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G, --................, . • ' Pll l ' l l ' l o, DEC. 4 .—Arrd. Maria, Winttc, Quebec. 6th, L e lege, APDonough, ditto. //lcillt RoADS, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Francis Ann, Batav_in. ,)r __ S leDh l.T) I) Ec. B —Wind northerly, light.—Sld. S o t ti - he Ur ras e' isaei g la: ' R A el ts . oe. Cape of Good Hope. §rtrah ltl ‘ t ett, DEC. B . —Wind E.N.E.—Acrd. Richard . and Illg b4„Be,ett, Woodbridge, for Newcastle, with damage, h t trt " te contaet with a light brig. IN i t „„ 118 / 1 43 1, DEC. 7.—The Brothers, Samuel, London, km, ',intact on the sth inst., in the Creek, with toip_of Xeweastle, and sank. She has since been katembly damaged. I N 11 ), n , 1 ,E;x, DEC. s. —The Antelope, Donald, from Sunder , - , taj ) :a struck on the North Pier 22d ult., and sunk, 1 , 4 4 1 t raised and hauled up. I tlltel i c ,TE, Dec. B.—The St. Jean. But ez, from London, ‘ l 'etk 6()t °ll the main and bilged yesterday, is a complete Ptp lin :they " N . II TR, Dec. B.—The St. George, llernaman, ft our „earg",..ew South Wales, arrived here to-day, wi:h pa f _ "erti fi,„ - Vrolytt overboard quarter gallery carried away, a. d "wer transom started. n _ ■ 1M1NN0MM. 11MM1111ME........................... —IIIOET NE DVS.--(THIS DAY.) Alt!, 1 X CI - WEDNESDAY.—INEDNESDA Y. Ili t 4 Ll4Te ce t , l l ._ fresh arrivals of Enlish Wheat up to our )tiZe show'lLorlay have been but moderate, we 14 0 411 d th o samples of that article to-day, owing to had rather I? ) 7>a tid .e thin attendance of buyers, the trade was . cs'rlo bona were with difficulty su d p ei p n o;te a d t . late ln free 40 mparaLvely little was 1 : : 14 1 14 • t u i rt . c o rates. of Carla ;IA as almost nominal in value. The sale for all e ksit Y was heavy, at Monday's reduced figures. I N s f trade Was slow, last week's currencies. 'There Ntlich! business doing in at Oats, Beans, and Peas, at pre -"II it; but Flour was much neglected. ARRIVALS. Oats Flour. Wile at• Barley. 1 0. 84 qrs. I 3,670 qrs. 1 : 1 50 i 20 qra. l 1,040 — ski. 2 6,060 ~~~° ' . ~, I 5.450 Malt. 1,280 qrs. ,attl l; ,had 4 y e ..._NIT, RZTECHAPEL., . to to •Rid erie •,,- gull trade here, and prices had a down 10vAY Beef from 2s Gd toMutton, 3s 4d tl e ca lL3B fid tO , 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per ikise. 1 1) trb Ebttion A Alt v khany .... ............................ 1 ie6 r., °l3 N CIL-(TH IS D AY .) i kt ,J , hi uirWdeeltalttee of the Privy Council sat again I 'c a de nce k'ea- "tweil Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords 4 of , were Lord Brougham, Lord Langdale (the ttioaer pantile Rolls), mr.ar. On Parke, Sir Herbert I S: 1411 0r n i f t , he J udge of the Admiralty Court, and the tlatt-1,,,5w4e Duchy of Cornwall. 011 p I'IteCTGR V. THE SOLICITOR OF THE t,••,0840.„, 1/ i 7 CRY OF LANCASTER. !ilk in tiCa':I4.GENERAL commenced his arguments 44411aas Ilea:Peal, following the Queen's Advocate, leoeti Gentles" Yesterday. The arguments of the Nu.' ea% kn', an occupied the whole of the morning. IfithZaherlinvell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan "g' the b a g to his determination of yesterday, sat t %along her Majesty's counsel. UR A 1 „ far,, t h .' e ll Eit'S-----7----(THIS DAY.) k,..b..nl e „,,F°cßEw v. DAwsoN. il - NI a - "I In his case, which came 'before the °ll:lllvteretiVeal from an order of the Master of the 4 )4 . Oleofettaaed and concluded to-day, Mr. Bethel!, IT:tilia t" aPpellants, having concluded his reply lai etaeate t b ' L . 11 4 4 ) 1;m i ch has already occupied several days, 41 4„uak, pe as been in th' C , urt for several years, is l tt S i e tit o r t he Lo r d ,tf ._-• the - Chancellor on appeal . from a 4„lli t la th. e jlaster of the Rolls, disallowing ex -6N %et a °taster's report. A short statt went 4 4 4 , : id Will ?? the case may be thus made : til l tra at la% Stocken had carried on the business 440,1,t!aride Walhani Green. In 1820 John died, Vhia i a ,n ky which he devised his undivided pF,tatt i utia t ,"‘arest in the brewery to William Stocken, ~,h q s i t , 45 ° 4 4.,„, c ,; , a 5 , naand Benjamin Dawson, in trust to re tot 1 4:th e 0 41 d ' 'tPPly the same towards the support l l ot ti l l eaopesa,tighter during their minorities ; and ti, to ern r 4 bof them came of age, be devised the kaat e 's th ed . eqaal shares. The brewery was, I I.okreh irections in the will, to be valued, and the l i t li t tlit i k. t 4 1 11 ' p lt3e r , v t he RaOlet offered to his brother. If tof;s l 44 ) , P th ll e r- " e sed, he Y was to give satisfactory Wi t f ) ;° 1,2 4 i w NYlnent; if he declined to purchase, W ill , qati., fo r t . o t, be carried on as it had here kkaan, gamily, "' r e., maintenance of the made,testataoneds k i ;a lt i b; h Khe valuation was . a 0 pu re , bro th er, remained in possession as si L k t..ia ll lt I "44" a ter, until 1524, when he died, having k e lla t , sae w hich he gave his son, Oliver_ 144 4 °at in of , the defendants, the whole of Pt o ,h 4 t ad Iten.tas property, and appointed Oliver It t 7t . ty Proved Dawson his execut.ors. theTa I ' knd ,4,and Oliver took possession of . _ l ie t 4: 1) , a t0 b nulled on the business, as he believed, Ot b ,i 6 ;: i by h e i e fit. In 1827 the plaintiff, an infant, ) 4 7 4 et 4103 n ext friend, alleging that no proper s l ib e t e t at 8 of , - troPerty had been made during the life NON e ke ttb- en, that the defendant had not pro t tolde owner of the property, and prayingin tt,tre t i 1., laa, 4 receiver. The cause was . heard 114 It th th 4t vA . and a decree made, by which it was Stocken in the t lit Xtt a „, 1,1,„4 interest of John to il 2 and ttu_‘e_afrected by the valuation or alleged !l e ee ee „, ro_terence was directed to the Master to ii i `ft,Siti ere q t :: of the profits of the brewery which had 1 h;cl t i4 i aat m io u w e death of John Stocken, and to make all 1 • 4 .' 1 of datna took a nes The Master having reported, . 04.. these several exceptions to that report ; 41101,LtleeideaTfere allowed but the Master of the Rolle , , I ;k,„geef As .' against the claim of the defendan t .. to any Oki earr •• • the character ifi,: l ol „I . to L • Deg On the b us iness . gt * 'tie ~I g" deceased partner, an affirmed the ' t, Vil'i l er e e attain' to the halt of the profits. The ques pitektl:l7 argued on a ppeal. '8 te i` -t leaccELLon, at _the . onclusion of Mr. •,1 V PI tO•day, postponed glYingilltigment. I L , (,—(THIS DAY.) f ,t, "CHANCERY.the VICE-CHANCELLOR of i •. , yt l it 4tgn PEACOCX V. KERNOT. ENGLAND.) . . ;It, .n is in this part-heard case were resumed i , 0414,:it.,:n g,.and. occupied his Honour the whole day. , , K was instituted for the purpose of setting aside a t', ' for the purchase by the plaintiff of the stock and r''k i tlit: i sr a ty-shop at West Cowes, in the Isle of :ki..'almilthich the defendant (a druggia ' t there) had, as ,)I?;l44l°.ged in the bill, induced the tit int& to buy tl i t i l‘ !aaj o h f e Whill,r(T. resented that th p e p a laint'ff was a ,r tribe ~ eax intelltct, who had been imposed ' • vit t `lefetidant and induced to lay out his money L.th. hit ~ • ot t4 ' 4o o,p,ga_ig_ht be considered by some persons i . akirtim te en of a toy shop, which the de ; C . 4 Li , a t 1 ,13 7 huns( If carrying on next door to his N t 7!stp,,pl ) _ , On the filing of the bill, an injunction Na ‘ l l l rnol e 4 ° 4 7, for and granted, restraining the de , n 4 ettri Qreing payment of the purchase-money TU F T at. , t _ N ' lli,, k 4 REVIEW— (THIS DAY.) *it l'ot b, N. 8 U p , . LARD V. TAYLOR. ' kp,tigNi,,e'opetition of the plaintiff, who was the S 1 `aat r the Bradford Banking Company, and • • till a fiat v it a tht b of bankruptcy which had been ob ' it it air's, red efr_superseded. tli, e l ersrad in ual the statement of Mr. SWANSTON, ' t q V I P' e defe"pport of the petition, that the liabi- ObOti t At tt .,_ udant exceeded 1,5001., of which his 71 ' g al:taunted to more than half, and the de . 04 th e Z i t t !• !),- deed of settlement prior to his lo t 4 l t 'att eo,_ in bankruptcy, in last September, t th t of tb"‘mleted, precluded him from receiving 14$let p e aet of the Court. a Itk:Littt °afttllll;4od 'at , le 2 ' efeudant it was alleged that the tit toe of k . lit had not discharged - their duties, 14 N , a ettn„. eta creditors refused to accede to that littl'illr from s ohat he had no means of protect -4t t ‘lte °LI4 utter• 6i t t he, o ° ruin but by adopting the course ,4 ‘1. 41 4,1 (. aeln a i on 11_1,1114T._ sOr the arguments, : ° tle:;n4e,a.lhebruld not state what course be ktlttnpttili4 ; urape.otiasfie u d it tbierlut to pursue in this case fiat was kqit 1 ,,t bee n l'' s l ie was satisfied, however, that the tot, With , , i 4sued for the benefit of the creditors, N i ati e W h hatever to the b ankrupt's own legitimate ittta_ 141.1itirQut be expected to be the suc kkNaNa ei lu t i : shed bY the ttil, l 4, h t __ e ither effectuan,,telitv:idt e tt e he bankrupt's, it was . tv i ll w 7 ution ' Preve n t or materially . b °f the prev that the effc.t. ofo.i.t . - iat. sll u atever ,„,i, trusts. It was of no im tvil I. Nes execute- whet L h,N th e d L or not the trustees ON, to 4 . e eas e i n ~ Len' duty diligently, as far as • t tiptiten u ,'ar th e L I,s present stage. It was certainly vt 4 C ati -11 t as nankrupt, if there were such mis tketilto the would justify the course, to make an ee. ti hCourt to be protected from the effects ;t lt q l h% to th L5 whole e • Nil ° tin, ° hest _,, ex perience he was never aware 4 %4 1 ut his recollection, whre it was din 1 e Court to nullify fia t, , which he tlt gl do, with costs. a t N , ti ft k g tENn TV i t i tti s ti erß e4t I'Li aimEß ''': l •—(THlS DAY.) 0 14 r t a cres V. NDERSON. 1 1 4 1 41 t. • li ra __ L and Mr. 'Male were for the pl ItY4N IN 4 Lily/ell and Mr. Wordsworth for the I` tti et, th 4 actio n b ~. , t , e p,... . brought by the plaintiff, Mr. John leoliveler 'Prieto!. of the Anchor Brewery, Chel tilt I'4 6aon , 1,..40/. 13s. 7d, from the defendant, Mr. J. • t ilt iial," i n illo) occupies a beer-shop called the tiptortif i s tk ervill-street, Bethnal green, of which 1,0 b e e s to o tenant. The defendant entered into I N 4 „ a :t question in the month of March, ','4 f iti; l t t s, M e eing to pay a rent of 221. mt it ‘ t k i. t tol uee r , - 11 ", 4 that the plaintiff should supply / f t ti q ,, q ° a e t si th„," a le. -Various payments were made tOC Ita.otliats- commodities supplied, but on balanc )o 1 . - :,,bro u t ' s 'n May last, the sum for which the ~,,k;i. - lesedg t "t Was found due, and which the de tNitriation () Pay, pleading that he never was it - t 114$1)4:111'tittvieas a dduced to show the delivery of va 04111NA t t h a ' t ee ti n b B t l3 h r e ale and beer; that the running ay r, Parties, on being ' balanced in May, AI etZbo reve•Mentioned balance in favour of the i gq ci,F: Pairj e d t,he defendant 5/. per cent. discount Ps 4 ,ek„,li eo w Y hitt ) . *!thttalle ant t as that the plaintiff was really indebted to 1 14, 40 4 1 ,atle tt er money expended, and for time and Vitir,l4,l4l)a beitlnvOuring to obtain a spirit license for ano ssa.sf 4/ sln i g to the plaintiff, for which he claimed tel t sit t rit to . 8 ) ;Pat he Was simply placed in the house ilk NO I I Of If !" beer and ale for the plaintiff, at a 1 ) 114,..i,e p,i.,us• Per barrel, and Si.er cent. discount; I V 4 vieltlft, ‘-I the rent ' ' - tq„, da da to the owner of the house for 11, 4 11 1 144 s Ns add t :! pb ti Itch ail arras a dduced on the p ar t o f t h e d e f endant to bge 4 etifrege had been . eferldhowever, was called, made and proved itut Was allowed 104 for his expenses; 1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1846. that no arrangement was made to pay Ios. per but re'; that he wai his father's tenant, anti that if he obtained the spirit Leense, which lict did not, he was eitlit-r to give the plaintiff a promissory note for 1,2001, the value of the ether house, the Victoria, or to have 1001. for his trouble. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. WOODS AND FIELD V. TIIOMS AND ANOTHER. This wao on a bill of exchange for 272/ Is,. incurred for Lops supplied to the defonthmts by the plaintiffs, who are hop merchants in Marl; lane. The defendants are brewers at Hungerford, in Wiltshire. Mr. Joseph Hai ner, the plaintiff's traveller, proved the hand writing of Matthews, one of the defendants. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) GILL V. LORD CURZON. This case, which was in part heard yesterday, was resumed this morning. After the cue had been pro ceeded with for some time, The LORD CHIEF BARON intimated, that in consequence of the order obtained during the progress or the action, from Lord Langdale, by the application of the defendant for the purpose of taxing the bill of costs of the plaintiff in the present action, he was not quite certain but that the whoie of the proceedings which had already been taken in this court should have been dis pense d with. It was his opinion that the interpretation to be given to the order of Lord Langdale was that the question of liability should first be tried, and if decided against the defendant, then the amount of the verdict • to be regulated according to the taxation. After a short discussion, it was arranged that the matter should be referred to Mr. Willis, ith power to call to his assistance the services of one Of the officers cf the taxing master. GREAGHTY v. BARNARD. This was an action to recover a balance alleged to be due from the defendant for professional, travelling, and hotel charge, connected with a survey of three miles and three quarters of the South Midlands and South ampton Junction Railway, of which defendant was en gineer. It appeared that the plaintiff had been engaged to com plete the survey at the rate of 25/. per mile, but that when surveying some land, the property of the Duke of Buckingham they were ordered off by his Grace. They, however, were convicted of trespass, and placed in "du rance vile" by some officers of the law. A representa tion of these circumstances was made by the plaintiff to the defendant, who informed him that the survey must be completed, no matter at what cost. Accordingly, some fifty persons were employed, who, armed with sticks, made the survey at night. The expense of employing the additional force formed a considerable item in the ac count of the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF BARON said it was very clear that the plaintiff could not recover for any charge of that kind. The hiring of a band of ruffians to commit an act of trespass could not be sanctioned in any court of law. Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendant, contended that the sum of 180/. 165., which had been paid to the plaintiff, was ample remuneration for the services ren dered by him. A contract was entered into at the rate of 251. per mile, including all expenses. Witnesses were then called on the part of the defence, who stated that the custom of the profession was, that when a contract war entered into to survey by the mile, it included all expenses whatever. Mr. WHATELEY, in reply, contended that the contract was to pay 251. a mile and all expenses ; and now the work was done, it was most unfair to turn round and saddle the plaintiff with expenses which he incurred at the express direction of the defendant. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—; 41. 12s. 7d. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The London sittings commenced this morning at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice. The Court was occupied all the day with a river collision case of no interest, except to the parties concerned. The cause list is very heavy, and a great proportion are special jury cases. MIDDLE SEX SEbSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Henry Manley was indicted for stealing two stoves and a quantity of iron, the property of Edward Aimes. The prosecutor, who was a builder in Empson-street, had a quantity of old building materials in his yard, among which were several stoves and metal bolts, and on the morning of the 3d inst. the prisoner was observed by a policeman on the top of the wall of the prosecutor's yard, when some person from the inside handed him up a stove, which the prisoner gave to a person outside the wall. The constable then came up, and the other two men ran away, but before the prisoner could get down he took him into custody. The stoves and a number of old iron bolts were found on the outside of the wall. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri. soner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Mary Ann Mills was indicted for stealing 4s. from the person of John Wright, with whom she was drinking at the time in a public-house. She was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The records of some former convictions were r roved against her. Eliza Humphries, a strong and forbidding-looking young woman, aged 18 years, was indicted of stealing a shawl and other articles, the property of John Cronan. It appeared that the prisoner had been an inmate in the Wapping workhouse, and went to see the prosecutor, with whom she had been formerly acquaii,ted, and stole the shawl and sonic other trifling articles. Upon i.ec return io the workhouse she lodged them with anothe, p ardswomen, and the p r i soner was Ep au t p o er on f e or o sre t t h y c; by whom they were e ventua ll y g i ven taken into cu s t o d y . When called upon for her defence, the prisoner in 8 broad Munster accent said, " I h ave nothing to say, except that you will transport me, for so help me if I am only sent to prison, when I come out I will be tried for murder, for I will have that villain's life (point. ing to the pauper to whom she gave the shawl) when I come out." The ASSISTANT-JUDGE — I will take care of you for 1 1 six months, at all events. Prisoner—Six months or six years is all the same thing to me, for I will hunt her to the world's end, or 1 will have my revenge. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE — Wen, we will see. The sentence is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months, and at the end of that time that you find sureties to keep the . B peaee. I'll make Prisoner --Keep the pace, is it ? y her keep the pace when I come out. MARLBRU-STREET.—(THIS DAY William .) Ruslibrook was charged with breaking into the house No. 14, Great Tichfield-street, and carrying off a writirg desk and two coats. James Jones, carpenter, 84, Great Titchfield-street, said he bad been in his bed-room last evening about a quarter past five o'clock, and left the desk and the other articles safe in the r oom when he went down stairs to tea. He remained below some time, and it might have been half-past seven o'clock when he returned to his bed-room and went to bed. But half an hour after he was roused by his wife, who stated that a young man had come to the door, inquiring whether he had lost his desk. Complainant got up, and found that his desk was gone with all that it contained. In the course of their search about the room to ascertain what else was missing, they pulled out two of the drawers, and discovered that a top coat had been taken from one of them and a dress coat from another. He then went to the Russell coffee-house, Great Wind• mill-street, where he saw his desk, which had been left there by a young man, who said he would call for it in the morning. Information was given to the police, and this morning the prisoner came in and inquired fur the desk, and was apprehended. The complainant said the prisoner was a brother-in-law of his. pawnbrokers,m Elizabeth Jllo. sht nr e e 13t e corroboratedeJones, hw ,u, ra sr t d e , o o ua ff rs e s. coffee-house-keeper, 26, Great Wind stttrtaleinestt,t testimony. ( In lA o i n h y ae . n d prisonerNv h an e d h p ad led a g n e o d th a er eo co at at w w it i h th t h h i e m m . offered to pledge, but they refused to take ' it. Police-constable 69 C said, on searching the • oner prisoner at the station-house, he found o 1 • a l a t stth the nighttm time, for which jhlashr. recii asoalld:en'; n um a packet of cards, seven shillings, and some copper money, which opened the prosecutor's door, an a latch-key and a pair of false whiskers. The prisoner admitted committing the robbery. Mr. HARDWICK committed him for trial at the Central Criminal Court. _ _ Before the prisoner was removed from the bar, appli cation was made by a gentleman who said he occupied the chief part of the prosecutor's house, and bad b a d two paintings stolen from his room. Messrs. Harii son's assistant told him the prisoner had offerred them for pledge at their shop on Monday last, but they were refused. It was known where they were pledged, but the duplicates were destroyed. The prisoner admitted having pledged the paintings with Pierce and Lance, in Compton-street. Mr. HARDWICK said the only course to recover the paintings would be to indict the prisoner on that charge also, and bring up the pawnbrokers, unless they were willing to give up the property without further trouble. NEW CARRIAGE FOR THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILIYAY.-Mr. Booth, the carriage builder to the London and North-Western Railway Company, has lately constructed a first-class carriage upon a new and improved principle. The carriage is adapted for the accommodation of twenty-four passengers, with guards and luggage, and measures twenty seven feet in length, by the usual width. It is divided into four bodies or compartments in one lengib, containing six divisions each, and runs upon eight wheels. The frame work is constructed in the usual manner, with springs, &c., but is divided into two parts, which, being separate, move on their own centres. The superiority of Mr. Booth's invention over the usual carriage consists in the increased accommodation afforded to passengers, the absence of any oscillation, the lightness of the draught and the great facility and safety in rounding curves The carriage has lately made several journeys to London. The cost of construction amounts to about 6001.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. THE - QUEEN V. RicnAnn DUNN.—The special jury, at the instance of the prosecutrix, Miss Burdett Coutts, was struck at the Crown Office on Friday. The sittings in London of the Court of Queen's Bench will commence on the 15th inst., when an application will be made to anoint a day from the trial. Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Bodkin are retained for the prosecutrix, who is expected to bo the principal witness on the occasion. The defendant will be his own client on the indictment for perjury. EXTENT OF Cracow.—The territory of Cracow extends 21 square miles. The population of the city is 43,000, of the territory 146,000. The revenue amounts to two - and-a-quarter millions of Polish florins. WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND RUGBY RAILWAY COMPANY.—crins DAY.) A meeting of this company, adjourned from Wednes day last, was held to-day at the London Coffeehouse, at twelve o'clock; H. G. Ward, Esq., M.l'., in the chair. On taking the chair, Mr. WARD said that he assumed his old position, as this was an adjourned meeting; he believed it was not n, ces-ary to have a vote for that purpose. I❑ doing so he should merely observe, that having been given to I understand that all sorts of actions might be brought against him, do what he might, he had placed hims.ell in the hands of his legal advisers, and under their advice he should refrain from everything but his simple duty as president of the meeting. He would only say that it was intended to altogether withdraw the 4,240 shares to which he had alluded. A SHAREHOLDER inquired where the scrip was now ? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was in safe keeping, but he should give no further information. At the last meeting he had stated that all the papers and documents of the company were open to a fair inspection of the shareholders. Mr. SPACEMAN. after giving the opinion of Sir F. Kelly and two other counsel, that it was illegal to use any scrip in voting which was not actually in possession of the holders, read a correspondence which had taken place be ween himself and one of the other scrutineers and the secretary and chairman of the company, the object of which was to obtain the numbers and holders of the scrip for the 4,240 shares alluded to. The result was, that under legal advice the directors refused to give the information required. The CHAIRMAN said, that whatever the responsibility might be rested with him and the other directors, and not with Mr. Hughes, the secretary. Mr. SPACEMAN resumed with saying, that if the votes now in the room wore sufficient to authorise the disso lution and bankruptcy of the company, well, but if not, then he would advise the shareholders to object to suffer the 4,240 votes to be withdrawn. Whatever they did, let them do it legally. Mr. CLARKE, the third scrutineer, stated, as the reason for refusing to act with the other scrutineers, his belief that in demanding the numbers and names of the holders of the scrip they were exceeding their official power. He had written to Mr. Spackman, intimating this opinion, and suggesting that a committee of shareholders should be appointed to investigate the circumstances, and examine the scrip as it was presented for voting. He could sire but one way of escaping from the difficulty and avoiding litigation ; that was, for every shareholder who had voted on the suspected scrip to come forward and say whether his scrip was good or bad. If this were done he believed that all difficulty would be obviated, and every one would ba saved from being committed to an illegal action. It appeared now impossible to get out of this difficulty without such a course as he pointed out. If they refused, then he should maintain that every person who voted on the scrip presented by him should be held responsible for the 30s. a share which had been originally paid. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether there was any power in the Act of Parliament to enable the directors to withdraw the shares in question ? The CHAIRMAN replied that there was no such power, and that occasioned the difficulty. An angry discussion ensued, in the course of which • Mr CLARKE declared that he differed from Mr. Speck man and several other shareholders in their belief of the efficacy of bankruptcy. In his opinion the best plan was to pursue the directors at law and in equity. He had calculated the expenses in the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Company at 7s. a share, and if the plan be re• commended were adopted, he believed that the whole of the balance could be obtained. The meeting decided upon proceeding to a scrutiny of the additional votes present. The CHAIRMAN said that he should never do anything behind their backs which he would not do in their pre sence ; and he had now therefore to remind them that at the last meeting he had stated that there was one debt against the company not entered in the balance sheet, against which ho was endeavouring to defend the shareholders. Since then, seeing the spirit of the meet ing against the shareholders, and, acting under the highest advice, he had paid that debt, and he had now to intimate that, in the event of a resolution of dissolv ing in bankruptcy being come to, in virtue of the power which, as chairman, he held, he should give cheques be fore to-morrow morning for the settlement of every account now outstanding against the company, so that if they did go into the Court of Bankruptcy they would go without a single creditor to oppose them. Mr. ADAMSON—Then I tell you, sir, that you will have every sixpence to refund. While the meeting was in a very excited state the scrutineers resumed their duty, and on their return re ported that there were 8,975 votes recorded. 4,240 of which were put in by the directors, and the validity of which the scrutineers could not ascertain, and they therefore demanded the vouchers which should confirm their authenticity. The CHAIRMAN stated that such a report was not in accordance with the statnte, and that con. sequently he could dot receive it. He should there fore call upon the scrutineers to amend their report, and would give them a reasonable time for doing so. In the event therefore of the amended report not being made within one hour he should declare the meeting dissolved, and leave the responsibility of the consequences to those who caused them. _ _ _ 111:SPACKMAN said they would not keep the Chair man one hour or five minutes, for the scrutineers would make no other report, and he believed they were quite within the terms of Lord Dalhousix's Act. The CIIAIRMAN said that since the last meeting he had taken the very highest legal advice, but he found that he had no power to interfere, and that in fact there were no means whatever of now withdrawing the 4,240 votes put in by the directors. He should, therefore, call upon the scrutineers to amend their report. Mr. SPACKMAN having declared that it was not the intention of the scrutineers to alter the report, The CHAI R M AN t h en sa id t h at he would g i ve a quar t er of an h oar f or t h e purpose, when, if he received no ether than that b e f ore hi m, h e should declare the meet ing dissolved without coming to any conclusion. No answer was made t o this, ard Mr. Spacliman and his friends, after a little consultation, left the room. At the appointed time the Chairman declared the meet• log dissolved. SLIGO ANL) SHANNON RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company was held this afternoon, at he offices of the company, Winchester-buildings, Old Broad-street, for the purpose of assenting to the terms of amalgamation, by way of purchase, with the Sligo Ship Canal Company. Mr. Hughes in the chair.. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the shareholders of the Sligo Ship Canal Company had unani mously agreed to transfer their undertaking to this com pany, under the powers' granted in their Act for that purpose, and the directors of this company felt persuaded that it would be most advan tageous that they should possess the entire con• trol of the Sligo Ship Canal. Both undertakings would be under one management, and the directors earnestly recommended the shareholders to confirm the arrangement for the purpose of completing the trans action. The shareholders had to authorise the directors to issue 800 shares in addition to the company's present number, which, when done, would make the company's capital 120,0001., in 4,800 shares of 251. each, with power to borrow the sum of 33,2001. to complete both the railway and canal. The directors would possess when the companies were amalgamated, the power of adjusting tolls, remitting them on vessels conveying goods to or from the railway, and charging by their Act on vessels conveying goods to any other destination. The canal would thus become a most important branch of the company's scheme, connecting Sligo with the river Shannon, and making it the port of the whole of the towns bordering on that river, from Athlone to the company's station on the shore of Lough Allen. The company was the onlyonethator the bteine,sdetshteoifr Ire land,Ac t schemes e projected fo map would show how advan tageorustlhyetn glanceline ay atth was situated for extension in various out auinrted and a twi with h s theconnecting lines reaching all ae the ng railroadsto the capital t o the north on the of so l u r teh of Ireland. The railroad and canal completedsthe sea the communication between the a S The wo rk s d i c t o e t c ad tor e e were omanpd a l e s tt se u .du r e e s d ncd by pbir t to h a h s e l a i o n r rh n e e t o ci o n iu g ni i tr n o a e e n do e s ebr t ea h itni a og t a th isno e a twelvemonth ewdesthldebdeisruepctpoorrst'eednbdyetahveouarids o tl t io a f m k ei e at the re t rd p h y r e io o nu p e at r o n litniehotpeouarunnsnt.Thete.aypkrhi undertaking ie tors of the lands were being negotiated with, and s h w a o rf u e l s d nc i n apnaa t ) h lin e weon m ut a l d j f o ob r re i t t y cho o eni f rfi c rlm a s s ne e dd s and de subjectt b ll o a a ot rftdh, the e i y n purchasescho conclusion, n eo , authorised te p h e o d rt hi t s h ee a d t d their ete : (ip uorvfcichcwaosnsevoe; conveyance and attach the company's seal to thereof. ad T op h t e ed. report having been read, w Mr. BRIGI IT moved a resolution, di rectors to conclude the agreement for the canal. empoweringasthe purchase of unanimously nim theously Mr. uponV cx s n g cordial)pu put to the m secondedeet meeting, the was sl u p n r a e n p i o m s o it u ion; which, adopted. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, ad the meeting separated. SLIGO SHIP CANAL COMPANY (THIS DAY.) This day, at twelve o'clock, an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors in the Sligo Ship Canal Company was held at the company's offices, Winchester House, for the purpose of considering the expediency of transferring the Sligo Ship Canal undertaking, under the powers contained in the company's Act of incorporation, to the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company. The proceed ings were purely of a formal character, the sale of the undertaking to the Sligo and Shannon Railway Com pany being unanimously determined upon. DREADFUL DEATII Dl' SUFFOCATION IN A SEWER. —Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Devon shire Arms, Devonshire-street, Globe Town, Mile -end road, on the body of Samuel fodder, aged forty, fore man in the service of Mr. John Thomas, builder. The deceased on Monday afternoon was employed in exca vating a sewer in Devonshire-street, from the main line. The ground was of a sandy nature, and in consequence of its having occasionally given way he w as caut i one d by his employers to put up tressels, which he refused to do, observing that there was no danger. Deceased was at a depth of about nine feet when the ground gave way and buried him, in which position he remained for a quarter of an hour, his son, who saw the fall of earth, with several others, assisting in his exhumation. On being extricated he was taken to the Devonshire Arms, and was attended by Mr. Leake, who found life extinct. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS. The Royal Mail Packet Company's steamer Tay, E. T. Sturdee commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday evening at nine o'clock, bringing mails of the following dates :—From Tampico, Oct. 24th ; Vera Cruz, Nov. Ist ; Havannah, 11th; Nassau, 13th; and Bermuda, 21st. Also, from Honduras, Oct. 20th ; Demerara, Nov. 4th ; Tobago, sth ; Trinidad, sth; La Guayra, 7th; Grenada, 10th; St. Vincent, /oth ; St. Lucia, 10th ; Alartinique, 11th ; Domi nique, 11th ; Guadaloupe, 11th ; Antigua, 12th ; Montserrat, 12th; :Nevis, 12th; St. Kitt's, 12th; Tortola, 13th; St. Thomas, 14th; St. Jago de Cuba, sth ; Jamaica, Bth ; Jacmel, 10th; and Puerto Rico, 12th. She brings on freight 600,000 dollars for mer chant's account, gold dust and gold, value about 33,0001.; 7561 b. of silver, 7 packages of platina, 53 bales of tobacco, 57 cases of cigars, 15 cases of pine apples, and a variety of other produce. The Tay has had to contend with a succession of gales since leaving Bermuda, chiefly from the N. and E. This, with a detention of 24 hours at the said port, by order of Admiral Austen, accounts for the lateness of her arrival. This ship was out during the whole of the hurri cane, which visited the llnvannah with such devas tating effects on the 10th and 1 Ith of October, having sailed from that place for Vera Cruz at 5 P.M. on the 10th. It was blowing very strong from N.N.E. at the time of her departure, the wind continued increasing, and from 11 P.M. on the 10th to 4 p.m. on the 1 1 th, it blew with the most intense fury. At the latter hour the wind shifted suddenly to W. by N., and in a few minutes after to S. IVY., then round to E., and settled at W.N.\V., blowing the hardest at N. • During nearly the whole of Sunday, the 11 th of October, the weather was tremendous, the drift flying over the ship in a complete sheet, and the sea assum ing a most extraordinary appearance, the waves rising in pyramidical forms and breaking at the summits, resembling breakers on a high shore. The ship during the whole of this fearful time behaved admirably, and but for her well-known qua lities as a sea boat, together with the excellence of her machinery, she must have experienced far greater damage than the comparatively slight injuries she has sustained, namely, the loss of one of her quarter-boats, and the sponsons being carried away. From the position she was in during the night of the hurricane, had she been a sailing ship instead of a steamer her total _destruction must have been in evitable. Her Majesty's steam-ship Vesuvius arrived at Port Royal on the 7th ult., from Halifax, where she had been to recruit the health of her crew. Her Majesty's schooner Pickle had returned from Cuba, after having been driven on shore in the late hurricane, with loss of mainmast ; when refitted she is to pro ceed to Hayti, with Mr. Bathurst, her Majesty's Consul. Her Majesty's ship Hermes, and her Ma jesty's ship Vindictive, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Austin, was at Bermuda. The Persian was also here repairing damage. From Trinidad we learn, that the weather during the month of November has continued favourable sunny days. for the planters. An abundance of rain has fall en , withA little fa favourable a ,vs b , e l e a t he: would intermissions nnw of be finedsierable for en tering upon the usual business of the season. Some estates have already commenced crop, and as soon as the weather is more settled, we may expect to see it very general throughout the island. Everything at present connected with the crop wears an appearance of promise. The Agricultural Society, we are happy to observe, are proceeding satisfactorily. The council of the society have resolved on publishing a journal, to be devoted to the discussion of all matters having refe rence to the improvement of the practice and science of agriculture in this colony. We regret that we cannot report favourably of the state of trade. Every department of business here is unusually dull. The planters are also de pressed in consequence of the recent measure of Go vernment. The Legislative Council was specially called to gether on the 17th ult. to receive the message of his Excellency, communicating the disallowance of in tercolonial immigration and the Coolie regulations. The Jamaica newspapers make no mention of the weather or crops, but, as has lately been the case, contain long articles on the new sugar duties. The intelligence received by the last packet from Halifax reporting the seizure of 2,000,000 dollars by Santa Anna is confirmed. The alleged ground for the seizure is, that he was . afraid the money might fall into the hands of the enemy. HER MAJESTY'S Srnrs.—The Endymion, Captain Lambert, and Alarm, Capt. Franklin, were lying at the Sacrificios. The Electra, Capt. Maitland, sailed for Tampico, from Sacrificios, on the 29th October; and the Daring, Capt. Matson, for the same place on the morning of the Ist November. The Vindictive, Capt. Seymour, with Admiral Sir F. Austin's flag, was at Bermuda. The Persian bad been hove down to have her bottom examined, and was refitting when the Tay left. The whole of the British-men-of-war were in a healthy state. The French squadron consisted of—Mercure, 18 ; Perouse, 18 ; and Pej lade, 18. The Spanish ship were—The Isabella 11., 22 ; and Juannitta, schooner. The Company's steamer Dee, Captain Allen, ar rived at Barbadoes on the 6th of November, and sailed for Grenada on the Bth, arrived there on the 9th, and sailed for Trinidad the same night. The Eagle was at Barbadoes on the 7th of November, and the Teviot on the 9th, leaving there on the same day for Jacmel, Jamaica, &c. The Forth was lying at anchor at Jamaica on the 9th. The Reindeer arrived at St. Thomas,'s on the 13th from Grenada, &C. The Trent brought the Jamaica and Northern Island mails to Bermuda, to meet the Tay from England, on the 20th, at noon, and was left there when the Tay sailed. The Clyde arrived at Havannah on the 7th of November, and sailed on the 9th for Vera Cruz and Tampico. The intelligence brought by the Tay from Mexico is of no great imp or t ance. She had very l i tt l e com hmeurniecnatteiorningon anyshore.of Nore n s r t t r s ic . tion Th N e Vas the p squadron was still lyi ng o ff Anton Lizardo, an d no movement had been m a d e i n any shape w h a t ev er since the last ed v i ces . A t V era Cruz the M ex i cans were still exertin g th emse l ves, and adopt i ng ever y means in their p ower t o d e f end their favour i te C as tl e blockading squadron no of St. Juan de Ulloa. The American brig of war, Porpoise, arrived at Tampico on the 21st of October, and was lying there when the Tay left. The American squadron at the anchorage of Anton Lizardo were—Cumberland, 52 ; Potomac, 52 ; John Adams, 20 ; Mississippi, steamer, besides several small schooners and steamers. The Saint Mary's, 20, Falmouth, 20, and Somers, brig, were likewise cruis ing off the port. It was reported that the scurvy had made its ap pearance in the American fleet, and that the crews were suffering severely. In short, one ship had been sent to the United States with invalids. A movement, on the part of the Mexicans, had been made at Tampico. The whole of the forces were preparing to leave when the Tay left, in order to rally round Santa Anna, who was at San Luis, concentrating his army. Every person capable of bearing arms had voluntarily it was supposed that the force under Santa Anna amounted to upwards of 20,000 men. Their desti nation was Monterey, to meet General Taylor. No further intelligence had been received from the seat of war in the interior. It was intended on the part of the Mexicans to evacuate Tampico. The can non was being transported to Monterey, but the ammunition, copper, shot, &c., was thrown into the river, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Americans. A private correspondent at Mexico writes to the following effect : " There has been a general alarm in the interior, particularly in the city of Mexico, during the last month, arising out of the arming of the lower classes of the people as a civic guard. Foreigners especially had reason to be apprehensive lest an attack on property might lead to personal violence ; but on the departure of the cou rier all was quiet, and confidence in a great measure restored. _ _ _ " General Santa Anna had collected a considerable force at San Luis Potosi, and the prevailing opinion was that General Taylor had not the means of advancing from Monterey, where they had experienced a heavy loss, although they obtained possession of the t own b y capitulation. A little more firmness and en ergy on the part of the general officer commanding mu s t h ave obliged the Americans t o retire. 6 4 Vera Cruz was still blockaded , but the Ameri cans bad been foile d in all their attempts alon g the coast, and this had had the e ffect of g reatl y enco uraging the Mexicans to and Nearly the whole of the m a l e vicinity were arming, i undergong daily drilling , and would, in all probability, inhabitantsorfestihsteanee. city use the most despe rate means to repel any attempt s th at would be made. As to negotiation, no one thought of it, nor is it likely that it would be, even if the Ameri cans 'penetrated into the heart of the country. A ny government attempting it would be overthrown in a month. " Commodore Stockton, on the western coast, had divided the Californias into three different states, as a part of the American U nion." Prom another source we learn that— " General Santa Anna, with 20,000 men, mostly well armed, was at St. Luis Potosi, on his way to Monterey, to endeavour to retake that town from the American General Taylor. " The chiefs of the federal party who had recalled General Santa Anna from exile had been removed from power by him after he reached St. Luis. "Forced contributions had been made from all classes and nations residing within the Mexican Government to carry on the war, and as the people in general as well as the army had become most enthusiastic in the war, it was thought that if General Santa Anna would pass rapidly on, he would do something that would redound to the national character by the recapture of Monterey. " Two American steam-ships, the Mississippi and another, intending to make an attack on Alvarado, grounded in the centre of the river before they arrived opposite the town. During the time they were aground the Mexican volunteers so annoyed them by their fire that, when got afloat again, they were glad to make a hasty retreat. "Almonte, the present Minister of War, wculd, it was believed, be elected President, should he conform to the wishes of Santa Anna. Santa Anna would, in all proba bility, be Almonte's successor. " General Canaleso returned from Paris to Mexico, by the Royal Mail steamer Clyde, and it was believed that Santa Anna would appoint him his second in command. "It is not likely that the war will be of long conti nuance, as the vast expense of the American army is much beyond what can be long borne by the United States Government, and the Mexicans, or at least the more respectable portion, desire peace, if it can be ob tained on honourable terms." WEST INDIES. The private accounts from the Wrest Indies repre sent the crops to be in a fliurishing state, and the weather particularly favourable, cithough a more than usual quantity of rain had fallen. It was very hot in Jamaica, and some little sickness prevailed. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordaras' Mercantile Intelligencer.) Flour—The demand being rather active, and the sup ply light, several parcels have changed hands at im proved rates. The %nail:et is now in a good position, and prices have reached 345. per barrel, at which rates holders are generally firm. The sales have been-600 barrels Philadelphia at 325. ; HO ditto ditto at 335. ; 550 ditto ditto at 345. ; 500 barrels Georgetown at 345. ; 300 ditto, and 200 half ditto ditto at 345. ; 600 barrels Philadelphia at 335. The above sales are reported in the order in which they were effected. Corn Meal—This article also is in good demand. 100 barrels have been taken at 365., and 500 ditto at 255., per barrel. Rice is very inactive. The heavy stock prevents operations to any extent. 100 bags best East India have been sold at 17s. per 100 lbs. Bread—The 300 barrels Pilot, reported as having arrived in cur last, have been placed in lots at 17s. per barrel. Crackers, of the same arrivals, are taken at 20s. EXPORTS. Sugar has brought from 225. to 30s. per I,ooolbs. Ruin—The very small quantity at market has caused an advance in the price of this article. It may now be quoted at 4s. ld. to 4s. 3d. per gallon, at which rates it is taken as fast as it is supplied. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Planters' Bank-90 days, par; 60 days, -.3- per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem.; sight, 1} per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank-90 days, par; 60 days, 1 per cent. prom.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank-60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. The following is a list of the Tay's passengers! — Mr. Escomdon and family, Mr. Lestapis, Danish Consul, and servant, and Mr. Mitchell, RN., from Vera Cruz ; Mr. Soden and Mr. Grebow, from Havannah; Mr. F. Marriott and Mr. Calvet, from Chagres; Mr. Glenara, from Santa Martha; Mr. Castella, from St. Jago de Cuba; Lieutenant Jarvis, 38th Regiment, and Mrs. Jarvis, Captain Cowan, and Captain llowell, 2d West India Regiment, from Jamaica; Mr. Cameron, Mr. Harthill, and Mr. Schroeder, from Demerara; Mr. Armour, from Trinidad; Mr. Shiel and family, from Montserrat; Mr. Koscinski, died on board, from Gua deloupe; Mr. Hay, from Nevis; Mr. Broomfield, from St. Thomas's; Mr. Macarthy, Captain and Mrs. Wulff, Royal Engineers, and Master Beaseley and servant, from Nassau; the Rev. Mr. Cambpell, chaplain, from her Majesty's dockyard, Bermuda; five invalided seamen (tour from her Majesty's ship Endymion, one from Imaum); eighteen distressed British subjects, from llavannah; Mr. Murray, chief engineer, and Mr. Stevens, second ditto, from the royal mail steam-packet, Reindeer. The mails of the Tay were in charge of Lieutenant Brand, Admiralty agent, and were dispatched to town by the one o'clock train this morning. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, walked in the planta tions of Osborne House on Monday afternoon, and the Royal Family took airings. Yesterday her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early walk in the pleasure grounds. Earl Gre) arrived at Osborne House yesterday after noon, and had the honour of joining the Royal Circle at dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice drove out in a carriage yesterday forenoon, and walked and rode on ponies on the sea beach. Her Royal High ness the Princess Helena was taken an airing yes terday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town yesterday, for Bowood-park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords prtsent were the 'Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of ttle Admiralty Court. Mr. Wigram, the Queen's Counsel, replied on an ap peal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall." Judgment was deferred. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. BACHELOR OF MEDICINE.-SECOND EXAMINATION, 1846. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND CO3IPARATIVE ANATOMY. Elam, Charles (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. - Day, John Climenson (Gold Medal), London Hospital. Sturt, Thomas James, King's College. flawksley. Thomas, King's College. Bompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. SURGERY. Elam, Charles (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. Day, John Climenson (Gold Medal), London Hospital. MEDICINE. Elam, Charles (Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. Goodridge, Henry Frederick Augustus, University College. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. Bompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. MIDWIFERY. Elam, Charles, Leeds School of Medicine. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. NEW BALLAD. THE ROMANCE OF THE POST-OFFICE DI RECTORY FOR 1846. AIR-" The Old English Gentleman." We hear of days long passed away, and glorious times of old, And how Young England's sons affirm we're getting dull and cold; But yet romance is not quite dead—in common daily life She still exists ; of which great fact you'll find examples rife In the Post-Office Directory all of the present year. (Chorus dependent upon the convivial or musical propensities of the listeners.) Of Knights, though chivalry has pass'd, we note a goodly band, From selling Penny Magazines, to oysters in the Strand; And 'Squires, too, a stalwart crew, in every trade are se , n, From fishmongers in Cleveland-street, to chemists to the Queen, In the Post-Office Directory, &c. And Pages print and lithograph; an 4, deeming it no sin, Monks sell cigars, and trade in cheese, and keep a Cross Keys Inn ; Nuns, too, In New Kent-road, import tobacco to our land ; And there are cells of Abbots in the New Inn, Wych- street, Strand. And in the Post-Office Directory, &c. The mighty minds of every age you'll meet therein combined, John Milton, as a tea-dealer, in Mary'hone you'll find ; And Isaac Newton, in the east, has stores of pens and quills ; And Ilogarth trades in ham and beef, and Butler deals in pills, In the Post-Office Directory, &c. And Samuel Johnson makes brass rules, and Fielding vends the nzw s, And Pope sells coals; and Dryden, law; and Spenser, boots and shoes; And .Veaurnont's a solicitor; and Fletcher pulls out teeth; And Godwin will supply you with an artificial wreath, From the Post- Office Directory, &c. Of those who flourish'd long ago the course is not yet run : Mars sells and dresses leather; Bacchus keeps the Rising Sun; Mark Anthony's a silk-weaver, and lives in Spitalflelds ; And Tully's skill to Drury Lane a well-trained chorus yields, Though not in the Directory, &c. The virtues altogether form a tolerable train ; There's Prudence has a loan fund, and we hope he may remain; There's Faith at Lloyd's—Hope in the Temple ; but it ill may sound That Charity just now is not in London to be found, Nor in the last Directory, &c. lint noted thieves of olden times arc here the same as then, With this exception, that they are " all honourable men." Dick Turpin dressing-cases makes; Jack Sheppard sells wax candles, And Duval trades in gold ; but always 'tis his own he handles, In the Post-Office Directory, &c. In fact, there's nought or nobody the keen compilers spare, And all we have immortalised are, bond fide, there Just turn to the last copy, and you'll find them all forthwith, Unless you chance to lose yourself amongst the tribes of Smith, In the Post-Office Directory, all of the present year. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. THE ALL-AGED STAKES. _ _ Mr. Nash's Cloak beat Lest Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk. Mr. Miller's Mischief beat Mr. King's Racbael. Mr. Foster's Highland Lassie beat Lord Stradbroke's Maxse. Mr. Fyson's Figaro beat Mr. Mare's Minus. Mr. R. Bagge's Fortune-teller beat Captain Wyndham's Wildfire. Mr. Miller's Magic beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck. Mr. Inskip's Probity beat Mr. Anstruther's Cast-off. Mr. Foster's Lucy Bertram beat Mr. Vipan's Vanguard. Mr. Inskip's Jericho beat Mr. Arabin's Firefly. Mr. Bennet 's Wish-you may-get-it beat Mr. Nash's Swallow. Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Mr. Finch's Brighton. Mr. Squire's Ohien beat Mr. Finch's Plar,et. Lord Stradbroke's Alawworm beat Mr. Dobede's Dutchman. Mr. B. Smyth's Silesia beat Mr. Gillett's Gokifinder. Lord Stradbroke's Miles beat Mr. Fyson's Fenella. Mr. Anstruther's Farmer beat Mr. 1.. Bagge's Theorist. THE PUPPY STAKES. Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Mare's Bracelet. Mr. Fyson's Farmer's Boy beat Mr. Miller's Magog. Mr. Bennet's Whisky beat Mr. Ba tc h elor's Merlin. Mr. Foster's Thoresway Lass beat Mr. Moody's Rodney. Mr. Dobede's Daisy beat Mr. Arabin's Ales. Mr. Anatruther's Clementina beat Mr. Sniyth's Rite. Mr. Vipan's Vesta beat Mr. Gillett's Goody. Mr. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Squire's Orange Flower. A splendid (RECEIVED tria and satisfactory decisions. THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.— TUESDAY. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst Van Tromp (o 0.); 15 to 1 agst Epirote (off.) ; 20 to 1 agst Planet (t. to 25.); 25 to 1 agst Glentilt (off.); 28 to 1 agst sister to Cobweb colt (off.) ; 33 to 1 agst Old Port (t.) ; 35 to 1 agst Lunedale (off.); 40 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (t.). CHESTER Cur.-50 to 1 agst Erin-go-bragh (off.); 50 to 1 agst Crim Con (off.). Offers to take 50 to 1 to 5001. about naming the winner—the name of the horse did not transpire. The Queen's Advocate opened an appeal from the Chancery of York, " Her Majety's rroetor v. the Soli citor for the Duchy of Lancaster." The case was ad journed. NEWPORT,—The death of the veneraMe Baronet, Sir Charles Morgan, of Treeegar, who expired on Sa turday last, after a few days'inness, has cast an univer sal gloom over the southern part of the principality, where he was not only respected, and looked up to as the representative of a long line of Welsh princes and chieftains, but as the friend, protector, or benefactor of all th use who came within the sphere of his influence. He expired at Tredegar, surrounded by all the members of his family, and we believe there can scarcely be found in the recon:s of this and the last century, a similar in stance of a private individual who, while g, was honoured bk.) a prince, and beloved by all ranks, and who, to the age of eighty-seven years was permitted the enjoyment of all his mental and bodily yowers. :CAMBORNE, D. I.—(FROM ACORRESPONENT.) ---A very great discovery has been made in the Wheal Curtis Copper-mine. On sinking a shaft fifty-five fathoms below Adit, a rich vein of copper has been dis covered, seventeen inches thick, which will prove a great source of wealth to the partners, and make it one of the most valuable mines in this county. _ _ A BOY KILLED BY A HOESE.—On Monday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Nesingtou Aims, Ricg-street, Walworth, respecting the death of Richard - Jepp, Aged twelve 'years, lately residing at No. 23, James-street, East-lane. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was the son of poor and industrious parents, and on Wednesday, the 2d instant, he was in a neighbour's stable, and 'whilst leading a young horse into the yard he slipped, and before he could get out of the way the horse trod upon the deceased's foot and left templeovhereby he was most seriously injured. He was removed home, and placed under the care of Mr. Otway, but lockjaw and inflammation ensued, from which ha died on Friday last. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." WHITTINGTON CLUB AND METROPOLITAN ATHE. NJEUM.—On Monday a meeting of the members of this institution was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand. Mr. Jones in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that the object of the institution was to promote the literary and scientific education of the people, to meet their physical wants by providing club houses for the less wealthy classes, and to improve the moral and intellectual character of its members. Various rules, regarding the age, qualification, and subscription of candidates, were discussed and approved of, after which the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—On Monday all that part of the footway situate on the eastern side was re-opened to the public ; on Thursday the cars iage-way will be opened for vehicles of light draught, when, should the structure stand this test, the bridge will be thrown open as formerly. THE SMITHFIELD CATTLE NUISANCE.---ACCIDENT ON BLACHFRIA.RS BRIDGE.—On Monday afternoon, a drove of very fine oxen were proceeding over Blackfriars Bridge, shortly after three o'clock, and when near the Surrey side, the carriage way was partially blocked up by an omnibus and some waggons. Three of the oxen, more infuriated than the rest, rushed among the foot passengers, knocking down an old lady with a child in her arms, fortunately without injuring either. In their furious progi ess, however, a little girl named Trinder, residing in Upper Ground-street, was knocked down near the iron railings opposite the British Plate Glass Company's office, and was trampled upon, and severely injured. LORD DUNDONALD'S WAR PLAN.—The Scientific Commission appointed to examine and decide on the merit of his Lordship's discovery, is occupied with the investigation of its principle, which neither trenches on that of Captain Warner nor on the ingenious invention termed gun-cotton, but is, in regard to the latter, of a totally different nature. Cotton explodes instaneously, like the galvanic spark, whereas his Lordship's disco very effects a continuous evolution of intensely powerful elastic products—like the unremitting generation of steam from boiling water, the effect of which has been rendered familiar to the public by the steam-gun (or tube) of the ingenious Mr. Perkins, from which a stream of shot, following each other in close succession, pass through the atmosphere with less opposition, and conse quently transport their overwhelming effect to a greater distance, than shells or shot propelled singly from artil lery.—Humpshire Telegraph. SALE OF AN ALLEGED AUTOGRAPH OF SHAHS PRRE.--On Monday, a sale by auction of a curious collec tion of old plays, &c., took place at Messrs. Puttick and Simpson's rooms, in Piccadilly, and amongst them some manuscript notes and a, signature presumed to be the autograph of William Shakspere. These were inserted in an cdd volume of " Hollinshed's Chronicles," first edition, 1577, imperfect. The auctioneer stated that he would not guarantee the signature to be genuine, but that, as wall as the manuscript notes, were presumed to be in the autograph of the "immortal bard." There was but one offer for the volume, viz., Si., at which sum it was knocked down to a gentleman named Holding. In addition to the autograph, a copy of the folio edition (second) of Shakspere's histories, tragedies, and come dies, published in 1632, sold for 71. 10s., whilst a copy of the third edition, date 1664, sold for 91. 10s. The fourth edition, published in 1685, sold for 31. 12s. 6d. A copy of Spenser's "Fairie Queene," in two volumes, black letter, imperfect, printed by William Ponsonby in 1590, sold for 41. 2s. 6d. We are requested by Mr. Bunn to state that there is no truth in the report of his having entered into an engagement at he Surrey Theatre as announced by us on Monday. STATE OF IRELAND. M. GUIZOT'S FETE. We really cannot gratify the most sanguine part of , The political and elegant world crowded, on Friday the public with the faintest intimation of an improve- ' evening, the drawing-rooms of the Foreign-office. The ment in the prospects of Ireland. That country still two sons of the King, now at Paris, the Dukes de No shows what Falstaff calls a sort of alacrity at sinking. mours and deMontpensier, honoured with theirpresence The most consolatory reflection that one can possibly , this splendid fele, given by M. Guizot, and which the entertain is, that in this instance one is pretty sure to i Bey of Tunis attended. Among the crowd were the know the worst. No class in that island ever hides its Ministers, a large number of Members of both Chem . grief. A whole cluster of western isles might be depo • hers, the most eminent members of the great Courts of pulatcd without the British public being aware of the Law, the Council of State, the Administration and Army, casualty. In Ireland, on the contrary, we are sure to and the Ambassadresses and the members of the corps hare ample, not to say redundant, notice of the danger. diplomatique. (The Ambassadors were absent, owing, Could all classes only agree in their story, we might be i it is said, to a question of precedence founded upon thankful for the warning. Unhappily, however, every their relations with the Ottoman Porte). About two class is proclaiming its own grievances, and endeavour- thousand invitations had been sent out. Many foreigners ing to save itself in a general calamity. Such a cala- of distinction had hastened to this reunion d'elite. mity there is, and common sense, as well as common Among those present were Lord and Lady William feeling, suggests that all should divide the burden, and Hervey, Lord and Lady Cowley and Miss Wellesley, everybody make up his mind to be somewhat the worse Countess Rostopchin, Prince Trubetskoi and Madame fur it. England'is doing its part nobly, and is likely to Oustinoff, née Trubetskoi, M. Martinez de la suffer, nay, it already suffers, in consequence. Rosa, the Spanih Ambassador ; and, lastly, that Would, that the exertions and sacrifices of host of edebrites in the arts, sciences, politics, and lite the State met with a like return. For the in- rature of whom Fiance is proud, and who are connected struction of Ireland herself, and of all the nations i by so liv e ly a sympathy with a Minister who is not of the earth, it may be a s we ll j ust to men- solely great as a statesman. The Bey of Tunis arrived tion what the Imperial Government is doing. At a few at nine, accompanied by his Minister of - War, his weeks' notice, it is employing and feeding, according to Minister of Finances, Chevalier Ruffo, and followed by the last published account, 273,000 men , w i t h t h e d a il y a b rilliant cortege. His Royal Highness the Duke dey addition of thousands to the list. The payment of a Nernours arrived at a quarter to ten. The moment he ~quarter of a million a month from the Treasury is found took his seat, the concert, executed by the " Censer-insufficient. That, of course, is not to be wondered at. vatoire," commenced. The programme, which was The most moderate computation of 273,000, whether worthy of the performers, had been drawn up by M. lounging about at I.s. a day, or doing task-work to bring Auber with the tact and intelligence of a great master. in something more, together with the expense of sur - It was, we are assured, at the request of M. Guizot in veyirg, measuring, overlooking, paying, implements, person, that the chorus of the Muctte de Porlici carts, wheelbarrows, &c., runs up to a sum we are afraid formed part of it, and that brilliant inspiration re to mention. All this is done from the ordinary resources tabled all its power and éclat by the side of the airs of of the Treasury, and the ordinary Government staff. Weber, the fine chorus of Semiramide, and Beethoven's The public works, the relief labourers—all the persons, gigantic symphonies. The concert ended at half-p as t places, and things relating to the operation, are to be eleven. His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier selected at once. It is no exaggeration to say, that a had arrived at about eleven. The Prince had been de more gigantic task was never undertaken. Cmsar tained at Vincennes owing to a banquet he had given to thought himself a very fine fellow because in three or the artillery officers on the occasion of the Sainte Bathe four wet ks he made a dyke and a wall sixteen feet fete. His arrival created considerable sensation. M. high and nineteen miles long to keep the Ilel- Guizot'sfete concluded at one, after a rich collation. vetians from molesting the province; and ,Napo- During more than four hours, an elegant crowd (about leon had probably some misgivings that he was 800 persons were present) had not ceased to circulate trenching upon the superhuman when he attempted to through nine great drawing-rooms, resplendent with march half a million men across Europe and establish light and thronged- with flowers. All that our gardens them in the midst of a Muscovite winter. But for a can yield was accumulated in profusion, and the Bey of work of peace to be done with the exactest regard not Tunis must have been astonished at. such marvellous merely to justice but to equity, and even more delicate Oriental splendour. The utmost order was maintained, considerations, we think the task thrown upon the Go- both without and within. A curious multitude stood on ' vernment in Ireland may safely challenge comparison the Boulevard near the Foreign-office, and despite the with any human achievement. Here was an act of immense line of carriages, the circulation was kept free charity, a social reform, a thousand local improvements the whole night. and engineering undertakings to be done out of hand, while the people declared themselves dying for hunger. That a work like this should really be well done, it is absolutely insane to expect, and impudent to demand. It would be just as unreasonable as to dream that Na poleon's half million, on the above occasion, should march from Paris to Moscow, and back again, with no more inconvenience to their persons and their wardrobes than if they were performing a few dusty evolutions in the plain of St, Denis or the Champ de Mars. What our Government has had to do in a hurry is a work that would exceed the most deliberate fore thought and the best prepared means. It is a work of salvage. Human m illi ons are to b e saved any how. It must be done roughly. But who are we really to thank for all this? They who have set their faces like a flint for these many years against a good poor-law—they who have constantly and expressly declared that it was better the people should certainly perish, than that there should be the least risk of the rent being swal lowed up in rates—they who have always maintained that the right of mendicancy was a sufficient poor-law for Ireland—they who have seen with complacency myriads of poor destitute creatures, aged, widowed, orphaned, fed by precarious collections made up of handfuls of meal and single potatoes from the doors of those who were almost as poor as themselves—they who even now, with a millstone of debt being actually tied to their necks, with a population arming itself almost en masse, and manipulated in bands by the only, though desperate, remedy attempted, still, true to their instinct, struggle and protest against a good poor-law. Yet we are told that there is a want of sympathy on this side of the Channel, as well as a want of intel ligence, a want of discrimination, and so forth. The true want is the wretched deficiency of local agents, local in stitutions, local aid of every kind to the Government. The reality of sympathy, we should think, is sufficiently shown by the readiness with which the British public acquiesces in a drain upon the Treasury which, besides that it will for some years offer a serious impediment to any of those fiscal reductions which the commerce of England requires, and the industry of England deserves, operates at this moment most seriously, not to say dis astrously, on the money-market of England. Every tradesman who finds that he is obliged to limit his operations, to reduce his orders, to dismiss his workmen, to turn his investments into cash, because he cannot get assistance on the usual terms, has partly to thank that long train of Irish misgovernment, which has ended in throwing three or four millions at once on the Imperial Treasury. So much for the proof of our sympathy—a proof of a very substantial character. As for the want of perfect success in the application of our relief, it is enough to say, as we have said, that it is above the power of man. It is impossible to find a commissar* fog 8,000,000 at a moment's notice.—Tintes. THE SHANNON LUSH S TEA M PACICET.—PLT , MOUTH, DEC. 6.—Last night, on the fall of the tide, the scuttle holes in the ship's sides were plugged and caulked, and the vessel made sufficiently tight, under the direction of Mr. Hill, shipbuilder, to allow of her being hauled off from the beuch. She is not much strained, and now lies on a mud bottom, having a list to starboard, with her bow pointing more eastward than yesterday. It is hoped next tide that she may be placed alongside Mr. Hill's wharf, 'which is near. Several beams between her engine -room and stern are destroyed, and her saloon presents, by its charred, broken, and desolate appearance, a sad contrast to that which it bore when with its numerous and con tented occupants it left Southampton. The fire seems to have commenced right under the spiral cabin staircase, where two of her crew narrowly escaped destruction when removing the plate and other valuables from the steward's pantry, as the cabin deck in this place, gave way under their feet, and they with difficulty saved their lives. Most of the cabin bertha were occupied. Two young ladies, named Fagan, who were going to Ireland, escaped in their night-dresses. Mrs. Jarrett, an elderly lady, was carried into the hulk alongside. Her husband, a captain in the army, incurred great risk ; being advanced in life, and rather deaf, he lay in his berth, unconscious of his perilous position, and was rescued by the intrepidity of Captain Gennys, R.N., who rushed through the danger and brought him on deck. The wife of the assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's brig Recruit escaped from one danger to encounter another. The only ladder in use, that on the starboard side, was deficient one step in the middle, and this lady in the hurry fell through the aperture, but was speedily taken out of the water and conveyed to Cattle down. Another lady walked right off the gangway at the head of the ladder. Two other ladies arc said to have fallen overboard, and these casualtiees have given rise to reports that some lives were lost, which, we are happy to say, is not the case. The stewardess had all her spare clothing, &c., destroyed. A woma n name d Miner, who expected her confinement in January, became the mother of a boy on board the Shannon prior to the ship's arrival at Southampton —an event for which she was totally unprepared. Her wants were, however, well supplied by other female passengers, and she is now with her friends at Plymouth. Her husband left her, with two other children, before the discovery of the fire on Saturday morning, but fortunately was not far from the ship when the alarm was given, and returning im mediately conveyed them ashore. The origin of the fire remains unknown. Some of the passengers affirm that it first smelt like burning cotton. The contents of the cargo are various, comprising bales and boxes of all de scriptions, cotton, crape, shawls, silks, books, stationery, clothing, hops, spirits, wine, &c. It is surmised that some of the cargo ignited spontaneously shortly after leaving Southampton on Friday, and continued smoul dering until the ship's arrival at Catwater on Saturday morning. EARLY SHOP-SHUTTING.—We are glad to learn that the most respectable booksellers and publishers in town have agreed to continue the shutting of their places of business on Saturday afternoons at five o'clock throughout the winttr months ; thus affording time to those in their employment for reif improvement in one season of the year, as \sell as fur physical recreation in the other.—Edinburgli Evening Post. DEATH OF LIEUTENAP:T-GENERAL DICKINSON, OF THE ROYAL ARTILLEItY.—We have this day to record the deceaEe of the oldest surviving general officer con nected with the Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-General Richard Colleton Dickenson, who expired on the sth instant, at his residence near Notting-hill, at the ad vanced ago of eighty-four, after a military service of sixty-five years. He entered the royal regiment as second lieutenant, June 29. 1781, his subsequent com missions being thus dated :—First lieutenant, May 17, 1790 ; captain, March 6, 1795 ; major, September 15, 1806 ; regimental lieutenant-colonel, June 4, 1814 ; regimental colonel, July 29, 1820 ; major -general, May 25, 1827 ; lieutenant-general, June 28, 1828 ; colonel commandant of the second battalion of the Royal Artil lery, April 28, 1836. MURDER OF A CHILD BY HER FATHER.—BRISTOL, .TUESDAY.—Last night a man, named Cann, a butcher, residing in the district of Baptist Mills, murdered his infant daughter, during a quarrel with his wife. Mr. J. Grindon, coroner of Bristol, held an inquest to-day upon the body, and received the following evidence : Police Constable, No. 200, said he was alarmed by a noise on Monday night, and going to the place whence the sound proceeded, he saw John Cann knock his wife down with his fist ; he then kicked with his foot, upon which the wife screamed "murder, the child is dead." Witness ran towards her, and saw the mother lifting the child from the ground. He took the child up, and told Cann the child wes dying. The woman said he had kicked it in the head, and before that he had flung it across the street three times. Cann made no answer. Witness then took him into custody. The infant was sent to the hospital. John Mason, house-surgeon of the hospital, said that about half-past two o'clock this morn ing the deceased infant was brought in. It was treated for concussion of the brain, but died soon after five o'clock. He had made a post mortem examination, and found that the death had been occasioned by fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain, produced by some violent injuries received. The inquest was finally ad journed. MEETING AT OLDBURY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFEEERS BY THE LATE COLLIERY ,EXPLOSION.—A numerous and highly influential meeting was held at Oldbury yesterday, ter the purpose of adopting mea sures for raising funds to relieve the wants of the widows and orphans whose relations perished in the late coal mine accident there. Captain Bennett was in the chair. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the sub scriptions at the close amounted to 6401., including 101. from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, 201. from the Earl of Dartmouth, and 21. from his lady. It was suggested that a memorial should be addressed to Government, praying for inquii y into the circumstances of the acci dent; but it appeared from an answer from Sir George Grey to a memorial to this effect from Dudley, that Go vernment is already in communication with Mr. Hinch cliff, the coroner, on the subject. An unsuccessful attempt was made at North Shields on Monday, to blow up the wreck of the Lady Faver sham, which has obstructed the navigation of the river Tyne for the last twelve months. Only two out of ten canisters of gunpowder exploded when the galvanic cir cuit was completed, and the effect on the wreck was con sequently very trifling. Another attempt will be made in a few days. THE MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.—The Liberal candidates for the representation of the City of London at the next general election will, it is now under stood, be Lord John Russell, Mr. Patteson, Sir G. Lar pent, and Mr. Rothschild. In Paris,ig in m to us p i oh citiscass,cbernindgminggimntuoshiciaglhhparlamcoens,yis(ainnd u g itself at e) into that sphere where no other sort of rpresent exists. Every Tuesday Louis harmonyif t is n high time) Philippe has music executed; thirty poor devils, under the direction of Auber, sing from the scores of Mozart or Meyerbeer. The King in the meanwhile reads the dispatches of the day, makes notes on the margin, with an occasional reverie, with eyes fixed on the ceiling, during which, no dcubt, he ponders how he may be avenged upon his old enemy, Palmerston, for mistaking Montemolin for Christina's door, and for snubbing hi s young god-child, Jarnac. The royal Family, in the meanwhile, remain in the adjacent room; the ladies their tapestry or their parfilage ; whilst the Princes, I a to t am sorry to say, too often are seen trying in vain suppress yawns at their better halves, not excepting by any means the Duke de Montpcnsier, who appears to appeal from his sallow little bride to the musicians for a isistance to his flame, saying, in a very different spirit from Duke Orsino— —•Post. If music be the food of love, play on !" LEITH.—EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION.—Foreign pro duce continues to flow into cur port; timber, tallow, and grain in great abundance. During the last four days upwards of 10,000 quarters of grain have entered for landing. A vessel from Dantzig has among other commodities, no fewer than 1,700 kegs 9f black beer. The advanced period of the season shuts out the hope of many more cargoes arriving from ports influenced by the frosts. No year has been marked by such an influx of foreign stores as the present. Bonded vaults, warehouses, and timber-yards ItTe full to sorer ' flow.—Edfnburgh Weekly Express. i~ A