The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

DECEMBER 10, 1853. The show of sheep was of a high class, and it must have been with no little hesitation that the judges finally came to the decision of awarding to Mr. Foijambe, of Osberton-hall, near Worksop, Notts, the gold medal for the pen of three finest sheep in the exhibition. The show of pigs wag particularly good. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, who has exhibited stock in several of the classes, has been most successful in this department of pigs ; his pen of three Sutfolk pigs, aged twenty-two weeks, having gained the gold medal, as the finest specimens of their class in the exhibition, and it was the opinion of all who examined them that they middy deserved that honour. The gallery this year possessed many features of unusual interest. Among a crowd of new reaping machines and other implements, all tending to the improvement and simplification of agriculture, there is one stand which, for many reasons, will bo looked upon with peculiar gratification at this juncture. This is the contribution of the Royal Dublin Society, which occupies a prominent positi in the principal gallery. Ireland is here fitly repre sented by a magnitieent collection of green crops, embracing all the different varieties of mangold wurzel, turnips of various kinds, sugar beet, parsnips, white and red carrots, potatoes, field onions, flax seed, and several remarkable specimens of field cabbage. Some of these roots are perfect curiosities in their way, and fully bear out the proverbial fer tility of Irish soil. The number of visitors to the show has been almost unprecedentedly large. On Thursday and yesterday the concourse amounted to mu absolute mob, through which at times it was extremely diffi cult to move. The sales of stock, &c., however, have been remarkably dull, especially during the earlier days of the show. On Wednesday evening the annual dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club came ow at the Freemasons' Tavern, and was attended by more than 100 of the leading agriculturists. The Duke of Richmond, who occupied the chair, and Mr. Pusey, made speeches after dinner, congratulating the club on its success as an instrument in promoting the improvement of British agriculture, and on its prosperous condition in regard to funds at the present time. The show finally closed yesterday (Friday) evening. TUE RATE.: OF MuPTALITY in the m.•tropolis con tinues to advance, and in the week that ended on Saturday last the number of deaths rose to 1,414. In five weeks that have elapsed since the 19th of Octo ber the numbers have been 1,111, 1,192, 1,101, 1,839, and 1,414. Concurrent with these weekly numbers there has been an almost constant WI in the mean temperature. Last week 620 children died under 15 years of age, 451 men and women between 15 and 00 years, and 306 at 64) years and upwards. From con sumption there died 115 persons ; from bronchitis, 175 ; from lung diseases, 113. Old persons, and those particularly who are subject to pulmonary complains, suffer from the coldness of the weather; and the high price of fuel at this time renders the poor less able to contend with it, besides abridging their means of obtaining bread, which is also dear, as well as the other necessaries of life. Cholera is very much diminished, and will probably, as in the previous epidemic, nearly disappear for a time. Only 18 deaths from this disease were registered last week. Tim Hos. G. S. STAFFORD JERNINGII.vq, now Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, is appointed her Majesty's Minister at Stockholm, in place of Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., who has resigned, ou his appointment to the second command of the Mediterranean squadron. The lion. W. C. Eliot (son of Earl St. Germans, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), now unpaid attache at Lisbon, is appointed second paid attache to her Majesty's mission at Berlin, in the room of the Hon. Vesey Bliglt, resigned. Ir is rumoured that the Earl of Aberdeen has appointed his stepson, the Marquis of Ahercorn, to a diplomatic mission of importance, in the present state of foreign politics. VISCOUNT PALMERSToN will remain in town until shortly before Christmas, when the noble viscount and viscountess proceed to Broadlands, to dispense their hospitality to a succession of guests. TUE VALrE or• LACE, of British and Irish manu facture, exported in the ten months ended on the sth ult. was 495,8841., being a large increase on the former year. GEORGE Ariassox, E•Q., of the Inner Temple, and of the Northern Circuit, was on Monday last sworn in, before the Lord Chancellor, as one of her Majesty's sergeants-at-law. He gave rings with the motto " Tout temps prist." He is a native of West morland, and the author of " The Worthies of West• morland," " International Law;' a work on " Sheriff Law," "The Shipping Laws of the British Empire," &c. &c. dc. His promotion seems to give general satisfaction at the bar. THE PRESS. .losurt BArEtt, EsQ., of the house of Baring Bro ther., is said to be the person selected as umpire by the connnissioners to settle claims between treat Britain and the United States. IN the month ended November the sth there were 5,574 tons of guano imported, against 2,450 of the same month last year. Sot•Tlt WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION took place on Saturday last, when Mr. Shirley was returned without opposition. lx Soma STAFFORDSHIRE a sharp contest IS 1111- pending for the vacancy in the representation caused by the accession of Lord Lewisham to the earldom of Dartmouth. Two influential county families will come into antagonism on this occasion, a.s the Liberals of the mining districts, a ft er busily seeking fora rival candidate to start against Viscount In gestrie, have at length found one in the person of Lord Paget, son of the Earl of Uxbridge, and grand son to the Marquis of Anglesey. Tiff: IZt•ss ILAN FRIOATE Aurora was towed out to Spithead on Tuesday, after soh extensive and thorough refit, which has made lick' it better ship than she ever was. The Russian c orv e tte Naya r i t ' remains HI dock, being recaulked, and It new bottom, but her present ono will lots ratchet' up, to enable her to take her departure as soon us pos sible. THE Luxe-PROPOSED EXTENSION; OF NEW EAR RINO DOH STREET is al length progressing. Work men commenced on TuesdN, , the removal of the hoarding round some houses in West-street, Sefton hill, which will be the first to come down, in order to leave room for the new street. These houses had enjoyed at long notoriety as the resort of the worst thieves in London. Sabo anti Vo A CAse or Coxtunravete IsTenrsT ltvu.wvy Comexstus was brought to a conclusion in the Dublin Court of Common Pleas on Saturday even ing ; Mr. Henry Anderson, a well-known horse dealer of that city, being the plaintiff. and the Chester and Holyhead Railway impany 41efendants, and the action being one for an alleged breach of contract, by which the plaintiff stated that. lie had sustained considerable damage through injury to fifteen horses which the defendants bad contracted to convey for hint in horse-boxes on their hue within a specified tune. (In Mr. Anderson's arrival in Holyhead with the horses he found that there were no boxes ready for him to go on with his horses, nor were there any to be had until a late train, the re sult of which was that he aid not. reach Shrewsbury (his destination) until four o'clock on the morning of the fair, when it was found that the horses, which were very Valuable, and varied in price from 949. to OM., were all more or less deteriorated from fatigue, fie., and were consequently not in good saleable tinier. The alleged deterioration in the value of the horses was considerable, and the loss sustained by the plaintiff was from 290 f. to 4(M)!., at the lowest calcula tion. On the part of the defendants it was contended that the railway company never undertook to convey those horses except on the usual terms they conveyed everything which was carried, " subject to unavoid• able accidents and delays." They no doubt were paid for carrying Mr. Anderson's horses, and weld(' have sent them on by the nine o'clock a.m. train on the' 9th of February if they could, but they had not the means. A special contract was relied on to eon • vey them by that particular train ; but it was con tended that no such contract was ever entered into, and the receipt given to the plaintiff fir the money he pain stated on the back of it the condition— namely, that they conveyed them subject to nevi dental delays. The case occupied the court during two days, and at a late hour on Saturday evening the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 2301. damages and fld. costs. IN THIN VU.E.CRANCFLI.OIes IroVIIT on Tuesday a motion was made, on behalf of Mr. I'crey Boling broke St. .John, for an injunction to restrain a printer named Alexandrines from selling the type employed in printing the Eastern Star, a weekly paper, pub lished in London, for the purpose of advocating the cause of Greek independence, and from intvrtering with the publication of the paper. The defendant had been served, but did not appear. Ills honour made the order. Mn. WENN, A " GENTLEMAN OF EN Forrt . st," as ho was described at the police court, was driven up to (71erkenwell Office on Monday in a cab, with two ladies anti a policeman. The gentleman appeared excited and intoxicated, anti had his coat torn. The young ladies were his wife and sister, whom it was stated that. he often indulged in the gentlemanly amusement of ill-using Sarah Wel,h, the wife, a haii.lotume pfrsoo, of aupetior manners+, appeared with her unit leunel up, and suffering usiolt rain. She .rid that the pri.oner wit% her hiuthatid, RIO he 1144 been in the habit of ill-treating her. She hall pntaeiette.l him take befure at Use Worship -street Court fur assaults upon her. on that afternr.ou he returned to his toddenee the in• Ilucuct vi liquor, awl t;ladausucvti a quarrtl nit 4 lar wd Loa 753 • dater, ,at which occasion he metre,' a re,l•hot poker, with witleh lie ittmeke.l them and threatened that he would kill them. Ile •truek her .at the arm with the weapon, and her ann WllOl nearly I , n.ken. She was wo nittelt Injured that she was tinder modteal Mll einiattee. Mr. colttr: Pray. what Is the vrisoner? Mr.. Webb: Ile la a gentleman as far as property uoea—he I• a now of forttute. We went in tear of our Ines through hl• threats Audi tll-treatmeitt. 'rlie defendant, nut seeming sober enough to under stand his position properly, was liwketl up, and the ease remanded to the nest day, when 31r. Pelham, the counsel, after some consultation between thu parties, suggested that-- 1111.1er sit the eirettnrAmieer, %lewina the poo+ill..ll in life of ibe partie , .—the pri+otter being a gentleman of etaniblei.mlo aealtl k she eil.e 8114.111.1 be adjourned for * week. Mr*. ehh hwl put sip with the prisoner's 111•In.age for a length of UlllO I.llld. They howl been married some years, and haul thre children ; anal in 11.0 terint of the onijoininuent Itio) *oat make out a deed of twpault• tion. AIL 4 . ol{ltly Pahl ho would eoligent to adjourn the ram. maks' the h.q... that 00111 r alulrablr arrangement uti g ht hs atin ea at. It a a %re v violent ease---. uo e 41,4•11...1 the V." nail) of the taw. The prisoner aRI 111 lioiller st the Cho assatilt, and his must he freiti lila tetopeiar y itiail• Helot. lle ordered the prisoner 1.0 Mid WO lot 401 a., and to gi% • his own reeiiiptisativer for t a ,q. NI r. Pelham urged that, as the prisoner Was It Mall 111 1111ll1e Wealth, the alinntlit 11r the boil ought I.' be larger. .11 Ir. ferric then inhered the bail to I o put in for tot NIL, and the prisoner Vatf., to appear at (Is.‘ eiiiirt on that day Week. TIII: Atsr‘lits of Itrlt M %.tr , 4 Tili:ATltr were discussed in the V ire-ehalleellin's Court ou Wtshies day, before it Vt. I'. Wood. Moon Knit, ill which Alessrs. Lumley and Might's were respectitely plaintiffs and defendants. 1 )11 behalf of the latter an injunction was moved flir 111 restrain Mr. Lumley from sitirendering the lease of h e r Majesty's The a tre, or from doing any act whereby the said lease might I. surrendered, or rendered will. Alr. Lumley, on the other side, filed his bill to be I . lllslk Ihr s e tit rities which he had given to Hughes, mid thi s was Diet by it motion by M r . II tigh„.„.„ eullllxe lthat hr might give security for costa, Upon the ground that his only description was " of her Majesty's Theatre," where he had no residence. In support of the thst ease, the motion for the itkjuitetion, the facts stated were these : Hughey, WA , ' 11 r rdllur (..$r motivy lent 1. , Mr. Lumley, nn billy of exchange to the antoottli of ! , ,! , 0 0 11/., then. being jndgtneut• agaiwit Mr. i. ley, at the llistntice of other persona, to the rt• tent of 115,111110. 'l•ha defendant I. 1.1 Marl been one., bl IMMI 1.7 11 agile* att.l other errattor.., and % er.lictm recoserr.l, h ut ax It war *1101..,0/1 that hlr ,011111. or th.• 1111111 iiiii lent to kir. Littaley a tram• non+ ingonnt of internal had been allpnlxtrd fee (it Wool ltoitt thnt tit i •of the itittllem hitti rlifirgeti 1:1111 per I'l4ll ), point* were littr the citsittitieratittli 1.1 Ike I'ollll, 101 111 010 ttiValitilly of the olee.l on the gn .1 01 no r m. It way atatl.ll that 1111 la.\l•M AIM 401014 Rn had been let bt• kW !minim' to Illttgliea. The Lill t.r.9...1 10 , 1110 1,11.1 pit):tient out of the I.r.wordo, areonling to In•iorules. A e at eit•glt Imol trutieti at lite i 11.411114.0 1f 1111$01ra 111.011 hia Jlllll4lllolli, hut, NlOOlllOl 51111 alscriff hail fi.rutally taken Ploosepini..n. NI,. Lumley appear...l to he Initially In p..•a••aalon at the Klll4'lll luolaeut. Anens.t.st other Judgment elstAllttlt was Mftriella Imrd. Counsel fur Iliwites lullluocd 114 chief ground of the nwtion for an injunction that. Mr. Lumley, or hie legal advisers, had threatened, if the verdict in a for• titer action went enforced, it would not be effective, its the lease would be surrendered. This allegation was altogether denied by the defendant : Upon the bill by Mr. Lumley agaitint Mr. II avher, it ego a.ked by Mr. Freeling, on behalf of lltittlien. that Mr. Landry ►uight neeurity for coma, the affidavit. 111..14..111g Llist usual apply ration at her Ntalesty'a Thoittre Mr. hooky ea. not there, hat, that a 101 W called there UUCP IL fortought, or ta'etvalottallY, my papern that might belt* there. Nr.1.11,1111.) laelsigile4l n hosts. i•iaitivoiiiim to the theatre, .•ahle•i N... 1, hail atoll, 5.4 to slush the AnidiliVil.leOndictril, it beitia %tate.' by Mr. Lumley 000, 10 Nut, 0 firm.•! part of the op.•sM.lu.u.e, owl a beilig alleg.•d ou the part of Mr. Illittliets that it ea. b.•ldun n %roam u h...., suit it being mao.rted that Mr. Lumley had not I.•ro there at ill, of %cry 'widow, the cloying of thoi opera h► 1054. His honour said his only doubt WRY upon the quo.. tion of egrets, the statements in the affidavits being very vague. He felt satished that Mr. Lumley bail not expressed, by himself or by any atithoriaed agent, any such intention as that imputed to him. Upon the motion for security for costs ins should follow the declaim' of Lord Cott►•nl►am in Hurst v. l'adwiek, and refuso the motion, without costa. THE ILLF.4IALITY OF 1/ITTERIEM, and the preCki definition of that prohibited species of gaming, underwent a protracted discussion before the Bristol magistrates on Tuesday. A prosecution had heen instituted by order of the Secretary of State (Lord Palmerston) against Mr. 11. H. King, a stationer, carrying on a largo business in that city, for having held what was termed a " distnbution on the plan of the line arts distxibution. - Thu case excited ‘ely great interest, as the prosecution was understood to have been instituted at the instigation of the Trades Protection Association, with a VicW to put a stop to the prosecution of such lottery sebemes, whi c h had been extensively resorted to in Ilristi•l and the neigh. bearing city of Bath Mr. King hail hail live pre+ lima and blot aeheine hail heels for Nome ilia.. promulgated, when lie irreiviot • r.•into unlvh tow from the liaW ofheera of the I rows, rnlllog atteti• tem to its illegality, and reiodring hits 14) abandon it. Mr. Kling replied that. a+ he had mold a large number of tickets, and In. %rated a eoliatilenthie a lit article+ for the prlres, he einthl toot avo w the drawitig of the prevent, although he would mider• take no future lottery; atad. despite a further rorwinutiteation, warning barn that if he porpo-%ored to What ab 144.: flit wtibt.itivU4:o* Lc uLt Lim thlavisau vu Wa VW vflktobci.