The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

CHANCERZ'.-(THIS DAY.) 1113 PENDER. The e • aigaments in thes Lee-. Yesterd , _ came before the Court 4 Y, %ere eesurned. The ca'le, came d to the taxa lurt um motion and pvtitiOn, and related tion of a solicitor's bill. The case was proceeding when our repo r t l e ft. ItOLLS COURT, —(THIS DAY.) COTTON V. COTTON. This was the petition of Benjamin Cotton. one of the Parties in this cause and who had obtained his majority,4s sd. :IPraYine for the payment of two sums, of 2,92 . 1 • t " 1,858/. 183 11d. Consuls, which he claimed under . had lief willll .0-ehfaljfOsfe P.hhi Cotton, his father. The testator s estate to his wife, after her death to aimed between his children; and the remaining . half to h • rrnee givea them on the attainment of their majority. uf the children had become of age, and accordingly e leicel'ed their respective moieties. The repor t aster had been made and the petition was unopposed. Order granted. ' There were several ether similar unopposed petitions, ja c'he of which possessed any public interest. V ICE-CHANCER Y.—(T HIS DAY.) ' (Before the VIc E - CHANCELLOR. of ENGLAND.) , Ills Ronour the 'Vi ceChancellor of England took un °Ppesed cause petitions, motions, and petitions to-day. THORNHFLL v. THORNHILL. ti I?h,i.s.case came before the Court upon the petition of ki i'aLant, Miss Thornhill, praying notwithstanding her sub be continued her guardian, . lilted the that her mother mar great marriage. The mother was l ate hieltof her daughter by a codicil to th ap e p sv o i eoziti useaed, and the petition prayed of her . The be so and receive the allowance. that sh ll e lit gICR-CPIANCELLOR made the order. . subject in the Am• E T. RELL, who appeared for the petitioner, stated eel'othPerirnavlBlenhad been made on this marriage settlement Thi s Case FER3IOII V. POMFRET. °F the p re , e to a reference came before the Court upon the petition of the mastese_n_t.Larl Pomfret, praying 0 of cut d e peLtit7o4ll,e(rl,Usireest:thetthheart it c e w rt o a ld f b r e for the benefit timber should be vies certain repairs made. Th e /1., 1 1..„ CRANCELLoR made the order as ESTATE ACT. eE 31411,, ~, This wa , •n of THE SIIREWSBURY tSate s the petition of the trustees of the Sh t r a ew ia s q b a u i r r e e ' wheth4PraYing for a reference to the Master PUrehase the fl thds in court should be laid out in the The 00 . certain lands. t 'aT Made the order flir the reference. With 11.,u rt 'li court PARTY V. DUNCAN. was occupied the remainder came before day e C ur t : argunaents in this case, which h by the I;,cc motion for the new trial of an issu rs e e d n i a re w c e te r d e treste_suourt to inquire whether certain rein eldll. _!, tinder a local Act, passed in the reign of_ George e l w , certain premises in the neighbourhood of the emlePli,_ between Villiers -street and Buckingham-street, 14)11 r.orkibuildings, and whether, . teke, a l a right to levy rates on the inhabitants ru e s f te t e h s e , nintE'ioliorrhoo.d, for the purpose of keeping thosee ~h ie r j enaer. The issue was tried before the Lord !led 4, nstice, and a verdict formafoud for the plaintiff, issueL." present application was ati:lir• Walker and Mr. Elmslie were in support of a th p e_ pear cation and .Mr. Bethel! and Mr. Schoenberg Tl, te oppose it. 'le ease was Proceeding when our report left. 141/EtNZ'S -------------- IS DAY-) 13E NCR.—(TH 11 .tx u., (Sittings in Ba nco .) l ' ...coz BUARES ON WHICH A CALL IS DUE.— ii kr, x V zWEN V. WOODS AND OTHERS. t 11 ' - '3' a 11°W;Lts, q.c., applied for a rule . ease .. nensu.t should not be entered in t : . h to ase. The l e s before ' Mr. show cause Justi c e s tried at the last Liverpool Assiz, Pleinte,Cressvvell, and a verdict was ent s ered a ou 1“ with the permission of the Learned Judge for su th h e . it e kl eil llY to enter permission nonsuit The action was for money 41,4149 received The defendants pleaded non tice Cress- Ivell fil/sit• The ground on which Mr. J lee et fgreed to the application fur a nonsuit n a w e s y as h t a n d e dmisld e,4eq,uestion, Whether an action . (4tie, Would lie under the ci f r e c r u m m o stances. The t,4t.i ants are sharebrokers at Liverpool, the plaintiff, a the 13th of ekeneseltQn, resg at Aberdeen. ! 14 stin ' 184 5, the plaintiff wrote to the a defen 3 d:n a t h s le tteg the to purchase 'for him 20 or and ~,earryie Limnkick and Waterford Railway, defendants, re le share The th e tue amount to the next shm„eseffe.ndants, who were brokers . only, purchased. they s lona other brokers in Live . rpoo a l e , nd w ia li g ic h h im tn an tiv o i r : to the plaintiff, at the same time f w days before the most and on the 26th of August, 146/. ios., ne to t f dents kotitice,4llt day, which took place n a at the end of the def ra ' he plaintiff remitted the de a tra, 3 : tee Purchase of the thereforeshares,. as they themr'r 5 this was u i als ehaasetion between them as .priannc and did not sell od ,to hi; l a the shares for the plaintiff, ell u er u s the case Vi nt to 4iili, beenf they had been the s e was simply sent flil6l different, but the 0 y lair, actntract into which they personally ea te i)is true they madtehm had c entered on his he themselveseypurchased these i shares. d rt liable . Ile ahaire°kers of whom delivered to the plaint' eed of A 8 Were to be delivery they were kid eugust, but between . the day of the purchase paged 1 e day for their 4 .led . Pally f or ln by the promoters . of the prep c a o r nu a : tory", the purpose of being -' ‘c th callof Si. per share, it . being beck, , e Payment of a 41 1,614)(3d hat no transfer would take place until the pay the Ver e „ e tc paid. The persons who had to ThenB, ..,. 0 - Sr boo tient in the shares, and as they were by the ker; they were the parties looked to. Nl,piaiutiff, it would appear was well aware of the he,_,3 o letters which he sent to the defendants, ee l P l e g sate the 22d of.Septe.mber and the 14th of No- A " 5 r, he expressed his belief that a call was then due. .- Month or two elapsed before the shares were re ls,ued, and on the 19th of December the defendants ap hed to the plaintiff for the challs, and enclosedhim an Invoice for 151/. the the s hares, and 1/. 10s. for'the styani eing p paid 150/. for call, repudiated the bargain - . payment of the money he had'sesnat toaPPli dtle refused to pay_ the lie had expected the share them, ed stating ie t h re - (lvlr. Rnowles) submitteds fel th a t amount. No g i wen that he a e position to repudiate the thathahre .was andnot he could that not Su e the defendants i for the money, because ther 4tuismocb as the e was no failur e of consideration, 4:ll7tio n _ re, ~Y. bad fulfilled their part of the transae ti_iesi Th e plaiatiff knew that a call was due, and that enda h nt Paid it he could not obtain the shares. The shar es. na„ h ad Paid 1601. altogether on account of the T he call was unpaid. Rule granted. 4 zit NEw J Irno il pl eas A trboßs-- The Chief Justice of the Com ele ..._ 0. (. Ir.. Justice Erle) and Mr. Justice Vaughan, k or 4 . .n in in this Court shortly after its sitting this 11441 It% ~.._unnoexacri v. VAUGHAN AND BEVAN. ATELEY moved for a rule to show cause why trkd 4,." should not be entered in this case. It was Cea,,,a' Gloucester before the Chief Justice of the piai,al Pleas, and the jury gave a verdict for the no t ,, u , of 1641., with leave to the defendants to enter a % II 'E. The action was brought upon a bill of ex le t', drawn by one of the dfendants, Philip tith ae ßlian eedoz.4_, ! accepted by a person named Beaumont, and er' M . 1 c1,.133' Vaughan in his own name, and that of the ,„`!eterid, they being attorneys in partnership to Nve,t'allhtf. The grounds on which a right of none it an Ipat„tih_ted was re simply th ese —whether the acts 11(11,16 an to the other defendant (Bevan) Zh„ hill ither a proper notice of dishonour was given. ate, , Ivae made payabl e at the London Joint Stock that th phereas the notic e of dishonour made it payable e a11 4 1 ()11(1°11 and Westminster Bank. However, the I ridi n . ets are under one inana ernent, although situated tl:vaereet parts of London g 14111t,111,1tui it appeared suffered judgment to go by n ot . etl,e_ -van pleaded that he was not . a party to d ra w , piernent, and that he did not receive a proper ' l l' ° L dishthat bills ~,4Wri h„,. °flour. It appeared, however, . '"c.' e,.. 1 ., , vanghan in a similar manner were paid with 4 -t4orci Ij l nce of Bevan. 14 tiee i,v, 'Ja ll, e on stA intimated that , h e wou ld consu l t Chief the subject. __._ rs it4 . CO URT,—(THIS DAY ) " g ., s in taneo, before Mr. Justice PArrnsox.) 1,44 r, p,,,,;-?_nrit v. silt W. R. TONKIN, KNIGHT. t,„thet '''N moved for a rule to show cause why the t4 ll ea l de a l% ,; , e l ll .4 for the. Plaintiff in this case should not be 1( 41 ; th at , new trial °ranted. The Learned Counsel Under-sheriff tive,iden,4t,sl,_e ,ealise was tried before . the n e on fo r tev', ?tring the long 9d., and he titm*l ee;"'„P.lsntitf for the sum of 17/. 18s. vacation, and a verdict 14 0 tlat %wilts r ule on the ground that the verdict w a 104 ,`ftee, .and by misdirection. The action fur was It i ,reil eiti `or advertisements and prospectuses Thamet ' l . l k l l 1,1,3, oonipany called the Oxford, .... eic;- Pla.il,tieiV4be, fiend Uxbridge Junction 11aller,aL et 1 7 1 ; ene l' was proprietor of the Oxford € ll t htittirc, vi ', away pro to fix the defendant as a mem tr b . e a r , q thZ)TII tiia'eoa I committee. It appeared on the formation 44,14 ttkpetink's were held previous to the h be e 4 o t 1, e4 e y, at an (ace in Regent -street cnl ev.% t,:ecluies ced in a proposal made to T h' e m to de that ,141 4°, 4 ,,er of th,e cl erk, 'e 40liej.`t`,„gdot*d on the part of the plaintiff hiswas, provisional committee. l The I t'iv e e'en " to the Company had, through . he -rtien, °Mee. • in the bill for r ais er , cent a , 1 / 4 7 for the various items arm s'' the r, i t m 'e., to be inserted, and for papers con ,,erneltlit.t.l,_° • of te tt l l Peared on the evidence, that on the -.4 i le ye, a s ~."e eiompany there was a managing 114 ' 4 4 :1 ' Well QM a provisional one, and that . ma : 1 4 , coba,, a litte e with the affairs of ,N car pan. Allwe:re entrusted 4 eee, ~ N . ,' ~.r , the items in the plaintiff 's bill I ; ll teti„liit t h en:lcer, and the evidence only went to gißque4l3, whiettclefenidant, in October, attended two hla nt d hilo wera not regular meetings, but meet tieet Ilig e . re . the • formation of the company. The t.e th for ,tivuilattottee. had been appointed before b, mitt 41.taci,:,.rtisette.ais had been contracted. When... ft '''' it I."‘ was a member of the provisional corn e• wl: eid 11„,. t he lloh the not apex that there was any company tlio 4_llpoi4t,3:enuld all plaintiff's right to sue acr lilt. 1,1(4 e'! l nt of the x nanagiug committee was clear,but th:L4l4iitZ, that at't 4 ‘r the 10th of October any act 1)4 111 4111 by the .defendant, identifying him with th, • I.'bir,o,cornitv:e e which then commenced. He trt.,o were iat.l I 'l4 wcre 4,"ad subritted to the Under -sheriff that d to a nonslit, as the managing c.om letfiite The _P•rinla frmi:e the parties who obtainffi t It h ?cell ,iv,,n4ll,Opti Or, cer.tainly was that the creell l et 4 q tio t l '" 1 0 the I tie naging committee, if, indeed, ,qy been eel). given tce the sotor. Two cases had et ee l. a decided, viz Lowe v. Wilson, and Banker V. k '' fr, r• iusti , quq i , ti , ce Pae-reso te—eThe cases have been cited til e wa 3. In the Con rt o f he uer esterda a t ''''s •2- gran ted On that very point. q The Y re were two 4041,, g'l°,l before 4e . eeideece me at Derby —but then there was u ed titi that the provisional committee bad au alanaging eoiThkeittee to _act for themselves, whi , th were art heard Tll IE SUN, LONDON, 'TUESDAY EVEN INc, NOVEMBER 3, 1846.5 and, of course, the Learned Counsel made the most of that, and it went' to 'the jury on that ground. In this case there does not appear to have be. ii anything done to connect the defendant with the managing committee. It, however, is not intended to be laid down as a matter of law, that on the appointment of the managing com mittee the provisional committee are freed from all liability. • The Learned JUDGE said that it was clear that the case must be discussed in full Court, as a great many cases of this kind would arise, containing nearly the same points as the one in which the rule had been granted in the Court of Exchequer yesterday.—ltule granted. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY ) (Sittings in Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PLATT and a common jury.) WELSBY V. BROWN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attor ney, in the county of Stafford, to recover the sum of 571. 1 ls. 9d. for professional services rendered by him to the parish of Abbot's Bromley, during the year 1839, and following years, up to the present time, against the defendant, who during the years 1839 and 1840, was one of the overseers of the parish in question. Mr. Martin, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence given by various wit nesses, called on behalf of the plaintiff, that expenses had been incurred by the plaintiff in the removal of various paupers, attending orders, appeals, and sundry other matters of parochial business. It was contended by Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., that the de fendant had rendered himself liable to plaintiff for the payment of his account for 'services rendered to the parish, inasmuch as he had himself given the order for the performance of such works or services. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., on the other hand, contended that the defendant was not liable, and that even if he were so, it was a debt contracted prior to the time allowed by the statute of limitations. The case was one which would involve a great hardship upon the de fendant if he were compelled to pay debts con tracted on behalf of the parish, and which should properly be paid out of the rates levied from time to time for that purpose. It was the duty of the plaintiff to apply for his account during the year in which his services were rendered, as the parish had not even the power to make a prospective rate. The account rendered by plaintiff to defendant was not made out to Brown the defendant, but to the parish of Abbot's Bromley ; and in a note sent with the account, plaintiff stated, " I send you my account against the parish of Abbot's Bromley." With reference to those portions of the account referring to periods not affected by the statute of limitations, it was proved in evidence that Brown, the defendant, was not the overseer, nor was he in any way connected with the management of its affairs, his year of office had expired, and other persons had been appointed as overseers. The plaintiff had not a single item in his account in which he stated that he had either insisted upon or received any instructions from Brown, since he had ceased to be overseer of the parish ; on the contrary, there were several charges made for attending upon the overseers, but those everseers were persons of the name of Chambers and Woodroffe, and it could not, therefore, be supposed for a moment that the defendant was liable to plaintiff for his attendance or professional advice upon and with parties with whom he was not in the least degree connected. If such a practice were to be adopted, then, any person who had for one year filled the office of overseer would be held liable for all expenses for ever after. Mr. Baron YLAT•r said that, with reference to the question of liability, there was no doubt that if the de fendant had given instructions to plaintiff, he would be clearly liable to plaintiff if those instructions were acted upon, even though the services rendered in con sequence of such instructions were for the parish; and the real question for the jury to consider was, whether the plaintiff did actually receive from the defendant those instructions under which he had acted. If they were of that opinion, of course a verdict must be given for the plaintiff for the sum claimed for those services, but he did not think that the overseer could be held liable for any work done, or services rendered after he had left office, and had no 'control over the matter. He would therefore recommend the jury to find a verdict for the defendant for that portion of _the claim set up by the plaintiff for services rendered by him during those years in which defendant had ceased to be overseer. The jury accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 181. 10s. 3d., and for the defendant the sum of 391. ls. 6d. Leave was given to move to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for the latter amount in order to raise the question, which was reserved by Mr. Baron Platt, as to whether the account rendered by plaintiff had or had not been properly delivered by plaintiff. The RECORDER said that the presentment should attended t•). MAR L Bit(Y-STRILEI'.-(T HIS DAY ) d'ohn Carrot, a respectable looking old man, was charged this morning with stealing a pound and a quarter of shag tobacco from his master. John Rogers, tobacconist, Oxford-street, said this man, who was an old servant of his, was preparing last night to leave his work, his hat already on his head, when witness went round behind the counter to speak to him on business. The defendant put off his hat, and the complainant, seeing something of bulk there, asked him what he had got in it. " Nothing," was his reply. But the complainant, not satisfied, pulled up the handkerchief in the hat, and found below it a quantity of shag tobacco, hot from the pan, which weighed more than a pound and a quarter. The de fendant positively said he knew nothing about its being there, and that it must have been placed in his hat by another. The complainant said to him he must at least have felt his hat heavier by a pound and a quarter than before, so as to be apprised of the tobacco being there. Mr. LONG—Unless held up by the lining of the hat the tobacco must have fallen down upon the head when he put on the hat. The complainant said, it was pressed down in the hat, and, being hot, would adhere to the crown. The prisoner said he had been now three and twenty years a servant to Mr. Rogers, during which time he had not had occasion to suspect him. He positively denied having any knowledge of the tobacco being in his hat. He bad been absent lately five weeks from his employment, in consequence of having had one of his fingers cut off, and during that time another had been taken on in his place. When he was able to return that man was discharged, but was taken on again for ajob last week. That person was in the shop with him last night, and prisoner's bat was set under the stair near the pan. Mr. LONG, to the complainant—Have you had any occasion to suspect him before? Complainant—No. Mr. LONG said, considering the long term of service which the defendant had completed in his employment, and the fidelity and known good character of the man, the improbability of his committing this theft was great. As far as any suspicion arising from the weight of the hat might affect the case, he thought it was very much diminished when it is considered that the man on the moment lifts the hat and immediately puts it on his head, and again immediately after puts it off, out of respect for his employer. On the whole view of it, he would dismiss the charge. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Six Irish labourers, named Duignam, Galt, Malony, Towers, and Thomas and James Foley, were charged with creating a riot, and violently assaulting several constables of the S division, and a number of other persons, It appeared from the evidence, that at seven o'clock yesterday morning the prisoners attacked indiscrimi nately almost every person they met in Clarendon square and the streets adjoining. A policeman coming up, endeavoured to protect a gentleman whom he saw Thomas Foley assaulting, when he was knocked down twice, and the whole of the prisoners endeavoured to rescue Foley, and it was not until a large reinforcement of police came from the station-house that the riot could be quelled, and the prisoners locked up. Mr. COMBE ordered each of them to pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned one month. Wm. Skinner, driver of thd' cab, No. 1,764, was charged with gross cruelty to a mare. James Douglas stated that he owned the mare, and entrusted it to the prisoner to drive yesterday. On bringing it home at night he (Douglas) found upon ex amination that it had been most cruelly ill-used. All under the flanks she was raw, from the effects of con tinued lashing, and one of the nipples was completely cut off. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he was obliged to flog her to make her go. Mr. COMBE said it was as gross a case of cruelty as ever came under his knowledge, and he should commit him for two months to the House of Correction, with hard labour. The prisoner was then locked up, swearing vengeance against the prosecutor. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) William Snow, a well-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Seeker with stealing three whips, the property of Mr. Matthews, a boot and shoemaker, near the foot of Blackfriars-bridge. George Grey, a diminutive person, shopman to the complainant, stated that between font and five o'clock the preceding day, while in the warehouse, he was in formed that a man had been observed to take some whips which were exposed for sale outside the shop-door. lie pursued the prisoner and charged him with the robbery, which he at first denied, but he afterwards burst out laughing, and exclaimed that he did take the whips, but it was out of a " lark," and that he had hidden them in a doorway down Holland-street, where they were subse quently found. - When called on for his defence; the prisoner said, the fact is your Worship, the man who has given me in charge, as you perceive, is a dwarf, and on that account all manner of tricks are played upon him by the boys who pass the shop. As I was passing the shop yester day, seeing the whips, I took them out of a " lark," in tending to have brought them back again. Recollect your Worship, that I pointed out where the whips were concealed. Mr. SECKER said the prisoner's defence was a most extraordinary one, and that his assertion with respect to boys playing tricks upon the dwarf did not justify him in taking that away which did not belong to him. He (the Magistrate) should not commit the prisoner for trial, but he should adjudge him to a penalty of 20s. for unlawful possession ; and, as a piece of advice, he would advise him in future not to practise mall "larks," as he termed them, again. PEDESTRIANISM. JAMES BRIAN AND THE BRECKNOCIC NOVICE.—The match, previously announced, in which the above-men tioned men were named as competitors for 201. a side, and as much as their respective friends might please to bet at odds or evens, came off yesterday, the New Inn, Bedfont, being the rendezvous. The distance to be walked, fifteen miles, was very aptly chosen, between the fifteenth and sixteenth mile-stones on the Staines and Windsor-road. The day grew old ; in plain English, time was wasted till three minutes to three before the pedestrians started, at which time both put best leg foremost. For the first eight miles the longer man (he of Brecknock innocence) kept the lead ; it was thought, nevertheless, by the cognoscenti, that the tiny one (Brian) showed most wire and lasting in his pace. This was shortly afterwards proved ; for although bets had been made that at nine miles the novice led by nine yards at least, at the turn of coming down, Brian showed the way. Shortly after the Novice was first, and so kept, till half-way down the thirteenth mile, at which point Brian again passed him, and came in a winner by 200 yards. The time was not great, namely, two hours and thirty minutes, but the diminutive stride of the winner must be taken into consideration. He is, we should say, at a guess, 4ft. 10in. ROBINSON AND JONES.—Joseph Robinson, of Huck nall, and William Jones, of Marylebone, were some time since announced as being matched. They also ran a race, which was eventually disputed. They have now agreed to run 120 yards, Robinson staking 30L to Jones's 201., on the 16th November (Monday se'nnight), on a fair turnpike road. To meet at the Swan Inn, Mitcham. THE FOUR MILE HANDICAP FOOT-RACE.—For this event, which we trust will put the best leg foremost with the bipeds, now that the last meeting at Newmarket has placed the quadrupeds in the straw, a brilliant muster of the fleet•faoted ones will assemble. William Jackson (the American deer), Sheppard (of Birmingham), Mosley (of Derby), and another or two whose names dwell not in our memory, are among the long-winded ones for this entry. For the shorter distance (200 yards), Seward (the Cockfield putter), Robinson (of Newton Moor), and a numerous tail, are entered. The entries close to morrow night. The last intelligence received from Admiral Sir W. Parker was dated the 2Gth ult. lie was then with his squadron sailing for Lisbon, with the view of afford ing protection to British subjects and property there, and, if necessary, an asylum to her Majesty and the Royal Family. His mission would not authorise him to interfere in the internal dissensions of the country, but only to protect, as far as possible, British interests from any danger to which, in the course of the insurrection, they might be exposed. Colonel Wylde, who left Ports mouth yesterday in the Cyclops steamer, will in the first instance touch at Oporto, the principal seat of the insur rection, and thence proceed to Lisbon. On Monday, the 2d instant, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. Edward Matthew Ward was elected an Associate of that institution. f We mr. have c oig o u u c o h , pleasure which.P., re i n stating has bee t o h d a asr t egr t ei h or e u health Liypiams t: paired is daily improving, and that all . The Hon. Member has been suffering from a violent attack of gastric fever, and at one time he was in a very dangerous state. He will shortly, with Mrs. Colquhoun, leave his seat in Scotland, for Brighton. LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES IN ILLTRIA BY THE BREAKING OF A BRIDGE.— Letters received at Vienna from Austrian Friuli, contain particulars of an unfortunate event that had recently occurred at Goritz. A large number of soldiers and citizens were crossing a bridge of boats for the purpose of assisting at a military review, when suddenly the bridge, which was inadequate to support th e we i g h t w i th which it was loaded, broke down, and a great many of the persons upon it fell into the river. According to the most credible reports, 53 chasseurs and about 40 citizens have perished in the waters of Isonza. DEATH BY FlRE.—Yesterday a poor old woman, named Ann Sweeney, aged above 70 years, who lived at No. 30, Chick-lane, Whitechapel was burnt to death, by her clothes accidently taking fire. A neigh bour passing by saw the blaze through the windows, and, on bursting the door open, the poor old woman was found enveloped_ in flames, which were extin guished as speedily as possible, and she was conveyed to the London Hospital, where she died soon after her admission. THE LAST OF THE BENEDICTINES Or CLUNT.--The last prop of this famous house, where Peter the Venera ble offered a refuge to the celebrated Abelard, has just expired in the VoFges, at the age of more than 80 years. He was named " Thouvenin." Six THOMAS MITCHELL. —Private letters were received on Saturday from Sir Thomas Mitchell, dated April 19; but they contain no news whatever. We have not been able to ascertain even the latitude and longitude of his camp when the l e tt ers were written. lie bad received the dispatches of. the 26th of March, g iving an account of Leicbliardt's ret urn . Si r T homas considers one of the principal obj ects o f hi s expedition to be to trace a practicable-route to the Indian Ocean.— ~,s,ydnq Morning Herald, June 2. be THE SPANISH MARRIAGES. (From the Times.) We might accept with satisfaction the compl:ment which the French Government has thought fit to pay our information and our influence, if it were not wholly inconsistent with truth, honesty, and reason. If we are to believe the Debuts, it was the declaration made by this journal on the 7th of August which removed all the scruples of the French Government, revealed the whole perfidy of the Foreign- office, and hurried on the mar riages of the Spanish Princesses to their unseemly and untoward consummation! Our article of that date, which occasioned some sensation in Europe, was sup posed at the time to have disclosed and denounced de signs on the part of France, upon suspicions which sub sequent events have shown to be too well founded. We have certainly no reason to regret the language we em ployed on that occasion ; for, if it appeared at the time to be vehement and premature, it is now demonstrated that it was, on the contrary, too late so prevent the evil, and far too feeble to brand this policy of treachery and deceit as it deserved. The course of King Louis Philippe has, since that time, been " dragged to light from th e recesses of diplomatic intrigue." Need we add that it has incurred, as we predicted, " the censure of Europe, and the resent ment of Spain ?" But it seems, according to the last discovery of the organ of the Tuileries, that our object in writing as we did at that time was not to put Spain and Europe on their guard against the intrigues of Louis Philippe, but to celebrate with the utmost publicity the triumphs of Lord Palmerston's policy for a directly op posite purpose. We are to be regarded as the confede rates of the Foreign Secretary, for the express purpose of betraying his secret intentions; and Lord Palmerston is accused of conducting an underhand negotiation by publishing it in our columns. It is needless to repeat that the whole spirit and purport of the article of the 7th of August was to defend the independence of the Queen and monarchy of Spain which has since been so foully trampled on and outraged. We know not how far Lord Palmerston may at that time have shared the opinions we expressed ; we only know, that if he did share -them at that time, the Foreign Minister of England wou ld not have chosen a public journal as his only or his chief weapon, and it is notorious we have never had the slightest pretensions to his confidence. But in the whole of this transaction, down to the minutest details in which we are ourselves mixed up, it is not difficult to trace the unscrupulous efforts of the French Government and the French press to extract from the most trifling incidents proofs of in tentions which never had any real existence at all. To carry their own plot into execution, and to justify the secrecy and violence by which alone it could be con summated, they required an alleged counter-plot on the part of England. Nothing was so much desired at the Tuileries as that England should openly or decidedly espouse the cause of the Coburg Prince, since that would have left the French Court at liberty to throw on us the whole burden of the treachery which now rests on themselves. No means have been left untried to give a character of reality to what is now a hollow pretext. Queen Christina herself made direct overtures not only to the late Administration but to the present one, professing her readiness and her desire to effect the Coburg marriage, provided she had the support of Eng land. We believe that those proposals were courteously but positively rejected by Lord Palmerston, as they had been by Lord Aberdeen. The British Government declined to interfere, and it acted wisely. There is now great reason to believe that these overtures of Christina in favour of the Coburg Prince were intended as a trap for the English Government; and that if Lord Palmerston had unwarily lent himself to any such negotiation the Queen Mother would have turned the tables upon him, and left him in the lurch, whilst France would have ac quired a real justification of the marriage, instead of a flimsy pretext and a clumsy inver.tion. The scheme was worthy of M. Bi:esson, and of the master he serves. It was defeated, not by the subtle penetration of the Ministers, to whom these insidious overtures were made, for at that time they had not learned to rank the states men and diplomatists of France among the falsest of their race and profes , ion, but simply by the indifference of the British Government to the cause of a Prince whose success or failure was a matter of no concern to us. If Queen Christina had really chosen to send for the Coburg Prince to Madrid, he required no passport from England. The whole artifice, therefore, failed; and it only deserves to be recorded in the his tory of this transaction, that the only persln by whom the Coburg suitor was seriously brought forward was Queen Christina herself. Meanwhile, however, "the French Government, eagerly intent on the complete fulfilment of their plans, hurried onwards, relying on the chapter of accidents to furnish them with some scrap of an apology. The accident of Lord Palmerston's having named the Coburg Prince first, in a dispatch it, which he enumerated the rival suitors, and the appear ance of our own observations on the 7th of August, in which we demonstrated that the Coburg Prince had nothing in common with the royal family of England, were seized upon as important disclosures of a design to wrest the throne of Spain from the descendants of Philip V. We are indeed now enabled to comprehend the ima moderate importance which was attached by the Frencl official press to our own remarks on that occasion. The were at first directly attributed to a leading member of the English Cabinet, and when we had dis posed of that falsehood, they were as falsely described as a species of Downing-street ma nifesto. The intention of this and many similar exaggerations is now perfectly evident. It was thought that they might be used hereafter as proofs of duplicity on the part of Lord Palmerston ; and our article is now deliberately brought forward by the Journal des Debuts for this very purpose. The whole structure of this in vention is as loose and groundless as the allegation it is intended to support. If the whole defence of the policy of Louis Philippe rests on the alleged preference of the British Government for Prince Leopold of Coburg, it is false, not only in the whole, but in every part. Years may roll by, and half a century may pass, before another sovereign or another generation of princes yet unborn ascends the throne of Spain ; and it is beyond the grasp of our statesmanship to embrace the revolutions and changes which the world may have witnessed before the dreams of French ambition are realised, and the subjec tion of the Spanish people achieved. But no lapse of time and no change of events can obliterate from the memory of this generation, or from the pages of history, the ind e libl e blot which this transaction has attached to the good faith and good name of Louis Philippe and his Ministers. They set but little value on the respect and esteem of the people of England, since they did not hesit a t e to sacrifice them to the gratifies tion of their pique against a particular Minister of this country, and to the acquisition of a sullen triumph and an uncertain future in Spain. The marriages which are just consummated are, however, but the first acts in this passage of history. Their consequences will be deve loped hereafter. The first of them, the most certain, and perhaps the most important, is the destruction of that confidence in, and consideration for the rulers of France, which has for many years been the true basis of the general peace. As they have succeeded in their political contrivances, so they have sunk in the estima tion not only of England but of Europe; and the sternest enemies of the dynasty of Orleans have now reason to boast that it has justified their opinion of its character. DEATH OF MR. P. pu tl lic -2: l 7 o A f la FREWSHIRE.—In our noticed the dangerous M da . y -P f . o F rt O n it ig i l l :l i' v l- e the county, but in the hope that he was past danger, and in the way of recovery. From that period Mr. Stewart lingered on in a very dangerous state, but still leaving his aged moth er , an d tended him, with occasional the circle of near relations who at casional gli m p s es of hope that be might recover, till about the beginning of the present week, when th e f ata l d aymptoms of the disease continued more markedly to o themselves, and yesterday evel p morning at eight o'clock he expired. There are few men in the country whose d death would be more generally re gretted than that of Mr. Stewart ; or who, as active po liticians, will leave fewer enemies behind them. In the House of Commons Mr. Stewart took a prominent part in the discussiOn of every public question that was brought forward ; and we have heard it admitted by Members of the House, that no other representative from Scotlandpossessed Member for R enfrewshire The atlive and most judicious • deceased gentleman was to his duty, and his as a manof business'; atten tiveaccompanied with an affability and good humour, secured deference at incessantall times flow of unlaboured wit, k times for his remarks, and ept all around him, including his opp onen ts, in the post of representative for on to filling th e distingui s h e d hi s at the time of his death, was s ative county, Mr. Stewart, chairman of the Orie n t a l Steam Navigation Company, v don Scottish Society, an instiietee-sernesid which of the Lon ranks th e highest names in the land amongst its directors; and was also, now or recently, chairman of the West India Steam Navigation Company, the London and Westmin ster Bank, a director of the Caledonian Railway, a n d many other institutions. The late lamented Member was a decided Liberal in his religious, as well as in tical views. He was one o f t h e ablest and mos t his poli ing supporters of the Free C h urch movement , unflincli. both in the House of Commons and in p r i v ate life. So f a r, and so disinterestedly, did he ca rr y his opinions on this subject, that he gave much offence to many of his best friends during the non-intrusion controversy, several of an d b ?r return them was considered to have p erill ed his re liament in the cause. In th is c ou n ty , the noticeu to Par liament severe illness , a nd now of his decease,of Mr ' of sorrow. has been received by a universal expression Rich and poor, men of all ranks of life and sforrow. every shade of political opinion, mingle in one gener c l ) a feeling of regret at seeing a gentleman possessed of such great and varied qualifications cut off suddenly, in of his usefulness and in the ver y p ri me of his the mid s t life. Mr. Stewart was unmarried, and only 48 years of ag e . — Glasgow Post. ' ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHIT ECTS . —The fi rs t meeting for the session w as held yesterday at its rooms in Gros venor-street, wh en the hair was evening taken by Earl De Gre y , the p reside nt The Noble President having addressed the meetin g • in a few pre fatory observations, several donations were announced by the secretary, amongst which were nine drawings the different halls of ju stice at New York, and one the model prison at P enns y lvania. The Dean of of West minster exhibited to t he meetin g a well- executed model in cork of Westminster Abbey, which excited an inte resting discussion on that structure. Mr. Donaldson expressed his hope that by the erection of a spire some thing congenial might be made with the adjacent Houses of Parliament, and to which such an erection would be an interesting relief. It he'd been hitherto considered that the piers would be too weak for such a structure, but these might be enlarged to sustain a greater weight; while the addition of a spire would give to the edifice an ecclesiastical character, whereas it now had nothing but towers. Dr. Buckland, in reply, stated that the cathedral was scarcely susceptible of any such required alteration, as whatever fresh enlargements for the support of the spire in the interior were required, would entirely de stroy 4 , 1 architectural ell'ects. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. BIRMINGHAM. The annual election of a third of the town counci took place yesterday, when sixteen gentlemen were elected. The contest proceeded altogether on points of local interest, there being no political feeling evinced by any party. The majority of those returned are Liberals. HARWICH, Nov. 2. The town has been more bustling than was expected, in consequence of some new candidates starting for the council. Captain J. Cowman, Samuel Heseltine, Esq., William John Miall, Esq., and Mr. Edward Fuller— some of whom were represented to be of no politics— tbc se, with Thomas George, Esq. (who was Mayor i n 1842), Benjamin Cooper Bolton, Esq., Harcourt Runna cles, Esq., and Mr. Alfred Hast, went to the poll, and at the conclusion, at four o'clock, the numbers stood:— For Mr. George 142 For Mr. Heseltine 99 Mr. Miall ' 141 Mr. Nalborough 63 Mr. Bolton 112 Mr. Runnacles 58 Captain Cowman 111 Mr. Fuller 20 ..... The first four elected. council were Messrs. Bown Iles. It is thought John I for. the ensuing year. The retiring members of the less, Humphreys, and Runna- Pattrick, Esq., will be mayor LIVERPOOL. The municipal election yesterday excited not the least interest. There was a sham show of fight in twelve 01 the wards, nearly all of which were carried by Tories, some of whom are totally unfit to sit in the Council Chamber of Liverpool to the exclusion of better men. POOLE. The municipal elections have been closely contested ; the Liberals have carried the whole of one ward by an overwhelming majority, and one out of three candidates for the remaining ward has been returned. This continues a preponderating influence in the council to the Liberal interest. in•■•••• Powell, gunner, to the first class ; James Pike, gunner to the first class. APPOINTMENTS. Nov. 2.--William White, surgeon, to the Geyser; John Larcom, gunner, to the Retribution; Thomas Webber, gunner, to the Rattlesnake ; Francis Rossey, gunner, to the Mutine; Robert W. Strickland, gunner, to the Penelope; Thomas Borrett, master's-assistant, to the Thetis; Thomas F. Richards, master's-assistant, to the Thetis; B. M. Hallowes, midshipman, to the Sidon; Edward W. Pritchard, acting assistant -surgeon, to the Victory; John Tucker Ross, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Victory; Narcissus C. Hatherby, assistant-sur geon, to the Alarm ; William G. Douglas, lieutenant, to the Geyser; Frederick J. Kent, acting master, to the Geyser; William Perg e lly, ac ti ng - gunner , to the Geyser; John Crawle, boatswain, to the Geyser ; James N. Carey, acting carpenter, to the Geyser; Frederick W. Nandi, naval cadet, to the Scourge; Charles Bonham, lieutenant, to the Hibernian; Robert J. Roberts, en gineer's boy, to the Scourge; Edwin Boulton, second engineer, to the Scourge. THE CYCLOPS AND THE POT TINGER STEAMERS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) As we anticipated, both these vessels have been got off, and the former proceeded with her dispatches for Lisbon, the latter with her cargo for South ampton. The Cyclops got off by the night tide, the Pottinger by this morning's. It is not expected that either have received any damage, but had the latter vessel gone on shore a little farther to the eastward, hard would have been her fate, as it is all rocks. Many expressed surprise that they should have steamed right on to the beach, but such is the treacherous nature of the shore, that they might have sounded one moment before the? struck, and found ten fathoms water. AFFAIRS OF THE RIVER PLATE. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—By the Columbus, Capt Green, arrived yesterday from Pernambuco, with letters from that port to Ist of October, we have received late and important advices from the River Plate. We subjoin extracts from the mercantile accounts:— " Rio DE JANEIRO, SEPI`. 13.—Mr. Hood came to an agreement on the 27th ult. ; on the 29th he visited the camp of Oribe ; an d on th 30th he proceeded, in her Majesty's steamer Alecto, to Buenos Ayres, to obtain the consent of Rosas to the arrangements. Up to the 7th inst. nothing was positively known at Monte Video; but a general belief existed that Rosas had refused to accede to the terms, unless Oribe was recognised as the legal President of the republic. On the 7th inst. it was believed that negotiations were entirely broken off by Mr. Hood, and that he was about to return to England. The same belief existed at Buenos Ayres on the 4th of September, and doubloons had risen to 300 dollars." From Bahia we learn that her Majesty's ship Gorgon had arrived at Rio on the 20th of September, with Mr. Hood on board •, but that the ultimate result of his mission was not known. "RIO DE JANEIRO, SEPT.I7.—The Devastation steamer arrived from Monte Video on the 13th instant, with dates to the 6th. Matters were still unsettled, and it appears some misunderstanding had arisen. Mr. Hood, after the Riverista party had agreed to terms, found it ne cessary to revisit Oribe's camp, after which he pro ceeded to Buenos Ayres to communicate again with Rosas. " SEPT. 19.—Since our last, of the 17th, later advices have been received from the River Plate than those brought by the Devastation steamer. " SEPT. s.—The River Plate mail has just arrived with dates to the 11th ult. Mr. Hood was then at Oribe's camp, having, it is said, settled matters with Rosas. Report says, the basis of the arrangement with regard to Monte Video would be, the election of a new President by the Chambers, and whosoever is chosen will be supported by all parties. Oribe is reported to be favourable to the arrangement." From Rio we learn that the Legislature had' passed a law to regulate the currency, fixing a standard value upon silver and gold for payment into the public offices, and also as legal tenders between individuals ; autho rising the Government to withdraw from circulation any superfluous paper money, for the purpose of compress ing the circulating medium, at the standard value. Gold to be received at the rate of 4 mill per octava; and silver in proportion. The law had not been decided upon. COMMON FLEAS-✓(THIS DAY ) ,Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice Sir Taos, WILDE, Mr. Justice MAULE D Mr. Justice PATTISON; and Mr. Justice V. WILLIANS.) OATHS OF ABJURATION AND SUPREMACY.—On the assembling of the Court this morning, the oaths of abju ration and supremacy were severally administered by the Clerk of the Court to tke Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Vaughan Williams. PATER V. BAKER. CHARGE ,OF SLANDER.—Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL moved for a rule in this case, which was tried during the last sittings after term in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice Erle. The rule sought was to set aside the verdict which was then obtained for the plaintiff, damages 181 125., and to enter a nonsuit, or else to grant a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Learned Judge on the trial thought there was just enough of evidence to allow the case to go to the jury, though he (Mr. Sergeant Channel) believed the Learned Judge was not satisfied with the verdict. Leave at the same time was granted to move on another point, and to obtain leave to enter a nonsuit. The action arose from what is called a slander of title, and originated in the following circumstances :—The plaintiff, Mr. Pater, was a solicitor, and residing in a part of the parish of St. Pancras, called Agar-town, and had been for some time agent and collector for the gentleman , from whom the name of the district was derived, and in the course of business he bad erected twelve houses. While in an unfinished state, he adver tised them for sale, and a Mr. Kennedy was employed at the auctioneer. On the day of the sale, the de fendent, who is district surveyor under the Metro politan Building Act, attended the room, and before the business commenced, addressed the company to the following effect:—His object, in attending the sale, was to inform the purchasers, if any present intended to be such, that he would not allow the houses in question to be finished or occupied till the roads in connexion with them were finished. Ile could not compel the roads to be finished, but he wished to inform purchasers that they would have to keep the carcases till the roads were made. This was the main count in the charge. There was another, which stated that several: persons, in con sequence of this intimation from Mr. Baker, declined to purchase. The plaintiff denied that the roads were in the state represented, and that they were sufficient for conformity with the Act, and an action was accordingly brought to recover damages. The plea of the defendant was not guilty, and in his defence, he went to show that the road way to the houses was not such as the provisions of the Act required, and that the drains were in a most imperfect state. In regard to the charges of Mr. Baker respecting the property, some time after the day of the sale the matter was re ferred to the Commissioners, and they caused a view of the property to be taken. The official referees decided that the drains were in an imperfect state, but that there was a roadway to the front of the houses wide enough to alloW a scavenger's cart to pass, and therefcre wide enough for the requirements of the Act ; but that it was in a very rough and unfinished state. The defendant, however, in respect to the road, called attention to the fact, that since the time he had attended'the sale it had been much improved ; and further, that the whole pro perty of Mr. Agar, of which Mr. Pater was agent, was in a most imperfect state in regard to drainage and road accommodation. The defendant, in the course he had taken, acted from no malicious motives, but from a strong sense of his duty to the public, a fact which the judge had commented on when summing up. He (Mr. Sergeant Channel) hoped, therefore, that their Lord ships would grant the rule to show cause against the verdict, and that they would consult the judg e as to whether he had c on s id ere d t h e ver di ct satis factorily. Rule nisi granted t o s h ow cause against the verdict. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURP. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Gums.) Peter. Hogan, a carpenter, aged 27, was indicted for stealing three hundred and one sovereigns in a dwelling house. It appeared that the prosecutrix, a widow named Welch, had saved somewhat more than six hundred pounds. The prisoner, who was her cousin ' and engaged in the building trade, was requ es t e d to look out for a house to purchase, and in the course of executing that com mission he became acquainted with the amount of her money, and the fact that it was in gold, packed up in rouleaus, and deposited in the bottom of her clothes chest. One evening, after the prisoner had visited Mrs. Welch's apartments in her absence, she found upon her return that her chest had been opened, aid three hundred sovereigns in packages, and one sovereign in a silk purse, had been abstractel She at once communicated her loss to the police, who took the prisoner, and found in his hat, wrapped in brown paper, 170 sove reigns. In his pockets were a few shillings. He said the money was all his own. The sovereigns were packed in paper, which the prosecutrix swore was the same as that of which she bad made the packages for her gold. The puree was also found in his box. Mr. ROBINSON, for the defence, contended that the prisoner was about to get married to the prosecutrix, and was authorised by her to lay out the money for her ad vantage according to his best judgment. The RECORDER summed up, and the jury, having deliberated some time, returned a verdict of Guilty. Whilst the jury were in deliberation the prisoner addressed the Court, and begged to be allowed to call witnesses to prove that Mrs. Welch had perjured herself in swearing to the purse, and that he had bought it at Mr. Morgan's, in Middle-row, Holborn. Mr. Morgan, however, proved that it was not so • and the only thing elicited f rom t h e w i tnesses was, that one of them had been paid four sovereigns by the prisoner for his trouble in going shopping with him. Proof was then given of the prisoner's having been convicted of felony, and The RECORDER sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years. The grand jury, in returning the remainder of the bills which had been sent up to them, made a presentment complaining of the great want of accommodation for witnesses in waiting, and the difficulties of ingress and egress in all parts of these Courts. They expressed a hope that the proper authorities would remove.the in conveniences complained of. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - -- MALTA, OCT. 24.—Since my last there has been no event of local or naval intelligence of any moment. His Royal Highness Prince Henry embarked on Wed nesday last on board his frigate, the Prins Van Orange, under royal salutes from the forts and flag-ship. Im mediately after his Royal Highness's squadron stood out to sea, steering east. Alexandria is the place of destination. For many days past the non-arrival of the French steamer Mentor from Marseilles, due on the 17th inst., has created a strong feeling of alarm. Yesterday, how ever, the Neapolitan boat arrived, bringing up the Men tor's letter bags and some passengers. She had received a little damage, but nothing to prevent he r con ti nu i ng her voyage, and had arrived at Civita Vecchia, where she had been detained by the Ambassador, and is again reported ready for sea. She went out yesterday at noon, and remained out till evening. Her engines appeared to be in order, bur I have not learned her speed. A less event that this will set all our local news mongers by the ears, therefore are there a thousand as signed causes afloat as to the why and the wherefore of such detention; the most absurd of the very many being, that the Pope was expected from Rome at Civita Vecchia, and the French mail boat was detained to salute him! All the packets due, with the exception of that above alluded to, and which is not now expected, have arrived, and those outward bound are ready to pursue their re spective routes. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and Superintendent of Malta Dock yard ; the Siren, 16, Commander H. E. Edgell ; the Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy; the Hecla, war steamer, Commander C. Starmer; the Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power ; and the Wee Pet steam-tug. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock, and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Sprett. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-chief. At Gibraltar—The Pbomix steam.vessel, Commander Dennis, and the Virago war-steamer, Commander J. Lunn. At Corfu—The Meteor, Lieutenant. Commander Buttler, and the Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock. At the Pinata of Athens—The Jackall steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco, and the Amazon, 19, Captain J. J. Stopford. At Beyrout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. IL Fre mantle. At Constantinople—The Bloodhound steamer, Lieu. tenant R. Phillips. At Smyrna—The Harlequin, Commander Carry. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald, and the Trident, Lieutenant C. E. Rigge. En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Volcano, Lieutenant Craig. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece. —The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, Nov. 2.—Much consternation was created here last night by the arrival of the news that her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, Captain W. F. Lapidge, was ashore on the Isle of Wight. The Myrtle and Echo steamers were dispatched im mediately on the receipt of the intelligence by the Com mander-in-Chief to render assistance, those vessels being well supplied with halsers, and hands to assist in case of need. The Cyclops left Spithead yesterday morning about half-past eight, the fog, which had been very dense all night and until that time, having cleared away . ; she proceeded for the Needles. Shortly after it became very thick again; and when a little to the westward of Cowes the fog became so dense that Captain Lapidge thought it most prudent to round to, his head to the ebb tide, with the intention of anchoring. At this moment, however, the fog began to clear away, and the helm was put a port to proceed, Captain Lapidge con sidering his ship to be in mid-channel, being in 12 fathoms water. In an instant she shoaled to 7,4, and 3 fathoms. The anchor was instantly let go, but she grounded before she could be stopped with a full turn aback. Her gallant and experienced captain took every precaution to prevent her falling over, striking topmasts and lower yards, and getting shores over the side ; however, her great weight carried away the top mast and the timber head that the after shore was prin cipally secured to, and the ship consequently fell over to her bearings 15 degrees. Twenty tuns of water were immediately started, and 20 more were blown out from her boilers. Owing to these skilful arrangements, and the advantages derived from Captain Lapidge's ex perience and coolness of proceeding, we are happy to state that the frigate was got off on the flow of the tide, ,00n after 7 P.M., and 9 P.N. proceeded on her passage to Lisbon, without sustaining the slightest damage in her hull. Soon after the news of the above disaster was received another alarming report arrived, that the Pottinger Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship, with the India mail and passengers on board, was also ashore on the Isle of Wight, which likewise proved too true. She went on about the same time and very near the same place, as the Cyclops, but was less fortunate in getting off, having to lighten by discharging 60 tons of dead weight, which however, did not release her from her dangerous posi tion, until the next tide after the Cyclops floated ; she consequently remained aground the whole of the night, and did not get off until about nine this morning. The Echo tug, on board of which was Mr. Bellamy, the experienced assistant master-attendant of this dock yard, and a party of efficient seamen from the St. Vin cent, under his command, tendered most valuable as sistance by remaining with th e P o t t i nger a ll n i g h t ; which served materially to allay the fears of the appre hensive. The spot where both these vessels went ashore is called Gurnet Ledge, a dangerous reef of hidden rocks about three miles to the westward of Cowes, on the island side, between Thorny-bay and Newtown. Both vessels having grounded so near each other, and under the same circumstances, leads to the belief that a strong ebb from the Southampton water operates powerfully against vessels taking the Needles passage. We have not heard whether the Pottinger sustained any damage. . The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, Commander-in-Chief, is ordered to go out to Spithead to-morrow, whence she will sail immediately for the Tagus, in pursuance of Admiralty orders communicated by telegraph this afternoon. She is perfectly ready for sea, except the shipment of her lower deck guns and ammunition. Wocamicu, Nov. 2. The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Cragg, with Commander Smith, of the William and Mary yacht, and Mr. Atherton, A ss i s t an t to the Chief-Engineer of the Woolwich Dockyard, went down the river this morning at half-past nine o'clock, to try her speed and the working of her engines,—the largest ever tried on Messrs. Penn's oscillating principle. This flue frigate, as she proceeded down the river, had an imposing appearance, combining great strength with elegance of form ; and, being 15 feet 2 inches immersed aft, and 14 feet in front, her paddlewheels had a good purchase, and she acquired a speed of upwards of 10 knots. The engines worked with the greatest ease, and with a freedom from vibration which was the admiration of all on board. The Sphynx returned to Woolwich at four o'clock, p.m., and will leave to-morrow (Tuesday) for Portsmouth, where her compasses will be adjusted, as she is required for service with the least possible delay. The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Hawker, proceeded down the river to-day, on a pre liminary experimental trip, and Mr. Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, attended to witness the working of her engines. The engines are two of 110 horse power each, on the double action principle of Mr. Field, of the firm of Maudslay, Field, and Sons, with Hall's condensers. Mr. Hall's condensing principle is to insure, if the boilers are charged with fresh water in the first instance, that a con tinuation of fresh water only will enter the boilers, how ever lengthened the voyage may be at sea. This is ac complished by condensing the steam after its action takes place, and returning the condensed liquid to the boilers, and is intended to obviate the serious injury boilers sus tain by the incrustations deposited upon them when sea water is used. The engines worked smoothly to-day, and scarcely any vibration was felt. The engine-room is very cool, although the vessel is an iron steamer, and the air below is quite pure, an object of great import ance to the engineers and stokers, who all declared that they had never been in a steam-vessel in which they could perform their duties with such satisfaction and preserve their health. The speed of the vessel was not taken, the object of the trial being to ascertain that the engines were properly adjusted and worked well. Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, C.B. and K.C.H., has returned from leave of absence, and resumed the duties of superintendent. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 31. PROMOTIONS. Henry Robinson, gußner, to the first ohm John THE BRAZILS, FALMOUTH, Nov. 2. 2 --The Seagull packet, Lieutenant Dicken, arrived last night with the Brazil mails. Her dates of sailing are—from Rio de Janeiro on the 12th of September, Bahia on the 21st, and from Pernambuco on the 29.1. She brings 50,000/. on freight, and the following passengers :—Mr. Farrer, Mr. Seller, Mr. and Mrs. Field, Mr. and Mrs. da Canha, Mr. Cumberland, Captain Key, of her Majesty's ship Curacao; Mr. Wal ters, and six Cornish miners. Mr. Richardson, late Master of her Majesty's ship Vernon, died of apoplexy on the 27th of September, off Pernambuco. Exchange at Rio de Janeiro was 27k ; Stock, 781. At Bahia, exchange 27d. ; and at Pernambuco, 274 d. Her Majesty's ship Curacao arrived at Rio ou the sth of September, having lett Monte Video the 24th of August. The affairs at Monte Video and the River Plate are reported to be in a fair way of adjustment. Mr. Hood's mission had terminated, and he was soon expected to sail in the Gorgon, for England. Her Ma jesty's ship Vernon, with the Admiral, was still at Monte Video when the Curacao left, not having received his orders for China. The following ships of war were at Rio de Janeiro: —The Curacao, the Penguin packet, the Crescent, and the Renira tender; the American frigate Columbia, the French store-ship Sarcella, and the Dutch corvette Ne halennia. The Swift packet, from Falmouth, had ar rived at Bahia, and sailed on the 17th for Rio de Janeiro. Several vessels have left Bahia in ballast, since which some improvements in the rate of freight had taken place, and 40s. per ton has been given for London and Trieste. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S-- - YESTERDAY. Although the settling was universally complained of as one of the most unsatisfactory ever known at the close of a season, there was no disinclination to speculate on the great event of the coming year, and we are enabled to submit a very respectable list of market prices : DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt—(2s to 1 taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's'Old Port—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy 40 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's The Reiver 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of the Chase 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale 40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian 45 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Brother to Joinville 50 to 1 agst Mr. Drewitt's Galvanic Ring 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Phillimore's Saddle 1,000 even the field agst ten. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AND HUNTERS. Property of the Earl of Chesterfield. Gs. Rhodanthe, by Velocipede, out of Roseleaf 62 Spanish Jack, by Don John, 3 yrs ... 21 Birkenhead, by Liverpool, 3 yrs Papa, by Colwick, out of Rhodanthe, 2 yrs 46 Hollowback, by Don John; 2 yrs Marshal Soult, 4 yrs Arkwright, by Don John, 3 yrs Ginger, by Emilius, 3 yrs New Brighton, 6 yrs Gamecock, 6 yrs . . . Conductor The Sweep, 27 gs.; Mrs. Caudle, 62 gs. ; Mazeppa, 130 ga.; Surprise, 155 gs.; Th. Merry Shepherd, 265 gs..; The Roarer, 300 gs. ; Water King, 350 gs.; Summer, 230 gs. ; The Wandering Jew, 230 gs.; Napoleon, 78 gs. Property of Mr. Wreford. Gs. West Countryman, by Elis, 3 yrs 5O Wooden Wall, by Defence, 3 yrs Colt by 3luley Moloch, out of Margellina, 2 yrs 2B 30 30 THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION. ASATON-TJNDER-LYNE, Nov. I.—Since our last ac count of this most melancholy accident workmen hnve been constantly employed in clearing away the fallen walls, broken machinery, burning cotton, &o. ; and up to last evening they had so far proceeded in removing the rubbish as to leave no doubt in the minds of the authorities that, contrary to general report, there was no other person buried in the ruins. On Saturday Mr. Fairbairn, civil engineer, arrived to make an investiga tion, and after examining the b o il er , i ts pos i t i on, &c., he made minute inquiries as to th e sa f ety valve, and•the usual weight which was put upon it, the pressure at which the boiler was worked, &c. He afterwards re turned to Manchester to prepare his report, which is looked for i with much int erest , espec i ally by the manu facturers n the town and neighbourhood. At a subse quent period of the day, Mr. J. Chaloner, by direction of Mr. Fairburn, came from Manchester to take a sketch of that part of the boiler usually termed the " fish mouth," this being the part from the supposed weakness of which the explosion took place. Mr. Chaloner took a very minute sketch of this part of the boiler, as also of the position into which it was thrown, and now lies. The exact dimensions of the boiler are--length of " fish mouth," 7 feet 11 inches ; flue, frozp, the fish-mouth" to the extreme end of the boiler, is 2 feet 6 inches in diameter; the boiler, from end to cart, is 25 feet 3 inches; and in diameter, 6 feet 6 inches.. Since the occurrence many scientific gentlemen fror, different parts of the country have been to view die ruins, &c. The last sad rites were pe'rformed, on Sunday evening, over the unfortunate maa, Fitton and his daughter, at the parish church, Ashron, amidst thousands of specta tors ; and over the y g woman, Margaret Fitzgerald, at the Roman Catholi• c chapel, Dukinfield. IFFECTS OF 'SUPERSTITION. -•-• Yesterday Mr. Payne held an ing nest at the Woolpack Inn, Dlinories, on the body of Mary - Wolley, aged 42. It appeared that de ceased was liviny, , in the Circus, Minories, with her hus band, who is a messenger in the Ordnance department of the Tower. A short time ago an Irishwoman resid ing in the same house lost some money, when, not being able to discover the thief, she called upon a foi tune-teller, who told her tht some per Pen in the house had stolen the money. Sh s , in consequence, accused the deceased of the robbery- The charge had such effect upon her mind, that o' Friday night she was found suspended by a handkerctliq to the bedpost. verdict, " Temporary Insanity." % /p G lti ~ ~. '; ;,-~~ : -- ,;.~ -- -- ~li~ i; ~~~.~ IT;tri i7.7t1,114,* `""~ I'll 4 ',N7j ' COURT CIRCULA\cqj WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early morning waik. His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was at tended by the Earl of Morton, Mr. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took pony exercise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert this morning at the Castle, and remained to luncheon. In ti•e afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert rode out in a :pony carriage, the Prince driving. Another pony carriage and four followed, containing the Lady in Waiting, the C oun t ess o f G a i ns b oroug h , an d the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Devereux. The Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness attended on horseback. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, and Mr. and Lady Mary Wood are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen. • The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Spetb, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Exeter , and the Right Hon. Charles and Lady Mary Wood. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by the Baroness Scheele, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Meysenbuch, left Cashiobury-park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday morning, for Watford, and t rave ll e d to wn by the London and North Western Railway. The Princess and her suite went to Marlborough House, where she arrived soon after eleven o'clock. Their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand-Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Princess at Marlborough House. In the afternoon the Princess of Hesse, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and Prince Friderick of Hesse, honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit. The illtistrious party after wards returned to Marlborough House. The Princess of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, left Marlborough House at five o'clock, on his return to Cashiobury Park. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, the E ar l o f Cl aren d on, Viscount Mor peth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. Labouch ere. The Council sat two hours and a half. After the Council the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town, accompanied by Lady Mary Wood, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne was absent from the Council, his Lordship being at his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Ms Excellency George Bancroft, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to this Court, arrived at Long's Hotel on Saturday with his lady and family. Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. HAMBURGH MAIL. VIENNA, OCT. 19.—Authentic accounts from Monte nego say that the Vendika is on his way to Vienna ' - it is stated that h e arr i ve d a t T r i es t e , an d i s expected h ere to-morrow or the next day. With respect to the illness of the Grand-Duchess, daughter of the Grand-Duckess Helen of Russia, there are no hopes of her recovery. Her Highness is labour ing under pulmonary consumption, which is particu larly fatal in Vienna to some constitutions. li appears that his Majesty the EmperOt• has resolved to introduce oral proceedings in all civil causes. Thi s reformation is of immense importance to the hereditary states, and will be hailed by all the inhabitants of the empire as the beginning of a new era. BERLIN, OCT. 22.—The Grand Duke Constantine, who has been residing in this capital for some time, and, as we learn, returns to St. Potersburgh at the latter end of this month, is reported, in the higher circles, to have been betrothed during his visit at Weimar to the youngest daughter of the reigning Duke of Saxe Alten burg. His bride, the Princess Alexandra, was born on, the 11th of July, 1830, consequently she is in her lith• year. VIENNA, OCT. 20.—The Society of the Trieste Lloyd dispatches send a steamer, on the 26th of next month, to Alexandria, there to wait for the arrival of the mail' from Calcutta by the Red Sea, so that the central states of Europe have now an opportunity of corresponding with India. As Trieste is in constant correspondence with Alexandria, this arrangement is very judicious, and may tend to promote the hoped-for change in the course of the Overland Mail. NORRIEOPPING, OCT. 21.—Their Majesties arrived here the evening before yesterday from Stockholm, by way of Tulgarn, and were received with general enthu slam. The town was brilliantly illuminated ; the magis trates and the elders of the city received them at the gates, and 50 young men on horseback, bearing torches, conducted them to their apartments. The Queen Dow ager arrived soon afterwards. _ - Yesterday being the thirty-sixth anniversary of the landing of the late King - in Sweden, a numerous depu tation waited on his Majesty, for permission to uncover the fine statue of Charles John, which has been cast at Munich, at the expense of the town. This permission having been given, the ceremony took place with all the pomp due to the memory of the deceased King. BERLIN, OCT. 22.—The mission of the Duke Decazea to Austria and Russia has met with some impediments, the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburgh, as it is said, having spoken very decidedly on a certain transac tion. HANntrucu. OCT. 26.—A letter in the German Allge nwine Zeitung says :—" I can state to you, from a credi ble private letter from Rome, that the life of the Pope is not safe. His Holiness has received many warnings, and must make a virtue of necessity. His dinner is served at eleven o'clock, and remains standing till one, till it is cold ; it is then examined by a chemist, and warmed on the dinner table over a spirit lamp. His ' cup of chocolate for breakfast is prepared by the Came- rario in his immediate presence. When he goes to masa he takes the host, the wine, and the water with hi m. At a certain convent wh ere he lately intended to administer the Sacrament, he neither performed the ceremony, nor took the usual refreshments. Such is the life of Pius IX., the greatest benefactor of the Roman States."— fiamburgh Papers, Oct. 27. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AIM EDINBURGH.—A contemporary states, that when the line of rail is completed between Berwick and Newcastle the journey from Edinburgh to London will be a matter of fifteen or sixteen hours. It is questioned whether the journey will be of such a duration by several hours. By the present speed of the Great Western express trains the distance between Edinburgh and London would be traversed in about nine hours and five minutes ; and by the speed of the London and North-Western express trains in eleven hours. But both the broad and narrow gauge companies have proved that the present speed of their express trains can be considerably increased. 'The working of the broad gauge engine called the " Great Western" shows that with trains of 80 or 90 tons an - average express speed of fifty miles per-hour may. be easily attained, and the recent private trip on the North- Western line between Birmingham and Manchester, the working of which was conclusive that with light passen ger trains the narrow gauge engine can run from Lon don to Edinburgh in ten hours. There is reason to be- • Here that some new narrow-gauge engines that have lately been placed upon the North-Western line would, with moderately heavy trains, accomplish the jdurney in : less than ten hours. The mail from London to Liver pool (203 miles) was about twenty-one hours an its journey. The Great Western express train would tra- ; vet to Edinburgh and back in two hours' less time. • There is little doubt that a mail train will, upon the E completion of the railways to Edinburgh., run the whole journey between London and that city within ten hours THE ARCHDUKE PALATINE. —We have great satisfaction in copying the following parag raph: 7 - " Pesth, Oct. 22.—Th e A rc hd u k e Palatine is not dead, as reported in the papers of yesterday. The medical .1 bulletin issued this day respecting the health of the Archduke Palatine has eicited general joy, inasmuch as it confirms the reports which were afloat yesterday of the great improvement in the state of his health. Ills Imperial Highness Archduke Charles, elder brother of the Archduke Palatine, left his august brother this 1- - morning, which is considered as an evident indication of the confidence with which the recovery of the Archthake Palatine is anticipated. The Archduke Stephan is still here, and many touching scenes are related which be- - token the deep feeling of the young Prince at the sick bed of his father. The bulletin states, 'His Imperi a l Highness enjoyed gr o eat y e s terday. He has composure . sed p q a u s i s e e t a ud : throughout the whole ve ry tranquil night, and his recovery proceeds gradually. —Ofen, Oct. 22, nine o'clock, A.M.—H. WURTLE3I.' Ir ` Dr. Steinmspler, body physician to the Archduke `-t Charles, set out with that Prince yesterday." ,'t DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN THE DORCHESTER TUN NEL.—On Wednesday last, soon after one o'clock, a labourer, working in a portion of the tunnel forming for ;r Southampton and Dorchester Railway, in the East Mag- , ;: i dalen's Field, was walking on the iron rail at the moment $ a loaded waggon was approaching him, drawn by a powerful horse, when the shoe of his left foot, which was very defective, caught in the rail, and he fell with his leg across the iron ; the wheel of the loaded waggon. passed-obliquely up the poor fellow's leg from his heel •,,'/ to the calf, lacerating the flesh, and breaking the ler; frightfully. He was picked up, but had fainted, an.d was conveyed in au insensible state to the South Hants ..; Infirmary, when it was found that amputation was in stantly necessary to have a chance of saving life. The poor sufferer was warned in the morning, it being his first engagement in the works, to be careful in walking t on the metals (as the rails are called by the men) with 1 .1 his bad shoes, and he had promised to be careful. The poor fellow's leg was amputated. OPENING OF AN HOWEPATHIC HOSPlTAE.—Yes terday the house No. 17, Hanover-square, was publicly fr: opened for the reception of gratuitous in-patients. There :m1 aro upwards of 800 out-patients suffering under cbr9i., sKi diseases at present on the books, besides a multiplicity of individuals daily applying for relief „The institution is under the presidekcy of the Earrof Wilton, Lord Robert Grosvenor, MP., the Earl of Shrewsbury, &9.