaleu • rale obtamed by Mr. "abrol• "Mkt upon J'sdge of the County Court of Yor (Mr. Serrent bowling), to in muse why he sheald not b - ,ar and adjudicate in the matter of James 011.110 - Axtl, on • petition and wholik tienimel and trumaitted from the Court for the Redd of Useless& Dibble., Partecalatreet, London. The rob was ellcm ttea ofd $t of Greeswood, who sou coorroltkd Coatis In 1856, end thee removed to Sos Getrin's Priam in Imdon. An application arm made by one at hie &toadied creditors to vest the mkt r and sago is the provisional soignee. The court made ea seder tor that pompom Greenwood died his schethdr, and at the vequeet of the WO* creditor, ho woo ordered homes to the castle at York, to ham the patio:on Read in that city. Mr &Oland Dowling, however, tetra is *edits* end the point now railed for the de ckles of the onwt woo whether • county court judge poe- Gemmed • emeatable poem to adjudicate on a pet:- tics in which the debtor himself did not Mks the initiative, tout wltklt wee compulsory upon him. Tb. bend COOMOPI said the quastion was one of considsrable importemos, because amoral county court jades doubted their power to act In such a case, and Mr. firrjeant DoerVag, in acting ea he had done. hod no wah whatever I. avoid any duty which properly belonged to him. Lord to a right caucCampbek-1 sm at Meat of critics that ha mum Insion. Mr. Knowles submitted that. according to the proper in- cot ON lit and Sod Vic., c. 119, and 10th sad t e l i gt a f i c 6 .7c. 105, a county court joadg• could not be caned upon to adjadicate in • cam of this deson.pL:on, Mr. M'O•brey having been briefly beard la support of ths rule, The court took time to ccoseldor. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sitting b Idnaco. 7 p•kore Chad Juan' Cnekbarn sad iikorc« iirdia - Z - aTviii; , Crowder, s RE WY. eOIIIIITT—APPLICATION FOR A HABEAS COIPTIS. Mrs. Cobbett this morning, according to her peonies of yesterday, repeated leer applicatka for &writ of habeas corpse to bring up Mr. Wm. Cobbett. her Imatead, in order that he might be discharged from the custody of the keeper of the Quern's prawn. She said that a., she understood it, the ques tion wee whether her huelAnd had paid fees or not, sad that it was supposed that Mr. Justice Crowder had made an order to send her husband bade to Morsemonger-lane gaol because he would not pay the tipostf to.i fee, but it was important to know that no such order had been made. . . . . . The Chief Justice mid he understood that an order had been made to remora Mr. C,bbett from the sheriff's prison to the Queen's prison, but that in consequence of Mr. Cobbett's not paving the fee, the order fall to the ground. Mrs. Cobbett contended that it was not legal to take '.dr. Cobbett tack to liorsecoonger•kne. The Chief Jostles—All the court wanted to kr,,, ar wee whether the affidavit bad been amended by Artier; Quit the Si. hed been paid, for if Mr. Cebbitt had refuted /my th a t Se the court was clearly of opinion that he had b m a properly remanded back to Horeensonger-lane gaol. Mrs. Cobbett said she was prepared to slur a tut it y ea a mown is. and the Crown could have lodged r. detainer against Mr. Cobbett. She was advised that their R h h a h a d mimed to pay the he, yet be was entitled to hi. i" i a ,h ata . a , Mr. Justice Crowder—The affidavit n , tet p rot r aea d showed Qat the Is. had not been paid. Kn. Cobbett said that the affidavit ahowa t t mi tt? men d.. The art n ot parliament, though it Nue, that the fee shonld be CidMdid say that if it WWI • A gd h er h us h aa d shou ld ken beck to the sheriff's prime t , The Chief Artie* said he ea. * h i m , t h a t t h e mar . pur. MA by Mr. Justice Crowder v quite comet ; that - Mr. Cobbet having cane before Ur , to be removed to the Queen's toos • ou•thdl the ' was bound to pay the m=" Ot6 Moir" ky the act of parliament, aa a condition t to his telino•si, ' mil that not h av i ng paid it he had to ••••••• 4 to the sheriff's prison. Ths writ was mord' sie l y te h tte a . •• 1 , OW • •11.0—QVUTION OT tOWERT. aY case was • frank maker at the 1111111 i Pat dof t 0..., ito defendant was a clerk in the Getout , in the course of hie trade had .„„••••o •"" °. ' schemes, dated the 7th of March, 1856, for " 510 .." 0 ,!' AS, and purpating to have been drawn by Thomas M ilk arceptsd by - the ffdmdant and endorsed to Wright, who td to plaintiff. The defence was that the 1 ••, •1• 0 ".• was a forgery, and at the trial before Mr. satin W Me the jury pee a verdict for the defendant. .."•.". a tale wee obtained for a new trial upon the __„,Pr of surprise • that the reelict was against the trooma tied that fresh 'erkienre had been discovered. To .l,or.off • ass shown against this rule being made absolute. Ballentme eppeared to 'how cause, and Mr. Hawldae is sappers the rule. The _l Mei JustMe said the court thought that under all •nr eteselmees there should be a new ti el, but that . be ebbs* the covert giving any opinion one way or Men It was alleged on one side that there was forgery, eld en the ether that there was perjury ; and, therefore, the co' ite 'nue abide the wrest. Male absehdo. JIT , LIIII AND OTIItItS V. 11M.,-►IiIT POVNDI* Of . WIN 6 PPoILT. Seticant Thee said that this case had been tried before kr. Justice Wilkes, is Loudon, 'rhea the verdict wee for the defendant but he now moved for a sew trial, upon the ground that the verdict ores sgsinit the evi dence. The *Until!. Tri o vine-nserchafta, mad the defendant WY a ear . . Pelee sad builder, who hod ;weed a number of shelve., ou which wove to to stared swap. beetles of wine. The bottle. were placed o• the shelves, which proved not strong enough, sad felt The malt wes that the *had& sastained a loss of 561. for wine and bottlees, sad they Dow Mod to recover that mooet again the the the lass had been reined by the defendant'. . The quell.' was, whether the lon had been unwed by the defevidsat's negligence, or in cmwequence of directly.. give by the Dlaintille them selves, and the learned merjeot enalyeed the evidence, end that the jury had arrived at • wrong concluals. Hale grantyd. COURT OF ERROR. - ..... TM Court of Error sat for s few =Mutes today to 6. the de le of Mums dialog the rano* tem. TM Lori Chief Jester* of the Common Mee mid the court would .it our the 11th sod I tth em errors boss the Qom's Beath ; ou the 26th mid 27th for errors from the Erthequer . our the 26th for cruse from the Cormeoe Pleas; end or the 20th far arms from the Pleas or Qumia each (if remereary). COURT OP EXCHEQUER. (Sinlap at Kid Priaa—Babr• Mr. Ear= Martin end MAW= Commas Isaac) The ems liet coatsisal only nine entries, and el Wellman. sonata" awe wee Weak out, three withdrawn, and four unde fended. The remaining tense was et an public interest. (Sittings is Born. Mint the Chief Baron, and Barons Bramwell, Wows, end Chanel!.) NOTCNIULT t. NtAIIIONT AND tNOTHTIL. Mr. Beill, for the defendants, the executors of the lets Mr. Terra Wentworth Beentait, moved to enter • non- asit or • real Ss the defender in this order, to at loses reserved at the trial before the Chid = .. 71:t . the in Croydon arises. Upon that ooreslon • weir far 2,24 th. sae entered in the plaintiff's favor, sub ject to thr tessice. The action wee brought for nine peers ersidty et 140 i. • year. alleged to be doe from the ler Mr. Beaurest's erre, ley neon of that gentleman having made himself liable to such an annual pa t for the twaal.dm ef kis b9h. The piaintiff had octal se toter la Mr. Heanrosee two see fer • period of was Tern, cassnestie is the 11136, at • salary of MI. • year. He was sum sod reheat cartels hen in ✓apport of hle claim. The Chief throe—You ere demi, =filled to • role. Yoe he tete. tam It into • special ceise at ore, WEN= the surdas tee ems tho legal sir shirk re be given to saris letter, mid no doubt the awn will ceder to here rape et the desunen sepplied the hare to deer upon the rep de air earbutitlan her. Mr. Benin erg that la ancerdaste with his inersetioas at the kohl he had ellowed the *WM le glee his ore version, and to red suet letters es be pleased- The opiates of the Ivry wee sot Wm, the redid le t for the plaintiff with Ire to hum to sake th mo th s es the part of the delssant Her del greeted. WORT - NINO ICNOOL f. hAYLKY. Mr. Loeb moved far a tale for a new trial. The altos was disposed of on lie lest day of the lest Surrey Amines, la the stream el the parties , by a verdict lir the plaintiff. The parties had senod to tams, but the plaintiff, cm lading M ►ad a verdiet, refused to carry them out. Kale Wel graded. RTES. V. Mr. Wide applied for • rale to conaolldata this and forty sem saw reifisa brought by !fain. Byers, Walker, and Co., 1a wrirefrants, against a body of underwriters, stated to millair sem lassimids, who had written thrre polsias on • semi samillice Other, bawd from Holm. to a Britbh port, with prelim& l'lmrpolicir• were dated 4th May, 1045, 6,00 W. , letk Ape, IBA 6,0001 : and sth Jana, 104.5, 10,0001. Mims. Wor• sham( • partial losa. The daftedanta 'art to art op th• degree et ristaat credit under the likokrwtey hot (1849), sod dr heariwory of Me s. Byer • M. bet they sidreled So WM duly, lied Nisi Use mei es see the to try Ow actor rely. um spirt • or maderwritors Mho bad hallimModl the iminhr policies to Stehle e. sad asetlew wise • eel of tolerniters ok hid all recovidestl ash Irmehr, ald lob' babe eselvel Mr. Moly kr *WI Agit amebas es dr gremil OM It tricohl ••••• th• •ftlford —v— 'esir•sels• •• mini every patibb •we sad Peleld W amid Is In Nam a the NM elembele amelidation, rub judge tens Is Woad by** i diriben or by mann! 41111OMML COURT 07 BANKRUPTCY. (Bare Yr. Gramitiomr HalinsyL) IN II VAX IFIIIKILADJIMICATION. Atmlicalie . cliYiWi;pTey — woe Jacob Martin Via Willi, his d the Wets Heed In, Poultry. The bodes* bee nerdy hemirred the boats, mew a bill of sale. He bed kept en Awoken bar, where awry cobblers," " in-sling," cookteil," " tf g er• mmr: amid the other fashionable Yankee &take were mold. The bankrupt did not surrender; he is at present "out of the way." Ilia liabilities ire scull—some 1,2001. .11_1111: AADOKOVI AND R“.O.7IIICTITTOrn. ilia 110•0131 Th gave judgment on the application of 'mess bankrupts for their certificates. his said thseouree of ;ream which they had pursued Ins both realms sad l'iiideceset. No case within hie impertatee bed eshibilea awn gl aring abuse of the faitalthe glean foe the operatics@ of _trade of exchange ; or, as regarded Rugg, a more s dereliction from the dui., he owed to those in his power, forgetting .:together tho rela tion of masese and meant. This conduct aa a trader was certainly sot rendered lees culpable by the =with which, when under emaunation, be had the charges sicainat hint After two years and a Mire trading, thsT .ought to make an arrangement with creditor., and efiterwards became bankrupt on their own Petition. They *hen owed 22,6701, exclusive of Vita lia bilities on tit:stonier,' bills discounted. About 12,5091. of the 22,9701. were debts contracted on fictitious bill,. The assets would pay about 9.. or 10.. in the pound. After recapi tulating the circumstances, bit, Honour refused the certificate of Rags altogether and suepended that of Sadiron foe two years hem the date of haring, when granted to be of the third clew. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. "tn• UTE/LARY GAZETTE —IY RE WILLIAM FEELING JERDAN. This laselmat, who had formaly been proprietor of the laitrarf 011ittift, applied to be under the act from Whitmanssanan Priam. _ . . . Thin wee so opiedgoitlthe climbing. The schedule inldbited a saber of debts on account of the Literary Ownti which he had dispneed of soon after be purchased the lens, et a loin, end him proceedings showed that he bed been snugging with difficulties ethos he had been connected with the pub/slim.Aeaat the creditors on the schedule wee the addlinie of Strohm,tL banker, of the Strand, who hod edvenced same mount° the tnealvent. On the can being celled, Yr. and= said in answer to the officer of the mart, that he bad no counsel. The officer aleemegt the court that no creditor oppo.ed the application. /b. Onzuniesketer ierpected the schedule, but did Oct pet may troestior. to the insolvent. Alter he was mot a to the echedulo, he was declared en titled to the benedt of the act, and ordered to be discherged forthwith. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. NEW COURT. (Moro the Common Sorjoant.) Tarr f/Brirm end Eiwora 0' Brien were indicted for &malt- Mg William Whittaker, an akar of the Metropolitan Paler, and doing be grievous bodily harm. Mr. Bodkin end Kr. Clerk prosecuted, end Mr. Lilley defended. It appeare el that at about half-pest twelve on the night of Saturday; the 23rd of August, the prisoners and some other Irish were creating a disturbance upon Battersea bridge, when a man named Morris Gibbons went up to the prisoner Peter end told him that he had better keep quiet, or he would get into trouble ; upon which he struck him a vio lent blow in the mouth, followed it by another blow, and then trical to throw him into the water. Whit taker then e tree up, *teen Morris asked him to take l'eter into custody for the 'maul', which be refused to do, but told Morrie he tad better go home, upon which Peter seized him and struck him a violent Mow, and Simon also struck him, Some women then enoght hold of the °Meer and the two prismiers most atrottiously maltrvatod him, trying to strangle him, and mid that if there had not been so many present they would have killed him and thrown him into the water. The result was that the poor fellow was so lajured that he had to be carried into court to give hie evidence, and it was said that in all probability he would ultimately rink from the effect of the injuries which had been M elded upon him. The jury found the prisoners G.lty. The Common Smjeant said it wee the worst ewe be had ever beard, and sentenced the prisoners to three years' impel seement and hard labour. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MAMLBOROUUII-STREET. THIMATILTIINo TO 1101ffitWHIP A COT MTT-COVRT STMT. William Hayes, • respectable. looking MI man, was bror.ght before Mr. Besdon, on a warrant, chanting Slot for that he did threaten to boreewhip ' , ramie Bayley, Bag., j udge of tha Weatrninater County Court, St. Martin claw. whereby be spyrebinds that be goes la danger of some bodily harm that be, the mid William Ilayea will do or mum to be done. Complainant laid that some 'bort time ago the defendant woe a plaintiff in a rem before him, and in coneequence of his creating a disturbance and treating the court with con tempt, he was obliged to commit bin. until the tieing of the court. When the tenet reseed nittiag, the defendant reused to aim the least apology, notwithstanding which be ordered him to he discharged. The pri soner then entered into convection about a cam which had recently hewn derided against him, and his conduct ersa so offensive that he called the offi , ere of the court to eject him (rum the piece. The defendant then be came much excited, and said it wee a question whether he should not horsewhip him. Thinking he would any his threats into execution, he adopted the present proceedMp, and now wished him to be bound over to keep the peace. The primmer, who appeared to be labouring under great excitement, made a long rambling statement shout some In justice he had received at the handa of the complainant, which made him very excited, and while he wan In that state he certainly might have made use of the words imputed to him by Mr. Bayley, but without the least intention of carry ing the duvet into execution. He was a religion. MOB, and hie Bible told him it wris wrong to merit an injury. lir. Bead= laid if he wee a rtliginue moo he must have known hie conduct was highly improper in threatening to horsewhip the judge of the court. In order to restrain him for the future he should order him to find two =reties in 201. each, with himself in 401., to keep the peace for three months. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1857. LAUNCH OF THE GREAT EASTERN. (THIS DAY.) ACCIDENT. This morning commenced the above great opera *Ai, which has been looked twitted to with so much 1 anxiety. All night long Kr. Banta, Captain Har rison (the Sitars oommandar) Mr. 3. Scott Rama (the originator of this leviathan atetmehtp) and 1,600 Sew:banis wine upon the ground making the necessary reparations by gas light to: the momentous proceedings of to-day. As witnessed from the rim, the some by moonlight wu of an extraordinary character. Hundreds of men, socmingly of liUiputian forms, ware flitting about in _„ all directions, heaving, hauling, hammer ;rig, and rattling the re. ; metal bottom of the stupendous structure, balanced. as it , were, in mid air above them. Now and then was heard the stentorian voice of the euperintmdent giving directions, or C the chorus of the working gangs, who pulled and NI heaved the great chains and hawsers connected N with the machinery and apparatus of the mad. at Through the dark hours of the night those laborious peeps- 11. rations were continued, and the day found them still pro- 0 4 reeding. By and by the vacant spaces in the neigh- E. I bourhood began to bo tilled up with people ; row t . boats dropped down the river in shoals, filled with rk, watermen and mechanics, while the opposite banks It gradually became fringed with human beings. Tem- t s : porary galleries were erected slong the quays, the tops of 86 houses, Me breed roofs of workshops, or the decks of craft that were mere cockboate to rho mighty ship opposite. As ths morn- Si. ing advanced these miles of slender planksj wen appropriated r a by eager tenants, and river steam-boats, from below and 1 above bridge, bustled about with decks and paddle-boar completely covered. Within the yard ths earlier srrivela re coidinod to the wive.. and fandllom of On workmen, for whom every anoomrnedation was pro. 12 vided. At first a disposition we evinced to stria IL round the ship, .. but the falling beams of timber gi. knocked from ;rider her, and the incansant whirling of punks end cranes, rendering close inspection dangerous the lees venturesome were fain to beet a precipitate retreat. To make up for their disappointment they fell to speculating a. upon the possible failure of the launch, There wu several LP pude of land between the vessel and the water U of the river at this time, the tide being very low, end cm- p tainly the ship seemed to rest upon so alight • tim ber fetuses that misgiving, in timid minds were E natural. The cradle appeared ludicrous compared s t . with the mountain above, and to an unfamiliar eye the vessel seemed not to be propped up by any equivalent sup- rg' port, but simply balanced on her keel. Immediately in front ware two broad inclined planes down which the two It cradles, the one at the stem the other at stern, were Si. to glide with their wonderful burden. On the other side, g but at some distance from the ship, there was fitted up the le largest, and perhaps moat powerful, windlass in the world. It Around this stupendous machine was coiled the equally se messier chain that held back the ship, and would I. WM s l i her gently down the declivity. Every prop, beam, fender, : or support other than the cradle and chain was safely re- Si. moved by 12 o'clock. The inclined plane then received s anal coating of grease and lampblack end the workmen Si. returned to the beck of the yard, leaving but one solitary Individual in front to watch the forward action re of the floating apparatus. The position of this strong-nerved N mechanic sent • momentary shudder through the multitude, se who beheld what they thought was a pc/610u' situation, but N. he did not remain long to awaken their apprehension, and quite a relief was felt se he slowly seconded a rope-ladder N and disappeared In the framework of the paddle-wheel, It was now twenty minute. peat twelve o'clock, e the tide was moaning up rapidly, the water lad almost reached the foot of the outer cradle, a movement in the le direction of the principal platform surrounding the yard, placed those who observed it on the tip-toe the of expectation, which was not a little Inerussi, when • bottle covered with flowers, and fedened is to the end of a rope was lowered from the 1s outboard bow of the vowel. It was rightly Nuke- to bared that the bottle contained the good old pad with which the vessel was to be christened, and the crowd the below raised • hearty cheer as it dangled ler a nee few minutes in the air. Tho ceremony of chrietseier was gracefully performed by Miss Hops, the dascither ■ of the well-known millionaire, and chairman of p the Groat Eastern Steam Navigation Company, r is • aloe christened lie vend "The Leviathan." The J 4 blow wee admirably aimed, and as the fragments of the 2 bottle fell to the ground • body of workroom made a rush ge to secure the flowers. The spectators were efterwarde kept for some time la a state of painful suspenee ; one o'clock was T N approaching and the launching machinery had yet to be put to the proof of positive experience. Every- s a : thing was hashed and • solemn stillness reigned throughout the vaaresultitude within the yard. Suddenly the front mooring chains were seen to tighten. A cheer ree broke from the workmen, and a cry was rained, " She 1 0 4 mover," " She moves." The vessel moved down the place is . for about two inches, and the dram or windlass spun round ss fe with srful velocity. The workmen were then seen to run L . away from the &brie, and the operation of launching was le 'encoded. Inquiry wee then instituted, and it was sear. s it tinned by our reporter that some slight portion of le the approaches had got out of gear, whereby an accident had ss been caused ti five or six men—four of whom were no g much injured that they had to be conveyed to the Poplar 2 Ilispital. The tide was rapidly rising to the veeeel, and Mr. Brunel stated that his preliminary movement of the chains had bean a mere experiment, and bad so far succeeded, that I s ° it was likely when the tide reached its fiend, the veered would • safely descend into the river. The Lords of the Admiralty and the Lord Mayor and corporation the Siamese embassy, and many diatinguishsd members of the Corps Diplomat:4w were amongst the g spectators. IS te MI 116 SS II II ICS 11 1 U. It/ 108 IN 101 IN IN IN N IN ll 1 114 IN as IN IN N a ts tai N IN Of IS U IN U SI U if' 1? 0 N 1 ti 1 _, 1114 It Ili 11l lli II! Ui IN N I I n es ei IN 144 Is II SG N i.e II IS IN 111 U le I die Si Me Ile 11i 107 198 9/ 191 SO t SO OS IS SS MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL. The Wootton magistrates were engaged yesterday in the investigation of a charge of murder preferred against Andrew O'Brien, the keeper of a public-house in Hanover street Liverpool. The victim is an old woman, Mary May ans by name, the mother-in-law of the prisoner, and who resided at Mach Wootton, • village about six miles from Liverpool. She was • person of some mane, and it appears that a short time sr she lent the prisoner 6001., which has not yet been repaid. O'Brien aml his wife went out to Wootton on Friday last, end Mrs. O'Brien stayed with her husband at the house of Mrs. Molynenx until Saturday after noon, when she left him there, and returned to Liverpool. O'Brien is a person of very drunken habits, and generally, when he netted his mother-in-law, was intoxicated, as he wee upon this occasion, On Sunday moen t eg he naked for some whiskey, a gill of which wea given to by Me,. Molyneux. n• prirmcr and his mother-in-law were left alone together that afternoon, and when Mrs. Moss, the landlady of the hour, returned, she found that the prisoner had during this interval destroyed old Mrs. Molyneux by ensagalation, sad by knocking her heed violently upon the leading. The whole neighbourhood wee astir, nispieloas noises having been heard in the betas as of some persons reaping sad tramping, alternated with heavy thumper on the Soar, by several people either rending near or pining the spot. One neighbour, Margaret Collins by name, when attention was arrested by three noises, went into the which is overlooked by one of the windows of Mrs..l rd ol7 Deux'. room, and while there she aw the old lady's had and arm hanging out of the open window. Presently the pri soner came up to the window and dragged the body into the room. The body waa motionless and apparently dead. The house wee then broken open, and the prisoner was discovered leaning over the deceased, whose body was lying on the Boor, traces of blood being apparent both on the window rill, on the floor and Landing, end upon the priaoner's person. O'Brien seemed calm, and said, " I've dons it." Ile did not seem disposed to avert the responsibility, nor to desire to cape. When brought to the police-station and asked why he had been taken there, he said, "For the murdered Martha Molyneiu." When questioned before the magistrates pre vious to his committal he said, .1 wish to make no state ment but that I did it ender a feeling that I was bound to de it. 1 was in such a state that I never was before from drink, and I saw the pictures all moving round rite. If I had been In my right mind I would rather have lost my life than have taken her's." The prisoner was then committed for trial at the next anises. When Le perpetrated the crime he appears to have been under the intluenie of difirimoi frown,. CENTRAL CRIMINAL Cointre—A epccial session at this court was held pmenent to the previsions et the Central C Come foe the purpose of tieing the dips be betike Mme amine the seaming year. Boom Am dem efdedt the 1111Yrrieg learned judge. catered the meet, amen by the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Mr. I' Eder -Shertif Millen], Mr. Under- Shariffholme„ the Lon' Chief Baron Pi.ilock, Mr. Jur- Nal filr. Justine 31r. Juetii e Crowder, Mr. hole Mr. Justice Willis, Mr. Baron Bram &Mt Mrs, end Mr. Baron Channel!. Mr. ptelk Ms Chid If Me Armigne, them mid thee the fol lowing bps bed bra appointed by their lordedipe foe hold hf_bs_mmieme dhs Central Criminal Court for the m :-11117—Monday, Non. 23; Monday, Der. 14. --irmeday, Jan. 4; Monday, Feb. l; Monday, Feb. 22; Mesiay, April .5; Monday, Msy 10; Monday, June 14; Monday, July 5 ; Monday. August 16; Monday, Sept. 20; Monday, Oot. 25. The court wm thee schotroid. 8114811 L1328,2E18 DAT. Two eCi.pow. The railway share market today heavy, and priors in most eases exhibit a reduction varying from 3 to # per cent., compared with the closing quotations of Saturday. The decline is more per ceptible within the last hour and a half. Cheat Western of Canada and Grand Trunk of Canada shares have fallen. Foreign lines are quiet. OIDLWANT IMAM AND MGM NW way le 1 pau i l " V Cr= l ,l ill liialrate. aOm VIA, Efts. Les. lb Ohis. 3sdu NO OMNI rid IBMs, all IN = 14 Ii Si 114 If If ft U. 10i 10 WI 41 s i nil /I I li a die pa al U if - - Cs 40 tf 14 Li Par i Da 1. I.'" r le 'l l r 3 4 VII 11l S 4 I$ N 11l :Pi 1/1 1I 11;11 111 51, N $1 $8 „ !N 471 I' 1" . .7. mil 1111 I II £4 l 11l 1111 r: ie i l i s e LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (sr =scram "Tirowax.) WORCESTER MEETING.—(THIS DAY. WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP. Two milts. Hobgoblin, The Dupe, Daily Miller, Carlos., Omer Pasha, Leant* Remedy, Bel Eaperanza, and Weather glass, are here. THE HURDLE RACE. Two miles. The Scamp Date Freedom), Eeington Ines, Earthatopper, Psreevennes by Bowstring—Fallb, and Bromploo, are hers. The ground fa rather heavy. 071111 ARILIVALL—Agra, Nearby, Lord Nelson, Ell., Raven, Admiral of the White , sleatay, Lars of Richmond Bill, Forest Queen, Prom+, Theadine, Inn- keeper. Welham, Mary Lovell, Babble, D'Arey, Amorous Boy, Harkformard, Children. STIMPLICIIASI TO-X.llol4.—Cklitam, Knight of the Shim, Old Dug Fray, %atom, end Brigadier, bare paid forfeit. TnE CONvICT DATI4.—Mr. Sheriff Allen and the Under-Sheriffs, Mews. Millard end Parker, accompanied by the Rev. /dr. Davis, the Ordinary of Morsel', and the Governor of the Oaol, pr seeded to the cell of the wretched prisoner yesterday at two o'clock, and communicated to him that Monday (the 16th inst.) had been fixed as the time at which the awful penalty of the low would be carried into effect. The notification wee mode to the prisoner by the Ordinary ins solemn and impressive address, but which did not seem much to affect the prisoner, who eseneetly requested a parting interview with his only child—a daughter of about seven years of age. Ile was, of course, assured that an op porttmity would be afforded him of taking o last farewell of his child, and he thanked the officials foe their Hudnall', end the interview terminated. _ SIR W. HAmit.to.v.—When he was alive, he onus always be pointed to as redeeming Scotland from the regime& of being without high scholarship. Oxford had no sera to put on the same level. Germany had not a profounder sisholer, or one whose judgment, in a diaputed point, could be so relied on. Nor waa his the scholarship of mere words ; be knew the history of terme, but it wee because be was fe istier with the history of opinions. In reading his account. for example, of the different meanings which the word "Idea" has had, and of the views taken of sense one feels that his learning is quite equalled by hr e p cic o P w i er i Oi discrimination. No man has ever done more in cleating the literature of philosophy of ommon-plate mistakes, of thefts, and impostures. He has !burro all of us hinedsnr genius it la to quote without consulting the original; to adopt, without elimination, the common traditions in philo sophy; that those who Um row at second.hand will be found out ; and that those who staid, without acknowledgment, Mill eerier or later, be detected end expired. He experience, a delight in stripping modern authors of their borrowed [esthete, sad of punuing stolen goods from one literary thief to another, sad giving them back to their original owner. For yews to come ordinary authors will seem mined, by drawing boa his stores. In incidental discussions, In foot sores, and none en foot notes, he haa mattered meta, whisk tt will take miry &scholar many a day to gather and to crack. 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In the Stock Exchange no transactions whatever are officially reported. The inquiries are limited, and the general appearance of the market rather depressed. Mariquita mining shares have been dealt in at 15s. ; Mexican and South American Smelting at 10s. ; and English and Australian Copper, at It and 13. Foreign descriptions are dull. Neatens and Warbler sold on the 26th ult. 30 tons of lead ore, at 161. 12e. 6d. per ton. Greet Wheal Vor sold on the 17th ult. 4 parcels of black Ely reellelog together 2,863/. At East Raewerne • call of 2s. 6d. per share WIWI made on October 30. At Wheal Arthur a call of 20s. per share was made the 29th ult. . . " Wheel Mery Ann sampled on the 23rd ult. a parcel of Iced ore (computed) 83 tone. Wheel Trelawny sold on 3lat October 80 tone of Over laid ore, at WI. le. 6d. per ton, amounting to 2,0061. Pro duce of pawl, 16} cwt, of lead, and oz. 50.10.12 of @llea, In 20 cwt. of the ore. W The Vale of Towy Mine sampled on the 31st ult. 5.5 tons of lead ore (computed). MONDAY EVENING. Owing to the absence of the members of the Stack Exchange this hos been almost a complete holiday in the mining share market. In the 'Mining Ex change there were some inquiries for Lady Bertha shares, at advanced prices. We annex the official list of prices furnished from that establishment : East Russell, 40.., 42e. 6d. ; Lady Bertha, 245. 6d., 265. 6d., 265. 6d., 275. 6d. ; North Croft, 61. f. Waal olden I "WM oday imleeday. to 1 pa. ... Ii PM COMMERCIAL IND MAMENTS LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TILEOZAPE.) (nom oia OWN COILRIAEONDIXT.) We have have had a much better attendance of both farmers and dealers in our market this day than for some time put. Holders present large and prospective quantities to sell, but buyers are waiting for lower prices. Indian corn is 6d. per quarter lower. Oats, meal, beans, peas and other articles without altera tion. hTINCING-LANE.-THIS DAT. SUCIAII —The market has again opened with a very dull appearance, and nearly all tho West India offered in Tublie sale has been bought en at last week's prices. Refined doll ; humps, 695. to 625. Correa.—The small public sales are progressing without showing any material alteration in prices. TEA.—Common Congo° is quoted Is. lid. buyers, but there is more disposition to sell black leaf wagon. Rice.-7,000 bane Madras offered, and bought in at Ils. Rret continues dull of sale. Corrow.-300 bales sold this mrning at id. advance on the late lowest point of the market. In other articles no material alteration. Markets gene rally dull. TALLOW MARKET.--THIS DAT. The market islist to day .—Tows Tallow is quoted 575. nett cash ; Petersburg T. C. to the spot. Ms. Bd ; Data ble sad Deombor. 64.6 d ; loamy sad Yu* fda 3d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Mr. Z. J. Davis reports trade heavy, prime without altera tion. PeitDS meadow hay, 85s. to 70a ; superior ditto, 720. to 80..; infetior ditto, 50s. to Ms. ; roam, 60s. to 80s. ; Mover, 85s. to 100 e.; secoad cat, 700 to 88e. ; strew, 28e. te 30a. STATUE. OF TFIE LATE LORD MELTILLE AT EDINPVROR.—Mr. Steell's statue of the late Lord Melville was finished some time since, and the pedestal in Melvill► street being also ready for its reception, it was on Thursday raised to its place, and displayed to public view on Friday afternoon. The statue, which is in bronze, and IlltaftlYOß nearly twelve feet in height, is the result of s subscription raised by the many friends end admirers of the late excellent peer, and it will, we believe, including the preparation of the site and the pedestal, cost in all about two thousand pounds. It is designed to commemorate Lord Melville's exertions in all measures connected with the county, and his worth and amenity so a country gentleman, rather =ea a pnblic man in say more extended sphere,—tireinnern MONEY AVABEBT.-THIS DAY. Two o'CLoor. Owing to the withdrawals of gold from the Bank, coupled with the less satisfactory advice+, from America, the funds were weaker. Prices are now quoted fully per cent. worse than at the close of business on Saturday. The other de partments of The Stock Exchange also exhibit heaviness. Consols for the 10th inst. were first marked 89; and 901, and are now quoted only 89/. For money the price is also 89 t. The Three per Cents. Re duced have been dealt in at 891 to 881 ; the New Three per Cents., at 89,1, to 88; ; Bank Stock, at 208; to 211; Exchequer Bills, at 15s. to 10s. dim.; Exchequer Bonds, 1859, at 91/ to ; and India Bonds, s at 475. to 425. die. Turkish Six per Cents. 'were :first marked 881 for the 16th inst., and have since fallen to 881 to 1. The Oaaranteed Four per Cents. have been dealt in at 981 for money, and 98 and 971 for the account, being also rather weaker. Other foreign stocks are quiet. The sales comprise Brazilian Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, at 991 ; Chilian Six per Cents., at 103; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. at 64; Portuguese Throe per Cents., 1853, at 431; Russian Fire per Cents. at 106; Sardinian Five per Cents.. at 891 to 90; and Spanish Old Three per Cents. at 401. In the discount market yesterday there was a fair demand for money, with a tolerably good supply. At the Bank of England the applications were upon an active scale. The withdrawals of gold from the Bank, to the probability of which we drew attention several days ago, continue to excite some uneasiness. In addition to occasional withdrawals of sovereigns destined for the Irish and Scotch banks, and to the 90,0001. in bar gold which was taken out on Satur day for exportation, about 40,0001. in bars was yes terday withdrawn for shipment to the Continent, in payment for silver. So long as gold flows thus freely from the Bank, the apprehension of fresh re strictions will be kept alive. The bullion in the Bank is now reduced to a point at which a con tinuance of the efflux will produce the more effect. Supplies of gold from Australia are, therefore, anxiously p lookedrecis for. Some of sovereigns were also taken from the Bank yesterday, for exportation to India and China. The exact amount of specie and bullion shipped on board the Ripon, which will leave Southampton for Alexandria to-morrow, is 956,8471. Of this, 12,1321. is gold and 944 , 6951. silver. The ship ments to China are very small, and those to Bombay and Calcutta enormously large. The details are as follows, viz., for the Mauritius, gold, 5001.; for Ceylon gold, 5,1751. ; for Bombay, 350,9961. (of which 6861. is gold); for Alexandria, 160/. ; for Madras, 28,0791. (of which 3,5881, is gold ; for Calcutta, 475,0651. (of which 1,8211. is li gold ; for Penang, 1,01 01 . ; for Singapore, 23,8341. for ong Kong, 68,6951 . (of which 4001. is gold); and for Shanghai, 3,4401. The subjoined exhibits the aggregate shipments by each of the last six Col steamers : August 20 per ombo September , 4, per Indus September 20, per Ripon 663,669 October 4, per Colombo October 20, per Indus 777,122 November 4, per Ripon It is expected that a very large amount of silver will be despatched by the packet of the 20th inst., inclusive of the quarter of a million or thereabout, which is to be remitted by the East India Company, and for the delivery of which contracts are under stood to have been already entered into by parties who will draw it from the Continent. The steamers Panther and Pilot arrived in the Thames, on Saturday, from Boulogne and Antwerp, with about 40,0001. worth of silver. It appears from the New York &deices that the exchange on London remained depressed. The leading bankers asked 104 to 105 for bills on Eng land, but mercantile bills of the first class were obtainable from 100 to 103 per cent. Un less an advance takes place, we must look for continued remittances of gold from England to New York. Moreover, the telegram received at Halifax, with two days later news from New York, announces increased tightness and depression in the money and stock markets. It is mentioned that " the news by the Europa has had an unfavourable influence here.' The Europa sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, the 10th of October, with 63,0001. in specie, and with news that the Bank of England had, on the previous Thursday, raised the rate of discount from 51 to 6 per cent. It was not until Monday, the 12th, that the rise to 7 per cent. was decided upon. The next steamer to sail for New York is the Ariel, which will leave Southampton to-morrow. The City of Washington will sail from Liverpool on the same day, and the Niagara on Saturday. In the wheat market yesterday prices were some what irregular, bat, upon the whole, more firmnees prevailed, transactions taking place at rates equal to those of last Monday. The decline of ls. to 2s. per quarter, which was established in the interval, naa consequently been recovered, although the reports from the country markets held at the close of last week, as well as those from the French markets, announce a further decline of Is. to 2s. per quarter. The imports of foreign grain into London last week were large. The number of floating cargoes of grain arrived at ports of call since last Friday is 28, the wind being southerly. The advices from Manchester report increasing depression of trade. In the cotton manufacturing districts, in the silk trade, and other quarters, the production is being greatly curtailed, and the num ber of operatives either out of employment or only partially employed, is daily augmenting. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Alfred Hill, commission merchant and shipping agent, of No. 35, Milk-street, held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, geterday, a statement of the affairs haying been rend Mr. Unite - tie, the accountant, Mr. Van Soudan, solicitor for Mr. Hill, proposed to pay the creditors a composition of ss. Bd. in the pound in the follow ing.manner : le. 81. in the pound at four months, 2s. in the pound at eight months, and 2s. in the pound at twelve months, from De cember 1, and to pay the trade creditors a further sum of 2s. 4d. in the pound, to be secured to them by an assignmentto traritees of Mr. A. Hill's cOtaintreTle claims 6" 1" 4 the drawers of his accommodation acceptances. I his resolution is to be considerel void unless agreed to by all creditors within one month from the present date. This proposition was accepted, and the reso lution was signed by the majority of the creditors present. The weekly traffic return of the Great Western Railway of Canada, just received, presents a de crease of 4,958/., compared with that for the Cer ra/sanding week of last fens. The half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Conti nental Gas Association is called for the 25th instant, when a half-yearly dividend is to be declared on the first, second, third, and fourth capitals. Shareholders in the Brazilian Land and Mining Company (Limited) who hold bankers' receipts for the payment of 11. per share, may receive certifi cates of fully paid-up shares on the 9th inst. The dividends are advertised on Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Bonds. MONDAY EVENING. This being one of the days fixed for the striking of the half-yearly balance at the Bank of England, the transfer offices at that establishment were closed, and the Stock Exchange was also shut, according to custom. A number of dealers met in the Royal Exchange, and a few transactions took place in Con sols for the 10th instant, the price ranging from 891 to 901, which would imply a reduction of to f, per cent. from the closing quotations of Saturday. As a cause for the decline the American news was as- I signed. These quotations, however, must be re ceived with caution, as quite destitute of official anthoriaation. Sfe I .• i .