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Y~ 3Jrted. Beef, from 2s 8d t o 3 s 8d ; the carcutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; :eal 38dto 43 6 d; and P or k, 3 s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs. by ase. SPORTING ASIIDOWN PARR COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAIr. Derby—First Ties. Baltimore be, Windfall I Stockton beat Brown Jacket Lightning but Whitefoot I Wyandotte beat War►ninster. Alatch • 50/.—Mx. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. Gordon's Coctifightk Cake -First Ti es. Capri, ze beat 13 ohea White Rose beat E rran t 141 eY ICe a l e beat Gretna I Girl. Winterfall ran a bye. THE COP. 4 r• tvrall's THE Less beat Mr. Drink . ald's . Europe. Mrltr. L a si ~,,,_ I,vrenee s Lothario beat Mr. Rake's Regina Victoria. -... r 11 .• F. Fleetwood's Fancy, beat Mr. Parkinson's Sly Boots. Iv M r • W. Ettwall's Wittle beat Mr. Goddard's Gauntlet. ;,','," . r: Bowles 's Bank of Elegance beat Mr. King's Winnibald. *Lir. Lawrence's Lamprey beat Mr. Drinkald's Eunuch, The Craven Peppy Stakes was not run out for want of hare s . **---,-.."..........._ 4r; • .:41, \ '' bi 41 444 'l-1 CR oT t ACER-.. ..CTHIS DAY.) s row xteisLord C N han V. cellor took appeal moti ons t o -d ay . v• Es, Ronsmar t v. ABBEY, AND THOMAS but htellej..4°l4 Chancellor, on taking a his seat, stated that hei st at tw-,a not had time to look into the papers, they aeu over for a day or two. 'N s a Toutzurt V. couPLAND. Was, ord appeal motion, u ve pon the applioati on o f counse l, ered t o stand or. In ,this eas TIIL TROUTBECK CASE. ) %as wade e, ear s eaders will recollect, an application..to i nquir e i ' °a t rst day of term, for a commission d to the . e r lit ° the allegation of a petition of right pre r sente t. . } , i. eek, of Maras t 7 the representatives of the late W. frou _ "Pon th at --4ragl claiming a sum of upwards of 400,000/. r efused ea I.'lsldication being made, the Lord Chancellor ils ser ved. ~.s t nterfere unless the Attorney-General etend p p fed, officer of the Crown had now been served, , s lau th L a nd this morning,after some short di vlllll-'4lleier'iurOrede-r t e h a w e li t s h o e rd d t stand over till Nonday se he wo uld take.rtoerneya -General might consider This a ppeal I,lEvvnta.x V. RING. 111(1 , ti °I 1 WaS dismissed with costs. The Pr :Ir t . alen„ - e o oTtt V CRESSWELL. t - 'Rglatici•metta ill this ap • peal from theVice-Chancellor -4)llli ng. beeaPied the- Court the remainder of the T,, , -,• ~...,naneellar t o -e 4.40 rd 1-',IIIE PRICKING FOR SHERIFFS. , stt eqd eae 'e Prick' rose shortly after two o'clo_ck, quer, leg for sheriffs in the Court of Ex lia;:ta Afterl'' COLM . 1 --- ,----7---rftllS DAY')' disp osin , . .—( whi,„ l , - :.:g of the motions, the cause of le eotQtnene , ERRY G. MEA.DOWCROFT, • to r. tai..tx, ed yesterday, was resumed. 11 ._ 4 (1 that th e lO proceeded with his statement. It was f„-" fooodt,...rnarriage had been solemnised, and it was t r the r f 44 t that marriage had been nullified. It was Ntte,.er °a nti tha lathe said William Meadowcroft, the !'uri th a t centered a marriage with Harriet Davis, Ill ter een I l le died n the feuds --, re--rted With °Eli llth of March, 1830, when he ti• zabeth Hammond, now the de •is--d k izabeth Meadowcroft. It was further Isso e kl , th e T o ek. Whatever o Master that there had been no Imie i , is report ~ resulting from . this last et& 4 obj eetio ' :dlr. Meadoweroft, alias Gregory, m o a b . jected, le •;.!I°l* that 'la were overruled, and having obtained . an e 1 1 th e 2 ..._, PurPose on the 20th of February,. 184°, gai oas , du. of the following month, filed certain ex ofete're that report These exceptions set forth that ha d re ee i„ t l . s eer- a i ed as evidence against the except '4o4(ionn decr ee of the Consistory Court of the Bishop ean eeti . , dated the 12th ti y f July, 1816, pro kid th I n 4 Stlit e l, a- ' Gre ory " li nea , at t h e 14 _ , ran ed ' Meadowcrott v. g ! l a dc4 aehd: 3 `er, ht.td found that there was no male rep o tot William Meadoweroft, the younger. tie re port o f j • iti aides that e I R Y ,1 846, it was further set forth by !he h NI . 811 h was an erroneous finding, he standing elit ation to will M d gee allied Counsel ? MA ea owcreft the . younger. t.,... as to i.., use' ei.ted the opinion of Chief Justice fije,rsal of 4i,tlignients - In the Ecclesiastical Court, the r q r ite.c hr , •t_ show •.`P'atihurst -. :al, ceuOr Knight Bruce's decree by hot e 'nut the WIC - Case of "Barnes v. Jackson," to like onsid,-.,-e-e.rees f the Ecclesiastical Court were . seoe:.°ll'asiert4 heading in civil courts when anything etr 4 ti y r() °I. fr aud, or in the words of the Court, pandolog3, of non sententim per collusione. From the Litlvort o, Reath° Words, covenant and collusion (con as much r and ludo), it was evident their .im bueh°r4 Coke by e 'lame, which opinion was entertained he moss of aciet,,Lord Tenterden in the ca3e of the teid'w er ° s il t iAl d , %f -,-3 84 e- Now, from these authorities atuzling b....oodthi or su i t h 'it e --- non. as a secret agreement, or Ihe.pro'll7o-tfreb,Y irle; tl r tWe or more parties in an action rre udie ,, .1' or Plaintiff are so conducted that tilkiow ~u7h7sr petriteen't at an allowed bet to ur s ty u . cceed to the He would the" eUrttordi)nrdahil4 case. Mt 4 4 Were ‘4.l)eaternsever'al pets °n the decree was made ,7111i,„,41Y said el :La i -4 , 4 ' 1, 0ns Liverpool, who residing at .. hat 1;4 Mr•a(lowerof., 'l_3' had heard the father of tit, e w ould -: --•' tue younger frequently state h e 'aka b not interfere with the suit that had been t 'v 3" ills broth k i ,, eell h,_er the testator, to effect a divorce 4 0 1% 13 - 4 Son, tv-,,. Ore - Iniam Meadowcroft the younger, 1 4: 1 he h a ,PrY, the widow of an officer to NtoN e tiod, 4 , ". been married. Mrs. Gregory was e l l t to „_ marital influence, and induced to tt e i. het to ,s`tte decree for the nullity of the mar qteltiit hAtiroceeded with, notwithstanding the injury l , l le k i, h r Y r 04,„ 0•11 herself and her child. Mrs. Mary 04C e rty C eertain statements which he would tke I° lttl L it tlcl ‘y,° Mention. They were dated Julyllth , er qt". 4 ed ~P 3 to the effect that in the lette m rs ea w d h o i w ch . tuillit'l4B v,:tte stated that her husband, Mr. 'eliohr3r•e ir"inger, was in the office of the testator, and too, -.llseas enceinte which she represented to she atiellttel td I.iitleP, ' her ae - ents and stated that i _f ea_ tlhttclit, ke Proceedings then and Chet f lltl e beP. hUsband, promised to re-marry her, pending Mr. M l ) tir a tile r leved that the nominal promoter of the suit, se e 13 ' to it F Ilr m d 1 iaci wh a , ea owcro t, pro f the younger,, was no Nat ' and ' e ver, but that it was originated; c e aq ta et, 1 the ex pense of it defrayed by 13 Nllhelleic'hilefeat:Vea,,s j)erf.eCtly.evient, therefore, that there I 3' th e v!. this suit. This statement was con of:;°r t' er a e r ,:? .. dence , of John Webs . ter, Jordan, I den. . The -'? "a, Field and his wife, W an m d ' Pott, the Iv `'e la d "'earned Counsel then went through the t r •ke e tail, f h'lsd,s.'t wi t etlo w , rota which it appeared that the father e mesa w ef t , the Younger, had repeated to the it? l ':t i t t l ii tetee!bater) the statements he had already aolltilepCi,,, th e t'oiseteato his son, Mrs. Mary Gregory, 11111 in tae was e e t 1.,,r1°r- The evidence of Wm. Jordan, waspthe 11 ,3 4° th, 3' Gregory, who was his maternal c ri ae w• %Tett that he had been living ger, I ,th h. Iv tl ding. tl , i lliq tl i si aunt and W. Meadowcloft, tlay' r411,1(1 f iat t" . l ., 4ts th v .l, Bait to nullify the marriage 1e,,, uetw e lt „ " e* tiad e ' h w ere living together as man and his o iver e e f ;'" the .„.• Mare several conversations take Dry:nele, ae", uisereVtles respecting the suit,_ which P4 e edit ts 4 0 tha t h ' e ._Was instituted en s t u ir u e u l y as the 4 / 4 1 th r etaaj ni Rid t er ,J .. Rid marry her as pi-HS DA-V.) d ell _ e t ear lag ~,,iti-_-i_eaate. 0 uRT.—( - -- ‘1 1 4: of k r. 11,e,4 Cetto'sne,e was entirely corrobtereateivvie:. BAIL C- - moTTRAM. THE QUEEN So rt' ' .dated „ c ett, the e t dwelt at length upan h writ of h e y a m _ the 2 2 , i __„ __proctor, who stated in his affi- HAWK INS applied for a , i• Dlr. Mottram, - now lyingd for Gre- M. r• this Court the case o. a manslaughter, an . _ iii,el'ed fr,steade s imila r usecember, 1844, that Mrs.dtat he up into sel up on a charge of admitted should not be yap b Lk lie 'r het, ma nne r tatenaents to him, an in Derby g cause why he ea t y. Sall; CoartatTniaer that her story was correct.. a lute to show U. certiorari to bring copttai 41 111 set havin t d the case of Sulk s,. -tied , , and se _ g quo e to bail. : th e . _eto eeti by s ad lep er cases to show the o view Thefacts of the case were these a severe cold what fo tni ht before his death, caught e II gradually be ilo„tuiatlie, voelliellosion`%dent.dt authorities lded as abo d u e t this part of called in in fortnight regular surge ons. tnight the defendant Thoel(l4l.4eterh excites considerebolne interest from its came an worse, and at the end of l a oitrt , and the __. a e evidence against him w The deceased, ' • volved. VI seatre threun t:lcate legal points in went up to see him. The olut at y 3 white stuff in a cup, The andde etc,e o clock. - that he was seen to mix trlliCfc'r IIetNCII, I' -- (THIS DAY.) i t d e a i r t 3 to w. the a sort of quack, and he administered sP I oti„ li o t ,, e , t1:1- .10E.. 0 ..._ . .. the deceased. On B A , "Ss t uur ti„,. ~--.4Nerzr.ou of ENGLAND.) he deceased, who afterwards died. . .. ritual, as well as bodily, consolatio u n ud o a charge of admi 'rtitas-tlay. - v v loe-Chancellor of England took ,_ tnese grounds, they sought to fo • - ..ap, nistering drugs to cause death. . • 1, 'tlli,Nll3,-, -4- lit AND 'Alf -' ca,_ s•Cli, Roy OTRERS.--TIIE GLASGOW AND Mr. Justice PATTESON 4„,Orth" can le ..k , L be COMPANY. and a rule to show cause why the defendant should not h" , ilo t ° ph; afore th C on be- to bail in the country. --, I . -, a ii, -- -etiff, f o . e Cour t upon motion, hi m ' .--te director r be admitted You may have a certiorari CONTRACTS BETWEEN MASTER an injunction to restrain . the de- e ain p a of the Glastrow and Liverpool THE QUEEN V. LORD A . N; C S O E N R T V R A A N C T. ~Itt'tti C a m h i - acket Com a '''' from removing Iti Ntlet 1 . 8 (4 •Ce of P nY'r.' shareholder HUDDLESTONE moved for a writ of certiorari to 4 th ve rPe l e cir the affailfirra'ing C defendant,in order that he might be 4 ti,, e Vail ° • It of the ompany rem M o r ; a conviction into this Court for a habeas . corpus to bring up the . of 41, ell d avit _ . anpeered from the statements , ,t 4 at ill theot the P lai ntiff, in support of the spelt- admitted been ob dmitted to bail until the argument .up.cm hadthe certiorari h d been heard. In this case a conviction sty PY in Year tan a N ol re- rt ke gentleman of the name rested his appli tit, lion' g ias ed the notion of running iron-steam tame had under the Masters and Servants' A 4th Geo. chap. 34. He (Mr. Huddlestone) tt h il h 4 %14, th at i.tr),./v and the ports of the Clyde to Liver oints cation on two very importan t 1111°,p.iit 'lie® fu rther ports of his project communica rei,,,a th e 'ker ~,,i bet hito and the plaintiff, who was, was compelled to enter u y po e n o with the master ; The first was the validityo t and substantialntractwhic% thC tilNere. llndersteneral agent at Liverpool, and that and, second, whether these. contracts were binding upon aeritrtpoeie,kt ot . tilting affairs that he was to have the t ra t instance had been drawn infants. The con n m tra s c s t eu m a t u h d is2ns .lames a Lord ; that the said t i e ll i " to ttlile Plaintiff undertook of thteo Company utii su h . workman up between d J h e „ o l i,„ . e u..., . serve John Mason for twelve months; e Lord should th e q f or 'tet e ; tkueertaking at Liverpool, Mancheater or accident to tl)lsiall?ed an fiat he had-done, and 'the Company had machinery, by which Mason should o n t, have the c o ati ll tilted out • tl successful - that kt 4 IN t WaS a spen eminen y . the and in case of any illness, absenteeism, cease to pay him air tf ) t ,, a be __n.ted manager at Liverpool, and . infraction of this agreement wages. It was for an L e i: th, ir 4 e be until last year, when the directors ' benefit of Lord's work, Mason should He (Mr. Huddlestone) t i sh!,. t Oaerou nda 7 of removing him, declining to contract' was null and submitted to the Court that the co e ,, , i f t - ~. or doin g -, tiO upon an application as it was unreasonable and in Clain 41 e r !he 1 , re for that s TJ th' th h th is lttthe conviction took place. void in the trade" stance, purpo e: of is e 11,1,i1ki4t2 (1,4 -solaa_bill, .denying the right s of the d . e- restraint of fel l (e4v.,K fee. an e ordin g to the deed of partnership, to him to be in r ef sath t el.:•c zt " LnJ nction. view 13 r• f the case. It did not appear TTESoN could not concur in any such 4 td °t it> * 414ext.Loit thought the defendants had resMtrainjtulotfietrealideA. 1 ° i ' tl ' ad ollat the 1 „ N I , 4t,rf,r_ _ course they had pursued, and Mr. HIIDDLESTO in conse against the cont . rac. , . / / i ll ql4 C Z: LA 1 14. 4 . , vision had been obtained t of slit4Tat ‘'' can i „ b - '' e. THE RICRIII,,ND RAILWAY. quence of its being unreasonable and in rear= NE cited many eases in•wh , ich the de 'on as to how se of tistl Da,. el ay,iai n , t e r,c:_r e e the Court upon motion for the _tt . d_F. The n. y u es a t u i d cided. f ts had never yet been ',,o4).;,°_,,s.ucit , _ ll e . c o t i i,,_ . declaim of the Court as to wlea bin_cl.trng o t e were binding far the contract was Ki''uir q t natit et ?. of an award, and also the costs At . Justice up PATTESON—If the contrac Thoseh e the e b ~.i • y the plaintiff for the purpose of upon the master he would leave when . t e , l e ertstbl rielidants to complete a contract to might say to his master that ale e.-Q land from theplaintiff, him back wb . - 114 3 , alit!t (th itAt,,,x_ chose, and compel his master to take ...a ne and not upon the infant he (the infest) 1 1 n he .- Itieh Q dott was of opinion that the de. chose; _ . unless, perhaps, you consider n _ (4 4:0%4. 4101,1(1 Itailvvay Company) ought to out notice to annul the contract - on both sides. 't • 41 % Ari„. Mr. HuDDLESToIig 1 0 :: u that. that was another point t tit h i4 ~ ~ Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE. ' to be decided. 1.01,, 5 re e 4 s o Asc ot , ~ s q 1 1 thq i ' l l3q i n vv , • alteisinEas. A _ a fter sn .7 - ae further technical points had been a leaving with put for ,l. th e ~ .ultiina.-. ulch two mortgagees sought to war°- t'iti, application was granted. a4z_. /.!..!tiird motto of a contract or settlement to t , is ,_ the , Pared for the defendant', tie'l Mr. tit.qh f o 7ett e l ,„_ tgagee refused to anent lIIE QUEEN v. VICKERY. kr. PARKLEY moved for a rule to show cause why 1,4 vis-feetety Plaintiff.. tt -ea ta o 4 ,,asel, „ 11 ', at th e „ , an attachment should not issue against a gentleman • named Vickery,lin inhabitant of the county of Somerset, , a s e l ;•-l' _had "patld4.4.it .app - e a la r ,T i ! ti °n t - ei Elm erg um en t s o f who had been summoned to give evidence as to the settle to,htts !fah '-'Bl6ll „ a • on e of the tenant-4 in meet of a pauper, hut declined, as . it would be against his (-. owll luires_ and that . • ' i t i ll ') l4t to" :1 othe rs, a e e t r, rtal ..n deed, which h , •,- .t ' • I ~ of lis parish. A subpcena was r 'tee • ca whom was the obtained from the Clown office, but as Mr. Vickery 144 4 t l the . tile, hands °f a solici. persisted in his refusal the present cause was aan • ted • act of dojo , ' litd e nisi granted, „ so ' ' QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MIIRIETTA V. OLDFIELD. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed at the sittings of the Court this morning. The case arose out of a dispute with regard to the policy of an insurance on the ship Harold, — which received so many injuries in its voyage that her captain was obliged to put in at Monte Video in order to have her sur veyed and repaired. A survey was made, but the surreyor reported that the expense of the renovation would be thrown away upon her, and the ship was sold. It appeared, however, that Monte Video was under arms at the time, and that the expencc and difficulty of repairing a ship in such a state of things would have been so great that it was thought better to sacri fice her for an insignificant sum, and that if she had been taken to some other port in an undisturbed state that she might have been easily and cheaply re paired. An action was brought by the owners in order to recover the amount of the policy, on the ground that the vessel was not destroyed by negligence, and a verdict was found for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained from this Court, call ing upon the defendant to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground of the reception of an improper document in evidence. The document was the surveyor's certificate of the state of the ship when he surveyed it and estimated the cost of her repairs at Monte Video. Mr. Burr and Mr. WILDE appeared against the rule. Mr. MARTIN and Mr. WATSON followed at great length support of the rule. The COURT took time to consider the matter. THE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW— THE QUEEN V. MICHAEL COOKE AND THOMAS HEALEY. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, I have to move, your Lordships, at the instance of Mr. Wakley, a Member of Parliament for the borough of Finsbury, and coroner for Middlesex, for a rule calling upon Michael Cooke and Thomas Healey, who are the printers and publishers of a newspaper called the Medical Times, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for a libel published in that paper of the Ist of August last. Your Lordships will perhaps recollect that an investigation was held, a short time since, on the body of a person called White, a private soldier in the 7th Hussars, who died in the Hounslow brrracks. The attention of Mr. Wakley, as coroner, was directed to the death of that individual by a letter which he received from a minister of the neighbourhood. The Rev. Mr. Trimmer, and also a magistrate. Until the receipt of that letter Mr. Wakley was not aware of the death of White, and consequently had no means of hold ing an investigation on his body. Upon the receipt of the letter he directed the Rev. Mr. Trimmer to communicate with the constable of the district, for the purpose of making the necessary inquiries, in order that he might afterwards furnish him (,Mr. Wakley) with the _information he might obtain, so that he might determine whether it was necessary to hold an in quest or not ; but before that letter was delivered the constable came to the residence of Mr. Wakley, and stated that from the rumours which were then prevalent in the neighbourhood that it would be necessary to hold an inquest on the body of the soldier. He stated also that he came to town by the direction of the Rev. Mr. Trimmer and of another magistrate (Mr. Pownall). Upon the receipt of this information, Mr. Wakley, as was his duty, issued directions to the proper officer, of holding an inquest on the body, and on the jury assemhling and viewing the body, preliminary to the investigation, they ascertained that excoriations of the body had taken place, but that the spine, and the muscles about it, had not been properly examined, and they requested the coroner to appoint a person whom he thought fit for the office, in order to make an examination. He ac cordingly named Mr. Day, who resided in the neigh bourhood. When the jury met on the second occasion, it was found that Mr. Day had not, as the jury thought, made a proper examination of the body, particu larly about the spine and adjoining muscles, and asked him to nominate another. On his way to London be met Mr. Wilson, a gentleman of great eminence, whom he appointed to examine the body. On the Ist of August, the inquiry was adjourned, Mr. Wilson and all the medical men gave their evidence on the Ist of August. On the 3d the jury were to hear the summing up of the coroner, and arrive at their ver dict. The libel appeared between, the Ist and the 3d. The Learned Gentleman then read the alleged libel, which stated that the whole proceedings at the inquest were a farce ; that he would be consigned to infamy after what had taken place if he did not prove that the soldier died from military torture and that he had coaxed the private soldiers of the regiment in order that he might bring a charge of murder to the door of an eminent medical man (Dr. Warren) to conjure up such a charge against him and Colonel Whyte, and the farrier and drummer, and that he had acted throughout the investigation, in order to gain public sentiment in his favour, to help his fortunes for the future. It went on to accuse him of prostituting the office of an English magistrate for the purpose of seeking applause ; that the inquest was a melodrama; and that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Wakley had connived together for the purpose of preparing a colourable statement to the jury; and con cluded by stating that they shared the fees which Mr. , Wilson received for post mortem examinations. The COURT granted the application. defendant seated them, either by catching hold of them, or in some other gross way. It appeared that the de= fentlant had been given into custody for the att, and though acquitted by a jury, opinion as to the act must remain unaltered. It was alleged on the part of the de fendant that he was as much entitled to the deed in question, and that he wished to make no ill use of it whatever, but merely to prevent the common property being squandered in law. However, the act was such a one as should not be permitted in civilized society, end to prevent which, indeed, was one of the great uses of civilization. thing, for the poor horse died. That part of the claim, therefore, could not be made out. The jury gave a verdict for 181. ss. BANKRUPTC y.—(riiis DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE GOWER. —PRIVILEGE OF HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. In this case, which was under the Small Debts Act, the defendant was summoned to show cause why he did not pay a judgment debt of 5/. 18s. recovered against him in the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Maynard appeared as counsel on the last occa sion to dispute the jurisdiction of the Court, the de fendant being a Groom of her Majesty's Household at Windsor. The Learned COMMISSIONER then intimated his opinion that no privilege could be pleaded against the jurisdiction of the Court, and adjourned the case in order to give the defendant an opportunity of appearing this day. The case having been called on, the defendant did not appear. Mr. BACON offered a few observations exculpatory of his client, who did not deny the right of the plaintiffs. His HONOUR decreed that Saunders should pay the costs, and that an account should be taken of the rents and profits of the property coming to Saunders, and that the property t.e sold. The Court rose at three. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) GMON V. HOPPER. This was a motion on behalf of the defendants to second an amended bill, which had been so amended 133 an order of the Court, and praying for the costs. This case, it appeared, had formerly come on for hearing, but a difficulty arising in consequence of the absence of one of the parties, liberty was given either that the matter should stand over, or that the plaintiffs might file an amended bill. The plaintiffs had adopted the latter course, but had raised a question which was not at issue in the original bill, making certain parties not named therein as defendants, and drawing into the question a matter quite beyond the due limits' of the original subject of litigation. The matter had reference to the sale of a ship, which had been sold to Mr. Hopper, the defendant, who had been made a party to the suit that was pending between claimants to the vessel in question, prior to the sale. His HoNoun said the proper order would be to ex punge the charge, and therefore he would make a decree to that effect. The order had reference to the costs. The other questions would be decided, when the pre eise question at issue in the cause came before the Court for trial. His HONOUR, then proceeded to recapitulate the pro ceedings, and held that the Learned Counsel who ap peared for the defendant, under the instructions of her Majesty's Master of the Horse, had not offered any ex cuse, but merely pleaded that the Court had no jurisdic tion, he (the Learned Counsel) considered the defendant to be guilty of contempt, and should accordingly issue a warrant against him. If such a plea were admitted, Peers, Members of Parliament, 'and others would refuse to attend or give evidence either in law or equity ; but it had been decided that they were bound to do so, and even at quarter sessions a Peer had been committed for refusing to give evidence. A warrant was accordingly issued. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) ASSAULTING TIIE POLlCE.—Jeremiah Harrington and Mary, his wife, the latter with an infant in her arms, were indicted for a violent assault upon Henry Fitch, a constable of the I` division of police; under the follow ing circumstances. Police-constable Fitch, 111 F, stated that on the 25th of last month, a tradesman, named Thomas Matthews, came to him on his beat, and required him to go and take the prisoner into custody for assaulting him vio lently. Observing that Matthews bore evidence of vio- .-- lence upon his person, he proceeded - to the prisoners' residence, in Dudley-court, Crown-street, for the purpose of taking him into custody, where a largo mob, chiefly of the lowest class of Irish had assembled, and when he laid hold of the prisoner, he struck him and knocked him down, and kicked him so severely that his ribs were fractured, and he was taken to the hospital, where he remained eight days. The mob encouraged tho prisoner and held witness down on the ground while the prisoner, Mary Harrington, brought a kettle of boiling water which the male prisoner poured over him. Mr. PRENDERGAST appeared for the defence, and contended that, according to the provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act, the prosecutor was not justified in aprehending the defendant on a charge of assault which he had not witnessed, more especially as the alleged assault upon Matthew s was committed at an hour when, and close by where, a ma g i s t rate was s i tt i ng. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in summing up, said he did not coincide in the law as laid down by the Learned Counsel. Some time since the growing wants of the metropolis requited that alterations in the powers vested in constables, so far as cases of assault were con cerned, should be made ; and it was consequently thought necessary to vest a discretionary power in them, so far -as what were termed aggravated as saults were concerned ; such as where the party bore evidence of personal violence, or other indica tions of having been attacked. He (the Assistant- Judge) considered that a constable would have no right in the greater number of cases to interfere, if two or three hours intervened between the alleged assault and the time of the application to him, his duty would then be to refer the party to a magistrate; but when the application was made immediately after the commission of the assault, and the offending party was adjacent, and that other circumstances were present to indicate an ag gravated assault, upon which the jury would be the judges, he thought the constable justified in making the arrest, and the parties violently resisting were guilty of an assault. With respect to the female prisoner, al though her conduct had been very violent, he felt in clined to look leniently on her, because in her class of life some allowance might perhaps be made for her feel ings towards her husband. returned a verdict of G u ilty, th e in consequence of th e l ong confine ment TheLearnedthey jury uhd gaheda said,vinalready undergone, he would only sen tence the prisoner to three weeks' imprisonment, and the female to one week, the latter to be without hard labour. THE _SUN", LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1846. rapidly at the moment of the arrival of the Dover train, and absolutely endangered the lives of the passengers, on their alighting and proceeding to leave the terminus. That in his anxiety to procure a job he was quite care less as to the result of his furious driving, and when re monstrated with only made use of abusive language. The defendant said he only did as others did to get a fare, and that the railway policeman had a spite against him for not treating him to gin. Mr. SECKER said it was benefical to the public that persons such as the defendant should be punished for the reckless manner in which they endeavoured to obtain fares at railway stations. He should inflict a penalty of 40s. on defendant, and at the same time he was desirous that it should go forth to other cab-drivers frequenting the various termini, that on all occasions when they misconducted themselves in a similar manner, punish ment would be awarded. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Eastern Counties Railway Company was held this after noon, for the purpose of considering and determining on the conversion of all the 141. 16s. shares of the Company into shares of 201. each, by the payment of 11. 4s. and addition of 41. bonus, to take dividends from the 4th January next; and also for considering and determining on the granting of equivalent advantages to the Northern and Eastern Railway Company; and the meeting was also made special for the purposes of granting to the holders of Eastern Counties York Extension shares the right to subscribe all further capital now required, or hereafter to be required, for the purposes of the Company, until the same be paid up in full. Mr. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the advertisement fully stated the objects which had called them together, but it was proposed, to meet the wishes of a large number of pro prietors, to make some alteration in the plan to be sub mitted to the meeting. It was proposed that instead of issuing a 201. share, they should tail up 11. 4s. on the 141. 16s. shares, and issue in return a 151. share, and the bonus would be distributed in the shape of a 5/. share.— (No, no.) When he last addressed them, he was in an ticipation that, before he met them again, the line from Ely to Betetborough would have been opened, but, for reasons which had already been stated in the public prints, they had been unable to accomplish that object. He could state, however, that about the Ist of Decem- ber the line would be opened for goods.—(Hear, hear.) When he estimated at the last meeting the probable re ceipts for the present half-year, of course he fully ex pected that the Peterborough line would have come into successful operation during that period, but, as it had not, his estimate would be reduced. The receipts of the half-year would be 250,0001, showing the largest in crease ever known upon any railway in a single half year, during which no additional lines had been opened. The increase was 501. per cent., but in fairness he ought to state that they had had the advantage of the eighteen miles of the Eastern Union line, from Colchester to Ipswich. At the last meeting he stated that the interest on loans would probably be 44,0001., but as tine Ely and Peterborough line had not come into operation the in• terest would be reduced to 40,0001. The expenses of the half-year, he believed, would be 90,0001., and those two sums deducted from the 250,0001., would leave a balance of 120,0001., applicable to a dividend, which would, this half-year, be equal to 71. per cent., or, in the aggregate, 114,000 L The result could not fail to be satisfactory to the shareholders, while it bore out the anticipations he indulged in at the last meeting.— (Cheers.) The reason why they called the shareholders - - together was to place the undertaking upon a solid foot ing, and the proposition the directors were prepared to make them was, in his opinion, equitable and just to both parties. The new 51. share could not be called a bonus, because it must be borne in mind the length of time the proprietors received no return whatever from. the under taking.—(Hear, hear.) Considered in that light, it was no bonus at all. He stated at the last meeting the number of lines that had been then obtained in Parlia ment—and it had since been determined that these, as well as others, should be constructed with the York Extension stock—and until all the money upon that stock had been called up and exhausted it was not pro posed to create any new shares.—(Hear, h( )ar.) It was only intended originally to use that stock fin. lines north of Cambridge, but hereafter it would be us led as he had mentioned. Five pounds had already been. called upon it, and in the course of July next the lines to which it would be applied would come into operatiio n, and the York Extension would participate in the div Wends to the extent of their money expended. Another 54 it was proposed to call, and this would yield suilic Tent for the lines granted last session. Now, when the LZ 4s. should be paid up, the capital of the Company would be 7,300,0001., while the length of line opened would be 176 miles, giving an average cost of about 41,(100/. per mile. When the new line for'which Acts were obtained were constructed there would be additional mileare of 66 miles, reducing the average cost to 37,4001. per mile, and making the total mileage 242 miles of Eastern Co ut lies proper. The lines they intended to apply for next session he would now briefly mention. Last session they got an Act, enabling them to get to Wisbech, and from there they proposed to extend the line to Spahillmg, where they will construct some large and import ant docks. From Spalding they would proceed to Ige , ,vark, from Newark to Lincoln, from Peterborough to B , 3ston, con necting them with the Ambergate line. Fro m Cambridge they proposed to go to Wear and to Bedford, giving them access to the proposed South Mid la-ed. From Bedford they would proceed to Hitching. There would be a line in connexion with a West End t mninus from Tottenham to Guildford ; another from. London to Southend ; another from Stratford to Vi ctoria Park, and another from Braintree to Halstead, me king in all a total of 225 miles. That added to the lines . 'tie • had before mentioned, would make the mileage of the Eastern Counties 437 miles, at an average cost of 27,5161. per mile.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if they only ( )btained half of those lines, there would be enough to consume the whole of the York Extension stock. He car ue now to the revenue part of the question.—(Hear, hear.:) He had made a calculation of the probable returns. When the 28 miles of new railway came into operatic in in Decem ber, they estimated that the weekly re t urns would average 12,000/. per week, at present they. . ' were net ting 9,5421. per week, and with that i'nerease he calculated they would be able to divide: 7l. per cent. at the next half-yearly in eating, and 71. per cent. in July following.—(Hear, :hear.) He thought, therefore, they were in a very pro sp erous state, and without further preface, he would proc, led at once to move a resolution authorising the directors to act in the manner he had stated.—(Hear.) A PROPRIETOR wished to know if York: ,Extensi ons would participate in future creations. The CHAIRMAN was understood to reply that they would when they bad been paid up. A number of proprietors suggested tha .t the easiest and shortest plan would be, to adhere to the original proposal, and instead of issuing two sets o f stock, one for 151. and the other for 51., make the 1:31. into a 201. share at once. The CHAIRMAN said, he would put the qt te stion to the meeting, and let the result decide it. The question was accordingly put, and c arried by an immense majority. Mr. ARLETT asked if the holders of the 1'.4 1. 16s. were not entitled to the two hundred and seventy thousandth part of the whole profits according to their .ALet. The CHAIRMAN said they were. Mr. ARLETT—WeII then, suppose it is not convenient for a shareholder to pay up the 1/. 4s. tilt next July, have you the power to compel him to do oth.f3rwise? The CHAIRMAN replied, certainly not :; but then those who paid up the 11. 4s. would be rt weiving divi dend on 201., while those who did not p 'ay till July would only receive dividends upon 141.165. Mr. ARLETT—And yet you admit that the 141. 16s. shares are entitled to a certain proportion of the whole profits ? _ _ The CHAIRMAN—It is purely a matter of internal arrangement which the Act sanctions, and if you do not choose to come into it you will be a loser..---(Hear.) The resolution, as amended by the meetii tg, was then put and carried unanimously. The shares 'will carry dividends from the 4th of December. Some discussion then arose as to the exped ie•ncy of re pudiating the connexion with the Harwich Steam Packet Company, but the CaszumeN stated Via t it would be a subject for the consideration of a futui-o meeting, and the matter dropped. Thanks were then voted to the chairmem, and the meeting, which was densely crowded, broke up. NORFOLK ESTUARY. (THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the shareholders c ►f this Com pany was held to-day, at the British C offee-house, Coekspur-street, Lord George Bentinck in the chair, to consider the adviseability of continuing the project, which his Lordship considered to be a most discouraging one. By the report, it appeared that the land to be reclaimed from the sea, under the power of the Act of Parliament, is 30,000 acres, the first ten thousand of which are likely to be brought under culture in 1860, yielding a bonus of 28,000/4 the second portion, in 1870, yielding a profit on sale, of 214,0001.; and the third in 1870, givu ig a fur ther profit of 83,000/. ; the capital paying four per cent. inter est in the mean time. Sir JOHN RENNIE, the engineer, estimated the cost of warping and reclaiming the land, including the sea-wall, at 15/. an acre for tho first portion, 171. for the second, and 201. for the third. RAfter much discussion, the SHAREHOLDERS present decided on proceeding with the undertaking, by a divi sion of thirty-two to eighteen. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and, the di rectors were re-elected for the ensuing year. s,pEEDY APPREHENSION OF COWAP, THE COLLIERY CLERK. Considerable excitement has bt en occasioned in the county of Durham, by the absconding of W. H. Cowap, the clerk of Lord Howden's colliory, which is situated near Hartlepool On inquiry the following particulars have been obtained from the most authentic sources relative to his strange and culpable conduct. It appears that on Friday, the 23d October, Cowap received, as usual, a cheque for the colliery pay, and proceeded to Sunderland the same morning. He got the cheque cashed at the Bra nch Bank of the Northumbeland and nurham District Banking Co mpany, the colliery '-ers thed not amount, retu boutral;_tot h 7eooc colliery, e h r i y e , fl chiefly andin wa s occasioned by the circumstance. On ;ng made, it appeared. that after getting at Sunderland, purchased a gold ' 4 a silver, n d received but d -•eller's—apair of must:tacos, im n of Mr. Whitelaw, a hair ^d to cut his hair short ; -Hum of a journey, at '-et at the Monk- Istile Railway -4s, as to ban), gold an, much surpr,. investigation be.. the money, he ha,, chain and a ring at a jeu perial, and wig, at the sho t dresser, whom he also employ, au arousing book, to beguile the it. a bookseller's, and then obtained a tie. wearmouth station of the York and Newt), or Leeds, Inquiry being telegraphed to 1.4?,!.. whether a Sundeland ticket had been received at that place on the Friday, and the answer "No !" being speedily received, he was at once pursued to York, and on being searched for, it was as certained that he had been at a house of ill-fame, living in a reckless manner, and had departed in com pany with a young woman for Hull. On the arrival of his pursuers at that port, they learned that he had sailed for Antwerp only about an hour before they reached the place. To Antwerp they proceeded in quest of him, and on their arrival, had the satisfaction to find that from the prompt measures taken by his noble employer, be was already arrested by the autho rities in Belgium, as will appear from the extract below, from a Belgian paper, and may shortly be expected in this country. Cowap had only been a short time at the colliery, and it need hardly be stated that he was highly recommended for the situation by respectable parties, thereby causing the fullest confidence to be placed in his integrity. On inquiry, however, it now appears that his past and present conduct did not warrant these recom mendations, which have involved the parties who gave them in a justly painful censure, and heavy responsi• bility, for which they should be held accountable as an example to others. (Extract from a Belgium paper.) Hier une capture de grand importance a e 6 faits par M. adjoint de police Willims. La police avait recu avis qu'un jeune commis d'une maison des environs de Newcastle en Angleterre, avant disparu emportant u ne somme d' . I pen pros 20,000 francs, et qu'il paraissait setre dirig6 vers la Belgique. Ala reception de c6t avis, la police corn menca ses investigations qui ne resterent point infructueuses csir le jeune homme fut arrOte par ledit commissaire—adjoint I I Hotel de Flandre en cette vile encore nanti de la plus grande partie des valeurs derobees. Une somme d'environ Fr. 2,000 avait seule disparu. Une chose que paraitra pent atm extraordinaire c'est que Is lettre d'avis venue d'Angleterre a 6ti raise le 27 I la poste 1 Newcastle et que le 29, a mid l'individu signale se trouvait deja entre les mains de la justice. EASTERN INSTITUTION, COM MERCIAL-ROAD. A grand vocal and instrumental concert was given on Tuesday evening, in the great hall of this Institution, which is one of the best adapted rooms for musical en tertainments in the metropolis, and was completely crowded by i a fa.sh!onable and judicious audience. The programme was rich and varied, and the selection did great credit to Mr. Lee, whose own performances during the evening proved .his admirable fitness for the office which he holds in the establishment, as director of the vocal music class. Of his fair and gifted coadjutors on the present occasion, Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, and the Misses A. and M. Williams, whose charming powers are already well appreciated by the public, and gave the greatest brilliancy to this concert, it will be superfluous here to offer any elaborate praise, but it is barely justice to mention that the gem of the evening was Haydn's canzonet by Miss M. Williams, the words from Shak spere— " She never told her love— But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek— Shd sat like patience on a monument, Smilling at grief." Her sweet, clear, full, mellow treble, in some tones de scending to the tenor, and the very rare purity of her style, are admirably adapted to give the finest effect to the combined morceaux of the two masters. The gen demon whose talents contributed to the eclat were, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Seguin. They acquitted themselves to perfection, and were much applauded.— Mr. Cohan produced a new fantasia on the pianoforte, one of his most masterly compositions, in the perform ance of which he displayed powers of execution equalled by few, if any, of the masters of that instrument The theme of tho fantasia is " The Huntsman's Chorus," (Der Freischutz), with which, in the variations, the ce lebrated waltz from the same opera is combined in har mony with extraordinary skill. It is a masterpiece of counterpoint. Being encored, Mr. Cohan substituted another new fantasia of his own, on the " Carnival of Venice," of equal brilliancy, but of less length. Both pieces were rapturously applauded. Mr. Macfarlane's performances on the cornet-a-piston, and Mr. Dando's on the violin, also elicited great and merited applause. Mr. L. Emanuel, late of Vauxhall Gardens, who is already appreciated by the public for his merit as a conductor, presided at the pianoforte, and adequately sustained his previous requtation. BOW-STREET.-(THIS_ DAY.) Margaret Howe, who described herself a " Conireve match seller," was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a shawl, value is., the property of Mary Ann O'Bryan. The prosecutrix stated that she and her husband slept last night at a lodging-house in Wild•street, where the prisoner and her husband also slept. They were in the same room. This morning witness missed her shawl, which she lied left on the back of a chair, and as the prisoner and her husband were in the next bed she im mediately suspected them. Their bed, and all the beds in the room were searched, but the shawl was not found. A young woman, who slept in the other end of the room, then proceeded to search the' prisoner, and found the shawl round the prisoner's waist, under her clothes. Mr. HALL—Why, how many beds are there in this room ?—The witness replied, there were a young man and his wife occupied one, the witness and her three children another, this prisoner and her husband next, and then two young women. Mr. HALL—What, all in one room ? Witness—Yes, your Honour. The young woman who found the shawl corroborated this statement. Mr. HALL—What do you pay for a bed here ? Wit ness—Sixpence, Sir. The prisoner said that she did not take the shawl. Mr. HALL —The shawl was found on you and you have not acco un t e d for your possess ion of it. It is quite clear that you h ave stolen it. I will send you to prison for fifteen day s f or h av i ng it in your posse ssion, and not being able to gi ve any account of it. MARLBRO'-STREET Charles Cro w l e y was brought this morning charged with taking a pur se conta i ning 25 sovere igns from John Stead, engineer, D ur h am. --(THIS DAY) up The complainant, who lodges in Bond-street, Oxford street, went into a d ram s h op at t h e c orner of Bird street last night, wh ere h e saw t h e pr i s oner, with two or three more, drinki ng at the bar. He called for a glass , and took out his p urse to pay f or i t , b u t the defendant caught hold of th e p urse, wh i ch h e sna tched out of his fingers and hand e d to one of hi s acco mplices. Com plainant immediately seized him and gave him into custody. The defendant denied having had anything to do with the purse. Police-constable 33 D said he had taken the defendant into custody this morning. Mr. HennwicKre--Was the man not taken into cus tody at the time?--The police constable said the pri soner was taken to the station-house at half-past eight last night, but the complainant would not cha r g e him, and he was se t at liberty. He met the complainant again this morning between two and three o'clock, and asked him if he would know the man who had taken his purse. The complainant, w ho was then sober, said he would though he were among a thousand. The con stable, therefore, took him to a coffee-house, 264, Oxford-street, where there were between thirty and forty persons in the room, and the complainant pointed out Crowley as the man who took away his purse. John Green, an engineer, who was not sworn to day, said he heard the man Crowley say in the coffee house that it was another man who had the purse, and not he. The defendant said he was a plasterer by trade. The police constable—But has not worked for several years as a plasterer. The purse has not been found. Mr. HARDWICK remanded the prisoner for a week. CLERKEN W ELL—(THIS DAY.) James Judd, a young man of very respectable ap pearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood charged with stealing 130 sovereigns, the property of Charles Marlborough. . - _.. The prosecutor said that he and the prisoner resided at No. 3, Woodbridge-street, Clerkenwell-green, and occupied the same sleeping-room. He (witness) had 1301. in sovereigns and half- sovereigns in his box in the bedroom, which latter he always kept locked, and on coming home last night he found that his box had been forced open, and the money, which he kept in two bags and a purse, taken away. The prisoner had also two bores in the room, both of which were broken open. and a portion of the contents of one strewn about the the floor. Hearing that the p risoner had g one out in waistcoats, and two n' been taken away by the thieves:" evening to a coffee-house, he sent for him, and upon his return he (the prisoner) said, " Oh! I have been robb o d The prisoner had latt erl y been in distressed circum pfdaYirsoiff° ttrternisl, stances, and the witness had supported him for nearly two years. ,iv t 1 bra at e h, G division Inspector Penny, of the stated that, owing to the latter circumstance, and the fact that the prboner bad yesterday been seen with 401., and that he bought some new dresses for a stylish-looking female, in Theobald's•road, a strict watch was kept upon him by r cons t a bles who lodged in the house. On searching it;: • • -.1 sovereigns and halt sovereigns were found, him, 401...- latter Was' one of a peculiar descrip• and amongst the - -. tor -.tor identified as having been tion, Which the pra s ev! .. Further search was then amongst those in his bu:S - . the trousers and coat made, and the policeman found • ~ tended had been and witiattoat, which the prisoner 1;2 - .% stolen from him , co ncealed under the rot,. -of the house , and the watch was found at his sister's. The prisoner said the money was his own, he had earned it while in the service of a drysa. the City. Inspector Penny said they had not as yet succeeded in tracing the balacce of the money stolen, and requested that the case might be adjourned for a short time. Mr. GRUENWOOD said he would give the police until this day week to make further inquiries, and the pri soner was accordingly remanded to that day, and that 'ter in SOUTH W ARK.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas . Lucy, a cab-driver, was charged with furious] driving and cruelly flogging his horse. A 'policeman of the Dover Railway Company stated that continual complaints were made, owing to the mis conduct 'of the cab-drivers in the habit of plying at the terminus. 'On this' occasion the defendant drove up THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The great number of ineffectual schemes that have been proposed for floating this magificent vessel, and the length of time she has already lain upon the beach, induce me to make the following remarks upon this important subject. Having received instructions to survey her, and report on the geological strata of the bay, the tidal flows, her position, and the mode of floating her, and having as certained as near as possible the equinoctial or highest spring -tides, the mean springs and neaps, and relative level and strata of the shore and position of the vessel, I hope I may be allowed to doubt the practicability of any of the plans already before the public, and consider that many of them are ridiculous in the extreme. The following particulars I hope will be of service to those practical men who are desirous of proposing designs and contracting for floating this unfortunate vessel. She is stranded on the sands on the north side of I)undrum Bay, between two reefs of rocks, which ex tend a considerable distance into the sea, about 1,000 yards asunder. Her position is north-west, with her stern to the sea, and about 130 yards above low water, and her stem 300 yards from shore. The sands average from 1 foot to 3 feet deep, upon blue gravel from 9 inches to 20 inches thick, resting on blue mountain limestone rock, on which the hull now rides. The bay is frequently very rough, and the ♦essel difficult to board dur►ng high tides. The sands vary very little in this part of the bay, and whatever accu mulation takes place from the southerly winds is removed when the winds blow eastwardly, which increases the facility of floating her. _ On the starboard side the plates have been bulged, and the rivets sprung to a considerable extent, which admit freely the flowing and ebbing of the tide ; and several holes, about 1 inch diameter have been drilled through the bottom in order to prevent her from lifting or heating. At spring tides there are from 16 to 17 feet of water in her hold, and at low water she is left dry, with the exception of a small quantity of water in the dock she has naturally formed for herself in the sand and gravel, and about two feet in her bottom, and she oscillates freely during high tides. She appears much sprung and strained, has lost her rudder, and the screw propeller is slightly damaged. The cylinders, pumps, &c., and part of the driving gear, are covered at high tide, and exposed to the action of the salt water. Her weight is about 1,600 tons (without masts, &c.) and the accumulation of wreck about 200 tons more. The sands on the beach at low-water are very flat, with an inclination towards the sea of about 1 in 750, and the 'coast barren of materials, except lime stone. From the practical survey I have taken, I am fully convinced that the difficult task of floating her can be accomplished, and that respectable and experienced con tractors may be found who will undertake to float her at a moderate cost. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. BILLINGTON, C. E. Dundrum Bay, Nov. 4. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY. - Last night, at eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in the leather factory of Messrs. Coilison and Co., Star-court, Bermondsey. It originated in the basement, and, having forced its way through, extended to the floors above. The firemen exerted them selves to prevent the flames attacking the top floors, in which the stock was deposited, and were fortunately successful; the flames being entirely extinguished by half-past one o'clock this morning, but not until a very serious amount of property had been either burned or extensively damaged by fire and heat. It was stated that upwards of 200 men were employed on the premises, but it is hoped they will not be thrown out of employ ment by the disaster. The Duke of Wellington will leave Weimer Castle for Apsley House either to-morrow evening or on Saturday morning, accompanied by Lord Charles Wellesley. Lord and Lady Cowley and the Honourable Miss Wellesley have closed their visit to the Noble and Gallant Duke, and gone to Boulogne for the winter. The Duke o: Devonshire arrived at Rome, at the end of last month, from Milan, and contemplates a sojourn of about five weeks in the " eternal city," from whence his Grace departs for Naples, in which capital the Noble Duke has made arrangements to pass the ap proaching winter. On Monday last J. M. Carter, Esq., was elected, for the fifth time, Mayor of the borough of Hertford. SLOP-WORK AND DESTITUTION.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Welling,ton, Lime house-fields, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald, aged 16 years. The body lay in a small back room at No. 17, George-street. The room presented bare walls, no fur niture but a single chair, a n d a f ew broken articles ' of crockery. It appeared, by the evidence of several wit nesses, that the mother of deceased, a widow, and two other children, of whom deceased was the eldest, obtained their living by making slop waistcoats, and were in great distress. Not being able to pay 12s. 6d. for five weeks' rent, the landlord distrained, and took away every article of furniture they were possessed of ; on which occasion a row took place, and the son and two married daughters of the landlord beat the deceased, saying, "You take that." She subsequently fainted. Mr. Horton, surgeon, said he had attended deceased. She died from pleurisy, which might have been accelerated b y violence. The Coroner said the case assumed a seri ous as p ect, an d adjourned the inquiry. REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE.—Judging from present appearances, we are dispo . sedt mq to baerliezo f Granbythatinthe event of a vacancy for this county the is likely to be returned. —Cambridge Advertiser. An extra Gazette was published last night, extend ing to sixteen sheets, containing announcements of Rail way and other Bills, which will be applied for in the next session of Parliament. A similar Gazette will be pub lished this day (Thursday). THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE FOUNTAINS.--Yesterday the play of these fountains was suspended during the eleanaing of the basons. When the water was drawn off many eels were discovered. NEW STATION AT LONDON.BRIDGE.—The London and Brighton and South Coast and South- Eastern are making preparations for the erection of a large station in ft.:u of the present ineommedioul one, The enlarge.- merit will extend from Joiner-street and Now-street, co the west; Maze-pond and Wells-street, on the south and south-west, to the London and Greenwich Railway on the north of Crucifix-lane. The streets at present passing under the station are to be blocked up. Kik Z THE BELGIAN CHAMBE OPENING OF THE SESSION OP—I • ri,.f),. ; , • , THE BING'S SPEECH. Gentlemen,—ln opening the course of yoile, I am able to congratulate myself at seein g my with foreign powers preserve a pacific and arnica ranter. " The treaties concluded with the United States, France: and Holland, have for their object the consolidation and extension of our 'commercial relations. The discussion of these treaties, the law of ,general responsibility, the laws upon depots and upon sugars, have rendered your last session happily remarkable. The manufacture and the trade in sugars resume their ancient importance, and the Exchequer retains the pro fits which you have wished to secure it. Among the propositions which it remains for you to consider, I would point out especially the law respecting secondary instruction. This project, w hi ch has received some new developments, will complete our system of public education. My Government recommen ds this great question of social government to your. en lighten ed consideration. It expects with confidence its solution in the present session. The prosperity of th e principal branches of commer cial wealth is generally maintained and developed. The next national exposition will enable us to appreciate the success of our manufacturers. Unfortunately, in spite of our progress and our hopes for the future, other in terests, to which I have devoted all my sympathy, are suffering in a portion o f our country under a cris i s o f which i t i s impossible to misunderstand the importance.. The state of the p o p u l at i on which is employed in the linen manufacture requires immediate measures of relief. To enc ourage . and to render effective labour , with a view to the increase of wages, to organize industry , so as to render the products more in harmony with th necessi ties o f commerce, to increase the exports—such are the . principal cares . of my Government. The means for an active intervention on the part of the State in these re spects will be proposed to you. The measures taken to secure the alimentation of the country, the numerous works of general utility, public and private succour have powerfully assisted the neces sitous classes in supporting the privations resulting from the defective crop of potatoes in 1845. This year the crop of potatoes has been satisfactory ; but the high price of provisions, and particularly the failure of the rye harvest, demand the serious attention of the Cham bers and the Government. The prorogation of the law relative to subsistence,—the allocation of the necessary subsidies for public works and exceptional 'aids, which circumstances may require,— will, no doubt, produce fortunate results. 'The canalization of the Campine advances with entire success. The irrigation, which may hencet - orth be con tinued and extended, the construction of roads, and other measures which will be proposed to ycli, will insure in a few years the clearance of this part of our territory. The projects of law relative to agricultural and vete rinary instruction will be immediately submitted to your examination. The operations of the census proceed with regularity. The returns already collected, although incomplete, establish a remarkable increase of population. As the political situation of the country is calm, I am now en abled to announce to you the presentation of a project of law for the augmenting of the number of members in the two Chambers. This law will have, with respect to its operation, an urgency referable to the period of the approaching elections. In conformity with the aim of the constitution, deli berations having for their object the revision of different portions of the legislation have been continued. Projects respecting the tribunals of commerce, personal arrest, delays, bankruptcies, have been transmitted for the opi nion of the judicial body and the universities. I hope that they may be presented to you in the course of the present session. The modifications projected in the code of criminal instruction, as also in the new discipli nary code for the merchant sea service, will shortly be laid before you. The attention of the Government has also been directed to the regulation of the lunatic establishments, of the Monts de Piete, and to the creation of agricultural co lonies. Propositions will be submitted to you for the realisation of those ameliorations which humanity and the state of society require. I desire the prompt discussion of the project of law relative to the penitentiary system. The state railway traffic has received, in 1846, a fresh and remarkable extension. The completion of the double lines now in course of execution, and of the railways conceded, the works of which are begun at several points, will likewise react in a favourable manner on a state of things already very prosperous. It has become possible to end ow w i t h a l eg i slative organization this grand national enterprise, and propo sitions will be submitted to you for determining the bases of the charges, and for the regulation of the rail way system. Thi most important public measures remaining for examination relate to the management of navigable waterways. Various projects are under consideration, and the means of execution will be asked of you suc cessively as the condition of the Treasury will permit. In order to increase the resources of the working classes, my Government will give a powerful impulse to the construction of the roads already decreed, and to the amelioration of the cross-roads. The army, one of the firm supports of the indepen dence of the country, and of its institutions, continues to render itself worthy of my entire confidence and of the interest which you manifest for it. The efforts of my Government are directed to maintain in its ranks a useful emulation, and the sentiment of its duty towards its country. All the measures calculated to advance it and to secure its well-being will, I doubt not, obtain your hearty concurrence. The modifications of the law respecting the militia, the reforms proposed with re spect to the system of penalties, and the law relative to the service de sante, will powerfully contribute to effect this end. In spite of exceptional circumstances, affecting the produce of certain sources of public revenue, the equili brium between the i eceipt and the expenditure of the State can be maintained without imposing fresh sacri fices on the taxpayers. The greater part of the budget of expenditure for the year 1847 has already been presented to you : the budget of reeeipt and the completion of the budget of expenditure for that year will be immediately laid before you. In the course of the session, and as soon as esti mates can be formed, you will have communicated to you the budgets of expenditure and of ways and means for the year 1848. Gentlemen,—Belgium, in the bosom of peace, has de veloped the germs of a fruitful activity. In reflecting on the results already obtained, we are enabled to contem plate the future with confidence. The accord of tho great powers of the State,—the support which you have given to my Government, and on which I continue to depend, will enable us to preserve and consolidate our institutions. The aspiration breathed by our country for ages, that she might have an existence for herself, and the disposal of her numerous resources, is realised in our days. It will always be a source of great happi ness to me to reflect that my efforts have contributed to insure to Belgium the precious advantages of free and in dependent existence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am truly sorry to trouble you upon a matter of so little importance, but I really trust you will as hitherto stoop to do an act of justice. In the account (reported in The Sun of yesterday) of the examination of a young woman at Brentford for robbery, you state that a Miss Warren, of Hanway street, identified the prisoner as a person who had pur chased stays, and to whom she had given change of the stolen note. Now, Sir, being certain that there is only one Miss Warren in Hanway-street (that is, Miss Harriet Warren, in the employ of Mr. Stone, stay maker, &c.), I am requested by Miss H. Warren to inform you hat she is not the person mentioned in your report. I can assure you that Miss H. Warren was in my company on Saturday last at Gravesend. Trusting you will do me the favour to publish this contradiction, I am, Sir, yours, &c., WILLIAM TIPTON. 1, Hanway-street, Tottenham-court-road, Nov. 11, 1846. INDIAN NEWS.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Mr. George Russell Clerk was unanimously appointed Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. IMPERIAL AND CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION:— Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of proprietors in the above association was held at the offices of the company, 7, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Sir Moses Montetiore, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The secretary read the report detailing the operations of the association since the last meeting, by which it ap peared that the affairs generally were in a healthy state. a The association had expended in furtherance object paid -o paid-up o e r a N p v i h ta i e l h ( i i tso7oaosoei.s)tablis authorisedhed thteouernbnetirraeisaemdoobuf by the h o t ? might be in Act of Incorporation, and a greate e r gestions by honourable pr oprietors teh operations of the asso ciation with advantage. After s advisable mode of extending ?m di s s a c s uss to ion t a h n e d m sti o g st . dividend of 2/. 2s. Gd. of thanks to the declared, and the customary per s y h e a te refor the half-year was proprietary,a large num berciation in the various continental towns of Europe, a of w CAusED BY LUCIFER MATcuEs.--Yesterday DKR fire, caused by children playing with lucifer forenoon a chair man hav h in o broke out in the first floor of the premises matches, g al attended , be en pass escle'patrhaeted. Occupied by Mrs. Hood, No. 31, Union-st ree t, Somers town. The cries of the children bro ug ht u p Mr. Flin dell, the landlord of the house, who succeeded in saving them from being burnt to death. With the aid of a few buckets of water the fire was extinguished, but not until considerable damage had been done. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHELSEA PENSIONER.— Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Rising Sun, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Hugh Galagher, aged GO. The deceased was an went to out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, having formerly be longed whichi Cmoi s onn p fasgdr e t:re n oab,rdn i eo i r, tn o slibl )s n :e:ui e.f , an:ttnntgl a ead n ,arhtt d ti. 1 mtlenhea i aid n ebnri r. nine o'clock o the ,e l oekevening quitew longed to the 27th Inniskillen Regiment. On Thursday fast pac e, ~ wheel s,el Ip w hen hoapas trssigleie a deas car t thoevo. sertrs Barker,be longingreehieias a la p st u b bl e ic r - e h c o e u iv s e e d , HIN which iN, head, it d w ch h, o a k s ukitin i ,i n tioonec t agk h m: e lidle a irm.h c a t li was taken into custody, and stands remanded till this day (Thursday) from Westminster Police-court. The evidence having been carefully gone into, the jury re turned a verdict of accidental death. The ancient and !Ale abbey of Dissentis, in the cut ;‘,ll of 1 . 11 ,, ,‘ Gri,:_.ns, was entirely consumed on the night of the 28th ult. Its magnificent church, its tree sure, and its rich and splendid library, were completely destroyed. The friar who discharged the functions of • cook perished in the flames EXCILEQVER.-(THIS DAY.) GRAHAM V. STRADANLEN. Mr. CRAMPTON moved in this case for a new rule to show cause why the defendant, who was at present under arrest, should not be discharged out of custody. It appeared that the defendant was a trader and sub ject of Austria, and that he carried on business, in conjunction with several others, as a merchant at Smyrna. In the course of his speculations defendant , was unfortunate, and was eventually made a bankrupt, and the whole of his property was in conse , quence seized by the Austrian Consul under the 945th section of the penal code of Austria. It was now contended by Mr. Crampton that these pro ceedings were illegal. The defendant arrived in this country in order to take refuge from the persecutions to which he was subjected. In the month of August in the present year, an advertisement appeared in the Times newspaper calling upon defendant to appear be fore the Austrian Consul, and also authorising his apprehension ; he was accordingly arrested, and had since that period been held in custody. De fendant made application to Mr. Baron Platt at chambers for his release upon the ground that he was under the protection of the laws of this country. On the other side it was contended that the defendant intended to leave the country in order to evade his creditors. In consequence pf this conflicting evidence Mr. Baron Platt declined to interfere in the matter, and recommended an application to the full Court. Mr. Crampton was now prepared with affidavits, which stated that the de fendant left this country a short time since, after having lived in it for a period of six weeks, that he had subsequently returned, and that he now had no intention whatever of leaving England again, that his object was to remain in the country, and to obtain a situation in a mercantile house in the city of London, and that ho had a great number of friends iu this country who were exerting themselves to further the objects he had in view, and further, that as the Austrian Government had seized the whole of his pro perty at Smyrna, there was no power in the law of England to hold his person in custody. Mr. Baron PARKE—Is the defendant still in cus tody? Mr. CaamProx—He is, my lord. LORD CHIEF BARON—Take a rule nisi. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) BANKS V. WHITWELL. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 1251., being the balance of an account for engraving the plans and sections of the Bristol and Dover Railway, and also the Leeds and Newcastle Railway. The de fendant was the engineer to both of these lines. The defence set up was that the work w as so b a dly 'done as to be entirely useless for the purpose of Parliamentary deposit, and several witnesses were called, who stated that the proofs, as sent home by the plaintiff, were not correct, and that they required the additional labour of upwards of twenty hands to cor rect and prepare them, and that in some of the proofs neither the line of railway nor the deviation lines were shown. There was no evidence, however, to show that the original copy or tracings sent to the engraver for the purpose of engraving from, had either of these requisites rissirked upon them, no notice having been served by the defendant upon the plaintiff to produce them. The jury immediately found a verdict for the sums claimed. NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. At a quarter past one o'clock the Barons left the Court, and shortly after the Right Hon. Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, entered in his robes, when the usual oaths of allegiance were administered, (this being the first term of his year of office) to him by the Clerk of the Court. The Right Honourable Gentleman then called upon Mr. Crampton, the " tub man," if he had any motion to make, that Learned Gentleman having made a motion, the Right Hon. Gentleman, and the Barons of the Ex chequer, withdrew. „- Their Lordships entered shortly after, for the purpose of nominating the Sheriffs for the different counties of England and Wales. There were present on the bench, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Denman, Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Sir George Grey, Mr Justice Maule, Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Vaughan Williams, Mr. Greville, the secretary to the Court. The usual forms having been gone through, the Court rose at half-past three. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) HARVEY V. BOYES. In this case the rule for a new trial was refused. TAYLOR V. PAGE. In this case also the Court refused to disturb the verdict. REGISTRATION APPEALS. This was the first day set apart for the hearing of the registration appeals. When the Court was about pro- ceeding with the hearings, several applications were made to postpone cases on account of the non-arrival of the paper books. • The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE on granting the applica tions, severely commented on the neglect of the attornies in not being prepared with the cases in time, and inti mated that the Court would in future be disposed to deal more stringently with them. HAYDON V. THE OVERSEERS OF TIVERTON.-SOMERSET EASTERN DIVISION. Mr. COCiIBURN appeared on behalf of the appellant in this case, and against the admission of the name of Mr. Ainsworth, resident in Tiverton, on the register of electors for the Eastern Division of Somersetshire. The qualification claimed, as in respect of a free-rent charge, and the objection taken was, that the respondent had not been in a beneficial possession of the property for six calendar months, previous to the 31st of July. The rent charge was eight years old, but the interest on it had been conveyed on the 29th of January, by a deed of settlement. The first payment for rent became due on the 25th of March, but it was not paid till the 29th of April. He, therefore, submitted that the respondent was not irk bona fide possession of the property, or in the reception of rents for six calendar months, before the 31st of July, which he was required to be by the Reform Act. Mr. sergeant BYLES, for the respondent, submitted that the transfer of the property, for a valuable con sideration, into the hands of the respondent, constituted the possession intended by the Act. " The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said it was important that the decisions given in interpretation of the law should be clear and intelligible, without any hair-drawn distinctions. The question the Court had to consider was, whether there was any peculiar feature in this case to take it out of the decision previously given by the Court respecting the possession of freehold property? He did not think any valid distinction had been made. The Court had decided that the possession of freehold property for six calendar months before the 31st of July meant the actual receipt of rents, and whereas in the present case the previous possessor, Nash, had conveyed without re servation the whole of his interest to Amworth, the latter stood in the same position as if the rent charge had just been created, and therefore, not having received the rent for six calendar months, the vote must be ex punged. - The rest of their Lordships concurred. E A]) S r F . onT Sergeant u lt. appeared — TilEno f it o o r tt t G he n a O/1 e L l A la N n e t A i B n TE th n. Mr, ABEFRLEEs present case, which was a consolidated one. ') The point e at issue was, that th e res p on d ent, who had objected to the appellant's vote, had not, in doing so, properly de scribed himself. In consequence of the objection, the a T p h pel Registration eL ln a e ts m r ' n endaAcet Gentlemenaha d d been theqdueocitsedecision exp ungeddonthoef the from the lh7ethcsoeucrtti oi section soe register. fvetrhael cases in support of his arguments. Mr. Sergeant ItirzoLAKE maintained that the notice of objection was good. The real question was raised on the 101st section of the Act, which provided that no misnomer in any notice should invalidate it, provided what was set forth in it was such as to be commonly un derstood. Of this the Revising Barrister could alonea the time be the judge, and having admitted the notice in the present am, it must be taken as fulfilling the condi tion of section 101. He submitted, therefore, that the appeal should be dismissed. The COURT was of opinion that the notice of objection given in this case was not sufficient. Under section 101, though a certain power of interpretation was given to the Revising Barrister, it did not allow him to dispense with any of the essential forms given in the statute re specting registrations. It was required, specifically, that in any borough, like the one under consideration, where there was more than one list of voters, that the list in which the name of the objector, appeared, should be distinctly stated in the notice making the objection. This had not been the case in the present instance, and, therefore, the Revising Barrister's decision must be re versed, and the name of the appellant placed on the register. This decision places 27 votes on the register which had been expunged. CARLOW V. THE EARL OF MEXBOROUOH. The Court having heard Mr. Lush against a rule nisi for a new trial in this case, which was an action on two bills of exchange, made the rule absolute. The Court adjourned at three o'clock. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAYS) (Before Mr. Undersheriff BuncnEtt.) sTArimrote —COMING HOME FROM THE DERBY. This was an action to recover damages for the loss of a horse and damage done to a gig. Mr. Simon appeared for the plainti ff , and§tated the Me. The plaintiff i s a li very stable keeper, in Bury-street, Chelsea. On the last Derby day at Epsom the de fendant hired a horse and chaise of the plaintiff, to go to the races; he got down safely, but like many others the " comi ng h ome from the Derby'' Wag not SO agree able to the defendant —the horse and gig arrived at t!1:.1 plaintiffs stables in a woeful plight. The gig was much damaged, the horse's knees were broken, and the de fendant said that he got so drunk over his bad leek that he did not know what he :was doing, and hia greatest surprise was that he had not broken his neck. The horse was so much overdriven, and so Inttch inured , h t althdugh it Was sent tO troaa.. 2 - a. i t i the And .• —,wary surgeon, it wen at one week. All these facts were set forth in the declaration, and as the defendant had not pleaded to tt: action, he admitted his liability. The damages claimed were 3/. 15s. for the repairs of the gigs, and 21. for the keep .of the horse and medicine, 4/. 10s. for loss during the time the horse was ill and the gig out of repair, and 124 the value of the horse. The defendant had promised to indemnify the plaintiff for all loss, and it was to be regretted that he had not kept his promise. William Eve, groom to the plaintiff, was called, and said he saw the " turn out" start very comfortably, but when it came back it was over-abused " even for a Derby day." It was in a most " awful state." The horse died in eight days. Mr. Sibley proved the damago done to the gig. Mr. SlluoN said that he could not call the veterinary surgeon, as he was cut of town. The ) - tiDVR-SliEllll7 said the physic was woAh