The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

SALES BY MR. W. W. SIMPSON, AT THE MART, LONDON. TUESDAY, NOV. 10. A very desirable freehold and copyhold estate, eligibly situate in the adjoining parishes of Irches ter and Wymington, in the counties of North ampton and Bedford, comprising nearly 470 acres of land, farm house, and buildings, producing, after the necessary deductions of land-tax, quit rent, and repairs, about 7601. per annum; sold to John Beasley, Esq., of Chapel Brampton, North amptonshire, as agent for Jones Loyd, Esq., £ 23,000 at ESTATES IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE. A desirable pleasure farm and accommoda tion land, situate in the parish of Hartford, in the county of Huntingdon, comprising 56 acres of land, let so as to produce, after deducting for outgoings and repairs, a ret rental of about 110 L per annum—sold to William Ward, Esq., of Hartford, for A freehold and tithe free estate, situate in the parish of Graff ham, Hunts, comprising 123 acres, farmhouse, &c., let so as to produce, after deduct ing for outgoings and annual repairs a net rental of about 135/. per annum—sold t o his Grace the Duke of Manchester for A freehold and tithe-free estate, in the parish of Hemingford Grey, Hunts, comprising 64 acres, producing, after deducting for outgoings and annual repairs, a rental of about 1101.—sold to J. D. Hewett, Esq., for 3,000 WEDNESDAY, l LCH NOV. A valuable freehold estate, called Pot Ash Farm, situate in the parish of Freston, Suffolk, comprising 135 acres of arable land, producing a rental (after deducting the outgoings of land-tax, quit rent, and repairs,) of about 1751. per annum, sold to William Rodwell, Esq., of Ipswich, for ... 5,800 A valuable freehold and copyhold estate, known as the Racecourse Farm, situate in the parish of St. Clement's, Ipswich, comprising 222 acres of arable and pasture land, producing a rental of 2001. per annum, independent of the revenue produced from booths, &c., on the course • bought in at ... 6,000 A desirable compact copyhol d (fine arbi trary, making it of less value by five years' pur chase), in the parish of Monk Soham, near Framlingham, Suffolk, consisting of 131 acres of productive land, producing a rental (after de. ducting annual repairs, &c.), of about 1851. per annum—sold to Mr. Wm. Creasy , the tenant, for 4,380 A desirable freehold estate, called the Four Elms Farm, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, compris ing 248 acres of land let on lease, at a rent of 3621. per annum (subject to outgoings), was bought in at .. 9,000 £57,520 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 31.8. SECOND EXAMINATION.—IB46. The following candidates have recently passed this examination, viz.:— FIRST DIVISION.-MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Bompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. Elam, Charles, Leeds School of Medicine. Goodridge, Henry F. Augustus, University College, Hawksley, Thomas, King's College. Johnston, James, Queen's College, Birmingham. Strut, Thomas James, King's College. SECOND DIVISION.-MEDICAL SCHOOLS. Arlidge, John Thomas, King's College. Birkett, George, Charing-cross Hospital. Cowdell, Charles, University College. Duncan, Peter Martin, King's College. Eton, Edward William, St. George's Hospital. Mason - , Thomas Peter, Orig. Sch. or Med., Peter. street, Dublin. The Bestwall and Swineham estates, announced for sale in our columns, situate close to the borough town of Wareham, and upon which, it is said, they have at each election a material and important influence, were for many years the pet or model farms of the late Sir Clan Scott, Bart., by whom they were wonderfully Imped, and rendered the best farms in the county ; at his death they were sold to Mr. Harry Hammond, who built a pleasant, comfortable residence upon the property, commanding the most extensive and beautiful 'view of the Dorsetshire hills, including the majestic ruins of Cods Castle. The death of the proprietor renders a sale of this desirable property peremptorily necessary, and Mr. Robins speaks of it in the highest terms, strongly recommending it to his friends, the ca pitalists, possessing, as it does, all the elements for safe and permanent investment—indeed, one more desirable is seldom to be met with in the market. THE VALUE OF BRAIN LABOUR IN THE ARTS.— In a recent lecture, delivered at the Bradford Mechanics' Institute, " On the fine arts, and their application to in dustrial purposes," by Mr. G. Wallis, late principal of the Manchester School of Design, the lecturer produced a French miniatpre jug, beautiful in design, and stated . , that the clay of *hich the jug was composed would cost about half a farthing, whereas by the brain labour of the designer, its value was increased to half-a•crown. The material form of another jug had, in like manner, bad its original value of a farthing increased to seven francs (ss. 10d.) in consequence of the colours which had been bestowed upon it in ornamenting it. He stated that there was an indisposition, from the non-appreciation of the works of arts, to pay the high price for their embel lishments which our continental neighbours, whose taste was educated, paid for them; and he said that they might depend upon it, that Englishmen would produce works equally as beautiful in the art of design as the French, when they had equal encouragements, and when the people could appreciate the truly beautiful.—The Builder. A painful difference of feeling has for a considerable period existed between the rector and parishioners of Vange, in this county, in consequence of the former having introduced several alterations in the performance of Divine worship in that church, more particularly in the dressing up of the altar, on which were placed a cross, candles and candlesticks, and vases, containing bouquets of flowers, which gave great offence to the con gregation, many of whom, in consequence, absented themselves from attendance on public worship. These novelties called forth the strong disapprobation of the Venerable Archdeacon Jones, upon his inspection of this church, during his last parochial visitation, and he ex pressed a hope that the rector would immediately see the propriety of their discontinuance. This direction not being complied with, and the same unhappy feeling still prevailing, the churchwarden himself removed the obnoxious ornaments from the altar ; but this step, unfortunately, created a wider breach between the rector and his flock. The circumstances were now commented upon by the London press with much freedom. Ulti mately the matter was brought under the notice of our new and respected diocesan, the Bishop of Rochester, and on Wednesday te'nnight his Lordship, accompanied by a reverend gentleman of the neighbourhood, went to Vange, and made an investigation of the circumstances. His Lordship, we are informed, directed the immediate re moval of the cross, candlesticks and candles, and vases and Powers, and gave such directions as to the futurt performance of Divine service as will, we trust, put an end to that unhappy difference which has so long existed upon this subject, and enable all to join fervently and heartily in the public worship of God.—Essex Heald. EXPLOSIVE SAWDUST.—The following is addressed to the Leeds Mercury, by George Turner, Wchmo'd street, Leeds:—" Raving engaged myself to make some of the now far-famed gun cotton. I came at results b ) my experiments which coilvince me that all fibrous or finely serrated vegetable materials can be made to pro duce an explosive compound, similar in many respects to gunpowder, being of not so easy manufacture as the gun cotton. I here enclose to you a specimen the pro posed gun sawdust, which can either be tested by putting it into the fire or sprinkling over your gas or candle. The preparation is thus :—Take of nitric acid of specific gravity 1.5 two measures ; commercial oil of vitriol two measures also • pour the two acids into a bum, then gradually sprinkle into the compound acid the sawdust in a dry condition, and care must be taken that the saw dust must not be poured into the acid too rapidly, else the result will be a decomposition of the nitric acid into nitrous acid and a carbonaceous matter. Continue to sprinkle the sawdust until nearly the whole of the acid contained in the bason is absorbed. Cover your bason over with a plate to keep in the fumes from the acid. ' Allow the sawdust to remain in the acid a space of eight or ten minutes. Pour then into the bason as much water as it will hold, and the sawdust, by the action of the compound acid, has become of a higher specific gravity, by which property the prepared sawdust sinks to the bottom of the vessel. Pour the water off, fill it again, and continue to wash until you, on tasting the water in the bason, no longer perceive acidity. Dry it then in a culirent of warm air; be careful not to allow your tem perature to be too high; you may place it upon the over if not too hot. When it is perfectly dry it is ready either for the gun or pistol, &c. I think it is equal to Mr. Taylor's gun cotton in every respect." NEW USE FOR WATER-WORKS. —A rather novel source of mechanical power, and curious application o? that power, have lately been adopted at Newcastle, on the quay of which a hydraulic crane, worked by the pressure of water in the common street water-pipes, has been erected, under the partial protection of a patent, by Mr. W. Armstrong. The pillar and jib alone appear above ground, and the application of the power to the instrument, in all its movements, is regulated with ra pidity, as well as delicacy, by means of indicators, tra versing circularly on engraved plates or indexes. Though not the first time that water-works have been applied in the accumulation of mechanical power,, this rather ele gant application of it to the ordinary business of a town opens up a wide vista, through which may be traced the indefinite outline of multiform uses for such a convenient power, in the sphere of domestic as well as of business life.— The Builder. PUBLIC BATLIS AND WASEI-HOUSES.—In Manches ter the erection of the additional private baths at this establishment has very favourably progressed, and there appears no doubt hut that they will soon be fully com pleted. Th e s h ower baths ar e now nearly in general use, and ha ve g i ven the highest satisfadtion, as far as they have at present been used. The extraordinary in crease in the s wowasshminc7rodepartment, to which we alluded last week, h have been supposed. The ttisf . actory returns than could of September, opened for this department on the 10th and during that month there were 9,827 articles w as hed parties. i n the following month of October, as the who the s miled themselves of the privileges offered esta blishment were 568, during which period 18,732a8vartichni Of various deseriptions were washed, showing expected increase ; and, even yesterday, up to tehreyhuonu of closing, there were AO less than 929 articles of wetter jug apparel and bedding washed at this institution. Up to last night the articles washed were 5,740 during this month, and the number of those who occupied tubs, no brier than 194.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday. SIR ROBERT PEEL-THE RISE REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK. A great change has lately taken plat in public opi nion respecting the probable range o prices of pro visions in this country during the app oaching wiuter. The leading articles published day after day in the principal journals last month, predictin famine and all its attendant miseries, were not without influence; and extravagant notions as to the probable value of bread i stuffs were generally entertained. Only a few weeks ago the daily papers maintained that if the grain were actually ready for shipment in America and elsewhere, the scarcity of vessels would preclude the possibility of its being transported to Great Britain in sufficient time to prevent want being felt. Suddenly all these evil prognostics have vanished, and we are now told that there never existed cause for , apprehen sion, that the potato. failure was a delusion, that there is food enough in the country, and that there are quantities on passage from abroad of sufficient mag nitude to- depress prices considerably. How the writers can reconcile these opposing declarations we are at a loss to conceive. For ourselves, we never viewed the potato crop as a total failure, nor did we at any time talk of famine. What we stated on previous occasions we now maintain, that, with a deficiency of at least one-half of the crop of one of the most important articles of food, a short yield of all kinds of spring corn, and at most a bare average produce of wheat, low prices could not be calcu lated on. Great stress has been laid on the quantity of foreign corn liberated when the present corn-laws came into operation ; but it appears to have been wholly over looked that the stocks of old English wheat at the time of harvest were much less than usual, in proof of which we would remind our readers that last year a large proportion of the farmers' supplies consisted of old till nearly up to Christmas, whereas in the present year old Wheat had almost disappeared from the different Markets within the space of a month after harvest. The new crop was immediately commenced upon, and its consumption was begun at least a month earlier than in ordinary seasons. These considerations lead us to believe that there is at the present moment less wheat in the country (taking that of home and foreign growth together) than there was at this period of last season; and as it cannot be for a moment questioned that an enormous extra con sumption of bread must take place in consequence of the deficiency and inferior quality of potatoes, we can discover no reason to think differently to what we did two months ago, viz., that all the foreign grain we may be able to procure is likely to be wanted. With regard to the extent of the importations from abroad very exaggerated accounts have lately been published ; at all events there is little prospect of really large arrivals till the spring of next year. We may, and probably will, receive a few hundred thousand barrels of flour from America before winter sets in, and some quantity of wheat and other grain from the Baltic and Black Seas, bat nothing compared to the supplies spoken of. The corn trade has since our last re mained in a quiet state, millers and dealers being ap parently satisfied with what they still hold ; the daily drain upon their stocks is, however, very great, and we question whether business will long remain in its present state. There is no change for the better in the tone of the advices from Ireland ; the distress is described as fully as severe as at any previous period, whilst the utmost uneasiness is said to be felt by all classes of the com munity as to the effects of the increased want likely to be experienced during the approaching winter. Prices of the coarser sorts of food had, we are in formed, not only been maintained, but had steadily advanced ; and oatmeal is as dear, weight for weight, in many parts of Ireland, as flour is on this side of the Channel. The concession made by the millers on Monday has not been followed by a more active demand for Flour ; indeed, the bakers have acted even more cautiously this week than before, and the contracts closed have been comparatively unimportant. The operations in-Ameri can flour have likewise been on a retail scale, though sellers have shown a disposition to facilitate business by accepting rather reduced rates. On the 10th of last month there were 18,441 cwt. of flour in bond in London, and 229,548 cwt. in the kingdom. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. We have no further arrivals from America this week ; and as the steamer was not to sail before the end of Oc tober, we can scarcely expect her arrival till the middle of the month. The accounts from that quarter are looked for with great interest, as it is certain that beyond what may reach us from the other side of the Atlantic, the imports of foreign grain into Britain are likely to be comparatively unimportant till the spring of next year. By the adrices from the principal Baltic ports it appears that there was but little wheat in progress of shipment, the scarcity of vessels and the high freights demanded having acted as a great hindrance to business. The most recent reports from Dantzic are of the 31st of October. During the week only 7,000 quarters of wheat had changed hands, partly on speculation and partly for export; and to induce buyers to purchase, it had been necessary to submit to a reduction of ls. per quarter. The best high-mixed qualities were, however, then still worth 565. to 575. per qr. free on board, whilst freight to England varied from 6s. 6d. to 7s. per quarter. To the cost and freight 2s. 6d. per quarter must be added for insurance, the premiums having lately risen very materially. Taking these items together, the total cost will be found to amount to more than the article would fetch in the London market, a state of things which must deter British merchants from buying st that port. The greater part of 7,000 quarters sold during the week had consisted of inferior and secondary quali ties; and for 591bs. to 601bs. new, and 601bs. to 611bs. old, 50s. to 535. per quarter had been realised. In spring corn nothing of interest had transpired, owing to the want of supplies. At Konigsberg business appears to have been quiet ; for though orders for wheat, barley, and peas bad been received, the high pretensions of holders, and the diffi culty of obtaining ships, had prevented much business being done. The case seems to have been the same at Stettin. A letter from thence, of the 28th ult., informs us that the supplies of barley had fallen materially short of the de mand, and that 355. per quarter had been readily paid for fine qualities for immediate shipment. Merchants had, it appears, been cautious in entering into contracts for forward delivery ; still a few bargains to ship Pome ranian barley in spring had been closed at 325. per quar ter free on board. New wheat had come slowly to hand, and of old there were hardly any stocks ; hence little had been done in the article. At Hamburg, on Tuesday, the Wheat trade was de cidedly quiet, and the rates offered by consumes (545. 6d, to 555. 6d. per qr. for good qualities of red) being higher than the limits of the few foreign orders on hand, the business done had been of quite a local character. Barley had, notwithstanding the dull ac counts from hence, continued in much request, and 40s. to 40s. 6d. per qr. had been paid for 481bs. sale on the spot. Oats had sold at 21s. to 225. per qr. free on board. In the Dutch markets the value of all sorts of grain had, according to the latest accounts, been very firmly maintained, notwithstanding the somewhat dull English advices ; whilst in France quotations of Wheat and Flour had, according to the most recent advices, under gone a further rise. At Marseilles, on the 28th of October, there were buyers of fine Polish Odessa at equal to 535. 9d., and of Marianopoli at 498. per qr. From Ancona we learn that purchases of Indian corn had been made for spring delivery at 265. 6d. to 275. per qr. free on board ; the stock of the article remaining was estimated at 15,600 to 20,000 qrs., and it was cal. culated that there were not more than 20,000 qrs. of vilest in warehouse, taking old and new together. From Odessa we learn that serious inconvenience was felt there for want of ships. Wheat had, nevertheless, continued to excite attention, and during the wetk end ing 16th of October, 60,000 chets. had been bought at prices varying from 275. to 375. per qr. free on board.- Mark-lane Express. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in the Eastern Counties Railway Company was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering and determining on the conversion of all the 14/. 16s. shares of thecompany into shares of 201. each, by the payment of 1/. 4s. and addition of 41., bonus, to take dividends from the 4th January next; and also for considering and determining on the granting of equivalent advantages to the Northern and Eastern Railway Company; and the meeting was also made special for the purposes of granting to the holders of Eastern Counties York Extension shares the right to subscribe all further capital now required, or hereafter to be required, for the purposes of the company, until the same be paid up in full. Mr. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the advertisement fully stated the objects which had called them together, but it was proposed, to meet the wishes of a large number of pro prietors, to make some alteration in the plan to be sub mitted to the meeting. It was proposed that instead of issuing a 20/. share, they should call up 11. 4s. on the 14/. 16s. shares, and issue in return a 151. share, and the bonus would be distributed in the shape of a 51. share. — (No, no.) When he last addressed them, he was in an ticipacion that, before he met them again, the line from Ely to Peterborough would have been opened, but, for reasons which bad already been stated in the public prints, they had been unable to accomplish that object. He could state, however, that about the Ist of Decem ber the line would be opened for goods.—(Bear, hear.) When het stimated at the last meeting the probable re ceipts for the present half-year, of course he fully ex pected that the Peterborough line would have come into successful operation during that period, but, as it had not, his estimate would be reduced. The receipts of the half year would be 250,0001, showing the largest in crease ever known upon any railway in a single half year, during which no additional lines had been opened. The increase was 501. per cent., but in fairness he ought to state that they had had the advantage of the eighteen miles of the Eastern Union line, from Colchester to Ipswich. At the last meeting he stated that the interest on loans would probably be 44,0001., but as the Ely and Peterborough line had not come into operation the in terest would be reduced to 40,000/. The expenses of the half-year, he believed, would be 90,0004 and those two sums deducted from the 250,0001., would leave a balance of 120,0001., applicable to a dividend, which would, this half-year, be equal to 71. per cent., or, in the aggregate, 114,0001. The result could not fail to be satisfactory to the shareholders, while it bore out the anticipations he indulged in at the last meeting.— (Cheers.) The reason why they called the shareholders together was to place the undertaking upon a solid foot ing, and the proposition the directors were prepared to make them was, in his opinion; equitable and just to both parties. The new 5/. share could not be called a bonus, because it must be borne in mind the length of time the proprietors received no return whatever from the under taking.—(Hear, hear.) Considered in that light, it was no bonus at all. He stated at the last meeting the number of lines that had been then obtained in Parlia ment—and it had since been determined that these, as well as others, should be constructed with the York Extension stock—and until all the money upon that stock had been called up and exhausted it was not pro posed to create any new shares.—(Hear, bear.) It was only intended originally to use that stock for lines north of Cambridge, but hereafter it would be used as he had mentioned. Five pounds had already been called upon it, and in the course of July next the lines to which it would be applied would come into operation, and the York Extension would participate in the dividends to the extent of their money expended. Another 5/. it was proposed to:call, and this would yield sufficient for the lines granted last session. Now, when the 11.45. should be paid up, the capital of the Company would be 7,300,0004 while the length of line opened would be 176 miles, giving an average cost of about 41,000/. per mile. When the new line for which Acts were obtained were constructed there would be additional mileage of 66 miles, reducing the average cost to 37,4004 per mile, and making the total mileage 242 miles of Eastern Counties proper. The lines they intended to apply for next session he would now briefly mention. Last session they got an Act, enabling them to get to Wisbeach, and from there they proposed to extend the line to Spalding, where they will construct some large and important docks. From Spalding they would proceed to Newark, from Newark to Lincoln, from Peterborough to Boston, con necting them with the Ambergate line. From Cambridge they proposed to go to Wear and to Bedford, giving them access to the proposed South Midland. From Bedford they would proceed to Hitching. There would be a line in connexion :with a West-end terminus from Tottenham to Guildfurd ; another from London to Southend ; another from Stratford to Victoria Park, and another from Braintree to Halstead, making in all a total of 225 miles. That added to the lines he had before mentioned, would make the mileage of the Eastern Counties 437 miles, at an average cost of 27,5161. per mile.--(Hear, hear.) Now, if they only obtained half of those lines, there would be enough to consume the whole of the York Extension stock. He came now to the revenue part of the question.—(Hear, hear.) He had made a calculation of the probable returns. When the 28 miles of new railway came into operation in Decem ber, they estimated that the weekly returns would average 12,0001. per week, at present they were net ting 9,5421: per week, and with that increase he calculated they would be able to divide 71. per cent. at the next half-yearly meeting, and 71. per cent. in July following.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, they were in a very prosperous state, and, without further preface, he would proceed at once to move a resolution authorising the directors to act in the manner he had stated.—(Hear.) A PROPRIETOR wished to know if York Extensions would participate in future creations. The CHAIRMAN was understood to reply that they would when they had been paid up. A number of proprietors suggested that the easiest and shortest plan would :be to adhere to the original proposal, and instead of issuing two sets of stock, one for 15/. and the other for 54 make the 151. into a 201. share at once. The CHAIRMAN said he would put the question to the meeting, and let the result decide it. The question was accordingly put, and carried by an immense majority. Mr. ARLETT asked if the holders of the 141. I6s. shares were not entitled to the two hundred and seventy thou sandth part of the whole profits according to their Act? The CHAIRMAN said they were. Mr. ARLETT—WeII then, suppose it is not convenient for a shareholder to pay up the 11.45. till next July, have you the power to compel him to do otherwise? The CHAIRMAN replied, certainly not ; but then those who paid up the 11. 4s. would be receiving divi dends on 20/., while those who did not pay till July would only receive dividends upon 14/. 16s. Mr. ARLETT—And yet you admit that the 14/. 16s. shares are entitled to a certaia proportion of the whole profits ? The CHAIRMAN —It is purely a matter of internal arrangement which the Act sanctions, and if you do not choose to come into it you will be a loser.—(Hear.) The resolution, as amended by the meeting, was then put and carried unanimously. The shares will carry dividends from the 4th of December. Some discussion then arose as to the expediency of re pudiating the connexion with the Harwich Steam Packet Company, but the CHAIRMAN stated that it wonld be a subject for the consideration of a future meeting, and the matter , dropped. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the eting, which was densely crowded, broke up. OF HIS FAMILY. In stating, as I did, in a former communication on this subject, that the law Sir Robert Peel in the last genera tion, and Mr. Cobden in this, were the greatest improvers of the calico printing trade, it may have appeared as if I gave to them the credit of the discoveries in the me chanical and chemical sciences which have so greatly ad vanced that trade. lam not aware that either of those distinguished calico-printers were inventors or disco verers; bat both succeeded by rewarding inventors libe rally, and securing the best operative talent by paying the hest juices for its operation. When the first Mr. Peel put his hands to the trade he was a farmer at Cross, near Blackburn; but he had tried his skill at carding cotton by a cylinder before that, and had thus proved that he was of an enterprising mind. The use of the cylinder whereby cotton is carded in a continuous roll is one of the most effective improvements in the cotton factories. It enables the spinning ma chinery to do finer work, and adds to the healthfulness and cleanliness of the operatives.. This cylinder (there is every reason to believe, save positive proof itself) was the invention of the farmer of Cross, grandfather of the present Sir Robert Peel. But he dropped the practice of it to take up something more profitable and not less in teresting to his genius. He engraved blocks of wood with his own hands, and with such tools as he could command. The first design is said to have been a pirsley-leaf. The blocks were of sycamore, about ten inches long by five broad; the figure of the parsley-leaf was raised, as wood-engraving is still practised, by the other parts being cut down. A handle was put to the back of the block to hold it by. The colour to be used was put in a vessel covered with woollen cloth, the cloth touching the colour so as to absorb it. The block was put on this saturated cloth, and then transferred to the piece of white calico, which was stretched on a table. Pieces of wire at each corner of the block enabled the operator to fit it to its exact place. The block was then struck by a mallet, and the impression was fixed on the calico. The use of a calen der was not then known for smoothing the calico after it was thus printed, and the females of the family, therefore, ironed the pieces with the usual flat irons. While these experiments were going on, the house was kept closed against all prying neighbours. And thus did the ingenious farmer of Cross, grandfather of the great statesman who so recently ruled this great empire, begin the fortunes of his family. His mechanical genius soon discovered the use of the calender (vulgarly the mangle, and this superseded the labour with the flat iron as regarded calicoes. The mangle has not superseded the flat iron in the "getting up " department with the laundress; but its introduction has enabled many a poor woman to earn a livelihood. Peihaps few who keep a mangle, and work with this humble machine, know that it was invented by the grand 'ether of Sir Robert Peel. _ If more colours were required to complete the pattern than one, blocks had to be applied more than once, and each time a different block. Calicoes are made in pieces of 28 yards each. One piece required the block 448 times. Subsequent to this the block-printers in:the-neighbour hood of London had engravings done in copper, and fixed upon the wooden blocks. But the first great advance ment was in the use of a cylinder. The invention of this has been variously attributed; but as no single indi vidual has made out a good claim to it, and as Mr. Peel of Cross, was known to have used a cylinder in carding before he took to printing ; also as he kept all kis inven tions very quiet, I see many reasons to believe, and few to doubt, that he was the inventor of cylinder printing. A roller of copper so long as to correspond with the breadth of the cloth which is to be printed, which roller is three orlour inches thick, is engraved with a design all round its circumference. It is laid in a box, and re volves upon its axis by the force of a wheel at one end of the box. Colouring matter fills the box partly up, so that the roller wets itself with it in turning. A blade of soft steel shaves off the colour from its surface, save in the hollow lines made by the engraver. The cloth to be printed passes round a cylinder, and is pressed in contact with the engraved roller on the side where the blade has shaved the colour away, and by this pressure the colour left in the hollow lines of the engraving is fixed instan taneously to the cloth as it passes. The cloth as printed passes between other cylinders (to common readers I may say a cylinder is a barrel—in this case it is of iron, about 16 inches in diameter) filled with steam. They are hot, and dry the cloth in two minutes or less. In that short time a piece 28 yards long is printed, which to be printed with a block would require 448 applications of the block. But as many'as three, four, or five rollers can be applied with different patterns and different co lours to the one piece of cloth while it revolves around the cylinders ; and thus complicated patterns, which would have required the application of blocks by hand 896, or 1344, or 1792, or 2240 times are printed in the same brief period. Mr. Peel, of Cross, having removed with his humble workshop, for the sake of water, to Brookside, two miles from Blackburn, he, by the aid of his sons, extended his business there very considerably. The eldest son, Ro bert, distinguished above them all for his acuteness and vigorous adherence to business, quitted his father's con cern in 1773, and going into partnership with his uncle, Mr. Haworth, and a Mr. Yates, entered upon the busi ness on, a more extended scale at Bury. He subse quently married the daughter of his partner, Mr. Yates, and she became the mother of the present Sir Robert Peel. This establishment carried on cotton-spinning as well as printing, and both with success. The other sons of old Mr. Peel, of Cross, removed to a place called Church, and set up print-works. They were also suc cessful; but, like their elder brother, who became Sir Robert Peel, they succeeded in a greet measure by the application of cylinder printing. ' But another discovery was made. The expense and delay of engraving the copper rollers was prodigious ; they were also soon worn out. It was, therefore, greatly to the advantage of the printers to find that a very small steel roller, two or threeinches long, could be engraved, while decarbonized or softened. This done, it was har dened, and worked by machinery, against another piece of steel, of its own size, also softened. This received the impression of the hollow lines of the other, and showed them raised. This one was hardened in its turn, and worked with a heavy steady pressure against the large copper roller, which in its turn was engraved with the hollow lines desired. Other methods are used. That now described is the one used now or recently for en graving the plates from which the notes are printed in the Bank of England. It would not come within the compass of this brief sketch to describe the other mechanical inventions which the Peels and other printers discovered or appropriated for the extension of their trade and the advancement of their individual fortunes. I shall now turn to the che mical discoveries. A substance called chlorine was discovered, which, with the magic of nature, exceeding all the magic of fable, bleached a fabric whiter and purer in a few hours than the old methods of bleaching had done in weeks and months upon the grass. To print the richest pat terns, the purest bleaching was requisite before begin ning to print. The discovery of chlorine gave this purity. Again, the colours could not be fastened in the cloth without some other chemical matters, known by the general name of mordants (from the French mordre. to bite). Different colours required a different mordant, and these the science of chemistry afforded. Again, the whole globe was ransacked, and not in vain, for dye-stuffs to make colours. Chemistry compounded those colours, and taught the artistic designer how to use them ; their proper use was a leading element in the rise of the Peel family. One process often used in printing is to use the mordant which may be colourless in the boxes with the copper rollers. Those rollers print the mordant upon the cloth, instead of the colour. The piece of cloth is then put into a vat, and dyed all one colour. When taken out it is washed, and then the colour washes out of it, leaving it white save the lines or figures which had been, printed by the mordant; these retain the colour in beau tiful integrity. Another method, called discharge work, which origi • nated in Scotland, is to print those parts which are to be white, with an acid, which resists the power of the mor dant. The piece is then steeped in the mordant, quickly dried, and then dyed in the vat. It is then taken out and washed, and the spots which had been printed with acid (lemon juice) are found to yield the colour, and submit to become a pure white. This last system though originating in Scotland, did not thrive there; the Peels introduced it to England, and by this method form the imitation of Indian patterns, which it enabled them to produce in elegance and fastness of colour ; it gave their goods of that kind, a character which never was lost. • A discovery which led to a process more common now than any yet named, was made by a man named Grouse, of London, who had no chemical or other scientific know ledge, strictly so called, but who, it is said, was fond of trying fireside experiments. This is called Resist work. It consists of the cloth being printed with a kind of paste where it is to be kept white, the remainder having the mordant applied. The cloth is then dipped in indigo for a few seconds. The paste is found to have resisted the blue dye; it is washed off, and those parts are white. Without this paste, indigo would not wash out, as the colours used in discharge work do ; and it is, therefore, to this discovery that we owe so many patterns of blue ground with white spots, the blue being a fast coheir, the material cheap, and the process speedy in execution. Grouse, who was a commercial traveller, sold the right to use his discovery to Sir Robert Peel for five pounds. It required a year or two to bring it to perfection; but when it was perfected it raised the reputation of Sir Robert-Peel for producing cheap and fast colours very greatly; and added to his wealth as to the wealth of every printer since, more than any other single discovery of colours. Its cheapness has been its popular quality. The dyeing of Turkey red, and the discharging of parts of it by a chemical process, so as to leave the pat terns white, is a discovery belonging to the year 1810, but not perfected until some years after. It does not properly belong to the art of printing, nor, so far as I can ascertain, did the discovery in any way affect the fortunes of the Peels. The colour of bronze, which we now see so much in common prints, was discovered in 1822. It is a metallic colour, is cheap, adds to the beauty of pattern, and does not fade; was not known when the Peels were in the trade. A Mr. Mercer has improved on this bronze colour by a process only known to himself, from which bronze he has made much gold; but I cannot go farther into the subject. The most recent improvements have been not in the chemistry of colours, but in the artistic elegance of design. It is in this last respect that Mr. Cobden has advanced the trade so much.—Advertiser. NORFOLK ESTUARY, A general meeting of the shareholders of this Com pany was held yesterday, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street, Lord George Bentinck in the chair, to consider the advisability of continuing the project, which his Lordship considered to be a most discouraging one. By the report, it appeared that the land to be reclaimed from the sea, under the power of the Act of Parliament, is 30,000 acres, the first ten thousand of which are likely to be brought under culture in 1860, yielding a bonus of 28,0001.; the second portion, in 1870, yielding a profit on sale of 214,0001.; and the third in 1870, giving a fur ther profit of 83,0001. ; the capital paying four per cent. inter est in the meantime. MASTER i..ND SERVANT — FAMILY WORSHIP.—A case of some interest, involving a master's power over a servant, came before Sheriff Watson on Thursday. A farm servant, of the name of Jane Watt, raised an action against her master, Mr. George Alexander, Clyne, Straloch, for wages and board wages, on the ground of improper dismissal. . The facts of the case were—that Alexander and his family and servants were engaged at prayers one morning in the kitchen ; the pursuer came into the kitchen in the meantime, and when the family were so engaged, proceeded with her work, cleaning the milk dishes, and making a noise. The master had to stop, and addressing the servant said, "I dare say I need not bid you join the worship, for forced prayers are no devotion ; but if you will not join in bowing your knee to God, you must stop work while we are doing so ; go somewhere else." The servant took her leave, but offered herself back again before two witnesses the next day. The master agreed to receive her ; but she would only agree to return, on condition that neither should she be asked to join in prayers, nor the master assemble his family in the kitchen for prayers. The master replied, that as regarded the first—her joining in prayers—she could please herself ; but as regarded the second, as long as he had a house, he would erect an altar to the Lord in any part of it. Th e Sh er iff f oun d, th a t a mas t er ' s p ower to require a servant to sop working in the apartment in which he and his family were engaging in worship was most unquestionable and p ro p er , an d t h at t h e condition annexed by the girl to her offer back of her service was quite untenable.—Aberdeen Paper. GRANDEUR OF TUE DUKE' S S TATUE .—Wh a t ever the arch in itself may be, and whatever may be the grandeur of the idea of placing the statue on that proud seat, the arch is not a good pedestal for that statue, since it spoils the effect which the statue might produce. Th e c haracter to be carried out in this subject is grandeur, and the grandeur must be the grandeur of magnitude. The effect of the statue must chiefly consis t i in the deve lopment of its own mighty m ass, and n this case it may be laid down very decidedly that the base of the sculp ture should not be placed so far above the eye, as ordi nary precedent ideas of proportion may p robabl y advise. —The Builder. ST. PAUL'S ANTWERP.—The church of St. Paul will well repay the stranger for a lengthened visit ; it contains two fine rows of confessionah, each one sur mounted by a good picture. In the inclosure around this church is what is called a representation of Calvary; it is reared against the walls of the church. There are more than sixty figures, of the size of life, representing patriarchs, prophets, and apostles , some of the groups have a bold and graceful outline. The entire area is converted into a sort of Pantheon of saints, statues of halt the calender being stuck about in all directions. — The Builder. Sir JOHN RENNIE, the engineer, estimated the cost of warping and reclaiming the land, including the sea-wall, at 151. an acre for the first portion, 171. for the second, and 201. for the third. After much discussion, the Shareholders present decided on proceeding with the undertaking, by a divi teon of thirty- two to eighteen. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the di rectors were re-elected for the ensuing year. FALL IN THE Paws OF CORN.—Corn has fallen in Dublin fully 2s. per quarter. In Limerick, on Satur day, fine quality flour fell 2s. in the price of the cwt., but there was no general proportional fall in inferior " bread stuffs." The Limerick Examiner, however, says that the firm of C. Nash and Son, of that city, had re duced the pri ce o f oatmea l 4d., a nd whole flour 4d. per stone on Saturday. This is, indeed, says the Examiner, good news for the poor, toswhom the food is retailing in the smallest quantities at the same price that sales are made by the ton. In Cork " bread stuffs " ranged on Saturday as follows i—Wheat has declined 2s. to 2.. 61, and oats 6d. to ls., since this day week. In barley no change, but the trade is not lively. There is no - change in the value of flour ; coarse qualities continue very scarce. Oatmeal as last noticed. Within the last ten days six or seven vessels with Indian corn have arrived at Cove for orders ; the large ones from the Mediterra nean have gone t o other ports to discharge ; two or three small ones from Portugal remain here, which has c m a e u a s l e d v e a declinein e, a n p d r i i c n e d o e f m a a b n o d u t at l 0. I s n. per o Indian p ert on. The prepared market is fiat, but stocks are very low. PENAL DISCIPLINE OF CONVICTS.—We believe that this interesting subject is at present under the se rious consideration of the Government, with a view to relieve New South Wales from its redundant convict population. It is proposed that the transportation of males to the colonies should cease, but that the depor tation of women should be carried to its fullest extent, in order to diminish the existing disproportion between the sexes. It is also under consideration to establish a convict home colony in the Isle of Portland, where a proportion of the prisoners sentenced to transportation should be submitted to a combined moral and physical discipline, and employed in hewing and preparing stone. Literary Gazette. ANOTHER FALL IN BREAD.--.The majority of the bakers in the metropolis yesterday again lowered the price of bread one halfpenny in- each 41bs. loaf. The lowest price now charged on the Surrey side of the water, Whitechapel, &c., is 7d per loaf of 4lbs., while the best bread is 9d., ascharged by the full-priced bakers. FRENCH OPERA.—Berlioz has just completed a new opera in four acts, entitled the Damnation of Faust, founded on Goethe's tragedy of, Faust. It is to be pro duced at the Opera Comique, Paris, in a few weeks. MUSICAL CLIABACTERISTICS.-Mr. George Buck land delivered a lecture last night (Thursday) on the above subject, at the Westminster Literary and Scien tific Institution. He canvassed the peculiarities of the, German and Italian composers, and' the styles of Lover and other popular ballad writers. He elicited a warm encore in Russell's song of " The Gambler's Wife," John Parry's " Young England," and he also sung Lover's " Sally, Sally," and the " Standard Bearer," and other justly admired pieces, with much applause. A slate quarry is announced in our columns for sale by George Robins, which he states will prove a mine of wealth. The quality and size of the blocks. produced from this quarry far surpass any of its contem poraries of the district, and the general employment of slate has increased the demand to an enormous extent, which must render the employment of capital in its pro duction for the market highly lucrative. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVVMBER, 1 32 1846. LAW INTELLIGENCE. 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 had 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 " Meadowcrott v. Gregory, and that the Master had found that there was no male lineal descendant of William Meadowcroft, the younger. In the report of July, 1846, it was further set forth by the exceptant that such was an erroneous finding, he standing in said retail , ei to William Meadowcroft 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 Eccle.iastical Court were not considered binding in civil courts when anything like collusion or fraud, or in the words of the Court, sententim pro non sententim 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 certain facts in this most extraordinary case. When the dec To was made there were several persons residing at Liverpool, who repeatedly said that they had heard 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 et divorce between his son, William Meaclowcroft, the younger, and Mrs. Gregory, the widow of an officer to whom he had been married. Mrs. Grego."' was 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 11th, 1844, and were to the effect that in the letto:•s 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, there ore, 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 Win. 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 converations take place between the parties respecting the suit, which Meadowcroft asserted was instituted entirely by 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. Pett, the proctor, who stated in his affi davit, 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 Came o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Nom 12. (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 plaintiff. His HONOUR, 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 while 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 alleged 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 common property being squandered in law. However, the act was such a one as should not be permitted in civilized society, and to prevent which, indeed, was one of the great uses of civilization. Mr. Becori offered a few observations exculpatory of his client, who did not deny the right of the plaintiffs. His HONOUR decreed that Saunders should pay the costs, and that an account should be taken of the rents and profits of the property coining to Saunders, and that the property he sold. The Court rose,at three. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) GIBSON V. HOPPER. This was a motion on behalf of the defendants to second an amended bill, which had been so amended by an order of the Court, and praying for the costs. This case, it appeared, had formerly come on for hearing, but a difficulty arising in consequence of the absence of one of the parties, liberty was given either that the matter should stand over, or that the plaintiffs might file an amended bill. The plaintiffs had adopted the latter course, but had raised a question which was not at issue in the original bill, making certain parties not named therein as defendants, and drawing into the question a matter quite beyond the due limits of the original subject of litigation. The matter had reference to the sale of a ship, which had been sold to Mr. Hopper, the defendant, who had been mide a party to the suit that was pending between claimants to the vessel in question prior to the sale. His HONOUR 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 cise question at issue in the cause came before the Court for trial. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 12. GRAHAM V. STRADANLEN. Mr. CRAMPTON moved in this case for a new rule to show cause why the defeadant, 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 Austria, 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 945th 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 a pp ear be fore the Austrian Consul , a nd also authorisin g his apprehension ; he was accordingly arrested, and had since that period been held in custody. De fendant made application to Mr. Baron Platt at chambers for his release upon the ground that he was under the protection of the laws of this country. On the other side it was contended that the defendant intended to leave the country in order to evade his creditors. In consequence of this conflicting evidence Mr. Baron Platt the country and to he declined to interfere in the matter , and recommended an application to the full Court. Mr. Crampton was now prepared with affidavits, which stated th a t th e de fendant left this couory a short time since, a f ter h av i ng tosubsequently remain in returned, and e e t r y h a lived in it for a period of six wee&s, that h now bad no intention whatever of leaving E ng l an d aga i n, that e his had object w a obtain a situation in a mercantile house in th e c ity of London, and that he had a great number of friend s iu this country who were exerting themselves to further the objects ho had 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 PARKE—Is the defendant still in cus tody? Mr. CRAMPTON—He is, my Lord. LORD CHIEF BARON—Take a rule nisi. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron P LATT 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 wi:nesse , ; were called, who stated that the proofs, as sent home by the plaintiff, were not correct, and that they required the additional lal)our of upwards of twenty hands to cor rect and prepare them, and that in some of the proofs neither the line of railway rur 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 marked 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. 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. Their Lordships entered shortly after, fer the purpose of ncminating the Sheriffs fur 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 Mettle, Baron Rolle, Mr. Justice Wightman, 'tr. Justice Erie, 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 COMM: N PLEAS. .A'ov P. EADSFORTH V. FARRER.—THE B ,ROUGH OF LANCASTER, • Mr. Sergeant BYLES :tppe:tr. h,r the app:-ii,lit ii. the present case, which was a consolidated one. The point at issue was, that the respondent, who had object' d to the appellant's vote, had not, in doing so, properly de cribee himself. In cons. quenee of the ehiecti the appellant's name had been expunged ltorn the regist r. The Learned Gentlemen quoted the 17th section of the Registration Act and the decision of the Court in several eases in support of his arguments. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE maintoisied that the notice of objection was go • 'rile real questio:, v, as 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 a 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 MERBOROUGH. 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Marian Graesterk, who stated her age to be twenty four years, wa3 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 • bourhood 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 appeard, 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 she had committed the act of desertion, and she declared that the ) oung 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 br .uz.ht on again by a dextrous inanceuvre, in the hope of adding to evidence which had already failed in 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 refl,-ct 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. Hobler himself might be the unconscious object 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. Ile, at the same time, desired that all the extraneous matter should be omitted. The policeman having added nothing of any conse qnence 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 begin with, 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 fether, for obvious reasons.] Alexander Ogilby, 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 druggist'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 t he shop upwards of half-an-hour, and could not stand upright. A policeman was, however, called to rem , )ve him, but the prisoner refused to leave the shop, and was at length taken to the station-house, after having struck and tried to stab the officer. At the station house, the inspector locked him up, but he became so noisy that it was found necessary to open the door and remonstrate with him. The inspector upon opening the door received i a cut on the head, but how he could not tell ; hut a sergeant who, when the inspector went for more assistance, held the prisoner by the collar, wa s 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 rec. ived. The wcund inflicted upon one of them was situate over the principal arteries of the head, and might have been of serious con-epence. It had evidently been inflicted with a knife. _ _ --7 1'11e prisoner said that by was at the time in a state of in.en.ibility trorn drink, and knew nothing at all about the matter. He 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. THE COMPLEMENTS OF MEN-OF- WAR.- The Adariralty have issued (dat , d Nov. 1) a new scale of the " Table of complements of her Majesty's sea-going ships, sloops, steam-vessels, &c." It is not to apply to those at present in commission, but only to such as may in future be brought forward. Both officers and men are to be reduced in number; a lieutenant less in every vessel, except steamers; and in three-decked ships a reduction of about fifty men. All steamers are to have fewer seamen, but more stokers and coal-trimmers; the boys, both first and second class, to continue as before; as also the marines. The number of lieutenants to be as follows, viz.:—First-rates to have 7 instead of 8; second -rates to have 5 instead of 7, but if on three decks to bear 7 lieutenants, 22 mates and midshipmen, and 6 naval cadets; third-rates to have 5 instead of 6; fourth rates to have 5, as before; fifth-rates to have 4 instead of 5; sixth-rates to have 3 instead of 4. Steam vessels of four rates—viz , 300, 260, 240, and 195 men, to have 3 lieutenants; those of 160 and 140 men, to have but 2. Sloops of fiva rates—viz., 145, 130, 125, 120, and 80 men each, to bear but 2 lieutenants instead of 3. We are sorry that the Admiralty have lessened the comple ment of men in our ships of war; also of one lieutenant in each ship. The best appointment of late years was the third lieutenant to sloops of war, which by this order is revoked. We hear that Ihe difficulty of obtaining lieu tenants is the cause of the latter, anti exceeding the vote, of the former. BanipShir kTelegroph. IZ - wilts OF ARTISTS.—In discussing the Hyde Park-corner absurdity, too much stress cannot be laid on the moral wrong done to Mr. Burton. No sooner is a line of railroad projected than we are deafened with the shrieks of landed proprietors, the alarm-whistle of vested interests. The rights of private individuals are jealously guarded, and compensation granted for what often turns out to be a benefit instead of an injury. No such consideration is evinced to the artist ; his designs are seized upon, added to, curtailed, altered in any way that suits the ca;,rice of a Committee, without the slightest apparent consciousness, on the part of the per petrators of the act, or the public who witness it, that there is any right or wrong in the matter. With the merits of the statue we have nothing to do, it is with its position that quarrel ;so long as it is ad.wed to de g,-ade Mr. Burton's arch into a mere pedestal, the feel ing of outraged justice will, in every well-constituted mind, outweigh even that of offended taste. Let us labour to impress on the n.ftion that th- , works of the vet, the painter, the architect, offsprings of man's head and heart, produced at the cost of th u .h., study, and self-denial, such as the world can never know, are property at least as sacred, and no mot.! wanrot ly to be tampered with than houses, lands, or the Three per Ceuta,—Correspondent of the Builder. .. -- r ------"-----------------,.-- if i t . WORKS by ROBERT J. cuLvEurELL. 30 ) . Cq One Shilling each, by post One and Six Pence 1. T I V 0 N SINGLE an d MARRIED --4 (An Original Medical History.' 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He ate very ravenousl but 11011"Zis be JO, the nourishing food his parents y, gave hin 3 ',;"l;s came reduced to those of a skeleton, wi",%-je, bi part of the belly increased to an immens ° k -l eer t he such a degree that he was compelled t 0 [ di in :0102, On Friday morning last his mother left ha tor i bej of an elder brother, whilst she proe- eed ` - f0 105 °,.,(1 .-' trifling purchase, and on her return sh e n ceased lying dead on the bed. A surge°m. b o ddl but all efforts to restore life were unava ili A liv ea,l returned a verdict " That the deceased, - t ro.- haustion and debility arising from 'll-e pe e d disease." 00 0 TIME SAVED BY A BRANCH RAl l ' lf ; ,ttO i be ti b ° ,.„ Pr til GATE.--The branch railway to Margate it he' l , J ,Su' d forthwith, and those who have endure" o f Sl'ioti.,j; and a half journey, to which the direoter' date` Eastern now subject land travellers to Dri•apilivsebit tb of clioly reminiscence I) will be gltd cd 6orn - ,0 llt f saving of time this branch will effeet-,ed Yee bridges, by the way, near Margate, se e ` - s in o rd calculated (most x forrea e t traffic.eelexcellent t general,Ou r trust o ; w - jcle therefore, of nv —The Builder. go onde l At P ilte e. ORNAMENTAL TILES.—A c orre, o ,b,c Builder describes a new species of tile, to e d to f e l has been taken out, and which are Ol e g" 01 0 " le various adva-itages over and above the wiloriod,il,;oll p , ‘ratice of their arrangement in form s Of t he e, llt o i tioo ° the I , at of the oak, &c. 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Strand and of all medicine venders throughoim -_---=---------- _ so. lar ld ' BIRTHS. T. O j r . l r t r l i l l e m 3 n ( p i s i o n i s i t , . o . t a . at Clermont,daughter. Lausanne, S ' ivit°er A rd l4 ' Ws' W bellf ell ' of ISO On the 6th inst., at Grove-lane, Cam As of a son. ffolicf the it Su ADA . On the 7th inst., at Stowlangtoft ..a•-, Henry Wilson, Esq., of a daughter. lady 0 1 the u- - V t. v of 6 On the 7th inst., at Enableton, the sicolk, Rooke, of a son. Cs G• On the 11th inst., the wife of the Rev. daughter. Mudie, of c l2 o t , h , e n i t n r s; ..., s t r a e t __..-----------"-------- pepberS MARBIED e ), l. • ryor . Oa t sssterEiCizharrVjar, °,.06 a place, V I aux lan. road. 13 ill /id" On tl Atli • gr. J. 'G• ie inst., at Kingsland Chapel, o f gr. ' Addl • fp et‘,VetostraMiii __ a Addle-street, City, to Eliza, eldest daughter 0 , $, 613 . 0 Sh cklewell-green. f Lewisl ia " e sl"T ' On the 10th inst ., at the parish church of to 1 0113 c William F • rederick Ward Esq of Wisbeac _, Jo brif eld .t d . " e , aughter of Mr. J. Porter, Blackhea!). ~,,licol. _hp, On the 11th inst., at St. Peters Church, "0-10. e, Vutivoth eldest son of Andrew Vance, Esq., of RutishelAaton-04 to Ann ' • Of Liza daughter of H• Dresser, Esq., of r g as° London. ' . k Artho prk At Trinity Church, Newington, Frederics I;:eb li f ' to Frances Maria, only daughter of the late States,On the Williaml2 tho James aSTneepstlmv eblespr:aapt;Sdt.3L2.o JamaicaJ..oolini., i‘t t il l ie e cjBno 2 t l ibi ntbihn,csEitol.saf:a.Stbe lep,rto,cikniebssit(cor.,n, se a : i t vr , g F reo a ( di t or t n .i Fr anco CAPtairi On the 12th of September, at Coimbatore, field, Oliver King, David Oliver E si.,"Kacgi King', E 2 5 5 4. f David Henderson 10th Madras Native Infantry. be w ife o . 1i• On the '2,1 inst. qt, Enfield, Elizabeth, 11' tOth ths ll6) On the sth inst., at Hardingstone, nea r r biliP Frances, relict of E. Lambert, E-q., age d• l so rfo , Stepl . ens, Esq., Admiral of the On the 10th inst., at Little Plutristead iP ea , 01 geolu$'01:17:0-is:thr:eguer1:5tit:oraile:oft iti ilichard Gl' On the 11th inst., Sarah, wife of —r- t b fit ° Portland-place, Kensington. On the 11th jest., at South Lam beth , i-' 0 01, of Mr. B. IL Aeto'), aged 72• , r 4 , the Key . ' S•s 3 ' On the 11. th ins'•+ E,ther, wife °' Vicar of Felpharn, Sussex, aged g 0 Eli2¢betb, -- a aaßngedecid.o2ris. the 1 ., , t0 t r li s i no: t., f To _111; O Yotrl4‘ilii. tli 111111tii 1)) strantAii,i- ropo Vi-Prer, ' 7 2 , 6.- "1".(,,, tipidilool4 Cosua of the Savo v, in the Tember la, 1846? r__ ---