The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-19 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-WEDNESDAY. The King and the Princess Augusta took a carriage airing this morning together in a close carriage, preceded by outriders. BULLETIN.—" The Duchess of Gloucester has passed a tranquil night ; and her Royal Highness is in every re spect better this morning." The King gave audie nce y es t er d ay t o C o l. W emyss . Sir Robert Otway will leave Brighton at the end of the month, to take the command at Sheerness. Apartments are engaged - at the Albion Hotel for the Duke of Argyle, who is expected this evening. Baron Gersdorff left the Albion Hotel yesterday on his return. It is expected that the much talked of hurdle-race will take place to-morrow. One of the stewards, the Earl of Errol, is indisposed with the influenza. Among the calls at the Palace to-day are—Sir Matthew, Lady, and Miss Tierney, Colonel J. M. Wilson, Colonel Jodrell, Captain Sir J. and Lady Westphal, Sir Brook Taylor, Mr. Sheffield Grace, Lieutenant -Colonel Rowan, Marquis of Bristol, Mr. Hildyard, Sir Geo. Sinclair, Cap tain Stirlinc , (Brigade Major at Co r f u ) , and Mrs. Stirling. Our local professor, Gutteridge, gave his annual concert to-day at the Old Ship Hotel, but, owing to so many per sons being attacked with influenza, the room was not so full as was expected. The leading singers were Madame Caradori and Mrs. Seymour, and the instrumental depart ment comprised the members of her Majesty's private band, with one influenza or two excepti ons, who were indisposed with the . Nearly half Brighton are suffering from the influenza. Some forty or fifty of the Royal establishment have been attacked with the malady ; and there is scarcely a house in Brighton in which it has not made its appearance. It has, however, assumed a mild form. COURT CIRCULAR. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 17.—The letter to Mr. O'Connell from Mr. Sharman Crawford, and the extracts from Mr, O'Brien's address to the electors of Limerick, both of which we intimated our intention of giving to-day, are as follows : Crawfordsburn, Jan. 15, 1837. Sir—The papers I have received this day contain a speech, reported as havin g been delivered by you in the General Association on Friday last, in which I find an attack made upon my political principles and conduct. I take the liberty of informing you that it is my intention to attend the meeting of the Association on Thursday next, the 19th inst., for the purpose of replying to that attack. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c., &c., WM. SHARMAN CRAWFORD. To Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. O'BRlEN.—After expressing his conviction that the electors of the county of Limerick are too enlightened " to require any tuition to enable them to form a correct judg ment respecting the great public questions submitted for their consideration, or to entertain a just opinion respecting an individual whose home is amongst them, and every act of whose public life has been submitted by him to their strictest scrutiny," the Hon. Member for Limerick tells Mr. O'Connell that he is " equally indifferent to his praise or censure.' With respect to a State provision for the Clergy, Mr. O'Brien says, " There is no man in the country so entirely disqualified as Mr. O'Connell to call to account any one who may advocate a pension for the Catholic clergy. He now indeed says that he would rather die than couple his religion with the temporalities of this world ; but he was in the full maturity of his intellect when; in 1823, he strongly advocated, in terms which I should be sorry to use, the ex pediency of this measure. He did not then think that it would either prejudice the interests of the Catholic Church, or disturb the harmony and well-being of society in Ireland." . • • • . A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Vis count Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmer s t on , Lord Glenelg, the Chan cellor of th e E xchequer, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Hob house, Lord H o ll and, Mr. Poulctt Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Lord Chancellor joined his colleagues soon after three o'clock. The Council broke up at half-past four o'clock. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, arrived in town on Tuesday, from the Continent. The Saxon Minister has returned to town from Brighton. The E ar l an d Countess of Lichfield are entertaining a distinguished sporting party, at their seat, Renton Abbey. Amongst them arc the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord and Lady Uxbridge, Lord Alvanlev, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Lord Waterpark, Sir Robert Gordon, &c. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, and Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted business yes terday, at the Foreign Office. Despatches were sent off by a messenger from the Foreign Office, on Tuesda y n i ght, for the B r iti s h Mi n i s t er a t Con stantinople. But though, as regards the views of Mr. O'Connell, I find it difficult to determine whether most weight ought to be attached to the opinions of his manhood or those of his more advanced years, I have too much respect for the Ca tholic body in general not to feel that if their opinions be decidedly adverse to this measure, it would be at once fruit- less, and in a Protestant indelicate, to persist in urging for ward an arrangement which, instead of being accepted with good will, li ould be repudiated with disdain. My recent letters have tended to call forth an expression of the opi nions of a portion of the Catholics of Ireland, in opposi- tion to the views which I entertain, and, in the absence of all exhibition of a contrary feeling, I think it right to say (reserving to myself the full power of advocating the mea sure at :future time) that I do not consider it desirable that the question should at present be brought under discus sion in the House of Commons." Mr. O'Brien then argues in support of his opinions on le Duke of Cumberland is expected to arrive to attend his Parliamentary duties in ten days. Her Royal Highness the Duchess will remain on the Continent with Prince George some time longer. The young Prince's eye sight still continues without any material improvement. Mr. Grove Price is confined by severe indisposition, at the R oya l, H otel, Deal. He has scarcely left his bed for several days, and has been attended by two physicians, both of whom peremptorily forbid his attendance at any public meeting before the assembling of Parliament. The late venerable Dowager Marchioness of Exeter, who expired at her mansion in Whitehall-gardens, was the fourth daughter of Peter Burrell, Esq., and sister of Peter Lord Gwvdir, deceased, and was widow first of Douglas, eighth Duke of Hamilton, and then of Henry, first Mar quis of Exeter, who died in 1804. The families of the Duke of Buccleuch and Mar quis of Bath have been placed in mourning by the death of Thomas Viscount Weymouth, eldest son of the Noble Marquis, and brother of the Duchess of Buccleuch. His Lordship died at Shanks House, Dorset, on Monday, and, leaving no issue, his next brother, Lord Henry Thynne, who married Miss Baring, daughter of Lord Ashbu r t o n, becomes L or d W e ymouti Lord and Lady Delamore have during the last week been giving several grand fetes at Vale Royal, their beau tiful seat in Cheshire. The grand dinner on Thursday last was succeeded by an elegant ball, at which, besides the Noble guests who are on visits to the worthy Lord and Lady, upwards cf 100 of the neighbouring nobility and gentry were present. the Ballot, and challenges Mr. O'Connell to the proof of the oppression alleged to have been exercised by Sir Ed ward, the father of the present Hon. Member for Lime rick. The letter concludes with the following passages : " In one part of his (Mr. O'Connell's) address to you I fully concur. I unite with him in exhorting you to peti tion for the abolition of tithes, for corporation reform, and I will add, for another measure which he has omitted— namely, sound legislative enactments, tending to alleviate the wretchedness of our too much unheeded poor. You owe it to yourselves, that the sacred interests of reason, of justice, and of humanity, be %indicated by the expres sion of your opinions, and sustained by your constitutional support. " In reviewing the general tenor of his letter, I will not affect to be misled by the tone of protection and mock respect towards me, under which his intentions are masked. The real purport of his letter is, to me at least, obvious. A dissolution is approaching. Mr. O'Brien will never con sent to be the slave or the tool of Mr. O'Connell ; and an adherent of his own must, therefore, if possible, be sub stituted in the county of Limerick. An apparent diffe rence between your opinions and mine, offers a favourable opportunity for undermining my position, and the blow is struck. In any event which may arise, I know not how you may act, but my part has been long since taken. The highest object of my ambition is to retain my seat, as I obtained it by an almost unanimous concurrence of opinion in my favour in the county and city of Limerick ; but I would not hold it for an hour, if the condition annexed to its possession were subserviency to the views of Mr. O'Con nell, or of any other individual. " I will not on this occasion be tempted to retaliate, by calling your attention to those portions of the policy of Mr. O'Connell, which have called forth the reprobation of many. . . . But if he should again interpose his arro gant dictation between me and my constituents, I shall as suredly not shrink from the task of freely and searchingly questioning the title upon which he founds that supremacy over the opinion of my countrymen which can alone justify such an interference. . . . . . . . Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Po lignac and family left the Terrace Hotel, Richmond-hill, en Tuesday, for Sinden House, Arundel, Sussex, the seat of the C ountess of Newburg. • His Excellency Count Pozzo di Borgo and suite arrived at A s hb urnham H ouse on Tuesday, at five p.m., from Pari s , in excellent health and spirits. The Ambas sador quitt e d Paris on Thursday, and slept at Canterbury 00 Monday evening. The Count entertained B aron Maltit z an d the Secretaries . of Legation at dinner ; and in the cours e of the week he will proceed to Brighton, on a visit to their Majesties. Sir Hamilton Seymour, our Minister at Brussels, who has been for some time residing with his family at Brighton, is on the eve of returning to his diplomatic duties at the Court of Belgium, where the Chevalier Serrurier has arrived, to present his credentials as Envoy from the King of the French. Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, independent of the claims of personal relationship, is closely connected with the Duke of Devonshire by marriage. Lady Clifford, the daughter of Lord John Townshend, is a fa vourite cousin of the Noble Duke, from whom on her mar riage she received a handsome addition to her fortune, as Well as a magnificent present in jewels. The Earl of Wemyss and March has forwarded 201. for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire in Greenside street, Edinburgh. • The Right Hon. James Abercromby, and the At torney-General, the members for the city, have transmitted the sum of 101. each, for behoof of the sufferers by the late fire in Edinburgh. of The superb piece of plate, subscribed by the friends to thed natherton was presented yesterday at T e dd es l ey , Nobl e L or d' C. P. mington Villiers, M P has been sojourning at Lea spa.• ” tlbe mansion i n Mr. St . John Mildmay has entered on possession of int ends to Berkeley -square, called Darnley House, and Colonel Ch Coni mence his fashionable parties there next month. Charles Napier, C. 8., and Colonel George Napier, rich W. Napier, 0 "3., both of them distinguished brothers of Colo were-.11, the historian of the Peninsular War, 071 Tuesday la.st advanced to the rank of Major thanks General Charles Napier returned thanks at the dinner ,a . at the . Guildhall, on the sth, on the part of the army. , H e is a very eminent officer, and was most severely wounded at the battle of Corunna, and was returned in the was left upon' the dispatch of General Baird as killed. He field, and his preservation was one of the singular incideilts of that battle. He was the commanding offiCer of the 50th regirueßt, gallant conduct. General 'George received Napier, C. 8., led the 'md a medal for his severely wounded at the top of the breach.—Bath Journal. Mr. Stephen Edward l ir ivate s tof .`Spring Rice, eldest son and on a. eere ary ,. he Chancellor of the Exchequer, was ~,f 7 ..i t ra li e rday sworn into offi ce as high sheriff of the county Til e Va..rquis of Huntly, hold Last weetenantry. k th en a num.ber social treats to his fßirse, ' bas gi, . of ) since his visit to Scot .A.bovne, GI Marquis gave a ball to his tenants M a ,.,..,_ mariner, &c., at Charlestown. The Noble ~qu i s Was present, and took part in the animated scene. whosekTeodrge John Thicknesse Fouchet, Baron Audley, eessioenath has been noticed, was the 17th Peer in direct ilelz daug.liter of Ad . He was in his 55th year, and by his lady, the ,chi reu, t h Admiral Ross Donnelly, has left several :his 20th yeaereldest of whom, now Baron Audley, completed ;the Peerage, ga t Z e rr uesday. This is one of the oldest titles in 1405, but oric,inaireation being by writ of summons in title on the roll of Yi3semmoned in 1297. It is the fourth tailnallle Clifford. Bos, Le Desp enser, a rons, the three preceding being De The remain s of interred in Dutnbartoe ate Duke of Montrose were not burial-ground is in the aisle as reported. The family Ferthshire. aisle of Aberutliven church, in The late Lady Farning S h , he was eldest daughter o f lil was in her 66th year Her ladyship had no child ren. r Abraha m Hume, Bart. A :7olieetor of rates and taxes br2en `° missing" missing" for the la s t three or f St. --- an our d ays, an d some ofPcras has luundreds o f p o unds are mi ss i ng also, Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, whose de' , :nave already stated, entered the army QS death we a Cornet - in the _tOth Dragoons in 1800. He was appointed the 60th F0...t in 180 G, Major in the 2.3 d Capta i n Drag oons 1 next year, Lieutenant-Colonel same regirnent 1810, re i roved into the 12th Dragoons in 1811, and was appointed C'olonel by brevet, June 4, 1814. He served with the id Dragoons in Talavera, on the Staff as Assistant-Adju tai It-General at Busaco and - Barossa, and with the 12th Di 'agoon s at Salamanca, Vittoria, Nive, and 'Waterloo. He was wounded near Santarem when the army was in the line, 3, also near Burgos during the seige, and at Waterloo in, fil le places. Sir Frederick obtained the Colonelcy of the list . ..Dragoon s in May last, havin g in May, k Cwneral Offl eer . 1825, been made " It is in the consciousness of my own rectitude that I entirely disregard the attempts of Mr. O'Connell to dis parage me in the eyes of my fellow-countrymen—whether those attempts be masked, as in the present instance, under terms of insidious praise, or unveiled in the language of open denunciation." [lt is understood that Mr. O'Brien will be called upon by the Liberal Club to resign his seat, in consequence of the letter from which the above extracts are made.] WATERFORD DINNER.—On Monday last, at a meeting of the citizens of Waterford, it was resolved to invite Mr. O'Connell to a public dinner. _ S. GaAwroa), ESQ.—The Hon. Member for Dundalk was entertained at a soiree, on Tuesday evening last, in the Assembly -room of the Exchange-buildings of Belfast, by the friends of religious liberty. The party consisted of about 250. THE DUEL. —We are glad to be able to state that the late affair of honour between Messrs. Ellis and Costello ter minated without mischief to either party. Two shots were exchanged, when the seconds led their principals off the ground, without explanation or expression of satisfaction. The scene of action was a field two miles beyond Holy head, the owner of which threatened a visit from the po lice.—Pilot. MASTERSHIP OF TIIE ROLLE.—The Mail alleges that the friends of Baron O'Loghlen state that there was a sti pulation with the Government, when he accepted the place of Puisne Judge, that he was to have precedence of Mr. Richards in the event of a vacancy occurring on the Rolls' Bench ; and the Morning Resister states that such a sti pulation would be " unworthy of the Government and of the Learned Baron." It would have been also unworthy of the Attorney-General, Mr. Richards, and inconsistent with his character and conduct through life, to have ac ceded to any such stipulation. To put at rest all pretence as to any stipulation having been made with Mr. Richards, at the time of his appointment to the office of Attorney- General, the duties of which he has so faithfully and honourably discharged, we can with confidence state, that no stipulation whatsoever was made with him at the time of his accepting that high and dignified office, and that he holds the same in as full, large, and beneficial a manner as it was ever held by any of his right honourable predeces sors.—Dublin Evening Post. THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1837. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 17.—We have accounts from the Royal head-quarters to the evening of the 10th. Charles V. is still at Durango. The head-quarters of the Infant Don Sebastian remain at Tornoza. A letter from Bayonne (not from our usual correspon dent) contains the following details :—" If the thaw con tinues it is probable that an important action between the two armies will shortly take place. Espartero continually announces that he is going to march ; but hitherto he has not moved. The Royal troops appear in force on the emi nences which surround Bilboa, and seem to defy the enemy to come out of it. The project formed by Ribeiro and Narvaez to march into Biscay and Guipuscoa, is known at head-quarters ; every measure has been taken to defeat it. Three Royalist battalions have been sent to Navarre ; two others are going to be stationed on the line of Arlaban. A strong force of infantry and cavalry will go and join the division of Guipuscoa which is at Hernani. The state ment that the Royalists had withdrawn their cannon from Fontarabia is erroneous ; on the contrary, they are fortify ing both that place and Irun ; four howitzers were sent thither three days ago. The bad weather bad injured the defensive works at Oyarzun and Hernani : no time has been lost to repair them."—Gazelle de France, Jan. 18. PARIS, JAN. 17.—The Poland, which has just arrived at Havre in twenty days from New York, brings news of the 24th December. The candidates for the post of Vice President not having obtained a sufficient majority of votes in the elections of the States, the choice of the Vice President will be made by the Senate. General Jackson was convalescent. His friends hoped that he would be able to receive the usual visits at new year. Accounts from New Orleans, of the 14th December, announce that General Santa Anna had left that city on board the Missisippi steam-boat, to proceed to Washington, accompanied by two American officers.—Journal du Com merce. It seems that the Ministers have by no means exhausted all the projects of law to be laid before the Chamber. The whole number is forty, among which are several about iron rail-roads. Count Pozzo di Borgo, Russian Ambassador at London, left Paris on Thursday, to return to his post.—La Paix, Jan. 13. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 17. Five per Cents., 109 f. 109 f. sc, 10c. Four per Cents., 100 f. 60c. Three per Cents. 79f. 60c 65c. Bank Actions, 2,315 f. Rente de Naples, 9Sf. 60c. 75c. 70c. Roman Five per Cents., Ha Spanish Actives, 26 25/4 Spanish DifFeres, litc, lA. Spanish Passives, 7% 674 7 1 / 6. Portuguese Three per Cents. 30N%. haytian Loan, 375 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, 231. 10c.; money, 2.5 f. 10c. _( . o ,,rs Au/hen/um. BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—Nothing at all was done in French securities to-day, nor indeed in any of the other funds, excepting the Spanish Actives, which at first evinced a ten dency to fall, but recovered, and closed at yesterday's prices. The new species of stock (of the Societe Beige), quoted yesterday here for the first time, has found much favour with the great bankers, and has risen 4 per cent. in consequence. It opened yesterday at 1,525 f., and closed to-day at 1,528 ff. Letters from Bayonne of the lath state, that a number of Carlist officers, according to Christino reports, to 50, and to the Carlist accounts to 5 only, had been brought into that town by the Gendarmerie, having been met on the Bidassoa, having come to take refuge in Prance. Among them, report stated, was the English Lord Ranelagh. They were hooted by the mob, but bore the insult with good humour. After having been left for some time in the town prison, they were allowed to go at liberty. Several of them had taken out pass ports for Rome. _ _ _ I am assured that a revolutionary movement is apprehended in Piedmont. An understanding bem cen the conspirators and parties in Corsica has existed for some time. It is even alleged that 10,000 muskets have been landed from thence on the coast of Piedmont. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 109 f. 15c. Three per Cents. 79f. 85c. Bank Actions, '2,345E Rente de Naples, WE 95c Ro , nan Five per Cents., 102. Belgian Society, 1,528 f. 75c. Brussels Bank, 32. Portuguese Three per Cents., 3034 Haytian Loan, 375 f. Spanish Actives, '26 Spanish Passives, 7 Spanish Differes, 9. New Differes, 11 k. STATISTICAL SOCIETY. The ordinary meeting was held on Monday evening, W. H. Porter, Esq. V. P. in the Chair. Several presents were announced, and members elected ; and Baron Hum boldt, Signor Rapino, Finance Minister to his Majesty the King of Naples ; M. Vandermaden, of Brussels ; M. Hoff man, of Berlin ; and M. Victerichi, were chosen foreign members. The President likewise announced that the vacancy in the Council, from the death of the Earl of Kerry, had been filled by the appointment of Charles Knight, Esq. The Secretary read a paper from the Chairman, being the statistics of the mineral productions of France, from official documents of that Government, being the result of observations made by competent engineers under the direc tion of the Commissioners fur superintending the mines. These were divided into the following six heads :-1, iron ; 2, fuel ; 3, metals ; 4, salt, alum, and copperas ; 5, quarry ing ; and 6, operations connected with these arts ; each de scribing the number of mines and men employed therein, and the subsequent processes, with their value, as well as the total estimated value. At the conclusion, the Chairman regretted that so little was known in this country respecting its mineral wealth, constituting, as that did, so large a portion of its commer cial prosperity. This knowledge was, however, likely soon to be made public, from the inquiries of M. Le Plaise, principal Inspector of Mines in France, who had recently made an extensive tour of inspection, as agent for the French Government, and who had every where received every degree of information from the proprietors. The re sults of the observations of this gentleman had shown that the mineral wealth of this country was much greater than had been previously considered ; and whilst the total pro ducts of the coal-mines of France, in 1834, were 1,500,000 tons, those of this country, in 1835, were 30,000,000 ; and of the iron mines of the former, 230,000 tons ; in this country it was upwards of 1,000,000 of tons. An interesting conversation ensued on the subject of cri minal statistics, in allusion to a notice given by the Chair man, that the Council had appointed a Committee for in vestigating the subject. In connection with this question the Chairman announced a melancholy fact, resulting from some recent local inquiries of the Central Society of Education, made in a very poor part of the parish of St. Marylcbone. It resulted that from 578 families, consisting of 575 children, only 510 go to school, whilst the remaining 1,065 are destitute of the means of instruction ! and of the total it was found that there were but 747 who could read or write, the remain der being entirely uneducated. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.-POOR LAWS. The Rev. W. O'MALLEY, on Friday last, having spoken at great length in reply, to sustain his motion about poor laws, during which he was several times interrupted by Mr. O'Connell, proceeded to say, I have broached it appears, a very unpopular error in saying that the tithes ought not to be diminished, no matter to what purpose they may be applied. What, are we to make it appear that this hot war upon tithes was not a righteous war of principle after all, but a wretched paltry scramble for pounds and pence ? Mr. O ' CONNELL—Have not I a right to complain of being treated in this way ? My language and sentiments misrepresented, and I tied to a stake whilst the Rev. Gen tleman is venting his sarcasms on me as he goes along.— (At this period there was very considerable interruption.) Give me that newspaper. Let me read a passage in this letter to Mr. Sheil, and ask him what it means. Mr. STAUNTON—I must really call upon the Chairman o say whether this is in order? The CHAIRMAN—As many as agree that Mr. O'Connell should go on, say aye.—(Cries of " Go on, Mr. O'Connell.") Mr. O'CONNELL—A pretty pass I'm brought to in this place, when it must be put as a question from the chair whether I shall have liberty to speak. Mr. O'Connell then took a newspaper and read—" Oh, how long are we to witness the sickening spectacle."—(The confusion here in creased, and cries of "Go away, Mr. O'Malley." The Rev. Gentleman then sat down.) I will read o ne sen t ence more . lam not to be bullied. He then read—" The spectacle of men of strong ambition and 'loose principles stepping into Parliament upon the shoulders of those poor brave fellows, and kicking them off as they get in." Has this been applied to Sheil ? I will ask, is it language that ought to be ap plied to him ? Mr. O'MALLEY—ShaII I go on, Gentlemen ?—(Cries of " Explain the word deception' in your speech.") The Rev. Gentleman said—What fair play have we when we are at tacked in this way ? Does Mr. O'Connell himself spare his opponents ? Is he ever measured or guarded in his lan guage ? And it would be only fair if he tolerated in others what he is not entirely free from. A Gentleman (who was near Mr. O'Connell) said, That is true, he spares nobody. Mr. O'CONNELL—There may be some excuse for a man in the heat of debate ; but when he sits down de liberately and writes a letter, he can have little apology. I ask, what does he mean by " men of loose principles and strong ambition stepping into Parliament and kicking the brave fellows out ?" Mr. UNIALLEY-I used the phrase generally ; it was a reflection naturally growing out:of the context —(Cries of That won't do,"—" Name," great uproar.) Mr. Chair man, I place myself under your protection, and if you are not able to protect me I must retire. The Rev. Gentle man then proceeded with his argument. After a good deal of discussion between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. O'Malley, the Meeting adjourned to Thursday next. LONGFORD ELECTION.—The conduct of Colonel Hay at the late Longford election has attracted the marked at tention of the Lord Lieutenant, who directed Lord Mor peth to forward an extract of a report from the High Sheriff of the county, in . wbich the conduct of the military and Col. Hay is described as being beyond all praise. THE REGISTRIES.—Never was success more generally signal. In Carlow, Queen's County, Sligo, and Longford, tike Reformers have obtained a decided majority; and even in Cavan, the stronghold of the Orangeists, there is a ma- jority for Reformers on the last two registries of no less than cighty-eight. There is achieved a victory as glori ous to Reformers, as unexpected by the Tories. But a few brief hours only have elapsed since the Standard was glorifying in the strength of its Conservatives friends at Cavan. Where is now their boasted Tory majority ? TILE LONG-LOST HEIR FOUND.—The following strange narrative is published this morning by a Contemporary : Intelligence from Ennis announces the arrival of a gentle man in that town on Friday last, whose return from Ja maica cannot have proved very agreeable to two families of distinction in the county of Clare—Sir Edward O'Brien and Mr. Arthur. The romance of the history which fol lows is no less singular than, as I am led to believe it, true. Twenty-four years since, as the statement of the family of this stranger runs, he, then a boy of eleven years, was at a school in England, where he had been placed by his father, Mr. Smith, of Clare, (the father of Lady O'Brien, Mrs. Bran, and Mrs. Arthur also). He was there told that all his relatives were no more, and that he was left destitute, and was urged to seek his fortune in the West Indies under the assumed name of Crosby. There he struggled on in com parative poverty until an advertisement from Mrs. Bran, long continued in the journals of Europe and the Colonies, attracted his observation. It is understood that his death ' was stated to have taken place at the English school al luded to, and to have been followed by a mock-funeral. Mrs. Bran, heard that the stranger in Jamaica, on reading her advertisement, remembered enough of his earlier days to enable him most unequivocally to declare that he was the individual sought for, as Tom Smith, whose father, so far from leaving him destitute, had bequeathed to him property worth about 35,0001., which, on his disappearance, fell to the families of Arthur and O'Brien. The present Member for the county of Limerick, Mr. Smith O'Brien, whom the Radicals contemplate removing from his seat for his chi valrous disregard of Mr. O'Connell's domination, was to have enjoyed a great part of the property left to Tom Smith on the demise of his mother Lady O'Brien, in whose posses sion it now is. Mr. Arthur, a gentleman who lives also in the world of fashion, has possession of another portion. Mrs. Bran, having satisfied herself that her alleged brother was indeed alive, furnished him with money, and he arrived in Limerick on Thursdaylast. Ashe drove into Ennis, he pointed out localities on the road, which he named accurately. Con ducted to the woman who had nursed the lost heir, she, having examined his features, declared that he was no im postor. Subsequent examinations by the family and con nections of Mrs. Bran, so clearly convinced them that he was the long-lost Tom Smith, that doubt after doubt va nished, and every reliance was placed on the calm connected detail of the interesting stranger. Mr. Bran, long sceptical on the subject of the strongly-conceived belief of his wife in the existence and possible return of her brother, at length satisfied, warmly welcomed him to his house, where lie is now residing, previously to the commencement of those proceedings, which are at once either to thwart all his hopes or fully restore him to a distinguished place in society and an elegant independence. It will be naturally asked, who could have carried into effect the horrid act of banish- inn the son of a respectable gentleman, and depriving him of family- and fortune ? but that will appear on the trial, should he be driven to that extremity. The high character of Mr. Arthur forbids all doubt in that quarter. Sir Ed ward and Lady O'Brien are also far above suspicion ; so that the matter remains at present as much enveloped in mystery as the past years of him were who toiled up to the age of 35 years in a tropical climate for a precarious existence. The manners and personal appearance of Mr. Smith are in his favour. He is intelligent, if not well edu cated ; simple and unpretending in conversation ; he ap pears to regard truth in every respect, never having once varied from the unostentatious simplicity of the original statement, the clearness and well-linked nature of which induced Mrs. Bran to welcome to Ireland, as her long-lost relative, the Tom Crosby of the island of Jamaica. FIRE.—The extensive corn and flour mills at Beer's bridge, near Belfast, belonging to W. Radcliffe, Esq., were destroyed by fire on the morning of the 13th inst. The concern was insured to the amount of 10,0001. Miss Zouctr.—A donation of 30/. was anonymously conveyed to this person on New Year's Day. The Spanish correspondent of the Post (Mr. Stephens), whose letter was lately intercepted by General Evans, is an ',Tishman. The Glasgow Peel-banquet was a failure. No other term can so aptly designate it. We say so not in violent exultation, but very calmly and decidedly. On a review of the whole matter—beginning from the very be ginning—surveying this Trojan history even from the initial egg of the rectorship down to the final cheer which closed the games of this modern amphitheatre—we seriously doubt whether in the innumerable demonstrations, as they are called, with which the internal political history of Britain has been associated, and by which it has been illustrated, there is any one recorded instance where so mighty a mountain being in travail there crept from its womb so in significant a mouse. Scotland never heard sounded a louder preparation—that the Tories told us. Scotland never saw a feebler performance—that we tell the Tories.—Caledonian Mercury. DESTITUTION.-Yesterday morning, a poor old man, named William Griffiths, who is 71 years of age, was found lying in Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street, apparently in a dyinc , state. Brannen, a police constable, 206 G, who, while passing on duty, discovered him there, conveyed him as soon as possible to St. Luke's workhouse, where he was readily received and attended to ; but he was so terri bly reduced that his speedy dissolution was expected. It was ascertained that he had passed several nights in the Asylum, which had been open during the severity of the winter, for the purpose of affording nightly shelter to the houseless poor, and he had there received the usual allow ance of half a pound of bread on admission at night, and a similar portion on quitting the place, in accordance with the rules, at eight o'clock in the morning. Yesterday morning, however, he had proceeded but a little way from the door of the Asylum when nature gave way, and he sank in a state of exhaustion. The account which he gave of himself was, that he had been a rope-maker, at Deptford, when able to work, and he said that he had applied for relief to the parish of. St. Sepulchre-without, but in vain. The Asylum in which he had passed his nights is intended for such as are ut terly destitute and houseless. Straw is plentifully strewed in the large and well-warmed rooms for them to lie down on (males and females in separate parts of the building), and to each is given half a pound of bread at night, and the same quantity on leaving the place at eight in the in the morning. On Sundays, however, they are permitted to remain durinr , the day, and a clergyman of the Esta blished Church ° attends to read prayers, and to each of them is given an additional portion of bread, with a ' piece of cheese. The number of unfortunate and houseless per sons sheltered there on Tuesday night, was 314, of whom the greater part had lodged there on many successive nights, and since the opening of the Asylum on the day after Christmas-day, 1,433 individuals have been admitted. PUBLIC LANDS.—The United States now own about 132,000,000 acres of surveyed land. In the State of Missouri, 17,443,429 acres ; Ohio, 4,100,993 ; Indiana, 11,459,156 ; Illinois, 17,234,010 ; Alabama, 22,386,058 ; Mississippi, 12,924,301 ; Louisiana, 9,686,526 ; Arkansas, 14,223,195 ; Michigan, 14,523,827 ; Territory of Florida, 6,729,909. Of the above, 122,000,000 can now be en tered at one dollar twenty-five cents. per acre. Ten mil lions more of new land will soon be thrown into the market. There are about one hundred millions of acres of unsur veyed land in the above States to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and about eighty millions which the In dians still claim.—Natchez Free Trader. Letters of a recent date from Naples mention the prevalence of severe weather. The anticipated eruption of Mount Vesuvius seemed to approach its term, as volumes of smoke were daily pouring from the crater. On Friday an elderly -- female, servant with an old gentleman in Potterrow, was burnt to death. The poor woman, who had for some time been labouring under cold or influenza, had, it is conjectured, while asleep, fallen into the fire. Although dreadfully burnt, it appears that she had contrived to struggle from the fire=place, as she was found lying on the floor in the middle of the room.— Caledonian Mercury. We copy the following from the Bayonne corres pondence of the French papers :—" The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle was invested with a decoration on the 24th, on board the Saracen. He was an eye-witness of the whole of the military operations, in the progress of whic'.l he received a wound in the ear. He was honourably mentioned in the official report of Espartero." It is now positive that Meunier has made important disclosures. He belonged to several secret societies, and his name appears on the lists found at the residences of Blanqui and Lainenssens. We are even assured that in those lists four persons named Meunier appear to have been inscribed, one of them with the Christian names of Fr. Pierre. The last of these names is not, however, legible— the initial P. alone is distinctly written. We aie now war ranted in believing that the object of these secret societies was regicide,-I,a Pair. LINNIEAN SOCIETY. The ordinary meeting was held yesterday evening, A. B. Lambert, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. Several presents were announced, and Dr. B. Lott was elected a Fellow. Tho Chairman exhibited some specimens of a new sort of grape, sent to him by the Duke of Sussex from Kin mell Park, being about 41 inches in circumference, and nearly the size of a small chesnut, the bunches weighing each from three to four pounds. Another specimen was sent by the Royal donor, which he considered to be a truffle in a state of petrifaction, but in which opinion the Chairman differed, considering it some other geological production. From Mr. F. Bennett was also exhibited the produce of three plants from Tabiti, one of which was called there the golden fruit ; and another, a root somewhat ana logous to our potato ;as also a specimen of cocoa-nut and maple sugar from that island. The commencement of a paper was read from .1. 0. Westwood, Esq., on those analogies of animal and vege table life called affinity ; after which, the meeting adjourned to Feb. 7th. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The ordinary meeting was held yesterday afternoon ; Dr. Henderson, V.P., in the chair. The company was very small, as well on account of the prevailing ,epidemic as the unfavourable state of the weather, in consequence of which the exhibition room was lighted up. Earl C. Neill, K.P., was elected a member. Dr. Lindley, in remarking upon the state of the wea ther, observed that the artificial light would probably be advantageous in the inspection of some of the articles, especially a specimen of Renanthera Coceinea, from Mr. S. F. Phelps, a Chinese plant of great rarity and beauty, bearing crimson colours of the most resplendent hue, and for which the silver Knightian medal was awarded. Amongst the other specimens on the table were some Primula Sinlu sis, with double flowers, from Mr. J. A. Henderson ; as also an interesting collection from Mrs. Lawrence, for which similar prizes were given. The fruits consisted of some West's St. Peter's grapes, from the gardens of the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, and several varieties of apples and pears from the gardens of the Society. The meeting adjourned to the 7th February. The coal-masters in the iteighbourhool of Wake field have it in contemplation to advance the price of coals from 4d. to 4A. per cwt., on account of the unprecented de mand, and the scarcity of workmen. Upwards of 100 vessels, we are informed, are at present waiting for cargoes, a short distance from Wakefield. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, J. 18. KITCHEN V. SHAW. This was an action of trespass, brought to recover da mages for an imprisonment ❑pon a conviction under the Gth Geo. 111., c. 25, s. 4. The plaintiff was a domestic servant, and bad wilfully quitted, without due notice, her master's service. He summoned her before the Magistrate under the above statute, and she was convicted and impri soned. She then brought this action, and the question was, whether a household servant was included within the opera tion of the statute ? The Learned Judge who tried the cause was of opinion that the imprisonment was legally jus tified, and he non-suited he plaintiff. A rule had been obtained to set aside the nonsuit, and enter a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. COLTMAN showed cause against the rule, apd Mr. CRES3WELL supported the rule. The Court took time to consider the question. Mr. Justice Littledale was again absent from indisposi tion, and Mr. Justice Coleridge was absent from the same cause. Many of the leading members of the bar are still indisposed, and several cases were therefore postponed. BAIL COURT, Jai*. 18. CORBETT V. SWINBURN. This was an action by George Corbett, of the Old Jewry, wine merchant, against Henry Swinburn, of Bush-lane, Cannon -street, drysalter, upo❑ a bill of exchange, dated the 16th of April, 1836, drawn by the defendant on James Nicholl for 1261. 17s. 6d., payable at four months to the defendant's order, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff. After the evidence had been given, and the Learned Judge had summed up, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on the first issue, that due notice of the dishonour of the bill had been given, and foi the defendant on the two other issues. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 18. Sir F. POLLOCK, in the forenoon, took occasion to ob serve that the Bar complained very much of the excessive coldness of the Court. It was as great in the King's Bench. The draughts of cold air from the skylight upon those sittinr , underneath were productive of the most in jurious and distressing effects. It was felt to be so very disagreeable that the Court would be actually deserted by Barristers, except during the time that they happened to be engaged there. Lord ABINGER said that they all felt the inconvenience, and he would endeavour as far as possible to remedy it. BELCHER V. JONES. This was an action brought by the assignees of Messrs. Lee, bankers, who had become bankrupts, to recover from the directors of the Phcenix Fire and Life Insurance Company the sum of about 8,0001., which had been drawn by them out of the banking-house of the bankrupts a few days before their bankruptcy. At the trial of the cause before the Lord Chief Baron during the sittin g s after last Trinity Term in the Guildhall, the Jury found for the de fendant. Sir W. Follett on a former day obtained a rule to set aside this verdict and enter a verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed, on the ground of the payment beinc , made by way of fraudulent preference, and in con templation of bankruptcy. Sir F. PoLLocx showed cause against the rule. Sir W. FOLLETT supported the rule. The COURT would take time to consider of its judgment. LEWIS V. MARFELT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as executor of a person named Williams, deceased, to recover from the defendant the sum of 300/., alleged to be due by him to the testator. At the trial of the cause before Lord Den man, at the last summer assizes for the county of Glamor gan, it appeared that the defendant and the testator had been carrying on business, in partnership, as cattle-dealers. Witnesses were called for the defendant, and the jury found a verdict in his favour. Mr. Evans, in the course of last Term, obtained a rule under the late Act to exonerate plaintiff from the payment of costs. Mr. Chilton showed cause against it at this day. The COURT were of opinion that the rule must be dis charged, and the defendant entitled to his costs. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT. KINSGATE-STREE C. THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.—The proper erection of a " cobler's stall" is not quite so easy a matter as some folks might be inclined to think, and notwithstand ing " three British architects" (!) were engaged in the construction of the local habitation of a French translator of soles,•hight " Louis DelbOux," yet nothing but litigation and disappointment was the result. Mr. Easy, an operative architect aad builder, summoned the landlord of a public house for the price of erecting a cobbler's stall, contiguous to the said public house, and which stall had been let to the said Louis Delboux, at a certain rental. Plaintiff stated that the erection of this 'ere building had took him and two mates more than a day and a half, for which he demanded the sum of 11. 2s. Nobody never se'ed no stall like it as could be better. It was made of old stuff, but he defied any " architect"—(Laughter)--to do it better. In consideration of its being so werry narrow, he had made a door at each end, so that there warn't no necessity for turning round, the hoccupant could gest go in at one end and he could git out at the other ; and besides that, the place was well wentilated, and fit for any cobler whatsom ever to sot down in.—(Laughter.) It was way commo dious. COMMISSIONER—ReaIIy you appear to be quite a mo dern " Procrustes." Where is the defendant ? Here a ready-made licensed wittier stepped forward, and delivered himself as follows :—My Laud, I give my werbal directions to this 'ear man to make a cobbler's stall, me findin all the stuff; cos what with one alteration and another, why, you know, I'd got the stuff by me. Vy let me see, there was a part of the back settle, and a hatch door what used to be in our— CommissioNEß—Now, Sir, do confine yourself to the point.—( Laughter.) Defendant—l will, my Laud. Well, there was this 'ear door as I was a telling you on, and a lot o' other stuff ; an' as I'd heard he was a werry good harchitect, I sets him to work to make a cobler's stall. Worry good ; he sees as how 'twas a were honerous hundertakin, and so I ses, git some more harchitects to help yer ; and so he did ; and at last he comes to me and ses as how he'd finished it. 'Werry good. I goes to look at it ; but, Lord lov'e, there warn't a nail as had got a holt. But the wust on it was, I could'nt squeedge into it, nor nobody my size (defendant was about 18 stone) ; and if so be as I'd got in, why I could'nt a got hout aoln.—(Laughter.) Plaintiff—Yes ; but you could though ; and that's the reason as I made a door at boll ends.—(Laughter.) It's quite big enough for the little French cobbler. COMMISSIONER.—What do you say about the matter Mr. Delboux ? Witness—Say—ch—sacre—vat shall I say ? I shall say de place, too—all too picaninny. Me no vairk in de place—me catch a vat a you call a' de every ting. Me shall no vairk in de hole, not for you pay me one crown a week. Me catch amy death—ah, ab,—and a me do ni run, ni autre.—(Laughter.) The plaintiff assured the Commissioner that the stall in question was as well built as any in London, and no cob- bler need desire a better one. Defendant—l'll never pay nuthin !—not one single iotum.—(Laughter.) After considerable squabbling, during which the pa tience of the Court was utterly exhausted, the matter was referred to arbitration, and on Monday next two cobblers and two operative architects will deliver their conscientious opinions on oath—the one as to architecture and work manship, the other as to its fitness for the occupation of an alien cobbler. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Robert Muers, who was charged liv,ifore Sir F. Rot on Monday with shooting a person named Crisp, in the Strand, near Catherine•street, on the previous evening, was yester day brought up for re-examination. Sir F. ROE said that there was one point in the case which was favourable to the prisoner, and that was there appeared to be no malice existing towards the prosecutor in his mind. Had that malice been proved his situation wovad have been most serious. Is the case at. present stood, however, he should fine him only in the pen?.'ity of 51., and should allow him to speak to Crisp, with a view of offering him some compensation for the fright. and trouble he bad occasioned him. The defendant immediately paid t . ,he fine, and it was un derstood that W. 10s. were given tc , Crisp. MANSION-II O USE. Mr. George Archer, of No, ]2, fields, was summoned bed Green Arbour - court , Moor It re the LORD MAYOR by the parish officers of St. Botolr itl Wi t h out Bi s hopsgate, for having refused to contribute . to • the support of his aged fa ther. Mr. Smart, the vestry cli irk of the district, attended to enforce the claims 'af the F ,arish, in the workhouse of which' the old man is maintain, s 1. The LORD MAYGR—IS it; not possible to have this matter arranged witl,out exp as ing the circumstances ? Mr. Smart—Mr. tacher refu sf s to accept of our proposal. We are satisfied it he consen , is . to give 4s. 6d. a-week, but he will not listen to the offer, : tlthough his father is ciality three years of age, and who unable to do anything tc wards his own support. The LORD MAYOR—Is t possible ? What arc the son's circumstances ?--Mr. Sma rt—fie is a man of property, ha; several houses and cash, a ad makes between Si. and 9i. a week by his business. The defendant denied I ;bat. be was possessed of so mud property ' and declared th wilritever property he was mas. - lir , , 3- , f :~ =^ :- was ro • . ter of he had put together by his own in I obliged to anybody for what he owacd. The LORD MAYOR—Don't you rem 1 1 14 (3. mandment _ which says " Honour thy commandment is to have effect all throu g h life, and confined to infancy or youth." Defendant—l did help, my Lord, when I could. The LORD MAYOR—How much did yo a give ?—De fendant : Let me see. I let the old man have as much as a shilling- a week.—(A laugh.) Mr. Smart—l can prove that you did not give him more than half the money. Defendant—Who will prove that ?—Mr. Smut : Your father himself. I have brought him here to confront him with you. The aged man then tottered forward with his hollow jaws and sunken eyes, and said in reply to questions from the Lord Mayor, " I shall be 83 years of age on the 25th of May, and am quite past work. I have not seen him these thirteen months until yesterday, and I have been in the workhouse these eighteen weeks." Mr. Smart—How much money has he given you ? Old man : All he ever gave me is eight or nine shillings and a bottle of elderberry. He wouldn't give me a far thing to buy tea or tobacco or anything else. The LORD MAYOR—Do you think his circumstances would allow him to assist you ?—Old man : Not a doubt of it. He is a man of good property, but he won't look upon me at all. He has no nature about him. The LORD MAYO it—Did you bring him up properly ? Old man—Certainly ; I did all a father could do. I brought him up to my own trade, and he left me when he was 18 years old. I supported him always in my own house. He can't deny anything I say ; but he has no no tion of the duty of a son to a parent. Mr. Smart—l can prove that he has three or four houses in the City-road, and three or four houses elsewhere, be sides his. weekly earnings, and ready money. He offered 22 I /. the other day for some ground. Defendant—But I should be obliged to raise a part of it ; besides, I got what I have by hard work. Mr. Nobler—Consider, Sir, that your father, who did everything for you, is 83 years of age, and maintained at the expense of the parish. Deeeadant—Well, I am 52 years old myself, and I must look after myself.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—Let another Magistrate be called in, and I shall make an order against this man for the sup port of his father. Mr. Smart—The parish will he satisfied if he consents to allow 4s. 6d. a week. The LORD MAYOR—What do you say to that ? Sup pose if you have not the filial disposition to allow the trifle, you do it for decency's sake. Defendant—Well, then, I suppose I'd better pay it. Mr. Hobler--If you do not consent at once the order shall be made out. Defendant—Well, I'll pay it, my Lord. A great deal of indignation was expressed as the case pro ceeded, by the crowd assembled in the justice-room. I s : I 4 , us ey,„ ARA n r f t : 11 4 :41 UNION-HALL. Yesterday, James flaky, respectable tradesman at Camberwell, and his wife were brought up for assaulting Diller, an officer, while in the execution of a warrant to search for property left by a man named Tibbotts, who recently died, and which was suspecte d t o h ave b een sto l en subsequently to his decease. Diller stated that a warrant had been issued from that office on the complaint of a Mr. Garratt, who alleged that a gold watch and 1001. belonging to a person named Tibbotts, lately deceased, had been taken possession of by some parties at Camberwell, who hail no legal right to the same, the deceased's widow being still alive ; that he (Garratt) was related to the deceased, and that he made the application on the part of the widow, who had been separated from her late husband for a period of nearly seven years prior to his death. The warrant having been granted for the abo ve p ur p ose , th e officer en trusted with the execution went to Bates's house, accompa nied by Garratt, to search for th e property , an d upon t h e i r arrival they ascertained that that person and others were then attending the funeral of Tibbotts, who was buried the same dly. The officer, desirous of executing the examination of the premises in the presence of Bates, waited for his return, and then described the nature of his business ; but he was told by Bates that ke should not permit anything of the kind, al though the warrant was produced for his inspection. Bates's wife also resisted a search of their house, and used language of an irritating description to the officer, who, on attempting to do his duty, was seized by Bates, his wife, and others, who forcibly pushed him and Garratt out of the house, and kept them out for upwards of twenty minutes. Ultimately, however, the officer was permitted to search the house, but he could find neither the gold watch nor the 1001. alleged to have been stolen. The officer added that he was very roughly treated by the defendants, although it was his wish in executing the warrant, to have put the p ar ti es a ll ege d t o have possession of the property to as little inconvenience as he could under the circumstances. Mr. Fitch, the solicitor on the part of the defendants, expressed their contrition for having interrupted the officer in the performance of his duty. The Magistrate advised that Tibbott's widow should take out letters of administration ; and he at the same time fined the defendants 40s. for obstructing the officers in the execution of their duty. LAMBETH-STR EET. E E T Yesterday Richard Fuller, a mere youth, was charged before Mr. HARDWICK with attempting self-destruction by jumping over the bridge at Cambridge-heath, into the Regent's Canal. Mr. HARDWICK, after commenting in severe terms on the prisoner's conduct, desired him to be given over to his friends, who promised to take care of him. WORSHIP-STREET. PAWNBROKERS' PROFITS.—Mr. Thirni/eby, a pawnbro ker, residing in Old-street, was summoned by Byers, the common informer, before Messrs. GROVE and TWTFORD. Edward Sweet, the informer's witness, on Friday last, offered three wine glasses and a tumbler to pledge at the defendant's shop. He saw a young man, of whom he asked ls. for the lot. The shopman said that he would divide them into two lots, and would give 9d. for the articles. Witness said that he would rather have one ticket, as by having two he might lost one of them. The shopman, however, would not l e t witness have any money on them unless he had them in two tickets. Witness then consented, when the three wine glasses were made as one lot, for which he allowed 6d., and the tumbler formed the other lot, for which 3d. was allowed. Witness called in the evening for the glasses, and paid the 9d. for them, one penny. in addition being charged for interest.. Byers contended that the defendant ought not to have' given any more than one ticket for the lot, since by dividing: the lot into two they were taking an advantage not allowed: by the Act. Mr. Humphries, who conducted the defendant's case:, cross-examined the witness. __ _ Byers remarked that the difference to the pawnbroker by making the lot into two pledges was immense. In the one case they bad their legal interest ; in the other the in terest was equal to 3001. per cent., as upon the 3s. they had 2001., and on the Gs. 1001. per cent. The summons was dismissed. NEW WORKS PUBLISHED THIS DAY.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great :Marlbo rough-street, has this day published Mr. Sulivan': ; " Flit tings of Fancy," in 2 vols. post Bvo., and Captain. Scott's " Rambles in Egypt and Candia, with Details of •the Mili tary Power and Resources of those Countries, arta Obser vations on the Government, Policy, and Cramer cial Sys tem of Mohammed Ali," in 2 vols. Bvo., withill u strations. Yesterday morning, between three and. beer o'clock, Sider, a police constable, 103 R, stopped a mr,n opposite the Prince Saxe Coburg, in the Kent-road, %those bulky appearance excited his suspicions, and upon S'2arching him found six live ducks in his pockets ; he was conveyed to the station-house at Greenwich, and in the course of the day the property was identified. by Mr. Stoneham, a farmer residing at Crayferd, Kent. The prisoner's name is Wil liam Cooper ; be has been, convicted at Maidstone for steal ing a donkey at Crayfe.;d, and has only been out. of Maid ston.e gaol fourteen days. He stands fully committed on 'ciao charge of duck stealing. In the violent gale which prevailed at Calais on Sunday night, the English brig the Montrose, In - ,m Mon trose to Bordeaux; laden with coal, was driven on the coast et the distance of a league from the port of Ca'tais. The crew, consisting of ten men, were saved, but it was feared that the vessel would be dashed to pieces with the next tide. It was also apprehended ;,hat accounts of other dis asters at sea would bo received. before the next morning. On Tuesday, about one o'clock, a respectable man, about sixty years of age, fell down dead in GeraCechurch street, inquiring for a Greenwich-stage. He was dressed in a brown great coat, black body coat and. waist coat, and drab trousers, Blucher boots, and walked with a stick ; had some property about him, but no papers were found by which he could be known. The body now lies at the parish Church of Allhallows, Lombard-street, to be owned. On Saturday last about three o'clock in the after noon a curious animal, supposed to he of the wolf species, made its appearance in the inclosurc belonging to the rail road company, near Euston-square. It was chased by the workmen for two hours, and after biting two or three of them severely, made its escape. It returned again on Sun day morning, and sprang over a %call six feet high an d attacked some hens which were in the yard, and was eve! a tually killed by Mr. Robinson, of Drummond-street. It measured about one yard and a half in length, and was al-,.ys t twenty-six inches in height, and is supposed to have r nati o its escape from some of the travelling caravans.-21Iur ring Parer,