The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-23 00:00:00

THE SUE, toNDoN, WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 23, 1846 WIIITEHAVEN, DEC. 21.—The Minerva, of Ramsey, 1.M., was certain that the jury would consider it a case in : BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY). has been wrecked on the coast of Diiggs (Sylcroft); clew sup- which they would award large damages to the plaintiff. James Edwards was charged by one of the beadles o posed to be drowned. Own, DEC. 19.—Th e ZeA number of witnesses were called, who gave evidence the Lowther Arcade with i n t erru pti ng hi m i n L b phyr of Hull , , from Pillau to corroborative of the above statements. execution of his duty, and assaulting him. Dundee, struck on the Island of May, this morning, but Mr. WATSON, on the part of the defendant, contend, d The beadle stated that the prisoner and some other floated off and was run on shore near Rome, much damaged and very le a ky. that the defendant had don e no more th an hi s d u t y i n young men. were passing through the Lowther Arcade FALMOUTH, D EC . 22.—Wind N. t o N.W., s t ron g gales giving the plaintiff into cus t o dy ; an d that he was right last evening, when the prisoner b egan t o " w hi st l e and and squally.—Arrd. Mavbrough, Stephenson, Kertch for was evident from the fact that the magistrates thought it i hoot," to the great annoyanc e of p ersons pass i ng t h rough Antwerp, leaky, s c . so suspicious that they ref use d t o di sc h arge hi m on b a il . the Arcade. Witness went up to him, and told him that SCILLY, DEc. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 15, Eagle, Hayes, His Learned Friend, for the plaintiff, had dwelt at some it was against the rules to make noises of that kind. 11 Bramichi, for Liverpool. length upon the hardship of his being deprived of his The prisoner took no notice, but continued to whistle CORK, DEC. 20.—Wind S.S.W._Ar r d..s ess i e Miller,Crow- liberty for four days : that was an act for which the de- and hoot, upon which witness again spoke to him, telling ther, Patago n i a; velocity, Darrell, Cuba ; Lord William fondant was not liable, it was the act of the magistrates. him he should be obliged to turn him out of the Arcad e . 13entinck, Allen, Honduras; Solon, Moody, St. John's New It had been said that the forging of railway scrip was The prisoner said he would not let him, _and taking his Deunswick ; True Blue, Oliver, Miramichi. not a forgery under the statute, but a forgery at common pocket handkerchief from his pocket, slapped kiln LIMERICK, DEC. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. California, Re- T bertson, New Y or k ; St. L awrence , B u tt er] , Q ue b ec . The law, and that therefore the plaintiff ou g ht no t t o h ave (w i tness) in the face with it. Witness proceeded to Maria, of Dublin, O'Mealy, h as s t ra i ne d a t th e qua y, an d i s I been arrested without a warrant and previous d e position ta k e h i m in custody, and he resisted, and somebody making water. on oath before the magistrate ; but wh a t eve r might be struc k him, but he could not swear that it was the pri the opinion of the court of law at Westminster upon soner. With the assistance of some of the bystanders, that point, still he would contend that in moral he took the prisoner in charge, and carried him off to turpitude one was equally as bad as the other. the station-house. The plaintiff refused to give any reference as to his The prisoner denied the whole charge. It was not character - then called upon to do so, he was not known himself, but a friend that was whistling. He did not as an established broker on the Exchange, and the de- use his handkerchief as stated by the beadle, and he did fendant was perfectly justified i n w h a t he had done, and not strike him. The blow must have been given by the smallest damages were all that the plaintiff was en- some one else. In proof of these assertions, he called titled to receive. one of the gentlemen who was with him, who said that Mr. Barber, clerk to Mr. Robins, stock broker, stated he himself, and not the prisoner was whistling, but he that th e plaintiff was introduced is their house hy Rich - denied the hooting. The prisoner did not slap the corn ards, that they had purchased several quantities of scrip plainant with his handkerchief, nor strike him. Wit in the Buckinghamshire Railway from Richards which ness could not tell who it was that struck complainant. turned out to be forged, and which they had since been Witness was himself struck by some one in the crowd. obliged to make good. Mr. HENRY severely rebuked the witnesses for con- Mr. Harding, solicitor to the Buckinghamshire Rail- tinning to whistle after being told by the beadle that it way Company, gave evidence of the forging of the 'scrip was not allowed. The witness attempted to excuse him in question, and identified some produced by the de- self by saying that he would not have done so, but for fendant which had been purchased from the plaintiff, as the pompous manner of the beadle, but Mr. Henry said forgeries. that his proper course would be to complain to the Mr. Edwards was present at the time the plaintiff' was owners of the arcade, if the beadle misconducted him given into custody, and the plaintiff offered to pay down self, but in passing through private property, by permis -101., and to deposit some Indian scrip as security with Sion, he became a trespasser the moment he infringed Mr. Robins for the payment of the remainder, but upon any of the rules. the arrival of Mr. Newsom (the defendant) who came in Mr. Marsh, the inspector, who took the charge said, at the time when the offer was m a d e , h e (the defendant) that the beadle stated to him that the prisoner was the said, " No, no, this will not do ; it is necessary for the person who struck him, and if that statement had nut character of Mr. Robins, and due to his position on the been made he would never have taken the charge. Exchange, that the affair should be publicly inves- Mr. HENRY questioned the beadle on this point, and tigated, and that he would be no party to any private ultimately decided that as he could not positively swear arrangement of the matter.' Witness also attended at that he was struck by the prisoner, the latter should he the Guildhall during the hearing of the case. The de- discharged. The magistrate then proceeded to make fendant did not in the least degree oppose the release of sundry observations on the beadle's uniform, which he the plaintiff from custody on bail ; it was entirely the contended, should be more easily distinguishable from a decision of the magistrate, who refused to accept bail. private dress, to point out the qualification which a beadle There was no angry feeling on the pert of the defendant, ought to possess, and the defects which would disqualify fled the plaintiff did not in any degree complain of his him for the office. being given in charge. Sir F. THEsiGent having replied, The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said, that in point of law, if the defendant was guilty, he was only to be held liable for that portion of the injury complained of which arose from taking the plaintiff from the office to the station-house, and thence to Guildhall; but after the arrival of the plaintiff at Guildhall he was en tirely out of the hands of the defendant, and what took place after was clone under the law; and if he (the Lerd Chief Baron) had been in the situation of the plaintiff, and had b, en the instrument of uttering forged documents, and was taken, as stated by one of the witnesses,• without complaint on his part, and with all possible courtesy on the other ; before a magis trate, who, acting upon his own opinion, had con fined him for four days, he certainly would not have brought the present action ; and upon the part of the defendant, he thought he ought certainly to have obtained a warrant for the apprehension of the plaintiff, which, from the subsequent conduct of the magistrate, no doubt he could have obtained at once. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Leave was then given to the plaintiff to move to enter the verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of one farthing damages, should the Court be of opinion that the forgery of the scrip did not amount to felony. The Court then rose for the Christmas vacation. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY 'CORN-EXCHANGE.-WE DNESDA Y This week's fresh arrivals of English Wheat have been moderate, though of fair average quality. To-day the show of samples of that article was by no means large, yet the de mand. was rather inactive at Monday's quotations. Selected qualities of free foreign Wheat sold freely; other kinds Slowly, at late rates. In Wheat under lock a few transac tions were concluded for shipment to Ireland. The demand for Barley was steady, but we can notice no improvement in value. In Malt comparatively little was doing. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite as dear. I Wheat. English •• —• • 1,580 qrs. Irish ..... Foreign .....• 870 ARRIVALS. IBarley. 1,040 qrs. Oats I Flour. 360 qrs. 1,540 ski 5,720 I 2,850 4,720 Malt. 1,050 qrs. VTIIITECILELPEZ. Very large supplies of Meat were on sale here ; yet, ?wing to the prevailing wet weather, the general demand was Inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, tki to 4s 8d ; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4 3 10d per 81bs., by the carcase. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Ann Wright was charged with creating a disturbance, and assaulting M. A. Harringtoa, at her house, 4, Rid ing-house-lane. The complainant said the prisoner came to her house last night, about some money which one of the lodgers in the house owed her, but that person being out, the prisoner was told so, and that she would not return till it was late. That, however, did not satisfy the prisoner, who, as soon as the door was closed, began to use the knocker with vehemence, and continued pulling the bells very violently, till all the lodgers in the house came down stairs to ascertain the cause. Some of them opened the door to the prisoner, with the intention of remon strating with her ; but as soon as she had the opportu nity, she burst in, and seized upon complainant, whom she struck with closed fist, and struggled with, and was not satisfied till she tore every part of her dress and bad beaten her till she was insensible. The prisoner was very tipsy at the time. One of the lodgers and the policeman corroborated complainant's statement. The prisoner said the sum owed her was only ss. 4d., but she had been obliged to call for that again and again, and as often as she went the landlady had denied her lodger. Mr. lannwica. sentenced her to a fine of 10s. or a month's imprisonment. Mr. Walter Jones, J.P., was bro ug ht up b y t h e owner of Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, who said he j was in fear of bodily harm in consequence of the threats of the defendant. John E. Lovegrove said that in consequence of a no tice to quit his apartments in the hotel on Monday last, the prisoner came down about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, to where he was sitting in the bar, and after abusing him grossly swore that, but for a promise he had made his wife, he would have smashed him and broken every bone in his skin. Henry Joyce, a waiter in the hotel, corroborated the evidence. John Hinsh Webber, solicitor, 3, Caroline-street, Bed ford-square, solicitor for th e pl a i nt iff, sai d he had been applied to by the defendant, who wished hime to inter fere in order to prevent a breach of the peace, for if ever he met Mr. Lovegrove, without any third person being present, he would certainly do him some bodily injury. The defendant begged the magistrate to put the case off until he could bring witnesses who would put a very different colour on the matter, for ho had received great provocation from the complainant, and the quarrel was one entirely originating in family affairs. He said he was married to a sister of the complainant, whose father, notwithstanding the kindness he had shown him, had died leaving all his property to the complainant and their younger children. Mr. HARDWICK said witnesses were unnecessary. The defendant himself had admitted the existence of provo cations, and therefore he must bind him over, himself in 1001. and two householders in 501. each, to keep the peace towards the complainant for the next two months. Respectable hail was shortly after put in. A donation of Si. to the poor-box, being part proceeds of a private concert, in Hanover-square Rooms, on the 10th Dec. ; and the second half of a Si. note, No. 53,472 rom E. C., were received this morning. BANKRUPTC Y.-(THIS DAY. IN RE FARREIt. This insolvent, who was a cabinet-maker in Finsbury, came up for his interim order. There was only one creditor inserted in the schedule, Mr. Wildbore, a sur geon, for a debt,,and costs in an action brought against him by defendant for unskilful conduct. Mr. CooKE opposed on behalf of Mr. Wildbore, on the ground that the action was vexatious. The action was tried in June, but judgment not having been signed at that time the certificate obtained under his bankruptcy did not clear the debt, and the insolvent had therefore filed his petition. The Learned Counsel contended that the in solvent hid not afforded sufficient opportunity for effect ing a perfect cure, his wrist having been badly injured, and Mr. Liston, Mr. Bransby Cooper, Mr. Sony, and other witnesses, were so strongly of opinion that there had been no neglect that a verdict was given for the defendant, the jury actually stopping the case. The insolvent said that arose from the negligence of his i pttorney, who had not secured the attendance of Mr. Aston Key and others who would have given evidence in his behalf. The Learned COMMISSIONER said it was a case of very great difficulty, and to come to a sound conclusion on the merits he must go into the evidence to ascertain whether there had been such neglect as to justify an action. It was not to be supposed that all surgeons or medical men were infallible, and that in the absence of success the conclusion was to be come to that there had been gross misconduct. It appeared to him that the insolvent had been ill, advised in bringing the action, but he could not say so to prejudice the bankrupt without further inquiry, and should, therefore, grant the interim order to go into the evidence when the insolvent came up again. Mr. CooKE said Mr. Wildbore did not wish to oppose the insolvent if he would make an order. The COMMISSIONER said perhaps Mr. Wildbore would become assignee, and look after the future affairs of the bankrupt. At present there was nothing to administer. Interim order granted. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Mary Costello and Thomas Peile, who have been several times before convicted of robbery, were charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the pro perty of Mr. Righeth, of No. 1, Richmond -terrace, and of Mr. Hill, who resided close to Mr. Righeth. It appeared that a constable of the N division met the female prisoner carrying a large bundle, and inquired what the bundle contained, when her answer being un satisfactory, he took her to the station-house, where the articles were soon afterwards identified by the ser vants of Messrs. Righeth and Hill. Upon the prisoners' Todgings being searched a quantity of other property in a wet state, as if taken from a line after washing, and a pair of shoes which the male prisoner had on his feet corresponded exactly with the foot-marks in the gardens of lessrs. Hill and Righeth, from whence the property had been stolen. At the request of the police, Mr. COOMBE remanded the prisoner for a week, in order that further inquiries might be made as to the property found at the prisoners' odgings. SECONDAktIES%—(THIS DAY). GOLDSMIDT v. COHEN. This was an action to recover 71. 11s. for goods sold. The case was of no interest, being a dispute between the parties, who reside in Houndsditch, as to the value of some plated articles sold. The only point in the case arose from the defendant's wife having ordered the goods without the authority of the defendant. It appeared she had agreed to the price, but in consequence of the disap probation of the defendant, his wife endeavoured to in duce plaintiff to take them back at an allowance of 1/. or 21., but he refused. It was now contended by Mr. HAWKINS, that a wife could not bind her husband to pay more than the real value. The SECONDARY was of opinion that defendant was bound by the agreed price if defendant's wife had autho rity, if she had not, the value must be proved, but ho would not decide, but reserve the point. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY). 'ITY ELECTIONS.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day for polling considerable acti vity and excitement prevailed in the contested wards, in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, notwithstanding the distance to the hustings in no in stance exceeded a quarter of a mile, no expense was spared in bringing up electors, cabs and other vehicles being provided for their accommodation. LANGBOURNE WARD.—(Returns 8 Members.) FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. The polling commenced this morning in the Ward School-room, Lime-street, and continued until half past twelve o'clock, when it finally closed, the numbers being for— Dixon Unwin Howard Snelling Frodsham Gibson The LORE MAYOR, who presided in the absence o Sir J. Key, declared the first eight duly elected. The wardmete was then addressed by the successfu candidates, and dissolved. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—John 111urrall and Robert Enunerton were indicted for stealing a quantity of t( a, the property of the London and North- Western Rail way Company. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prose cution, and the prisoners were undefended. John Batt, a constable in the employment of the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company, deposed that the two prisoners were also employed by the Com pany as labourers or porters at the Camden-town station, and on the evening of the 12th instant he ob served them about eight o'clock standing between two of the carriages attached to a lugg a g e-train which was abo u t to start, and his suspicions being excited he watched them for some time, when he saw Murrall's right hand working backwards and forwards in a chest placed on th e f ront p ar t of one of the waggo ns, and soon after Murrell handed something to Emmerten, which the latter tied up in a handkerchief, when he (th e con stable) came h m ie e up, and told the two prison ers he should takedk to f h e the fo a s o t d a t i i o t n - e h o o n u t s a e i n . e d a quantity O n looking of the tea,h and he also_ ob serve d t h at the s i de o f t h e c hest in which he saw Murrall's hand bad been broken in, and that it contained tea of the same_ quality, a large portion of which was scattered over the bottom of the waggon. While be and another railway to the lock-up, Murrall said, d " Well, constable were taking te prisoners a tl l i l e o r w e e i d s h n i o m u t s o e go to t b o e g in el his coat, make his escape, but was scoooah t, earted." The witness it can't be helped ; when he attempted to afterwards taken into custody at his lodgings in Kentish -town. The prisoners, in their defenc t i, i to e s w a n id - that they saw theysome swepttea sp i i t l t up, upon thinking the si d i e t e w o a f a 0 f nowaggon, and that charge bwuitt with thefirnodm ing that this excuse seemed to prevail but value ; Court, they endeavoured each to shift the lit r Y s u 2 e p a o te n ne th ed e himself by criminating the other, The jury having returned a verdict of Gnilt The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, after commentin g to hard wnatureher where so o offences m ae h p o r f o t p h e i r s t y is description depo si deposited, d li a t serious places servants the prisoners to be each imprisoned and kept labour for six calendar months. 78 57 53 49 The poll-books were reopened this morning in the Ward Schools, Red Cross-street, at one o'clock, wh en they were finally closed. The numbers were— Jones l9B Johnson l6B Dixon 192 Gilbert Sadler lB9 King l2l Meadway lBB Read l2O Eldrid ..................... 174 Alderman CHALLIS declared the first eight returned to sere in the Court of Common Council. BASSISHAW. w Michaels the following g gentlemen the esta.djourned, tr h d a m rc o h t , e, B .h as e i l n d hinallt.hstereNe'et:ttrhya proroaAsmitding ARD.—(I4 Members.) BISFIOPSGATE W and this morning, declared j du am ly es e . lected:—Messrs. Bretton, Lister, Wilson, and The polling commenced Alderman con tinued with great spirit poll- books were closed, and e hre n e um o' b cl e o r c s k d , ec w la h r e e n d the follows : Stevens 279 Johnson 253 Peacock 298 Ashby 220 Owden 9 . 8 6 Jones upto th t Hall Pitcher 230 Ta g .............. 150 . Carr Bennett After the d ec l arat i on the newly-elected mem b ers a d- SThoagzrelra ....................................... ..... 1 1 9 2 ad dressed the wardmote, which was then dissolved. CORDWAINERS' WARD.—(6 Members.) The polling was resumed this afternoon in the vestry room of Bow Church, Cheapside, and closed finally at three o'clock, when the numbers were— Muddell 45 Joliffe 45 Croucher Joyce 45 Joseph Lott Alderman WOOD having 4 men duly elected, they seve after which the wardmote wi George aged 16 years, was indicted for steal ing a portmanteau, containing two coats, and a large quantity of other articles of wearing apparel, the pro perty of Matthew Rogers. Another count laid the ar ticles as being the property of the Great Western Rail way Company. Mr. CLARKSON, who also appeared on behalf of the Great Western Railway Company, in stating the case to the jury, said, that on the evening of the 10th inst., a third class train arrived at eight o'clock from Bristol, when the prisoner at the bar walked from the platform to 'one of Bolton's omnibuses, and handing a portmanteau to the conductor, who placed it behind the driver's seat, got upon the roof himself, and said he wished to be put down at the Bank. When the omnibus arrived at the King and Keys public-house, the prisoner took up a large carpet bag, which lay amongst other luggage upen the top of the omnibus, and said he wished to get down there, but a gentleman who sat next to him said it was his, and then begged pardon, saying he had made a mistake. The omnibus then proceeded ' as far as Blacktriar's-bridge, when the prisoner again ex • pressed a wish to alight, but owing to his previous con. duct and other circumstances, the conductor, judgingthat all was not tight,asked him Wile could produce the key of the portmanteau he was about to take away, which the pri soner was unable to do. The conductor then put further qucs!ions to him, when he stated that he had come by the train from Bristol, and the portmanteau had been carried for him from amongst other luggage on the plat, form by one of the railway constables. The prisoner was then taken back to the railway station, when it was found that the portmanteau was the property of Mr. Rogers, and had been stolen on the night in question from the platform at the time the train arrived. Evidence having been adduced at considerable length in support of the Learned Counsel's statement, The jury willow, a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner, and he was sen enced to six months' imprisonment with bard labour. declared the first six gentic 'rally addressed the electors, 'as dissolved, Lord John Russell arrived in town this morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Gazette of last night contains an Order in Council directing that the county of Cumberland shall be divided into two districts for tLe purpases of the " Act, to amend the law respecting the office of County Coroner," and that the said districts shall be similar to and co-extensive with the present Parliamentary divi sions of East and West Cumberland. THE ALLEGED REMOVAL OF THE WELLINGTON STATUE TO THE PARADE, ST. JAMES'S PARK.—What ever may be the ultimate destination of this statue, its final resting place will seemingly not be here, the recent excavations said to be for that purpose on the Parade, fronting the Horse Guards, being yesterday filled up and abandoned. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A s udden hoarseness of Mr. Harrison prevented the new opera of the Bondman being performed on Satur day night, and The Maid of Artois, with Madame Anna Bishop as Isoline, was substituted in its place. It was only at three o'clock that the prima donna received the intelligence, and not withstanding the short space for preparation, we have never heard this charming vocalist in better voice. She was enthusiastically greeted upon her ap pearance, and received three rounds of applause after the allegretto of the cavatina, The third act, the chef d'ecuvre of the opera, was listened to with breathless attention, interrupted only by genuine applause, or by those murmurs of approbation so cheering to the true artist. The final rondo was re-demanded, and Madame Bishop called before the curtain to receive her accus tomed floral compliments. The triumph was complete, for the cast was necessarily mediocre, and the public, though disappointed in not hearing Balfe's new opera, instead of exhibiting the usual ill-humour, testi fied their entire approbation by continuous applause. In consequence of the continuance of Mr. Harrison's in disposition, and the consequent inability of the manage ment to continue for the present the representation of the Bondman, Madame Bishop, who has consented to delay her departure for the provinces for a few days, again re peated the character of Isoline last evening, and added another laurel to her wreath. She was rapturously re ceived throughout, the enthusiasm which she excited surpassing, if possible, even that elicited by her appear auce on Saturday. THE DEP fia RTURE OF SIR G. GIPPS. THE NINTH GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Sydney Spectator of July 11.) To-day, after administering the government of this colony for eight years, Sir George Gipps embarks for England. Valedictory addresses from Teetotal Societies, the Mechanics' School of Arts, from certain of the citi zens of Sydney and settlers in one or two country dis tricts, have been moved, adopted, and presented on the occasion. A subscription for a testimonial to his Ex cellency (which, at the time we write, amounts to 1,0101.), has been got up by the Very Rev. the Vicar- General and a few other zealous opponents of the Local Legislature's earnest endeavours to establish a compre hensive system of general education in the colony. And in so far as the applause of these parties is concerned, Sir George Gipps will embark with "all the honours." That many highly respectable persons have joined the clergy in their demonstration, will be seen by reference to the subscription lists; but that it represents the bulk of the colonists of New South Wales, we are compelled in the most unqualified terms to deny. Of the money subscribed nearly one-half has been given by offi c i a l s , Crown nomin ees , an d ot h ers indiract connected with the Government,;and we look in vain. through the list for the names of our principal land and stockholders, the real representatives of the property and intelligence of the colony. The officials, of course, save and except the Chief Justice, who peremptorily refused to become a party to the priestly demonstration—gave, each his ten pounds to the Testimonial Fund—some have candidly confessed that ;hey can ill afford it. Newly.created magistrates have also subscribed the same mystic sum, and the Vicar- General who, on his pale horse in their streets, has recalled to the astounded citizens a vision of the Apocalypse,* has truly had cause to boast that "he went forth conquering and to conquer." When we see (says Lord Brougham) the most amiable men, fast friends of liberty, champions of popular rights, dazzled by comparatively trivial accomplishments and services, exalt a ruler as a benefactor of his subjects without duly reprobating the darker shades of his cha racter, we aro unavoidably led to blame the eulogists as well as their hero. They do not reflect when they palliate the misdeeds of men whose merits in some par ticulars they may record, that their very virtues suffer by the association with errors ; and he who permits a Governor's encouragement of I terary institutions., his example of temperance, or his conciliation of religious differences to abate his dislike of despotism, forgets that such merits do con t ract a sta i n b y being found to ally themselves with the dangerous propensities of our nature instead of keeping us above such contamination. The attempt of clergy to commemorate the &par ture of Sir George Gipps may mislead the people at home, but it misleads no one here. His Excellency and the colonists are directly at issue in regard to the prin ciples which should guide the most important function of the Government's authority—the administration of the waste lands of the colony—the solemn protests and resolutions of the Local Legislature, the petitions and addresses of the representatives of the landed interests-- have been disregarded, or treated with unseemly levity in a Downing-street dispatch. Yet the parties who have been the chief sufferers by Sir G. Gipps 's determined adher ence to Lord Stanley's wild land theories, were unwilling to commemorate the termination of his own and his Lordship's administration by any mark of exultance. They knew that the " bold irresponsible despotism " of the Colonial-office was a power to which prouder men than Sir George Gipps had been compelled to succumb. They felt that a reform upon constitutional questions concerning the colonies must be begun by reforming the Colonial-office. They knew that in examining that most difficult question, the possibility of discovering a suffi cient price for our waste lands—the to Mon, as Mr. Pou lett Scrope calls it, of this branch of economical re search—Sir George was influenced by those darling conceptions which once flourished so fairly in Adelphi terrace. They were aware that ' the Governor' must be influenced by the inclination of the metropolitan legis lature and government to retain a branch of eominion which the colonists contend ought to be confided to the colonial legislature and government. They were almost inclined to forgive Sir George's contempt of the axiom that a pervading and permanent interest exists recipro cally between the mother country and her colonies." And, above all, they were not unmindful of the state of his Excellency's health—shattered as it is said to be by his laborious application to the details of office. But the attempts of the bigoted ' Denominational. ists' to commemorate the departure of the ' professed fr:end,' the ' real opponent' or General Education, ha, compelled those who (in the same spirit as that which influenced the Legislative Council in its late adjourn ment) desired to avoid any angry demonstration, to record in the most unqualified manner their dissent from the fulsome eulogies of the priesthood, the ten-pound tribute of the colonial bureaucracy. A subscription for the erection of a column to cons memorate the retirement of Lord Stanley and the rem' of Sir George Gipps has been made by the landed in terests. A site for the column, upon one of the most commanding positions in the harbour of Port Jackson, has been already granted for the purpose; and (as we understand) the following is the inscription by which the subscribers propose to record their opinions of the administration of Lord Stanley and the government of Sir George Gipps:— C ANADA. —COPPER MINES. The history an d present position of the infant mining enterpris e o f C anada is briefly as follows :—When at tentiun wa s d rawn about a year ago to the rich mineral depot its on th e C anadian shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, li censes to explore were in the course of De cember, 1845, issued by the local authorities. New re gulations were promulgated on the 9th of May, 1846, to the effect that no more should be granted. In the early part of the present year, Mr. Logan, the provincial geo logist, was dispatched to Lake Superior, to make sur veys and locations for license-holders. Parties, too, who had been lucky or favoured enough to get licenses, were early on the s p o t w i th a view to select locations. Com panies had been formed to exercise the privileges con ferred upon the l icense -holders, of which the most pro minent are the Quebec and Montreal Mining Companies. In reply to an application from the latter, the Colonial Secretary intimated by letter, on the Bth of October last. that the Commissioner of Crown Lands had been in structed to acquaint the license•holders that they will be permitted to work mines under their licenses, with the option at any time within two years to purchase the location of ten square miles in which they are situated, at the rate of 4s. per acre, payable one-fifth part i n hand, and the balance in five yearly payments, with nterest. When the licenses are all located, the lands on Lakes Superior and Huron are to be thrown open for sale at the minimum price of 4s. per acre, in blocks of ten square miles, on the same terms. On the 7th of No vember last, a public notice was issued from the Crown Lands department, embodying the substance of a minute in council, adopted on the 2d, confirming the minute of 7th October, with the addition that " each license-holder whose location shall be designated by the provincial geologist, shall be entitled to a certificate of location from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, upon the pay ment to that officer of the awn of 1501. to cover the cost of survey and other contingent expenses." All other applicants for licenses shall be entitled to them on the same conditions as soon as the deputy provincial sur veyor shall have reported the boundaries of the locations to the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The sum of 1504 is to be placed to the credit of the license-holder as part of his first instalment, and to be forfeited to Government and the land again offered for sale, if payment of the whole instalment is not made good within the two years. All grants are to be made subject to such regulations as may hereafter be enacted by the provincial Par liament to ensure the working of the mines. It is also intimated in the public notice that no further reply can be given to applicants on Lake Superior until the receipt of Mr. Logan's report and Mr. M . Naughton's return of survey, and that a surveyor will be appointed to lay out the ruining lands on Lake Huron whenever the applicants have complied with the above requirements. The progress known to have been made by the Quebec :Mining Company in this state of affairs is as follows:—The exploring expedition left Soult Ste. Marie in the beginning of May, and is the course of a week explored and took possession in terms of the license of a location at Maimouse, forty-five miles north of the falls. The subsequent discoveries of this body have not been published, but from another of its locations an experimental shipment of two cargoes of copper ore has been made. In July last the discoveries of the company were confirmed to its agents by Mr. Logan, at Fort William. On the 17th or 18th of May the exploring expedition of the Montreal Company left Soult Ste. Marie, under Mr. Forrest Shepherd. The lo cations explored and acquired on behalf of this body ap pear to be principally on the north shores of Lake Supe rior. The richest is said to be at Nipigen. Surveys have been made, and interim titles obtained to eighteen loca tions, embraeiug numerous harbour and mill sites, with extensive woods, of spruce, birch, cedar, firs, and pines. Ground has been cleared for gardens and brick-fields; wharves for boats and schooners; and thirty cabins, houses, and blacksmiths' shops have been erected, with a view to commence operations next spring. Specimens of the ores on the company's locations have been ana lysed by Professor Silliman Along with the ores, spe cimens of native copper and native silver, both remark ably fine, were exhibited to the professor. The ores submitted to him were chiefly what are called "grey sul phurets," which are, in fact, the vitreous sulphuret of copper. They are mostly in trap or basalt rocks. The foreign admixtures are iron, iron -lime, silica, and sul phur. The ores yield from 40 to 63 per cent. of metallic copper, and Professor Silliman thinks they may probably be depended on to work in the large way from 30 to 50. The amount of silver in its metallic state, and amalga mated with the copper, appears to be considerable. A meeting of the company was held at Montreal on the 16th of November, at which Sir George Simpson pre sided. The Hon. Mr. MofLt stated, in the course of the proceedings, "The trustees had resolved to be:no parties directly or indirectly to any influencing Of the price of shares. Th ey h ave never desired to see the shares rise in price. If the explorations were to turn out unsuccess ful, it was right that the original parties to them should bear the loss." This column is erected by The colonists of New South Wale?, To commemorate the Retirement, or rather the dismissal, of The Right Hon, Edward Geoffrey Lord Stanley Prom office as Secretary of State for the Colonies; And also the recal of Sir George Gipps, Knight, From the government of this Colony. Individuals by whose acts every interest In New South Wales has been sacrificed, And whose exercise of arbitrary power Has done more to alienate the Affections of a loyal people from Monarchical institutions than Many years of good government Can redeem. We are not disposed to examine, at this presse l mo ment, the tactics of either of the contending partie3. We simply desire to record, as a "great fact," another signi ficant result of a system which the Home Government must speedily reform. It was formerly said that if the advantages of colonial dominion were fairly inquired into, they would be re duced in every case to the profit accruing to the officers dispatched to maladminister the affaira of the colonists. We think that in the modern cases of the Canadian and Australian Governors, this axiom as to profitable satrap ship must be modified. Death appears to be the penalty of the vicegerents' sins, and in reviewing the acts of a Durham, a Sydenham, a Metcalfe, and a Gipps, the future historian will refer with mingled feelings of pain and indignation to the system by which so many victims to " bureaucracy " were sacrificed. That we differ entirely from Sir George Gipps in his proposals for the future administration of the lands of this colony, we need not remind the readers of the Spectator. Whether as regards his Excellency's pet ideas in regard to a " precise proportion between land, labour, and capital ;" or, "the abstraction of our land funds for emigration purposes ;" or, " the mathemati cally sufficient price for our waste lands," we have en tered our compromising protest against the tran s f er o f the " Adelphi-terrace conceptions" to this " unviatered wilderness." We have attempted to illustrate the fal lacy of determining by the Wakefield rule the " precise proportion of the three great elements of colonization." .We have endeavoured to prove that the economical ad vance of the colony has been in every respect retarded by the appropriation of its land funds to emigration pur poses. We have submitted our belief that the calcula tions made by Sir George Gipps and the " Clerks of Downing-street," in order to ascertain that imaginary standard of price which will secure the presence of labour in the best proportion to land, have been formed on in sufficient premises. And we have entered our protest against that unconstitutional, that un-English system of " Taxation by Proclamation," which it is the main prin ciple of Sir George Gipps's Pastoral Code to establish in a British colony. As regards his policy in respect to the Administration of the Lands—the most important function of his au thority —we, therefore, are entirely at issue with his Excellency, and although we do not go the extreme length of desiring to commemorate by a columnar monu ment his recal from the seat of government, we sincerely believe that the real revival of the prosperity of New South Wales will be dated from this, the day of his de parture from its shores. The " only theory" of the Colonial-office was confided to Sir George, and be has brought it up with all the ten• derness of parental affection. That he imagined his patronage of the pet bantling to be conscientious we really believe. Sir George, in his zeal, tried to carry out Lieber's famous axiom, that wherever the application of a principle or rule is required, whenever an abstract principle passes over into practical life, conscientious action is required, or it will fail to attain its object. But in place of endeavouring to ascertain by what moral principles he ought to be guided in the specific case before us, and what it was that experience pointed out as the wisest course for a conscientious man under the law and in relations established by political science, Sir George Gipps clung to the red-tape prescriptions of the Stephens and the Gairdners of Downing-street, and made their dispatches serve as the substitute for that essential element of action which he professed to exercise. But the reign of Lord Stanley and Sir George Gipps is over, and England sees that a new and great colonial career is fast opening to her. The necessity of a re form in the Colonial-office, to render it equa l t o th e task of suitably taking the lead in such a career, and of in troducing a system worthy of an enlightened people in an enlightened age, is denied by none; and we scarcely think it necessary to recapitulate the calamitous results which seemed to threaten us when the ignorance of a Minister, and the servility and obstinacy of a Governor formed the main basis of England's colonial system of administration. That Sir George Gips quits the scene of his long government with impaired health, we do sincerely re gret: and liact it not been for the injudicious attempt of his friends to commemorate his departure in a manner that may tench° .itncrtss the people of Eng land with the ; idea that Abe peculiar ethical theory of Downing,-str et is approved of by the colonists of New South Wales—had - it not, we say, been for this injudicious attempt, wo.'should have had far more pleasure._ ill,reviewing,, the . brighter passa ges of his career than ip pointing out its darkest shades. His generous yielding to the - protest of the Patriotic Asso ciation in regard to the proposed exclusive clauses of the Sydney Corporation Bill of 1840, and his cordial re cognition of the principle of giving equal political rights to all classes of :this community, must not be forgotten by those who„pen the records of his reign. His assent to the Local Legislature's measure for the abo lition of imprisonment for debt, and various other acts THE MO-1010141TES. MURDEROUS ATTACK. —The day before yesterday being fine, I took the gun on my shoulder and walked out to look for some snipe on Oman bog, and went on from one bog to another, until I came out on the road, close to where Mr. Bates is building a new mill. I then saw between twenty and thirty people, employed on the hulloing, running up the road, and as they passed some of them said, " You had better take care, for there is a man coming with a drawn sword, and he will murder some one." I took no notice, but walked on along the road, and in a few minutes heard the pattering of feet behind me, and the most horrid imprecations. When I turned round there was an atro cious-locrking ruffian, stripped of coat and waistcoat, with a heavy ship's boarding cutlass in his hand, swear ing he would cleave my skull. I called out to him to know what he meant, and to stand back, bringing the gun to the recover, having both barrels loaded. I had a moment's reflection within myself, whether I would fire at his right hand, to disable him from using his weapon; but seeing several women and children (who had run out of the house) in the line of fire, and fearing to hurt some of them, I thought it best to take my chance of closing, and grapple with him. He delivered a down right cut at my head, which, had it taken effect, would have killed me. I watched his eye, parried the blow with the barrels of the gun (which are cut into the bore), closed with the ruffian, and in doing so I threw the gun from me on the bank of the ditch, fear ing an accident in the struggle. After a desperate en counter, in which he attempted to shorten the weapon and stab me, I wrested it from him, and threw him with his head into the hedge. I followed him to the ground, put my knee upon him, and got a good grip of his windpipe. After I got the sword from him, he made a great effort to reach my gun, which was in th e dit c h, but I suc cee d e d i n preventing him getting hold of it. While the grapple lasted, not one of all the fellows employed at the mill, and who were looking on, ever put hand to help me; but as soon as I had got him down, and had throttled him, they came. When two or three of the fellows had got a secure hold of him I let him up. A de cen t sor t o f man , w h o appeared a kind of steward at the mill, came forward, and got the ruffian secured. He turned out to be a carpenter, who mistook me for one of the pay-clerks of the public works, against whom he had some enmity. I have lodged informations against him. The steward said, if I had not been mer ciful, I would have shot him, and I wondered I did not. —Correspondent of Northern Whig. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—The good-conduct warrant, so beneficial to the non-commissioned officers and men of the ordnance corps, cavalry, and line regiments of her Mejesty's service, which was p romul g l a a t s e t e , l w la h s e t n ye it ar e , a a m nd e intotook operation, t e r n o , m m atdhee the e t of f a y January corpo ra l s, h aving three a Lof a ser geant. O n I w n to the g th o i o s d d -e iff o e n r d e u n c e t e s e tr f i p p a t T e b x et c n e g ed m th a e de p autho rities, they have taken the subject into consideration, and it is now understood from good authority, that in stead of reducing the amount of pay to well-conducted corporals, it is to remain as stated in the good-conduct warrant, and an addition of 3d. per day is to be added to the pay of sergeants in the Royal Regiment of Artil lery, and that amount, in addition to what they have already received, will be paid them, calculating from the t i me t h e good-conduct warrant came into operation, on the Ist of January last. r S MITHF IELD LATTLEmARKET.—The next cattle market (Friday) at Smithfield, falling on Christmas day, businesi_ will be held as usual, but limited to the early part of the day. The sale o f b easts and sheep, c , will be permitted till eleven o' c l oc k , and the market police have orders from the City authorities to clear the market of cattle by twelve o'clock. The horse market allowed to be driven through metropolis after one Ypuebstleicr:datyhe carriage i a g e e entire bridge in the afternoon w:11 notbeheltdh,eandcattle will not be o'clock. bridge was t description of vehicle • to-morrow evening. pas sage of every TA The THE THAMES REGAT amount of is being macadamized, and will be re -opened for the WEsTmihNrseTwEnit sub scriptions received for this annual regatta, exceeds 6001.; and among the donations are the following :—Prince - o ß p il e i n " to E tTh e Albert, 101.; the Duke of Buccleuch , 10/. ; D u k e o f The Vice-Chancell or o f E nglan d , 5 1.; the Lord Mayor, 5 guineas ; Oxford Univ ers i ty B oa t Northumberland, 51.; Club, 301,; . _ Cambridge University Boat Club, 25/. THE SUICIDE OF MAJOR EAMES.—The inquest , •on the body of Major Eames, which had been thrice ad journed, was last evening brought to a close by a ver ict of " Temporary insanity." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RECEIVED THIS DAY. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAT. CHESTER Cur (ENTER OR NOT). 50 to 1 agst Crim Con—offd 1000 to 15 agst Antler—taken 50 to 1 agst Erin-go-bragh— and afterwards offered offered 1000 to 15 agst Fitz-Allen--t 1000 to 15 agst Mikey Free— Offers to take 1000 to 15 about offered Punch. 8 to 1 agst Van Tromp—ofl'd 16 to 1 agst Epirote—taken 18 to 1 agst Planet—taken 25 to 1 agst Glentilt—taken 33 to 1 agst Old Port Even on the fi, 35 to 1 agst Lunedale 40 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong 40 to 1 agst Miss Martin colt 40 to 1 agst Red Ilart—taken 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot 1d agst twelre. EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.— Yesterday a very simultaneous rise in the price of bread took place throughout the metropAis; the household quality being advanced from 7eT. , to aid., and the best wheaten from 9id. to Mid. In the market, on Monday, flour rose 3s. per sack; and it is stated among many of the most experienced bakers, that, before the expiration of the week, the 41b. loaf will reach the price of 11d. The venerable Member for East Somerset, Colonel Gore Langton, entered on his 59th year.last Saturday. Bath Journal. • "And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on hith Wft3 Deittb, kid 'hell ;followed With him."— Rev. yi. 8. of his administration will be cited as favourable con trasts to the harsh edict's against Nthich the colonists have so loudly appealed. That the resistance of the colonists to these edicts has offended Sir George, and most probabiy aggravated the illness under which he is now suffering. is not very surprising. "Itis a psycho logical truth," says the philosopher, " that all power. being resisted, the first feeling in those intrusted with it, is not th at o f regret at this resistance on account of the object th e y h ad i n view, but of offence at the oppo sition itself." And so with Si r George Gipps. lie con ceived th a t, h owever unconstitutionally acquired, the action of his power ought to have obtained -homage. He sought his rules of government in the precincts of prero gative ; he endeavoured to legislate by proclamation, and was chagrined and offended at the colonists' resist ance to his stern appeal to that "never-ceasing fountain and last resort of power, the ' summon imperiunz,' the ' summa p o t es t as nu lli subjecta?" THEIR PERSECUTION AND RECENT EXPUL SION FROST NAVOO. (From the Philadelphia Correspondent of the Economist). As the Mormonites have, from time to time, occupied much of public attention, and especially of late, I have thought that perhaps a short shetch of their history and of their recent expulsion from Illinois, might not prove uninteresting or unwelcome to the majority of your readers, and I have therefore ventured to present them in this letter, with as candid and as correct a narra tive as I can in so small a space. The Mornomites, although they have been greatly per secuted, have, ever since their origin, by their great ig norance and credulity, their peculiar religious creed and distinct organisation, invariably become disagreeable and obnoxious to their neighbours. The bulk are the con fiding dupes and tools of a few shrewd, de signing, profligate men, with some half-crazed fa natics, whom they follow as their leaders and high priests, in the full belief that they are chosen by God to teach the true religion, that they are the favoured people of the Almighty—that, like the early Christians, they must and will suffer for the sake of the truth—and that they will increase and flourish, and ulti mately cover the earth as the waters cover the s'ia. They took their rise about the end of the year 1827, in the vil lage of Manchester, six miles from Palmyra (where the writer has been), in the western part of the state of New York. Four or five years ago might still be seen an excavation in the side of a hill, from whence, accord leg to the declaration of Joe Smith, the original prophet and leader, the golden bible, or metallic plates, were disinterred. Joe Smith and his father's family were poor, partially educated, and followed the occupation of spade labourers, or money diggers, as they called them selves, Joe himself being of indifferent character, and they' resided in the vicinity of Palmyra. The accepted version of the Mormon revelation is, that an angel visited Joe Smith in a dream, and astured him that he was sent by God to declare to him that he (Joe) was the chosen prophet and priest of Jehovah to all the world. The angel then di s cl ose d t o hi m t h e ex istence of a golden bible, whereupon, or wherein, was written the new revelation, where he would find it, and how he was to dig for it; and, when he had found it, to make it known to all mankind. Joe obeyed the instruc tions, found the metallic plates, alias golden bible, and in due time promulgated the new and only true religion, Before I proceed, I would here remark that not the slightest doubt exists, or ever did exist, in the minds of sane and intelligent persons, that this book of Mormon, alias metalic plates, alias golden bible, was devised and manufactured by some skilled, unprincipled Bible read associates and friends of the family of Smiths, and brought to the light when the play was ready to be performed, and the actors initiated into their respective parts and duties. This Book of Mormon, or the new revelation, is ingeniously contrived, and adapted to gull and charm the superstitiously ignorant, and also to gain proselytes amongst the uneducated portion of professing Christians of almost every sect ; for, whilst it admits the authen ticity and truth of the Old and New Testaments, it also reveals new lights and truths, by which all the obscu rities and difficulties of the Bible that hitherto hung over religious communities are explained and cleared away. The Mormon priests and elders profess to prove that the Book of Mormon, published through the instrumentality of their prophet, by divine authority and direction, contains a historical and religious record, which was written in ancient times by a branch of the house of Israel who inhabited America, and from whom the Indians descended ; that this record is the golden bible found by Smith, and that it not only confirms the truth of holy writ, but also nar rates the history and events of ancient America as far back or beyond the period of the flood. They persuade the deluded multitude that they have the gift of tongues, of healing the sick, and the exclusive privilege of inter course with the Almighty, from whom they directly ob tain new revelations, and the power of working miracles. Soon after Joe Smith and his coadjutors had promul gated the new religion, the disciples located themselves in a body at Rutland, in the state of Ohio, when they soon received an accession to their number ; and, by a special revelation received by the prophet from God, they built a large and beautiful temple. Here they at tempted to establish a bank, and being unable to obtain a charter from the legislature of Ohio, they took the power into their own hands, and made a beginning. They ma naged to get out a considerable amount of bank notes of their own manufacture, by purchasing goods at high prices, and distributing th e i r notes at a great discount ; but the pay day came ; there was no specie forthcoming to replace the notes with; differences ensued amongst the saints and their leaders, which ended in a division, a very large proportion of them migrating to the town of Inde pendence in the state of Missouri. Here they became disliked by the previous settlers, and at length, in 1839, they were forcibly expelled, with much suffering and loss of property. Nevertheless, they kept 'together, firm in their faith in the Morman creed; they travelled on, enduring many privations for conscience sake, and again fixed themselves at the village of Commerce, in the state of Illinois. Probably the persecutions they had experienced in leaving Missouri, and the patience and fortitude they exhibited procured for them a large share of Sympathy and passion, for here they gained fresh strength; their numbers rapidly increased, and they became possessed of a considerable extent of beau tiful country; they built the city of Navoo, or holy city, and invited all the saints from every quarter, by pro clamation, and through the press, to join them, and as semble in that land of promise. Being industrious, and simple in their way of living, they prospered; their numbers continued to increase till, in 1843, the popula tion of Navoo was reckoned at 16,000 souls, and in all their ramifications they were estimated at more than 100,000, many of whom are from Europe, and not a few from the manufacturing districts of England, A city charter was now obtained from the legislature of Illinois, by which the limits of Navoo were defined, em• bracing about six square miles of territory, and convey ing the accustomed municipal rights. Joe Smith was unanimously elected Mayor of the city. A military force was also established, with the designation of the Navoo Legion, and Joe Smith was appointed Commander-in- Chief, by the title of Lieutenant-General. He was, in fact, what Moses was to the children of Israel—their spiritual and temporal head, their military leader, th e i r prophet and rev e l a t or . Hi s w ill was their law, for they felt sure that he was divinely inspired. Such was their faith in their prophet and the priesthood, that they con tributed largely of their small means, and gave their skill and labour to build another temple and houses for them. The location of Navoo is described by a gentle man, who has lately been there, as delightful ; the tem ple is one hundred and thirty feet long and ninety feet wide, and it is built of white hewn stone. In the basement story is a baptismal font, resting upon twelve oxen, hewn from granite, with iron horns ; and the temple may be seen from several points on the river, at the distance of fifteen miles. But I must be brief: The holy city is now deserted, and the temple is no longer in possession of the saints. They have been driven from their fire-sides and their church by an armed, reckless mob, calling themselves Anti-Mormons, but who are, in reality, a number of the worst characters from various states, with some vagabond preachers of different denominations , who have invent e d some accu sations, and exaggerated any faults they could lay hold of against the Mormons as a pretext to seize their pro perty, and drive them from their homes. They have accused the Mormons of thefts and depredations which they did not commit, got legal processes against them, and then volunteered their services in assisting to execute them, under the plea that they would resist the laws, for the sole purposes of aggression and robbery. They have by this means taken and retained the city of Navoo, have established Lynch-law, and are plundering and as saulting such of the population as remained. Much blame is attributed to the Governor of Illinois for laxity of duty, for not displaying more promptitude and energy in maintaining the supremacy of the law. It is undoubt edly a blot upon this land of equal rights that a whole city of sixteen thousand inhabitants, or more, should have been driven out upon the prairiet and wilderness on account of their religion ; for, though deluded and fanatical, they are not the less entitled to their natural rights and protection from the law as American citizens. Governor Ford is now acting with cnergy ; he is on his way to Navoo with a hundred soldiers and two pieces of cannon, and it is fully expected that he will soon be able to expel the insurgents and restore order. Two things are self evident in reviewing this affair and the state of society in Illinois. One is, the great want of right edu cation amongst the population, to keep them from be coming the dupes of Mormonite, Millerite, or any other ite leader ; and the other, the great inefficiency of the executive portion of the government of the state. COURT OF QUEEA'S BEACH, Dec. 22. NEWTON AND co. v. sTEwART.—THE CANTERBURY AND HERNE BAY RAILWAY. Mr. Crowder, Q C., and Mr. Ball were for the plain tiffs, and Mr. Keane for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Newton and Co., the well-known advertisement agents of Warwick-square, against the defendant, Mr. John Stewart, one of the provisional committee of the Canterbury and Herne Bay Railway, and a mem ber of an opulent firm in the City,, to recover 2341. 13s. 4d., for advertisements which they had inserted in vari ous newspapers by the orders of the company, which was registered on the 16th October. The offices of the company were at No. 158, Strand, where the secretary (Mr. J. Wilson), who, with Mr. Daniel Keane, the soli citor to the company, were its registered pro jectors, but carried on the business of an engineer and patent agent. The defendant joined the company on the 15th of November, and stated on that day, ac cording to the testimony of the secretary, that he had given a Mr. Bayn authority to place his name on several provisional committees, and justified the placing of his name on that committee. The " panic" cut off the pro ject in its bloom. The accounts were audited, and the sum for which the action was brought was audited as due to the plaintiffs. It was arranged that each of the provisional committee should contribute 721. for the purpose of defraying the debts incurred by the concern, 351. of which was to be paid in the first instance ; but it appeared the defendant alone had contributed his quota. The orders for the advertisements were given by the plaintiffs in the ordinary manner, through the secretary who had received orders to that effect from the com mittee. The defendant attended the various meetings of the committee, and took an active part in the ma nagement of its affairs. The secretary, it appeared, waited upon the plaintiffs, and handed them a prospectus of the company, and asked them to open an account with them, to which, after examining the names, they assented. The defend an t' s name, amongst many others, was in the prospectus, and it was proved, that he signed the usual form of consent, and conseqently allowed his name to be registered. Mr. Alexander, a clerk in the plaintiff's office, proved the receipt of the orders, and the insertion of the adver tisments in the various newspapers. Mr. KEANE objected to this proof as insufficient, and held that the papers filed at the Stamp-office were the only admissible evidence, and quoted the 6th and 7th William IV. in support of kis objection. Mr. CROWDER said the whole of the papers in which the advertisements appeared were in Court, and offered to put them in evidence. He would not undertake to produce the certified copies filed at the Stamp-office, as those he proposed to produce were manifestly sufficient. Mr. KEANE asked Lord Denman to take a note of his objection. Lord Deefmate acceded, and intimated that he consi dered the plaintiffs had proved enough. Mr. KEANE, in addressing the jury, contended that those who allowed their names to be put on provisional committees did not pledge themselves to pay all the expenses which the officers of the company might think proper to incur in endeavouring to obtain an Act of Incorporation. It could not be supposed that a rational man would delegate this indefinite authority to others. He should show that Mr. Bayn had placed the defendant's name on the committee without his consent. They would have to decide whether the putting down of his nameliablemem member r r the fth e com mittee claim, a whether the e thehin defendantaleitaholfem becomingfandre him all a the antecedent d e bt s o f the company and those which might aft erwar d s b e n d by m incurred. They must look at the intention of a man in taking such an office. No one who took such an office in the autumn of last year ever intended to be respon sible for the whole debts of the company with which he became connected. This he held was the proper meaning of the Registration Act. Mr. Bayn was called, and stated that he was a friend of the defendant's, and that he gave his name without his consent to Mr. Keane as a provisional committee man for the railway. This was on the 16th of October. He did not write to the defendant for some time after. He had placed his name, and the names of others, on committees without their consent. Some had repudiated his acts. Mr. CROWDER replied, and held that the defence set up was perfeetly inconsistent with the facts eltcited, as the defendant voluntarily became a member of the com mittee, as he had acted in that capacity, and as he had confirmed the correctness of the plaintiff's bill in direct ing the secretary to annex it, after it was audited, to a letter which was sent by his direction to the other mem bers of the committee respecting the debts of the Company. His consent was conclusive. Not withstanding the statements of Mr. Bayn, he ut theoi thought defendant to he was justified in saying th a t h e had h add his name to the committee—at any rate took upon himself the office. Gr ea t a t o h r ht stress was laid upon the fact that the defend an t did not join the company until Nov. 15, and that he could not be held responsible for debts incurred before that period. But he made no objection to the amount of the claim. The advertisements after that period were simply renewals of those which had been given, and were necessary for the proper carrying on of the company. Lord DENMAN left it to the jury to say whether the advertisements were necessary for the purpose of esta blishing the company, and whether the defendant had made himself liable, by the part which he had taken in the management of its affairs. There could be no doubt that he was a provisional committeinan. If they thought be was liable, but not before the 15th o f N ovem b er, the amount could be arranged amongst the parties. The jury retired, and after an a b sence o f two hours and a half, returned into co ur t w ith a ver di ct for the plaintiff for 2341. FEARON v. THE PENINS ULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The jury were called i n thi s case, which was exp ec t e d to hav Mr. e co b e e ri en ßu a a p N, rotzo.teadppo(naer,e, for the pi a i ntifi, inti b" i mated that the record had been withdrawn. REDUCTION IN CAD FAKE--Yesterday several cabs, with placards announcing that they were running at 6d: a mile, were conveying passengfirs at that rate in different parts of the metropolis, much to the chagrin of the rest of the fraternity, who greeted the drivers of those vehicles, as they passed the different cab ranks, with jeers and shouts of derision. Wild fowl was never so abundant or cheap as at present.. The country " boys" are engaged every day at the pastime of shooting game, but the largest field day is the Sabbath, when shots may be Beard popping in all directions. The consequence is, that fowl are hawked about the town for sale in the greatest plenty.— Linstrick Chronicle, oatit.Tgo/1 totry ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY BARTLETT V. HORTON AND OTHERS. This was a 'motion on the part of the plaintiffs for the Payment into Court of 2,5551. His LORDSHIP delivered judgment, and went through tile facts a rho Th. ph.if. were parties bene ficially interested in the estate of a testator named An drew Griffin, and the defendants were the legal personal • l 'epre;:entatives of Samuel Horton, who was the trustee. The te.stator died in 1825, and by his will directed his prorerty to be sold, and the amount realised by the same to be invested, and the interest to be paid to his wife durin g her lifetime, and after her demise to devolve upon other persons. The property of the testator, including three bills of exchange for 755/. 13s. 6c1., which the executor, Samuel Horton, claimed, alleging that Ile had advanced money to that amount to the Widow of the testator to carry on business, - was S old . . The transaction was stated to have taken Place 1826, and the business was disposed of S hortly afterwards, and it cortaiidy appeared strange then the money sho u ld b are b een advanced under ulexe circumstances. It appeared that the defendants disbursed the assets of Samuel Harton towards the P a Yment of his debts, a n d t h e p l a i nt iff s c l a i med to b e • e ntitled to the amount of the bills of exchange, ex / ging t }4 8,4 Sam ue l H orton was not authorised by the terms of fe trust to advance money to Mrs. Griffin. He (Lord i d&figdale) did not think the plaintiffs were entitled to A .ave their m o ti on grante d , and he would give the de . %Wants the costs to which they had been put by such QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY Th HOOPER V. LAMB. is was an action brought by Mr. Ho p er , th e w e ll. 4lown advertisement agent, to recover from Mr. Lamb 4Zile of the provisional committee of the Great Western, a atern Counti es , an d Ifs rich and Southampton Rail titlys, 614, but virtually for 201, that being his share of exrense s i ncurre d f or a d vert i s i ng in the different fitly and weekly newspapers. 'lr. Martin, Q.C., and another L earne d G en tl eman , ! a Pear for the plaintiffs, and Mr. B u tt, Q.C., an d M r . iT rren, for the chfendant. !kr. MARTIN opened the case, and stated that several _ e albers o f t h e comm i ttee had subscribed their quota, discharged part of the claim. Z a Ptain James Patrick M'Dougall, on e o f th e pro sLonal committeemen, proved having on the 20th of Pteniber, 184 ts, received Mr. Lamb's consent to insert name in the prospectus of the company. h oo lr• Graham, the secretary, produced the minute bib.. 4, and proved that the managing committee directed to give Mr. 'Hooper inaructions to publish the ad coertisement. The plaintiff had receive 00/. Theft the g e -11 2,„ 131 M,Y, and a balance of 61L was still due. rst r al meeting of the company was held on the 15th znePtenaber, 1845, an d a t t h at mee ti ng a comm i t t ee o f 4:aagernent was appointed. At this period the defend liad not b ecome a prov i s i ona l comm i tteeman . th —utr 'Eurr contended that there was no evidence to fix e defendant with this liability. He had been moped to to no meeting attended none, and had no corn- ZitlhiceaLtion. with any Parties connected with the scheme. liae had done was merely to give his consent to his "1 being added to the provisional committee. The elienority for the insertion of the advertisements pro ceeded from the managing committee appointed on the :La September, which was before the defendant became connected with the company. Mr. Justice Cresswell had e ,h 1 that, i n suc h a case , there was no evidence of lia tititY, and, therefore, he submitted, under his Lord 44iP's direction, that the defendant wad entitled to their verdict. Lord DENMAN said the first consideration in such eases was to do justice between the parties, and it would he for the jury to say, whether the plaintiff had been employed by the defendant to do the particular work he did. He apprehended that the defendant was aware, r W hen he gave authority to have his name put down as a ovisional committeeman, that it would be made th tl ,, c) : 4l to the world in that character. Then by'tliWould consider what inference a person employed to tb:, ml „dertaking had a right to draw with respect the 11 ;,,' 4 aility of the defendant, and whether the acts o Pane - ,„ -na ging committee in the formation of the com theC " e re binding upon all. The prospectus held out that It W as a desirable investment, and proceeded to say . ter r c) wers would be applied for in the Bill to allow in nrlest at the rate of 41. per cent., &c. .All men -- meer s t t em ood by that, that a Bill for the formation of the . th e s t ia nY Was to be applied for in Parliament. So, in a o se _, , Ettae way, if the words provisional committee were it meant for the purpose of forming a company, Who therefore it was inferrdd that a person *he, had bec ome a member sought persons , were ready to form contracts to do the ne t-v_rsrasary. works. If advertisements were essential to the anon of a co mpany. and these advertisements must t he ordered, not by the whole of the committee, but e necessities of the case re - as e for the plaintiff, because heuired, had quired their verdict would mamrightto fabl e person on the provisional l o ok to ittee as persons 'hie for the work he had done. A. verdict w as found for th e p l a i ntiff for 61/, with tx, ee . th atton only for 201., being th e defendant', tr ansaction, but with liberty to the def endants share in to ter a nonsuit. HOOPER V. BYROM. HOOPER V. UPFILL. L ei ese were actions of a similar nature, th e d efendants coe, ll g two provisional committeemen m the same ,i;Pany. to 'lle enternon Parties agreed to a similar verdict, with lib erty suit, as in the last case. Th REED BROTHERS V. SOMERS. Nfr e plaintiffs in this case are wine -merchants, i n 4E 11street and the defendant, Mr. Patrick Somers, • for Sligo.kr Tfir• Me rrewether appeared for the plaintiffs, and . earnfrey, Q.C ., f or t h e d e f en d an t. e -es ac tion was b roug ht t o r e cover the sum of 81/. for of aPplied t o th e plaintiff in April and July Anreh•"" 3 •The setup Year• de fe nce t was that the defendant th ey Wised the wines with the express understanding that weire not to be paid for until the Christmas follow- Iti t h Whereas on the 10th September the defendant, or o ° t ll is t h aving received any previous intimation by letter 4 friuhelwise, was served with a writ for the amount. on th e - ," °f . Mr. Somers, who was allowed a commission , 11 1 1 .te t i," is 'nes he sold for the plaintiffs, was called, and toted wh;: a 't he had i n d uce d t h e d e f en d an t to purchase Lore-„ 8 an such an un d erstan di ng . Were o f left it t o t h e j ur y t o say whether they quest' °Pinion that the wines were sold to be paid on 14 re quire (on an under s t an di ng th a t p a yment would not Thy d until Christmas next. Kis t iur r ,„Y gave a verdict for the defendant. -- rou • • jury that their labours re at a c, intimated to the , OSe The Cour t • ttr a) then rose, and will not sit again until next 1 . ., 9111 ; 1114:3/ N PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) rd Ch ief the last day of the sittings after th e term, t clioaes Justice, who presided, took common jury The '_pnd disposed of several undefended ones. 4 risi n ~ aiil uer of the day was occupied with a horse case, lat a j. out of a sale at Aldridge's repository, the panic 41 '114 . wh ich were of interest only to the parties con- et 4 CR EQUER.—(THIS DAY.) 4 ' u • lIEWSOM. FALSE IMPRISONMENT ON A CHARGE 14 thi OF FORGING RAILWAY SCRIP. Pear o a cause Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Humphrey ap appe_" for the plaintiff : Mr. Watson and Mr. Greenwood I,ha.red for the defendant. , e • c lver ls , w a an action in which the plaintiff sought to re 'et 021ensation in damages for having been given k rip e . ust° Y upon a charge of uttering forged railway . ' h , Vpe l.°— t he opening statements of Sir F. THESIGER, it th e tired that the transaction in question arose . out of t tli or ! r a'e of Faulkner and Fabian. The plaintiff was . a th_ 14 411 c b e e on °• Com merce, as a jobber in railway shares; during '' , iel l --ra e of his transactions a person of the name . of h a _ ard s t , ~ro - u h: ht to him fifty shares in the Bucking -1441e Railway, and desired plaintiff to sell them tor tai 3 ,,: i a nd that he would give him the usual broker's co e rn r: acit i ,c,',1,1- These shares were accordingly sold to a ,. p l _ - her :' Pie name of Robins. Just at this period R.O k . f o ke - r n ' shun were arrested upon the charge of da37, - "Y, et scrip in this same railway, and within a few thanes°L. that period, defendant, who had purchased the h o l of Robins, which turned out to be forged, caused eon)DPla!ntiff to be given into custody on the charge now 1114 k1 4ined O f: The plaintiff was examined before the or de red t, r! t/ ate at Guildhall, upon which occasion he was , to be remanded for four days, and at the end that period was brought up in company with at ah I ler and Fabian. It was under these cireum -"eels that the present action was brought ; and he ...... ~...., - -. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE- CHANCERY COURT Dec. 22. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. R. BRUcE.) IN RE NORTH. The further hearing of this petition was resumed to day. The arguments on both sides having concluded, His Hoeiouß delivered judgment. This was a petition presented to the Court on behalf of four infant children, there being no testamentary guardians and no real estate. It was also prayed, in a petition from certain paternal relatives of the infants, that, a reference should be made o the Master, but. that was opposed, on the ground that the infants had a mother living. Such a ground of objection he had never heard suggested before. The reference prayed for might be made without affecting the right of the mother to the guardianship, but it was quite a different question whether the mother should be appointed a guardian. It was also another and a dif ferent question as to how the children should_ be educated with respect to religion. Upon the petition he would make a common order referring it to the Master to determine what guardian or guardians should be appointed for the children. The next ques tion was as to what should be done with the children in the meantime. Three of the children had been in the charge of their mother, a lady of whose respectability all parties had spoken in the highest terms, and of whose= kindness to her children he had not the least doubt. The eldest daughter had been more under the grandmother's care (the lady who tsieducted them) ; but that point would not affect the subject -matter of con tention between the parties in this case. The question with regard to religious instruction of the infants was one that must not be disregarded. It was therefore the duty of the Court to consider what - was to be the education of the children in doctrinal - tenets, and that nothing should be done in the interim to obstruct that object. The father of these children had been brought up a Protestant, from which religion he had never departed. It appeared, however, that fur two or three months previous to his death, he attended a Roman Catholic chapel with Mrs. Elizabeth North, his wife. It was stated that his notions upon religious points were latitudinarian, a circumstance which might account for his attendance at a Catholic place of worship. He return: d to a part of the country where he resided a few weeks previous to his death, and where there was no opportunity of attending a Roman Catholic chapel, or of seeing a Roman Catho lic clergyman. He then fell ill and refused the assist ance of a Protestant rector. But it did not appear that any proposal had been made to him, or that he had made any request for a Roman Catholic clergyman to attend him in his last moments, and he died without the assistance of a clergyman of either the Roman Catholic or Protestant persuasions. It did not appear that he had ever received any instructions from a Roman Catholic clergyman, nor did it appear that he had ever departed from the religion of his youth. It was certainly stated that Mr. North WaS a catechurnen, or porson undergoing, as it were, a noviciate in the Roman Catholic faith, but under all the circumstances he must say that it did ap. pear to him that he remained a Protestant until Vie end of his life. Mr. North died intestate, and did not express any wish as to how his children should be religiously educated. Under these circumstances what was the daty of the Court with respect to the religious education of the childrim? They should take cure that the same was not interfered with. The father had left no instructions on the subject, and it is presumed that he died in his own religion. He, therefore, felt bound, under all the circumstances of the case, until further evidence was produced, to direct that the children should be brought up in the doctrines of the Church of England. With respect to Mrs. North, of whom he wished to speak with the greatest respect, it appeared that she had be come a convert to the Roman Catholic faith. He was bound to consider not only the rights of the mother, but the rights of the father, which regarded the perpetu ation of his creed. It was likely that she would exercise a very great influence on the minds of the children, and he would order that they should be placed under the charge (until the master's report), of Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Frederica North, and Miss Arabella North, their paternal aunts. The mother, however, was to have free access to them daily, and to spend two hours in their company every day, in the ;presence of one of the above named persons, the subject of religion - not to be introduced at these inter views.