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heavily supplied with Beasts, the i t,generalf a quality ,rs . • PlCanc firs'-r9te. ,Q;•i XO 4l :Il other kiii(l.;. 2. Was iti kt .7 B of Sheep were not large, yet the Mutton trade ri„,„l4434l:B2ocshueneapl,tered currencies. There were on sa e 1 and 1 Calf from abroad. Calves were in r,,7 au Ply and heavy demand, et late rates. The Pork R e's was tolerably stekdy, at our quotations. Mulch Cows t ot dull, at from 161 to 181 each, including their small Per Blbs. to si 1,.. 1" Mer L . tt l. d. to R. e. s„,—eci 13 ,, e-- 4 •• • • S. d. 3 s . 8 1. Second quality auto 4 2 4 4 1 ,.. , t5e a t r l 'utY ditto. 3 8 310 Coarse - !oarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 if . 's s e r Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Southdown \Vett!, 410 5 2 P.Tt co ta "•• • • 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool ilk, Use Calves 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs ...... 3 8 4 4 luilkklilall ditW .. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers •• •.4 6 4 8 ' 4l ol' a ll n e s •• 12 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 -- P ,•3 10 4 0 Lambs •••••. . . . . 0 0 0 0 fleas SUPPLY SUPPLY AT MARKET. . 147 6 • I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 3,963 I 190 250 Tile 4rlt tlr GATE AND LEADENH amt.. general demand was very steady, at fully prices. At per ston e , by the Carcase. \ l'it 'irreti or. s. d. to s. d. s. d. t7s. d teldn: ..... 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior •. 3 6 3 8 Dri t ir‘ •3 0 3 2 middling ••3 10 4 2 t Mt ' 4.10 •• 3 2 3 4 , prime ••.. 4 4 4 6 ell . . e small .• 3 6 3 8 j Pork, large ••••• • • • 3 6 4 2 ............36 4 8 1— sm 311 ........ 4 2 4 8 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. h ' lllst e :,. B OROUGH HOP MARKET. I, N, the ' 3 very little business doing .here in any kind of li!thilim ;IP* of which is large, and previous rates are tttld ,se ll _ it YsupportEd.—Sussex pockets, 31 12s to 4110 s ; illiet,lient pockets, 4/ to 41 12s; Mid and East Kent th;L" 8 s to 6/ 6s; Mid Kent bags, 4/ to 4/ 183; East - -p, 4/ 43 to 51 17s. ...-- C - Ink the offal. Th e R ANCERy —( THIS DAY.) hitsßD CHANCELLOR disposed of several unop ede a le petitions to-day, and then proceeded to PPea . 1 ,-91 4 IN T ES XATTER OF TAYLOR, A LUNATIC. etv7 o c ame before his Lordship upon the petition O e 4 a l „ ti,„° lB of the lunatic, who died last Monday, pe,„ ti ed - " tr io) * might be at liberty to open a box, 1 0 1 containing the will of the lunatic, for . the e tl iretti n rea ding it, to ascertain whether it contained to VOigho 3 With respect to his funeral, and also that be i„ h e at liberty to take it to a proctor, in order kti i 47; proved in Doctors' Commons. r h , abst aP made the order as prayed. t teil t ; Nrth TRAILL V. BULL. er arguments in this part-heard application, 3 Lordship the remainder of the morning. ' b t, 8e DAY.) 1 ,-,4 4 4 - -e the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ' 4l. °D clil e . (110 the Vice-Chancellor of England took _ and tt -I tosa a i t zse petitions, short causes, petitions, hi 1) 4 'ea% . DRAY V. LAYCOCK. ; .°Xt. t .„,_ °acne before the Court, upon the petition ... of 55,,, - •aer o e who died at Lea- Ih i r el, bo . : a wealthy gentleman haa'' l e th e for a reference to the Master to inquire It te4 u - , s e e a ti. of 5001, or what other sum ought to be b,,',' sph._" ra expenses. 44t' I leit t r i7 4r ed that the testator died at Leamington, itny _ i lled at York, and that the undertaker, with ttke,"rders from the executor, had incurred great lo' Nor 411(1 ae tin fill for upwards of 500/. l'e jin f.egent ' the '' n - p - e a titio i n was to justify the executor ;the Al° argil a sum for funeral expenses. li o 7tha teXil CHANCELLOR, in directing the reference, til t t he it t Lord Hardwick had ordered on one occa hoattrYinent of 6001. for funeral expenses, although (4er f the deceased was insolvent. tt. otre "V ice - Chancellor Sir J. Wicaam.) b ri ll tto, awes V. BETTS.—JUD9MEI7. to - day. ( ki t n ,' cin delivered judgment in this cau s e 1 det:ldreeng through all the facts of the case, which . NI 7.iti 1 - „Y aPpeared in this journal, said that the evi- t tt zt l 4 lli, eu - PPort of the plaintiff's case had not been d a e Qihi 4 1t QY the statements in the answer, and the - iebil entirely failed in proving certain facts . which in eet of and by which alone the direct evidence t o ' l 4lly at the bill could be rebutted. He had looked tilo i te4 ed hts . -.. tiihßtgreeraent, which contained a series of to - ..e was of opinion that the plaintiff was t Ott b t the S p ec i fic performance of the contract. . I t ta„ 4 eald ref etred to the Master, before whom the plain hott:this Iltablish his title • and when he should have t to ' h es 'X would then be ' entitled to so much of the VI Pe t r i' ' incurred by the resistance of the defendant aseec)tinatice of the contract. He would make 4 111 e i ,,„ 481, Er V FRAMPTON —JUDGMENT. 5211°14'0174 delivered judgment in this cause to• 4:i, to aCtetaber, 1832, the testator, Mr. Frampton, rin rty.C2' plaintiff a lease of certain lands fora property 0,. hot 4 0 i7 Years. These lands were the twa 1 1 th e i ~. to 1n s• (the testator), and as such 1 li llt r ,.. - ' e Stltto r 6 "ln die t a lease for more . than twenty-one years. s thit ubm.. "tee, t h e a u, and the plaintiff filed a bill to compel kk' r re -41 ttb eltrendant to the fulfilment of the spec r ifi e c . osigtttbe%4"l4;ont;anct, and the matter was t h proposed that the defenda th n e tr tha at the Letella'nitv binding himself to rene t tlir A t 'rla tb,,,7„0 twenty-one years till the expir w ation dab( declined in the original lease. However,___ ka t o I"eclined to enter into this covenant, which t0t:44%4314n strange, as it was by no means disad t,4Pel the io hitt!. The question was, whether he could 'lrolittat, vtrUstee to enter into anything but a legal tile .r w , he vim f opinion he could not, and he r- ' ° re Make no e special order about it. •Cik,..„,. ....-....._..--..--- Ay.) '-;II EQUER.—(THIS D „ IV 1 • 13 k r ,.... ds eil. -..e V. nEAGIN.—BREACH OF PROMI SE. 'gri.4itil of 'e W M tried before the Lord . Chief Baron on nil. '' Fe bruary last, but a new trial bad been since 11, *I t lir t 0 Maori and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff ; itt he ikki3 tira i another Learned Gentleman appeared 1` clef the he e %dant. s t elia, °4 nsel for the defendant, however, retired from Ni:Att:' Under the following circumstances . Otti o ° ening that Learned Gentleman made an ap , ti t ke o, have the trial postponed, on the ground of l'h anidivits 14 4 . e L3 an 6 S .D. l t t .. toeert wt it h .i i,, ,n ll o.l ,: i i iso l: ie A st n lio o an N t siafidthheehad p . eru . sed . defendant - should at- Z i c tra y b e twin the part of his deten t c h e e , n3 i; ..... 1 ,. g.ie au insane person. _ __ lstLell:erc'egeittiZllll;,: My Lo d I must most respeutrull, Vugin g a ease, allnrdotest r , against any Learned . Judge r 1/44011,,1tniZ who are th prejudicing the minds o . .1. summoned y t pre t j r the cause. It is owli ii. ,P3' beat sotne of the jury o are in court, as on l ! , 01 ! to your Lordship, about an hour since, your L).' eiht had refused to say' whether you would take 0. 44 cause, and the present was the next upoi! the It tli.,9r what has dropped from your Lordship, I %C . ' i t Will be impossible to get a fair trial. II r • . pr,4 th e sation then dropped. 1L,44,-case being called on this morning, t icht, b."`AntraN said that, after what had passed last thoitti`nlhould not wish the cause to be tried during h l i eh e Lo g. p i i m to:: 'MP BARON denied having said anything t tr eta rto _,!ht al l operate upon the minds of the jury. 40 uiseussion then ensued, which ended in 1: `ltu G . vv traN withdrawing from the cause. t l , Th e 4TBo l4 then opened the case of the plain leaset, Present was an action brought to reoover hlblrea,.. lll in damages for a breach of promise )T4Tki l or tilde to the plaintiff. The defendant had chb. tit la dy that he never promised , and secondly, that the ts. ,I,hhad herself exonerated him from his engage a case in which the jury would ree ,tll'liellal_ideirtabwlaesdamages ought to be awarded. t.spilrr:t witness called was 4, or th e tt°n, examined by Mr. PRENTICE—Was a m em- Vk l ,ki th e ~Qtock Exchange. Had known Miss Goldicutt t t th e la: 1 844 ; she was a governess in my family. 1 4,,viits ir:liedant, he was formerly a clerk of mine; C I -' '''r f a busi %ttbe the . our or five years. He commenced . It 26 Stock Exchange for himself in 1842. He is ea 2 0 Y e ars of age. The age of Miss Goldicutt is t`htt, 411 ; 4 srhe was a person of considerable accomplish ill % tzier,reat ber agreeable manners she was treated 41,,,,,eitaheth-liahiearbitof the family. The defendant was of visiting the house. I ob ci t l i t iel. N\Lrhan attachment had sprung up between the • h0 1 , e4 um, When upon the Stock Exchange, the defendant IrPris trn Ole, and said to me that no doubt I was 4 e at th 1 4 4, Th foci e frequency of his visits latterly to his ~t /N t llt Y011n 6 a1.,, was, that he had formed an attachmei!t 44 4 , -1 ° be lii d zY, and should feel it his greatest h . appt : Ipi'd to the 4 with her. Upon that, he was intro tut• ' tern • (Th e • t s of be Miss Goldicutt's family as her he 111. intro -4e wit.nesti then gave a detailed account of t l ot mutual which had taken place, and which ended ',l 10, 0 , fte cePtanc,. e of the defendant as suitor by the Ili,,kti be'' and his pledging himself to marry her as tltip.74atti.,_llo.,_ssibly coutd. The defendant took a house re ed t jull, which unfinishedwas e ) tt at the time, and h house completed by the e , f 4u fie tzs o t7n to g the r rnt was to commence from the Ist ' llt t i lltt nlger. The defendant some time after cotn tillt - that ~ he had been led into it," and wished to khl'(l4erlfroni his engagements; aral upon the last ocea. "4 lef t " i s visiting the plaintiff he rose from the table, 1)4 i s erson t t , l 4p t, room without shaking hands with any p I4LY at, 1 411 said to Miss Goldicutt, "If you have i mi 4-4 you had better send it to-morrow by Mr. tli , pton.Se %lithe, • Be.. was afterwards waited higes* Pl.aintiff, sand in the presence of witness . and C Ile; I L I " that he did not intend to fulfil his promise to m k j; t itit, s t er, but at the same time he added ke that it was !etillteti'll:lecluence of any impropriety had seen in 4, % e„.,` e r s conduct. He spoke to him on the subject .. ` 4 O -Penses incurred, and he replied, " What . is it 8 tleY you tikki. the row it Want, then?" k ~gled. CHIEF BARON—The defendant is now teZTer, f.‘, do not think he ever saw the plaintiff's Ni,Aut ~:"_,Pun the former trial the counsel for the de n'lltift44 that his client was ready to marry the P 4) tale a , -.ol dieutt was formerly captain in the Rifle 4 ;4 *I. necollect d what took place during the inter k.itilheiiiie,l7 deposed to by the former witness. He leiri°,4 °fVon the defendant to demand some expla tr alt o 'l3 conduct up on that occasion. Defendant tad l4 th at at he certainly would not marry his daughter. ilo h , 4 sea b °ceasion witness felt considerably annoyed, 'all ,`"Y !Aron language to him, such as no gen attNe Zollki raistakg. l ie : 4 2 b p /tn Cutts' BA —Was your language such " I • ' ° "kc a Witness Certainly not, my ' 5l / 1 / 1 kr. e l w k t let t o ATsoll—l ac cuse d hi m o f hi s per fidi ous s. w rnar daughter. ~ 6e0,78 ' X— hat I believe would amount to a th, - trtli,,,,n L tne Rifles. Witness—lt would. Offai e `" °Y Mr. Warrsoti—l told the defendant that f '3' th m Mird n os th e I, o not end there. 4 ° purp ose CHIEF Banort—My daughter's outlay ta. e ves at t - I'se of the marriage was between 601. and 701. 1411% tielYitn es ses were t h en called tO prove the order il t l ioo. "dalll to finish and furnish the house in Ike 1°1,044 fs,_ 441 ). ~,, lE r BARON, i n summing up, od that °llld e ndeavour to do their duty between THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1846. the parties, notwthsfand:ng the absence of evidence for thy , thp ;earned GentlPman who was re t,, jury I.cLi:'ed, and .-hur;; turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 4001. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY) IN RE NORRIS-BUILDING SPECULATIONS. This bankrupt, Who had carried on business in Great College-street, Camden-town, as a builder, came up to pass his last examination. The Solicitor to the assignees said that the accounts rendered were very unsat!sfacory, as there was not a single date throughout the whole, and t-ey had only been filed at the la t hour; the assignees, were, there fore, desirous of fully inquiring into the state of the bankrupt's affairs. He had contracted debts to the amount of 5,0001. in two years, and without having a shilling for his creditors he had sued out the fiat in bankruptcy. The bankrupt's Solicitor contended, that the ac counts having been filed in due time, the assignees ought to have been prepared. The Solicitor to t.ne assignees said it had been impos sible for them to ascertain the correctness of the ac counts. He said that two creditors had seized the whole of the property, and one had taken forcible possession with the aid of the police, and held in oppoLition to the authority of this Court. His ilorrourt said the assignees were entitled to fur ther time, and, under the circumstances, he should ad journ the examination sine die, giving the bankrupt leave to come up at his own expense on giving notice to the assignees. SECONDARIES'.---(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) WARD V. HUNTER. The plaintiff in this action is a brick and tile merchant at Honduras Wharf, Bankside, and the defendant is a carpenter. The action was brought to recover the sum of 81. 65., for bricks sold. The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted beyond 71. 103., which he had _tendered, and imw paid into court. The case lasted all the morning, but the simple ques tion was as to the quality of the bricks, which were charged as the best, which the defendant denied, but went to plaintiff and offered to " split the difference," and pay Si. rather than go to law; the offer, however, was re jected, and the present action was brought. The jury, after hearing the evidence, which was un interesting, gave a verdict for the defendant. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Thomas Scully, indicted for breaking into the George IV. public-house, at Brompton, was acquitted. J. Childs. C.Piper, Edward Parker, Thomas Oliver, James Pratten, and E. Childs, were indicted for unlaw fully entering upon, and taking possession of a piece of ground at Woodford Wells, in the parish of Woodford, in Essex. the property of Mr. William Wiggins. The ,point in dispute was, whether or not this land was the property of Mr. Wiggins. ' Mr. PAYNE, with whom was Mr. HounT, contended that it was the property of the prosecutor, and had been so since 1836. Mr. BALLANTINE, on the other hand, who appeared for the defendants, contended that the land was origi nally waste land, and that the prosecutor had acquired no right of property therein. Various witnesses were examined to show the state of the land at different periods. After the proceedings had continued some time, His LORDSHIP interfered, expressing his opinion that a clear legal right to excusive possession in the prose cutor had been established ; and he had a great objec tion to proceeding criminally where the civil process was sufficient. The right, be which way it might, was not worth contending for, and it seemed unwise to persevere in the case. Mr. BALLANTINE, under that advice, would withdraw the defence, and His LORDSHIP then, admonishing the prisoners on the illegality of their violence, directed them to enter into their own recognizances of 101. each to appear for judg ment when called upon. On the counsel's advice Mr. Child and the prosecutor shook hands in Court, and thus gave a termination to the trial not often seen in a Criminal Court. Frederick Webb, a waiter at Webb's Hotel, in Pic cadilly, and his wife, were indicted for stealing three 51. notes from the bag of a lady, named Andrews, who resides at Northampton, and who was stopping at the hotel on the 3d of November. Mr. Balluntine prosecuted, and Mr. Doane defended the prisoner. Mrs. Andrews deposed, that on Tuesday, the 2d of November she received one 51. note from her son, and on the following morning three more. The last she put into her bag in the morning of the 3d of November, and pat the bag under a great coat in her sitting•room at Webb's Hotel. On her return in the evening, she saw the bag lying on, instead of under the great coat, and the money gone. Mr. T. J. Andrews, the son of the former witness, stated that on Tuesday, the 2d of November, he gave to the male prisoner a cheque for 601. upon Messrs. beni son's bank. The money was brought to him by the head waiter, and consisted of eleven 5L notes and five sovereigns. One of the notes he gave to his mother that day, three more the following morning; six of the others he paid to Messrs. Maccrakin, Custom House agents, and one he paid to a clerk in the post-office at Charing Cross. George Bentley, a milkman, deposed that he received a 51. note from the wife of the prisoner for change. This note was shows to be one of the notes taken from Mrs. Andrews' bag. Policeman 119-F, who apprehended the prisoner on the 27th November, stated that on telling Mrs. Webb that he had come to take her into custody, she said that she had received from her husband a Si. note in a letter, which she got Mr. Bentley to change. Mr. BALLANTINE allowed that there was no evidence against the woman. Mr. DOANE addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners, insisting that the charge against the female pri soner must tall to the ground, and that the testimony against her husband was altogether inconclusive. Mr. Commissioner BULLCCIC summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the male prisoner, but acquitted his wife.—He was sen tenced to twelve months imprisonment, with hard lab3ur. triving to slip away, he returned to Mr. Hughes's, and said nothing of what had occurred. He continued to do ayevs, &e.,berore, until last right. tatlL having "found him out, gave him in custody. Mr. JARDINE leftit to the father to decide whether he would press the charge or not. he father said that if the prisoner would go home with him, and promise to behave better in future, he would forgive him ; and the prisoner having been with great difficulty induced to consent, and give the required promise, was set at liberty. The parties then left the Court, Moore observing, as he went out, that the prisoner was " the artfulest young devil he ever knew." LITERATURE. A CATHOLIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. L By W,11; ,Ifac After the illustrious and remarkable NVriterS WIIG have written the history of this our England, any work, now a-days, at all bearing upon that noble study appears a superfluous, and, t o some extent, an impertinentin trusion. So many inimitable authors have penned the records of th e l and, that any add i t i on t o their labours, is apparently an act of utter supererogation. Whoever would adventure upon the publication of such an addition must prepare himself to be regarded with suspicion ; and must even apolo gise for his audacity by a candid and minute explanation of his reasons for attempting such an un dertaking. The public invariably expect this, and, to speak plainly, th ey are fully entitled to expec t it. Otherwise the press might be teeming with the lum ber of modern commentary upon ancient events. The jealousy which i s th ere b y evinced, for a ll h is torical compositions, protects the public from libraries of useless and unwieldy o unf Rapin,wieldyof volumes. With the voluminous productions ll Lingard, and oth ers upon our °blooinkshshedel of Hume,ves—wth of the inestimable fragments contributed to our national history by Hallam, by Sharon Turner, by Lord Lyttleton, by Charles J. Fox, by Sir Thomas More, and the like —with the perspicuous historiettes of Oliver Goldsmith and his followers, at our command—we must acknowledge that we are disinclined to wel come any one, however eminent, or however learned, who, to employ a vul gar simile merely "dishes up'' old materials in a new form.We have a species of antipathy for any one who will thus dare to profane a sanctuary hallowed by , the footsteps of the writers already enumerated. W e look with suspicious cu riosity even to the forth-coming work by the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay. We are satis fied that this distinguished man will give some satis factory reasons for the employment of his capacious mind upon a history which has already evoked the wisdom, the eloquenc e , th e research, the impart i a li ty , and the judgment of a Sharon Turner and a Hume, of a Lingard and a Hallam. Still we shall look for those reasons, as an explanation to which we are fully en titled. Impressed thus earnestly with the necessity for some comprehensive unbosoming, in every new historian of English history, we have turned with much inquisitiveness to the introduction prefixed to this preliminary volume by Mr. Mac Cabe. We have r ea d th a t introduction attentively, and have subsequently scrutinised the eleven chapters of his history as yet published. And after a dispas sionate examination of these pages we say, that the work promises to be a valuable addition to our national literature. It interferes in no one particular with the writings of preceding historians, and that it does not, a few words will testify. The merit of Mr. Mac Cabe's work is the novelty of its conception and execution. Instead of filtering the stream of history through his own judgment, as his predecessors had invariably done, he here gives us the waters of that stream pure and sparkling from its different fountains. The book indeed is scarcely so much a production of his own as a transcript from the productions of others. It is a series of well-connected translations from various ancient writers, the obscurities of which are elucidated in foot-notes, and the co n t ra di ct i ons o f which are reconciled by a similar arrangement. The author had remarked, in his historical studies, that Rapin, Hume, and the rest, had all of them their apparent ble'mish—their authorities are always ex cluded from their pages, and the "English reader is seldom permitted to know more of them than the titles of their works." For the purpose of correcting what appeared to him such an intolerable omission, Mr. M'Uabe conceived to himself the notion of affording us the descriptions of thes e anc i en t authorities themselves—of stringing those descriptions together, so as to form a tolerably connected whole, and thereby of producing a pure and unimpeachable record of our national events. W herever th ere m i g ht be discrepancies or improbabilities in these authori ties, the reader could judge for himself, i ns t ea d o f trusting to the opinions of any intermediate party. If this work have any merit at all, says Mr. Mac Cabe,— " That merit will be found to consist in the originality of its plan—in the attempt, however feebly executed, to make the reader acquainted with the writings ; with the thoughts of Gildas, Nennius, Bede, Asser, E t h e l wer d, Florence of Worcester, Eadmer, Simeon of Durham, William of Malmsbury, Eddius, Henry of Huntingdon, . Roger de Hoveden, John Bromton, of Newbury, Roger de Wendover, Mathew Paris, Nicholas Trivet, Ralph Higden, Goscelin Sprott, W alsinghain, Knighton, Capgrave, &c., &c., &c.; to do this, not by mere extracts from them, but by making their words the text out of which the history is compiled, and by combining them together, to give a consecutive narrative of the ancient annals of the country. In short, by introducing the reader to those venerable monks, and leaving him to learn history from their lips." From the writings of Aldhelm, Boniface, Alcuin, and Lanfranc, he might have selected a multitude of passages in illustration of the brilliancy and vividness with which they can delineate a scene, pourtray a character, or narrate an occur rence. Mr. Mac Cabe has contented himself d w u i c th tio a n. few, T h w e h p ic r h ese h n e t has interpolated closes terpolated wi i t n h his the ir.netirgon of Egbert, in 836. It is a most copious and pictu resqueiiistorirceael sordociofetay i llt s be al p re re a c d e y di e n n g g e a v g e e n d ts in . T th h e eEnglish publica tion of our ancient chroniclers,biographers, and histo rians, in their original languages. The present book is a translation of those chroniclers, biographers, and historians. To the scholar the former work will be most valuable. To the general reader the latter work will be invaluable. Mr. M'Cabe deserves every com mendation for the extent to which he has tasked his erudition, and for the industry with which he has compiled his materials. The " Catholic History of England," while it affords us a knowledge of the English people, as well as of the English kings, in re mote times, is a lasting monument of the research and intelligence of its author. DESTITUTION IN ZETLANH.--A criminal trial took place at Lerwick, a few days ago, of two men who were tried before the Sheriff and a jury, on a charge of house breaking and theft. It appeared in evidence that the " two lads had broken in through the slated roof of a warehouse at North Yell, and taken a quantity of meal." And what was the cause of such a crime ? The defence was, that hunger had compelled them to this mode of getting food." The panels were found guilty, but were " recommended to leniency, we suppose, on account of their poverty and hunger," and they were sentenced each to three months' imprifonment. Such is the state ment of this case, What dces it disclose ? What, but that in Zetland there are individuals—young men—per sons hitherto of unblemished e..arantor, but now having a stigma affixed to their names for life—driven to crime— not from choice butlof necessity, compelled to break the laws of their country to keep in their existence. We are told they entered a storehouse, and stole a " quantity of meal." Why did they not take tobacco, sugar, porter, soap, molasses, crockeryware, tea, or other articles ? Why was it merely " a quant i ty of mea l ?" Th ere i s a truth telling el oquence i n the words, " a quantity of meal." It sp ea k s o f starvat i on. Ba d as I re l an d really is, it is not, on t h e w h o l e, in a con di t i on near ly so wretched as th e county of Zetland. In I re l an d, no " lad" need s t arve . A gbnerous Government h as provided means to prevent such a calamity there. But what is doing for Zetland ? Why, the same corre spondent who furnished us the report of the trial we have referred to, informs us that " poverty has now got loose amongst us. No work is to be had, except for a few men, employed in draining by Mr. Davidson of Lax • firth." He adds a hint that, if some public works were set agoing, " th ey m i g h t save many from utter starva tion." This is truly a most pitiable state of matters, and calls loudly for aid. A patient, persevering, yet deeply wrongly and oppressed group of islands is on the brink of starvation, and there is nothing doing on its behalf I The Zetlanders have been long overlooked— their social and physical condition has not been inquired into—and we hold that, unless something be immediately done on their behalf, results the most disastrous cannot but follow.—John 0' Groat Journal. THE NEW PLANET.—The presentdistance of the new planet, expressed in common measure, is about 3,200,000,000 English miles from the sun, and about 3,100,000,000 from the earth. Its distance from Uranus i is largest in our s h —whose motions it disturbs—is about 150,000,000 m il es . Its diameter is about 50,000 miles. about 35,000 ; of Jupiter, 85,0 00 ; of Saturn, 79,000 ; oe That t of Uranus to that of the s system except Jupiter and Saturn ; and sinc e th ese two earth h e a earth, th 250 , to 1. 8,000. The ets new cubic planet bulkis planets, as well as Uranus, are each attended by a train of satellites, it is extremely probable that the new Planet will have a similar accompaniment. We had the pleasure of seeing the planet on Thursday night from the Calton-hill. It comes to the meridian a few minutes before nine, and is within a short distance of Saturn. With a power under 200, it is not distinguishable from a fixed star.—Edinburgh Paper, AN UNWELCOME VISITOR 011 Thursday night the inmates of the Fou ntain Hotel, S heerness, were much alarmed by the following occurrence : — Shortly after Mrs. Gregory, the landlady, had retired to rest, she heard her bed-room door opened and shut again, but imagining it to be her husband, she took no notice of it; but the opening of the door a second time attracted her attention. when she saw, from the dim light of a night shade, a short figure, which she concl uded was that of her mother, who s le p t in an adjoining room ; however, shortly afterwar ds, hearin g a rustling noise under her be, at the same time noticing a smell as of something burning, she became alarmed, and hastening to her mother a bed-room for assistance, returned wi t h h er to her own bed room , and, looking under the bed, observed the naked feet of a man. Alarmed at the circumstance, they immediately ran down st airs for help, when Mr. Gregory, vecmpanied by the wa i ter, pro ceeded to the room. The fellow having been disturbed in his concealment. attempted to make his escape, and which he would have effected at the moment, but for two pntlemen who were staying at the hotel, an d w h o intercepted him in his intended flight. He was then handed over to the watchman, from whose custody ho escaped, and running down to the pier, took re f uge i n a barge, lying alongside. The crew being aroused, quickly routed the intruder from his retreat, and after inflicting on him a severe chastisement, he was suffered to depart. He was dressed in the garb of a sailor. Under Mrs. Gregory's bed were found his stockings and a piece of burnt rag, which he is supposed to have ignited, for what purpose does not appear. I COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. ye,,,crrily EX , l2.! l A r o l rirt. of the busiLs it)l t>1:;(, I,lto C , lLd r r;lt;ol: the third rcae.ing of " A Bill for declaring the Qualification of Frcenv n of London to be elected Members of tho Coinnii.n Council." The Court was numerously attended. The bill, which was brought in by Mr. John Wood, by the direction of the Court upon the report of the General Purposes Committee, after repealing all the de clarations, orders, resolutions, and ordinances of the 23d N.,veraber, 1710, and the 14th of June, 1716, and of the whole of the interval between those dates and the pre sent time, enacts " that any freeman of London, being a householder, and any freeman of London, though he may dwell out of the City, shall be capable of being elected a member, provided, at the time of such election, he is, and for twelve months previously he shall have been the occupier of a house, shop, counting-house, or office situated within the ward for which he shall be so elected ; and provided that he is, and for twelve months previously he shall have been rated in his own name to the consolidated rate in respect of any house, &c., within such ward ; and also provided, that during the time of his being so rated he shall have resided in such house, or habitually resorted to such shop, counting-house, or office for the purpose of carrying on any art, mystery, trade, profession, or occupation therein." After the second reading of the bill, which occurred a few days ago with closed doors, a Court of Aldermen was held, in which a discussion took place, the public being, as in the instance of the Court of Common Coun cil, excluded, and a resolution was unanimously passed condemnatory of the measure, as an infringement of tha laws of the Corporation. Mr. JOHN WOOD rose to move that the bill be read a third time. The LORD MAYOR—Before any further proceeding with this bill, I call upon the Recorder to read to the Court a communication which he has been ordered to make by myself and my brother Aldermen. Much dissatisfaction was expressed by Mr. WIRE and several other members of the Court at what they con sidered to be an unfair interruption to the usual course of proceeding in matters of corporate legislation. The RECORDER proceeded to read the communication referred to by the Lord Mayor, amidst frequent cries of " Na, no," and other evidence of dissent from the great majority of the members. The Learned Gentleman stated that the paper related to the bill which had been just named, and the Court at length became tranquil and listened to him. The following is a copy of the communication : " Carroll, Mayor.—An especial Court was held on Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1846, and in the 10th year of the reign of Victoria, of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c. " Resolved,—That after mature consideration of :all the circumstances of the bill entitled A Bill to declare the Qualification of Freemen of London to be elected Members of the Court of Common Council,' the Lord e u r s m to e m n s, a c re ha o rt f er o s p , in an io d n la th w a s t o s f u t c h h is b c il i l ty is co; declare their dissent from the bill, ndd Mayort ft r rh a oe r my y an ad t o d no the Aldermen t b h y er proceedings therein. " Resolved,—That the Recorder be ordered to com municate the above resolution to The Court of Common Council. " MEREWETHER." Mere there was a loud and general call for Mr. Wood, and several members cried out " Proceed with the bill." Mr. WOOD rose with the bill in his hand, but The RECORDER stepped forward, and said—The Lord Mayor directs me to say that he cannot put the motion for the third reading of the bill, and he cannot allow any further proceeding with the measure, as he has already concurred with his brother Aldermen in declaring that it is against the customs, charters, and laws of the City. Sir PETER LAURIE —I beg to say that I do not agree with the Lord Mayor and my brother Aldermen in their view of the question.—(Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR—Sir Peter Laurie was not present when the subject was discussed. All the Aldermen who attended agreed in the propriety of the resolutions just read. ....... Mr. Join.; Woon—My Lord Mayor, I move that the bill be read a third time.—(Loud cheers.) Sir PETER LAURIE—I second the motion. The IA nu MAYOR—I cannot put the question. Some of the members attributed to the Recorder the course of opposition which it was obvious the Lord Mayor intended to persevere in, and said that the Court could proceed without the assistance of the Learned Gentleman. Deputy CORNET submitted that the dissent of the Court of Aldermen possibly proceeded from some techni cality, which a communication between the two courts might have the effect of removing; and that, by a kindly co-operation, the bill might be passed in a somewhat altered form, to which no objection could be reasonably started.—(A few cries of " Hear, hear," and over whelming shouts in the negative). In the absence of the reasoning of the Aldermen upon the subject, a depu tation to that body might set the question at rest. — (Loud cries of" No," and laughter). What was the use of a bill which, when passed, might prove to be a nullity? —(General murmurs, and cries of " Move, move.") He then moved that a deputation should be appointed to confer with the Court of Aldermen upon the subject. The amendment having been seconded, and The RECORDER having risen to put the amendment, Mr. AsuurtsT started up and charged the Learned Gentleman with having always shown a readiness to ad vise the Court of Aldermen in matters opposed to the views of the other branch of the Corporation. He knew that the opposition of the Aldermen to the present bill arose from their apprehension of another bill which they were a% are would follow, and which would prevent them from dipping their bands into the pockets of their fellow citizens.—(Loud cheers.) The RECORDER indignantly disavowed all nation of advising any course that was not calculated to render service to both branches of the Corporation. Mr. ASHURST said he did not mean to give any per sonal offence to the Recorder, but the words he had just used were substantially correct. _ -The RECORDER said he had distinctly represented to the Court the difficulties which, upon the perusal of the bill, struck him as insurmountable. He had delivered his opinion without reserve, and he considered it ex tr( mely uncandid as well as unjust to attack a public officer, whose duty and anxious study it was to do all in his power to protect the privileges of every branch of the Corporation.—(Hear, hear, and murmurs.) Mr. WIRE repeated the statement made by Mr. Ashurst, and accused the Aldermen of having employed a professional man to assist them in riding over the rights of the citizens, and in asserting a power which they did not possess. Mr. ANDERTON cautioned the Lord Mayor against the alternative of vacating his seat before the decision of the Court should take place. If his Lordship pursued that course the Court would doubtless imitate the conduct of the Common Council of 1648, when the Lord Mayor having refused to put a motion at their request, they went direct with a petition to the House of Commons, complaining of the contempt, and they there received the warmest assurances of support, and the warmest commendations upon their independence.—(Cheers.) Mr. LAWRENCE said that the very manner in which the Court uI Alther men had mwdo tha communication was as offensive as words could make it.—(Hear.) Mr. R. L. JONES condemned the course taken by the Court of Aldermen, whom he accused of neglect of their duties in not attending the committee in the progress of their labours. Alderman WILsoN said, it appeared from the language used by the Court, that they considered the Aldermen had objected without reason to the bill, which was by no means the fact. They were opposed to it from the commencement, but they waited till they had an oppor tunity of examining the words in which it was framed. They had taken counsel's opinion as to whether they could be consenting parties to such a measure, and they were told that it was in direct opposition to the usages and customs by which the Corporation was governed. Here the amendment was put, and after great confu sion and noise, there was a cry of " Divide." Mr. WIRE and several other members begged that the Court would not divide, and intimated that a manoeuvre was intended by which they might be betrayed into an rror. Alderman SIDNEY said no man more respected the privileges of the Corporrtion than he did, and therefore he opposed the bill. The power assumed by the Court of Common Council could only be exercised by the Le gislature itself. Sir I'. LAURIE said he heartily supported the bill, and he was prepared to support the bill which was to follow.—(Cheers.) After some observations from other members, Mr. CORNEY cried out, " Why, my Lord, there is no Court." Here the utmost confusion prevailed. The Aldermen had, one by one, slipped away unperceived, until the Lord Mayor was left but with one of his brethren (Sir P. Laurie) on the bench, and the presence of three Alder men is necessary to ccnstitute a Court. It was stated by some that there was an alderman in the adjoining room, and the Lord Mayor was requested to send the mace bearer to compel the attendance of that gentleman. His Lordship declined to do so, and said that he could not stultify himself by putting a question which he and his brethren considered to be of a nature calculated to interfere fatally with the privileges of the Corporation and the rights of their fellow• citizens. llis Lordship then left the court. THE SWELL - MOB IN THE PROVINCES.—The ap prehension of Shaw and Wood, two members of the swell-mob, for the robbery of the Half-moon I nn , i n Gateshead, has elicited communications from the pro prietors of inns ill various parts of the country, detailing losses of a character exactly similar to that experie nce d by Miss Murray, and identifying the prisoner s by th e i r description, as part ies who were suspected at the time, b u t whose adroitness saved them from punishment. Mr. H. Baldock, landlord of the Hand an d S cep t re I nn, Tunbridge Wells, has written to Gateshead, st a ti ng th a t t w o men, corresponding in appearance with the p r i soners , ro bbed his house in September last of 1571. Wood's wife, who was remanded on a charge of being concerned in robbing the George and Angel Inn, at Stamford, has bee* discharged, her connexion with the affair being of the same doubtful character as at Gateshead. BANK or ENGLAND.—Yesterday, a quarterly gener al court of the proprietors of this corporation was held at the Bank of England, pursuant to the terms of the charter. There were but few of the proprietors pre sent, as it was not generally believed that any discussion would take place. At . twelve o'clock, the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and a majority of the Court of Directors entered the audience room; and the secretary, by the direction of the Governor, read the minutes of the last general court. It was resolved that the minutes read, in which are contained votes of thanks to the past Governor, the Deputy-Governor, &c., for the able man ner in which they had exercised the duties of their various cffices, should be fully confirmed. No other business having been brought forward, the Court ad journed, BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY): Iluxtable, a tailor in Wine Office-court, Fleet street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with assaulting Mr. Henneker, barrister, of 70 Chan cery lane. The complainant said, that last evening, at about half past six o'clock, he was passing through the Strand, on his way home, when he received a severe blow on the head from behind. Looking round, he saw the prisoner behind him, and before he had time to say a word, the r i so ner began to abus e him with volubility, calling him p a" -- rascal," a " d—d thief," and (to use the com plainant's own phrase) " a thousand inflexions of those expressions." He told the prisoner that if he did not let him alone, he (complainant) would give him in charge, but the prisoner continued to abuse him. Complainant went on in the direction of Chancery-lane, until he saw a policeman, to whom he was about to make his com plaint, when the prisoner anticipated him, by desiring the policeman to take him (complainant) in charge for following him in the street and annoying him. Com plainant then told the policeman what had occurred, but the latter refused to take either charge, because he had not seen either the assault or the annoyance. He then went on, followed by the prisoner, who struck him again, when they had got about five yards from the s p ot where the policeman stood. The latter having seen the assault committed, consented to take this charge, and took the prisoner to the station. Policeman F 71 corroborated the greater part of this statement. The • prisoner admitted that of him and standing he had struck the com plainant, but said th a t plaiiiant had attemptedhe was provoked to it. Th e cora gndacross the footway, holding to stop him by getting in fr ont He certainly did strikeandthe lamp-post with the other. the iron railing with one ha in self-defence. the complainant then, but it was Mr. JARDINE said he would fine the prisoner 51., the highest penalty he had power to enforce ; but Mr. Henneker said that he thought the penalty in sufficient, and hoped the Magistrate would send the case to a superior court Mr. JARDINE accordingly consented to send the case for trial, and the prisoner was committed, being bound over in his own recognizances for 201. and two sureties in 101. each, or one in 201., to appear at the sessions on Monday. Bail was immediately put in, and the prisoner was liberated. Henry Carman, the lad who on the 7th inst. charged a boy mimed Wallace, of r o bbi ng hi m of I/. gs - coffee-shop, was brought b e f ore M r . J ard i ne this "in in n a irg on a charg e o f s t ea li ng 21. f rom hi s father, William Carman, a cab-proprietor, at Westminster. It will be remembered, that on a former occasion the prisoner (then the prosecutor) said that his father had been dead for some time, and that since his death he had been in the employment of a farmer in Hertfordshire, that on coming to London he took a lodging at a coffee shop in Queen-street, and while he was taking his tea there on Tuesday, the 6th inst., he was robbed by Wal lace. Wallace was committed, tried, convicted, and sentenced by Mr. Sergeant Adams to six mouths' impri sonment. Meanwhile, Moore, the beadle of Covent. garden Market, obtained a situation for the prisoner as errand boy to Mr. Hughes, fruit salesman in the market, and he remained there until last night, when his father, having with some difficulty traced him, gave him in charge for robbing him of 21. The prisoner's father stated that the prisoner had robbed him of several sums of money from time to time, and on Saturday week he had decamped with 21. The whole of the story he had told when giving his evidence was false. The account given by Moore, of the manner in which the prisoner had passed his time since he came under his care was highly amusing. Having got the " place," he had by his steadiness and good behaviour got into the good graces of his master's family, and not only used he to take his meals with them, but he read prayers with them every evening. He could read and write well, and was considered a very clever lad. He used to talk a great deal about his de ceased parents, and be was very anxious that Moore should go with him " some day when he had time to see his father's grave in Paddington churchyard." lie said that his father had been a livery-stable-keeper, and was buried by a subscription of the omnibus and cab proprietors, drivers, &c., with whom he was acquainted. However, on Sunday evening, after going to chapel, he went out, by Mrs. Hughes's permission, to take a walk in the Park. where he met his father, and very unwil lingly contented to go borne with him, but artfully con- DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. The following account of a most dreadful shipwreck has been sent to us by an • ey, yr], s NE%IQUAY, NEAR ST. COLUXIII, CORNWALL, DEC. 16. —Alexander M•lntosh and John Salmon, two of the unfortunate sufferers of the Hope, of Liverpool, Jones, master, left Camarane Bay, coast of Paragonia, South America, on the Bth of August, 1846, laden with guano, bound to Liverpool. The vessel touched at Rio de Janeiro on the 4th of September, and sailed on the 1811'. On the coast of Ireland she encountered heavy gales and snow showers, and on the 7th inst. struck on Wick low Banks, when the crew were obliged to leave her. On Thursday, the 10th, Lloyd's agent, percei‘ing her to float, and thinking all was right, insisted on the crew going on board, and proceeding to Liverpool ; but finding the vessel in a sinking state, they were com pelled to leave her the same afternoon. Sixteen men left in the launch, the captain and nine others occupying the gig. The crew of the gig, it is supposed, were picked up by a schooner the same evening. Unfortunately the launch, with the sixteen men on board, was driven before the wind, with nothing more than a small sail and an oar, without any provision or water. At noon on Sun day, the 13th inst., the Coast-guard officers at Mawgan Porth, North Cornwall, observed a boat drifting towards the shore, abotit four miles eastward of Newquay ; when Mr. Hodge, officer in charge of Mawgan Porth station, sent a messenger to Newquay requesting the assistance of a boat, but owing to the weather, and it being nearly low water, no boat could get out. Mr. Llewellyn, the officer of Newquay Coast-guard station, with his crew, assisted by Mr. Marshall, officer of Customs, repaired to the spot with Dennett's Rocket Apparatus; but fortu- nately before their arrival, by the assistance of the Coast guard and the inhabitants assembled, they had landed; but, sad to relate, only six were living, ten lying dead in the boat. The six surviving sufferers were instantly conveyed to the Coast-guard station, Mawgan Porth, under the superintendenc e o f M r . Hodge, the officer in charge, where every humane assistance was paid them, and they are likely to do well. Names of the living—Alexander M'lntosh, Inverness; John Salmon, Dublin; John M'Auley, Stornoway; G. Meikle, Fifeshire; John Arrowsmith, Liverpool; An. drew Holst, Norway. Dead—Jacob Williams, Sweden; J.- Hughes, Wales; Thomas Brown, J. Bute, and Richard Cutler, Plymouth; William Elliott, Devonport; Charles Colley, Hull; Wil liam Lloyd, Wales; David Roberts, Liverpool; Thomas Collins, America; James —. EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION RESPECTING A WILL. At the Guildhall Court, on Wednesday, an application was made by Mrs. Eliza Denman, a distant relative of Lord Denman, respecting a will made by a Mr. John Thomas Roe, late a barrister in the Inner Temple, but now deceased, wherein he left her a legacy of 5001., but which will, it was alleged, had either been con cealed or destroyed by certain parties from interested motives. Mrs. Denman stated that a few years back Mr. Roe's father died suddenly, leaving four children, without having made any will. Mr. Thomas Roe, the elder, laid claim to the property, against the wishes of the rest of the family, who thought it ought to be divided amongst them, and after a great deal of litigation it was decided in favour of the eldest son. Applicant became acquainted with Mr. J. T. Roe at the house of a Mr. Williams, to whose daughter he was paying his addresses. While there Mr. Roe was requested by a lady to draw out a will for her in which she bequeathed a sum of 200 L to her (Mrs. Denman). Mr. Roe did so, and having placed it in his pocket, went to play at billiards. That night the lady died, and, on its being an nounced to Mr. Roe, he said, " Good God, I have been the means of losing you 200/.1" but he said he would recompense me, and he made out a will on paper, in applicant's presence, leaving her - a legacy of 5001. Thi s was attested by two witnesses, and handed over by the deceased to Miss Williams. A breach took place between Mr. Roe and Miss Williams, in consequence of the former having an intimacy with a person named Mary Ann Morrell, which resulted in Mr. Ite writing for his letters, &c., which Miss Williams sent to him, as well as the will. He then went into chambers, Morrell going to live with him, and it was into her hands that he gave his papers and the will to take care of. In the will Mr. Roe had appointed Mr. Williams his executor, and upon the sudden death of the former he applied to Morrell, but she refused to give it up, and refused them the slightest information on the subject. Inquiries were made, and applicant received information that Morrell had the will, and had written to Lady Dimmock a letter relative to Mr. Roe's papers in their possession. After that all parties disappeared, and she gave up the pursuit. Last year she took a house at Windsor, and wrote to the Rev. Mr. Roe for a part of the legacy, but received no answer. She then went to his residence in the country, and had an interview with him, when he denied that there was any will amongst his brother's papers. She also asked Mr. Pocock relative to it, and he said he knew nothing about the will. Under these circumstances, she had obtained summonses against the parties, to put such questions to them as she thought would elicit the truth respecting the will. Elias Hughes, sister to Mary Ann Morrell, was first questioned. She said that she certainly had papers which she perused, belonging to the late Mr. Roe, and communicated the fact to Lady Dimmock, but she re• fused to give them up to Mr. Williams, considering they were the property of the heir-at-law, the Rev. Mr. Roe, to whom she delivered them. She saw no will amongst those papers, nor did she believe there was one. Mary Ann Morrell was then questioned, the substance of her answers being that she had lived with Mr. Roe at his chambers. When they first lived together he gave her the papers and will to take care of; but about six months before he died he came to her and asked for them, saying that he intended to go to his solicitors, and have two names scratched out (Miss Williams's and Mrs. Denman's), remarking that he thought his child (by witness) might as well have the money as strangers. She accompanied him to. Messrs. Oberton and Hughes. and saw him give some papers to a clerk there. When; they left, he said, " It's all right ;" and shortly after he proceeded into the country, where he died suddenly. Application was made by witness and her sister to Messrs. Oberton and Hughes, and received as an answer, that no will of Mr. Roe's had ever been deposited with them. A clerk, formerly in the employ of Messrs. Oberton and Hughes, produced his register-book of parties call ing on business, and said be remembered Mr. Roe and Morrell calling at the office, and giving him a will and some papers (the former of which he handed to the magistrates), but they related to the business of another party altogether. No will of Mr. Roe's had ever been seen or spoken of to his knowledge. Alderman Wilson—Well, Mrs. Denman, there is a complete answer for you. Mrs. Denman—l beg your pardon. I contend that Mary Ann Morrell has not given a sufficient account of the will. The Rev. Mr. Roe said there was no will among his brother's papers, and, in fact, be died insolvent. His estate was sold for 7,0401., which did not cover his debts. The Aldermen ultimately decided that there were no grounds for proceedings before them, nor had anything transpired to implicate any parties in the destruction or cuncealment — uf - the althougliilappeared an extra ordinary affair. THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON RAILWAY.— MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Another dreadful collision took place to-day on this railway, by which one man lost his life, and a number of others were more or less injured. The following extract from a second edition of the Manchester Guardian, published this evening, gives the details :—" The express train for Manchester, which should leave Bolton 10 minutes before 11, but which to-day started at 11, had reached a part of the line a little on this side of the Clifton station, near Clifton-hall, at a place called Pepper-hill, probably about five miles from Manchester, and near the junction with the East Lancashire line, when the passengers became sensible of a series of unusually violent jerks and jolts, caused, it appeared, by the engine having in some strange and inexplicable manner got off the rails, and the jolts were caused by the wheels on one side running over the wooden sleepers between the rails. After running in the way described for a short distance, and when within fifty yards of the steep embankment at the junction of the East Derby line, the engine ran up a small embankment' on the near (or north-east) side of the line, and then came down again in a curve upon , the line, and was there overturned across the rails. Apparently, on its beirg overturned, the tender was violently detached from it, and hurled quite over it, in a sort of somersault, falling upon the axles of one side quite across the inner rail of the up and the inner rail of the down lines of rails, from 40 to 50 yards in advance of where the engine was found. The car riages were also separated, and some were thrown one way, some another. The last carriage kept on its wheels, but a third class carriage was overturned, and the pas sengers overe taken out through a w incrow. On the pas sengers getting liberated from the carriages, some of them walked back to the spot where the jerking was first felt, in order to examine the rails, as it was found that the wheels and axle of the engine were all right. On their way they discovered the engineer lying on the road quite dead, and in the rear of the carriages the stoker or fireman sitting on the other line of rail, hold ing his leg ; and it was found that his right foot was cut off by a wheel, and his left leg fractured in two places. Several of the passengers sustained less material injuries —one gentleman had his nose broken by the coa -1 cussion, but we could Rot learn his name." SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Mehan, left the docks this day at three, P.M., en route for Gib- raltar, with the Cadiz, Lisbon, and other mails ; also a full and valuable cargo of bale goods, and between 30 and 40 passengers. The next homeward mails will be brought in the Queen, and may be expected to morrow. The Royal West India mail-packet Tweed, Captain Parsons, left the_river at three, P.M., for the West lilacs, with the usual mails, 87 passengers, and a good general cargo. The Forth will bring home the next mails, and will be due on the 21st instant FATAL ACCIDENT IN COVENT. GARDEN THEATRE. —Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest a t 11; George the Fourth, Gilbert's-passage, Clare Market, on the body of John Cain, aged thirty-eight, who lost his life by falling from the upper tier of boxes in Covent. garden Theatre. Robert Stephenson, a carpenter, said that the deceased, on Thursday, the 10th inst., was en gaged on the top tier of boxes in the theatre, and whilst in the act of. walking from one room to another, he stepped upon a piece of quartering that had been care lessly placed there, which tripped him up, and he fell into the passage of the second tier of boxes, a distance of twenty-five feet. lie was taken without loss of time to King's College Hospital. The house-surgeon of the hos pital said that deceased had fractured his spine by the fall, and had dislocated two bones of the hand and scalp. He died on Tuesday morning last from the effects of the injuries he had received,---Verdiet, " Accidental death:" CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) William Gibbs was charged with stealing two loaves, of the value of Bd. and 71d., the property of Samuel Slade. The prosecutor's servant said he was out with the barrow serving customers, when the prisoner stele the bread dining the time he was in the area of one of the houses he stopped at. Mr. GREENWOOD inquired the cause of the prices of each loaf being different ? The witness rtplied that the high-priced bread was what was called " home-made," and they always charged frsm a halfpenny to a penny more for it than they did for the other hind. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. John Francis was charged with stealing a loaf of the value of 61d., the property of Edward I3urge, baker, of No. 5, Alpha-place, Chalk-road. The facts of the case were of the ordinary description, the prisoner going to the prosecutor's shop in the even ing, about five o'clock, and snatching from the window the loaf, with which he ran off. Mr. GREENWOOD, upon examining the loaf, which was of the same size, and apparently of the same quality as that valued at Bd. in the last charge, inquired of Mrs. Burge, who appeared to prosecute, how it was that there was such a difference between the price of a loaf in the Kingsland-read and the Chalk-road ? How could Mr. Burge sell it so cheap as 6id.? Mrs. Burge said, please your worship, the reason we can sell it so cheap is because it is " home made," and we always charge less for it than we do for the other. Mr. GREENWOOD pronounced himself as unenlight ened as before with respect to the causes of the rise and fall in the price of bread. The prisoner was fully committed for trial on this charge, but was ordered to be brought up again on Mon day, in consequence of some property being found upon him which was suspected to have been stolen. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—ln your journal of yesterday, I find a story, copied from a Worcester paper, which is calculated to prove a highly-seasoned treat for lay and clerical zealotry. It is a romance of the confessional, and told with mar vellous circumstantiality; but so closely analogous to a gross imposture practised in this town some time ago, that I deem it reasonable to request your readers to sus pend their judgment until further inquiry be dispassion ately made into the nature of the direful tale. A short time previously to the death of the Rev. Jas. Francis, late minister of St. Paul's Church in this town, (a gentleman much esteemed for kindness of heart and the possession, in an eminent degree, of clerical attri butes), he was visited by a lady of good address and prepossessing appearance, who announced herself as a Roman Catholic who was anxious to relieve her over burdened conscience from the perilous stuff which made her truly wretched, and then she sobbingly went on to say that she had been seduced in the confessional—had lived with the wicked man, left her husband, and was then persecuted I The amiable Mr. Francis commise rated the apparently penitent one; lodgings were taken for her, the " horrible fact " told around the town to good people who turned the whites of their eyes to offended Heaven, and invoked curses on the naughty tempter. Well, the current of sympathy went on ; money was raised to support the interesting Magdalen ; and she was living in clover, instead of bemoaning her sins in sackcloth and ashes, when, lo ! the murder came out : inquiries were made as to the real circumstances, in the neighbourhood which she mentioned, and it was clearly ascertained that the too credulous clergymen and parties in Newport had been the dupes of a vile impostor, who immediately decamped. Now, Sir, there are such striking similitudes in the Worcester and Newport romances, that I am induced to trouble you with this letter, as The Sun is very exten sively circulated in Monmouthshire, and it is well that people should not judge hastily. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, PHILALETHES. Newport, Monmouthshire, Dec. 17, 1846. We regret to announce the death of Mr. John Bellamy, which took place yesterday morning, at his house in Woburn-square. Mr. Bellamy had attained the age of 75 or 76 years, and will be remembered by a vast number of our Parliamentary readers with great re spect as housekeeper to the House of Commons, a situa tion in which he succeeded his father, and the duties of which he executed for many years to the entire satisfac tion of every one. In consequence of declining health he retired a few years since into private life, maintain ing, however, in that situation the character for hospi tality and kindness he had so well earned whilst publicly employed; and, now that he is gone, he will be followed by the regret of all who had the pleasure of his acquaint ance. On his retirement he was succeeded in part of his public duties by hii son. POISONED SEA PIE. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. HULL, DEC. 16.—The inquiry concerning the recent poisoning of a whole family by partaking of a sea pie, was brought to a close yesterday, at the Town-hall, be. fore Mr. Thorney, the borough coroner.. The brief par ticulars respecting this very mysterious affair are these : —On Sunday, the 6th inst., a man namesi Waites, who is the owner of a small vessel lying in the river, with his wife and four children, partook o f a sea pi e or dinner. Within a quarter of an hour afterwards they were all taken ill, and at three o'clock on the fc llowing morning one of the children, a sickly boy, named Lawrence Waites, was found to be dead. In the course of the day an inquiry was held, but the relatives being too ill to give evidence the investigation was adjourned. The body then underwent a post mortem examination, and sufficient was detected to show that di ath had resulted from poison. At the adjourned ihquiry the mother of the deceased was examined, and described the circum stances that attended the making of a e pie. The Co roner said the death of the deceased lrcked very much like design, but they could not suppose that any of the family were concerned in it. They heel all partaken of the pie, and had nearly lost their lives. If the poison had been in the flour when it was bought, they would have heard of more families being pois oned. He recom mended an open verdict. The jury round, „ That the deceased died from the effect of arsenic mixed is a sea pie, of which he had eaten, but how .or by what means the arsenic came there, there was no evidence to show." RAMSGATE.—THIS WEATHER.—The omnibus which runs between Deal and Ramsgate, ant', left the latter place last Monday evening at five o'clock, was upset in the snow storm about a mile from Sandwich. The driver missed the road, and got on a heap of stones, which caused the vehicle to turn over, and left it standing on the end, blocking up the door-way, throwing together, at the further end, the passengers, cor.sisting of three ladies, a child, and two gentlemen ; fortunately, no life was lost. One of the passengers (Mr. C. Whetham , of London) was bruised and cut over the left temple. He extricated himself by breaking thew inflow and getting through the aperture, and the other pe,ssengers followed. Shortly after, another omnibus comin g up, conveyed the passengers to Ramsgate.—Kentish Observer. SUDDEN DEATH IN A BAKER'S SHOP.--An inquest was held last evening at the Unicorn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, before Mr. Bedford. on the body of Theophilus Thomas Hill Cox, Esq., aged 58, of Hen rietta. street, Cavendish-square. Alexander Moore, baker, of No. 25, Brydges-street, Co'ient-garden, said, that on Tuesday last, the deceased came into his shop, and stating that he had been taken wary ill, begged to be allowed to sit down a while. He then sat . down,. but Mr. Davison, a hea T r h t , e p s r u o surgeon y n in a few .minutes neighbouringfe lback in tshuergc surgeon, wasalmost in s instantly t . attributed death to a st! of - the weather. Verdict— caused by the severity for, but deceased died d in de t n we sp n a ty s • "Natural death." m m a f il tre s seen on the evening of Christiana, orway. N It appeared like the 28th ult. at h a shower of faking stars, and was a torrent of fire, wit seconds. visible for about twent yrnment has, in order to check A remarkable meteor was The Prussian Cove which the leases fall in during Prussia and Posen, d 1849, shall be set apart for the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, be disposed to emigrate. persons who would otherwise emigration to America, decided that the crown lands in off the jewel case of the Bar o ness de Meyendor carry 3 ff, arr ived on the 10th inst. at B er li n , an d i mm ediately tendered to the Mi - M. Oppenheim, who has j ust 'hol.en acquitted at Cologne, i n th e affair relative to ) t nister o f J ust i ce h i s res i gna tion as as sessor at the Cour I m te r y . a G le eo o r f g . tehacthcaitpini:hoe resignatio: An otter, of unusual size and wiight, was shot in the river Thames yesterday morning, near Clewer, by was f Windsor The a nimal , jaws, snaking for the bank with a large jack - , alive, In ils when Mr. Chapman fired, and killed it, close to the shore. It measured fr om it s was accepted. between four and five feet, nearly thirty and weighed pounds. LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA.--• LIVERPOO L, THURSDAY.—Late accounts from Rio., from Pernambuco to the 30(11 of October, and from Paraiba to the 14th of November, have been received by the ship Runnymede, at this port this morning. The steam..sbip Antelope had arrived at Rio from this port. BRONZED IRON CANNON. -...It Wall be remembered that some months ago several iron cannon were bronzed by the galvanic process at Berlin, 'by order of the Prus sian government. They were trio d on the 7th inst., in presence of Prince Adalbert and se% feral artillery officers, and were found to answer admirvibly. Although one third less in thickness than the !Prdinary iron cannon they bore a larger charge of powder. THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.---It was generally expected that their Lordships would meet in their new .House on the assembling of Parliament, but it is now ascertained that the decorations -and embellishments, which are of the most magnificent description, cannot be completed in sufficient time. Con; sequently the Peers will for a short period continue to sit in the present House. THE WEATHER.—A good old -fashioned winter has set in with great intenseness fin the early period of the season. The Severn is alma& y frozen over at several parts adjoining the town, and the adventurous juvenile skaters are practising " the lino of beauty" on the slender ice. The llolyhead mail, last night, arrived nearly ts:o hours after its time, ow;ng to the snow on some portion of its route.—Beddo S',,`lrewsbury Journal. N p,. - , 1 tb ... . . :TV ' , t i .: • : - ;: f . ' t ek ..........,-..-.. ~.... 1 THE SPANISH DEBT. '2 l ;e; '' • '-- . - --,"„-- ~. The Madrid correspondent of the Morning . . -• ... " r 11-=.- ('. comm'tnicates the following extract from a letter . :o'lllolr Cobden's, addressed to Mr. Henderson, from Cal mva &Mild reply to a letter received from the latter gentleman. Mr. Cobden says, " You are strong in the justice of your claim, and you must try every appeal to the honour and honesty of Spaniards, and, if necessary, endeavour to ehame them into the payment of their debts. I agree with your circular as to the ability of the Government to meet its engagements, provided ordinary talent and integrity preside over its finances. Never was there a country whose resources were so neglected and wasted as those of Spain. Its tariff is a ruinous farce, fulfilling no rational object, but failing ridiculously as a measure of protection, as a means of revenue, and as a national policy. Instead of affording the proposed protection to the Catalans, everybody (manufacturers included) in Spain is an avowed contrabandist when opportunity offers ; and I am convinced that a duty of 20 per cent. on foreign goods, honestly levied, with the accompanying facilities to the Catalonians for the free admission of their raw materials, would be more favourable to the manufacturers than the present system. Ido not think you overrate the direct loss to the revenue from the prohibitive tariff. While in Madrid I had the opportu nity of speaking to M. Mon upon this point. I told him if he would farm his customs duties for 20 years I would undertake to guarantee him four times the amount of net revenue at present derived from that source, upon one condition only, that I should be allowed to reduce the duties at discretion, but not to have the power of in creasing the taxes upon any article in the tariff. Indi rect gain to the revenue would, however, be only a part of the benefit of a modification of the tariff. With free dom of exchange, and ten years internal tranquillity, Spain would increase in wealth and population faster, probably, than any nation in the world, and her present debt would become, in proportion to her resources, the lightest in Europe. I wish you success in your applica tion to the Madrid treasury.' DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. - THOMAS GRENVILLE. This venerable and distinguished statesman expired at seven o'clock last evening, at the advanced age of 91. The lamented gentleman had resided for some time back at his town mansion in Hamilton-place, and up to a week since was in the enjoyment of very good health; but an ordinary attack of influenza was too much for one so old, and after a few changes the complaint hastened to a fatal termination. The deceased was the second son of the Right Honourable George Grenville, by the daughter of Sir William Wyndham, Bart.; consequently he was brother to the first Marquis of Buckingham. His birth took place in the month of December, 1755, George II being then the reigning Sovereign. At an early age he entered the political world, principally, however, direct ing his attention to diplomatic affairs. In 1782, a critical period, and when but 27 years of age, he was appointed to th e responsible o ffi ce of Ambassador to the court of France. In the ,March of that year the Marquis of Rockingham was ap pointed Premier, and in the July following he died, being succeeded by William first Marquis of Lans downe. Having completed his term of service in France, he returned to England, and was returned for the borough of Buckingham by his kinsman, the Marquis of Buckingham. In 1790 he was elected for Aldborough. In 1794 he was appointed by Mr. Pitt Minister Ex traordinary to Vienna ; and under the direction of the same Minister, in 1799, he proceeded to Prussia. In 1800 he was appointed Chief Justice in Erye, South of Trent. From 1806 to 1807 he was First Lord of the Admiralty. ___ Mr. Glenville was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1798, and, with the single exception of the Earl of Harrowby, was the oldest member of that body. He was never married. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked both on Wed nesday afternoon, and also yesterday morning early, in the pleasure .grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and equestrian exercise yesterday fore noon. The Hon. Miss Napier, Maid of Honour in Waiting, left Osborne House yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince George had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation on the subject of the Australian mines, consisting of Mr. Masterrnan, M.P., Mr. James Capper, Chairman, Mr. Hagen, Deputy Chairman, Mr. Alder man Copeland, M.P., Mr. H. de Castro, Mr. T. H. Peile, and Mr. G. Hodgkinson, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial office. Major-General Sir James Reynett had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Charles Williams, of Liverpool, and Mr. Morgan, secretary of the General Association of Steam-ship Owners, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, in reference to the Steam Navigation Act. Mr. James Allen had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Charles Grenfell had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The only Derby bets laid yesterday were 8 to 1 agst Van Tromp, to 100/., 15 to 1 agst Epirote, 33 to 1 agst Lunedale, and 40 to 1 agst Bed Hart, the last three in small sums. CHESTER Cup.-50 to 1 offered on the field, but not a bet laid. The Leamington Steeple Chases, weather permitting, are understood to be fixed for the 20th of January. PUGILISM. W. CAIN (OF LEICESTER) AND YOUNG KEENE (OF LONDON) FOR 25 Sovs. A SlDE.—This trial of pugilistic capabilities between the younger Cain (brother of Dick Cain, of Leicester), and young Keene, a protege of the facetious host of the Queen's Head, Windmill-street, was duly brought to issue yesterday, near Twyford, Berks, the mode of transit thither being per Great Westtrn gauge. In weight the men were tolerably well matched, but in perpendicular and length of reach Keene bad a manifest, and, as it proved, in more senses than one, a " striking" advantage. Cain was attended to the ring by Nobby Clarke and Macdonald; Keene by Johny Hannan and Massey (of Sheffield). It was very soon evident that Keene was not only the better tactician, but in superior fighting trim to his antagonist, who so early as the fifth or sixth rounds exhibited symptoms of weak ness and want of condition. Nevertheless he contended manfully under disheartening disadvantages, receiving heavily on the face until the 59th round, when, after making an attempt at Keene's body, he fell; the referee, upon this, gave the battle against him, upon appeal that ho had gone down without a blow. Without impugning the correctness of this decision, we may observe that the loss of the battle by Cain was inevitable, and within a few minutes of its consummation ; although the poor fellow . wished much to be allowed to continue the struggle. Time sixty-one minutes. Keene's injuries were confined to a wounded lip, a contused cheekbone, and a few right-handed visitations to the ribs. Coles (of Swindon) and Gale (of Cirencester), for 20 guineas to 20 sovs.—The encounter between these pro- - vincial professors came off yesterday, at Shrivenham, Wiltshire, on the same battle field as that erewhile con tested on by Harry Broome and Ben Terry, and more recently by Edwards, of Cheltenham, and Wm. Her bert. The Cirencester champion is a Deaf-Burkish sort of personage, barely sft. 7in. in height, and weighing 12 stone of bone and muscle; he possesses all the cha racterist:c slowness of such a build. with considerable powers of endurance. Coles, of Swindon,. s a far more s u o g o h n de scried;uu t w i i t i h t o y ti 1a d hea uv is li a lsg few tutuo took dispute l e s ; i lpe e u s tlee t aasldleevrae. and adl T icd h ea c pn fi tg g ei h rt o, t u lt s h r o allies, in whin give and take was the order of the day. The the battle lasted 61 minutes, when Coles as hailed victor. It is possible Coles may again appear with credit to himself; he possesses some good pugilistic points. THE FROST.—At an early hour yesterday morning a heavy fall of snow took place, which falling upon the ice in the different parks, made it considerably weaker than it was the preceding day. Notwithstanding, a great number of persons crowded upon the ornamental x a e n r d t i o o n n e s o o f f the e H sk n a m te a r n s & f s el s i oe t i h e r t o y u , waters. In St. Jam es ' s P ar k a port i on of the ice gave way, the s g h, men but w a s o r w e i s cn owi n g e t d o . In Hyde Park, the Regent's Park, and Kensington Gardens, a considerable number of skaters and sliders ventured upon the ice, but no accident worth recording occurred. During the day a partial thaw took place, which made the streets of the metropolis exceedingly dirty. Horses fell in all directions, particularly in the suburban roads. In Meek len bu rgh- squa re, about five o'clock in the afternoon, a brewer's dray, drawn by two horses, was through the slipping of down, the casks of beer being thrown into the road, one of which nearly fell on the driver, who had a very nar row escape. Two or three of the casks tell on the shaft horse while on the ground, by which the poor animal's spine was broken, and it was necessary to kill it on the spot. In Wellington-street, two gentlemen were driving in a gig near the Lyceum Theatre, when, the horse slipping, brought the gig in contact with a carriage, throwing the two gentlemen out. The horse plunged to get free, dashed the gig to pieces, and then ran off with the shafts at a furious pace towards Waterloo-bridge, but coming in contact with the lamp pillar, the animal fell in the road, and was run over by a heavily laden cart, by which it was so much injured that it was neces sary to have it killed. ROTTERDAM, DEC. I.—The Giraffe, steamer, ar rived here yesterday from London, bringing 50,000 lampreys, or small eels, to be used by the Dutch fisher men of the town of Viardingeb, during the ensuing winter, for cod fishing. The timely arrival of this large quantity will be the means of employing 300 men and 25 boats throughout the winter. A large concourse of people had assembled to welcome the arrival of the Giraffe, which was done by loud and continued shouting and huzzaing. The lampreys are caught about Tedding ton, and being wetly, flowing water they are obliged to have the water they are taken over in kept continually disturbed throughout the passage, which operation em ployed several men. . As a proof of the intensity of the frost, we have a little fact to record which is in itself a very curious circumstance. On Monday week, two gentlemen in a garden, at the foot of Stramorgate, observed a black bird fluttering on the branch- of a tree, and on ap proaching it, they found that the poor creature vt as fast attached to the branch.by the frost, and they were not able to liberate it without breaking off the twig. It was some time befor e th ey were enabled warmth . so that it could avail itself of its Valel) , rescue. —Kendal Mercury. to . restore it