The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—At the Privy Council held by her Majesty on Saturday, a Form of Prayer was ordered for the relief of the distress and scarcity now existing in parts of the United Kingdom. The Archbishop of Can terbury was directed to prepare a Form of Prayer. His Grace had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual walk this morning, in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. „His Royal Hi g hn ess P r in ce G e or ge , and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar with Colonel Bouveri e , en j oye d t h e sport o f shooting this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took airings on ponies this morning in the grounds around the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, Was taken an airing at the same time. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen to-day, and remained to luncheon with her Ma jest3r and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness Prince George left the Castle to day for town. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Robert Grosvenor took their departure from the Castle this Morning. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, Viscount Morpeth, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and Sir Henry Wheatley,are exPected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the Q ueen . Her Majesty and her illustrious visitors, and the Ladies in Waiting, took a drive this afternoon. The august party occupied three pony carriages and four, and one pony carriage and pair. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on horseback with some of the gen tlemen of the party, and the Equerries in Waiting to. the Queen and the Prince attended on horseback. Her M a j es ty w ill g i ve a gran d di nner thi s even i ng i n th e Waterloo Chamber. The illustrious party is ex pected to include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, her R oyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Seren e Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Lady PI Waiting to the Queen Dowager, the Lady 11 , 1 , 1 Waiting to the D uc h ess o f K en t, C oun t ess H aac k, Barones s de Sped), his Excellency Baron Brun- Il aw, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary Howard, the Dowa ger Marchioness of Downshire, the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Mi ss Lyttelt o n, Lord J o h n R usse ll, E a rl H owe , ,v iseount Morpeth, Viscount Clifden, Lord and Lady , s eauvale, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, General and Lady Isabella W emyss , Si r H enr y Wh ea tl e y, H on . M r . an d ~ors. Henry Ashley, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, L ady the Hon. H. and Miss Cavendish, Captain and -tdady Mary Hood, Count Puckler, Count Witzleben, Sir ~George Conifer, Colonel Hall (Ist Life Guards), Col one l P /Ylde, and Baron Langen. The band of the S ec t s F us il eer G uar d s atten d d ur i ng ginner, and will perform the following pieces; Zabal Overture—C. M. Weber. Selection from Stradella—Flotow. Catharinen Waltser—Kuhner. Selection from Ernani—Verdi. lOtetnon Polka—Kuhner. tier Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the vastle. ss Zs Royal Highness P r in ce G eorg e r e t urne d t o hi s .residence in St. James's Palace yesterday, from Windsor Castle. The Solicitor-General had an interview with Sir eorg e Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. t'edington had also an interview with the Right Hon. Alaronet yesterday. scount Falkland, Captain of her Majesty's Body ' , Wird of the Yeomen of her Guard, has been pleased t° appoint Mr. Ell er th or p (th e Adj u t an t o f the Guard), as , lll iS Lordship's private secretary. D ispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ee, from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, New oth Wales, New Zealand, the Mauritius, Cape of 'food Hope, and Malta. o , l) ispatches were sent off last night from the Colonial -",,,ce for the Governor of the Gold Coast. t ,, the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Sa tay evening for Hickleton Hall, Doncaster. vs lie Earl of Cleveland has arrived at Woburn Abbey, ue seat of the Duke of Bedford. bY„iscount and Viscountess Melgund and Lady Eliza- A , 141 Eliot have left Farrance s Hotel, for Woburn - *"beY, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAY. TILE CESAREWITCII STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 12 to 1 agst Mr. A.Lytton's The Baron 15 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tulloch—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild 25 to I agst Mr. Crockford's Terrier 25 to 1 agat Lord W. Powlett's Montreal colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss 3 0 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Finvaragh—taken 35 t o I agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng 50 to 1 agat Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolf-dog—taken 50 t o 1 agst Mr. Pemberton's Tugnet. p n „ T he betting, on the whole, was not at all extensive, but a L'uu deal o f oney was laid out on the three favourites, itirt,than Wild and Tom Tulloch, and a strong desire shown two s three quarters to back Boarding School Miss, the tentreal colt, and Kesheng. Even money wa.s laid that Sy e if e will be 50 acceptances, and 1,000 to 25 agst Sir Tatton 1 ) , ; ,,es vginnin this race, the Grand Duke Michael, and Cam ",igeshire. g CHESTER CUP. 6 0 to I agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat. 6 6 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's Sorella —taken DERBY. 18 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp to agst Mr. Bowes's Epirot—taken 4' to 1 g Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt d „ - - to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken to 1 agst Mr. Mostvn's Planet — taken 40 t o 1 agst' Colonel Virestenra's The Reiver—taken 40 t o 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator 40 t o 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale. WOOLWICH GARRISON RACES—YESTERDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 251. added, one file and a half, five subs, were won in two heats by Captain G ambier's Resolution, 5 yrs (Is b), list 61b (Captain Wil e), beating Lieut. Fortescue's The Artist, aged, list fib; e lat• Clerke's Lucy Neil, aged, list 61b, and two others, m i vieverl v. aZhe Selling Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, seven l os s, were won in two heats by Lieut. Patten's Flirt, s tai y n' rs, t c4l Sib (Captain Torrens), beating Lieut. Mountain's 10;in2ei,4 easily. Th e 21b, and Captain Gambier's Matilda, 4 yrs, a T b, h e Scurry Stakes of 1 soy. each, six subs,were won by Gambier's Matilda, 4 yrs, Bst (Mr. Berkeley), beat -litji Clette's Obscurity, lOst 81b ; Lieut. Mountain's lOst 101 b ; Lieut. Paget's Moncrief, llst 21b ; Lieut. 4eans'silyp.arnley, Oat 71b; and Lieut. Clerke's Dan Tucker, A Chinese, in his native costume, made his appear foije in the Palais Royal the other evening. He was t it k e wed by such a gaping mob that he was obliged to k i e refuge in a cab. It was the first time that a China had ever been seen in this capital. 1 1% 14 8 CASE OF CAPTAIN RICIIA.RDSON.—The unex ei;4ed termination of one of the most extraordinary , e ,a of alleged forgery that has occurred for some years ,„‘ l, e commercial world, by the grand jury sitting at the V, i lit al Criminal Court having ignored the bill which tlza; been preferred against Captain William Richardson, sea ~S t cause every fact connected with that event to be " with interest. Although committed by the Lord A t 'Y, or on the charge of forgery, Messrs. Bushe and it :dins, the solicitors to the prosecution, considered that 1'" e nuld be advisable to have two counts introduced in ndictment, the first for forgery, and the second for t E „ li , il d, so that the prisoner might not escape upon any " o „"iirlical i n f orma lity. To support the two counts it was necessary to have the names of no less than thirty hi t i n esses upon the back of the bill, and to prevent any p it ure in their attendance, Wednesday afternoon, at half jte,t two o'clock, was fixed upon to go before the grand i n, Y. 11t half-past two o'clock the first witness was called a ild while under examination, it was discovered that t e a , witness was iabsent, who, fortunately, turned out ths the p r i nc ipal one, and to go on was to abandon the ''a Prosecution ; but as there was a probability th a t be would arrive, witness after witness was mar tn:"ed i n the absence of the missing witness, while Nl le B , s engers were dispatched to various places fur him, , it was stated, had to come from Brighton, and to Die t erminus on that line more than one person was elis- R Di 7ed in th e hope that he would be found in time. t length the last, making the twenty-ninth witness, Rt iia Called in, and upon the yeoman who attends on t he g ad jury, inquiring if there were any further wit ted" to be examined, a mournful ne g ative was the Whether the absent witness was bound over in ats l' i cognizances to prosecute could not be ascer tained, Upo n events he was not called upon hi s reco g nizance. 4 11 this result being known , and as the g rand j ur y M n i l e i 'liately a fterwards broke up, Messrs. Bushe and th e o s, and Mr. Fry, solicitor to the company, entered 1 ) „, grand jury room, where they expressed their sur ..."se in str ong t erms . Some of the members of the rod jury who happened to rema i n sa id t h e reason h eh caused them to come to the con c l us i o n which Ch eque did was, that they had attentively exam i ne d th e clue, and that they were perfectly satisfied that the tennever een written, nor ad any al- ration been made; that b they were satisfied h it w that as 13 1ank cheque, and that it was in evidence that the 118011er had authority to fill up blank cheques; that CnY had caused Mr. Stephenson to be called twice.—As eo li Ptain Richardson is discharged, he, as a matter of ... lir a% will retain the 3,2251. taken from his possession. 06server. tt XTR, 4O.RD WARY PRESERTATION.—A man nearly n te ,„ lll 4' years of age, of the name of Walker, of Winslow, d a " l ielener, got t-tp into a tree in that parish, on Thurs nj, for the purpose' of getting rotten wood. He slipped, h e " one of his feet caught between two branches, whence is . t iv k ae suspended with his head downwards. He was )31 00( 1 8 state for . twenty-two hours. When found the lip, was flowing from his mouth and ears. It is be it-.ed that he would have been dead in a short time, but from thought he will recover. lie was about fifteen feet , t he ground. c kt eltElGN CATTLE, &c.—The latest arrivals of ti n e and provisions at the port of Hull from the con ertrital states have comprised the following list of )eiti e l l 4 e ,a , and are important and interesting as compared fro e , th e more extensive supplies to the port of London ftdr, the same quarter, and which frequently appear at It ot l ength in our columns:—The Emerald Isle, from l tel ,erdatn, brought 60 sheep, 64 cows, 2 bullocks, some fr o ,2ges of butter, and 500 Edam cheeses; the Transit, "V 9 tamburgh, 3 firkins and 42 casks of butter, and Odg e ad of horned cattle; the Anne Kirstine, from Ze o e s ee, Denmark, 99 casks of butter; the Archis am e a) fron t Hamburgh, 11 casks of butter, 2 calves, te a k 14 oxen; the Catherina, from Leer (Holland), 50 ~.bUr s e Of butter; the Queen of Scotland, from Ham. 41 0 , 1 f-, 36 casks. of butter, 18 swine, and 40 oxen; the tro na l tb, from . Eintwerp, some live calves, a novelty of b u — ' tt ,igium; an d the Leeds, from Hamburgh, 28 casks mlleti o - , 1., 17 pigs, 30 oxen and cows, and other pro- Of c B; The are i va k mentioned took place iu the course "" 14 in the nor F e rn port named, THE si% LONDON, TUESDA Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1846 that the exceptions must be allowed generally, and that a venire de novo do issue." Sir P. LAURIE, asked whether the judgment was final or whether the subject might not be matter for other judgments ? Alderman WOOD replied that the judgment was final, upon the new trial which had taken place, and in which the verdict had been returned for the plaintiff. He felt, as well might be imagined, the deepest anxiety on the occasion, for the most desperate prejudices had been raised against him. The full report from which he had made the extracts for the convenience of his brethren would, upon strict examination, show that he was com pletely exonerated from a participation in anything like fraud. The Alderman entered into a long detail of the circumstances attending the difficulty in which he be came involved by his connexion with the Talacre Com pany. The particulars differed in no respect from those which have appeared already before the public; he denied in the most solemn manner the mostremote knowledge of any intention of fraud upon the part of those with whom he was concerned in the transaction ; but he declared that he with others had been the victim of fraud, and upon his head had fallen all the obloquy. Sir P. LAURIE said he was no lawyer, but he should be sorry to take the dictum of a judge as evidence of the incorrectness of the verdict of a jury. He had not seen nor heard of, except from Alderman Wood himself, that the second trial had taken place. Alderman WOOD said the second trial had taken place and been decided by a verdict for the plaintiff. Be had not the notes of the trial, but he should be able in a few days to produce . them. He had the information upon the most unquestionable authority. Sir P. LAURIE said it was necessary, not only that the Court of Aldermen should be pure, but that, like Caesar's wife, they should be free from the imputation of impu rity. He should feel the utmost gratification in taking Alderman Wood by the hand upon the removal of the ground of the imputations against him ; but he could not see that the papers just presented to the Court were calculated to accomplish that object. Alderman WILSON did not consider that the case thus brought before the Court had anything to do with the great questions shown by the Committee to be involved in the charges of corrupt conduct brought four or five years ago against Alderman Wood. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES wished that the findings of the Committee to which Alderman Wilson alluded should be read. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, that he had evinced the greatest and most sincere desire to assist Alderman Wood in getting out of the difficulty in which he had been placed by his connexion with the company. He wished Alderman Wood to go to the Livery and state to them his anxiety to clear up everything—to show that the charges and suspicions which had been accu mulated against him were unfounded, and to assure them that until there was not the slightest apparent founda tion for accusations he would not claim their suffrages.— (Hear, hear.) By such a course the public sympathy would 'be most powerfully engaged, and upon the proof of the groundlessness of the charges, the triumph of the accused would be indisputable. It was not too late to adopt that course at the present moment. The produc tion of the papers which had been laid before the Court was not, in his opinion, an answer to the charge, having been privy to the stratagem of sending to Ireland coals taken from an established pit as coals the produce of the Talacre Mine. He did not say that Alderman Wood was concerned in that project, but upon finding that such a fraud had been perpetrated, he ought to have indig nantly come forward and exposed and denounced it. The TOWN CLERK here, by the desire of the Court, read the findings of the Committee of the Court in the year 1843, upon the examination of the evidence in the Talacre case. The document stated, amongst other things, that it appeared that Alderman Wood had acted in the Talacre Company as vendor, and purchaser, and chairman, and director, and secretary, and solicitor. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said, he had that mo ment heard for the first time that document read, and he could not help saying that the evidence produced by Alderman Wood did not in the slightest degree affect the serious charges contained in the simple enumeration of the different offices held by him in the company. How could such an imputation be removed by any pro ceedings taken in Alderman Wood's ward ? He would most willingly devote any period of time to an investi gation, with the view of removing from a brother alder man the heavy imputations against him, but it was quite impossible to give a vote in opposition to the re port of the committee without rational grounds. There were other things, too, which it would be necessary to clear up. It was necessary for a Lord Mayor to have a local habitation. It was necessary, too, to have an explanation as to a certain sum of money which Alder man Wood, in connexion with others, was in honour bound to pay to the present chief magistrate. Alderman WOOD.—What money ? Alderman H. HUGHES said, report stated that the present Lord Mayor had been obliged to pay a large sum of money which ought to have been defrayed by several persons, of whom Alderman Wood was one. Alderman WOOD.—It is paid. The Loam MAYOR.—I have not received it. Alderman WOOD said that some delay had taken place in consequence of the want of punctuality in others, but he had certainly paid the amount for which he was pledged, to the last farthing.—(Here some per sons in the Court, as well as below the bar, stated that the money had been paid that day.) Alderman COPELAND expressed deep regret that the question had been thrust upon the Court of Aldermen. He had expressed similar regret three years ago, and since that period there had been brought forward other cases connected with the matter in which the name of Alderman Wood had been treated with as little cere mony as it had been in connexion with that which had first given cause for complaint. He implored Alderman Wood, for the sake of his own character, for the sake of his family, and for the sake of his brother aldermen, to pause before he determined to make another experiment, until he should have used every effort to wipe away the stain which at present attached to him. Alderman SIDNEY said, he did not consider that any imputation attached to Alderman Wood, except one of a pecuniary nature. He had voted against Alderman Wood upon a previous occasion, because he considered that Alderman Wood's pecuniary circumstances were not such as would justify him in taking the office of chief magistrate at that time. The imputations of another kind against him were such as might be made against others of the Court.—(A laugh.) He (Alder man Sidney) believed that he and other members of the Court might be charged with having been connected with companies, the characters of the concoctors of which they had now reason to suspect. He had been, he was ready to acknowledge, imposed upon, and he did not see why Alderman Wood should not have suffered from the base conduct of others. PRINCESS'S THEATRE THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON—SATURDAY. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. ARNOLD delivered judgment in the following cases, which had been standing over some days:— Edward Meyrick, on the list of voters as a freeman and liveryman of the Company of Dyers, was objected to upon the ground that he had not resided for six months before the 31st of last July within seven miles of the Guildhall, as required by the 32d section of the Reform Act. He was described in the list as residing at No. 41, Brown's-lane, Spitalfields. The facts proved were as follow:—Mr. Meyrick resides principally at Windsor, beyond the seven miles, with his sister, and has a regular establishment there. The house, No. 41, Brown's-lane, is in the occupation of a Miss Alford, who lets two furnished rooms—a bed-room and sitting-room —to Mr. Meyrick, for 101. a year. She does not let any other part of the house in lodgings, and she only lets these rooms to Mr. Meyrick as being an old friend. Mr. Meyrick hires the rooms for the purpose of protect ing his vote for the City. During the six months previous to the 31st of last July he has slept there just five times—once in the month of February, three times in April, and on one other occasion the date of which was not ascertained. The rooms are not generally used during his absence for any other pur pose; but they have been so on ono occasion during the six months in question. Mr. Meyrick generally calls at the house once a week, and frequently takes his meals there, but he does so as Miss Alford's guest, and makes no payment in respect of them. His sister sometimes comes to town, and sleeps at the house as a friend, in a spare room. Mr. Meyrick has no servants in the house. The question is whether these facts constitute a resi dence by Mr. Meyrick at 41, Brown's-lane. It is not, perhaps, possible t o g i ve a d e fi n i t i on of the term " resi dence" which shall be applicable to every case. The residence required, for example, under the settlement law is very different from that sufficient to confer the franchise. Some of the cases decided by the Com mittees of the House of Commons have extended the doctrine as far, perhaps, as it oould be legitimately car ried; but I think it will be found that in every case where the voter was considered to have a sufficient resi dence he had a fixed and permanent place of abode, though he may not have resided there continuously. The present case, though distinguishable in some of the facts, falls, I think, within the principle of Whithorn and Thomas, decided upon appeal by the Court of Common Pleas (Bor. and Am. 259). In both cases there was a substantial, that is a fixed and permanent residence at a place more than seven miles distant from the borough ; and also the possession or occupation of a place within the borough, where the party might, per haps, if he liked, have resided permanently, but which was used rather for the purposes of a temporary accom modation. In both cases too the place was taken and retained with a view of enabling the party to vote, which, though not decisive in itself, is, as was observed by Mr. Justice Coltman, in the case referred to, an im portant ingredient in ascertaining whether the place was taken or occupied with the intention of residing there. The infrequency of the occasions of sleeping there is also a striking fact in both cases, though taken by itself it would also not be decisive, as a party might retain a re sidence in a house, though, in fact, he had not himself slept there once during the prescribed period ; as where he had gone away with the intention of returning, and had left his family or servants residing there. But in both these cases the party had no servant, nor any sem blance of an establishment, at the house in which he is alleged to have had a residence. Upon the whole, therefore, I think that Mr. Meyrick did not reside at the house in question within the meaning of the 32d section, and that his name must consequently be expunged. Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether Mr. Brown intended to appeal against the decision? Mr. Brown—lf I give notice of appeal, subject to the sanction of Mr. Meyrick, will the Court allow me to withdraw it afterwards if Mr. Meyrick does not consent? Mr. ARNOLD—Yes. Mr. ARNOLD then delivered the following judgment in the case of George Smith, of the Girdlers'Conapany, who was objected to upon a similar ground as in the case of Mr. Meyrick. He was described in the list as resid ing at 15, Gough-square. His general residence with his wife and establishment was at Colney Hatch, more than seven miles from the City. The house in Gough square was the place where Mr. Smith formerly lived with his family, and carried on his business, and he still holds the premises under a lease. But some time ago he gave up the premises and business to his sons under an agreement, not an assignment of the lease, in which there is a proviso " that the said George Smith and his family shall and may at his pleasure occupy the said house, No. 15, Gough-square, and use and occupy the same at all times, as he has hitherto occupied the same." Since this agreement the sons have paid the rent and taxes of the premises. Mr. Smith continued to sleep there sometimes, but he would not undertake to say that during the six months previous to the 31st of July he had slept there more than three times. lie had no servants there, but he took his meals with his sons two or three times a week, but without paying for them. I do not consider the case so clear as that of Mr. Mey rick, but still I am of opinion that Mr. Smith has not a legal residence at the place in question. The fact of his having previously resided in the house, and his having reserved to himself and family the right to occupy it again in the same manner at his pleasure, are un doubtedly strong circumstances in the case, but I think they only amount to this—that the party may, if he thinks fit, renew his residence there whenever he pleases, and as he is not in point of fact occupying the house now with his family in the same manner as he did for merly, they do not show that he is now residing there. I am of opinion, therefore, that in this case also the occupation is a temporary and casual one, and does not constitute a residence as required by the statute.—Name expunged. Mr. Wansey, in reply to a question from Mr. Arnold, said he did not intend to give notice of appeal in Mr. Smith's case. Alas ! alas ! for the days of the original drama. A new drama (at least what in these degenerate days is called new) was produced here last night under the name of Clarissa - Harlowe. It is a transla tion from a French adaptation of a French abridgment of Richardson 's celebrated novel. It is in three acts. The first act sets forth the loves of Clarissa and Lovelace, and ends with the elopement. The second act represents the attempt at the seduction of Clarissa by Lovelace and her rescue by Jack Macdonald; and the third act represents the death of Clarissa. The following is the cast : Mr. Harlowe Mr. Ryder Mr. Anthony Harlowe Mr. Paulo James Harlowe Mrs. Harlowe Mrs. Fosbroke Clarissa Harlowe Arabella Harlowe Lovelace Macdonald .. Mr. H. Hughes Mr. Smith Joseph Mr. Oxberry Mary Mrs. Smith Miss Somers. Charles Mathews was evidently overweighed in Lovelace ; in the serious scenes his failure was pain fully apparent; and in the more joyous scenes, as, for instance, the scene in the second act with his roue companions, when it might have been expected that his success would have been certain, there was no buoyancy ; he was weighed down by the sense of what he would have to do in the subsequent scenes, and in those scenes his pathos was burlesque minus the fun. Wallack is the only man on the stage who, in the present day, could act Lovelace decently. To do justice to the character would require an Ellis ton. Mrs. Stirling's Clarissa was beautiful exceed ingly. Throughout there was great power. In the earlier scenes she was the simple trusting girl—in the latter ones the indignant, yet light-minded woman. Circumstances acted as a forcing bed, and the girl became a woman at once. It was a beautiful, a per fect, piece of acting. Her honours were shared with her by Mr. II Hughes, whose Jack Mac donald was very very fine. In the earlier scenes, as the scamp about town, he exhibited a devil-me-care ism which was perfectly true to the character ; and when the scamp discovers he has a heart—that the scheme in which he is engaged is too bad even for him—and that he, the rejected of all decent society, is a more honest, a more true-hearted man than the polished Lovelace, Mr. Hughes left nothing to be de sired. From what we have seen of Mr. H. Hughes at the Surrey, whenever he has had a part worthy of his talents, we had formed a high opinion of his genius, and now that he has a field opened to him in which he may prove himself an actor, he has not disappointed us. We are rejoiced to see him at the Princess's, and if he has a fair field, we venture to prophesy that Mr. H. Hughes will prove himself, in his own peculiar line, one of the first actors of the day. Miss Ma rs h a ll, as Mary, had little to do, but that little she did excellently well. The piece was admirably put on the stage, and was announced for repetition every evening amidst the loud applause o a crowded house. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You stated in your paper of Friday evening that the person charged at the Police -court at Clerken well by Mr. 'Wright was named James Rice, whereas the real name was James Russ. As I work on the same firm I wish you to contradict it, as the mistake might cause me a serious injury.—Yours, obediently, JAMES RICE. LLOYD'S SHIPPING, LONDON, SEPT. 211—Wind this day at noon south; light breeze and 9 hazv with rain. LIVERPOOL, - SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. 26th, Joseph Wheeler, Port Philip, South Australia; Adam Lodge, Joy, Calcutta; George Glen, Perry, Para; Wasp, Grave, Camaroons ; Britannia, Bell, Benin ; Barbadian, Morris, Jamaica ; 10, Barnes, Cuba; Francis, Corkill, ditto ; Lima, Redmond, Porto Cabello ; Excelsior, Williams, N ew Orleans ; Milo Grae r , M o bil e ; Arethusa, Morris, New York ; Plutus, Hannah,: St. Andrew's ; Orbit Larkin, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Margaret, Brest, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Glide, Halifax ; Ariel, Pictou ; James Kerr, ditto ; Cumberland, ditto; Asia, Gallile, Richibucto ; Eliza, Gobat, Paimboquf. 27. Ann, Wiseman, Rio Grande; Adelaide, De merara; Sophia, Honduras ; John Willis, ditto; Alliance, Tucker, Charleston ; Industry, Prince Edward's Island ; Mary Bibby, Archibald, Montreal. Sld. 26th, Columbus, Cowing, St. John's, New Brunswick; New Hampshire, Chase, New York. 27th, John R. Skiddy, Luce, New York ; Jane, Milligan, New Orleans; Roger Sherman, Nichols, Charleston. The John M'Lellan, for Quebec, has put back leaky, and with pumps choked. The hull of a ship, 600 or 700 tons, waterlogged, and bowsprit only standing, no head, carved stern, painted white, gilt drops between the cabin windows, round house for cabin on deck, was passed 15th inst. by the Milicete arrd. here. Off port, 27th, Cynosure. TORBAY, SErr. 25.—A beat, with round bow and stern, full of water, was passed 24th inst. off Salcombe by the Susan, arrived here. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT PALERMO. Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at Palermo :—" The late quarantine regulation respecting vessels passing through the Straits of Gibraltar has been recalled." DEAL, SErr. 26.—Wind S.W., 27, W., moderate.—Arrd. 26, Flowers, of Ugie, Armand, Calcutta • Argyra, Reed, Bombay; Prince of Wales, Alexand er , dobija • Standard, Fawcett, Demerara ; Vesper, Montreal ; Ophelia, White, Busk Island. 27. Mary Laing, Ellison, Honduras; Lord Stanley, Peters, Honduras ; Thom as King, Livingston, Grenada ; Science, Grenada ; Susan, Cuba ; Medora, Halifax. Arrd. from the River, Thomas Jones, Hamilton, Mauritius; Malviva, Stanton, Prince Edward's Island. COWES, SEPT. 25.—A life-boat, name " Edwina," and builders' name " R. and J. Fish, N. Y.," has been picked up 20th inst., twenty leagues S.W. of the Scilly Islands. Arrd. 26th, Barnholm, Rio Janeiro. BELFAST, SEPT. 26.—The Lord Duffrier, Ransy, of and from this port to New Orleans, put back yesterday, with considerable damage from contact off Tory Island 21st inst. wih a schooner, supposed the John Lloyd, Mitchell, of this port, from Archangel, which foundered, with three of the crew ; the master and remainder saved by a vessel bound to the Clyde. PORTSMOUTH, SErr. 2 7.—Sld. Natalia, Mqvan, Valparaiso FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W. fresh.—Arrd. 26th, Galway Aik, Dawson, Monte Video, &c• ; Magdalene, Jorde son, Port Wallace, and sailed for Shields. Off port, 25th, Janet Paul, Costa Rica and Valparaiso, and sailed for Liver pool; Ganymede, Cloed, Patagonia; Lancaster, Wright, Laguna, and sailed for Liverpool. Oar PORTLAND, SEPT. 21--City of York, Campbell, Clyde, for Quebec, leaky, and with ballast shifted . NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSE ON GOTHLAND. Swedish and Norwegian Consulate General, 2, Crosby-square, Sept. 25, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the follow ing translation of an ordinance, issued by the Royal Navy Board, at Stockholm, the 27th August, 1846 :—" The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information of mariners, that, in accordance with the ordinance of the 2d February last, a stone lighthouse has been erected on the South Point of Gothland, about an English mile north-east from the furthest point of Hoborg, or Refuldden,' in lat. 56 deg. 56 min. N.,and long. 36 d e g. 19 min. E. of Terro, or 11 deg. 9 min. E. f Greenwich. The tower, which is flfty• eight feet high, shows a revolving light, consisting of twelve polished reflectors, three of which are placed on each side of a revolving square frame ; and during each revolution ex hibits four similar flashes, each of about thirty seconds' dura tion, illuminating the horizon in all directions from E. to N. round, through S. to N. by E. on the compass. Standing about 170 feet from the level of the sea, the light ought to be seen from a ship's deck in clear weather at a distance of about four geographical miles. " It will be lighted on the 30th of September, and be sub ject to the same regulations as the other Swedish lights as to beiug lighted sod extinguished. (In the absence of the Consul-General), " W. TOTTIE, Vice-Consul. " To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." The lists of householders for the parishes of St. Helen and St. Ethelburga were then gone through, after which the Court adjourned until Wednesday next, when Mr. Arnold will proceed with the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate. The following was the result .of the revision of the householders' lists at the rising cf the Court : Failed or Sustained. Withdrawn. Conservative objections 197 ... 214 Ditto claims Liberal objections Ditto claims • • The double ohjections are included in each party's ob jections. According to the statement of the Liberals, the fol lowing is the result of the revision, including the Livery Alderman WooD entered at considerable length into a reply to the observations made by the several speakers who wished him to postpone his intention to become a candidate for the mayoralty for another year. He had been, he said, assailed by the most atrocious slander. He had been selected, from the position in which he stood as the head of the company, to be aimed at with all the shafts of malice, although he was as free from evil intention as any man in the Court. He had, single handed, overcome all the charges with which he had been assailed, and that day he produced evidence to show that the only accusation which had not been fully answered upon former occasions was completely removed by the reversal of the judgment, which was considered to reflect upon him. He had done as much as man could do to prove that there was not the slightest foundation for a charge. It had been stated that he filled five or six dif ferent situations in the company. Why there were seve ral members of that Court, whose names had been used without their authority, in connexion in various ways with companies ; and was he, because he had been treated in a similar manner, to be accused of a participation which was not only absurd but impossible. He denied that such a sale of coals as had been imputed to him had taken place, or that in any trensactions with the company he had derived the slightest pecuniary advantage. He wished that all the members of the Court acted with such candour as Alderman Hughes, who in a manly manner had openly stated what others were whispering about. He had answered one of those charges, and he was able to prove that he was a resident householder in the city of London, and therefore that he had a local habitation. He had been, as others had been, most grossly duped, but in no one instance had he done any act which he had cause to regret. Under all the circumstances, he begged to say that, although so strongly solicited not to stand for the mayoralty, he cer tainly should beg leave to be excused from declining to act upon the suggestion, and come forward the next day on the hustings to ascertain whether the public would not sympathise with a man who bad been most grossly wronged. (Several parts of the speech of Alderman Wood were applauded by the strangers behind the bar.) No motion being before the Court, Alderman H. HUGHES moved the adjournment of the Court. ists Liberal objections Conservative ditto Double ditto .... Liberal claims Conservative ditto 128 ... 252 115 40 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE. On Friday and Saturday a number of persons visited Mr. Wyatt's studio to inspect this extraordinary statue previous to its being placed on its pedestal. The time appointed for the removal is Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, when" 40 dray horses will be employed in trans ferring it to the portico at Hyde Park-corner. The Duke visited Mr. Wyatt's studio a few days ago, for the purpose of inspecting an equestrian statue of the Queen, now in the hands of that distinguished artist, when he also inspected his own statue. He expressed his ad miration of that of her Majesty, but delicacy prevented him saying anything of his own. The statue is forty tons in weight. What the amount of labour is which has been expended on it may be inferred from the fact, that nearly six years have elapsed since the artist re ceived his commission for its execution. It is a magnificent production of human ingenuity. Its ex traordinary dimensions have an overpowering effect, but it will appear considerably reduced in size when it is placed on its pedestal, which is to be eighty feet high. Mr. Wyatt has no apprehensions of any difficulty occurring on Tues day in carrying the statue along the streets or in raising it to the elevated place destined for its reception. It will be recollected that much discussion took place in the House of Commons, previous to its prorogation, upon the pro priety of selecting this position for the colossal statue, the chief objection being, that it was contrary to every principle of good taste and every rule of architectural de sign, to place one of the largest figures ever cast upon one of the smallest arches ever constructed. The site, how ever, was clung to with great tenacity by the committee who have superintended the work, and the Government gave their consent to the statue being placed upon this arch for a limited period, in order that the best opinions might be taken upon the advantages of the situation. The committee appear to be perfectly confident of ap probation from every quarter. All the necessary ar rangements have been perfected with admirable preci- • sion. On Saturday se'nnight the great statue was placed upon the vehicle intended to convey it to Hyde Park corner. This machine is a most ponderous affair, and weighs no less than twenty-three tons. The procession, it is thought, will pass through the Harrow-road, the Edgware, and Hyde Park. It is worthy of observation, as showing the veneration with which the Duke is re garded by the soldiers who fought under him, that great numbers have applied to Mr. Wyatt to ascertain if they would be allowed to form part of the procession on Tuesday. The group is understood to represent the Noble Duke as he appeared at the battle of Waterloo, mounted on his favourite horse Copenhagen, and in the act of direct ing some important movement. The costume is that of a field-marshal, but the warrior also wears his custom ary short desk, which the artist has skilfully draped. In order that the legs of the horse should be capable of bearing the great weight they now sustain, it was found necessary to cast them in solid. The other portions of the work vary from one to three inches in thickness, with strong ribs internally, to give additional strength. Some of the dimensions are as follow:—The height ap p., aches 30 feet; girth, round the horse, 23 feet 8 inches; arm of ditto, 5 feet 4 inches; from the horse's hock to the ground, 6 feet; and from the horse's nose to the tail, 26 feet. The head of the horse measures six feet, and the knee joints of the animal are as large in circumference as tke body of an ordinary man. Tile eyes of the horse are burnished, as are also the spurs, reins, and metal appointments, &c. The estimated cost is about 30,0001. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—We have much pleasure id recording the liberality of managers towards their faith ful and attached servants. Mr. Emden, the indefatigable stage director of the Princess's Theatre, has been pre sented with a silver snuff-box from Mr. Maddox, the lessee, as a token of esteem for his attention and assi duity. Mr. Emden has been three years in his present capacity, and is universally respected. A MAN FOUND WITH THE BODY OF A DEAD WOMAN IN UIS ARMS.—A tall man, named James Butler, was brought before the Mayor, George Good man, Esq., and Thomas 'Kenyon, Esq., at the Leeds Court-house, on Tuesday, to answer to a charge of hav ing been found in the street with the body of a dead woman in his arms. Policeman Joseph Lees said that about twenty minutes past twelve on the preceding night he was passing along York-street, and found the prisoner sitting upon a step with a woman beside him, on whose shoulder he was resting his left arm, and was holding one of her hands in his own. The woman was -then quite dead. Witness had previously seen them together twice the same night in Call-land Kirkgate, and had ordered them out of the street, owing to the disorderly conduct of the deceased female. The prisoner, on being asked by the Mayor to give some account of tile matter, said he met the young woman (deceased) a little after dark. They had two pints of beer together, one of which she paid for and he for the other. When sent from Kirkgate by the policeman they went down Marsh-lane to the bottom end of York-street. Just as they were passing by a door she said she felt ill, and at that moment she would have fallen deadly on the flags, had he not prevented her and kept her in his arms. Lie thought she was in a fit,. and he put his arm under her neck and took hold of her hand, and held her in that position until the policeman came. A woman who had been to them previously said she was in a fit. Police man Rycroft said he saw them together in the position described, and went over the street to them. The woman appeared to be in a lit. Witness told them they had better go home, and took hold of one side of the woman, and the prisoner took hold of the other, in order to hold her up. But it was of 110 use. Witness also went for a glass of water, but that was of DO use. The Mayor said that he did not see that the prisoner need be kept in custody. Mr. James said Mr. Price, surgeon, had examined the body of the woman. At present he could not say there was anything amiss with her. Prisoner-- lam a stranger; .1 never was in Leeds before. The Mayor—What are you? Prisoner--I have been in the army. The Mayor—You will be remanded until the inquest on the body of the dt ceased is over. The pri soner was then removed from the dock. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased female on Wed nesday morning, at the Leeds Court-house, before J. Blackburn, Esq., the Leeds borough coroner. It trans pired that her name was Caroline Clarke, and her age from 25 to 26. She was from the neighbourhood of London, and had for some time cohabited with a travel ling conjurer, at a house in Marsh-lane. In accordance with the evidence of the surgeon, the jury returned a verdict of "Died of an affection of the heart." The man who was found with her was of course liberated. Alderman COPELAND gave notice of a motion for an application to Christ's Hospital to know whether there was any foundation for an imputation against one of the Court contained in an article in the Morning Herald, attributing to that member the corrupt bartering of a presentation to the hospital. Adjourned. DEATH IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—Mr. Charles Fitzpatrick Schreder, about thirty-two years of age, died in the Queen's Prison on Friday. The deceased had stated that he was with the late Marquis of Wel lesley at the time of his Lordship being Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and that afterwards he resided with Lord Wellesley at Richmond, and was treated as ono of the family. Mr. Schreder was brought into the prison only eight days since, and was then in the last stage of con• sumption, and it is thought by the medical gentlemen (Messrs. Coulthred and Jones) who attended him, that death was accelerated by the fatigue of removal. Every attentiou was paid to him by the governor and deputy governor of th• prison ; but he never rallied after en tering his room, We understand that Mr. Schreder was brought to the prison at his own request, being anxious to prevent his bail from becoming responsible for heavy sums which he had lost, and been swindled of, in betting and gambling transactions. The deceased, we hear was a married man, and has left a widow and several children BURSTING OF A WATER •rn - E.—The inhabitants of Acton-green were alarmed, on Saturday, by the burst ing of one of the large water-pipes which convey water from the 13rentford water-works to the Regent's-park and neighbourhood. The noise was that of a frightful explosion, and a large rent seven feet in length was made in the ground above the pipe. The accident is supposed to have been caused by the force with which the large volume of water is impelled through the pipe. FIRE AT PORT GLASGOW.—We are informed by a passenger who came up by the last train f rom Greenock, that a large ship, from which a cargo of hemp was disloading, had taken fire at Port-Glasgow harbour, that thz. masts were burned down and the hull on fire, and thatpart of the sheds hadbeendestroyed.— Glasgow con . altittional. DEATH OF SIR EDWARD SMITH LEES, K. 8.-- We regret to state that Sir Edward Lees, late Secretary to the Postmaster-General in Edinburgh, died very suddenly on the morning of the 24th inst., at his cottage at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee. Sir Ed war d had suffered for years from a complaint of the h eart, and it is supposed that he died in his sleep without a struggle. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.---A few days ago Mr. Kennifrez, brother- in-law of Mr. Pierce Muhuny, dropped dead from his jaunting car as lie was driving through Sackvillo-street, THE GREAT BRITAIN. The accounts received yesterday from the scene of the disaster to this noble vessel are satisfactory, and an nounce that up to eleven o'clock yesterday morning the steamer lay upright and uninjured on the sands in her original position. The following communications, from Lloyd's agent at Tyrella, contain the most authentic report we have yet seen.— " Great Britain steam-ship, Dundrum-bay, Tyrella, Sept. 24. " I arrived here yesterday at three o'clock P.M. from Warrenpoint, and wrote to you a few hurried lines, which I forwarded by express to Warrenpoint, to reach the Hercules to leave fur Liverpool last night at nine o'clock, acquainting you of the stranding of the splendid ship Great Britain on Tuesday night, about ten o'clock. She now lies upright on the sand, and apparently has received no damage to the hull, with the exception of the rudder. In consequence of the wind shifting to the north-east last night the vessel did not alter her position, and must now remain until the next springs. Meantime Captain Hosken is arranging to sell all the coal on board, and otherwise to lighten the vessel as much as possible previously. I suppose the cargo will be landed, and re • shipped for Liverpool. " We will require considerable assistance in the way of steam-tugs. All will depend on the state of the wea ther. Ido not apprehend the vessel can receive any fur ther injury. A steam-tug arrived this morning from Belfast, and is now employed securing out a bower anchor and chain - the whole length to the E.S.E. in order to hold th e vesse l , an d prevent her getting further on shore. Every exertion is making in order to preserve and save this fine vessel. Captain Hosken wrote fully to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., yesterday. Captain Hosken speaks in praise of his crew since he left, and have no doubt they will continue to do their duty. I have nothing further to communicate on this truly un fortunate occurrence.—l am, Sir, &c." " Tyrella, Friday, Sept. 25, 11 A.m. "I refer to my letter of yesterday's date, and have now great pleasure to inform you that the Great Britain, I as she now lies, does not appear to have received any damage. She was nearly dry,all around this morning's ebb. "I would strongly recommend an anchor of three tons, with a chain 100 or 120 fathoms to correspond, to be forwarded over and to be ready to run out, and also ad ditional hands on board the tug steamers, in order to have sufficient strength on the next rise of tide. However, we cannot depend on the hands to assist from the shore. " To-day we commence discharging a portion of the coals from the centre of the vessel. Captain Hosken is preparing to get the rudder to act. The vessel will now remain quietly until the tides put up. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, "L." A powerful stea m -t ug has left this ONARD port f W or the B ATSON ay to render assistance. The Dreadnought has also left for the coast. (From the Liverpool Journal.) We have been favoured with the following particulars by a gentleman of Montreal, who was on board the Great Britain when she went ashore:— He says that he was in bed and asleep at the time the vessel struck. He was awoke by the concussion, and, on jumping up, heard loud screams from the ladies' cabin. He ran on deck. The night was stormy, and the sea was breaking over the ship, which still continued drifting, and it drifted, he thinks, fully a mile. There was a light visible, and Captain Hosken said it was about a mile and a half distant, and, in reply to a question, said that they were near Ardglass. An officer of the ship was examining the compass, and the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of Bermuda, seeing that it did not work, asked him the reason. He replied, after some time, to the effect that there was something the matter with it. The same officer then examined the compass in the fore part of the ship, and an opinion prevailed that the compass was the cause of the disaster. On hearing this, Captain Hosken solemnly declared that there was nothing wrong with the compass. On the vessel striking, and during the remainder of the night, blue lights were burnt and guns fired, and the scene on board was most distressing. The great majority of the passengers were very ill; the Viennoise children kept crying violently around Madame Weiss; and several passengers, who ought to have shown firm ness, betrayed lamentable weakness. Captain Hosken continued cool and composed, and several times referred to his charts. No one retired to rest—all were full of fears; but it was found next day that one passenger had never awoke until morning. At four o'clock in the morning boats came alongside, and several persons went ashore, and as the tide receded men waded alongside and carried passengers ashore on their backs; several, however, wished to remain on board, but Captain Hosken insisted on their leaving the vessui., as he could not be answerable for their lives. In reply to a formal application he advised them to repair at once to Liverpool, and apply to the agents;—he could give them no money, guarantee nothing. Hundreds of men appeared to act as porters; but as several American passengers refused to pay them, re ferring them to Captain Hosken, dispute and confusion were the consequence. The coast guard behaved admi rably, protected property and passengers, and the wife of the watchhouse-keeper (the watchhouse was within one hundred yards of the vessel) not only cooked for the ladies, but gave them all the provision she bad, and re fused to accept one farthing in return. The passengers purpose rewarding her. The country people around showed equal kindness, but the porters and carters were most exorbitant in their charges. The coaches charged only usual fares, and the hotel-keepers and publicans were equally mode rate, but the housekeepers in Downpatrick charged a guinea for a bed COURT OF ALDERMEN Yesterday, after the swearing-in of Alderman Challis and Mr. Kennard as Sheriff of London and Sheriff of Middlesex, a special Court of Aldermen aas held, upon the application of Alderman Thomas Wood, for the pur pose of receiving certain papers and resolutions relative to the Talacre Coal Mine. As it was well-known that the production of these papers was intended to remove the injurious impressions against Alderman Wood, in consequence of his connexion with the speculation of the Talacre Mine, nineteen Alder men assembled immediately after the ceremonial above alluded to took place. A great number of persons occu pied the space below the bar, and the most lively interest was manifested. PAUPER LUNATICS. Sir P. LAURIE gave notice of a motion to take into consideration the expediency of erecting an asylum for the reception and treatment of pauper lunatics charge able to the several parishes, or to the funds of the city of London. Mr. (late Sheriff) CHAPLIN returned thanks to the members of the Court of Aldermen for the very kind and courteous treatment he had experienced at the hands of every individual of the body. NEW CITY PRISON. In answer to a question from Alderman SIDNEY, The LORD MAYOR stated, that he should appoint an early day for the consideration of the subject of erect ing a new gaol.—(Hear, hear.) THE NEW MAYORALTY. By desire of the LORD MAYOR, who stated that he had received certain papers on the subject of the Talacre mine from Alderman Wood, The TOWN-CLERK read the papers, which were es follows; " Committee-room, Bow-lane, Sept. 25. , " Sir,—l have the honour to transmit the copy of resolutions passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Cordwainers, and other friends of Mr. Alderman Wood, held this day, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to secure his election for Lord Mayor for the ensuing year.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM MUDDELL, Chairman." "At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Cordwainer, and other friends of Mr. Alderman Wood, convened by public advertisement, held on Friday, the 25th of September instant, at the Crown Tavern Bow-lane—Mr. Deputy Muddell in the chair, " It was moved by Mr. Deputy Lake, and seconded by Mr. Wilson—' That the unabated confidence of this meeting in Mr. Alderman Wood cannot be more forcibly expressed than by an earnest assurance that each and every individual composing it will use his utmost en deavours to secure the election of the worthy alderman to the civic chair.' " It was moved by Mr. T. Joyce, and seconded by Mr. C. Bleaden—' That a copy of the foregoing resolution be forwarded to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and to each member of the Court of Aldermen.'" The LORD MAYOR said he had also received a volu minous report of the judgment of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in Ireland, purporting to be the judgment upon the reversal of verdicts against Alder man Wood. He had, he said, been supplied with the copy by the Alderman, who, it appeared, had sent to each of the members of the Court a copy of extracts, which was enclosed in the following letter:— " TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF ALDERMEN. " Dear Sirs,—ln consequence of the statement made in the Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday last, relative to the late trials in Ireland respecting the Talacre Mining Company, in the cause of ' Howard v. Shaw,' being an action tried by direction of Lo r d Ch ance ll or Sugden. at the request of the defendant, in order to test the validity of the plaintiff's claims against the defendant in respect of two promissory notes, amounting to 7,0001., sought to be recovered from the defendant as a shareholder and director of that company, the defendant having disputed the same on the ground of the general fraud alleged to have been practised against him in inducing him to sign the notes. " The proceedings originally commenced in the Court of Bankruptcy there; and in order to try the point the Court considered only on condition of the defendant paying the amount claimed; viz., 7,0001. into Court to await the result. " Upon this condition the action was commenced, and ultimately tried, when, upon the gross misrepresentations of counsel, unsupported by evidence, as borne out by the Chief Justice, and, contrary to law, the jury found a verdict for the defendant. " The plaintiff thereupon filed a bill of exceptions to the evidence tendered, and upon a most imprtant argument, and a full and searching investigation of voluminous documentary evidence, the Court came to the unanimous decision, that there was no fraud or imposition practised upon the defendant in this trans action, or upon any one else connected with it. " I did not conceive that this could have made any im pression until I heard that the newspapers reporting the trial had been received, while those reporting the judg ment reversing the verdict had not been heard of. " Under these circumstances I immediately obtained a copy of the shorthand-writer's notes of the judgment, and sent a copy to the gentleman, who expressed his surprise that the verdicts were reversed, and being very voluminous, I have made extracts of the conclusions which form the judgment, a copy of which I now send you, an entire copy having been left in the hands of the Lord Mayor, which is accessible to any member of the Court of Aldermen. " This judgment not only goes into the general question of fraud, but takes up and exonerates me from the only censure of the Court of Queen's Bench in England, namely, as to Levason's Bills, which, with all becoming respect to that Court, appears to have been im properly considered, and leaves me now in a position to say, that after the fullest investigation, I bare ju dicially demonstrated that there was not, and could not be, the slightest ground for the alleged fraud in these transactions, so far as I was concerned, or indeed, any one else. " I might have given this information a little earlier, but until the last meeting of the Court of Aldermen, I was not aware that the papers which contained the in telligence of the verdict, in the first instance, would not also have contained the information of its reversal. " I am, dear Sirs, yours respectfully, " THOMAS WOOD. " 2, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street, Sept. 23, 1846." " TALACRE MINING COMPANY. " Reversal of Verdicts against Alderman Wood. " Ireland. " Court of Queen's Bench, Easter Term, 1846. " HOWARD V. SHAW. " Tuesday, April 23, 1846. " Extract from Judgment. " The Lord Chief Justice, in a voluminous judgment given in this action upon a Bill of Exceptions tendered against the evidence admitted on the two previous trials, upon which the defendant, who had obtained . . verdicts, was sued to recover the sum of 7,000/. upon two pro missory notes signed by him and other of the directors of the Talacre Company—the defence to the action being want of consideration in the plaintiff ; that they were obtained by fraud ; that the defendant had been imposed upon and defrauded by signing these notes ; that there was proof of a conspiracy between Levason and the other parties ; and that they were all in fur therance of the common object and contrivance to de fraud and cheat the public, and induce the defendant, amongst others, to take shares and become partners in that company, and that the evidence given by them on the trials fully proved the same. " The Chief Justice, after recapitulating the evidence given, said W hen it was given and read, it was under the condition and on the assumption that proofs would be afterwards made to justify its admission ; and if such proofs were not made, the exceptions should hare been and must now be allowed.' " His Lordship, after proceeding to show the de fendant's liability, says—' We have next to see did the defendant voluntarily, and with all due means of in formation, engage „to secure Levason in the amount of these - notes ; and to judge accurately on this subject, we must come to the transactions of the 17th, 19th, and the 20th February, 1841, which Pre dates of the utmost im portance in this case. It is said that these transactions exhibit proofs of imposition on the defendant, and igno rance on his part of his exact position on that day. That he believed himself liable to pay Levason, and was de ceived into this belief. Now I have sought in vain for any evidence of any such imposition—there is no evi dence that deeds, books, or documents, or information, were withheld from him ; the contrary is fairly pre sumable, if not actually proved. There is no reality, no substantial difference, between the direct liability of the company to pay Levason, and its liability to pay those who owed it to him. The fact indigmtably was that the company had Levason's property—were bound to pay for it—and it was immaterial whether they paid it through the medium of the eight directors, or paid it at once to Levason himself. But it isnot necessary to con sider this part of the case further ; for it the defendant had, as it is plain he had, all the means of information that were requisite to enable him to discover the actual state in which he and the Company were placed by the deed of partnership, it is impossible for him to allege that he acted in ignorance, or was the victim of any d ceit produced in obtaining those securities. " His Lordship, after going into the evidence, showing that the defendant was one of a committee who had in vestigated the whole proceedings of the company from its commencement, and who was a party in the report made by the committee as to the true state of the affairs of the company, says—' I do not see .how the defendant can complain that he had not the means of informing himself of the true state of the company's affairs on the day he signed the notes in question. That it is scarcely necessary to again repeat what I have already stated on this point, and it is enough to add that it was utterly immaterial to the company who had not paid for the mines, whether they paid Levason or the eight directors. I must say, that, taking the report into considera tion in all its bearings, I find no evidence whatever of any suppression or i mposition, nor is there any suc h evidence in the case. " His Lordship then refers to the arrangement made by the eight directors with Levason, and says—' I can e nothing here amounting either to ignorance or im position.' " His Lordship then refers to the charge that Levason has no legal demand, and says,—' It is, therefore, not dealing with facts as they were known to be to argue that Levason had not a legal demand on the company. It may, however, be enough to say that he ma !e the d: mend, and the company in securing it did not enlarge their pre existing obligations, or did more than agree to pay their debts to the directors, by paying it at their in stance 'to Levason.' " His Lordship ; after entering very fully into the ar rangement which led to the signing of there notes, says —' And I must say that in no respect am I able to dis cover the imposition on the defendant, or any one else in the transactions which led to the compromise, and to the execution of the notes.' _ "his Lordship then, after entering very fully into the authorities in support of his judgment, concludes by stating that it is the unanimous opinion of the Court FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 25.—The grand military fete at tracted an immense concourse of persons on the espla nade and near the gate of Namur. Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Cobourg, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess Char lotte were present at the fete. The two bas-reliefs which will be placed on the pedes tal of the monument in the Place des Martyrs were ex hibited; one represents the benediction of the victims interred there, and the other reprsents Belgium distri buting crowns to the glorious defenders. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 26.—The opening of the branch of the canal of the Compigne was celebrated with great pomp OR the 21st. On no former occasion was so ani mated a spectacle witnessed in this city. Above 10,000 strangers, among whom were a great proportion of Dutch, were present at the Pte. All the streets were planted with evergreens, ornamented with flags inter spersed with flowers and drapery, and almost all the horses were decorated with the national colours and streamers. The Burgomaster made a long oration at the opening of the canal, to which the Minister of the Interior made an appropriate and very gratifying reply. ANTWERP, SEPT. 25.—For a long time we have not had so great a scarcity., in the arrival of provisions from the colonies. The want of coffee especially is every where beginning to be felt. So great has been the falling off in the quantity of this article, that the greater part of the orders still remain unexecuted. They are expecting the arrival of several ships from Flushing to revive the drooping trade in this particular. Our corn market was pretty well supplied to-day, in regard to the minimum quantity generally exposed for sale. Not much business however was done, especially considering emergencies of the farmers. Rye was sold at 17.1311. to 18.13f1. of Brabant; wheat, 2011. to 21.1711. per scale of 11 per tolitre ; 221 were asked for wheat of the finest quality, and 19fl. for rye. There was a large supply of potatoes in the market, the prices were the same as last week. ANTWERP, SEPT. 26.--The leading question which at this moment engrosses the public mind is that of pauperism. Every topic whether polemics, politics, or commerce, bears upon this point. KIEL, SEPT. 16.—Yesterday afternoon her Majesty passed by Kiel; she endeavoured to avoid the city, but was met at the Breetzer convent, at the boundary of the Kiel territory, by Count Reventlow Preetz, and the Burgomaster. Although the Queen had promised to visit the former more than twelve months since, she de clined his reiterated invitation under the present cir cumstances. The Burgomaster briefly alluded to the unhappy state of the country, and entreated her favour able intermission with the King. Her Majesty was very loudly cheered at her departure. VIENNA, SEPT. 18.—Prince Luitfrold, of Bavaria, arrived here from Munich the day before yesterday, and purposes to remain here some days to witness several manoeuvres. The arrival of the Prince of Salerno is fixed for the 25th inst. The Archduchess Sophia is expected in the course of the day, and her Majesty the Empress-Mother will come in a few days ; and the Archduchess Maria Louisa and the Prince of Prussia are expected here on the 24th. TYROL. —The King of the Belgians, who, as we stated before, has been ordered to drink goats' milk in the Tyrol, will probably remain about three weeks in the beautiful district of Meran. His Majesty is travelling in the strictest incognito under the title of Count d'Ardennes. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 19. 5 per Cent. Metalliques— 110% 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •..... • • • • 101 3 per Cent. ditto •.•• • • ...... •••••• • • • • • 73% Loan, 1834 . • • • • Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares 1568 Esterhazy's Loan .• • ..... . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... 17314 Gloggnitz •••• • • • • • • ••• • • - • •• • • •••• • • • • 134 1 i Vienna—Milan ............. ...... .• 116 ;:‘, 105% Grosetto • • Oldenburg Pestoja . . Pesth Bridge . . —Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 21. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BuussELs, SEPT. 26. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • .• Rothschild's Loan, Fiv e p er C ent • • ...... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• •• • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. Ditto, di tt0,1842 . 102% Ditto, 1841..~. Ditto, 1836. ...... •• •• •• •• •• •••• 96 Ditto, 1838 74 Ditto of the City, 1832 101 Ditto, 1843 . . 99% Bank ofllelgium. —Brussels Papers, Sept. 27. THE VISCOUNTESS ITARDINGE,--We are happy to learn that her Ladyship has so far recovered from her late illness as to be capable of being removed from Bromharn Hall to her residence in town, whore she arrived yesterday in one of Marks' invalid carriages, accompanied by Dr. M'Caan and the Hon. Miss Hardinge. SHEPTON MALLET.—The strike of shoemakers in this town has terminated ; the men aro gone to work at a something less than their orignal demand.—Sfierborne Journal, .._._________.,..........e SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMIS SIONERS ON THE FINE ARTS. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. We, the Commissioners appointed by your Majesty for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of your Majesty's palace at Westminster, wherein your Majesty's Parliament is wont to assemble, for the purpose of promoting and en couraging the fine arts in your Majesty's United King dom, and in what manner an object of so much import ance might be most effectually promoted, humbly report to your Majesty that, having on a former occasion, viz., in our report of the 7th August, 1845, recommended that six arched compartments in the House of Lords should be decorated with fresco paintings ; having, at the same time expressed our opinion that it would be de sirable to proceed gradually with the execution of such fresco paintings, and that, in order to judge of the effect of the work in the locality aforesaid, one fresco should be completed before others should be commenced ; we, accordingly, and with the sanction of your Majesty, com mitted the execution of such first fresco painting to William Dyce, A.R.A., the subject being that of the cartoon exhibited by him, viz., the Baptism of Ethelbert. We have now humbly to report to your Majesty that the said fresco painting was completed in the month of July last, in the centre compartment of the south wall of the House of Lords, and that we have inspected the same. The design having been before approved by us, our attention was chiefly directed to the work as an example of fresco painting, a method in a great measure new in this country, and in which we deem it probable that some defects, arising from want of experience, might be apparent ; defects which time and practice might in future efforts have removed. We have, however, the satisfaction to state that the work in question presents no evidence of such imperfections ; that, on the contrary, it evinces great knowledge of the process of the fresco painting and great skill in its application ; that, further, as regards the effect of fresco painting in the locality, we consider that it promises to agree well with the ar chitectural and other decorations therein adopted or to be adopted. We therefore beg leave to confirm our former recommendation ' and to propos e th a t th e remain ing five compartments should be decorated with fresco paintings, when the several designs for the same shall have been approved. And being also of opinion that the satisfactory effect of Mr. Dyoe's fresco is io be referred in a great degree to the style of design and colouring which he has adopted, and considering it desirable that a certain conformity of style and execu tion should pervade paintings employed in the decoration of architecture, and which must be seen together ; we deem it important, without wishing to impose undue re strictions on the invention or taste of the other artists commissioned or to be commissioned to execute the re maining frescos in the House of Lords, that such artists should be recommended to adapt the size of their prin cipal figures, their style of colouring, and the d-gree of completeness in the execution of their works, so as to make them agree sufficiently with each other, and with the specimen already executed. We have further humbly to report to your Majesty that having, from time to time, been furnished with drawings by the architect showing the possible extent to which compartments in the various localities of the Palace at 'Westminster might be decorated with works of art, we are of opinion that it would not be expedient, with reference to the encouragement of British art or with reference to the claims which may hereafter be urged for the commemoration of great events, to com plete the series of paintings on the walls of the said palace at the present period ; that, nevertheless, in ac cordance with the principles which have already guided us in deciding on the plan of decoration in the House of Lords, viz., with reference to fresco paintings, stained windows, and statues, proposed for that locality; and also in the selection of statues proposed for St. Stephen's Porch, St. Stephen's Hall, and the royal ap proaches; we conceive it to be the duty of this commis sion, for the better guidance of present and future artists, and in order to maintain a character of harmony and unity worthy of such a building, to determine a complete scheme for the future decoration of the Palace. We are of opinion that in determining such scheme, the especial destination of each portion of the building should be at tended to that, in the selection of subjects, the chief ob ject to be regarded should be the expression of some specific idea; and the second, its illustration by means of some well-known historic or poetic incident adapted for representation in painting. We humbly subjoin as an appendix to this report some papers treating in detail various matters connected with the subject of our inquiry. ALBERT. LYNDHURST. SUTIIERLAND. ASHBURTON. LANSDOWNE. COLBORNE. LINCOLN. C. S. LEFEVRE. J. RUSSELL. ROBERT PEEL. PALMERSTON. J. R. J. GRAHAM. MELBOURNE. T. B. MACAULEY. CANNING. ROB. HARRY INGLIS. MAIION. B. HAWES. ABERDEEN. SAMUEL ROGERS. WILLOUGHBY THOMAS WYSE. D'ERESBY. Whitehall, August 4, 1846 N AV AL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The remains of the late Earl of Yarborough were removed from Cowes on board the Kestrel, which left about one o'clock for Grimsby or the Humber, whence the corpse will be conveyed to the fa mily seat at Brocklesbury for interment. The Royal Yacht Squadron battery and the yachts at and about the station fired minute-guns as the Kestrel got under way and left the port, her colours half-mast, accompanied by the Myrtle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Balliston, also with her ensign dipped ; the Myrtle attended as far as the Nab light, when the breeze freshened, causing the yacht to head her steam attendant, which then returned to port. The Lightning steamer, Petley, master, will meet the Kestrel in the Downs and conduct her to Grimsby. Every vessel which p asse d t h e K estrel, men of-war included, lowered their colours as a mark of respect. Captain the Hon. D. Pelham, R.N., second sort of the deceased Nobleman, accompanied by his cousin, Captain Tennant, R.N., proceeded in the Kestrel, and the Earl of Yarborough, accompanied by Sir J. Copley, Bart., proceeded to Brocklesbury by land to meet the remains, which will be committed to the earth in the most private and unostentatious manner, in compliance with the wish of the deceased. The Fairy tender was undocked yesterday morning, and at noon the Champion, 18, and the Serpent, 16, were taken into the Fame dock. The Avenger steam•frigate, Captain W. J. Williams, arrived at Devonport on Friday from Egypt, whither she had conveyed his Highness Ibrahim Pacha from Spithead. She has many defects to repair before she can perform any further efficient service. The Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Hay, put in Ascension on the 25th of July, and left on the 31st for a cruise. The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, arrived at Madeira, from Devonport on the 27th of August, and sailed on the same day for Rio. The Hecate steam sloop, Commander West, captured a saver on the Bth of July off Point Padron, having 500 slaves on board. The prize was sent into St. Helena in charge of First-Lieutenant Hancock. She was a brig, named the Relampigo. The Lame, 18, Commander Brisbane, made prize of a fine slave schooner, named the Segunda Concarce de Maria, off Loando on the 6th of July. She was sent into St. Helena for adjudication in charge of Lieutenant Whyte. The Maria Somes transport arrived at Algoa Bay from the Me.urititts on the Bth of July, and sailed on the 11th for Simon's Bay. The Naiad coal depot was undocked on Friday after noon, to make room for the Hastings. 72, one of the ad vanced ships, which latter was doebed for overhauling yesterday morning. APPOINTMENTO. H. S. Hawker, Lieutenant (Grappler). %V. H. O'Bree, Master's Assistant (Rattlesnake). P. C. Moss, Master's Assistant (Tartarus). J. G. Messum, Clerk (Rattlesnake). John Powell, Gunner (Rattlesnake). Lieutenant Thomas Strover, Agent for Mails. Lieutenant William Still, Agent (Mariner transp The rectories of Hinton St. George, near Crew kerne, and Searington St. Michael, with Donnington, Dorsetshire, have become vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert Albion Cox, M.A. Both benefices are in the gift of Earl Powlett. LIVERPOOL, ORXISKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY COMPANY.—The shareholders in this company are about to hold a meeting, as the line will soon be commenced. It is a most important undertaking , as it supplies a link much wanted in Lancashire railway communication, end which is entirely due to the talent and exertions of Mr. John Holmes, who projected the line in 1844, and who will doubtless reap the fruit of his labour. THE CANADAS IN 1846.—Under this title the public will be glad to observe that Sir Richard Bonny castle, who has long resided in North America, ind the nature of whose official duties afford him unusual facili ties for the purpose, has been induced to resume his pen, in order to lay before his countrymen further informa tion relative to these, the most important of our colonial possessions. It has been stated by the author that there is no class of people so grossly deceived in their notions of the new world as the English, and more particularly the Irish emigrants to Canada. True and faithful ac counts, therefore, of these important colonies in their actual present state are most desirable and valuable, and the high character of Sir Richard Bonnycastle, and his superior attainments, must therefore render any new work from his pen extremely acceptable in this country. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—Mr. Sherer delivered his second lecture on Scottish minstrelsy on Friday night, at the above institution, to a crowded and respectable audience, and selected for his subject " The Rebellion of 1745," commencing by an illustration of the state of Highland society, the landing of Prince Charles, his meetings with the brave Lochiel, and the enthusiasm with which the chivalrous Highlanders rallied round the standard of the unfortunate Prince, interspersing them with interesting anecdotes of the most prominent actors of that eventful period, and introducing some of the choicest songs that were written for the occasion, which he sung with great taste and skill—the audience testify ing their delight by frequent applause. Such entertain ments we have always commended, and the directors of this institution deserve credit for their attention in encouraging and prcmotin lectures of so instructive and agreeable a nature. Mr. Sherer was encored in several of his songs; he also deserves patronage. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 25.—The quan tity of sugar sold here this week is upwards of 1,000 Mids. of West I n di a, a port i on o f w hich, however, is from other m ar k ets — t h e supp ly of good working sugars on show not being adequate to the wants of the trade. The refined market continues firm, with a large business doing,—Bristol Mercury. P 135% 347/s 101 2 - : 1 P 3214 344 - 374 %4 P -P V dial 23 1 4 l 23 tif4 3 1 A 2p Ll%