The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

Mr. Pulslo.d, seca Lary to the Railway Company, examined by Mr. Clarltson—He had once seen Wank ebeques signed in the office. He thought it was on the akli April. He sitmore sign five or six blank cheques. To the best of his recollection Mr. Stevenson was not present, and did not therefore sign them. The evidence taken on the previous day was then read at length by the chief clerk, and some slight verbal alterations made at the request of some of the witnesses. The ev id ence of M r. S tevenson, one o f t h e di rectors , il a v ing been read ov e r, Mr. , Clark son reques t e d th a t th e cheques numbered 3, ▪ and 5, should be put into the witness's hand. Witness—He had a cheque in his hand dated 20th t l aY, for 100/. H e did no t rec ollect where he signed it. ,e had another dated the 22d May, which he thought he I 'gned at th e b oar d . H e a l s) s i gne d th e l as t a t the board. Mr. Clarkson requested that a mistake which was made on the last day might be corrected. He was re- Ported to have said, when asking Mr. Stevenson about the blank cheques, " Now, Mr. Stevenson, be careful, ;;_bave seen th e c h eques ." N o w, what he did say was cheque s ." there were p e rsons in Court who had seen the He was sure that this mistake would be at Once corrected. Ur. S tevenson sa id t h at h e certa i n l y un d ers t oo d M r . Clarkson to say that he had himself seen the cheques. Ur. Clarkson said, that as the remainder of the evi dence had ref erence on ly t o th e proceeds of this fraud, ;;e might b e a ll owe d a t th a t momen t to say, that when 40 asked the attendance of Mr. Whitmore, it was only for the purpose of questioning him as to the practice of Ding blank cheques. He understood that Mr. Whit- Lggmore was a mos t res p ec t a ble gentleman, and therefore he ed leave to say that he did not impute to him any cipation of any kind in this disgraceful transaction. ~!li The prisoner was fully committed, and the witnesses trty in all) were boun sessions, w d over to prosecute at the first Central Criminal Courtwhich sit on Monday Lett, TRAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) 1 ,,A special genera l mee ti n g of the proprietors of the c n " ar ess Haven Dock and Railway Company was held i; uaY, at the Company's offices, Basinghall-street, for p o e se P 7Pose of empowering the directors to sell and dis utreettons 0. certain shares in the company, according to the of the Act, the forfeiture of which shares was half yearly general meeting on the 31st of August last. the Shortly before two o'clock, James Esdaile, Esq., took chair, and the minutes of last meeting having been , t ead and confirmed, a resolution, empowering the direc 'ell to sell the forfeited shares was proposed, seconded, 41 4 unanimously agreed to, and the meeting broke up. CITY REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) %This morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Arnold resumed e revi s i on of the freemens' list in the Court of Com 0n Plea s , G u ildh a ll, b eg i nn i n i ug w i t h t h e I nn h o ld ers ' ltPany. kr. S amuel Brown, the Conservat i ve agent, withdrew 'uls objections to several names. s „ T he name of Mr. Ridley, residing at Orwell, in Sus ite, Was s t ruc k o ff th e li s t, a l t h oug h th e c l a i mant tually carries on business in the City. k i ll, Learned Barrister next took the list of the h sl eians Company, from which three names were ex h u "'led, th e claimants not attending to answer the ob- Jeeti o „ . Needlemakers Company was next proceeded but the cases of objection which were raised pre 4ergted nothing of importance. Some names (on Con to defend obj ect i ons ) were expunge d, no one appear i ng their retention on the list. --/ANLEBONE REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) Ala he revision of the list of voters for the Borough of ceatYlebone commenced this morning, at the Borough 11 4r ul lt House, Marylebone-lane, before the Revising pster, D. C. Moylan, Esq. 4 Mr- Conservative claims and objections were supported t e ,,,' l4 r- Greenwood, while the Free-trade party were .4;" e 'esented by Mr. Ivemy—we regret we can only say j eet P l"s resented, for out of the number of claims and ob ono made in the istricts below detailed, not Pat ; n from the Liberals, all having been either eh i iri by the Tories, or made by the overseers, on paro t! or other technical grounds. lee Vie following is a summary of the claims and oh -1"s, as put in by the Tory party:— A larylebone parish Objections 609; Claims 27 St. Pancras Objections 526; Claims 8 ti lti ?addington liv„ I ng a total of objections lodged by the Conserva for43,gainst the Liberal voters, of 1,216 ; and 39 claims here were a number of claims lodged by the several fe re se ers but as a matter of course, they bore no re- At ar n e,e to the politics of the parties objected to. In 4,,..Y1eb0ne and Paddington parishes those claims C it .l),u s !ited to 37, with no objections, and in St. Pancras 1 39 to 94, with 2 objections. be to REVISING BARRISTER taking his seat on the rea p et; tl nd previous to the overseers handing in their 11 , 0 1cl e C i ve , li ats, he stated that it was his intention to kxor c i o : 3 ‘-eurt by adjournment at the Vestry-room, er a , pa;.square, for the revision of the lists for St. f Pan- After -i t Monday next, at eleven o'clock. ' 13r13 : 1 , it e sev eral lists had been handed in, in the usual All s o ; v as arrstiged that the objections to the list of first, S Parish, amounting to 120, should be taken tree 0f a" 0 ± Which, with the exception of eight, Mr. ip E'LlWood, on the part of the Conservatives, succeeded ob.eqablishing. None of the parties whose names were i h leeted to appeared in support of their claims, and thus t; t he revision of the first list taken this day, the reps -r.,t.;:vas reduced by the names of 112 Liberals. 1 1 , 410 t the slightest point of importance, either legally or or a matter of general interest, arose during the revision te :eis list, which occupied the court up to the time of our l tlg to press. St T - dCONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) tlet this Court did not sit to-day, no causes baring been own for trial. B ANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE HARE. e bankrupt in this case had carried on business as Cp ra-draper, in New-street, Dorset-square, and came 1,`, 31. his certificate. tl ltt r• Cooke appeared on behalf of the assignees,to urge kr e t ile case should be adjourned, under the following 141claistances :—lt appears that he was indebted to rY creditors in the sum of 2,2081., but the whole of to °Perty had b een swe pt awa y un de r an assignment ~atla brother. The bankrupt left London in March toi b " a plea of extreme ill-health, and said he was ll'ov 6 to Paris, which, however, he did not, but left a t'srp` r of attorney with a person named Snellgarde, to Or t ? ° a the business, and the latter had applied some An s e asset s , and the brother had sold off everything. Lt en t e tion was brought to try the validity of the assign and is still pending. LUCAS, for the bankrupt, submitted that he ought f ° be held responsible for the conduct of Snellgarde. th e h e Leartned COMMISSIONER said the person holding 1 5 1$ 1 13 . (1 wer of attorney could only legally do what his 'pal could do. 14 4 r • LUCA S cont i nue d—Th a t th e b an k ru pt had been ItoZ e ri precarious state, and his friends, thinking, he th o.t die, insisted on his seeing them secured ; but at 1, t ittle he th oug ht hi mse lf solvent. Learned CommtssioNEß said that, unless it could th t b e wn there was a very great degree of ignorance, Clio ankrupt was th e p erson i n th e wrong; h e h a d g i ven t ee 4 4 , 4s ignment, intending it to be acted on. He did not t)o t ,'"at a creditor who held the assignment acted wrong, Pr th would he say now that there was fraud en the part ee.,.e bankrupt, ,bu t' there were good grounds for ac ,/,'Llag to Mr. Cooke's application. EtfC"-ie certificate was then adjourned till the sittings et next term. AA LACE COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. CORRIE.) NOTING % GLEN V. ROG ERS . Lis or EXCHANGE.—This was an action recover the sum of 411. 3s. 3d. on a bill of exchange -41 V. O. U., and ss. for noting, and 3s. for interest. 4 41 _ r. LO CKE , f or the pla i ntiff, said it would only be ti, Th-esaar ver y todic put in the bill and not e t o en ti t l e th e plain ' to t. e L h ot be maearned JUDGE s a id th e c h arge f or not i ng cou ld I,de. LOCKE said that he should be able to prove that 1 11 defendant had promised to pay that amount in con t_eration that time was given, and therefore it could be varbovered under the account stated. it ~.4 110 Learned JUDGE said it was a special contract, and • ita.would be much better not to take it. ter. LOCKE said he must press his right to it. It was .1, 1% ed in all the superior courts. ti o ,"e Learned JUDGE said that this was new in prac c_ta him, and he did not see the justice of allowing it. va h i s ' a an expense incurred for the plaintiff's own ad ge* r • LOCKE said the bankers had noted it for greater uritA Y: to W itness was then called, and proved the promise 1 43'. the he Learn e d J UDGE sa id he wou ld leave the case to Irtm Jury, but mu , t tell them that, in his opinion, there wh_ a special Contract. The jury would, however, say ~Pier they cons id ere d h e was en ti t l e d. tte'ae full jury, after about five minutes, gave a verdict for amount. 1111 REY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) I.tliz a 6 etk Green, Mary flollands, Jane Biggs, Maria 4 4 , 44 Ellen Johnson, and Ellen Sullivan, were indicted the h aving unlawfully committed a riot and breach of P d eace at St. J o h n ' s wor kh ouse , S out h war k. ilfiara Armitage, porter to the above workhouse, x, o ‘ed that on the eveniflg of the 19th of August, the tin ttl "'s 'Ward was in a complete state of rebelli o n. Ho e red it a t t h e t i me, and found the prisoners foremost th e eating the disturbance. On remonstrating with la m they defied hi s interference, and used such disgust seilaztrid threateni ng l anguage that ' he was compelled to Tofor th e po li ce and g i ve the prisoners into custody. Th e be:witness further added, that the prisoners were rror to the inmates of the house, arid had frequently kan Punished for their misbehaviour. They were in- Pi aee , of the h c , use, an d h a d on many occasions been to o " in situations by the guardians, but owing to their to o Misconduct had been discharged. b e f or e pris oners b ehaved i n a very i n d ecorous manner add u cte Be nc h , an d d en i e d t h e w h o l e o f t h e evidence i h cl against them. Viet e nerumAN asked whether they had been eon -1%4 On any previous occasion ?—Witness replied THE SUN, 140.1.41)0N, FRIDAY _ EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846. in the affirmative. They had been several times sum marily convicted at the Southwark Police-court. The Magistrate, on that account, committed them for trial, believing that the punishment they would receive would prevent such disorder occurring again in the workhouse. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, Acquitted the prisoner, but recommended some attention in the mode of admitting paupars into the workhouse. Such women as the prisoner, they considered, ought to be re fused admission, which would be the only means of pre venting tke recurrence of such disorders. The pri soners, who had suffered nearly a month's imprison ment, were then discharged. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) James Ring, the man who was charged on Tuesday last with having attempted to commit suicide, by hanging himself, was brought up again this day, and, on his ex pressing contrition for his folly and rashness, he was discharged. Mr. took. ' a farmer and grazier, being also a cattle salesman in London, preferred a complaint against Mr. Smith, a brother salesman, for using abusive and threat ening language in Smithfield market. The complainant stated that he considered himself in danger from the violence of the defendant. In the course of the inquiry it appeared that the whole matter, which had at length assumed a serious character, arose out of some very trivial illustrations of the adage, that " two of a trade cannot agree." After a good deal of wrangling between the solicitors, Mr. Sidney Smitb, for the complainant, and Mr. Hobler, for the defendant, Mr. Alderman Hunter bound over the parties to keep the peace towards each other. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held. MARBLE BUST OF MR. R. LAMBERT JONES. After some preliminary business, I‘.Ir.D.W.WIRE rose to submit the following motion:— That permission be granted to the Jones testimonial committee, under the direction of the City Lands Com mittee, to place a marble bust of Richard Lambert Jones, Esq., upon a suitable pedestal in the Council Chamber (which bust has been purchased by subscription), to re cord and perpetuate the grateful sense entertained by the public and his fellow-citizens of his disinterested and laborious devotion in the discharge of his duties as Chairman of the Committee for re-building London bridge, and making suitable approaches thereto; for re-building the Royal Exchange, and for effecting pub lic improvements within the City." He anticipated a unanimous concurrence in his motion, the object of which was to do honour to the corporation itself, as well as:to the able and excellent member of it whose talents and industry had been so long engaged in the service of his fellow citizens and of the community.—(Hear.) Ile admitted that the four busts already in the Council Chamber represented individuals of the most distin guished character, two most illustrious heroes and two of our most remarkable philanthropists. He rejoiced to see honour done to men whose energies had been called forth by other excitements than those which led to the effusion of blood, and amongst that most meritorious class the name of Mr. Jones ranked high as a benefactor to the commercial and trading community of this great kingdon.—(Hear.) He thought it unnecessary to say more of the character of a person whose acts were writ ten in the hearts and memories of all present.—(Hear.) Mr. JOHN DIXON seconded the motion with the highest degree of gratification, for he had long wit nessed the indefatigable exertions of the gentleman to whom the honour was intended. Mr. PRENDERGAST unwillingly opposed the motion, for he was aware of the many great claims which Mr. Jones had upon the citizens of London. He believed Mr. Jones to be one of the ablest men withwhom it had been his good fortune to meet, and he was of opinion that the merit of such a man ought to be noticed, but not exactly in the manner proposed.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared that the bust was to cost the corporation nothing. That was one of the arguments for placing it in the Council Chamber. Now certainlyfif it were not worth the while of the corporation to purchase a bust, the chamber was not the place in which to erect it.—(Hear, hear.) He would ask the court whether they seriously thought that the bust of one of their own body should be placed in such company as that of the bust of the hero of Tra falgar, and that of that great advocate of the slave trade abolition ?—(Hear, hear, and " Oh, oh!") He thought that nothing could be more absurd. The individuals to hom such distinctions had been awarded were public men celebrated for their public conduct, which involved the national honour in a high degree. Now, Mr. Jones, when he meddled with public matters, was not consi dered by the very persons who were now advocating his cause just the sort of public man whose deeds were likely to attract their sympathy. Posterity had to do with the names of the great men whose busts filled the niches. The battle of Trafalgar and the abolition of the slave trade were, after all, greater deeds than the building of London-bridge, or Gresham-street, or any' other of those excellent improvements for which the public certainly had to thank Mr. Jones in an eminent degree. In a generation or two people, who would know from history the achievements by reason of whieh the warriors and philanthropists were allotted their places in that room, would ask with sur prise, upon seeing the bust of Mr. Jones, " But who is that?—what brings him into such society ?" The an swer would be, "He was a man of high reputation in the corporation, who greatly improved the City of London, and preserved an unblemished private character all the while."—(Cheers.) What had that to do with the history of England, in which the names of all the in dividuals with whom he was proposed to be associated would unquestionably appear? Why should the Court place amongst such men one of whom posterity could never know anything?—(Hear, hear, and murmurs.) Finally, he disapproved altogether of the idea of erect ing any memorial for which the corporation did not pay themselves, and with every respect for Mr. Jones, and every wish that all honour should be rendered to him in the various ways in which his claims were not to be for a moment questioned, he proposed as an amendment the previous question. Mr. SELSON seconded the amendment, because the bust would be ill-placed by being placed in that Court, and the Court had already decided upon the question. Mr. LAWRENCE ridiculed the notion of keeping the Court as a place of exhibition for the busts of heroes and men of high rank and connexions, and excluding their own fellow-citizen from an honour to which he was most indisputably entitled. If there were not the busts there were the portraits of men around them whose great actions were not chronicled. What had Mr. Deputy Pindar done, to be remembered by posterity?—(Laugh ter.) What had the Chamberlain (Mr. Clarke) done, that he should appear at full-length in such company?— (Laughter.) What was the case of Mr. Jones? Here was a committee, consisting of merchants and bankers of the metropolis, determined to carry out the principle of extending the vast benefits of the arts of peace, and manifesting their sincerity by subscribing for a testi monial to a member of the Corporation who had de voted his time and talents to She service of the community. :That committee asked the Court for permission to erect the bust of that man, and the answer they were to . get was, •• What! admit a person who was not victorious at Trafalgar or Waterloo! Dreadful !" Would the Court be carried away by such nonsense?— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) What! when they wanted to fill up a niche must they look about for a stray warrior, instead of fixing upon the ablest, one of the most honourable men amongst themselves ? (Cheers.) He would seriously ask the Court whether the City of London had not derived as much advantage from the labours of Mr. Jones as from the labours of any of the men whose busts or por traits adorned their place of meeting?—(Cheers.) In fifty or sixty years the likenesses of warriors would cut but a sorry figure by the side of the great promoteh of national and commercial improvements.—(Cheers.) A member of their body was chosen in preference to all others to direct and superintend the great improvements in the City of London. It was asked what member was worthy to be in such company as•that of the great person to whom so much allusion had been made. It happened to be a weakness of our nature that we should think the only way to greatness was to aim at pulling down the reputation of others.—(Hear.) Almost every man was given to depreciate the merits of others. Now he hoped to see the Court as a body throw that feeling aside.— (Cheers.) The refusal to accede to the original motion would cast indelible disgrace upon the Corporation, who were bound to show to the public that they were de sirous to encourage the members of their body to adopt a line of conduct similar to that by which Mr. Jones had been so long distinguished.—(Cheers.) Mr. BENNOCII, in supporting the original motion, said the fit place in which to erect the bust of Mr. Jones was certainly that which constituted the theatre of his exertions. Mr. L. TAYLOR objected to the proposition to erect a bust to a person while he was a member of the Court. The case wonld be different if Mr. Jones did not happen then to be a member. Deputy STEVENS said that more public money passed through the hands of Mr. Jones than through the hands of any other man in the City of London, and slander was never breathed against him in the application of it. —(Cheers.) It was by his integrity, as well as by his zeal and activity, and skill, that he entitled himself to the gratitude of his fellow-citizens. His words were some times as rough as the stones with which the magnificent buildings he directed were raised. He made no friends by his mode of treating the language in which he com municated his sentiments, but the straightforwardness, the fair-dealing, the integrity of the man, were impos sible to be mistaken.—(Cheers.) Mr. PEWTRESS was surprised at any hesitation in the Court, upon the very first occasion on which the honour had been done to them of an offer to put up a bust of one of themselves. Mr. R. TAYLOR never heard a speech in which inge nuity and subtlety had so completely failed as that of Mr. Prendergast. Mr. LOTT objected to the original motion, because he could not admit that the Royal Exchange and Gresham street were so decidedly superior. He thought, too, that Mr. Jones's influence would increase if his bust were placed in the Court, and everybody knew that there was quite enough of him there when he presented him self.—(Laughter.) Mr. ASHURST said the Government of the country had for 20 years maintained such an opinion of the Cor poration as to pass into their hands two millions of money to accomplish certain public improvements. Mr. Jones was the person who devoted his time and talent to the judicious expenditure of that enormous sum, and through him the trade and commerce of the great port of London was benefitted to an immense extent. Mr. KING had the greatest respect for the integrity of Mr. Jones, but it did not follow th a t h e was, therefore, to do all he could, by placing Mr. Jones's bust in the Court, to make the gentleman uncomfortable as well as useless. Mr. ANDERTON said the Court would disgrace itself by agreeing to the amendment. Mr. DE JERSEY deprecated the haste with which the business was got up, and said that Mr. Jones's character could not suffer by delay. Dr. LYNCH accused the panegyrists of Mr. Jones of the grossest sycophancy. Praise undeserved was cen sure in disguise, and the sycophancy of that day ope rated as the most severe censure. —(C r i es o f " Hear Who , hear," and " No, no.") were the parties to whom werec' while they were advocating out niches Mr. Jones was indebted . for so mu c h compliment ? Just the aspirants th f e o i r r municipal fame, carving who in the Court for themselves.—(L aug h ter and cheers.) They supposed that if they could only get i n so large an object as Mr. Richard Lambert J ones, they would be able to squeeze i i themselves b y and by.—(Great laughter.) Their praise was one f or M r. Jones and two for themselves; and, as cheapness seemed to be a recom mendation, it was possible that a paw n b ro k er ' s s h op might supply them with the materials for the exhibition. Indeed, he had been given to understand that Mr. Wire had a bust quite ready for use after Mr. Jones's should be safely deposited.—(Great laughter.) Of all the gen tlemen in the court, Mr. B. L. Jones was in the most in describable position. Some called him a colossus, others asserted that his feet were of clay. He was certainly a most antithetical character, made up of the most contra dictory and unintelligible materials. Some said that he had made his own greatness, and others declared that he was merely great under the shadow of the corporation. But how barbarously did they treat him by raising him to a parallel with those men whose high names had been so profanely mentioned in the course of that discus sion. Dr. Lynch concluded a most humorous spee c h, which we are obliged to _curtail very much, by calling upon the Court to pass the amendment. Mr. WIRE replied, and drew an admirable character of Mr. Jones. DEATH OF THE EARL OF YAR BOROUGH. The death of this Nobleman took place on the 10th instant, on board his yacht, the Kestrel, at Vigo. The following particulars are supplied from the only authentic communication received by the members of the family. The Noble Earl had, for the last eighteen months, been in the decline of health, his original illness having succeeded a severe attack of gout. While at Cowes with his yacht in July, he was considered sufficiently well to cruise with the squadron of her Majesty's ships, then in rendezvous at Cork. At Lisbon the Noble Earl seemed to be much improved in health by his aquatic trip, and while there a perceptible change took place, but his spirits remained good, and he there received at dinner, on board his yacht, several friends. He pursued his voyage as far as Gibraltar, and was on his return to Cowes, when, owing to alarming symptoms, they called in at Vigo. It was there apparent that his Lordship was fast sinking, and he was himself conscious of hi, approaching dissolution. He expired without a struggle at about four o'clock A.M., on the 6th instant, on board his yacht. As to the statement of the Earl having eaten unripe grapes, there is not likely to be any truth in it, for he did riot take anything for some days before his demise, and, therefore, it is not likely that in the event of his taking that fruit that it had any influence on his health. The above details may be relied on as true. Lady Charlotte Copley, his Lordship's only daughter, was deeply affected when the lamented death of her father was communicated to her yesterday morning. Her Ladyship is staying in town with Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., who has come to town from Yorkshire for medical advice. Charles Anderson Pelham was Earl of Yarborough, Baron Yarborough of Yarborough, county Lincoln, and Baron Worsley of Appuldercombe, in the Isle of Wight, D.C.L., F.R.S., and F.S.A. He was born on the Bth of August, 1781, and married, the 11th of August, 1806, Henrietta Anna Maria Charlotte, second daughter of the Hon. John Bridgman Simpson (second son of Henry, first Baron Bradford), by whom (who died in 1813) he had issue : Charles Anderson Worsley, Lord Worsley, now Earl of Yarborough, who was born the 12th of April, 1809. Dudley Worsley, born the 23d of April, 1812, a Cap tain in the Royal Navy, and Charlotte, married in 1881 to Sir Joseph William Copley, Bart. The late Noble Earl sat as second Baron Yarborough at the decease of his father in September, 1823, and was raised to the Earldom on the 24th of January,.lB37, by Viscount Melbourne's Administration, having been al ways an ardent supporter of Whig principles. He was also Vice-Admiral of the coast of the Isle of Wight and county of Southampton, recorder of Grimsby and Newport. His Lordship was, however, perhaps better known as commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, which command he had held for a long series of years, and during the period he had held that command the distinguished members of the squadron have had re peated opportunities of witnessing the interest he always had in promoting the welfare of that influential aquatic club, as well as of partaking of his princely hospitality. The deceased nobleman is succeeded in the family honours and large estates by his eldest son Lord Wors ley, M.P., born April 12, 1809, and married to a daugh ter of Viscount Hawarden. The present Earl has sat in the House of Commons since 1830, when he was re turned for Newtown, Isle of Wight, a close borough, which was disfranchised by the Reform Bill. In 1831 he was elected for Lincolnshire, which he has continued to represent up to this period. An express was sent yesterday morning to his Lord ship, at Manby Hall, near Brigg, to apprise him of the death of his father, and also to the Hon. Captain Pel ham, the Noble Earl's other son, at the Isle of Wight. From the brief accounts received yesterday, we hear that the remains of his Lordship were on their way from Vigo, for interment in this country. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) DEATH OF THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH, COMMODORE OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.--This good old English gentleman, of whom Britons were deservingly proud, is no more! He breathed his last on board his yacht, the Kestrel, in Vigo Bay, on the sth inst. He had been some time ill, but was considered better when he embarked, and while cruizing in these waters. • It is supposed that the great heat of the days and coldness of the nights, when on the coast of Spain, hastened his end. He was a general peace-maker, be it on the magisterial bench, in the Royal Yacht Squadron, or amongst his neighbours. His charity was unbounded; he was looked up to, admired, a n d b e l ove d b y a ll. Hi s death will be a severe blow to yachting and the Royal Yacht Squadron. His Lordship was in the 66th year of his age. The Kestrel was to sail from Vigo on the 7th with the body, and is hourly expected here. PRICE AND CHARGES OF A NEWSPAPER. (From the Times.) " Why," argued Mr. Hudson—" why is it, if the Times is so solicitous for reduced fares, that it does not illus trate its precept by reducing its own price ? There is one daily paper already published at 2d. ; it would be a great saving to the public if the Times were likewise published at 2 d., instead of 5d." We may, however, turn round upon him with his own words, and e xc l a i m , " Would that peopl e k new something of the subjects on whioh they talk 1" Does Mr. Hudson know anything of the expense of getting up a journal ? Now, for his benefit, and for the instruction of others who have fewer opportunities than he has of studying statistics, we present him with the subjoined account of the cost of each single copy of the Times, as published to-day : d. Cost of paper for each copy of this day's publication 2 Stamp Newsvender's profit Sale to the public 45 Profit on each paper of Now, according to our royal censor, out of these three-eighths of a penny, or one farthing and a half for each copy, are to be defrayed all the substantial ex penses of the journal, reporters, printers, compositors, correspondents, foreign and domestic, repair of ma chinery, and all the numerous burdens to which journal ism is liable. We omit to speak of the contributors to the leading columns, but we suppose there are few per sons blind to the necessity of retaining for this purpose men of sound education, undoubted intelligence, and in tegrity beyond the temptation or suspicion of a bribe. No one, we should imagine, is blind to the proprieiy of re munerating them well ; and we ask, how would it be possible to do this, and all that is required besides from the proprietors of a London journal, at a lower tariff than the present? Could we cater for the public as we have done— could we continue to do so, were our charges reduced? Clearly it is impossible. It is obvious that no extent of circulation can by itself repay the outlay required for the complete management of a daily paper. Nay, increase of circulation is itself, after a certain point, an evil, for it entails the necessity of further appliances and a more numerous corps, for the due support of which recourse must be perpetually had to the profits on ad vertisements. A journal may, indeed, weather out a short time on a scale of reduced prices; but any one con versant witlAthe exigencies of the press must be fully aware that to continue this mode of operation under ex isting circumstances involves one of two conditions, — either that the proprietors shall always be able to fall back on the ample subsidies of some undisclosed million naire, or that they shall be eventually ruined. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—An inquest was held on the 12th instant, by J. W. Cowley, Esq., Coroner for Bucks, at Marsh Gibbon, on view of the body of the daughter of Charles and Ann Rawlins, aged five years. The deceased went out to play on the previous afternoon, accompanied by two other children, and she proceeded to a well in the neighbourhood, near which they sat down, and the deceased in attempting to reach something from the surface, overbalanced and was precipitated into the water, and before any one arrived life was quite extinct. Verdict, "Accidental Death." An inquest was held by the same coroner on the 15th instant, at Aylesbury, on view of the body of John Holland, aged fifteen months. On the 30th ult, the deceased upset a cup of hot coffee over his head, which had shortly before been poured from the coffeepot and placed upon a table by his mother. A surgeon was immediately sent for, and every attention paid, but the child died from the effects of the scalds received on the 14th inst. Verdict, "Accidental Do ath.l FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON AND CHI CHESTER RAILWAY.-A S the train from Brighton to Chichester was passing at full speed between Shoreham and Littlehampton, early on the afternoon of Wednes day, a man was observed to jump off one of the carriages. On arriving at Littlehampton, the guard was made ac quainted with the fact, and the engine was detached and sent back to discover if any accident had occurred. The unfortunate man was found lying on the railway with his skull so fearfully broken that, though alive at the time this information was dispatched on Wednesday, no hopes whatever were entertained of his recovery. It appears that the unfortunate individual, who has suffered by his own indiscretion, is the master and part owner of a coasting vessel in the neighbourhood of Littlehamp ton, and was on his way from London to spend the evening with a friend, but the train not stopping at the Goring station, where he wanted to get of he risked his life to avoid walking a mile, the Goring station being one mile, and the next station two miles from the resi. deuce of his friend. THE MAILS. — SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 17.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship, the Queen, Captain Russell, arrived in the docks at 7 P.M. yesterday, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails of the follow ing dates:—Gibraltar, Sept. sth; Cadiz, 6th; Lisbon, 10th; Oporto, 11th; Vigo, 12th; and Corunna, 13th. The mails were forwarded to London by the 1 A.M. train this day. The Queen has a full cargo of grapes, and some other packages. She also brings the sad intelli• gence of the death of the Earl of Yarborough. The Noble Lord's remains are on board the Kestrel yacht, which left Vigo on the 10th instant, he having died on the previous day. The Queen had fifty-eight passengers. The Madrid, Captain Bingham, left the docks at 3 P.M. this day with the Gibraltar and Peninsular mails, full cargo of bale goods, and fifty-one passengers. The Royal West Indian mail packet, the Clyde, Captain Simons, also left the docks with the West India and other mails, and fifty passengers, and sundry stores, on the Company's account. The splendid new steam-ship, the Pottinger, Captain Cooper, belonging to the Oriental Company, is pr e p ar i ng f or sea; s h e w ill leave on the 20th instant, with the East India and China mails, vid Alexandria. The Pottinger is now taking in a full cargo of bale goods. The Transit steamer arrived this day from Vigo, which place sho left on Friday last, with a large cargo of beasts, all in most excellent condition. TJ IRELAND. ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL A.. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH r BESBOROUGH: On Tuesday a deputation from the ministers and ruling elders of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, composed of the Rev. P. Morgan, moderator, and the Rev. Messrs. Stewart, Young, and Wilson, waited upon his Excellency the Earl of Besborough, at the Viceregal Lodge, to pre sent an address. The Rev. Gentlemen were most kindly received by his Excellency, to whom the Rev. Mr. Morgan read the address, as follows : " May it please your Excellency—We, her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the ministers and ruling elders of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, embrace the earliest opportunity . since your Excellency's arrival in this country to offer our respectful congratulations to your Excellency on your appointment to the Viceregal Government of Ire land. Deeply attached as we are to British connexion, we do not consider any nobleman in the United Kingdom as a stranger or an alien ; yet, we must confess that we feel peculiar interest in approaching a Viceroy who is a native of our island, and a nobleman so distinguished by generous and philanthropic exertions for the prosperity of the country. " We dare not boast of our worth, but we are thank ful to Almighty God that he has enabled the people under our care, by industry, peaceableness, and regu larity, to render the portion of the country in which they live no disgrace to the empire, and but little ex pensive to the Government. " We lament to state that the calamity which it has pleased Almighty God to inflict upon the world at large, in the destruction of the potato crop, has fallen upon our people. They were last year subjected to the loss of at least one-half of this crop, in the present they have lost all —yet they have hitherto been no burthen to the country. Into the other provinces Government have been obliged to send both money and provisions to prevent actual starvation, and much greater supplies appear to be in those localities still required, while idio Ulster little or nothing of the kind was introduced. " What may be the effect of this year's calamity we are unable to conjecture. The present prospects are dark and threatening ; but our people are taught and are accustomed to put their trust in Him who feeds the raven of the valley, and we trust that by His blessing upon their patience and industry, they will be enabled to submit to and to bear whatever His providence may lay upon them. We have the fullest confidence in your Excellency's paternal care over us, and all portions of the community. We are assured that in any emergency which may arise, our people may rely upon receiving from your Excellency every aid and encouragement within your Excellency's power. " We and our people shall continue, as we have been accustomed to do, to plead at a throne of grace, that the King of kings may s h ower d own h i s choicest blessings upon our beloved sovereign and her family, and nume rous subjects, and that a large portion of the same bles sings may descend upon your Excellency's person, house hold, and government. " Signed in the name of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, at Belfast, this 27th day of August, 1846. "JAMES MORGAN, Moderator. "THOMAS M. REID, I Clerks." "ROBERT PARK, His Excellency returned the following reply : " Gentlemen—l receive with the satisfaction the congratulations of a body so distinguished as the Presbyterians of Ireland have ever been for their loyalty to their Sovereign and attachment to the British constitution. " I am too well aware of the awful dispensation of Providence, which has deprived so large a portion of the people of this country of that crop on which their ex istence almost depends ; but it is satisfactory to me to know that they bear their sufferings with resignation to the will of God. " As an Irish proprietor, I am aware of the wants and deprivations to which so large a portion of the people of this country are constantly subjected, and of the patient endurance which they have always exhibited. " On that forbearance I rely for being able to conduct the government under this most pressin g difficulty; and you may be assured of my inclination to watch over the interests confided to me with anxious solicitude, and with a determination to see those measures which the Legislature has placed at my disposal carried into opera tion as efficiently as it is poisible (or me to do by any exertion it is in my power to make." MAIL FOR LISBON AND THE CAP➢.—This morning a notice was posted at the General Post-office, that her Majesty's ship Balldog, for Lisbon and the Cape, which was to have sailed this day, will not sail till the 21st inst. TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE. —A fearful accident, attended with loss of life and in jury to several persons, happened on Tuesday, at the factory of Messrs. Thompson and Co., at Treforest, by the explosion of a steam-boiler. It took place at about six o'clock in the morning, when the day men were re lieving those that had been employed during the night. The terrific character of the explosion, and the severe vibration which it caused, induced many to suppose that some dreadful convulsion of nature had taken place. For a time the district was enveloped in smoke and dust. On its subsiding it was discovered that one of the large boilers attached to the works had burst. The building in which it stood was of the soundest description. The roof was supported by massive iron beams. The entire was shattered to a complete ruin. On the mass of rubbish being searched, the body of a man named Rowers was found sadly mutilated. His death must have been instantaneous. Two other workmen were much scalded, but hopes are entertained of their re covery. It is impossible to account for the accident, the boiler having been in good working order for the last five months. The body of it was thrown nearly 100 yards from its original position. An inquest has been held on the poor fellow who was killed, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned. THE MANCHESTER ATHEN/EUM.—The grand annual soiree of the Athenmum will be held a little short of a month hence. Besides the distinguished nobleman, Lord Morpeth, who is to preside, the list of those who have promised assistance on the occasion contains the names of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P , the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, M.P., the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, R.N., Mr. M. Gore, M.P., Mr. J. T. Clifton, M.P., Mr. J. W. Patten, M.P., Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. M. Philips, M.P., Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P., Mr. Charles Mackay, Mr. George Dawson, M.A., Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and Mr. J. M`Gregor. The Vice-Presidents comprise among them a number of the wealth, talent, and influence of the town, and altogether the soiree promises to equal any of the delightful assemblages with which the name of the Man chester Athenaeum is so pleasingly associated. The ex cellent bands of the 4th Light Dragoons and of the 69th Infantry will be in attendance, and a variety of arrange ments for the comfort of the guests are advancing Tickets may now be bad, an intimation of importance to those who, residing at a distance, may intend to wit ness the proceedings.—Manchester Courier. NATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY.—The Committee of the National Society . for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church have resolved on the establishment of two examinations yearly, analogous to those in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, with a view to impart an additional stimulus to persons preparing themselves for the office of schoolmasters. To those who creditably pass, formal certificates will be given, and there will be immediately afterwards an examination of a higher kind, in which candidates who shall have passed the first trial will have an opportunity of showing their proficiency in any ad ditional branches of knowledge, directly or indirectly useful to an elementary teacher in the exercise of his vocation. For the " pass " examination, the subjects his, vocal music, and h are to be reading, writing, grammar, the Liturgy, and Scripttue theory res, ari an thme d tic,geography, tory , practice of teaching. In the " ex amination for honours," most stress will be laid on high proficiency in the branches above enumerated—on skill in English composition, the elements of history and philosophy, and knowledge of classics and mathematics. The first examination is to take place in London at Christmas next. DEATIIS OF CONVICTS AT WOOLWlCH.—Yesterday Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for West Kent, held inquests at Woolwich, at the Salutation Tavern, opposite the Arsenal gates, on the bodies of two convicts, who met their deaths under the following circumstances:—The names of the deceased are William Gibbs and Thomas Trison, who were convicted at the Surrey Assizes, held at Kingston in March last, and sentenced to transporta tion for life, on a charge of robbery. From the evidence of Messrs. Bossey and Bligh, surgeons to the hospital convict-ship, it was proved that the deceased received during their illness, wine, custards, fish, flesh, and fowl, in order to rally their constitution, which had no effect, and they died of consumption. The jury expressed their entire approbation with the kind and humane treat ment they had received under the distressing circum stances, and returned a verdict, " Died from natural causes." An erroneous impression having gone abroad that such unhappy creatures are nearly starved and worked to death, the following official return of food and clothing, issued from the Secretary of State's office, will tend to remove such doubts. Weekly regimen—oat meal, :31b. 1 oz.; soft bread, 71b.; biscuit, 11b. 120 z.; beef, 31b.; cheese, 120 z.; salt, 40z.; and a pint and a half of small beer on cheese days. Annual clothing -2 jackets, 3 pair of trousers, 3 shirts, 4 pair of stockings, 3 pair of shoes, 2 hats, 2 handkerchiefs, 1 waistcoat, 1 blanket, and 1 Guernsey frock. Dr. Bossey said he had the power to order, without the least restriction, any luxury or indulgence during sickness to the convicts. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES IN ST. MARTIN IN-THE-FIELDS.—This morning a numerously attended meeting of the rate-payers of St. Martin-in-the-Fields was held in the Vestry-room, for the purpose of deter mining whether the Act to encourage the establishment of baths and wash-houses should be adopted for that parish. The chair was taken by the Rev. Sir H. Dukenfield, the Vicar. The rev. gentleman said that those persons who, like him, had visited the abodes of the poor in that parish, must be convinced of the neces sity of giving them increased means of keeping their bodies, their garments, and their rooms in a state of cleanliness. It was very unusual to find that the poor had more than one apartment, that inconveniently small, and in which it was impossible that they could enjoy those ablutions which were so essential to health. If it should be determined to build baths in that parish, the money would be borrowed from Government, and paid in the usual manner by instalments, in the period of twenty years. The cost of the building would probably be about 5,0001., and the annual expense about 4001. Mr. Hall, churchwarden, then moved the erection of baths and wash-houses in that parish, which was seconded by Mr. Staunton, aad carried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. --"") x• 2 . , 'TO! ~. U N c _;,_-- - : , _':-3 - :.-:-.4- ,),,,.',),: \ _•.f -T ll s wi r j r-o r ---.4ez.: admix! COURT CIRCULAR The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Saturday the 16th instant, at Windsor Castle. The Council is ap pointed to be held at three o'clock in the afternoon. The royal children took their usual exercise on the sea beach at Osborne House, on Wednesday afternoon. Lord John Russell had the honour of dining with the royal circle at Osborne House on Wednesday evening. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the forenoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked and rode in the plantations and rides. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing yesterday. Lord John Russell left Osborne House yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left her residence, Frog more House, Windsor, at a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday morning, in a carriage and four, and arrived shortly before twelve o'clock at Clarence House, St. James's. The Royal Duchess, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left town about four o'clock, on her return to Frogmore House. General Bell had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. The Committee of Visitors of the Hanwell Asylum, consisting of Mr. C. A. Tulk, Chairman ; Mr. John Wilks, Mr. Pownall, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Marlborough Pryor, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Kemshead, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches wars received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Sierra Leone. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governor of Gib raltar. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town yesterday for Hickleton, near Doncaster, Yorkshire. Lord John Russell arrived at his residence at Wim bledon yesterday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty, at Osborne house. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, from the Isle of Wight. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new drama, entitled Eugenia Claircille, or The New Found Home, was produced here last evening. 'Eugenia Claireille (Madame Celeste) is the orphan daughter of an English lady, who has eloped with a French soldier. Deprived of her parents, she disguises herself in male attire, and wends her way to England to find her rich uncle, Mr. Rugleigh (Mr.Cullenford), her mother's brother, who has discarded his sister be cause she has married against his consent. Rugleigh is lodging with Mrs. Corbell (Mrs. Laws), an old friend of his sister's, and is attended on by Bernard Langrel (Mr. Boyce), a sort of humble Joseph Sur face, who has insinuated himself into the old man's good graces, and has persuaded the old man to make a will in his favour, leaving an annuity of 3001. a year to Eugenia Clair9ille, his sister. Langrel, how ever, plots with Buzzard (Mr. Lambert), a lawyer, to draw up a will, omitting this annuity, and to pre sent it to the old man for signature; and when the will is prepared, the lawyer waylays a certain Mr. Toffey (Mr. P. Bedford), a lollipop merchant in the Borough, who is out for the day, and bribes him to be a witness to the execution of the document. At this period Eugenia arrives, is recognised as the old man's relation, and he refuses to execute the will. Toffey, however, witnesses the execution of a bond from Langrel to Buzzard, the price of the vilainy of the latter, and Langrel pretends to be rejoiced at the arrival of Eugenia. He then forges the signature of old Rugleigh to the will, forges the signature of Toffey as the witness, and leaves Rugleigh asleep in the care of Eugenia, having previously mixed poison in the old man's night draught, which is to be admi nistered to him by Eugenia. But this poison was not mixed without the presence of a witness. There is a certain Hugh Matlock (Mr. O. Smith), who having been unjustly sentenced to transportation as a poacher, has vowed vengeance against the world. He breaks into Rugleigh's house that night, and, con cealed behind a curtain, sees Langrel mix the poison and leave the room. Matlock then enters and com mences plundering the room, when he is interrupted by Eugenia, and by the old man, who awakes. In Rug leigh he recognises the magistrate who had sentenced him, and rushes upon him to stab him. Eugenia here throws herself between them, remonstrates with Matlock, and so works upon his feelings that he drops his knife, throws down his plunder, and leaves the house. The excitement has been too much for Rug leigh, who falls down in a fit and expires. This ends the second act, between which and the third a lapse of nine months takes place. In the third act we find Langrel in full possession of his ill-got wealth, but desperately in love with Eugenia, now reduced to poverty. She, however, loves Frederick Stanmore (Mr. Worrell), and indignantly rejects the suit of Langrel. He endeavours to coerce her. He seeks the aid of Buzzard, who bribes Matlock to assist him. Langrel threatens to denounce her to justice as having poisoned her uncle. In an agony of grief and de spair, she still refuses his suit—albeit he has so cleverly wove together his chain of circumstantial evidence as to make it appear impossible that she should escape. The acting of Madame Celeste in this scene was intensely pathetic; it harrowed up the feelings and went to the very soul ; but when escape seemed impossible, the witness of her innocence was at hand. It was Matlock, who bribed by Buzzard to assume the character of an officer of justice, for the purpose of carrying off Eugenia, recognises in her the being who had awakened his soul to a sense of virtue, and denounces Langrel as the murderer ; at the same time the forgery is discovered through the means of Toffey, who, although he witnessed a deed, wit nessed no will ; and while Stanmore is united to Eugenia, the heiress, Langrel is arrested, and receives the just punishment of his crime. There is a very amusing comic underplot, in which Toffey, his wife (Mrs. F. Matthews), and his lodger, Frank Biceps, a random rattling medical student take part, which ever and anon comes in as a relief to the more serious scenes. The character of the iredical student is capitally delineated by Howe. He enters into the spirit of the character with great gusto, and never has the rattling, rollicking, careless quasi-profligate, but good-hearted medical student been more truly represented. His making up was beyond all praise. It was a perfect pictorial exemplification of the " season" career of the medical student upon town. It was the con verse of the metamorphoses of entomology, for beginning as the butterfly, he passed into the transition state of the chrysalis, a leetle tarnished, and ended as the grub; yet not altogether as the grub, for although seedy and shabby, he was never crawling ; there was always a swaggering spirit of independence about him, and a kind-heartedness at the bottom of all his follies that prevented him ever becoming contemp tible. It was evident that he had not lost his own self-respect, and therefore it was impossible for him ever entirely to lose the respect of others. Considered as a dramatic as contradistinguished from a melo dramatic actor, Mr. Howe was the great artist of the play. Mr. Munyard had a little park that of a lawyer's clerk, of which he made a great deal, and of which he would have made a great deal more, had he imitated Oxberry less palpably. The incidents of this drama are not new, but they are admirably put together. It is an exceedingly well-built play ; the dialogue, too, is carefully, and in the comic parts wittily written. Frank Biceps keeps up a constant fire of puns, some very good, , some so execrably bad, that they are better than good, and almost all new. Seldom have we met with a piece in which there is so much spoken fun, with so little of it common-place. The piece was completely successful, and was announced for repetition amidst loud applause. It was followed by Used Up, with Webster as the hero, and the glorious Pas de Pippins concluded the evening's amusement. The house was crowded to suffocation in every part. LEICESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—Would you be good enough to notice in your paper the apathy of the directors in the Leicester and Bir mingham Railway scheme. It is now (I think) more than two months since they failed in their attempt to get an Act, and I have seen no notice of a meeting, or any attempt being made to come to a settlement with holders of scrip. This is an act of positive injustice to withhold sums of money at a time when, from the opera tion of many causes, it is so much wanted. Yours respectfully, A SCRIPHOLDER. ROYAL ORTIIONEDIC HOSPITAL.—OR Thursday the half-yearly general court of the governors of the above-named hospital was held at the institution, Blooms bury. square. From the report for the half-year, read by the secretary, it appears that 856 patients have been admitted to the benefit of the charity, 42 of whom were in-patients, since the annual meeting in February last. The number of patients now in the hospital is 34. The average daily attendance of out-patients is about 100. The Est of subscribers is steadily on the increase, and the committee hope, ere long, to be enabled to receive a greater number of in-patients than the limited state of their funds will at present allow. Amongst the list of subscribers we noticed his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The report having been received, some routine business was transacted, and the meeting broke up. Sr. JAMES'S SOCIE TY FOR THE ol' LIFE FROM FlRE.—Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, the sixth annual meeting of the St. James's Society for the Protection of Life from Fire was held at No. 41, Brewer-street, to receive the annual report of the So ciety, which is established to support, by the voluntary subscriptions of the inhabitants, the maintenance of two fire escapes in the parish. Mr. Greeson having taken the chair, the financial report was read, which showed that the receipts were 197/. 3s. 10d., and that the ex penditure amounted to 1961. 13s. 11d., leaving a, balance of 9s. 11d. in the hands of the treasurer. - The report having been adopted, Mr. Churchman stated it was a remarkable fact, that since the establishment of the so ciety, six years ago, not a single house had been burnt down in the parish. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Newton, the secretary, who had relinquished 101. of his salary, and to the ehairmeet. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Kinnct, the deputy-postmaster of Raleigh, who had been remanded from Tuesday, on a charge of steal in(). a Si. note from a letter directed to Mr. Chambers, at Raleigh, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine this morning. Mr. Peacock appeared -for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry for the prisoner. Captain Osborne William Chambers said, that on the 28th March last, he wrote a letter (the same that was now produced), in which he enclosed a five-pound note. He took down the particulars of that note on a slip of paper, which he had since lost. The number of the note was 94,497, and the date Nov. 14, 1845. Here a difficulty arose in proving that the letter was directed to Mr. Chambers. The envelope was not pro duced, and Mr. Parry objected to the admission of secondary evidence. Mr. Peacock called several witnesses, clerks in the Secretary's department at the Post-office, to show that the envelope had been lost. It appeared from their evidence that an envelope had been received at the Post-office, being enclosed in a letter to the Post master-General—that this envelope had been sent to the postmaster at Folkestone, and being returned to the secretary's department here, had been sent to Paris. Since that time it had not been seen. A diligent search had been made for it, but had failed. Mr. JARDINE said that this evidence would not afford sufficient ground for admitting evidence as to the super scription on the envelope. Not only was there no satis factory evidence of the envelope having been lost, but it appeared pretty clear that it had been sent to Paris, and was there still. Mr. Peacock said he had written to Paris about it, and he found the envelope had been sent posted in a letter to the post-master at Folkestone. _ _ Mr. JARDINE said, that if that could be proved, and if evidence was given that a search had been made at Folkestone, a case for the admission of secondary evi dence would be established. Mr. Peacock said, that if time was given he could give much evidence. In the meantime he was pre pared to trace the letter into the possession of the pri soner. Mr. Peacock then called Mr. Cullins, mail-master at Folkestone, and Thomas Hart, a Custom-house officer at the same place, who proved the recept there of the letter-box, bring letters by the Queen of the French steamer on the 28th of March. It was forwarded in the usual manner. Mr. Chambers, being re-called, proved that he him self had put the letter in the box at Boulogne on that e,ay. _ _ _ Mr. Peacock, being unable to carry the evidence further this day, applied to have the prisoner remanded to Tuesday. Mr. JARDINE said, he had no doubt that the prose cutors would use all diligence to complete the case by that day, and that if they could not do so, they would not propose to carry it further. Mr. Peacock said, that of course all diligence would be used. The prisoner was accordingly remanded to Tuesday. Before he was removed from the dock, he applied, through Mr. Parry, to have restored to him the 5/ country bank-note which had been taken from him by the officer of the Post-office constabulary, but upon which no charge bad been founded. Mr. Peacock said that there could be no objection to that, as no suspicion whatever any longer attached to the prisoner on account of that note. On the contrary, he understood from Mr. Parry, the clergyman from Raleigh, who paid it to the prisoner, was present to give evidence, if required, as to the mode in which it came into his possession. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) John James Knight, a well-dressed boy, was brought up by Mr. Allenby, 195, Regent-street, who charged him with embezzling various sums of money, to the amount of at least 13/. Bs. The complainant said the boy was cash taker in his shop, and for some time had been entering the sums in correctly. The books were made up and balanced every night by the boy at the bar in company with another, who called over the sums in the small check-book. In one case the several items were properly and truly en tered, but summed up 3/. 17s. instead of 41. 175., the true amount, but the boy called over the latter sum instead of the one he had put in the cash-book, showing that the error was intended. On Monday night they found on balancing the books that there was a deficit of 5/. The boy absconded on that day. He had been, in the same shop for two years. The prisoner admitted he had put down the wrong sum and pocketed the difference. The case was remanded till Tuesday next. MARYLEBONE.--(THIS DAY.) John Barker was charged with stealing three half quartern loaves from a baker's basket in Weymouth street this morning. The owner of the basket having been informed of the theft, he and another baker went in quest of the prisoner, who, returning, dropped the three loaves into the basket again, and made off: — Policeman 77 D took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said he had not broken his fast since yesterday morning, and admitted having taken two loaves. Mr. RAwLiNsoN said one loaf would have satisfied the cravings of nature, therefore he must commit him for trial. MARRIED.—On Thursday, at All. Souls, Maryle bone, Richard Patten, Esq., collector of C9stoms at Goole, to Idiss Booker, of the same place. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDING JUNC TION RAILWAY.—SUNDERLAND, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.— On inquiry being made this afternoon, at Monkwear mouth, relative to the state of Hall and Henderson, the enginoman and fireman who were severely injured by the accident on this railway (a branch of the York and New castle), on Monday morning, parties were ieformed that they are " doing well." At fir,t they were not ex pected to recover; they have been attended by Mr. Gregory, surgeon, who now entertains the strongest hopes of their complete restoration to health. They cannot give any further account respecting the accident than has been already published. It appears that a young girl, who was one of the passengers, was also slightly injured. The line was cleared, and the broken rails replaced on Monday night, since which time the trains proceeded regularly. The engine has been removed to Gateshead, where the crank pin of the connecting lever will be replaced. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ATHOL.—This noble man, who has been suffering for some time under a mental disease, expired on Tue s d a y l as t, a t hi s res id ence at St. John's rood. The deceased (John Murray) was Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Athol, Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine, Earl of Stratht a y an d S trat h ar d a l e, Viscount Gleneldmond, Balquhidar, and Glenlyon, Baron Murray, of Tullibardine, Lord Balvenie and Gask, in the peerage of Scotland ; Earl Strange, Baron Strange, and Baron Murray, of Stanley, county of Gloucester, in the peerage of England, and hereditary sheriff of Perth shire. He was born on the 26th of June, 1778, and succeeded to the family titles and estates on the death of his father in September, 1830. The late noble duke was never married, and is succeeded by his nephew, Lord Glenlyon, who is an officer in the Dragoon Guards, and was married in 1839 to a dau:ihter of the late George Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Drummond, county of Stirling. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY WORKS.—DUDLEY, WEDNESDAY.—A dreadful and fatal occurrence has hap pened at the works of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Railway, near to this town. It should be stated that this li ne o f ra ilway passes under a large portion of the town of Dudley by a tunnel, and it was in the construction of this tunnel that the accident hap pened. The particulars may be very briefly stated. It appears that three men were employed, yesterday, in one of the tunnel pi ts , one of whom was a workman named Talbot John Bridge. Inn, in Hal Itr The pit was eet and , wassituated numberedatthe backc The fth h e e men, it appears, had prepared a " shot," and Bridge was ascending the shaft of th e t unne l in a skip or basket, when, from some fatality, which cannot at the present moment be accounted for, he fell o u t o f t h e skip head. foremost to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of forty or fifty yards. His companions immediately proceeded to raise him to the mouth of the pit, but he appeared quite dead, his head being literally crushed to pieces and almost severed from his body. The body was conveyed to the Talbot Inn, at d medical help was promptly at hand, but the poor fellow was beyond all human aid. POST-OFFICE NoTIcE (Tuis DAY).—" General Post-office, Sept. 18, 1846—Hurstperpoint having been made a post town, on and after the 23d inst. that office will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders." ACCIDENT AT AN IRON FOUNDRY.—Yesterday an accident, attended with very serious consequences, hap pened to John Donahuge, aged 44 years, residing in Hooper street, Westminster-road. He was employed in the iron foundry connected with the engineering esta blishment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, of Westmihs ter-road, and while rolling an immense iron plate from the workshop to the yard, he slipped, and the whole weight fell upon his legs, and when released by the other workmen he was found to have sustained an extensive laceration of the right leg, and dislocation of the ancle joint. He was removed with all speed to Guy's Hos pital, where he is progressing as favourably Ali can be expected, The Court then divided, when the original motion was carried by a majority of 31 ; the numbers being—fur the admission of the bust, 65 ; against it, 34. THE COAL WHIPPERS. Upon the motion of Mr. W. S. HALE, the petition of Mr. nobler for the payment of his bill of charges in pro curing the Coal Whippers' Act, was referred to a com mittee. Mr. Hobler had by great labour and skill, and at great expense from his private purse, obtained the Bill in Parliament ; and Mr. Wire, who had been op posed to him all through, did justice to the extraordi nary exertions of the petitioner in all the laborious pre parations and in every stage of the legislative proceedings. THE REGISTRATION. BOROUGH OF FINSBURY. The revision of the list of voters for the borough of Finsbury took place yesterday, before D. C. Moylan, Esq., the revising barrister, in the Vice-Chancellor of England's Court, Lincoln's Inn. There were no objections, and but sixty-nine claims from persons to be placed on the register, in the fifteen parishes, liberties, and inns of court forming the borough. Not one case of any public importance occurred during the day. The following was the result of the revision:— Parishes. Claims. Allowed. Disallowed. St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr 1 1 0 St. George, Bloomsbury 8 0 8 St. Giles-in-the-fields St. James, Clerkenwell St. Luke, Old-street ... St. Mary, Islington 33 26 7 St. Sepulchre Total 69 43 26 On revising the lists for Clerkenwell and Islington the Barrister complained of the omission from the list of hundreds of Christian names, which the overseers said was caused by the shortness of time allowed them to make out the lists. HERTFORD. Mr. Espinasse held his court yesterday at the Town hall, Hemel Hempstead, where it was adjourned from the Bell Inn, as advertised, in consequence of the number of persons in attendance, and the want of sufficient accom modation at that place. W. H. James, George Fitch, and E. R. Spence, Esqs., appeared for the Liberal and Free-trade party, and T. W. Blagg and C. E. Grover, Esqs., for the Conservatives. On the Hemel Hempstead list being taken, Mr. James took an objection to the list being proceeded with under the following circumstances. It appeared that the cor rect manner of spelling Hemel Hempstead was with the letter " a," under the 2d and 3d William IV., cap. 84. In the notice published by the revising bar rister of the courts he should hold, and the parishes he should take at these courts, under the information that the court would sit at Hemel Hampsteel, ap peared the parish list of " Heinel Hempstead" —it so happened, that the heading of the list of voters, delivered to the revising barrister, was stated to be a list for the parish of Hemel Hempstead. Mr. James therefore contended, that before the Barrister could legally revise that list, he must correct it under the powers given him under the 40 sec. of the 6 Vic. cap. 18. The Barrister had given notice to revise a list that was not before him. Mr. ESPINASSE said, the list before him was the one he had received from the clerk of the peace, and the one which was spoken of in the notice of the time of holding the courts. He did not think it necessary to alter the heading of the list to enable him to proceed. Mr. Fitch thought it would be better that the list should be corrected, as a question might afterwards be raised. Mr. Fitch was about to proceed with some further remarks, when Mr. Espinasse sharply asked him if he attended there as an agent? Mr. Fitch said he did. Mr. ESPINASSE did not think there was anything in the objection, and proceeded to revise the list as it stood without correction. Sixteen gentlemen, claiming for rent charges in the parish of Hemel Hempstead, on property situate at Mar lowes, were objected to by the Conservatives, and a long argument arose as to the value of the premises upon which the rent-charges were secured, from which it appeared that the encumbrances upon it, besides these rent charges, were so heavy that there was not sufficient value to bear the rent charges of 40s. each; the names were consequently expunged. In the same list William Henry Ashurst, claiming for a rent-charge in fee, was objected to by the Con servatives. Mr. James put in a deed dated the 21st of January last, by which , the rent-charge was conveyed to Mr. Ashurst, but the rent was not, payable until January, 1847. No rent had been received upon the deed. Mr. Grover contended that as the rent was payable yearly, the case came within the decision of the Court of Common Pleas. In the case of Murray v. Thornilly, in which a rent charge was granted in January, 1845, the first payment of which was to be made in January, 1846, it was held that the grantee was not entitled to be regis tered as having been " in actual possession thereof " for six calendar months next previous to the last day of July, within the section 22 of the 2d William IV., cap. 45, and submitted that the claimant would not be enti tled to claim until he had received rent, and had been put in actual possession of the rent-charge. Mr. ESPINASSE said he was of the same opinion. He considered this a similar case in all its points to that of Murray and Thornilly. Mr. Fitch submitted that it was not. There was a very material variance between the two cases; the grant of the rent-charge before the Court of Common Pleas was evidently a grant at common law, and that the only seisin under that deed was a seisia in law—such seisin the Court of Common Pleas decided was not a sufficient compliance with the requisites of the statute ; but it was a far different case before this Court. Here the title to the rent-charge was conferred by an appoint ment of the use and under the Statute of Uses, which transferred the actual possession to the use, there was both a seisin in fact and a seisin in law. The words in the deed of rent-charge were, " and he (the grantor) doth by these presents direct, limit, and appoint ;" and it was those words which gave the grantee bodily possession of the rent-charge under the Statute of Uses. s He contended, therefore, that the re quisitions of the Reform Act, which rendered the actual possession of the qualification necessary, were complied with ; for it was impossible to distinguish actual pos session under the statute of Henry 11. (the Statute of Uses) from the actual possession required by the Reform Act. Were it otherwise, the title of the greater portion of the land in this kingdom would be subverted. He then went into the necessity of the old assurance of lease and release as methods of conveyance, and con tended that the same principles, as a matter of course, placed the party as much in actual possession of a rent charge as in possession of his estate. M. ESPIWASSE said he was clearly of opinion that in this case the claim to vote could not be supported. He could not distinguish this case from that of Murray v. Thornilly. It appeared to him that " actual possession" under the Reform Act, must be actual possession in fact, as contradistinguished to actual possession in law, and in this case he thought the voter had not been in such actual possession as was required by the Act, and should therefore expunge the name. _ _ Mr. Fitch applied to the Court for a case of appeal. Mr. ESPINASSE did not think there was a doubt in the case; besides the case had clearly been decided before by the case of Murray v. Thornilly, and he should not be doing his duty if he burdened the Court of Common Pleas with cases which had before been decided by them; he should therefore not grant a case. In the same list the name of George Glass was objected to by the Conservatives. Mr. Glass claimed for a rent charge on property situate in the High -street. Mr. Fitch, who supported the claim, called Mr. Smith, the owner of the property, who stated that in January last he granted to Mr. Glass a rent-charge of forty' shil lings in fee, for which he received (45/, as the purchase money. The rent had been paid ever since the 28th of July last; the rent was payable half-yearly, on the 28th July and the 26th January. Cross-examined by Mr. Grover—Paid the half-year's rent to Mr. Glass by a post-office order, which was ad dressed according to his address in the deed of rent charge. Mr. ESPINASSE decided that the claim was good. Mr. Fitch said he had been called there at consider able expense to defend these votes, and therefore hoped that costs would be awarded. Mr. ESPINASSE said as it appeared the grantor lived in the town he might have been asked whether the rent-charge was correctly granted or not, and as no inquiries seemed to have been made, he should award 20s. costs. When our reporter left at eight o'clock the Court was still sitting. The result of the revision for the Hemel Hempstead list is as follows : New claims— By Liberals 132 By Conservatives Objections— Liberals struck off 44 Conservatives struck off Total Making on the three days' revision a majority in Favour of the Liberals of 141. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—Among other handsome donations to the above charity, and following immediately after the sum of one hundred guineas, forwarded through the hands of the Vicar of Wandsworth, the secretary yester day received the sum of 501. from Miss Irvine, of Lud dington House. Tim LATE MR. JUSTICE WILLIAms.—A post mortem examination of the remains of the above distin guished judge has left the cause of his lamented death a subject for medical conjecture. The heart and large blood vessels near that organ were found in a perfectly healthy state, as was also the brain, showing that the death of the Learned Judge was attributable neither to apoplexy or disease of the heart. The most probably conjecture is, that the deceased died of gout in the stomach, though that organ exhibited no appearance beyond what might have been caused by dyspepsia, from which he had been suffering more or less for some days. On the morning when he was visited by 1)r. Probart, he complained of pains, radiating as he described them, from the pit of the stomach. Dr. Probart appears to have had some apprehensions of gout, for he asked his patient whether he had ever suffered from any attack of that affection. Tho reply was that he never had, nor, Its far as he knew, had any of his family. The circum stances of the deceased's death were awfully sudden. Lady Williams left him on the sofa in the drawing room, as she supposed, better than he had been in the morning, to join the party of friends assembled at dinner. On returning after a short absence, she found him, as she thought, asleep on the sofa, but the sleep was soon discovered to be that of death N .r. , " .. 43; V a 5!4 .0 0 , 5 1 4 .0