The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-12 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A MEAN IN A BROTLIEL. Yesterday, for some hours before the business of the court commenced, a crowd of some hundred persons lad assembled in the vicinity of Marlborough•stret, at tacted by a rumour that a woman had been murdered in Shepherd-street, and that the murderer was in the cus tody of the police, and would be brought up for exami nation in the course of the day. At ten o'clock, upon the arrival of our reporter at the court, he instantly made inquiries as to the foundation of the rumour, and found that it was t3o true, and that a man was in custody on suspicion of having caused the death €1 Ann Mathews in a brothel, 11, Shepherd-street. At two o'clock he was brought up in custody of Inspector Monek ton and Sergeant Barnes, C 4, and placed in the dock before Mr. Bingham. On the charge being read to him by Mr. Lsadly, the chief clerk, the prisoner, in reply to the latter gentle- man's inquiry, said his name was James Phillips, and that he was 29 years of age, and resided at 11, Shepherd street, St. George's. The following evidence was then gone into:— Mary Richardson said—l am a widow. lam servant at 11, Shepherd-street. I have been there eight years. The house is a brothel, I know the prisoner. He lived there as porter since the deceased, who was his anut, bought him off from the Marines two years ago. The deceased was housekeeper. Prisoner and deceased co habited together. They did not agree well together, and there was hardly a night but what they quarrelled. On Saturday night last, the prisoner came in about 12 o'clock, rather in liquor. My mistress (the deceased) had been having her supper, and when he came in she sent for a pot of porter. The deceased was t hen laying down on the rug before the fire. Deceased gave me some beer, when prisoner came in and used very bad language, and called her a dirty —, and told her (deceased) she was Sitting in a dirty position. Prisoner told the deceased to go to bed. She refus ed, and, at that time the door bell was rung. I went out to answer the bell, and in going out I heard my mistress say, " Oh,;Mary, mean ing witness • The words were spoken very slowly. When I went back she was lying full length, with her feet to the fireplace, and her head to the drawers. I stooped down to raise her head up, but I trembled so that I could not do it. The pri soner then jumped into bed, and I said to bim, " Oh, yeti have murdered your aunt a t last! cone and assist me to raise her up." Instead of doing so the prisoner sta mped upon her three or four times with his foot as hard as ever he could, at the same time calling out, Here, look!" The deceased never moved or groaned after that. The prisoner jumped into bed again, and I told him he never was going to bed leaving his aunt like that. Prisoner replied, she was all right enough. I then got a cushion and put it under her head. Prisoner then got out of bed and assisted me in lifting her into the bed. She was then quite dead. Prisoner then sent some one for a doctor, but did not go himself. The deceased bad been drinking during tne day, but was not in liquor at night. The gold chain, eye glass,and other articles produced were the property of the deceased. She did not give them to the prisoner. Sarah Noye—l am a servant at No. 11, Shepherd street. I have been there about- a week. About a quarter t o eleven on Saturday night she was sent for some beer. Deceased was then sitting before the fire on the hearth-rug. Prisoner shortly atter came in and told me to go to bed. I said I would not till ,my mistress went, or till she told me. My mistress, about twelve o'clock, sent me to bed, and about a quarter to one I was woke up by the prisoner, who came in the room and called out " Get up, we shall all be hung, we shall all be transported, your mistress is dead." I took my clothes on my arm and went down stairs, and saw my mistress dead. I called out, when prisoner said, " D—n thee, hold thy tongue." A doctor was fetched, and as soon as he came he noticed a scar on de ceased's forehead, and asked how it came there. Priso ner said Ins aunt had knocked herself against the sofa. Thomas Westlake, 2, Union-street, Bond-street, grocer—About hail-past twelve on Saturday night I been] a knocking at the door, and a person called out " For God's sake get up, Mrs. Brown is dying." I got and put on my things, and told them to go for a medical man. I afterwards went to the house and saw the deceased. The prisoner was there, and said, "It is all over. I told you how it would be." I then went for \l r. Clark, the medical man, who came, but deceased was then lifeless. Francis Clark, 14, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. surgeon—l was in the habit of attending deceased. Ypaterday morning, between one and two I was called np to attend deceased, whom I was informed had met with an accident. lat once sent my son, who shortly returned saying that she was dead. I then went myself, and saw the body, and found on the right temple a large bruise ; end prisoner, without' being asked, said his aunt had fallen down against the sofa. I made a further examination of the body, and felt con viuced she had been unfairly dealt with. I then com municated my suspicions to the police. My opinion is th“t she died from the effect of a severe blow on the head Whether it is a blow from the foot or the hand I cannot at pre:ent positively say. The blow might have been given by a double fist. She had been dead apparently aboul half en hour. Sergeant Barnes, 4 C.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning, in consequence of information I received from last witness, I went to No. 11, Shepherd street, in company with another constable, where I saw the first witnes.. I said to her. " Mary, I hear Mrs. Brown is dead." She replied, " Yea, poor ores turf-, she is." Just as I was going in I saw tho prisoner going out of the room, and called to him. Ho came buek, and I questioned him about the d-ath of his aunt. Prisoner said, " Yes, she died very suddenly, just as I was getting into bed. She fell down by the fireplace, and I and Mary lifted her up. and put her on the bed ; th.,t was natural enough, was'nt it ?" I said yes, but yen must go with MO to the station, and make the same statement to the inspector. The prisoner, who was in liqu , r, at once went with me ; and on the way to the station, prisoner said deceased had drank a great deal of gin, and that she had vowed she would not come to bed with him that night alive. I searched him at the station, but found nothing of consequence upon him. The prisoner then made the same statement that ho had made to me to the sergeant on duty, which he took down in writing. Martin, 86 C, corroborated the evidence of last wit ness, and in addition said he searched the room, and on the mantelpiece found a pair of spectacles doubled up and broken. He also found a knife, which prisoner ad mitted to have used for the purpose of cut'ing deceased's stay lace. Prisoner told him deceased had fallen cff the sofa and hurt herself. Sergeant Bennett, 20 C—About half-past one on Sun day morning the prisoner was brought to the station. I detained him till ho had sent for Mary, the servant, and when she came I read the charge over to him. He said ho did not see why he should be charged with this. He the n made a statement, which I took down in writing. Tye sergeant hero read the statement made by the pri soner, which was much the same as the one he made to Barre. Thu prisoner, after being duly cautioned, said "I havo nwhing to say." Mr. GINGHAM remanded him till Monday next. FRANCE. The day for the entry of the Prince President into Paris has been again changed. It is now decided, until further orders, that the ceremony shall take Place on the 16th, as originally intended, and not on the 17th. It has been suggested that it were better to make no change in the original programme, as no event of sufficient importance was likely to occur to justify it, and t o avo id g i v i ng gre ater proportions to the act than nat ura ll y b e l onge d to it. In the meantime the preparations for the entry are a actively goi ng on, the triumphal arch of the Pont d'Austerlitz willni before proportions. Workmen have been long assume regular busily employed for some days in pr e p ar i ng the ground, and several trees that stood in front o f th e Jardin d es Plantes have been removed for the purpose. It i s state d that the ope ratives who were employed in the cons tr uction new Circus on the Boulevard desFilles d e Calvaire have requested to be allowed to erect on the same spot a triumphal arch, on the model of the one of the Pont d'Austerlitz. The civic force will participate in the military character of the spectacle, and the National Guard of the departments of the Seine, the Seine-et- Oise, the Seine-et-Marne will form the double line alternately with the regular army. The Prince Pre sident will, it i s n ow believed, proceed at once to the Tuileries, and then in a day or two to St. Cloud or Fontainebleau. The inquiry into the affair of the gunpowder ma nufactory i n . 1 es the s even eel( the Dordogne is actively going cn. B persons arrested, 30 others have been examined b but as y the magistrates, and it is ru moured,ye nothing more than rumoured, that important disclosurest a town called Vee have been made. It is at and the Prefect ge that the i nqu iry is conducted, will not return to Perigueux till the information s are c following close on the M arseilles These discoveries, plot, have been very followed by measures in some of the and rigo rous d it would departments ; pea of persons arrested at Lyons d ur ing that the number journey was 77, of whom, g the President's however, 44, after un dergoing an examination, have be en set at liberty. The Journal du Havre announces ship Minna, from Panama to Havre, as that the F renc h September last, in latitude 13 northanwe7on the sth west lon gitude, fired into by an English tbree-masted ship supposed to be a transport with convicts for ee NT ' - ew South Vales. The masts, sails, and• rigging o f th e Minos bore marks of the English vessel's shot. The captain of the Minos says that he was the more sur prised at the unprovoked aggression as he had spoken with the commander of the unknown ship in friendly teran, and had informed him that he was a French man a very few miautes before the shots were fired. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 2d in.t. announces the return to that city of Mr, Freeborn, the British Con sular Agent, and the departure for Civita Vecchia of Viscount Pietro de Casablanca. The privilege granted to the inhabitants of Civita Vecchia by a Papal decree, to import forei gn w i nes for their own use free of duty, is further extended to the 30th September, 1858. 140,000 crowns' worth of old paper money was burnt on the Ist inst., in front of the the Mont de Piet6. palace of A letter from Mantua of the 4th inst. states that forty-one individuals had been arrested in that city last wool:, charged with high treason. THE SUN, PERSIA. We learn by letters from Constantinople that, in consequence of a rumour that the Shah had been assassinated (an account of which has already appeared), the Curds and other mountain tribes were in open insurrection. It is added that the Shah is fast recovering from his wounds, and intends to appear in public in Teheran as soon as possible. DENMARK. The Diet of Denmark was opened at Copenhagen on the 4th with the usual formalities. The First Minister read the following Royal message : " Receive, Danes, the salutation of your King. It is the first time that the Almighty, after years of hard trials, has permitted us to address the Diet in the un disputed possession of our Royal authority in all parts of the monarchy. Thanks be rendered for it, after God's assistance, to the fidelity and constancy of the Danish people, as well as to the reciprocal union and confidence which exists between the King and the people. The preservation of this pacific and legal state of things, and the necessity of securing it from all the storms with which it may be threatened, form the object of our most lively solicitude, and we rely on your co-operation and support. For the indivisi bility of the monarchy and its basis, and the order of succession to the throne, which we desire to see estab lished on constitutional grounds, in the event of the male line becoming extinct, we have entered into a treaty with the Great Powers of Europe, and with the King of Sweden and Norway; the Diet will receive our Royal Message on this subject. Our relations with the Germanic Confederation, which were for a long time complicated, have at legth been regulated in a satis factory manner. We have endeavoured to carry out, as far as possible, the resolutions announced in the Royal Patent of the 28th of January. We propose also to prepare, on constitutional grounds, for the definitive ar rangement which is to unite tog ether all the parts of the Monarchy. The state of the finances is satisfactory. The re-establishment of our Royal authority in all the parts of our kingdom allows us to make them for the future participate in all the receipts and expenditure, and to restrict the latter as much as possible for the next year. A Bill will be presented to the Diet, in order to regularise the Customs' duties throughout the Mo narchy. We pray God that our united labours may turn to the salvation of our country, and in the mean time we recommend you to the Divine protection." THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL PACKETS. PLYMoUTII, OCT. 9.—The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's iron screw-steam ship Melbourne, Commander James Arthur Cox, which left Gravesend on Friday, the Ist inst., arrived here on Friday, the Bth. She was appointed to sail from Plymouth with the mails on Sunday, :the 4th. Her detention has caused some anxiety to a con siderable number of passengers, who have been waiting her arrival at this port. It appealrs that the Melbourne left Gravesend at 5 P.m. on Fri day, getting through the Queen's Channel tbe same night. On Saturday she passed the Downs as far as Beachy Head, where she met a fearful gale from S.S.W. to W., the barometer being at 29.6. The misers topsail was set with difficulty, the steam was kept going easy, and the vessel's head brought up to the wind on the starboard tack. In this position a heavy squall rolled her main and mizen top gallant-masts over the side. About 5 or 6 P.M. it was reported to Captain Cox that a large quantity of water was on the gun-deck, and all the pumps were put to work.. At 10 P.M., by a sudden lurch, the deck spars were set adrift; and at 12, there being no decrease in the water, the ship, after a consultation, bore up for the Downs, where she an chored with 120 fathoms of chain, the barometer being at 29 10. It was not until Sunday, about 4 P.M., that the water was got out of her. The leakage came in through the lower ports and the waterclosets ; the lower ports are each fitted with two half-doors, one opening upwards, the other down; the latter were said to be caulked at Woolwich, but it will be readily perceived that any attempt to caulk one-half the ports must be insufficient, especially in a ship constructed like the Melbourne. When the ship plunged in heavy weather the sea was forced up through the soil pipes of the two closets on either side of the bow, and of the two on the larboard quarter. These closets will be removed, and other accommodations adopted. ,The intention, in caulking the lower halves only of the lower ports, was to give extra ventilation in the tropics, but the ports will now be fastened, and caulked above and below, and ventilation will be attained by brass scuttles and by cowl pipes from the deck. The en gines of the Melbourne are new, by Rennie; the crank shaft bearings got heated coming down Chan nel, and it was also found that the wooden cogs of one of the wheels were rather thrown out of ' order by the water used in lubricating the iron work. With these exceptions the engines are in capital order, and perfect throughout. It is understood that the directors are prepared to make every reasonable allowance for the inconvenience to passengers caused by the detention of the ship. On Saturday morning she was placed alongside the Vigo hulk, in Hamoeze, and instructions from the Admiralty having preceded her, the Port- Admiral, the Commodore Superintendent, Mr. Edye, the master builder, Mr. Mills, master attendant, and Mr. Stuart, engineer, made every ar rangement for the prompt repairs of the ship, which, it is hoped, will be ready for sea by Tuesday evening. The Australian, belonging to the same company, which left Plymouth on the sth June, was due at Sydney on the 14th September, and should be now on her homeward passag?, between St. George's Sound and the Cape. The Sydney, which left on the 3d of August, will be near St. George's Sound on ber out ward passage. It.is understood that the.directors are negotiating with the Government for the establish ment of a monthly, instead of a bi-monthly, postal communication with the Australian colonies a most desirable measure, now that the traffic is so much increased. By the agreement with the di rectors the commanders of these steamers can, in the event of losing seamen at the colonies, obtain hands from any of the ships belonging to her Majesty's navy. At seven o'clock this evening a meeting of dissatisfied passengers, convened by public adver tisement, was held in tbe Royal Hotel, Mr. Robert Mellor, second cabin passenger, in the chair. Mr. Marshall, secretary to the company, Captain Cox, Mr. Walcot, jun., shipping agent in London, and Mr. Wilcocks, the company's agent here, were present, and gave such explanations as induced the proposer of a condemnatory resolution to withdraw it, and caused an expression of satisfaction from all assembled. ASTONISHING ARRIVALS OF GOLD AT THE MELBOURNE TREASURY. We have the pleasure of publishing the following extract from the Melbourne Morning Herald of June 25, in confirmation of the startling intelligence from private sources, contained in a recent Times money article:— " The escort from Mount Alexander gold fields came in yesterday at 3 P.M. with 19,032 oz. of gold, conveyed by packhorses. We have been accustomed to chronicle extraordinary events in these exciting times, but never have we been so completely • staggered' as when hearing from official authority, the immense quantity of gold collected at the Mount, waiting transit to the city. When yesterday's escort left the Mount there remained eighty six thousand ounces still on hand, which are to come down early next week, by two esoorts, which have been provided for the express purpose. This amazing quan tity, it will be remembered, is altogether distinct and in dependent of the ton weight we have already announced, as waiting the return of Mr. Dight's private company, and also of the large quantity brought down during the last few days by private hands. Last week the amount of gold received at the treasury alone exceeded ninety one thousand ounces; and the week before eighty thou sand ounces. This week it will exceed one hundred and five thousand ounces! Where on earth will it all end?" —Australian and New Zealand Gazette. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLTJB.—The first of the winter monthly meetings of this distinguished club was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. Green, the vice-commodore, presided, in the absence of Lord Alfred Paget, the gallant commodore. Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bart., and a number of other gentlemen of position, having been balloted for and duly elected, Mr. Wheeler, the treasurer, proceeded through the receipts and disbursements of the club, from which it ap peared that, over and above the 9001. in the Console, the funds are in so flourishing a condition that upwards of 270/. is in hand. A letter recommending the appointment of M. de Lareux as the club's agent at Dieppe was submitted to the consideration of members, and U. de Lareux honoured with the appointment. Some gentlemen having been proposed for ballot at the next meeting, closed the evening's business. LOSS BY THE INUNDATIONS OF THE RHINE.--It has been officially ascertained that 22 communes were more or less devastated by the reeent inundations of the Rhine, and that the total loss exceeds 2 ,000,000 f. The authorities of the hospitals of Haguenau, Wesaemburg, and Lauterburg have ordered the children belonging to families who have suffered most to be received in those hospitals and tempo rarily taken care of. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. , --An arrangement has been made by the boards of directors of the ork, New castle, and Berwick, and York and . North Midland, and. Leeds Northern Rail wa y Com p anies, which waits the con firmation of the shareholders of the three companies. The arrangement is of the nature of a per tra centage camal of thegamation, neteach company taking a certain annual traffic receipts of the united concer n, and div i din g s u ch net receipts among the shareholders of t he res p ective com panies. ange ni t e o n g t e p t h r n e Ther sha sharehol ders r tl yatrne considerold ers of e achcompany a ll dae terinin e posed.—B ra dl or d Observer. yas w to ili th b e e called arrangement We ere requested to mention that the securities referred to in the protest of the Bank of Portuga l, describe d on the Bth inst.; had no connexion with the guarantee to be accorded to Mr. Ilislop's proposed railway from Lisbon to Santarem, and thence to the frontier. The project for which they are understood to have been taken is the " Northern Railway "from Santarem to Oporto, which has not yet re ceived any Legislative sanction.— Times. THE CHANCEL LOUSUIP.--Tiae declaration in favour of Lord Derby has been signed by nearly 1,20 members of convocation, including the Bishops of Oxford, Exeter, Ripon, Bath and Wells, Salisbury, Chiehester, Antigua, and Cape Town. Eighteen heads of houses have also appended their names. A VERITABLE MISER.—ael at Bellagby, on the Ist instant, Rachel M.`Cartney, aged 67. Throug h careful dealing and wretchedly penurio us h a bi ts she m anag ed to save a considerable sum of money. A sh ort time before her death she swallowed 50 notes of I/. each, and also some so vereigns. Rarely has there been such an instance of the auri sacra fames, "the ruling passion strong in death." In her wretched pallet and on her person l were found, a ft er death, large sums of money. LON DON, THE ARMY The following general orler, relative to leaves of absence and furloughs, has just been issued :- 6 ' GENERAL ORDER. " Horse Guirds, Oct. 4. " The General Commanding-in-Chief is pleased to ap prove of general officers commanding districts in Great Britain, and officers commanding in garrisons not in cluded in any military district, granting leaves of ab sence to officers and furloughs to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, under the following regulations and restrictions, viz. _ _ 4. 1. The leaves of absence granted under this order to officers may commence as soon as the half-yearly inspec tion shall have been made. The furloughs granted to non• commissioned officers and soldiers may commence from the Ist of next month. " 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of March next, when, in conformity to her Majesty's regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments or depilts. " 3. Ono field officer, one-half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers, are always to be present with their regiments. "4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom without having first received her Ma jesty's special permission. " 5. The officers employed on the recruiting service, or on the staff of the army, are nut to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regi ment or depot. "6. The applications for leave for regimental pay masters and medical officers are to continuo to be made in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army. " 7. In cases of short leaves of absence being requested by adjutants,ridingmasters, quartermasters, or veterinary surgeons of regiments, it will be necessary that a special report shall be made as to the mode in which their duties are to be performed during their absence, and that the commanding officer is satisfied. " 8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may be granted, is not to exceed ton per troop or company. " When regiments are not stationed in garrisons or military districts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence under the foregoing restrictions to the officers and soldiers under their command, reporting the same to the Adjutant-General. His Lordship expects that the general and other officers who are empowered to grant leave of absence under the provisions of this order, will strictly confine that grant to the proportion of officers herein specified. " By command of the Right Hon. General Viscount Hardinge, Commanding-in-Chief, " G. BROWN, Adjutant-General." ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, OCT. 9.—Captain Taylor's troop of Royal Horse Artillery marched from the garrison here on Thursday morning, under the command of Captain Anderson, Captain Taylor being in the coan try on leave. The brass bands of the Royal Horse Artillery and the Field Batteries played the troop to the top of Shooter's-hill. The troop arrived at Canterbury, where it is to be stationed, on Satur day, the distance from Woolwich being three days' march. The Resistance troop •ship, which left Woolwich on the 24th of August last, arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th of September, and landed Captain Fitz gerald's company, sth battalion, at that garrison. to relieve Captain Phil]pott's company, 9th battalion, under orders to return to head• quarters at Woolwich. She left again for Malta on the 15th of September, and arrived at that station on the 231 of September, to relieve Captain Hamilton's company, under orders to return home to head-quarter s, havin g b een on foreign service since January, 1847. Pr evious to the embarkation of Captain H am ilton's company to re turn to England in the Resistance, the non-commis sioned officers were entertained at dinner by the non-commissioned officers of Major Shone's com pany, and the evening was spent in the greatest harmony. NEW NIGHT SIGNALS. These signals have now been almost in constant use in the Western Squadron for the last four months, and the result has been satisfabtory. At the close of the long series of trials of coloured lights at Portsmouth, some months ago, it was not in contemplation to produce more than 400 general signals, and these were considered to be a boon to the service. The old method did not admit of more than 19 signals, without guns, rockets, or blue lights, and this, in the presence of an enemy with steam ships, was deemed most highly objectionable. Now there is established in the fleet not only general signals to three times the amount of the old method, without guns, &c., but there is also a com plete and perfect system of telegraphing. There is no number which may be conceived, there is no idea which can be expressed, and there is not a word that can be spelt, but may be readily communi cated by the new lights from ship to ship, or from the shore to ships in the darkest night, up to 3i The following table will of the two systems THOMSON'S SYSTEM. 1. Lights hoisted vertical as flags 2. Weight 10Ibs 3. Coloured lenses 4. About 400 general sig nals 5. Ditto, ditto, without guns 6. Numerical table 7. Alphabet 8. Vocabulary (day) 9. Horary, to minute 10. Geographical table] 11. Compass complete 12. Seen at all points 13. Seen with other lights show the relative merits v. OLD METICO 1. Hoisted angular with yards 2. Weight 10:bs 3. White plateglass 4. About 19 signals 5. 103 with guns, &c. 6. None 7. None 9. None 10. None 11. Not complete 12. Not seen at all points 13. Not easily seen with other lights 14. Seen 3i miles 15. Seen with heavy sea, 3i miles 16. Gales of wind affect the sound of guns 14. Seen 31 miles 15. Seen with heavy sea, 2i _ - miles 16. Not confounded by gales, of wind 17. Candles made on board, at little expense. i 7. Wax candles, great ex pense. . IMPORTANT VILL CA USE. The Jury Court at Glasgow has been occupied for several days up to Friday last in the trial of the im portant will cause of Gilmour against Gilmour, before Lord Robertson and a special jury, in which property of the value of 300,0001. depended on the result. The wills in dispute (and which were in the Scotch form of deeds of disposition) were those of the late Mr. Adam Gilmour, a merchant, of Glasgow, who was the architect of his own fortunes, and by his exertions and integrity had amassed an enormous fortune in business there, from which he retired shortly before his death, taking a very large capital. By a testa mentary disposition made in 1833, he bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to his nephew and heir-at-law, Mr. Adam Gilmour. jun., merchant, the pursuer (or plaintiff) in this suit. In the year 1848, shortly before his death, the testator executed another deed, making the former deed null, and set tling his property on anothew nephew, Mr. Adam Gilmour, of Portnor, the defendant in this suit. The validity of that disposition was now questioned, and the jury were now called upon to decide—first, whether the testator was in a weak mind and easily imposed upon when he executed it; second, if that deed of 1848 was obtained by fraud, &c. Twenty two witnesses were examined, and on Friday the pur suer declined to proceed further with the contest, de claring that he had been actuated by a desire to as certain the facts, and his honourable feeling dictated the course now of consenting to a verdict for the de fendant. The counsel for the defendant bore testimony to the high character and principle which had dic tated that step, and Lord Robertson also testified to the high feelings of j ustice which had dictated such a surrender of the contest, remarking that there were higher considerations in this life than the mere attain. ment of money, and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant on this, the fourth day of the trial. SEABORNE MALLS. [N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-office by the lignt—and 14 by the morning—dispatch.] , When made up is From what PLACES. port dia. Wh en Loudon: patched, due. ---...—. ... 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Oct. 19 .. .. M 3 .. .. Southampt. Oct. 20 America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct. 15 - id; .. ,TA Ll v v e e rpo rpo o o l l .... Oct.oAertr.l7ll America (by U.S. pkt.) Oct.. Australia (via South- ) Ditto (via Marseilles) N l 24thofeaclimonth Dover .. Oct. 19 Plymouth.. 0 .. .. —3 1 ,20 th ofeach tr onth ISouthampt. Oct. 24 Afri D a l m tt ca o p , to vi: w a ) C es . t of ewas O. H 0 0 .1 3 .0 N zi N th & 0 14 1 t t h h Oct. 18 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo.' Dover Dover .. Daily Belgium .. .. .. N Daily •• • • • • eearnchonmt°h.;Plymoth.. Nov.* Buenos Ayres .. .. 114,9 th of the month Southamp t. Oct. 16 Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month ,SoDouthamptt.. Oct.oct 1212 Callfornia(viaChagreo3l 2d & 17th of month Southarnp Cape Cape Verdi .. Hope .. NN 2d d 4t o h f ot the the e m month n Constantinople* .... Nlth 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .. Oct. 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of aeon. , Southampt. Oct. 1 6 month . . Plymouth.. Sept. Sent. 2266 Channel Isles •• .. N,Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. Sat Chili .. .. .. . 31•2 d & 17th of math , Sonthampt. Oct. 16 France .. .. BS t N Thrice daily .. .. Dover • • TwicedallY Greece* .. . .. .. N 7th 17th27th ofmo Dover .. Oct. 19 Hamburgh ... N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. I.lolland .. .. .. AP Wednes. & Satur. London ..:qua. Tho s Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. ) Holyhead.. Twicodaily Indla(via 9outhamp.) M 20th of the month Sontharapt. Oct. 24 India (vlaMarseilles) N sth&24th .fmonth I Dover •• 1 0ct. 19 India, via C.of G. Hope N 11th or month Plymouth . IN - ov. 26 Mauritius .. .. .l. 14th of month Plymouth... I N * ov. 26 Mediterranean (via , ximadomtecoin :: ...... ...... 3111 N. 152 8 1 i tc p hoa & orof 2 tht 4 thh t eo b efm o mni f o m oonnn e tth n thh th .. s o D s o o uti v t ht e h r aa illin pp . tt ... Southamptnn) .. bff 20th of the month soataarapt. Oct. 24 sfe di tot ninean (via , ) Marseilles) 0 0 1 s:t t t . .e a 1 1 2 .9 mo. papal status •. .... m li 2 5 a th e, 15 1 t 7 li th 25 o t t h Malta' .. .. r r7th,l7th,l9th,27th Dover Oct. 18 :fon:: sDoolvitherarap..t. Oct.o :52 Naples .. .. .. N isth 15th25thofmoDover .• Oct. 12 restinsu;a .. • • .. 2d 7th 17th 27thef mo' South ampt. Oct. 16 .. N sth 15th zsthofmo Dover .. Oct. 12 West Indies • • •. AI 17th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16 _._ 1r- . i ...• I no•l•An. T r it er sc a an • y • o :. .. Naples* .• .. N Pspal States* .. .. .1.7 remusula .. .. Peru • • • • • • e• M : 0 of the month .. tS on th ampt. Tuscany' .• .. .. N vr iV ne e as s yt t a l ni n nna d d ies iots N(asse . x . caeup)t * The mails to those countr i es th us maned (') are c 4 French wicket via Marseilles. The mails for the West Indies, Pacific, and the Peninsi de up on the morning Of WC !Mil /Want, hi COnsequeuce falling on i 4tuiday. onveyed by ala, will be of the 17th TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1852. NAVAL 1N TELLIGENCE. A Board of Admiralty, including the Duke of Northumberland and Mr. Secretary Stafford left the Admiralty yesterday, on an official visit to Devonport Dockyard and the other Admiralty estab lishments at that port. Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., has arrived at Devonport to meet their Lord ships. Commander William Wynne Eyton, who has been promoted to the reserved half-pay list, entered the navy on July 10, 1805, as first-class volunteer, on board the Neptune, 98, Captain Thomas Francis Fremantle, and on Oct. 21 following participated in the battle of Trafalgar. Removing next to the Sea horse, of 42 guns and 251 men, Captain Joha Stewart, he assisted, on the night of July 5, 1808, in putting to flight the Turkish frigate Alis Fezin, of 26 guns and 230 men, and in capturing, after a memorably furious engagement, and a loss to the British of 5 killed and 10 wounded, her consort the Badere Zuffer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543 men of whom 170 were slain and 200 wound e d. While in the Seahorse, Mr. Eyton also contributed, as midshipman, to the reduction of the islands cf Gianute and Pianosa. In the course of 1811 he joined in succession the Ville do Paris, 110, and Rodney and Milford, 74's, bearing each the flag of Rear- Admiral T. F. Fremantle, under whom, in the Milford, we find him co-operating in the capture of Fiume and Trieste, in July and October, 1813. Being confirmed in the rank of lieutenant on July 29, 1814, he was appointed ultimately, on Jan. 7 and Oar. 5, 1819, to the Rosario and Redpole, sloops, c o mmanded in the Channel by Captai ns Villiam Hendry and William Devereux Evance; on Sept. 15, 1827, as first lieutenant, to the Wolf, 18, Captain Geo. Hayes, in the Mediterranean; and on Feb. 17, 1829, May 1, 1830, and Feb. 18, 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Victory, 104, St. Vincent, 120, and Asia, 84, flag-ships at Portsmouth and off Lisbon, of Admirals Sir Robert Stopford, Sir Thomas Foley, and William Parker. During his attachment to the St. Vincent, Mr. Eyton appears, iu November, 1830, to have been appointed to the Lightning, steamer, for the purpose of conveying Charles X. from Lulworth to Leith. He invalided from the Asia on June 16, 1832, and has not since been employed afloat. Commander Lamont, who has been removed to the list of 1816, is an officer of an ancient Highland fa mily, of great respectability. He entered the navy on Dec. 28, 1798, is first-class volunteer on board the Repulse, 64, Captain James Alms, lying at Ports mouth ; and in the course of 1799 joined the Queen Charlotte, 109, bearing the flag of Sir Cearles Thompson, and Charon, 44, Captain John Mackeller, in which latter ship, on his return from a visit to the Mediterranean, he assisted at the evacuation of the Helder. Becoming midshipman in January, 1800, of the Hebe, Captains William Birchall and George Reynolds, he accompanied the expedition in 1501 to Egypt; after which he was for more than two years employed in the North Sea in the Clyde, 38, flag-ship of Sir John Borlasse Warren, and for nearly one, as master's mate in the Mediator and Renomm4e, both commanded by Sir Thomas Livingatone, on the Channel station. He was then, in August, 1805, ap pointed sub-lieutenant of the Staunch, gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Benjamin Street; and on the 16th of the following October he was confirmed a full lieutenant of the Moselle, 18, Captains John Burman Carden and Alexander Gordon, employed at first in the Mediterranean and next in the West In dies. In 1808 it was Mr. Lamont's lot to be severely wounded while boarding an enemy's vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, for which he received a gratuity of 801. 11'. 6i. Ho was obliged in consequence to in valid in June of that year. Unable to procure fur ther employment, he accepted his retired rank, April 18, 1838. C6unT MARTIAL AT PORTsMOUT II . — A court martial took place yesterday morning on board the Victory flag-ship, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Mr. Rogers, gunner of the Ajax, on charges of drunken ness, brought against him by Captain Quin. In the absence of Rear-Admiral Superintendent A. Fan shawe, C 8., Captain Chads, C. 8., presided, and, with Captains Martin, C. 8., Scott, Henderson, C. 8., King come, King, Freemantle, Gifford, and O'Callaghan, with Deputy-Judge Advocate W. Greatham, Esq., formed the court. The business was over before 12 o'clock, and the prisoner was found Guilty, and sen tenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service. He was, however, strongly recommended by Capt. Quin, in consideration of his long services as a seaman and petty officer, to be allowed a pension, which, no doubt, will be awarded to him by the Admiralty. Echo steam-tug proceeded to Spithead yesterday morning, with 72 convicts from the new prison, and put them on board the Ocean Queen, for Australia. w k ol a , apprentice went, out of tender,rortsm Portsmouth t .- morning, for exercise. Cm Harbour ,° m a n yesterday d e r Fn e Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, has gone up to Ports mouth Harbour to join the steam reserve vessels. Linnet, 6, was commissioned on Saturday by Com• mander Need; her complement is to be 80 officers and men. THE FIRE ON BOARD THE CAMEL, LIGHTER.— s h e , o n b d e e fo d r e ( A t b n e d (Anderson) s o o y n o ) r , w e a b s a r t r g i e e d d fire e to the vesse l b ut the w o T n i h t a S w t h u i i P i r f n i ti c e e l ): y,P, e : sr tt w t n h a o gi tabsconded (Anderson) was tried on Saturnay, at Saltas evi dence not being Sufficient to convict him, he was acquitted. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The leviathan screw line of-battle ship I)uke of Wellington, three decker, 140, arrived at Spithead this morning from Pembroke, in tow of the I n flexible and Desperate steam sloops. Her appearance in sightwas quickly reported through the port and town, and the walls of Portsmouth were speedily very thickly tenanted by anxious gazers. The vast numbers congregated on the shore to witness the grand match between the yachts Sverige and Ame rica also s welled the number to a considerable extent. The Duke of Wellington is truly a stately ship; she sits upon the water most majestically, and, notwith standing her enormous body, seems a very graceful model of a first class man of war. She is a fine illustra tion of the talents of the new master shipwright of this dockyard (Mr. Ahethel), under whose eye she was built and altered at Pembroke, while he was master shipwright of that establishment. Numbers of persons went out to Spithead in boats to make a closer in spection of the noble fabric than they could make from the shore three or four miles off. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs) G.C.M.G., the Commander-in -Chief, accompanied by Captain G. B. Martin, C. 8., with his flag flying on board the Fire Queen, port tender, M. Paul, master, commanding, steamed out and made an external inspection of the Duke of Wellington this afternoon. She is anchored at Spithead for the night, and will be to :red into harbour to-morrow to be forthwith equipped for service. The yacht match between the Swede and the America has not come off to-day, the seven-knot breeze stipulated for not blowing at the hour ap pointed for starting-11 A.M. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The following members of the Board of Admiralty are expected at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, Devonport, this afternoon, viz. :—Rear- Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., First Secretary Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P., Captain the Hon. F. Pelham, Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and Colonel Green. Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, between four and five o'clock, three men-of-war, apparently British, were observed about three leagues south of the Breakwater, going up channel ; wind north-west, light breeze; the headmost, a barque, supposed to be a small frigate, under canvas and steam, but whether screw or paddle could not be distinguished. She was closely followed by the second, a vessel similar to herself. The third was a large ship, looking like a line-of-battle ship, less than a mile astern, under canvas only, with an ensign half-way up the peak. WoorAvicer, OCT. 11.—The St. Jean D'Acre, building at Devonport to carry 90 guns of large ca libre, is now in an advanced state, and will soon be ready for launching, and when launched she is to be immediately fitted with engines of 600-horse power, of Messrs. Penn and Sons' construction, on their patent trunk plan, which gave such sa tisfaction when tried in the Agamemnon, 90, now at Sheerness. The engines of the St. Jean D'Acre are already in progress, and all the castings and works are to be made and finished from the models used for casting and making the engines of the Aga memnon, these models having been used for the first time for the engines of that vessel. The diameter of the !cylinders of the engines is 78 inches, the trunk 321, equal to 70/ inches when the trunk is deducted ; the length of stroke 3 f ee t 6 i nc h es , the diameter of the engine shaft 13k i nc h es , an d the screw shaft 12 inches. The diam e t er o f th e a i r - pum p i s 23} inch es , the diameter of the scre w 18 f ee t, w ith a pitch of 20 feet 6 inches, the length b e i ng 3 f ee t 4 inches. The boilers are in 4 pieces, and the tubes 1,904 in number, each 2} inches diameter outside, and 6 feet 6 inches long. The fire-grates are 20 in number, and so ar ranged that the position fur the stokers is well venti lated. There is also ample spice for getting to every part of the engines, and the whole of the boilers and engines being considerably under the water line, they are well protected from injury in the event of the vessels in which they are fitted being engaged in actual warfare. lii. Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Commo dore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Stafford, M.P. (First secretary), and Captain Pelham (Private Secretary to the Duke of Northumberland), left the Admiralty this morning on their annual official inspection of the dockyard establishments. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—The returnl of the Prince Albert to Aberdeen, bringing inte ll i gence from Captain Sir Edward Belcher's expedition that he had been able to proceed up Wellington Channel, it being quite clear of ice, has given fresh hope to many of the relations and friends of the missing na vigators, as they naturally infer that if Sir Edward Belcher could proceed up the Wellington Channel this year, Captain Sir John F:ankiin and his companions could have passed up with similar ease in 1846. Sir Edward Belcher's opinion that Sir John Franklin did not leave his winter quarters at Beechy Island in a hurry has given additional hope that traces of the further progress of the missing expedition will be found, and the great suspense which has hitherto prevailed relative to their fate will shortly be removed. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. &V ERN VALLEY.—A deputation from the direc tors, consisting of Mr. J. Thorpe and Mr. W. Reed, attended public meetings during the last week at the various towns in the districts of the proposed line. The meetings were numerously and influentially at tended, and resolutions were passed to the effect that the construction of the Severn Valley Railway would be a great public convenience, and afford increased facilities for the development of the agricultural, manufacturing, mineral, and other resources of the districts, and pledging the meetings to cordially sup port the undertaking. The line as proposed termi nates at Coalbrookdale ; but, from the opinions ex pressed at the meeting in favour of continuing it to Shrewsbury, it is expected the company will decide on going there. SOUTH WALES.—Yesterday the 30 miles of addi tional railway from Swansea to Carmarthen were opened for public traffic. It will be remembered that a formal opening of this portion of the line took place more than three weeks ago, but, in consequence of certain requirements of the Government Railway In spector being unfulfilled, the opening for traffic was deferred. The inspector has given his sanction to the use of the line for public traffic. Five trains run daily to and fro on the extended line, and a person may now breakfast in London at 9 .as., and dine in Carmarthen at half-past four. The new stations are Loughor, Llanelly, Pembrey, Ferryside, and Car marthen. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTlON.—Preliminary measures are now being taken to promote a Bill in the ensuing session of Parliament for the construction of the above line. Oa a former occasion a Bill was promoted with a view to obtain the sanction of Par liament for the construction of the line at a cost of 400,000/., but now it is proposed to construct it for about one-third of that amount. It is stated that a most responsible contractor is ready to undertake the work and complete it for something lesA than 140,000/., and to take in part payment above 40,000/. of that sum in shares in the undertaking. RAILWAY EXCURSIONS TO IRELAND.—It is stated that upwards of 250,000 persons have visited Ireland during the last year through the cheap excursions by rail way. ULSTER.—This company's extension line is to proceed aria Glasslough, Monaghan, Clones, and Belturbet, to Cavan and Mullingar, at a cost of 350,0001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the Rev. John Berrington was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for re-examination, charged with having carried on an extensive system of swindling, principally through the medium of ad vertisements in the newspapers. The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared, and it will be remembered that the " rev. gentleman" (the prisoner) had obtained from Miss Anne Richardson the halves of four 51. Bank of England notes, upon an understanding that she was to go out to Australia with him and his family as governess, at a salary of 1201. per annum. He told her that he was fitting up a ship, and that he would give har good interest for any money she might ad vance; but upon her making inquiry she found that the ship Diligence, which he had named, was not known. Mr. Clarke, solicitor, attended for Miss Richardson ; and Mr. Cooper for the prisoner. Mr. BROUGHTON (to Lockerby, 180 S)—Have you any other case connected with this district to bring forward ? Lockerby—Not at present, your Worship; but there are parties here who are ready to give evi dence in some swindling affairs. Other evidence was gone into, showing that the prisoner had, by artful representations, obtained money from parties under false pretences; and nu merous papers found upon him were produced. Oae of them was from the Bishop of Oxford, inhibiting him from preaching within his diocese. The said in hibition was dated in 1849. Three years prior thereto the Bishop of London had issued a document to a similar effect. Some other cases against the prisoner were gone into, and he was remanded for a week. SOUTHWARK. CABS AT RAILWAY STATIONS.-Mr. A'BECKETT onFriday gave his judgment in a case of great im portance to all the railway companies within the me tropolitan police district, as well as to the public using the various stations. On Tuesday last a cabman was summoned by Mr. Welsh, a barrister, for refusing to carry him as a fare from the cab stand or rank inside the Brighton Railway terminus, London-bridge, when Mr. Lewis attended for the defendant, but mostly to argue the question on behalf of the railway company. He contended that the defendant did not become amen able to the Act of Parliament, inasmuch as the rail way station was not a public place, and therefore, defendant could not be liable to punishment for re fusing to take a fare when plying fur hire. After come considerable discussion, at the request of Mr. Lewis, the Magistrate suspended his judgment until yesterday, when the court was crowded by railway officials and cab owners, who were anxious to ascer tain the decision on this very important case, espe cially as it is final, and cannot be taken to a higher court. Mr. Lewis and all the parties being in attendance. His Wonsan- proceeded to deliver his judgment as follows :—This is a summons against the d e f e ndant, as the driver of a hackney carriage within the metro politan police district, for refusing to go w ith th e c omplainant who was desirous of hiring the said car riage for the legal and proper fare. It has been argu ed on the defendant's behalf—fi rs t, th a t a ca b within a railway. terminus is not d i liackney carriage within the m eaning of the Act ; secon dl y , t h at t h e de fendant was not plying for hire ; and lastly, that the railway terminus is not a place contemplated by the Act of Parliament. The first point may be briefly disposed of by reference to the A c t o f th e 6 t h an d 7th Victoria, cap 86, the second sect i on o f wh i ch de fines a railway carriage to be " every carr i age except a stage carriage which shall stand on hire or ply for pas sengers for hire, at any place within the limits of the city of London and the liberties thereof, a n d th e metropolitan police district." That is a much clearer definition than that given by the Ist and 2cl . William IV., c . 22 , t h e fourth section of which limits the definition to a car riage with two or more wheels st an di ng or p l y i ng for hire in any public street or road, and any place, whereas, from the more recent Act, the words " any public st reet or ro ad" are omitted. The second point raised on behalf of the d e f en d ant i s that plying he was not Now, the wor d s o f t h e for hire. Act Ist and 2d William IV., c. 22, and sec. 35, have stated clearly " that every hackney car r i age w hi c h shall be found standing in any street or place, and having therein any of the numbered plates r equ i re d by this Act to be fixed in the hack ne y carr i ages, shall, unless actually hired, b e deemed t o b e p l y i ng for hire, and the onus of proving the previous hi r i ng i is thrown on the party complained against. The second point being thus disposed of, I come to the last, upon which most stress has been l a id,— name l y, that a railway terminus is not a place within the meaning of the statute. Now this arg umen t i s clearly untenable, even if a railway terminus were not a public place of resort, and, in my opinio n , t o b e within the Act ; but there is no doubt that the ter minus, though the property of the railway company, is a place of public resort, and a place whi c h, b y A ct of Parliament, the public have a right o f resor ti ng to. An opposite view of the case would be most in convenient to the railway company themselves, as well as the public, for many offences committed at a terminus were punishable by being committed at a place of public resort. If a cabman could not be punished for refusing to taking a fare at a terminus, neither could he be punished for abusive language, extortion, or other misconduct at a railway station. The rail way officials have no right to assume an authority over hackney carriages, or to lay down regulations inconsistent with the law, and those drivers who act under this improperly assumed authority must take the consequences of the illegality of their actions. There has been put into my hands by the solicitor of the defendant a printed copy of rules and regula tions for the government of owners and drivers of cabs standing for hire at the station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. These regu lations confirm what I have said as to the illegal as sumption of authority by the railway companies over y. hackne carriages. Among other things I find that the public are expected to pay certain rates for lug gage in addition to the ordinary fares; and the publi c are told that otherwise the charge is discretionary with the cab-driver. Now, this is an error of which the public mind cannot be too speedily disabused, as the cab drivers can make no charge at all ; and the only discretion they have in the matter is that they may refuse to overload their cabs with an un reasonable amount of luggage. They are b oun d to carry any reasonable amount without any charge, and it is time that the railway companies should understand that they are not authorised in fixing cab-farts, and that they are very improperly mis leading the public by issuing such regulations as those just placed before me. This is not a new case, and the complainant in the present instance has been the complainant on previous occasions, when, some times on account of a promise that the illegal re striction on the public convenience should be abolished much forbearance has been shown, and a small or no minal penalty inflicted. As there as been much ob sfinacy in continually violating the law, and as the parties doing so have been acting under the sanction, or rather under the coercion of the 'railway com panies, it is necessary that the law should be fully carried out, and I shall therefore Lflict on the defen dant in this case the full penalty of 403., with the costs of the summons. SIR CULLING EARDLEY AND MR LUCAS, M.P. In the Tablet of Saturday there was a curious correspondence between Sir Culling Eardley, and the Hon. Proprietor of that journal. As Sir Culling's letter is short and Mr. Lucas's plaguy long, we submit the first for publication, and about an equal quantity of the second : " Geneva, Oct. 1, 1852. " Sir,—l observe in the Tablet, the Tuam Herald, and other Irish newspapers, that a movement has been began by Irish P.oman Catholics, with the proposed object of attaining religioua equality.' In one of those papers (the Tablet) I see it is argued that the first step to wards attaining the blessing of secure homes and safe altars, must be the destruction of everything in the' shape of privilege, precedence, monopoly, or unfair ad vantage oa the part of the Established Church. " Ja that movement your name is prominent. " I need not suggest to you that for public men to command respect they must act upon a principle. To profess to desire religious freedom in Ireland, and not to the best of their ability to promote it elsewhere, would be to be politically unprincipled. "It is not my purpose to express any opinion about your Irish movement, but I take the liberty of address ing you on the following subject. "You are, no doubt, aware of the imprisonment of Sig. and Signora Madiai in Tuscany for religious causes. They are condemned severally to three years and a half and four years-and-a-half confinement with hard labour, for:having read the Scriptures, and worshipped God out of the Church of Ro me ; and for having induced or as sisted others to do the same. " Upon such cruelty it is supetiluous to comment. The public prosecutor distinctly stated at the trial that there was no political accusation whatever. The prose cution was avowedly for religion, the religion of the Established Church of Tuscany; and the punishment is the grossest conceivable invasion of the most rudimen tary principles of religious liberty. " A deputation from various countries—the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Switzerland, and Germany —is about to wait upon the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in order to solicit, in the name of religious freedom, the liberation of the Madiai. I expect to meet these gen tlemen at Marseilles, and I take the liberty of asking whether I may inform them that they have your per mission to state at Florence that you, whose name and position are well known there, regard, with indignation, the incarceration of the Madiai, in the supposed interests of your faith, and that you wish success to the object of the deputation. " I reserve to myself the right of making a public use of the correspondence as soon as it is completed; and I request that it may not be considered as completed until I have had time to acknowledge the honour of your reply. " The gentleman who will wait upon you with this letter will arrange with you for the reply to meet me at Marseilles. " I am, Sir, your obedient sQrvant, " C. E. EARDLEY. " Frederick Lucas, Esq., M.P." The substance of the reply of Mr. Lucas is, that he will not comply with the suggestion of his corre spondent. Why and wherefore you may discover from the closing part of his elaborate epistle, i. e.:— "If I were a member of a constitutional state, like Belgium or like England, on whichever side the majority happened to be, I would advocate the strictest impar tiality and equality of treatment for all. If I were an absolute monarch under the like circumstances I would practise the same rigid impartiality. But if I were an inhabitant of a country like Ireland—governed, nomi nally by a representative government, in which the vast majority of the people profess one religion—in which a miserable minority, besides robbing the majority of their estates, have robbed them also of the religious en dowments accumulated by the piety of their ancestors for centuries before—by the aid of those endowments uphold themielves in a position of social and legal supe riority over the mass of the people—use these endow ments as an instrument of insult and a means and a mo tive for every kind of misgovernment, and the mainte nance of every specie.; of abuse—in such a case, I care not whether I belonged to the majority or the minority, to the class of the oppressed or the class of the op pressors, to the Catholic or the Protestant—in any event I should be earnest, with my whole soul, for cutting out of the flesh of the state so foul a gangrene, a►id establishing perfect religious equality among the people. " This is the opinion I entertained before I became a Catholic and ever since I came to the age of reason. I uphold it now on the same principle on which I adopted it then, but with a fuller knowledge, a deeper conviction, a profounder hatred of the wrong, and a more resolute determination to abate the nuisance. Show me a case in which a Protestant majority is so treated by a usurp ing, plundering, and oppressive Catholic minority, and I will be as forward in expressing my indignation at the conduct of the Catholic oppressors, and my sympathy with the Protestant oppressed. " But when you dare to suggest to me a similarity be tween Tuscany and Ireland—between the Madisis and the Catholics of this land—between your souping, swind ling, mammon-proselytism, the whole% practical aim of which is directed to root out the Christian faith, and to plant infidelity in its stead—to disturb, destroy, disor ganise, break, and tear asunder an ancient and virtuous society, by foreign influenc e e and foreign g o ld ; t o ma k e men devils, or anything, if it were possible, that is worse, rather than allow them to save their souls in the pure way in which their fathers worshipped God; when you dare to suggest to me a parallel between resistance to the first beginnings of such revol ut i onary i nnovat i ons, and of such hosttl e invasions from without, and the efforts of the Tory bigots here, to maintain their plunder and their ferocious gripe upon the throats of a famished people, I turn from the suggestion with a con t em p t which, assuredly , th ere is nothing, either in your letter or in anything I know of your career, to modify or diminish. " I am, Sir Culling, your obedient servant, "Tablet Office, Saturday, Oct. 9." "F. Lucia. (From the Times.) The advocates of " religious equality," in the Irish and special sense of the phrase, have encountered an awkward opponent on the very threshold of the commit tee-room. The other day, as our readers are not likely to forget, these conscientious and simple-minded men, being devout upholders of a creed which confines salva tion exclusively to itself, and justifies the extirpation of religious differences by fetters and fagots, recorded a series of extraordinary resolutions, to the effect that spi ritual freedom was the genuine birthright of all people; that the .several denominations of Christians possessed respectively their own proper claims to consideration, and that " the first step towards secu r ing the blessing of se cure homes and safe altars must be the destruction of everything in the shape of privilege, precedence, mono poly, or unfair advantage on the part of the Established Church." This notification met the eye of Sir Culling Eardley, and acted on the free smiled baronet as a proclamation by Lord Hardinge for disbanding the entire army might be expected to act on Mr. Bright. For years had Sir Culling been labouring in the work of religious equality and evangelical freedom all over the world, and for years had he and his coadjutors regarded the Romish esta blishment as the incarnate terror of poor God-fearing souls. But here were not only Papists, bat Irish Pa- piste ; and not only Irish Papists, but Irish and Popish " archbishops" and " bishops" assembling together to put on record doctrines of religious liberty which might pass good muster at a convention of the Protestant Al liance. Into what emotions Sir Culling was thrown on the spot must be left to imagination to conceive. Per haps he did as Colonel Sibthorp was represented by a facetious contemporary to have done in the lobby of the House of Commons when the Crystal Palace was fi nally condemned ; but, at any rate, he then and there applied the discovery to prompt ,and practical use. A poor man and woman in Tuscany of the name of Madiai have been just sentenced to four years' confinemenf with hard labour for having read the Scriptures and worshipped God out of the Church of Rome. There was no suspicion, charge, or implication of moral or political criminality attaching to the case. The public prosecutor frankly declared at the trial that there was no such accusation whatever, and that the prosecution was wholly and avowedly for the religion of the established Church of Tuscany. Sir Culling, in concert with many other benevolent persons of this andlother countries, was then compassing the res cue of these unhappy prisoners, and in furtherance of this charitable object a deputation was proceeding to solicit their pardon from the Tuscan Court. Now, if the Irish confederates, being of this veryTascan religion, and known indeed throughout Europe as out-Romanizins* the Romans themselves in all the genuine characteristic of Popery, would but concur in suggestively recommend ing to their brethren at Florence some of those maxima , which they were proclaiming so clamorously at home, what a catch it would be for the deputation! So thought S m. irrCFurledlinegri,ck Lucas,and he addressed himself promoter equa lity movement," and a public expositor of the cause. Referring to the declaration of the confederates touching " secure homes," " safe altars," and the method of 66 at taining such blessi ngs " b y the destruction of ecclesiasti cal monopolies, Sir Culling ventured to introduce the question of the Madiais. Nothing certainly could have more forcibly illustrated the principles on which Mr. :Lucas and his colleagues were now taking their stand. The case seemed made for the very pur pose. How terribly an " established chur ch" mi g ht interfere with " secure homes and safe altars" was shown to some effect in a sentence or four years' impri sonment:for reading the Bible without that church's permission, and spiritual " privilege, precedence, mono poly, and advantage" were most nsurectly exemplified to the life in decrees which visited the very smallest dissent with the penalties of a common felon. So, after quoting the resolutions of the " equality" committee, and alluding to the purposes of the deputation then on its road, fir Culling " took the liberty of asking"-Mr. Lucas whether he, " whose name and position were well known at Florence," would permit the deputation to state that he " regarded the incarceration of the Madiais" wits the " indignation" professed and recorded against all ‘• privilege, monopoly, or advantage of as established church,' and whether, ho would contribute his public " wishes" to the " success" of the mission? Well spoken, Sir Culling! You have not always o English opinions with you, but you have got them now. And what did Mr. Lucas say? Why, he first took Sir Culling roundly to task for presuming to expect an answer to so impertinent an application, and he then, with truly Irish consistency, wrote an answer filling three whole columns of a newspaper. As far as this repri mand condescends to reasons, it proceeds on the differ ence detected by Mr. Lucas between two cases so DO I ; rently similar. T rue , t h e P op i s h rel i gion is esta bl is De; in Tuscany and the Protestant in Ireland; but Protee autism in Tuscany is " a crime,in the sight of God, ' ll/ an injury t o soc i ety, " whereas Popery in Irelan d (0 we must infer by antithesis) is a real and gentli : e blessing to the State. The Tuscan Government, se g ' is " Catholic," and the country is " exclusively Cattle' lie," and, therefore, in repressing dissent, its rulers In e l l use any means they think expedient. But the establisb e i Government of I re l an d and the Established Churc h" n Ireland are both as truly Protestant as the Tuscan es ts ' blishinents are Popi s h, an d w h y may they not ac t ep cordingly? If precedence, monopoly, and privilege are: detestable as Mr. L ucas thinks them they can certainly none the better for being absolute, or, if this is held to' the case, we have only to make the Government of Ire'. land still more Prot es t ant than i t i s, and lock up 07; Lucas and Dr. Wilde fur four years, instead of mer i e:' not allowing them to steal ot h er men ' s goo d s at t h e i r d 1 cretion. We have only to terminate all toleration, 91/ then we shell no longer be chtirgeablo with intoleran ce ; ro give a Dissenting community free scope and lieenl, for all its tenets and ceremonies, and to interdic t it solo . ; from outraging the laws of the State and appropriatl the property of its neighbours, is persecution; to se l , f and imprison every Dissenter, and to stifle the r e o l faintest utterance of dissent, is no persecution at all, bb a rightful exercise of power, in which just so rou e rigour should be in'esel as is necessary for effect. Notts don't say so, Mr. Levee! Don't preech such doctrine They are dangerous at the present moment, we can 115 ii sure you. If Papists ought to have everything th e , want or nothing at all, the former will not be to alternative preferred by the British nation. 0 . eourse, Popery with lifia. Lucas is all that o f precious, and Protestantism all that is vile. I , course, Protestant Ch urc h Mi ss i ons aro a sc h eme o f °,„ ganized evil—" a souping, swindling, mammon peo. lytiam, the whole aim of which is directed to root o c an the Christian faith and pl ant i n fi del i ty i n its stead; '6 disturb, destroy, disorgani se , b rea k an d tear asun d e r , ' l v ancient and virtuous society" (i s t hi s Ireland?) 1e foreign influences and foreign go ld, to ma k e men der'„? or anything, if possible, that were worse; " w hil e 'P o; way of Dr. M'Hale and his fellow pri es t s i s th e " pad way "of righteousness, and so forth. In short, PoP er i o is truth and Protestantism heresy ; t ru th oug ht 0. 1 promoted and heresy rooted out, and therefore PoPl e i establishments may imprison Protestants, but Protest° o o establishments ought to admit Papists to " equalit g li f This is the practical view of the now committee. Culling Eardley. meantime, has certainly got an ansveVl and a pretty stiff one t oo , b u t th e mem b ers of the uei! putation aro called impertinent for askiug anything, B F ie fools for expecting it, and th e B arone t hi mse lf i s d„ l io missed " with a contempt w hi c h t h ere i s not hi ng in Po letter or his life to modify or diminish." " Egttalttl for ever! THE COUNTRY M. The following is the official statement corn, &c., received in the port of Lond Essex, from the 4th Oct., 1852, to t both inclusive :—. LitKETS. of the quantiti lon from the P ol the 9th Oct., 1 -a• 1 • , 03 ;', • Wa . . 4 ••'' 4 g .4 1 ° c ii ct t . 0 q 0 PI 4.', ~.. Colchester 97 22 —' 23 ;:p Elarwich - Leigh 328 105 15 13 : 7 0 naldon 13201 407 116 388 f, • CHELMSFORD, OCT. B.—Prices to-day were as follovc , i , Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 548 Od, new 42s to 54 ,' red, old 40 8 to 465, new 35s to 40s; barley, 26s to 39 6 ', chevalier 27s t o 3Vs ; grinding 21s to 278; malt 55 , , to b oo chevalier 558 to 58 s ; oa t s 19 s t o 25 s ; peas , partridge, „'l9l to 365; white, 308 to 32s ; boiling, 35s to 375; dun, new to 31s; beans, tick, 323 to 345; harrow ticks, 31s to Su ft mazagan, 298 to 325. OP COLCHESTER, OCT. 9.—Wh ea t, w hi te 40s to 50 s ; r e. - Ah , to 45s ; oats, 17s to 22s ; beans, mazagan 28s to 32s ; ras and small 328 to 365; p eas , w hit e 348 to 365, grey, 3v't 32s ; barley, 283 to 32s per qr. KIItKALDT, OcT. 9.—The following are the quetatieo for grain:— Wheat. Barley. I Oats. First 513 Od 29s NI 22, Od second 46, Od 268 6d 218 Od Third 37s Od 23, Od j 19s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801h8 HADDINCTON, OCT. B.—The followinj gain at our market to-day Wheat. I Barley. First 483 Od 28s 6d Second 42s 3d 27s Od Third Total quantity of Wheat in market Do. Barley do. Do. Oats do. Do. Beans do. Beans. —s Od 1 s Od —s Od 2Ss Od to ; are the I — P o e"° o 5 . ()Ds 0J..1 prices u Oats. 22s Od Bola 35 -.! Ofri 2J. 6d 33s ig 176 6d 310 vs 757 qrs., 667 0 0 794 qrs., 730 S O 629 qrs., 558 0 0 15 qrs., 7 ti° COAL. MARKET.-YESTEMDAT. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :-0 6 3 Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16s Od Pensher Holywell Eloward's W.H. Neth 169 Od Richmond l6O 7 9 6 Newcastle Hartley .... 15s Od Stewart's .. , 5 6 9 4 North Percy Hartley.. 16s Od l Whitwell South Peareth l3s Od Cassop i Canfield Moor ........ 149 3d Hartlepool ........ ...••• .•- lig 94 Canfield Moor Butes... 143 Od Heugh Hall ...... ...„. 16 9 3 4 Tees Tantield ... ...... 13s 6d Kelloe Cownl_ey West Hartey Wall'3 End. &c. Cl aver i ng Tees. Acorn Close .... 17 s Od P ease ' s W est l4O 'O4 14ostorth ..... .......... 169 63 Seymour Tees 63 Harton .. Harton Hebburn ....... Lawson l 6s Od Tee., .— ...,..«.. 17, lliddell Edell Main ...... ...... 17s Od Bircbgrove Graigola 205 c 4 Lambton Primrose ... 173 Od Derwentwaterliartley 16 3 Belmont ... 17s Of Nixon's Merthyr and 0 Braddyll IP i i atoll Haswell lBs 8.3 Ships at market, 109 Sold, 102, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Ocr. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been 911 to-day, The sales were confined to Taff Vale (New) share , which were done at 3 3 / 8 p. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market opeli" dull this morning, but improved t owar d s t h e m i dd l e o f tm day, and closes at its best. The decline in Ch es hi re Junoti°o stock, since the meeting on S a t ur d ay, h as b een very mar ked' The transactions were as follow .—Birkenhead, Lancashl and Cheshire, 6 11-16 dis.—Ditto (late Chester !! 11 4 Birkenhead), 211/ —Caledonian, 23 5 k—Di tto, Preference, —Eastern Counties, 11 5 16 —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3v _., /a —Great _Northern, Preferenc e , R e d eemable Stock, 1 , 0 fr„ Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84 3 4 London an d North Western, 119 1 / 2 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolnskl Preference, 11 %5-Midland, 76 5 / B —North Staffordshire, 3 f , dis.— Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 5 4 3 dis.—South-Easter" and Dover, 22%—York and North Midland, 24 7 4. MAN CHESTE kt, O CT. 1 1 . Of STOCK EXCHANGE.—There w as a tolerable amount business done to-day at firm prices. The transactions r e ' ported were—Caledonian, 23 3 4 —East Lancashire, 104 ' , Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3 7-16 dis,—North ot'" fordshire, 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22%. BIRMINGHAR, OCT. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The improvement which has Man i ; fasted itself in the share market for the last few days vi s a generally maintained to-d a y ; b u t f ew sa l es o f i mpor tauc t have been effected, and there was little variation from la . , London quotations, which usua lly govern th e Bi rm i ng ba`" market. The newly-projected local lines of railway froill Nuneaton to Leicester, from Birmingham to Stourbridgl and from Hartlebury (where it will join the Worcester a l3 ,r Wolverhampton), and run by Kidd erm i ns t er, S tour porw Bewdley, and Bridgenorth to Ironbridge and Coalbrook DAI begin to excite considerable attention, and promise to be we supported. an [ADVERTISEMENT.] t, Holloway' s Oi n t men t Pills have Effected a most extraordinary cure of Scrofula Twenty Years standing.—Mrs. Jackson, of 17, Upper Brooke' street, Derby, was afflicted nearly twenty years with a scroftt: lous ulcer in her wrist, the p a i n f rom which was incessant and excruciating. She resorted to all kinds of remedies witha l avail, and was for a long time a patient in the hospital, but re; ceived no relief whatever until she had recourse to Holloway ° Ointment and Pills. These excellent medicines soon c aused $ portion of the bone to come away, and, notwithstanding th e dreadful state of the wound, it is now perfectly healed, And her health entirely re-established.—Sold by all Druggists se at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London. A MAN BURIED ALIVE.—An Irishman who died suddenly on the railroad was buried at 'Wheeling (Va.) on Tuesday. Those who attended the funeral, after lowering the coffin into the grave, returned to their home, leavingman to fill up the grave. It appears that, after thr ow ing J:, a few shovels full of earth, he was alarmed by a singul.it noise as of kicking and struggling in the coffln, so that 07 ran away. Coming up with Mr. F itzsitinons, he told wb`i he had heard, and both immediately returned, ra i se d 001 opened the coffin, and found the man turned on hi s f ac e, 1 1 `; his person warm. The Gazette says that if the co ffin be: been opened when the commotion was first heard, the raw' might have been saved, and that he died solely from safe' cation.—New York Paper RAILWAY COLLISION. A. severe collision 04 place last night at Porto Bello, three miles from Edinburgh: One man was killed and several passengers injured. Th e accident occurred in consequence of a luggage train standing on the rails, and the mail train, which leaves Edinburg h at six o'clock, coming into collision with it. The passe", gers injured returned to Edinburgh. —Liverpool Paper Saturday. OP At SON. On the ad inst., the Wife of the Rev. W. M. H. Chive bp vicar of Geddington. At Bredbury-ball, Cheshire, on the Bth inst., the wi. ( 0 of John Fender, Rig. OF A DAIJOIFI ER On the Bth inst , at Byron-house, Cranford, MiddleseS' the wife of Francis R. Totbill, li, On the oth inst., at Eaton-placed West, the wife of J Ollll Scott Bankes, Esq. MARRID. burst. A• of Bro On the ith inst., at Chesterfield, Bernard Ed war d Pro d ' Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-Square, second son W. Brodhurst, lit , q., of the Friary, Newark, to Elizabeth , only surviving child o f E . G . Maynard, Eq., of Chesterfie l ,7, On the 9th inst., at St. Gil es ' s, Camberwell, William 1 ' Wilson, Esq., of the Camber, ell New-roAd, to Harriette, second daughter of C. Towdey, Esq., of W:.lworth. DIED. of At Brighton, on th e B t h inst. James Taylor, Esq., Strensham-ccurt, and Mosley- hall, ' lVorcestersliire. On the 7th inst., at the Parsonage, Hermitage, near New bury, the Rev. W a lt er Sh eppard, M.A., son of G. Sheppard' Esq., of From, field, aged 41. On the 7th inst., at Peckham, Clara, the youngest daUg ter of the late Mr. C. l'otter, of the same place. On the Bth inst., at Shenley, Herts, Jessie, the yourge ° daughter of the late Rev. Edward Vaux. oi London: Printed and P u bli s h ed b y MURDO YOUNGIg, No. 112, Strand, P r i nter , at T he Sun Office. No. 1 a f Strand, in the Precin c t o f the Swov, in the coantir ' 1111(111cm% Tueaday, October 12,185 G A LON DO