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ported. 8d Beef, fro m 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, the c arcase. Veal as to 4s 6d; an d P ork, 3s 4d to 4, 3s 8d to 4s 8(1 ; s 8d per 81bs by SPO RTING IN TEL LI6ENCE. ASLIDOW.N PARK COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Drby—First Ties. I.3.altiniore beat Windfall I Stockton beat Brown Jacket Lightning beat WI 't t I Wyandotte beat Warminster. Match emo_ ; Etwall s Etonian beat Mr. Gordon '3 Cockfiglater. Oakc—First Ti es. Caprice beat B o b ea Lucy 'N eale beat Gretna I White Rose beat Err a nt Girl. Winterfall ran a bye. THE CUP. Mr. Etwall's Enford Less beat Mr. Drinkald's Europe. Mr' Lawrence's Lothario beat Mr. Rake's Regina 'Victoria. Sir R. F. Fleetwood's Fancy, beat Mr. Parkinson's Sly Boots. ~,m r • W. Ettwall's \\Tittle beat Mr. Goodard's Gauntlet. mr. Bowles's Bank of Elegance- beat Mr. King's Winnibald. ildr. Lawrence's Larnpreybeat Mr. Drinkald's Eunuch. The Cray en Puppy bares. Stakes was not run out fur want of The Lord CHANCERY.—(TBIS DAY.) Chancellor took appeal motions to-day. 11°1111 '8 v. STOWES, HORSMAN V. ABBEY, AND THuMAS These cases V. B LACKMAN. stood on the paper to-day for judgment, but the Lord Chancellor, on taking his seat, stated that Is he had not had time to look into the papers, they inust stand over for a day or two. This ap, TOULMI N L C )UPLAND. rPeal motion, upon the application of counsel, Was ordered to stand over. I • THE TRCUrBECK CASE. In this Case, our readers will recollect, an application Fns W ade, on tbe first day of U.rial, for a commission to r, 99ire into the allegation .f a pe-tition of right presented ec t . l4 .Cr3sv n b y .?, k of Mad ras, th el e tu r m ep in r g oentatlves of the late W. Tr uti uPO4 that a .übu of upwards of 400,000 . aPpllcation being made, the Lord Chancellor refused to interfe.re unless the Altorney-General was served. T tp,,l _ T hat officer of the Crown had now been served, eti . s ' sr o Pi: ` ea red, and this merninfz, atter some short dis voeeic:' t he ease was e rdered to stand over till Nonday What nu r s eer that the Attorney-General might consider he would take. This a ,,, 4 , n , motionNEWMAN V. RING. 'l'Otiee was dismissed with costs. The ar BOOTH V. CRESSWELL. of Eniarinlents lf o the em Vice-Chancellor in tis anpea r the r m mor n inginmorning'4 °ecuPiedh the - C . ourt in er a of the Th e T THE PRICKING FOR SHERIFFS. , to a t --4ord Chancellor rose shortly after two o elo k eliego t e e r il . d the pricking for sheriffs in the Court of Ex VIC ----------- ' DAY.) iiisl,,,, CHANcE R y ..___(THls ieofore the VI CE - CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) tOtiOSS nour the Vi ce - Chancellor of England took kizTli tO-day, ,_ Elt v. `NAIR AND OTHERS.—THE GLASGOW AND Thi'4vERPOOL ROYAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. n _ e.. half 4 1 j a se came before the Court upon motion, b fend a ue Plaintiff, for an injunction to restrain the de ilZalnts, thedirectors of the Glasgow and Liverpool . Steam Packet Company, from removing Ind fr°4l his office of managing shareholder St -L.COUCIuCtOr of the affairs of the Company ill lverPool. It d from the statements the affid avit a pp e are . . cat;-__ of the plaintiff, in support of the appli of yu, that in the year 1837 a gentleman of the name o....asseY entertained the notion of running iron -steam po o l ' fr°rl Glasgow and the ports of the Clyde to Lnivhear tv_i bond that in furtherance of his project comtnu : - 'as took Place between him and the plainliff; who was, 4 shiP-broker and general agent at Liverpool, and that ) ,„P° l l the understanding that he was to have the -Lian a _ gernent of the affairs of the company at 7:44Y.erp00l the plaintiff undertook to obtain sub roland to the undertaking at Liverpool, Manchester Yorkshire ; that he had done, and the Company had "II formed and turned out eminently successful ; that the l • . ,_ p alntiff was appointed manager 'at Liverpool, and continued to came be so un til last year, when the di rectors m e to the resolution of removing him, declining t o state their grounds for doing so, upon an application hi l Pg made to them for that purpose. Upon this the i t Itintiff filed his bill, denying the rights of the de and to do so according to the deed of partnership, Ilnd asking for an injunction. I f T he VicE-CuelicELLoit thought the defend an t s h ad till au thority t o adopt the course they had pursued, an refused to i nterfere.d SIR G. L ARPENT e. THE RICHMOND RAILWAY. This case came before the Court upon motion for the Plrpose of obt a i n i ng the decision of the Court as to who should pay th e costs of an award, and also the costs of the suit instituted by the plaintiff for the purpose of compelling the defendants to Purchase cert a i n l and fro complete a contract to m the plaintiff. The VICE-CHANcELLoR was of opinion that the de fendants (the Richmond Railway Company) ought to pay all the costs. QUEEN'S BENCI------------- i us DAY.) (Sittings n Banco.) 11IURIETTA V. OLDFIELD. The arguments in this part-heard. ca,-einw,ereTrheesuernaesde at the sittings of the Court this morn ~ .resumed is regard to the policy of an ;tat?: of i t t he li :hi ute ll ' a ' rold, which received( bsif)i,,medant3o, -rtjuries on the voyager that her captain Put • v . In at Monte Video in order to W h a a a d s v e e ) her sur but the m ; 3 l ced and repaired. A survey " e 'a u s f 'li the renovation voillynr reported that the expense It apps e thrown away upon her, and the ship was sold. r t eare, however, that Monte Video was under ~,,, et the time, and that the expenee and difficulty }llo ,4 4 . i ring a ship in such a state of things t would see her -en so great that it was thought better.f sheo sacri had heett t ak e n an insignificant sum, and that i th at s i ra tO sortie other port in an undisturbed state t hat In . i,,,e-ht have been easily and cheaply re- In odderor 4111's action was brought by the owners ea e _ o : _, recover the amount n glig etip • 6l 4141 that the vessel was for d t e lt s e tro3 l3, e e d lie b y ; laruin u po nas aubaoverdic t -1 1414 a was ine fo d u f n r d em or th t i h s e c d n e n f r e t n , d e a a n lal t .. . largo 1( "e defetntly obtained show cause why a new t f ri an l iinProperi:tahe had, onanthetoground of the receptio e ttrve 3 , ol ,:oeu 114 in evidence. The document atirveyedu„eertificate of the state of the lie r it va o s the ship when i ttent e vit and estimated the cost of her repairs at Sir, guee• k. ) 4 -- `. and Mr. WILDS appeared against the rule. T ePP°l °I th e 111 a 441.111 aß ru d !Nei!. 'WATSO N followed at great length „-he C oub ~,, LAT E c . ,: r to Olt time to consider the matter. SLOW-- .1N QtrEpLBl4 °P 3HLITA.RY FLOGGING AT H . 1 .. Tao AT EN V' MICHAEL COOKE AND TIIOMAS OU II N F,ALEY. AdOrdshi .4411E1' GENERAL said, I have to move, . your of p ari ,P 4 , at the instance of Mr. WakleY, tor miciciteent for the a Member borough of Finsbury, aoraThetaaa k a lr a rule calling upon Michaelandeocroooniecer and publishers wh,,tl„eo,aper o ., e ,T; t .who are the . printers theai.to itnina.l ilitodrathe Medical Times, a t n o show cause Ist f r 4 libel r aion should not be filed again -4 ° 4 u'us t 1 Publfshed in that paper of the recollect that ast * "Your Lordships since ' °n the ilr cher in will perh . ap e s abnodinvestigation was held, a e short riv ti a m te the 7 t h Y o f a person called . Whlt , tr rr aelts, 11 Has person who died in the Hounslow he,lrected t e attention of Mr. Wakley, as coroner, was h e ree ° th e death of that • d'vidual by a letter which h e , eived fr om a r 0 ; Mr, Trilal The minister of tn the neighbourhood. .3 e el pt of ~ a . . ever n also a magistrate. Until the j' e ath of i i ` l '. t letter Mr. Wakley was not aware of the ; 11 1 g an i site, and consequently had no means of . hold- f ." lett nvestigation on his body. Upon the receipt of Pose he directed the Rev. Mr.. Trimmer. theto arpos;‘,'epa_te with the constable of the .. disrnicot 'rd order that tif,tlix.iighT making the nece.ssary.inqujEires,_i M Wakley) with a n ., tilf or ,...'n , afterwards furnish him tlest"Ler/Ilia:1'410u he might obtain, ( so ' that he might 0; whether it was necessarya to hold an in atittoestabot ,; but b h lettar was delivered h. 'ed th L .' edme to th e e fe re r s e id t ence of Mr. Wakley, and :---. to o it trona the rumours which were then prevalent 1.11 ins that it would be necessar t y ate t d o hold o Trim-mae— on the body of the soldier. H igethe De r to town by the direction of the Rev. Rev. Mr. r e ; ; I ' and of another magistrate (Mr. Pownall). Upon a,,, lt , e ';:t °I this information, Mr. Wakley, o a f s was his holding -4414 Laed directions to the proper officer, Vtewitintlest the body, and on the jury assembling and ~u they kleati.-g thenbody preliminary to the investigation, 'taken thte bu t that ' ! -- coriations of the body e ul lt that the • •ne and the muscles about it, th e ~,tlet heepro erl spl ex ' amined, and they requestedtfor the siener to appopintya person whom he thought___fie ac thotli ee . in order to make an examination. H _- t 111•1•Zdlaauted Mr. Day, who resided in the neigh ho ltg 4 o_ When the jury met on the second occasion, 141404, mad e that Mr. Day had not, as the jury h i Y libotvaqe a proper examination of the body, particu reel toeo .he Pin e and adjoining muscles and asked li f : t kr. 4111,aate another. On his way to . 9 Lundon he of ap poi ik on, _ rated gentleman a gentleman of great eminence t , h w e ho l m st 44411Rarlt,edth to e xamine the body. On °a th t all thee inquiry was adjourned,t their evidence Wilson evidence tae a lat of medical men gave h ~.diet.ltnll42,4ngust. On the 3d the jury were to hear ~• ut h e .i...:he litT of the coroner, and arr e iv i e st at their ver and the 3d. "iiiel l 8 - ", a11 4 4. appeared between Wer e It f‘eted thpttleman then read th the alleged libel, at the inquest afte r „,,arce . ,'„'t the whole proceedings low; wh at °e 'iiat he would be consigned to infamy t he ' el. d ied fr om taken place if he did not prove that the kighP,iate a ~ military torture and that he had coaxed ekih4 binr, ° 'dlers of the regiment in order that . he • ment ^ 4 eharzeof murder to the door of an Farr,ehar me - ergs a . 'llan (Dr. Warren) COD the • er and cr'nst him and Colonel Whyte, and the hi Irivetiii rutikroer and that he had acted throughout enlitrtteni,tti,": in:Order to gain public sentiment in ra t • accuse , s !'e , p his fortunes for the future. It w_e . nt kiboßlttrato for"nl of prostituting the office of an English i l, t tst 1,-,1 the purpos e of seeking applause ; that the Pe„ekl e 3 a tilelo-drama; and that Mr. Wilson and ,„eltirtint a e Fi1..., Y 1111 d connived together for the purpose of e by st2.eurable statement to the jury; and con ,r,',oa rsejtlng that they shared the fees which Mr. Ta e eou,l.!ed for post mortem examinations. 111 Is: granted the application. - 41_, 10 0 in ..„ ., . .. , ) b 4 4. I I 7,,,,, ,ii.t.1..--(THIS DA X. sip lA•ivzx E QUEEN v. 11IOTTRA3L 14 I\4o this ,olla aPplied for a writ of certiorari to bring 4 I4ierby gaol uart the case of a Mr. Mottram, now lying to ,to sh o Pon a charge of manslaughter and for Iv. show cause Why he should not be admitted itho„.° fact s of the ease we these :----The deceased, t a lt e ki e . f a kl d , irt in i gh - t. before his death, caugh t a severe cold two regular surgeons. 190..., *OSe, He gradutt:ly be . 4; U p G , ant at the end of a fortnight the defendant -%, see m. The only evidence against him was that he was seen to mix some white stuff in a cup, and give it to the deceased, who afterwards died. The de fendal t was a sort of quack, and he administered spi rit..al, as well as bodily, consolation to the deceased. On these grounds, they sought to found a charge of admi nistering drugs to cause death. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You may have a certiorari and a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be admitted to bail in the country. THE QUEEN V. LORD.— CONTRACTS BETWEEN MASTER of the metropolis requited that alterations in the powers vested in constables, so far as cases of assault were con cerned, should be made ; and it was consequently thought necessary to vest a discretionary power in them, so far as what were termed aggravated as saults were concerned ; such as where the party bore evidence of personal violence, or other indica tions of having been attacked. He (the Assistant- Judge) considered that a constable would have no right in the greater number of cases to interfere, if two or three hours intervened between the alleged assault and the time of the application to him, his duty would then be to refer the party to a magistrate; but when the application was made immediately after the commission of the assault, and the offending party was adjacent, and that other circumstances were present to indicate an ag gravated assault, upon which the jury would be the judges, he thought the constable justified in making the arrest, and the parties violently resisting were guilty of an assault. With respect to the female prisoner, al though her conduct had been very violent, he felt in clined to look leniently on her, because in her class of lite some allowance might perhaps be made for her feel ings towards her husband. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the Learned Judge said, i❑ consequence of the long confine ment they had already undergone, he would only sen tence the prisoner to three weeks' imprisonment, and the female to one week, the latter to be without bard labcur. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Margaret Howe, who described herself a " Congreve match seller," was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a shawl, value Is., the property of Mary Ann O'Bryan. The prosecutrix stated that she and her husband slept last night at a Ithiging house in Wild-street, where the prisoner and her husband also slept. They were in the same room. This morning witness missed her shawl, which she had left on the back of a chair, and as the prisoner and her husband were in the next bed she im mediately suspected them. Their bed, and all the beds in the room were searched, but the shawl was not found. A young woman, who slept in the other end of the room, then proceeded to search the prisoner, and found the shawl round the prisoner's waist, under her clothes. Mr.. HALL—Why, how many beds are there in this room ?—The witness replied, there were a young man and his wife occupied one, the witness and her three children another, this prisoner and her husband next, and then two young women. Mr. HALL—What, all in one room ? Witness—Yes, your Honour. EASTERN INSTITUTION, COM MERCIAL-ROAD. A grand vocal and instrumental concert was given on Tuesday evening, in the great hall of this Institution, which is one of th e b est a d apte d ro o ms f or mus i ca l en tertainments in the metropolis, and was completely crowded by a fashionable and judicious audience. The programm e was r i ch and varied, and t h e selection did great credit to M r. Lee, whose own performances during the eveni ng proved his admirable fitness for the office which he holds in . the establishment, as director of the vocal music class. Of his fair and gifted coadjutors on the present occasion, Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, and the Misses A. and M. Williams, whose charming powers are already well appreciated by the public, and gave the greatest brilliancy to this concert, it will be superfluous here to offer any el a b ora t e praise, but it is barely justice to mention that th e gem of the evening was Haydn's canzonet by Miss M. Williams, the words from Shak spere— " She never told her love— But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek— She sat like patience on a monument, Swilling at grief." Her sweet, clear, full, mellow treble, in some tones de seending to the tenor, and the very rare purity of her style, are admirably adapted to give the finest effect to the combined morceaux of the two masters. The gen tlemen whose talents contributed to the eclat were, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Seguin. They acquitted themselves to perfection, and were much applauded.— Mr. Cohan produced a new fantasia on the pian'oforte, one of his most masterly compositions, in the perform ance of which he displayed powers of execution equalled by few, if any, of the masters of that instrument. The theme of tho fantasia is " The Huntsman's Chorus," (Der Freischutz), with which, in the variations, the ce cleoburnatteerd p( w )in al t rz from in the same opera is combined in har mony with ext raor di nary skill. It is a masterpiece of encored, w M n, r o . n C t o h h e a , n , C substituted o f another new fa ntas i a Venice," o f equal brilliancy, but of less length. Both pieces were rapturously applauded. Mr. Macfarlane's performances on the cornet-a-piston, and Mr. Dando's on the violin, also elicited great and merited applause. Mr. L. Emanuel, late of Vauxhall Gardens, who is already appreciated by the public for his merit as a conductor, presided at the pianoforte, and adequately sustained his previous requtation. THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES. Sir,--The great number of ineffectual schemes that have been proposed for floating this magificent vessel, and the length of time she has already lain upon the beach, induce me to make the following remarks upon this important subject. Having received instructions to survey her, and report on the geological strata of the bay, the tidal flows, her position, and the mode of floating her, and having as certained. as near as po ss ibl e the equinoctial or highest spring -tides, the mean springs and neaps, and relative level and strata of the shore and position of the vessel, I hope I may be allowed to doubt the practicability of any of the plans already before th e pu b lic, and consider that many of them are ridiculous in the extreme. The following particulars I hope will be of service to those practical men who are desirous of proposing designs and contracting for floating this unfortunate Ba r an y, e d b et o w u ee n the twosand re e s fs o n vessel. ex tend a considerable distance into t h e sea, about 1,000 D u B n h d e r u is m s t of th r e ock n s o , rt w h h s ic irl h eof yards asunder. Her position is north-west, with her stern to the sea, and about 130 yards above low water, and her stem 300 yards from shore. The sands average from 1 f oot to 3 feet deep, upon blue gravel from 9 inches to 20 inches thick, resting on blue mountain limestone rock, on which the hull now rides. The bay is frequently very rough, and the vessel difficult to board during. high tides. Th e san d s vary very little in this part of the bay, and whatever accu mulation takes place from the Southerly winds is removed when the winds blow eastwardly, which increases the facility of floating her. On the starboard side the plates have been bulged, and the rivets sprung . to a considerable extent, which admit freely the flowing ebbing o f t h e t i de ; and several holes, about If inch diameter have been drilled through the bottom in order to prevent her from lifting or beating. At g sprin ' tides there are from 16 to 17 feet of water in her hold, and at low water she is left dry, with the exception of a small quantity of water in the dock she has naturally formed for herself in t h e sand and gravel, and about two feet in her bottom, and she oscillates freely during high tides. She appears much sprung and strained, has lost her rudder, and th e screw propeller is slightly damaged. The cylinders, pumps, &c., and part of the driving gear, are covered at high tide, and exposed to the action of the salt water. H er weight is about 1,600 tons (without masts, &c.) and the accumulation of wreck about 200 tons more. The sands on the beach at low-water are very flat, with an inclination towards th e sea o f a b out 1 in 750, and the coast barren of materials, except lime stone. The young woman who found the shawl corroborated ;his statement. Mr. HALL—What do you pay for a bed here ? Wit ness—Sixpence, Sir. The prisoner said that she did not take the shawl. Mr. HALL—The shawl was found on you, and you have not accounted for your possession of it. It is quite clear that you have stolen it. I will send you to prison for fifteen days fur having it in your possession, and not being able to give any account of it. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY) Charles Crowley was brought up this morning charged with taking a purse containing 25 sovereigns from John Stead, engineer, Durham. The complainant, who lodges in Bond-street, Oxford street, went into a dram shop at the corner of Bird street last night, where he saw the prisoner, with two or three more, drinking at the bar. He called for a glass, and took out his purse to pay for it, but the defendant caught hold of the purse, which he snatched out of his fingers and handed to one of his accomplices. Com plainant immediately seized him and gave him into custody. The defendant denied having had anything to do with the purse. Police-constable 33 D said he had taken the defendant into custody this morning. Mr. HARDWICKE—Was the man not taken into cus tody at the time?—The police constable said the pri soner was taken to the station-house at half-past eight last night, but the complainant would not charge him, and he was set at liberty. He met the complainant again this morning between two and three o'clock, and asked him if he would know the man who had taken his purse. The complainant, who was then sober, said he would though he were among a thousand. The con ' stable, therefore, took him to a coffee-house, 264, Oxford-street, where there were between thirty and forty persons in the room, and the complainant pointed out Crowley as the man who took away his purse. John Green, an engineer, who was not sworn to day, said he heard the man Crowley say in the coffee house that it was another man who had the purse, and not he. The defendant said he was a plasterer by trade. The police constable—But has not worked for several years as a plasterer. The purse has not been found. Mr. HARDwroK remanded the prisoner for a week. Campbell Goldschmid was charged with assaulting Edmund Carey, a police-constable, this morning, in Regent -street. Edmund Carey, Tothill-street, Westminster, said he was passing up Regent-street this morning, at one o'clock, and the defendant, the worse for liquor, was coming down in the company of three ladies. One of the ladies laid hold of complainant by the coat, but on his advising her to let him alone, the defendant imme diately ordered him to be off or he would give him some thing- for himself. Complainant in answer asked him " what ship ?" The other then threw off his coat, fol lowed him into a doorway, struck him several severe blows about the eyes, and kicked him out into the middle of the road. Police-constable C 96, said he heard the cries of " murder," and went up and found the complainant bleeding profusely at the nose, and swollen about the face. The complainant gave the defendant into custody for assaulting him. The defendant requested time to put on his coat, which he allowed him, but as he made no effort to do so he collared him. The defendant escape d and ran a few yards, and when caught again struck him. The defendant said the complainant gave him provo cation, but notwithstanding that, had he seen he was so miserable a wretch he would not have struck him. Mr. ITARDWICKE—IN hat is your position ? The de fendant—A chief officer on board an East Indianian. Mr. HARDWICKE said he could ndt suppose that the assault on the first complainant had been committed without provocation, but to strike at all, unless in self defence, and to strike such a man as the complainant, was a serious offence. But much more serious than the other, was the assault which he had committed on the constable, while in the execution of his duty. He ought to have known better than resist a person acting under authority, whether on sea or land. He must pay forty shillings for the first assault, and 3/. for the second, or go to the House of Correction for six weeks. CLERKEN WJ LL.—(T HIS DAY.) James Judd, a young man of very respectable ap pearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood charged with stealing 130 sovereigns, the property of Charles Marlborough. The prosecutor said that he and the prisoner resided at No. 3, Woodbridge-street, Cleikenwell-green, and occupied the same sleeping-room. He (witness) had 1301. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns in his box in the bedroom, which latt er h e a l ways kept locked, and on coming home last night he found that his box had been forced open, and the money, which he kept in two bags and a purse, taken away. The prisoner had also two boxes in the room, both of' which were broken open. and a portion of the contents of one strewn about the floor. Hearing that the prisoner had gone out in the evening to a coffee-house, he sent for him, and upon his return he (the prisoner) said, •` Oh! I have been robbed myself, too ; my watch, coat, two waistcoats, and two pair of trousers, have been taken away by the thieves." The prisoner had latterly been in di s t resse d circum stances, and the witness had supported him for nearly two years. Inspector Penny, of the G division stated that, owing to the latter circumstance, and the fact that the prisoner had yesterday been seen with 40/., and that he bought some new dresses for a stylish-looking female, in Theobald's-road, a strict watch was kept u p on hi m by four constables who lodged in the house. On searching him, 40/. in sovereigns and halt sovereigns were found, and amongst the latter was one of a peculiar d escr i p tion, which the prosecutor identified us having been made, an amongst those d th e policemanill b F foundu r t t h h e e r t s r e o a a r s c e h r s w a a n s d then made, and the policeman found the trousers and coat and waistcoat, which the prisoner preten . ded had been stolen from him, concealed under the roof of the house, and the watch was found at his sister's. his w . h e The ed prisoner earned it said while h e t the nthe money w service is of own, d n r , the City. y a s n a d l t e t r h n t Inspector Penny said they had not as yet succeeded in tracing the balacce of the money stolen, and requested that the case might be adjourned for a short time. Mr. GREENWO O D said he would give the police until this day week to make further inquiries, and the pri soner was accordingly remanded to that day. From the practical survey I have taken, I am fully convinced that the difficult task of floating her can be accomplished, and that respectable and experienced con tractors may be found who will undertake to float her at a moderate cost. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. BILLINGTON, C. E. Dundrum Bay, Nov. 4. EXPERIMENTAL STEAM TRlP.—Yesterday the Capri, a new iron steam-boat, built for the Neapolitan Steam Navigation Company, by Messrs. Ditch burn and Mare, left her moorings at Blackwell on an experi mental voyage down the river. The Capri is fitted up by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, with their patent double-cylinder engines, tubular boilers, and feathering wheels. She is of 220-horse power, builders' tonnage 605 tons, is 180 feet in length between perpendiculars, and 26 feet 6 inches breadth of beam. The vessel left Blackwell at half-past ten o'clock, and after performing the distance between Woolwich Church and Gravesend Church in lb. lm. 10s., she rounded the Nore Light at a quarter past 1 o'clock, having had a strong head wind against her all the way down. At thirty-five minutes after three the Capri arrived at Blackwall on her return, the average speed of nearly 17 miles per hour having been attained throughout the voyage. Thisifine vessel is intended to ply between Marseilles and Malta, calling at Civita Vecchia and Naples. She is fitted up in a style of great el egance and comfort, Her quarter-deck ex • tends nearly to the mainmast, and beneath it is the grand saloon, under which, again, are roomy berths for the cabin passengers. The saloon is pannelled with American maple, and decorated with carved mahogany and a white and gilt cornice. The ladies' cabin is fitted up in tke same tasteful manner. The Capri has sleep ing accommodation fur 180 passengers, and stowage in her holds for 250 tons of merchandise. Her internal ar rangements r e fl ect great credit on M. Boni, the Neapo litan Steam N av i gat i on Company's agent, under whose superintend ence the Capri has been built. About five or six year s ago the company had two vessels fitted up with Messrs. Maudslay and Co.'s patent double-cylinder engines and tubular boilers, and they have recently ordered two new iron boats to be built, with the same engineering im p r ovements—the Vesuvio and the Capri. The differen ce o f speed between the company's wood and iron boats, both having the same description of en gines, is such, we are informed, as to :how a striking difference i n speed in favour of the iron boats. The Capri is expected to sail for Naples on Saturday next. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY. Last night, •at eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in the leather factory of Messrs. Collison and Co., Star -court, Bermondsey. It originated in the basement, and, having forced its way through, extended to the floors above. The firemen exerted them selves to prevent the flames attacking the top floors, in which the stock was deposited, and were fortunately successful; the flames being entirely extinguished by half -past one o'clock this morning, but not until a very serious amount of property had been either burned or extensively damaged by fire and heat. It was stated buttha u t p i sw hopeda rd s of t h2eoyo menwill were not bemployedthrown o o n u t t h o e f p e r m e m p i l s o e y s . , Castlem e T n t h el) for the rp Au kp disaster. W eus e e lli e n i g th to will ern to-morrow Cowley on Satu r d ay morning, accompanied by Lord Charles Wellesl e y. L ord and Lady Cw a f n o d r thethe H Miss W e ll es l ey have closed their visit to the Noble and Gallant D u k e , and gone to Boulogne wi o n n te o r u . rable which the ce it p ap a . l The Duke of D evonshire arrived at Rome, at the departsmade arrangements for in to wh p end of last m ont h, f rom Milan, and cont emp l ates a sojourn of about five wee k s in the " eternal c it y, " f rom w proaching winter. Gracehis uke has On Monday last J. M. Carter, theh whence e ble D Esq., was elected, for the fifth time, Mayor of the borough of Hertford. SLOP-WORK. AND DE6TiTuTioN.--Yesterdav Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Wellington, Lime house-fields, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald, aged 16 years. The body lay in a small back room at No. 17, George-street. The room presented bare walls, no fur niture but a single chair, and a few broken articles of crockery. It appeared, by the evidence of several wit nesses, that the mother of deceased, a W id ow, and two other children, of whom deceased was the eldest, obtained their living by making slop waistcoats, and were in great distress. Not being able to pay 12s. 6d. for five weeks' rent, the landlord distrained, and took away every y article of furniture they were possessed of ; nn which occasion a row took place, and the son and two married daughters of the landlord beat the deceased saying , ,"you take that." She subsequently fainted. Mr. Horton, surg eon, said he had attended deceased. S he died from • pleurisy, which might have been accel erated by violence. The Coroner said the case assumed a serious aspect, and adjourned the inquiry. REPRESENTATION OF CAI II DRIDGE.—Judging f rom present appearances, we are d i spos e d to beli eve that in the event of a vacancy for this county the Marquis of Granby turned.—Cambridge Advertiser. is likely to be re An extra Gazette was published last n i g h t, extend ing to sixteen sheets , containingannounc which announcem en t s of Rail way and other Bills , will be applied for in the n ex t am session of Parlien . similar Gaz e tt e wi ll b e pub lished this day (Thursda A y) . THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE FO UNTAINS. ---Yesterday the play of these fountains was suspended d ur i ng t h e cleansing of the bas ons. When the wat er was drawn off many eels were discovered. DON-BRIDGE.—Th e London NEW STATION AT LON and Brighton an d South Coast and South -E as t ern are making preparations for the erection of a l arge stat i on incommodious one. The enlarge mentin lieu of the present e street and will extend from Joiner New -street, on the west; Maze-pond and Wells -street, on th e sout h an d Greenwich R a il wa y on th e and south-west, to the London ' north of Crucifix-lane. The streets at pr esen t passin g bloeked up. under the station are to be ny stated driving T S?' Thomas dlcurlictllalljc7- cab -driver, horse. c A policeman of the Dover Railway Company habit of at the 1 - (THIS with furiously c th o a n t du c c o t n o ti f nu th al e c c o a m b- p d l r a i i v n e t r s s w in er t e h m e made, owing plyingo the mis terminus. On this occasion the defendant drove up rapidly at the moment of the arrival of the Dover train, and absolutely endangered the lives of the passengers, on their alighting and proceeding to leave the terminus. That in his anxiety to procure a job he was quite care less as to the result of his furious driving, and when re monstrated with only made use of abusive language. The defendant said he only did as others did to get a fare, and that the railway policeman had a spite against him for not treating him to gin. Mr. SECxER said it was benefical to the public that persons such as the defendant should be punished for the reckless mariner in which they endeavoured to obtain fares at railway stations. He should inflict a penalty of 40s. on defendant, and at the same time he was desirous that it should go forth to other cab-drivers frequenting the various termini, that on all occasions when they misconducted themselves in a similar manner, punish ment would be awarded. PRIVY COUNCIL. - Yesterday issued for a P r i v s ummonses were y Council to be holden at Windsor Castle, at half-past two on Saturday next. A special train, ordered for half-past one o'clock, is to convey the several Ministers to Slough. TUE stables DAGENHAM MURDER. —The thr ee police-con , named Butfoy, 'earns, and Stevens, who have been under surveillance in consequence of the contra dictory evidence they gave relative to the murder of the policeman Clark, at D agenham, have been dismissed from the force, of which notice was yesterday given. The Attorney and Solicitor-General were of opinion that, as the policemen were not sworn at the time they gave lase evidence, they mid not b 9 iris:U . 44d for perjury. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1846, THE BELGIAN CHAMBERS. OPENING OF THE SESSION OF 1846. THE KING'S SPEECH. Gentlemen,—ln opening the course of your labours I am able to congratulate myself at seeing my relations with foreign powers preserve a pacific and amicable cha racter. The treaties concluded with the United States, France, and Holland, have for their object the consolidation and extension of our commercial relations. The discussion of these treaties, the law of general responsibility, the laws upon depots and upon sugars, have rendered your last session happily remarkable. The manufacture and the trade in sugars resume their ancient importance, and the Exchequer retains the pro fits which you have wished to secure it. Among the propositions which it remains for you to consider, I would point out especially the law respecting secondary instruction. This project, which has received some new developments, still complete our system of public education. My Government recommends this great question of social government to your enlightened consideration. It expects with confidence its solution in the present session. The prosperity of the principal branches of commer vial wealth is generally maintained and developed. The next national exposition will enable us to appreciate the success of our manufacturers. Unfortunately, in spite of our progress and our hopes for the future, other in terests, to which I have devoted all my sympathy, are suffering in a portion of our country under a crisis of which it is impossible to misunderstand the importance. The state of the population which is employed in the linen manufacture requires immediate measures of relief. To encourage and to render effective labour, with a view to the increase of wages, to organize industry, so as to render the products more in harmony with the necessi ties of commerce, to increase the exports—such are the principal cares of my Government. The means for an active intervention on the part of the State in these re spects will be proposed to you. The measures taken to secure the alimentation of the country, the numerous works of general utility, public and private succour have powerfully assisted the neces sitous classes in supporting the privations resulting from the defective crop of potatoes in 1845. This year the crop of potatoes has been satisfactory ; but the high price of provisions, and particularly the failure of the rye harvest, demand the serious attention of the Cham bers and the Government. The prorogation of the law relative to subsistence,—the allocation of the necessary subsidies for public works and exceptional aids, which circumstances may require,— will, no doubt, produce fortunate results. The canalization of the Campine advances with entire success. The irrigation, which may henceforth be con tinued and extended, the construction of roads, and other measures which will be proposed to you, will insure in a few years the clearance of this part of our territory. The projects of law relative to agricultural and vete rinary instruction will be immediately submitted to your examination. The operations of the census proceed with regularity. The returns already collected, although incomplete, establish a remarkable increase of population. As the political situation of the country is calm, I am now en abled to announce to you the presentation of a project of law for the augmenting of the number of members in the two Chambers. This law will have, with respect to its operation, an urgency referable to the period of the approaching elections. In conformity with the aim of the constitution, deli berations having for their object the revision of different portions of the legislation have been continued. Projects respecting the tribunals of commerce, personal arrest, delays, bankruptcies, have been transmitted for the opi nion of the judicial body and the universities. I hope that they may be presented to you in the course of the present session. The modifications projected in the code of criminal instruction, as also in the new discipli nary code for the merchant sea service, will shortly be laid before you. The attention of the Government has also been directed to the regulation of the lunatic establishments, of the Monts de Pike, and to the creation of agricultural co lonies. Propositions will be submitted to you for the realisation of those ameliorations which humanity and the state of society require. I desire the prompt discussion of the project of law relative to the penitentiary system. The state railway traffic has received, in 1846, a fresh and remarkable extension. The completion of the double lines now in course of execution, and of the railways conceded, the works of which are begun at several points, will likewise react i❑ a favourable manner on a state of things already very prosperous. It has become possible to endow with a legislative organization this grand national enterprise, and propo sitions will be submitted to you for determining the bases of the charges, and for the regulation of the rail way system. The most important public measures remaining for examination relate to the management of navigable waterways. Various projects are under consideration, and the means of execution will be asked of you suc cessively as the condition of the Treasury will permit. In order to increase the resources of the working classes, my Government will give a powerful impulse to the construction of the roads already decreed, and to the amelioration of the cross-roads. The army, one of the firm supports of the indepen dence of the country, and of its institutions, continues to render itself worthy of my entire confidence and of the interest which you manifest for it. The efforts of my Government are directed to maintain in its ranks a useful emulation, and the sentiment of its duty towards its country. All the measures calculated to advance it and to secure its well-being will, I doubt not, obtain your hearty concurrence. The modifications of the law respecting the militia, the reforms proposed with re spect to the system of' penalties, and the law relative to the service de sante, will powerfully contribute to efTec this end. In spite of exceptional circumstances, affecting the produce of certain sources of public revenue, the equili brium between the receipt and the expenditure of the State can be maintained without imposing fresh sacri fices on the taxpayers. The greater part of the budget of expenditure for the year 1847 has already been presented to you : the budget of reeeipt and the completion of the budget of expenditure for that year will be immediately laid before you. In the course of the session, and as soon as esti mates can be formed, you will have communicated to you the budgets of expenditure and of ways and means for the year 1848. Gentlemen,—Belgium, in the bosom of peace, has de veloped the germs of a fruitful activity. In reflecting on the results already obtained, we are enabled to contem plate the future with confidence. The accord of the great powers of the State,—the support which you have given to my Government, and on which I continue to depend, will enable us to preserve and consolidate our institutions. The aspiration breathed by our country for ages o that she might have an existence for herself, and the disposal of her numerous resources, is realised in our days. It will always be a source of great happi ness to me to reflect that my efforts have contributed to insure to Belgium the precious advantages of free and in dependent existence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am truly sorry to trouble you upon a matter of so little importance, but I really trust you will as hitherto stoop to do an act of justice. In the account (reported in The Sun of yesterday) of the examination of a young woman at Brentford for robbery, you state that a Miss Warren, of Hanway street, identified the prisoner as a person who had pur chased stays, and to whom she had given change of the stolen note. Now, Sir, being certain that there is only one Miss Warren in Hanway-street (that is, Miss Harriet Warren, in the employ of Mr. Stone, stay maker, &c.), I am requested by Miss 11. Warren to inform you that she is not the person mentioned in your report. I can assure you that Miss H. 'Warren was in my company on Saturday last at Gravesend. Trusting you will do me the favour to publish this contradiction, I am, Sir, yours, &c., WILLIAM TIPTON. 1, llanway-street, Tottenham-court -road, Nov. 11, 1846. INDIAN NEWS.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Mr. George Russell Clerk was unanimously appointed Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. IMPERIAL AND CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION.— Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of proprietors in the above association was held at the offices of the company, 7, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Sir Moses Montefiore, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The secretary read the report detailing the operations of the association since the last meeting, by which it ap peared that the affairs generally were in a healthy state. The association had expended in furtherance of the object for which it was established the entire amount of paid-up capital (150,0001.) authorised to be raised by the Act of Incorporation, and a greater sum might be in vested with advantage. After some discussion and sug gestions by honourable proprietors as to the most advisable mode of extending the operations of the asso ciation is the various continental towns of Europe, a dividend of 21. 2s. 6d. per share for the half-year was declared, and the customary vote of thanks to the chair man having been passed, the proprietary, a large num ber of whom attended, separated. FIRE CAUSED BY LUCIFER MATCHES.—Yesterday forenoon a fire, caused by children playing with lucifer matches, broke out in the first floor of the premises occupied by Mrs. Hood, No. 31, Union-street, Somers town. The cries of the children brought up Mr. Flin dell, the landlord of the house, who succeeded in saving them from being burnt to death. With the aid of a few buckets of water the fire was extinguished, but not until considerable damage had been done. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHELSEA PENSIONER.— Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Rising Sun, Charles-street, Grosvenor- square, on the body of Hugh Gala g h er , age d 60. Th e deceased was an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, having formerly be longed to the 27th Inniskillen Regiment. On Thursday last he received his pension, and in the evening went to a public-house, which he left at nine o'clock quite sober. He was in the act of crossing the road, when a cart be longing to Mr. Carr, butterman, Bishopsgate-street Without, came along, driven at a fast pace, the horse in which knocked him down, and the wheel passed over his head, killing him instantly.' The driver, Charles Barker, was taken into custody, and stands remanded till this day (Thursday) from Westminster Police-court. The evidence having been carefully gone into, the jury re turned a verdict of accidental death. The ancient and noble abbey of Dissentis, in the canton of the Griscns, was entirely consumed on the night of the 28th ult. Its magnificent church, its trea sure, and its rich and splendid library, were completely destroyed. The friar who discharged the functions of cook perished in the flame& LAW INTELLIGENCE. OLL S' COURT, Nov. 11. PERRY V. MEADOWCROFT. This was a case which came before his Lordship on an exception to the Master's report. The Master had found by his report there was no male lineal descendant of a William Meadowcroft, who had been left a property by Mr. Meadowcroft, a solicitor, of Gray's-inn, who died on the 7th of July, 1821. The testator left his property under a condition that it should accumulate for twenty-one years. It was alleged that the decree was obtained by collusion and fraud, and that the excep tant was the male lineal descendant of William Meadowcroft the younger. Mr. WALPOLE, who appeared for the plaintiff, stated the case, from which it appeared that William Meadow croft the younger, in 1813, came to London, and entered the office of his uncle, the testator, as clerk. Ile then took lodgings in the house of a Miss Lewis, where he became acquainted with another lodger, a Mrs. Gregory, the widow of a lieutenant in the navy. An attachment grew up between the parties. The uncle having expressed himself extremely op. posed to his nephew forming an alliance with Mrs. Gregory, it was agreed that a marriage should take place without the knowledge of the uncle. The banns were published shortly after, but the following mistake occurred. It appeared that the fe male, Gregory, who acted for Air. Meadowcroft, he being a minor, gave in the names, when the word " Widowcroft" was entered in mi s t a k e f or " Meadow croft," which was one of the grounds upon which a decree had been obtained in the Consistory Court. The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his state ment when the Court rose. His LORDSHIP, however, ordered the case to be in , serted on the list for to-morrow. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 11 (Sittings in Banco.) RYALLS V. THE QUEEN IN ERROL-AMENDING THE FINDING OF A JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES. This was an indictment for perjury. The case was tried at York, and the plaintiff, Joseph Naylor Ryalls, was found guilty. A rule was subsequently obtained to show cause why a certiorari should not issue from this Court, calling upon the Commissioners of Oyer and Ter miner of York to send in the indictment and the record thereto, in order that the finding, which was stated to be incorrect and invalid, might be amended. The mistake consisted in the jury finding the prisoner guilty of the perjury," and the clerk of the Court endorsing the bill " guilty of the perjury and of the misdemeanour afore said." Mr. Rurnimi showed cause 'against the rule, and held, on the strength of numerous authorities, which he cited that the Statute of Amendments did not apply to criminal cases, and that the Court should not, therefore, accede to the application. Mr. BLISS followed, and contended that such an amendment could be made, either by this Court or the Court below, and quoted the authority of Lord Mans field and older authorities, to show that such amend ment might be mad e i n both civil and criminal cases. The prisoner was found guilty on all the counts, the verdict was a general one , and the Court could am en d the endorsement. If the Court considered that the mat ter ought to be brought before the Court below, he trusted they would subsequently grant a certiorari to bring up the amended indictment and record, and grant time for doing so. The COURT acceded to an enlargement of the rule, in order that the matter might be brought before the Court below, and before this Court early next term. The Court ex officio granted costs, the plaintiff having brought the matter before the Court in forma pauperis. The remainder of the day was occupied in the hearing of cases of disputed pauper settlements, which involved no points of interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 11. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) MACLEAN V. WING This case, which was in part heard yesterday, was again proceeded with to-day. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Lush appeared for the plain tiff ; Mr. Whitehurit and Mr. Mellor for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover possession of a cabriolet, some harness, and other articles required for the stable, which the defendant refused to give up. The plaintiff was a gentleman who was residing at Brett's Hotel, Holborn, and being in want of a temporary supply of cash, requested defendant to advance the sum of 304 upon the cab, and other articles, to which the defendant acceded, and he gave a receipt accordingly for the money, to which receipt was attached an inventory of the goods offend as security for•the loan. Subsequently the plain tiff tendered the amount of the loan, with interest, and also the expenses of the standing of the cab at the livery stables, but the defendant refused to give up pos session of the goods, contendingthat the sum of 301., as paid by them, was for the purchase out and out of the goods in question. On the part of the plaintiff several witnesses were called, among others the groom to the plaintiff, who stated that his master had frequently been out in the cab since the date of the transaction, and also that he was originally engaged by him to attend to his cab, and that he had continued to - do so after the alleged sale had taken place. A coachmaker was also called, who had offered 70i for the cab. Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up, thought it highly improbable that the groom of the plaintiff should be kept by him to wash and keep in order the cab, if the plaintiff had actually sold it to the defendant, and also that it was unlikely that the plaintiff should have sold for 301. that for which other persons had offered him at least double the sum. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plain tiff, dama,;es 641. 65., to be reduced to one shilling on payment by the defendant of the sum of 35/., the latter sum including interest on the money advanced, and also the expenses of the cab at livery. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 11. BRYSON AND ANOTHER V. GIBSON AND ANOTHER. The plaintiffs in this case were merchants in London, the defendants the assignees cf one Jones, a bankrupt, residing at Cardiff. Jones was indebted to plaintiffs in 4001., and gave them a bill of sale on the ship Eliza Jane, his property, redeemable at any time on payment of 400/. This bill of sale, not having been registered at the Custom-house, Cardiff, as required by law, was sent down to Jones to be so registered. The receipt of this bill of sale was acknowledged by Jones on the 25th of January, 1844. On the 30th of January following a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against him, the act of bankruptcy having been committed on the 28th, and the assignees having taken possession of the vessel, the plaintiffs brought this action of trover. Mr. Sergeant Channel was heard for the plaintiff and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the defendants. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. DAVIS V. LOWNDES. TRIAL AT BAR.—In this heavy case, which has been some time under litigation, and respecting which, appli cation for a trial at bar, has been made, The COURT said, that on account of the winter assizes not yet being arranged, the appointment cf the day must stand over. Their Lordships would, however, endeavour to fix some day before Christmas. THE VENTILATION OF THE COURT.—III the course of the day Mr. Sergeant Channel grievously complained of the ventilation of the Court. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with argu ments on demurrers, of no interest, except to the parties concerned. NEWMARKET and CHESTERFORD RAILWAY COMPANY. -- An extraordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Lord George Manners in the chair, for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the shareholders to an agreement with the Eastern Counties Company, entered into since the last general meeting, on the 14th of August, to lease the line in perpetuity, at five per cent. interest on the Parlia mentary capital of 350,000 t, with the understanding that should a dividend of more than seven per cent. be shared by the Eastern Counties shareholders, the holders in the Newmarket and Chesterford Company shall receive a return less by two per cent. than those to whom the line is to be leased. The Cuernmarr called upon the Secretary to read the report. The report comprised what has just been stated, with the addition that the Eastern Counties Company were to pay the interest of all moneys borrowed for the purposes of the Company, together with that over the capital of 350,0001. already subscribed, as well as an allowance for establishment and expenses. The amount of establish ment to be settled by Mr. IL Stepenson, the engineer. The Eastern Counties are also to take the extension lines to Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Ely, when any or all of them shall be obtained, the Eastern Counties to allow 4 per cent interest on the calls already paid, or which are in future to be paid. The CHAIRMAN said that the shareholders had heard the terms of the agreement from the report, and when he entered the house this morning he fully expected that it would be carried out, but only this morning the directors had received a communication from the Eastern Counties Company, stating that it was possible the New market and Chesterford Company might have misunder stood the terms of the agreement. It should be recol lected that this agreement was fully considered and settled by the respective solicitors of the two companies. The understanding of the Newmarket and Chesterford directors was, that the basis of the dividend was the 14/. 16s. shares of the Eastern Counties Company, but they had now been informed that the basis was 20/., as that was the value of the shares, with the bonus on these shares to th e E as t ern C ou nties York Extension shareholders. To this the directors could not assent, and he (th e Ch a i rman ) therefore should say that be could net take any notice whatever of whichth intimationhaat Eastern Counties Company,d, only o been the adoption re ceived this of t morning; would,atit h therefore,e damong the shareholders. rcu l circulated e move the therepe and he that J. V. SHELLEY, Esq., in seconding the adoption of this motion, said that he had been with Mr. Hunt as a deputation to the Eastern Counties Company, and could express his firm conviction that there was no justi fication whatever for the interpretation put upon the agreement by them. In the agreement there was not a word respecting 20/. ; the terms of the agreement speci fied only the York Extension shares, and had no refer ence whatever to the whole of the consolidated stock of the company. (To prove this Mr. Shelley read a clause of the agreement containing an explanation of the terms which specify the rate of interest.) The respective soli citors of the two companies had, when these terms were agreed to, perfectly understood each other, and bad seve rally taken copies of the terms, that they might have the same apprehension of them. _ _ Mr. hum' had been present at the previous meeting with the solicitors, and they had quite understood the terms as now interpreted by the Newmarket and Ches. terfcrd Company. AND SERVANT. Mr. HUDDLESTONE moved for a writ of certiorari to remove a conviction into this Court for a habeas corpus to bring up the defendant, in order that he might be admitted to bail until the argument upon the certiorari had been heard. In this case a conviction had been ob tained under the Masters and Servants' Act, 4th Geo. IV., chap. 34. He (Mr. Huddlestone) rested his appli cation on two very important and substantial points. The first was the validity of any contract which the workman was compelled to enter upon with the master ; and, second, whether these contracts were binding upon infants. The contract in this instance had been drawn up between John Mason and James Lord ; that the said James Lord should serve John Mason for twelve months; and in case of any illness, absenteeism, or accident to the machinery, by which Mason should not have the benefit of Lord's work, Mason should cease to pay him his wages. It was for an infraction of this agreement that the conviction took place. He (Mr. Iluddlestone) submitted to the Court that the contract was null and void in the first instance, as it was unreasonable and in restraint of trade. Mr. Justice PATTESON could not concur in any such view of the case. It did not appear to him to be in restraint of trade. Mr. HUDDLESTCNE cited many cases in which the de. cision had been obtained against the contract in conse quence of its being unreasonable and in restraint of trade. The question as to how far the contract was binding upon in'ants had n v , r yet teen decided. Mr. Jtiiice PATTESON—If the contract were binding upon the master and not upon the infant he (the infaut) might say to his master that he would leave when he chose, a.,d comp, 1 his master to take him back when he ose; unless, I) , Thaps, you consider one leaving with ( u notice to annul the contract on both sides. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said that that was another poin ,o be decided. After some further technical points had been put for ward the application was granted. THE QUEEN V. VICKERY. Mr. PARKLEY moved for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against a gentleman named Vickery, an inhabitant of the county of Somerset, who had been summoned to give evidence as to the settle ment of a pauper, but declined, as it would be against his own interest and that of his parish. A subpoena was obtained from the Crown office, but as Mr. Vickery persisted in his refusal the present cause was adopted. Rule nisi granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY HARVEY V. DOVES. In this case the rule for a new trial was refused. TAYLOR V. PAGE. In this case also the Court refused to disturb the verdict. REGISTRATION APPEALS. This was the first day set apart for the hearing of the registration appeals. When the Court was about pro ceeding with the hearings, several applications were made to postpone cases on account of the non-arrival of the paper books. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE on granting the applica tions, severely commented on the neglect of the attornies in not being prepared with the cases in time, and inti mated that the Court would in future be disposed to deal more stringently with them. HAYDON V. THE OVERSEERS OF TIVERTON.-SOMERSET EASTERN DIVISION. Mr. COCKBURN appeared on behalf of the appellant in this case, and against the admission of the name of Mr. Ainsworth, resident in Tiverton, on the register of electors for the Eastern Division of Somersetshire. The qualification claimed, as in respect of a free-rent charge, and the objection taken was, that the respondent had not been in a beneficial possession of the property for six calendar months, previous to the 31st of July. The rent charge was eight years old, but the interest on it had been conveyed on the 29th of January, by a deed of settlement. The first payment for rent became due on the 25th of March, but it was not paid till the 29th of April. He, therefore, submitted that the respondent was not in bona fide possession of the property, or in the reception of rents for six calendar months, before the 31st of July, which he was required to be by the Reform Act. that lNir. Sergeant thetransf LE, for er ß o Y fth s epro t p he respondent, erty,foravai suuabblemictotend sideration, into the hands of the respondent, constituted the possession intended by the Act. The LORD CUIEFJUSTICE said it was important that the decisions given in interpretation of the law should be clear and intelligible, without any hair-draw n distinctions. The question the Court had to consider was, whether there was any peculiar feature in this case to take it out of the decision previously given by the Court respecting the possession of freehold property? He did not think any valid distinction had been made. The Court had decided that the possession of freehold property for six calendar months before the 31st of July meant the actual receipt of rents, and whereas in the present case the previous possess or , N as h , had convey 1 without re servation th e w h o l e of his interest to AeCrtworth,the latter stqod in the same position as if the rent charge had just been created, and therefore, not having received the rent for six calendar months, the vote must be ex punged. The rest of their Lordships concurred. BANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvAns.) IN RE GOWER.-PRIVILEGE OF HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. In this case, which was under the Small Debts Act, the defend an t was summone d to show cause why he di d not pay a judgment debt of 51. 18s. recovered against him in the Court of Exchequer. • Mr. Maynard appeared as counsel on the last occa sion to dispute the jurisdiction of the Court, the de fendant being a Groom of her Majesty's Household at Windsor. The Learned COMMISSIONER then intimated his opinion that no privilege could be pleaded against the jurisdiction of the Court, and adjourned the case in order to give the defendant an opportunity of appearing this day. The case having been called on, the defendant did not appear. His lloNona then proceeded to recapitulate the pro ceedings, and held that the Learned Counsel who ap peared for the defendant, under the instructions of her Majesty's Master of the Horse, had not offered any ex-- cuie, but merely pleaded that the Court had no jurisdic tion, he (the Learned Counsel) considered the defendant to be guilty of contempt, and should accordingly issue a warrant against him. If such a plea were admitted, Peers, Members of Parliament, and others would refuse to attend or give evidence either in law or equity-; but it had been decided that they were bound to do so, and even at quarter sessions a Peer had been committed for refusing to give evidence. A warrant was accordingly issued. SHERIFFS' Ct) -T. (THIS DAY.) CR- HELL.) . to recover damages STAPLETO ( This was an action N Be t t ,. o p re Al lA us r — . U c ri o d i e l r N s G lie j r i i o ff N ß E u F n ß c gig. a horse and damage done to a FROM THE DERBY. for the loss of The Mr. Simon plaintiff appeared Chelsea. On the last Derby day the plaintiff, to go to p a e alrievde livery r stable I p e l plaintiff, keeper, de fendant hired a horse and chaise of and En p sB statedoumr theßury ithe street, a e s e e t: t t h h e e 6 r , a c c o e m s ;inhge home e d f o r w o n ni s t a h f e el n y, er b b u y t like many agree able t o t h e defendant—the horse and" gig arrived at plaintiffs stabl es i n a woe f u l p li g h t. The was not . so was t h damaged, th e h orse ' s k nees were broken, and de fendant said th at h e got so drunk over his bad gl la o mu te c hr l s he did n ot k now what he was doing, andhgisigta the re e a T t t ha e h s e t t sur prise was th a t h e h ad not broken his nee horse was so much overdriven, and so much injured, that . although i t was sent to a veterinary surgeon, it die a at the end of the week. All these facts were set forth in the declaration, and as the defendant had not pleaded to the action, he admitted his liability. The damages claimed were 31. 15s. for the repairs of the gigs, and 2/. for the keep of the horse and medicine, 41. 10s. for loss during the time the horse was ill and the gig out of repair, and 121. the value of the horse. The defendant had promised to indemnify the plaintiff for all loss, and it was to be regretted that he had not kept his promise. William Eve, groom to the said he saw th e " plaintiff, was called, and turn out" start ver comfortably, b u t when it came b ac k i t was over-abused y " even for a Derby day." It was i n a most " awful state." The horse died in eight days. Mr. Sibley proved the damage done to tEe gig. Mr. SIMON said that he could not call the veterinary surgeon, as he was out of town. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the physic was worth no thioretherefng, fbr , could the po nothbeor ors made oute died. That part of t h e claim, The jury gave a verdict for 181. ss. MIDDLESEX SESSION S. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDG E and a full Bench of Magistrates.) ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Jeremiah Harrington and Mary, his wife, the latter with an infant in her arms, were indicted for a violent assault upon Henry Fitch, a constable of the F division of police, under the follow ing circumstances. - Police-constable Fitch, 111 F, stated that on the 25th of last month, a tradesman, named Thomas Matthews, came to him on his beat, and required him to go and take the prisoner into custody for assaulting him vio lently. Observing that Matthews bore evidence of vio lence upon his person, he proceeded to the prisoners' residence, in Dudley-court, Crown-street, for the purpose of taking him into custody, where a large mob, chiefly of the lowest class of Irish had assembled, and when he laid hold of the prisoner, he struck him and knocked him down, and kicked him so severely that his ribs were fractured, and he was taken to the hospital, where he remained eight days. The mob encouraged the prisoner and held witness down on the ground while the prisoner, Mary Harrington, brought a kettle of boiling water which the male prisoner poured over him. Mr. PRENDERGAST appeared for the defence, and contended that, according to the provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act, the prosecutor was not justified in aprehending the defendant on a charge of assault which he had not witnessed, more especially as the alleged assault upon Matthews was committed at an hour when, and close by where, a magistrate was sitting. The Learned ASSISTANT•JUDGE, in summing up, said he did not coincide in the law as laid down by the 'lamed Counsel. Some time since the growing wants LONDON, SALISBURY, and YEOVIL RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in the above undertaking was held yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of deciding what counts they would pursue in the present position of their affairs; Mr. Boyd, one of the directors, in the chair. The report, after recapitulating the original agree ment entered into between this company and the South- Western, which agreement became of no effect in conse quence of this company having failed to obtain its Bill, proceeded to state that another agreement had been come to with the South-Western Company, by which they undertook to pay down 20s. per share on the shares issued towards the expenses incurred, and a further sum of 30s. per share in the event of the Bill being ob tained for the line from Salisbury to Yeovil; the South- Westein Company also to pay the excess of th. expenses of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, beyond the amount of deposit of 50s. per share of the extent of ss. per share on the number of shares issned ; and in the event of this arrangement being carried out, the present agreement with the South- Western Company to be put an end to, and the portion of the line between Basingstoke and Salisbury to be made by the London and South-Western Company out of their own funds. An abstract of the accounts was annexed to the report, from which it appeared that the expenditure had been 82,645/. 17s. 6d., while the de posits only yielded about 78,4271. 10s. 10d. Several Shareholders expressed themselves as dis satisfied with the conduct of the South-Western Com pany, and denounced it in no measured terms. Ulti mately, however, the report was agreed to, and also a resolution authorising the directors to accept the ,terms of the South-Western. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the meeting brok up. THE PROJECTED CITY IM PROVEMENTS. Yesterday a meeting of the ward of Farringdon With out was held at the New Court, Old Bailey, for the pur pose of protesting against certain improvements pro posed by a committee of the Court of Common Council, with a view to facilitate the public traffic through the Gity of London. Alderman Sir J. Duke, by whom the meeting had been convened, was in the chair, and about a dozen • Common Councilmen were on the bench. The Chairman having introduced the subject, Mr. W. CARPENTER moved the first resolution, and made some observations on the great intere s t an d im portance of the subject to the citizens of London. The Ceurt of Common Council of that city had passed a re solution for the appropriation of 300,000 L for the con struction of a new street from King William-street, along Cannon-street, to Queen -street, Cheapside, for the pur pose of relieving the traffic in that portion of the city. But this was only part of the contemplated alterations. It was proposed to carry the new line of thoroughfare from Queen-street to the south side of Saint Paul's churchyard, in order to meet the expected increase of traffic from the proposed railway terminus in the vicinity of Southwark-bridge. Now this was prepos terous, because that enormous sum of money would be applied for a slight relief to the Poultry and the eastern end of Cheapside, and the increase of traffic along the new street would be thrown on Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard, and ; Fleet.street, which were already overcrowded to an uncomfortable extent. The whole cost of these improvements would be upwards of a mil lion, and it was the duty of those who would have to bear the burden to protest against it if they would not derive any benefit from the application. A street could be made at a far less cost from the Poultry into Earl street, Blackfriars, where a junction would be formed with a street about to be made, and which would then run across Whitefriars to Bouverie-street, effectually relieving not only the Poultry but the whole line of road way from the Mansion-house to Fle e t- s t reet; an d if that unsightly nuisance called Temple-bar were removed, the whole direct line of thoroughfare through the city of London would be materially improved. There were five projects laid before the committee, and the one adopted was the very worst. One plan was to carry a street direct from Cheapside along Paternoster-row, across Farringdon-street, Fetter-lane, Chancery-lane, into Lincoln's Inn-fields, uniting with the Government im provements, and form a direct line of communication to Piccadilly. They did not meet to oppose improve merits ; but the sanatory condition of the City had greater claims upon the improvement fund than new streets, and the committee ought to adopt measures for the preservation of the health and lives of the citizens. Public health had now become a great national question. There were many societies.. to promote it, and it had had two Government Com missions—the reports of which reflected shame on the corporation of the City of London—a body with a re venue of 200,000 L a year. The mortuary register showed the average duration of life to be, in the middle rank of society, 43 years, and in the lower only 22 years, while epidemic diseases prevailed to only 6 per cent. with the former, and to 19 per cent. with the latter. Now there were the highest authorities to show that half of this might be abolished. The consideration of this would be better than the construction of streets of questionable utility. The city of London had what was called fever districts, and all these were ill-drained and ill-ventilated, and had inefficient sewerage; and it was a notorious fact, that in the metropolis there were 93 receptacles for dead bodies, and which were actually now being used for that purpose. It was incumbent, therefore, upon the Court of Common Council to con sider these facts before they proceeded to construct use less streets at such overwhelming cost. Two resolutions protesting against the proposed im provements were then moved and seconded, and being put from the chair, were unanimously carried. After some discussion between the members of the Common Council present, the meeting was adjourned till Wed nesday next, at ten o'clock. SPEEDY APPREHENSION OF COWAP, THE COLLIERY CLERK. Considerable excitement has been occasioned in the county of Durham, by the abzconding of W. H. Cowap, the clerk of Lord Howden's colliery, which is situated near Hartlepool. On inquiry the following particulars have been obtained from the most authentic sources relative to his strange and culpable conduct. It appears that on Friday, the 23d October, Cowap received, as usual, a cheque for the colliery pay, and proceeded to Sunderland the same morning. He got the cheque cashed at the Branch Bank of the Northumbeland and Durham District Banking Company, the colliery bankers, and received the amount, about 7001., chiefly in gold and silver, but did not return to the colliery, and much surprise was occasioned by the circumstance. On investigation being made, it appeared that after getting the money, he had, at Sunderland, purchased a gold chain and a ring at a jeweller's —a pair of mustacheos, im perial, and wig, at the shop of Mr. Whitelaw, a hair dresser, whom he also employed to cut his hair short ; an amusing book, to beguile the tedium of a journey, at a bookseller's, and then obtained a ticket at the Monk wearmouth station of the York and Newcastle Railway for Leeds. Inouiry being telegraphed to Leeds, as to whether a Sundeland ticket had been received at that place on the Friday, and the answer "No 1" being speedily received, he was at once pursue s d to York, and on being searched for, it it of ' i r l i l-fame, as certained that he had been at . 1 , c? for Hull. On the arrival com pany with a young woman t they learned that he of his pursuers at that per living in a reckless manner, and b ad departed in Antwerp they proceeded in reached the place. r ' h o ck arrival, had the satisfaction quest of him, and on t prompt measures taken by his had sailed for Antwerp only about an hour before they to find that from in Belgium, as will app noble e n mP l l g o i y: n r , p from a e this country. from the extract below, be th w e lt , _ already arrested by the autho ritiesh l b aper, and may S ort y e expected in Cowap had only been a short time at the colliery, and it need hardly be stated that he was higbly recommended for the situation by respectable parties, 1 thereby causing the fullest confidence to be placed in his i n tegrity. On inquiry, however, it now appears that his past and present conduct did not warrant these recom mendations, which have involved the parties who gave them in a justly painful censure, and heavy responsi• bility, for which they should be held accountable as an example to others. (Extract from a Belgium paper.) llier une capture de grand importance a é e faite par M. adjoint de police Willims. La police avait recta avis qu'un jeune commis d'une maison des environs de ss investigations Ala recepti o n d e ( e t avis, qui ne re s ter en t Newcastle en Angleterre, avert disparu em p ortant une somme d' a pen pres 20,000 f rancs, et qu'il paraissait l s a e t r p e o d li i c r e i g c e o N m 'er tnc viers la Belgique. a point infructueuses est' le jeune homme fut Er; ete par Mit commissaire—adjoint a r Hotel de Flandre en cette ville encore nanti de la plus grande partie des valeure derobees. L i ne somme d'environ Fr. 2,000 avait seule disparu. tine chose que paraitra peut etre extraordinaire c'est que la lettre d'avis venue d'Angleterre a et 6 mise le 2 a VI la poste a Newcastle et que le 29, a mid I'individ signals se truuvait deja entre les mains de la justice. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE...—WeI hear that the Earl of Waldegrave is about to lead to the matrimonial altar Use. Millard, widow of Mr. E. Millard. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. SHELLEY then proposed a resolution to the effect that the directors be authorised to carry out the terms of the agreement. z.To this several Shareholders wished an amend ment to be proposed, expressing a general approval of the conduct of the directors, and leaving the matter in their hands entirely. A future bonus might hereafter be declared by the Eastern Counties Company, which would again reduce the value of the rate given by that company to the Newmarket and Chesterford shareholders. Mr. SHELLEY explained that this was guarded against and read the words by which such power was restricted. After some conversation, and an explanation of the terms of the agreement by Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor of the company, the resolution was seconded by Mr. Griffiths, the deputy chairman. Before the resolution was put Mr. SHELLEY stated that, whether this agreement was carried out or not, no worse terms would be assented to with the Eastern Counties Company, and if any gentle man was dissatisfied with the terms, he trusted he would at once say so. Mr. HYDE was so far from being dissatisfied, that since he had been informed of this agreement he had bought one hundred shares at premium, and also subsequently another hundred shares, though at a some what better price, and trusted the whole would be com pleted. Nothing could have been more admirable than the conduct of the directors. A resolution was then put by the CHAIRMAN, autho rising th e di rectors to proceed to Parliament for the branches, which was carried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.