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

TELE SUN, -LONDON MONDAY EVING, NO 16, 1845. eeipts. 7,1-;-..................2...........1C•i5.......e....,......,,5p.. - - Wheat on ere was a fair average quantite of free foreign Gill, and Tamlyn and Reynolds, proceeded to hear l ate tate, hOW - Fine dry saleples were ', t iir demand. at urther arguments in the part-heard case of tiro, sm , yet the bu , in,ss woolly r lorgt f a ..all. In all other kinds nest to nOthing was passing. traio , acte , i was eoffepara- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY V. DIMEi. Lot (-71- ain, for s l • _ originally The bill in this case was filed so far bac, speculative purposes, was much neglected, foilitnaabbout, one thousand quarters of Wheat under lock bill wa, Hs the year 1838, and the object of that we Were show f" shipment to France, at full prices. `o compel . the Lord of the Manor of Rieknaansworth, ir e scant.] th ow of F ...Ly supplied with English Barley, but the Hertfordshire, to give the Grand Junction Canal Cone lattcr w Foreign was large. As a very small portion of the PanY a perfect title to . certain lands purchased by them held or as fit for malting purposes, the best qualities were • for the purpose of forming their canal. The circtra ing sortsee teauy at extreme figures,' but grinding and distill- stances under which that bill was filed may be thus pri ces o,,,clommanded very little atte,' ion. s` ~t week's stated. Li the year 1797 the company purchased the Malt th s ":ng to the unusually high Xahlldeol nded for lands in question, under Acts passed in their behalf in not subm e .i al e for that article was slow, ', - elders did the reign of George BT., of a person of the name of ferior porle. to lower figures. We were well supplied with in- Joseph Skidmore, who held them as copyholds , from the l and e _ , , .gn Oats, yet as we have bad no supplies from Ire si.7 ' (le was steady, at la 0 ra'l.l those from our own coast have been small, the Lord of the Manor. Skidmore conveyed the lands by but that corn - te rates. The sale fel- .. Beans was bargain and sale to the Canal Company, low , at previous • r. rd Flour ous figures. Foreign Peas were somewhat pany was never admitted by the Lord fof. the Manor. of next to nothing was doilig. At the time of the sale, a gentleman o name Wheat....„?..lllllt_Ene'Y PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Whitfield was Lord of the Manor at Rickmansworth, z e l , e _ e & w li. nt , Malt-Chevalier...... 73s to 743 which he devised to Robert Williams, as trustee, for sale, Litto • • 55s to 62s Oats-Yorkshir e and and be, subsequently to the year 1818, when his testator . •Whi A te .* No an d .r 7. ~,. o.Lincolush.., Feed. 27s 288 died, sold the manor to Henry Windale, who by his will coin i t ' Potatoe • 31s 148 Ditto white....' ed•• •• • 558 59s Youghal and Cork . devised all his real estates to Ambrose Bohan and Hitt I 7 • 585 64s Black ' WindaleMartin in fee, and executed a mortgage of the • ... 25s 26s .Jitt t 4 -•••••••• 528 55s kya__ ol MlTilit e ... 5 - Cork, White..... 24s 32s manor in fee to Dimes, the principa •• 1 defendant in the a ...... ••• 5s 56s Scotch, Feed. .. • . 298 31s e n .eiew..... ••• • • • 398 41s Beans -Tick •. .. 40s 45s suit, and died in the 3 ear 1836. The defendant Dimes, 'flgey--G rini * ••••• • • 42 $ 44s Pigeons . and Matti"lg • •• •• •• 33s 37* P caused lands, (;beans ....... .. ease-Grey. .. -•• • . 43s ,458 entitled to the legal estate in the 1/14alier .. " 48s - 468 Maple... •••• • • • • 45s 47s Sug oik ••" • • 46s 478 White... -••• • • • 538 51,8 an obstruction to be placed across the canal, folk.. and Nor- Boilers ....• .. .. 605 64s and an injunction was applied . for to pre trow, ••••• • • • • • 648 69s -Town Upon this application kin _ ........... 53s 5 . 6 s our-Towii-made .• • 545 561 vent him from , doing so. "ccinand Ware 708 72sissue, for the purpose Suffolk •••••• • • - 4 " 488 the Court di-eeted the trial of an stockta & Norfolk 44s 46s . • . or not, I T he follo • 5 LIZTIIPIELD. of ascertaining aeih tl er the lands were copyhold the Court continued - t i on 'llig is !a statement of the imports of cattle into and it being found that they were, and the cause now I.I Q at the outposts during the past week:- the injunction that had been granted, hZ,b wh ence. LONDON. came on for hearing. The bill, which had been k ee ,_ argi l Ox en . Cows. Sheep. Calves. amended, after setting forth these facts, charged that l a ' l -nla m '*".• 84 ..... descent of the manor the land was entith d .4arli„ ........ lan I A ..g en . ..,c, - 850 - upon every years value, and ..: aw e - ....... ••••• 243 licLl, . . 11:1 g . ..... 1 1 .... 92 Biep e .... '- ... --- ...... 5 - in or the devisees of Win --'lleins. ....... -- .. 118 .... 858 -• . legal estate was vested Dimes .... ... .... - dale) might be decreed to . admit the plaintiffs to the - Za tt i . '•"- •• ... 18 ..... 19 law of Joseph Skidmore, lands in question, or the heir at ......... 7 ...... ...._ ••... l iea n 7- •• ••• 4 76 .a .. 1 of whatever sums might be dile to the lord in the nature Ger tu ' an 4 y tdl HULL. j 100 of fines. The devisees of Windale, by their answers, ...... 200 ...... 300 '...... NEWCASTLE. .. 30 ject of the suit, and thereby admitted Limes to be the 4°114 M • '"' 70 - present lord of the manor , • and it was contended for him ... ...... ~, Irswicif• that it was not compulsory upon a lord of the manor to Ita a ,,, oc a & 0 I ...... 30 admit a corporation to lands held of thynanor, and con- B v 'Pala PEYSIOUTR. that he was not compellable to admit the _• , se a , 5 0 sequently rivo from Spy Ireland • 90 .....• - - *V fe had lre i ord, 80 Oxen and 138 Sheep have ar- plaintiffs. fro nt ,on sh ow ", since our last, in gaod condition. Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. J Parker, and Mr. Bask appeared hd,rraoroad fullsi . 600 Beasts, 1 580 Sheep, and 15 Calves for the plaintiffsßethel!, Dimes HumfreY, and Mr. 11 Bill e 't.',t nzwrin,iddlin audition Near the whole found Smythes for the - defendant Dimes ; Mr. Randa ap tlualk "rove e ' l - v - vs• From our own grazing districts the peered for the devisees of Windale ; and Mr. S. Russell at, i n .' • ' r he were seasonably large, but of very middling for the heirs of Skidmore. %dill kml e iratT les t Beasts commanded a very steady sale, Mr. HUMFREY rasumed his arguments on behalf of 'very •'• Prod u ' l es, a trifle more money, the best Scots • dull ei ng s2d the defendant Dimes. t fThrip t i , and the lows Bibs, but all other kinds were The further arguments occupied the Court the whole toen.. sea 1 ,9 ,„ r , turn r. The arrivals from the north • morning. p art : 1 ( 7 tioo e Short -horns ; from the western and midland riutube Engivandrefords, Runts, Devons &c. • and from other - twas sera " She 1,000, of various kinds. ' Although the est we y s tead .eP were on the increase, the Mutton trade t t , n , eelo,, pr. 3, a t were fully, but atnothing ' quotable beyond, pa ce ' a eted, at l „ ces • In Calves a f 4 wets 31404trttati0119. ' Th a e l Pork ° t u rade was slow, yet rllf &k,o rio r neL r ex : , 816 s. to sink the offal. tr111 4 2, (1 .1 1 41:: t !," •• 2 . s . g • d ' s. d• to s. d. Mme ar i ,, jultto. 3 n 210 Second quality ditto 4 6 4 8 ~ Seet a lerl•• ~' 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 5 0 ~f5l; coat s ,•,.• •••. 3 i „ 3 8 SouthdownWetho, 5 2 5 4 ' ll le Bll lltli e - alVes ' 3 ..' 4 2 Ditto out of the wool - - I„...ii h , - (int o 8 4 2 Large Hogs .....• 3 8 4 4 'erl or ,lre s ~ , ; 1 1 4 4 8 Small Porkers ••.. 4 6 4 8 ,help .. .. 4 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs -16 0 18 0 2 4 4 Lambs • ••........00 0 0 Be asts 81:1.p 4,0, 35 ' 3 ' 1 LY AT MARKET. Sheep, 1 Calves. Fair ivtiv. 25,830 1 88 Nei4‘ -,, ,rag e 4 , 4 „ 111 , AVM LEELDENHALL. 1 4 th tuth "PPnes of country killed Meat have been the e 'No er during the been Weasellas h , ast week, while those slaughtered d ave been somewhat on the increase. ;yet , en a . er, ad,, .has ruled firm, owing to the prevailing la .ta ni ,..., a, io si , Po l l o ()t ek age'' i)r 111Utt andsme_instance, a slight advance has ~ ea lof ia_,, on, Veal, Pork. From Hanaburgh kases ° f foreign have come to hand and upwards of ef. foreign Beasts and Sheep have been dis- 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 casrs:—Davis v. Williams, Lyndhu:s 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. JOSIA H 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 . dente 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 Tolzer, William Tolzer, her husband, and Thomas and William Bett, her brothers, with the two latter of whom be 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 ♦ertisement 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 bad exhibited, on account of the provocation he had received. He denied that ho 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 was 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. rigs. 3:3 At d er ma one, by the Carcase* s . d. to s i 1 ,1 0 , 4it i \ T.erlor.. s' cd. inferior — 3 6 4 4 ......_ 1•44111 th,•:• •• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, middling.. 4 ( r ) 4 8 ..,...., Prilliel:rge' t 210 prime • • , 4 4) 4 0 141'1).114'e '4 ' 411 •• 3 2 3 24 Pork, l ar B „e' •• • • • • • - 4 2 4 8 ......" •• •• 3 8 4 8 I soo au •••• ' • • • SO lamb. 03 Od to Os Od. LDS. ii. 4l th hop 4.°17031 F ff zE here is small, AND SPITAL *m e , 441°4 '"e quantity of Potatoes ou offer In the past Week contioues heavy at late quotations. togeti,l4"lt. 100 tons have arrived: from Holland - and France, ‘.‘er with 100 bags from, St. Petersburgh• 13 Selected 4"'""Z ZIOP 1 / 1 4"43KET t . f u ll prices ; tit all oth Parcels of !lops are in fair request, a 4 deohie rser qualities ar. extremely dull, and, to . effect sales, of f rotu 28 to 3s Per cwt. must be submitted tP• tile/lite illiports of WOOl ltnd 3;irerrl Odes s4. ,1 I.,NY'ra.st We k, were about nunc packages, sillo ibaegc:owaiga pricestdaati);elybstell :1 11'1 1 e. ler quantity ' very elrteftroleerdbtthuheinrseeatssht are announced be 0 are with difdevulty3;upported. Ile rila 1- • AZONNT., iikaai rp,et is steady 11(1 488 3d to 48s 6d Ittid folr'atrhee's of r.C. on'tue s pot—buyers all the year 4_s, A e letters from St. ter4b_ e sP!ing 11100ths 48s 6d tg 495. The is paying for B /t 4 ,i'ri;* bring accounts of the total shipments up to the li 11 il't'' a bout 1 1.1,,tr8 a ,, , , v 112,00 the casks, of which thor n e as, _ are . yet i its Town Now 4 i'4l4. _ ro e m ss als annotantled about 16,000 I 1) a t„The`; itiANCERY.—(TH IS DAY.). day Chancellor sat in his CGurt at Westminster tlf 1 %21 tali ()clock, and proceeded with the hearing • k a. The EYRE V. GREEN. /IN ' rabtrae • • toi hloti of the ilts in this part-heardliglP e iNd,ll),( Vi ce-Chancellor Kt fitt oe Lnamb concluded to-day. t. ned his judgment. AND B a r l u f c r e o , m w t e h re e „..._ l ' Alib „,..94ANCELLOR postponed OF A B N I it-41148,...,..5:11E1tS V. THE EARL AI e 111 E DIRECT LONDON RAILEXETERD EXBOROUGH itil %IPA!, tiet.L.lB e4Se t* from the a Xlca fie t.kne before the Court upon appeal allowing Adllrre,tua Vice -Chancellor named e the bill of the i,i„P.bli, 6 Put in by two of th e ! England, dfendants, latchffs (~,,tlPal and John Allen, to The Loa (I„, s Al d ~ toss ' --m the roUnd of want ofequity. Wi le h and 1, a t . e s exce pt those , e_ by ground ll h hareholdersof the Direct Who ati bee,4eter Railway Compa.ny, IN heatede,cas`' niade defendants, against th . commit liatbr2t ~,, the provisional and managing. t the corn tip i'olteu, "Pose of having the accounts o ose persons pu t , t, area al l Co mpel the deposits e sh " 41 also to the defendants to take 111? thzt e. 4 allotted to them, and pay the Earl of Qiexh.••• shares recmg the defendants who had not taken ortiii orN,h, tkild paid their deposits, were th e I 1411,,01'er41 Lad their Capel, and Allen, the Mamas bers of taitit ilir,ovisi‘44eared in the prospectus as si ga J a 4n shred iostairlittee. Those person ni s em de . c a ln lh ed , and the cle..rilecdtilak 'es, ea the ground that not to having fur war,t `ol.,qaate seal eculd not be compelle d d to d the bill Itk)wed that titi4l,ty. Ilihrid Allen demurred England N itl sli.r. Stuart is e a tlutre r, auttyl:cae-Cltte ;resent appeal. e - aielrirt of the aagehtleram i ne e hind the bar appea_r_ r d . sa t thel)Pdea; aIICI Mr. J. Parker and M it( kis, ' 2i°ll of the Court below. cou ß r r tOrd Is, •---( ,(sy. ~Nekit it" --.BON v. WALL, THIS DAY.) pt tfor ine , a i ti tk: dtdirtred judgment in this cause Ski the °cu.. Present bill was filed for the specific , def enA l 4 contract entered into by the plaintiff to-- ode tog,the.4.44n.t for the sale of the estate of a bat ! k- Of :rltrupris with his wife's intereet therein, they being . *e t e ag o , th gnees. Lord Mostyn was desirous assignees 1,1/1211(rt'afr,,c1Piii;o,ethsaatra,.e.• ~It appeared that the of.ke t i; rl t m ti v ll ' N r T at in (aposing of the property in y be 4litt,f:trollliatialtic, tit P,,iizt,i:es 'in tatairepsateids, )4dtioilte wouldtherefm e ~,''aty,,, 9 sale CP," I " same to auction. L w o a r s d Mostyn, th later 90K place, offered 5 000/ for Lady the hank cst in the prone ty,and for the interests tlkt,"Nalt)iettlitogriltPhtera3lls4oolloisi abisirgnve'esaria sum or of 30,0001., hi m the ''' that L ord . M . An agreement was thn en- Ai 4 bor e °UPI should have the property thc :a la t„.,,,,.hha of 35 000/ *f exceeded tr •,...inn• „. , • i no one w ' l 'di . eit , 6 ..., the auction. Aim fleed hi ti() Ti a 'd to this d no q ' h i it Cr"heffect, which pose, by Ni l , those specified in the deed, .7_.. i t io m de t here o7 were any higher bidder, Lord MostY.4, l e wiitalostyrieed froei his contract. The bidding o_r lio a • orii wa s to e, in fact, considered reserved. :he ill!toa i'fritnn that the words of the deed led to the,l ,I.,t(llt'lltio4. a_ ~snSe different from what were really akah(, 0: - ., of ils e . ,, the parties. At meetin Of . n i,N1)14 4 ,er, is, xhonias Cham pneys in the beginm . g . ' 1144N th 1 4 Et f.: b , B, 4 Was resolvel that the estate should t ilt th e L' tlaYs afterwards and it was then also a lki 44i:1E4,1°14a of 35,000/. should ' be considered 1 5 1, s 'IR l i i , rf„,,!, That of course must be considered 1:10 c al ' tc.,, it ' si ta , s ate to the bidding of Lord Mostyn, that tf Pike add by him for the property. The . oi,, ftatl.that s 'Aind it was expressly stated in the p y t ti . t,;1?.0t it: 44 Thereat the property "as to be h th,S tti NI Nic, were several bidders, and.thebid "er %Vail stYtl was exceeded by Mr. Flight, who . 41,44)1)4N th e who bid 49,000/ and became the pur s at ,',Ya : . Property. however, Sir Thonil o tt . eh, Lill 1 thjtcg. shortly afterwards, the ce _. th a 4 t t /V4k ,a,ssiglleo9 in the property ceased. ha,;) Itaiß,444;n filed to enforce the p r. in to Aertot'A Lte,,t his contract, which, as the pu _ al art i, e, a `ee a losing concern, Mr. Flight refused kct)o(leeteetea(ling that the sale was not unreserved l a hOt a /t ha t the stipulation that existed with Lor e. 1 4 n o c, 4 . ! 4 1..1, indeed, been excepted that no such th, sea Zile, intrrvation existed towards .T.,ord. M th, shit:Y/ost, 'ed, there was no reservation, maEmue e h r o t 1 4 4 .1 11 ,i'elltig.ht be exceeded in bidding; but in 44 do e PIN, et% ante 4" c ould be ro doubt that the contract t i , 4 thatred into was a reservation He was that`h auction had not been properly con . tti tt ' l lit C h . Cheat contract should not be performed !.. 'rii,.' the °re, dismiss this bill, with all the costs, 14 ; of wellsWer whereby Mr. Flight denied the f h. , , r, k all, Nk,-Itib,. l'tairr v 7SI AD weaorr. de 11; lir t. 4atlf reatnned Ilia °arguments for the - ".t.p. tir ,_ .. , k;(44,`t followed on the same side. V r(''e__st three o'clock. th (Ileis(% t i,--------- TilkHIS DAY) EA -cCuANcELLon. of ENGLAND.) k ladlk or THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND - No Rotpni. hey th tar t ,, , co.s.sT RAILWAY. 1,4,1. ta.kleo (21. ,uofore the Court upon the petition of lal' air itnero, pravint, that the sum awarded l li a l pii, f, :41,1)ansatioo fp " - -, . ' • 1, qo a ' m th e d :_ • _•efri the.ranway company might ‘14C % : . 5 ., ti 1t ~ _ Indeeds paid{ to her. _..."14,tie the order as asked. - •mter ,14. . -'41:408113g of the eases of Carter and Several other affidavits were also read from parties acquainted with the defendant. which testified that the defendant and his wife had lived happily together. One, from his eldest son, stated that his mother and father had lived in harmony together, and that he recollected his in other on one occasion speaking very loud in order that the servants might hear, although his father did not ap pear to him to have given her sufficient provocatio n . The defendant, at the conclusion of the reading of the affidavits, exhibited to the Court two or three articles of children's apparel. They were mean in appearance. He should say any one who was the father of a family would see at once that the things were not such as were used in a gentleman's family. They were sent to him by his wife's friends, and could only have been sent 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 had 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 tb, 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. T o T i z h e e r, s defendant w s h t r i o c n h g s l certain anonymous letters. stigmatised g denied matise d that im p as or t t h io e n wr o i f t e r M o r t . " The COURT having concluded 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. becaase 1121,,,c2 21d not but admit that he was to blame, and that he fiTarlione 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. Toizer, knocked once at his door, obtained admission by stealth, and, after abusing him two hours, carried off his wife—deprived 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. Toizer and his wife's brothers to anything else, except that he was a minister of the Church of England and they Dissenters, Mr. Toizer being a deacon of a Dissenting chapel. They not only destroyed his domestic peace, but they destroyed his credit, and he was threatened, on account 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 sustained at his hands. Sir F. TIIESIGER replied. He said the defendant had, throughout his affidavits, 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 hearing a letter written by the defendant to his wife, reflecting on the conduct of her sister. He was sure the Court would hardly believe that such a letter—in fact, that the whole of the letters on which the charge was based—were written by a clergyman of the Church of England. The offence of which the defendant had Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced the prisoner to 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 to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of one thousand pounds for his good be haviour to all her Majesty's subjects, and specially 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. CO MMON PLEAS.—(THIS I)AY.) BEENLEN V. HOCRIN.-THE BOROUGH OF DARTMOUTH. This was an appeal from a decision of the Revising Barrister for the borough of Dartmouth. The notice of objection served on appellant did not specify the date of the year, and the 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 that the Revising B3rriNt(sr's decision was bad, inasmuch as the previsions of the law had been violated in two instances by the notice. Mr. Sergeant EINGLAKE, on behalf of the respondent, contended there was nothing in the Rejstration Act re"- qtur:ng the stringent compliance with its liberal terms demanded by th-appeliant. Substantial compliance with its provisions was all that was required, arid this had been the case in the present instance. THE UNriTID STATE AND 75EXICO. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY) John Walker waR charged with stealing several silk handkerchiefs and scarfs, the property of his master. John Cooper ; constable 84 I), 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 thonght 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 Holy well street, and discovered there that ho 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 prcduced 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 Taver n , 11, John-street, xford 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 I.os. for the as sault, besides the amount of the damage done, or go to the House of Correction for ten days. 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. SECKER committed him to prison for 21 days. 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 Santee, by the combination of which the Americans expect to conquer Mexico, and annex it to the Union. 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 mT ahned progress Enquirer.) SATURDAY, the market became changed, a c h ec k to speculation fol lowed, and prices had a d ownward tendency. o ( From the eNewT. 3 Y 1, 02 2 k Courierp. 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 army 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 oppositi on . 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 Kearney 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 Yuca• tanese, by the following order from the U. S. Treasury. CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS AND OTRER OFFICERS 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 applica'de to the ports of Mexico generally, as enjoined by such instructions. You are accordin g ly di recte d to re f use c learances to all vessels and th e i r cargoes depart i ng from our ports, and places in Yucatan. R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. The advices hy 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 ducts in proportion. Since the first impulse some fluctu ations have occurred, and the price of flour receded again—butlit m a y 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 prema turely, we may calculate upon a t l east 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 length of the Canal. A comparative statement of the quantities of wheat, flour, and Indian corn, brought to tide-water by the I l a n s t l , 84 shows s... t h 7 i 7 s 6 r ,6 e 4 s u B l t :-- canals, up to 22d O ctober, inclusive, of this year an d t h e ,642,186 1 Wheat, bush. Fl our, bbls. In di an C orn , bush. 2tl 1846... 1,985,741 2,178,190 ,996 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 ar oun d t h e 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 barOrefla. Flour the g tion is pe r il ous and infrequent, and therefore the bulk of' wheat ea m t i I l n the western crop of this year will remain over until sprin g . r e a t increasegreatly inc increased sedquantity moreuathnatintyhoaflf 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 long as the average time, a great deal will yet open as quantities afloat on the arrive, for there are large . 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, t judguag from a table ex tending through twenty years, to o nex as t s m ume outrinit the canal navigation will continue f free e e last steamer, (Nov.) On the departure of our cotton tendency. market had a little downward The news per sales, Caledonia, however, led to largedchiefly olnb.specu lation, and prices advance were 6 or 7,ooloebral purchases of last Saturday some stimulated by the belief that an large buyers being in Carolina and Geaollr in jurious.- frost had occurred gm, South, however, later accounts from the r, showing that the damage done by the frost was not very mat er i a l , our dull for the last three days, and the faw market has been d to realise, have done , l. holders who are di,poisesoat * a, t d point. Even in cent. below the moste evathe l strongest of, e thefrost did not kill cases that we can hear any bolls which would have matured in less than three weeks, so ere frost at a that if there should be a severe period . ten days more injury than that which has al readylater, it would do market is also somewhat affected occurred. . Our ofthe cropwhich • by the larger estimates from Carolina and Georgia, and moreaularly from _ p Savannah. One respectable housein thatrtic city, whose circular we have just seen , gives anhave estimate of 2,175,800 bales, stating that the the owormosp would ; which, ase beesth at least 2,600,060 but for r in Louisiana, Southern Miss.,ey say, have been injurious Florida and part of South Alabama, part of sea-board. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY:--The arrivals of wheat and beans are large, and there is a fair quantity of barley. There is a steady demand for wh ea t at a decline of ls. to 2s. per qr. , at this reduction there is no disposition evinced to press sales, and the mark e t c l oses firm. The lat e gre at 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 remain as last statcod. C-lUTtT 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 Hone, the Duke of Norfolk. At the Council, her Majesty having 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 G r e ) , the Chancellor 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 ddeune 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 Meysenbuch, 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 Queen 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 S a t ur d a y, 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. Ilelmore, 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. Turle 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 lids—Wed., The Swan, Botisham f: Sat., Bur ton Place, near Newmarket. Surrey stag hds—Tues., Croydon Kennel; Sat., Cheam. South Berkshire hds—Tues., Thatcham ; Wed., Kennel ; Fri., Bucklebury-104. Sir John Cope's lids—Wed., Odiam Kennel; Fri., White Waltham. GUN COTTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— Havinr , 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 struck 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 or 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 cheJrful 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 the exhibition abroad. Here has been a party of such. Never did I hear the I can't bear this 1" arid "I won't eat that !" style of table-talk in such vivacity—never such sharp cries for fish sauce—such chimourings for a third glass of cham pagne—such eagerness to be helped first—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 scramblings, 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 enougb, 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-PABK.—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. Walford, Esq., Mrs. Monteflore, 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., and 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 eral 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. CHERIIBINL—On Thursday the remains of the 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 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 notable personages, as well as the friends of the deceased. During the performance of a low mass, the four corners of the pall were borne by Messrs. Halevy, Raoul-Rochette, Auber, and Vogt. The monument stands appropriately surrounded by those of Telma, Lesueur, Mdlle, Bour goin, Delille, Mehul, the two Krentzers, Martin, Bouilly, Paer, Bellini, Gretry, Gatel, Gossec, and others known to fame. A RICH ROBBER.—Last week, Charles Donnellan, who had been convicted and sentenced by the magistrates of East Ham for stealing cabbages, was discharged from Ilford gaol, where were found upon his person one bag containing 951. in gold, another having 211. ss. in gold and silver, and also bank securities for 5001. ' 4 HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT. — The place where the stake stood was twice, and only twice, the scene of a most barbarous 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 himself, but that he ate no pottage that day, whereby he 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 it, after they had finished their repast, being given to the poor of Lambeth. Two persons only died of its effects, but of the remainder many never afterwards recovered their health. The. second instance of this punishment took place ten years afterwards, when one Margaret Davis, a servant girl, was boiled to death for poisoning her mistress and several other persons.—Smith's Streets of London. MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AND THE REPRESENTATION OF MiNCHESTEE.—A meeting of the Liberal electors of Manchester, convened by the Manchester Reform Asso ciation, is to be held in the Free-trade r 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 Association, to allow himself to be nomi nated as a candidate for the representation of this borough, at the next election." The admission is to be by ardo, was invited to stop a week. It was during her stay that she discovered where the cash-box was kept. The pri soner, after the expiration of a week returned to South ampton, first promising that she would return and bid them farewell before she left for France. About a fortnight after, the prisoner (having previously pur chased a cash-box in Southampton) went to Mr. Purkis's house under pretence of bidding the family adieu. She then complained of a severe pain in the head, and asked permission to lie down on the bed for a short time, which was readily granted. The prisoner, having left her unsuspecting friends, started back to Southampton, and told her landlady that she had that day received a remittance of 201. from France, and would settle her account, which amounted to 101.. She then told her landlady that she intended to take London on her way to Paris, and immediately left by the South- Western Railway for the metropolis. The robbery, however, was not discovered till Satur day last, and suspicion immediately lighted upon the prisoner. A. reward of 204 was offered for her appre hension. Mr. G. Hawes, the landlord of the Railway Hotel proved her arrival at that establishment, and also wha transpired there. Mi. Richards, an ironmonger, of Southampton, identi fied the prisoner as the person who purchased the cash box produced by the superintendent, about a fortnight previously to the robbery. Mr. Purkis, sen., in the absence of his son (the owner of the property), who is at present in Ireland, was unable to speak to the exact amount in the cash-box when it was stolen, but he identified the cheque and an old guinea. THRESHER asked the prisoner if she wished to make any statement relative to herself or the charge ? The prisoner, in a faint voice, said " No ;" but after ward's, in a vehement manner, said, "Don't let the world know I am a De Saumarez." Mr. THRESHER then committed her to take her trial at the Quarter Sessious. _ The prisoner was removed, sobbing hysterically. She was afterwards taken by the South-Western Railway to Winchester gaol. A MUSICAL DUEL.—Two musicians having quar relled at Athens,—one,*the Chevalier Vincenzo Mifsud, who had composd a piece of music entitled La Partenza dell' eroe Marco Bozzari , which he had offered to their Majesties of G reece , and which by them had been gra ciously accepted; the other, Signor Gennaro Fabrichesi, who had presumed to criticise it,—the former called on the latter to appear within 24 hours, and compose a piece of music, vocal or instrumental; at the same time he would compose another, and both to be locked up together in a room till finished. The compositions of both were then to be submitted to any composer in Europe for his opinion on the merits! A supplement in the Courrier d'Athenes by the Chevalier thus fairly announces:—" If your music should be found preferable to mine, then I am content with your judgment on my duet Marco Bozzari, but if the result of our mutual challenge should be against you, then the discerning public will learn that you depreciate the talent of another from envy and the insufficiency , of your own ability." How this singular duel will terminate time will show. Malta Mail. PUBLIC SAFETY.—For the last three days work men have been employed in demolishing the upper part of a new house at the corner of Hart-street and New Oxford-street, the necessity for which we have foreseen for some time past. Is it impertinent for us to inquire how it happens, that, spite of the Act which will not suffer you to touch a brick in a wall without an over looker, spite of the official referees, the registrar, the district surve) or, and the self-interest of the builder himself, a costly structure may be erected which will not stand until it is finished ?—The Builder. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—The arrangements for carrying into effect the Small Debts Act of last session are progressing as rapidly as possible, but it will still be some time before the machinery can be brought into operation. The judges must first be appointed by the Lord Cbanceller ; they (the judges) will then have to select competent attorneys to officiate as clerks of their respective courts, and then the treasurers of the several districts will be nosainatcd by the Treasury ; but, in con sequence of the number of parsons who have hitherto been employed under local Courts of Requests, and whose vested rights are secured under the new Act, we understand that few, if any, new appointments will re main for clerks and treasurers of the new local courts... — Observer. REMOVAL OF THE SURREY TRAMWAY.—Active preparations are in progress for the removal of this old tramway, one of the first railway works sanctioned by the Legislature of this country for general public traffic. The undertaking was first projected about the close of the last century. Mr. Jessop, a gentleman well known in connexion With the early iailw"ay, or more properly speaking, tramway enterprise of the north, being the engineer. The advantages of the system were then be. coming appreciated, and considerable improvements were introduced in the construction of these works. An ap plication was made to Parliament in the year 1801 for lease to construct the line, and a Bill was accordingly granted. The line extended from:Wandsworth to Croy— don. In the march of modern locomotion the Surrey Railway has only served as a landmark of the progress of the system, and a recent Act of Parliament authorised the dissolution of the company. The committee to whom is entrusted the winding up of the concern are now making arrangements for the removal of all the works from Wandsworth to the termination of Pitlake Meadow, near Croydon, as also on the branch from Mitcham to Carshalton. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. — OR Saturday, by order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, &c., public notice was given that application will be made in the next session of Parliament for powers to make now streets in various parts of the metropolis, and also for the construction of a new bridge over the Thames, in lieu of the present Westminster-bridge. The improvements con templated will be found to be, by the follwingsynopsis of a most important character. Commencing with the westward part of the metropolis, it is the intention of the Commissioners to construct a new street from the south east end of Charing-cross by the south-west corner of Northumberland House to the north bank of the River Thames, near the end of Whitehall-place, passing through Angel-court, Craig's-court, and Great Scotland yard. From this point the new bridge is to be erected, and a new street formed to the York-road, near Sutton-street, and continued to the Westminster Bridge road, into which place it will come out nearly opposite Mason-street. The next improvement is the construction of a new street from the west end of Long-acre to King-street, Covent-garden, coming out into that street opposite Bedford-street : it will cross Rose and Hart-street, and destroy a great many small courts and alleys. The next improvement is form ing a new street from Westminster Abbey to James street, Buckingham-gate, by the destruction of those dreadful dens of infamy lying between Tothill and Or chard-streets. Going to the east end of London, the most important is the formation of a carriage way from Great Tower-hill to Little Tower-hill, by the removal of Postern-row ;at the present time a person wishing to get from the former to the docks having to make a cir cuit of somewhat like a mile and a half. The next im provement in that part of the town has reference to the approaches to Victoria Park. On the south side of the Park a new street is to be formed from the East India Docks, at Poplar, to Bow Common, and from thence passing by the East London Cemetery, across the Mile end-road, and form a junction with Grove-road, which is to be widened, to the south-entrance of the park. From the western entrance a new street will be formed across Bishop Bonner's Fields and Old Ford-road to the Bethnal-green and Cambridge-heath-roads, near the new church at Bethnal-green. Another road is to be formed from the Hackney-road, near the junction with the Cam bridge-heath-road, to the Bishop's-road, and crossing the Regent's Canal, communicate with a road across the west corner of the park to Grove-street-lane, Hackney. NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATHS.—Mr. Baker held three inquests on Saturday, on the bodies of persons who had died suddenly. The first at the Leigh Hoy, Church-street, Mile-end, on the body of Mary Su llivan, aged 40. The deceased, about a fortnight si nce, ie com plained of a pain in her limbs and a violentc old . procured the usual remedies, but died on Friday, at 12 King's o'clock. A second inquest was held at the Arms, Shoreditch, respecting the death of Alfred James, aged six months. The deceased for some time past had been suffering from inflammation of the chest, from which he expired on Saturday morning. The third inquiry was concerning the death of a child named Frederick Ham mom', aged two years. The deceased, on Thursday last, was playing about the house apparently well, but died the same day at two o'clock. The jury, in each case, returned a verdict of " Natural death." A fire broke out on the 9th in the harbour of Bor deaux, on board the Desire brig. Only two men were on board at the time. They were at supper, when acci dentally the candle fell, and set fire to some tow, which communicated the flames to the vessel. As the Desire was at anchor close to the Garonne steamer, it was thought necessary to cut the moorings of the burning vessel, and let her float away. She was carried by the current to some distance, and at last foundered opposite the Royal dockyard. No injury was caused to any other Tool, , THE ROBBERY BY A FRENCH WOMAN. FAREITAM, HANTS, FRlDAY.—Yesterday Mademoi selle Malvina Florentine de Saumarez was brought be fore Mr. W. Thresher, one of the magistrates for Hants, at the offices of Messrs. Paddon, clerks to the magistrates of the Fareham division, to answer a charge of having stolen a cash-box, containing about two hundred sove reigns, two double sovereigns, a guinea, and a cheque upon the Fareham Bat* for the sum of 991. 135., the property of Mr. J. Purkis shipbuilder, residing at Fareham, Hants. The prisoner, whs appeared dreadfully ill, was led into the magistrate's room in a fainting condition; two me dical gentlemen were in attendance upon her; and several times during the examination she was led out in fits. It was stated that since her apprehension at the Railway Hotel, Nine Elms, on Monday, she bad not tasted any food, and it was with the utmost difficulty she could be induced to take any that morning. When asked her name, she stated it to be Malvin& Florentine de Saumarez, but who her friends are, or where they reside, she positively refused to answer. The circumstances connected with this extraordinary case have been already so amply detailed that a mere outline of the evidence will be sufficient. It appeared that the prisoner arrived at Southampton from Guernsey about two months ago, and took apartments at a very respectable boarding-house, to the landlady of which she represented herself as the niece of Lady de Saumarez, of Guernsey, to whom she had been on a visit, and that after spending a few days in England, she intended to go by way of Havre de Grace to Paris, where her mother resided. Her ladylike deportment and fascinat ing manners so won upon the lady at whose house she was staying that she introduced the prisoner to the family of Mr. Purkis, at Fareham, at whose house she CLERKENWkLL.-(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 smoking 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 labonr, without the alternative of a fine, for assaulting the policeman. _ _ _ Henry Wilmoit 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 wit,nesses 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 acconnt 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 sere 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 Ile would proceed to the hospital to take her deposition. PORTUGAL. We have just received by express the following letter from our Lisbon correspondent, by which we learn that the Cy c l o p s s t eamer 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 kited. Saldanha was awaiting, with the main body of his army, an attack from Antas, 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. is at T orres The main body of Saldanha's army 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 OF GRAPH.—OR Thursday railway carriage, taking left the Chesterfield station in a h . his destina tion named 1, c Li% m T e t E t m E a workman, t h i i l d h ay e 's lef d t car riage. Having communicated the station his loss to in the inhni his dinner beef, potatoes, him , but aonndreeaach cabbage clerk, nieki y obtained , telegraph tain e ds stating t i was ng _ n r k n e , r and wa s the fen answerfound, aand that it would b e sen t b ac k by the next train. quickly A letter fr om M e t z s t a t es that the conferences which were t o b e h e ld b etween t h e agen t s o f the French thseatt to work, and Prussian Go vernmen t s , t o regu l a te the conditions for a prolongation of the railroad film 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 S c h oo l, 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 Haslar 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, whoso urbane and gentlemanly demean our is universally known. CHURCH EXTENSION.—A new church, dedicated to St. Paul, in the r.xently-formed parish of -Denholme Gate, near Bradford, Yorkshire, has just b een com pleted, and will b e consecrated y the Lord Bishop of lii o n on Friday next , t h e 20th instant. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF 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 j come to. FAMINE IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. ---- On Sa turday the total amount subscribed in London for the relief of the suffering poor in Ire Wad and th e hi ghlands of Scotland was 2,2701. 6s. 100. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, .A'ov. 14. The Court was occupied until two o'clock thig day in hearing motions for new trials, none of which,-how ever, presented the slightest feature of public import ance. At two o'clock the Court rose for the purpose of meeting the judges of the other Courts in the Exche quer Chamber, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the various Crown cases reserved on the circuits. The Judges present were the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, Baron Parke, Baron Rolfe, Baron Platt, Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Coltman Mr. Justi ce C o l er id ge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Williams. There was a large attendance of barristers from the various circuits, but the cases brought forward were not of such a nature as to call for any public notice. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov 14. On the first day of the present term the Lord Chief Justice announced that it was the intention of the Court to allow the bar to move at the opening of the Court according to their standing at the bar, giving, however, Sergeants -at-Law having patents a pre cedence over Queen's Counsel. This rule has been acted upon throughout the term, but it is looked upon by the bar to be not only an inconvenient, but an invidious distinction. Accordingly this morning Mr. Sergeant Channell applied to the Court to have the rule abrogated, and the custom of " going through" the bar in rotation adopted in its stead. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would con sider the matter. CHILDS V. TOOK AND OTHERS. This was an action of debt brought by the plaintiff, a civil engineer, to recover 1,5601. from the defendant, as one of the provisional committeemen of the Tunbridge and Rye Harbour. There were eleven actions against eleven different defendants for the same debt, and on a former day Mr. Bramwell obtained a rule to show cause why ten of the actions should not be stopped till the eleventh had been tried and decided upon. Mr. Seigeant Channell was heard against the rule, and Mr. Bramwell in support of it. The COURT ruled that as the defendants upon their own showing could not obtain the relief they then asked through a circuitous means, such as pleading in abate ment, the Court had no right or disposition to grant it nominally. The difficulty in the case arose from the peculiar circumstances and position of the association into which the defendants had entered, and therefore the defendants had by their own act sur rounded themselves with embarrasments which the Court had no power to relieve them from without throwing a degree of hardship upon the plaintiff, who had not in any way abused the remedy or the course of seeking a remedy, which the Legisla ture and the law gave to him. He could not safely bring his action against the whole, because there was a doubt whether the whole were liable jointly ; and, un der these circumstances, however anxious the Court might have felt to reduce the difficulties, they could not so do without entangling themselves and the plaintiff in still further difficulties. The difficulty was one which a court of law could not remove, and as it was increasing daily in magnitude, perhaps it would shortly receive the attention of the Legislature, Rule discharged with costs. DEATH 01' EDWARD NEALE, THE PIIGILTST.--Yes terday morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Edward Neale, aged fifty-one, expired at his residence, the Roseand Crown Inn, Norwood, Surrey, after a lingering illness, universally respected by all who had the honour of his acquaintance. The deceased, who was the hero of so many battles, had been in a declining state of health for a considerable period, notwithstanding everything that medical science and skill could suggest. His last appearance was about a month since, to witness the fight between Jem Scully, of Southwark, and M'Gee, of Chelsea, which came off on Horley-common, on which occasion he was carried in a chair to witness the combat. The :deceased, who was better known as Ned O'Neale, has left a wife and son to deplore their loss. SHERIFF CRIMINAL COURT, EDINBURGH. ••••• On Tuesday Violet Bell, Dalkeith was convicted of stealing clothes, and sentenced to 40 days' imprisonment ; and yesterday William Dickson, collier, Dalkeith, was con victed of assault, and fined 40s. or twenty days' impri sonment. An amusing incident occurred in the trial of this latter case. A collier boy, after being sworn, was asked by. the Procurator Fiscal the usual question,— " Has any body told you what to say ?" The boy hesi tated, and on the question being repeated, answered " Yes." " Who was it (said the Fiscal), was it that man?" pointing to the accused. " No." " Who was it then ?" It was him, there," said the boy, pointing to Mr. Sheriff Tait ; "he bade me tell the truth I." The Sheriff joined heartily, saying, " very good, very good, quite right, boy, quite right."—Caledonian Mercury. MEND YOUR WAYS.—A few days ago, while locked up in Graceehurch-street, where we stood mo tionless for twenty-five minutes, " by Shrewsbury clock," we made an approximate calculation of the time lost annually for want of proper road room. The result was startling, as our readers may see, if they call to mind that kss than 9,000 hours make a year, and that if only double that number of persons lose half an hour in the day, more thin three hundred years of active life are wasted ith ill the twelvemonth. This is very far from the amount of tine really wasted (satisfy yourself of it, curious reader, by calculating the number of persons in every yard of road, when you are next compelled to (awl) front the Poultry to St. Paul's), and although it may be laughed at al fanciful, unquestionably deserves to be remembered.— The Builder. FIRE .IN UPPER THAMES. STREET.—Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter to four o'clock, the extensive five story warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Edwin Eddin and Co., wholesale druggists, No. 154, Upper Thames-street, opposite Allhallow's Chinch, was discovered to be on fire. With all possible expedition numerous engines arrived, when the firemen found smoke in dense bodies issuing from every floor in the building, which led them to believe that the whole of the interior was in flames. The water being abundant no time was lost in setting the engines to work, but it was with the greatest difficulty that the firemen could find out the exact seat of the fire. At length, however, they ascertained that the fire had began in a cupboard under the staircase on the ground floor, and had obtained a strong hold of theflooring. By five o'clock the flames were entirely extinguished, but the damage done is very - considerable. The cause of the fire could not be gleaned in consequence of no one being on the premises. The same premises were totally de stroyed by fire about three years stnce. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of seven and eight, a fire, that did considerable damage, broke out in the premises belonging to . Mr. J. Pitt, a hat-manufacturer, No. 10, Wellington street North, Strand. The flames originated in the front shop, and were discovered by one of the neighbours seeing smoke issuing through the window shutters. An instant alarm was raised, and the inmates, after some trouble, suc ceeded in effecting a safe retreat. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England Company were prompt in their attendance, but the flames bad, by the period they could be set to work, travelled com pletely' round the shop, destroying in their progress the whole of the stock in trade, and extending from thence through the partition into the adjoining tobacconist's shop, in which they also did a deal of damage. The supply of water furnished by the New River Company being very abundant, a copious stream was discharged by the engines into the blazing property, which soon extinguished the flames. The whole of Mr. Pitt's stock of hats is destroyed, and the shop is burnt out. Had it not been for the early arrival of the firemen, the whole of the building must have been destroyed. The origin of the fire, or whether or not the sufferer was insured, could not be ascertained. GENERAL REDUCTION IN STEAMBOAT FARES.--. Yesterday, in consequence of the competition existing on the River Thames, the fares of nearly all the steamers underwent a permanent and very extensive reduction. The fares are now consequently, between Gravesend and London, 6d. each person; between Woolwich, Green , wich, and London-bridge, 3d. and 4d. each; between the latter pier and Chelsea, 3d.; and between London- H s o u a n l all e r that for d i s . ma charged rk et a n f d o r Chelsea. conveyin g bridge and Nine Elms Railway Station, '2d.; a similar f between a lOtherpap a ssengers n boats s ran during yesterday, between London and Westminster bridges, at the extraordinary low fare of one halfpenny each person. —:, PARDON TO THE CONVICT DONOVAN.—It will be remembered that on the occasion of an Orange-Catholio affray in the streets of Bradford, at Whitsuntide, 1844, a person was killed, and a man named Daniel Donovan was tried for th e homicide, convicted of manslaugh ter, ta and sentenced to transportation for life . t 4 Donovan wa s innocent, alwa ys strongly protested by his friends t h at innocent, and that an alibi could be clearly proved in his e favour. When Lord Morp t - h " a last at Bradford, s his Lordship, evidence on the subject was laid before ' who bngaged to bring the case un de r the consideration of the Home Secretary. This having been done, Sir George Grey has commu n i c ated the decision to Lord Morpet, hin the following larte . bear in g date White hall, 2d November, 1840 :—" My Lord — Having bad under consideration the application which I had the honour to receive from your Lordship in behalf of Da niel Donovan, who was convicted at York Assizes, in July, 1844, of manslaughter, and sentenced to be trans ported for life, I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that, under all the circumstances of the case, I felt warranted in onvofi fo h r is th n e ot gr re a t n u t rn o in f a g p t a o rd th e e u Utonittheids Kingdom, should his conduct have been good s i nce hi s arrival in Van Diemen's Land." The int e lli gence h as ci ta c k t in o g n condition been received with great pleasure by Donovan's friends, and has, of course, been communicated to his wife and. family, who are living at Cork.—Leeds Mercury. TILE PRICE or Gm—We understand that the gin drinking community will, in all probability, have to pay a higher price for this beverag e than th e y h ave paid for years, in consequen ce o f the distillers having made three advances upon it within a brief period, and amounting in the whole to upwards of one shilling per gallon. This would not have occurred if sugar were allowed to be used in distillation.— Sunday paper. The number of letters posted in Liverpool during the last three or four days has decreased in a most ex traordinary manner. We are informed that the number has not been so small for several years past.—Liver pool Mail, George Hudson, Esq., M.P., the Lord Mayor of York, has appointed as his chaplain the Rev. Robert Satton, M.A., canon of Ripon, rector of St. Mary, Spurrier-vac, and perpetual curate of lFulford, near :York. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 14. PERRY V. MEADOWCROPT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. KINDERSLEY: followed in support of the report, and had not concluded his arguments at the rising of the Court.