The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

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O'CA PC 414 94 q 96 10 6 3- 16 2ssYs Lori !1: CON- ado 00 I to 0 ...- „ to _ P W Rio to , to * to „tom tom , to / to to 0 0 / to to to ~- to ~'" to ° 2 j5! 4 t_., 50n....5. ~,,,, . ---........',......................., - Tar frt .- -;:...-,il• Gree Wester- (Triqh) 1 3 34% i-, 34 "ewastie an Barwick 4.rewo North Shields...,, 9 5 to ,„, castle and Carlisle lOO •••••• to flaWroarket and Chesterford 5 to aewport and Abergavenny. .2% — to ....., _ ... c,i'ewry and Enniskillen .... 7 ...... •••• - to vgwark, Sheffield, and Boston 1 5 / s •••••• ,orfelki .... 100 l3O __ ....... ..•. .......... to b l) °,•, nal f • Shares _ „, .to I„*.'LLl•O Extension •..ortnern c ountips L .. • 21„ Notrt.h ititish ....... n . l . ° . .. ... :.. : 23 / 36 35 5 / 4 x 3rds to 36% ittonelf Shares .nbitto Fifths .. 5 ...... 4 '°• Quarters t t o o ..--: 3VAx 3s to ~,bitto, Extension ........ . ... 50 5' l% ...... to 11:!lern and Eastern is to Ditto, Scrip (iss at 5 (Fs ) 45 i-E!t,tE, r;tarter S . hares i * 19% 71% to to x,ffltto Now . ... , ...... i ,„ to 87f 3 to 9 ~. rth Now ••••• 5 to ILZrtik Wale 3 . 3 1 / 2 he .................... to 0. 4 . • & South: Connecting 2%. •••• --4,,sti, Wo-cester, and Viol- 17 0,4 r4 a 4 1 . 13t0n ... .. 17% 13 t t o o — ,— /, , Wrtney, & Cheltnham 1 IteadinP°l2lltB4litto°, u li th al l f ) s ir h e a ct res — 3 3 2 to reBt ° ll and W yre to Itieh nu f , Gaildfd., & Reigate 3 4 /. 1, i25.... - - dis. ••• t t o o ....- 11° 3 1 1tou nd ....... . -'' - ......... 1 1 5 y _ ...... to seawall ancedntilraiitchen ... 121 / 4 2O El eettl o b to 12% 13% 131/t,rieSd,llßliudxlantodn, Leek Pot 1 % — ..... to 811 o ft e l and Crewe to Dittol4lld Manchester ...100 to „4 Shares 8 to i,"?. and L incolnshire Junct 14. to b- 0 0 . • and Great Grimsby ... 10 to 8114, w ~tl O. do. Extension... 425. 51 4 to 5 1 /e ,114.2,unrY and Birmingham 3 eltel. e Union . bn,„ V s dis... to par 3 1 /2 %.... to and 8 8 --,. Wolverhampton, 42s* L N. 0 anliSetaktlordsh. Junction 2% 1% — .. .. to .Jut t u„ •,,--- ..Lannon to —33 8 04 , uevon „ ..., ...... ... 35 to L.---„„ t 4t h k idland ** • 42s — and Midlands Junction 425. R..' s taff d 1 1 * Junction 2 1 / — _, tb b or s ire 2 „,„ , to to bi bi t t to ,c- a : l i r te avr rn , Natioc.l Dover ... 2 3 0 3% .... .. ii_ao../ 2 to 8 11 , ,,, t „ , -.sew, N 0.2 l2 to bit't;'' ‘ ,. ll ew, No. 3 3% to 8 t - "ew N 4 2 1 A A lb , , o. • ...... ...• • • .. 8 Alb an ; 8 2 Hatfield, and ~ ... to tid:rtford Junction to .BtafroaeBdakad R ichmond—. to °O llll 3 , aul re and Sh ro pshire 2% — sw Vi'alee 5 ai ls. and .................. ._ ti le ,,, , Loughor and Ca to ft* P ale "118 Stru. C oa l 2 ...... .•• •• to 111,1.14:xtension to %bile ofi dat ng,& I3asingstoke 5 1 / 4 — to wfi.,,,eath ................. 2 001;'', P ontefract, and to .. 22%.••••• 14441 ! el t;1111:e * . " ..... ...... - 42 s. — at 1 ,1,,, k aro ttn( London... IperSord 0 ,,„ and Kilkenny ll .. .. u Worcester 425....... ...... to to it -' -.. and Li• i , k erfo a Th . Limerick ... 1,44 brzhvyaex.f.ord,Wicklw, itA Ir.P, Wate;foWl* .... * and 1147144 ....... • ' .... 15,i --•-• • tt: 1 to 141 4 tY, 'Valley .......... . 2 to bleat •ii,i',,.4lland ............. ** 2% ...... 2% p to LY N !ing UniOn ******* 42s. to Z s'rut _ Wall .. .. .... ....... 2 aft' an d 4 4, Old Shares .. 20 ...... •••• • • to = West ,,a 4 d Ca . 2 IA — •••••• to rlew 1 1:iit. o_`' and St. Ives 2 to 01.2"mnerset &W euth 15 ...... 1 0 'eater •iv. ' . ern ... " to I. tir a nd ' arivick,& Rugby 425. — •••••• to °tit ",, i c arlisle ...... b tto",„''''ewcastl e 25 .. • 3 7% to 1ll tt ; - , ew .. to Y D it „'.,Prefer.e;* ............... 2 5 ce to iti'u North Midland .. 50 • . :* .:: 7 7% 1 4 to Dit to ' !Lit' Shares h 1) 44, 1 ea elby . 4O E ................. to 11 .--it t ' xtension • 20 2 t .4et a tic° ti e ., . 0 nd West Riding to 5 4 5 ..... Ato m 4 0 .1) 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. e gia ti _ ... 1 N ifi7d4B .................... 4 --- - ite allE a:sie " ; .... .... . 41 0 „ til e .._ 11 unction.... 2% •••••• 11,`"eank and Alniens to N eu _ and M editerranean 2 Ittphf,O, Toulouse, & Cette -,, (rd,enzie' s ) .. 2 4 --u -it, Tow ........ •••• , 1.; a1 ,.. Delet e , , °use, & Cette .... to -- o t ra, a iii i t 3 ). .. ~,,:z. ............ 2 to ecZitta 8, do , W . Flanders 2 to -- 1 teo t „.., , Lir o4, ond Harbour 75. to 'AI of " r aeilic Coast 1 •••••• b et ? Sllttil l • D ..., . .. ........... 2 to b_alt.t4 ..................... 53. to iZe ct e V 14i e *•• •• ................. 2% to it o - i. la onib / ..... 4 bq D i , a, ............. 4 :.ast / -41 114 44 (1 Madras ss. ..- • - to .5%.!‘„ to -- Pri nl „ khan ............... ... 6 to 11 . FOro t . .. .. ;''eat i n _and ii_ ! ......... - ss. to ure at 10150 ./ ,l ebronk..... 4 to ~,.at W e stern 13.4 insular ..... 55...... • ..... J tm" " eaten, c wigal ......... 58. ..... to nand 811 AusO nad a • •-•••• 3 % ""* J a p. ea 8 lla .......... 4 to tczy ..... -. ' h and u Junction 1 to I a zair i ~. ,• ..... ......... .• ...... 1 iotisekba__ag6ambre ...... ••• 6 to a v g r, . .................. 4 . 1 / 4 ras *4 , 4vlgnon ............ 2 ~ ....... 44 ... 4 1.,,,, ..,,,,eilor ................ 1 to --. i t _ NI iii, ~.. e, and Arcot... % — to )7,Lattri ti ,,_ll v alentia ....... .. 2 to m ak o " 4 ....... 4... aio .. .................. i. V' of p r .' 4 Liege... ........... 8 to e nth j 'dice Constituted ... 5 to -- 1 2(l:4leek: illtnilaViciae•r;on ...... 8 ..... . to 7% ; , , ,te , 1 . _o' a o_o . . . p c ris a h B , B , I 4d....... — 5 .. . ..... t to _.- 20 1 1 / 2,.. arla ai a i o L r y i o ea ns n3 Constiu : t : e A d l33 s ...... to -- A t i. ; 4 i . iI,, n d Rouen .. ... to It o ti e oc Strasbg. Constituted 5 ..... to _ Ltlen and Havre 2O ...... ...... to it:sbbe and Meuse ..... to urg and Bale .„•Laurence and Atlantic - .......... to icLars & Nantes Constituted 5 ....... -- . ..... to tkrnay, Jurbise, Landen, • 1 !old li assel t ............ ... , 8 utioid., l • ••.... -.••• to , N, - ........ ......... ..., 2% . to " F landers ............... .... 6 ....... Il4'ills, JOINT STOCK BANKS. it4tbalaB,ia ................ .. 40 • •••• to `•010 ? .'''orth American .... 50 - to tea%alilal .......... .. .25 411 d erelal of Lo . ... do . n ." : "* . 20 ...... Jt Stock ..... io to I, z _ . a a nd.. ...... x,ati.oitiWestminster.., 20 ...... -- .. ... to itttlet4,, rrovincial of Engld. 35 to .1,6_ 1 ' of 1 1 . .. - ~/ tli --maki relanll ............ 22% If . on ot , y Ireland 111% of .I..u at .. L., Lltna al -- don U....... ..MINES. 10 Ite del I to MINES. tit% unregistered LI `4111) G --(THIS DAY.) t oli, 'S SHI PPIN G.-(THIS 1 btAr °%bEe. 3 . — Wind N.W., light breeze and hazy. mtilliC'', lilte. 2.--Wind N.W. to N.N.W.— A ri rr e d r . e, As L i e t oN4,,tebec. Arrd , from the River and e sa il e d , araeo. k l' o i c liT F , l rn otr a r ic i ; Antelope, FleiehtdwiNo.4l.-1.11) i E Sld. Black River iNI!!t, baker, ,Taaic..a.2. W tar3.wEa, DEc. 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. New York, Brandt, ki"Ow York, reported to be leaky. levit..:(;;lllestr-ro, D c_. 2.—A d. Oriental, Soy, Alexandria. n.e2 stamerk, Halt, ; r est Indies. ey,,10 AnTMOUTII, Nov. 30 . —William Brian, Quebec, for 1,.t.,„_4th. Ti,i;',orn.tt, DEC. 2.—Wind N.W.—Off qttlitt°,lov. 30.—Rosslyn Castle, Sadler, r Quebec. f t Pernambuco. 1.0.1.1\,44;_1,1,,:9v. 28.—siq. Isabella, Len Y port, Fere, -- 4 ii e, Ab r ' u ttai L, i n -lit . 2.--Wind E.,viableeaiid , . T i _ . , atontreal baton, Harque, Selkirk, Bahia ; t.tle4..i.:Tis, Rawson, Calcutta ; Jamaica, Se light. —Arrd. to °.s 61;:f._ ePortland, Dickson, Demerar%r.. Agen t , .tl.'l', fr,,inl;, Cambyidge, Newfoundland. li, tilMills, ixestirledertite, Bad Wakefield, I t i he veet igewY from St. John the ro °4 B h r g off after dischargm e g h; e4O Ner ern no wat4'thae latter fell over on her _b g a re. tik tt. e"lii lg up the river to-dav, and was beached near .t lit t,01._ The liopkinso from iliramichi to this port, o feet 11 1 her hold seutninac, previous to 12th ult., had e ight 1- . h to I.oolNotrrit, Dtc.2---The Anna, Ritchie, from Arbroat n shore ()1 11. 0 , was assisted in here last night leaky, having struck li"LeOckie Sand, and must disabarge. ctitivetto Qloucester, arrived here to-day leaky, 141"-18"TE' pl c. .--The Margaret Rait, Skelton, 1 14 1 1., deck load, &c. 4,1141'401., DEC. 2.--Vin as.E.—Sld. John Cabot, Africa. with loss of (~t.l.blP, Nov. 30. —ABeatrice, Alexander, -ohrie:,Nov. 30.—Wind Beatrice, ConstituttoQn,u srii,--C)11.,..a11d Trinidad. L , INo Quebec. trt i , , v. o.—Arrd. Bridgetown, Betty, Robertson, ‘..1 •' uEe I W'd N W Ard Exporter, lit,' • ... in ~ . . r . Fit%tigi,'' New Brunswick. Neill, 4,!0h,,, 3,,,PEc. 2.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Rhine, Telford, Lgril.ol,/,," 8 ' A evi• Brunswick. st,"% DEc. 2 ---' The Nino Fadersminde, B erg, from -,ollll4lwa,rewekh.ch g o t on shore near Robin Hood 's Bay, , l'ror, NOC •litt4.:„..eed alterati Tl on in E TO M regulations ßNßS. of the port of Cal- , N I . Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta, (I ' - rlie s October 7, 1846. Do rt 'l'verti4l Superintendent of Marine having recommended . 1.4 , ey_ at certain alterations he the regulations of this tr' Qhttlrtelltient desired him, in the first place, to consult_e tes. r or C ommerce in regard to the changes h aoh, e e h yo-,t re,,,,alliber having approved of the alteration, with Ivillth fo'ltation, I am desired to communicate . the same to th re Information of Lloyd's. First, It is proposed,. tb:iS B o p t e t'- b t to vessels trading within the limits of 444 tilavig,-"ve2lgal, s defined at foot, that the prohibition to eli t , at e double ves s e ls charge of light and . buoy dues be levied ttie4e,l ti that do not take inlets. Second, It is it, blit that other vessels, on arriving at a certain point at i l aii rl. t aoating light, lat. 21 deg. 5 min. N., lon. 88 deg. 4 0 44 41 If fr°lll Sept. 5 to March 15, and at the South E a li ,;" 111 4 t °', or in lat. 50 deg. 55 min. N., lon• 88 deg. al ai ` keep a 15 to Sept. 15, should hoist the pilot's jac k, relty, il t f „ e4lt flying' 'ir till a pilot is received, but not be . bountd to ferilot where one does not offer, nor be liable i o ver 'P t 1 1i , 411 ,11"ng without one in that part of the R r .,„ h e ek 0 1) 8 College. " It li h hautboy v i r • 11 prop osit . as disposed to acquiesce in both of the fore leg 'lrd lt i "la ' lb re ti leriti o :8 Proposed that in regard to vessels such as the cl, 4t eigh t .13td leaving Calcutta, if no pilot join a vessel he heliii,rzae '''' l %, the day after she has produced her port il ap! .) , to at the lYfaster Attendants office, the vessel be at oe, Is Itpeel, keeping the pilot's jack flying as long as Vts s o , ti in pilot's water without a pilot, and receiving ete,ll ha as he offers to come on board. t 1 (1 of e1.41.1.1),er recommended that twenty-four hours, in -1111410 eight 4 -31. after production of the port clearance . , be er-attendant's office, be the time when the ship th, Privil e e ki th . el ia i g (1 to proceed. eh., °r, sed 0 "er suggested that, should the measure be •14111g4tio j Government, six months from the date of -.I 11 ftld be all9wecl t 9 elapsft before enrYillg i t , THE SUN, LO:N DON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1846. into (Lffect, to afford time to the merchants and underwriters iil I.n.,;land ard mje mcdificati(.l7 in tbe terms of insurance, which the alterations might appear to reqstire.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) W. SIMONDS, Sec. To. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary for Lloyd's, London. "Tither by Point Calymere, at the eastern entrance of the Pamban Passage, and Junksevlon, on the coast of Tennas serim, or Cape Cornorin and Penang, including the Nicobar Islands, as Government might determine." MARKET CWS.-(THIS DAY. 1V1.11:112E SmrritFlELD. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 4/ ; Clover ditto 318 s to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 103 to 1/ 13s per load. A mode rate supply and a slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow, Hay, 21 8s to 4/; Clover, ditto, 31 8s to 41175; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 14s per load. Both hay and straw sold heavily at our quotations. WHITECITAPE L.—Meadow flay, 2/ 5s to 4/; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ ; and Straw, I/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. AND I. WO) EN HALL . Prime Beef and Mutton sold freely ; other kinds of meat slowly, at our quotations. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s. 6d; Mutton, 3s 4(1 to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4il to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 35 4d to 4s 8d per 81bP. I W 63s HEAT. 1 46s BARLEY. 127 sI 27s OATS. i 46s RRE. i 4ss BEANS. I iOs PEAS. PRICE •• 9d 8d 6d Od 9d Od DUTY... 4s Od 2s Od Is Od 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od PRIVY COUNCIL--(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), the Judge of the Admiralty Court (Dr. Lushington), the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall (the Right Hon. Pemberton Leigh), Sir E. H. East, and Sir E. Ryan. they remained those connected with both lines enjoyed refer-ltr-,(nts p,hlrron. Nev pr heard that the de fendant had anything to do with the Oxford and Western line. The defendant said if the plans were prepared in time, with the aid of the Oxford and Western men, that he should divide 50/. among them, and treat them to champagne. The wine was ordered, with the consent of Mr. Grey, and it was received, and he (witness) drank part of it. Never heard that the plaintiff made any ob jection to supplying it. The defendant told the plaintiff not to put the champagne in the bill, as he should pay that himself, as he did not wish it to be s. en in the bill. The plans were incomplete, and full of errors ; they were deposited, but the Standing Orders Committee rejected them. Mr. Higgins had become a bankrupt, and had not paid him his claim in full. They had a very good dinner on the Sunday, after depositing the plans, and that was the occasion on which they were treated with the champagne.—(Laughter.) He was paid a certain sum per day by Mr. Higgins with so much for expenses—eating, drinking, travelling, &c. His engagement terminated on the 30th of November. Re-examined—The room they were shown into was the best in the house, and looked out back and front. The defendant used the room like every one else. The defendant went with the plans to the Board of Trade. Edward Knuttley, examined by Mr. Sergeant SHIA— Became a waiter at the Boar and Castle on the 29th of November, the defendant and about ten other persons dined on Sunday, the defendant occupying the chair. The defendant gave him orders, and said on one or two occasions to him that the gentlemen were to have what they required. He was led to believe that Mr. Grey was the responsible person. Brandy and water, cigars, and slippers for the young surveyors were supplied on his account.—(Roars of laughter.) Cross-examined—Was not in the habit of receiving orders from the chairman, because those who filled that position had frequently nothing to do with the dinner, except in their official capacity. He generally received orders from a wine steward. Many of them had soda. water, lemonade, and some preferred gin to brandy. A party dined on Monday after Mr. Grey left. Horatio Knight, head-waiter at the tavern at the time in _question, deposed that the defendant took the head of the table. He always understood that he was the head of the party. He generally gave him orders. The bill produced was correct, and the charges were those of the house. Cross-examined—A bar book was kept by Miss Saunders, the barmaid ; 121. 12s. was charged for the three servants, including the chambermaid. Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS—I am afraid the cham bermaid had little to do, as there was so little sleeping. Mary Knowles, the chambermaid, said the party oc cupied six or seven beds, which they used by turns; some sleeping in the day, and others in the night; when one got up another took his place, and she had to make the beds at unseasonable hours of the day and night. This was the plaintiff's case. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) that there was every reason to suppose be must have I seen his name in the advertisements referred to. This was the case for tiro plairAiitf. Dui ald 1 1Tarlane, of the Regis , :er Office, produced the registery of the, company. The first registration was in the name of Gadsden alone, but, subs( quently, the names of a number of provisional directors were regis tered ; among others that of Mr. Nicholson. The names were written all in one hand-writing, that of the secre tary he supposed. Mr. Lees was recalled, and deposed to his having been present ut the allotment of the shares, and that 100 were set apart for the defendant. It was, he believed, in pursuance of the letter received from the latter. He understood that letters were sent to all parties to whom shares were issued. Mr. Jacobs was at that time pro. tem. secretary, and it would be his business to send the letters. At this time Gadsden had ceased to be secre tary, having been dismissed. George Adam Jacobs said he was acting secretary in November last year. On the Bth of December he sent out the notices of the allotment to the applicants for shares. They were given to a clerk to be posted. The capital was fixed at 2 ,500,0001., but out of all the shares issued there was but 1501. paid up. Not one of the provisional directors had paid anything on their shares. Cross-examined —The panic had taken place before this time, but he could not say what the reasons were that caused an allotment of shares under such circum stances. Ile was not aware that the provisional board of directors were the real parties who were conducting this prosecution, in order to place all the expenses on the ge neral provisional directors. John Johnson, clerk to the company, proved the post ing of the allotment letters, and among others one to Mr. Nicholson, Tha CHAIRMAN considered the terms offered by the Eastern Counties Company were very inadequate to the value of their property, and he, therefore, b,pcd they vould follow the example of the former meeting, and re ject them unanimously. 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 7i- per cent. The same resolutions agreed to by the former proprie tors were agreed to at the present meeting, LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY. 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 were then put from the chair, and carried unanimously. CAPE OF GOOD , HOPE. We have received private advices and papers from Cape Town to the 10th of October. The items of mili tary news inserted below are interesting, though not important. Colonel Hare, the Lieutenant •Governer, had reached Cape Town, on his way to England, " his health having sunk (it is stated) under the fatigues and distractions of the frontier service." The copious rains that have fallen in the region of the Kafir frontier had restored the rivulets, supplied the tanks, increased the volume of the rivers, and brought great relief to the ve getable and animal world. We add to our extracts from the journals an official document relative to the finances of the colony. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser, Oct. 7.) The principal news of this week is that Mr. Deputy Commissary General Palmer proceeds to the frontier by the Thunderbolt. Mr. Palmer is an able and active officer, and, without ascribing blame to those at their posts in this department at Port Elizabeth, Graham's Town, or anywhere else, it h as b een f e l t that there was a blank somewhere which he is expected to fill up. The Commissariat is the real basis of military operations. Powder and ball are not more indispensable than flour and biscuit. A hungry horse is as powerless as an empty cannon. This department has been roundly ac cused of inefficiency, and there has been much suffering from hunger and cold among the " levies." But if their mouths were not shut by the form of the service, it' is affirmed by their friends that they could make out a strong case in defence, partly by dissproving innumerable state ments made to their disadvantage, partly by bringing forward difficulties which their accusers are either igno rant of or willingly overlook, and partly by showing an amount of work done for which the world would applaud them, if duly informed. For instance, the loss of so many scores of waggons laden with provisions and stores to the enemy was through no fault of their department. The obstruction on the lines of road, caused first by the enemy and then by the drought, must not be placed to their account. And if it be true, as has been publicly stated, that some 25,000 people have been, and are still, receiving rations from Government, notwithstanding dis comfiture and drought, this department cannot possibly have been so deficient as individual sufferers may be led to think, or individual censors to declare. In all wars there will be suffering on both sides, and the character of the enemy and of the country in the present contest is peculiarly fatal to the collection and transmission of stores for troops in the field. The main force of this enemy is always in your rear, or on your flanks. He yields before you as water before a vessel under sail, but he closes behind you in the same manner, and your march leaves no more solid or safe track for supplies' to follow than a ship does on the sea. In all these con siderations there is the force of truth, yet the fact that the principal officer in this branch of the service pro ceeds immediately to the frontier is universally regarded as a piece of good news. And if he had authority to take a few hundred mules with him, the news would be better still, as those ,animals are superior ,to oxen for emergencies in Kafir warfare. Connected with the Commissariat, the latest intelli gence from Waterloo Bay is not altogether unfavour able, but it by no means relieves Government from the duty of surveying the bay, or bight, or creek at the mouth of the Buffalo in the centre, as it were, of tht enemy's country, and of the future settlements and forts to be placed, as they now must be, in advance, for thi. protection of the colony. In that place Mr. John Findlay, of this town, anchored, and remained at anchor for 72 days, in 1835, and landed supplies within the rives itself, without loss or damage to a single bag or package. lie considers the anchorage good. The bottom re sembles that in Table Bay—sand above clay. He never shifted his ground all the time the vessel lay there, and on coming away be had a good pull to haul up his anchor, on the palm of which there was stiff blue clay. The lay of the lands and headlands is such that none of the stormy winds blow directly on shore. In the most dan gerous gales the ship's head can be carried seaward, and escape is easy. In northerly gales in Table Bay, and southerly winds in Algea Bay, if you part from your anchors, there is nothing but the beach for you. Mr. Findlay is of opinion that anchoring is always safer here, and landing goods practicable a greater number of days in the year than in Algoa Bay. Such statements from so ex perienced a hand as Mr. Findlay, who knows and has known for more than half a century what bays, and beaches, and bars, and winds, and surfs, and rollers are in every part of the world, but more especially on African coasts, justify, or rather demand, his Excellency's most serious attention in the present circumstances of his government. A good, or even practicable landing for supplies at this point in Kafir land, in connexion with Waterloo Bay, is equal, in a military point of view, to a force of 2,000 or 3,000 men, 500 cavalry, and thousands of draught cattle, constantly in motion ; even a much greater force th an this has not succeeded in dragging and protecting supplies from Algoa Bay to the neighbourhood of the Fish River and Buffalo mouths, in time for effective service. A coasting vessel, proceeding from Algoa Bay, may in a few days land at the Buffalo mouth—if it be such as Mr. Findlay thinks it —2OO tons of supplies, which 3,000 oxen, led and driven by some 600 men, and guarded by nobody knows how many armed men on foot or mounted, would hardly convey to head-quarters on the Fish River or Buffalo, in as many weeks, to say nothing of the compa rative expense, which would be estimated low as at pounds to shillings. Government may itself cause the Buffalo as well as Waterloo Bay to be surveyed, and experiments made of landing and shipping cargo ; or it may contract with merchants to land supplies at so much a ton, or bag, or cask, on the beach at either of those places, a sufficient force being stationed at the Buffalo or at Wa terloo Bay for protection in the mean time. It may be that landing may be possible at the one, when it is not so at the other, and where such a war as the present is protracted solely from insufficient supplies, no possibility of procuring them can be neglected without incurring blame, amounting perhaps to guilt. Besides mules and horses, if to be had, Mr. Palmer should be authorised to collect, or order to be made, some hundreds of light waggons, or carts, or frames on wheels, on which two or four of these creatures can pull along 1,000 or 1,500 pounds weight of provisions as fast as troops can march, and almost wherever troops can march. This lighter array could often act where heavy waggons with from twelve to eighteen oxen are stopped, or disabled by a few shots from the enemy, to the con fusion of a whole convoy, as at Block Drift and Trom petter's. The Kafirs are now scattered or rather dif fased everywhere, in small parties, for the purpose of procuring food for themselves, and with the design of cutting off supplies, so as to starve the poits and ad vanced portions of the army. This is their plan. In their circumstances a better could not have been de vised, though with them it is as much the result of necessity as of science. To civilised troops such a' foe is perplexing and even humiliating. They are baffled by an enemy whom they scarcely ever see, or see only as he flies from them. The parties are at pi esent hold ing each other in a state of siege or blockade, and the contest will be determined by hunger at last. Hence the incalculable value of an active and steady commissariat —a commissariat that has resources, ingenuity, inven tion, foresight. The Kafirs 'are beginning to suffer from hunger. This is a prelude to their submission, and un remitting vigilance must check their supplies. Indeed, their commissariat stores, which have hitherto been in the colony, are pretty nigh exhausted. Some more of the chiefs have surrendered at discretion, as Stock has done. The great chiefs still propose terms—but it is expected that unconditional submission will be insisted on After breaking faith and spurning friendship, they must now be made to feel without mitigation the heavy hand of a master. FINANCES OF THE COLONY. Chamber of the Legislative Council, Sept. 30, 1846. The subjoined minute and estimates of the probable revenue and expenditure for the services of the year 1847, were this day read, laid upon the table, and di rected to be published. IPM. HOPE, Clerk of the Legislative Council. MINUTE—FINANCE. Rafirland, Camp near the Fish River Mouth, Sep. 15, 1846. Fiona arable Gentlemen,—The cause which has de ferred the placing before you of the estimates of revenue and expenditure for 1847 till this unusually late period of the year, and which now prevents me from submitting them in person for your consideration, renders the framing of them more than generally difficult, and necessitates the introduction into some parts of them of considerable doubt and uncertainty. The disturbance in our social system, caused by the disruption of our peaceful relations with the neighbour ing Kafir tribes, and the ensuing war, will probably affect some sources of revenue, and particularly will lessen the amounts usually received from auction dues, land rents, transfer dues, stamps, and sales of Crown lands. I have, therefore, made an abatement in the estimated receipts. under those heads; and you will find the total revenue- available for 1847 to be 155,2351.45. 9d. It is impossible to foresee accurately what items of extra expenditure may have to be defrayed in the en suing year on account of the Kafir war; I have, there fore, omitted such charges from the estimate which I lay before you, and have calculated the ordinary expendi ture at 161,8541. 15s. 10d leaving an anticipated balance at the clos2 of 1847 of 3,380/. Bs. 11d. This surplus will, I trust, be found applicable to the payment of any unforeseen charges which may grow out of the present war. The notes which are appended to the several estimates of expenditure for the various departments of the ser vice will explain to you the increase or decrease which I propose! in the charges for the ensuing year, as com pared with those of 1846. The only points on which I need specially remark are the following:— The office of lieutenant-governor of the eastern dis tricts is still under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. I propose, therefore, to retain the item of 2,765/. in the. estimate for it, which, under altered cir cumstances, will be applicable to whatever arrangements may be me,de for the management of frontier affairs. The termination of the treaties with the bordering Kafir tribes will render unnecessary the continuance of the machinery by which they have been made effective ; but as some new charges are likely to arise in the place of those), which will never cease, I have inserted under the head or :aboriginal native tribes the item of 2,3111. 10s., which is 1,1541. 9s. less than the estimate of last year. You v6ll understand that great uncertainty attaches to this s.n the preceding item, which under our present circumstances d o no t a d m it o f accurate calculation. Unuder the judicial department you will perceive an increase of 1,000/., for the salaries of the four resident magistrates who have been appointed in the room of the late sp cial justices, at the rate of salary recommended by you:s e l v es. You, will find a new head of expenditure in the present estimates for the establishment of the British residents anavng the tribes beyond the north-east border. The , fav purl ale operation of the system, which has been there partially introduced, will, I hope, convince you of utility of this charge. For 11147 it will amount to 779/. "w ' I shall have also to ask you fur a supplementary vote for the expenses of the establishment, from its commence i talent up to the close of the present year. The only remaining item which I have to explain is, Ithat of 5,0001. for the construction of water tanks in the country districts. lam desirous that the mode of pre serving water which is practised with perfect success in other dry countries should be attempted in this colony on a considerable scale. If it succeeds here, as I have no reason to doubt, it will relieve our greatest agricul tural want. It seems desirable that the Government should take the matter in hand, and at least set an example for private enterprise. If you approve this view, you will probably concur with me in thinking, that the route through the Great Karroo country, by which droves of cattle are brought to markets, is one of the most important tracts which we can select for our experiment. Under these impressions, I submit for your consideration whether we cannot afford to devote 5,0001. of the revenue for next year to this important object. (Signed) P. MAITLAND. AB OLITION OP THE PUNISH MENT OF DEATH. A public meeting waslield last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to promote the abolition of the punishment of death. There was a numerous at tendance, the large room being filled to excess. Alder man Sidney filled the chair. Amongst those present were Rev. Dr. Mortimer, Mr. D. W , n W ee i n re t: M i ti r ..W F . r T ank hor H n : borow, Mr. J. Meredith, Mr. Vincent, Leuthall, Mr. T. A. Tagg, Mr. H. Rickman, Mr. C. Gil pin, Mr. J. W. Greene, and Mr. Joseph Marsh. The CHAIRMAN said he had had some experience of the effect of capital punishment upon the great mass of society, and he had come to the opinion, after the most mature deliberation, that the continuance of the system was not justified ; that it was unnecessary in the present state of society, as such exhibitions, instead of inculcat ing a deeper moral lesson, brutalised those who wit nessed them. He thought they were, therefore, justified in demanding its abrogation from the Legislature, or, at least, its suspension, for seven years.—(Hear, hear.) Not many years ago, from 150 to 200 offences were punishable by death, but since the extreme penalty of the law had been abolished with respect to all save the crime of murder, not only had those crimes diminished in magnitude, but in numbers. On the grounds of expediency, morality, and, above all, on the higher ground of . Christianity, they were per fectly justified in calling on the Legislature to abolish ' it. The omniscience of the law was often vaunted ; but he had the authority of Sir Fitzroy Kelly for stating that during the last few years fifteen innocent persons had been hung—how many more might have died whose innocence it might not have been in the power of man to trace ; it was impossible to tell. The commandment, " Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed," was susceptible of more meaning than the one generally received, but he could not go to the length of stating that it was wholly un justified by Scripture. Mr. D. W. WIRE eloquently dealt with the scriptural -bjections to the abolition of the punishment of death, and held that there was no authority in the Scriptures to justify such vindictive justice. Even if the Scriptures gave the power to inflict it where it was found beyond doubt that the great end of punishment—the reforms- Lion of the criminal was destroyed, and no example en forced, it was wholly unnecessary to continue it. The time was coming on when juries would shrink with re pugnance from finding men guilty of murder on ac count of the punishment. He quoted the opinion of Alderman Harmer, to show this reluctance to con vict on the part of juries, who were glad to find out any crotchet through which they might acquit him. If the punishment was exemplary, why not, to quote from Punch, bring all the charit) schools and children to behold it ?—(Cheers.) Example forsooth l it had been ascertained that out of 164 executions which had taken place, 162 of the malefactors had witnessed capital punishments. It rather stimulated than deterred. Thieves knew that murder was the only crime visited with the extreme penalty of the law, and abstained from it ; but when robbery was so punished they mur dered to screen their crimes. —(Hear.) Thousands of punishments might be adopted more severe than the punishment of death.—(Hear.) If a man were imprisoned for life—if his name and memory were blotted out—he would be living, a terrible example to others. In Tuscany and Belgium capital punish ment had been abolished with excellent effect.—(Cheers.) He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the punishment of death is opposed to the spirit of Christianity—that it does not answer its design —that its effects are demoralising—that it sometimes involves the destruction of the innocent by judicial process, and at others favours the escape of the guilty, thus foster ing the crime it was meant to suppress. The Rev. Dr. MORTIMER seconded the motion. He referred to an assertion made by Lord John Russell, that the treatment of criminals was'a problem yet to be solved—and contended that capital punishment was op posed to the true interpretation of the holy Scriptures —that it cut off a sinner in the midst of his sin —fhat it gave him no opportunity for true repentance, and was opposed to the very essence of punishment which ought to be remedial and not vindictive. As the treatment of prisoners was yet a problem, there was no reason that solitary punishment should be alone adopted. There was great reluctance in juries to find persons concerned in fatal duels guilty on account of the penalty, but if there was a minor punishment the reverse would occur. The same might be said with respect to the crime of infanticide, as nineteen out of every twenty charged with this crime are acquitted of the higher and found guilty of the minor offence. Mr. HENRY BROOKS proposed an amendment to the effect that the meeting deeply deplored and commiserated the distressed condition of the people, and considered that capital punishment ought to be abolished, but the meeting, with but one dissentient, voted the first part of the amendment irrelevant to the object for which the meeting had been called. Mr. HENRY VINCENT submitted to the meeting a petition to the Legislatu re , praying for the a b o li t i on o f capital punishm en t. lie held, in a speech replete with fervent eloquence, which was listened to and received with great applause, that the scriptures did not justify the taking away of human life—that Christ did not come to the earth to preach revenge --to strike blow tor blow, but mercy and forbearance, and it was im pious in fallible man to step in between the created and the Creator, instead of allowing the man to liv( his natural period and to meret his God, and to receiver sentence at His hands. Murderers were not terrified by the punishment which would be inflicted upon them if they were discovered and found guilty. The actuating principle was the fear of detection. He drew a vivid picture of the neglected outcast children of London., the children of the depraved and the criminal, being led by curiosity to an execution, and of being thus perrerted and brutalised, and fitted for the course of life which their parents were pursuing. There was a strong and growing feeling in favour of the abrogation of C 4 apital punishment, and the people, if they spoke out, would have their wishes complied with. Let them contio ue to agitate, and let them take Lord John Russell a t his word, and teach him how to solve the problem of cri minal.punishment. Mr. J. MILLER seconded the adoption of the pet ition, which was unanimously carried. A vote of thanks having beenpassed to the Chaiiman, whieh was suitably acknowledged, the numerous aks,sem blage separated. CAPTAIN WARNER'S LONCir RANGE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The experiments with Mr. Warner's apparatus for destroying ships or other oil jects, at a " long range," have been tried, and, as we s ex pected, terminated in their total failure. The officers selected by Government were CA Lptain Chads, C. 8., Colonel Chalmers, R.E., and ID olonel Dundas, R.A. The Master-General of the Ord n ame (the Marquis of Anglesey) gave them a spot to ti 7 the " long range," on his estate, in the island of Aug lesey. It was a valley, eight miles in length, and at the ex treme exact to bearings fire e in were that f di ur i ,fished. , n ec end there was a solitary tree ; of course thi s • cou ld not be seen from the ground where M r . vuarner but as the requested M w asr. p l a c ed , W a r 2 r was and endeavour to strike the tree, or propel :s. shell near it ; two of the officers stationed thei 1 I Ise ves at proper distances to observe the result; afte r some time bad elapsed, in Mr. Warner getting all: ready, which he kept a profound secret, not being in I. rfered with by any of the commi • ttee, the explosion to' place, but the shell fell very far short of theobject ; several other trials afterwards were made, but on r Tasion did the shell ever reach three miles. After som e time Mr. Warner admitted that he had failed in his ex periments, and the investigation finished. The foregoing is a brief statement of the result; of this much agitated question. A sum of 1,5001. had be en ad vanced by Government to Mr. Warner, to enable him to purchase the requisite materials and defray his ex:yenses, which he was to refund if the experiment failed.. Now that the Government have by this trial satisfiied the public that Mr. Warner's " long range " is an imerg z inary and impracticable scheme, and that the question : is set tled, the repayment of the 1,5002 will not be pre tsed. The official report has been made to the Master general of the Ordnance. One of the officer 3 was so satisfied that thee long range" would prover A f a il ure, that he stood under the tree during the explosi on. A CHILD LEFT IN A HAMPER AT MISS BURDETT Coms's.—Yesterday an inquest was held. before Mr. Bedford, at the Barley Mow, Mount-stree`.4 Grosvenor square, on the body of a male child, found und er t h e circumstances :—Mary Hanl(.fy, the w if e o f Burdett g Coutts's coachman, said that on Satu r d a y night she in she was 'going in by tlra couch-house gates, in Stratton-street, Piccadilly, -when she saw a hamper placed on the outside. A policeman coming by at the moment, she called his attention to it, ano he opened it. It was found to contain the body of a fine male child, wrapped up in a linen napkin., and a sheet of paper was placed on the top. It was, taken to the workhouse, but there were no marks to :lead to the discovery of the parties. Mr. Bloxham, surgeon, had opened the body, and had no doubt the child'. was born alive. On Examin ing the head, he found efeasion of the brain, which had been produced in the labour:, and was the cause of death. *Vcrdict" Died from natural causes." SUDDEN D HATA AT A RAILWAY STATI0151:0II Tuesday morning, a gentleman, named Francis, a soli citor, of Monument-yard, London, left Battings, with his daughter, to go to London, but on their arrival at the Brighton terminus, Mr. Francis, who, we and eratand, was between sixty and seventy years of age, w'is, taken suddenly ill, and before medical assistance could ?JO pro cured he was a corpse. _ • The last accounts from the department Dv i Nord speak of an almost general fall in the price of eorn.--• Par i Rarer. MEAT IVL/I.3LBETS Sotrrit ALL, DEC. 2.—We had a steady sale for prime Beasts and Sheep; but all other kinds of fat stock hung on band. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs. ROMFORD, DC. 2.—Although the supplies were not large the general demand was in a sluggish state at our quo tations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Mai Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/ each. LEWES, DEC. I.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs. A moderate supply and a dull trade. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 3, 1846, made up ;rem the Returns of Lie Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Ekgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. IdUMMI RAM AWASTY V. SHEO CIIEWIN AWASTY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court in Bengal were re sumed and concluded. The appeal arose out of a suit originally instituted in the Provincial Court of Patna by the appellant, suing in forma pauperis, for the recovery of 85,135 sicca rupees, the fourth part or share of real and personal estate, the joint and several property of the respondents, bankers in the town of Shahalead, in the presidency of Bengal, which the appellant claimed as a member of the respondents' family, which he alleged was an undivided Hindu.) family. Their LORDSHIPS, at the conclusion of the arguments to-day, gave judgment, dismissing the appeal with costs. REWAN PERSAD V. MISSITMAT RADHA BEBEE. Mr. C. BULLER opened this appeal trom the decision of the Supreme Court of Bengal, the arguments in which occupied their Lordships the whole day. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's - nn, this day, at ten o'clock. RIGBY V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This case, which stood on the paper to be spoke to on the minutes, was, upon the application of Mr. Wood, ordered to stand over to Monday. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after disposing of several short applications, proceeded to hear appeals, with which he was occupied the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) HEATH V. CHADWICK. The arguments in this ease were resumed and con cluded to-day. The case came before his Honour upon a demurrer put in by the defendant to the plaintiff's bill. His HONOUR, at the conclusion of the arguments, gave judgment, overruling the demurrer. JARROD V. MOOR. The arguments in this case occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) A RAILWAY TAVERN RILL.—BA SANT V. GREY. This was an action to recover 131/. 18s. 9d., the amount of a tavern bill. The defendant denied his lia bility beyond the sum of 20/., which he had paid into Court. Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Wills were for the plain tiff. Mr. Sergeant SnEA stated the case to the jury. He said the plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Basunt, was the landlord of the Boar and Castle Tavern, Oxford-street, and the defendant, Mr. Aden Grey, was a solicitor, and a mem ber of the firm of Messrs. Grey and Illidge, solicitors, of Great Tower-street. Mr. Grey was solicitor to the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway, which was thrown out by the Standing Orders' Committee. The action was brought to recover the sum lar g e ma party of of . 1311. 18s. fd. for refreshments of all kinds from m rks t h a e nd 26 s t u h rv o e i yors, of which he had the which were supplied to the defendant, and to a 15thof n D IsTt i e off e v : e m amn b bd e e r r . a, sskee A vde elevent rzlr p: agemen t ' to an trhouse of for the night, representing themselves thatnghnr apartmentnoNilcvoecm° I k eb atr last gh until on th e th accommo dation2th6ethp loafi or the next day as connected or employed by the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stamford Railway Company. They were received, and next day had breakfast, occupied additional rooms, and denied themselves, during the whole of their stay, none of the luxuries and comforts which the house afforded, and as if they had abundance of funds at their command. On the next day the de fendant arrived upon the scene, and brought a number of assistants —namely, surveyors and clerks—with him, and at once assumed, from' the way in which he con ducted himself, the management of the party. They occupied four of the best sitting-rooms and six bed rooms, and they breakfasted, and lunched, and dined, and had refreshments at all hours of the day and night. Twenty or thirty visitors came from time to time, who were invited to take refreshments, and the orders for all were; almost given in every instance by the defendant. The party were engaged in preparing the plans of the railway for deposit at the Board of Trade, on the me morable 30th of November. 5/. ss. a day was charged for the apartments, and 2/. 2s. a day for ser vants, and it would be shown in evidence that the whole of the charges were perfectly correct, and such as were charged in all taverns, and cconsumedb y persons who got free quarters in the way this party did. The defendant had paid 20/. into Court and would no doubt contend that he was not liable to pay more than this sum, and that the provisional comm ittee were liable and ought to pay it, of whom the plainti ff knew nothing at all. Pro visional committee men who drank none of his wine— who did not sleep in his beds. Of cour-e he did not look to the provisional committee. The defendant was a respectable man, a member of a respectable house, and a solicitor to a railway, but whe n applied to for the amount he said, " I um only the solicitor to theCom,-; pany, you must get it from the provision al committee."- He borrowed 61. from the plaintiff, and gave him a I 0 U for the amount, which was cautiously worded. It was headed " Derby, Uttoxeter, mid Stafford Rail way," and was signed " Aden Grey of the firm of Grey and Ellidge, solicitor to the railway. No doubt he in • tended that the amount of the loan should be covered by the 30/. he had paid into court ; but, no doubt, his Lord ship would tell them that if a number of parties went into a tavern and had refreshments, and if one assumed to b.e the master and manager, and ordered refreshments which were consumed by the party, that he was respon sible, and ionght to pay the cost ; that they were all equally liable, but that one person ought to be sued ; and if the defendant considered it was unfair to sue him alone, he must get rid of his sole liability by a plea of abatement, giving the names of the p ar ti es w ho were jointly liable with him, but there could be no doubt that he was the principal of the party, and was clearly liable. The following witnesses were then °ailed : Mr. George Murphy, surveyor, living in the Kent road, deposed that, in November last year, he was em ployed on the Derby, Utioxeter, and Stafford Railway, and went to the Boar and Castle on Wednesday, the 26th of November, where he was joined by the defendants on the 27th. He came with others, who were clerks and surveyors. With the exception of about ten minutes he was employed with him at the house of the plaintiff until the 30th of November, when the plans were to be de posited at the Board of Trade. The defendant was constantly there superintending the work and giving instructions. The numbers there varied from 15 to 30 during their stay. On the first day only one room was occapied, but afterwards three rooms and the coffee room were used. They slept there, and many of them worked all night, and all had re freshments both day and nigJt. Mr. Grey par took of the refreshments, and generally occupied the head of the table. If the party wanted anything they ordered it, , but the defendant had the management of the party, and sanctioned all the orders. After return ing from depositing the plans on the 30th of . November, which was :on Sunday, the defendant stated, in reply to the plaintiff, who made an application to him with re spect to his account, that it should be settled. (The bill was handed to the witness, and he said he believed it was correct, with the exception of one item, namely, Si. ss. for apartments on the first day they went, but on that day they only occupied one room.) An application was made on Sunday, the 30th, to the defendant by the plaintiff respecting the charge for servants. The plaintiff asked if he should include it in the bill, and the defendant replied in the affirmative, adding, on the plaintiff inquiring the amount he felt disposed to give, that he might charge 21. 2s. a day. By Mr. Justice Ex—No previous arrangement was made by him with the defendant to meet him at the Boar and Castle. Cross-examined by Mr. M. CHAMBERS—IIe was sent by Mr. Higgins, the engineer to the company, whose house was full, and be understood the party were sent to the Boar and Castle, to remain until they were re quired. He w(as one of the four who first went to the plaintiff's house. On seeing him he stated that they had been recommended to the house by Mr. Higgins, and told him they required one private sitting room. Took no'plans with him. The ten minutes referred to were devoted to the plans of the Oxford and Western line. On the 27th from four to six surveyors connected with that line came, but those who came first were con nected with the Uttoxeter line, and were i❑ the employ ment of Mr. Higgins. Thoe engaged on the Oxford sad Westeru reamined about QUO day ; but whilst BANK RUPTCY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvArts.) IN RE DONALD lIACLEAN, LATE ➢I.P. FOR OXFORD. Mr. LAWRENCE this day applied to his Honour for a further postponement of the hearing in the case of this bankrupt. He read a letter from Mr. Maclean, who is at present residing at Rome, accompanying a medical certificate from his physician, Dr. Carey, attested by the clergyman of the Protestant Church there, that the bankrupt's state of health would not at present allow of his returning to this country, and he (Mr. Lawrence) therefore prayed his Honour for a further pastponement for two months. Mr. JORDENSON opposed on behalf of the creditors. There was a large sum involved, not less than 70.0004, and no assets of any consequence to meet it. It was necessary, therefore, that some measures should be taken to command the attendance of the bankrupt. Mr. Commissioner EVANS did not see that any object would be gained by refusing the enlargement of the pe riod for his appearance. Mr. LAWRENCE would undertake that his friend, Mr Jordenson, would exhibit interrogatories, they would be transmitted to Mr. Maclean, and answers would be returned to them. Mr. JORDENSoN still opposed the postponement of the hearing. The creditors were most anxious to obtain possession of certain properties believed to be in the hands of the bankrupt's friends, and for this purpose the attendance of the bankrupt was necessary. Mr. CommisvionerANs thought the creditors vveie not likely to be benefited, if by refusing to enlarge the term, the bankrupt were declared a felon. He should, therefore, postpone the further hearing for two months. BOW-STREET.-(T1118 DAY.) John Clark was charged on a summons with assault ing William Jolly, under the following circumstances:— The complainant stated that the defendant had made a charge against him of stealing half a sovereign, which charge the inspector at the station-house refused to entertain, on the ground that it was not a theft, but a debt, for which a summons must be taken out. The defendant then wentaway, and he (complainant) followed in a few moments, and overtook the defendant at a short distance. The defendant, as soon as he s aw witness, ran towards him, and struck him in the face, without the slightest provocation, witness not having spoken a word, or taken any notice of the prisoner. William Morgan, who was with the complainant at the time, corroborated this statement. The defendant said, that after he had left the station, he was standing in the street talking with a friend, when the complainant and his witness came towards him, and said, in tv loud tone, "That's the d—d vagabond who said I stole his half-sovereign." At the same time he lifted his hand, and attempted to strike him (the prisoner), but he warded off the blow and struck the complainant in the face. The person mentioned by the prisoner as being with him at the time gave evidence in support of this statement. The prisoner's employer, in whose service he had been for fourteen years, gave him an excellent character, and said that he was a remarkably quiet and peace able man. Mr. JARDINE said that he suspected, even when the complainant was giving his evidence, that some such ex pression as that spoken to by the prisoner's witness was made use of. These sudden attacks were not made without some provocation, or something to excite the person at the moment, and though the complainant chose to deny it, he himself believed the witness, that the com plainant called the defendant a " vagabond." Taking this into account, and also taking into account the pri soner's previous good character (which, in all cases, had considerable weight with him), he would inflict no , penalty, but defendant must pay the costs (25.) The defendant payed the costs, and left the Court. John Orchard, a drummer in the Coldstream Guards, was charged with stealing a watch and a sovereign, the property of Captain Charles Grimstead. It appeared that, on the 26th November, the prose cutor left his gold watch and a sovereign on the table in his own room, adjoining the guard-room (to which no one but the prisoner and a corporal had access), at eight o'clock in the evening, when he went to mess. At eleven o'clock he returned and missed the watch and sovereign. Nobody but the prisoner and the captain's servant had been in the room. The prisoner was apprehended on Tuesdey last by policeman H 17, at a p u bli c -h ouse in Whitechapel. He said that he had taken the watch and sovereign, and had taken a cab to Ratcliffe-highway, where he got a man whom he knew to pawn it for 3/. The policeman, after leaving the prisoner at the station, went to the lodging of the man mentioned by the prisoner, but failed in apprehend ing him. He afterwards made inquiries at the pawn broker's, and found the watth which he now produced, and which was identified by the captain. Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoner till to-morrow week. OUTHIV A RK.-2(THIS DAY.) William Bearde, alias Donovan, a young man, with a cut over his right eye, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with entering the Dun Cow public-house, High street, with three other men, for the purpose of com mitting felony. The prisoner, who is suspected of belonging to a gang of thieves who plunder public-h )11 , ,e•;, walked into the I)un Cow that morning about half-past eight o'clock. They went into the tap-room and called for a quartcrn of rum, and while the bar-maid was serving them the prisoner took an opportunity of slipping unperceived out of the room. In about five minutes afterwards he was seen coming down stairs, and endeavoured to make a `°bolt" out o f t h e house, but was prevented. O n exa mination of th e rooms up stairs, it was discovere d t h at three coats b e l ong i ng to the landlord had been taken out of his b e d- room, and were found lying on the stair case, dropped, no doubt, by the prisoner, in h i s anx i ety to escape d e t ect i on. His three compan i ons escape d during the conf us i on of the moment. When before the magistrate the prisoner asseverated his innocence of having any felonious intention ; said that it was all spite, and that he obtained hitt living by honest means. A policeman, however, said the prisoner had been frequently in custody, and that he belonged to a gang of thieves who had succeeded in committing extensive robberies on licensed victuallers. The prisoner was committed to the House of Cor rection for three months. Ile left the bar uttering loud denunciations against the parties who had given him into custody. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Brookes was charged with violently assaulting police-constable 141 G, under the following circum stances : The policeman stated, that last night he saw the pri soner in the New-road, in company with a drunken female, whom he knocked down and brutally assaulted, and when ha (the constable) interfered for her protec tion, the prisoner struck him three times in the face, and attempted to trip him up. When he was tetken into custody he resisted violently, and it required several constables to take him to the station-house. Mr. COMBS said he would not, in the pro:sent case, inflict a fine; he would take the more effectual remedy of ordering the prisoner to find good bail to keep the peace. Not being provided with sureties, the prisoner was locked up. LYNN AND ELY RAIL'S/VA:I% A special general meeting of the proprietors of this line was held yesterday at the London Tavern, in Bishaops gate-street, for the purpose of sancti on i ng a conetiti onal agreement entered into for leasing the li ne in perpet oily to the Eastern Counties Company. Sir William l'o' aces, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the agreement was f( it 5/. per cent. upon the whole capital of the compan: r for three years from the opening of the line, and a minis num Eastern Cou saties iinously reject e d, an i d in its place a resolution lia of 61. per cent. ever after, the di v id end being al‘ ways sagreed two p r e e r s o c i e a u n t l i t o o . nnlgessdiscussiont confirming batl h thattuneaagreement the was and afterCompany.fit to, e d a authorising o i s f i n 7 g i , ... the r directors to renew the negotiation with t h e E as tern Counties Company on the ' basis of a cent. in perpetuity. Another resolution was also ag ree d to empower; ing the directors to take the ne cessary step or a ss i s t i n i ip plying to Parliament next session for Bills authorisi ng the construction by the Lynn and Ely Company of a 1 ine from Wisbeach to Spalding, and Holbeach, and fin an Ely to Bury St. Edmunds, as well as d oc k s at the p ort of King's Lynn, with a navigation or aqueduct fry mil such docks to the River Nay in Norfolk. The business relative to the raising of the sum of 118,8001., part of the 120,000/. authorised by the I ply and Huntingdon Act, by the issuing of 10,000 share .s of 9Z each, and 108,000 shares of 2l each, was postponed, and the meeting terminated. ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILW AY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this line was subsequently held in the same place, ;and for the same purpose ; Mr. Henry C. Lacey, Chai an of the goard of Directors in the Chair, EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) CROCKFORD V. LORD MAIDSTONE. This case, which was in part heard yesterday, was resumed this morning by calling Mr. Lawrance, the cellar-waiter, who deposed that the defendant had had upwards of forty dinners, and that upon every occasion he had wine with them, and a large quantity of wine was also sent to Bolton- street, by his Lordship's orders. John Hunt, who had lived eighteen or nineteen years in the employ of the plaintiff, deposed to the fact of the dinners and wine licivr i-itt to Bolton street, and also that his Lordship dii, ett d one shilling to be paid upon each occasion to the rorsun taking it. He also stated that the lady residing in Bolton-street, whose female servant took in the dinners, gave at Christmas a Christ mas-box of five shillings to the waiter. Mr. Laugh= deposed to having received from Lord Maidstone an order for six „, zen of sherry. Other witnesses were c aO. d, who gave evidehce of a similar nature, and it al that the diallers were supplied to Bolton-street e years after the peried of his Lordship taking the dinners at the club-house. The case for the plaintiff having been brought to a conclusion, Mr. JAMES addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant in a most eloquent and forcible speech, con tended that his client was not liable to pay in the present action, and that so far from deserving to experience severe regret, as intimated by his Learned Friend, he was entitled to the greatest credit for having come forward at the head of a number of young noble men to defend the present action, which was only one of a number of similar others. It was admitted by the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, that the house in question was a gaming-house. According to the rules of the club, persons who played did not pay the subscrip tion, nor was it ever intended that it should be paid ; no application had been made for the subscription during the lite time of Crockford. The jury would not be led away by the high sounding names which had yesterday been paraded before them by his Learned Friend. The splendid house which Crockford used significantly to style " bis hell," and over which might be inscribed the language of Dante, "Farewell hope to all who enter here," fitted up with all the allurreents and fascinations of elegance, was equally a gaming-house in the eye of the law, as any place which was devoid of those extra neous adornments. And if the Duke of Wellington or other noble personages should play at unlawful games in that house, he was in the eye of the law an "evil dis ' posed person," and was equally guilty with the poor wretch who, at Epsom or ut Ascot, staked his last shilling at thimble rig. Lord Maid stone had lost immense sums in that place, and it was as " false as dicers oaths" to say that he did everything there but pay, as the Learned Counsel for the;plaintiff had asserted. There could be no doubt at all that this was a common gaming -house, within the meaning of the Act. The rules of the club stated that the proprietor should find, at his own cost, a cold supper, the choicest wines, and the choicest fruits of the season, every night. Who then was to pay for this ? why it was clear that, as at the booths at Ascot or at Epsom, where the young and unsuspecting dupes were called in to take a glass of sherry for nothing, the victims of their fell de signs paid it. He would therefore leave the case to the jury, trusting to their good sense to return a verdict for the defendant, who had been already nearly ruined by his connexion with the club. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up to the jury, said, that in his opinion the house in question was not a " common gaming -house" under the meaning of the Act, there being no evidence to prove it, the only evidence going to show that several members of the club did at various -times play among themselves for a considerable amount, and that the custom existed to a most deplorable extent. The questions for the jury to consider were, first, whether they were of opinion that the plaintiff was liable ~ ,to pay his subscrip t i on o f ten guineas as his entrancelee, and ten guineas for his subscription for 1841 ; and secondly, whether the dinners and wine were sent to the house in Bolton-street, and if so, how many, and whether they were sent by his Lordship's orders. The -jury retired, and after a short consultation, re turned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. The Court was crowded to excess during the trial by a number of persons who seemed to take considerable interest in the result. Upon the jury giving in their verdict for the full amount in the above case, The LORD CHIEF BARON said that he thought it a duty to call the attention of the Counsel in the case to the very loose manner in which the verdict had been returned. The verdict was for the full amount; but for a great number of the items in the hill of demand there was not a tittle of evidence in support thereof. He would, therefore, advise the Counsel upon both sides to strike out from the amount of the verdict such articles for which no evidence had been given. The same reck lessness appeared in the jury in an undefended case yes terday, where the jury returned a verdict for the full amount, without a particle of evidence in support of the majority of the claims of the plaintiff. The proposition of his Lordship having been acceded to by both parties, the verdict was ente re d b y consent for the reduced sum of 541. 14s. 6d., exclusive of the sum paid into Court. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) LEES V. NICHOLSON-SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY. gentleman residing street, to recover 1001., being residing in Manchester-street, l u i g a m h t Nicholson, Mr . Charles rl g e o s n of debt, which, it was alleged, the defendant's proportion sur T v h ey i-s o r w , aasgaainnst actionM r. W i; Union Railway, be wholeow bill charged was 3,2501., sur veyed the line. The . ment of 1,350/. The n of the provisional direecdtotorstohfethpleaiSnotuifftl,iewrnho Coun ties a s oneU and :dr. Lush appeared for the Mr. Sergeant Byles dMr. Atherton for the defence. d w e h f i e c n h d a h n a t d pleadedb e plaintiff ; Mr. Martin an en red n u o c t e i d nd b e y bw th d e . pay the employ of Mr. Wells, George Pollit, a clerk in : having stated the case, called the M fo r ilo S w er in g g ea w nt itn ß e ir ss L e E s s the solicitor to the company, deposed to the receipt of a letter accepting from a n Mr. um N be i crhooflson, shares.accepting and a l as also one of the p rov i s i ona l dir e ctors of the company , J. B. W e ll s , th e so li c it or , g ave evidence as to the origin of the comp an y, an d th e a ppointment oa and surveyor. am r The company w as fi rs t f orme d by himself. Gadsden. Th ey were the company f or a h Several gentl emen met together at h i s o ffi ce , conducted time. o cond_u_octerde the company' s a ff a i rs, and issued a prospectus . There was no regular committee of management formed till the 2d of October. Prior to that the surveyor had been arranged with. There were eleven gentlemen present at the meeting. The provisional and management com mittees were then definitively appointed. Mr. Sheriff Chaplin being nominated chairman, and Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, Deputy-chairman. Power was agreed to fill up vacancies. Mr. Nicholson gave his assent in writing, before these proceedings, to be one of the provi sional directors. He had nothing to do with the actual engagement of Lees. That was done by Mr. Lucas, another provisional director, some days prior to the first regular meeting. Cross-examined—M r . L ees, the plaintiff, was witness's brother-in-law, as was also the solicitor who brought the action. In all there was about 250 provisional directors; out of which 100, along with Mr. Nicholson, gave their consent. About 150 paid in their shares. Joseph Lees, a sharebroker, of Manchester, deposed that the firm with which he was connected were share brckers of the company, and that he had showed Mr. Nicholson the prospectus with his name on it. The note produced, with Mr. Nicholson's name written in it, was filled up by witness, but he did not see that gentle man sign it. George Street, eh rk to Mr. Charles Barker, of Bir chen-lane, advertising agent, produced several London and provincial papers, in which the prospectus, with Mr. Nicholson's name, appeared. The secretary, Mr. Gadsden, gave the orders. Mr. Bennett, of Manchester, proved that all the prin. cipal papers of the kingdom came to the Manchester Exchange, and that Mr. Nicholson attended there, and REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. A general meeting of the Regent's Canal Company was held yesterday, 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 13,6701. 13s. lid., including 6001. ss. 4d. remaining from the last account, which, after the pay ment of the dividend proposed to-day, would leave a sum of 8191. Os. 10. to the benefit of the next half-yeah 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 4,4741. 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 purpose. 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 in 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 27,4151. 4s. 14d. 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 closed for its payment from the 19th December next to the 11th of January following. The motion having been se conded, after a short discussion, the resolution was adopted. _ _ In reply to an inquiry as to the origin of the increase of the rents from 1,600/. to 2,100/., 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 said 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 were formerly 45 tons on an average, they are now generally of 50 tons burden. The number stated in 1842 was 12,448, and last year 16,500. Since 1836, the dividends had risen from 12s. 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 proportio❑ to the number of shares held respectively by each. But there was to be no compu'sion, and the shares declined were to be offered afterwards to the public generally. The 8,000/+ to be paid to the Regent's Canal Company by the Birmingham Railway Company was contingent on the latter company getting their Act, and not on the formation of the railway. The company had obtained their Act, and the money would be due on the 6th of February next. The directors did not apprehend much opposition to the getting of their Act, and under any circumstances it was decided to keep the waterway of the canal uninjured. The meeting received this announcement with great approbation, and _ Mr. GREEN wished it to be particularly understood that he went heat t and hand with the undertaking, and trusted that if there was any one connected with the press present this would be noticed.—(Hear, hear.) A formal resolution was then passed for the next general half-yearly meeting, on Wednesday the 2d of June next, the day appointed by Act of Parliament. Thanks were voted to the chairman and committee, and the meeting was dissolved. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 2. PIDDOCK V. FITZGERALD, KART. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attor ney, to recover from the defendant, Sir John Fitzgerald, Bart., the sum of 601. 9s. 4d., due to him for professional services rendered by him on behalf 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. 9s. 4d. CROCKFORD V. LORD MAIDSTONE. This was an action brought by Sarah Frances Crock ford, 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 for 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 pg. M. Humphrey and Mr. Reeve appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the defendant. Mr. HusiPastEv, in opening the case, said that the club in question was projected in the year 1824, that it consisted of four or five, hundred persons, including some of the highest and most respected portions of the nobility. Lord Maidstone was elected a member of the club in the year 1840, the subscription money was ten guineas a year, and the entrance fee was ten guineas. A large sum was also due for dinners and wine supplied to his Lordship at the club, and also to a house in Bol ton-street, at the residence of a lady with whom his Lordship was upon the most intimate terms. With re ference to the plea of the defendant that the club was a common gaming -house, he thought that seme 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 gaming -house, and that in this said gaming house Mr. Crockford " did unlawfully cause and pro cure certain idle and evil disposed persons to congregate together and come to play." Among these idle and evil disposed‘ persons were the Dukes of Wellington, Rich mond, Buccleuch, Argyle, Cleveland, Rutland, and Lords Saltoun, Scarborough, Stuart De Rothesay, and numerous others. With reference to the payment into Court of the sum of 37/., that would 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 chilsea), and wondered how he could have been so mis led as to place upon the record such a plea as a defence for not paying for his dinners and wines. His Lordship had attended the club repeatedly, find had during his visits done everything but paid. In fact, during the whole period of his connexion with the club he had never paid a farthing for anything 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. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 2. 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 WILKINS 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 wac, that previous to the trespass com plained of, Garratt had feloniously stolen a certain writing case, and that the plaintiff well knowing its 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. Such was the justification set up on the record. The Learned Judge proceeded to sum up the evidence very minutely. From the whole evidence adduced, he left it to the jury to decide whether Wareham could have acted in the manner he bad done without a knowledge of the felonious transactions of Garratt and Maynard. 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 damages accordingly. The jury, after consulting a short time together in the box 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. The celebrated Miss Harriet Martineau, whose arrival we last week mentioned, left Malta on the 16th ult. by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ariel. Miss Martineau, during her short stay here, was visited by many persons of distinction, anxious to pay their homage at the shrine of talent.—Malta Paper. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a man, whose name is at present unknown, was found dead in Tooley street, Southwark, in a doorway apparently asleep. He was carried to St. Thomas's Hospital, where life was found to be quite extinct. DEATH OF JOHN BARNEBY, ESQ., M.P. FOR EAST W O RCESTERSHIRE. — We have to record the de cease of John Barneby, Esq., of Brockhampton, Here fordshire, M.P., who expired on the 30th ult., at his town residence in Portman-square, after a lengthened and painful illness. In 1835 Mr. Barneby first entered the House of Commons, having been elected for tie borough of Droitwitch, in Worcestershire. He was subsequently chosen to represent the eastern division of the county, the representation of which is now vacant. In his native county he was much esteemed by all parties, and was the chairman of the Herefordshire Quarter Sessions, and held the office of deputy-lieutenants a~~ ~~ ~~ to -- to tO .0. 0 . 0 ", tO , ~ , i 5 4 310 1 I - 7tr %~i