The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-11 00:00:00

THE . SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE,,iy.I.N'O, DECEMBER 1.1 1 '846 South NZANCE, DEC. 9.—Posthumous, Sydney ; New Counsel in the course of the ‘rguments, stated his opi es. YARMOUaITH ROADS. DEC. 9.—Arrd. Boulton, Newl am, nien clearly to be that the demurrer was sustainable, and to Liv Quebec for Shields ; Ajax Cheer, St. John's, for Newcastle. ought to have been allowed. The effect of his Lordship's judgment, therefore, is to Fxuta, DEC. 9.—The Hope, Jones, from Patagonia, reverse the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, niai_nerpool, ran on the Rusk bank, yesterday, and remains, and to put the plaintiff's bill, in its present shape, out 41 _ 41 _ ga good deal of water ; is discharging part of her Crew saved. of Court. , SPOTTISWOODE V. CLARK.—THE PICTORIAL ALMANAC. Mr. STUART (with whom was Mr. Moore) moved this mornieg, pursuant to notice, to discharge an order made by the Vice Chancellor of England, by which he conti nued an injunction he had granted ex parte, restraining the defendant .from publishing an almanac, called Old Moore's Pictorial Almanac, with a wrapper, which the plaintiff alleged was a piracy of one used by himself, in the publication of an almanac, which he called The Pic torial Almanac. The plaintiff, as was stated upon the application for the injunction to the Vice-Chancellor for England, is the printer of the Parliamentary Record, and the proprietor of the Pictorial Times tied Pictorial Almanac. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Hubback supported the deci sion of the Vice-Chancellor. The LORD CHANCELLOR, without hearing Mr. Stuart in reply, gave judgment, discharging the order of the Vice-Chancellor, thereby dissolving the injunction, upon the undertaking of the defendant to keep au account. The plaintiff to be at liberty, it he should be so advised, to bring an action to establish his right. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) , CO RN-EXCHANGE.-(FRIDA V.) ttahe arrivals of English Wheat fo r our market during the esent week have been good, yet the show of samples of tt . t ar ticle here was by no means ex t ens i ve . O n the whole a trade was firm, at fully Monday's quotations. There was „yood deal of inferior free Foreign Wheat sold for Irish ac zrunt, at rather more money. In Corn under lock next to 4 t i hb ig was doing. The Barley trade was steady, yet the tsters purchased with great caution. Although the sup ply Malt was not large the trade was somewhat inactive, O Ps revious currencies. ata, Beans, Pea disposed o f at unaltered quotationss, and Flour were Nlish ei th •• •• .. Forti g ; : ** ** : ... Wheat. 6,540 qrs. ARRIVALS. IBarley. 7,010 qrs. Oats Flour. 4,080 qrs. I 2,480 sks. 2,710 I and 10,010 I 1,320 brls. I 7.380 Malt. 5,370 qrs. SMITHFIELD. oft rille suPPly of beasts on sale here was, the time of year 8-cridered, very limited, and of inferior quality. Prime but te ' l ke.? moved off steadily, at fully Monday's quotations ; a all other kinds hung heavily on hand. There were in Dugto 93 Beasts, 650 Sheep, and 26 Calves from abroad. ap itl e , n g to the favourable change in the weather, a full p r i c ' e a . ge amount of b us i ness was transacte d i n Sh eep, at f u ll of i_-• small Calves moved off firmly ; other kinds , ve eal cowl } , at late rates. The Pork trade was firm, but L e , notice no improvement in value. Milch Cows were is at from 16/ to 18/ each, including their small Calf. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) • (Before the VICE•CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England beard unopposed petitions, short causes, and cause petitions to-day, none of which possessed any interest except to the parties concerned. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) SHUTTLEWORTH V. BENGOUGH. The arguments in this cause were resumed and con cluded to-day. His HONOUR considered that the plaintiff was entitled to one-seventh of theproperty in question, but he would leave the other points at issue open to future proceedings. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J K. BRUCE.) ARMSTRONG V. STOCKHOLM. The object of this bill was two-fold, viz., to rectify an error of the Master, and to enable Mr. Ellier, a solicitor of the Court. to receive certain moneys standing to the credit of the plaintiff in the cause. It appeared that the plaintiff was one of four children of a Mrs. Martha Armstrong, and as such was entitled to a moiety of her propert3 upon his attaining his ma jority. He was resident in Honduras, and it was con tended that he was not of age in 1843, in conformity with which the Master made his report. In opposition to the confirmation of that report, several certificates were ad duced, to show that the plaintiff was born in 1822. His HONOUR considered the evidence sufficient, and granted the order required. Per Sibs. to si s. d. Z. d. Bgt, 3 nferi° r Beasts .... 2 6 2 8 1.1.1„'d quality ditto. 210 3 2 p i .i'ne l arge Oxen.. 3 4 a a ntile Scots ..... .. 310 4 4 il, coarse Calv es 3 8 4 arnall ditto 4 4 4 • I;,lLuag • • 0 -'ellor Sheep Calves 18 30 . 3 8 a 10 SUPPLY AT bea sts . Sheep. B 2,670 ',4 had InEINVGATE AND a very steady trade, rink the offal. s. d, to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Southdown Wethe. 410 5 2 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs • • •• 3 8 4 4 Small Porkers ••.. 4 6 4 8 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 19 0 Lambs ••.•••.• • • 0' 0 0 0 MARKET. Calves. I Pigs. I 190 260 LEADENELAIM. at full prices. At per stone, by the Carcase. s• d. to s. d. s• d. to s. d 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior 3 6 3 8 210 3 0 middling .•3 10 4 2 3 2 3 4 prime .. •• 4 4 4 6 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.... •. •• 3 6 4 2 • 3 6 4 8 1- small .. 4 2 4 8 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. The BOROUGH HOP MAREET. Ver y _lt le for bap of the present year's growth has been aaAsince our last report, at full prices, which are Provlna on a par with those paid for pockets, thereby weu quality. i t the roduce this ear even as to oe supp o P ke te p move off slo y wly, is yet extremely previous rates are be et , %,,,alferior. . ...,. pie l arge tee . P . thte 8 .... : : . • - - 'u' v Y COUNCIL -(THIS DAY.) a 'Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat ufth-erlday for the purpos3 of proceeding with the D fti eearing of the arguments in the part-heard ; -- "h ' " The - Queen's Proctor v. The Solicitor of the ° Lancaster" from the Chancery of York. The tale th 1 ) 1441 1 ugh it presents few facts of any interest to the ureolves points of ecclesiastical law highly im- . del t to the Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster. iiititelittiyti,edwhtoether the Crown or the Duchy of Lancaster take out letters of administration to an It z t 3 : ) , Ette domiciled within the county palatine of La - 1 4ei -.3 and hence the present appeal, which is, in a gain s t" appeal by her Majesty, as Sovereign L a decision in favour of her Majesty as Duchess 1. (>11 0 ' rleaster. The facts of the case appear to be as As ti :', ,--Anne Bothwell Wignall, commonly called tf " o thwell, died at Preston, in the County Palatine itpi44neadter, in December 1840, under the age of 21, a left a nd intestate. Being of ill eg iti ma t e bi rt h, s h e *state and or n ext o f ki n , b ut di e d ent i t l e d to personal l 'iN a - m w ithin the county of the value of 3,5001. and , s 'ots u , - „ s ; Notice of th e d ecease d' s d ea th h aving b een licCrucated to th e Ch ance ll or an d C ounc il o f t h e 4,, 3 ' of Lancaster, her Majesty's warrant of the 28th 18 42, which was countersigned by the Chan grantol the duchy, was issued as usual for obtaining a o the letter s of administration of the intestate estate owe,t"u solicitor for the Duchy. In the meantime, 'tit tq e t% under the assumption that the property of the A4, r ate had all to her Majesty in right of her Crown, ~,a ie tis cj a rl, t Was issued on the 7th of April, 1842, coueter reitsh °Y three of the Lords Commissioners of' the ,",tU i ttul E r Y' for grant of letters of administration to George ' solicitor of the Treasury. In this state Of (.311 ; 3 1/r 'eedings were taken first in the Consistory the lt,? 1 Chester where the Chancellor of the Diocese,. ' 4 vo It ailces delivered an elaborate judgment in °, sr .` the Crown, which, on an appeal to the Chan -1-1,404°f,1.°1k, Was reversed, and a decision pronounced in r e ,": tue Duchy of Lancaster, and from that judgment ;"nt r a Z ilt appeal was brought. In thecourse of the argu d - Polikleral curious documents were referred to, an ""aersi th cha t rof Edward 111., of the 28th of tut 1 377 e from r which e the rights of her Majesty within the county Palatine of Lancaster Lolltie r. o by which the father of the Black Prince , h - 7 'ncaster a county Palatine, and grunted to his oole o- n - A f tiuke of that county. " That he for the terl A - ula life may have within the county of Lan ie' sta r chancery and his writs to be sealed und!r Ni ce : to be deputed for the office of the chancery, his %hes t o hold as we ll pleas o f t h e crown as all dth Dlese whatsoever touching the common law e: Ll] g ni sance thereof, and a ll manner o f execu ti on tith b his writs and his Ministers there, and all ter liberties akti and Jura regalia pertaining t . o a Count *elle; as freely and entirely as the Earl oun t o t o ? . Chester 4 41% LI °W/1 to obtain within the a g aalways the tenths, fifteenths, same county oth y er contribeur tO and subsidies Wra nted the'. and our heirs . 63' and hereafter to be granted t h e c?mmonalty of our_ realm, and tf te nths andother contributions granted and here ter t b e „ted to us by the clergy of the t 1 4 4 ,, ti1e our imposed and to be imposed upon the life Clergy by the apostolic see, and the pardon of e and limbs in case that any person of the same county, dt'eri,other person the . &Let to lose his life or limaha,mened county , also th rowe erroneously r of correcting those things which shall have been superioritye ought fo r any -done there in the Courts of our same 501 . 1, :Of our same S on or his Ministers shall have failed in justice there, also in the Courts of the same our ths B°ll The se powers and exceptions were confirmed by ) 41 of the Black P r i nce w h en h e ascen d e d the tit (dish Throne as Richard the Second, and both these llit n ers were referred to by the Queen's Advocate in tZgunients on behalf of the royal appellant, for the byM 3 of showing that the right of the Crown, whether s tiot - ,'oet . it or otherwise, to real or personal estate, i'VE Teeor included in the reservations made in Ti l lt of the Crown. t hil t : Queen's Advocate, the Solicitor-General, Mr. G. er 0 ,... 4 , and Mr. Townahend were Counsel for the af tii",,and Mr. J. Parker, Mr. Ellis (Attorney. General 114 144, 4) °eY of Lancaster, and Dr. Jenner were in of the judgment of the Chancery of York. re Run En's ADVOCATE occupied their Lordships the 6;: ie of Tuesday with his arguments on behalf of Th, ,_o• I ttts he'4ol.lcrron- GENERAL, following on the same side, ,T 4l 4, b c'a Wednesday. Anima on behalf 9f the Duchy of Lancaster, qr. hears Yesterday, and it r , 14'8, on the same side, was partly heard. ELLts resumed, and concluded his arguments %li h ‘ tTEE N ' S ADVOCATE replied. 1 4 4 1 he -osf el : v ere then o r d ere d to withdraw, and after the Ned b upwards of an hour, were called in, and in th,t°4l 4 011 v, c ase ,_,ollast that their Lordships would consider w ks ue l e they gave j u d gm ent. The question, t t 4 • b ut hed most importa n t o ne, bad been most ably further tat themauee f r° sh their Lordships require any 1 :a ould counsel, due information should be given ,Th ,RA.NCERy—(THIS Y. % ) 1(1 iL,4401:.d. Chancellor sat to day in -44, Lincoln's Inn. hisp DAY.) in the .„,,s L PINDEN U• STEVENS.—JUDGMENT. this case, w4ich °RbsIIIP gave judgment to-day ' noo n came before his Lordship on Wednesday last, 14 t, at ' appeal fro - Q It the decision of the Vice-Chancellor ,, . raised' °i 4pornited : rruli ng a demurrer put in 1r top • t° the plaintiff's bill. The principalues ques- t •Pci a lt e d a P iver by wil t i h ls o case h w e as m , a w n h ag et e h r er and r t ht e V., 4 ' L eSta te B had a right to the office, in opposieienthtoe ‘ 4 tat . el ue ,, 3 ,°f the Party beneficially interested i 1114 ti tailed 4.n g facts out of which the suit arose may h o e, 111(' 'namee 1---A gentleman residing near Iteading, 4 t , eii of toshnell, by a will, made in the year 1 18 a 9_ 14g, together his real and cop - hold estates in and near I ed an d It igether with estate Y s in the county of Middlesex, /illie.g,e al:Donut of personalty, to John Stephe i n cts d , 11/1.1143,7041e11dy, in trust to receive the rents and p ap i ly Ze rem a his widow an annuity of 1,0004, and l? j i tit t ;re. to the use of his four nieces for their lives, e tee 'under to their children. The testator gave a tikiil t h l Y 01.200/. to the laintiff, Thomas Finden, and after ll -- tht setae other P dispositions of property, the 4 7 1 --nubs, Proceeded :—" A.nd inasmuch as my estate,. ~.tt r b . e , ..4 o_ more management than I can expect or isetit,-Th'ees personally to bestow upon it; my wish and v Peer 4 1 t the hereinbefore named Thomas Finder), of ~,or "0111-street, Fitzroy -square, architect and Bur ; ' 4 fiii °I I whose 'ud ment and integrity I have grra t hey en ee b j • g :(11_ 0 he e appointed for all purposes for which , 1 ; ai l t . r -, t a y trustees or trustee, may have occasion Fetes -al", receiver or manager . of all, or any of my °g den ,h`4 Property. And in case the said Thomas . kp , -I ,ett, th - ° O 4l so desire not to act further in the said f: 4 th a "" e h it shall be lawful for my said wife's niece - 4 th -Isurvivor, to p oint some other person to act 1 1 4 : 1 P ` 4 9. 3 of the sa a id P Thomas Finden.' .4 14. Will also contained a clause that the trustees chid /),,11,:lee should be answerable for the management; igtt ° house °f the property of the testator cons h iste t d ru o s. f 'vel-is"ouses in Reading, and it appeared that a t d e either ktiltilll/41 declined to employ Finden, 4°ll a 1 em ployed or intimated an intention to em hp pl h o i y l , b ila Ara Person In this state of circumstances t k tia l tifr i s . r ight, ecl 'ill fur ft . d i n a d rat f i o o r n a o n f the Court to establish . the injunction to restrain the t b -- ,!' pt%ll„rote appointing any other person to inan pot ti t-. i'ellY of the testator. To this Lill the trustees ' , et - 4 demurrer f want of equity, and upon that t , iat te ,,,. _ . er or g on for argument before the . Vice- I he lt ite h jor e°r°ln 1 ef England, his Honour ordered it to be It (t t i f)n . lig of opinion !lit ."4 ' bei that there was an express ‘ 1 ' in the Plainest terms, of the te,ta.tor, that if 114 his d • - • - teNthe tr esire that the plaintiff should be emplo3ed ver ustees had occasion for an agent, manager, or , i„,tigh; and from this judgment the present appeal was --- `446 .. RiB Lordship to-day, after going through of ti, '4O authorities that had been referred to by was for Mr. Graham to get a large sum of money into his bands to charge a commission on it. Mr. LAWRENCE applied for a day to be appointed for a dividend, _ _ _ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The remains of the late Colonel Swale, of the Royal Marines, Commandant of the Woolwich Division, who died at his residence at. Southsea, on Saturday night last, were interred this morning with full military honours, the Gallant Colonel having died in command, in the ground of the garrison. chapel, within these walls. The remains were followe'i to the grave by nearly all the naval and military officers in commission at this port. We believe Lieutena - at- Colonel Peebles succeeds to the colonelcy, and Brev et- Major Whylock to the lieutenant-colonelcy. Colonel Peebles was second-lieutenant, and served in the boats of the Queen Charlotte in an action with Spanish. gun boats off Gibraltar • and the recapture of the hired armed cutter, the Lady Nelson, in 1799 ; was burnt out of the Quee n Ch arlotte off Leghorn in 1800 ; com manded a detachment of marines in an attack on Finale; and was present at the capture by boarding of the Prima galley at the Mole of Genoa, and also at the surrender of that city ; was wound e d i n the boats of the Caroli ne in action w ith a French zebec and armed packet, and served at the blockade of Leghorn, and in the boats at an attack upon vessels within the Mole ; was first lieutenant, and served ir, the Blanche when captured by the French frigate Topa= and consorts, 1805, and was severely wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Whylock was first lieutenant, and served in the boats of the Mercury at the capture of a convoy under the guns of the batteries of Rota; assisted in a flotilla of Spanish gun-boats in 1808 at Rovigno, at Pesaro, in the Gulf of Venice, and at Barletta, 1809; commanded a detachment of Marines at Isle Verte, 1812; and participated in numerous other services of a similar nature, particutairly at the destruction of a convoy at Civita Vecchia, in 1813. When at the head of the Marines he stormed a battery which protected the shipping ; was captain in command of a detach. ment on the coast of Syria, at the storming of Sidon, &c., 1840. A Dutch man-of-war arrived at Spithead this after noon; not having saluted, she is believed to be a store ship. By the advices we obtained by the Cyclops we are in formed Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker had changed his flag from blue to white. We believe we are correct in stating that Vice-Admiral Bouverie will not be ap pointed to relieve Sir William Parker of his charge of the squadron in the Tagus, as has been frequently re ported of late. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Vera Cruz, all well, on the I st ult. The Modeste, 18, Commander Watkins, was in the Columbia River en the 30th of July. The Fisgard, 42, Captain Dantze ; Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Gordon ; the Herald, surveying ship, Captain K e llett ; an d th e Pandora tender Com mander Wood, were in the St ra i ts of San Juan de Fuca , on the 30th of July. Admiral Seymour, in the Culling wood, was also expected at the date of our letter. The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lysaught, left to-day at neon for Plymouth, whence she will proceed to the Isl an d o f Ascension and the west coast of Africa. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, went out of harbour this afternoon, and sailed immediately for Sheerness. The Zulus, provision depot, Master -Commander J. Thomas, having completed her cargo of provisions, went out of harbour this afternoon. Lighters are being employed i n slinging " the barque Hampshire, which sank alongsid e t h e jetty yesterday. The Learned ComuissioNEß said he would not fix a day till there were funds in hand. Mr. LAWRENCE said there were funds. Mr. GRAHAM said he had only received 2701., and the costs of obtaining the injunction amounted to 911. It was ultimately arranged that a dividend and audit meeting should be held, and that a bill of costs of Messrs. Bill and Everitt, which they claimed as a lien on the 12,400/, and on securities for 6,100 L, that the bill should be paid, and the securities handed over to Mr. Graham. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) JoBBING V. BOURCHETT. The plaintiff is a baker at Kensington, and sought to recover the sum of 151. Is. 3d, tor bread supplied to the defendant and his family. The plaintiff's attorney said that the defendant for merly resided in Victoria-grove, Kensington, but during the summer be suddenly left his residence, and was not discovered until lately, when he was met with at a rail way office in Fenchurch-street, he having projected a rail way—he at the time admitted the debt, and promised to pay, but had not done so, and no one now appeared on his behalf. The jury having heard evidence to this effect, gave a verdict for the plaintiff. The only other cause tried was Haghe v. Webb for brickmaking—the question was whether they had been well made so as to entitle plaintiff to the full price. The case was totally devoid of interest. The jury were detained some time in consequence of the absence of defendant's attorney and counsel, and it was at length insisted on for the plaintiff that the case should proceed and it was opened. The defendants' counsel however soon afterwards appeared. The jury said they were fined if they did not attend, and it was too bad they should be unnecessarily detained. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER. Sergeant Wilson, late of the Grenadier G uar d s , w h o had for many years been a resident i n C anter b ury, and whose death is recorded in our obituary, often amused his friends by recounting the perils of his past career. He had been all through the Peninsular War with the Duke of Wellington, and was in the final struggle at Waterloo, where he was miraculously preserved from death by his breastplate. It was on the afternoon of the a square to receive B lBth n a that part e ti s g regiment a r f g o e r m e e f d cavalry. As they ad vanced they fired a volley, which killed his right hand man, named Swaffer (to whom he was giving a piece of tobacco), and he, Wilson, received a ball on his breastplate, and so great was the shock that he was stunned, and fell down senseless. Wh en h e came to, he found his regiment had retired, so he crept under one of the enemy's horses, which sheltered 'him from the fire of the French. Presently his regim e nt re turned to its former position, when he crawled into the square. The officer in command then told him to go to the rear, and make the best of his way to Brussels: he then started off through the forest, but so stiff from the blow of the ball, which doubled th e b reastp l ate completely up, the ball remaining in it, that lie could scarcely walk. About the middle of the night he came up with a Prussian picquet, refreshing themselves with some roasted ducks, when a scene so ludicrous oecurred, that the worthy sergeant told the writer of this notice he should have laughed heartily, but for being in such pain from the blow. He could not understand them; nor they him; and seeing him walk, supposing he was all right, asked him how the battle fared, by motions, &c.; but the sergeant had so much ammunition in his pouch that he wanted taken out, and also the knapsack off his back, before he deigned to supply any news. They not understanding his motions towards his pouch, thought he was hungry, and offered him a fine duck just roasted, but he shook his head, and they chattered away, no doubt thinking he was mad; at last, by a des perate effort, he made signs and groaned; and lifted the top of the pouch up, which they then quickly emptied, and filled their own pouches, having shot all theirs away. Wilson then managed to eat as fast as they fed him. Ho then went on to Brussels, where he arrived the following afternoon about three o'clock, when two kind ladies took him into their house, nursed, and gave bim restoratives, &c., till he recovered. He then joined his regiment at Paris, and after a few more years' service lie was discharged with a pension, and having married poor Swaffer's widow (who was in an orchard at the time of the battle, close by), he came to live at Canterbury, where his delight was to relate the above incident, and show his visitors the breastplate and ball, which he afterwards suspended over his mantel piece. It may be as well, perhaps, to relate that poor Swaffer's son, who was t h en an infant, i s now post. master in a thriving town in South Australia."—Dever Megraph. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 5111.,—1 beg leav e to ca ll your attent i on to an incor rect statement, w i t h regard to the tr i a l o f Th omas Foulkes and H enry F oulkes, of Stockwell and Wa l wort h, omnibus proprieto rs , i n your papers o f M on d a y an d Tuesday la , t, at the Surrey Sessions, liorsemonger lane, Newingt on , f or an assault committe d upon me on the 23d of J u ly l ast, the incorrect statement, o f w hi c h I have to compl a i n b e i ng this—that my brother Wil liam Henry B a ll, w h o was not near the spot, i s intro duced as th e p rosecutor, instead of John Ba ll , an d a l so the sentence up on t h e prisoners, i n continuation of the proceedings in th e preceding day's trial (Monday), is not correctly given. The sentence of the Court is this, that each of the prisoners be confined in Horsemonger-lane Gaol for fourteen days, to pay a fine of 101. each, to enter into their own sureties of 100/. each, and to find further sureties of two 50/. each, to keep the peace towards m e for tw e l ve months. Forty-eight hours' notice of bail to be given to the prosecutor. Your attention, in correcting theKeanbuoinvegitonnycoruorssv, Dec.alua valuable paper 1846 ,.wi1l oblige, Sir, your obedient servant. JOHN BALL. MADAME ANNA Blsnor.--This lady appeared for the last time in the character of Isoline, at Drury lane Theatre last evening, and her farewell was as triumphant as her debtit. She leaves London immediately, in order to fulfil her numerous provincial engagements, during the course of which she will appear in several of her most popular Italian characters. We are happy to hear, however, that our provincial friends will not be per mitted to engross entirely the attention of the prima donna, who returns to London in April for the season. ESCAPE OF A TITLED OFFENDER.—We are ap prised by the reply given to Mr. Hallett's question at the commissioners' meeting on Wednesday evening, that this matter has been brought under the notice of the Police Committee; but, independently of this very meagre in formation, we do not learn that any efficient or searching inquiry has been set on foot. Now, we beg to warn the Police Committee that this is not a matter to be played with. The public at large take a deep interest in it, and a mock investigation will only .have the effect of establishing the belief that the town authorities are unfit to have the manageraya of a police force. For the mo ment we refrain from ying more; but it may be neces sary to apply the ferret hereafter, if the present apathy and disregard of the general feeling of indignation is obstinately persisted in.—Brighton Guardian. SEIZURE OF ANOTHER ILLICIT DISTILLERY.— Messrs. Bayford and Lewins, the Excise officers, who recently made a seizure of the extenseivveeniilnligcit(dfriostmilleirny_ a house i n Lit t l e , Lambeth. Th ey near formation Windmill- st reet, the mt(i, inl - Woo srtre a ec t ee e t„i r v l e n e ar e) • road arp rto , hceey proceed, Nd s t ee e dw r d. to a c y u t knocked for admission, but received no answer. Having procured a ladder, they succeeded in effecting an en trance by the first-floor window, and on proceeding to the adjoining apartment, they found a most complete distillery, calculated for carrying on a large trade. It was fitted with a 40-gallon copper still, which had been recently worked off, as, at the time of the entrance of the officers, it was quite warm. The stock of spirits was not so great as was expected, the principal portion of the recent working having evidently been removed. A quantity of fermented wash had been prepared for the next day's operation, which was destroyed by the officers. As small l o s t p o e o r k s oonfs spirits,w ere fo i u t nd n the is possibleo that premises,this with the visit had been anticipated. A van having been procured, the whole of the contraband stock-in-trade was conveyed to the Excise warehouses in Broad street. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.-- On Thursday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Green Man, High- s tree t,2o l'opla riaotne stoker body of George William Henry, ag ed years, ter on board the steam tug Newcastle. O n ce T as h e e d boat lifted was lying the Tuesdaycitylast the vesse l was lying in the river , off t he Can al. Th e d ecease d and a female, named C atherine N eale, were go i ng on a and was they wererec ov ered , bothbut l m ng ale alo in ng to sid it e . t s h h e or v e es in se a l, he the a fisherman.—Ve r di ct, " Accidental followingth e deceased mo l r v o a i s o g car b r i i s ed bo a d l y on ,‘ g ,as wi s th ee t n he fit t ) i a d tein . g Ooffn theiTmhme e le e i weight h i t n c t a h u e s e r d i v t e h r . e boat T t o female fill , On dit, that prop osals of marria ge , on the part of Death." On by s a m n a d ll th b o oa d t e . the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, have been ac cepted with the approbation of her illustrious parents, laud.— W orces t e r Chronicle. , by a fair dangbter of the Duke and Duchess o f Suther- A paic:l Y30;660 bricks lies arrived by a verse: from Hamburgb, and another of 40,000 by the Catalina, from Antwerp, both cargoes being destined for re-ex portation.—Liverpool Advertiser. IRELAND. STATE OF THE PROVINCES.—TERRIBLE DESTITUTION. DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—There have not been since the commencement of the visitation such harrowing accounts of suffering and destitution as those received this day. The Mayo Constitution, a Conservative journal, published in Castlebar, announces nine deaths frz ,, n absolute want, and reports the inquests upon seven of the unfortunate sufferers! After the examination of medical men, the juries in all those cases returned verdicts, declaring that insufficiency of food was the cause of death. The fol lowing are abridged accounts of the inquests, from tho Irish papers:— "In the neighbourhood of Turlough a poor man named Francis Bradley died last week from starvation. The poor wretch made several unsuccessful applications to the relief committee. A poor woman named Walsh also died last week from hunger. She was feeble and unable to work. " On the 29th ult. Mr. Atkinson, coroner, held an inquest at Bellina, on the body of Hugh Daly. Verdict —Death from starvation. " On Thursday last he held another inquest on the body of Michael Walsh, at Crossmolina. Verdict— Death from famine. " On the same day he held another inquest, in the same town, on the body . of a man ramed Martin M'Gevir. After the examinination of Dr. M'Nair and several witnesses, the jury found, That the death of deceased was caused by want of sufficient food.' "On Saturday Mr. Atkinson held an inquest on the body of John Barrett, at Cloonralogh, in the locality of Killala. Several witnesses gave evidence as to the state of destitution in which the deceased was. Dr. Neilson de posed, that from his examination of the body, he had no hesitation in stating that the death of the deceased was caused by insufficiency of food. The jury re urned a verdict that the deceased died from want of food ; and they further stated that to their own knowledge destitution prevails to a frightful extent in this neighbourhood, and that unless speedy relief be given many must perish for the % ant of food. " On Sunday the same coroner held an inquest on the body of Anthony Malley, at Notish, near Crossmolina. After the examination of several witnesses, and Dr. M'Nair, the jury returned a verdict of want of food being the cause of his death, and said that destitution prevailed to an alarming extent i❑ the neighbourhood. "On the same day he held another inquest on the body of John Monnelly, at Ballymoholy. The evidence of the witnesses, and also that of Dr. lll 4 Nair, showed the destitution in which the deceased had been. It also appeared that there are seventy habitations in the village, and the population about 350, not one of whom are em ployed on the public works. " William Rutledge, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at Shangurta, on the sth inst., on the body of illichael Lally, who came by his death from starvation. After examining several witnesses, including Dr. Hamilton, of Ballinrobe, the jury found that the said Michael Lally came by his death from starvation." The Mayo Constitution also contains the following melancholy statement:— " We regret to say that disease of the most fatal description is very prevalent. Typhus fever, of a ma lignant character, rages; and also a disease—for which we know no term, but of equally fatal consequences— has made its appearance. It attacks the lips first, which fester, and then the stomach, somewhat similar to English cholera; so much so, that we have heard of a great number of persons having fallen victims to this latter disease." From other districts the accounts are quite deplorable. COUNTY TIPPERARY.—NENAGH, DEC. 9.—We con tinue to receive most heart-rending details of suffering and woe. The picture is becoming gloomier every day. The condition of the labouring population is truly alarming in every part of the country from which we hear. Where this dreadful state of things may end God alone knows. It baffles all the calculations and specula tions of man. Colonel Douglas attended a meeting o the Thurles relief committee on Saturday. That gentle. man, we learn, is in Nenagh this day (Wednesday).— Tipperary Vindicator. MEETING OF THE KILKENNY RELIEF COMMITTEE. A special meeting of the City Relief Committee, to take into consideration the measures to be adopted in consequence of the want of employment and food for the labouring classes, was held on Sunday. Various plans of relief were suggested—one was to increase the extern relief to two meals a day, or the opening of soup-houses • but it was decided that some thing was necessary to b e done to afford employment on the following morning, as the peace of the city was endangered ; and upwards of three hours were spent in considering the best course to adopt. A subscription was commenced ; several of the gentlemen present gave donations. It was then determined that 40 men should be set to work the next morning on the Cork road, 10 at the Coole, and 20 at breaking stones. The following members present also took the number of men attached to their names respectively into employ for a week, pending the result of Mr. Sullivan's application to the Baronial Committee :—Alderman Smithwick, 20 ; Al derman Potter, 20 ; Mr. Sullivan, 20 ; Sir Wheeler Cuffe, 10 ; Dean Vignoles, 10 ; Mr. Hart, 10 (besides gratuitously giving a quantity of stones for breakage) ; Mr. Carter, on his own private account, 10 ; Mr. Daniel Smithwick, 10.—Kilkenny Journal. COUNTY OF KERRY.—TRALEE, DEC. B.—The usual half weekly meeting of the relief committee was held yesterday. Several complaints were made that persons not entitled to work were employed on the public works to the execlusion of others who had a prior claim to such employment. Rev. Mr. Bowen read a list of twenty-one persons employed upon one road, some of whom were farmers, others had been seen a few days before selling potatoes, and in most instances there were three em ployed out of a family. Mr. Lynch handed in 501.. a subscription from Maurice O'Connell, Eeq., M.P., making in all 100/. subscribed by him to the funds of the relief committee of this district. Mr. Lynch stated also that Mr. O'Connell had contributed 100/. to the lighting of this tiwn. The committee again expressed their opinion, that if immediate employment were not given, the public peace could not be preserved.—Kerry Examiner. DREADFUL OUTRAGES—GOVERNMENT PRO CLAMATIONS. The Government have just issued two proclamations, offering rewards for the apprehension of the persons concerned in attacks upon officers of the Board of Works. The first proclamation states that on the sth instant William Lindesay, employed as check clerk on the new road at Pollock, parish of Croom county Limerick, was fired at, and a book offered to him, with a demand that he should:swear never again to return to the work. In this case a reward of 601. is offered. The second proclamation refers to a murderous attack on Mr. W. Hennessey, an officer of the Board of Works in Clare, and offers a reward of 1001. REPORTED MURDER OF AN OFFICER OF THE BOARD OF WORKS. The Evening Mail contains the :- " We have just heard (on what we consider com petent authority) that an overseer of the Board of Works has been most inhumanly murdered in the county of Clare. He is said to have been cut to pieces with reaping hooks." No insult was offered to the prisoner as he passed along the passage opened for him by the crowd ; but if there were no public demonstration calculated to wound him, there was also an absence of any kind sympathy tending to cheer him. A deep, a stern, a solemn, a re ligious silence was maintained by the multitude as the malefactor, attended by the two priests, dragged himself to the foot of the guillotine. At that moment the exe cutioner, attended by his two assistants, appeared upon the scaffold. He lowered the axe, tried its edge, and then greased the grooves, in which it worked up and down, with a piece of candle. The gendarmes helped the condemned one up the steps to the platform ; his face was colourless, and upon it could death impress no more hideous expression, nor throw a more ashy pallor than it already wore. His legs almost refused to per form their office ; his hands were clasped together in bitter—bitter agony of mind—but his eyeballs seemed dead and lustreless, although his brain was at that mo ment the seat of such appalling—such withering—such lightning- blasting thoughts ! Oh ! who may say what agonies were experienced by that young man during the few moments he stood upon the platform of the guillotine, while the executioner's assistants bound him to the fatal plank ? Who shall decide whether that short interval of ineffable horror were not meet expiation for even the dread crime of which he had been guilty ? Oh too dread subject for con templation, if mortal have exceeded the trust reposed in him, and flown in the face of his Maker by taking away even under the semblance and sanction of human justice, the lives of those who are created in that Maker's image !_ The dread preparations were completed ; the criminal was bound powerless to a plank, which was then lowered to a horizontal position, and shoved onward until the head of the miserable man fitted into a holipw in a block of wood, perpendicularly placed beneath the hatchet. Another block of wood, also with a semicircular hol lowing was drawn down above his neck, so that his head was now fixed in a hole resembling those of the stocks. .The priests leant forward to whisper the last consolation of man in the malefactor's ears, and all being ready, the executioner pulled a string which let the fatal axe loose. Down—down the newly• greased grooves it fell, quick as the eye can wink ; and the head was here— and the trunk was there ! And then the crowds began to a disperse, but less rapidly than they had assembled ; and one by one the spectators withdrew their heads from the windows, and the casements themselves were closed, or had their cur tains drawn down, and in an hour after the execution not a trace of that supreme act of the law was left —no, not even the blood of the criminal upon the pavement, nor a rafter of the guillotine in the market-place. DEATH OP ADMIRAL LORD AMELIUS BEAU CVRIC, G.C.B. AND G.C.H.—It is with feelings of re gret that we announce the decease of Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, one of the oldest officers in the British Navy. The melancholy event took place yes terday, the 10th, at his seat, Winchfield House, Hants, after a protracted illness. The Noble Lord was born in August, 1771, being the son of Aubrey, fifth Duke of St. Albans, and was, consequently, uncle to the present Duke. He entered the navy at a very early age, and, after a probationary service as midshipman, was ap pointed lieutenant in 1790, and was posted on the 16th of September, 1793. In 1811 he was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral ; in 1819 to that of vice -admiral, and on the 22d of July, 1830, he received his commis sion as admiral of the red. The Noble Lord, when captain of the Juno, beat off the French frigate Junon, a corvette, and brig near the Hieres Islands, 1794, and in Hotham's action, March, 1795, h e also particularly distinguished himself. I n 1796, when capt a i n o f the Dryad, he captured the French frigate Froserpine. In the Walcheren expedition he commanded the Royal Oak. He subsequently directed other operations, and a few years since had the command of the fleet in the Tagus. The deceased nobleman was honoured with the particu lar notice of the late King, to whom he was appointed principal aide-decamp. He was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, as well as of the Royal Hano verian Guelphic Order. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and member of some other scientific institutions. DEATII OF 11:0RD—SrouaT-Orilld'his venerable Nobleman, the representative of one of the oldest Ro man Catholic families in the empire, died on the 4th instant at his seat, Allerton House, Yorkshire, aged 71, after a protracted illness. The deceased Nobleman, William Stourton, Baron Stourton, of Stourton, county of Wilts, was born June 6, 1776, and succeeded to the title April 29, 1816. In 1800 he married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Weld, Esq., of Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshiro, by whom he had fourteen children. His Lordship was the elder brother of the Hon. Sir Edward Vavasour. Bart, and of the Hon. Charles Langdale, late M.P. for Knaresborough, both leading members of the Roman Catholic party. In politics the deceased was a decided reformer. The Hon. Charles Stourton, who succeeds to the title and estates, married, Attest 1, 1825, the Hon. Lucy Clifford, sixth daughter of Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, and has issue, by her, four children. THE RAJA OF SATTARA.—Last night another very numerous meeting was held in the Denmark School rooms, Islington, for the purpose of urging upon the public the claims of the deposed Raja of Sattara. J. Barber, Esq., presided; and the meeting was ad dressed by Rungo Bapojee and Mr. George Thompson. Resolutions in accordance with the statements offered were unanimously adopted. A GUILLOTINE SCENE in FRANCE; Being at Dunkirk a few years ago, I heard that a murderer was to be executed at Mount Cassel, and I re solved to witness the scene. I accordingly rose very early on the fated morning, and ordered a post chaise to take me to the town where the dreadful tragedy was about to be enacted. After a ride of about an hour and a half, through a fine district, the height of Mount Cassel developed itself in bold outline in the horizon. A number of large windmills upon the summit of the hill met my eyes; and as I advanced more nearly towards the place of destination, the beauty of the ad jacent country and the distant scenery seemed to borrow new charms. At length just as the clock of the town struck seven, the vehicle rolled along that part of the road which runs round the northern base of the t lofty aountain, and in t en m i nutes more I stopped at the Hotel d'Angleterre. This establishment is situate upon the Grand Place, or Market Place, on which an immense crowd had already assembled; and in the midst of that multitude, rose high in the air the beams and axe of the dread engine of slaughter which had been erected to wreak the vengeance of the law upon a criminal. The morning was now delightful in the extreme; but never more were the seasons and their changes to shed joy upon the soul of the doomed one; never again would it be his in this life to mark the ingress of one, or the egress of another! Spring, which is so charming, with its soft mornings, and buds, and blossoms, when ' earth has shaken off the icy hand of winter ; Summer, so pleasant with its blight evenings, and flowers, and rural scenes, and excursions; Autumn, so delicious with its golden days, each one of which we could cleave to for ever; when the fields are heavy with the yellow harvest, and the gardens hang ruddy with fruits, and the sun, shorn of his fiery beams, is succeeded at night by the harvest moon; and then Old Winter, offering his bright fire-side, with pleasant friends ur pleasant books; when, in spite of the freezing air without, the flow of soul gushes most sparkling within; so that while its chilling breath may blight all nature without, yet it is powerless upon the heart and soul of man; all these seasons, with their changes and their varied blessings, were now as no thing in respect to that wretched man whe was hover ing upon the verge of eternity ; unless, indeed, that cold winter which stands last upon otrr list, be taken as an effecting type of the other winter now about to follow—that long, cold, freezing winter in which no man can work!! The criminal, it appeared, had been convicted of a heinous offence—that of murder, accompanied by robbery, and other violence of an infamous nature in respect to a poor girl, who bad acted in the capacity of servant to th e d ecease d . T he victim of the assas sination was a small farmer residing in the neigh bourhood of Mount Cassel, upon the estate of the Count de Vaudamme ; and the perpetrator of the dreadful action was the farmer's nephew—a dissolute, wild, and incorrigible young man of only three-and twenty. He hart been arre,ted a few days after the murder, and in course of time was tried at Hazebrouck, where he was found guilty. The sentence was death. The culprit appealed unsuccessfully to the Court of Ces sation, by which tribunal the formes judgment was con firmed ; and the day of execution had now arrived. The prisoner had been transferred, on the previous evening, from the prison of Hazebrouck to that of Mount Cassel, at which latter town the execution was ordered to take place, the crime having been perpetrated in the vicinity. At quarter to eight o'clock the bell of the church began to toll. By this time the entire market-place was thronged with spectators ; and every window commanding a view of the scene was crowded with human heads. Five thousand pair of eyes seemed to have made the scaffold the focus to which all their visual rays were directed. But there was no improper conduct amongst that living ocean, which appeared as if it had come to dash its waves against the guillotine —that dead and mysterious lighthouse erected there to warn away the giddy mariner from the shoals and sunken rocks of life I There was a busy hum—a mur muring sound—like the whispering of myriads of voices ; but there were no indecent cries—no querrulous ejacu lations—no profane talk—no ribald jokes—no snatches of flash songs—no loud and boisterous laughter. The deportment of the multitudes in the market place below was as respectable and decent as that of the better classes who occupied the windows of the dwellings overlook ing it. It was now three minutes to eight, and breathless silence suddenly prevailed—like that sudden and awe inspiring lulling of the breeze upon the ocean just before the wing of the hurricane sweeps over its surface. That silence was broken by the chant of sacred hymns ; and from my window at the hotel I could now descry the funeral cavalcade slowly approaching from the farther extremity of the Grande Place. At first it seemed a dark line of persons, whose sombre uniformity was broken by the white robes of two priests ; but as the mournful procession drew gradually nearer and nearer, I could distinguish the tall and mar tial forms of the gendarmes with their drawn swords— the figures of the usher of the court which condemned the prisoner —the jailer, the commissary of police, the mayor, and other civic authorities—and amidst them all, the person of that young and luckless man for whom all this parade, ceremony, anxiety, curiosity, and assembly of multitudes had. taken place. Oh ! sa y no t th a t one life is nothing in the great chain of creation—the doom of one miserable being who had never done a good action in his life, and who had hitherto dragged on a grovelling existence unnoticed and unknown—had caused the neigl.bouring towns and villages to pour forth their crowds—had set the men of justice and the men of the sword to work, and had collected altogether in one poin on this fatal morning ! gilt tiro' The CORONER ;aid he did net be Lnd !‘t ine inquiry was adjourn Items of deceased Jiavc .tomac er .s not THE MURDER AT HITCHEN. HERTFORD, THURSDAY NIGHT.—An inquiry which was opened on Thur6.lay last by Mr. Osbaldiston, one of the coroners of the co un ty, was concluded to-day at Ilitchen, on the body o f G eorge Tomlin, aged 16, i n the employ of Lord Dacre, who died on Tuesday, the 2d instant, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, fired by a youth of the name of James Lawrence, under circum stances showing apparent deliberation. His deposition, taken before his death, was as fol lows :—I work for Lord Dacre on the Hoo Farm, in the parish of Paul Warden. On Sunday last, between two and three o'clock, I went from Lord Dacre's farm-yard into the timber-yard, which is close by, where I saw James Lawrence. He had a gun under his arm, and I supposed he was bird-keeping. He told me he had shot a hedge sparrow, and had broken its leg, and - that it was somewhere in the hedge. We looked for the spar row, but could not find it. We then walked a few yards, when I told him I must go and and attend to the pigs. He said, " Then I'll shoot you," and pointed the gun at me. I ran behind a tree, and he came peeping ro u nd it, poking the gun, and then bolted to the other side of the tree, and he again came after me, pointing the muzzle of the gun at my forehead. I then ran away, but directly I did so he shot me in the back. - I did not see what became of Lawrence, I believe he ran away, but I don't know exactly, I was so frightened. It further appeared that on Lawrence being appre hended (who, it should be observed, before the death of deceased, had been committed by the magistrates to Hertford gaol on a charge of shooting with an intent to do grievous bodily harm) he admitted that his gun had shot the deceased, but that it had gone off accidentally by his coat getting entangled with the trigger. He had never any ill-will against him ; they were always on the best of terms, and the reason he poked the gun at him was in " fun." The evidence of the medical gentleman having been taken, proving the wounds to be the cause of death,' The CORONER addressed the jury on the melancholy circumstance of the case, and the impropriety of entrust ing fire-arms to youths of the description of Lawrence, who was only 15 years of age. The jury retired, apd in a few minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Lawrence." SUSPECTED MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. At a late hour on Wednesday evening Air. W. Payne held an inquest at the Three Tuns, Redcross-steet, Bar bican, on the bod 3 of Eleanor Elizabeth Wright, aged '34 years, who died on the 3d of November last, and was buried in New Bunhill-ground, Golden-lane, and whose body was exhumed by order of the coroner, in consequence of information that deceased had been brutally ill-treated and poisoned by her husband. Aun Collett.of No. 10, Elliott's-court, Old Bailey, de posed that she was sister to the deceased, who, with her husband, a map mounter, resided at No. 11, in the same court. They had been married above seventeen years. The deceased had been ailing for the last nine months, from consumption. About twelve months since the hus band formed an improper intimacy with a married wo man named Tisdall, since which he had been in the habit of cruelly beating deceased. On one occasion, about two months since, he seized a stone pitcher and beat' her about the head, until she fainted from loss of blood. On Sunday, Nov. 1, witness waa sent for, in consequence of the husband ill-using the deceased. She had been confined to her bed for three months previous. Witness found the husband using bad language towards her.' Deceased was crying; he took up a chair and threat ened to throw it at her bead. Deceased whispered to witness to remove the knives and forks from the table, lest he should stab her; he had done so on a former occasion, and there was the scar on one of her arms; there was also a scar on her nose. He continued to abuse her, and rushing to the bed, he seized her pocket from under the pillow, and shook out the money it con tained upon the floor. Deceased told witness that her husband had that day struck her upon the head and chest. In witness's opinion she was then dying. She told witness, that in case she di e d, to see that her body was opened. On Monday she got worse, and Dr. Lynch, of Farringdon-street, was sent for, who imme diately on seeing her pronounced her case to be hope less. The husband was addicted to drink. Several other witnesses gave evidence as to the habits of the husband in beating the deceased, and that the daughter had told them her father had poisoned her mother. Ann Wright, the daughter, a girl of fifteen, was ex amined. She positively swore that he; in the habit of ill-using- h " She wished she n truth in what the Nv QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) CONSPIRACY.—THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. JAMES BUTTON AND OTHERS. This case was resumed at the sitting of the Court this morning. It was SR indictment for conspiracy, at the instance of Mr. Lewis, an extensive dyer of Oxendon street, Haymarket. The defendants are James Button, George Button. his son, Thomas Corduroy, and William Wellesford. They were all in the prosecutor's employ ment. Some of them, especially James Button, had been for a number of years. The prosecutor allowed those in his employment to dye articles for themselves and their immediate relatives free of expense. Instead of simply availing themselves of this privilege, they took advantage of it to carry on " jobbing " for their indivi dual profit, to the serious injury of the prosecutor. A considerable number of witnesses were called in support of the case for the prosecution. Some of them are at present employed iu the works of the prosecutor, and some of them had been discharged on account of the "jobbing" in question. The evidence adduced went to show that the practice had been carried on to some extent, and that "jobs" were done through the per mission of the first-named defendant, who was the foreman, and who, it was stated, must have been per fectly aware that the articles which the defendants and others in the establishment brought to dye could not belong to them or to any of their relatives. Most of the wit nesses called to prove fraud on the part of the defendants admitted that they had dyed articles at the prosecutor's works for profit, and that they had treated James Button to drink in consequence. The two Buttons,,it appeared, had carried on this kind of "jobbing" to a much greater extent than the other defendants, in consequence of the facilities which they possessed. An understanding, it appeared, subsisted between the whole of the defendants, and that all caryied on business on their own account, at the expense of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN addressed the jury on behalf of Button, and contended that the evidence adduced did net justify the charge brought against James Button. He could not, however, justify the acts of the son. There could be no doubt, notwithstanding many asser tions to the contrary, that the business of the prosecutor was conducted in a very irregular manner, and that ad vantage had been taken of this by those he employed. Nothing had been adduced to show that James Button had done more than he was permitted to do by Mr. Lewis. If George Button and the other defendants had taken advantage of the defendant, and used him as an instrument through whom they might defraud Mr. Lewis, they ought not to inflict punishment upon him, but, considering that he was an old man, and that he had been 34 years in the service of the firm, to give him the benefit of the evidence in his favour. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and ex plained the law to the jury. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CLERK V. EAGLE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a surveyor, against the defendant, who was one of the pro jector, of the London and Bury Railway, to recover the sum of 6001. for work and labour in making surveys. After considerable discussion, the matter in dispute was referred to arbitration, the main question in dispute being whether the work done was worth the amount, and ought to be recovered or not. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) TELFIIR V. HOLMER. In this case Mr. Martin and Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humphrey for the defendant. This was an action to recover the value of certain goods seized by the Sheriff of Middlesex, under an exe cution against a Mr. Smith. The plaintiff, who married Smith's daughter, claimed the goods as his property, al leging that they' had been given to his wife. On the part of the plaintiff, Mr. S. Smith was called, and examined with reference to his marriage with Mrs. Smith. He said that he was not married, and that the subject was at this time pending before another tribunal, where the whole question would be fully discussed. LORD CHIEF BARON—The matter is naw before this court, and you are bound to state your knowledge of the fact: to us. Witness—l must decline to answer any questions upon the subject. LORD CHIEF BARON—YOU must answer the question. Was there, or was there not, any marriage or ceremony of marriage between you and Mrs. Smith?—Witness (with great vehemence) - T here was a rreof ceremony. LORD CHIEF BARON--11here?-IVlthess—ln Edin burgh. vvLittiiiaesps—ClHlaEmF stßirAeßlOeNan—noNtVtletallt. part of Edinburgh ? LORD CHIEF BARON—When did it take place ? Wit ness—lt was about seven years 2go. LORD CHIEF BARON-- ho was present at the time ? Witiiess—Nobi.dy, as I know of. LORD CHIEF BARON'--Was anybody present besides you and M r . Smith? Witne:s—litere was another person e , :n y p a r n e s o e t hner t p m e t rs l on d . on't know her; and there was, I LORD CHIZT BARON—What was the naturg, of the m ? witoes,—lt was a ceremony whTch I did not consider as a marriage. LORD CHIEF BARON—What was said or done? Wit nes s—l recollect very'little about the affair. LORD CHIEF BARON—YOU must state to the jury what took place. Witness—Why, we agreed to live together, that is all. LORD CHIEF BARON —You agreed to live together as man and wife ? ittiess-- LORD CHIEF BARON —Then Th es. theo n that is a legal marriag e in Edinburgh. It i 5 in my affair is a between pi p n a io r r ti , e c s. lea l r thatsup suppose, 111 r. juggle. Martin, you will not persev ere any l d o i n r g ec eri d n ythoeur jury to Mr. MARTIN—No, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF BARON th en directed return a verdict for the defendant. BANKRUPTCY_:-(THIS DAY.) IN RE THE TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAIL- WAY COMPANY. To-day was appointed for the last examination of the bankrupts representing the company. Mr. Graham, the official assignee. applied to the Learned Commissioner for an order fur the transfer of the sum of 12,4001., standing in the names of Mess . .-s. Hill and Everitt, solicitors to the company, in the Union Com mercial Bank, should be transferred to the Bank of England. Mr. JAMES, who appeared for the directors, objected. Ile said, that Mr. Graham had obtainrd an injunctirn over the property, and it was not in the power of the Learned Commissioner to make any such order. Mr. LAWRENCE. solicitor to the assignees, considered that the functions of this Court had been superseded by the bill tiled in Chancery, unless the bankruptcy was superseded, which could be done on the creditors re ceiving 20s. in the pound. The debts were not much more than 4,0001., and the cash in hand 12,4(.0/. ; it would, therefore, save considerable expense if this was done, as the proceedings in Chancery would then drop. Mr. JAMES said that Mr. Graham, as the official as• signee, had no right to receive more than would pay the expenses and the creditors 20. i. in the pound. Mr. GRAUAI'i said. as lung as he was official assignee, he was entitled to receivr ail moneys belonging to the bankrupts. It was then urged both by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. ;James, that if Mr. Graham received more than twenty shillings in the pound, he would be placed in great diffi culty as to how to apply the surplus, as there were dif ferent equities amongst the shaieholders. Mr. LAWRENCE said this Court was not in a position to remove the money, which was at present virtually under th, jurisdieti , n of the Court or 0 - ine( ry. Mr. JAMES said Mr. Grai;ain assumed that the moneys belonged to the bankrupt, but there was no proof of that b,:ng the fact, it stood in the name of Messrs. Hill and Everitt. The Learned COM3IISSIONER ultimately held that he had no power to order the removal of the funds, or he would have done so, hut his power, under the 18th section of the Act only applied to property in the hands of the treasurer, otheets, attorney, solicitor, or agent. Mr. JAMES laid, w:1;:n th crediLors were paid in full, the injunction would be dissolved, and matters restored to their original state, lie said that the real struggle ROYAL ACADEMY. On Thursday, the 10th inst., being the twenty-eighth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, when the fol lowing distribution of premiums took place, viz.:— To Mr. Hutchinson George Smith, for the best Copy made in the Painting School, the silver medal, and the Lectures of the Professers Fuseli, Phillips, and Flax man. To Mr. Charles H. Stanley, for the next best Copy made in the Painting Schoel, the silver medal. To Mr. Thomas Herbert Maguire, for the best Draw ing from the Life, the silver medal. To Mr. Francis Browne Newman, for the best Draw ings of St. Peter's Church, Cornhill, the silver medal. To Mr. George Stewart, for the best Drawings from the Antique, the silver medal. To Mr. William Graham Dewick, for the best Model from the Antique, the silver medal _ _ Which was concluded with a short address from the Keeper to the students. The general assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Martin Archer Shee was unanimously re-elected President. COUNCIL. NEW LlST.—Thomas Webster, Patrick MacDowell, John Rogers Herbert, and Thomas Uwios, Esqrs. OLD LlST.—Charles Landseer, William Etty, Abra ham Coope r, _ and Edward Hodges Baily, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. NEW LlST.—Abraham Cooper, - Thomas Webster, John Rogers Herbert, and Patrick MacDowell, Esqrs. OLD LlST.—Edward Hodges Baily, John Prescott Knight, Charles Robert Leslie, Charles Landseer, and William Frederick Withering ton, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE SCHOOL OF PAINTING. NEW LlST.—William Mulready, Charles Rubert Les lie, Thomas Webster, and John Rogers Herbert, Esqrs. OLD Lim—Charles Lock Eastlake, Charles L%ndseer, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, and Thomas Uwins, Esqrs. AUDITORS.—WiIIiam Mulready, Esq., Sir Richard Westmacott, and Philip Hardwick, Esq. The Lectures on Architecture will not take place in the usual course, the Professor being prevented the ful. filment of this duty in the ensuing season by unavoidable circumstances. GREAT WHEAL MARTHA MINE : =A curious dis covery has been made in the mundic of this mine by analysis of an average sample, namely, the exi s t ence o f c obalt, which, with the proportion of copper and arsen i c, is likely to render this hitherto supposed to be useless substance available and valuable. The quantity of mundic at the shallow level is enormous, being from five to six feet 'Nide, of the average richness of the subjoined analysis, made by Mr. P. N. Johnson, of Hattun-garden, London: — Iron 27 Arsenic 36 Copper : •• .• Sulphur ••• ••• •• • ••• ... • 17 - Silica, &c. ACCIDENT FROM GUNPOWDER.—Yesterday fore noon an accident of a serious nature occurred to a lad, named William Heartly, whose parents reside at No. 32, Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark. He was amusing himself by making some squibs, and whilst mixing the com b u stibles in a mortar the whole contents of the vessel exploded, forcing out the windoi of the room, and causing great alarm among the neighbours. The boy was found extended on the floor in a frightfully dis figured state, his features being blackened and charred by the powder. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hos pital, where he remains under the care of the house sur geon. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) A young man, a cab-driver, whose name and number it is not at present expedient to make public, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Alderman Wilson, charged with stealing a great coat, the property of Mr J. S. Robin son, of Middleton-square, from the stable 3 of Mr. Grey, the postmaster, in Earl-street, Blackfriars. It appeared, from the evidence of the police and per sons in the employment of Mr. Gray, that the coat, which was fully identified, was stolen about three months ago from the stables in Earl-street, whet., the prisoner's brother was at the time employed. Several sets of hotness, and other portable property, disappeared about the same period, and ( ne of the men meeting the prisoner, whose brother had fallen under suspicion, and recognising the coat as one of the articles stolen, gave information, which led to his apprehension. His defence was, that, six weeks ago, he purchased the coat from a Jew, at the cab stand in Gray's Inn-lane, for 245., and that he could refer for his character to re spectable persons who had known him for years. The officers applied for a remand for a week, to give them an opportunity of finding the brother. Mr. Alderman WILSON did not think that their sus picions against the brother were proofs against the pri soner, whose statement about the purchase might be true. However, as the latter had bought in the street from a person of whom he knew nothing, and whom he could not produce, he must take the consequences of his imprudence, if he really were guilty of nothing more. But he refused to remand him longer than Monday, advising him to have a search made by his friends fur the Jew dealer of whom he said he had purchased. MARLBRO'-STREET.---(THIS DAY.) James Miller, dressed as a seaman, was charged with begging, and assaulting a licensed victualler. Alexander Blackie, 85, Dean-street, Soho, said the prisoner came into his bar,last night begging. When requested to leave the prisoner persisted in staying and begging, till the complainant, after showing him the door, put him out by force, and in doing so was struck by the prisoner several times in the face. But the one door was no sooner shut on the prisoner when he entered at the other, and complainant this time pushed him out, so that he fell down on the door-way. The prisoner, however, re entered, and as the policeman was remonstrating with him, he forced past the police man, and struck complainant again in the face. Horsford, of the Mendicity Society, said the man was a well-known vagabond and impostor. Mr. HARDWICK committed him to the House of Cor rection for one month. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) Robert Cross was placed at the bar before Mr. Com - be, on the charge of stealing a four-gallon copper measure, the property of Messrs. Charles Tanqueray and Co., distillers, of Vine-street, Bloomsbury. It agpeared that a constable of the detective force, named Haydon, met the prisoner running along Skin • ner-street, Clerkenwell, with the measure in his hand, and followed by two other persons, who were well known as bad characters. He immediately gave chase, and upon taking the prisoner into custody he told the old tale of having been employed to carry it. Three of Messrs. Tanqueray's waggons were standing opposite to. a public-house in Skinner-street, and during the tempo rary absence of the drivers in the house, the prisoner managed to extract the vessel from a large basket, in which it was placed in the waggon. The prisoner, when asked for his defence, repeated the story of having been employed by another to carry it ; and was fully committed for trial. Henry Venables, a young man, in the employment of Mr. H. Dunningham, grocer, of No. 9, Seymour street, Euston-square, was harged with stealing a basket and a quantity of tea, the property of his master, and also with having received various moneys on his account, which he had applied to his own use. The prosecutor stated that a quantity of tea having been exchanged by order of a customer, the prisoner appropriated that which had been sent back to his own use. He (Dunningham) had since ascertained that the prisoner had received money from various customers for which he had tailed to account. The parties who had paid the money to the prisoner on account of his master not being in attendance, the further hearing was adjMurned. SINGULAR DELUSION.—The following remarkable instance of delusion is related in a letter from Nogent le-Rotrou (Rum et-Loire): ---" The widow of a wealthy farmer near this place had a daughter, for whom she h a d great affection, and wh o wou ld easily have obtained a rich husband, for she is very pretty and will have a good fortune, but she had fallen in love with a young man of the place, without fortune; and as she did not dare to avow her attachment to her mother, she gave way to melancholy. The mother, convinced that some secret grief was preying on her daughter's mind, en deavoured to ascertain the cause, and at length it was avowed. Anxious for her daughter's recovery, the mo ther consented to the union, and the lovers were mar ried. The young man went to reside with his mother in-law, made an excellent husband, and succeeded in obtaining the mother's good graces. This went on for several months, when a fire occurred, and as it was supposed to be wilful, an investigation took place, which ended in the arrest of a young man of bad character. The day after the arrest an acquaintance of the prisoner's called on the mayor, to reveal the following extraordinary secret, which had been confided to him:— The prisoner had, he said, told him a few days before his arrest that he had been offered 1 OGO francs by the widow above spoken of if he would murder her son-in. law. He had consented, on condition of the money being paid beforehand, but this she had refused, and therefore the affair a as, for the moment, broken off. The widow was sent for by the mayor, and interrogated. She con fessed the truth of the charge, and when asked whether she had any reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct of her son-in law, she said no, but that his good conduct and the happiness of her daughter were the effect of sorcery, and therefore she could not suffer him to exist. He possessed, she said, the secret of preparing three powders, which enabled him to make all persons happy in spite of themselves. This, the il' parish.his,she Thesaid,had en h ris een h r e e i v n e g al a e n d to her by the cure of enlightened man, the mayor di t question to him onthe subject, but, regard ing to put any didnotthink it necessary the woman as insane, adviser!, the sou-in-law to k eep a strict watch over her actions. n n r r o d t sT h . e — G T l e h n e e largest g nr portion belonging who have received two years' to her, were Em men n LO w R h E o S ar E e o x n PE b London and suburbs, it a good opportunity of getting rid parishes thinking of T th il e d" d poor by such means ; and the serious allowance money paupers , tro m f t r h t e h e v a p r n i e o p u o s se p parishes s e h m e g t r h a r ti o n u g g , h throughout of their able-bodied re case of the confiscation of the vessel, question arises, tunf consentor t unfortunate a:oe receive peop l e, them m i t °t' is supposed the parishess again, but will leave them to into the union house u h the country.—Post. starve, beg, or steal through HONOURABLE ACaUITTAL OF COURT-MARTIAL. ARTILLERY. —This gallant what is to be theinfate willt esne ROYAL LIEUTENANT SMITH, officer (2d), Ist battalion Royal Artiller y (recently em barkeds tried by a general court martial in D u bli n ga rrison, 111ajn r -General Nlonro pro secutor, for condu c t unbecoming t h e character, &c., in a Jew bill dis counter named Go rer , h as , alter a most patient investi for Bermuda) who wa preferr e d aga i nst h i m. gation, b een most h onoura bl y acqu itted of the charge GENERAL A NNUITY E NDOWMENT A SS OCIATION: Yesterday the 17th annual meeting of this association was held at the London Tavern, and was very nume rously attended. The chair was taken by G. P. Parkin , Esq. Mr. H ew it t , t h e secretary, read the report of the directors, which was of a gratifying nature, except only that a fraud to the extent of 1,5411. 13s. I Id. had been committed by a clerk lately in the employ of the associa tion, but of this amount 500/. had been recovered from the sureties. During the year, 58 members, holding 124 bo erbeing Annuities, cnagpia capital 7 rtth h ae t s t ,3 d :)dt hu joined rh h September) during; th e e u)s,se( last,a)eri. o t w i t °n , was 202,4431. 12,5891. 10s amount 41305. : 62di.. after the payment of 8,0311. 3s. 2d. The amount for distribution this 3 ear would produce the sum of 171. ss. 2d. for every annuitant on the civil fund, and 81. 148. 3d. on the military and nautical fund, which, being under the minimum recommended by the actuaries, the sum of 1(1. 10s. would be paid to each annuitant. The interest derivable from the invested capital would be found very nearly sufficient to psy all the annuities of the past year. Twcrity-seven members on the civil fund and four on the military and nautical fund had died during the past year. The report was adopted. Mr. Wray and Captain Warren were elected directors, and a vote of thanks being passed to the chairman and direc tors, the meeting adjourned. At the MiadlesLx Sessions on Thursday, a number of iiiilietruents against indi inn s, most of whom were either Italian or French, fur kefli,g disorderly howes at the West-end, were heard, and the parties allowed to stand upon their own recognisances, on consideration of their abating the nuisances. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. Yesterday a special general meeting of the friends and supporters of this intended charity was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purposes of general business, and to consider the rules for defining and regulating the future government of the institution. Thomas Roberts, Esq., was called to the chair, who briefly urged the importance of the scciety upon the attention and support of all commercial men. Mr. RIIMSEY then proposed a motion for an adjourn ment until a future day, in consequence of the limited number of gentlemen being present. as he considered the proposed rules, to be submitted to the meeting for approval, ought not to be hastily passed over, and that if it were adjourned a number of commercial men, who were at present out of town, would have an opportunity of expressing their opinions as to the efficiency of the proposed rules for the future management of the insti tution. A long discussion ensued, when Mr. Ramsey's motion was negatived by a majority of 10 to 2. The rules were then read seriatim by the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Lawrence, and, after some discussion, in %; bleb Messrs. Rumsey, liardcastle, Jones, Orr, Lau rence, &c., took part, were adopted. It was resolved that the institution be entitled " The Commercial Travellers' Schools for Orphans and Neces sitous Children," and that its design was the clothing, maintenance, and education of the destitute orphans of deceased, and the children of necessitous, commercial travellers of the United Kingdom, from the age of seven years to the age of fourteen years, and to be open to the children of every religious denomination. The donations already received amount to 6,0261. 1 Is. ; annual subscribers of two guineas each, 23/. 2s. ;_ of five guineas, 15/. 15s. _;of ten guineas, 31/. ; an d of 1/. Is., 2201. 10s. ; being 2981. per annum, making a total of 6,3171. Bs. The Mercantile Life Assurance Company will also contribute 1001 per annum in support of the funds. The rules and regulations having been adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman, who acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE SHOW. This exhibition was yesterday again densely crowded with spectators. Even before nine o'clock a large num ber of visitors had been admitted, and as the day ad. vanced, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather which prevailed, the spectators increased to such an extent that, at any period after the illumination of the exhibi tion, to make the circuit of the yard was a work of the greatest difficulty. Although thus popular with the masses, the exhibition has not, as yet, been honoured with the presence of many aristocratic visitors. The Duke of Cambridge, who generally pays an early visit to the yard, has not yet done so this year ; and it is even, stated that, although the Prince Consort has been so marvellously successful in obtaining prizes on the present occasion, his Royal Highness will not bet able to honour the show with a visit. The Duke of Richmond, Lord Portman, and other members of the club, were present in the yard again yesterday. The sale of stock was even more dull than on the previous day. This is partly accounted for by the unusual quantity of cattle sent in for competition, and partly by the unfavourable weather. The demand is expected to be more brisk to-day. The only sales made yesterday, of animals which have obtained prizes or commendation, were the following : In Class VII., his Royal Highness Prince Albert's 2 years and 11 months old Highland stot and Durham heifer, bred by Mr. Milnes, of Downham, Norfolk, was purchased - by Mr. T. Cowell, of Brook,street, Hyde op xa Hyde park-gardens. ghcia which r an d s e so n vb s t . 1 4y , ea w r a s s p ol u d rc H ha ig sed hlan by d l ain M e obtained ih j e a p n riz l e 6b's 01 of Mr. Clayton, of Great Marlborough. purchased In Class Mr. W. Trindee* 3 years and 10 months old short•horned heifer, bred by Mr. George Ewer, of Earlington, Gloucestershire, which obtained the first prize of 201., and a silver medal to the breeder, was bought by Mr. Collingwood, of Abingdon ; Sir Geo. Phillips's 5 years and 7. inoLths old improved short horned cow, bred by himself, which obtained the second prize of 10/., was sold to Mr. Smith, of Lower Marsh, Lambeth. In Class IX., Mr. John. oo s B th' 9 years and 10 months old short-horned cow, bred by himself, which obtained the first prize of o with a gold medal as the best cow, and a silver medal to the breeder, was purchased by Mr. Lawrence, of Rugby. This animal has had live calves. Mr. John Hail s 12 years and 4 mouths old short-Eorned cow, bred by the late Earl Spencer, which obtained the second prize of 51., was bought by Mr. Righton, of Read ing. "'his animal has had eight calves. In Extra Stock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert's Highland stot and Durham heifer, bred by Mr. Manes, of Downham, Norfolk, which obtained a silver medal in this division, was purchased by Mr. King, of Brighton. Very few sheep or pigs were sold yesterday. ^ • The committee meeting of the_ club was held this morning at the Bazaar; and in the evening the members will dine together at the Freen Tavern INTERCOURSE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND BELGIUM. —During the la't month 625 passengers were landed at Ostend from England, in 44 passages of the various steam-boats, viz.:—from London, in tea passages, 135 passengers ; from Ramsgate, in nine passages, 88 ; by the Belgian mail-boat from Dover, in nine passages, 164; and by the English mail-boat from Dover, in sixteen passages, 238. During the same month the departures from Ostend for England were 900, i n 43 Passages, viz.: —to London, in nine passag es , 2 55 ; to Ramsgate, in nine passages, 131 ; by the Belgian mail to Dover, in nine passages, 224 ; and by the English mail.boat to Dover, in seventeen passages, 290. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. —We are sorry to hear that the Duke of Cambridge has been obliged; from indisposition, to defer his intended visit to Petworth House. We believe that his Royal Highness's physician has stated the necessity for his Royal Highness to give up shooting this season, in consequence of the = extreme weakness in the hand rom gent.--Brighton Gazette. Op ' I I