The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-05 00:00:00

1.................,.........,......W.,1, + ...._. Rouen and Havre ..... 20 .... ---,.. 5 amen and and Mense ...... 10 ••• • 4 ', ...... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ...... _ St. La & urenceAtlantic ..... Tours and Nantes Con ___ stituted - 5 6.6 ••••••••••••• ir°,411413', Jurbisc, Lan _ ue, and Hasselt.. ... 8 Trinidad .... 21 ...._ 1, ............... i _ west lenders ...... .. 6 J OINT STOCK BANKS. _ Australasia .............. 40 ...... • - ••• B ritish North American 50 _ COmmercial of London 20 Na t Colonial ........... - ...... 25 ...... • ... London Joint Sto•c•lc ...... 10 ...... ......... '•• • • tional of Ireland.... 221%. _ Unn of Australia ..... 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... _ I 1) National r'do "W estminster. 20 Prov. England. 35 11 Il ion of London.... ..... 10 ..... Real del Monte iinregd MINES. 4 3% LOYD'S SHI PPING. --(THIS DAY) L" ' 1 " No ' 5 •—W . d E S E light breeze, and thick Veather. " N• in . • 1 A It.r., Nov. 4 .--Vi 7 ind S. to S.W., moderate.—Arrd. idwißustralia,l3lanchard, Batavia • Fortitude,Christmas, Ceylon; ng, Stewart, Quebec, ' and sailed for Sunderland 1 u ateren, Dodds, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Soubalidar n , unifdreville, S•driev • Bermondsey, Raines, ditto; Mary An Il e it n i c er ,-, 3 " , }-wan, 'Cape Coast Castle. Sid. 2d, Electra, Irte, urenada u5T11431170.1i, Nov. 4 .—Arrd. Thames steamer, West maieLsytailouirn, Nov. 4.—W• Pell, Quebec ; Wind S.—Arrd. Sylvia, sbester, London, for Mauritius, to stop a leak. ceti4ilel7l'')oL. N(iv. 4. Wind S., fresh.—Arrd. Duncan, F . a_vv ,:, Got'. .a cutta; Henry Gardiner, Kemp, ditto; Rosealaa!e juslding, Pernambuco : Marathon, Johnson, Boston ; Rapid, St. j°les'',n,, S t' Andrew's N.B. ; Spartan, Sid. Q r • ' "ew Brunswick: Larch Broomhead, Quebec. 'n(BeY, Parki Thompson, nanibuco • Melloe • Bruce,Per- Smith . kips Larch, :Thomas • ...._ Willis, Reliance, Bedford, ditto ; John tis, . bernerara'; St. Vincent, Shepherd, St. Vincen , M . lifax ~ St. Tho • • Harrison, a , Unit States as 8 ; Acadia steamer, ta • Fermosa, Honduras • Frisk, ' Off port, Patriot Queen, Calcutta iun sw ; Kestrel, • ' B°Pllia, Cullen, St John's, New r h ce to AG'erts4bel, and Majestic. The Lady Combermere, en feet '• was towed into Drogheda yesterday, with five water in her hold. Ipsvv,,.. ~... bad positron' ion, 3 '" -- The Ellen Williams is on shore in a been got offshoreN. r 3 - .The Joh n Hill, o f Whit e h aven , h as w • Ihtlsrot, Nov. 3.The Courser,arrived here on the Ist lnstant, was in con ton._t, and lost fi b A lw d a r r a ks, lit/aLIN• V i k th e. a barque of about 400 inT"iii,..... „...• , ..ov. 3.--The hullo f the Nile brig, apparent as ly se of zu,,, 0 tons (British built), and timber laden, was p d s a n t iZ N., lon. 31, by the Caroline, Lovett, arrived here. ' ---`llBs, Nov 4 Ar d Em m a Series, Quebec, and Sailed for Chat h • .-- r • Em m a _, Resist 110 CT Poiors arn• !,111. anceu,'CNa September. p e r. 4 —Wind S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty 's e ef Good Hope, left the sth of '''' Northumberland, Greswold, New York. her ° r B, Nov. 4.—Wind S.S. W., fine.—Arrd. Helena, Os sgc: -"Su Janeiro; Deneation, New Orleans. CruzrR4M:PTON, Nov. 4 .—Arrd. Thames steamer,. Thomas's, 15th, left on the 2d ult. ; Havannah, 13th ; St. 13 ° 5001. h 5 b ;IPA Bermuda 21st On freight 311'400 dollars,• 5 051 oariellll2on.coin, 1,372 ounces platina, 1,149 . ounces silver, , t ar, r‘gldust, and 3001. pearls. Madrid steamer, Gibral -Ist ;1:. sn the 27th ; Cadiz,Lisbon, 30th ; Oporto, b., V lgO, ISt; and Corunna, 2d instant. jull.alsrer., Nov. 4 . —Wind S.S.W., ~,. "'ata, Blan h d Virginia,and not Junetta, as Yes •vPerted. car , light. StrANz—And•terd3ady, Cr a b - ILIA, SEPT. 21.—A vessel, supposed the Cicero, b li , atne, for Liverpool, was on shore, 18th, outside the port, vothing since has been seen of her. . .Wardt, PATER, .—Arrd, Mary Jane, Williams, Prince els N ov. * .forcasTEa, Nov. 1.--Acrd. Chieftain, (I,,,rrXRPooL, Nov. 4 .—Arrd. Neptune, Rundle,_ from L Payne, Que m bec. on. a in lat. ii"lt° Quebec, has been abandoned ; crew pleke-up traC'otlg. 49, after being seven days without provisions. s zerpoaNt AEA, Nov 3 The Heir of Madryn, Hughes, from . 01 to the Clyde,.. went on shore in the bay of 'Liice, n ight. ,"ugh111.1.4., Nov. 4.—Th e B rot h ers, Stokes, from MBidindles,b2od to 113 t• crew Sandwich, was tot a lly wrec k e d on the Binks, saved. MAR, -RET NEWS.—(THIS DAY). SAY ISTAILIEETS. 418 tO .uri Rta). — Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31165 ; Clover ditto, a ge 41 17 5; am ( Straw, 1/ 88 to 1112 s per load. A f u ll e v a uPPly, and a heavy , demand. 41 8 s ERLA ND.--Breadow Hay, 31 10, to 51 • Clover ditto, tt otio -' 4 1 15s; and Straw, 1/105 to 1/145 per load. Supply ilitZ raBl Y good, and trade dull. '^ 4lTEcl iAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8 s t o 3/ 16 s; Cl over (1411' 2 / 8 8 to a t the above 1112 s quotations. 80 MEAT MARZETS. aLQ s t i V RALL,INov. 4.—We hadla very dull trade heiz e t f o- f d ro a l y 4 3 5 to 4 y quotations had a downward tendency . 1' 1 (41.1 8 ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s6dto 4s 6,1 * ; and lc , 0 4 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. at 1 1, 1 1 D, Nov. 4.—The few prime Resists on offer sold flit''' y lcus quotations; but the value of all other kinds_ of Stockton was decidedly lower. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mut - a ed 4 3 3 8d t o 5 5 2d ; V ea l, 3s 10d to 4 5 4d ; and Pork, 4 5 to At I , „Per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295 . ,• quar . ter-old_ Ca ra r s igs, 16s to 18s ; and Miloh Cows, with their small tw 18/ each. S - 7,Wts, t Nov. 3.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s to S upply Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 810 s. good, and trade dull. stieV N ZWGATE AND LEADENNA.I.L. te r extensive su ppli es o f eac h ki n d o f M eat were on at Ile. l "Zi while th e genera l demand was in a sluggish state, lititi o Ys 1 ' while prices. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; 3 4 4(1; 4 1 ; 33 44 to Blbs, by 45 6d ; the Vecarcaseal, 3s 4d to 4s Gd; and Pork, 4s 8d per . CO RN AVERAGES. ro r ti„ v i e. ; k ;,..,L AVER AGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN In aDe t ended -NOY. 5, 1846 , made up irom the Returns of ins Per' o Imperialrs til g t uan d o ittr!rent Cities and Towns in England and Wales PEAS. 0 , ad Ililet .. .Z i tEA N alltiTE id B EANS.46s Id I 52, od DUTY ~. i As .111........................__1421 44121: tit 41s s s Od 1 2s od SPORTING (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) 'WORCESER 114.1--------;i-------RACES, L w L E D I N G H s E D I N T .C . 7. . . e and The Selling Stakes of 5 sovA a — eac h , and 20 added. Nu , Dlr. Wall's Milliner, 3 0 0 1 1 - r 3"••• '"(Hutchinson) . 0 2 Air. Minors C • Y aressuna, 4 yrs. ....... 0 ' Mr. Mi nor s Arkwright, 3 ; ********** ' *** 0 0 0 3 Mr. ll'ama's Attorney, 4 yrs :I's ''' ************* 0 0 2 dr kr. Price's Soilor, 'aged *************************** :: 0 2 0 dr 4r. Yea's 11Ntrvalda, 4 yr . ; ** :: ********** ' ****** '**: ** 0 0 3 dr ** ********* 20 0 d NI. Johnstone's Blind 11 k • ... :'. Att. baven , . 00 ey, age ******** .... 00 dr I t .. ~ port s ; Plonne, 4 yrs *************** .. ... ° dr :,-..r• ?lostyn 8 Chartist, 3 SPS ....................... 8 3 0 dr 0 0 P,,! • Bake's Redskin, 5 yrs .............. ... ...... . 0 0 dr 'qr. Pratt's Deodara 4 y . i,ll't,,aill Thompson's' Etorsna., 4...r5.... ................... 0 0 dr .'• W• o.ites's Mr. Atamfield,Y3 yrs ... ::::::. ..... 0 dr- and •Jvreepstakes of 5 sovs , each, and 20 added. One mile Al t w , a quarter. 1 1 k r ‘ ' r ness s Rosa, 4 yrs .................. (Carlisle) 0 _ ,„ •1. Jones's Mersey, 3 vrs .. ................ 1 2 2 1T.r..: bdlin's Faith, 3 yrs... ... : 0 49, 3 ~_-..!-!ay.enport's Thurgarton, 5 yrs ... 3 ,' g , Atnrii,... trailsford's Rosin the Bovr, 3 yrs ............ 0 ‘‘ k , ' - ' 0 Wrlt_.J.°„r Slarti's Trifle, 5 yrs . oore's Conservative, 4 yrs... ...... OO y r 141 r. lea'a Little Jack Horner, 3 yrs ................. 2 0 d kr. '44114448 Elinlea, 3 yrs... . 1 . ? dr _,_ . ~.. !t s The Tartar, 5 yrs u dr A l i t i a ule!i's b g by Young Callan ..• yrs .° land andicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mi e carte ir (12 of was won in four heats by Mr. Wa lla The Dart, Tll:',lsops (Wakefield), beating Princess Royal, Bello, l'A.,,Ae beggar, Auricula, Driffield, Rowland, Porto . 1, 4 B eggar, and Redstreak. ebtrb Xbttton T,, L CRANCeIIor R V.—(THIS DAY.) o ' clock. to .." ..,_ ord Chanc sat in hi s court at Westminster mil, at 10 T he VANDELEUR V. BLAGRAVE. before ,a,Nutnents in this part-heard case, sshich or ca t m he e 'de cree 6ue Court upon a petition of re-hearing l tod °I. the Ataster of the Rolls, were resumed to-day, save°!etPied his Lordship the whole morning. .t wasw ~,,pellcii, statetnent of the facts of the case when i sp eede d Y e ste d , T he Loa r a). th ew . 13 rtatiCELLOR, at the conclusion of the ar- T 147: Postponed giving judgment. ,t, %-otirt did not rise till quarter - / jet -______________ a ...... .r. t, . - last four o'clock - I "AN CERY --(THIS DAY). lii(ißeSZthe VICE-C RANcE ' LLon of ENGLAND). e 41165 4looour the iee-ChancellOr of England took Petttions to-da y • Ile itr FEA R V. SUTTON. Pled h„ Alltnents th in this part-heard cause petition . occu ning. The vied 0?-ourt greater part of the.m4. t, the mas ttvs repo the petition was the confirmation o . iortmlrirt, and the removal of the next friend of the i lii s /4 1 the cause. Ittitnelt.,,,,trnit,..at. the C ORclusion , of the arguments, gav o e ,, and C a l Wi t, Shu L'irfotag the Alaster s r.eport, the next friend, Ex ord,p.i qad taken place, removing ~lr, the costs to be costs in the cause. approvin came before t .l. Co‘ut:rrt. ''15(14114110/boti AND EP . So3I RAILWAY COMPANY. he 404 th e stated that this case Iv aY Co C oast linafzty,:eotwition of the Croydon . and Epsom Rat the London, Brighton, and f S is o o u o t l h ., P L ltrt ni a Rt-.-4 k'°ll3 any, raying that the sum o tatu_4l(l bo--,: ,Ntid i nto - C P ourt under the Railway Ac .t t, ''elvood, ~,,Tl(4 Out to the petitioners. William Lit ti - °? 'rh o —0 has property in the neighbhlrhwooads (144 ritflh34heath, near Croydon, part of w 1 e. tinle g s. kg' the purpose of the railway company sorare. .atrafirlee filed his bill, and obtained an injunctionhi land lentil 411 g the petitioners from workins upon 8111 tioes..,e value of it had been ascertamed. The eti to !' in order to stop all proceedings and put an P end eoisith°4, Paid into Court the sum of . 540/. to secure al lit and expenses that had bcen incurred on the d a-; the bill of costs of the solicitor of Mr. Littlewood li k b t hy th e en taxed at a the sum than had .heen. paid in *as petitioners, and the balance remaining in Court Aft-hnatta Row asked to be paid out. st.u'r. 'l'll7.kle behalf of Mr. Littlewood, objected to `, Pit:Ryer of thenn being granted, on the ground rsof lavvt,trlizre ;vast a further claina againEt the petitioners kr. 3° • fe o , tx re .ERs, for the petitioners contended that all La ~_ qui.red by the Act orliament had .been paid i1,.,‘,4 4 petitioners and that the y were not entitled to the .... Lner costs. ' in Hit rioNoun directed a reference to the Master to qatre what costs, if any, remained untaxed or unpaid. GRACE V. WEER. lb Y ' his case came before the Court on the petition of a ,Y wed Capell, praying for a reference back Is`h the Master, ordering him to review his report 1 which lie found that the petitioner, under the eircum atitnoes, ws 's entitled only to an annuity of 201. instead TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, IgOVEIVtisER 5, 1846. of 401. It appeared that the testator in the cause, a gentleman of the name of Webb, lived and cohabited many years ago with the petitioner, and'had two natural children by her. In 1802, in consideration of her agree ing to separate from him, the testator executed a deed, by which he gave her an annuity of 40/. That deed contained a proviso that in case the petitioner married the annuity should be reduced to 20/. The petitioner before the death of the testator married ; and the ques tion was, whether a gift restraining marriage was not against the policy of the law, and therefore void ; and whether such being the case, the petitioner was not en titled to an annuity of 401. It appeared that the deed executed by the testator was confirmed by his will, which was made after the petitioner had married. The peti tioner, in ignorance of her rights, as it was said in her behalf, had agreed to accept an annuity of 201, but upon being advised that she was entitled to an annuity of 40/., she took proceedings in the cause which had been filed, to administer the testator's estate, to obtain the annuity of 401. A refererce was made to the Master upon the subject, who decided that the peti tioner was only entitled to an annuity of 201., and that report, it was sought by the present petitioner, the Master, should be order( d to review. Mr. Bethel] arid a gentleman behind the bar appeared for the petitioner ; Mr. Stuart represented the children ; and ,Y 1 r. Montagu opposed the application. The arguments not Laving concluded at half-past three o'clock, at which hour the Court rose, the case was ordered to be proceeded with to-morrow. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM ) SAYERS V. LACON. His HONOUR delivered judgment to-day in this cause, which was part-heard. He said this was a case in which the plaintiff sought to obtain costs which had arisen out of proceedings he himself had instituted. The defendant had purchased lands, the title to which was disputed by the plaintiff, and to establish his position he brought the case before the Court and the Master, by which proceed ings the costs had been incurred. He had carefully studied the exceptions and the answer, and he consi dered that the plaintiff was entitled to all the costs in the suit after the answer, and up to the hearing, as well as the costs up to the abandoning of the suit. With respect to the other they must depend upon the decision with reference to the costs of the Master's office. He would, therefore make a decree to this effect. Mr. Justice Coleridge would look over his notes of the trial, in order to see if there was any ground for granting 'the application of the Learned Counsel, and the Court would, therefore, defer its deci sion until this was done. DAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) LEMAGE V. OLDROYD. Mr. THOMAS moved to set aside a nonsuit which had occurred in a case tried before the Under-Sheriff for the county of Middlesex. The Learned Counsel said that the grounds on which he moved would at once establish his claim to a rule. There were two causes on the list in the Sheriff's Court, the same plaintiff against different defendants. These causes stood second and third. The actions were brought for money had and received. In the case which preceded these causes, the learned counsel engaged were not quite ready, and he (Mr. Thomas) was asked to proceed with his cause. He consented, on the understanding that all his witnesses were in court, but on calling a most material witness to prove the delivery of the money, he found that he was absent, am' a nonsuit was at once entered. The other cause was then called on, and the witness being present, a verdict for the plaintiff was obtained upon his evidence. It appeared from the affidavit made that the witness, who was an attorney, had been requested to step into his office close by, and fetch some papers, and while he was gone the cause had come on. He had been sub pmaaed by both plaintiff and defendant, and a tender of the costs of the day had been made to the other side, if they would pet mit the cause to stand over for a short time, but the opposing counsel had no mercy. He believed that a motion was also going to be made in the other case where they had obtained verdict, as the other side were equally unprepared. There w,:s every intuition of proceeding to trial on both sides. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) LAUDER V. JACKSON. This was an action to recover the sum of 571. 183. for goods supplied by the plaintiff to the defendant. It appeared from the statement of counsel, and from the evidence that the plaintiff is connected with a com pany entitled the Wenham Lake Ice Company, and the action was brought for ice and refrigerators supplied to him. The defendant had on being spoken to admitted the justice of the plaintiff's claim, and had promised to pay it in a short time. As he did not keep his pro mise the present action was brought. The defendant had pleaded a special set off of 371. 145., stating that he had given an order for 29 refrigerators to be supplied within 24 hours, and that amount of loss had occurred to him in consequence of their not having been supplied within the time agreed upon. Mr. Justice PAz-rEsoN then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff tor 571 18s. The jury, after consulting a short time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 501. (Sittings in Banco.) KNIGHT V. BARBER. In this case, which was tried at Liverpool, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, the plaintiff sought to recover a sum of money which he had lost iu consequence of the re fusal of the defendant to accept certain shares in the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Railway, which he had purchased for defendant, and which were subse quently sold, whereby the plaintiff was put to loss. The result of the trial was, that the plaintiff was nonsuited upon the ground that a certain document was put in on the part of the plaintiff, purporting to be an agreement between the parties. It appeared that the defendant had given an order to the plaintiff to purchase fifty shares in the above railway at 101. each. In the afternoon of the same day defendant signed a memorandum to thateffect. This written agreement was put in at the trial on the part of the plaintiff, and when so put in the Learned Judge who tried the case was of opinion that the docu ment should be treated as the contract between the par ties, and it was therefore necessary that it should he stamped; no stamp being upon the; agreement, the plain tiff's case, consequently, failed. Mr. BAINES now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had upon three grounds— first, that the contract did not re quire a stamp, inasmuch as it was au aercement fur the sal of an article which he contended came under the he ad of merchandise, which, w ith goods and wares, were specially excepted from the operation of the Stamp Act; secondly, that the document did, not reqtfre to be stamped, because it was not the agreement between the parties, the contract having been a parole contract, made in the morning of the day upon which the document was signed by d, f nd int in the evening ; thirdly, that the document in question was not a c )ntract, but a mere memorandum, and, as such, did not require to be stamped, and that, therefore, the Learned Judge was wrong in treating the case in th e manner he had done. The LORD CHIEF BARON considered that no rule should be granted in this case. It was his opinion that the written agreement formed th e con t ra ct between the parties, and whatever parole agreement might have been made, still as soon as the terms were reduced to writing, then the written agreement was to be considered as binding, and not the parole, because if any difference had arisen as to the performance of the contract, the written contract would be that to which both parties would appeal. The Learned Baron also stated that it was his opinion that the document in question should have been stamped, because it was impossible to suppose that scrip could be considered as merchandise. The sale of scrip was nothing more than an agreement to part with such interest as the party might hold in it, in consequence of some agreement made between himself and some company or companies ; it could not, there iare, be goods or merchandise, and not coming under the exception contained in the Stamps Act, ought, there fore, to have been stamped. Mr. Baron PARKE was of the same opinion. Rule refused. COMMON PLEAS.—(I' tIIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) VAUGHAN V. HANCOCK. Mr. CROWDER moved for a rule to set aside the non. suit in this case and grant a new trial. It was tried at last Bristol Assizes, before Mr. Justice Er le. The ac tion was brought to compel the fulfilment of an agree ment fur the purchase of a public-house. The defence was that the agreement being a verbal one was void by the statute of frauds. The Learned Counsel contended at great length that the statute of frauds did not apply in this case. The COURT refused the rule. LAMBERT ANDIANOTHER V. MILNE.--THE OXFORD, WIT NEY, CHELTENHAM, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. Mr. MARTIN, Q. 0., moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict given in this case for the defendant should not be set aside, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff for 1,0391. 13s. 6d., or a new trial. The case was tried at last Newcastle Assizes, and under the direc tion of the Learned Judge a verdict was entered for the defendant. The plaintiffs were lithographers, at New castle, and the defendant was a provi s i ona l committee man of the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Railway, and the action was brought to recover an account due, for preparing the plans, sections, &c., of the company. A person of the nam e of Potter gave the order, and the work was executed under the superin tendence of Mr. Nicholson, the engineer. Now it had been proved on the trial that the defendant was a pro visional committee-man of the company from the be ginning, and that he had acted as s uc h ; b ut i t was de nied that he had been a party to gi v i ng t h e or d er i n questtiee. T question, wasOr h e on Vie committe e o f management at the im rea l point at i ssue was whether the general provisional committee-men were liable for the pecuniary engagements of the committee of manage ment. The Learned Gentleman concluded by giving a number of cases in which it had been so ruled. At present, with respect to some evidence, according to the particular view of a judge, a verdict in any one of these cases could be obtained for either plaintiff or defendant. What Mr. Baron Rolfe ruled to be in favour of the de fendant, Mr. Justice Alderson and others had decided to be for the plaintiff: Such was the state of conflict at present —Rule granted. PRICE V. BELCHER.--THE RETUrNING OFFICER OF ABINGDON. Mr. WHATELY, Q.C., moved for a rule to set aside the verdict in this case for the defendant, and enter it for the plaintiff for 40s. The action was tried at the last assizs for the county of Berks, before Mr. Justice !Wattle, and the verdict was given for the defendant, with leave to move. The plaintiff was a Dissenting minister. t'n defendant the returning officer of the borough of Abingdon ; and the action was brought against the latter for refu.ing the vote of the plaintiff, on the occa sion of an election in 1845, when Mr. Frederick Thesiger was made Attorney-General, and also with denying a scrutiny. It was proved on the trial that the plaintiff had removed from Abingdon to Gravesend, and the vote was alleged, in consequence, to be bad ; but, admitting this to be so, he (Mr. Whateley) denied that the return ing officers had, under the Reform Act, the power at an election to strike any name off the register, or refuse any vote named in it. The Lord CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that, though the defendant might not have a right to vote, yet that the name being on the register the returning officer could not take the power in his hands he had done.— Rule granted. DARER v. BLARRITT.--STOCK EXCHANGE PROCEEDINGS. Mr. W. HIT EHURST, Q.C. moved for a rule to set aside a verdict given f or the' plaintiff in this case for 1,031/. Os. 5d., and for a new trial in an action tried last sittings, alter term at the Guildhall , before M r . Justice Erle, and on they grounds of the improper recep tion of evidence ; a n d also that the verdict was against evidence ; also he moved to show cause why . the da mages should not be reduced to 9621. 10s. The action was brought by Mr. Baker, i sharebroker, against Mr. Blarkitt, a gentleman residing ' at Gainsborongh, for the purchase-money o f 550 East India Railway S hares . Th e price of each share was laid at 11. 155., with 2s. 6d. per share . for brokera ge an d allowing the accoun t t o st an d over till the next settlement day Gentleman went into . 96 0 /. 10i. was the nett price of the shares. The Lear a variety of detail s , t o show that the defen d ant gave t h e order through a p erson named Stark, w h o nego t ia t e d with Baker, an d t h at ho had expressed his w illi ngness to settle with Stark, who owed him a considerable balance, but refused to recognise Baker • also to show that sere ral points of ev id ence against the defendant had been ad mitted by the L earned Judge, which ought to have been rejected. Th e defendant likewise denied that any such company as the East India Railway Company was recog nised by the stat u t es re l ating to joint•stoc k companies. The main point at issue was whether the company was in legal existence before the Ist of November, 1844, when the Joi n t S toc k Companies ' Act came i nto opera tion, and in a pos i t i on to issue shares, suc h as to admit the fulfilment of any arrangement that might have been come to in regard to purchasing fur the defendant. The Learned J u d ge l e f t this point to the j ury, an d t h ey gave a verdict i n t h e a ffi rmative; though he (Mr. Whitehurst) submitted that it was a legal point which ought to have been decided by the judge.—Rule granted. F.LDERTON v. EmiNGs—CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AS - SURANCE . Mr. Serge an t BYLES moved COMPANY for a rule to show cause why the verdict given in this case for the plaintiff, for dt l he , O er cOvno verdict dn s i et ho , t o u arr l d rwe s n hty o e t b da üb e ye w e a n t t vr e ei r an e li d rsel o i n tdme t l the first ny fi oo r t s ; t b also, losguorn:tnbfte because t h os e e r the verdict was against evidence. This action was brought by Mr. Elerton, a solicitor, against the " Church of England Life and Loan As surance, Trust, and Annuity Company." It was for breach of Contract, in discharging the plaintiff from being the solicitor of the Company, he having been, it was alleged, appointed permanent solicitor, at Ma a-year. He received a verdict on the first count for 8001.; on the second, 2001 . The d e f ence set up was neglect of duty, as solicitor of the Company. T he Learned Gentleman went at length into the particulars to show that the removal was Justifiable, and that the granted. fairlyplain dtiflemhaanl_dreceived all the r emuneration he could BRODERATSNVIC. GIROISPERP.—THE—RIVITLEHGEISSOFDTIIAEYROYAL PALACE AT WINDSOR. This was a summons under the Small Debts Act to enforce the payment of 101. Bs., debt and costs, for which a judgment has been obtained in the Court of Exchequer. The plaintiff is a grocer at Windsor, and the defendant is one of the grooms of her Ma j est y's stables at Windsor. Mr. Maynard appeared as counsel on behalf of the defendant, at the instance of her Majesty's Master of the Horse. The defendant did not attend, and Mr. Billing, the plaintiff's attorney, applied fora warrant of commitment for contempt of Court. Mr. MAYNARD, at c onsider able length, argued that the defendant was a p rivile ged person, and prot ec t e d , his of th e A ct. The privile ge was a sufficient x from arrest, and ther efore th e Learned Commis s i oner had no power under the Small De bts Act to compel his attendance, that temeaning a variety o f cases to show that caursnifee the d c had been arr es t e d h e would have eLe do withineu a fne n rs d i Counsel lant quotedh been discharged out of custody on the plea of privilege. Mr. BILLING, in reply, contended that the Act gave power to compel the defendant to appear, or take the consequences for contempt, against which he was not privileged. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that it was a point of importance, sand he would speak to his brother Com missioner. On his return, he said that he was strongly of opinion that no sufficient excuse had been offered by the assertion of privilege. As so high an officer as the Master of the Horse had thought it proper to send counsel down to argue the case, and had no dou bt taken the o p inion of the At torney or Solici *tor-General on t h e s u bject, it became his duty strongly to express his opinion that he had not only the power, but it was his duty to compel the attendance of the defendant. Ile would adjourn the case till this day week. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Although this was the first sitting of the Court in the pres.ent term, no causes were set down for trial ; the first four days being allowed to plead, and in default the cases are set down for inquiry in this court. CAMPBELL V. T 115.: BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BETHELL Q.C., resumed the arguments in this cause. He contended that the company were not at liberty to bring into existence any shares beyond the number necessary to meet the claims of thecreditors, and were not entitled to take advantage of any technicalities in the terms of the notes. The plaintiff was a proprietor at the time that the resolution had been entered into, and had not infringed the condition plainly, expressed in the wording of that resolution. He also submitted that the endorsement on the notes was not in conformity with the resolution. His HONOUR said that, before coming to a decision on this case, he must see the Act of Parliament, the reso lution, the advertisement, and the other documents cited. There were two subjects to be decided upon : the first, whether the time of sale was fixed in the resolution ; the other, as to the clauses referred to in the Act of Parliament, the obj, ct of which was to enable the com pany to fulfil their contract with the rateholders. Neither party could contend that the Act was not in tended to apply to the case of the contract. He did not doubt that the shares were allotted in compliance with the Act of Parliament. No doubt could exist if it were absolute, but it was contended that it was conditional. He did not intend to express the least opinion on the contract till he had seen all the papers. As aeon as he had perused them he would deliver judgment. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) _ _ SOWERBY V. THE PONTOP RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. RUSSELL, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the object of thii bill was to compel the performance of ft certain contract that bad been entered into with the plaintiffs. The defendants were the proprietors of a railway, entitled the Pontop and North Shields Railway, which had been originally the property of other parties, with whom the contract now sought to be enforced was entered into. The plaintiffs were the proprietors of col lieries in the district through which the railway in ques tion passed, and the object of the contract had reference to the transit of their coals, which the original pro prietors agreed to convey for a period of twenty-one years at a low rate of charge. They, however, having got into difficulties, disposed of the railway to the pre sent proprietors, who effected the purchase liable to performance of the contract, which however they refused to fulfil on the terms specified in the body of the deed, but immediately raised their charges, and his clients now sought to compel them to adhere to the contract. (The Learned Counsel here read a voluminous corres pondence that had taken place between the plaintiffs and defendants.) His HONOUR said he considered the plaintiff was en titled to claim the specific pet formance of the contract, and w, uld make a decree accordingly. The Court rose at the usual hour. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) RIGHT OF WAY-ROBERTS AND ANOTHER V. WILLIAMS. This was an action brought against the defendant for: obstructing a private right of way, and was tried before the Chief Justice at Brecon, when a verdict was found for the defendant, who had pleaded not guilty, and denied the existence of the right of way. The case occu pied two days, a deal of evidence having been adduced cn both sides. His Lordship was obliged to leave the town before the jury came to a decision, in order to attend the sessions at Mold. The jury were entrusted to the custody of Mr. Horne, the bailiff, who, when they became hungry allowed them to have wine and sand. wiches. They afterwards were allowed to have a re gular dinner in the ball, of the court, where letters and various other things were brought to them. Not feeling much inclined to come to a decision whilst sup plied with such good fare, they had beds made up in the hall, and next morning were supplied with a public breakfast. They then expressed a wish to come to a decision, and agreed to meet his Lordship on the confines of the county (Denbighshire) ; and on his Lordship's consenting, they were taken to an inn called, by a strange coincidence, the " Loggerheads." Here Lord Denman met them, and although the attorneys of both the plain tiff and defendant were present, the counsel and the principals in the action were absent. The foreman of the jury (a Mr. Cundiff) inquired of his Lordship if possession of the right of way, by permission, for 20 years, gave an absolute right for the future. He replied in the negative. The foreman then inquired if a road had been used for twenty years without permission, if that would give a right. He also replied in the negative. They then found for the defendant. It appeared, how ever, that the defendant had used the road for more than 20 years. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict should nut be set aside, and entered for the plaintiff. He grounded his application on the fact that the plaintiff had held possession of the way for 38 years, and that, according to the construc tion of Wm. IV. c. 71, twenty years' occupation, without interruption, gave an absolute "right of user." Ile cited authorities in support of this, and held that, considering the whole facts of the case, the plaintiff was entitled to a new trial. Lord DENMAN, at some length, referred to the notes of the case. It appeared, he said, Mr. Horne was a very hospitable person, and had treated the jury with consi derable kindness ; but the jury, when they appeared be fore him in the morning, appeared full of the subject, and not affected by the good treatment they had re ceived. It appeared, also, that Mi's Williams had asked leave to carry furniture over the road, which was a very bad one, and that, subsequently, it became t he usual road which they and their friends traversed in going, to and from the house. The Court would con sider the application. LOCKWOOD V. WOOD. This cose was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman at York, when a verdict was found for the defendant. It . was an acti on i n d e bt f or s t a ll age a t th e f a ir held the manor of Easirgwold, and from which the inhabitants claimed, by immemorial custom, to be exempted. Mr. WATSON now moved for a rule to show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff, and a new trial granted. The Learned Counsel went into a lengthened argument to show that there was no evidence of an immemorial custom to erect stalls at the fair free of charge. lie also contended that such a custom could not exist. The COURT took time to consider their judgment. BUSH V. WEISS.—NOTTINOHA M AND PETERBOROUGH JUNCTION RAILWAY. This case was tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last Exeter assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1001. Mr. WHITEHURST applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside and entered for the defendant. The action was brought by Mr. Bush against Mr. Weis, one of the ma naging directors of the Nottingham and Peterborough Junction Railway, for preparing the traffic tables of the company. The agreement upon which the action was founded was made between the sub-committtee, of which the defendant was one, and the plaintiff, and set forth that the plaintiff should for the sum of 5004 per form the work to the satisfaction of the sub and general committee, and in addition adduce sufficient evidence before the House of Commons in support of the traffic. During the progress of the work he received the sum of four hundred pounds, and it was agreed that on its completion the remaining 100/. should be paid. The traffic tables were accord ingly prepared; and on the' plaintiff applying to the secretary of the company for the balance, he received an answer on the same day t 3 the effect that a meeting of the shareholders would be convened to decide on the abandonment of the project, and that as soon as the accounts were settled a cheque should be drawn to dis charge the amount. Now, the Learned Counsel sub mitted that the secretary had no right to bind the committee by such an admission, and that evi dence should have been brought to show that he did so by the authority of the directors. It was im possible for the secretary to say whether the tables in question were correct or nut. Th. , re was no evidence at the trial to show that such tables were approved of according to the agreement by the members of the com mittee. And the Learned Judge merely left it for the jury to say whether the work had been properly performed Now he (Mr. Whitehurst) contended that the traffic tables were nut completed at all, and that the plaintiff had not employed one• half the number of persons that he ought to have done. And he submitted, that if the company had gone before Parliament the tables would have been perfectly useless, in consequence of the fre quent mistakes which occurred in them. On these grounds the plaintiff considered he was entitled to a new trial. Lord DENMAN considered that no improper evidence was admitted, and that there was no misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge who tried the case. He would suggest, h owever, t h at the dispute between the parties should be referred to two parties. GREVILLE V. STULTZ AND OTHERS. This was an action brought on a writ ofe;ror to re verse a judgment of outlawry, on the ground that the plaintiff was beyond the seas and abroad in foreign parts at the time of the issuing of the writ. Mr. MARTIN, Q C., stated to the jury that it was the first instance in his experience in which such an action had been brought. The point which they would have to try would simply be, whether the plaintiff, Robert Fulke Greville, was beyond the seas and in foreign parts on the sth of June last. Messrs. Stultz, the tailors, were formerly the plaintiffs in this instance. The writ, which was the preliminary of proceeding to out lawry, was a very old one. For that writ to be of any value, it was absolutely essential that the party against whom it was issued should be in Eng land at the time, or the proceedings to outlawry were of no avail. In the event of the person not being in Eng land the proceedings would be set aside upon a writ of error. It was on such a proc?eding that the present action was founded. The Learned Counsel was then proceeding to put in the report of a commission ap pointed to examine two witnesses in France, under the authority of the Lord Chief Baron, when Mr. BAsTow (for the defendants), took several tech nical objections to the commission. After some considerable discussion, the case was per mitted to proceed, and The Clerk read the examination of Adelaide Vanden hewn and another, which proved that the plaintiff had resided in France for a period extending considerably before and after the sth of June, 1845. Mr. John Bevan stated, that he was in Paris during the month of June, 1845, and, during that time he saw Mr. Grevillo frequently. He was never more than three days without seeing him. Is acquainted with his hand wr;ting, and the letter produced, with the Paris post mark on it, is in the handwriting of Col. Greville. Mr. William Bevan, a partner in the firm of Bevan and Anderson, stated that they were attorneys for the plaintiff. The plaintiff had not been in England for so:ne time. Witness received the letter produced in due course of post. It is in the handwriting of the plain tiff. The other letters produced were also received in a similar manner. The three letters were then shown. One was dated ;he 29th of May, the second the 21 of June, and the ,hird the sth of June. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. BASTOW having addressed the Court on a tech nical point, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) WHITE V. HARDING. This action, which was heard in part yesterday, was brought for the purpose of recovering compensation in damages for a series of assaul's alleged to have been committed upon the plaintiff, partly by the defendant himself and partly at his instigation. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Charnoek appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Corrie for the defendant. From the opening statement of Mr. CHAMBERS, it ap peared the plaintiff was what was termed "a process server," and was employed by several attorneys for that purpose, and among others by Mr. Greaves, the attorney who was engaged in the present action, and who had thought it necessary for the defence of his servant to take the steps he had done upon the present occasion. The plaintiff, in the exercise of his " professional duties," was called upon to serve a writ upon a person of the name of Etwall, for the sum of 3/. 10s. The defendant was a person of considerable property, being possessed of upwards of two hundred houses, and employing a large number of hands in brick-making, in the neighbourhood of Fulham, and Etwall was foreman or managing man to the defendant at the time plaintiff succeeded in serving him with the process. Upon the 3d of June, a few days after the service of the writ, as plaintiff was passing by the Crown public-house, in Fulham, he was called in by the defendant, who was standing at the bur drinking some brandy and water, and while the plaintiff was drinking some beer defendant rinsed his mouth with some of the brandy and water of which he had been drinking and squirted it in the face of plaintiff; not satisfied with a single per formance of this kind he rinsed his mouth again, and again repeated the offensive conduct ; he then held up his fist to plaintiff's face, and said, " If it was not for the law I would teach you to serve writs upon my men." On the 10th of June following he was again in the Crown public-house, defendant was in the house also, and two navigators subsequently entered. Defendant said he would treat them with some beer if they would go and, what he called, " tar" the plaintiff. Accordingly they proceeded to the tap-room, where plaintiff was sitting in what was called " the lawyers' chambers," a portion of the " settle' which long usage had set apart as the domicile of the plaintiff, and to the possession of which he had obtained, if not an actual, at least a prescriptive, right. Whatever might be the modus operandi of tarring," the Court was not told, but immediately upon the entrance of the " navies" into the " chambers" of the plaintiff, they at once commenced " bonneting him,' an operation which was performed by knocking the hat of the plaintiff over his face, which, although it might be considered as a source of " fun " to the defendant and other spectators, was not altogether a matter of fun to the individual who was operated upon. Not content with the punishment already administered to the plain tiff, defendant said to the navies, " I will give you some more beer if you will go and buy a candle and shove it down that man's throat." A candle, or a rushlight, as of accordingly e o r b f t u a l i e n d a v f e o s m ” w on a e s a i t neighbouring evidence, shop,aad proceeded to hold the plaintiff, while the other endea voured to force the rushlight down his throat. Other trials yet awaited the unfortunate plaintiff, for as he was about leaving the house a chaise cart was standing at the door, in which was a bullock's pluck, which bud been pur chased by the owner of the cart as " food for his spaniels." This treasure was forthwith seized by defendant, and with it he proceeded himself to belabour most unmerci fully the luckless plaintiff. The Learned Counsel con cluded by stating that the present was not an ordinary case of assault, but a most unjustifiable and a most unbe coming one, and hoped that the jury would, after having heard the evidence he was about to offer, award such of the de hereafter, to pr even t p e r.o class of persons to fendant fro m assau l t i ng any o f the., damages to the pl a i n tiff a s s n h s o i n n ld th o e pel st a u t a e t a ie s n an example which the pl a i n tiff b e l onge d , an d w h o , th ou gh hu m ble functionaries of the l aw , were a l wa ys entitled to receive s the fullest pr o t ect i on i n t h e di sc h arge o f t h e i r onerous and indispensable duties. the Se fa v c e facts as witnesses stated bwye there thenL Learned called,Counsel, wh oseveraldeposed of o whom appear e d to enterta i n considerable ill-feeling to wards the def en d ant. Mr. ICsrowLes, for th e d e f ence, sa id t h at h e was sorry t that he should have to trouble the jury with evidence upon this case, but it was necessary for him to do so, in order to show that the treatment was not of so serious a nature as had been described by his Learned Friend. And, further to show that the case was neither more nor less than the result of a foul conspiracy between some of the witnesses, who were publican; and who enter tained feelings of jealousy and hostility to the defendant, because, among the number of houses which he had built, one of them was a public-house, for which he had obtained:a lic , nse, and the men in his employ, amount ing to a very considerable number, were in the habit of resorting there, and not to the houses kept by the wit nesses, as they formerly did. A number of witnesses were called, chiefly con sisting of men in the employ of the defendant, who stated that the plaintiff was in the constant habit o f getting drunk, in consequence of the exercise of the privilege which he enjoyed as occupant of the lawyer's chambers," which consisted in his taking " toll" of all the liquor brought into the tap room, and that the treatment complained of was nothirg more than he was in the constant habit of receiving from the labourers who used the Crown public-house, as a return for the constant levy thus exacted from them by.the plaintiff; and some of them even stated that the plaintiff had requested them to put the candle in his mouth. Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied. Alr, Dam PLATT Summed up. LOSS OF A . WHALING SHIP. MASSACRE OF HER CREW. For several months'anxiety has been felt regarding the fate of a whaling' ship, named the Cape Packet, Captain Powell, last from Sydney, and twenty. eight sea men, her crew. We regret to state that information has now been received from Sydney that the unfortunate vessel (which has been missing two years) had fallen into the hands of the natives of the New Hebrides, Sandwich Islands, and those belonging to her, excepting four hands, savagely murdered. The particulars have been reported by Captain Jones, of the barque Elizabeth, which arrived at Sydney from the New Hebrides, on the 9th of June, having had a narrow escape of meeting a similar fate. The Elizabeth, it appeared, touched at the Sandwich Islands, the master intending to procure some sandal-wood, vegetables, &c., and finding the natives to all appearance friendly, cast anchor close to land. Several natives were allowed to remain all night on board. Among them was a New Zealander, who was recognise& by one of the Elizabeth crew, as one of the party who sailed in the unfot tunate whaler. The pilot taxed him with it, and after a deal of hesitation, he ad mitted the truth of the asset tion. The account he give s of the affair (being able to speak English fluently), is, that two or three days after the vessel's arrival, three boats were sent off to the shore for water, and whila the , crew were so employed, the natives attacked them, and every one of them were killed. The canoes then pushed off fo the ship, on board of which were Captain Powell, ten English, and four colour, d men. They were permitted to came upon deck, Captain Powell being unconscious of the fato of those whom he had sent ..shore. For a few minutes they behaved themselves in their usual friendly manner; having surrounded their victims, the signal was given, and the slaughter cot:ti me:l:ed. The attack was so sudden, that not the least resistance could be made ; the captain, with the whole of the crew, were killed, The four coloured men were not molested. The bodies of the murdered crew were taken ashore and dlevoured. The ship was then ran sacked and pillaged of everything of value. She had 700 barrels of sperm oil on board, but the casks were broken up for the purpose of getting the iron hoop ; and after stripping the ship, securing the fire-arms, powder, &c., she was set on fire and totally consumed. Three of the men whose lives had been spared by the natives bad managed to escape from the island in a canoe, and had been taken an board by a French vessel. The native of New Zealand was brought in by the Elizabeth. Captain Jones, of the latter, is of opinion that an attempt would have been made to have taken his ship but for the timely notice given by the survivor of the Cape Packet. The natives had made every preparation, and were ob served leaving a creek in their canoes, when the ship had weighed anchor and was putting out to sea. The Cape Packet it is said was a vessel barque-rigged, 300 tons lurthen. With her contents her loss is estimated at between 18,000/. and 20,000/. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL The first meeting for the season of the Sacred Har monic Society took place last evening. The first part of the performance consisted of a miscellaneous selection of sacred music ; the second, of Sphor's magnificent overture, The Last Judgment. In the first part we had a Te Deum and a Jubilate, the compo sition of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, which prove that His Royal Highness is an excellent and sound musician. The choral writing in these compositions is very fine, and the voices blend together most effectively. - Miss Dolby's execution of " Clouds o'ertake," from Handel's now almost forgotten oratorio of Susannah, was the vocal gem of the first part. The Last Judgment of Sphor is now, thanks to the exertions of the Sacred Harmonic Society, as familiar to the lover of sacred music as the Messiah of Handel. It was admirably given last evening by Misses Birch and Dolby, and Messrs. Hobbs and Phillipps. The duet "Forsake me not" was ex quisitely given by Miss Birch and Mr. Hobbs. The hall was crowded in every part. LYCEUM THEATRE.—MR. H.KEELEY'S BENEFIT.— The performances at the Lyceum, this evening, are for the benefit of Mr. H. R. Keeley, who has the superintendence of the free list department, and to whose uniform atten tion and civility we, in common with all our brethren of the press, are much indebted. The bill of fare is ex cellent, and Airs. Harris will be there to drive away the blue devils. We anticipate a bumper house. EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO THE ROYAL ExcHaNGE.—The Eastern Counties have, we understand, intimated their intention of carrying out an important extension of their electric telegraph to the Royal Exchange and Lloyd's, for the accommodation of the merchants and underwriters, by which an instan taneous communication will be obtained with Liverpool. The company's engineers are now engaged completing the electric wires along the Eastern Counties branch lines, from Ely, Peterborough, Stamford, Syston, to Derby; hence along the present Derby, Birmingham, and Manchester lines to Liverpool. The wires will be conducted to the Royal Exchange from the Shoreditch station in lead and iron piping, similar to the present gas pipes, proofing posts being erected at certain dis tances, in order to keep the wires in proper working condition. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY:" As a repertory of original and diversified fiction this Miscellany has long stood at the head of its competitors. The number of first-rate writers who regularly contribute to it is sur prisingly large, and the selection of alternate gaieties and gravities made, is deserving of general encomium. To the new number just published a star of the first magnitude is added to the galaxy of poets, wits, and romancers who have hitherto shed their lights on Bentley's pages. In addition to Maxwell, Albert Smith, W. Jordan, Miss Costellc, Alfred Crowquill,' Dr. W. C. Taylor, Henry Curling, and o th er luminarie's, one has come from the Far %Vest, whose lustre is surpassing, and whose fame is universal. J. Fennimore Cooper, he who has witched the world, old and new, with those un equalled sea stcries, "The Pilot," "Red Rover," " The Two Admirals," "Le F eu F o ll et, " &c., has devoted himself to the readers of the Miscellany, and hencefor ward they will be duly favoured with the coruscations of his genius. "Captain Spike ; or, the Islets of the Gulf," is the new romance begun by this eminent writer. Judging from the chapter given in the November num ber, we dare promise that its development will be ex citing, its story interesting, and its details instinct with life and reality. We have already made the acquaint ance of Spike himself, Captain of the brigantine Molly Swash, of his crew, and of a couple of those necessary agents in all adventures on shore or at sea, petticoats, one bearing the floricultural name of Rose Budd. Having seen the ladies on board, we behold the clipper looking craft bear away from a wharf of the renowned Yankee city of Manhattan, with tke intent of going through Hell-gate, and, as the devil would have it, we see her miss her mark, and go right bang on the Pot- Rock. The position and movements of the vessel, her captain and her crew, are described with extraordi nary graphic power and nautical knowledge." —Morning Post. MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Olive Branch, Hackney road, on the body of Mr. Edward Chapman, aged 70, formerly a licensed victualler, residing in Slater-street, Bethnal-green. About four months ago, deceased, who kept the Sun, Slater-street, for many years, was obliged to enter the workhouse. He was there put to the labour of the pump, of which he com plained, as he thought that atter having been a rate payer many years, he ought to have been differently treated. Two months subsequently he left, and went to work for his daughter, at No. 13, Old Bethnal Green road. He was unable to earn but about 6s. a week, and was occasionally in want of necessaries, having no paro chial relief. On Monday evening last, while in bed, he suddenly died, death being the effect of the ossification of the aorta. Verdict—" Natural death." A case of considerable importance, it will be recol lected, occupied the notice of the Court of Aldermen a few weeks back, in the charge brought against Messrs. Rochas and Co., of serious irregularities in their busi nese as brokers of the city of London. Their transac tions referring to the purchase and sale of railway secu rities, the committee of the Stock-Exchange have taken up the subject, and are about to institute a rigid investi gation into the nature of the complaint. At a meeting of the committee to-day the subjoined resolution con nected with the inquiry was passed:—" The committee having met to investigate the charge of improper dealing on the part of Messrs. Rochas and Son, Mr. Rochas, jun., attended, and stated his willingness to enter into a full explanation of the case recently brought before the Court of Aldermen, but having also stated that it was his wish that such explanation should be postponed until his father, who is now on the continent, could be present Resolved, That the investigation be postponed until the return of Mr. Rochas, sen., from the continent.' " DARING ROBBERIES.—On Wednesday information of the following robberies was circulated throughout the police divisions:—Stolen or lost from the coat pocket of Mr. Henry Aldhouse, of No. 38, Mary-street, Kings land-road, Shoreditch, a pocket-book, containing two Bank of England notes for 1001. each, two of 501. each, 100/. in smaller Bank of England notes, and 470/. iu Ipswich bank notes, of various amounts, all marked "H. A.," in the corner; also a cheque for 301. on Alexander's Bank. Ipswich, and a bill for 29/. on Tinney, Clerkenwell, which was overdue. From the person of Mr. Mount, of Picadilly, at the free list entrance of the Adelphi Theatre, a large thin gold watch. From the house of Mr. Brown, Belgrave House, Park-road, Peck ham, various articles of value and wearing apparel. From the parlour of Mr. Littlejohn, No. 63, St. George's: street, St. George's in the East, a valuable silver watc h. From Eton College, the property of one of the stnde nts , ‘ a ‘ g F o o l r d d sir watch, sm.,, and the gold chain attached , maker 's name SUICIDE INDUCED BY INCREASE OF FAMILY.—Mr. e h b e o l d dy a o n f i H n q . O j e . s t B a a t t t e t r h s e b e M e r a y g l e e d h o 4 n 6 e , I M V i o l r l th y ou e s s e te , l O d n ay th , a poor shoemaker, of Walmer-place, Lisson-grove. A cab-proprietor, named Cooper, of Princes-street, Lisson. grove, proved finding the body on Tuesday morning in the Regent's Canal. Deceased's wife said they had eight children, and that at her last confinement she gave birth to twins. This circumstance increased their difficulties and deceased's anxieties, who was an excellent husband and father. On Monday last he sold scme goods of a lodger for rent due, without the assistance of a sworn broker, and the lodger threatening legal proceedings, deceased said on Monday night, " that what with one trouble and another, there was enough to drive a man to do that which he should be sorry for." The same night he produced several accounts due to him, and gave her instructions as to their recovery, and when she heard of some one having been found dead in the water, it struck her that it was her husband, and that he had destroyed himself. Verdict—" That deceased drowned himself, but in what s t a t e o f m i n d there was no evidenc e to show." BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Two soldiers, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, named Richmond and Hopgood, were charged, before Mr. Hall, with stealing a basket, containing a pocket-handkerchief and a purse, in which were 155., the property of Mary Ann Howton, a dressmakor. The complainant said, that she met the prisoner Rich mond in Whitehall last night, when he stepped up to her and asked her to go and have something to drink with him. She agreed to this, and they went to the canteen at the Horse Guards. As they were leaving the can teen the other prisoner (Hopgood) met them. They re-, turned to the canteen, and had some more drink, and Richmond attempted to take a basketwhich she had in her hand away from her ; when he failed in this he put his hand into the basket and took her handkerchief out. She said, " Give toe back my handkerchief;" but he stood up and went out. Witness followed, and as soon as she got outside the door Richmond seized her basket and ran away with it, while Hopgood held her. She immediately went to the barracks and made a com plaint, giving a description of the prisoners. There was a purse, containing 155., in the basket. Richard Crowe, potboy at the canteen, corroborated the chief part of the above statement. Sergeant John Warren, Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, said that, acting upon orders received from his sergeant major, he detains d the prisoner Hopgood upon his returning to barracks last night, and took him to the guard room, when! he searched him. On his beginning to search him he said he did not like to be searched for another man's crime, and he would tell the whole truth about the robbery ; it was Richmond who committed the robbery, and he had nothing to do with it. Witness found on him 25., which he said belonged to a comrade who was in the hospital. Richmond afterwards came to the barracks, and was searched. Is. 6d. in silver, and 6 4 1 11. in copper was found on him. The posecutrix saw the prisoners this morning, and immediately identified them. The prisoners were committed for trial. MARLBRU-STREET.-(THIS DAY Thomas APGrath, Jo'm Lennard, Dennis Bryan, Da niel Daly, and Patrick Bryan, were placed at the bar, charged with assault and riot, after committing a rob bery on a coffee-house keeper. Helen Gillham, a young girl, said her mother, a widow, kept a coffee-house in Buckingham-place, Fitzroy square, and yesterday, when her mother was out, the five defendants came in and ordered dinner, which was given them, to the value of 4s. 7d. After dinner they called for tea. The defendant refused to let them have tea unless they first paid for their dinner, which they would not do. She therefore called in the aid of a po liceman and some of her neighbours. Timothy Madigan, S 293, said, when called in to re monstrate with the prisoners for refusing to pay, Len nard rose and showed fight. A scuffle ensued, four other constables were called, several of the neighbours entered, and a crowd gathered about outside, so that the shops were necessarily shut up. Four of the defendants fought policeman and neighbours, one square of glass was broken, and several plates. They were all brought to the station. The proprietor of the Collegiate Coffee-house, in Tottenham Court-road, recognised four of the defendants as having been in his house on Tuesday night last, in company with another, when they called for refresh ments to the value of seven shillings, and refused to pay the money. Mr. HIRDWICHE said he was amazed the proprietors of those houses would give credit to such persons, who knew %ell nothing could be done with them in criminal law, and that no body would be at the trouble of sum moning them to the Court of Requests. The Magis trate then said, the four defendants who had been proved guilty of assault should pay 51, or go two months to the House of Correction, and M`Grath, the other defendant, who was an accomplice in the riot, should enter into his own recognizances in 501., and find two sureties in 251. each, with twenty-four hours notice of his bail, for his good behaviour for the next two months. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) George Crosbie was charged with stealing a quantity of brushes, silver pencil cases, rules, and other articles, the property of Joseph Lambert. Mr. Lambert stated that he carried on business as a pawnbroker at No. SO, Old-street, and the prisoner was in his employment as an assistant. The missing pro perty was traced to the possession of a general dealer in St. John-street, who identified the prisoner as the person from whom he received it. The prisoner was remanded till next Tuesday, in order that further inquiries might be made as to other pro perty alleged to have been removed. - A - most respectable, gentlemanly looking man, about 60 years of age, who stated his name to be Robert Mat thias Parker, and his residence to be in Cloudesley square, was placed at the bar on the charge of letting off a squib or cracker yesterday evening, in High-street, Islington, under the following singular circumstances : Mr. Hill, the Inspector of Postage-stamps at Somerset hou3e, stated that he was driving along the road on his way home to Tottenham, when he saw the defendant, who was walking with a little boy on the footway, light a squib and throw it into the road, and it flew right across to the other side, and caused his (Mr. Hill's) horse to take fright, and placed him in considerable jeopardy._ The defendant, in explanation of the accident, said his nephew having purchased a cracker in a shop, he took it from him, and in order that no danger might arise from it he lit it and threw it under his feet. Mr. GREENWOOD said this was a lame excuse, espe cially from a person of the prisoner's age and ex perience, and he should therefore order him to pay a fir.e of 6s. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Aylesbury, a porter in the employ of Mesr Storry, the extensive oilmen, in High-street,' Southwark was charged with stealing a quantity of old rope, the property of the above firm. Hunt, a policeman, stated, that he was employed in private clothes to detect the swarm of pickpockets that abound in the Borough. While standing near Sr. George's Church, he observed the prisoner leave Messrs. Storry's premises, with a bag on his shoulders. Sus. pecting he bad property belonging to his master, he followed him to a marine-store dealer's shop, and saw him offer the rope for sale, and then took him into custody. Mr. Storry said the prisoner had been 17 years in his service ; that he had no right to take the rope away. Mr. SECHER said that he was extremely sorry to see so many men holding good situations charged with such petty thefts on their employers. The prisoner had now lost his situation and character, which he had main tained unimpeachable for seventeen years. He would be now cast adrift in the world, and suffer that misery which is always brought on by dishonesty. He should not, however, send him for trial, as his employer had interceded for him, but he should fine him 40s. for having unlawful possession of the property. NATIONAL ANTI-POOR-LAW PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT UNION. (THIS DAY.) A public meeting, convened to promote the objects of this institution, was held this afternoon, in the large room of the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P., one of the chief founders of the institution, detailed the proposed plan to alleviate if not to remove the di s tr ess an d su ff er i ngs w hi c h pre vail amongst the working classes of the country. In the early part of the last session it was admitted by many public men, nay, even by the Queen herself in the speech from the throne, that the new poor-law had been found to be not only defective, but in some respects cruel and oppressive, and yet the session closed without any decisive steps being taken to remedy the evil. It was mainly to this fact that they were indebted for the formation: of a society whose chief object was to devise means for betterinc , the condition of the working classes of the country, and he was happy to inform the meeting that since its foundation at St. Alban's, only a month ago, communications had been made to the heads of the church and leaders of the clergy, the majority of whom approved of the objects of the society, and promised to use their influence in its attainment. It was not then intended to seek to abolish the Poor-law, but to induce the rich to come forward and assist the poor, who were anxious to do the best to relieve themselves to steer clear of the Poor-law. The Right Hon. Gentlemen in the chair had, throughout the past year, entertained princes and nobles, men of learning and science, at his table, but before quitting the office he had so faithfully and honourably filled, he felt there was a duty which he owed to the poor, and that duty he was now discharging.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship felt that as poverty and wretchedness increased in this country in the same ratio as wealth and riches, there must be something wrong in the system, and therefore it was that he called upen his fellow-citizens to come forward and assist in promoting an institution esta • blished for removing that anomoly.—(Cheers.) It would not be so much against the poor-law that their efforts would be directed, as to procuring a better administra tion of it. He might ment:on that 75 young ladies, who had been brought up in the lap of luxury, and who had till the evening of their lives filled the office of governesses in the highest families of the kingdom, had applied to the society for relief. They could only afford it to three ; and what, let him ask, was to become of the other seventy-two ? They could not go to one of the existing union workhouses. Well, then, the present institution was to meet such cases as these, and he hoped the City of London would not be backward in supporting it.—(Hear, hear.) He The proposed union would consist of three classes— friendly societies, building societies, and insurance so cieties. It was proposed now only to approve of the principle of the plan, and a future meeting would be called for sanctioning and carrying out the details. A resolution approving of the principle was, on the motion of Mr. L. HANSARD seconded by Mr. WIRE, unanimously agreed to, and the meeting was subse quently addressed by several gentlemen who have fre quently distinguished themselves in advocating the cause of the poor. A vote of thanks was afterwards carried by acclama tion to the chairman, and the meeting, which was numerously attended, broke up. TUE LORD MAYOR'S PROCESSION.—It appears that the route given yesterday has been altered to the following, which will be found substantially correct:—The proces sion will start down Gresham-street, and proceed along Princes-street, King William -street, and take water at London-bridge. • COURT CIRCULAR. • WINDSOR., WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Bedfcrd, the Marquis of Exeter, Earl Spencer, the Right Hon. C. Wood, and attended by Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting, enjoyed the sport of shooting. The Royal Family took their accustomed exereise this morning. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing to-day. Mr. and Lady Mary Wood left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out this after noon in a pony carriage and pair, the Prince driving. In a second carriage were the Duchess of Bedford, the Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess Spencer, and Lady Portman. The Equ?rries in Waiting to her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, and the Earl and Countess Spencer. The band of the Scots Fusileer Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Higheess the Thichess of Gloucester ar rived at Gloucester House on Tuesday, from Richmond. A deputation from the London Missionary Society, consisting of Mr. Sheriff Challis, Mr. Combs, Rev. Dr. Morrison, Rev. John Burne!, and the Rev. Arthur Tillman, (secretary), had an interview witilb Viscount Palinerstoe at the Foreign -office yesterday. The Earl of Auckland gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yr sterday evering, at his residence in the Ad miralty. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town in the afternoon, from his seat Bowood Park, Wil:s, and joined his colleagues. The Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, were also present. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, Lord John Russell, the J u d ge o f the Prerogative Court, and the Right Hon. H. Goulburn. A deputation from the directors of the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway had an interview with Viscount Morpeth on Tuesday, at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Colonel Wood, M.P.; Mr. Lacy, Mr. Bed borough, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Home, and Mr. Drake. A deputation, consisting of Captain Bulkeley, Chair man of the Windsor Railway ; Mr. C. Russell, Chair man of the Great Western Railway ; Messrs. Fowler, Davis, Roberts, and Darvill, of Windsor ; and Mr. Saun ders, Secretary of the Great Western Railway, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests. Mr. Ker Hamilton had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office yesterday. The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. - Sir John and Lady Shelley arrived at Farranee's Hotel, Upper Belgrave- street yesterday from Newmarket. THE GREAT BRITAIN. DIINDRUM BAY, OCT. 30.—Notwithstanding the many rumours in circulation respecting the plans proposed and the parties engaged to attempt to take off the Great Britain steam-ship, we can state, upon the best authority, that the directors of the Great Western Steam Company have not yet decidedly adopted any individual from among above 100 projectors, nor any specific plan pro posed for accomplishing that important and difficult ob ject. In compliance with the request of the directors, Captain Shrapnel, son of General Shrapnel, well known from his invention of the destructive shell which bears his name, has visited the vessel and made a short report upon her condition. His suggestions as to the ne cessity of blasting away certain portions of rock near the hull, and its temporary protection by means of a gridiron-shaped fender attached to the stern, to break the fury of the waves on this dangerous shore, have been approved by the directors. He has submitted to them a project in writing for raising the vessel out of the sand, out of the reach of the sea, by means of an apparatus ingeniously combining parallel and vertical moving powers, best calculated, in this scientific gentleman's opinion, to enable the hull of the vessel to be thoroughly repaired—when, by simply re versing the action of thi s p ower f ul apparatus, he -pro poses to launch again the ponderous vessel ; her own weight carrying her down the inclined plane, and out to sea a distance of nearly a thousand yards from the shore. These suggestions, we have been informed through an authentic channel, have inspired the directors with that confidence in the captain's mechanical ability and scientific knowledge, which must be so indispensable in the conduct of an undertaking characterised by peculiar difficulties, and certain to be attended, even if successful with very considerable expense to the owners of the stranded vessel. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TEAM Sir,—Permit me to suggest a plan that I think might be tried for the rescue of this splendid vessel, viz., the formation, provided the stratum of sand be deep enough fur the purpose, of a dock or " cofferdam" around her, by means of a number of piles sent into the sand in the form of a, semicircle, opening to the sea, the spaces between being " banked up" by progressive stages, as the sand would be dug up in the middle to form a vast hollow for the inlet of water on the approach of the high tides, whereby , the might again be got afloat. Of course, as the work proceeded the ship would sink loiter as she lost her support, and means should be taken to prevent her from turning over. Not having seen any suggestion of this sort, I venture to throw it out, and more scientific men can consider how far such a scheme could be adopted or improved upon.-1 am, Sir, yours obediently, TYRO. TO THE EDIEOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the final destruction of this ;:ainificent ship would be looked upon by the public with very great re gret, and, by naval men in particular, almost with a degree of pain, retarding, as it wou ld, th e so l ut i on o f questions highly important to navigation : namely, the efficacy of such large iron ships ; the local variation of the compass ; and, not the least important, the supe riority of the screw over every mode of propulsion, be side the feeling of sympathy so general in the disap pointment and loss accruing to the talented projectors and owners of this truly unique and admirable vessel ; it is to be regretted that the most common, evident, and easy means of saving her had not at once been adopted, and unless they are immediately put into operation her total loss would appear to be inevitable. She is said t . ) lie on the sands of Dundrum Bay, not yet very seriously injured, with ten feet of water in her hold at high tide, which flows out at ebb, and leaves her dry; in this position, she is, or should be, securely axed by an anchor and whole cable from each quarter, to pre vent her swinging on:shore, or forging on it.when got afloat. To effect this latter object, and drag her off, the follow ing means would at once be resorted to in the Queen's service :—all her spare, and as much of her heavy ma chinery as possible, should be taken out of her, as well as the remains of her coal, and, indeed, every article but her boilers, that could be removed previously to the next spring tide; at least a dozen hand pumps would be pointed into her holds, and all leaks stopped that could be reached at each succeeding low water, leaving the scuttled hole to be closed; until the last ebb, before the spring tide intended to float her, her masts would be taken out, and two extra rough spars that have been previously used as shears for her machinery, &c., placed fore and aft on both sides, under her bilges, connected and secured by chain spars under her keel—the sand dug away for this purpose— these spars would be secured upwards by hawsers through the ports over all, or inboard; about 400 water tight butts (casks), securely slung, would be ready on the beach, to be firmly lashed under her bottom to the spars the instant the state of the last ebb would permit; she would at the same moment be cleared of any water tha might remain below the scuttled hole by the pumps, and, this hole closed and made water-tight, a heavy chain would be extended from the ship into deep water, and dropped with a buoy on it, to be picked up by the steamer that is destined to drag hcr off; another of the same length, with an anchor, it might also be found necessary to warp out, should the steamers not be able to get close enough ; one of these latter vessels, of 300 horse-power and light draught, with two tugs, would be perhaps sufficient. To effect the above, 300 steady seamen would be re quired, extra engineers, and the usual gear necessary on such occasions. Ido not, Sir, put this plan forward as anything new—every naval officer would immediately apply it in the present state of the Great Britain, or any other vessel, as the chief material—though not on the spot—is readily obtained. It is true, it may be hauled up on ways, or a channel—if the place is not too rocky— dug_ for her ,• but infinitely more expense, antdbdeelay would attend both plans. In the first , re launched—a great di ffi culty on this gat her not worth 5 second, a gale and high tide would re nder the cost of the work. she must in the I have the honour to rema in, R N W. H. OLMILXON, Lieutenant, servant, our obedient humble Co.'s suspension ve r y ethe creditors, most of w h om are foreigners, however, The su m that e the o results the R u will ssian Since the announce l m it e tl n e t hoafs Messrs . transpired regarding H the prospects of H arman and pro ve ve ry G overn ment, to which the firm wer e a gen t s , i s a l one ru moured to reach to about 440,0001., the balance of a debt unfavourable. i v s fe r a a r b e l d eou: w hich not many months back s t oo d as hi g h as 700,000/. The high esteem in which Messrs. Harman had been held for nearly a century will account in some measure for an amount so enormous having been permitted to re main in their hands; and on this point it is to be re marked, that although many persons were at first disposed to congratulate themselves that the loss had not fallen upon this country, it is felt, upon reflection, that the injury eventually likely to be sustained by the mer cantile community would have been much less if such had been the case. Not long ago one of the South American republics suffered in a similar way, and as the insolvency was not in either case supposed to be at tributable to unforeseen circumstances, the two events must go far to weaken the confidence hitherto felt by foreign states in the responsibility and good faith of British houses. It is due to the credit of London that no sentiment of sympathy for the fallen position of a firm, however widely it may have been respected, should cause the fact to be suppressed, that amongst our leading houses, as well as the general public, the feelings with which occurrences of this kind are regarded are not limited to those of mere regret.— 'Tunes. Six thousand letters from New York, taken by mistake from the Boston Post-office, just as the Cambria was about to sail on her last voyage, arrived here in the Great Western.—Liverpool Courier.