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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 12. The Lord Chancellor took appeal motions to-clay. MORRIS V. STOW.r.S, TIORSMAN V. ABBEY, AND THOMAS V. nLACKMAN. These cases stood on tlle paper to-day for jud,gment, but the Lord Chancellor, on taking his seat, stated that as he had not had time to look into the papers, they mast stand over for a day or two. TOCLHIN V. C )lIPLAND. This appeal motion, upon the application of counsel , was ordered to stand over. THE TROUTBECH CASE. In this case, our readers will recollect, an application was made, on the first day of term, for a commission to inquire into the allegation of a petition of right presented to the Crown by the representatives of the late W. Trout beck, of Madras, claiming a sum of upwards of 400,00 11 01. Upon that application being made, the Lord Chancellor refused to interfere unless the Attorney-General was ser ved. That officer of the Crown had now been served, and appeared, and this morning, after some short dis cussion, the case was ordered to stand over till Nonday week, in order that the Attorney-General might consider what course he would take. NEWMAN V. RING. This appeal motion was dismissed with costs. BOOTH V. CRESSWELL. The arguments in this appeal from theVice-Chancellor of England occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. THE PRICKING FOR SHERIFFS. The Lord Chancellor rose shortly after two o'clock, to attend the pricking fur sheriffs in the Court of Ex chequer. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 12. After disposing of the motions, the cause of PERRY V. MEADOWCROFT, which commenced yesterday, was resumed. Mr. WALPOLE proceeded with his statement. It was found that the marriage had been solemnized, and it was also found that that marriage had been nullified. It was further found that the said William Meadowcroft, the younger, entered into a marriage with Harriet Davis, and that she died on the 11th of March, 1830, when he intermarried with Elizabeth Hammond, now the de fendant, Elizabeth Meadowcroft. It was further found by the Master that there bad been no issue whatever resulting from this last marriage. To this report Mr. Meadowcroft, alias Gregory, objected, which objections were overruled, and having obtained an order for that purpose on the 20th of February, 1846, he, on the 23d of the following month, filed certain ex ceptions to that report. These exceptions set forth that the Master had received as evidence against the except ant a certain decree of the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London, dated the 12th day of July, 1816, pro nounced in a suit entitled " Meadowcroft v. Gregory," and that the Master had found that there was no male lineal descendant of William Meadowcroft, the younger. In the report ofJuly,lB46, it was further set forth by the exceptant that such was an erroneous finding, he standing in said relation to William Meadowcreft the younger. The Learned Counsel cited the opinion of Chief Justice Grey as to judgments in the Ecclesiastical Court, and the reversal of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce's decree by Lord Lyndhurst in the case of " Barnes v. Jackson," to show that the decrees of the Ecclesiastical Court were not considered binding in civil courts when anything like collusion or fraud, or in the words of the Court, sententim pro non sententix per collusione. From the etymology of the words, covenant and collusion (con and venio, and con and ludo), it was evident their im port was much the same, which opinion was entertained by Lord Coke, by Lord Tenterden in the case of the Duchess of Kingston, &c. Now, from these authorities he would define collusion as a secret agreement, or understanding between two or more parties in an action or suit, whereby the proceedings are so conducted that the promoter or plaintiff is allowed to succeed to the prejudice or detriment of an absent party. He would now call his Lordship's attention to certaih facts in this most extraordinary case. When the decree was made there were several persons residing at Liverpool, who repeatedly said that they had beard the father of William Meadowcroft, the younger, frequently state that he would not interfere with the suit that had been instituted by his brother, the testator, to effect a divorce between his son, William Meadowcroft, the younger, and Mrs. Greg iry, the widow of an officer to whom ho had been married. Mrs. Gregory war; then under marital influence, and induced to consent to the decree for the nullity of the mar riage being proceeded with, notwithstanding the injury it might inflict on herself and her child. Mrs. Mary Gregory made certain statements which he would take the liberty to mention. They were dated July 1 1 th, 1844, and were to the effect that in the letters which had passed she stated that her husband, Mr. Meadow croft, the younger, was in the office of the testator, and that she was enceinte, which she represented to Messrs. Nicholls and Bishop, her agents, and stated that if she consented to the proceedings then pending Mr. Mea dowcroft, her husband, promised to re-marry her, and that she believed that the nominal promoter of the suit, the father of Mr. Meadowcroft, the younger,: was no party to it whatever, but that it was originated, pro secuted, and the expense of it defrayed by the testator. It was perfectly evident, therefore, that there was no defence of this suit. This statement was con firmed by the evidence of John Webster, Wm. Jordan, Joseph Pontington, Field and his wife, and Pott, the proctor. The Learned Counsel then went through the evidence in detail, from which it appeared that the father of W. Meadowcroft, the younger, had repeated to the first witness (Webster) the statements he had already made with reference to his son, Mrs. Mary Gregory, and his brother, the testator. The evidence of Wm. Jordan, the nephew of Mary Gregory, who was his maternal aunt, was to the effect that he had been living in the house with his aunt and W. Meadowcroft, the younger, while the suit to nullify the marriage was pending; that they were living together as man and wife, and that he had heard several conversations take place between the parties respecting the suit, which Meadowcroft asserted was instituted entirely b; his uncle, and that he would marry her as soon as the proceedings should terminate. The remaining evidence was entirely corroborative, and the Learned Counsel dwelt at length upon the evi dence of Mr. Pctt, the proctor, who stated in his affi davits. dated the 22d of December, 1844, that Mrs. Gre gory had made similar statements to him, and that he believed from her manner that her story was correct. The Learned Counsel having quoted the case of Sulli van v. Sullivan, and several other cases to show the view entertained - by several eminent authorities as to what constituted collusion and fraud, concluded this part of the cause, which excites considerable interest from its novel character, and the intricate legal points involved. The Court rose at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Nov. 12. (Before the VICE-CHANcELLos Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took motions to-day. BIETNER V. iI‘NAIR AND OTIIERS.-TIIE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL ROYAL STEA3I-PACRET COMPANY, This case came before the Court upon motion, on be half of the plaintiff, for an injunction to restrain the de fendants, the directors of the Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam Packet Company, rom removing bim from his office of managing shareholder and conductor of the affairs of the Company at Liverpool. It appeared from the statements thein . affidavit of the plaintiff, in support of the appli cation, that in the year 1837 a gentleman of the name of Tassey entertained the notion of running iron-steam boats from Glasgow and the ports of the Clyde to Liver pool, and that in furtherance of his project communica ions took place between him and the plaintiff, who was, a ship-broker and general agent at Liverpool, and that upon the understanding that he was to have the management of the affairs of the company at Liverpool, the plaintiff undertook to obtain sub scribers to the undertaking at Liverpool, Manchester and Yorkshire ; that he had done, and the Company had been "formed and turned out eminently successful ; that the plaintiff was appointed manager at Liverpool, and continued to be so until last year, winn the directors came to the resolution of removing him, declining , to state their grounds for doing so, upon an application being made to them for that purpose. U p on this the plaintiff filed his bill, denying the rights of the de fendants to do so according to the deed of partnership, and asking for an injunction. The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought the defendants had full authority to adopt the course they had pursuad, and refused to interfere. SIR G. LARPENT V. THE RICHMOND RAILWAY. This case came before the Court upon motion for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the Court as to who should pay the costs of an award, and also the costs of the suit instituted by the plaintiff for the purpose of compelling the defendants to complete a contract to purchase certain land from the plaintiff. The VICE CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the de fendants (the Richmond Railway Company) ought to pay all the costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE. PASCOE V. SAUNDERS. This was a cause in which two mortgagees sought to enforce the fulfilment of a contract or settlement, to which the third mortgagee refused to assent. Mr. Bacon appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Moxon for the plaintiffi His Hoxoun, at the conclusion of the arguments of the Counsel, said, it appeared that one of the tenants in common had possession of a certain deed, which he agreed, with two others, one of whom was the defendant, to place in the hands of a solici tor ; that white in the act of doing so defendant seized it, either by catching hold of it, or in some other gross way. It appeared that the de fendant had been given into custody for the act, and though acquitted by a jury, opinion as to the act must remain unaltered. It was aleged on the part of the de fendant that he was as much entitled to the deed in question, and that he wished to make no ill use of it whatever, but merely to prevent the ccmmon property being squandered in law. However, the act was such a one as should not he permitted in civi:ized society, and to prevent which, indeed, was one of the great uses of Mr. BlecoN offered a fe observations exculpatory of his client, who did not deny the right of the plaintiffs. His Hozzotta decreed that Saunders should pay the olsts, and that an account should be taken of the rents and profits of the property the property to sold. coming to Saunders, and that .Cho Court rose at three. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WmaA3l.) otwoox V. lIOPPER defendants to TL'is was a motion on behalf of . h tecomi an amended bill, which had been by an order of the Court, and praying for the c a o m sn ded case, appeared, had formerly come on for hearsinogiTto;puist , itim t risiwg4onsequence of the absence dr •artiesi, t llb was given either that the matter -e , • ifrOvei , , that the plaintiffs might file an • bill. intiffs bad adopted the latter .•. 1,-, ON _ - course, but but had raised a question mhich was not at i , sue in the or i g inal bill, making certain parties not named therein as defendants, and drawing into the question a matter quite beyond the due limits of the or i g inal subject of litigation. The matter bad refererce to the sale of a ship, which made en sold to Mr. Hopper, the defendant, who had been a party to the suit that was pending between claimants to the vessel in question prior to the sale. His Horton's. said the proper order would be to ex punge the charge, and therefore he would make a decree to that effect. The order had reference to the costs. The other questions would be decided, when the pre•• . die question at issue in the cause came before the Court I for trial. now prepared with affidavits, which stated that the de fendant left this country a short time since, after having ii v ,d in ;t inr Ptr . )m.l ' t he I Peers, Members of Parliament, and others would refuse to attend or give evidence either in law or equity ; but ;r bppn chcidcd that they ..,_re bound to do SO, rnu iw had no intention whatever of leaving England again, r hat his objee. was to remain in the country, and to obta;n a situation in a mercantile house in the city of London, and that he had a great number of friends in this country who were exerting themselves to further the objects he bad in view, and further, that as the Austrian Government had seized the whole of his pro perty at Smyrna, there was no power in the law of England to hold his person in custody. Mr. Baron PARE—Ii the defendant still in cus tody? Mr. CRAMPTON—He is, my Lord. LORD CHIEF BARON—Take a rule nisi. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron PUTT and Common Juries.) BANKS V. WHITWELL. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 1251., being the balance of an account for engraving the plans and sections of the Bristol and Dover Railway, and also the Leeds and Newcastle Railway. The de fendant was the engineer to both of these lines. The defence set up was that the work was so badly done as to be entirely useless for the purpose of Parliamentary deposit, and, several witnesses were called, who stated that the proofs, as sent home by the plaintiff, were not correct, and that they required the additional labour of upwards of twenty hands to cor rect and prepare them, and that in some of the proofs neither the line of railway nor the deviation lines were shown. There was no evidence, however, to show that the original copy or tracings sent to the engraver for the purpose of engraving from, had either of these requisites Worked upon them, no notice having been served by the defendant upon the plaintiff to produce them. The jury immediately found a verdict for the sums claimed. Fusing too give evidence. A warrant was accordingly issued. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the AssISTANT•JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Jeremiah Harrington and Mary, his wife, the latter with an infant in•her arms, were indicted for a violent assault upon Henry Fitch, a constable of the F division of police, under the follow- ing circumstances._ Police-constable 'F l itch, 111 F, stated that on the 25th of last month, a tradesman, named Thomas Matthews, came to him on his beat, and required him to go and take the prisoner into custody for assaulting him vio lently. Observing that Matthews bore evidence of vio lence upon his person, he proceeded to the prisoners' residence, in Dudley-court, Crown-street, for the purpose of taking him into custody, where a large mob, chiefly of the lowest class of Irish had assembled, and when he laid hold of the prisoner, he struck him and knocked him down, and kicked trim so severely that his ribs were fractured, and he was taken to the hospital, where he remained eight days. The mob encouraged the prisoner and held witness down on the ground while the prisoner, Mary Harrington, brought a kettle of boiling water which the male prisoner poured over him. Mr. PRENDF.RGAST appeared for the defence, and contended that, according to the provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act, the prosecutor was not justified in aprehending the defendant on a charge of assault which he had not witnessed, more especially as the alleged assault upon Matthews was committed at an hour where, a magistrate was sitting. The in JUDGE, in summing up, said when, and ed A close ssn bi ANT. he did not coincide the law as laid down by the Learned Counsel. Some time since the growing wants of the metropolis req uited that alterations in the p owers vested in constables , so f ar as cases of assault were con cerned, should be made ; and it was consequently thought necessary to vest a discretionary power in them, so far as what were termed aggravated as saults were concerned ; such as where the party bore evidence of personal violence, or other indica tions of having been attacked. He (the Assistant- Judge) considered that a constable would have no right in the greater number of cases to interfere, if two or three hours intervened between the alleged assault and the time of the application to him, his duty would then be to refer the party to a magistrate; but when the application was made immediately after the commission of the assault, and the offending party was adjacent, and that other circumstances were present to indicate an ag gravated assault, upon which the jury would be the judges, he thought the constable justified in making the arrest, and the parties violently resisting were guilty of an assault. With respect to the female prisoner, al though her conduct had been very violent, he felt in clined to look leniently on her, because in her class of life- some allowance might perhaps be made for her feel ings towards her husband. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the Learned Judge said, in conseauence of the long confine ment they had already undergone, he would only sen tence the prisoner to three weeks' imprisonment, and ,he female to one week, the latter to be without hard abcur. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEACH, Nov. 12. (Sittings in Banco.) MURIETTA V. OLDFIELD. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed at the sittings of the Court this morning. The case arose out of a dispute with regard to the policy of an insurance on the ship Harold, which received so many injuries in its voyage that her captain was ob li g ed to put in at Monte Video in order to have her sur veyed and repaired. A survey was made, but the surveyor reported that the expense of the renovation would be thrown away upon her,.and the ship was sold. It appeared, however, that Monte Video was under arms at the time, and that the expence and difficulty of repairing a ship in such a state of things would have been so great that it was thought better to sacri fice her for an insignificant sum, and that if she had been taken to some other port in an undisturbed state that she might have been easily and cheaply re paired. An action was brought by the owners in order to recover the amount of the policy, on the ground that the vessel was not destroyed by negligence, and a verdict was found for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained from this Court, call ing upon the defendant to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground of the reception of an improper document in evidence. The document was the surveyor's certificate of the state of the sh whn he surveyed it and estimated the cost of her repairs at Monte Video. Mr. Burr and Mr. WILD E appeared against the rule. Mr. MARTIN and Mr. WATSON followed at great length in support of the rule. The COURT took time to consider the matter. THE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW-- TEE QUEEN V. MICHAEL COOKE AND THOMAS HEALEY. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, I have to move, your Lordships, at the instance of Mr. Wakley, a Member of Parliament for the borough of Finsbury, and coroner for Middlesex, for a rule calling upon Michael Cooke and Thomas Healey, who are the printers and publishers of a newspaper called the Medical Times, to show cause why a_criminal information should not be filed against them for a libel published in that paper of the Ist of August last. Your Lordships will perhaps recollect that an investigation was held, a short time since, on the body of a person called White, a private soldier in the 7th Hussars, who died in the Hounslow brrracks. The attention of Mr. Wakley, as coroner, was directed to the death of that individual by a letter which he received from a minister of the neighbourhood. The Rev. Mr. Trimmer, and also a magistrate. Until the receipt of that letter Mr. Wakley was not aware of the death of White, and consequently had no means of hold ing an investigation on his body. Upon the receipt of the letter he directed the Rev. Mr. Trimmer to communicate with the constable of the district, for the purpose of making the necessary inquiries, in order that be might afterwards furnish him (Mr. Wakley) with the information he might obtain, so that he might determine whether it was necessary to hold an in quest or not ; but before that letter was delivered the constable came to the residence of Mr. Wakley, and stated that from the rumours which were then prevalent in the neighbourhood that it would be necessary to hold an inquest on the body of the soldier. He stated also that he came to town by the direction of the Rev. Mr. Trimmer and of another magistrate (Mr. Pownall). Upon the receipt of this information, Mr. Wakley, as was his duty, issued directions to the proper officer, of holding an inquest on the body, and on the jury assembling and viewing the body, preliminary to the investigation, they ascertained that excoriations of the body had taken place, but that the spine, and the muscles about it, had not been properly examined, and they requested the coroner to appoint a person whom he thought fit for the office, in order to make an xamination. He ac cordingly named Mr. Day, who r e esided in the neigh bourhood. When the jury met on the second occasion, it was found that Mr. Day had not, as the jury thought, made a proper examineion of the body, particu larly about the spine and adjoining muscles, and asked him to nominate another. On his way to London he met Mr. Wilson, a gentleman of great eminence, whom he appointed to examine the body. On the Ist of August, the inquiry was adjourned, Mr. Wilson and all the medical men gave their evidence on the Ist of August. On the 3d the jury were to hear the summing up of the coroner, and arrive at their ver dict. The libel appeared between the Ist and the 3d. The Learned Gentleman then read the alleged libel, which stated that the whole proceedings at the inquest were a farce ; that he would be consigned to infamy after what had taken place if he did not prove that the soldier died from military torture and that he had coaxed the private soldiers of the regiment in order that he might bring a charge of murder to the door of an eminent medical man (Dr. Warren) to conjure up such a charge against him and Colonel 'Why to, and the farrier and drummer, and that he had actzd throughout the investigation, in order to gain public sentiment in his favour, to help his fortunes for the future. It went on to accuse him of prostitutihg the office of an English magistrate for the purpose of seeking applause ; that the inquest was a melodrama; and that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Wakley had connived together for the purpose of preparing a colourable statement to the jury; and con cluded by stating that they shared the fees which Mr. Wilson received for post mortem examinations. The COURT granted the application. BAIL CO 1.1.1 CT, 'Nov. 12. NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. At a quarter past one o'clock the Barons left the Court, and shortly after the Right Hon. Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, entered in his robes, when the usual oaths of allegiance were administered, (this being the first term of his year of office) to him by the Clerk of the Court. The Right Honourable Gentleman then called upon Mr. Crampton, the •` tub man," if he had any motion to make, that Learned Gentleman having made a motion, the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Barons of the Ex chequer, withdrew. kW* Their Lordships entered shortly after, for the purpose of nominating the Sheriffs for the different counties of England and Wales. There were present on the bench, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Denman, Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Sir George Grey, Mr Justice Maule, Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Vaughan Williams, Mr. Greville, the secretary to the Court. The usual forms having been gone through, the Court rose at half-past three. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 12. HARVEY V. ROVES. In this case the rule for a new trial was refused. TAYLOR V. PAGE. In this case also the Court refused to disturb the verdict. • - REGISTRATION APPEALS. Tbis was the first day set apart for the hearing of the registration appeals. When the Court was about pro ceeding with the hearings. several applications were. made to postpone cases on account of the non-arrival of the paper books. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE on granting the applica tions,.m severely commented on the neglect of t he attores in not being prepared with the cases in time, and inti mated that the Court would in future be disposed to deal more stringently with them. HAYDON V. THE OVERSEERS OF TIVERTON.—SOMERSET POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Marian Graesterk, who stated her age to be twen _ four years, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having deserted her child. Mr, Hobler appeared for the prisoner. William Lewis (policeman 566) stated that he had been sent for at half-past uine o'clock on Wednesday night, by a gentleman, in the neighbourhood of Thames street, who informed him that a young woman, who af terwards proved to be the prisoner, placed a baby within his door and ran away. From some boys in the neigh • bourbood the policeman learned that a lad, who knew the prisoner, knocked at the door to oblige her, and had immediately after disappeared with her. The child was conveyed to the relieving overseer of the parish, and a search was made for the prisoner, who, it uppeard, was the mother, and who stated that the son of the gentle man in whose house she had left her infant was the father, that she was unable any longer to support it, and had, to save it from starving, deposited it where proper care ought and could be taken of it. She at once admitted that sbe had committed the act of desertion, and she declared that the young gentleman who was the father had from time to time given her money amounting to 101., but had of late ceased to assist her in any way to support the infant. Mr. Wire (of the firm of Wire and Child) said he at tended to watch the case, which had been decided upon elsewhere, and which must have been thus brought on again by a dextrous manoeuvre, in the hope of adding to evidence which had already failed iu the object. The young woman at the bar had had a child before, to whom she had allotted a different paternity, and it would, he submitted, be unfair to allow statements to be made which had no reference to the offence charged against her, and which were calculated to reflect upon the character of a person falsely accused. If statements of the kind were permitted to be made, there was no protection for any body, and Mr. fabler himself might be the unconscious aject of accusation. Mr. Hobler said the Lord Mayor would himself de cide how far it would be proper to hear the statement of the witness. It was certain that the offence with which the prisoner is charged was aggravated or palliated by the circumstances connected with it, and the testimony of the witness was calculated to explain its nature and extent. The LORD MAYOR said he considered himself bound to hear what the prisoner had to say in her defence. He, at the same time, desired that all the extraneous matter should be omitted. The policeman having added nothing of any conse pence to his statement, The prisoner was told by the Lord Mayor that if she wished to say any thing in her defence, she was then at liberty to speak it. The prisoner said she had left the child in the place in which it was found, because she had no food to give it. She had struggled a long time to keep it, but being re duced to the last extremity, she had no choice left. The gentleman she had mentioned was the father, and he had given her 5/. to beg i n wi t h, and afterwards he had given her money to the same amount. The LORD MAYOR said he adjourned the case till Monday next, and that he would accept bail for the ap pearance of the prisoner on that day, in the sum of 201. The bail was tendered and accepted. [We omit the name of the alleged father, for obvious reasons.] Alexander Ogilty, a seaman, was brought up for final examination, charged with having wounded three of the City police. The prisoner, it appeared, had gone into a dru,ggist's shop in Fenchurch-street, at nine o'clock on Monday night, very drunk, and asked for a bottle of soda-water, with which he was served, and which he paid for. He remained in the shop upwards of half-an-hour, and could not stand upright. A policeman was, however, called to remove him, but the prisoner refused to leave the shop, and was at length taken to the station-house, after having the inspector locked him up, but he became so n struck and tried to stab the officer. At the station house, that it was found necessary to open the door and remonstrate with him. The inspector upon opening the door received a cut on the head, but how he could not tell ; but a sergeant who, when the inspector went for m ore assistance, held the prisoner by the collar, was desperately attacked by him, and wounded by him in the hand with a knife. Mr. Childs, the surgeon to the City police force, de scribed the injuries which the men received. The wound inflicted upon one of them was situate over the principal arteries of the head, and might have been of serious consequence. It had evidently been inflicted with a EASTERN DIVISION. Mr. CCCILDIIIIN appeared on behalf of the appellant in this case, and against the admission of the name of Mr. Ainsworth, resident in Tiverton, on the register of electors for the Eastern Division of Somersetshire. The qualification claimed, as in respect of a tree-rent charge, and the objection taken was, that the respondent had not been in a beneficial possession of the property for six calendar months, previous to the 31st of July. The rent charge was eight years old, but the interest on it had been conveyed on the 29th of January, by a deed of settlement. The first payment for rent became due on the 25th of March, but it was not paid till the 29th of April. He, therefore, submitted that the respondent was not in bona fide possession of the property, or in the reception of rents for six calendar months, before the 31st of. July, which he was required to be by the Reform Act. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, for the respondent, submitted that the transfer of the property, for a valuable con sideration, into the hands of the respondent, constituted the possession intended by the Act. The LORD CIIIEFJusncE said it was important that the decisions given in interpretation ()Übe law should be clear and intelligible, without any hair-drawn distinctions. The question the Court had to consider was, whether there was any peculiar feature in this case to take it out of the decision previously given by the Court respecting the possession of freehold property? He did not think any valid distinction had been made. The Court had decided that the possession of freehold property for six calendar months before the 31st of July meant the actual receipt of rents, and whereas in the present case the previous possessor, Nash, had conveyed without re servation the whole of his interest to Amworth, the latter stood in the same position as if the rent charge had just been created, and therefore, not having received the rent for six calendar months, the vote must be ex punged. • The rest of their Lordships concurred. EADSFORTH V. FARRER.—THE BOROUGH OF LANCASTER. Mr. Sergeant BYLES appeared for the appellant in the present case, which was a consolidated one. The point at issue was, that the respondent, who had objected to the appellant's vote, had not, in doing so, properly de scribed himself. In consequence of the objection, the appellant's name had been expunged from the register. The Learned Gentlemen quoted the 17th section of the Registration Act and the decision of the Court in several cases in support of his arguments. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE maintained that the notice of objection was good. The real question was raised on the 101st section of the Act, which provided that no misnomer in any notice should invalidate it, provided what was set forth in it was such as to be commonly un derstood. Of this the Revising Barrister could alone at the time be the judge, and having admitted the notice in the present cast', it must be taken as fulfilling the condi tion of section 101. He submitted, therefore, that the appeal should be dismissed. The COURT was of opinion that the notice of objection given in this case was not sufficient. Under section 101, though t certain power of interpretation was given to the Revising Barrister, it did not allow him to dispense with any of the essential forms given in the statute re specting registrations. It was required, specifically, that in any borough, like the one under consideration, where there was more than one list of voters, that the list in which the name of the objector, appeared, should be distinctly stated in the notice making the objection. This had not been the case in the present instance, and, therefore, the Revising Barrister's decision must be re versed, and the name of the appellant placed on the register. This decision places 27 votes on the register which had been expunged. CARLOW V. THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH. The Court having heard Mr. Lush against a rule nisi for a new trial in this case, which was an action on two bills of exchange, made the rule absolute. The Court adjourned at three o'clock. THE QUEEN V. MOTTRAM. Mr. HAWKINS applied for a writ of certiorari to bring up into this Court the ca se of a Mr. Mottram, now lying in Derby gaol upon a charge of manslaughter, and for a rule to show cause why he should not be admitted to bail. The facts of the case were these :—The deceased, about a fortnight before his death, caught a severe cold and called in two regular surgeons. He gradually be- came worse, and at the end of a fortnight the defendant went up to see him. The only evidence against him was that he was seen to mix some white stuff in a cup, and give it to the deceased, who afterwards died. The de fendant was a sort of quack, and he administered spi ritual, as well as bodily, consolation to the deceased. On these grounds, they sought to found a charge of admi nistering drugs to cause death. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You may have a certiorari and a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be admitted to bail in the country. THE QUEEN V. LORD._ CONTRACTS BETWEEN MASTER AND SERVANT. Mr. HIIDDLESTONE moved for a writ of certiorari to remove a conviction into this Court for a habeas corpus to bring up the defendant, in order that he might be admitted to bail until the argument upon the certiorari had been heard. In this case a conviction had been ob tained under the Masters and Servants' Act, 4th Geo. IV., chap. 34. He (Mr. Huddlestone) rested his appli cation on two very important and substantial points. The first was the validity of any contract which the workman was compelled to enter upon with the master ; and, second, whether these contracts were binding upon infants. The contract in this instance had been drawn up between John Mason and James Lord ; that the said James Lord should serve John Mason for twelve months; and in case of any illness, absenteeism, or accident to the machinery, by which Mason should not have the benefit of Lord's work, Mason should cease to pay him his wages. It was for an infraction of this agreement that the conviction took place. lie (Mr. lluddlestone) submitted to the Court that the contract was null and void in the first instance, as it was unreasonable and in restraint of trade. Mr. Justice PATTESON could not concur in any such view of the case. It did not appear to him to be in restraint of trade. Mr. HUDDLESTONE cited many cases in which the de cision had been obtained against the contract in conse quence of its being unreasonable and in restraint of trade. The question as to how far the contract was binding upon infants had never yet been decided. Mr. Justice PATTESON—If the contract were binding upon the master and not upon the infant he (the infaut) might say to his master that he would leave when he chose, and compel his master to take him back when he chose; unless, perhaps, you consider one leaving with out notice to annul the contract on both sides. Mr. HIIDDLESTONE said that that was another point to be decided. After some further technical points bad been put for ward the application was granted. SHERIFFS' COURT, Nov. 12. (Before Mr. Under3heriff BURCIIELL.) STAPLETON V. DAVIS-COMING HOME FROM THE DERBY, This was an action to recover damages for the loss of a horse and damage done to a gig. Mr. Simon appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the ease. The plaintiff is a livery stable keeper, in Bury-street, Chelsea. On the last Derby day at Epsom the de fendant hired a horse and chaise of the plaintiff, to go to the races; be got down safely, but like many others tha " coming home from the Derby" was not so agree able to the defendant—the horse and gig arrived at the plaintiffs stables in a woeful plight. The gig was much damaged, the horse's knees were broken, and the de fendant said that he got so drunk over his bad luck that he did not know what he was doing, and his greatest surprise was that he had not broken his neck. The horse was so much overdriven, and so much injured, that although it was sent to a veterinary surgeon, it died at the end of the week. All these facts were set forth in the declaration, and as the defendant had not pleaded to the action, he admitted his liability. The damages claimed were 31. 15s. for the repairs of the gigs, and 21. for the keep of the horse and medicine, 4/. 10s, for loss during the time the horse was ill and the gig out of repair, and 121. the value of the horse. The defendant had promised to indemnify the plaintiff for all loss, and it was to be regretted that he had not kept his promise. William Eve, groom to the plaintiff, was called, and said he saw the " turn out" start very comfortably, but when it came back it was over abused " even for a Derby day." It was in a most " awful state." The horse died in eight days. Mr. Sibley proved the damage done to the gig. Mr. Simort said that he could not call the veterinary surgeon, as he was out of town. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the physic was worth no thing, for the poor horse died. That part of the claim, therefore, could not be made out. The jury gave a verdict for 18/. ss. knife. The prisoner said that he was at the time in a state of insensibility from drink, and knew nothing at all about the matter. Ho was an able seaman, and had a good character. The LORD MAYOR—You can bring your witnesses as to character to the Central Criminal Court. You are committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Margaret Howe, who described herself a " Congreve !patch seller," was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a shawl, value ls., the property of Mary Ann O'Bryan. The prosecutrix stated that she and her husband slept last night at a lodging-house in Wild-street, where the prisoner and her husband also slept. They were in the same room. That morning witutss missed her shawl, which she had left on the back of a chair, and as the prisoner and her husband were in the next bed she im mediately suspected them. Their bed, and all the beds in the room were searched, but the shawl was not found. A young woman, who slept in the other end of the room, then proceeded to search the prisoner, and found the shawl round the prisoner's waist, under her clothes. Mr., HALL—Why, how many beds are there in this room ?—The witness replied, there were a young man and his wife occupied one, the witness and her three children another, this prisoner and her husband next, and then two young women. Mr. HALL—What, all in one room ? Witness—Yes, your Honour. The young woman who found the shawl corroborated this statement. Mr. HALL--What do you pa for a bed here ? Wit y ness—Sixpence, Sir. The prisoner said that she (lid not take the shawl. Mr. HALL—The shawl was found on you and you have not acco un t e d for your possession of it. It is quite clear that yo u h ave stolen it. I will send you to prison for fifteen days for having it in your possession, and not being able to give any account of it. MARLBOROUGH-STRE ET. Mr. Edward John Kinnersley Baker, of 52, Park street, Grosvenor-square, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick for having unlawfully assaulted a young me dical g entle man , named William Fenton, living at 29, Sale-street, Edgeware-road. The complainant said he was walking in Burlington street on Saturday last, when the defendant crossed over the street on perceiving him, and, on coming up to him, immediately struck him on the face and grappled with him. Complainant struggled with the defendant, and both fell on the pavement together. The defendant left him, uttering threats of future violence. Complainant had more than once been attached by the defendant in a similar way, and so persevering was he in his violence that complainant went about the streets in constant fear. Complainant added, by way of explanation, that the assault had its origin in someld he family plained matters, which, if necessary, he was willing sh Mr. HAnnwicK asked the defendant to ex p lain his ou ex. conduct? Defendant—This is only an ipse di.rit state- THE QUEEN V. VICKERY. Mr. PARRLEY moved for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against a gentleman named Vickery, an inhabitant of the county of Somerset, who had been summoned to give evidence as to the settle ment of a pauper, but declined, as it would be against his own interest and that of his parish. A subpcena, was obtained from the Crown- office, but as Mr. Vickery persisted in his refusal the present cause was adopted. Rule nisi granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 12 GRAHAM V. STRADANLEN. Mr. CRAMPTON moved in this case for a new rule to show cause why the defendant, who was at present under arrest, should not be discharged out of custody. It appeared that the defendant was a trader and sub ject of Austri ', and that. ho carried on business, in conjunction with several others, as a merchant at Smyrna. In the course of his speculations defendant was unfortunate, and was eventually made a bankrupt, and the whole of his property was in conse quence seized by the Austrian Consul under the 945:h section of the penal code of Austria. It was now contended by Mr. Crampton that these pro ceedings were illegal. The defendant arrived in this country in order to take refuge from the persecutions to which he was subjected. In the month of August in the present year, an advertisement appeared in the Times newspaper calling upon defendant to appear be fore the Austrian Consul, and also atlthorising his apprehension ; he was accordingly arrested, and had since that period been held in custody. De fendant made application to Mr. Baron Pls.tt at chambers for his release upon the ground that he was under the protcction of the laws of this country. On the other side ic,anv se ieau theetw contendedanaccoauonfth r 3 t.is in oi eo,tfirhdiacettri conflicting to e d e te ndunt intended to declined to interf ere in the m atter , evidence aaad recommended evadehismrc. Baron reditors.ln :Platt an application t o %h e full Court. Mr. Crampton was COURT OF BANKRUPTCY' Nov. 12. (Before Mr. Commissioner Everls.) IN RE GOWER.—PRIVILEGE OF HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. In this case, which was under the Small Debts Act, the defendant was summoned to show cause why he did not pay a judgment debt of 51. 183. recovered against him in the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Maynard appeared as counsel on the last occa sion to dispute the jurisdiction of the Court, the de fendant being a Groom of her Majesty's Household at Windsor. The Learned COMMISSIONER then intimated his opinion that no privilege could be pleaded against the jurisdiction of the Court, and adjourned the case in order to give the defendant an opportunity of appearing this day. The case having been called on, the defendant did not appear. His Ho:4(qm then proceeded to recapitulate the pro ceedings, and held that the Learned Counsel who ap peared for the defendant, under the instructions of her Majesty's Master of the Horse, had not offered any ex cuse, but merely pleadQd that the Court had no jurisdic tion, he (the Learned Counsel) considered the defendant to be guilty of contempt, and should accordingly issue a warrant against him. If such a plea were admitted THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1846. ent, and therefore it appears to me that there is no necessity for making any defence to it. Mr. ITA7Dwici.;.—l. totally differ from you, and I call OA N"111 li , r :oar , R:ik:•ia, Deiendant—W, then I shall state the reason why I assaulted the complainant. The complainant persists in* carrying on a clandestine correspondence with my sister, and, although all the family are - averse to any acquaint ance .with him, he will persevere in his clandestine tneetings with my sister. I wish first to ask him who was in his company when I assaulted him on Saturday? Complainant—Your sister was with me; but I deny I keep up a clandestine correspondence with the lady. I have the sanction of her father for my attentions, al though I admit other branches of the family are not so favourably disposed towards me. Mr. HARDWICK—Do you mean to say you are pay ing your addresses to the defendant's sister? Complain -1 ant—Yes, with the sanction of her father. The objec tion to my attentions has nothing personal to myself in it. Some part :of :the family are opposed to my suit because they are of opinion my circumstances are not sufficiently flourishing to render my proposals ad- rumed I vantageous. Defendant—l deny that the complainant has the sanction of any part of my family for his clandestine correspondence with my sister. My father is here to prove he never sanctioned his addresses. So far from that being the case, my father told me, as the defendant continued to persevere in his pretensions to my sister, to take any steps I thought most likely to rid the family of his annoyance. Mr. HARDWICK—YOU may entertain objections to the complainant's acquaintance with your sister, and your family may join with you in your opinion, but you must not attempt to put your views in force by violence to wards the complainant whenever you happen to meet him in the public street. You must find bail—two s ureties in '251. each, and yourself in 501. Defendant—Will not my solemn promise to abstain from violence satisfy the Court ? Mr. HARDWICK—IL will not satisfy the complainant, and therefore you must find bail. Charles Crowley was brought up this morning charged with taking a purse containing 25 sovereigns from John Stead, engineer, Durham. The complainant, who lodges in Bond-street, Oxford street, went into a dram shop at the corner of Bird-street on Wednesday night, where he saw the prisoner, with two or three more, drinking at the bar. He called for a glass, and took out his purse to pay for it, but the defendant caught hold of the purse, which he snatched out of his fingers and handed to one of his accomplices. Com plainant immediately seized him and gave him into custody. The defendant denied having had anything to do with the purse. Police-constable 33 D said he had taken the defendant into custody that morning. Mr. HARDWICKE—Was the man not taken into cus tody at the time?—The police constable said the pri soner was taken to the station-house at half-past eight last night, but the complainant would not charge him, and he was set at liberty. He met the complainant again that morning between two and three o'clock, and asked him if he would know the man who had taken his purse. The complainant, who was then sober, said he would though he were among a thousand. The con stable, therefore, took him to a coffee-house, 264, Oxford-street, where there were between thirty and forty persons in the room, and the complainant pointed out Crowley as the man who took away his purse. John Green, an engineer, who was not sworn to day, said he heard the man Crowley say in the coffee house that it was another man who had the purse, and not he. The defendant said he was a plasterer by trade. The police constable—But has not worked for several years as a plasterer. The purse has not been found. Mr. HARDWICK remanded the prisoner for a week. Campbell Goldschmid was charged with assaulting Edmund Carey, a police-constable, this morning, in Regent-street. Edmund Carey, Tothill-street, Westminster, said he was passing up Regent-street that morning, at one o'clock, and the defendant, the worse for liquor, was coming down in the company of thi ce ladies. One of the ladies laid hold of complainant by the coat, but on his advising her to let him alone, the defendant imme diately ordered him to be off or he would give him some thing for himself. Complainant in answer asked him " what ship ?" The other then threw off his coat, fol lowed him into a doorway, struck him several severa blows about the eyes, and kicked him out into the middle of the road. Police-constable C 96, said he heard the cries of " murder," and went up and found the complainant bleeding profusely at the nose, and swollen about the face. The complainant gave the defendant into custody for assaulting him. The defendant requested time to put on his coat, which he allowed him, but as he made no effort to do so he collared him. The defendant escaped and ran a few yards, and when caught again struck him. The defendant said the complainant gave him provo cation, but notwithstanding that, had he seen he was so miserable a wretch he would not have struck him. Mr. HARDWICKE—What is your position ? The de fendant—A chief officer on board an East Indiaman. Mr. HARDWICKE said he could not suppose that the assault on the first complainant had been committed without provocation, but to strike at all, unless in self defence, and to strike such a man as the complainant, was a serious offence. But much more serious than the other, was the assault which he had committed on the constable, while in the execution of his duty. He ought to have known better than resist a person acting under authority, whether on sea or land. He must pay forty shillings for the first assault, and 31. for the secund, or go to the House of Correction for six weeks. CLERK.ENWELL. James Judd, a young man of very respectable ap pearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood charged with stealing 130 sovereigns, the property of Charles Marlborough. The prosecutor said that he and the prisoner resided at No. 3, Woodbridge-street, Cleikenwell-green, and occupied the same sleeping-room. He (witness) had 130/. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns in his box in the bedroom, which latter he always kept locked, and on coming home on Wednesday night he found that his box haci been forced open, and the money, which he kept in two bags and a purse, taken away. The prisoner had also two bc,xes in the room, both of which wore broken open. and a portion of the contents of one strewn about the floor. Hearing that the prisoner had gone out in the evening to a coffee-house, he sent for him, and upon his return he (the prisoner) said, "Oh! I have been robbed myself, too ; my watch, coat, two waistcoats, and two pair of trousers, have been taken away by the thieves." The prisoner had latterly been in distressed circum stances, and the witness had supported him for nearly two years. Inspector Penny, of the G division stated that, owing to the latter circumstance, and the fact that the prisoner bad on Wednesday been seen with 40/., and that he bought some new dresses for a stylish-looking female, in Theobald's-road, a strict watch was kept upon him by four constables who lodged in the house. On searching him, 40/. in sovereigns and half sovereigns were found, and amongst the latter was one of a peculiar descrip• tion, which the prosecutor identified as having been amongst those in his box., Further search was then made, and the policeman found the trousers and coat and waistcoat, which the prisoner pretended had been stolen from him, concealed under the roof of the house, and the watch was found at his sister's. The prisoner said the money was his own, and that he had earned it while in the service of a drysalter in the City. Inspector Penny said they had not as yet succeeded in tracing the balance of the money stolen, and requested that the case might be adjourned for a short time. Mr. GREENWOOD said he would give the police until this day week to make further inquiries, and the pri soner was accordingly remanded to that day. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Lucy, a cab-driver, was charged with furiou sl y driving and cruelly flogging his horse. A policeman of the Dover Railway Company stated that continual complaints were made, owing to the mis conduct of the cab-drivers in the habit of plying at the terminus. On this occasion the defendant drove up rapidly at the moment of the arrival, of the Dover train, and absolutely endangered the livei of the passengers, on their alighting and proceeding to leave the terminus. That in his anxiety to procure a job he was quite care less as to the result of his furious driving, and when re monstrated with only made use of abusive language. The defendant said he only did as others did to get a fare, and that the railway policeman had a spite against him for not treating him to gin. Mr. SECHER said it was behefical to the public that persons such as the defendant should be punished for the reckless manner in which they , endeavoured to obtain fares at railway stations. He should inflict a penalty of 403. on defendant, and at the same time he was desirous that it should go forth to other cab-drivers frequenting the various termini, that on all occasions when they misconducted themselves in a similar manner, punish ment would be awarded. THAMES. John Middleton, a combmaker by trade, and who resides at No. 22, Philip-street, St.George's-in-the-East, vs as charged with assaulting his wife, Mary Middleton, in the following brutal and unmanly manner:— The complainant, who appeared in an extremely deli cate state of health, and whose head, neck, face, and jaws were all over discoloured, with marks, as if from recent violence, stated, that on the night of Tuesday, the 31 instant, sho returned home with her husband after having been out for a night's amusement. She knocked at the door a little more loudly than usual, upon which he said, " What is that• for?" and instantly struck her to the ground. When she got up they went into their own apartment, and her husband having locked the door, renewed the attack upon her. lle first dealt her a heavy blow on the face, which stretched her on the floor almost senseless, and whilst down he seized her by the hair and dashed her head against the ground several times. Not satisfied with this, he fell to kicking her on the head, face, and arms, while she screamed out " murder" as loudly as she could. She perceived that she had four wounds upon the head, from which the blood flowed profusely. The police hearing her cries came to her assistance, when a surgeon was sent for, and after that she remembered nothing more until she found herself in her bed. Police-constable Thorogood, K 340, hearing cries of distress, went to the prisoner's house, and, having knocked, Middleton came 'to the door. When ques tioned as to the doleful cries, he said some words had occurred between him and his wife, whereupon she struck him several times ; that he then kt ocked her down, and he further admitted that he had kicked and beaten her with the poker. On entering the place, accompanied by a brother constable, he found complainant lying sense less in the middle of the floor, in the midst of a pool of blood, and thereupon instantly sent for a surgeon, who was in prompt attendance, and dressed her wounds. Police-constable Rowbury, K 347, deposed to the same effect, and added that whilst ho (witness) was outside A — D ) the door he heard the prisoner say "You —, I'll shdw MARKET NEW T S -1 7 - 6S T ER you • Lanenshire.'" A student of the London nirs rTr7-' morning of ti. three severe wounds on her tit ad, and a 'fourth on her forehead. She seemed to have been severely injured, and terribly bruised and beaten about the head, arms, and neck. She was for a considerable time in a dangerous state, and had been confined to her bed up to Sunday last. The it...juries which presented themselves might have been caused by kicks from -a heavy shoe, or from some blunt instrument. _ _ , • ~ .e the 2-,encral eletnitn.; was steac:. ROMFORD, ratts. i;ee;, twin .25 10d to 4s; Notion. 3 , t° 4(1; Veal, 3a Sd to 43 4d ; and Pork, ► 4s to 4s 6d pe r Slbs., a ready sale at higher rates. Otherwise the demand iiri Nov. 11.—Prime _Beasts and Sheep cominandeti tolerably steady. Beef. from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton , 30 '. pcearlf,Bllh6sl.to 187ecakelhin.g Calves, _ to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d Co 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd l''', store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small lied With HAILSHAM, Nov. 11.--Our market was fairly stIPP fat stock to-day, yet the demand was firm at full poceos. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 6d; Vea l ' 18s to 29s ; quarter-ot to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, Nov. 10.— Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; 31atovt, 4s to 5 0 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 434 d Per Sibs. A moderate Nov and a ready sale. na CmcnEsrEß, Nov. I I.—We had a very steady derr:34d at cull prices. Beef, from 2s 101 to 4s 2d ; Blutton, '' 4 d to 5s 6d; Veal, $s 10 d to 45 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4 4 tere per Blbs. Suckling Cal ves, 180 to 30s; quarter-old, re d, Pigs, Ns to 18s; and Milc h Cows, with their su33 l, ' 161 to 18/ each. renrcivGAlNS AND I.z.a.nrws.al,l-i• I I cup- We had a very steady tract: here, and prices were 'o' ., s d ; ported. Beef, from 2s . 8d to 3s 81 9 ; Motto°, Veal 3s 8d to 4a 61; and Pork, 3s 4,1 to 4s 8d per ElJs 0 the carcase. 3s 8d to ~ In answer to the Magistrate, as to whether any instru ment had been used by the prisoner, the prosecutrix said that she believed such was the case, but could not say what the instrument was. The prisoner, in his defence, endeavoured to throw the whole blame upon his wife, who he said was a woman of very violent temper, and that being in liquor at the time she struck him several blows. This conduct irri tated him, and he certainly struck her in return, but he strenuously denied having admitted to the Constable that he had kicked her or used a poker. He was committed to Newgate to take his trial for felo niousiy wounding. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. Among the passengers in the train from Southampton which arrived at Nine Elms on the 27th ult., was a sky wrik=nvicia Glover data Meadow Hay, 21 ils to 31 1 g ~s ; A 31 8s to 41 16s; any. S tra w, it 9s to 1112 s per loa `' , average supply, and a heavy don of r ditto, CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 41; C l °.f e rrodo Si 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 13s per load steady, at full prices. i 16g; Clo r l e f f WIELTECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3 , • a • say ditto. 318 s to 51; and Straw, 118 s to 11 125 per loa u. good, and trade dull. —......-------2 young Frenchwoman, fashionably dressed, and of sin gularly attractive appearance, who, on alighting, re quested to be directed to some hotel where she could reside for a few days. The attendants at the station accordingly conducted her to Mr. Howse's Railway Hotel, near the terminus, where she took up her abode, giving her name as Mdlle. Malvina Florentine de San marez. Mademoiselle spoke English tolerably well, and stated that she had arrived from Jersey on her way to Paris, but intended first to see London sights, the. theatres, &c. Before long she had established herself on the most friendly footing with Mr. Howse and his family, going out almost every evening, accompanied by one or other of its members, to some place of amuse ment. A day or two after her arrival she consigned a heavy bag full of sovereigns to the landlord's keeping for safety ; and, in answer to his questions respecting her connexions, represented her mother as being a lady in Paris, and herself somewhat self•willed and fond of amusement. _ _ For the Week ended Nov. 12, 1846, COTtN AVERAGES. 00 08 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRlTlSlzeturo of to Inspectors in the different Cities and TOWAS in EeglA i Per- Imperial Quarter. s. °lli ... sEA ~ 505 a WIILAT. 111.101LEY.1 OATS . 1 AY . : , ,65 Du 1g v" PRICE .. 162; 3(1 44s 3d 273 3d 413 a. -',,,, Od - DITTY . •• A --s NI 2s Od Is 6d 2s Od - mad u front the nd od so, ,a----------"-'-"'----"- PjC i) .C" 9 ' t' WORKS by ROBERT J. CULTE R WELL. A': - • li en es One Shilling each, by pos t One and bia . i t D 1 1. ON SINGLE And MAR 11. T D " (An Original Medical History.) atet--ele ir . CONTENTS: / ' tett' ' I . o o' : 1 7:01 1 1 li‘liiiie.rt.: tiies___ AnalysisMatches—Curiosities ui of tu f frif t o. h essn e i_ue , A ei sn fr eol e o: t l e l i; e E n :1 0 y r C G onven t 1 o ri direction—Marital Anticipations °nsaand Resklities-I,sawsi°,l; On CHASTI II T Tg Y ruw es tation — larriae o ;4 o ac. Sec. (An Essay for 184 0 0 "Of human ills and frailties discourse, _.,,,d, Those taught by nature, and by art acciclint..o, Of griefs conceal'd, and slisappointine . ta_ l ' d `" o ge, aconnustayi.tsthr:l.ll,Felrisse:Tr:3l:4.....Lreeodsic:s i„pd, Which young and gentle, the matur a ''''' The lonely and the mated —all sustar• ~ In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv 11 ; 5 , ~ to dar n, How health, how hope, h ow kaePat- Alta ) WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and , .ofs. icell ° b. With Diet Tables for all CornTal-trameil m , a il e Contents :—How to ensure perfeet dieeglen, lid. lbs 0 g li o e : l i sply n er i d g io h edli t' co s af re lie s ; t ee , : a llno c t l tot e ed a th r the h m e in a os d an , t Asa. hdattaeredconext:sttitebdiccifool'eichloe;foriisrt servance of the instructions herein ckintainec: the greatest amount of physical happiness, and r e bat 0. k, 0 0 " How we should live—what eat, what dr i nd , e a, g bjert g e : To reach in health full threescore year s a''.,,, upon 5 i 1010 very interesting little volumes, although irarbe'toun.ong.o vs t urrYablee l liacandte import, as their titles imply , u tters e Yl iorra'Tur l' general utility, for they tell ef ni .01 ,0 iu cd t at tire ab etk understand ought to know, bu t „, t eulg at .„,of these enlightened times. except that elnalltY '"-,. .trill'iot questionab • hannels, is at a very terrible discollt b ijd!:, i t 0 ~„ In the exposition hereby offered of the till nc: o r ralTi,el st o nature, c 1 hurean disappointments and tkeir waYi.jer ea , ' 00 0 , contended that every reader shall become las Itlf , ted al ° o 01" 4, any more than their own lawyer, laut it is ins':ol,atia-,'l aeto, should know the simple principles of our cur n , ni ,7,eir se v . e r r nsl i ,, Y , ' 00 whereby our existence and the issue thereof In i ''' s in •,ties'`,; states depend, the duties that are expected ° „.biet i 1 . /1 ; to r e 'l' .. e L capacities in the family circle, and the terms on c iit a lial; troP A - 0 ,0 happiness of the present and future race Of °UP'-fltitll/111.Jj 10,510 By such knowledge, and which 15 berein ,g, id; to tly t as; health will be found to be in * our own ceP , Der e° ',,ur Oi` so within the atta!nment of all ; by the availitiet.„ ea ~Ke l o f our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advein'" fa &ties, a,idy lot be to oen f e b s.ai l s lo tle vk tned •, t a wt n o d itth fl h n e : i l e t s ll aume y n b ewa y rat t t h eo e fh e ep ul aler t t i ti,i v e,c a tit t h i o o ei n .in f ai f nsd c ba s es ' t ;:c e il o a ). oll s : s ta :: :o o 4 l, of God's creations. ~,,, e f h p ea-, 6 The author's justification for this seeming enlcii.tet D e : OP ingS, and the avowal of their integrqiiitally otte,PtilirPi: ; ur ear si f t. t . ill, ! l oc i ' by their perusal—his accredited topics broached involve his legitimate studY a nd ,, P k e ; ,go .go g., To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -r- 3v, (ler - or Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford- street ; Msintl:street 0 n e , direct from the Author, 11, Argyle-place, 1 1 ... ,eg e p n peft l ; till Great Marlborough-street), who may be a d " s e - r d 64- matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings -°lll -----.... On Saturday evening last she went to Astley's Theatre, and prior to her going produced a cheque on the Fareham bank for 991. 135., the name of the drawer being Purkiss, which she requested Mr. Howse to get cashed. Mr. Howse said the readiest mode would be to give it to one of the railway guards, who would present it at the bank. This proposition did not accord with Mdlle. de Saumarez's views, and she replaced the cheque in her pocket, saying that a day or two hence would do. _ _ . . ----- About this time it was discovered that a cash box, containing upwards of 1501. in gold, two double sovereigns and a cheque for 991. 133., had been stolen from the house of a ship-builder living at Fareham. A reward of 201. was offered in consequence, and Mr. Gow, the super intendent of the Hants county constabulary, having ob tained a clue to the probable retreat of the depredator, proceeded to London on Monday, and accompanied by the guard of the train that had brought Mdlle. de San marez to town, went to the hotel, and on seeing her took her into custody. The prisoner threw herself upon her knees, and gave the following extraordinary statement: — That a few weeks since a gentleman brought her to Eng land, and after remaining with him for a few days, left her at Gospert, where she obtained apartments at a boarding-house. The family with whom she lodged showed her many kindnesses, and she was introduced to their cousin, who resided at Fareham. There she remained a week on a visit, and during that time saw the mother of her friend's cousin give him 50 sovereigns from a cash-box, which she afterwards deposited between the sacking and the bed of a bedstead. Sl:e went to Southampton, where she purchased a cash-box resem bling the one she had seen; and returning with it, corn plained'of her head aching, and requested permission to lie down for an hour before she left for Gosport. She then went to the room where the cash-box was deposited, And substituting the empty box for the full one, suc ceeded in leaving the house without exciting any sus picion. She then went 'direct to the railway station, and, choosing a carriage in which there ens no other passenger, she broke open the box, and, having ab stracted the contents, threw the box out of the window. She said she had felt miserable ever since, and inclined to give herself up to justice. Upon beir:g searched. the cheque and two double sovereigns were found upon her; and Mr. Howse, upon opening the bag, discovered it to contain 146/. in sovereigns. The money was given up to the superintendent, who started with the prisoner the same night for Fareham. On Tuesday she was taken before a magistrate, and remanded for the attendance of witnesses from London. I °oll ra.% OF 0 9 ' sOC . ON THE SECRET INFIRMIT IES 4 ,1., .6 MATURITY. vi"Op".4o,°,`iti•w' WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOUR -Dv v - 0 ,04 , Jest published, Twentieth Thousand, in o a - 6d• Tre 2s. 64., or post paid, to any address, for os• , „ A d , t o, direct from the Author's residence. Mea l ' s ? #e4. CI ELF. PRESERVATION. : A ,0 0r goit, ; A of I° the ',i, LY on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders . 00 .1100 , , 00 of Illustrated with Tweaty-five Coloured Fit; pla y :o o V , ' 4O O Physiology, and Diseases of the U r inary an; fo rtilote o poi explaining their various structures, uses, er 'litAri 1 '; j the injuries that are produced in them, b.r excesses. With Practical Observation s on ..., T s ui Debility, Local and Constitutional W eakness' OE O>f off, the Urethra. S. n; 000,. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, are , bl i „ ej e 9, Bedford-street, Bedford -s q ,, o Matriculated Member of the 'University si 4; c letY , 0 ,4 Member of the London Hospital M edical / Apothecaries' Hall, London, c., e. , c nits 111 % i" ? CONTENT & S OF Sz THE TATA- IS :wit e ve ooti li o e3 CLUTTER 1: On the Philosophy of Marri ng Air procT tl O ,cl,L and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and •;, e cif i air' n ‘ 1 , 4 CLUTTER 5. On the Anatomy and PhY s ' ° , ; ' - e lci, l'l t ar'44 ° ",4lo; Organs, their functions, structures, and secretion th .A e - o.l o ;fili A i Mental and Physical Power are dependant nOoriee'd —CLUTTER 3. On Solitary Habits; yes' of pd Animal Economy ; the concealed cause it ' - ', ; 7 1 ral •00 wer, of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and g ",•2t e P i fer- 11 04 Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Set - 4 0 - on , and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervo,„, - 41 1 , 4 , Mental Debility, and Premature 61 0. the Disorder' arising from t u disenminn'erretlir' 4,11/,„4 Gleet, Strictuies, and ether Diseases of the A 101 0 , P, eit' sroo' 1g Orr Id/ REVIEWS Or TinZ wOr D ie 10 "The author of this singular and talente aoijersotiloos fled medical man, who has evidently 1 10 1441 g f rc eil ° ,ol o 4,l o ,. the trr ltinent of: the various disorders a1 . ... AA - i s sle,oet, its frailties of early indiscretion. 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Perry are in 19, Berners-street, Oxford-stree t, ' 4 00 0 ° O f id five till eight; and on Sundays from a l 04 00 1, ti a yr e ' $ Olde n h orre s P er C for wbic ORNAMENTAL TILES . of t ie , ,to _,eo ogler Builder describes a new speelesh are a o t , rv ow „r varioushn sbe e tak en n advan out, tages o over r n e d raa n v‘ e t i c li p iatiodf vf irivao t i b si ti e o ta f ol o tah . l. s yre r br ii iii : tr io c cpa pearance of their arren i n a the leaf of the oak, &C. an e q o • ifig rovide s d c oos' art .( tlf vature of surfaco, which p ve ti Al . 0 g 1 ! w wh at il e e r iotvneorteaoenhlytiplree, vthenetcsolnecaakair:eibhortlogieLftroeq,,o,sle:e4o, cr capillary attraction (an e v cc urre l3 , i ,ble ' e siv aanon ° • sot t 14 4 ' , et observed, yet of very co ,\ i s _ s oil vo o overlapping of flat surracesi_ As or o f s wort' of 015 ,ct 4 5. fortunes to which the fille t v A titp s tr ,01 1 TOE cure See , A 4 [ADVERTISEMENT . , t u t s led. e p. 411. , AND HoLLOWAY'S PILLS:--An b a d fecoDorit!o, yotl si or P medicine, after every otb?' Inc,,ainessiso, A cqun i t ccr r n 0 , ',, 4 1 ; lordship's letter, dated / peg w in al„„, e is?'„oc,f o "To Professor Hollwy , , 4 ,' d i s order A t 11 0 ' 0 0 P o Wo o ; P i pill') have effected a cure of f s me nitY , A ot , f pc (a l tof the _no) Of 0,1 which all the most eminen , 0 effec t orne g . Continent, had not been able w oe . , tn i,j1.7 10 0.1 Carlsbad or Marienbad.—(zdee i f o r or Plsotiirtvla ands 5 will .o. C i U nd rd mi any atl) m d a i e s tdi e a cr s i e nr oe o f f aysesu lli_ e 0 11 r or g liout On the 9th inst., _ --- c acti. NIETO* v ent•g g 3 Lit d 0" C. Stevens, of a son• taa gar )1 0 ' On the 9th inst., the -wife of John Esq., ofa daughter. foliagi°l3' 1,11 terrace, _ . 0,, On the 10th inst., at Compton' je-r S. Torr, ef a son. IVes r ' "5. 1-1° treet to' On the 10th inst., at Conduit -s f 0 William Thompson, of a daughter. in IC-ing-street, C 0 rive Camberwell, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., Niro. William Sliirrosc, 0 + c ry MARATED. %chit toe On the 4th inst., at the parish rbureor,!irasitigto.v_og r secOono second hel daughtero in o s f t. the Rev. J. "Morehead, Rector S I OOP Alicia, eldest daughter of the late Mai T Cavalry. ° {A 0 , ni 0 , Y ;lite late Lo n ds rTl,llllcebil3rldar,k. jervo ____ _____ oc ll T re"l, NED. KOAnrntholed7, thiliteinls9t.,thaft,,aWnreo:rdsf.ortl, Sarah, sc'''et-ef't •Cjli6l i'slii r f e et Mr o . On et,h,rege7rtiho:n;:tgiaitoL.ittle Missenden Abu." Garthwaite, in t v h a e itel:stlgiedimBl-0., in Upper Parnsburi%ror.telf• i. Aro. MarYt;ro JO On the 9th inst., at Dorchester, Peck 40 .4 ) . A , On the 10th inst., at Coombe Lodge' - On the 10th inst., ttt the Allgel Inn, i'liligt°ll' Y- '.°.' 13• 6'u i Smith, relict of C. Smith, aged 93..yorphire,e31rrbe O. On the 10:h inst., at gasbrough, ‘,,, salt. ft On the 11 th inst., at Charnpion:4gt. Giy, M.A., Rector of Biliborough, 0- I ---- fit 01'1).,°,41trigivticli„411;13:+ircl:14.41 isbed 1,0114011; miedfr su „ °owe , „I - , glow - St, awl, Printer, - In tl3e v of the Savoi, vember 13„ 18,16, all for SERIOUS EMBEZZLEMENT. MANCHESTER ? WEDNESDAY.—An old man, named Sidney Wroe, whose head had grown grey in the service of his employer, was brought before the borough magis trates this morning, charged with committing a series of frauds upon that employer under the following curious and extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent of the detective police of the borough, said the prisoner had been for many years in the employ of Mr. Richards, the extensive hat manufacturer, of Tib lane, Manchester, and had been always supposed to be an honest and exemplary servant till very recently, when a matter, trifling in itself; led to suspicion, and an in vestigation, which discovered him to have been carrying on for years past an extensive system of fraud. The circumstances were these. The prisoner was. a clerl, and " putter out" of work in the employ of Mr. Richards, who employs from 150 to 200 hands, not on his premises, but residing at various distances around Manchester, in country places, where they do work for him by " the piece," and on bringing in their work at the commencement of each week, properly finished, receive payment, and another allotment cf the work on hand. It had been usual for the hands to receive a bill from the prisoner on coming in with their work, certi. Eying the quantity done and the amount they were en titled to receive in payment. This bill or certificate they then took into the counting-house to Mr. Richards, who paid it without .demur. The manner in which the prisoner had Succeeded in defrauding his employer was this—he had been in the habit of putting down more work in the bills than had been dime, with correspond ing increase in the money column, and then as each servant withdrew from the counting-house, he would pretend to have discovered " the error" in the interim, and obtain from him the overplus, on the supposition that he would return it to Mr. Richards. The sums Mini obtained were chiefly small ones, of from one to eight or nine shillings, but extending over a long period, and practised with so many workmen as had been employed in that period, the aggregate, from the, investigation which had been already made, was supposed to be an embezzlement amounting to nearly 2,0001. Mr. Beswick said he was not prepared to go into the whole of the cases which.he should be able to bring forward, but he called two witnesses, whose evidence gave a tolerably correct idea of the manner in which these extraordinary frauds had been carried forward. The prisoner, who had no counsel, did not ask any questions. The Magistrates immediately ordered the prisoner to be remanded till Friday. Mr. Beswick was understood further to state, that the prisoner was charged with having put at various times into the hats of workmen quantities Of beaver used for " napping" hats, which they sold or p!edged, an d after wards gave him half of the amount obtained by this kind of plunder upon his employer. Loss OF LIFE ON THE RlVER.—Wednesday after noon, about four o'clock, a boat on the river opposite the Thames Taiinel steam boat pier, in which were three youths, named George Somers, William Hawki ns , an d Edward Brotherson, run foul of a heavily laden coal barge, and was instantly capsized. They were conse quently immersed in the water, and neither of them being able to swim, they struggled violently for a con siderable time. The watermen succeeded in recovering Somers and Hawkins, but their unfortunate companion, Brotherson, sunk and disappeared almost directly after the accident. SHIPWRECK ON THE COASP OP HOLLAND.---We have already mentioned the heroic conduct of some Dutch sailors on the occasion of the shipwreck of the English ship Helen, Captain Orfair. We are now in formed, that besides the 101. sterling granted by Lloyd's, the town of Yarmouth has sent, through . the Engli'sh Consul at Rotterdam, the sum of .501. sterling, which has been distributed among the four Dutch sailors who ' saved the whole crew of the Helen. A MAN ON FIRE IN THE STREET.—Wednesday a very singular occurrence took place in High-street, Newington, to a man named John Davis, aged thirty two years, a carpenter, residing in Francis •stroet, Wal worth-road. About twelve o'clock he was on the way home to his dinner, and whilst passing the Fishmongers' Almshouses, several foot passengers were suddenly alarmed at seeing smoke issuing fiom his left-hand pocket, and before they could reach him his clothing was found to be on fire. He instantly pulled his coat off and threw it on the ground, where the flames were extinguished. The accident was caused by placing a pipe of tobacco, which he had not thoroughly extinguished, in his pocket. LIBERALITY OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. The Canter bury Journal states that a French brig, lying at Erith, is taking in a cargo of 4,000 barrels of gunpowder, of English manufacture. It is, however, the intention of Louis Philippe (a certain event occurring) only to bor row.the same; as he hopes to be able to return the gun powder to the English, with the additional compliment of lead.—Punch. THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—The usual weekly meeting of the Manchester committee was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. William Shuttleworth in the chair. Mr. George Wilson, one of the joint trca surers, and late chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League, reported that 3181. 16s. 2d. had been received in the amount of subscriptions since the last wet k ; and that the total contributions to this fund now amounted to 6,938/. 6s. 2d. " It was arranged that certain districts i should be more strictly canvassed, and that deputations should hereafter he appointed for that purpose. The subscription of 101. from the firm of Messrs. Richard Johnson and Co., wire workers, Dale -street, was an nounced, and entered upon the books. It wns reported that the total increase on the week's contributions in Manchester, Bury, Oldham, Burnley, P res t on , Denton, Hyde, Stalybridge, Patricroft, Knutsford, and the ham lets thereto ailjoining, amounted to the sum of 2,299/. 17s. 9d., and the result of the woek's canvass, in small sums, was 3271. 9s. B,l.—Manchester Guardian. GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND ASSOCIATION.— Whea Mr. Abington was:kw° of the Queen's Th at-e, Tottenham -street, a few months sines, he very km fly allowed the usc of the theatre r,r a benctit in aid f the funds of the above excellent Institution, but the rec e being so small on the occasion, he very generously made up the sum of ten pounds, which he has handed to the sectetary, Mr. CuHertford. •