The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

orc3 , c a. to . 1 3 6 4 4 ° A 4 4 ; 4 . ' 3 4 , 4 ) unce d Inv lows Os per 0 126 i s et' =/E TV COURT. 444,,, Icilefore Mr. Commissioner BuLLocx.) dieted." 4 'Won 25 and Sarah Bicknell, 14, were in botti: w ith st: li ii n . ' g on the 7th October last twelve their-hs !ds wino, value 34, the property of Sarah Watkins re. ceiviti.,B,tress, and William Cripps with feloniously Th e ° ; 41 c sanie well knowing them to be stolen. tkiPi.PB‘...6ltriYity-4-scquitted Tatton, and found Bicknell and one ki /tsiiissioner BULLOCK sentenced the former to atd lab our. lune ' 44t4h:inth' nt and the latter to two months' hiteFp r!' tadb,iry lll‘Donald, 18, a genteel-looking PleadZ c rac in the service of Mr. Traill, a pawnbroker, 14 k t w o RI-111v to an indictment charging him with t, t_e 5 a s l - O n g cot, ° shirts and five handkerchiefs, value 10s., and . sjviler, the property of W. Traill, his master. an d u t rill witnesses gave the prisoner a good character,. hse etipl o P,° l l its being stated that Mr. Cochrane, in lil to a)nient the prisoner had formerly been, would take krg'tio into his service, teen ti Nitnissioner Buzzocx, sentenced him to four -4')78 inPri........._sonment in New Ael'f,ill-...i'ENI'VELL.—(THIS DAY.) lvttqrri, clvii, named James Bett, employed i n the C anal c between London and the North of England, Ci 12 4 4,.te with violently assaulting police-constable The "der the following circumstances :. . loud - constable stated that, on last evening, hearing a . Il ritin" ) : °f police in the direction of the City- d kite' he hastened towards the spot, and there_ s a a n w ro s t a h n e ‘ k e _ger itt) ,-4 several other boatmen upon the ho b act k s as th 4 vailal ill-treating a man named Taylor, w mconean4l constable. Several other policemen. keertl.ft!rwerds, when they were attacked b) with tillers,o LI his companions, who had armedr arrived th e ; ,guidine ofes and whateve o t th ee themse lvespPorin L e° l 7 h tes e t ° t l l:d hod on - l i i ) oard of the "ell t,, - +L e Y were at length overcome, boat a s. nd A th ft e er prisoner ahard Nair. (-", .1e station.house. l er ne.'4°E expressed his regret a r t is t o h n e e e r sc to ap l e 4 o d f a t y li s e , *lbtik-enlers, and sentenced the p S4T' 4 ' n ° ll t, without the alternative . of a fine. o 3 ; l( i r. ' the canal constable, complained that he was in ';11 I', i 3 l ife from the boatmen after this conviction, as Jil"3:1 j ;' ) bs on duty at late hours in very lonely locali i.°6R the banks of the canal. 'no w°llld -°3t alleviae the rie referred him to the p o li ce super i ntendent 1:),,. _ ground of this f ear . IY A nlll.l.'' to:11,, ''al IP-ST REET.—(THIS DAY.) , ti -a g man named Burgess applied to Mr. B.rough litv ° sitting magistrate, for his advice and assistance, i',e k r the following circumstances:— ti..4uo„_'!" Applicant stated that about a month since he was il.rieted in the penalty of 24, for an assault upon a man 14_eti_Sznitli, who lodged in the San house a-i himself. i re a nd his wifebeen quarrellin, and aneriered, complainant struck him. A aosequently applied for and obtained 1,1 rnt was Smith having y assault, complainant's wife appeari Principal witness. Co m j a i -g against him as the smith for Penalty, and in detaPult n'llt w" fined in the above months impriaonnient. i i . Was sentenced to one expired on Saturda y 13 term of imprisonment bad not been visited yhis wife during bast, and although he Leo but bad, on th le cond da aft h• • e contrary k .rs &ward that she had the bed they after is incarceration ld that particle of . 7 were in possesston f •, ialo eviery time in trneeeding to his late d • " 13 '' e yet lost no . omicile in the Ilackney-road . , lit on his arrival ther tra,t(en'ed. Ills Wife, alethoeuverlivestige of prop d erty se s d t a o s W her friends, and which sh she had. Property v d faithfully al to TheitBgone nobody knew where.promise htke big AIAGISTRATE said she certainly had no right to 11,arge ur °dB "'V l and directed the officer who had kß emit 10 the case in the first instance, to assist the ap seeking ___the truant wife. ' ~ 4111,8 1/51, `-' STREET '' — (THIS DAY.) —(T HIS - Q41, 8 w e BaeSault _ 4 4, a labouring man, au charged with an lord„:41 the landlord of the coffee-house, 265, Ox aer.r_ et, r. Stewart said „wit,Hi ke k Hato h i ,_ the defendant and four others Inan, ! use after twelve o'clock on Satiirday kr t?ailed for five cups of coffee. They then 4 4 .' 1 1 tiske,fire cups more, which were given them. lls ., /14 ask e d n payment they refused and were inso k Lead Payment from the defendant ;but he, -et, , stru c k h • bt v %Ps um m A scuffle ensued, a table was up ,ae Kp n ; It , saucers, to the value of four shillings, were s ave a ° the five after beating him and his waiters, N,h,. • Ile ur ' In th ", strut 1 P sued the defendant, who after being i s , e ey e, e r '., a gain at him and inflicted a severe blow in s, ...,_ 410 added, that this was but one of many tegY, tirde7.,oere men came in and served hhe same aliPe:la3, for4;_ng victuals to a large amoun gnatrefusing ral 4 133 ' , T he °' aesses were called, who corroborated this la ti ecl f I,lllr)rd' ewe(iliant said he had been first insulted by the tt 4 t , l ift w as ( d ) .vva? rudely importunate for payment k eilt . tr.,,at inking the coffee. 11 to thowirKE ordered him to pay 40s. or go one Sp UT use of Correction. 404 `-' Ili Vir --------------__ 1 i r ),1111 4 4ichn,e, A Ric........(T HIS DA -) titi t , t la,, Were s and Alfred Hewett. two very powerful 4 tpq,k t a dis;nl, charged before Mr. Secher with ex tib ' and -rua °ee at an , • h se in Blackman.. tt , 4 , wil.e..ting- ou . 8 an d a it P tiel e , fully breaking plates, salt ceiler , 4.4 - PPe tt - tli A 4, Vim" that defen h - to k , -, s e , on Saturday night the two into pl u i,, eral other of their associates, went th, I',l. "ant s h Before, h t , la (4' tbny „..ons? and called for supper. ne of stl ,4l thi tt) "le time for it to be brought ! o Iv, itt Ni k hit th Pulled the ible•cloti off, upsetting and - ` l f)t 'N'ith at Was • ' were remon -14 a vi cji f or t , . .upon it. When they still l, 'llvot,„Nt, uncc7ir improper conduct, they became -'s 'gni ktlehards went up to amen and his wife 11,8 What etlY part le he would defer ()Fr „the y ,N, amg of supper, and swore l i ` h ire eatit hreateningto cut the man's eal4 su tB e rQ,isto hag' both the )4 (l ' into eatiau,,„; • The violence of . d to be l ast t . ', %ho s , 4 Until the Police were oblige te erit,t(, ,krt aceustody they were ;riven. th ey ra led 4 1 th e el that it was evident the defendants Praylthey wie.l).' a 4 t l4t k ° ,' llB ,l„for the Purpose of having what f lat, cit,Z- Jaftticun that in order to le . ;; them impropriety ie ( !t' the 4:41 th r in acting with the improprietyo t heir 1111 Pri8o - " 4 4 its, °Wasion, he adjudged . them t finure a ed, 4 3!' had committed, or, in default, good be nd th find sureties for 11 i hl • ey must also l'.th, ()LtbA•fir ' l 4r. b ~,e , ,,t 14 . 4 /4 , rit 13a kept tYbeink the l'ats.stiat BANK. OF ENGLAND:— ilk of his (lay lst th of November, that holiday will °ll, Rla n ~a offic of the Treasurer of the i 4, ANilt, ,nd. tte, ba r „"' . 1 :74 t ', '' fro '''"--.A. da ys • e a vessel ar -14 , titun in Qh with w since li ny O theting t vent an entire cargo of orange iiivat trq,„a hero ° nearly 2 00, in full leaf and vigour, tt,,,,'.ti tt , i " , the erode qual in size to ordinary apple and . kn h ,, 'l4l roofCtion of Belgium Another exten ,,tea '41,,!, 4k9range tree h' - • n place from the 'hi,Z: 4tivi this Irina_ s as take 1 I,,L lttt 1, 5 ,, it R . ti on c etencennfrom Prance, by the General tetlept. fp: I.l.ll•Ved at thePStq vielss?i _the V ket trei_ int4_,:ttavre. h,,..:._ • at arine's steam-pe.e .. e. ih tt!otthd .7_ caa.g,;,-tyl_m%ine addition to the usual a hat for4;;veral cu es " n ' f a g i .quantity of 121 orange e arety partieutb,laStance alluedeodLe flowers on board. ..,°I to, we are unaware !br 44 t ti O ef Rr,"l. Purpose or f arti,,a,Nink ~,-1 rare and v l ?r whom these extensive ti q 3 i i, r.4Ce, hut a ° able a description of plant w. th is nevertheless the mention of their 1, veil h cursory 0, r „,,, . !wanner, whatever their destina flay -I‘4 with intere t 4 kf,,, oar ur s • tita rio or , ,A. v v ATEIII,OO-11RIDGe —On Satur st4 , ra tio 4 "tasters a nd b ' ke 2°° Yard s ' ra 94 b rurniziond, two law-stu sil lido ~'? for 10 4 and after a desperate we latter won. ."..... •••t —.rows wia.....ssa,..asmssimmaim allOW ed bins to have the watches, which he understood were immediately pawned by the prisoner and a woman s W g i u th a ,rev.yhoni he lived, in Buckingham-street, Fitzroy- Upon hearing this he went with a conitable i' I to tne priso.ner's lodging, and gave him into custody. After the facts were proved in evidence, I Mr. acts proceeded to argue that there was . no case of larceny made out, as th e goo d s were com mitted to the The priso ner on credit. priso ner SERGEA NT sa id t h at Mr. Alderman Gib s nde had been for a l ong t i me endeavouring to make I d ;th e mtn burstand that only one watch was entrusted to be 3°Whole number of watches was entrusted to him that t Mr he cu s t omer should make a selection of one. , RO . I3ALLA NTINE—Wh a t d oes M r. Alderman Gibbs IC about th at ?—(A laugh.) M. Alderman Ginns—l am an a ld erman on this Inc' and I have a right to speak to the Judge. Mr, Alderman Gibbs cannot know What not been stated-in evidence. Th•J CO3IMON.SERGEANT—Mr. Alderman Gibbs is as Bensible l a man as any in London, though he is an alder well as 4111°.--- a, (Great laughter% ) I would take hi s o pi n i on as of f act. 3 7 l aw •) or any judge either, upon a matter ,CY,,Ilm prosecutor was ultimately recalled, and said that 1 ona of the watches was to be sold, and he had told tettPrisoner that he would not give him credit for it. nALLANTINE addressed the jury at length, c - wh 'ng that the prisoner had no dishonest intention etit eu he took the watches which, notwithstanding the opeebrio,rtesele.telutuopticl)lofstt:le prosecutor, he believed he had re a credit account ; nor indeed, would the any part of his property even now. In obtaining the goods he made no false pretence, and he so li bee n many years known to Mr. De Lolme as tne himself, eminent tradesman in the same business with k ark -e . The misfortune of the case was that the young lutd been inveigled by -the handsome young female who h ous ' e en made a witness against him into a disreputable Wer e ; w here she induced him to stop until the watches taltenli3awaed one after another. If he had not been .h th e , nte custody he would before this have settled with rr,Prosecutor in a' satisfactory manner. VedilietiuerY, after consulting for some time, returned a Itli ti d s °' "Guilty," but they bad not made up their or o t i v al l to Whether he had power to sell all the watches Ae°sider°tlt',l-IPon this pointithey were directed to re al].'n Etdd,•`etv verdict, and at length gave the same ve e r ll the Wall,g,that they believed he was authorised to sell Y!OnsideratZe3.t, This latter point was reserved for the °l thlon R C'. the judges, but in the meantime the .I°3lDrisnergeant passed the sentence of twelve . months' as uld uce ,, ..ent a lld hard labour, observing that he was th e . 4 to priBo,o4,ward so lenient a punishment on account of en s ed - r syrevious good character, and that he had 'bi t stleed into the offence by the female witness. * t : e t i . v izi o i n s ' s t t i e ::: o o l : THE NEXT YEAR.—Shortly , before f West -- em ok, the uisine Judges of the three Courts o R P st whom was the new Judge, Mr. le asio l il e a ' B ; Ir. Willia-ms,catne into Court, and fixed the 84%847 the ensuing twelve months, to commence her kid ,e ()tithe ing dates :-1846-23d Novem- Nat "th December 't Y Ist 1847-4th January, lit Feb -I.' % atarch sth April, 10th May, 14th June, sth I.' 46 th Au ' g el l . LOrd ~ glISt, 20th September, and . 25th October. wns • s Mfla were robed in full mourning (black silk ti , ,ir NI wiith white fur borders and collars) for the late 4-l eas, e°1414 Tyndal Lord Chief Justice of the Common THE SU "But that which is not possible by a government is possible by individual and social exertions. Every one who travels through Ireland observes the large stacks of corn, which are the produce of the late harvest. There is nothing to prevent the purchase of grain by proprie tors or by committees, and the disposal of these supplies in shops furnished on purpose with flour at a fair price, with a moderate profit. This has been done, lam as sured, in parts of the Highlands of Scotland, where the failure of the potatoes has been as great and as severe a calamity as it has been in Ireland. " There is, no doubt, some inconveniences attending even these modes of interference with the market price of food. But the good overbalances the evil. Local committees, or agents of landowners, can ascertain the pressure of distress, measure the wants of a district, and prevent waste or misapplication. Besides, the general effect is to bring men together and induce them to exert their energy in a social effort directed to one spot ; whereas the interference of the State deadens private energy, prevents forethought—and, after super seding all other exertion, finds itself at last unequal to the gigantic task it has undertaken." As to the other question touched upon in the letter, namely, the revolution which must take place in the agricultural system of Ireland, it is alarming to think of the rapidity with which we are hurrying on to another season without any clear conception of what we are do ing or ought to do. What is to be the substitute for the potato? Carry the Irish people through the present winter, by the expenditure of five or six millions of money, and how are they to live next year? How are they to get through next winter ? If public works withdraw hundreds of thousands from the cultivation of the soil, what kind of harvest shall we gather in next autumn ? These are questions which Lord John Russell cannot altogether leave to be settled by the respectable persons who compose the Agricultural Society of Ireland. Lord John Russell may have reason to regret that the negli gences of a long series of Governments have thrown upon him the tremendous responsibilities of guiding, so far as a statesman can guide, a social revolution. But let him not mistake his position. The whole industrial economy of Ireland will have to be settled on a new basis, and no preliminary investigations for which a Government pos sesses resources above those of private persons can be se aside as beyond its province. —Chronicle. • Information was received yesterday that Admiral Parker, with the whole of his squadron, had entered the Tagus. Ruff's "Guide to:the Turf," or Pocket Racing Compa nion for 1846, containing acalendar of the races in Great Britain and Ireland during the past season, the Nomina tions for 1847, a full list of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger Lots, &c. &c. will be published on th e 1 4t h i nst., and not on the 4th, ..as erroneously announced : in the sporting papers of yesterday. Advertisements will be received at 170, Strand, up to Thursday next. On Saturday morning the second battalion of Coldstream Guards were assembled in square at Port man-street barracks, to hear the finding of a Court Martial read on private J. Loring, of No. 1 company, who had been tried by a District Court Martial, for making use of abusive language to the sergeant and cor poral on duty, when he was confined in the guard -room for being absent a short period, and brought to barracks by patrols. He was found guilty, and sentenced to un dergo six months' imprisonment and hard labour. The papers have told so many contradictory stories as to the period oif7' the Queen's visit to the Duke of Nor folk, at Arundel Castle, that we deem it right to state that no such visit will take place until after the cele bration of the birthday of the Prince of Wales, which will be kept at Windsor on the 9th inst.—Observer. John Bright, Esq., M.P., is now seriously indis posed, arising, it is said, from an ulcerated throat. In consequence the public meeting which was to have been held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on Wednesday evening last, has been postponed, he having promised to attend the meeting in question, which had been called in consequence of his having consented to become a candi date for the borough at the next election.—Leeds Mercury. The late Henry Stephen Fox, Esq., late Minister from our Court to the United States, whose demise is announced to have taken place at Washington, the middle of last month, was collaterally related to the pre sent Lord Holland, being son of the late Honourable General Fox. Mr. Fo:i was, we believe, in his fifty fifth year, and unmarried. ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER.--Yesterday, on the river off Battersea, a boat, in which were four persons, was capsized in consequence of the passing of one of the Citizen steamboats. All were instantly immersed in the water, and prompt assistance being rendered three were saved, but the remaining one, a lad of about ten or twelve years of age, was drowned. A short time after wards, off Chelsea, immediately opposite the Cadogan Pier, a boat containing a party of five was accidentally overturned. Immediate assistance having been dispatched from the pier, fortunately no life was lost. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday Edward Harvey, aged 72 years, who was in the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Allen, ironfounders, of Cornwall-road, Lam beth, and whilst stepping from the roof to the scaffold, he missed his footing, and fell to the basement, whereby he sustained the most frightful injuries, from the effects of which he died soon after his admission into Guy's Hospital. Another accident took place on Saturday to a man named John Dangerfield, aged 61 years, a pen sioner, residing in Mill-street, I 3 ermondsey. He was on the way home from the City, where he had been to receive 91., his pension, and while crossing the carriage way on the centre o f L on d on-bridge, he missed his foot ing and fell under a cart wheel, and before the driver had time to stop the horke the off wheel passed over his body. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died in two hours, from severe internal injuries. SUICIDE BY A BANE CLERIC. —All inquest was on Saturday taken by Mr. Mills, at the Old Q ueen ' s Head, Lower-road, Islin g t on , on the body of a gentleman named Marshall, who, at the time of his death, was a clerk in the Bank of England. Mr. Roper, of America square, Minories, a fellow-clerk of the deceased, gave evidence, showing that the unfortunate man, from some domestic difierences, had become very unsettled in his mind, but it was not for a moment supposed that he would attempt to destroy himself. On Thursday he com plained of indisposition, and, by Mr. Roper's recom mendation, did not go to the Bank at the usual hour in the morning. About four o'clock in the afternoon be left that gentleman's abode, and the same evening drowned himself in the New River. Verdict, "Found drowned." FOREIGN PRODUCE.—The latest importations i n t o the north ern port o f H u ll o f cattle and provisions from the conti nenta l states h ave comprised the following:._.. The Hainburgh, from Hamburgh, brought 150 casks of butter, 48 oxun and cows, 7 calves, and 44 pigs; the Transit, from llamburgh, 26 casks of butter, 31 oxen and cows, 13 pigs, &c.; the Queen of Scotland, from Hamburgh, 107 casks of butter, 89 head of cattle, 3 horses, and 37 pigs; the Archimedes, from Hamburgh also, 12 casks of butter, 14 head of horned cattle, 5 calves, and 18 pigs; the Rob Roy, from St. Petersburgh, 8 ankers arid 60 kegs of cranberries, 3 packages and 27 bags of potatoes of Russian produce; the Ormsby Hall and the Albion, from Ostend, respectively, with entire cargoes of apples, amounting to about 200 tons in weight, the produce of Belgium; the Monarch, from Antwerp, among other articles, 8 calves of Belgian produce; and the Leeds, from llamburgh, 85 casks of butter, 3 casks of hams, 3 casks of beef, 26 oxen and cows, and 55 pigs, with other produce. These arrivals took place at Hu!l in the space of one week, and are in- Wresting, as showing their extent in comparison with the exterablve minis 0 such productions hers. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE DUKE OF LEINSTER. If Lord John Russell thought only of courting or keeping up popularitiin Ireland he would never have written the letter to the Duke of Leinster, published by the Dublin Evening Post, and copied into this journal on Saturday. That letter is a frank and honest, rather than a political document, and yet excites the wildest appre hensions, and provokes the loudest outcries, is that which relates to the supply of food. " Food within everybody's reach, and at a moderate price," is the demand with which the priests, demagogues, and people of Ireland are thundering at the door of the Cabinet. Lord John Russell answers that the demand cannot be complied with. The embarrassment with which we have to contend lies in the fact that food is scarce, and therefore that some must go with short allowance. Ireland, with a large portion of her population living upon Government wages, will be sure to obtain at least her usual share of the common stock, but if, in addition. she had food brought to her by the instrumen tality of Government, at a price lower than the market price, it is quite certain that she would gain the advantage by a grievous injustice to the rest of the em pire. In some parts of Ireland, however, and more par ticularly in the rural districts of the west and south, there is, properly speaking, no food market. The pea santry, receiving land in return for their labour, in lieu of wages, have hitherto grown their own food, and no class of dealers has arisen by whose agency they might, at a time like the present, obtain food from a distance. Imagine thou san d s o f purc h asers suddenly demanding bread or meal in a village, n here a solitary buster could scarcely find a dozen customers before. An unex pectedly large monster train has been known to clear nut the bakers' s h o p s even o f B r i g ht on , an d t o raise bread for a few brief hours to a famine price. What, then, must be the result in remote districts of Ireland, where the ordinary machinery of supply is so slight and inadequate, when there comes a demand sudden and vast enough to try the resources even of a metro polis. In a country full of enterprise, like England, the commencement of extensive public works calls at once into existence a host of small dealers, by whom the wants of the labourers are supplied. Every battalion of railway navigators has its camp-followers. The same thing takes place, and will still further take place, in the more advanced prosperous districts of Ireland, and if in any of those districts competition does not speedily cause food to be supplied in sufficient quantities at a fair market price, it is for the gentry, the clergy, and other educated persons to take measures for correcting the evil. What is needful for a single parish may without great difficulty or sacrifice be done by its own inha bitants, while to provide thus for ten thousand parishes would far exceed the powers of any Government. .But for districts in which society is less advanced, and where, as we have said, no food market can be said to have existed hitherto, Lord John Russell and his cols leagues think it necessary and safe " to create a provision trade at fair mercantile prices," by the establishment of Government depots. Of the extent of this necessity we are tot in a condition to judge, but it is evident 'enough that the Government cannot, even upon the most urgent necessity, turn pro vision merchant without serious consequences. It cannot carry on the trade in food upon a small scale, nor can it precisely determine beforehand the limits within which it will operate. Lord John Russell, however. is fully sensible of the perilous nature of the experiment, and will doubtless proceed with caution. Meanwhile, his appeal to the landowners and others who have local influence in Ireland, to do their part, ought to be effec tual. COURT CIRCULAR 'TRIESTE v. MARSEILLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUR It is a duplicate overland route, independent of France, that I seek fdr the benefit of the British merchant and people of England connected with India, and the East generally, and not a continuation of the present one handed, left-sided, route, that puts the French Govern ment in possession of Indian intelligence, which should only first be beard of from London. I shall toil on and fear nothing, as I am determined to succeed, and succeed I shall, to the benefit of Eng land's best interest. I beg you will publish this letter entire, as I wish t o let the public know th a t w ith a b oat of equal speed as the Ariel, I am confident that all I have advocated will be accomplished. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, THOMAS WAGHORN. The Sacred Harmonic Society's Concerts will be resumed on the 4th inst. (Wednesday next) at Exeter Hall, when Sphor's oratorio The Last Judgment, a Te Deum and Jubilate, by Prince Albert, and several other compositions, will be performed. The society has, during the past ten years, given no fewer than 157 con certs, to audiences amounting in the aggregate to up wards of 300,000 persons, and has disbursed amongst the musical profession nearly 19,000/. The list of sub scribers already amount to nearly the number of last season, which year greatly exceeded that of any pre ceding one. Cosszy.—On Sunday the inhabitants of Cossey were afforded a theme of conversation and mysterious surmise, by the circumstance of the body of a female child having been discovered lying close to the bank of the river, near Mr. Culley's mill. The water had, as usual, been let down, and had left the child lying in the mud. Sus picion attached itself to a servant girl, named Pegg, (in the employ of Mr. Culley), whose pregnancy had been suspected, though her supposed confinement had been a profound secret. On the following day, an inquest was held on the body, before Mr. Pilgrim, coroner, at the Black Swan. The jury having been sworn, Philip Dye, of Norwich, letter carrier to Cossey, deposed that as he was op his usual round from Drayton, and was passing through the gate close to Cossey mill, he saw the child lying on the opposite side of the river, with its right arm across its breast. It was not then in the water, but it appeared as if it had been in that situation. He then called Mr. Culley's groom to look at the body, who, with Mr. Culley, accompanied him to the place where the child was lying. They found it tied to a small iron grate, with its neck lying between the two prongs. Mrs. Girdlestone, who used to go to Mr. Culley's to work, was swoi ii. She did not know whether Pegg had been delivered of a child or not. Sometimes she had suspicions of her pregnancy. Mr. William Francis, surgeon, deposed that the linen of the bed whereon Eliza Pegg slept, and sundry garments belonging to her, which he had seen, led him to susnect that she had been re cently confined William Uckley, policeman, to whom the prisoner was given in charge, said, that while he was with her in a bedroom, she said, wringing her hands, "Oh dear, what will be done in this horrid affair P How could Ibe so silly ? I would not have done it for the world had I known the consequences. I was alone in my room when I was confined, It was some time before I could take the child up, and when I did so, I found it dead. No one in the house knew I was in the family-way; I wish I had told some of them of it, and they would have advised me better." She appeared much agitated during the whole of the time. The nurse was in the room with them. Elizabeth Eyreson, nurse, cor roborated the policeman's statement. The jury was then adjourned till Thursday, to admit of an examination of the body, in order to ascertain whether the child was still-born, and to collect any further evidence that might be adduced. At the adjourned inquest, the principal evi denee was that of Mr. Francis, who, from an examination of the body, was clearly of opinion the child was born alive, and must have lived three or four hours. A fur ther adjournment took place to Friday.—Norfou N ews. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday even ing last a fatal accident occurred on the Midland line of railway, between Nottingham and Derby. A young man, uenl a , yabosuert2nst to the Rev. yearsofa m age, of con f the name o o f Weston, f Thomas Mullen, near Derby, left the station at the latter town by train at 40 minutes past 8, P.M., intending to go to Notting ham ; on arriving at Sawley, 7 miles on the line, he per ceived that he had got into the Leicester instead of the Nottingham train, and without waiting till he got to the next station, he opened the carriage door and jumped out while the train was in rapid motion. The result of this rash act was, that he fell upon the line of rails and his left leg was instantly run over by the carriages, and it was so smashed, that on being conveyed to the General Infirmary at Nottingham, his leg was obliged to be amputated immediately, and though every effort was made to save his life, he died at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning. No blame is attached to anyparty bu the young man himself. of G la o r r e EsiNzo and splendid EAGLEs ball, 70 y ar d s di stant, from a double gun, by Mr. Mac- A very plu m age, beautifulwas shot tlden lately eagle, of Mac pherson, gamekeeper, on the shootings of Sir H. Meux, Bart., at Dundriggan. The eagle measured three feet in length, and the extended wings seven feet six inches. The talons, when stretched to their extent, could take in a gaasp larger than the space of a man's hand. This bird is the fourth of his species we have seen from within a circuit of thirty miles, and all taken this year. We hear that the royal birds are gradually disappearing from the rocky cliffs of which they have for centuries been sole tenants. Numbers are carried off, both living and dead, every season, to grace zoological gardens, or take their places, the first, among collections of pre served birds. As red deer are now on the increase in most forests, the golden eagle deserves some care from deer-stalkers. His broad pinions, swifter than the wind, as he rushes through the air, or his majestic form perched on some tall cliff, would always be a fair mark for a rifle shot—a more fitting end of his career than the ignoble irons of the trapper. We know of one wide forest where the noble owner holds the eagle me to roam unharmed, and as his food cannot be missed where nothing is of value but the antlered monarchs of the corries, this hint will, we hope, restore to him the freedom of his ancient haunts. —lnverness Courier. THE GREAT WESTERN.---LIVERPOOL, SA TURDAY.--- The noble Atlantic steam-ship Great 'Western, Captain Mathews, sailed hence this afternoon for New York, with a complement of 96 passengers, including Sir Allan M‘Nab, of Canada. The departure of the Great Western to day, within the b r i e f space of six days since her arrival, presents a notable instance of commercial dispatch. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual.early morning walk, and again walked in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at tended by her Lady in Waiting (Lady Caroline Murray) left the Castle yesterday. The Lord Chancellor also took his departure from the Castle yesterday-. The Duke of Norfolk remained to dinner at the Castle on Friday, after the Privy Council held by her Majesty. His Grace left the Castle yesterday morning. This morning her Majesty mid Prince Albert walked on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took their usual exercise this morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert., the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the eo rneatie household attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highneses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, returned to their resi dence at Kew on Saturday, from honouring the Marquis and Marchioness of A ilesbury with a visit, at their resi dence, Tottenham Park, Wilts. - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester re turned to her residence at Richmond on Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl or Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Auck land, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. La bouchere. The Council sat three hours and a half. After the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne left town for his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Sir Patrick Stuart had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. _ Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land. Dispatches were also sent off on Saturday evening fur the Governors of the West India colonies. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Maddy. The Anthem was " Blessed are those," (Greene). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Countess of Wilton, and Lords Granville, De Manley, Norreys, and W. Graham, were among the nobility present. Trieste, Oct. 20, 1846. Sir,—l beg to inform you, for the benefit of your readers, that the steamer Ariel, now in the Marseilles route, in opposition to that vid Trieste, belongs to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, and it is for that Company to explain to her Majesty's Govern ment why they are running their steamer and convey ing dispatches from the French Consul at Alexandria, to France (Paris), &c., &c., currying no po r ti on of her Majesty's dispatches to eit her our Government or the Honourable East India Company, although they receive one hundred and sixty-five thousand pounds (165,0000 annually for the English Mail service. It is not within the compass of my judgment to decide how they justify themselves in so doing. It appears to me that that Company would have done better had they sported their Ariel on the Trieste line, as it is the wish of all the world, except France, that England should possess a duplicate overland route to India, and independent to France altogether. The Ardent will start this time (October) from Alex andria with my dispatches, via Alexandria, and orders have been given that henceforth they leave Alexandria with the mail steamer vies Malta to Marseilles. The Ariel was built under contract to steam, on the average, fourteen miles an hour, failing which she would be thrown on the builder's bands. She does steam at this speed, while the Ardent can go only eight miles an hour. LONDON, MONDAY EVEN,ING, NOVEMBER 2, 18-16 THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your admirable and most just remarks on the cause which led to the wreck of the Great Britain are so convincing, so unanswerable, that not another word is required to explain the case; 'but there is one part of Captain Hosken's letter which I cannot understand. He has stated that he took the light on St. John's Point for one of the liehts on the Calf of Man, and that he stood on the N.W. by N. course from eight o'clock to about half-past nine, when the ship was discovered to be in shallow water, with the view of getting on " the right bearing for rounding the Hen and Chicken Rocks, lying off the Calf of Man." lie then continues--" I then hauled the ship up to north gradually, and to N. E. ultimately, when I was surprised to find, on in quiring the time, that it was a quarter past nine. I ran down for a moment to look at my chart and back to the helm, when I heard a loud hail from the forecastle, and at the same moment I saw what appeared and proved to be shoal water alongside; I instantly sung out, ' Hard a- port; stop her.' This was done." Now, Sir, it appears to me, that as the danger which had been apprehended by Captain Hosken was the Hen and Chicken Rock, and that when he altered the course to north and N. 1- E. to round them he considered these dangers were on his starboard bow, he would, I should have supposed, order the helm to be put hard a-star board, instead of hard a-port, when the shoal water was first diseovered, in order to put the ship's head from those supposed rocks; and, had he done this, although the shoal water proved to be on the coast of Ireland, yet, had the helm been put hard a-starboad the instant the breakers were seen, the probality, if not the cer tainty, is, that she would have wore round clear of the shore. Here it might be asked, what marks he took for al tering the course from N.W. by N. to N.? Did he see a second light, or h ow did the St. John's light (as it proved to be) bear when he hauled up to N,? It could not, I imagine, have borne E.N.E. by compass, which the Calf light should have borne before he altered his course to have rounded the Hen and Chicken Rocks, which lie -off the Calf of Man. Captain Hosken observes, that at a quarter past 9 he ran down to look at his chart. The question has naturally been asked, how often did he consult his chart during, the passage over? and did he calculate the distance run upon it at any period before 9 o'clock? mation. This is the first trip of the Pottinger to Alexandria. She is a new iron boat, and her engines were built by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. It is a very remarkable coincidence that Captain Cooper, her commander, who is brother-in-law to Captain Lapidge, of the Cyclops, should have the misfortune to get on shore almost at the same moment, and within so short a distance of each other. The Cyclops left Spithead early in the morn ing, but lam not aware of her intend destination. It is gratifying to be enabled to add, that the whole of the passengers, without a single exception, are unani mous in absolving Captain Cooper from all blame. That gentleman did all he could under the circumstances, and it is the general opinion of all that had the ship's engines properly worked at the moment she struck, the vessel would have been got off at once. I have also to report the fact that the Prussian Eagle, a large steamer trading between Southampton and Cork, got on shore yesterday morning, at half-past eight o'clock, off St. Alban's Head. The first officer was im mediately dispatched for assistance in one of the ship's boats, and after some little time had elapsed, it was obtained, and the cargo having been shipped, the vessel was got afloat, and ultimately arrived at Cowes in the evening. MONDAY MORNING, ONE O ' CLOCIL—The steam-tug is not yet returned from the island; I am not, therefore, enabled to give you any additional particulars to the foregoing.—Chronicle, TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE. The following is a Telegraphic Message received by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, from their agent at Southampton, at twelve o'clock noon this day : " The Tiber, arrived in dock, brings news of the Pot tinger being off, without sustaining any damage, and is expected to be in dock this tide. Three craft have been loaded with corn to lighten her." ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON. Nov. I.—The Peninsular Compan's steam-packet Royal Tar, Captain Hamilton, dinarrive the river last evening, but from the very dense fog was prevented coming up to the decks. The mails were, however, landed, and forwarded to London by the one A.M. train this day. The Tar left Gibraltar on the 21st of October, Cadiz on the 22e1, and Lisbon on the 25th. She has 36 pas sengers and a full cargo of fruit, and 17 fine oxen. The Poitinger, Captain Cooper, is hourly expected at the Motherbank. By advices received she has a lull and valuable cargo, end above 80 passengers. The Montrose, Captain Burney, will be due on the sth instant, from Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, &c. The Tiber, Captain Russell, will leave the port on Tuesday or Wednesday next for Naples, &c., with carp and above 50 passengers. The Royal West India mail packet Medway, Captain Andrews, will to-morrow proceed on her voyage with the Gulf and West India mails, a general cargo, and 110 passengers. If he had done this, he must have known that the light seen at eight o'clock bearing N.N.W. could not by any possibility have been the light on the Calf of Man ; and why he did not refer to his chart and the log-board half a dozen times at least during the preceding eight hours, he alone can explain, more especially as the wea ther lac came so thick and hazy after five o'clock. Although this ma gn ifi cent ship lies imbedded in the sand, it surely cann o t b e i ntended to abandon her with out some further trials to get her off. miande floating to My sincere belief i s t h at she can be got off w i thout much difficulty. Why have not the l argest sized empty casks been al ready some a t tried p attempts so been assist bottom in different p arts ? Six-inch oak plank might, I think, be got u n d er h er bottom in different parts by plaee her ? Why have not " ways " under her digging away the san d at low water, whereby she would be the more easily moved by purchase. Certain it is, that so splendid a ship ought not to be suffered to be abandoned without every effort being first used to get her again afloat ; and I yet hope to see her once more crossing kilbas pthreodueed...... Atlantic, am,p rou s cl i l r y , y sh ou ow rs i , ng sco w .. hat England's s Oct. 28. TRIDENT. Th - The Achilles, Captain Wilson, will go out of the docks on Tuesday naxt, en route for Alexandria, with the East India mails, a full cargo, and passengers. CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO. The conquest of California and New Mexico extends the boundary of the United States on the west coast from the 42d to the 32d parallel of north latitude, and produces a great alteration in the territorial possessions of the belligerent Powers. The comparative size of Mexico and the United States, in 1836, was as follows: Acres. United States territories ... ... 1,408,000,000 Mexican territories ... 1,081,600,000 We have now to deduct from Mexico and add to the United States : Upper California ... 240,860,160 New Mexico ... •• • . 137,472,000 Texas ... 123,904,000 le plan proposed by Mr. Mackintoili for floating the Great Britain steam-ship, is, it is said, to be tried. It has been thus explained :—There is to be a ridge of stones in a half circle, placed at a short distance from the stern of the vessel, and some hollow iron shells in a like circle, charged with gunpowder, besides a few smaller charges placed along the course to which the ship is expected to be driven. Upon the semi-circular train being fired by means of the usual galvanic appli ances, the water at the stern of the ship will be lifted with such force as to loosen the sandy bed, and imme diately set her afloat, the continuance of the wave being accomplished by the firing of the smaller charges, while the tug steamers are towing in advance. It is calculated that the water will be agitated to a given extent, not more than equal to the force already withstood by the Great Britain when at sea, and that a certain number of casks deposited in the engine -room will give hersuffl cient buoyancy. Th e grand point must necessarily be to ensure such a p rec i se arrangement of the explosive materials as to prevent any untoward injury to the ship, and at the same time to accomplish a simultaneous action of the tug steamers, should the auspicious event come off, and the noble ship be once more afloat. We have seldom known any nautical occurrence excite more in terest here than this does, and certainly none since the trial of Warner's Long Range. It is hoped that the Great Britain will not become strained or damaged in any way not easily reparable. 502,236,160 Left to Mexico ••• ••• 579,363,840 In 1836 the poss: - ssions of the various Powers on this continent were as follow: Acres. Russian: ••. 480,000,000 British . ... 1,792,000,000 United States . 1,408,000,000 Mexican ... .. 1,081,600,000 Central American .. 119,040,000 --- Total (7,626,000 miles) 4 ,880,640,000 acres. Deducting from Mexico and adding to the United States 502,236,160 acres, and deductin g f rom t h e U n i ted States and adding to th e British possessions, 32,000,000 acres which the United States claimed, but ceded to Great Britain by the Oregon treaty, the possessions of the various Powers on the North American continent now stand as follows: 1846. _ Accounts have been received from Malta of tFe B. J. Eaton, E-o .m.P the representation for the county, Childe rs, Cambridgeshire. A. Aracan" " death of of Stetchworth Park, M n a r m . e T d Townle y, n l l i e k y e , ly Manners, Lord Cantalupe, and nAadveea beenn e , W e hear Mr. cy has thus been occasioned in that Mtor.solicit the suffrages of the _ Lord George Lord Cosine Russell electors. The names of Sir Culling Smith and Captain Peyton, son of Sir H. Peyton, have also been mentioned. —Front a Correspondent. THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEordANßy.—Her Majesty on leaving Hatfield was escorted by the liens Yeom anr y' to Rickmansworth, where a party of the Uxbridge Yeo manry, under the command of Mr. Cox, relieved them, and escorted her Majesty to Uxbridge. At Uxbridge a troop of the Uxbridge Yeomanry, under the command of Captain de Burgh, formed a guard of honour, and re ceived her Majesty, the band of the regiment playing the National anthem during the time they w ere chang ing the horses of the royal carriages, and upon h er Majesty proceeding a party of the corps had the honour of forming the escort to Langley, where it was relieved by the Ist Life Guards. FATAL ACCIDENT YESTERDAY ON THE MAN CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—An accident, by which two men lost their lives on the above railway, took place yesterday between the Brighouse and Elland stations. It appears that two plate-layers heard a luggage -train upon the up-line, ' and unfortunately stepped on the down line out of its way. At that instant the express train, which leaves Manchester at a quarter - past ei g h t, came down, and both of the men were killed before they could get out of the way. The morning was very foggy and it is thought the men did not see the express train in time, and that the noise of the luggage-train prevented them hearing it.— Wakefield Journal, Oct. 30. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION -HOUSE, —The Lord Mayor gave a most splendid entertainment on Friday, in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house, to between 180 and 200 guests. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will g i ve a grand ball at the Mansion• house on the sth instimt. The grandest preparations are being made for the occasion, and some of the first people in town are invited. A NIGHT ON A ROM — During the stormy weather last week, a clergyman at Scarborough set out with the intention of walking to Filey by the sands and rocks. Having got a considerable distance he found it impracticable to proceed further, and attempted to re turn; but the tide had flowed so high he could not suc ceed. Finding himself surrounded by. water, he took up a position, where he remained during a bitter cold and stormy night, and although thus exposed, returned safe to hia lodgings the next dad at nvoll.-14411 Packet. Russian ... British ... •.• United States ... Mexican '... Central American Miles. Acres. ... 750,000 480,000,000 ... 2,850,000 1,824,000,000 ... 2,934,744 1,878,236,160 ... 905,256 579,363,840 ... 186,000 119,040,000 7,,000 4,88,640,00 By the co nques t o f New Mexico 626 and Santa F 6 there has o been added to this union a population estimated at 300,000 souls, mostly Indians. We estimate California at 100,000, and New Mexico at 200,000. New Mexico contains the best gold mines on the continent ; also, silver, copper, and iron mines. Agriculture is carried on by extensive irrigation, for which the mountain streams afford great facilities. California is said to con tain valuable mines of coal, iron, zinc, gold, and quick silver, but for agricultural and grazing purposes its im portance has been overrated, the protracted droughts of summer having thus far baffled the skill of the American people.— .New York Sun. ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS CHAISE.—On Satur day last a serious accident occurred to Clayton's Great Western express while turning the corner of a street near the station at Paddington. The horse shied at some object and ran the chaise against a post, when the vehicle was overterned and the driver thrown many yards over the horse's head, but providentially escaped without loss of life or limb, though much bruised. His companion, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Marl borough, who was also thrown out, unfortunately pitch ing on his head, received a concussion of the brain. He was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he remains in a precarious state. The accident occasioned a disappointment to many renders of the morning journals, who expected their copies by the ' early train from Paddington. From the Strand to the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway is considerably over three miles, this is frequently accom plished in twelve or thirteen minutes. Taking into consideration the number of turnings and the darkness of the mornings at this season, this performance is quite equal to many of the extraordinary feats paraded in the columns of the sporting newspapers. MR. P. M. STEWART, M.P.—We regret to learn, from letters received from Carnock House, N. 8., on Friday last, that the above honourable gentleman con tinues in a most precarious condition, and that but little hope is given of his ultimate recovery. 1 Lord Brougham arrived at Paris on Friday from Cannes. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CYCLOPS FRIGATE AND THE PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—Th e S a p p h o , 16, C omman d er STEAM-SHIP POTT INGER ON SHORE. Gambier, was paid off yesterday. The Cyclops steam-frigat e , Captain Lapidge, left Spit head this mo rn i ng at half-past eight for Portugal, taking S OUTHAMPTON, S UNDAY N IGHT. out Colonel W y ld e (Equerry to Prince Albert) and his I regret to com mun i cate the above disasters during the fog this morni ng o ff Cowes. As yet very imperfect intelligence ha s reac h e d me respecting the Cyclops. I two sons, upon an i mportant mission ; also supernume raries for th e squadron in the Mediterranean, and dis patches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., the have, however, seen one of the passengers by the Commander-in -Chi e f, Th e Cyclops lay with her steam Pottinger, who has very kindly furnished me with infor up, and ready to start at a moment's notice, the whole of mation as to the grounding of that ship. yesterday. I The Marin er t ransport, Lieutenant W. Still, agent, It appeared that sh e neare d the Needles very early arrived this morning from Deptford, bound to Bermuda, this morning, but ie con sequence o f a very thick fog with convict s . prevailing, and having no pilot on board, Captain The Mercury tender, Second Master Scarlett, sailed Cooper, her commander, deemed it expedient, as a yesterday for Plymouth, with the Marines of the Sappho, matter of safety, to stand off, an d re d uce the speed belonging to th at di vision. The Manc euvrer l i ghter arrived this morning from of the vessel. The weath er , h owever, ultimately clearing up, the st eam was aga i n put on, and the the eastern y ar d s, with stores. The Crocodile troop-ship, Commander Lowe, has been Needles were passed without accident—immediately surveyed and found unfit for service as a troop-ship, but after which the weather again became hazy, it is considered that she would yet make a good trans so much so th a t it was i mposs ibl e a p il ot could descry p all or ant commander,t for other purposes. who has only had her foroses. If s h e i s paid- off, we hope her the vessel. Th e s p ee d was consequent l y again reduced, g a few and the ship merely glided along, not progressing more months, will either be promoted, or have the command of than two knots an hour. In this manner she neared another and a better ship. Cowes, or at least w ithi n th ree m il es o f that place, when The Talbot, 26 , C aptain Sir T. Thomeson, Bart., is hourly exp ecte d from the Pacific, with freight. the vessel suddenly groun d e d. S o s li ght was the shock that only the co mman d er , t h e chief engineer, and one or W ool:mien, OcT. 30.—The Geyser steam-vessel was commissioned a t W oolwich to-day, by Commander two others, w e r e aware o f t h e c i rcumstance. Orders were immediat e ly g i ven to reverse the engines, and the Francis T B rown (1840), order was with the utmost alacrity attempted to be The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw-propeller, obeyed, but without the slightest effect : there was some has hoisted the pendant of Captain Williams, of the defect in the machinery, and as it was impossible to get Avenger; and the officers and crew of the latter vessel will be transferred to the Amphion. the engine s t o wor k , the steam, as a precautionary mea sure, was blow n o ff. I t was now nine o ' clock, just at the The Kite rt e red was towed to Deptford yester- tut nof high water, and as there was not the least chance surveying s erv i ce. day by th e Ch aron steam vessel, to be refitted for the of getting th e vesse l afloat, Lieutenant Brady, Admiralty The Dwa r f steam-vessel was taken into dock this agent in cha rge o f t h e mails, started in one of the ship's afternoon, to have some alterations made, the speed of boats to the Motherbank for assistance. There he found her recent t r i a l s b eing only between three and four knots the Pearl, a sm a ll steamer, with her steam already up,at anchor, awaiting the Pottinger's arrival, to convey her per hour on the first, and about five knots on the second mails to Southampton. Lieutenant Brady took her to trip, with screw propellers. The Phil a d e l p hi a _ North American notices a valuable the Pottinger, and got t h e whole of the passengers out, w ith a portion of their luggage, and brought them, toge nautical invention, which is attracting much attention. Cher with the mails, to Southampton. It is an invention of R. C. Holmes, agent for the under- Soon after the tide h a d part i a ll y receded, the vessel seamen the great est i mprovement ever accomplished in writer of Captain May, and i s pronounced b y t h e first slightly heeled over, b u t not so much as to cause any the machinery o f steering vessels. The greatest dif alarm. She rested on a mu d b an k , but Captain Cooper fi- took every precauti on t o prevent further mischief, by culties under w hi c h the steering-gear of ships labour are causing her to be properly shored up. completely obviated by it. The making slack of the Soon after the above mishap, the Cyclops, her Ma vibration of the tiller and the change in the tiller-rope jesty's steam-frigate, got on shore about half, a mile be are prevented. By the fixed position of the machinery, low the Pottinger, on a bed of shingles. As far as I the ropes always lead fair through the blocks and wind regularly, avo idi ng a ll chafing of one part against the can learn, her sit ua ti on i s somewhat critical. She heeled face of the o th er . All d anger of accident to the steers- over consider a bly a f ter s h e struck ; but as the weather man, too, i n s t rong currents, from the slacking of the is exceedingly f a i r , w i t h scarcely a ripple to disturb the i mage. to be hoped th a t b ot h s h ips will be got off s rope is rend ere d i mposs ibl e. So taut and yet so simple without water, it ut d a mage. of the m ac hi nery , t h at i nstead of the constant watching of the w h ee l h ereto f ore required, and the freuentl on the arrival o f th e P ear l at South harassing l a b our o f t h e helmsman a child almost couldlmmediately ampton, with the passengers of the Pottinger, informa tion was at once dispatched to Captain Sparkes, the su manage it in the heaviest sea; and in a gale of wind a perintendent of the Oriental and Peninsular Steam Com vessel would almost lay to itself. The principle is two pany, as also to Mr. Lamb, the superintending engineer, barrels, or drums, instead of one; As fast as the rope and those gentlemen at once started to the scene of the accumulates upon the upper one, it is carried off by the disaster in a powerful s t eam t ug to ren d er assistance. • lower. The in ven ti on i s a new feature in mechanics, It was high water at half-past nine, and should nothing like it having been discovered in the books at the vessels be in a favourable position, it is to be the Patent-office. hoped that both were got off without material damage. Up to the present moment (half-past twelve, A.)!., Monday morning) they have not returned. I will keep my parcel open until the departure of the mail train for town, at a quarter past one, and should the tug have returned by that time, I will add some additional infer- QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAN.) This being the commencement of Michaelmas Term, the Queen' s C ounse l appeare d i n full dress. Among those present we observ e d th e Att orney -G enera l , the Solicitor- General, Sir Frederick Thesiger (the late Attorney- General), Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Andrew; Mr. Watson, Mr. Whateley, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. Alexander. The attendance of the bar was unusually large, and the Court was very crowded, a great number of ladies being present. The Loed Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle, took their seats on the bench shortly before two o'clock. APPLICATION FOR A CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST W. B. FERRAND, M.P. Sir F. TH ESIGER sa id he had to apply for a criminal information against Mr. William Busfeild Ferrand, M.P., on account of two lettters which he published in the Times newspaper of the Bth and 11th of August last. Mr. Ferrand had admitted writing and publishing the letters. Before he proceeded to refer more particularly tothe letters themselves, it would be necessary that he should shortly detail some matters which took place some time before they were published, and which it was absolutely necessary their Lordships should be in possession of. In the West Riding of Yorkshire there was a poor-law union entitled the Keightley Union, of which Mr. Ferrand was, and probably then was, the chairman of the board of guardians. At the beginning of the year 1842, the Poor-law Commissioners received information that various irregularities were practised by the guardians of the union, and that the new Poor-law was not properly carried out by them. In consequence of this Mr. Lewis wrote to Mr. Mott, an assistant-com missioner, in whose district the Keightly Union was situated. It was dated the 22d of Fe bruary, 1842 and stated the nature of the information which had been received, and desired him 1 I not to make a special examination, or to let it be known that he came there for a special purpose, and to draw up a report with respect to the allegations brought against the guardians of the union. On the following dray Mr. Lewis wrote a letter to the Poor-law Commis sioners, saying that he believed there was too much truth with respect to the irregularities in the Keightley Union, and adding that similar charges might be made with considerable truth against other manufacturing I unions. Mr. Mott, it appeared, visited the Keightley Union and made a report on the 23d of April. Mr. Mott re p orte d that he attended a meeting of the guardians on the 13th of April, and that he found they conducted their proceedings in a very irregular manner ; in short, th at t h ey entirely set at variance the provisions of the Poor-law —that all the error s of the old Poor-l aw were carr i ed on, the poor claiming out door relief as a right, and that the rates were conse quently very fast increasing ; and the guardians, on the 23d of April, issued an order for an out-door labour test, and for abolishing the payment of rates in certain cases. On the 26th'of May Mr. Ferrand gave notice, in his place in Parliament, to move for an address to her Majesty to rescind the order of the union of the 23d. In order to test the accuracy of Mr. Mott's report, Sir John Walsher was sent down to make an inquiry, and the report which he made confirmed it in its most material points. A Com mittee of the House of Commons was appointed on the 28th of June, 1842, to inquire into the allegations con tained in the reports. The Committee, after examining witnesses, also held that the reports were correct in all the material allegations, although they stated they con tained some expressions which required qualification. Now, in the course of last session a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the condition of the Andover Union, and Mr. Lewis was summoned to give evidence before it. Immediately afterwards the letters referred to appeared in the Times. The first letter, which bore date the Ist of August, stated that although ill health had prevented him from attending to his Parliamentar) duties, he had watched the proceedings of the Andover UniOn with intense interest. It went on to say, what must be the feelings ofevery Hon. Member of the House of Coin mpris vtho had read the evidence taken before the com mittee on the preceding S a t ur d ay w i th respect to the statement which he made in the House of Commons on the 6th of April, 1844, that Sir James Graham took him steps to procure a report fo r th e purpose of crwhini,,t, (Mr. Ferrand), a Member of the House of Commons, and which the House, in Sir James Graham's simple denial, voted " calumnious and un founded?" Now, on Saturday the denial of Sir James Graham was proved to have been false. Mr. Parker and Mr. Manners Sutton, Sir James's private secretary, had done all they could to make it appear that he had not procured an " infamous and false report." Sir George Grey had promised next session to sanction the appointment of a Committee on the subject of the Poor law, when neither Mr. Manners Sutton nor any one else would be able to screen him, for he (Mr. Ferrand) should prove that Mr. Lewis knew that the report of Mr. Mott was false, and that knowing it to be false he carried it to Sir James Graham, and that Sir John Walsher's re port was also false. Sir James Graham handed the reports to Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, who upon the strength of them made a charge against him, and that he (Mr. Ferrand) still maintained that the whole proceeding was a false and infamous conspiracy between Sir James Graham and Mr. Lewis, for the purpose of crushing him. He (Sir Frederick Thesiger) considered that on this letter alone Mr. Lewis was entitled to his applica tion. When Mr. Lewis was examined before the An dover Committee he did not know that he would be ex amined with respect to the Keightley Union, and he was therefore not so fully prepared to reply to the questions which were put to him as he otherwise would have been, and he mistakingly said, in reply to a question, that Mr. Mott was sent down from the Home-office to Keightly, whereas Sir John Walsher was sent down, but he sub• sequently rectified the mistake, which was not, however, a material one. The second letter, en the 10th of August, said that the bursting of the Poor-law Commissioners was "a great fact;" that Mr. Manners Sutton, who was a member of the Com mittee, was in the habit of calling Mr. Lewis out of the committee, and consulting with him, and afterwards calling him in and examining him ; and that he would now prove that Mr. Lewis was guilty of the most delibe rate falsehood, for the purpose of deceiving the House, and thereby preventing the Arch-Commissioner, Sir James Graham, from the infamy which awaits him. It then went on to say that Mr. Mott's report was dated the 13th of April, 1842, whereas the order for out-door relief was not issned until the 30th of that month, and that his motion to the House for the withdrawal of it was not made until June, so that it was untrue that Mr. Mott received instructions in consequence of the order ; and that were a witness at the Old Bailey to utter such a false hood he would be packed off in the prison van, and in dicted for perjury ; and yet such a person was the confi dential friend of the Arch-Commissioner. He asked if there was no Member of the Committee of the House of Com mons who would move that Mr. Lewis be called to the bar of the House of Commons, in order that he might receive condign punishment, for having deliberately pre pared the evidence in order to deceive the House of Commons, and that if it was overlooked the proceedings of the Committees of the House would become a farce. He (Sir Frederick Thesiger) thought it unne cessary to read any other document. Mr. Ferrand had admitted writing the letter. He had the affidavit of Mr. Lewis and the affidavit of Sir James Graham, denying the truth of tho se parts of the letters which were directed again s t th em, and both positively denied that any instructions whatever were given to Mr. Mott for the purpose of obtaining a partial report for any purpose whatever. It was positively denied by them that when the motion of Mr. 'errand was before the House on the 26th of May, that the report of Mr. Mott had been communicated to Sir James Graham, and they, in the most positive and direct manner, stated that the state ments with respect to the verdict.were utterly unfounded. Mr. Lewis, knowing that the charges were false, and that they were likely to injure his character, and render it impossible for him, while they remained unexplained and uncontradicted, t o p ursue hi s duties, he had fe l t it, his duty to apply t o t h e C ourt f or a criminal information. Lord DENMAN—Take an order to show cause. SIR ROBERT PEEL. —W e understand that the Right Honourable Baronet has been suffering from an attack of gout during the last week at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. On Saturday last Sir Robert was con sidered to be improving, but was then unable to leave his room. GRAND POLISH BALL AND CONCERT. —Lord Dudley Stuart, Messrs. Peacock, Carter. Bedford, Evans, Baker, Marriot, Thompson, Hayes, Eagleton, Carr, Holt, Kemp, Hardy, and several other gentlemen, constituting the Polish Ball Committee of the City of London, as sembled at the Guildhall on Wednesday and Saturday, to make some preliminary arrangements for the above ball and concert, which are to take place on Wednesd a y, the 18th in s t a nt. M r . Wilki nson read letters from Al derman Farebrother, Mr. ID. Salomons, and others, en closing subscriptions, and begging to be added to the number of the managing committee. Lord Dudley Stuart announced the favourable answer of the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, and the Sheriffs to the deputation of the committee, ',and their desire in every way to patronise and advance the objects of the ap proaching ball. Mr. Carr, the honorary secretary, stated that already a number of tickets were disposed of, and that never had the kindness of professional gentle men been more marked than in the present instance by the early tender of their valuable and gratuitous services. BRIGHTON, OCT. 31.—The Baroness de Thosen and family arrived here yesterday from Paris, in the steamer Menai, from Dieppe. DARWEN.—BOY KILLED IN A COAL•I'IT.-011 Saturday morning last an accident occurred in a coal pit belonging to Messrs. Brandwood, at Over Darwen, by which a boy about nine years old, named James Rain forth, was killed. The deceased was assisting a drawer, another boy about ten or eleven years of age, with a tub full of coals, which they bad brought to the bottom of the pit, and hooked on to the rope. By some means the full tub, while being drawn up, caught an ',empty one which was descending, and carried it some distance up the shaft, when the empty tub fell to the bottom and struck the deceased on the head, fracturing his skull. lie died on Sunday night. An inquest was held at the Millstone, Over Darw en , on W ednesday last, when a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned.—Preston Chronicle. THE ESSEX POISONINGS.—The adjourned inquest was resumed on Saturday before C. C. Lewis, coroner for Essex, and the jury empanelled to investigate the death of Solomon Taylor, the illegitimate offspring of Lydia Taylor and Thomas Newport Fames, of ciaver jug, at the Cocks Inn, Maunden. The woman Sarah Chesham, against whom a ver di c t o f w ilf u l mur d er was returned on Friday week for poisoning her own children, was in the first instance detected putting salve, or some other poisonous su b s t ance , i nto t h e d ece ased's mouth, and upon the charge of attempting to poison was appr . e- Sarah Chesham 's two children. c h b e m nd s e ta d n , c a e u s d trcaonmspmiritetdedwhtoichCllicedlmtosftotred, discoveryg o l , whe o n f c th lr e murders by poison of - r l e o c f t u Th e er deceased, ea sGuy'sed, now pi ta saidl , The coroner and dwelt discovermicaaelh up any on t the poison. suspicious hw P eh r o ho f a e hd s a s db o e r teen sTaylor,tunable s btlh ee c t chemical e t m o which he left to th e j ury. The jury circum stancesuthlteinmastuemolyfmtrehedetuncrpans,eed the followin g ver di ct:— " That the , deceased Solomon Taylor died from mesenteric disease of the glands, but whether it arose from natural causes or otherwise there was not sufficient evidence to show." ABSCONDING OF A CLERK WITH 6801.—The fol lowing particulars of the absconding of Mr. Cowop, the cashier of Wingate Grange Colliery, have been ascer tained. It appears that ho purchased a g rat o iopi ld eht c w ht h oea a gL in l and ring, a pair o f moustaches imperial an d w i g, and then obtained a tick e t at the Meodazhi;ala,tidat for-eeria r obL n i ty eogetuedotlnslei.eg station o f t h e bs l ti ' u c et r d k i tt a ow n a c y l s o New ,frokul c iad a n s d t t l hi e na l rit t u a hi i re l w ea p et u td e r sr: place. On being searched for in York, it was ascer tained that he had been to a house of ill fame and young woman for Hull. On o u f er a s at that port, they learned partedde the arrival i t the h of f companybis pbr s that he had sailed for Antwcrp onl y about an hour be fore they reached the place. To Antwerp, then, they : have followed him, bat up . to Friday no further tidings have been received respecting him. The remains of the late Mrs. Broadhead were re moved from Great Stanhope-street, on Tuesday last to be interred in the family vault at Hendon. The hearse was followed by three mourning coaches, containing the sons and sons-in-law of the deceased lady, and the Rev. James Murray, late Minister of St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Mrs. Broadhead was the daughter of William Macdougall; Esq., of the ancient clan of Macdougall of Lora. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) At half-past ono Mr. Justice Patteson took his seat on the bench, and several applications were heard, but none of them possessed any feature of public interest. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY ) (Sittings in Banco.) Barons Parke, Alderson, and Rolfe took their seats on the bench at half-past one. In the course of the day Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Sergeant Manning were appointed Queen's Ser geants, and were called within the bar, and took their seats accordingly. Mr. Sergeant Murphy received a patent of precedence, and was also called within the bar. Mr. J. Bacon, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Roll, and Mr. lluna • phrey were appointed Queen's Counsel lamed iu tho ErFiro 741ifton 4,2 CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Sergeant Byles were called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor, having received patents of precedency. The Court rose shortly before three o'clock. ROLLS' COURT. -(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) SMITH tP. SMITH. Mr. Smith, the defendant in this cause, having stated that he would not give any explanation of his refusal to give answers in the above cause, was committed to her Majesty's prison. Several unimportant motions were disposed of, and in the course of the day Sergeants Talfourd, Manning, Murphy, and Byles, having received patents of prece derce, were called within the bar by his Lordship. The Court adjourned at the usual hour. i VIUE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CELANCELL oR of ENGLAND.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) NEW QUEEN'S SERGEANTS.—III the course of the morning Sergeants Talfourd, Manning, Murphy, and Bsles, were called by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England within the bar, the two former having been appointed Queen's Sergeants, and the two latter having received 'patents of precedency. The Court rose at half past three o'clock. (B, fore Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Sergeants Talfourd, Manning, Murphy, and Bylee, were called by his Honour within the bar, having re ceived a patent of precedence. His HONOUR having disposed of a number of motions which, as usual on the first day of term, were very un interesting, the Court adjo u r ne d a t th e usua l h our. . THE QUEEN V. NEWTON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in this case called upon the Court to pronounce a rule regulating the allowances to be made to the Sheriff of Middlesex in cases where seizures were made on behalf of the Crown. It ap peared that by an Act passed in the 3d George 1., sec. 3 and 18, a certain poundage was allowed upon the levying of all Crown debts, in full satisfaction of every charge of the sheriff, The Ist Vic., chap. 55, sec. 1 and following sectiuns authorised the judges to make a rule for allowing the sheriffs certain fees upon execution, and the question to be decided, and upon which a rule was prayed, was, whether the sheriffs were entitled to re ceive as poundage, in addition to the allowance authorised by the 3d Geo 1., the sum allowed. by the 3d Vic. BRIGGS V. HAYES. Mr;CnownEn, Q.C., moved for a rule in this case to compel the defendant, who was a share-broker, to render further particulars of the contracts made and entered into on behalf of the plaintiff in the sale and purchase of a number of railway shares , the loss up on w hi c h h a d , "'rem time t o ti me , b een placed to the account of the defendant. In the bill of particulars which had been filed by the plaintiff, no mention was made of the names of any of the parties of whom, or to whom, the sale or purchase of the shares had been made ; and the Learned Counsel therefore contended that such particulars were abso lutely necessary, in order to enable the defendant to rebut if possible the statement {of the plaintiff, and also to enable him to prove whether such contract had or had not been entered into on his behalf by the plaintiff. —Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Cox v. DREW.—DERBY RACE-COURSE. Mr. Sergeant CLARK moved for a rule to set aside a verdict granted in this case, which was tried at the last Derbyassizes before Mr. Justice Patteson and a specialjury and to enter a verdict for the defendant on certain issues preferred at the time, which stated that the property in question had been used from time immemorial by the corporation of Derby for the benefit of the inha bitants. The plaintiff denied that the property was so situated, but that the corporation had only been allowed, for a limited period, the privilege of using the ground for the purpose of the races, and had no right to the exclusive employment of it. The Learned Gentleman went at some length into the history of the case, from which it appeared that ever since the year 1799 races had been run over the course, the ground being set apart from the 16th of January to the 16th of July, while during the rest of the year cattle were turned into it. Recently the right of the corporation to the use of the property in the manner named had been opposed by certain parties, who had religious objections to the running of .races, and the ac tion had been brought through the person who was stated to be the real proprietor, in order to stop the races. After a long trial a verdict had been given for the defendant, but leave was given to move in the supe rior court for leave to enter a verdict for the defendant, on the plea that the corporation had established the right to the use of the property for the purpose named, from the long time the races bad been permitted, and therefore that the plaintiff bad no right to exclude the inhabitants or the corporation in the mode attempted.— Rule nisi granted. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Messrs. Walpole, Hum phrey, Bacon, and Rolt, all of the Chancery bar, were severally called within the bar as Queen's Counsel. Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Sergeant Byles were also called, having had patents of precedence conferred on them. THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF BRIAN V. EMS WORTH. The defendant in this case, who had been guilty of contempt of court for the non-fulfilment of an (award made by the Court in this action, calling on him to deliver up certain wine warrants, came up to-day in an enlarged rule, granted last term, since which he has been out on bail. The defendant put in a number of affidavits, which were read at length by the clerk, praying to be discharged by the Court, on the ground that the alleged contempt of court had arisen from the fact that, in the interim between making the award and its execution the defendant had become bankrupt, and his assignees had seized on the wine warrants, so as to render the completion of the award impossible. COMMENCEMENT Or MICHALMAS TEEM THIS DAT). — Westminster-hall, and the avenues which lead to it, by mid-day evinced unmistakable signs that the inter regnum of the long vacation had passed away, and that that the ancient hall of the various courts were about to wear again their wonted as pect. Cabs, containing gentlemen "learned in the law," followed each other in rapid succession to the rendevous of law, and clerks and cads loaded with legal Baraphanalia trott e d a l so i n s h oa l s, i n the same direction. ustle and animation appeared everywhere. The very officials of the Courts, and the various ticket porters and Hangers seemed to have brushed off the rust of the past and looked fresher than ever, but the counsel, especially those who have something to do, expressed their joy in smiles and jokes, Eien the wr it- revers , a l most frozen out by the long vacation, looked happy—regretfully on the past, but trustingly on the future. The entrance to the hall, and the hail itself, were lined by respectably dressed ladies and gentlemen, anxious to obtain a sight of the judges as they passed on to their respective courts. They arrived at the Hall at half-past one o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice and the Equity Judges going into the Lord Chancellor's Court, and the Common Law Judges making their way, headed by Lord Denman, into the Court of Common Pleas. They shortly afterwards separated to their respective courts. They were attired in their full robes, and al I looked remarkably well. All the courts presented an array of counsel, the senior counsel being in full dress, and respectably dressed persons —many of whom were ladies. law, and were also respectively called within the bar, and took their seats accordingly. 12 RIFFEN V. B URLTEN. This was a trial which took place before the Lord Chief Justice at Hereford, in which nominal damages were awarded to the ulaintiff. Mr. GODSON, Q.C., now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted, on theground of the verdict of the jury being against the evidence offered in the case. The COURT decided that it would consult the Lord Chief Justice before coming to any decision upon the subject. o d ? ite r° t 03" 11 5 jir I V . d ti 3 O e, 15'e '1;0 jib l ilt be e 0 0 ID/