The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

OA R 1 ~ 104 : I% •••• ~' 71 27r; 51 414 91 /.. 46 113 $ 8 11 ..`;1" c, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) ratL e ° b x re b e ° z N e, a p n E d ch. a 2. 3 7 , l ii \ • r it i fi t .o h ,!. s t - . d ay Ballether, E w c* O l at noon N.N.W., mode d IC* NV" light breeze.—Sid. Alfred, Lind, oaTsmoti • rir DEC I.—Wind N.N.W.—.SId. Moderator, y ori. PORT TALBOT 0 Wind N.E.—Arrd. President, C aw], T. Quebec.' Nov.* *— P —IvERP ° OI, , DEc. I.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. ottrsuit, Wyse, Demerara ; Britannia steamer, Boston, left 16 , And Halifax the 18th ; Sherbroke, Sterling, Quebec ; ii,- -1 ?Leo, Flaherty, ditto • Park, Archibald, ditto; Glenlyon, uryhead, ditto. Sld. ' Rose, Welsh, Belize; Ariel, Mackay, AI lea. Green, Peru, Smith, ditto ; Mavpo, Bishop, di , ditto • Columbus, co P ernambuco; Jessie, Oliver, Apalachiula. The .v erY, from hence to Al iramichi, was wrecked on the north ' 4 ye of Prince Edward's Island, during a gale, Oct. 29. THarkaway, from Virginia to this port, put back to pton Road s on t h e 11th ult., leaky, and rudder damaged. F OLYIIEAD.—Jos e pha, Quebe c , f or Belfast ; Emigrant. b‘4aneslllz, Nov. Quebec. 29.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. John Francis 14 e,„, op t , Quebec ; William and Thomas, Wil. acin en Ba ts a Y• (I n Tot, Lite. I.—Wind light.—Arrd. Ganges, Lawson, e uee. Sld. Letiti a, Th orpe, P orto Ri co ; N eptune , Jamaica, I;l4n Lts, Nov. 29.—Arrd. British Ludy, Townsend, r'.,Tce Edward's Island. qui,_ ILF ORD, Nov. 30. Wi n d N.E—Arrd. Hardware, Shaw, twe• Ski., Li ma, Redmond, tuba. L e oßt -tx, Nov. 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Perseverance, eds, Queb ee ' b_„ srows, Nov. 30.—Wind N. fresh.--Arrd. Philomela, "71, Berbice for Liverpool. r ID ANGL EmouTii, Nov. 27.—John ar.d Richard, Pugwash. schn,,EFoRD, DEC. I.—A wreck, supposed to be a Brixham Y e "'flu', has been floating about the bay for a week. Two pot in tow h ave not succeeded in securing her. 8 . ,, LYstouTit, Nov. water-logged vessel, with " E. 5 0 .. 5 ,11 the stern, supposed to be the Spry (query SpriV, b of th. 191, Shields, was passed 23d inst., lat. 49. long. 18 1% y 6;, e ' Fair Acadian, arrived here. Arrd. Friends, Ramsey, laY • Fair Acadian, Iledgelev, Quebec ; Hercules, Ightfootquen 1,0 ditto. been Nov. IsA.Ac, Nov. 30.—Several logs of mahogany have doter vt e ked up between St. Agnes Head and this port, by the arrd. here. to tam Nov 29.—The llebe, Thompson, on Win ter ''each has be come a wrec k. ° L ig BRIDGE, Nov. 30. —The Juliana, Large, from laet -ac t , Dantzic, took the ground in pulling to sea 27th * and has been brought in here very leaky. ,ehr A -1 , ; 11 'Y, Nov. 29.—The Hedenfernes Mirade Bey, from tiara to Grangemouth, went on shore near Robin llood's hill' C r gothisharging, crew saved. The vessel is likely to "ra4 wck. M 41 1KET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) Cob, 'to4 _____......-- T h EXCHANGE.—WEDNESDAY arcejs of " of English Wheat :samples have embrced many n o t over from Monday, but the fresh arrivals were 6 d e ille llie large. The attendance of buyers being small, *ith and was in a very sluggish state, and prices were ti tel I " uc ultY supported. 'ln free foreign Wheat compara lit4 little was doing, at late rates. Corn under lock was elit e ll ' a tioinal. Th e few samples of Malting Barley sold at liu m ineates, but other kinds were much neglected. Th e llitv e r r for Malt was restr i cte d to reta il parce l s; i u pr i ces we 4 lasta°cial! ration to report. Oats, Beans. Peas, and Flour, vised. 0 4 % 4114 '• - °reig i ; • : . • • • . 5,720 Wheat. 9,270 qrs. ' 55 ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oats Flour. 9,320 qrs. 4,910 qrs. 3,450 ski. 1,6550 I 7,280 Ma1t,5,330 qrs. Yve WHITECHAPEL. pees b. d a very slow i nqu i ry f or eac h ki n d of meat, yet 4 tto ""e mostly suppo r t e d : —B ee f, f r om 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; 44 to 4 1/ ;!I 4d to 4s Gd ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and l'ork, 3s ° Ol per 81bs. by the carcase. b troaw g 0 .it Th eIiAN CERY. — (\•T- HIS DAY.) Lincoln's Itle' -(s Lord d aY, at Chancnelloroc sat in th© Old Hall, i te o'clk. ._The 1, ANDREWS V. WALTON. 'bgted --- `'ltD CHANCELLOR, on taking km. that he bad directed every inquiry his ti s th e t a t e( t i o n - 1 to-day, t hose l° t a,ke . place in the case, and from the result of Witkii"hluires he had ascertained . that the groun , :list ,t 4 r• Andrews had made his application did not 1 6414 the ground-work, therefore, of the application Nt 1 . t „," 14 it must be dismissed with costs. .“41NEY-GENERAL V. THE MASTERS, &C., OF THE tin% case, it was stated, hi g CITY OF BRISTOL. had been put on the paper by )411,.% a nd was or d ere d to st , n d over ge nerally for the itli ir uf enablin the Attorney General to e fi e x e. a day "e Could come into Court and argue the s O'hi, TRAILL V. BALL. met ed - C.4s e Was also o n th e p a p er by mistake, and or andtost over. Th e r , DAVIS V. CHANTER. olt with l ,! t t was occupied the remainder of the morn - I . t h."" a rguments in this appeal from the judgment limited -sttet?lee-elia ti of England, deciding that of ad . lee ?r sufficient to pass property, V Mi nistration were l `tt/ (THIS DAY') Th o 3- 1 0,. a 7AISICERY.- 81' 14. ° ; . : 81 p4 E - IVICE- K C . HANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) 111)011 013tilliELL CLARK,—THE this morning bitti e!triated the ti:e -ce ea Pa a rte, for a to to restrain . TH E PICTORIAL o A i L s 3 H r A o N n A c c u x r : special inju . ac v ti hieh they had deno,, eudants from publishing a work i % "ti t es • • is the proprietor . feto r i o ~,. it is well " Old Moor's Pictorial A inanack." _ known, of T th he e Whi c h Is 4 o nes, and had published also an almanack, pti4eilki.pnabelisahlleedd " The Pictorial Almanack." . The alma by the defendant was a piracy of that 4li 4 ish ed by the plaintiff, and to restrain that publica -I,s the object of the present motion. Ti n e r g i r m ea i_ t fation the plaintiff was, that the defendane t s_ v e 1„, h u Strand as the D : i f his almanack was hawked about -111tifrPublication. case of a T he v s saidt was clear Val if 1 gar fraud, and immediately granted llEit. the injunction. TERRY v. WAc ztlelitf. . B ETHELL replied to-day in this case, the argu he nts In whi c h have o ccupied the Court sev era l days. suit was instituted for the purpose of obtaining i t a account from the defendant of certain moneys said to 'toe been received by him for the maintenance, and sup ,ort of a Young ma n of the name, of Edward Edendon. he bill, which was filed by the personal representa : tives of Edendon, stated that he was a married man; that he had been separated from his wife, and had been 1 4 the receipt of 1,000/. a year; that to as addicted tu,. habits of excessive intemperance, the g continua nil of which had greatly impaired his intellect; that 'ls, father, being aware of his son's disposition, had Liteed him under the care and control of the defendant, 431111 Wacher, who was a connexion of the family, and the Caadant to receive 9 /. a-week for his board and V,a-tin wasd as a remuneration for taking care of him. • te.. - 1 11tig e i a a e l o i ntinued to live with the defendant till about at months before his death, when . he went to reside amen Thomas Fleet, at Harbleden, in Kent. It appeared eau the death of tho father of Edenden, an a..r . 1 , I,p,t was made by his executors, that the annuity t. ritar t ,„' should be paid to the defendant on behalf 0 i" e fetal;"' aa his guardian, trustee, and agent; that the ails° oat of the annuity, and paid Edenden's f W it but did not allow him to have more than . e , shin . , .... Wall 4 Itings in his pocket at a time ; that the annuity t ook eYer th spent for Edenden, but that the defendant died Ce s urplu s for himself. It appeared that Edenden to k e 1842, having, by his will, bequeathed all his per der e tk at ate upan trust, for his wife absolutely. ee these cir cinnstanceslhe bill was filed by the peer fki- rePresentatives of Edenden, praying that the do kotillntlt raight be decreed to account for all sums off katoZ,Y received by him for the use and on behalf to i - ) 4e ll• The evidence on behalf the defendant went td:elv that he had inevery resp , ct acted as a friend_ to hkaward Edenden; that ho had received his annuity, bu Vihe4l,Narly handed over the money to him, except eun. ti kt ba,e was requested to pay any bills on hisac e c ontr t oi tvet,,Zenden had at all times exercised complete Il k - " 111 money, and the defendant could not be e t to have acte dfiduciary character towveadr On n hi bis . bah Fe tliben Stuartaccount for the money recei kr. I t def r • Stu and ant a n M d r.l l -13 1r e . yl L e lo %s y 'e d re counsel for the s , Th e v s. werein supportof the bill, Z et hell' a Mr. IrceZ,ICHANCELLOR, at judgment, the conclusion of that 'ooe:er'vf:eYr tt:-ecimaoY'neYgave mse mount'lldant held a fiduciary character, and mu p tit ' s therefore rd must there deciding Ye d by the he ered thtleffidtecirleee Lad ro r the account, received. ti, (Before Viee •Chancellor Sir J. IVIGRAN.)T The • ~.. a il ji PR ESTON V. WILSON. ' l4 lli "°llll delivered judgment in this cause this lait j a g. In tlais case a bill had been filed, an answer a lis e 2. and the bill re-amended, and the plaintiff at • tup: had two petitions before the Court of and 4• Several other proceedings also took place, e Ebthe cause came before him last May, and ttic ii,47.4. order Was made for the protection o ll th, l it The case was ordered to be argued on the . t loa Cth, and 19th of November last. On that ccca s It if ' had to consider the laws of bankruptcy vi able' h -4 abl n - 3 1 that Court, and what would be the more ad t kid it-.BYatern to be adopted in all matters relating ofo °l3ll llo lllili g out of bankrupty cases, and he was k. ra ke 4 that it would be better it the Court of Ban )a t, tl t t Yithadditenuaatry powers to deal with all such cases, such owers, and it did t he Possess th e Pess g e e a n s eral jurisdiction to enable Puvr e ,.." deal with particular cases j when they arose. The /ra s ' ef the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy filtril°l!sessed under particular statutes, and was neces -00 to 1 %40. A Power was certainly vested in them il d II? °eeasions - to dismiss petitions, but he did not Pr e , t th e • tee Y had any power to deal with cases like the t i te -',, aud the Courts of Bankruptcy did not t ft li ade " Power to appeal. The plaintiff had 11 41 ;.. I t tle,„11 a Pplication, and what the decision iiaik t to -urrer might be it would not be necessary for ," d• s aY. In ther before him, having regard t ,‘„`" if t ulti es of the case and the arguments that had 1 ,,, , ' , 4 11 11 %, - 0 0 both sides, he could not make up his mind t•llillieftilree Ptoointtsilebecause he could not find any statutes He would not dismiss l a , o , tehaseeu the case. of want of jurisdiction -,-.3, deerourt, lige would not grant the plaintiff ‘0 whe without he adopted a course different 6_141 the at be had already pursued. - The evidence for - Part of th h e Y ti , r eatin _. e plaintiff was not sufficiently satisfae g chiefly on he testimony of a person nam , cd . reel&4,,,who received instructions to draw up the agrce Prope°taLY three days before he became possessed of the he ll4t t 4f ite l to . e ., Il e , did not find that there was a the lve ou .7,i_ aLcount of what had taken place e l Plainaa parties. It was clear that afte e r c: ' d the tan. 9 . had Put the defendant in possession ,, I, n , ,?_t l the 1,, ~n, ts . , ',0,, t o pdy him tl,:, i, t. i f , ' ~ 4 rearn, ‘,•uq,;. it . ki , .l , 1,, , -i ,, t 1.1 '- , ' I whether,Nioud be to direct two issee it . e.clUir e lilleq 8 before'. the 1 7 h t ‘ l ' i of .I)ec'es.mbrr e , r l 7 first a greed by the plaintiff to sell defendant the 1842, THE SUN, LONDON, equity of the redemption of the property; and sectondly, whether at the time of signing the paper of the 17th of December, 1842, the contents and true purport of that paper were known to the plaintiff. If they were of Opinion that the plaintiff had such a knowledge, then a verdict must be given for the defend ants on the pleas stated; but, if they thought he had not such knowledge, then they must consider the amount of injury inflicted by the imprisonment, and the circum stances, under which it had taken place, and award the caunage3 acccr tingly. The jury, after consulting a short time together in the t , ox" without agreeing, retired to ccnsider their verdict. After an absence of about two hours they returned a verdict for the plaintiff against the two defendants, Col lard and Nash, damages, one farthing; for the defendant Prance, Not Guilty. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) LIABILITY OF PARENTS.—IM RE S r .. GARROD. To-day was appointed for choice of assignees under the estate of this bankrupt, who is a grazier at Hackney. The bankruptcy was founded on an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The debts were not considerable. A proof was tendered by Mr. Green, a tailor, for 451, for goods sold to bankrupt's son. The bill commenced in IS4I, when Mr. Garrod, jun., was a minor, hut he had been in the habit of paying money an account from time to time. Mr. Green rested his claim on the fact that the bankrupt was cognisant of the orders, and fre quently asked whether his son had paid the money, from which it was to be inferred that he held himself respon sible if his son did not pay. The bankrupt said he never countenanced any de mand on him on this account. The COMMISSIONER asked what the son was ? The Bankrupt said a clerk in the Stock Exchange, had supported himself, although he slept at home ; he, the bankrupt, never directly or indirectly authorized the claimant to supply on his responsibility. The COMMISSIONER—I do not consider you have any right to prove under this estate, to the prejudice of cre ditors. You let the account run five or six years. and take all you can from the son, never charging the father till now. I cannot allow the proof. Mr. Green—Then I will only claim for the time he was a minor. Mr. Commissioner GouLsuun—l can't help you— you have not made out your case. You have, through out, been dealing with the son, and I cannot interfere. In the case in bankruptcy reported yesterday, "Ile Wray," it should have been the Taw Vale Railway Company, not the " Torbay." The error was inad vertent, and in consequence of the difficulty of getting at the proceedings, the Company was variously described in other papers. The Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company is correct. SECONDAMES'.(THIS DAY.) There was only one case set down for hearing this day, and that was withdrawn. GUILDHALL.--(THIS DAY.) A policeman of the City force, named Robert ;Stokes, was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidney charged with committing the following shabby thefts from his " bro ther officers":— It appeared from the statement of the inspector, Mr. Joy, and other witnesses, that at the station-house in Moor-lane there are about fifty of the men lodged, hav ing a mess-room and a kitchen in common, there being in the latter a separate locker for each to keep his own pro visions, and other things. Every one of these lockers had a different luck and key, notwithstanding which from time to time it was discovered that one of the men was in the habit of opening the lockers, in the absence of the others, and pilfering the provisions. At length suspicion fell on the prisoner, and his Sergeant Fowlger, 89, determined to watch him, and accordingly this morn ing, when the other men were at breakfast in the mess room, the prisoner was observed, through the window in the kitchen, forcing open the lockers, and helping him self to slices of bread and meat from one and another. It seemed that he cut a slice off one piece of bacon, which had been marked to entrap him, as coins in a till are sometimes marked to secure the conviction of a suspected shopman. He was taken into custody, and, by order of the Commissioner, brought to this court. He admitted that he had stolen the bread and meat, but attempted to justify himself on the pretence that it was usual for the men to pillage each other in that way. This of course was denied by the witnesses ; and the Alderman observed that in ordinary cases he would have dealt with so paltry a theft in a summary manner, but he thought it necessary, wrien he found a policeman guilty of such misconduct, to treat him with more than ordinary severity, as it was expected from persons in his position to conduct themselves with more than ordinary rectitude. He committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREE DAY.) 'Valiant Low icke, a young man lately in the service of Mr. Walton, newsvender, of 36, Bell yard, Temple Bar, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with embezzling several sums of money received as for his employer. Miss Tucker, of No. 5, Chancery-lane, said that in the course of the week before last she paid the prisoner 11. 6s. 9d., due from her father to Mr. Walton. Mr. Henry Rivett on the 22d April paid the prisoner .3s. 6d. due to Mr. Walton. Charles Clarke on the 9th November paid the prisoner 21. 3s. 4d., due from Mr. Bird, of Lincoln's Inn, to Mr. Walton, for newspapers. Mr. Walton said that the prisoner bad been employed by him for more than seven years. Ile was in his ser vice up to Saturday, 21st November, when witness dis charged him in consequence of some defalcations he had discovered. Before discharging him, he requested him to give :him the names of those customers from whom he had received money, and to state what sums he had received without accounting for them, as, if he did so, it would prevent him (witness) from applying for monies which had already been paid. The prisoner said he could not do so ; and witness than said, " Well, then, there's the door, you may go." Inspector Logan, F division, took the prisoner into custody on the 20th November. The prisoner (who neither cross-examined any of the witnesses, nor made any defence, was committed for trial. John Mason, who described himself as a marble po lisher, was charged before Mr. Jardine with keeping a private still at No. 9, Princes street, Drury-lane. John Lewins, an Excise-officer, said that, acting on information he had received, he went this morning, at eleven o'clock to the house No. 9, Princes-street, where the prisoner keeps a tobacco shop, and finding nobody in the shop went down to the cellar, where he found the prisoner working a still, which was in full exercise. The prisoner, who made no defence, was fined 30Z, and in default of payment was committed to prison for three months. MARLBRV-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Job Liddington, a pianoforte tnner, was charged with committing an assault on his son. William Augustus Liddington, the son of the prisoner, stated that the defendant had deserted his mother twenty-three.years ago, leaving her with three children; and he ascertained some time since that he had returned to London, had entrapped another woman into mar riage, and was living with her. The complainant had written several times to his father, with the view of ob taining a maintenance ; for ,his mother, but last night about halt-past six o'clock, he took his mother to the defendant's house. When his father came in, he asked complainant what he had to do there. Upon telling him his object, the prisoner struck him a severe blow with his fist, walked into another room, and, having returned, struck him again with a tuning fork a blow on the head, which cut it open with a deep gash. Hannah Liddington, the complainant's mother, corro borated ilis evidence. Police-sergeant, 10 D, handed in copies of two mar riage certificates attesting that Job Liddington had been married to Hannah 141alpus in the parish of Cirencester, on the 19th of December, 1816. and that on the 28th of March, 1831, in the parish of St. Giles, William Liddington had been married to Jane Howland. Mr. HARDWICK sentenced him to a fine of 51., or two months' imprisonment, for the assault, and ordered the police-sergeant to retain the certificates, in case any future steps should be taken against the defendant for bigamy. Patrick Flannagan, for creating a disturbance at an eating-house in Cleveland-street,. after eatin g a di nner , which he had no money to pay for, was sentenced to a fine of 405., or one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. CLERKE'N lILL.—(T HIS DAY.) A respectable looking young lad, named Jahn Galt, was charged with stealing 21 watch chains, the property of Messrs. Edward Walker and Sons, of Red Lion. street. It appeared from t he evidence that the prisoner, who was an apprentice to Mr. Parkinson, of Red Lion street, entered the prosecutor's shop yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, 4nd asked to see a watch chain, which he bought, and went away ; soon after which 21 other chains were missed, and information having been given to the police, it was ascertained that the prisoner had offered some of the chains at a very low price to a fel low-apprentice, when the former was taken into custody, and the property found upon him. He was fully com mitted for trial. Charles Sharpe was charged by Mr. Dodd, the dust contractor, for the district of Clerkenwell, with stealing a quantity of dust. The prisoner was observed by the complainant's foreman to remove a cart-load of ashes from the Chalk-road, Islington, which they took to the premises of Mr. Stuckey. Iu his defence, the prisoner said he was in the employ ment of Mr. Stuckey, who had built a great many houses in the Chalk-road, and he was sent to remove the ashes, Owing bdos ae lraeena perfect cleanliness cust t eh h sen e ss us h c i: a a: r den e ,ca l e eot s hc s ute n om e d s oit s rhl taaot that neighbourhood accumulated d h i o e r suchu c b o b n i. t s r ah ac m t o i rg, manner,h; t h ar e ne e ds : s s aat o ilno- f f t o h e r ough Mr. Dodd was strict when any person interfered, there for ever, for all he seemed to care about it --- The foreman stated that his master paid 1,000/. a year for the right of taking away the dust, and he was 'very frequently plundered. 030iIBE said he should only fine the prisoner a shilling, but trusted that would be a warning to him and others that they acted illegally. RAILWAY LABOURERS WORKING ON SUNDAYS.— At the Town-hall, Horsham, on Saturday last, the en gineer to the Horsham Branch Railway made an appli cation to the bench of magistrates, to grant permission for the labourers employed on the line to work on Sun days. He said it was necessary for a portion of the labourers employed on the line to work on Sundays, to prepare the temporary roads for the removal of earth, which would prevent a number of men remaining idle on Mondays. Applicant had found that when the men were not enabled to ccmmence work on Monday mornings, it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be got to woik at all, as they began d r i n ki ng, and i n t '7! , rrei n •nrnetC ,, w. , C nriort,A most „ • • .• • •I• , ULM, anti ilbal bLtil lUULU LU nitatalite, B th u e rr a e p ll p , lic %e io c n i: chairman, positively refused r to Charles gran t intoxication. ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. IS DAY. A special general(T mee H ting of th) proprietors of this line was subsequently held in the same place, and for the same purpose ; Mr. Henry C. Lacey, Chairman of the Board of Directors in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN considered the terms offered by the Eastern Counties Company were very inadequate to the value of their property, and he, therefore, hoped they would follow the example of the former meeting, and re ject them nnanimously. He had no doubt whatever that eventually the East Anglian lines would pay 101. per cent., but still a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, and he should not object to the 71 per cent. The same resolution s agreed to by the former proprie tors were agreed to at the present meeting. LYNN AND DERELAM RAILWAY eTIIIS DAY). A meeting of the proprietors of this line was then held, and Mr. Lacy having resumed the chair, the reso lutions agreed to at the former meetings wero then put from the chair, and carried unanimously. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the Regent's Canal Company was held o-day, at their offices at the Canal Basin, City-road, J. E. D. Bethune, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the profit balance to 30th Sep tember last was 13,670/. 13s. 11d., including 600/. ss. 4d. remaining from the last account, which, after the pay ment of the dividend proposed to-day, would leave a sum of 819/. Os. 11d. to the benefit of the next half-yeai. All the documents for the Bill for the railway were deposited with the proper officers, and the direc tors were quite prepared to go on with the scheme. A further sum of 4,474/. 9s. 4d. had been borrowed from the reserve fund for the formation of the new en trance to the Limehouse Dock, and to pay for the pro perty required for that ptu ) pose. The committee were happy to say that they were now in possession of the property, and that the plans and sections for the work were ready, so that it could be commenced early in the next spring. Inasmuch, however, as stabling would be required for the horses in the first instance, it was tended to charge a sum not exceeding 3,0001. for that object. The report of the auditors stated that the profits of the half-year amounted to 27,415/. 4s. lid. Both the reports were adopted by the meeting. A resolution was then put to the effect that a dividend of twelve shillings a share for the last half-year should be declared, and that the transfer books should be clos(!cl for its payment from the 19th December next to the 11,th of January following. The motion having been se conded, after a short discussion, the resolution w as adopted. In reply to an inquiry as to the origin of the increase of the rents from 1,600/. to 2,1004, the CHAIRMAN stated that it arose partly from the increase of business, and partly from the payment of old arrears. The former came chiefly from the North Western Railway Company. In answer to another question, the CHAIRMAN sand that the tonage on the canal had increased from 844,000 to 1,082,000 tons, between 1842 and 1845. The permits would give little information as to the number of vessels which had passed on the canal; for while the barges we re formerly 45 tons on an average, they are now genera'ily of SO tons burden. The number stated in 1842 leas. 12,448, and last year 16,500. Since 1836, the dividends had risen from Its. to 21s. per year. To other inquiries, Mr. BETHUNE replied, that the shares of the contemplated railway were to be offered in the first instance, to the shareholders, in proportion to t be number of shares held respectively by each. But th , was to be no compulsion, and the shares declined w ere to be offered afterwards to the public generally. The 8,0001. to be paid to the Regent's Canal Company by the Birmingham Railway Company was contingent Qn the latter company getting their Act, and not on the formation of the railway. The company had obtain d their Act, and the money would be due on the 6th •of February next. The directors did not apprehend mtic.h opposition to the getting of their Act, and under try circumstances it was decided to keep the waterway• of the canal uninjured. The meeting received this announcement with gt .ezit approbation, and' Mr. GREEN wished it to be particularly understot)d that he went heart and hand with the undertaking, ea id trusted that if there was any one connected with 'tt to press present this would be noticed.—(Hear, hear.) A formal resolution was then' passed for the nes .t general half-yearly meeting, on Wednesday the 2d .of June next, the day appointed by Act of Parliam en t. Thanks were voted to the chairman and committee, ar the meeting was dissolved. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, M. Perrier, French messenger, in goin g .on board her Majesty's packet Dover, Mr. A. Hama loud, acting commander, missed the steps and fell into ;the water, but fortunately caught hold of a piece of iron pr e jecting from the quay. A rope was promptly thr ov In from the vessel, but ineffectually, as M. Perrier w ou ld not relinquish his " iron grasp." Police-consent de Saunders was on duty near the spot, and hearing ehe alarm ran to the quay, on reaching which be knelt de m vn and attempted to reach the messenger, but could ni )t. He then allowed himself to be let down head foremo it to the water—his legs being held by Mr. Gibbons— -.e,nd by this means Saunders succeeded in reaching :and holding M. Perrier by the collar until a ladder eves brought and speedily lowered, when C. Cher Ira di, steward of the Dover, and T. King, steward of :her Majesty's packet Onyx, descending and Si IC ceeding in rescuing him from his perilous sit n ation, he having only sustained considerable fright inc 1 a thorough drenching. M. Perrier then went on 13ottrd the Dover, where every attention was paid by the steward to his comfort on the voyage to Calais.—.l ").9 ver Telegraph. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY.—The I 11 df yearly general meeting of the company of proprieto r. s of the Grand Junction Canal was held yesterday, it i the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The report v which was submitted to the meeting stated that the nett ;ton nages for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, amounted to 41,613/. 3s. 7d., being 16,5261. 19s. 11d. lees than for the corresponding . six months of the pre ceding year. This decrease, it was stated, had ibeen caused by the reductions which it had been found r Leoes sary to make in the tonnage rates, as also by a dii ninu tion of the thoroughfare trade. At the same time, hc,w ever, the local traffic had materially increased, not with standing a very cons i derable reduct i on of the local i .coal withthelatsht e si e x o m rr o e n sp th on s d s in ta g te p d er h io a d d i d n ec th re e as y e e d a , r a l s B 7 s 7 i p t a h r a e d d trade, and whil e t h e whole traffic on the canal N vit hin nevertheless exceeded by 22,985 tons the average traffic of the last seven years. The committee had invest rated various projects for the improvement of canal nati i ca tion, for the amalgamation of existing canals with r. eilway companies, for canal companies undertaking to be a their own carriers, and these important subjects woul con tinue to occupy their serious attention. The repo ae con cluded by recommending the declaration of adi midend of 31. per share, amounting to 34,365 l (from whi e h the income-tax would have to be deducted), to be p ei . d on Friday, the Bth day of January next. The repo - rt was adopted by the meeting, and ordered to be cit.( lated among the proprietors. ACCIDENT AT WINDSOR.—An accident oc curred yesterday afternoon to James Hopkins, Esq., a gentle man residing at Earl Grey's mansion a t D atc h nt.. H e and on p ass i ng by the oad, the a n i m al t oo k was riding a spirited young horse fr om Dat ;diet to Wn castle d m fright, proceeding along Park-street, a t a trer aen d ous s o g r a , te a s t , t e i n n d Winded b e y F h r i o s g g rn r o o r o em. r , pace, into the town. Instead of making for the I High street, the horse dashed into the stables oft he New Inn, the left side of Mr. Hopkins's head c • omi tig into violent contact with a large iron lantern which vas sus pended in the centre. A severe wound was i nflicted, from which the blood flowed profusely, and Mr. I lopkins was rendered for a time insensible. Mr. Pearl, t urgeon, of Windsor, was speedily in attendance, and the r ;utterer, in the course of the afternoon, Was conveyed to l us resi dence at Datchet. -- LADS TOR THE ROYAL NAVY . --- Yesterday. there was considerable activity at the various receiving houses for seamen, at the east end of the metropolis n ear the docks, in consequence of the recent regulation resi vcting lads for the Roya l Nav y . Durin g the day large Posters were circulated thr ou g hout the metropolis ;am I every inducement is also heid out for lad s b etween 16 an d 19 to enter her Majesty's service. Smart, well grown youths are taken, though not accustomed to t 1 Le sea, numbers r f whom entered during the day. heavy increasing NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES.—AppIi( z 'ion is intended to be made to Parliamtnt next sessio ,n,, for tb, leave to construct a bridge from Lanthec p h o u p r u c l h at a i t on 2 1 E): 0 al to the opposite shore at Westminster ; the want of vv; hi ch g by th th e e, gale which was fel t so severely at Plymouth and other ports on the coast ;, on shiadsiecsboeotttihtmehusrtci Notwithstanding felt rd.in the 21st and 22d i n stant, every ve sse l i n the outer an d in , -cr rolc!Q of F ilm •"° 1 T''''' 't nt , t witi, t i,,, „,,, ti ,r tieg,at at b.b.b., witieli is uite:,:tiy in to me nark) o ur, and continued for many hours from that point.—. 17,01- mouth Packet, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2 9 LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of this line was held this day at tha London Tavern, in Bishops gate-street, for the purpose of sanctioning a conditional agreement entered into for leasing the line in perpetuity to the Eastern Counties Company. Sir William Folkos, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the agreement was for 51. per cent. upon the whole capital of the company for three years from the opening of the line, and a minimum of 61. per cent. ever after, the dividend being always two per cent, less than that of the Eastern Counties Company. A resolution confirming the agreement was proposed, and after a long discussion unanimously rejected, and in its place a resolution was agreed to, authorising the directors to renew the negotiation with the Eastern Counties Company on the basis of a axed relit of 7i per cent. in perpetuity.. Another resolution was also agreed to empowering the directors to take''the necessary step or assist in ap plying to Parliament next session for Bills autho rising the construction by the Lynn and Ely Company, from Wisbeach to Spalding, arid Ilolbeach, and from Ely to Bury St. Edmunds, as well as docks at the port of King's Lynn, with a navigation or aqueduct from such docks t o the River Nav in Norfolk. The business relative to the raising of the sum of 118,8001,, part of the 120,0001. authorised by the Ely and Huntingdon Act, by the issuing of 10,000 shares of 91. each, and 108,000 shares of 24 each, was postponed, and the meeting terminated. GIRVAN. THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF BRITISH AGRICULTURE. What bas British agriculture done ? Wbat is it doing ? What does it — expect to do ?—arc the three important questions proposed for consideration in an in teresting article under the above head in the current number of the Edinburgh Review. As a reply to the first question, the writer appeals tiathe fdet that British agriculture has expanded in productiveness with our rapidly increasing population, our average corn imports up to:last year being about the same as they were twenty years ago. He also appeals to the experience of full grown men as to the greater breadth of land in culture, and its vastly more productive modes since that period. This last proof seems more conclusive than the other, as there is no doubt, though the people of Britain contrived to subsist chiefly on our home produce for the last twenty years, they did so by being put on " short commons" through the operation of the restrictive corn laws. Had such hige duties not existed 'in foreign importations, there is not a doubt but that greatly more corn would have been consumed and nil ported. The people were by no means indulged with such a fulness of bread, as is desirable, nor their corn consuming powers put to full proof. Both the appetite and the means were by these laws unnaturally restricted. Bad trade, currency derangements, &c.—then surely fol lowed the years of dearth and high prices. To the second question the writer furnishes an answer, by a rapid and interesting survey or tour of the island. He starts from the remote Caithness, whence arose the most energetic agriculturist of his day, Sir John Sinclair, and who stirred up practical men to new exertions. In this country the improve ment has been rapid and striking ; rentals increased from six to eight times within living memory ; and worthless moorland pasture converted into rich fieds of oats, wheat, clover, &c.-50 bushels wheat, 56 oats, and 300 or 400 stones hay, being the occasional return per Scotch acre. Of Sutherland, with its famous clearings and large sheep walks, the writer admits the great im provement in roads, buildings, stock, &c. ; but gene rously questions whethet the clearing has not been carried too far, and whether it would not have more largely increased the sum of human happiness, added more to the strength of the state, and to the rent roll of the proprietor, to have encouraged and educated the na tive population, and kept them on the land. Passing into Ross-shire there much fine farm ing, and great activity in Easter Ross-5 quarters of wheat and 7 of oats per imperial acre being the produce of some parts of it. Improvement has even penetrated the straths that run across the country: and in strath glens the writer met a cart laden with guano. and in a way-aide schcol heard the boys taught agricultural chemistry. Inverness is equally for ward; and though the cost of the transport of wheat or oats to the Edinburgh market averages 20 s. an acre, land at the head of the Beauty Loch lets at 40s. an imperial acre. The steam-ships from Inverness have been of im mense benefit for the conveyance of fat cattle, &c., &c. Travelling southwards along Loch Ness, wheat is grown and ripened at a height of 800 feet, while in Strathern a beautiful crop of turnips have been. raised at a height of 1,200 feet above the level of the sea—only surpassed by an instance in Wicklow, where a pupil of the Glassuaiven school raised a fine crop at 1,600 feet„ Nairn and Moray claiming the title of the " granary of Scotland," have done much and may do more. Before the drain, the ague and mildew, once prevalent; have disappeared, while these with liming have tripled many rentals. Driving rapidly over Aberdeenshire, improved breeds of stock, liming, fencing, training, ,and reclaiming, are everywhere visible. Descending through Perth, Forfar, and Dundee, to the Carse of Guwrie, which once grew clover three feet high, deep ploughing, and a ready out fall for deeper drains, are the most serious questions, and their practical solution the likeliest mode of restoring something like the traditional fersility. Crossing to Fife, tile-works and lime-kilns, and subsoil ploughs frequently visible, show the ancient kingdom in each of its " neuks " to be all alive. Now the Lothians are reached, where, though capital and skill have done their best, he deprecates the farmers resting on their oars, and points out much to be done. Reaching Ayr and Wigton, the greater produce of grain and turnips, the abundant tile draining, and waste land reclamations are approvingly unnoticed. " Public gra titude is due to those who reclaim the bleak moss and the wild moor, and who plant their feet firmly on the quaking bog," such as in the south-eastern parts of Ayr shire, particularly along the first six. miles from Barkill to Newton-Stewart, or the Wason country, where, at a great expense, the enterprising proprietor, Rigby Wason, Esq., has formed a new road across the moor to Cree—drained and limed, and recalled to fertility a wide extent of once barren moor. Crossing to Arran and Cainebelton, the change within the last fifteen years is equalling surprising and agree able ; then there was scarcely a saddle-horse in the country, and, the cattle, the poor small black High landers. Now, fifty or sixty tenants come to market in their own gigs, while Ayrshire stock and a lowland im proving tenantry have been introduced. Hastening over other portions of the country, and noticing the border improvements, where one farm out of lease last year rose in rent from 751. to 9201. per annum, or 1200 per cent—and bow the land carries triple the stock, and yields triple crops by thorough-draining. England entered, and Northumberland is deservedly praised for its activity and forwardness. Too much time has been spent in Scotland, with which, indeed, the writer seems most conversant, and the northern. counties of England is rapidly sketched off. A stop is made at Lincoln, where, with much naturally rich land, constant and high manuring is required to keep the " warrens" from returning to a state of barrenness, and where the knowledge unfolded by chemistry as to manure, &c., is of vital importance. _ _ _ . _ _ On a review of the whole tour, the writer is satisfied that great activity is being put forth ; and, "in spite of corn-law repeal, the energy of the agriculturists as a body is not depressed, their wits not stagnant, nor their hands void of cunning." To the third question as to future progress, he thinks the produce may be doubled by tho general adoption of the improved practice now known, while greater disco. veries and improvements give hopes of a much larger increase. Another hasty review is made to show bow much waste land yet remains to be reclaimed, and in how many places the present best practice is to be in troduced. Pipe tiles, cheapening land drainage, bone mills, railways bringing lime, fuel, and manures to remote places, artificial manures, , resident landlords, education, tenant rights, subsoil ploughs, &c., are desiderated to become general, and such they are every day hastening to become. The much good which our absurd entails hinders is also well noticed, and their modification or repeal very much wished. Absenteeism and the quality of land under trustees (which might be sold to new improving proprietors but for the entail) are also great hindrances. For England also the abolition of reserved rights, such as timber, game, &c., and a better machinery, are very much wanted. In the article of thrashing mills, not at all common in England, 1,200,000 quarters would be saved by their general introduction. Agricultural colleges would also do a great good. Of these there is one at Cirencester, and one at York. The article is wound up by the cheerful statement that there is every reasonable prospect for abundant food and employment for an increasing people, and that the change in the corn-laws need act not as a depressing but as a stimulating influence upon agriculturists. Whatever art ca►► extract of enlarged crops from foreign soils may be reaped in Britain. Our capital and mecha nical skill, aided by science, should place our farmers beyond the reach of any protracted competition in the home market. The loss of the potato crop is with equal philosophy turned to good account. Affliction of , this kind may lead to good by rousing to new exertions, and opening up new resources. RELIEF FOR THE HIGHLANDS. —PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—The .2Eplus, store-ship, Mr. Thompson, master, on her way to the Isle of Skye, has arrived here from the river. She has been brought into the harbour to take in a large supply of biscuit and other provisions from the Clarence Victualling Yard, to be distributed in the districts in Scotland which are suffering from scarcity, and when loaded will proceed immediately to join the Belvidera, store-ship. Captain Layton, R.N., is in that ship, and is appointed to superintend the issue of the various stores. The Belvidera is destined for the Isle of Mull. • • Yesterday Rowland Hill, Esq., entered upon his new appointment at the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand, and was congratulated on the occasion by the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Postmaster-General, and Colonel Maberly, the secretary of this establishment; also by T. S. Duncombe, Esq., the Member for Finsbury , who paid a special visit on the occasion. DEATH OF CAPTAIN MANBY, R.N.—This gentle man, so well known in the scientific world by his inven tions, more particularly his life-rope for saving ship wrecked mariners, died on Thursday week last, after a severe illness, at Cheltenham, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. . . HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—Yesterday evening the first general quar terly meeting of the governors and directors of the Hos pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (since the opening of the new institution at Brompton) was held at the board-room the Hon. Edward Speer in the chair. The routine business having been disposed of, it was stated that at the present time the hospital con tained forty in-patients, with twenty more on the books for immediate admission. An additional assistant phy— sician was appointed, together with two visiting apothe • caries, and two clinical clerks. Among the governors present were the Hon. J. W. Percy, Philip Rose, Esq., R. G. C. Gardiner, Esq., M.D., J. Forbes, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.; the Rev. Robert Munro, M.A., Robert Viner, Esq., Henry Vaughan, Esq., &c. Thanks having been accorded to the chairman, the meeting, which was very fully attended, broke up at a late hour. RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—The railway deposits in the session of 1845 in England amounted to 3,444,3061. 55.; in Ireland to 373,8121. 10s., and in Scotland to 180,7631. 15s. For the session of 1846 the deposits into the Court of Chancery in England on account of rail ways amounted to 11,396,7831. 9s. 10d.; in Ireland to 866,3671.; and in Scotland to 2,323,3711. The deposits for the ensuing session must be made in the course of next month—before Jan. 16. POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday the following was affixed at St. Martin's-le-Grand:—Mails will be made up for the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and Sydney, to be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake. All letters intended to bo so forwarded must be addressed, " By H.M.S. Rattlesnake," and will be liable to a packet rate of postage of one shilling, not exceeding half an ounce," &c. The Rattlesnake is ex pected to sail from Devonport to-morrow. Letters in time this evening and to-morrow morning. 1 A NOTII ER CONN' ERT 10 11 OME. '---- Air. Henry Pownali, boil of 1.1. Pownall, Esq., of Spring-grove, IHounslow, has just given in hi s alle g iance to the Church of Rome.—Herald. 1846. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. The semi-monthly express from Marseilles, in an ticipation of the mails from Bombay, to the date of the 2d of November, arrived last night. It brings several items of important intelligence. The insur rection in Cashmere is said to be nearly at an end. Sheik Emmam-ood-Deen has again temporised and made a show of yielding, and has even withdrawn his troops-from the siege of a small fort called Hurree Purvut. But the winter is about to set in, 'and then the greater number of the passes from Jamoo into the vale of Cashmere will be closed, and the Sheik, unless dispossessed previously, may laugh for a time at the armies sent to attack him. In the meantime there are considerable forces in movement towards Cash mere,—viz., Ist, the whole force of Ghoolab Singh ; 2d, the Lahore army (10,000 men), under Tej Singh ; 3d, the British division (6,000 men), commanded by General 'Moder, which has marched from the Jullunder Dc;ab to ilifanioo for the purpose of taking posses:lion of that capital and of guard ing it for Ghoo:tab ; and, 4th, the brigade which left Lahore, on its being relieved by other troops from Ferozepore, crosteed the Ravee and marched into Ghoolab's dominions. The movement of this power. ful force shows that the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief look upon the proceedings at Cashmere as of great moment. It is evident from the preparations that some ulterior measures of great importance will soon be adopted. It is rather pro bable that the British authorities are by this time convinced of the impolicy of placing the Mahom medan .population of Cashmere and the neighbouring districts under the yoke of the Sheik Ghoolab, with whose rule they are not likely ever to be satisfied, and that the dominions of Ghoolab• will, ere tha close of the present campaign, be much circumscribed. The British authorities, although they gave him the -transfer of all the hilly or mountainous country east ward of the Indus and westward of the Ravee, are not bound to keep an army there to maintain order amongst his subjects, or to collect his tribute. The inhabitants of Cashmere have many reasons for wish ing to be rid of the Seikhs as governors, for their country has been ruined and half depopulated by the exactions of the Seikhs. The Lahore force, under Tej Singla, had by the middle of October got within twelve miles of Bheem bur, when he declared his inability to proceed for want of carriage. This delay looks rather suspicious. The conflict appears to be going forward between Ghoolab's troops and the Cashmerians, but the details are not known. The settlement of the affairs of Moultan is said to be going forward favourably at Lahore, where the Dewan Moulraj Moultanee has been received in state by his Sovereign, Dhuleep Singh, and his mother, who performs the duties of Regent during the minority. From Sinde there is nothing remarkable. The regiments which are to be relieved are not to quit that country until about the Ist of February next. There was sickness again at Sukkur and. Kurrachee, arising from the heats of the months of October and November ; but it was expected to end when the cold weather set in, in November. Sir C. Napier is said to be engaged on a work having for its object to refute the statements of Colonel Outram's " Com mentary." There were slight disturbances in Bhopal, created by some 'mercenary troops who had been expelled from the Nizam's territory, and who joined the dis affected retainers of an abandoned character, Ameer Mahomed Khan, the grandfather of the sovereign, who aimed at becoming Raja. This lawless force was speedily surrounded, attacked, and routed by the con tingent under the orders of the political agent. The rapid suppression of this revolt has had the best effect in the interior of India. Nothing new appears to be known of the state of Nepaul; the Maharaja had returned to his capital, where he is ruled by his second wife. There is no truth in the rumour of the Governor- General's son and other British officers being pri soners in Cashmere. The financial difficulties of the Nizam's Govern ment remain as great as ever. The re-opening of the 'loan of 1841-42 by the Government of India has not produced a subscription of more than six Lacs in Bombay, where the exchange on England was rising. There was an important discussion going forward at Madras, where the Government had rernv et] the whole of the judges of the Suddur and Foujdaree Adawlut, the upper courts of the Hon. Company.' The cause of this removal was the decisions of those courts in favour of the natives, and against certain acts of the missionaries of Tinivelly. This has pro duced great excitement amongst the native community of that presidency, who held, a great meeting to call on the Government to reinstate one of the judges (Mr. Lewin). The whole matter has been referred to the Court of Directors. In Bombay another subject of interest has been created, in consequence of the trial being ordered of a civilian of high standing for supporting a widow against some acts of oppression by a native func tionary, who has since been displaced. The mere words of the judge in expressing his convictions are the grounds of this trial, which has not yet been brought forward. An episode has been created in this matter in consequence of one of the Bombay newspapers having published some allusions to certain members of the Suddur Court at that presidency being involved in debts beyond their power of extri cating themselves. Sir' H. Roper left Bombay on the 2d of November, and Sir D. Pollock was to be sworn Chief Justice on the 3d. Great curiosity existed to know who would be named Governor of that presidency, and also who would be the next Commander-in-Chief. The monsoon burst at Madras with extraordinary violence. The fall of rain within 24 hours up to noon of the 21st was 17i inches. The mail was carried from Bombay to Suez by the Akbar steamer, from Alexandria to Malta by the Ariel, awl from Malta to Marseilles by the Spitfire. GENERAL SUMMARY. (From the Bombay Times.) The alarming aspect worn at the date of the last dis patch by the affairs of Cashmere has in a great measure passed away. The troops of the Maharaja have, by repeated successes, retrieved the reverses originally encountered by them. The Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen has sent in his submission ; and, in evidence of the sin cerity and peacefulness of his intentions, has caused the siege of Hurree Purvut to be raised. Not trusting to appearances, however auspicious, the Governor-General has directed the military arrangements, commenced in apprehension of an active campaign, to be continued until everything be satisfactorily concluded. The sus-. picions of the good faith of the Lahore Durbar appear to have been groundless. The Moult= affairs seem in a fair train for satisfactory arrangement, and the threatened interruption of the even tenour of our p ac ifi c policy has proved transient and temporary. It seems highly probable that the whole of the provi s i ons o f t h e Treaty of Umritsir will be carried out as originally intended. The force of Brigadier Wheeler is in possession of Jamoo—that from Lah ore b e i ng i n com munication with them. Severe sickness is beginning make its appearance again in Upper Sinde. The to Go vernor is said to be labouring indefatigably to meet o subvert some of the most dam na t ory of the portions of ' Colonel Outram's work. The services of four of the war steamers of the Indus flotilla have been made over for the use of Government, and will be employed for the purposes of river transport. Thi s i s an eminent l y w i se and judicious measure. The G overnmen t Fi ve p er Cent. Loan—mainly required, as is understood, for the exi gencies of Sinde—is filling up apace. Further loans may come to convince the people at home of the unreality of the surplus of 80,000/.—of the substantiality of the de ficiency of a million a-year, which must be met by bor rowing. An insurrection in Bhe jai, which threatened serious consequences, has been suppressed by force of arms. The Madras monsoon has been ushered in by a' hurricane of unusual violence and a deluge of rain—no less than 17i inches of fall, two-thirdsof the English i fall for one year, having occurred within 24 hours. The governors of the three presidencies are at present all enjoying themselves above the is ghauts. The re port that Mr. George Clerk to rule over us at Bombay has given general satisfaction: no better appointment could have been made. No change was wi.hed for, but Mr. Reid we knew could not be continued in office. The Chief Justice, Sir Henry Roper, takes his departure for England by this day's steamer, hip resignation having been accepted and his seven years' term of service elapsed. Sir David Pol lock, who bas for a month past been at the presidency, will take his seat on the bench, and be sworn in imme diately. The cold season has now fairly set in, and the heather is eminently agreeable. 'I he Calcutta papers inf,ria us that tilt., cuaiwiLtee appointed by the Bengal Government to examine into the success of Dr. Esdaile's operations performed on patients under the influence of mesmerism hate given in their report. There is reason to believe that it will prove most interesting and highly satisfactory to mesmerists. CASHMERE. The promise of tidings of interest afforded by Cash mere at the date of our last has not been realised, in so far at least as those are concerned who consider tales of battle and of blood the only interesting tidings India can supply. The then formidable -looking insurrection under the auspices of the Sheik Ewaum•oad-Deen has been subdued with comparatively little resistance ; • and there is at present every probability of matters returning to such a state of tranquillity, long before the term for the retirement of our troops arrives, as.to permit the treaty of Umritair to be fairly worked out.• The Gover- nor-General, the momcnt the defeat of the troops of Gheelab Singh became known to him, having made every effort to assist in bringing about an arrangement, caused Lieut, H. Edwardes, assistant to Colonel Lawrence, to be dispatched from Lahore, that he might endeavour to bring the insurgents to reason. The Lahore J)arbar meanwhile exektecl themselves _to the same end, and Dewan Hakeim Rae, a man in high confidence and, este em , was di spatc h e d on an em b as sy t owar d s Cashmere. While on his way the accounts of the re verse of the Jamoo Chief reached him, and delayed his progress. Having at length got into correspondence with the insurgent leader, by this time aware of the con fiscation of his property, and the arrangements made to coerce him, arguments were found of sufficient potency to extract a promise of submission—seem likely soon to be compelled. The arrangements for the movement of troops mentioned in our last had by this time been com pleted. Th e M a h araja marched out with all his army, B hi r s ig r a ea d r ier during Wheeler 's his a force occupying a Seikhccupying fothreee chiefco-operating with him, an d a strong division 'of our troops from the sa me quarter moving in concertwith those posts Lahore in from of Brigadier Wheeler. Th, following has been supplied us from an unquestionable source: —It was quite true that the Jamoo troops originally sent out had been worsted, be.t neither to the extent nor in the manner described; that the bulk of them had gone over to the enemy is alto gether groundless, and the report seems to, have been founded on the fact that 500 or 600 Rohillas did ac tually join the insurgents. Since then the Cashmerians have on three several occasions been beaten by the Seikh troops. Letters of the sth of October, from Cashmere, in timate that the Sheik, in evidence of the sincerity of his professions of submission, has entirely raised the siege of the fortress of Hurree Purvut. All the garrison wanted was a: supply of water, with which they will noyn be able to provide themselves. With abundance of this at their command they can defy any attack likely to be made on them, and maintain them3elves with facility till the siege be raised, should this prove needful. There was, how ever, every reason to believe that the war was over, and that there was no more risk of conflict. The Governor- General had wisely determined that our exertions should not be relaxed—that we should be prepared for the worst that might occur till everything was tranquillised.! Col. Lawrence was to leave Lahore for Cashmere on the 15th, following the two assistants who h a d p rece d e d hi m, when it was hoped a final amicable adjustment would be brought about. It appears that so light and equitable, compared to what it used to be, is the revenue settle ment we have made in the Jullunder Doab, that the Ryot warriors, who, according to a correspondent of one of our north-west contemporaries, were likely to have shut us up in Cashmere, would most probably be the very first to make a general . rising in our favour were we in danger. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Wc;tininstcr, before kr. Justice Ent.r. and Corninon Juries.) TINGLEY V. DALTON. Mr. Addison appeared fttr the rtaintiff, and A , tr. Ser. grant Shea and Mr. A. A. Fry fur the defendants. Mr. ADDISON said, this was an action brought by the plaintiff; a strvant, named Sarah Pirgley, in forma ' pauperis, to recover damages from the defendant, who is a butcher at Westmoreland, near Long Eaton, under the following eircumstanees:—The plaintiff was engaged by the defendant as a cook, et 9/. a ye:;r, and she entTred into his s,rvice on the 3d of March last. Shortly after, she round that the situation weld not suit her, and on the 3d of April she intimated that she should leave on the following 3d of May. She sent for her uncle, to whom she had intimated on the 2d of March that she intended on the following day to give her master warning, to come for her, and to bring a cart to convey her things to his home at Long Eaton. lie found, however, that the defendant ‘vould not allow her to leave, on the .*round that she had not given wsrnin g . She left, ; however but the defendant d refuse to allow .her to take her clothes and boxes with her, and they were lett in a wash-house. Before she left her uncle told the defendant that if she had not given him a month's notice that he might deduct a month's wages, adding to the plaintiff that so long as her clothes remained in the defendant's possessfon, she would he entitled to cages. In addition to her clothes, which were superior to one in her c'ass of life, there was a mahogany tea-chest, and a rosewood work-box. She had been unable to obtain her clothes up to the pre sent time, and had in consequence been prevented from earning her livelihood as a servant, owing to the want of proper garments. The hiring was fur one year, and a month's notice cr a month's wages was necessary for both sides to terminate the contract before that time. The action, therefore, was brought to recover the value of her clothes, and damages for the injury she had sus tained in consequence of their detention by the de fendant. George Hoare, the uncle, proved going for his niece and that her clothes, &c., were worth about 171. 10*. He admitted, in cross• examination, that he had not applied to the defendant for the things, and that she left at half past six o'clock on Saturday night. Mr. Sergeant SuEA submitted that there was no case for the consideration of the jury. No evidence had been adduced to show that the plaintiff gave the defendant a mouth's notice, and that he had not acted in a perfectly legal manner. Mr. Justice, ERLE considered that the case, notwith standing the meagreness of the evidence, ought to go to the jury, but in the event of their returning a verdict for the plaintiff, be woull allow him to enter a nonsuit. The accepted law on the subject was that a master might either give his servant a month's notice or a mouth's wages, but he could recollect no authority where it was held that a servant had a right to say to her employer, " Take a month's wages, and let me leave instantly." Mr. Sergeant SHEA said tr . ° action aas nothing more than the speculation of the attorney for the plaintiff, as it was commenced only two days after the girl left the defendant's house, and before any demand had been made for the goods. Not only was no demand made, but no evidence had been adduced to show that the plaintiff gave any notice of her intention to leave, or that he had prevented her using her clothes. No douht it was her intention to leave on the day she did without the consent of the defendant, and without having given any previous notice. A servant was not entitled to leave her situation just when she thought proper, bui; more especially a time when her absence might cause contusion in the family, when perhaps he expected com pany, or when his wife was ill and his children required her care. Mr. Justice ERLE having explained the law to the jury, they, after a few minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff for 37/. 10s., 20/. fur damages and 171. 10s. the value of the clothes. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FLANDERS V. SIR li. I3UNBURY. The arguments in this part heard ease were continued this morning, and were not concluded at the rising of the Court. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.), EDKINS V. WILSON.-ASSAULT UPON A PROCESS SERVER. In this case the plaintiff sought to recover compensa tion in damages for an alleged assault committed by the defendant upon him. The plaintiff (formerly an omnibus conductor) was employed by attorneys to serve writs, and about the Bth of May had occasion to serve a copy of a writ upon the defendant, who carried on business as a publican, in Old-street. St. Luke's. Accordingly about eleven o'clock of the above day he proceeded to the house of the defendant, and left the copy of the writ upon the counter of his shop, and having done so he left the house. Upon his doing so the defendant fol lowed, and while crossing the road knocked the plaintiff down with his fist, by which he was severely injured. Several witnesses were called by Mr. Sergeant JONES (who appeared for the plaintiff) in support of these statements. Mr. M. CHAMBERS, on the part of the defendant, con tended that his client was not guilty of the charge. The action on which the writ had been issued was settled some days prior to the time of the attempted service of it by the plaintiff, and that he insisted upon serving the writ notwithstanding his having been informed that the action was settled. One of the witnesses called on the part of the defence said that the plaintiff had offered to give the writ up to any person on payment of 55., that being the sum he was to have for the service of it upon the plaintiff. A. policeman who was present at the time of the alleged assault, said that the plaintiff was not sober at the time, and that he took off his coat and wanted to fight ; upon which he was told by the witness that unless he went away quietly he must take him to the station house and lock him up. No blow was struck by the de fendant while he was there. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. PIDDOCK V. FITZGERALD, RART. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attor ney, to recover from the defendant, Sir John Fitzgerald, Bart., the sum of 601. Os. 4d., due to him for professional services rendered by him en bahalf of the London and Manchester Direct Railway. The defendaat was a member of the acting committee of management of the railway in question. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 601. 93. 4d. CROCRFORD V. LORD MAIDSTONE. This was an action brought by Sarah Frances Crock 'ord, the executrix of the late well-known Mr. Crock ford, to recover the sum of 961. due by the defendant for subscriptions and entrance money, and also fur dinners and wines supplied to his use by the plaintiff; at Crockford's Club House, Pall-mall. The defendant had paid into Court the. sum of 371. 17s. 6d., and pleaded as to the residue that he was not indebted, and as to the remainder that the house in question was a common gaming-house, and that therefore he was not entitled to pay. Mr. Humphrey and Mr. Reeve . appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the defendant. Mr. flumrunv, in op enin g the case, said that the club in question was projected in the year 1824, that it including some of four or five h undred p ersons, some of the highest and most respected portions of the nobility. Lord Maidstone was elected a . nit saber the club in the year 1810, the subscription money was ten guineas a year, tin' the entrance fee was ten guineas. A large sum was also due for dinners and wine su p plied to his Lordship at the club, and also to a house in Bol ton-street, at the residence of a lady with whom his With Lordship was upon the most intimate terms. re ference to the plea of the defendant that the club was a common gaming house, he thought that some of the members of the club would be rather surprised to hear that Lord Maidstone had placed upon record that the club kept by Crockford was a common gaining -house, and that in this said gaming house Mr. Crockford " did unlawfully cause and pro cure certain idle and evil diApased persons to congregate together and come to play." Among these idle and evil disposed persons were the Dukes of Wellington, Rich mend, Buccleuch, Argyle ; Cleveland, Rutland, and Lords Salt ,, un, Scarborough,- Stuart De Rothesay, and numerous others. With reference to the payment into Court of the sum of 371., th a t wou ld not even pay for his dinners and wines at the club, setting aside the subscription-money and the entrance fee, and he was quite at a loss to account for the present conduct of the defendant, connected as he was with one of the noblest families in the peerage (the Earl of Win chelsea), aid wondered how he could have been so mis led as to place upon the record such a pl ea as a d e f ence for not paying for his dinners and wines. His Lodship had attended the club repeatedly, and had during his visits done every thing but paid. In fact, during th e w h o l e period of his connexion with the club he had never paid a farthing for any thing that he had either eaten or drank. Several witnesses were :then called, who proved his Lordship's attendance at the club, and the several occasions of his dining there, from the books of the club. The case was not concluded when the Court rose. 'COMMON PLEAS.-;THIS DAY.) -- - WAREHAM V. PEARCE, NASH, AND ANOTHER. THE GREAT WESTERN ROBBERIES. The evidence on behalf of the defendants having finished last night, on the opening of the Court this morning Mr. Sergeant Winuivs replied. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then proceeded to sum up the case. The action was brought by the plaintiff; Thomas Wareham, against the defendants, to recover damages for an alleged illegal imprisonment from four o'clock in one day till the morning of the following. The imprisonment must be admitted as proved. To the declaration of the plaintiff there were several pleas, but the material ones were four, six, or seven. The fourth plea was, that previous to the trespass com plained of, Garratt had feloniously stolen a certain its .having case, and that the plaintiff we ll knowin g .having been feloniously obtained and received, comforted and harboured the said Daniel Garratt. The sixth plea was, .that previous to the alleged trespass, Maynard had committed felony in receiving stolen property from Garratt, and acting as his accessory after the fact, and that the plaintiff', knowing this to be the case, received, harboured, and comforted the former. The seventh plea was compounded of the two former, with the addition that he aided and assisted Garratt and Maynard in negotiating for the return of stolen property. . Rtifloalien Fet up on the record. The "" - ' l • L ' ; t 2; tpo t V ijCZ 11 . it !: to the jury to decide whether Wareham could have acted in the manner he had done without a knowledge of the felonious transactions of Garratt and Maynard. LAHORE. - Our latest news from Lahore comes down to the 15th of October, at which date Colonel Lawrence bad pro ceeded to bring the Cashmere arrangements to a con clusion, with the best hope of its being an auspicious one. Our troops were that day to make a short march of seven miles from the camp, on the right bank of the Ravee, there being a river to cross at its close. Her Majesty's 80th joined them the preceding day—eight of the Seikh guns having at the same time crossed and pro ceeded northward. They were intended to assist Tej Singh, then some way in advance ; a treasure chest con taining 50,0001. accompanied them. Itt ur Si ng h b a d a t length moved on to join Tej Singh—both moving on with snail-like pace, unwillingly. The latter, when 12 miles from Bheembur, intimated his inability to go on for want of carriage. Luckily, cervices so reluctantly afforded are not likely to be at all required. _ Colonel finish, in the absence or Sir J. Littler, commander of all the troops in the Punjaub, had charge of the Lahore detachment. The Dewan Moulraj Moultanee continued at Lahore, and the arrangement of the affairs of Moultan proceeded favourably. , The following account of the presentation of the Chief at the Court of his Sovereign, is so characteristic of these ceremonies, as observed in the east, that it deserves a place entire : " Juss Mull having announced that the Dewan Moul raj was, close to the citadel, the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh and all the heads of the people were summoned to take their places in the Durban The Dewan, accom panied by Dewan Dena Nath, entered, and presented the Dusserah nuzzuranas to the Maharaja Dhuleep, and to the Minister. After some miscellaneous conversation and complimentary discourse, Raja Lall Singh particu larly desired to know why the Dewan had grown so very thin? He replied that it was entirely owing to the grief which the death of his relatives had occasioned, and the dread of the anger which he feared he had created in the breast of the Government. Moulraj then, accom panied by Lall Singh and all the other Sirdars, pro ceeded to pay his respects to the Ranee in the Summun Boorj, where the Moulraj also presented her Highness with a list of presents which he had brought for her, and said that he had brought the key of the fort of Moultan, ' and his life also, to lay at her feet.' He further said .hat, had a proper person been sent for him in the first instance, he would have attended the Durbar instantly, but as such anger had been shown towards him by the Minister without any cause, and troops sent against his province, he felt the indignity, and resented it. The Ranee said the Sirkar had great confidence in him, and r looked upon turn alb a Lruat wuu Liu pl.. ova.. 1:ITlf Lal ra j then presented his sword and shield, which she took and returned immediately. After a short time the Ranee retired, and Moulraj accompanied Lall Singh to hishouse where ho is said to have declared that he was ready to show the most perfect obedience to Lall Singh's wishes. Lall Singh assured him that he regarded him (Moulraj) as a brother, and as such loved him. After examining the presents brought by the Dewan. they all proceeded to pay their respects to Major Lawrence." THE PUNJAUB. (From the Delhi Gazette, Oct. 17.) It will be seen by our native correspondent's letter that Lieutenant Lumsden has accompanied the force of Sirdar Tej Singh as agent. A part of Brigadier Wheeler's force had reached Burra Pind, two marches to the north of Seealkote, on the 10th of October. Colonel Sibbald, in command of a detachment, consisting of the 41st Native Infantry, of the 3d company Ist battalion Artillery, with two guns, and of two troops of the Bth Regiment Irregular Ca valry, was halted on the 7th instant, on the right bank of the Ravee, in consequence of some of the horses of the battery (No. 17) having been knocked up. He quitted Noorpoor on the 4tb, with the 41st, being relieved by a detachment of the 44th from Kangra, passed Pathan kot, a new Seikh station formerly of some importance, on the sth, crossed the Ravee on the 6th, and expected to reach Jesrowta about the 13th or 14th. A detach ment of the 44th, under Captain Anderson, is in occu pation of Hoosheearpoor during the absence of the 59th from that station. A friend with Brigadier Wheeler's troops says that "all were well, the troops in high spirits, the country fine, and the climate delightful" From Ferozepore we learn that the force intended for Lahore, and consisting of her Majesty's 62d Foot, two troops of Horse Artillery (Lane's and Campbell's), the 6th Light Cavalry, the 3d Irregular Cavalry, with the 51st and 44th Regiments Native Infantry, were to march from Kussoor on the 12th instant, with treasure and food for two months, the whole under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ashburuham, C.B. Brigadier Reid remains in command of the station at Feroze pore. The cavalry of the late Bundelkund Legion were under orders to march to Jhansee forthwith. Captain Beatson (54th Native Infantry) had joined his regiment. (From the Delhi Gazette, Oct. 21.) Our letters from beyond the Sutlej contain much mat ter of interest. We have prepared the following abstract of their contents :—From Cashmere and the neighbour ing districts we learn that Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen, elated probably by his temporary success over the troops of Maharaja Ghoolab Singh, was induced to withdraw his first offer to surrender, and which we recorded some time since on excellent authority. But subsequent events not so favourable to his interests, and manifest ing a lukewarmness on the part of his followers (which was to be expected where a temporary disturbance, with such advantages as it might bring, was all they contem plated), have had the effect of again inducing the Sheik to listen, and that more seriously than before, to the overtures which have been made to him, and which seem to us far more favourable than he deserves. These events involve the defeat of no less tban three of his parties in the Rajaoree mad Poonah passes,* by the detachments of the Maharaja's troops, and more important than all, the compulsory raising of the seige of Hurree Purvnt (Hur reepoor on the Cashmere side of the Peer Panjel Pass), in the presence of the deputies sent by Lieutenant Ed wardes from Reehursee ; we therefore look forward, more confidently than ever, to a sp eed y cessation of hos ctialnititoens,maenndts to carry out tothereturn the details of troopsou e r lsof the to relief,thet a their several far l r at least as recent circumstances will permit._ The mbre we think of the rebellion of the Sheik, the more We of fre an c individualonfirmedin ouwrhobreel,ief,whtehtahterit s t a s in t t he or reb d ell .ev io u n , a certain lawless portion of the population, o f the country would, at all times, be ready to follow so long or as long as he might have the means of maintaining t h em in their v agabond as it might suit theirpurpose, habits. The first reverse has proved how insincere they were in their professions of having taken up arms for the sake of their faith, and how little patriotism had to do with the matter. With such mountain defiles as they might, under able guidance, have secured the pos session of, a people, determined to be free, might have maintained their ground against any odds. Nothing can prove more triumphantly that it is not a movement of the people, as such, than that the first difficulty has in duced the insurgents to join their " heroic" leader in a petition for pardon of their offences. As for the Sheik having been the idol of the people, as assert)ce odwnetb credenceryohvtaehvreet Illofu ui the eanhrt e wo s b t t eh r y e e ndrngewyet otherwise o ms neofi might a mi e t eh r act a ne traveller obtain trenayrt entitled) t to the l oe the country yond a doubt, that h e never was i ra C ashmere statements ( at o o sc n yierh tthiaciwhich e dt a h : w e e by o h e before the year 1844 ! How then could he have been always employed in negotiating between the Cashrivnees and Maharaja Runjeet Singh ? What then becomes of the love borne by the Cashmerees to the Sheik, to • It appears by more recent information, that the troops of Ghoolab Singh were only defeated once. A confusion of dates induced a belief on our part that ;they had been re pulsed on two different oemions.. . 22 65 / 4 • 15% , .60 1 - ; 11 . • , 6 1 101 ...0 00 5 1 ,1 00- 4, ~.. 1 5 4 1 4/ i1 1 6 ? 3 .*** X l9• 0 , 0/ 0 0 e's -4 / J re . / / I