The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

- iwartaaaw....... _____...,..................mr5• ?flPts• There was a fair average quantity of free foreign late at on show. Fine dry samples were in fair demand, at , m ales, yet the business actually transacted was compara trivet), small. In all Other kinds next to nothing was pissing. but'ended Grain, for speculati e plumes, was much t•eg I, cted, about ore thousand quarters of Wheat under lock found buyers, for shipment to France, _at. full prices- We !how of were scan tily supplied with E ng li s h B arley, but the Foreign was large. As a very small portion of the latter Was fit for malting purposes, the best qualitiea were ~ h el d effectually at extreme fi gures, but grinding and distill- Ikuceaurts commanded very little attention, at last week's s• Owing to the unusually high rates demanded for alt he sale for that article was slow, yet the holders did muttmit to lower figures. We were well supplied with in ferior Foreign Oats, yet as we have had no supplies from land, and and those from our own coast.have been small, the Oat trade was steady, at late rates. The sale for Beans was Blow in.....er. at previous figures. Foreign Peas were somewhat "`T • In Flour next to nothing was doing. Wheat—Essex CURRENCY PER IM PERIAL MEASURE -eat—Essex & Kent, Al alt—Chevalier.• • • • • Red, New.. • • 55 8 to 628 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditt White, 1 1°11 . 0 1k and Lin New - 583 ..- 1s 9 Lincolnsh., Feed. 27s 282 Potatoe 3ls -34 s _. coln, Red... • • 553 508 tough al and Cork, intto, White... • • 588 64s Black . ...... 44 811 ' It 'd* •••• • • • 528 55s Cork, White . .... 4 tto, White.... • • 55s 568 Scotch, Feed. .. • • 298 ._ . Ist 14 ••" •• ••• • • • 398 41s Beans—Tick ... - • . 408 451 Earle " c-, • •,"•••• • • • • • 49 9 44s Pigeons ..1 -- ...roldh lg. .. .. 339 3.79 Pease—Grey , a .Grinding . ... kiltch eral . ••• • • 388 46s Maple ......• • • • • 45s 47s • ler •••• • • • • folk. 46 3 478 'White ..... ••• • • • 53s 58 8 Boilers' folk o lk and N or- 60s 64s . • Bro w , •••• • • • 64; 69 ; Flour—Town-made .. • 545 568 x lic ••••.•• • • • • 53 at oll ana Ware 708 565 72 s Suffolk .......... 44s 48e Stockta & Norfolk 44s 458 t o T l l nd ° e_ a following is :szi ar tTrex.D.' s tatement of the imports of cattle into Il an d at the outports during the past week : From w hence. LONDON. Cows. Sheep. .i°aatrnrtlibnru"l„raegtu,sll... ............ Oxen.B2 ...... 24 - 3 vl'llish.'' ' ...... ... 11 ...... 92 . bin 5........ ...... -.lea bier,e ..... -- 5 _`l,lB4_, t s ' ....... .... ...... 118 'lu .... ~ -- „. is ...... 19 Total ... . ... ._ ............. 177 ..... 476 liolland NULL. thrrkin7(l. 10 100 ...... 200 go lia lld .... .... NEWCASTLE. •.. 30 . .... 70 U°ll4uSd ... _ • IPSWICH. ..... ?r anee it.. . I ...... 30 - B Sp a i n so PLYMOUTH. ... 4,4 from Ir ] ...... 90 •••••• ... have ar• li, from ? Ire 1 50 30 Oxen and 138 Sheep . . g e b a d on Ireland, since our last, in gaod condition. buyers°lll abroad sho w 600 Beasts, 1,580 Sheep, and 15 Calves h, at full Middling c..ndition. Nearly the whole found zullock drov es price s. From our own grazing districts the (ISallty. The were seasonably large, hut of very middling at, ], __-tate primest Beasts commanded a very steady sale, rsa dayZi e t . i n stanc es to er Y dull, 4,,u,a1..g , a trifle more money, the best Scots turn per 8 1 bs, but all other kinds were rt ,l l lPrised 1',.J,11e. lower. The arrivals from th m e i n l o an l , l h‘".,_tltiell 800%versel t - horns ; from the western and d Pane of Eturr fords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; and fiom other ° leers the . and 1,000, of various kinds. Although Was Shee h . very , te., , p were on the increase, the Mutton t rade . • " t 's'eek , gu •Y , at f ully, but at nothing quotable he) ont., kra 3 Not p ri ces, •In Calves, afa amount b was Pric es weere supported , at our quo tations. The ir Pork trade of was usiness slow, yet taf er , Per 811 m. to sink the offal. s, 5r t eas , d. s. d• s. d. to s. d. 1 > , .. 44 c1qn.i..`" •• • • 2 g L ame - .nlle 1, '""Ydltto 3 210 Second nualltydi . tto 4 6 4 8 fTe Ox en ' , 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 5_ 4 0 r g , 'tots .. •• ~‘• 4 3 8 Southdown Wethe.. 5 2 8 PN I : c oars e a l; •. 1 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 4 - 4 u„ki7Oall ditto 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs •••• • • 3 8 In leri n ' ,. g C alves ** - 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers .... 4 6 4 8 Sheep '' •8 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ... 6 0 18 0 •• 4 2 4 4 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 Il easts. SUPPLY AT MARKET. 4,0 65 I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs.' plii IsrEisrua 25 , 830 BB rik ei r avera o 8 'z' AND LEADEATEMIatI. 14 v yed hi ther ~ ut!plieJ of country killed Meat have been Nu: Metro surfingolu the past week, while those slaughtered an e e• e seral rnand I:te have been somewhat on the increase. Yet he e We ather has ruled firm, owing to the prevailing 4 ob i • ' a nd, in some instances, a slight advance has 48 p 4 i. allied for Alutton, Veal, an Pork. From 1 - lamburgh I ,ooo e ' a ges of n h,,_ Cao.. Beef he come to hand, and upwards of • rwsed , ..4e3 of foreign °I. Beasts and Sheep have been die- 73s to 745 25s 26s 24$ 325 Calves 80 51 ...... -. At Der stone, by the Carcase. s . d. to s• U^ 6 3 10 11....Zt.rtinkitemrii,,,....... 8 2 . di t°B 2 • t'6• Mutton, inferior •..• 4 3 0 4 8 4 -----• prim , •" 2 8 2 10mi.ddling . 4 6 4 i.-`e .Brge .• 30 3 2 Prim- ** *34 4 0 Vec.P.'44e s ztall •• 3 2 3 4 j Pork, large •••• '' • ' 4 2 4 8 ***' "••• • • • 3 a 4 8 I small. *** Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. p LDS" ILAltl22°4°"ll 41.1\T1) SPITILL- lEhere e dem an dU the quantity of Potatoes- on offer , continues beavv at late quotations. ^eelt, a bout 1 - ' Holland and to", , 00 tons have arrived from ..- &ler with 100 bags from St. Petersburgh. In is sthe Trance,pa small, s t ikol, etleeted !°/t, "Olt XCOP AEETt.full prices titt ottliirf-rociree's of flops are in fair request, a umalities are extremely dull, andoeffec t t o s . Bt° 38 per cwt. must be submitted ales, The Im Ports of W 34r.43°L' chiefly from OLI s 001, last NI, eek, were about BC f o or t hepackages,2ot it and followin deays:,: Will be com g 4 do parativoy b l ,: t 4 ) t i h ic e sales are announced sMall. P rivately, very little quantity to be offered 4°lg, and prices are with difficulty supported.' b t u h s e in re e a ss t The Market is steady" 4anE d treto 48s 6d paying for Nall , ~ Parcels of Y C h . . .on t e spot—buyers al l re from - • h llt i , Or th „ter e spring months 48s 6d to 495. ThelettihsteePya.lealrb4qBst, un to the 7th .tbarg bring accounts of the total shipments = in lighrleost., about 112,000 casks, of which there are et` '1'4148. and vessels not sailed about 16,000 casks' 1 4 far from abundant. Sth- ' 4 , rtrb;let rI ri) Pr. LS DAY.) TB I._ Westminster ~ 0 1 -.4NCER Y . ---- ( Court at fella% Lord Chancellor sat in Of 0, at tea 0 1 , and proceeded his ,with the hearing a ppeal ten e'"4' k. the EN. a The a ~ GREEN. appeal were EvnE V. heard Bruce, etiejakh-rgurnents in this t par.- Knight _ from testi/b.:, c't the Vi ee - Chancellor The and concluded to-da his judgment.ouoll AND 4 1.1. 417,:b CRANCELLOR postponed_ mExEoR 011148 n'TERS V. TEE EARL i O AND EXETER WAt ...MIX DIRECT LONDON the Thi e°lNrstr. al from n We- tleili: ease came before the Court England, up2 allowingmed it d,, b 4 , , of the Vice- Chancellor of ofßAlL defenda,ll,tris'na the Atl(',hi"rrer, put in by two of the to the °"` The plai4{ifFllB ettpel and John Allen, of equity. Direct atill wa s 01l the ground of want , of the (4'4116,-3 filed by all the shareholders pt tho s leho ha',l4,ad Exeter Railway Compapy, those persons *he "eeh made def„dants, against comm it teet,retistituted the provisional and managing_ the nem- Pally tZkth„e Put Pose of having the accounts of s d t to take hp th, ~:-`.__atitl also to compel andthe defendants dnearevn the deposits uPen th,,Zrea allotted to them, "--" had not taken . 11P the ir sh Ar""r,l3 the de fendants who the Earl of Mexbor„Ale% 411 d 1,„ Paid their deposits, were the names of all of wi; '—M Loftus c 1 and Allen, bers of t he Dm ' .°4l,tlPPeared i ' L aPe ' Prospectus as Wein declined tto... -visional e0„ 1 i, h the rsons . ^ill g up their sburall't". Those Pe that not having am, t`itli the deed t hey -ea coll the ground nutted to do s.o, and the d, i- , ld not be co the bill for , e eadants rs mi w ant o f ,apel and Allen de f England -"....wed th., EltiltY• The Vi ce - Chancellor o appeal. Ir. s'*uetnurrer, and hence the presentappeared la 80„ matt and a gentleman behind the bar tid Mr. bittligott of the appeal; end Mr. J. Parker i a w The thipported the decision of the Court b L ° lleCourt rOtio%lrthhients, not having c oncluded when t w. ' '''re ordered to be proceeded with to-Morro 4°LLS' COL • THIS DAY.) R.T ---( tom T ROBINSON V WALI, se to day. , '-I,Nor'kt.E delivered judgment in this can Perf, r -,-le said the present bill was filed for the specific.intiff IN ihtllanee of a contract entered into by the plaintiff NDt , ,'' doienclant for the sale of the estate of a D being 11l bar, 14,,,ther with his wife's interest therein, they being „f pilkrupt's the Lord Mostyn was assignees bank `ere p ut hr the same. It a pp e ared that the t the )444 (4. opinion, that in dispei e , the property o ld be Leti.fr‘lllst (Sir, ThoS. Chiltpng es)) y they Ifflou therefore tkt4llti.ig all the parties inter es n t e ed s , and it was mestyn, LefoNllttled to Put up the same to auction. Lordfer Lady 111ostpj,11 sale took place, offered 5,000/ the interests tt)!l4th, chterest in the Property, and for of 30,000 t, kin Tiktllpt and his assignees a spin then en oped i . %' alts, ther 35,000/. An agreement was property ty,°.l' th,.o,t(j4't,til'at Lord Mostyn should have the exceeded ; bide one was ohm L-11 biddiallin of 35,00 a if no A deed at the auction. imposed no %4(lit,etitid ;40 this - effect, which _,d, by *ill aJtly he deed, d fin t u Most 'tit • bth"r than tho-e ail 4, if therj Were i: hs:reeltder Lord Mos of tel4l)e releas eased anYhlg tract. 'The biddingdreserved. 4 Most , e roui is con yap /V4S oc)4 wsS to be, in fact, considered led to the thPositi,;rl°Pinion that the words of the deed were really c ' hit ,of a sense different from NI, clitionq ' meeting of D Of nit(irs ~i . ( 7. °I the parties. At a v m the beginning b., eet,b-- oir Thomas charnpne., s m he estate should ti°,,,,,501q i!sr, 1838, it was resolved thatdtit was then also 4'4:tlthaq.a.,fevv days afterwards, an be considered 1)4 il4vved iii'citdeiee sum shouldoifia3sXtrse must be considered that sale :lilt refe4icto tthe billing of Lord Mostyn, ert. y The ,Il_ toolLsitthi stipulated by him for thtuetprop p a! i;. ..- ed in the ti oti t ` tt 's (if ty,l4, and it was expressly stated to be sold wit . - (lie rea,rteat sale that the property , , rs a and the bid '' There were several bt e__L Mr. Flight, who 41p1 ar a m C °Ad „, all, %lye, was exceeded by and became the pur ss,t, of Who bid 49,000/., Sir Thomas kh4toprie-; the property. Howev__er!rds, the ill: est. °is dying sliortly afterward, property pur rceased eh,hlfi th -e assignees in the the force C 4 l . toads then filed to which, en as the pur 'aS f 161 • refused to 4, „ e had Le his contract, .Ir. Flight eerfot.„"eeuole a losing concern. A unreserved Lo-d sale was not 41,Cr)tisoc.,, contending that the existed with , h tilv4tYn. its ' ,Pee of the s tipulation that that no such iri antha.a Ice had, indeed, been excepted towards Lord Mostyn. inasmuch t}4. tqn4 see as reservation existed I,,`'llill \ise, inOeed, there was no reservation,. bidding; but in th at estYli Might be exceeded in that the contract lit h Btlse there could be IA) doubt lle was i f stl h ation. (14:1Piej,„ !, 0 entered into was a resez n h nroperly eon d - . wtetll,tht the auction had not not '_ _erfneme hi ,41 that the contract should De P all the costs, ;a/t)".". therefore, dism4s this bill, with denied the -uthotiti,?_the answer whereby Mr. Flight Ge itt 4 . Ut Wall. r - ' l '. It i , . PEallY v. DveADOWCRoFT. for the de- , *hclah •Nbxltax..r resented his arguineldS Mr . h 5 i--'thlet followed on the same side. C or e rose at three oclock. A r it, . ',f. 'CII AN F THIS D A Y ) It Y .—( 111 (11,.N. th -,,- of ENGLAND.) Tht ra 0 v ICE-CIIANCELLoR AND 3--qTka or '2IIE LONDoN, BRIGH TO N, NCH:ITU-COAST RAILWAY. • 11 of t -'41114.4nual before the court upon tho petitio E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY lOVNING, NOVEMBER 16, 181 a lady named Clithero, praying that 'the sum awarded 6 reflecting on the conduct of her sister. He was sure to her for c.anpensatio=, from the railway company might the Court would hardly believe that such a letter—in be laid ow, d the divi:lends pail t 9 her. - fact, that the whole of the letters on which the charge fit IloNotitt Intele ti , e order es asked. was based—were written by a clergyman of the Church 'llJe (oft. t, after o' the eases of Carter and of El, g l a nd. The offence of which the defendant had Gil, and Temlyn and Re,yeekla, proceeded to hear been found guilty called for some punishment at the further-arguments in the part-heard case of hands of the Court. • THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY V. DIMES. Their Lordships having consulted, -, The bill in this case was filed originally so far back Mr. Justice COLERIDGE proceeded to pass the sen as the year 1838, and the object of that bill was tence of the Court upon the defendant in the most to compel the Lord of the Manor of Rickmansworth, in impressive manner. He said---Josiah Bartlett, you are Hertfordshire, to give the Grand Junction Canal Com- to receive the sentence of the Court after a conviction party a perfect title to certain lands purchased by them for the publication' of a libel, charged on a criminal in fer the purpose of forming their canal. The circu=s- formation, which was tried at the last assizes at Here stances under which that bill was filed may be thus ford, and you were found guilty. The libel consisted of stated. In the year 1797 the company purchased the a letter which was sent by you to the wife of the prose lands in question, under Acts passed in their behalf in eutur, Marianne Tolzer, and it is impossible for any one to the i eign of George 111., of a persan of the name of read that letter without seeing that it conveysimputations - Jeseph Skidmore, who held them as copyholds from the upon the character of that lady such as would have • Lord of the Manor. Skidmore conveyed the lands by shown her to be valueless, because without virtue and bargain and sale to the Canal Company, but that corn- chastity woman is worth_ nothing. That letter was piny was never admitted by the Lord of the Manor. sent to herself, at a time when she was from her hus- A t the time of the sale, a gentleman of the name of band, and when she 'was in your neighbourhood with her Whitfield was Lord of the Manor at Rickmansworth, brother, and the occasion which had brought those per which he devised to Robert Williams, as trustee, for sale; sons into that neighbourhood was a letter which you had and he, subsequently to the year 1818; when his testator previously sent to your own wife, in which, after making died, sold the manor to Henry Windale, who by his will many statements of family unhappinesses, occasioned, devised all his real estates to Ambrose Bohan and as you state, by the interference of your wife's rela- Windale Martin in fee; and executed a mortgage of the tions, and in which von declared you entertained a manor in fee to Dimes, the principal defendant in the settled determination to separate yourself from her, suit, and died in the year 1836. The defendant Dimes, that letter contained no- imputations against the in the year 1838, having foreclosed and claiming to be conduct of your wife in any other respect. It ap entitled to the legal estate in the lands, caused peered that she was the mother to you of an obstruction to be placed across the, canal, many children, and it spoke of some division that was and an injunction was applied for to pre- to be made with respect to the custody of those children. vent him from doing so. Upon this application In answer to that letter your wife stated to you that the Court directed the trial of an issue, for the purpose her own family, to whom she had most naturally corn of ascertaining whether the lands were copyhold or not, municated it, had sent her sister and her brother down and it being found that they were, the Court continued to you fur the purpose of protecting and advising the injunction that had been granted, and the cause now her. The cause, therefore, which brought the came on for hearing. The bill, which had been twice prosecutrix and her brother into your neighbour amended, after setting forth these facts, charged that hood was not only perfectly justifiable, it was upon every descent of the manor the land was entitled quite a commendable interference on their parti to certain fines amounting to two years value, and and nothing appears in the conduct which they then prayed that the present lord of the manor (whether the pursued that could in the slightest degree justify any legal estate was vested in Dimes or the devisees of Win- illegal conduct on your part; but if there had been any dale) might be decreed to admit the plaintiffs to the thing in their conduct, or in the mode in which they lands in question, or the heir at law of Joseph Skidmore, conducted; themselves, I would put it to you, the original vendor as a trustee for them, upon payment if I thought that it was likely that you were of whatever sums might be due to the lord in the nature capable of entering into such a consideration, of fines. The devisees of Windale, by their answers, properly whether anything could have justified the disclaimed all interest in the lands which were the sub- writing of the letter,which you wroteto Marianne Tolzer. It is trite that letter was only written to herself, and it was just possible that that letter might have been put into the fire, and consequently seen by no other person. But what could be expected from an innocent woman— an innocent wife, but that, receiving a letter containing such imputations as were there made, to show it at once, and without reserve, with the boldness of innocence, and in the confidence of affection to her husband ? It cannot but be suppoSed that when you, as a reasonable being in your senses, sent that letter you must have foreseen that it would have been communicated to her husband, and then it is impossible that you could be ignorant of the misery which a letter of that nature might have caused to the whole of that family. When this cause was brought before the Court in the first instance, your counsel, as you now state, retracted the whole charge, and made, what you call, an abject apology. I think it was impossible at that time for the counsel, on the part of the prosecution, to do more thon he did namely, to make the rule absolute. But the moment you heard of this, whether it was that you supposed you had now attained impunity, or for what other reason I know not vet, although you had refused to adhere to the charge you - had made in the public papers, you retracted that apology-. You, therefore, put it forward to the world a second time as a charge upon the truth of which you were contented to stand. The case went to trial, and it is not unworthy ,of observation that, in the course of some of those letters which passed from you after that time, having intimated to Marianne Tolzer that she would be put into the box, and would be subjected there to questions which it would have been impossible for her to answer, it appears that she was taken to the assizes for the purpose, but you did not venture to call that person into the box and ask her any questions. The defendant—l was not there, my Lord. Mr. Justice CoLELUDGE—Marianue Tolzer, on her part, has done everything that a woman could do to avow her innocence of the imputations cast upon her. It is always usual upon occasions,of this sort, and most justly, to see after the act has been once committed how the party conducts himself—to see whether there is any true repentance for what he has done—anything like an appreciation of his guilty conduct ; or whether, on the other hand, he adheres to it with the same malice which he manifested when he was first induced to perpetrate the act. I regret to say that in every step that has been taken by you since the day of your conviction, the same distinct malice , has been manifested on the one hand, and the same amount of—l think I must call it cunning—a desire to shield yourself from the con sequences of your act most distinctly appears. One particular letter written to your wife, and which oc casioned some delay in the proceedings of the Court, and which you were so very desirous should not be read, shows this more clearly. I wish I could think that this wish on your part was because you really repented of the act of writing it, and not that you were afraid of the consequences which it might have upon you. • The Court thought, without doubt, that the letter should be read, and therefore at your own request, after the representations made of the nature of its contents, the Court have looked into it, and have spared the public the pain of its appearing in print. It is fit to say that, although that letter contains nothing that could induce the Court to believe the truth of what you state in it—that there is nothing also in that letter which in the slightest de gree, though no doubt the object of it was to plant more deeply in your wife's mind a sense of her sister's guilt—that the Court consider that that letter particularises nothing that in the slightest degree fixes Marianne Tolzer with any particular specification —any charge of incontinency whatever. In the courso of my experience in this Court I have never had to deal with a case of private life so full of • calumny as this appears to be. It is very painful for this Court to have to deal with transactions that go into the secresy of private life, but it is much more painful to have before it a person who fills, and who has filled so long the situation you do a minister of the holy Gospel. In your person one cannot but feel that the Church itself is outraged. From the manner you have conducted yourself in the whole of this case, and after the observations you have made this day—in which, using the language of your own affidavit you Confess yorself guilty of nothing more than an act of impropriety, and instance your own guilt as something that may be palliated by a fine of the smallest possible amount—it-- is vain to suppose that as the organ of this Court, I can safely address any observations to you whatever. I must leave to another time to bring \ you to a state of mind in which you will take a proper view of the emu. mity of the offence you have committed. It remains only for me to pass upon you that sentence which, upon a full consideration of all the circumstances of the case the Court think it right to impose upon you, which is that you be imprisoned in the Queen's Bench for two years on each count of this indictment, each sentence to commence and end at the same period ; and that at the expiration of that time you enter into your own reeognizances in the sum of one thousand pounds for your good behaviour to all her Ma jesty's subjects, and especially to Marianne Tolzer, for the space of five years. The defendant was then removed in the custody of the proper officer, and the majority of the auditory withdrew. ject of the suit, and thereby admitted Limes to be the present lord of the manor ; and it was contended fur him that it was not compulsory upon a lord of the manor to admit a corporation to lands held of the manor, and con sequently that he was not compellable to admit the plaintiffs. Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. Bask appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Bethel), Mr. Humfrey, and Mr. Smythes for the defendant Dimes ; Mr. Randall ap peared for the devisees of Windale ; and Mr. S. Russell fur the heirs of Skidmore. Mr. HUMFREY resumed his arguments on behalf of the defendant Dimes. Mr. STUART having replied, The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment, declaring that the heir, according to the custom of the manor of Skudmore, was the party who ought to be admitted tenant upon the court-roll, and that when admitted he would be trustee of such estate as he got by the admis sion for the corporation. His Honour also directed that the corporation should pay the fine and fees of admission, and reierred it to the Master to ascertain what the amount of the fee was, and also to inquire who was the heir of Thomas Skudmore. The costs were ordered to be taxed and paid by the plaintiffs, and then recovered over again from the defendant. The Court rose at half-past three o'clock. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) After some unimportant motions had been - disposed of the arguments in the case of Blair v. Bromley were re sumed and continued till the rising of the Court. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) STEWART V. BUSHDY. His HONOUR gave directions in this case to-day. He said that there was evidence of the contract, and he con sidered that the proper order would be that an account should be taken of the debts of Mulholland and Co. at the time of the bankruptcy. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) IN RE SIIIITTLEWORTIL Mr. PARRY moved d in this that e thease should retu rn at t o n the nen be writ m o a f d e. ha beas corpus issue Sir J. BAYLEY said that the lady was then in West minster Hall. s e e s t sfobruthttitehwantrotbn wasthe 9th of August Maria E of Dr. Millingen, and that the delivered into the custody and detained was, that she cause of her so being taken . The return was then Elias ' her property, and was at the governing herself or and incapable of feperson to be at large. The was an unfit and an unsafe ezaactßhlotd a licensed house for the of her confinement was at Battersea, place . time, and has since been, of unsound mind, reception there, an order for her reception . and at the time of herJ C. Rowlack, the minister of St. reception, signed by produced, in which it was stated Peter's, Pimlico, was d in a most deplorable and in decent of lunatics, called York . House , that she had been found medical man, who from Thomas Willmott, a mind, and stated that she was. of' h unsound he came to that that the facts from which laboured under various state. There were also two certificates, one conclusion was, that she pronounced her insane, and stated that he came to that another, 'Wm. Gifford, a medical man, conclusion from delusions and was extremely dirty and indecent; and conversation he had with her. insufficient , Mr. PARRY said he had to submit to his Lordship that such a r e t urn t o th e wr it was altogether and that thi s l a d y s h ou ld b e di sc h arge d from custody. He would stat e t o hi s L or d s hip, on the threshbold of the ar gument , t h at h e d i d not i nten d t o raise the question as to wh e th er or not t h e l a d y was i nsa ne,but be would contend that the order and certificates upon which this lady was received into the custody of Dr. Millengen were insufficient and illegal. The order and certificates were given under the Act Bth and 9th of Victoria, chap. 100, and the sections (to which he most particularly desired to direct his Lordship's attention), were sections 45 and 46. The intention of the Act was benevolent, but the sections were two of the most restrictive upon the liberty of the subject which could be found in any Act of Parliament. The first point to which he would call the attention of his Lordship was the order set forth in that return. It appeared that a gentle . man named Rowlock, the minister of the parish, having had his attention directed to the forlorn condition, of this lady, felt it his duty to inter fere, although not related or connected with her. The form of the order, as specified in schedule B of the Act, required that a number of particulars with reference to the age, sex, malady, condition, &c., of the lunatic should be set forth upon the order, making it evident that the intention of the Act was, that the order should not come from an utter stranger, but from a person related, or intimately connected, with him or her. It did not ap pear on the order that this gentleman had ever seen her more than five minutes together. Under the same schedule there was a list of sixteen particulars with reference to the lunatic, to which the person mak ing the order should make answers, or give good and sufficient reason for not doing so. It was required to set forth the nature of the lunacy, whether suicidal, or dangerous to others—whether the party was epileptic— the date and duration of the attack---whether it was the first attack—the former place of con fi nement, and other circumstances, to which no return whatever had been made ; and, for the absence of the returns, the only reason alleged was, that the lunatic was watched by a person whom she held in fear. Sir J. BAYLEY here remarked that he saw the prose cutor of the pre: eat writ sitting next to, and hording a conversation with, the unfortunate lady. Mr. PARRY was not aware Of the fact, or he would not have permitted it. They did not require the lady to wait i❑ Court at all. Sir J. BAYLEY—She is suffering acute pain from bodily disease, and it will be better if she is not compelled to remain. would convey the description of the objector's residence us commonly known, and that this had been done in the present instance. The unfortunate lady, who appeared to be in consider able pain, w as t h en supported out o f C our t by t wo fe male attend an t s . M al c e fin tte.s. s which, under the co ns t ruct i on o f th e 45th section of the Act, would b e at once fatal to them. U n d er t h e A ct 2 and 3 Willi am IV ., chap. 107, the cert ifi cates were g ee for to wa th rd e a t robj m e e c d ti i o c only required to state that the person was of unsound mind to obtain his introduction to a lunatic asylum ; but the Act of 8 and 9 Victoria, chap. 100, which was passed as an improvement upon the old Act, required that the person certifying should state, upon the face of his certificate, the facts that led him to the conclusion that the person was insane. In the certificate of Dr. Wilmott the only facts which were pat forward were, that she was labouring under various delusions, and was and dirty in the extreme. There were in that certificate no facts, but merely the opinion of Dr. Wilmott. With regard to the second certificate of Dr. William Griffiths, that gentleman merely stated that be concluded that this lady was insane from some conversation which he had with her. He appeared to have a full conviction that he was not about to state any fact, for he had drawn his pen through the words " following facts, videlicet," in the original printed certificate. As the amended Act prescribed certain forms to be observed, he (Mr. Parry) thought that they should be most impli citly complied with, especially in any document affecting the liberty of any person. Under these circumstances he submitted that the order upon the return and the certificates were illegal, and that the lady should there fore be discharged from custody. The Learned Gentle man then proceeded to cite the case of Fell, a lunatic, in which a decision had been given in favour of his view of the present case. Sir JOHN BAYLEY, in support of the return, submitted that Dr. Quail was not the party entitled to impeach the present return. The writ was moved for upon ex parte applications, and on four affidavits, to only one of which be would call the attention of the Court, as the others were valueless. Dr. Quail stated that he was a phybi cian, and had known the alleged lunatic for five years, during which time she had suffered from bodily disease, but not from any mental ailment. His affidavit also set forth her forcible removal from his custody, and the fact that he had not since been)ble to obtain access to her. He objected to his power to impeach the.return, as it did not appear on the face of the affidavit that he was acting under the authority of the' supposed lunatic. The Learned Counsel then cited the case of the Canadian prisoners, 5 Meeson and Wellsby, p. 32, and the celebrated case of the Hottentot Venus, in sup port of this view of the case. Dr. Quail bad stated that access to the lady was refused ; but his proper course was to have applied to the Commissioners of Lunacy, who had the entire and exclusive control of all private lunatic asylums. ,He might have written, or had his application answered in writing, but it did not appear that he had taken any of these courses. He (Sir J. Bayley) had affidavits which would establish facts to the contrary of those adduced by Dr. Quail. Mr. PARRY submitted that no affidavits could be pro duced in the case. The question as to the insanity of the party was not under discussion ; it was as to the validity of the return, and that would go by his Lord ship's judgment. Sir J. BAYLEY would show that Dr. Quail was the last person in the world to whom the case of this lady should be committed. The COURT took time to consider the judgment. LAMBERT V. TIIE TOWN CLERK OF THE BOROUGH OF NEW SARUM. This. appeal was dismissed because ten days' clear notice had not been given to the respondent. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY John Walker was charged with stealing several silk handkerchiefs and scarfs, the property of his master. John Cooper, constable 84 1), said, on Saturday even ing he was standing in the shop of Mr. Walker, pawn broker, High-street, Marylebone, when the prisoner came in, and offered four green silk handkerchiefs in the piece for pledge. Mr. Walker's assistant asked him if he thought this was all right. He told him he thought not. The assistant returned the handkerchiefs, and witness asked the prisoner where he had got the handkerchiefs. The prisoner told him he had purchased them at Thrasher and - Glenny's, near Somerset House, Strand ; and that he was a carpenter, living in Holywell-street, Westminster. He took the defendant to the station. house, and made inquiry of Messrs. Thrasher and Glenny, who told him that they had -no hand kerchiefs with the same pattern of border, and he then went to the prisoner's address, in Holywell street, and discovered there that he was a light porter to Mr. Hummle, 6, Old Bond-street, where he went, and found that they had had handkerchiefs of a similar pattern. Horace Hummle, hosier, 6, Old Bond-street, said they had had handkerchiefs exactly similar to those produced by the policeman. Mr. HARDWICKE was about to commit the prisoner for trial, when Mr. Hummle applied to have him re manded till further inquiry could be made. He said, from a letter of the prisoner's which had been inter cepted, there was reason to suspect that depredations - to a much greater amount had been committed. The prisoner was remanded till Friday, when he will be brought up for re-examination. Jane Stanley was placed at the bar, charged with rioting in several houses on Saturday evening, and com mitting assaults and damages. T. Wilson, proprietor of a coffee-shop in John-street, Oxford -street, said that the prisoner came to his house on Saturday evening, and called for ale, which was re fused. She sat down, but soon arose, and cleared the table of all that was on it, cups, saucers, &c. She was much intoxicated, and he gave her into custody. Richard Warren, the proprietor of the Union Tavern, 11, John-street, Oxford street, said the prisoner came into his house about half•past five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She was tipsy, and he forbade his barmaid to serve her with any liquor; when denied, she seized a large glass globe, which stood on the counter, and threw it at the barmaid. The defendant said she did not remember anything about it. .....___ Mr. HARDWICKE said she must pay 10s. for the as sault, besides the amount of the damage done, or go to the House of Correction for ten days. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You had better go on with the other part of the case. Sir J. BAYLEY—The only point then was, whether it was competent to any party to come to that Court to seek the discharge of any private individual without his or her consent. The Commissioners of Lunacy had the control of all private asylums, and could discharge the supposed lunatic if in illegal custody. lie would also ask whether, supposing the certificate to be invalid, from the circumstances mentioned by Mr. Parry, did that make the custody of the lunatic illegal? The 45th sec tion of the Act stated that any person who received into a licensed lunatic asylum any lunatic for whom money was paid, under the forms stated in the Act, should be punishable for a misdemeanour, and prosecuted at the discretion of the Commissioners or their secretary, but nothing was said as to the custody of the lunatic being illegal. He, therefore, disputed the power of the Court to discharge any for an informality in the medical certificates. Mr. Justice PATTESON—The language of the 45th section is very strong. It says that no person shall be received and detained in any licensed house, without the form of medical certificate described in schedule C, and that any person receiving a lunatic into such asylum withoutsuch form of certificate shall be guilty of a mis demeattour. So the keeper might be punished as much as he pleased, and still keep the lunatic in custoQl ac cording to your view of the case. Some further discussion then took place, after which Mr. Justice PATTFSON said that the case presented many difficulties to his mind, and as it had been pretty fully entered into before-his Brother Erle at chambers, he would retire and consult him. He had considerable doubts qs to the validity of the second certificate. After some time had elapsed, Mr. Justice PATTESON returned, and said that he had had an opportunity of consulting his Brother Erie and the Lord Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Erle bad entered pretty fully into the case at chambers. They were both of opinion that the certificates were valid, and came within the meaning of the Act. His own opinion was not of a similar tendency, and he thought that the better plan would be to have the case argued to-morrow in full Court, and the lady to be rmitted to her former custody until then. After some objection on the part of Sir J. BAYLEY, Mr. PARRY pressed for immediate judgment. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Such a course would be in convenient. My own opi n i on i s , that the certificates are not valid, b u t i t had better be argue d in full Court to- morrow. This course was then, after some discussion, agreed on. THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF EAST SHEEN AND MDRTLAKE V. THE RICHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. CHAMBERS moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue directed to the Richmond Railway Company, calling upon them to construct a good and su ffi cient bridge for foot passengers , where their li ne crossed a part of a public footway leading from Mortlake Church to East Sheen. The company agree d to construct a goo d an d su ffi cient bridge within the space of six calendar months, and to maintain it afterwards, From the affidavits it appeared, that some disagree men t too k place b etwee n the company and the inhabitants, and in consequence of it some fur ther provisions were introduced into their Act. In March last the company began the bridge, and constructed it so that pa s sengers by the pathway were compelled to turn out of it to the left, up a sort of wooden ladder or steps, cross the bridge, an d after having descen d e d a similar ladder on the other side, they were obliged to take a slanting direction to regain the path. As the path was much used by the tradespeople, and by walking funerals, it became absolutely useless as a pathway, and com pelled many to make a very circuitous route. The com pany having finished this bridge, resolutely refused to make any alteration in it. Application granted for a rule nisi. XCHEQUER.,(THIS DAY.) The Court proceeded this day with the cases set down on the special paper. None of the cases argued were of any interest except to the parties immediately con cerned. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) James Brooks, a cork-cutter,Was charged with travel ling on the South-Eastern Railway without a ticket, and refusing to pay his fare when required. Henry Smith, ticket inspector at the London-bridge terminus, stated, that on the arrival of the train from Ashford, on Saturday afternoon, the defendant was re quested to produce his ticket, and, on his refusal to do so, the fare, ss. 7d., was asked of him, which he also refused to pay. He was then given into custody. The prisoner said he lost his ticket on the way from Ashford, but as it appeared that he intended to defraud the company, Mr. BECHER committed him to prison for 21 days. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) BEENLEN V. HOCRIN,—THE BOROUGH OF DARTDIOUTH. This was an appeal from a decision of the Revising Barrister for th e borough of Dartmouth. The notic e o f objection ser ve d on appellant did not specify the date of the year, and th e notice to the overseers had been served on the churchwarden, who did not sign the list. The Barrister, however, struck out the appellant's name. Mr. GREENWOOD appeared on behalf of the appellant, and maintained th a t the Revising Barrister's decision was bad, inasmuch as the provisions of of th te e h la r w es h p a od had been , mr. s d e i r n g t e w an o t in K s iN ta u nc L e A s a. b E y , theon behalf notice. contended there was nothing in the Registration Act re quiring the stringent compliance with its liberal terms demanded by the appellant. Substantial compliancet with its provisions was all tha t was required, and this had been the case in the present instance. Lord Chief Justice WILDE said, that with regard to the first point raised—that regarding:th e d ate, clause 17 —in his opinion, as appled to it, did not admit of a:doubt. That clearly showed that the Legislature intended that the 3'ear as well as - the day of the month shOuld be set forth in the notice. Whatever inconvenience might tdbbheaerdee,versed. Though arise from the compliance with the provisions of the section, the Court was not at liberty to d e e r p avn a e r dd t t f ,h r , o oa m : tt t h h he e e evident meaning of the Legislature. Taphpeenalitiicte would fouobld jection must express on the faceertfoftshihteotuhledyeaalrsoasewxeplrleasss 17th clause directed the day and the month; therefore he was of opinion the and the 13th section should make out and sign Revisingnoti e i i n n i presentt En h: .nsttheer d judgmentipn o s itna They s l its t. b t rot h he e vel i ae s utro c sip w re o t eeh n a dre v s s e ~sufficient otw n ho ie at inot made hce oa t ef h d a eon t thyoojeuetrthesd overseers ih s eo P ren ! l s o is e s u . h . the same. Did the clauses stand alone in this manner, there might be some repon for holding the notice to be bad, but the interpretation clause, 101, stated that any act to be performed by the overseers might be done by the majority of them, and then this became the act of the whole. lie was, therefore, of opinion that the notice now need not be served on the particular overseers who signed the lists, but on any one of the whole, providing the statute was in other respects complied with. The rest of their Lordships concurred. The decision of the Revising Barrister was accordingly reversed. WOOLLET T V. DAVIS. — TH E COUNTY O F MONMOUTH. ag T ai h n i s s t waasdaecics°iouns°loidf h at t ed e a ßev ppe i a s l ing in "ivg 83 votes) Barrister for the county of Monmouth, by which the name of the appel lant was expunged from the register. The point raised was the form of •nolice served b y the ob j ector on the appellant, the latter cont endin g that the notice on : which the Revising Barrister had acted was bad, because the objector had not properly stated his place of abode. Mr. COCEBURN appeared for the appellant, maintain ing that the notice of the objector was not in the manner and form prescribed by No. 5, schedule ,IA of the . Act. _ Mr. KE ATING , for the respondent, contended that all that the law coutiemplated ivuo ouch tt description as QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIALS. • Lord DENMAN intimated that the Court considered that rules for new trials ought to be granted in the fol lowing cases:—Davis v. Williams, Lyndhuss v. —, and not granted in the following :—Halo v. White, Doe Dem Davies v. Davies, Bermagem v. Vaugham, Roberts v. Williams, Rawson, v. Anderson, Bett v. Ridley, v. Bett. LIBEL—THE QUEEN* V. THE REV. JOSIAH BARTLETT— JUDGMENT OF THE COURT. This case was tried at the last Summer Assizes at Hereford, before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and excited considerable interest throughout the whole county at the time. The defendant was indicted for a libel on his wife's sister, Mrs. Tolzer, and with therefore committing a breach of the peace. The jury found him guilty of the charge. The case was subsequently re moved into this Court. Slr F. THESIGER prayed the judgment of the Court upon the defendant, who presented himself on the floor of the court. _ _ Mr. Justice ERLE read the judge's notes of the evi dence adduced at the trial; and the defendant handed in an affidavit, covering several folios, which was read by the clerk of the court. It set forth that he had been married fifteen years to his wife, that they had had six children, and that during the nine years they had lived together the greatest affection had subsisted between them, which had continued undisturbed up to the time the matters before the Court occurred ; that no misun derstanding would have arisen between them but for the interference of his wife's relations, particularly of Marianne Tolz-r, William Tolzer, her husband; and Thomas and William Bett, her brothers, with the two latter of whom he had some pecuniary transactions early in his marriage, by which he had lost considerably. He attributed much of this ill-feeling on the part of Mrs. Tolzer to his objecting for some time to her marriage. The affidavit then went on to state that the family of his wife had done all in their power to estrange his wife from him, that they had generated ill-feeling between them, persecuted him, and annoyed him in various ways, by printing and circulating bills and publishing an ad vertisement in the Times, offering 201. for his apprehen sion, which he believed were paid for and circulated by Wm. Tolzer, and concluded by justifying whatever in solence he had exhibited, on account of the provocation he had received. He denied that he had any other object in view throughout the whole of the transaction than an anxious desire to live in peace. He handed in a second affidavit,replying to the affidavit filed byMrs:Tolzer, in which he solemnly denied that there yip any truth in the allegation which it set forth, that he had taken indecent liberties with her, which she had indignantly repelled ; he also characterised it as a scandalous and vindictive document, and devoid of truth. He held that his counsel, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, had made an ample-apology at the trial. acquainted with Several other t: l ffi e d a ci v e i f t e s n d w a e n r t e . wahlsiochrteeasdtififerdomthparties from his eldest son, and that he recollected his defendant and his wife stat h e a d d t l h i v a e t d h h i s a m p e t r o a g n e d tli f e a r lhe O rl L l i a e d , lived in harmony together, ry mother on one occasion sp eakin g the r servants t m o i gh t have h e given r, a h t h e o r usgn h.ffivehe loud in order that i t ffather e d a i did o n n o . t ap - The defendant, at the conclusion of the reading of e t the children's e affidavits, a exhibited T t to e t y h ewe rwere Court meantwo o i r n t h a r p e p e ear articles an es. wiloeulsdhosue l e d a s t ay o a n n e y e onetha that theho was thingsthe fwaethreer not o a such family to as were used in a gentleman's family. They were sent him by his wife's friends, and could on l y have been se n t to insult him. Sir F. THESIGER then handed in the affidavits of the other side, which the clerk proceeded to read. In the affidavit of Mr. Tolzer, he stated that he and the rela tions of the defendant's wife had been greatly annoyed by the conduct of the defendant, who bad destroyed their peace by anonymous and other communications which he had sent to many of their friends. A letter which the defendant had sent to his wife was then referred to, ,and the clerk was about to read it, when The defendant objected, on the ground that it was strictly private, that he had sent it to his wife with an endorsement, stating that if it was not read by her it was to be returned to him. It was intercepted; she had never received it, and it could not be read without com mitting a gross breach of honour. Sir F. THESIGER also had an objection to have it read in a public Court, but that objection was based on moral and not legal grounds. Perhaps it would be sufficient if their Lordships would read it. Mr. Bolt proved that the letter was in the hand writing of the defendant, and it was read in silence by the Learned Judges, apparently much to the disappoint ment of a numerous auditory, who, thinking that it would be read by the clerk, bent forward eagerly to listen. The defendant strongly denied that portion of Mr. Tolzer's affidavit which stigmatised him as the writer of certain anonymous letters. The COURT havingconcluded the perusal of the letter, The defendant proceeded to address the Court. He admitted at the outset that both justice and law seemed against him, because he could not but admit that he was to blame, and that he had done that which did not be come him as a gentleman. But then he acted under the greatest provocation ; he was irritated and harassed at the conduct of his wife's relations, who on the day before the letter complained of was written came to his house, headed by Mr. Tolzer, knocked once at his door, obtained admission by stealth, and, after abusing him two hours, carried off his wifedeprived him of her society—his children of their mother, and up to the time he was addressing the Court he had been unable to obtain access to her. He was respected by his flock, respected by his diocesan, and admitted into the best families of the country. He could not attri bute such - conduct on the part of Mr. Tolzer and his wife's brothers td anything else, except that he was a minister of the Church of England and they Dissenters, Mr. Tolzer being a deacon of a Dissenting chapel. They not only destroyed his domestic peace, but they destroyed his credit, and ho was threatened, on acount of their representations, to have proceedings taken against him by the Hereford Bank for a small account which he owed that establishment. But all his creditors had been paid. Looking at the whole of the circumstances of his case, he trusted that the Court would consider that the smallest sum in the realm would be sufficient compensation for the injury his wife's friends had sust iined at his hands. S,r F. THESIGER replied. He said the defendant had, throughout his of lavits, persisted in his charges with the worst and most vindictive feelings. He had spared those in the Court the pain of having their ears polluted by herring a letter written by the elefendaat - tcl his wife, CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Mayes was charged with assaulting Mr. J. Lines, the proprietor of a coffee-house in High-street, Camden-town, and also with inflicting serious injuries upon police-constable 121 S. It appeared that the prisoner entertained some previous ill-will towards Mr. Lines, in consequence of his having prevented him from smpking in the coffee-room, and last night he knocked the complainant down as he stood at...his own door, and on the constable coming up and attempting to take him into custody, he also assaulted him. Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced the prisoner to a fine of 75., or five days imprisonment, for the assault on Mr. Lines, and to one months' imprisonment and hard labour, without the alternative of a fine, for assaulting the policeman. Henry Wthnott was placed at the bar, on the charge of attempting to murder Harriet Haines, wife of a plumber and glazier, residing in Paradise -terrace, Islington. A number of witnesses were brought forward by the police, to substantiate the charge, from whose evidence it appeared that on Saturday last the prisoner went into Mrs. Haines house, for the purpose, it was surmised, of getting some money on account of a previous transaction between Mr. Haines and him. A person named Gilbert, who lodged next door, heard, soon after the prisoner was seen to enter the house, a noise of struggling and blows, which latter were so violent and long continued, that he Was induced to go into the house to see what was the matter, when he saw some person whom he could not identify escaping by the back doer, and found Mrs. Haines lying in a state of insensibility in the hall, with her face covered with blood, and several severe wounds in her head. On searching the premises after wards; a large metal candlestick was found, with which the woman had apparently been wounded, as it was all covered over with blood and a quantity of hair sticking to it. A hat was also found in the drawing room, which it was afterwards discovered belonged to the prisoner, upon which he was taken into custody, when several spots of blood were observed upon his trowsers and waistcoat. Mrs. Haines was taken as speedily as possible to Bartholomew's Hospital, whore she now lies with but little hopes of her recovery. No ostensible motive could be assigned for the savage and bloodthirsty act, as the prisoner and Mrs. Haines and her husband were on the most intimate terms, and he was in the habit of visiting them almost every day. Mr. GREENWOOD ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week, and desired the policeman to watch the state of the wounded female at the hospital, and if any altera tion for the worse took place, so as to induce a fear of her death, to let him know of it, and he would proceed to the hospital to take her deposition. THE. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. By the arrival of the British and North American royal mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, we have papers from the United States and Canada eight days later than have previously reached this port. The Caledonia left Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d. At the time of leaving Halifax, the Britannia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 19th ult., had not arrived at Halifax, being an unusually long passage ; but the weather, which the Caledonia has experienced on her voyage has been most tem pestuous, similar to which, no doubt, the Britannia had met with. The accounts from America relative to shipping is most disastrous ; it seems that the entire coast, from Maine to Louisiana, had been visited with most ter rific hurricanes, which has been attended with great loss of life and property. The political news from the Western Continent is not important. The American army, under General Taylor, continued at Monterey, to which reinforce ments continued to be made: It seems certain that Santa Anna had quitted the city of Mexico, at the head of an army said to be 13,000 strong, with the expecta tion of driving the American forces back beyond the Rio Grande. The American papers state that the Government had determined to commence active hostilities at Alvarado and Tampico, and also that General Kearney proposed to move forward from Santafii, by the combination of which the Americans expect to conquer Mexico, and annex it to the Onion. From Canada the news is unimportant. The new Governor's arrival was looked for with considerable interest. Perhaps the most important features by this arrival relates to commerce. The Caledonian's news of Oct. 4, seems to have given an upward impetus in prices to " breadstuffs" and cotton, in the principal cities of the Union, which caused not only an advance in prices, but an enormous amount of exportation to Europe. However, before the Caledonian sailed, the market became changed, a check to speculation fol lowed, and prices had a downward tendency. (From the New Yodi Courier and Enquirer.) SATURDAY, OCT. 31, 2 P.M.—The progress of the Mexican war since our last paper has been one of triumph, but not without serious sacrifice of life to the American arms. The surrender of Monterey has been completed and General Taylor is now in complete possession of that city and all its defences and resources. The process of evacuating the city by the Mexican forces made mani fest the fact, that the defeated artily out-numbered that of the conquerers—for General Taylor's force which entered Monterey after the surrender, did not exceed 5,000 men of all arms, while it is computed that Ampudia's retreating army numbered 7,000. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 23d ult. It does not appear that Santa Anna had yet left that city, notwithstanding the rumours by the way of Mon terey that he had reached Saltillo with an army of 13,000 men. The impossibility of the truth of this rumour is demonstrated by the fact that Santa Anna only made his public entry into Mexico on the 15th. Notwith standing his utmost efforts, he could not in the destitu tion of the Treasury speedily muster any considerable force—much less could he accomplish the long march between Mexico and Saltillo, in the time required by the rumour. From California we have official intelligence that the whole west coast is blockaded by the United States squa dron, and that our flag was flying at all the chief points, without meeting any where with opposition. It is certain that a vigorous demonstration is soon to be made on the Gulf coast of Mexico—probably both at Alvarado and Tampico—for' the navy is panting for an opportunity to share in the war. Whether another column of troops will be directed from one of these points upon the capital, or toward San Louis Potosi, upon which last city, after receiving ade quate reinforcements of men and munitions—General Taylor will advance, is not known. Meantime he 'remains within the walls of Monterey recruiting his troops and augmenting his stores. General Wool's column and that of General li,earney is each operating on its own line, but each converging to the other, and both will approach the region in which General Taylor is operating. The prospects of peace are as distant as ever. The Mexican Congress does not meet till December, and it only can decide upon the proposals for peace submitted by this Government. But no one seems to entertain the belief that Mexico will consent to any terms which we have yet offered, or thus far are likely to offer. The quasi neutrality of Yucatan has been put an end to on our side, as it has long been on that of the Yuen_ tane ae, by the following order from the U. S. Treasury. CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS AND OTRER OFFICERS PORTUGAL. We have just received by express the following letter from our Lisbon correspondent, by which we leaf n that the Cyclops steamer had arrived in that port with dispatches for Admiral Parker, the nature of which had not transpired, although the greatest impatience had been exhibited to learn their contents. it was reported that a battle had taken place between the Saldanha and the Cintra guerillas, the latter of whom had been routed, with a loss of eighteen kiled. Saldanha was awaiting, with the main body of his army, an attack from pintas, at Torres Vedras, whom he would no doubt defeat, and then move his troops into the interior of the country. LISBON, Nov. 8. The Terrible has been delayed for a fews hours, in consequence of the arrival of the Cyclops from Eng land, with dispatches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, the purport of which has set all Lisbon upon the rack of impatient curiosity. A signal has just been made for another English steamer. It is reported that a body of 600 troops, detached by the Duke of Saldanha, has routed the Cintra guerillas, killing eighteen and capturing a consider able number of them. The main body of Saldanha's army is at Torres Vedras, awaiting an attack from Antas. If the latter should -assume the offensive, he is likely, I again predict, to suffer a terrible defeat. Not so, however, if he should be wise enough to fall back upon Coimbra, or even Oporto, by which means he would draw his enemy further away from his re sources, and more into the heart of a hostile country. —Times. NEW APPLICATION Or THE ELECTRIC TELE. GRAPH.—On Thursday a workman, named John Mettam, left the Chesterfield station in a railway carriage, taking his day's dinner with him, but on reaching his destina tion he left his beef, potatoes, and cabbage in the car riage. Having communicafed his loss to the station clerk, the telegraph was set to work, and the answer quickly obtained, stating that the dinner was found, and that it would be sent back by the next train. A letter from Metz states that the conferences which were to be held between the agents of the French and Prussian Governments, to reguate the conditions for a prolongation of the railroad frsm Metz to Saar buck, are postponed. M. Leverrier, the discoverer of the new planet, is appointed to the new chair of mathematics, applied to astronomy, in France ; and M. Charles, professor at the Polytechnic School, to the chair for the higher branches of geometry. We are happy to announce that Captain Sir Ed ward Parry, the celebrated Polar voyager, is to succeed Captain Carter, as superintendent of Hasler Hospital. This acknowledgment of scientific services will be ac ceptable to the navy generally. Few officers on the list have better qualifications for the situation than Sir Edward Parry, whose urbane and gentlemanly demean our is universally known. Cuuncif EXTENSION.—A new church, dedicated to . St. Paul, in the recently-formed parish of Denholme Gate, near Bradford, Yorkshire, has just been com pleted, and will be consecrated y the Lord Bishop of Ripon on Friday next, the 20th instant. THE EPISCOPAL Cuuncu or SCOTLAND.—The Rev. Wentworth Bowyer, M.A., has been appointed minister of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Dean's-bridge, Edinburgh. THE EXETER. AND CREDITON RAILWAY.—The directors of this undertaking have given notice to the Bristol and Exeter Company that their line will be ready for opening on the 22d of December next, re questing, at the same time, the Bristol and Exeter to work the line on the same terms that their own rail way is worked by the Great Western Company. We understand that an arrangement to this effect has been come to. FAMINE IN IRELAND' AND SCOTLAND. On Sa turday the total amount subscribed in London for the relief of the suffering poor in Ireland and the highlands of Scotland wars 2,270 61, 10d. OF THE CUSTOMS. Treasury Department, Oct. 23, 1846. In consequence of intelligence received at the depart ment, it becomes expedient and proper to rescind the privilege granted to the ports of Yucatan in my circular instructions of the 11th of June, 1846, and to subject said ports to the interdictions of commerce applicable to the ports of Mexico generally, as enjoined by such instructions. You arc accordingly directed to refuse clearances to all vessela and their cargoes departing from our ports, and places in Yucatan. R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. The advicos by the Caledonia steamer, the latest we have, to the 4th inst., produced a general rise of prices here. Flour advanced 75 cents per bbl., and other pro _ _ _ _ucts in proportion. Since the first impulse some fluctu ations have occurred, and the price of flour receded again—butfit may now be quoted for the best Genesee at 6 dol., which is about 50 cents a bbl. higher than before the arrival of the Caledonia. The supplies of this article which we continue to re ceive from the western States and the western part of our own State—which is a grain• growing region—by the Canal and Hudson River, are large; and if cold weather should not come upon us prematurely, we may calculate upon at least three weeks more of active navi gation. Some untimely breaks in the canal banks oc curred last week, which, for a day or two, interrupted navigation and accumulated boats at the spot. ,These are now repaired, and the utmost activity prevails on the whole leugth`of the Canal. A comparative statement of the quantities of wheat, flour, and Indian corn, brought to tide-water by the canals, up to 22d October, inclusive, of this year and the last, shows this result:— Wheat, bush. Flour, bbls. Indian Corn, bush. In 1845... 776,648 1,642,186 28,996 1846 . 1 985 741 •• 2 , 178 , 190 1,393,900 The increase of each sort is enormous ; that of Indian corn, of which last year the supply from this source was almost null, is to be accounted for by the great demand occasioned for this grain by the failure of the European potato crop. The quantity brought is still but-a mere trifle, in comparison with what can be poured out by the region around the lakes, and thus find its way through the Erie Canal to the seaboard—for Indian corn is the great staple of the west. It is however rarely gathered and shelled in time to be sent forward the same year that it is produced, as after November the Lake Naviga tion is perilous and infrequent, and therefore the bulk of the western crop of this year will remain over until spring. Of Flour the increase is more than half a million barrels. The greatly increased quantity of wheat ex ceeding twice and a half the whole of last year's sup ply, is to be accounted for in part by the long continued droughts of this year, and the consequent insufficiency of the mill streams to grind as much as usual. Reduc ing the wheat to flour, at the usual rate, the whole in crease in flour this year over last is equal to 777,822 bbls. This excess alone of the . present year's receipts by the way of the Erie Canal, is equal within a small fraction to the whole quantity of flour exported from the United States to Liverpool for the year beginning 15th Sept. 1845, and ending 15th Sept. 1846. The total of this export, according to a Liverpool statement now before us, was 778,059. ' Each day now adds to the accumulation of bread stuffs in this port, and if the navigation shall continue open as long as the average time, a great deal will yet arrive, for there are large quantities afloat on the canal, and in store at Buffalo, and more is still arriving. Of the probable period of the closing of the canals by frost, it would seem quite safe, judging from a table ex tending through twenty years, to assume that the canal navigation will continue free all next month (Nov.) On the departure of the last steamer, oar cotton market had a little downward tendency. The news per Caledonia, however, led to large sales, chiefly on specu lation, and prices advanced fully cent. per lb. The purchases of last Saturday were 6 or 7,000 bales, some large buyers being stimulated by the belief that an in jurious frost had occurred in Carolina and Georgia; later accounts from the South. however, showing that the damage done by the frost was not very material, our market has been dull for the last three days , and the few 'holders who are disposed to realise, have done so at a cent. below the mostelevatedpoint. didEv o en o i t n k th il e l anystrongest boibolls cases that we can hear of, the frost which would have matured in less than three weeks, so that if there should be a severe frost at a period ten days later, it would do more, injury than that which has al ready occurred. Our market is also somewhat affected by the larger estimates of the crop which are given out from Carolina and% Georgia, and more particularly from Savannah. One respectable house in that city, whose circular we have just seen, gives an estimate of 2,175,000 bales, stating that the crop would have been at least 2,600,060 but for the worms ; which, as they say, have been injurious in Louisiana, Southern Miss., part of South Alabama, part of Florida and the Atlantic sea-board. WAKEFIELD CORN MA/MET, FRIDAY.—The arrivals of wheat and beans are large, and there is a fair quantity of barley. There is a steady demand for wheat at a decline of ls. to 2s. per qr. , at this reduction there is no disposition evinced to press sales; and the market closes firm. The late great reduction in the value of barley causes more demand, and last week's rates are main tained. Oats and shelling are both rather lower. Beans remains last stated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen held a Privy Coun cil yesterday afternoon at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord Presi dent, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the First Lord of the Treasury, Lord John Russell ; the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Sir George Grey ; the Sec retary of State for the Colonies, Earl Grey ; the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Charles Wood ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Auckland ; the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, Viscount Morpeth, the Postmaster-General, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, and the Master of the Horae, the Duke of Norfolk. At the Council, her Majesty baying been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George Earl Cowper to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent, his Lordship was in troduced, and took the customary oaths. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Lans downe. Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Earl Auckland, Sir. George Grey, the of the Exchequer, Earl Cowper, and Mr. C. Greville, travelled from town to attend the Council by a special train on the Great Western Railway, arriving at the Castle soon after two o'clock. A dejeune was served to the Ministers in the Castle after their arrival. ' At half-past four o'clock the Ministers took their departure, proceeding to the Slough station, and left for London by a special train. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left the Castle yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meyaenbuch, took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took pony exercise yesterday in the gounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing yesterday. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. The Royal Family took their accustomed exercise this morning. The Quecn and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiating. Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, returned to Cashiobury-park, Herts, the residence of,her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Saturday, from Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood bad a dinner party on Friday evening, at their residence in Eaton-square. _ _ The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Angle sey attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the lessons by the Rev. J. V. Povah. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was " 0 Lord, give ear"—(Greene). Mr. Male presided at the organ. The Duke of Leeds and Lords Canterbury and W. Graham were among the nobility present. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Atherstone hds—Wed., Newbold Gate; Fri., the Clock (Bickerhill) ; Sat., Combe Abbey-11. Duke of Beaufort's hds—Wed., Knockdown; Thurs., Dray cot ; Sat., Lower Wood-10i. Badsworth hds—Tues., Moorhouse Common; Thurs., Barnsdale Bar; Sat., Bingstone Mr. Lumley's hds—Tues., Apley Head; Fri., Cantley; Sat., Malpas Hill-10i. Suffolk stag hds—Wed., The Swan, Botisham Sat., Bur ton Place, near Newmarket. Surrey stag hds—Tues., Croydon Kennel ; Sat., Cheam. South Berkshire hds—Tues., Thatcham ; Wed., Kennel; Fri., B ucklebury-10i. Sir John Cope's hds—Wed., Odiam Kennel; Fri., White Waltham. GUN COTTON. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,- Having at various times noticed letters inserted in your valuable paper, in which you are always wish ing to give publicity to new and important inventions, it has snick me as singular that none of the writers have stated anything relative to the cost of gun-cotton. As they appear to be practical men, perhaps on seeing this some of themwould state the probable expense of ma nufacture, and also account for its newly-acquired ex plosive property.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ONE NOT SO EASILY COTTONED. DEATH OF LADY HAMILTON.—Her Ladyship died at her residence in James-street, St. James-park, on. Friday last, at an advanced age. Her health had de clined during the last two years, but her active mind and cheerful disposition were the cause of her family being unprepared for the sorrowful event which termi nated a short illness. Lady Hamilton was the relict of the late Colonel Sir Ralph Hamilton, of Olivestob, N. 8., and formerly of the 3d Foot Guards. - ENGLISH CHILDREN ON THE CONTINENT.— A har dened man is bad, a hardened woman worse, but a / . hardened child is worst, and a hardened English child worst of all—to an Englishman ; especially when his pride is humbled by meeting thn exhibition abroad. Here has been a party of such. Never did I hear the "I can't bear this 1" and " I won't eat that 1" style of table. talk in such vivacity—never such sharp cries for fish sauce—such ciamourings f'r a third glass of cham pagne—such eagerness to be helped lira—though I have sat with some renowned epicures at table. They were two boys and a girl ; the eldest not fourteen. Their parents were by, and a governess. "Heaven help them!" said Ito myself, " what will they grow up into ?" The sight of their snatchings and their seramblings, and their hard, knowing faces might well spoil the dinner of a cross old bachelor. If this comes of parents travelling, and keeping their children with them, better for health, heart, and hopefulness, Do-the-Boys Hall ! for there, at least, was endurance to be practised. Prodigious genius is perilous enough, but prodigious sensuality worse. I was utterly downcast to see those children. They make my one blot on the Hague. People's Journal. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S-PARS:At a meeting of Fellows held on Saturday, at the gardens of the Society, Regent's-park, the following ladies and gen tlemen were admitted to the Society:—The Duchess of Buckingham, the Earl of Stamford, Major Rushbrooke, the Hon. W. Leslie Melville, D. L. Mackinnon, Esq., Henry Alexander, Esq., W. D. Alexander, Esq., William Benson, Esq., J. T. Luscombe, Esq., James Graham, Esq., J. Allen Powell, Esq., J. D. M. Stirling, Esq., Nantes Tupper, Esq., T. M. Coombs, Esq., Erasmus Wilson, Esq., J. D. Watford, Esq., Mrs. Montefiore, Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Shuttleworth, Miss Beaumont, Miss Bennett, and Miss Steuart. The Society has received, during the past autumn, some valuable presents of plants for the conservatory, from Lady Antrobus, Mrs. Lawrence, Lady Hesilrige, L. Rucker, Esq., a n d other distinguished patrons of floriculture. The usefulness of the conservatory is already displayed in the agreeable resort which the finished portion of it offers for pro menading. • WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—Last Saturday workmen commenced wheeling on flagstones for the purpose of re paving the footway and erecting balustrades, breast high, along the outer edge of the bridge, previous to removing the present hording for re-opening a way for light car - - riages, omnibuses, &c. These alterations will, it is ex pected, be accomplished before the end of the month. The centre arch is propped up by piles, screwed into the ground upon a new scientific principle, as the pile-driving machine cannot be used, lest the little foundation that remains might be disturbed. The centre piers have con siderably sunk since the removal of the massive weight from the bridge. Should they continue doing so, and the piles remain steadfast, the centre arch will inevitably spring up. The present structure will not be removed until the new bridge is completed. CHERUBINI.—On - Thursday the remains of tie composer Cherubini were removed from the tomb in which they were temporarily laid to the monument raised to his memory, which was designed by M. Achille and barbarous Leclerc, of the Institute, and sculptured by M. Dupont, also a member of the same body. The figures which adorn it represent the muse Clio crowning the illustrious master of music. This ceremony was attended, besides the family of Cherubini, by a numerous body of eminent masters of the same art, by members of the Institute, by professors of the Conservatoire, and by other actable personages, as well as the friends of the deceased. During the performance of a low mass, the four corners of Auber, and Vogt. The monument stands r , i appropriately le, 3ou r pall were borne by Messrs. Halevy, Raoul-Rochet al te e surrounded by those of Talma, and others known Paer, Bellini, Gretry, Gatel, Gosse , to fame. t.week, Charles Donnellan, goin, Delillc, Illehul, the two Kreu L tz e c eTs e , u Martin,Bouilly, A RICH ROBBER.—Last was discharged from Ham for stealing cabbages, . of East found upon his person one bag Ilford gaol, where old,another having 21/. ss. in gold in g . who had been convicted and sentenced by the magistrates containing 95/. ;HORRIBLE PUNISIIMENT.—The place where the and also bank securities for 5004 stake stoo d was twice, and only twice, the scene of a most and cruel species of punishment, an ciently decreed against those who were guilty of poison ing, viz., that of boiling to death. The first took place in 1531, and is recorded in Stow's " Annals." " The sth of April, one Richard Rose, a cook, was boiled in Smithfield, for poisoning of divers persons, to the number of sixteen or more, at the Bishop of Rochester's palace, among the which Benet Curwine, gentleman, was one, and he intended to have poisoned the Bishop hi mse lf , b ut that he ate no pottage that day, whereby h e escaped; but of the poor people that ate thereof, many died." The pottage alluded to was, it appears, gruel intended for the Bishop (Fisher) and his household; a portion of ynev never aftoefrwthairsd punishment s u r n e is eo h v m er e e n d t their it, after they had finished th e i r repast, being given to the poor of Lambeth, of he the alth. remainder The seemonadn instance Two person s on l y di ed of its effects, but took place ten ye'ars afterwards, when one Margaret Davis, a servant girl, was boiled todeath for poisoning her mistress and sev era l ot h er persons.—Smiths Streets of London. MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AND THE REPRESENTATION OP MilicßEsTEß.—A.meeting of the Liberal electors of Manchester, convened by the Manchester Reform Asso ciation, is to be held in the Free-trade Hall, on the evening of Wednesday next, at seven o'clock, "for the purpose of receiving Mr. Bright's answer to the invi tation of this Associatien, to allow himself to be nomi nated as a candidate for the representation of this borough, at the 'WU election." The admission is to be •