The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-17 00:00:00

5.414 ERIFFS' COURT.—(THis DA y.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) LEMARGE v. HART. )1 4 -- `"rY OF SURETIES TO LOAN SOCIETIES. — This r ni , a n action to recover the sum of 17/. 7s. 4d., for ), p paid for and on account of the defer.dant. f enc rrnomAs stated the case. The plaintiff and (le tt' a ta %vete both sureties, with three other persons. to oa r , bro n , company for a sum of 721., and actions were t against them, and the plaintiff paid the.debt and 1 1 1;' a " now sued the defendant for his contribution. t..4 1 , r • Webste r , the manager of the loan-office, was ti pe 't end pro ve d that the money had been advanc ed to it I ' s " named Ilolroyd J and plaintiff had been sued for y !qr. Thomas Bevan ones, who was the only person hi: a/I cing the money. The money was paid to him b y B,oliettor Mr. Shepherd. Th reeeipt, signed by Mr. Shepherd, was then p ut in. o r e UNDER-S HER IFF said that the mere production havee been paid was no t ev idence of a payment. It m i g ht e r e en paid by some other person than t he plainti ff. t endan • Tuomas said that Mr. Shepherd was not in at- Th e 4, 4 UNDER-SHERIFF said that there be in g no evi -1;e of the payment by plaintiff, he must be non-suited. T he said he would withdraw the r ecord. th e .e UNDER-SHERIFF said that could not be done after 1i ,J . , 111 '3 7 was sworn, except by consent. 4 ,•Tuoma..s then desired that Mr. Shep herd should e aded on his subpcena,whi:th was done in this and the C e l „ t ease, against another of the directors , the Learned el contending that he was entitled to call his wit ),,eoord before the jary was sworn, and t o withdraw the '. jehe plaintiff was non-suited in the first case, and the Zd withdrawn in the next. TnomAs bath n t consentedldthe non-suit, but it to have the writ retain, b as the he di r " not to was y n etion of the Court. Th eof,Z UNDER-SHERIFF said that he entertained no doubt the non-suit being correct. The Learned Counsel g" apply to a judge at Chambers. Th• CLARKE v. ELLIS. i s was an action to recover the sum of 51. 17s. 93. 111e jlefandant pleaded that he was not inde bted. Th eil it facts of the case were these : — The p laintiff isw a 'i l l r t. and the defendant formerly carried on business City, his broth er a s a woollen-draper, in Lawrence-lane, e "J r : For th e pl a i n tiff, it was sw orn, that the goods, i 44:: Stin g of articles of dress, were supplied to the Mr. Stammer, for the defendant, contended that this t il 4 „ld not have' been the case, and called John Walker h ," 3 , the defendant's brother, who swore that he had a sup pled account with plaintiff, and the goods were sup bo in reduction of a debt due to him, and his brother 6 11 ght a coat, &c., of him. The witness had become t r l krupt after the dissolution of partnership. The r'ainti El refused to produce his ledger to show to t+bomhe had given credit. te he jury immediately gave a verdict for the de 4dant. h SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PIICKLE, Esq.) SINGULAR CASE.— It illiam Brahan z, a respectable fooo, rig youth, about fifteen years of age , w as indicted 1 1 ` 'eloniously stealinz a velvet cap from the sho p of I : th - Gro ve , out fi tter , N ew -cut, Lambeth. William Edward Grove, son to the prosecutor, said ~_at about eight o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the pa th August last, the prisoner entered the shop, and d raper to look at some caps. Witness opened the a el , 4 :": in which the caps were deposited, and showed him ti,„ 141 . The prisoner declined purchasing, and requested 131 :u to bring a blouse for his companion, which they that the and left the shop. He instan tl y p erceived e a „ - "tueprisoner had stolen a velvet cap and left his old in the pr drawer among the new ones. He ran after th` and brought him back, when he asked him whether h, 4 , , was his cap which he then wore? Th e p risoner \\ - 7Vled " No, it is a mistake, I have left mine behind." , 114 11 fiess then called a policeman and gave him into Cody, dY- When in the shop the prisoner said that his j ) was similar to the one be had on his head , an d offered "u rchase it. h e :rrge Baker shopman to the prosecutor, said that question, ""owed the Prisoner several caps on the evening in al esti °n, one of which was a velvet one, for which he t i — ett him two shillings and sixpence, and at the same live any Placed it on his head. The prisoner refused to any more than one shilling and sixpence for it, and k eel to a not h er p ar t of the shop where the blouses were e pt Witness went to him again and told h im he could ha ve T it for one shilling and ninepence , the lowest p rice. " 0 prisoner refused to give more than he offered. He saw nothing more of him until he was bro u g ht back to e shop w ith the cap in his possession. When he put th e i velvet cap on the prisoner's head he had his o ld one 4 1 his h an d . T homas George Painter — Saw the p risoner enter the 6 I O P on the evening in questio n, and p roceed to the cap drawer. After a few minutes he saw him pitch his awn 4 1: 1 into the drawers, and place the new velvet one on h er head and proceed to the other pa r t of the shop, here th e blouses are kept, and having purchas ed one irleft the shop with his companion. Witness went after A t n and asked him if the cap on his head was h is own. e answered in theaffirmative; but, afterlooking at it, he trlainled it was a mistake,—the cap did not belong to that then told the prisoner that he had been at t h o ' llia garae before on the Saturday previous, and he th e - u LOW give him into custody. Three months ago Aline he stole a cap and a velvet waistcoat :at that Mr. c on]. Purchased a common blouse. " I . l 4 l llNoei k addressed the jury at sore length on bel'a- 1 of the prisoner, and contended that the cap was taken a ~ Y by mistake. He was the son of a respectable trad esma.n, and at the time he went into prosecutor's shop was k ,ossessed of money to make the purchase. The Learned Counsel called the prisoner's mother, who denied the witnoss Painter's statement, Mr. Vincent, the news-agent of the Blackfriars-road, Faye the prisoner an excellent character for honesty, having entrusted him to collect large sums of money fr om his customers. The CHAIRMAN minutely went through the whole of the evidence, and after half-an-hour's deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) A native of Baden, named Vincent Ansel m, who stated ghat_ he was a tailor, and had until lately been em p lo y ed 48 journeyman in several respectable houses in the City, Vs brought up, on a remand, before Mr. Alderman I ' ll l4 + er, on a charge of creating a disturba nce in the !tre e t and outrageously assault i ng several children, by biting a,-id kicking them. He has been now in confine !lent in tbe Compter more than a fortnight, where his 'onduct tov Ards the other prisoners has been exceedingly l a ielent, and it was the opi nion of the medical officers that e Was not of sozind mind. b This day, Mr. Smpson, the Consul of the Du ch y of 4- /a,den, attended for .he second time before the w orth y "uderman, and stated That he would be assisted by a society f or re lieving foreigner s in distress, in forwarding prisoner to bis own country. Mr. Alderman HUNTER said that he was quite ready t ° Contribute towards th e ex p ense of placing the unfor "' fr. nate man under the care of his own friends. „Tile prisoner, however , sturdil y refused to go home. 41e said he wanted nothing but to go to an hospital and L a ke physic ; and, after he had indulged in much "tabling and incoherent statements in mixed English and German, Ihe Magistrate and Mr. Simpson having conferred, it Was determined to remand him to the Compter for a few I:aYs, until inquiries could be made and matters arranged or sending him to his own country and friends. CLERKEN WILL—(THIS DAY.) A respectable looking young man, named Charles Taibot, was charged wi th havin g defrauded his employer, sir. Joseph Vintney, a butcher, carrying on business in the Gray's Inn-road, under the following circumstances: It appeared that the prisoner was occasionally ordered to procure payment of bills from his master's cus— Omers, fur which he was to account immediately on his re t `urn home. The prisoner having left Mr. Vintney's ser vi t:e, the latter applied to a customer, named Dawson, fo r pft) -ment of 1/. 75., which he found had been paid to the prisoner early in April. There were also two other bills, whim: Mr. Dawson deposed to having paid the prisoner, but for none of those three had he accounted. Inspector Pefiny handed to Mr. Greenwood a letter found upon the plisoner at the station-house, which the Magistrate said was written with the view of endeavour ing to prevent Mr. Vintney from prosecuting. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had lost the money, and postponed telling his master in the hope of being able to raise enough to replace it. The Inspector having stated that there was another charge preferred against the prisoner, of having ob tained a quantity of biscuits in his master's name with out any authority, Mr. urßEENwoop ordered the case; to be remanded to next Tuesday. MARYLEBONE..--(THIS DAY. Benjamin Thorne was charged with stealing sixpence and a farthing from a little boy, six years of age, named William Spellen. William Ryan, a dentist, observed prisoner speaking to four or five boys about half-past seven this morning, and at last noticed him to take up the little boy above :named, and carry him from Ernest-street to Edward st,reet, and while so carrying him he saw him place his har k d in the little boy's pocket, and informed a police man of the fact. George Elsley observe d the prisoner put a piece of silver in his pocket, on which he recommended him to give up the money, when he took the sixpence from the pocket and a farthing from his waistcoat and put tl.Nem into his hand, without saying a word. Witness then gave the money to the policeman. K,Ale, 213 S, confirmed last witness's evidence. Ilafriet Spellen, motiler of the little boy that was robbed, stated that she gave him Gd. this morning to buy some bre, , ul in Stanhope-street, and heard about eight o'clock the' child was at the station-house. Knew also that he had a farthing. The prisoner in his defence said he picked the money off the ground, and that be was a pot-boy out of place. Mr. RAwLissoN said that though tlae sum was small, yet the offence was aggravated, and he should commit him for trial. Robert ['ring and Albert Dowse were charged by po liceman 79 p with creating a disturbance, and with try ing to get up a fight, about half-past eight o'clock last night, in North-sheet, llighgate. The policeman stated that the prisoner Dowse was in the .‘ hattitude" of fighting when he interfered. Mr. RAWLINFON—What do you mean? Policeman — Squaring up (suiting the word to the action), and said " Come on," your Worship. Mr. RAWLINSON (much amused)—You need not tell me to come on. —Discharged. __-_----=-------- ' GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic returns for the week ending Sept. 12th:—Passengers, 22,965; amount received, 5521.85. id. SUN,_LoNpoN9 THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMI3'ER 17, 1846. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. On Tuesday, at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Gresham street, the friends of Mr. Alderman Wood held a meet ing, to consider what steps should be taken to secure his election to the Mayoralty of London. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Mr. Deputy Muddell was called to the chair, and sug gested that Mr. AlderrnanYood, who was present by in vitation, should address the meeting.: Alderman Wool) said that he must commence with an apology for having been a little behind his time ; but he had been detained at a sitting of the Court of Aldermen, held with closed doors.—(Hear.) He was now before the meeting to offer any explanation which might be de sired, to answer any questions, to invite the fullest and most searching investigation into his conduct, in public and in private life.—(Applause.) At the Court of Al dermen which he had just quitted, held, as he remarked, with closed doors, Alderman Wilson had put a question to him, which he noticed, because it appeared to involve a new accusation. In 1832, he (Mr. Wood) was employed by the Irish Society of London to defend them against an action which had been brought by the twelve com panies of London, and which threatened to annihilate the Irish Society. This action had gone on from court to court, with successful decision in each case, until at last it was brought, by appeal, before the House of Lords, where a final decision was pronounced in the session of 1845 in favour of the Irish Society. The other parties in the suit had paid the costs last February, and he (Alderman Wood) deducting the amount of his own bill, had the next day paid over the balanee to his clients. He had brought this important case to a suc cessful issue, after devoting years of unwearied labour and research to it, and yet he had never got a vote of thanks from his clients for that success.—(Hear.) He had not yet got his bill settled.—(Great sensation.) An obligation of secrecy was enforced upon the members of the Irish Society, and yet it was a fact that what took place with them invariably transpired, particularly if it should involve any slander against himself. The question put by Alderman Wilson was, whether he (Alderman Wood) was not in debt to the Irish Society—whether he had not retained moneys of theirs—and whether he had not also retained in his hands moneys that should have been paid over to counsel ? Now, every professional man knew that what are called "marked fees," are paid when briefs are delivered to counsel, while " running fees," for consultations and such matters, remained over on ac count, and were paid by the solicitor when his clients settled with him. The account which some of the coun sel's clerks had:sent in to him had charged ten guineas instead of the five usually allowed for consultation ; but as it was a very heavy suit, he (Alderman Wood) did not object to the higher charge. If he had paid it, however, before his bill was settled, and it had been re duced on taxation, he should have had to pay the differ ence out of his own pocket. The account, therefore, ran on and for this cause only. It was his right, as a solicitor—and he spoke in the presence of eminent legal gentlemen, and after forty years' professional experience —to detain not only moneys, but all the papers in the cause until his bill was settled. He had done neither. (Applause.) One counsel's clerk applied to the Irish Society for the amount of the running account. He (Alderman Wood) had written and inquired if this had been done by desire of the counsel, and the answer he received was, that he was most angry such an applica tion should have been made, as the settlement between them was matter of private arrangemeat. Alderman Wilson had written on the subject, to the different counsel employed in the suit, and the answer he received was to the same effect. In point of fact, whenever the Irish Society would settle with him, he (Alderman Wood) would pay counsel. It was hard that the Irish Society's obligation of secrecy should be used against him.—(Hear.) They would not bring any substantive charge against him—they did not call him before them —but they allowed statements which were calculated, if not intended to injure him, to be made. That day Sir Peter Laurie had said he had always hitherto voted against him, as, in the 'falacre case, the verdicts in Ire land had been against him. But he then informed Sir Peter Laurie that when the case had been finally ar gued in Ireland, the Chief Justice said that the verdicts had not been sustained by the evidence.—(Cheers.) They had been given soley on the unsupported state ments of counsel made to Irish juries, and Sir P. Laurie then acknowledged that, until now, he had never heard that the verdicts had been reversed. — (Hear, hear.) He believed others had never heard of it. All that bore against him was duly trans mitted to members of the Court of Aldermen, but whatever was exculpatory was carefully kept back. — (Shame.) He never professed to be a man of large fortune, and perhaps this was the chief objection to his occupying the Civic chair.—(Cheers.) If none but very opulent men were to be put into that chair, it would endanger the citizens' freedom of election. It would be dreadful if the man chosen by the wards should be excluded by a secret court.—(Hear.) It would ever be a reflection on the City that, because the allowance to the Lord Mayor was insufficient, none but very wealthy men, who could bear the additional outlay, should occupy the chair.—(Cheers.) It was curious that the slanders of which he had been the object were never directed against those members of the Court of Aldermen who possessed great property.—(Laughter.) lle did not shrink from a comparison with any of that Court, and confidently rested his case in the hand of his friends and in the justice of the City.—(Cheers.) The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Underwood, Mr. Holt, Mr. Pitman, Mr. Wintour Harris, Mr. Yates, and other gentlemen. Resolutions were passed assert ing Alderman Wood's high claims to the mayoralty on cccount of his private worth, as well as the exemplary manner in which he had performed his public duties as sheriff and alderman ; expressing unabated confidence in him ; pledging the meeting to use all exertions to promote his election ; and authorising the chairman •to transmit a copy of the resolutions to the Lord Mayor, in order that they might be placed before the Court of Aldermen. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting teparated. THE REGISTRATION. TOWER HAMLETS. D. C. Meylan, Esq., the barrister appointed to revise the lists of voters for this borough, opened his Court yesterday, at half-past nine o'clock, in the Court-house, Wellclose-square. The overseers having handed in the list of their respective parishes, it appeared that the total number of claims was 107. There were no objec tions. The claims were from the following parishes: — Poplar, 1; Christ Church, Spitalfields, 3; Mile-end, Old Town, 22; Ratcliffe, 3; Limehouse, 4; St. George's, 3; Hackney, 19; Shoreditch, 20; Bethnal-green, 29; Shad well, 1. After a short conversation it was arranged that the lists of the parishes from which there were neither claims nor objections should be disposed of before ca tering upon the consideration of the claims; this having been done, the first claim entered upon was that of Win. Forscutt,, of 31, Robin Hood-lane. The overseers ob jected on the ground that the claimant had not been a sufficient time on the rate-book. Mr. Forscutt, who defended his own claim, said that this was owing to the overseers having refused to place his name on the book, notwithstanding repeated notices to that effect. He charged Mr. Nation, in particular, with throwing every obstruction in the way of his ob• tanking the privilege of a vote, and now, when he had at last compelled the insertion of his name they had in creased the rating of his house 150 per cent., and even increased the estimated value of the house itself from 141. to 13/. per annum, determined, apparently, to make him pay for it. It was such conduct as this on the part of parochial officers which narrowed the franchise, and made the Reform Act a nullity to large classes. In sup port of his claim, Mr. Forscutt handed to the Court duplicates of the claim to be rated, which he had served upon the overseer's on the 11th December, 1845; sth March, 1846; 25th June, 1846; and 22d August, 1846. The rate-books were put in evidence at the request of the claimant, and the Barrister decided that the claim was A a good one, inasmuch as the notices required by the ~et had been duly served. The first notice having been served on the 11th December, 1845, previous to the pub lication and allowance of the Christmas rates, he did not see any rate from the 20th July, 1845, which Mr. For scutt was not entitled to claim upon, and upon these grounds it must be admitted. IJr. Forscutt then requested that the Court would en force the penalties in the 51st and 46th clauses of the Registration Act, and that the overseers should be fined for wilfully neglecting to insert his name on the register, and also for their frivolous and vexatious opposition in the court to his claim. The Barrister declined to exercise the power vested in him by these clauses, inasmuch as there was a great distinction between an innocent mistake as to the law, and a wilful omission. He thought the first was the case in this instance ; as to the penalties levied by the 46th clause, they referred to individual ojectors, andnot the overseers, who had appeared me b rely to sustain their own list. Mr. Forscutt denied the overseers could object in their official capacity, it must be as individual voters, and on that ground he claimed the costs of his attendance, and the infliction of the fine. Unless something was done to restrain parochial officers from the abuse of the powers vested in them, these abuses would increase, and the franchise be practically denied to those entitled to it through the obstacles they created. The Barrister could not concur in the views of the claimant as to the fine, but hoped the discussion which had taken place would effect all that the claimant wished. Claim allowed. The next Christchurch, list was that of Spitalfields. The claim of William Somervile was disallowed, on the g round that he had made no claim between the Ist of August, 1845, and the 10th of August, 1846. In the interval four rates had been levied without his name being put on the rate-book, and the Barrister held that not having complied with the requisition of the Act, by giving successive notices for each successive rate, the claim must be disallowed. The overseers said, that having ascertained the house claimed for, though one which was compounded for (the landlord paying one part of the rates and the tenant the other), was of the required value, agreed to put the name on the rate-book for the ensuing registration. The two remaining claims on thin list were disallowed, in consequence of the non appearance of the claimants ; their claims, however, stood upon the same grounds as the preceding, and would, in any case, have been rejected. The claims of Ratcliffe and Limehouse were admitted without opposition, the requirement of the law having been complied with in each case. Mile end Old Town.—Twenty-two claims.—The claim of Boon, tenant of a " compound house," was objected to, on the ground that he only paid rates on 81., the landlord being rated for the other Si. The overseers admitted, however, that they had inserted Boon's name on the rate-book, in compliance with a claim made by him. The Barrister said the insertion of a name was an admission of the right to vote; the only question was whether the premises were of sufficient value. It appeared that the tenement ccei T ied by Boon was one ot three, the estimated value of which was 601.; there could therefore be no doubt of its sutficiency, and the claim must be allowed. Two claims from tenants of t he other tw3 bouses were then admitted for the same reason, and the remaining nineteen were disallowed on the ground of non-appearance. St. George.--Three claims.—Two were disallowed on the ground of insufficient notice; the other claim was admitted, the name having been put on the rate-book, and the rates paid. For the parish of Hackney there were nineteen claims; of these four were disallowed in consequence of non appearance; the other fifteen being merely corrections of a list of upwards of 2,000 names, were permitted to stand. The claims of Shadwell and Whitechapel were ad mitted. Mr. Forscutt called the attention of the Court to the necessity for a fuller description of streets than the lists afforded. For instance, there might be twelve 'William streets with voters of the same name resident in each, but for want of a more particular description it might be requisite to go to each of them before finding the voter. lie thought the overseers should be ordered to amend this defect. The Barrister admitted that this was an inconvenience everywhere experienced, but its correction rested with a higher power than the overseers, and he was not autho rised to make any order on the subject. Of the twenty claims for St. Leonard, Shoreditch, seven were disallowed on account of n on-appearance, the remainder, which were corrections of th e overseers' list of 4,200 names, were admitted. On the Bethnal-green list being called, Messrs. Manley and Benson appeared on the part of the Com pound Householders' Registration Association of St. Matthew's, to support the claim of fifteen of their mem bers whose names did not appear in the overseers' list. Of these claims eleven were admitted, the majority of them being part occupiers of houses, and paying a weekly rent of ss. ; two claims were disallowed on the ground that the rent and premises were not of sufficient value to entitle to a vote ; and sixteen claims fell to the ground on account of non-appearance, and the absence of the names from the register. The general result of the day's proceedings showed 50 claims out of 107 admitted. The Court then closed at six o'clock, having disposed of the various lists in one day. HERTFORD. The adjourned Court of Revision of voters for this county was held yesterday, before Mr. J. Espinasse, at the King's Arms, Watford. E. R. Spence and J. F. Bontems, Esqs., attended as the free.trade agents, and C. E. Grover, Esq., attended as the Conservative agent. Arthur John Moore, whose name appeared in the Northchurch list of voters as follows:—Place of abode, " 33, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square;" nature of qualification, " fee-farm rent" "Augustus Smith, owner," was objected to by the free-trade party. A gentleman from London was called by the Conser vatives to prove the qualification, and gave the follow ing evidence:—l know Mr. Arthur John Moore—he is possessed of a fee-farm rent in the parish of North church—it is of the value of 405. and upwards, and has been in possession of it more than six months. Cross-examined —Mr. Moore does not reside at 33, Queen Anne street, but at 4, Upper Harley-street; he did reside at Queen Anne-street, but has removed. The property is situate at Northchurch, and is known by the name of the " New Lodge." Mr. Spence submitted that this was a good objection, inasmuch as the voter had left Queen Anne•street. The witness called upon the Barrister to award him the utmost amount of costs he had the power to do. Mr. Espinasse —I believe you are a solicitor? Witness—l am. Mr. Espinasse—Then in that case I shall award you the sum of twenty shillings. Mr. Spence here rose, and said he was perfectly sur prised that such a decision should be come to. Ile had taken his objection because the voter was not residing as described in the list, which under the provisions of the Registration Act was a perfectly bond fide objection, and one for which costs could not with justice be awarded against him. He would further urge upon the barrister the necessity of the full description of the situation of the property being set forth in the list. It was proved that the property was known by the name of " New Lodge," and therefore called upon the Barrister to insert the situation of the property under the provisions of the Act, which enacted that in cases of rent charge, not only the owner's name should be given, but also the situation of the property. Mr. Espinasse said he did not think it necessary to state anything more in the fourth column than the owner's name, as by that the objector could easily find the property. Mr. Stace said the owner resided at Scilly, and he could not understand upon what hypothesis it could be contended that the fact of a person residing in Scilly was a sufficient identification of property in Hertford. Mr. Espinasse was of opinion it did; had the objector made inquiries, he would have ascertained whether the claimant was entitled to the property. Mr. Spence thought it a great hardship to be com pelled to go to Scilly to find Mr. Smith ; and then to ascertain whether he had granted the rent-charge—the heading of the list was perfectly clear upon the subject. Mr. Espinasse—The Act says that the notice may be given " to the like effect," and the description in this case was to the like effect. Mr. Spence submitted that it was the "notice," and not the description of the situation of property that might be given to the like effect. He would still submit he was not liable to any costs on that ground, and also on ac count of the party having removed. Mr. Espinasse—l think that no ground of objection, nay, I think it is a frivolous and vexatious one, and shall give the witness the utmost amount of costs I can. Mr. Spence—Then, Sir, I must certainly ask for a case of appeal. Mr. Espinasse—Then I shall certainly not give it you. The costs were paid, and the name retained. Another case, similar to the above, was then taken — namely, that of Mr. Charles Henry Moore. The ob jector said he did not intend, after the decision gives, to proceed with that objection. The witness in the last case again claimed costs. It was then contended by the free-traders that there was no case before the Court, as no objection had been proved. The duty of the Barrister only commenced after the notice had been proved, and not before. By the 40th sec. of the 6 Vic., cap. 18, it was enacted, " that any person objecting to any other person who shall ap pear in support of such objection, if he shall prove that he gave the notice required by this Act, the Barrister shall then require it to be proved that the claimant was en titled to vote." It was evident by the word " thee that the Barrister could not decide that the objection was frivolous, groundless, and vexatious, without having first proved before him that the objector had given the no tices required. Mr.Espinasse—l have the objection putinto my hand, and the Act gives me power to award costs when it ap pears to me to be right—l shall therefore award twenty shillings to the witness. Mr. Spence hoped the Barrister would not adjudicate upon the case without having first heard the objection; the description in the list was on "fee-farm rent," with out stating upon what property it was charged, whether houses or land, which he submitted was necessary. Mr. Espinasse was of a contrary opinion, and awarded 20s. costs. Much disapprobation was manifested in Court by both sides (excepting the witness) upon these decisions. William Brown was objected to, in the Wigginton list, by the free-traders, on the ground of misdescription. His name was entered in the list as residing at " Tring," nature of qualification, " freehold cottages," situation, " next the common." Mr. Brown was in attendance. The property for which he claimed was next Wigginton-common, which was a long and narrow meadow. There were many houses on it besides his own. The cottages were not known by any name, but they were let to various tenants. Mr. Spence laid before the Court the judgment of the late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the case of Eckersley a. Barker, of which the follow ing is an extract:—" The direction at the head of the form No. 2 (the notice of claim) appears to us to intend that the house and premises are not in a street, lane, or other like place, bat in a road, or on a com mon, or the like, then the name of the property should be given, if known by any, or the name of the occupy ing tenant;" and he submitted to the Court that it was necessary that the tenant's name should be in serted. Mr. Espinasse said that however much he respected the opinion of the late lamented and Learned Judge, yet he thought his Lordship could not have contem plated all cases that might occur, and as the heading of the fourth column stated that the " street, lane, or other like place, should be given," he was clearly of opinion that the voter had done so by giving the description " next the common," which was a like place. Mr. Spence submitted that it was " the street or lane " that should be given, and not " next the coupon." It might be at this end or at the other end, or at any part of the common, from the whole two miles of road. Mr. Espinasse thought it was an " other like place." Mr. Spence—What a common like a street or lane? Mr. Espinasse—Yes, it is an " other like place." The Barrister then award ed twenty shillings costs, which were paid, but fifteen shillings were afterwards refunded owing to the claimant not being able to show that he bad incurred any " costs" in attending, except for the keep of his horse. Mr Spence afterwards drew the attention of the Court to the fact that Mr. Espinasse had been making the very alterations in the description that he had been contend ing for, which produced quite a titter in Court. The whole of the Conservative notices were again thrown over, owing to their not having set forth the voters re sidence in the notices. The following is the result of the day's revision:— By Free-traders. By Conservatives. Liberals struck off 4O 25 Conservatives struck off 26 16 , parai 66 41 Making a total majority, in favour of the free-traders, on the two days' revision, of 81. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been rated as midshipman on the ship's books of the Victoria and Albert. Should the naval precocity of his Royal Highness continue, it may be con fidently expected, that, in the year 1850, he will have attained the rank of Admiral of the Very Blue; when, in the event of war with France, he will take the copa -1 mand of the English fleet against the French ad m i ra l, I Prince Joinville,—.Punch. THE POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY. A general meeting of the members was held at the rooms of the society, No. 40, Leicester-square, yester day, at three o'clock, for the purpose of adopting new regulations and rules deemed necessary for the govern ment of this society. Mr. COCHRANE., the President of the Society, took the chair, and said it devolved on him to draw the atten tion of the meeting to the object for which they were come together. As the advertisement set forth, it was to adopt a modification of the constitutional laws of the society. It had arisen out of the previous meeting of the committee, who resolved to submit those modifi cations in these laws of the society which the change of circumstances seemed to require. They thought it better to call a public meeting for that purpose, that they might have the benefit of public opinion on the laws before they were adopted, and that whatever was done might then appear more legal. He said they were in duced to think of these modifications by the very nume rous applications which had been made to the parent so ciety from the provinces, by persons desirous of forming district societies, communications from whom had all been most acceptable, especially as they enclosed money for the objects of the society. It had been found that under the old laws, which gave every member of the society a voice in the election of the committee, the com mittee being limited, that as soon as the number of the committee was filled up, all power to influence the pro ceedings of the parent society would be taken away from those district auxiliaries which might afterwards be formed. The committee, however, intended that these auxiliaries should have a voice in conducting the affairs and business of the parent society, and had thought it right immediately to take measures to make it possible to confer this power upon them. In doing so they had not failed to profit by a careful investigation of the laws on which the Anti-Corn-law League had been framed and so successfully conducted for the attainment of the object it had in view ; and they had had besides the advice of gentlemen who had been concerned in the working of that body. He hoped then that what they had done would meet with their approval. Before resuming his seat he was happy to say that already their efforts had been followed with complete success, and when the secretary of the society gave any poor person applying a letter to the authorities, that letter had always been most respectfully attended to. The SECRETARY then read the new rules of the so ciety, out of which we excerpt the following:— " That the objects of the Poor Man's Guardian Society are, and are hereby declared to be, to aid the poor in their applications for parochial relief, to secure to them the legal and humane dispensation of the poor law, end by every constitutional means to effect such improvements in the law itself as may be deemed necessary." " That the management of the affairs of the society be vested in a council, to consist of a president, vice presidents, and chairman. The present members of the metropolitan committee and the representatives from the auxiliary diistrct societies." " That the council shall elect out of its own body an executive committee, to consist of not less than 30 members, who shall elect a chairman and one deputy chairman (three members to form a quorum), whose duty it shall be to conduct the business of the society." The CHAIRMAN, when the rules had been read, in vited the observations of the gentlemen present. Mr. HEALD said, as he bad aided in drawing up the new rules, he could not be expected to do other than suggest them ; but he did so because he thought them well adapted to attain their object. They had been drawn up in order that the district societies, besides their local committees, might be represented in the grand council, so as to be concerned in all the doings of the society ; which he thought the most likely means of preventing collision, or party and factious feeling. It was on a basis of laws similar to those just read that its founders had instituted the Anti-Corn-law League, of which he would say no more in that place than that it worked well, and finally triumphed in its object. B. B. CABBELL, Esq., M.P., moved that the code of laws just read be adopted as the laws of the society. Rev. Mr. BARBER seconded the motion. Mr. STALLWOOD moved as an amendment to the ninth rule of the society, which appoints that there be one general meeting each year, to be convened by the com mittee, that a general meeting should be convened by the council on the requisition of any fifty members of the society. Mr. AscoTT seconded the amendment. Mr. HEALD hoped the gentleman meant that the fifty requisitionists should bear the expense of the meeting so called ; otherwise, when no object might be gained, the society might be involved in heavy charges. For the requisition to the council was formed, perhaps, of a thousand members, scattered throughout England ; con sequently the travelling expenses of the council, &c., could not be imagined or limited. elr. CABBELL said, before the amendment was put he must observe that it proposed an impossibility. For to whom did it appeal ? To the council. But where was it ? It was a representative body ; whereas the com mittee was an executive body, elected out of that coun cil, to carry its will into effect—a will in which all the auxiliary societies participated. There was no object named for the meeting supposed—no place of assem bling ; for, as far as the amendment went, :it might be convened in York, or anywhere else in England. The power proposed would tend to no good object ; it would embarrass the infant society, and might render their efforts null. He hoped the amendment would be with drawn. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the rules passed non. con. The CHAIRMAN congratulated them on the unanimity with which the business had been transacted ; ho hoped it but prefigured the unison of the conduct of all the branches of the Parent Society, in seeking to gain the objects which they had set before them. B. B. CABBELL, Esq., M.P., moved a vote of thanks ,o the Chairman, which was passed, and the meeting .ted. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. The tenth annual dinner of the friends and supporters of this institution was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor officiated as chairman, and was supported by Sir George Carroll, 1). S. Ker, Esq., M.P. J. Goding, Esq., R. M. Bates, Esq., G. Mavrogani, Esq., J. C. Prior, Esq., J. Evans, Esq., J. G. Fry, Esq., Joseph Fry, Esq., junior, Luke Hansard, Esq., &c. The CHAIRMAN, after the removal of the cloth, pro posed " The health of her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." His Lordship then gave " The Army and Navy." The health of the " Hon. Member for Downpatrick " was afterwards given, which afforded the Lord Mayor the opportunity of bear ing testimony to the loyalty and devotion of the inhabit ants of the sister isle, than whom, he felt assured, there were none more loyal to their Sovereign, nor more devoted to the interest and well-being of the empire. Mr. KER returned thanks, and proposed the health of " The Lord Mayor." The LORD MAYOR said, that whether within the city bounds or without them, he always felt much pleasure in meeting his fellow-citizens, and more especially so when engaged on a work of charity. He had had the pleasure of meeting many of the gentlemen present on a former occasion, and he trusted that he would meet them yet many more times to the advancement of the institution they were that day assembled to strengthen and promote. He thought that if the same system of affording relief to the poor were extended to Ireland, it would produce a very great and beneficial influence on the Irish. His Lordship said that he had travelled over a greater part of that country, and he was obliged to confess that he never experienced greater hospitality nor received a more warm and welcome reception than in Ireland. If such an institution were established, he should have no objection to go over to be present at their first meeting. His Lordship, in conclusion, returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him. The health of Prince Albert, and the patrons of the institution, having been drunk, The LORD MAYOR proposed briefly the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Metropolitan Free Hospi tal." He said that the immense value of the institution was apparent to any one acquainted with its operations, as also the vast amount of benefit it was the means of distributing amongst the poor of the neighbourhood in which it was situated. He was himself well acquainted with the locality, and he could assert that, from the very dense population of the district, the value of the institution was day by day more dearly appreciated. His Lordship complimented the medical officers on the gratuitous yet valuable exertions they were making fcr the benefit of the poor entrusted to their care, and con cluded by again proposing the above toast. After the reading of the report, the Loan MAYOR pro posed "The health of Sir G. Carroll," who briefly re turned thanks for the compliment. The health of Mr. Luke Hansard, Mr. Rogers, and other gentlemen present, having been given and re sponded to, the proceedings of the evening terminated very pleasantly, and from the fact of the subscriptions having realised the amount of 5001., very satisfactorily to the institution. Tha following, extracted from the printed report, is the number of patients admitted to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, from the 7th of April, 1845, to the 7th of Under the care of t he Ph y s icians April, 1846: Surgeons 3,396 Dentist 658 Total for the year ending 7th of April, 1846 9,989 Number of Patients admitted in the nine pre ceding years ........ . ....... Total since the opening of the Hospital on the 14th of May, 1836 80,538 The Metropolitan Free Hospital, notwithstanding its great utility in alleviating the sufferings of our fellow creatures, is by no means in a flourishing condition; and it therefore becomes the promoters of the charitable in stitutions of the country to step forward, and aid by their purse and influence the objects of so excellent an asylum for the poor and destitute. PUBLIC DEPAFMENTS.—By a Parliamentary re turn, yesterday printed, it appears that there were 47 persons on the redundant list of the several public de partments at the commencement of the year 1845, of whom 7 died or became incapable of service during the year ; that 13 were added to the list during the year, making 53 persons on the redundant list of the several public departments at the close of the year —consisting of 10 from the Pa y master- General's departm ent ; 3, Admiraltyand ; 7, Ordnance ; 7 , Customs ; 12, Excise ; 3, Stamps Taxes ;2, Woods and Forests ;7, Audit office ; 1, National Debt-office ; and 1, Exchequer, Scotland. Another, but very slight, shock of earthquake was experienced at Pisa on the Ist inst. IRELAND. SPREAD OF DESTITUTION. DUBLIN, SEPT. [s,—There is scarcely a district in the entire country which does not already feel the pressure of distress; and in many counties, chiefly in the sonth and west, the peasantry are in a state of utter destitution. Even in Ulster, where the people have been comparatively comfortable, such scenes occur as the fol lowing, described by the Arniagh Guardian : ‘' DESTITUTION IN FERMANAGH. On Wednesday about 1,000 of the labouring peasantry entered the vil lage of Newtownbutler, and having proceeded to the police barrack, called for the constable in charge of that station, to whom they stated that they and their fami lies were perishing for lack of food; that they had hitherto waited patiently in hopes something would be done for their relief by the neighbouring gentry; but no measure having been adopted to give them employ ment, and thereby save them from starvation, their only alternative was to take by force what they could not otherwise obtain. The constable remonstrated with them on the evil consequences that would attend a viola tion of the law, and told them that Lord Erne was on that day gone to Enniskillen to hold a meeting for the purpose of adopting immediate measures for their relief, upon which they all returned peaceably to their respec tive places of abode." The same journal gives the following as an illustration of the new state of things in the ordinarily peaceable county of Armagh : THREATENING NOTICE.—On the night of the 4th instant the following notice was posted on several places on the Powerscourt estate : " Take notice, seeing the blight on the potato crop has become so alarming, we think well to caution the occupy ing tenant particularly those who may be called Capital - ists and also those who have been in the habit of tender ing their Rents at an early period from sinister motives, not to let their motives or large purses induce them to do so this season until there is an understanding between the Representatives of Lord Powerscourt and the tenantry ; we trust the lovers of humanity and agricul tural interest will take notice of any person will be so low or truckling as to pull any of our Circulars down ; Brand us not with Molly Maguireism but if you wish to mention us you may use the following gilt characters (the lovers of humanity). We confess we have got at the present time a good gentleman to deal with, Mr. Hore. " Signed on behalf of our Supporters, "-Captain FEARNOT. " N.l3.—We hope our neighbouring estates will take patron. From the county of Donegal, the Evening Post gives the following communication :—" Letterkenny, 11th September. Distress and alarm still continue to prevail here. The people do not see any of the resident gentry taking any steps, or making any move, towards prepar ing for the evil day, although many works of great utility could now be entered on—such as cleaning up the river which passes by this town (Loughswilly), and which would render this town, from its position, and so far removed from any other town, one of the most im portant and flourishing in the north of Ireland. This work would employ a great number of the labouring class. If some prompt and very energetic measures should not be adopted, God only look to our distresses. It is a well-known fact, that many families in this town and neighbourhood go to their wretched beds to drown by sleep, if possible, their pangs of hunger." Turning to the south-west, where distress is much more general and urgent, we find the following in a Conservative paper, the Clare Journal : " THE IMPENDING FAMINE.—We feel it absolutely necessary, from the present state of the country, to call upon the Government to take immediate and decisive steps to satisfy the clamours of a starving people. Pro visions are raising in price every day. As for potatoes, there are very little indeed in market, and it is almost dangerous to make use of those offered for sale. Not one stone of potatoes can be obtained without some of them being found tainted; and even those bring seven pence halfpenny. Indeed, we are strongly inclined to believe that, for the sake of their health, the people should not be any longer allowed to use this diseased food. Indian corn meal is now is. Bd. a stone, an ad vance of twopence a stone within the last three days. If other provisions, therefore, rise at this rate, we should like to know what family could support themselves; we speak not of the labouring classes alone. The oat crop is not at all productive—the yield is not anything equal to the past year, and therefore if the people are left without a supply of Indian corn meal, as they had last season, they will be totally unable to live. We think it our duty to speak out thus early, for it is by timely exertion on the part of the Government that the privations can be met, and that outrages can be pre vented. If the Indian corn meal is freely sold at a shil - ling a stone, and beyond this we consider it over its value, the peace can be preserved, but if the country be left to private trade or speculation we may dread the worst consequences. The people are determined, if such supply is not afforded them, not to allow the corn of the country to be exported, and therefore nothing but anarchy and confusion may be looked for. The potato gardens are left in many places altogether undug by the owners, and the population generally allowed to dig them and take them away. In other places, too, we are told the gardens are being ploughed up for wheat, as they are not considered of sufficient value to dig them out. This bears reference to every part of the country ; it is not to any isolated part we refer. In fact, the en tire face of the country presents one universal failure of the potato crop, and the great bulk of the people who depend on that crop are without any means of sus tenance." The following passage appears in a letter addressed to the Dublin Evening Post, by Mr. T. E. O'Cavanagh:— " Portumna, September 12. " It is impossible to deny the existence of distress here. The potatoes are all gone or usless. The fact is, that the people are in the greatest apprehension of famine, and unless ample employment as well as food be pro vided, we are on the eve of some great outbreak--men assert openly they will not starve while there is food on the land. On Friday several hundred men from different parts of the country came in procession into this town in order to ask the advice of the gentry about what they were to do under existing circumstances. They called at the Glebe, the resident of the venerable Archdeacon Armstrong, who addressed them for a long time, and promised to write to the authorities and try to get em ployment and food for them, which is all they require. The very reverend gentleman then rode with them to Portuma Castle, now the residence of the Countess Dow ager of Clanricarde, but the crowd failed in obtaining an interview of her Ladyship, who is really very charitable, and anxious to do all the good in her power. She hap pened to be out." MEETING OF THE GENTRY OF MAYO. The Freeman's Journal contains the following account of the county meeting in Mayo, where the leading gentry appear determined, if possible, to evade the Labour Rate Act upon various grounds, including the embarrassments and incumbrances of landlords, whose properties they consider in danger almost of confiscation, and a deputa tion has been appointed to proceed to London in the hope of inducing Lord John Russell to adopt measures more extensive for relief, and less burdensome upon the landlords:— " CASTLEDAD, SEPT. 12.—A very numerous meeting of the magistrates and deputy lieutenants of this county was held here this day in the grand jury room of the court-house, in pursuance of a circular addressed to them for that purpose by the Earl of Lucan, Lieutenant of Mayo. Amongst those who attended I observed the Marquis of Sligo, Earl of Lucan, Colonel Knox Gore (Lieutenant of Sligo county), Sir A. O'Donnell, Bart., Sir William O'Malley, Knt., Valentine O'Conor Blake, Andrew Crean Lynch, Geoffry Martyn, Michael B. B er mingham, John Brown, Courtney Kenny, Colonel J o hn Browne, Walter J. Burke, Denis Bingham, Thomas V. Clendenning, John Garveys, Esqrs., and about forty other magistrates from all parts of the county. " The meeting was held with closed doors, the reporters of the public press and all other persons being refused admittance; the object of the meeting (as stated in Lord Lucan's circular) was to consider the distressed state of the county, in consequence of the loss of the potato crop. The magistrates continued in deliberation for nearly three hours, and the subjects discussed, as well as I could ascertain them from some of the magistrates who were present, in casual conversations subsequent to the meet ing, were to the following effect:— " First—That the landlord who might be disposed to avail himself of the recent Drainage Act, by borrowing money from Government, to employ . his tenantry and improve his property, and thereby. increase its value, would, under the subsequent Act, called the Labour Rate Act, be placed in a worse position than the land lord who declined to avail himself of the Drainage Act, and ofcourse gave no employment to his tenantry, because the repayments to Government were, by and under the Labour Rate Act, charged alike upon the lands of the improving and unimproving landlords, thereby in effect compelling the improving landlord to pay an increased proportion of these repayments in consequence of the increased value of his property, while he had at the same time to repay Government the moneys advanced to enable him to effect these improvements ; thus doubly taxing him, as it were, as a penalty for giving employment to his tenantry. " Secondly—That the Labour Rate Act, if put in execution to the extent which would be requisite to give employment and food to the enormous number of families who stand in need of it, would in its effect be an almost confiscation of property, and be productive of disastrous consequences to all landlords, but particularly so to those whose properties are encumbered or embarrassed, and it was added the tenant must suffer accordingly. " Thirdly—That Government did not seem to be fully aware of the extent of the existing and forthcoming des titution, and had not made sufficient provision to meet the calamity. " Fourthly—That in order to enlighten the Govern ment upon these several points, and to induce them to grant additional relief in the shape of same great national works, suc h as railways, &c., &c., a deputation should proceed to London immediately, to wait upon Lord John Russell and other members of the Government." The Dublin Evening Post remarks as follows upon the extraordinary course adopted by the gentry cf Mayo : The resolutions, which were prepared by Lord Lucan, object to the double burden inflicted by the Drainage Act, and the Labour Rate or Extraordinary Present ment Sessions Act, the latter of which would bear as heavily upon those landlords who should afford employment by drainage, as upon proprietors who totally neglected that salutary mode of at once improving the soil and providing labour for the peasantry. Why should not the large proprietors, who attended this meeting, co-operate in seeking ad vances under the Drainage Act, for employment on a large scale ? Even though there might be some few landlords in a district so utterly neglectful of their inte rests, as well as their duties, as to refuse their co-opera tion, yet the amount of presentments required would be comparatively small in districts where employment should be provided under the Drainage Act. Further more, the landlords who avail themselves of the advances or drainage would obtain the requisite amount upon very advantageous terms, and they could not possibly adopt a more secure and profitable mode of obtaining a return for the outlay. It appears to us, then, that the objections referring to the possible refusal of some land lords to co-operate have really no foundation. " Another objection, made in the Mayo resolutions, is of a totally different character, namely, that the Labour Rate Act, if put into operation to the extent required by the distress, would be tantamount almost to a confiscation of the property of landlords, especially of those who are deeply involved by in cumbrances, and that tenants as well as proprietors must suffer from this cause. For landlords who are so embarrassed that they can neither pay their portion of a tax rendered inevitable by a terrible national ca lamity, nor avail themselves of loans to improve their properties, and at the same time greatly lessen that tax, we fear there is no remedy. The people must be saved from starvation, and the land, no matter what may be the circumstances of th e owner, must bear its proportion of the burden. As to the allegations of ruin to the farmer who rents the land, we hold it be mere childishness. " We further learn that the meeting appointed a deputation, consisting of Lords Lucan and Sligo, P. C. Lynch, Esq., the high sheriff, Sir R. O'Donnell, and Colonel Gore, to proceed to London, with a view of im pressing upon the Government the necessity of adopting different and more extensive measures of relief and em ployment. As the meeting was not a public one we are compelled to take at second hand the preceding version of the resolutions. Another county meeting is to be held on Thursday next, and as the deputation is not to pro ceed to London until after that day, we trust that some more practical course may be determined upon by the gentry of Mayo." LORD HAWARDEN AND HIS TENANTRY. The following explanatory letter appears in the Dublin Evening Post, supplying an omission in the state ment which appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Monday : " Sept. 14, 1846. " In the letter I addressed to you on the 10th instant, regarding the case of the widow Crowe and Lord Ha warden's tenants, there is an omission, which I would deem culpable, if it were intentional. In the eighth sentence of the second paragraph, after the word only,' I omitted the words about twelve barrels of barley.' The sentence ought to run thus And she had only about twelve barrels of barley, and one stack of wheat, containing about five barrels,' &c. " Since I wrote to you I have been informed that the bailiff has offered to leave her the barley not then cut down, if she would thrash the wheat and hand over the price of it to the agent ; but she, I hear, considered both wheat and barley insufficient to enable her to till and sow her little farm, and feed herself and the eight or phans for the year." EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AMERICA. The following letter appears in the Cork Examiner, addressed to J. F. Maguire, Esq., the proprietor of that journal. " Dear Sir,—As I know that you are always ready to assist your countrymen in distress, I beg to inform you that we shall be in want of many good labourers and tradesmen as soon as the affairs of the River Plate will be settled. I wish you would insert it in your paper, and hope that some of the Repeal gentlemen will do their utmost to encourage the Government to assist them that have no money to pay their passage, and we have heard here that many are willing to leave the country, particularly from the west of Ireland, but they can't raise the money. They can get from ten to twelve shillings per day, and provisions are cheap here—meat 2d. per lb, and bread id. per lb. By giving this inform ation through your valuable paper, you would oblige many of your countrymen. Three men to one woman would do for the present. "J. O'NEILL. " Monte Video, June 25, 1846." About eleven o'clock on Friday night as a car, laden with corn, the property of Hugh Singleton, Esq., of Hazlewood, accompanied by two caretakers, was pro ceeding to the market of Limerick, on reaching a place, known by the name of Moll Ryan's Cross, situate be tween Knoppogue and Rachluba, the men were pelted with stones from behind a wall. While they were run ning to the opposite side for shelter, a shot was fired from the same direetion that the stones came from, and the horse was wounded in the side by slugs. The men immediately turned the horse and brought back the load of corn.—Glare Journal. The Chief Secretary , and Mrs. Labouchere, entertained at dinner, on Friday, Sept. 12, Le Compte A. de Jobal, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Daly, the Dean of St. Patrick's, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Dr. Hinds, Mrs. Williams, Colonel and Mrs. APGregor, Colonel Jones, Mr. and Mrs. George Roe, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Hatchell, Mr. Sausse, Mr. Conellan, and Mr. Vignolles. Luke Joseph Shea, Esq., of the Rennies, county Cork, has been restored by the Lord Chancellor to the com mission of the peace for that county. GREAT SOUTHERN* AND WESTERN RAILWAY, IRE LAND.—Open to Carlow, 561 miles. Return of traffic for the week endinc , Saturday, Sept. 12, 18,16:—Pas sengers only, 1,4891. 2s. Bd. HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL. So far as the " receipts " go, the accounts of the Hereford Musical Festival just closed have been made up, and these show a very satisfactory state of things. The collections made on behalf of the " charity for the relief of the widows and orphans of clergymen," &c., reached a total of 8121. 18s. 2d., thus made out :—lte ceived on Wednesday morning, 2951. 15s. 6d. ; on Thursday morning, 2961. 18s. Gd.; on Friday morning, 2201. 4s. 2d.—Total, 8121. 18s. 2d. In these sums are included the several liberal donations forwarded by par ties who, from peculiar circumstances, were unable to attend the festival. It is expected that the amount of 8121. 18s. 2d. will be further augmented before the ac counts of the festival are fully made up. The number of persons who attended the morning performances at the cathedral on the three days of last week were— Raised Seats. Floor. Aisles. Wednesday 2lO • 86 Thursday Friday This would make a total of 1,507 persons attending the morning performances, so that each person must, on the average, have contributed 10s. and upwards to the charity fund, besides the cost of their admission ticket. —Advertiser. THE AMERICAN ALOE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —A short time since a paragraph appeared in your columns, stating that an American aloe was in full flower in the East London Cemetery, Alfred-street, Mile-end. As a great number of persons have been induced to visit the cemetery in consequence, I should feel obliged if you would inform your readers that the plant mistaken by your informant for an aloe is the Yucca Gloriosa, or splendid Adam's Needle, a native of Texas, Mexico, 86c., and was first brought into this country by Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1596. The plant in the cemetery is twelve years old, and is now in full bloom, and will probably continue so till the frost comes.—l am your obedient servant, D. FRANCIS, Superinteadent. Office of the East London Cemetery, 6, White Horse-lane, Mile End-road, Sept. 15, 1846. EMPLOYMENT IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS. — Yesterday notices were issued at Deptford Dockyard that sixty shipwrights were required at the Royal Dock yard, Sheerness, for three months certain, and a number of carpenters f or labour and case-making at Deptford Dockyard. WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANY.—Yes terday a special meeting of this company was held at the office in Old Broad-street. Mr. Heron took the chair. The object of the meeting was for forfeiting a number of shares on which the last call remained unpaid. After some discussion it was agreed unanimously that all shares on which the last call of 10s. remained unpaid should not be forfeited till the end of October. In con sequence of some of the Cornish shareholders having disapproved of this meeting, a resolution in its favour was passed unanimously, so as to justify the directors in their proceedings. As regards the mine, the chairman said they had diminished the extent of the workings in the northern part, which had reduced the expenditure from 800/. or 9001. to 400/. or 5001. From the last report it would appear that they had about 9,0001. worth of cop per ore in prospect. The prospects of the tin lodes were also favourable. A shareholder observed that • this was the most favourable news they had received for the last four pars. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting adjourned. THE SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. — The annual show of dahlias, and a collection of miscel- laneous flowers and plants, under the arrangements o this Society, took place yesterday, in the grounds of the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The show itself was a more than usually good one, the flowers being in shape and colour very superb, and some of the specimens being peculiarly line. The whole were arranged and classified beneath large tents provided for the purpose. A great number of prizes were awarded, consisting of gold and silver medals. The gold Adelaide medal was won by Mr. Weedon, for the best 24 dahlias, dissimilar blossoms; and in class second a similar medal was won by Mr. Cutter for 24 dahlias, dissimilar blossoms. The gardens were crowded towards evening by the patrons of flori culture and by those who came to witness the fireworks and the more general entertainments. The fireworks were, on this occasion, particularly splendid ; Mr. Southby exerted his pyrotechnic talent to a very good purpose, and produced some grand effects. In addtti n to the usual instrumental performers, a brass band was in attendance, and a variety of entertainments kept the visitors in the best humour, The gardens are in beauti ful order; in spite of the long drought, the verdure is magnificent, and the trees and shrubs in fine condition. Great praise is due to those who have the management of the grounds. THE WELLINGTON STATUE.--We have just suc ceeded, through the agency of one of our most sagacious scouts, in making a curious discovery with respect to this much-talked-of statue. The public may often have felt surprised that the Duke of Wellington should re main passive and quiet under the threatened indignity which seems to be in store for him. We have, however, ascertained that an understanding has already been come to with Sir F. Trench, that, if the statue should have an absurd effect, the head of the illustrious duke is to be removed from his bronze shoulders, and that of Sir F. Trench will be substituted ; so that Sir F. instead of F. M. will be the object of ridicule. Under this promise the duke has consented to await with patience the result of the experiment. It would have been impossible to take down the entire statue when it is once soldered to gether, but the exchange of heads is easily made ; while that of Sir F. Trench, being exceedingly light, will be lifted without difficulty. There could not be a better finish to the pile than that which it will probably re ceive ; and it is but fair that the only man who has stuck up for the erection of the statue should be stuck up with it, and be called upon, in fact, to give it his countenance.—Punch, LITERATURE. THE SYBIL'S SPELL. A Fairie Tale. This little metrical story 15 a performance almost too delicate and gossamer-flhe for the rude and cum brous hands of criticism. If it be dissected, or tumbled about much in the crucible of that same un compromising criticism, we- shall find the bloom come off it like the powder from the pinions of a butterfly. The story itself is a trite old story enough ; never theless it is handled with a grace that imparts to it almost an air of newness. A baron roving on a hunting expedition in the woods surrounding his castle, comes upon a "simple forest maiden," loves her and is beloved—goes to the wars—is all but betrothed to a haughty lady during his absence returns homewards in a torment of doubt—his heart luring him towards his former ladye love—his pride and his honour towards his latter ladye-love. Here it is that the writer of this little poem has clothed the old legend with a novel and not inelegant appendage. The Baron's hesita tions are dissipated by a sybil's spell—the said sybil having, with fairie agency, disclosed to him, in a kind of visionary panorama, the terrible consequences which would result from any rash step in the way of (as poor George Farquhar hath it) " committing matrimony." Need we explicitly state the winding up of the fragile line spun by the romancer ? The Baron leads the simple damsel, in her russet dress, from cottage to castle, his bride. Alfred Tennyson has given a most delicious version of this story, founded upon a real, but romantic incident in the life of one of the ancestors to the noble house of Burleigh. Sir Bulwer Lytton has given the antithesis of the story— and beautifully has he given it—in his " Lady of Lyons." Associated with such predecessors, "The Sybil's Spell" could scarcely fail from dwindling into insignificance, especially when certain literal absurdities insinuated themselves into the text. Such for example as the lines— " Young Baron, host thou yet atoned To one thy words have shatter'd ?" That unfortunate expression necessitates the ridicul ous consideration, that the words must have been " devilish hard words," and the individual shattered by them, frightfully brittle ! Then, again, we have a specimen, so true, of bathos, or the art of sinking in poetry, as would have warmed the heart of Martinus Scriblerus—where the Sybil ends her solemn warning with the exclamation— " Go—young man, beware!" In another part we have the couplet— " Then came a wakefull thrill across him, Then did a shadowy munner toss him." The rhyme, too, occasionally smacks of the veritable cockaizne ; ex. gr. " At morning's dawn, She heard the horn." And at other moments the verse is encumbered with the most awkward redundancy of language; as in the following : _ . .... . —"hidden by their bubbling showers, And swelling foam, that roaring mocks The bending of the fragile flowers, That stoop beneath the glowing stream"— et cetera, et cetera. Has not the bloom-dust come off our literary butterfly ? ECHOES FROM THE BACKWOODS. 2 Vols. By Captain R. G. Leringe. We have so repeatedly had occasion to notice these " Sketches of Transatlantic Life" during their piece meal publication in Colburn's New Monthly Magazine that it is unnecessary to enter into any minute exa mination of their merits. As the author very judici ously observes in his preface, it is matter of astonish ment, and should be matter of regret that so little is known and apparently so little cared for our posses sions in New Brunswick. Everybody knows some thing, more or less, respecting the internal condition and external relations of almost every other portion of the American continent ; but of the provinces of New Brunswick—provinces " containing many millions of excellent land, magnificent rivers, inexhaustible mine ral wealth, and most extensive coalfields "—scarcely one individual in a hundred knows anything whatever. These two sensible, picturesque, laughter-moving, sprightly volumes, are descriptive of the scenery, illustrative of the society, and indica tive of the affluence of this same unnoticed, but most noticeable territory. One literary advantage, there fore, is assured to the reader—the book possesses sin gular novelty. Of the existence in its pages of many other literary advantages we can give our most de cided, and, we trust, somewhat decisive voucher. The writer has penned his chapters quite con amore—he evidently relishes his own narrative—he engages in all sorts of surprising and healthful adventures—he lets the reader into a thousand geographical and colo nial secrets ; and so pleasant withal and off-hand are the descriptions, that it is scarcely so much reading so many sheets of letterpress as hearing Captain Livinge himself tell all about (what Harry Lorrequer would call) his " wanderings and ponderings." Nor is our author merely an agreeable scribe— he is an excellent draughtsman as well. His sketch book is alternately embellished by the pen and by the pencil. " The air hole,"—namely, a fracture in the ice when sledging over it, and the consequent engulphing of a horse is gloriously delineated. IVhoever can thoroughly enjoy the tales of an ob servant traveller will be loth to abandon the perusal of ,here delightful volumes. THE ECLECTIC REVIE W. No. 111. New Series. As the Latin derivation of its name (eclecta) would indicate, the contents of this periodical are generally the choicest cullings in prose composition. Besides this the subjects of which its articles treat are usually very well timed and appropriate. In the number for September, however, there are two contributions which are terribly after date, we mean criticisms upon Burton's Life and rk)rrespondence of Hume, and upon Shepherd's Li* and Correspondence of Foster. For a monthly publication these notices appear to us to have been singularly procras tinated. For a quarterly review it would be different. The two preliminary volumes of Mr. Grote's " History of Greece are submitted to a care ful and judicious analysis. We conceive the re viewer is tolerably justified in protesting against the learned commencement of Mr. Grote's work, namely, the chapters referring to " Legendary Greece," as al together unnecessary to the development of Grecian history. The references to the mythology of that classic region should, unquestionably, be as succinct and incidental in the opening of its national history as the references to Druid ceremonials and supersti tions in our English historians. Mr. Grote, how.. ever, evinces so much earnestness, originality, a ri d erudition in describing attriputes of the He' then deities, and in tracing the the origin of the C:irecian mythes, that we can scarcely regret his veil , admi rable blunder of judgment. Now that the Ministerial intentions, with reference to the systematic education of the multitude, still continue enveloped in obscurity, and that we are abandoned to our conjectures, the strictures upon Dr. Hook's proposition will be exa mined with interest. We cannot but think the paper, " entitled " The Irish Church—Ministerial policy, miserably one-sided. If such feelings be fostered and cultivated, religious enthusiasm can scarcely fail of degenerating into sectarian fanaticism. What is the grand goal to which nations are struggling in this age of enlightenment ? Is it not the goal of civil and RELIGIOU S liber t y ? An d despito all the petty bickerings of prejudice, that glorious goal will, under the blessing of Omnipotence, be gained ! " Mexico" and " Blair. Athol," as described by Thompson and Trench, form the subject of two welcome articles in this instructive number of the Eclectic Review. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied 'by the Prince o Wales, and the Princess Roy al, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, went on Tuesday morning, in the char a-bane, drawn by four ponies, to Newport. Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended on h , ,,rseback. Her Majesty and the royal party returned V, Osborne House by way of Barton. Their Royal Highnesses Prince . Iyfred, the Princess Alice, and Princess Helena took :wrings in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House on TurJsday afternoon. Lord John Russell had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner in the evenlng. Yesterday morning he:- Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, rode and walked p.:isterday forenoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne louse. Mr. Cv.van and Mr. King had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation of the Philanthropic Sor;iety, consisting of the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, Ms. Paynter, Mr. Gladstone, and the Rev. Sydney Turner, chaplain to the Philanthropic Society, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing. street.: Mr. M.'Lachlan had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. Mr. Jerningham had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the . Colonial-olfice for the Governors of the West India colonies. Viscount and Viscountes.s Fielding left Farrance's: Hotel yesterday for their seat in Wales. THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.--• No orders to view the private apartments can be avail able after Friday next the 18th inst., in consequence of the approaching return of the Court. WALKING MATCH FOR 1001. Yesterday Brad shaw and East decided their long-pending mulch of twenty miles, East receiving three minutes' start. The place fixed on was the Barnet-road, and on the start being made the men went to work at a great, pace. East kept ahead till the tenth mile, when, eithes.r by accident or design, he was pushed down, and Er.Ldshaw quickly passed him and went in an easy winner. It is expected the men compete again- ,L•