The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-26 00:00:00

,•• .., " ... -, ••• .••• , ,••• Sill .... .., • si ~.• ..- 754 •••• ...• •-• 5511, ..... ~, ..... 3;'9 ..... ;II ..... " ..... , . .... 1 ~• / . .... / ..... 4 4 , ...* / ~ 0 / ... , •31 .... , I ~..". /91 ~, / / ~.... ..... ' / ~ ~~11 ..... , ,s•-• ..... 0 / ..... / ••••",, 5 13' •. ..... "11 ~,. ,~ i / ~... / . / ...... , ..... '''. 41 •••••::: • MA.R,RET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) trAY MARKETS. Hay, 21 5s to 31 163; Clover ditto 11111 41 5s t o 4 / 168; and Stra w , 11 8 s t o 11 l3 s p er l o ad. Trade 4 at barely late rates. di tt C o Hay, 21 88 to 41; Clover. o, A full 31 8 s t o 41 16 s ; and Straw, 1/ 108 to 11 14s per load. av erage sapply, and a s l ugg i s h d eman d. !Lao . WHlT Ecuarar..—Mead ow H ay , 21 5 s t o 31 18 s; Cl ove r , 3/ 5 3 t o S i LiPply g oo d, and trade dull. ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 18s per load. ZTEAT MARIEETS. S "TRALL. Noy. 25.—We had a full average supply of fat stock on sale, to-day, and which met a very dull inquiry, ft barely last week's prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 38 Bcl to 55 2d; Veal, 38 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd Per 81133. ate` re Nov. 25.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in mo ?erate request, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 38 to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d t°Per 5 alb s: 2 Veal, 3s 10d t o 4 s 6d ; an d P or k, 3 s 10d t o 4 s 6d Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; quarter-old 'AO, 161 Pig to 18 a, 16s eachto 19s • and =oh Cows, with their small / . 3 thiHs Au.stiAsi, Nov. 25.—We had rather an inactive demand ni°r ning, yet prices were mostly supported. Beef, from 4 2 (1 to 4s 2d ; Mutton 3s 10d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 8 44 , ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Sibs. tn'PtlsnEr Nov 24.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 45 °8 , 44 ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and ' Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Sibs. ° ll ( ,Ply good, and trade rather dull. ba;i lienEs TEß,Nov. 25.—The general demand was heavy, at z barel y late rates Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s 5s 4d Veal: 48 to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 43 4d pi r . --- ",s• Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store le; i 6 s to 18s • and Milch Cows, with their small Calf I to 181 each. 3 W OnaIITGATZ AND LEADENHAMM. e had rather a h eavy d eman d h ere to -d ay , on th e fol -4; ing terms :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 33 4d to 8• bfB. by the,V 3s car as 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per ce. CORN AVERAGES. Fe ' thf.:}7•l9-ERAT, AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN a ne ,,T r eek ended Noy. 26, 1846, made up ►frrom the Returns of the pe r 'i„.; ° ll l in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales Perm Quarter. PRICE ' WHEAT. 1 BAELEY.I 0.1.1[8. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. "UTy. 49 s 8d 42s 11d 25s 10d 42s 7d 46s 4d 49s Od 4 s Od 2s Od is 6d 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od -- 7 ----- t : 3 PVI 0 0 t'•A.„ ' A 0 4441 41 r ii- .v 4 al t 1 - 4 . k)-4 , wke . 71i4a 0 4,. 0 , A. , 0 u Petiti o ns -CHANCERY.—(T HIS DAY) 11' - 6 4 H onour the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce sat in 15 "rt in Lincoln's Inn today, and heard bankrupt uerikre as Chief Judge of the Court of R e vi ew i n 4'a IrleeCha - PtcY• His Honour also disposed of several causes ncellor. Thi . WROUGIVFON V. COLOLI t H O E .d R a . y dir.' cause came before the Cour t on further r „ toe s. • th e noliotru, atthe conclusion of the arguments, said, of these ar ose out of the supposed ambiguities in the will di 4 ~e testator. He considered that these ambiguities Evte ••°t exist, and that the intentions were very clearly Iv a r s res sd, and he therefore considered that the annuitant . tui entitled to have a charge on the income for her and (s q t „Y , ;old that the debts should be paid out of the fun ' 4l -) then in Court, to the credit of the cause. ( QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) e the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Common Juries.) .WlLl•ears V. SIR WATRINS WILLIAMS WYNN. Th 4 Nit Was an action brought to recover . the sum of 501. The the defendant, under the following circumstance supplied th Plaintiff is a saddler, and in the year 1843 ofe d eend • Ite rso aut with saddlery to the amount of 170/. A son of the name of White, who had held the situation .n 4 41, 4e , 11 .° 1 an in the defendant's family, was intrusted,.l ths;.„,'„ 4 ° 4 4, with 7001 , in order that he might dis k.- '''' accounts which made up that sum, the plaintiff's . - eont (1, t he e \ 70 0, being one of them. All the tradesmen,. with 14 all3tception of the plaintiff, came to White, who was lie w a d state of health, and had their bills discharged. gla„ thel„!tt° tile plaintiff's shop in a cab, and stated to '2O/"" he was short of 501., and asked him to take at m eod to give him a receipt for the 1701., on the under fl'arelig that he should remit him the 50/ in a few days eet,l/41",c country The plaintiff, after some hesitation, vdcl to the * proposition, took the 1201., and sent Ai p,"lo the evening a receipt for the full amount, but 60 /.l t r t l ed to obtain any memorandum from him for the 4 k ith , a fortnight after White died. . . "Po - a il ", foreman of Williams at the time in question, obtain.' to the Payment of the 120/. by White, and his M; 1 , 11 g a receipt for the full amount of the bill. the 'rcltder Q•C and Mr Henderson appeared for Plaintiff ' . 9 * i M r NT • ' 1:1 kid . r . ' 4 , 11 T1N, Q.O , who appeared' for the defendant, 'tv hi e }, ' w es 'ulg the tot.Cour, dwelt upon the great credulity M att ie l is oPcessary nduce any one to believe . that a b ' s easy ht"iness like the plaintiff had given a receipt for ac e 4 nt e l, had never received, and in order that a hietuit'vlblilllid received the money to discharge . his 3 In aater ' t be furnished with a document to deceive e n ti of If the t ransac ti on did t a k e pl ace it w as one ite f. 4. Private nature between the plaintiff h a e n l 1 aniona h le or wh i ,, i t ' ll the defendant could not a t he def end ', --te t rusted they would return a verdict for Pers ons - n slnt, and thus teach the plaintiff and ot were t lbe i j - °t; to Put their hands to documents which we leti they might subsequently dispute. 1° " lt° third persons, and the correctness of "n. number A i r, Ai t , of witnesses were called for the defence. 11113143nritei:f•e;orslue,dte i,nProved that her husband went to the full , ' an" tn et in the evening he sent the receipt in an envelope, to Sir Watkins Williams th o s n o i . Her husband never stated that he had borrowed • l‘lr J•info,: Bolton' a corncha n dl er s t a t e d that Williams that sled him that he had l ent Whit e 50/., and regretted Str-i;ted h e had taken no memorandum for it. He remon tlyiti with him f or l en di ng sot. to a man who was in a hi ll , g state, to which he replied, thiLiate also deprecated denyhecouldnot hi s ' ,On account o f hi s con dition. c . giving a receipt in tfuulnllifkoerofad anetvreardz e l , e, . the moneyco nduct h 111:111.4r? an y as clw d i asi wmaosrbeomtobotnisanaihceer,woaunldd d d e o f h o n r any m Hudsonan. and ot; ' u ir d 's servants of the defendant, deposed to Nte l iiat! s facta. arri ' R 4r. CHOWDER, Q.C., contended, in his reply, that the i 7 i fttidant was liable for the act of White, as it had been l a te srly shown that he had not received the 50/., and that l a! °illy lent it, on the express uzderstanding that White more cala return it in a few days, when he received some le money from the steward. atir was r ti D ERMAN, in summing up, held th a t th e defend tia4 .. liable if th e pl a i n tiff did not rece i ve the money, r tte i.otit the giving of a receipt in full for money not lasaiZed, though ; most imprudent mode of transacting I tl ktain e „, l 4s ',was not conclusive, because a receipt might be .-stained ill an improper manner. But if, on the . other rir.4es-%141,tY co nsidered that White had the money in his debto r at the time and that the plaintiff chose to e utcr fl, t r ' 3 l , o /. for his cOnvenience, and to make White his en h t ly ° ''' "2 amount, then he apprehended that it would it o n .ot it h a- 014 14 th t e o n iv d a a te nt transaction of which they liable, ' AI fc4 ld a verdict for the defendant. Thia ~ FIOCKIN V. SQUIRE. i'''''°. "ter . .,., t3 ail undefended action, and was brought to ''reet,lC vr°olistiory note for pig., and 37/. 19s. for in- the • Jury 19 This ~,.. gave a verdict for 1371. 3. XYANS V. FLETCHER. 111 1 aph o sB art action brought by the plaintiff, who is Ileto le I sterer, to recover from the defendant, Marianne Ilk at y ea r : 851 . for furniture supplied to her ordar in May l!eibit at The plea set as that she was a married ta°4 11 1 . i u th e time. k r se e. This, in ' fact, was the main ques -414114 . see m 'Wilkins appeared for the defendant, r. •atearsoo for the plaintiff. 1,2._. Prodi es Read, employed in a Liverpool ware -17, at th e ne ed a certificate of the defendant ' s mar - 8 -• 11 husband as Church, Manchester, in February, 8 IS Present , and was an attesting witness. tlea se,, Horatio Pletcher, left England for Ame- Willi etal Y e ars after. • atle ti ttodu o o l le i t i ,: Henry Pletcher an accountant and said he was defendant's brother-in-law. He la l l it, tied lettere from his brother who was in Philadel , the aerated June and July last. He did not know how .due fend obtained her r 'n ,he had not seen her illt e,_til th tl bi lle l ast, when the I c v a l se g w . as before the Court i r%, -.. InOrnng, and he had not heard of her for . litleeelealisi before. She lived in Duke-street, St r . k.. 114 18, beet:, never inquired how she obtained --;0,, that she he had no curiosity to know — he did her ' °t esti s ae had represented herself as a single bh ,._ l §.. ' a . in ,. , b .,_ -- mattiff t. ,:' , . Rotting said he was employed by the ``est "" suPPly furniture to the defendant, who re tha blited herself ( , and as having 3,000/. in 440 a1r 88 °f Mess:: .1 1 on w e l a and Lloyd, Manchester. He ~ )1 4 , i laY her house was one of accommodation. "0400 Harris, also in the service of the plaintiff, gave The atlye evidence. tjNiittliurY returned a verdict for the defendant hit tn. V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. inv e rt 48 an action brought by Mr. George Shillibeer, a' o d • i kr t,Q, t o recall proprietor of the patent . 1 U 3 in' over compensation in damages for certain ~kst y Juries sustained by him on the 18th of October mit e t, st ' a r;, in a collision which took place at the Shore -4 kt. 1),!'31.1 of the Eastern Counties Railway. a t lci a f t r "' Q rY and Mr. Wyse appeared for the plaintiff ; itt oSs) • ‘-'ergeant Shea (with whom was Mr. Edwin k; , for the defendants. 15414 is i nt o Opened the pleadings. The defendants had lasatiouinto Court considering that sum sufficient corn (l4,, °r f the injuries the plaintiff had sustained. tipr. dams were laid at 3,0001. i r ,' Il e 11 . 1 ',' opened the case on the part of the plain- Vi'.P ,- )rt titi ,,,7 4l u, the issue of the case was of the utmost . )7t.. si ii r,, tlot only to the plaintiff, but to the public. . Us u ., , aue e , ..,_ • , in -Ess, not _. l:l ;ar . riee on an extensive and lucrative ~,,h , ,n, ! an y 0 , ° .. ly in the large towns of this c )untry, but k it ,',9ler eoh, ', th continental towns. The defendants, 441: Court, the ;1 04 of 2rated Or notorious, were well known as a in h a d be t e oe public of this country ; they admitted O euilty of negligence, and had paid 75/. Iv ,: tho .., a tati!lg in their plea that they did not con -1,1':..t th at l'llLintiff had sustained any damage beyond h e 4 Wag 1,,,,,,'1:'01.11d compensate. A more . scandalous 141 was ppr ,,' , ,e put upon the records of this Court, and j ili l tir de nt ___! Et ' s tly justified in characterising it as most Wet Y l ie }I a gross insult added to the serious t,., ° tle. s ,, : h ad received . The facts of the case 1,1. ger by the fo'r s , l, ll D^:s e - 1 :" -- °n• the 18th of October last year he (1 1'( 1 , ' i ll arriv five o'clock up-train from Here tleiz Sta.ti on _ . ed safely at that pootion of the Shore i,s. tt s ha, sheen the tickets were usually taken. The , 42, 1 % . _ th e 'ta..",e:n taken, and the train was being ptopelled ea u 'llatie o , aud at the time thu s •, i i • of the - Iteth ' In ust hav 1,- ne e known that the train was advancing, to het ° ll the glio•ence of the driver or from gross NI W t he pro pa e rt ' iffloll2 o of the servants in neglecting al the P r signals, he could not tell,. tm engine P la tform, and came into violent col- : .... • THE SUN LONDON, THURS_DAY EVEINING, NOVEIVIIIER 269 lision with the Hereford train ; several of the carriages were broken, and Mr. Shillibeer and others were injured. A case of greater negligence had never occurred, the cause of the collision being, he believed, the neglect of the proper signals. Mr. Shil libeer was carried into an ante-room in an insensible state, and it was ultimately found that he had received a concussion of the brain, his upper left jaw was broken, and his teeth dislodged, one of the facial nerves was destroyed, and he had not recovered from the injuries, and probably never would completely recover from the injuries he had received. His whole nervous system had been considerably shaken, and even now, in the latter end of 1846, he could not endure the night air without great pain and swelling in the parts injured. He had already paid between 601. and 701. for medical advice, and yet the defendants considered 51. ample compensation for such desperate injuries—for incapacitating him from attending to his business, and entrusting it to others—for journeys to the country, in the hope of restoring his health. If they wished to afford impunity to corporate insolence, they would find for the defendants, but he trusted they would do their duty to the plaintiff and to the public, and compel the defendants to do justice. They disregarded public retnonstiance, and it therefore rested with the jury to teach the Eastern Counties Com pany that, if they were guilty of negligence, and caused erious end lasting injuries to those who were compelled to travel by their line, they should afford due compen sation to the parties so injured. Mr. Lawrence, engine-driver on the Eastern Counties —Left for Stratford at six o'clock with a coke train on the up line, intending to cross to the down line at a short distance. He had not gone far before the train came into violent collision with the parcel up-train, to which no signal-light was attached. Considerable damage was dune to the engine and some of the car riages. Saw Mr. Shillibeer, who was insensible. Some one showed him a white light before he started. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEA—Was dis charged immediately after the occurrence. If there had been a signal light in the train the accident would not have happened. A light was placed on the train the next night. He had been six years in the service of the company, and seldom travelled on that part of the line. John Brundley, late inspector on the Eastern Coun ties, deposed to the condition of Mr. Shillibeer imme diately after the accident. Mr. Geary, assistant to Mr. Ancorn, deposed that he saw the plaintiff a quarter of an hour after the accident. He was insensible, and there was a great deal of blood about his face. His eye was considerably swollen. Mr. Ancorn said he was in the habit of attending many of the servants employed on the Eastern Counties. When he first saw the plaintiff, soon after the acci dent, he was in a state of semi-stupor, in which state he continued for nearly eight days, when he was allowed to leave his room. There was a fracture of the jaw -bone, and the facial nerve was so much injured that until latterly he could scarcely bear the influence of the night wind upon the part. The most serious part of the injuries he had received had not yet developed itself, and if the swelling, which was in a morbid state did not subside, he would most likely have to undergo an operation. In the earlier stages his memory seemed impaired, but it had improved since he visited Brighton. Ilis nervous energy had been greatly im• paired by the accident. Dr. Aston Key, surgeon to the hospital and to Prince Albert, stated he had seen the plaintiff four times, the first time early in this year. His left jaw and teeth were displaced, and he complained of want of sight, of smell, and loss of memory. The nerves above and below the eye were very painful. There was a swelling in the mouth, with respect- to which an operation might be necessary. He first saw him in February, and the last time a few days ago. He considered when he first saw him he was suffering from concussion of the brain. He had greatly improved ; a man who had received such injuries was more sensitive to disease, and could not enjoy wine or society so much as a man whoha d not been so injured. By Mr. Sergeant SHEA—IIe had improved, and would no doubt continue to improve. Dr. Garraway, of Guy's Hospital, agreed with the last witness in his material statements. Mr. H. W. Shilliber, a solicitor at Taunton, and couAn of the plaintiff spoke to the great change which the ac cident bad worked in the plaintiff. Before it, he was one of the best drivers in London, but now he was nervous and irritable, and now drove a pony" He drove him (witness) down to Westminster this morning. He had visited him at Taunton, and at dinner took a mode rate quantity of wine. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant SHEA then proceeded to address the Court on behalf of the Eastern Counties Railway. He mainly addressed himself to the mitigation of damages, and considered that the case was one in which but small damages would be sufficient. His Learned Friend had imputed the greatest neglect to the company, but they had done all in their . power to prevent the recur rence of such accidents by immediately discharging the driver, who had been in their service six years, who, it appeared was in a wrong track, and he, as well as the other servants of the company, must have known that the train was on the eve of its arrival. The company deeply regretted the accident, and at once admitted that the plaintiff was entitled to compensation, and they had been willing to afford him as much as they considered him reasonably entitled to, but as his demands were unreasonable, they had no other course left than to allow the matter to be submitted to a jury, satisfied that justice would be done, and that they would not be unduly sacrificed. Lord DENMAN summed up, and left the amount of damages in the hands of the jury, who, after a few minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 5001. EXCHEQUE tt.-( TH IS DAY.) GRANT V. DICKER, MACKENZIE AND PRICE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff (who sued in forma pauperis), late a clerk in the employ of the Irish West Coast Railway, to recover a sum of money alleged to be due from the defendants, for services ren dered on behalf of the company. Mr. Sergeant Wimurrs appeared for the plaintiff, and in his opening statement, said that the plaintiff had been employed as a clerk to the above-named company, and that the three defendants were members of the provi sional committee. The plaintiff was engaged at a salary of 10s. 6d. per day, and having occasion to go to Ireland on business connected with the company, he was to re• ceive, while upon that business, 255. per day, and it was to recover the sum so due to him that the present action was brought. No evidence having been given to show the connexion of the defendants with the company, the plaintiff was onsuited. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. THE ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COMPANY V. RYDER. This was an action brought by the Ely and Hunting don Railway CoMpany against the defendant, one of the shareholders, to recover a call of 21. 103. on 106 shares allotted to the defendant. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. BIRCH appeared as counsel for the.company, and called evidenco in support of the case. A question arose as to the liability of the defendant to pay interest from the day on which the call was to be paid. There was no count in the declaration to carry interest, and the Learned Under Sheriff was at first of opinion that notice ought to be given that the calls were due. Mr. BIRCH submitted that a general notice was suffi cient, and that it was not necessary that individual no tice should be proved. Mr. ROBINSON said he thought there could be no question that shares bore interest. Mr. BIRCH quoted the case of the Southampton Dock Company v. Richards (1 Scott's Law Reports, 219;, and on that authority The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said the jury could, if they thought proper, give interest by way of damages. The jury gave a verdict for 2731. 7s. 7d., allowing in terest at five per cent. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.. OLD COURT. Henry Eames, aged 28, described as a servant, was in dicted for a rape on a child under ten years of age. Mr. Payne prosecuted, and Mr. Prendergast defended the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty of the capital offence, but Guilty of an assault. Mr. Justice COLTMAN did not conceive that the assault was comprised in the felony; he therefore directed a verdict of Not Guilty to be recorded, and the prisoner was ordered to be detained, in order that an indictment of felony might be preferred against him. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert drove out in th vicinity of Osborne House, on Tuesday afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle in the evening. The unfavourable state of the weather during tha whole of th e f orenoon yesterday, p revente d h er Majesty and her Royal Consort .leaving Osborne House. The Royal Family were also prevented from taking their ac customed airings yesterday morning. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Marjoribanks had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. A deputation from Brighton had an interview with Lord Morpeth yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Captain Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey, the Members for Brighton, the High Constable of Brighton, W. Calt, Esq., Thomas Altree, Esq., Thomas Freeman, Esq., Lewis Slight, Esq., Clerk to the Commissioners of Brighton. The Right Hon. E. Strutt, and Major Brandreth, had au interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Tile Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Sir D;,‘ Lacy Evans had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Bishop of Newfoundland had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party yesterday at his residence in Eaton-square. Lady Mary Wood had afterwards an evening party. Lord and Lady John Russell left town ye'stcrday, on a visit to the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, at Chenies, Bucks. The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay left town yesterday. The Lord Chancellor has left town for Brighton. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 24.—The second meeting of the Ash molean Society this term was held yesterday evening in the Museum, Professor Powell in the chair. The following candidates were balloted for and elected members : W. Spottiswoode, Esq., of Baliol College ; It. A. Le Mesurier, Esq., Corpus College ; W. J. Waters, Esq., Wadham College ; A. M e l v ill e, M . D ., E d i n b urg h . The following presents were announced :—The Quar terly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 8, by that society. A Paper on the superficial - of Sweden, &c , by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, by the author. Observations Meteorologiques fakes a- Taguilsk, presented by Prince Dewedoff to Dr. Daubeny, and by him to the society. Some bones were exhibited by the Rev. 3". Wilson, of Trinity College, found by Mr. Hewett, jnn., in one of the barrows near Ilsley, Berkshire, in 1843. There were six skeletons in the burrow, the skulls of all were factured ; and some fragments of urns of unbaked clay, found in a burrow opened in Blewbury Downs in 1846. The urns were filled with bones, chiefly of animals. PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has instituted the Rev. John Johnstone, M.A., to the vicarage of Overton, near Whitchurch, Hampshire, to which are annexed the sinecure Rectory of Overton, and the Curacy of Tadley, all vacant by the death of the Rev. William Harrison ; patron, the Bishop. His Lordship has instituted the Rev. Frederick Russell Mills, M.A., Curate of New Radnor, to the Rectory of Hartley Maudit, near Alton, Hampshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Bissland, M.A., on the nomination of the Rev. Alexander Houston Douglas, M.A., of Chester-square, Pimlico. His Lordship has also instituted the Rev. Charles Balston, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Stoke Charity, near Wbitchurch, Hampshire, vacant by the resignation of the Very Rev. William Buckland, D.D., Dean of Westminster; patrons, the president and fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Rev. John Henry Warneford, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, Curate of Waddington in Craven, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Ripon to the in cumbency of the new district of Salterhebble, in the parish of Halifax. The Lord Bishop of Durham has instituted the Rev. Octavius James, M.A., to the Rectory of Kirkhaugh, near Hexharo, Northumberland, vacant by the cession of the Rev. William Bigland, on the nomination of Randle Wm. Saunders. . The Rev. Edward Francis, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Norwich to the Rectory of Shottisham, Suffolk, vacant by the cession of the Rev. J. W. Darby, on the nomi nation of the Rev. W. Darby, the Rev. M. B. Darby, and others. The Rev. R. W. Kempley, 8.A., Curate of Castleford, Yorkshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. James's Church, Fairburn, Yorkshire. The Rev. T. Gleadow Fearne, 8.A., Incumbent of rintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Holmforth, Yorkshire. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev. Henry Hill, M.A., Curate of Snettisham, Norfolk, to the Vicarage of Aston Cantlow, near Alcester, War wickshire, on the nomination of the Rev. R. S. Caries. IEXTENSIVE DESERTIONS FROM THE liar REGIMENT. The Montreal Courier furnishes us with some details as to these desertions that will be read with interest. We shall be doing our military a service by showing them what they may expect in the American army, if they should be base enough to betray their allegiance to the flag of Britain. The Courier says : " The reserve battalion of the 71st Regiment was sta taioned at Kingston, Canada West, until recently, when it was relieved by the 46th Regt., and is now stationed at Laprairie, with a detachment at St. Helen's. During the time this regiment was in Kingston, we are informed that up to some time in the month of July last, it had lost, by desertion, about seventy men ; but from that month until its recent arrival in Montreal, the crime had ceased to a great extent, only three men having since that deserted. We are told that two men of the 71st having purchased their discharges—or having become entitled to them by length of service, have found their wat to Sackett's Harbour, at which piaci a recruiting party of the regular army of the United Stat-rs was stationed. They then enlisted themselves in the service of the republic, and, furnished with civilian clothes, returned to Kingston, where they hung about the barracks, and, there is no doubt, persuaded the other men to desert. It was not known to the officers of the regiment that these men had entered the American service, or they would not, of course, have been permitted to remain about the barracks. There is no positive proof that these fellows were sent purposely to seduce their former comrades from their colours, but there is every probability that such was the case, and the mere tact of their having been permitted to revisit the Canadian side of the lake after enlistment in the American service, goes far to prove that such was the fact. It is supposed that the soldiers were tempted by the_offer of large bounties and better pay, with other prospects of advantage; but, however, that may be, it is certain that desertion to a very great extent took place. We are told that an officer of the 71st went over to Sackett's harbour, and meeting with one of the Ameri can officers stationed there, asked him if they ever took deserters from the British service into their army; to which he replied that they did not; upon which the English officer took him to the American mainguard, and there showed him three men of his own company. The men very coolly saluted their former captain, and the American officer shrugged up his shoulders, and said that he could not be supposed to know who had been soldiers, out of the numbers of old countrymen who applied to enter their service. This was a false hood, for we deny the fact, that any man who has ever been drilled can escape without being at once discovered by the eye of a man who is himself a soldier. The Eng lish captain saw several more men of his regiment about the barracks, most of whom tried to get out of his way, evidently ashamed of themselves ; while others whom he encountered unexpectedly, could not forget their old habits, drew up as he passed, and soluted him. Some two or three of the men, disgusted at their treatment by the Americans, deserted from them in return and stir rendered themselves. It was then found that the poor deluded fellows had been regularly victimised ; that, although their seducers had promised them a large bounty, &c., yet they were made to pay for so many articles in the shape of necessaries, and at such extrava gant rates, that their great bounties soon vanished into the pockets of the swindling Yankee quarter masters. They stated also that they were severely treated, being confined to barracks after six o'clock in the even ing, and guard mounted at the gates by American vo lunteers, in order that they . should not escape after the discovery of their victimisation. These men, it is sup posed, have all been sent to Mexico ; and if the truth could be known, we believe it would be ascertained that some couple of thousand of the army under General Taylor are English deserters, and that the Americans have a regularly laid and deliberate plan for recruiting their ragamuffins by enticing away English soldiers under false pretences. We are not sorry for the rascals who desert—no treatment is bad enough for them, and we only hope Taylor will take them where they will be half-starved and „well. peppered ; but what are we to think of a Gov e rn ment t h a t tacitly encourages crimes of the basest kind in the army of a friendly power, if it does not actually authorise it, which one would almost suppose to be the case. DUTCH AND GERMAN PA PERS. CRACOW.— (Fitoas THE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, NOV. 16.)—This is the day appointed for the proclamation of the resolution of the three Powers for the incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy. Count Maurice de Deyme, Town-major of Prague, has arrived in Cracow, as Imperial Commissioner, and will make the formal proclamation at ten o'clock in the morning. The announcement of this is to be sent by express to the capitals of the three powers and will reach Vienna on the morning of the 18th, where the execution of the act of taking possession will be immediately published in the official papers. In the manifesto of the Emperor to the inhabitants of Cracow, that city, with its territory (24 square miles in extent, and 140,000 inhabitants) is de clared to be for ever an indivisible part of his Majesty's dominions. The resolution for the suppression of the Republic was taken, it is said, two or three months ago, but the two German powers are stated to have insisted on a further discussion of the matter in a conference at Vienna ; in order to decide on mature deliberation whether this extreme measure could be by any means avoided. The decision of the conference was again for tke absolute suppression of the republic. The reports obtained from the authorities in all parts of Poland, it is said, agreed that as long as Cracow should retain its independent possession, it would not be possible to preserve tranquillity and order in the several parts of Poland. Many reports of the Provisional Government of Cracow, on the impossibility of effectually maintain ing a regular police so long as the uncertainty of a Pro visional Government continued, and the uninterrupted intrigues of the emissaries of the Polish Propaganda, combined with an energetic prosecution of the matter on the part of Russia, are said to hare hastened the execu tion of the resolution. As an equivalent for the acquisi tion of Cracow by Austria, Prussia is to have the lord ship of Hohenplatz, a district belonging to Austrian Si lisia, and Russia a small tract to the north of the Gali cian of Sarkspoli.—Algemeine Zeitung, Nov 20. THE HAGUE, Nov. 19.—Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange arrived on the evening of the 13th at Augsburg, whence she proceeded the following morning to Munich. Her Royal Highness will go by way of Coburg to Weimar. His Excellency Count Schimmelpenninch, newly-ap pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of the Netherlands at the Court of Great Britain, arrived here by the train from Amsterdam. ROTTERDASI, Nov. 20.—As a proof of the great im portance of the exportation to England, we may mention that in the course of this week, no fewer than twelve steam boats with oxen, fruit, and other provisions, have left this city for that country. THE HAGUE, NOV. 22.—The Provincial Tribunal of Guelderland, delivered its sentence on the 19th of this month, in the affair of M. Geptens, Vicar of the Roman Catholic Church of Groenlow, accused of an attempt to murder, with premeditation, which murder was pre vented by circumstances independent of the will of the accused. The Tribunal pronounced him guilty, and passed sentence of death upon him. After the reading of the sentence, the President addressed the criminal in an affecting speech, informing him that he had the liberty to apply to the King for pardon. He exhorted him to profit by the time which remained to humble himself before God, and to implore forgiveness for his crime. We learn that his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia will go to-morrow to Arnheim, by the train, whence he will proceed to Dusseldorf, and that the Prince of Saxe Weimar will set out, the day atter to morrow, for London. IMPORTANT USES of MAHOGANY. Mahogany, until of late years, has been regarded as a rare and costly wood, applicable only to articlesof luxury, few trades besides that of the cabinet-maker having had any knowledge or experience of its qualities and advan tages. Time, however, has proved the fallacy of this idea, and fully established its title to being the most valuable wood which the world is known to produce ; and, taking into consideration its many useful and pecu liar properties, it can, with truth, be said, that it is one of the cheapest and best materials which can he emplo) ed for the following important purposes :—ln house build ing ; in church building, for pews, benches, screens, and pulpits, and even roofing and flooring ; in ship-building, for the entire frame and planking ; in canal and dock gates; in cabinet work ; and for carving and coach building; in machinery ; in railway and other carriages. The above are some of the principal purposes for which it is used; but now, owing to its low price and better appreciation, it enters largely into the construction of almost every article in which wood is employed. To the ship-builder, the following remarks are respect fully addressed, as the subject is one of paramount importance to the shipping interest of this country. It is well known that, on account of the scarcity and exorbitant price of high-class woods, the British ship owner is driven into a ruinous and unequal contest with the foreigner, who, possessing inexhaustible forests at home,-and having the additional advantage of obtaining his wood untaxed,* as well as of procuring his stores and crews on far more reasonable terms, is enabled to navi gate his vessels at lower freights in almost every part of the world, excepting whore our colonial or cheaper-built ships successfully compete with him. It is, therefore,_ manifest that the ship-builder of this country must look to other sources than those he has been accustomed to; in other words, be must seek his supplies in fresh coun tries, and his policy should be to give every encourage ment to the importation of first-class woods from all parts of the world. The operation of the regulations of "Lloyd's" had hitherto been to confine the building of a " twelve years' ship" to a few favourite woods, difficult to procure (excepting in the case of our own oak), thereby limiting the source of supply to a few foreign ports, and even from which the imports are yearly decreasing. Lately, by a relaxation on the part of " Lloyd's," a wider field has been opened for the British ship-builder, and, as immense supplies of the best timber may be procured from the forests of Honduras, Cuba, and St. Domingo, the importers of mahogany only require encouragement to furnish the proper shapes and dimensions to an extent almost unlimited. The consumption of mahogany in the royal dockyard is considerable. The highest authorities iu the navy have given the strongest written testimonials respecting it, as it is justly held by them in great estimation on account of its durability and strength, hating been proved imperishable in sh i ps of nearl y a cen tu r y old. In addition to the above remarks, it ought to be borne, in mind that mahogany, when proper!}' the important and invaluable properties of great Lle ancy and durability, slowness of ignition, flexibility, and non -shrinkage, as well as being almost totally free from dry rot and pernicious acids. It is, consequently, - pecularly adapted for the frames and planking of steam vessels, as it resists every change of temperature, and Ones not warp or shrink from excessive heat, or expand from satur viola. The importers of mahogany have it in their powi.*; , to provide ample supplies of the most suitable curves ttia;i dituensions; and, instead of transferring the ship- huiitlit ig trade to our colonies or to foreign powers, we Alai:, vr, to wise legislation and judicious regulations, have notbii tg to apprehend from the rivalry of other countt:teA• Matio a aany is found to work as freely and bend as readily as a'azglisli.oak, as ma y b e ascerta i ne d b y i nspec t • ing seine ' the IMO ships now being built, practically demonstrating ;to those who are sceptical that it can be turned round fiN. .inos! , difficult curves without any symptoms of " spa l l i n ,: or splitting. Its strength is proved by its d ura bili ty, . since it wu:ild be scarcely possible for the mahogany tinat.sau's of ships of war, which are known to have lasted above a .7entury in a perfectly sound state, to have been deficient in this e'.ssential quality. Thomas and John White, the well known ship -builders of Cowes, testify, as the result of a i series of experiments, to " the strength of mahogany ! I over Engliih oak, East, India teak, A mer i can elm, I American oak, &e.," and that it is the best wood for ship-building purposes." The nen-corrosion of metals is likewise a highly favourable property in this wood, and this has I.,•een nacertained by the celebrated chemist, Dr. lire, who, having tested samples of mahogany which had been submitted for analysis, reports that " a decoc tion of the chips or shavings had hardly any chemical reaction, ant scarcely aff,!cted iron and copper." The mahogany which is the hest adapted for ship-building is that which is firm, tough, and rosy, by which latter term is maant the irreguiar direction or overlapping of the grain of the woad, the soft or cedar-like kinds being useful for the inside planking, whilst the hard and wavy are suited for the outside planking and timbering. These different properties were well understood by the Spanish shipbuilders, who, by judiciously selecting such logs as were of suitable t•-xture, succeeded in building ships, some of which, even at the present day, are in commis sion in our navy, or, when broken up for age, have had their mahogany timbers used in new ships. And it may not be out of place to mention, on authority, that the other kinds of timber which were in these old vessels were decayed, whilst the mahogany was quite sound. Nor let it be supposed that the old Spaniards cut ma hogany in their hlands alone : their archives attest that even to the arsenal in, Cuba very much wood, cut on the continent of America, was. shipped off for use there in the Spanish na"y. Indeed the botanical character of mahogany is essentially the same whether grown on the continent or on the Islands of Cuba or St. Domingo. The opinion of an eminent ship-builder, William Pit cher, Esq , of NorthLleet, goes to state, that "sound, hard, and well selected Honduras mahogany is suited for fill parts of new twelve years' merchant ships," and "if long az.d well squared, it is very economical, the offal being of much more value than that of any other wood at present used for ship-building." The specific gravity of Honduras mahogany being less than that of oak and teak, it is calculated that a vessel of 1,000 tons burthen would displace, when afloat, 100 tons water less than if it were built of the latter woods ; and, as buoyancy is one of the highest qualities in a ship, this characteristic feature ought to have much weight with those who are desirous of producing the best speci mens of naval architecture. We have abridged the above remarks from an excel lent circular reccroly issued by .11e.isrs Chaloner and Fleming, appended ta a list of the woods which are to be sold by them en Monday next and the following day, amongst which are numerous large cargoes of mahogany and several lots of other valuable woods. In addition to the iut resting particulars quoted, Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming point out the utility and beauty of raaliagany in the structure of churches and houses, and fur machinery and other purposes. It appears that rar.h! . .gany is no* selling several pounds a load cheaper than teak. * The immense forests of South, and those of the greater portion of North, America are practically of no benefit to the British ship •builder, since the ship timber and masts from these countries pay a duty of 265. 3d. per load. sEitIOUS RAILWAY A CCIDEN T AT STOCKPORT. A first and second-class train for London, said by some to be a mail train, and by others called a select day train, but not. described as either in the time bills, left the London-road station at 20 minutes to ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, and had proceeded to near Stockport station, keeping its proper time, seven minutes to ten o'clock, when it came into collision with another train, which was shunting on to the up line of rails to get out of the way and let it pass. The Stockport station is about a hundred and fifty yards on the other side of the celebrated viaduct over the Mersey, the up and down lines being connected about midway of this distance by points, and it appears that a train of empty coal waggons belonging to Lord Vernon had arrived at the Stockport station on their way to Poynton, but the superintendent of the station expecting the passenger train down in a minute or two, directe the driver to shunt on the up line, so that the former might pass him and not be stopped. The engine-man proceeded to obey the in structions given him, and was just backing his waggons on up the line, when the train came on at a quick pace, say of twelve miles an hour; all his waggons got clear on the up line, but before he could get his engine and tender clear also the engine of the train was down upon him, and the left corner of his tender came vio• lently in collision with the right corner of the passenger train engine, carrying away the butler, a portion of the wood work in connection with it, driving in the iron work in front, breaking one of the cylinder plates below, and then got clear. The force of the blow drove the engine of the pasfenger-train against its tender, which was forced under it, and both were lifted up at the end a considerable height, and than fell off the rails, steam and smoke and dust being pretty plentiful from the fire. The force of the collision was communicated at once through the train, and with so great a shock that the very last carriage in the train, which consisted of five carriages, showed a crack in which a man's finger might be laid. The train had a pretty fair complement of passengers, and immediate attenton to their wants was paid by every one connected with the lire. So far as we could learn, the injuries sustained were as follows :—Mr. Thomas Tippett Cole, of Torquay, three front teeth in the lower jaw knocked out with the gum, and a part of the jaw, and his lower lip cut completely through. He was in a second class carriage which followed the lug gae.van next the tender ; and he was thrown violently against the opposite seat and thus received his injuries. His wounds were dressed, and he departed for Torquay in the course of the afterno?n, taking his teeth in his pocket, for the purpose of aving them refixed, we believe, if possible. Mr. Colc bore his injuries with surprising fortitude, and exhibited his three teeth with the usmest nonchalance to the bystanders. A clergy man, a first class passenger, with a cut on his forehead, and bruises ab:ait his legs and other parts of the body; a second-class passenger, a gentleman, a cut above the eye, which is very much enlarged and swollen, and a lady slightly hurt in the face, and bruised on other parts of her person. Another gentleman, Mr. John Stone man, a lira-class passenger, hurt on the head, and a lady slightly cut on the head. The names of Mr. John Black and a Mr. Currie, or Cas sidy, were mentioned, but we cannot, with accuracy, say whether they are any of the parties re ferred to tab eve or not. The guard of the train was much injured, and though not presenting any outward marks of violence, it is likely he has sustained severe internal injury. The driver, John Ogden, and James Walton, the stoker of the coal-engine, jumped off, and escaped injury, but Chris. Winterbottom, the driver of the passenger train, was caught between two of the shunting rails and there fixed for some time, and has received a sprain of the right foot; John Fox, the stoker, has also been injured. The case as against both drivers will be fully investigated by the company's offi cers, and proper punishment be awarded.—Manchester Courier. HIGHWAY ROBBERY, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.—Last week, as the servant man of Mr. Wil liam Forshaw, of Tarleton-hall, Scarisbrick, was return ing from Liverpool market, where he had been with a cart load of potatoes, ho was met about half a mile from Aintree race-course, on the Ormskirk-road, by two fel lows, who, alter demanding his money, seized bold of him, and succeeded in taking from him six sovereigns, with which they made off towards Liverpool. After a few minutes' deliberation, he determined to follow them. and tying his horse to the nearest gate, pursued and nearly came up with them at the canal bridge, about half a mile from the place where he was robbed, but be still kept at a distance, unperceived by the robbers. When they arrived at Walton, to the young man's great satisfaction, he met with two policemen in the street. He exclaimed, These two men have robbed me of six sovereigns," when they were immediately taken into custody, and both confessed their crime, and gave up the money, which they had divided. On the following day they vre; e fully committed for trial. It is said that a subscription will be got up in the neighbourhood to re ward the young man for his perseverance and success in capturing the ro bbc rs. —Liverpool Courier, A SLAVE-HOLDING D.D. WHIPPING HIS FEMALE h E 2 d B w t h a r , d 18 4 33 t h i n , a T p r e b c Wesleyan, address, o a f t SLAVE ON SABBATH M ORNING , P REPARATORY TO C e i ß n E c Ai NG n C n H a l e t — M a e r v e . Pittsburgh, stated, that he had lived in slave States thirty-two 3 ears ; and, sp: aking of a certain D.D., of his acquaintance, h e a dd s: —" He was a slave-holder, and a severe one, too, arid often, with his own hands, he ap plied the cowhide to the naked backs of his slaves. On one occasion, a woman that served in the house com mitted, on Sabbath morning, an offence of too great mag nitude to go unpuni,hed until Monday morning. -The Doctor took his woman into the cellar, and, as is usual in such cases, stripped her from her waist up, .and then applied the lash. This woman writhed and winced under each stroke, and cried, • 0 Lord ! 0 Lord I 0 Lord ! ! The Doctor stopped, and his hands fell to his side, as though struck with palsy, gazed on the woman with astonishment, and thus addressed her (the congregation must pardon me for repeating his words), Hush, you b—h, will you take the name of the Lord in vain, on the Sabbath day?' When he had stopped the woman from the gross profanity of crying to God on the Sabbath day, he finished whipping her, and then went and essayed to preach that Gospel to his congrega tion, which proclaims liberty to the captive, and the opening ef the prison doors to them who are bound.' Mr. Smith tiues not give the name, but, from various circum stances which he stales, there can be little doubt it was the Rev. George A Baxter, D.D., of Virginia.-4nti - Slavery Reporter. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT MONKS ELEICII.-011 Monday morning, about 119 F-rant seven o'o!, It, a is trees tre•ks rig event Lek pinto 0' •,!- . Baker, farmer and veto l.:‘ - - . unit self-destruction. He excited on account of the fire which ~ecLor, on the adjoining premises, and which was at first sup posed to have been an incendiary act. Having passed Sunday night in a very unsettled manner, he on Monday morning put a period to his existence. He was in his 44th year, and unmarried.—lpartich Erpress. COMMON PLEAS.-{THIS DAY.) FEARN V. THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH. This was an action brought to recover, from the Earl of Mexborough, 500!. ou a bill of exchange. Evidence having been briefly taken, a verdict was given to the plaintiff for the amount. IN RE MRS. SHUTTLEWORTH. Sir JOHN BAYLEY was heard shortly to-day against the rule obtained by Mr. O'Brien on Tuesday, to show cause for issuing a writ of habeas corpus, ordering Dr. Millengan, of Chelsea, to bring up the body of Martha Eliza Shuttleworth, an alleged lunatic. The rule was moved for on affidavit, denying the lunacy, and the ar gument, as far as it went, wa,s mainly directed to this question. The further hearing of the case was ad journed till Monday afternoon next, at four o'clock. We reserve the details till the argument is closed. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) DEPOSITS OF SHARES—BELLIN V. CREFT. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 161. 10s. for money received for and on account of the plaintiff, on the sate of some shares in the Derby, Ut toxeter, and Stafford Railway Company. An application was made for the postponement of the cause for a short time, for‘the attendance of Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones, who had been retained for the de fendant, and had the documents necessary for the defence; the plaintiff's attorney, however, opposed, and The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that he was bound to take the case, as it was in rotation. The brief only having been delivered over night, and on the last day of term, it was hardly to be expected the Learned Counsel could attend. The case was then proceeded with. The plaintiff's attorney stated the: case. The plain tiff was indebted in May last to the defendant in the sum of 1001., and gave him 75 shares in the Derby, Ut toxeter, and Stafford Railway Company, which he was to sell, and repay himself the 1001., and hand over the difference. The shares had been sold for 1261. 17s. 6d. Defendant paid over 121., and the balance was now sought to be recovered. Mr. Edward Daniel Chattaway was called, and proved that in May last he was present at the Hall of Com merce when the plaintiff and defendant were present. Defendant said that he had sold the shares in two lots, 40 in one, and 35 in the other, and they fetched 345. and 345. 6d. per share. Defendant paid 121., and said that if plaintiff would call at the office he would make out the account and hard over the balance. The defendant's attorney said that he was placed in an awkward position by not having the papers, but proceeded to cross-examine the witness. Plaintiff is an East India agent. Witness had been secretary to the company, which was now defunct. It certainly was not a " bubble," but there was no railroad. The offices of the company had been at No. 62, Moorgate-street. De fendant said he bad sold the shares, and the inference was that he had received the money; he distinctly said that he would make out the account. Witness was not acquainted with the practice of the share market as to the sale of shares, or what commission was paid. Wit ness had'bought and sold shares, and had paid 6d. on each share. Never knew that as much as Is. 3d. per share was charged, but the commission varied according to the value of the shares. The defendant's attorney then proceeded to address the jury, and put in a memorandum, to the effect that the plaintiff had made a deposit of the shares as a security for 1001. advanced, and if the amount was not repaid within 14 days, the defendant was to be at liberty to sell the same and apply the proceeds to liquidating his claim. An objection was taken that it was an agreement re quiring a stamp, and it was therefore rejected as evidence. The defendant's attorney then contended that there was no evidence as to what the shares were, or how much they had rosily fetched, and that the payment of the 121. was a settlement of the account. A Mr. Bedford was called to show that the shares did not fetch more than 1/. 12s. or 11. 12s. 6d., but he could only speak to the hest of his recollection. The Learned LTrinf.a SiII:RIFF said, if the first wit ness was to be di retried en—and he saw ric reason to doubt his eviticave—thv ease v,as inuch , out ~f a prolui,i , to pay some balance alter the payment of the 121. As to the amount, it should be remarked, that in charging the prices at 345. and 345. 6d., as the witness could not remember which lot was sold at the larger sum, the plaintiff charged it on the smallest lot. NEW COURT. John Anderson and Edward Sullivan, described in the calendar as labourers, were indicted with stealing a breast-pin, of the value of 4s. 6d., the property of Joseph Parry, from his person. These two prisoners, it will be recollected, are the persons who, dressed as females, accosted the prosecutor in Holborn-hill, and asked him for something to drink, and while in con versation with him took the opportunity of steal ing the property. Upon their being taken to the station-house it was discovered that they were men in female attire. The charge was clearly proved against the prisoners, and some policemen swore to having seen them dressed as females before. The prisoners, in their defence, said that it was all done fOr a lark. The RECORDER summed up. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The COURT sentenced them to 15 years' transporta tion, the Recorder observing that the offence, though small, had been committed under circumstances which called upon the Court to pronounce upon the prisoners the severest sentence provided by the statute. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Samuel Cohen, a Jew, carrying on an extensive busi ness as a clothes dealer, surrendered upon his bail, to take his trial on an indictment charging him with steal ing three pair of trousers and a quantity of cloth, the property of John Burford. It appeared that the prisoner entered the prosecutor's sale-room, where there were a number of persons making purchases, when he bought first a piece of cloth, then three or four other articles, and went away, but a large piece of cloth and three pair of trousers being missed, he was followed and taken into custody. Upon search ing his bag at the station-house, the trousers and cloth were found, placed alternately between the several arti cles he had purchased. The Learned JUDGE commented upon the latter cir cumstance, and said it clearly showed that the property could not have been accidentally taken. A host of persons, of the Jewish persuasion, having given the prisoner an excellent character, a verdict of druilty was returned, with a recommendation to mercy, on account of his previous character, and be was sen tenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Sarah Simpson was indicted for stealing a silver watch, and a chain and Ley, the property of Thomas Ashley. The principal evidence rested upon the statement of a child under ten years of age, who stated that she was left in care of the prosecutor's house in Ball's-pond, Islington, when the prisoner, who resided next door, came in, and, after remaining a few minutes, went away, and the watch, which had been hanging over the mantel shelf a short time before, was missed. A pawnbroker's clerk swore the prisoner pawned the watch at his master's shop. A similar verdict was returned by the jury, when it was intimated to the Learned Assistant-Judge previous to his passing sentence, that the prisoner was six months advanced in pregnancy. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that, owing to the state of her health, and also in consequence of the recom mendation of the jury, he would pass a very mild sen tence upon her, which was that she be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six weeks. Several jurors expressed their regret that the Learned Judge should consider it to be his duty to attach the punishment of hard labour to the imprisonment of a female in her delicate condition. The ASSISTANT JUDGE said the jury laboured under a mistake, if they imagined the order of "hard labour" would be carried into effect; it only conferred the neces sary authority upon the prison authorities. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Douglas, a child, was charged with stealing a quantity of cigars from Mrs. Marsella's shop, 12, King street, Soho. Harriet M'Dowall said she was sitting in the parlour last night, between five and six o'clock, when she saw the prisoner in the shop with his hand in the cigar boxes. He took up two handfuls of cigars, and gave them to two boys who stood outside the door ; he re turned to the boxes and lifted other two handfuls, which he succeeded in giving to the same two boys before the witness was able to lay hold of him. The other two boys escaped ; she caught the prisoner, who, by the ap pearance of the boxes, must have taken about three dozen of cigars. Police constable, 66 C., said he took the boy into cus tody, and produced some cigars which had been dropped outside the door of the shop. The defendant said he was nine years of age, and had got no father. He seemed quite incapable of under standing the situation which he had brought himself into. Mr. HARDWICK appeared to be in difficulty about the course he ought "to take with the offender before him. Ultimately he committed the prisoner to take his trial at the Middlesex sessions. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (THIS DAY.) This morning a commission of lunacy was opened by Francis Barlow, Esq., at the Commission Rooms, Rid Lion-square, to inquire into the state of mind of John Webb, Esq., a gentleman entitled to considerable pro perty in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Northampton shire, and at present in confinement in an asylum near Paris. Mr. J. Romilly and Mr. Buck appeared in support of the commission; Mr. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Parker, Q.C., to watch the case on the part of the alleged lunatic; and Mr. Walpole for Miss Webb, a daughter of the alleged lunatic. e a s d tessir statediaJohn "--- The Learned COMMISSIONER addressed the ythatjury.roks hire, Mr Baronet Bart,wMe b . r b N li vwahoso one m i w L a L s Y opf 0 0 ts p hs e er n se e se d e ds thesons of h largete late a case, n t ebb, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. The late died in 1797, leaving t he whole of his estates n his ,were three sons, who, it was necessary to mention, ille gitimate. lie left the Yorkshire estate to his eldest sen ' James, for life, and to his children, and if witho ut law ful issue, to John (th e sub j ect of the p resent in q uir y) , and if he died without lawful issue, to his younger son, Frederick. The Linco lnshire estate was left to John, nnder similar restrictions.; and the last to Frederick, in the same manner. James and Frederick were both dead, the latter leaving children, and it was on behalf of the eldest son of the latter that the Commission was sued out. lie did not think it possible that the jury, after hearing the evidence which would be laid before them, could have any hesitation that the proceedings were ab solutely necessary for the security of the property. The Learned Counsel then read documents to show the im possibility for the lunatic to be brought to England in his present state. Dr. Southey, Dr. Blanche, Mr. Smith, and Captain Palmer, a relative of Mr. Webb, was called ; and from their evidence, brought down so late as Monday last, it appeared, that the unfortunate gentleman was in a state amounting to raving madness, and that he had been so from December last, his brother having been subject to the same malady. Mr..BecoN argued that there had been great loss of said that R LearnedntiiLLir c having o3im issi replied, oE time since the issning of the commission, and that the alleged lunatic ought to have been produced. said that the Learned Gen tle me nit addressedappeared for Mr. Webb had the opportunity f who . the jury, and The jury, without retiring, ci?r. g . thought it prudent or c producing him had they said John Webb was of u right to complain. He ne s ce . s d sary, they therefore had no a i IndBn,hnsdegaveandthe a verdict that the since the Ist of Decembeurns THE PAVILION. Yesterday (Wednesday), a deputation from Brighton, had the honour of a second interview with Lord Morpeth, by appointment, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., Captain Pechell, M.P., the High Constable (Mr. W. Catt, jun.,) Mr. T. Attree, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Slight. The deputation were received by Lord Morpeth very courteously; and they then stated very fully the great dread and antipathy entertained by the inhabitants to the sale of the palace. Mr. Slight urged with great force the various conces• sions of land which the town and the Lords of the Man.rs had made from time to time, in order it. enable their Sovereign to complete the palace and grounds, as a r,a,00 agai.st the sole of OH palace. Lord Morpeth listened with great attention to all the statements made by the deputation, and elicited addi• tional information by asking a few questions, The deputation, having concluded their statement s w ithdrew.—Brigidon Gazette. , BENEFICES VACANT. The following benefices and appointments have be come vacant.— The Vicarage of Boxley, near Maidstone, Kent, dio cese of Canterbury, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, value 834/., with residence, in the gift of the Very Rev. Robert Stevens, D.D., Dean of Ro chester, and the Chapter of the Cathedral Church. The vicarage of Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, diocese of Lincoln, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. J. Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. Value, 123/. No residence. In the gift of C. Winn, Esq. A canonry in the Cathedral Church of Rochester, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. The rural deanery of Sutton, in the archdeaconry of Maidstone, on the nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The perpetual curacy of Christ Church, Tintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, vaccant by the resignation of the • •1 Rev. J. Gl ea d ow Fearne M A in the gift of the trustees ----- BERKELE Y ' S ENTIRE.—Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in his evidence before the Game Committee, says, " If the prosperity and happiness of the farmer is to be con sidered, and he is to be a farmer, and not half farmer, half sportsman, half poacher, and half game dealer, the less he meddles with spot ting rights the better." Would the Hon. Member tell us how to combine such a quantity of half-and-half into one body ? or would his celebrated " punch on the head" reduce a man 'to the vulgar frac tion of four halves ?—Punch. ST. MICHAEL, Coueletun.—A vestry meeting was held yesterday in this opulent parish, for the purpose of electing a vestry clerk, in the room of the late Mr. Wm. Baker. Mr. Henry Hoppe was one candidate, and Mr. Saxton, a brother-in-law of the late Mr. Joseph Somes, the other. There was a spirited contest, which ended in the election of the former, by a majority of 25 votes. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The following extract of a letter from Mr. Gabriel, R.N., dated " Dundrum, Sun day," appears in the Newry Telegraph of Tuesday : " According t o prom i se I let you know how things are progressing with the Great Britain. Thursday's work has finished her. Mr. Bremner has failed, as I antici pated, in his breakwater, which was entirely washed away ; the sea made a clean breach over her, and swept away several skylights on deck ; the ship filled with water to such an extent that the cabin doors and bulk heads are nearly all washed into the holds and about the decks ; th e promenade d ec k was covered with wat er; in fact, you m i g h t a l most say s h e fill e d, f or ever y one on both th wa fo t board bad t o fl y to the upper d ec k, an d t h ere wa i t t ill e r r wa ra rd n o a u n t d of af lzr a ; nd s he he w r as h a e fl a ( d )a t its and thumping moremping towards Tyrella watch-house again. Mr. Bremner has given her up, and they at length are going to take the masts out of her, together with her engine. I have not yet examined her bottom, but intend doing so to-morrow; if all I hear is correct, lam afraid she is gone. She was pitching at times as much as three feet." THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND. The usual weekly meeting of the members of the Manchester committee for the promotion of this undertaking w as held in the League Rooms, Newall's-buildings, lest evening, Mr. William Shuttleworth in the chair. dr. Pattison, the secretary, reported that the fund had this week been increased by the amount of 327/. 7s. 10( L, making a total, up to the present date, of 77,4731.45. 8 d. Mr. Nolan stated that 201. 15s. 7d. had been receinld from Manchester, 721, from Saddleworth, 21. from Stal3r bridge, 11. from Bury, 1981. 9d. from Todmorden, and 33/. 2s. from Colne, giving a total of 326/. 18s. 411 received during the past week. The secretary announced that no reports had yet been presented from other places Williams of Wandsworth, wa .s where subscriptions were being eollected, and the corn - mitten then adjourned until Tuesday next. —M anc h e st er Guardian. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 251. ASlDE.—Yestert-. day afternoon, the hal f mi le running match, Harvey,betweende Common. At the st a rt H arve got the lead, which he kept to the half di st ance h. ; i.s opponent, who had been lying behind, now came up , an .i. took the lead. Williams kept a head the r ema i n i ng di s - Lo a n sw a cid e o or" vvnddot an ce, and went in the winner by 25 ya r d s . Th e h a lf ' o and rth mile of road was run over by the winner in two minutes: and three seconds. EXPEDITION• OF GENERAL P LORES.—Referring to a paragraph which appeared in The Sun a few day s since, as to the seizures of the ships Glenelg, Monarch, and Neptune, we understand the Lords of the Treasur:,r have directed the legal condemnation of the vessels to be proceeded with, and that Mr. Forsyth bas receive( I the orders of the Board of Customs to bring the Glenel; from Gravesend to London as soon as the state of tht tide will admit. Coax BARR.—A vessel, from Tangier, has brought; an entire cargo, consisting of 128 tons weight of cork: bark, or the bark of the cork tree. This article is. usually imported in large quantities from Spain, and, other of the Southern States of Europe; but is, we. think, unusual from the empire of Morocco, in which the port mentioned is situated, and therefore may be particularly noticed. A letter from Rouen says Since August, 1, forty six vessels have entered this port, laden with corn, from Brittany, and thirty-one from London with si ,niter cargoes. On an aver Age, each had on board on ,. hundred thousand kuogrammes. Advises have been received from London of twenty other vessels with corn having left for the Seine. RAILWAY NOTICES. ---A London Gazette,. published last night, contains 60 notices of application to Parlia ment for railway acts during the next session. r g g 7 ,AK*ll4.• DEATH FROM Pi — "7 - Yesterday of ernoon Mr. 4ligie of Wellington, Crawford.streiteN • 414 v quest, adjourned from la s t E r ik - Mordauut, aged 35. The CORONER prefaced thekiria* sta tha when he and the jury viewed the body >, the; imagined that the deceased was 55 years of age; bu they were much astonished upon ascertaining tl7a.t she was only 35. Upon further inquiry, it was ascertained th 4 the deceased, her mother and sister, who lived to• cr:ther, had been without food, without fire,fand:without clothing. The inquest was adjourned to afford an op portunity to the parochial officers to explain how the family were left in that destitute condition, and in order that some ,little relief might be obtained for the sur vivors. to conclusion, the Coroner asked Mackenzie, the summoning officer, if he had informed the parochial authorities of fil‘e destitute condition of the family? Zackenzie rep.l'_gd in the affirmative. examined—Deceased was h er Mal:y Anne MorJaunt, sister, lu:A expired EL'ddenly daring her absence on the 18th instant. Deceaser.:. witness, and their mother lived together at 93, the morin:"g Crawford street. Witness went out to needlework on of the 18th, leaving h er turn in the afternoon found sister in b e d, an d upon her re, her de a d. Th ey had neithe. " clothes, nor firing. Witness sua sufficiency of food, metimes earned 35., at other times 2s. and Is. a week. Ile.r mother had 2s. 6d. a week from the. parish, out of vvh.sch they paid 2s. 3d. a week rent. By the CORONER —They were totany starved. Her sister, vvho had been for months unable ~4 -o work, occa sionally earned 6d. a week. They sometimes got a loaf of bread from the workhouse. On one occasion, Mr. Merson, the relieving officer, said to her, "Mind, I have done with you ; no more relief will be granted you." That fretted her much. On another occasion her de ceased sister, after having been kept waiting at the work house from 9 A:M. to 5 P.M., was sent away unrelieved. She told the workhouse authorities that they were starv ing; but the authorities refused any further relief unless they went into the workhouse. Since Friday last no one called upon them from the workhouse, nor did they receive any relief from it. Mrs. Emma Bryant confirmed the above evidence. Mr. Robirt Da;vson Harding, surgeon, in a very ela borate statement, detailed the result of the post mortem examination, which distinctly proved that deceased died from starvation. Mr. Merson, who with several other parochial officers attcuded, explained his conduct towards deceased and her family, by stating that he had acted in compliance with the regulations of the workhouse. The jury, who severely censured the conduct of the parochial authorities, retired to consider their verdict, and after half en hour's absence, rt turned, and handed to the Coroner following- verdict : " That the cleafh of deceased was caused by the want of the commonest necessaries of lif?, ar.d that they re gretted that the parochial authorities of the parish of Marylebone had not evinced sufficient diligence in scrutinizing the wants of diccased." The Foreman said that they equally regretted that the authorities had paid no attention to the wants of de ceased's family since last Friday, although on that day their attention was particularly directed to their destitute condition by the co:-oner and jury. THE LATE ACCIDENT on the EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your parer of the 24th inst. I observe it paragraph which purports to give the particulars of an accident which occurred on this railway on Monday, the 23d inst. Your account of the accident is wrong in every partieular, as you will perceive from the statement which I now forward to you. The train in question consisted of four carriages (three second-class and one first), and left the Rawten stall station at lh. 15m. r.m., and proceeded in safety to Summerseat station. About three-quarters of a mile nearer to Bury than Summerseat is Spring Side Bridge, and here it was that the accident occurred. The engine mounted the metals at the north end of the bridge, and ran about 40 or 50 yards after crossing it, and then fell over against the side of the cutting (i so it may be called), which is about five feet high. The curve h ere is 80 chains radius. The only person injured is a man who is in the employ of the company, as master carpen ter. He was on the engine at the time, One of his feet were cut off, and the great toe of the other injured. Excepting a few bruises, which none of th e p assengers thought worth complaining about, this was the only casualty that occurred. The policeman, who is stated to have lost one leg and severely injured the other, only received a bruise on the shin. The carriage next the engine had the pannels in front knocked in, the other three were but slightly injured. The engine and tender did not receive any considerable damage. A special train took all the passengers forward to Manchester, causing them a delay of only thirty minutes. The line was clear and in working order at five o'clock the same afternoon. I have to request the favour of your inserting this account in your next publication, in order that a report so full of error as the one which has already appeared may not remain uncorrected a moment longer than is possible.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOS. SPAW FORTH, General Superintendent. Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 25, 1846. [The paragraph in question was copied from a morn ' ing paper.—ED. Sun.] PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH TO THE ROYAL PALACES, GOVERNMENT-OFFICES, DOCKYARDS, GARRISONS, &c.—We understand that the Government have recently taken into consideration a series of improvements for effecting an immediate com munication with the royal palaces, Government offices, dockyards, garrisons, and fortresses throughout the kingdom, by means of the electric telegraph. The pro posals are stated to be the extension of the telegraph from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway to Windsor Castle in subterranean pipes, the wires being connected with extensions from the Paddington terminus to Buckingham Palace, the Treasury, and the Home-office. Extension of the telegraph on the Great Western and South Devon Railways to the Plymouth Dockyard, with a corresponding extension from Paddington to the Ad miralty. The extension of the telegraph now completed on the South-Western to the dockyard and arsenal at Portsmouth, to the Admiralty. Extension of the telegraph on the South-Eastern Branch line now constructing to Woolwich and to connect the Woolwich garrison, arsenal, and dockyard with the telegraph extension from the London-bridge termini to the War-office and the Admiralty. Also a similar extension along the Rochester line to Chatham and Sheerness. It is also proposed to lay down the telegraph between the War-office and the Tower, which, by the extensive improvement now going on in the interior of that fortress, will become a most efficient garrison. There has been an objection, it is said, raised to the present mode of erecting the wires on poles along the various railways, the demolition of the telegraph being a work of little difficulty. It has been suggested to convey it under ground in a similar manner as the extension from the South-Western terminus is now being conducted under the streets of London, and which has been found to act accurately. By this plan the wires are not only secured from injury, but are less liable to get out .of order than those exposed in the open air. According to Act of Parliament, the Government have the power of seizing all electric telegraphs on railways. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.--The first Parliamentary or cheap train from Manchester to Leeds, on Monday morning last, left the station at Manchester, at a quarter-past six o'clock, and arrived at Wakefield about nine, where it stoppod for a short time. Everything had been reported right, and the engine again left the station, but had not pro gressed more than twenty or thirty yards, when it was stopped, in consequence of an unf..rtunate accident which had taken place in that short space of time. It appears that one of the assisting guards, named James Corns, was proceeding allow , - the foot-board to his break as is the customrafter all has been found correct, when the side of his bead or neck came in contact with a lug gage waggon on the siding, and he was struck with such violence as to be knocked from his standing on to the line. Ile was thrown urder the wheels of the train by the force of the blow, and one of the heavy horse boxes, and another carriage attached to the tender, passed over his legs, and severed them both from his body, the one above and the other below the knee. He was at once con veyed to a public-house near the station, where surgical aid having been promptly procured, it was at first thought desirable that amputation should take place ; but as the unfortunate man gradually sunk under the injuries he had sustained, this operation was not resorted to. Corns never rallied from the time of the accident, and died yesterday morning, at three o'clock. He was a young man, not more than twenty-one years of age, and bore an excellent character for steadiness and sobriety. He had been in the service of the company for several years, and was fully acquainted with the dutie s a guard has to perform. An in quest w b as fo h re ld Mr le Hertford Arms public-house, yesterday , After Lee, coroner for the county, and a resp t eetablejury. terminate until five protracted inquiry, which ch:d .h no a minute investigation unhappy attend i ng w.inL the . occur " A ccidental death" rence was ins o f o'clock all thel ns last instituted, night, ctuimtust et during r e • •ly agreed to.—Manchester Guardian of was unanimously yesterday. i ts ensg verdict of A THE HIGHLANDERS IN SPAIN ; OR, THE ROMANCE o r WAR. —Notwithstanding the numerous volumes which have been given to the public relative to the glo rious exploits of the British army in Spain and Portu gal, this new work will be found full of novelty and interest. The historical and military details given are the result of the experience of one who had the honour of serving in that gallant corps to which these volumes more especially relate (the Gordon Highlanders) during the whole of its brilliant career. Most of the military operations, and many of the characters, will be familiar to the survivors of the second division; and brother officers will recognise many old associates in the convi vialities of the mess-table, and in the peril s o f t h e battle- fi eld. The volumes depict from the life the stir ring events and all the romance of warfare, with the being theiram nedm s t r iking b e s e l r ) s ri t o ai sroeenbaerlsasfveeeenitriineaggl essentially various lights and shades of military service, the prin cipalmromanticen t s sentiments,fr om different from the generalit • of • ) our troops of the line. — Naval and Mi li tary Gazette. THE BANK ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS'S.- 17e6trtlay, fr,an iifortnation that has recently been . , d will thFOR , some light on rownrd of 3 000/. ( Olgena corps,er h o n a tional 01 Co:it i Ipa... renewed. v; O TUE FIZENCLI COAST.—On Saturday afternoon the . American ship Allen,. Heighton, _ laden principally with Cotton, last from New Yoyk, was wrecked between Boulogna and Etaples. Her cargo was valuable. When the last account came away the crew were in the rigging. "f. ,~ . 1 1• ~.-s. 00 1" 1...'". ~I ~~f „ ...''. ,'":-„, ::::•:".„, '"'"::: .. .......::: , -,..... .::',..i. ~..'"'. .......: ....-:, 0 ... •'' ..... . I