The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-16 00:00:00

GLEANINGS from the AMERICAN PAPERS. (From the Albany Citizen of Saturday.) HORRIBLE BUTCHERY! Utica, Friday Morning, March 13, 1846. We learn this morning, by Frink, conductor, from Auburn, that the house of Mr. Van Ness, a farmer and supervisor of the town of Fleming, on Owasco four miles from Auburn, was entered last night, about half past nine o'clock, by some one in the disguise of a negro, and Mr. Van Ness, his wife, and child were stabbed by the villain, and are dead. His mother-in law and hired man were also stabbed, but are still living. No further particulars are known, and no cause assigned for the act. It is reported that Mrs. V. N. ran about sixty rods, when her bowels gushed out, and she fell dead. -Ix. V., it is said, attempted to go up stairs for his gun, and fell dead; the child, about two years old, was torn open from its shoulder entirely across its abdomen. The hired man succeeded in keeping him off with the broomstick, and saved his own life and that of Mr. V.'s mother-in law, but he is badly wounded. It is said the murderer took the road to Auburn, near which place one of Mr. V. N's. horses was found, bearing evident signs of having been hard ridden. The murderer of the Van Ness family was taken at Fulton, Oswego county, and is in the custody of the Sheriff. We understand that he acknowledges the deed. Me was at Syracuse Friday morning. He hitched his horse on the north side of the canal, and was on the steps of the Syracuse House when the cars came out from Syracuse. He went to Fulton, where he offered to sell his horse to the tavern keeper, V. Low ; this caused a suspicion that the horse was stolen, avid soon after he left he was pursued on this suspic ion and taken. bears the marks of the blow received from Van Arsdale. We learn that Mrs. Wykoff and Van Arsdale aces till alive (Friday evening). ATTEMPT TO KlLL.—Manuel Sainz dela Maza, a bar-keeper at the Brilliant Coffee-house, on the corner of Marais and Customhouse streets, was arrested yes terday afternoon for having stabbed with a knife one Edward Ennis, with an attempt to kill him. This affray occurred in the coffee-house above-named on the even ing of the 4th instant. The man was so badly cut that his blood was traced the next morning from the house to Canal-street, across which he has been taken to the Charity Hospital, and where he has been ever since in a critical state, but now out of danger.—lV. 0. Delta, Bth instant. MURDER.—We regret to learn that a murder was committed in the neighbourhood of Dukedom, Weekly, county Tenesse, on Monday last. An affray took place between ‘ Dr.Wilson and a ma n name d R o b er ts, in which Roberts was stabbed with a dirk and killed instantly. Wilson did not attempt to escape, but was under guard awaiting the action of an examining court.—Louisville Journal, Monday. The Richmond Compiler mentions the death in Cum berland county (Va) of Syfax Brown, aged one hundred and fifteen years, four months, and five days. He was for many years the slave and personal servant of the late John Randolph, Esq., of Mattaox, father of the late John Randolph, of Itonoake. REMARKABLE ESCAPE AND PRESENCE OF MIND.— ' As Mrs. Patterson, of this city, was crossing the rail road bridge, just south of Asylum-street, last Monday morning, the train of cars from Springfield came down and nearly overtook her before she noticed them, when, in attempting to get off the track, at the south end of the bridge, she stumbled and fell, and not having suffi cient time to get upon the outside of the track before the cars overtook her, she had the remarkable presence of mind to arrange herself between the rails, with her face and person close to the ground, and also to untie her bonnet string, when the whole train passed imme diately over her without causing her the least injury— except a horrible fright.—Hartford Cour., Saturday. AN ELOPEMENT.—In consequence of fair promises of marriage, a young lady of Cabotville, Mass., (a manu facturing town on the line of the Boston and Albany Railroad), was induced to elope with a young man at that place. They took " French leave," and went straight on to Buffalo as fast as the steam-horse could whirl them there. On their arrival in that city the; took rooms at one of the first hotels, and the young man told the all-unsuspecting girl that he had sent out for minister, who would soon tie their destinies together in the " hard knot," of matrimony. But then, poor creature, came a bitter disappointment —a destruction of the airy castle hope had built. Under this comforting assu rance, and taking advantage of her confidence in the near approach of the consummation of all her fondest an ticipations and brightest dreams, the faithless villain attempted to accomplish the ruin of the fair girl, whose affections ho had won, and who had given convincing proof of her attachment to him, and reliance on his pro • raises. But the fellow was baulked in his infamous do sign. The vigorous resistance of the poor girl and her cries for help brought assistance ere her strength fail«l her. The landlord burst into the room, and soon received a frank and honest statement of all the circumstances from the girl. His measures were quickly taken. At his request the weeping girl left the room. Then locking the door, he said to the faithless, heartless, fellow :—" Now, you contemptible scoundrel, bring to me all your baggage, and open it." The command was obeyed. " Now," he added, " strip yourself of all your outer garments and hand them to me." This order was also obeyed. He then searched" his truck and pockets, and taking therefrom all the money that he could find, amounting to about sixty dollars, 11.- returned to the fellow his clothes and baggage, and when he had dressed, gave him a hint to leave the house, that he was not slow to take. He then gave the girl all the money, and putting her in the safe charge of a Friend, sent her home to Cabotvilie. He has since received leer from her, thanking him heartily, in the name of herself and her parents, for i is timely aid in rescuing her so eifectually from an unmitigated villain. The land lord has his reward. We trust the false•hearted reducer will receive the fail punishment his villany merits. — Albany Citizm. AN IMMENSE STICK OF TIMBER.—A twenty-horse team, drawing an immense stick of timber surmounted by the " stars and stripes," attracted general attention in our streets on Thursday. It was owned by William Howell, and is to be sawed into boat timber. It mea sured 423 feet in the butt, and 22.3 feet at the top. It was 63 feet in length, and contained 620 cubic feet. Its total weight was no less than l9i tons—the heaviest stick of timber probably ever drawn to the city. It was drawn ten miles by Pike and Ellis, and is chiefly designed for the yard of Messrs. 11., at Buffalo.—Ro chester Democrat. COMMERCIAL HOTELS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to suggest, through your columns, to the proprietors of commercial hotels throughout the kingdom, as an addition to the comfort of their hce,t customers, to furnish the commercial room with a small library. Bo; in his description of the commercial room, makes it appear a very uncomfortable, because a non intellectual-looking place. Geoffrey Crayon, in hi, sketch book, not much bett e r. Th e occupants have of a verity the best of everything the larder can afford ; the attendance, too, is faultless, but, behold the com mercial room !—a map of the country, a framed and var nished printed list of the directors of the National and Mercantile Provident Society, decorate the else bare walls, and a bat' ered Directory, is all that is to be seen connected with letters. This is the rule—a rule with very few exceptions. It may be advanced, that people out o business have no time to read books ; this, Sir, as you will readily suppose, would be indeed a great fellaoy. Few of us are so constantly engaged through eut the days of summer and winter but then; are hours when to devise the best method of killing the time is a consideration. Indeed, I venture to assert, that there is not a sixteenth part of the commercial body who have not sufficient spare time to dip into a volume. Granted, that there is a sixteenth pert who cannot command any time, the remaining part possessing it, why should they not have the means of so agreeably and profitably em ploying their leisure ? It may again be advanced, that the reading man may either tak e a b oo k w i t h hi m on h i s journey, or, at all .rary events, supply himself by sending to some circulating inli the town he may be sojourning in. It must be, however, self-evident that both altern a ti ves are a tt en d e d with great objec t ions. ilthefirit place, he who wou ld carry sufkient r ea di ng for his portmanteau with vo l umes ; in jo tt l e se rney must fill his every country-town whi c h b oasts a circn e l o a t t ld, it is not and fewer where books above the standardort g he li lii b i r v a e r r y va ; Press are kept. I write this, Sir, in one of the most popular commercial rooms In this part of the country, allowed universally to be one of the best houses on the road, and yet, beyond a Directory, there is not a book in the room, whilst the Times and The Sun of Saturday last, lying on the table, have been spelled over and over again. We shall not receive the Times until to-night, The Sun to-morrow morning—how desirable a few books or magazines would be! Yesterday was Sunday; 'twas fine, we could get out and walk; but, Sir, all Sundays are not fine, and to be imprisoned within four brick walls all clay, with so little to fall back upon as we in our rooms possess, is anything but pleasant. Besides, if commercial rooms were to be pro vided with books, would it not be a step in the right di rection, in support of our country's literature? I have hastily thrown these remarks together as sug gestions to the proprietors of commercial hotels through out the kingdom; actuated also by a conviction that a library in the commercial room is a great desideratum; and also from the fact of the same opinion being uni versally entertained by the commercial men of the pre sent day, who may be justly called a new generation of reading men.—ln haste you A rs, COMMERCIAL MAN. Newark, Monday, April 13. ; EXPORT OF HORSES.—Twenty-six useful mares and _ geldings were shipped on Saturday last by M r. Riby :Nchol son, from the White Horse Inn stables, per the Rob Roy, Captain Knocker, for Hamburgh. Twenty mares and geld ings,_on purchasea in the metropolitan markets, by v M. Sachs, of Berlin, mad brought to Hull on Friday last by the , London steamer, w ere re s hi ppe d on T ues d a y from Smith's Black Horse stables on board the Leeds, Captain Mowle, for Hamburgh. Two entire horses, two mares, and two geldings selected by Mr. Scholefield, of Faxfleet, for Mr. Straus, of Vienna, were also shipped f rom t h e P aragon stables, perthe Rob Roy, for Hambnrgh.—Hun Packet. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —ALL HEAVY, SLEEPY, DROWSY, AND APOPLECTIC SYMPTOMS IMIILDTATELY REMOVED BY ROLLO. WAY'S YlLLS.—Titere is often much danger to be apprehended from attacks of paralysis or apoplexy, whenever any of the foregoing Sy . ptoms hang about the system for any length of time. Such a .1 \ Inta% edthtno indicates much derangement of the stomach and liver, „., and clearly demonstzttes a great want of purity in the blood. wh en `. ttilsis the ease( hot a moment should be lost in taking a few strong P. dotes tof these celebrated pills, which so thoroughly cleanse the "".• bowers and sternagh, \ while they act upon the liver and other f?- organs. and thus reatta the blood to its pristine purity.—Sold at ProfessorFielloway'sHstabLishment, 244, Strand, London, and by e' all medicine sellers thrtighout the civilised world. '.c GREAT SCULL.Zit'S MATCH FOR 200 L—The trial of ss. aquatic skill behyten Robert Newell, of London, and H. Clasper, of-Newcattle, is fixed to come off ou the 22d of "June, ofl the Lifer Tyne, Newcastle. COMMERCE OF THE CAPE WITH MONTE VIDEO. The following is from the Cape Shipping and Mercan tile Gazette, of the 30th January:— " It has often struck us that our common ial relations might be profitably extended to other p rts of South America beside the Brazils, and it is therefore with peculiar satisfaction that we refer to the fiilowing notice which appeared in yesterday's Gone; nmeht Gazette, in viting a direct trade with the Rio Plata:— "`His Excellency `; tl : o Co G lo o n v i e a r i n -o o ffi r, ce h , J ay a in n g . 2 r B c , c e l i B v 4 e 6. d .a letter, of which the following is a copy, from her Bri tannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary in the River Plate, has desired it to be published for general in formation. " By his Excellency's command, " JAMES MONTAGU, Secretary to Government.' " Monte Video, 23rd Dec. 1845. is highly desirable, especially at this moment, that commercial intercourse should be esta blished between this capital and the Cape of Good Hope. In consequence of the siege, which has lasted three years, and of the blockade by General Rosas for nearly as long a time, and the constant state of warfare in which the Government of Buenos Ayres has kept these states, all agricultural pursuits have been interrupted, and little or no produce can be procured from the interior. We are obliged to draw our supplies from Brazil, the United States, and Europe. The demand for provisions would, therefore, at present secure a profit for the ex portation from the Cape, of salt beef, pork, wheat, potatoes, yam, &c., and, in short, whatever article of food . the colony produces, and th a t w ill b ear the voyage. "' All sorts of dried fruits and grain, barley, oats, peas, beans, hay, &c., would well repay the cost of conveyance hither. " A small quantity of the best wine might find a sale; but salted or dried is always in great, demand, as also butter and lard. " If it meet your Excellency's views to encourage this commerce, I venture to suggest that every facility be afforded3to the master of the William Peile, Mr. Joseph Sprott, and should his vessel require repair, that assistance be afforded, if possible, at the Government wharfs or docks. Probably, the arrival of this vessel at the Cape might induce shipowners to send vessels hither on speculation. They would, also, probably find passengers from hence, on their return to the Cape of Good Hope. " At the present moment, horses might find sale here ; gunpowder, ammunition, and military accoutre ments certainly would. Possibly East India produce would also be in request. I take the liberty of recommending to your Ex cellency's protection and good offices this commence ment of a direct commercial intercourse between the Rio Plata and the Cape of Good Hope. It would be highly beneficial to Monte Video at this moment, and I cannot but think might become highly advantageous to the colony.—l have the honour to be, " Sir, your obedient servant, " W. G. OUSELEY. " To Sir Peregrine Maitland,' &c. "We trust that our enterprising merchants will, without loss of time, avail themselves of this oppor tunity to extend the colonial trade in the southern hemisphere by the opening of this new market. We hope, as one of the advantages resulting therefrom, to see wenerally introduced and domesticated in Southern Africa that valuable animal \ the alpaca. On these and other benefits likely to result from the new field for commercial intercourse we shall make it a point to en large hereafter. " The William Peile also brought to Port Elizabeth 93 emigrants, who, being principally mechanics, were fast finding employment. " Since the foregoing was in type an advertisement has already been handed to us for insertion, announcing the schooner Swiftshure as having been chartered for Monte Video. Having most of her cargo engaged, she will be immediately despatched for the Rio Plata." RUSSIAN OPINIONS OF SIR R PEEL'S FREE-TRADE POLICY. We subjoin the following article, copied from the St. Petersburgh Commercial Gazette, on the subject of Sir R. Peel's measures, and the consequences to be expected therefrom. Coming from such a quarter, it is highly im portant, as an exponent of the fiscal views entertained by the large and influential body of merchants and traders which the journal before us professes to represent : " As the measures of finance which Sir Robert Peel has announced in the English Parliament, and which, from his great influence, will no doubt be adopted, even if a few unessential modifications era introduced, must lay the foundation of a new epoch in the trade of Poland, and generally in the whole commercial world, it may not appear inopportune if we devote, in the first instance, a few preliminary remarks to this system of duties. The assertion which we have already expressed in this journal (some few years since), and which was also transferred from this to others, that no concessions were to be made to England in order to induce her to effect a re duction of duties on corn and other articles of provi sion, as she would be sooner or later compelled to do so for the sake of her own interest, now receives the fullest confirmation. " England feels that she has arrived at a point where, if she does not procure subsistence for her working classes at a far more reasonable rate, it will become still more difficult for her t 3 maintain a competition with other countries, and this conviction must necessarily result in the adoption of the new measures of finance. If these, however, are in the highest degree conformable with the designs of England, they cannot, Revertl'eless, be so un conditionally and generally recommended, as the public journals will have it, to other countries, which find them selves in wholly different circumstances. England, after attaining a commercial eminence which towers far above all other countries, casts away the ladder by which she has climbed to it. Were other nations, which have not yet attained this Alpine altitude, to throw away their ladders also, they would certainly never reach the same elevation. The most immediate great results of the English measures will be, in the first instance, a favouring of the trade and agriculture of the other countries of the world ; but, on the other hand, a powerful depression of their manufacturing industry. An almost total freedom from taxation of all natural products must infinitely animate trade simultane ously with the culture of the soil from which they spring forth, and secure for them a richer, and consequently a more remunerating return, in the prices of their produce. By means of the more reasonable prices of provisions, the English manufactures of all sorts will become im mensely cheaper, and thence their productions, as well as the population thereby employed will rapidly increase. This, and the simultaneously increasing, and now already .Ir:exampled prosperity of the country, must also extra ordinarily enlarge the consumption of all natural produce. " W holly different, on the contrary, will be the effect of these financial measures on the manufacturing indus try of foreign countries. If it has been already difficult hitherto for the majority of their different branches to maintain a competition with England, it is certain that the difficulty will become far greater--ay, and for a time impossible—especially in those states which have only recently trodden the path of manufacturing industry in a larger proportion. " Their manufacturing industry will thenceforth stand in the utmost need of every favour which can in any way be afforded it. As a means the following seems here to offer themselves to us:—the utmost possible fa cilitation and extension of their circle of operations, their especial promotion in the locality which presents the most favourable prospect to each individual branch, or has already by experience given proof of its advantages ; more attention to intensive than to extensive encourage ment, and thence also an especial support of those manufacturers who most advantageously distinguish themselves in their craft, and whose factories may be looked upon as effective model institutions ; great r attention to every foreign and really improving manu facturing invention, its introduction and appropriation to the utmost possible extent throughout the land, as also the animation, promotion, and spread of the mechanical and chemical sciences and arts of design, and their or naments, and refining application to the process of ma• nufacture. We shall, perhaps, find an opportunity of entering into further details on this subject. It will now be sufficient merely to point out these means, their ge neral features, and to excite the most serious reflection on the part of all those who are employed in manufac tures, or who are connected in any way with them, upon the precautions to be taken on their side, and the thi , n , g l s courset istoe of circumstances. n that osnteces. under the present newly shaped y must devote the greatest i ac tivity and the most cir cums p ec t an d refined artstii industry if they do not i n t en d t o s t an d st i ll, but te:acl vance with the most rapid perfection possible in all directions, in order to appropinquate to foreign ma nufactures in good quality and price, and at length to equal them, in the short es t s p ace o f ti me . If their prices continue too high with regard to foreign countries, and if their premiums on the use of fo reign wares become too tempting, their productions can not eventually be secured by any support, any favour, or any protection whatsoever, against the disadvantage of a greatly extended, and, under such circumstances, not to be suppressed, smuggling trade. We may ad vise the agriculturists to take the utmost possible advan tage of the present favourable conjuncture, by the amelioration, so necessary for our country, of the cul tivation of the soil, and its thereby increased produce ; for the favourable moment cannot last for ever. The temptation will also increase the cultivation of the soil in other lands, and the competition for importation to England thence arising will soon limit the profits that will accrue in the first instance. " This sure prospect also makes it advisable for them to refuse, on their side, all foreign goods and other manufacturing produce, and thus to support the do mestic manufactures to the utmost extent of their power. The increase of the population and the well-being of their native country may then insure them, in this very thing, a good custom, and one not so exposed to the disadvantageous conjunctures of the world ; but, above all, it may become highly advantageous, by means of the inestimable profits of a near and flourishing market for the domestic consumers, and the sale of a host of their smaller, safe, and yet, in a dense population, very profitable productions. m ch ay we th c e a y nn r o e t m t e o m o im pbwearrmthlayt,as we believe time shown,toanthe advancingbig h er re " ss T u h p is on is th a ei r r e h in e a a r r kts.wh i w m e prices, which u h s a t v b e e p a a lr i e d a f d o y r s o o f m t e e n inland trade , wforbiietsb oawfnampielcyugliiavresprofit, theis i just uitia li t l i e o e u t the apprentice fee r other education of their members, whereby, however, not only a better position is atta ined b y them infuture, but an advantage assured besides , fa r exceeding the ex pense." A few days ago a gentleman in Lincoln entered the matrimonial state a second time, after being a lorn widower fur eight weeks. On the happy day, grief for his departed spouse wa3 revived by receiving a Court of Requests BUM moms for the cost of her coffin ! A lIINDOO GENTLEMAN ON ENGLISH RAILWAYS. You doubtless have heard and read of railways, though perhaps you cannot form any conception of them. It was on this occasion that I for the first time travelled by one a distance of two hundred miles. But how shall I describe it to you? If I had the words I have not the knowledge; I scarcely know what happened to myself, much less could I take any observations of the mechanism of this wonderful piece of machinery. As . soon as I got to the starting place I found myself amongst a crowd of persons of all kinds, talking, hallooing, pushing, and all seeming in the utmost state of confusion and excitement. I thought some serious accident had happened, and whilst I was vainly trying to gain information my lug gage was seized by some men whom I at first imagined to be robbers, but afterwards found to be only porters, and I was forced into a carriage, the door of which was instantly fastened upon me. Before I could remonstrate on this violence the train started off, and I therefore re signed myself quietly to my fate. Soon we were rush ing on like the wind in its fury. As I looked out upon the road my head grew dizzy, my eyes dim, my senses were utterly bewildered, and I hid my face in my hands to recover myself. When I again looked up, we were flying onwards at a still greater speed;—the birds in their swiftest flight, the scud in the heavens, the comet shooting amidst boundless space, seemed sluggish in comparison with our furious, headlong travelling. The sun was shining brightly upon a beautiful soft landscape peculiar to this country, my nerves were beginning to get reconciled to the unusual circumstances, and I even felt a sort of pleasurable excitement, a species of mad ness, a reckless desire for greater and still greater speed; when suddenly, as if by magic, we were cast into utter darkness, not a ray of light was perceptible; I felt., how ever, that we were still rushing through the air at the same furious pace as before—whither I knew not, unless into the very bowels of the earth; on, on we sped; minutes, hours, seemed to pass, and yet no change; I thought I was doomed to be whisked through dark space for ever and ever, when we were again suddenly thrown into the bright light of the sun. In answer to my be wildered inquiries, I was told that we had merely passed through a tunnel or passage of three or four miles in length, cut through a hill, which was too high for the train to surmount; and that, instead of having been hours in the transit, we had been but a few minutes. What a wonderful people are the English! Here was a stupendous work, a combination of science and labour, performed at immense cost—and for what purpose? I asked a fellow-passenger who sat near me, whether the road could not have been taken round the foot of the bill, at much less labour and expense. " Certainly it could," he replied, " and for about one-half the money, but then we should have lost full ten minutes on the journey." All this science, this labour, this money, ex pended to save ten minutes in a journey of two hundred miles! Truly, the English are a wonderful people; they have a proverb that time is money, and, certainly, although they are very fond of money, they seem to think quite as much of time. It is a sort of phantom that they are always pursuing; they talk of saving time as if they could lock it up in a strong box, and keep it there for use on some future occasion; want of time is as general a complaint as want of money; and to cheat a person of one is looked upon as great a crime as cheat ing him of the other, as may be seen by the constant complaints in their newspapers against railways and steam-vessels which have been a little longer en their passage than the regulated time. We stopped at various stations to put down and take up passengers; and at one place everybody got out of the carriages in order to eat and drink. There was here quite a rush into a large handsome room, where tables were covered with a profu sion of various kinds of food, which everybody scram bled at, and began to devour as if they were in a starving condition. While I was gazing in wonder at this scene, and just as I was endeavouring to find something that I could myself eat, there was a loud announcement that the train was again ready to start; and, accordingly, out everybody rushed, carrying me along with them. I was obliged to pay the same as the others, although I had eaten nothing; but I could not remonstrate, or the car riages would have gone without me. I understood that not long since fifteen minutes' time was permitted for this meal, but upon many of the passengers complain ing of the loss of time, it was reduced to eight minutes. W soon arrived at our destination, after having per formed the journey at the rate of 35 miles an hour, which I heard a fellow-passenger complain of as being very slow, saying that he had lost twenty minutes, and threatening to write to the newspapers about it. As to myself, I was thankful to arrive safe, as I was in con stant fear, from the excessive speed, that we should be all dashed to pieces. My kind host having sent a carriage to meet me at the end of the railroad, I was soon comfortably at rest in his magnificent mansion.— Union Magazine. BURNT CLAY AS A MANURE FOR HEAVY CLAY LAND. Several accounts of the good effect of burnt clay as a manure have appeared in this journal: having used it with success, I am induced to add my own testimony in its favour, chiefly on account of the very bad quality of the land on which it succeeded. It is a farm of about 500 acres, which I bought about seven years since, on the Oxford clay, of the very stiffest description, never ploughed with I!ss than four, sometimes with five or even six horses. The :oil was like bird-lime in wet weather, and in dry summers like stone, requiring a pick axe to break it. Many of the fields might be described as being all subsoil, there being no real mould on the surface. The average yield of wheat did not exceed sixteen bushels an acre, and on some fields the thistles were more numerous than the stalks of wheat. It had the worst possible character, so that even in 1839, when prices were good, many farmers who looked at the farm declined to occupy it, and I had great difficulty in finding a tenant at all. Having bought the farm, however, chiefly because it is the most difficult sort of land to manage (said, indeed, to defy improve ment), in order to try what could be made of it, as Lord Ducie and Mr. Morton have done at Whitfield with so much success, I underdrained the whole, in the first instance at 10 feet apart, but now at 30 f..et apart, and 34 inches in depth. In order to make the land work more easily, I procured from Essex some labourers con versant with the mode of burning clay which is there prac tised. Into the details of that process I need not enter, as excellent accounts of it have been given in this journal by Mr.. Pym (vol. iii. p. 226, and by Mr. Ila,nd e ll, vo l. v . p . 113). I burnt large quantities for the tenant, but until last year no record of the effect had been kept, when, seeing him apply it to a small field of eight acrei, I begged him to omit the burnt clay on one corner of the field, that we might know whether it was worth while to burn any more clay. Mr. Cheer did so accordingly. The crop was a very fine one : and after harvest he threshed out about one-eighth of an acre separately. He found the result as follows : One Acre Wheat No manure .... 37i bushels. 80 yards burnt clay 45}- I_, It 80 yards ditto sheep-folded 471 „ It will be remarked that this is not a garden experi ment, but applies to a whole field of wheat, and that the account was given in by the occupier of the land. Now, I have lying before me the valuation at which I bought this identical field, one of the worst on the farm. It is 10s. an acre for rent, or 141. for the fee-simple. Thorough draining with thorns, at 10 feet asunder, cost about 31. 10s. It could now be done with pipes for 2/. Dressing with 30 bushels of burnt clay cost about 2/. as. The crop must have been worth this year about 171., or nearly the fee-simple of the land and the cost of the im provements. It will be observed that on a third lot the land was dressed with sheep-folding, in addition to the burnt clay, but that the in crease of yield was trifling. The manure, in fact, was more than the crop would bear, and the wheat was consequently laid by the wet summer. This is a conclusive proof that the burnt clay, in this instance, acted as a manure, and not merely mechani cally. Ido not mean that burnt clay will always act as a manure ; indeed, I know that it sometimes fails to do so, and there is yet much to learn on the subject ; but this case of success being beyond suspicion of accident, I have thought right to detail the circumstances of the trial, as an encouragement to the owners and tenants of the worst and most expensive kind of heavy land, which I believe to be the Oxford clay, where it is not covered with soil of a different quality. This farm at Long worth is that on which the trial of the ploughs reserved from Shrewsbury took place last autumn, and Mr. Parkes, in his report on the implements, bears witness to its obstinate nature.—Journal of Royal Agricultural Society. Communication from Mr. Pusey, M.P. LISTING POTATOES.—AS I know that my authority has a protection against the consequences of potato disease, and as I have heard from the Duke of Rutland that his ex periments have not been equally successful, I feel it a duty to society to prevent people from being misled by the general terms in which I have circulated the results of the experi ments conducted here. It is quite true that the lime used here has been invariably successful, but it is the magnesian lime which abounds in this neighbourhood. In its caustic state, it is fatal to vegetation. Barren spots are to be seen in many places on the forest, where lime heaps were placed more than thirty years ago. It is, therefore, easy to account for the effect of this lime in stopping the propagation of this disease. The lime used by the Duke of Rutland I under stand to have been the crich-lime, which is very pure lime, and has no such destructive qualities. It is, therefore, only necessary to state the distinction to account for the difference. Charcoal is quite as effectual as the magnesian lime.—Scott Portland IVelbeck, March 18. _ INDIAN VOCABULARY.—TO assist such of our readers as may be occasionally at a loss in reading the Indian news, from ignorance of the language, we subjoin the meaning of a few words most commonly in use in the newspapers :—Baboo, a Hindoo title, answering to our esquire—begum, princess— bungalow, a cottage made of bamboo and mats, with pro jecting thatch roof—coolie, a porter—coss, about two miles— cummerbund, a sash—cutwal, a magistrate—dak, the post— decoit, a river pirate—dewan, a prime minister, and some times an agent—dhoolie, a letter—dooab, a tract of country between two rivers—dustoor, custom—durbar, the court, or council—fakir, a religious mendicant—feringee, a European —firman, a royal order—ghat, in the east, a landing -place ; in the west and south, a pass of a mountain, or a moun tain range—guicwar, a sovereign—havildar, an officer in the army—hooka, a pipe—houdah, a seat on an elephant— hurkaru, messenger—jaghire, an estate assigned by govern ment—jungle, a thicket —khelat, an honorary dress—maha raja, a great king—marabout, a holy man—mohout, an elephantdriver—mohur, a gold coin, worth sixteen rupees in Bengal—musnud, a throne—nuhah, a brook or small branch of a river—nuzzur, an offering—paddy, rico in the husk—pagoda, Indian temple— peishwa, a sovereign —peon, messenger—punjaub, five rivers—rannee, a princess—ryut, a i p n e a thesa peasant—sahib, t Britishs a hib , s l e o r r s, c , l i — c e s — a lord—weer, a a i i‘ g i r u o I — m s a e n p l oy, place-s. , n h a o t e i a v iari e emsl troops rr travellers—serang, a master of a vess . e courts of justice—subandar, officer of highe i st an n s c n a i s r t , e a r. o s v u e d r d n u o r r, also ad aw head it a n dservantrudder r s d i e r kw d — a ai r s na , n n a g et e l h t , el a m r o v r ak v e i :l z , i e a r n , p e r n im vo e y m — i N r ce is d t a e s r ,z in the hundred lace. A dary or province. A crore of rupees is a I i i t n a ( r cr holder tn r e o f a w z ru e z m zy i e n e thsuvoudshreidllintghso.usaAndpicreuipsetehseitsweolnfteh o la f c an. A ann ru a r o e r o i ab out two ehbuonut. dred and ninety-second part of a rupee. THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1846. LAW 114 TELLIGEN CE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 15. This being the first day of Easter Term, the Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his house, George•street, and afterwards proceeded in procession to Westminster Hall. The Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in Court until after one o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April.ls, The Vice-Chancellor of England did not take his seat on the Bench until after one o'clock. Being the first day of term, his Honour, with the other Judges. had breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Aprills. (Sittings in Banco, at Westminster Hall, before Lord DENMAN, Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice WIL LIAMS, and Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN.) Their Lordships entered the Court shortly after one o'clock, and heard a few motions for rules for new trials, which wore not of the least public interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 15. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court did not sit till half-past one o'clock, in consequence of the Judges and the Queen's Counsel having breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his pri vate residence, from which they afterwards went in pro cession to Westminster Hall. HENNIKER V. JONES. This case was tried at the late Monmouth assizes, before Mr. Baror, Platt and a special jury, when a ver dict was returned for the defendant on the second issue. Mr. WHITELY now moved for a rule nisi, calling on the defendant to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and entered for the plaintiff with damages 701. It appeared that this action was one of assumpsit on a contract, by which the defendant engaged to deliver to the plaintiff, at Newport, from 150 to 200 sacks of first flour from Baltimore, in Ireland, at 375. 3d. a sack. Their LORDSHIPS were of opinion that sufficient grounds had not been shown why they should grant a rule in the terms moved for—that the verdict should be set aside—but would grant it for a nonsuit. The remainder of the day was occupied with motions of no public interest. SECONDARIES COURT, April 15. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) SMITH V. WILSON AND OTHERS. This was an inquiry to assess damage for trespass and illegal distraint. The plaintiff is a wadding manufacturer in Minto-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey. The defend ant, Wilson, was the landlord of the premises occupied by the plaintiff. Sergeant WeLierNs stated the case, whereby it ap peared that the plaintiff had laid out between eight and nine hundred pounds on improvements of the premises, but a dispute arising, Wilson put in a distress for 1251. for rent of a portion of the premises, and all the property was seized and sold for 91. by the condemning brokers, who were not licensed auctioneers. Smith, father of the plaintiff, was called, and proved that he took the premises, on an agreement for a lease, in November, 1840. and then laid out 7001. or 800/. on the premises, which he afterwards let to his son. When the goods were taken away witnesses took an in ventory, and valued them at 701. Witness said he would buy them at the condemned price, but the broker, Wix (one of the defendants), said he should not say what it was, and it was no use attending the sale, for there would be brokers to run the price up. Cross-examined by Mr. HUMPHRIES—Had not paid any rent to Wilson, but it was deposited with a Mr. King, to be paid to Wilson when he executed a lease, but the attorneys could not agree upon the covenants. King was in the habit of discounting for witness, and deducted the amount for the rent. King had advanced 700/. on a mortgage of the machinery. Witness had given up the business and machinery to his son, but there was no deed executed. Did not claim the pro perty as his own. Became bankrupt in 1844, and King was dead. There had been five other distresses put in, and an action had been brought and a verdict given against King, who was also bankrupt before he died. Other witnesses were called, who proved that the busi ness done at the time of the seizure was 4,0001. or 5,000/. a year, and the net profit 1,000/. Mr. HUMPHRIES addressed the jury for the defendants, and said that there could be no question that the rent was due, but in consequence of a tec hnical point no de fence could be made—it would be seer! that the agree ment for the lease extended to one portion of the pro perty, and that connected with the other was the right to use a flue which was called in la w an "incorporeal heriditament," which would not pass under the agree ment, but required a proper dee d, duly. signed and sealed. He considered, however, that the justice of the case would be met by very small damages, and that the plaintiff was not entitled to anything for the loss of premises which he was holding without the payment of rent. The SECONDARY having summed up, The jury asked for the inventory, and then gave a verdict for 251., for the furniture taken, and One Farthing damages. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE NEAL. The bankrupt in this case came up for his certificate. He had kept the Royal Oak Commercial Inn, Portsea, and had also been a coach proprietor. His schedule showed debts to the amount of 3,6171. lls. ; but there were no assets for the creditors. He was opposed by Mr. Phinn for the assignees ; and also by a creditor, a cigar dealer. Mr. Bagley supported the bankrupt. The grounds of opposition were, that be had kept no books ; that his expenditure was at least one-fifth more than the prefits ; that he had assigned all his property to his brother and sister, who had swept all away, leaving the creditors w ithout a shilling. It was also stated that the bankrupt had ke p t a thorough - bred horse , Mr. BAGLEY said t hat it was c hiefly for the want of re n a d - e v* l learsylavish in the display of diamond ri ngs a nd other . ability, and partly for the want of time, that the bank rupt had kept no books. His great excess of expendi ture over his income was ascribable to his coaching trade being destroyed by the establishment of the South- Western, See., Railway, while the assignments of his brother and sister had been executed as far back as the year 1842. BiS Horoun said, that although innkeepers and coach proprietors seldom kept books, he bad generally found those most prosperous who did so. The great excess of expenditure over income was less excusable; for, al though it was well known that railways had been injuri ous to such nersons as the bankrupt, yet there had been full notice to enable persons going down hill, not only to put the drag on, but absolutely to stop. The assign ments to the relatives, though of a somewhat remote date, and equitable in the eyes of the bankrupt, had nevertheless enabled him to get into debt with others. Under all the circumstances, he thought the justice of the case would be best met by adjourning- the certificate for twelve months, but with protection to the person of the bankrupt. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) Joseph Allen and Charles West, two young men, were indicted, charged with having committed an assault on Mr. Joseph Gibbon, son of the late Sir J. Gibbon, Bart., one of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex, on the 20th ult. Mr. O'Brien was counsel for the defend ants. In the course of the proceedings it appeared that the prosecutor, who is the son of the late and uncle of the present Sir J. Gibbon, for many years a most active magistrate for the county, is in the possession of a con siderable property, and has for the last ten or twelve years devoted the principal part of his time to the watching and searching out the most notorious of the thieves who infest the metropolis, and in procuring their apprehension and conviction. It happened that some months since he had caused the apprehension of the defendant West, who was subsequently taken to the Clerkenwell Police-court, when the magis trate sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. On the afternoon of the 20th ult., the prosecutor chancing to be walking:along George-street, Bloomsbury, observed that he was followed and watched by two men, who afterwards proved to be the two defendants. After proceeding some distance on his way they came towards Man, when West, holding up his first, said, "You are the -; I'll give it you," and was apparently on the point of striking him, but observing that a policeman was coming towards them, both ran off. Mr. Gibbon gave instructions to the policeman to pursue and apprehend West, who was eventually taken. Mr. Gibbon there upon came up, and was in the act of opening a conver s &on with the policeman on the subject of the precise cbarge, when he received a blow on the head which felled sib:e in fo o r ,B s ß om it e N, ti i m n him to the ground, and rendered him altogether insen dneoftetilbanetdso, n c e o b n y te a n n d y ed that the policeman who had taken him into custody, to have been given by Allen. ea.ddrTeshsiisngblow was proved, by the the e o u j r u s r e y w o h n i behalfwhich the porfotshee. cutor had adopted was calculated to produce very con siderable mischief, from the fact of his assuming to do that bee n without appointedany upnrdoeprertho otherre legal apue thrsoorniauthority authority which ought than 0 those the la who w. ha Thed fact was, Mr. Gibbon had been playing the part of an atnateur policeman. The JUDGE said it was a ltogether a matter of taste. This was curious taste, no doubt, which had been carried out by this gentleman, but it had for some time become a. matter of notoriety that Mr. Gibbon had been the cause as well as the moving instrument by whose ener getic exertions very many of the worst of the metro politan thieves had been apprehended, and subsequently convicted. That being the case, it was not to be antici pated or expected that ho had become an object of very particular endearment to the thieving fraternity. Al though Mr. Gibbon bad been thus occupied in his pur suit, he had never heard that he had upon any one occa sion lost himself as a gentleman, and he had undoubtedly rendered a great public service. By the course he had adopted, however, he had made himself a marked man amongst the thieves of London. Mr. Gibbon here stepped forward, and said that it was a propensity he laboured under, and could not help it. It was then elicited from Mr. Gibbon that he had never received or accepted any of the expenses allowed by the county. Mr. O'BRIEN then resumed his address to the jury, and submitted that the greatest inconvenience as well as peril could not but arise from the exercise of this gentle man's particular fancy f or e nacting the character of an amateur policeman. He was an irresponsible person, not like the police, all of whom were amenable to and governed by a certain code of laws. Not so with an amateur constable. He contended that even if the pro secutor had been struck in the way he had described, he had simply been subjected to that inconvenience and treatment which a man was liable to if he interfered in that for which he had no authority for the step he was taking. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case, told the jury that the prosecutor had a right to indulge in his taste, singular as it was, so long as he did not outstep the law. It did not appear that Mr. Gibbon had ever done that ; still less could it be contended that he had exceeded the law in the present case. He had been, as be had already stated, the means of some of the worst of the metropolitan thieves being convicted, and, therefore, his peculiar inclinations had rendered a great public benefit to the com munity. With regard to Allen, the question was whether he had administered the blow which had knocked the prosecutor down and made him insen sible ? That fact had been clearly sworn to by Tom linson, the policeman ; and then as to West, they would consider first whether he had or had not held up his fist in a menacing and threatening attitude ? and next, whether he had instigated the other defendant, Allen, to knock the prosecator down ? If they were in the affirmative opinion on these points, the defendants would then have been guilty. The jury found both defendants Guilty. Mr. Gibbon then begged to recommend Allen to mercy, because he was inclined to think that ho had been urged on to strike the blow by West. The Learned JUDGE had; intended to sentence Allen to six months' imprisonment, but as he had been re commended to mercy by Mr. Gibbon, his sentence would not be more than he should pass upon his companion, namely, imprisonment for three months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANS lON-R OUSE. THE STEAM NAVIGATION OF THE THAMES.—Mr. Young, one of the goveraors of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, attended by Mr.l Banyon, the clerk to the Company, waited upon the Lord Mayor ; his Lordship having intimated on the preceding day that he was desirous of communicating with them upon the subject of the alleged overcrowding of their vessels on the Thames. His LORDSHIP asked what steps the Company had taken in order to diminish the dangers attendant upon steam-boat travelling ? Mr. Banyan said that placards, of a large size, to the following effect, had been placed for public inspection at every steam-boat station from Yantlet Creek to Chis wick " To free watermen and Lightermen, and the owners and masters of steam-boats navigated upon the River Thames ; " The Court of Master, Warden, and Assistants of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, hereby give notice, that the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London, in pur suance of the power contained in the Act 7th and Bth George IV., c. 75, have made certain bye-laws, which have been allowed by Sir T. J. Platt, one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, for the following purposes, viz.:— " For granting licenses to persons to act as masters of such boats. " For regulating the rate of speed'of all steam-boats navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye-laws. " For regulating the placing of lights upon all steam boats navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye laws. " For regulating the burthen, size, and dimensions of wherries, skiffs, and other boats, and the number of pas sengers carried therein ; and for regulating the manner of plying turnway. " The Company of Watermen and Lightermen are now prepared to grant such licenses, and all persons navigating such boats without the same, or acting con trary to the bye-laws, will subject themselves to the penalties mentioned therein: " Copies of the bye-laws, and printed forms of appli ction for license, may be obtained, on application, at Watermen's Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, Lower Thames street. " JOHN BANYON, Clerk. " February 9th, 1846." These bills had, it was to be regretted, produced no effect ; and until a day or two ago not a single applica tion had been made for a license by the commander of a steam-boat. On Monday, in consequence, it was sup posed, of the conviction of the commander of the Green wich steam-vessel, upon the complaint of Mr. Nias, one application had been made. The LORD MAYOR said, the Watermen's and Lighter men's Company, who had the power of licensing, were bound to see the regulation carried out effectually, and he should expect to find the Company actively engaged in the business. Mr. Young said, the Company would most readily act upon the suggestions of his Lordship, and wished to know what course was considered most advisable. The Loan MAYOR replied, that the Company were bound to send their beadle to act against the commanders of any of the steamers who had no licenses. If the beadle did his duty properly, there would be as many penalties secured in one week, as would pay his salary for years, so that the Company were strongly interested in the zeal of their officer. As for the duty of the Lord Mayor upon such occasions, there should occur no neg lected opportunity. Every one should be fined the full penalty fur violation of the rules. His LORDSHIP again directed that placards similar to those which bad been already issued, should be de livered to the various stations. It is believed that in every case brought before the Lord Mayor an appeal will be made, and if such appeal prove ineffectual, the Queen's Bench will be applied to for its decision. Two oystermen, named Norton and Chaplin, were charged with having excited a mob at Billingsgate against the police. A fight, it appeared, had taken place in Billingsgate market between two of the dealers, and a policeman stationed there interfered to prevent further violence. Norton, who used formerly to indulge in active amuse ment of this kind, considered that the policeman was impertinently interfering between the two combatants, and called upon those around him to put the officer aside and give the men an opportunity of taking a belly ful! of vengeance. It was an easy matter to gather to gether the blackguards and to set up a shout against the policeman, who, perceiving that the crowd was unani mous, called the assistance of some of his brethren, and they seized the two prisoners as the most furious of the instigators. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoners how they could think of breaking the peace on the very spot on which they made their livelihood ? Norton said the policeman had interfered with the liberty of the subject, before a word had been said to him. The LORD MAYOR—The liberty of the subject ? Norton—Yes, my Lord, I say the liberty of the subject. He came up and laid his hands upon one of the men who was doing nothing to him whatsoever. That I call meddling with the liberty of the subject. Then I cer tainly did accuse him before the public, and they hissed and shouted at him. The Complainant—My Lord, he said he had influence on a Sunday newspaper, and that he would write an ar ticle blowing me up for my conduct, and he addressed the mob in a speech against the whole body of police. Norton—l think they interfere with the liberty of the subject, and I won't stand that upon any ground. What, my Lord, are we to be stopped in our lawful pursuits by men like these ? If a man gives me a lick in the head, an't Ito give him nothing in return ? He knew I never took part or parcel in the fight, and yet he appre hended me, and lodged me in the station-house. The Complainant—lt was with difficulty my brother policemen and I got the prisoners along, and if we had not exerted ourselves very much, we should have been overpowered. The LORD MAYOR—Then there must have been an obstruction to business ? The Complainant—The ob struction was very great, and the crowd were particularly influenced by Norton's address. Norton—l only spoke the truth. lam a lover of liberty, and I don't like to see its enemies flourish. The men was fighting fair, but I had:nothing to dons an Eng lishman but to see it was all fair, and what would we be but for fair fighting any on us ? The LORD Ms.voa—l shall fino you, Mr. Norton, ten shillings for so improperly interfering with the police man, who was doing his duty in endeavouring to pre vent breaches of the peace. Norton—l haven't got ten shillings for any such purpose. The LORD MAYOR—Then you must go to prison for ten days. Norton—My Lord, I say your decision is wrong ; 'tis the policeman that ought to be fined, kr interfering with the liberty of the subject. The LORD MAYOR—I shall certainly interfere with your liberty for ten days, if you don't pay the pe nalty.—(Laughter.) Norton—Well, I suppose I must.gO. I ain't the first, at any rate, that suffered for the good of my country. The prisoner was then taken from the bar, loudly de precating the liberty which the Lord Mayor was taking with the liberty of the subject. In the cage, however, his patriotism began to ebb ; and before an hour elapsed the fine was paid, and he walked off quietly to Bil lingsgate. The other prisoner, who was comparatively harmless, and by no means eloquent, was discharged. Information was received at the Mansion-house, that a clerk in the house of Coutts and Co. was robbed, be tween twelve and one o'clock in the day, of his pocket book, containing nearly 1,5001. in Ban k of England , notes, He had just received the m one y at Haukey s banking house, in Fenchurch-stree t, and had notreache, reached Gracechurch-street when he missed the pocket- book. On Tuesday a banker's clerk was robbed of a 1001. note, in Lombard-street. CLERKEN WELL. A mean-looking fellow, who gave his name as George Mortloch, was charged befure Mr. Combe by Miss Sophia Edwards, daughter of Mr. Edwards, coffeehouse-keeper, of Ray-street, Clerkenwell, with disorderly conduct, and attempting to stab her with a knife. Miss Edwards deposed that on Monday evening, about five o'clock, the prisoner entered her father's coffee room, and asked for coffee, eggs, bread, and butter, and a rasher of bacon, which were laid before him. She asked for payment, as a few days previously a gang of seven or eight such fellows consumed 4s. worth of food, and refused to pay for it. She said she must take what he called for away unless he paid the money, and was about doing so, when the prisoner seized a knife, started up, and using violent language, swore he would stab her to the heart if she dared to remove it ; and he made a stab at her with the knife, but she retreated and avoided it. He made a second thrust at her, and she screamed for assistance. Her brother, ten years of age was in the shop, and the primer threatened to stab him with the knife. Her father came to her assistance, when the prisoner threatened violence towards him also. The police were called, and he was given into custody. In answer to questions, witness said she felt assured that had she not moved aside when the prisoner made the thrust at her, the knife would have wounded her. It was a deliberate thrust at her person. Several other fellows were noticed in the shop at the time laughing. She knew them to be the persons who refused to pay for what they had a few days before. M'Ray, 112 G, said the prisoner was charged with felony a few days ago at this Court. He was connected with a set of fellows who were in the habit of going into coffee-houses, and eating and drinking at the landlord's expense, and refusing to pay. Several of them had lately been sent to prison. Master Edwards corroborated his sister's evidence, as did also Mr. Edwards, the father. The prisoner, in his defence, said he laid down a shilling, which Miss Edwards took up. He denied the charge of attempting to stab her. Miss Edwards positively denied that he had laid down a shilling. M`Ray said no money was found on the prisoner on being searched. Mr. COMBE fined the prisoner 403., or one month's imprisonment is the House of Correction.—He could not pay the money, and was conveyed to prison. ASSAULT ON SHERIFFS' OFFICERS.—Two sheriffs' officers, named Johnson and Copeland, were charged with attempting to force in the door of Mr. Luke, a surgeon, residing at 1, St. John's-street, and with creating a mob there, John Haden, another sheriffs' officer, living at 4, Saville-lane, City, was charged with threatening to murder Mr. Luke ; and there was a cross charge in which Mr. Luke was charged with threatening to murder the sheriffs' officers, also with throwing vitriol on them. The Court was crowded, and the transaction caused the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood. Mr. Hare, who appeared for the Sheriff of Middle sex, stated that an execution was put into Mr. Luke's house on Thursday last, at the suit of a Mr. Lindus for 311. 3s. ld. Mr. Luke deposed that Haden, the sheriffs' officer, who held the warrant, went out of his own free will on Friday. Witness had received a bill of sale, which he considered as a sufficient indemnity to warrant him in refusing admission to any other officer. Haden had at tempted to get in subsequently, but was net allowed ad mission; and on the following evening, at five o'clock, Johnson and Copeland came to his house, and corn menced beating at the door, which witness refusing to open, they threatened they would smash his brains out. An immense mob collected, and he gave them into custody. Mr. Hare said the bill of sale was not a bona fide one. The fact was, Mr. Luke had kept Mr. Lindus out of the debt for six years, so that the statute of limitations had nearly come in. An action was taken, and it was only on Wednesday last (the Sth) the verdict was had. The officers, in attempting to gain admission, had been treated' in the most ferocious manner—beaten with pokers, and vitriol thrown upon them. Haden had been cajoled to leave the house by Mr. Luke. Mr. COMBE said he must bind the men over in good sureties to keep the peace. Mr. Hare said, he feared that would paralyse the course of the sheriff. How was be to enter? Mr. COMBE said, if the entrance was legal the recog nisances would not be effected. Mr. Luke—Then they can breaksapen my door? Mr. COMBE—I do not sit here to answer such ques tions. Mr. Luke—Because I wish to inform them that any man who does so I will put a bullet in him. Mr. COMBE—You will pat a bullet in him? Mr. Luke—Yes, my house is my castle. Mr. COMBE —Then, sir, I must teach you that such conduct will not be tolerated. You must find bail. If the sheriffs' officer does anything wrong, the sheriff, the highest officer in tha county, is amenable for it. Mr. Luke—l'll try it, at any rate. Mr. Corm—You are under a delusion. Mr. Luke was then obliged to find two sureties in 50/. each to keep the peace. The case against Haden was then heard, and much conflicting evidence tendered. The matter ended in Haden being bound in his own recognisances. Mr. Hare said he would indict Mr. Luke for vitriol throwing. Haden's case against Mr. Luke was then heard. The complainant swore that he had been cajoled to leave the house by Mr. Luke, and when he threatened to force an entrance, Mr. Luke swore he would shoot him, and aimed a blow at him. One of Mr. Luke's party struck him so violently across the leg, when at tempting to cross the yard wall, that there was still a deep and extensive wound there; one of the party cried out, " Shoot him 1" and he was obliged to retreat. The recognisances Mr. Luke had already entered into —two sureties in 50/ each, and himself in 1001.—were deemed sufficient. WESTMINSTER. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—James Linch, a determined looking Irishman, was charged with the following mur derous assault : Mary Drew, a mechanic's wife, was passing over the wooden-bridge at. Chelsea, late on the previous night, when hearing two men who were standing outside the King's Head, using threatening language of a very alarming character towards some person who appeared to be inside, she determined to watch the result. Shortly afterwards the men walked away down St. George's place, but in a few minutes they returned, accompanied by the prisoner and another man, and stationed them selves by the side of the public-house door. Almost im mediately after this a man named Edward Wright left the house, when the prisoner advanced towards him with a pair of tongs which she had observed him previously concealing under the tails of his coat, and struck him repeatedly on the head with them, when both the pri soner and the object of his attack fell on the ground. The prisoner made a desperate attempt to escape, but the in jured man, although bleeding so profusely that his smock frock and other clothing were literally saturated with blood, grasped him tightly by the leg until a policeman came up, when he was taken to the station. The wounded man was carried to the hospital, where he remains in a precarious state, suffering from two scalp wounds. The constable visited him yesterday morning, when he was informed by the surgeon that it would be difficult to say until Friday what might be the result of the injuries re ceived. The prisoner, in a sullen tone, said he never touched the man. A pair of fire-tongs, which the accused had thrown down on seeing the policeman approach were produced, and were much bent and partially cracked. Mr. BOND remanded the prisoner until Menday. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. John Caswell, a grocer and teadealer in Shore ditch, was charged before Mr. Broughton, with violently assaulting policeman Pollard, 214 G. The occurrence took place a week ago, but the defen dant, although taken into custody at the time, could not then be brought before the magistrate, on account of the serious injury he had himself sustained, and a medical certificate was produced, stating that his jaw was frac tured. Mr. Child, the solicitor, now attended for the defen dant. _ _ _ _ The hearing of the case occupied several hours, but the facts may be briefly stated: — Pollard, the policeman, deposed that about half-past one in the morning, he was endeavouring to clear his beat in Shoreditch of some prostitutes and other disor derlies, when the defendant, who was drunk, came up to prevent his doing so, calling him vagabond and other ill names, and so molested him that he took the defen dant himself into custody. Policeman 49 G coming up, the defendant said, " You know me, take me away from this vagabond." 49 G replied, that he did not know him, and must assist in takinc , him to the station as he was in custody, and that ho had better go quietly. These and another constable then proceeded towards the station-house, and they all said that he was drunk and very violent ; but on the way he suddenly stooped, and, thrusting his head between Pollard's legs, threw him over, and the constable falling heavily upon his fore head on the stone., was completely stunned and uncon scious of what followed, but the other constables said, that while he lay in that state the defendant seized him by the collar with one hand, and with the other beat him about the head and face. With great difficulty he was dragged off the prostrate constable, and, after a most violent struggle, was conveyed to the station, co vered with blood and filth, and was subsequently found to have been injured in the jaw. He and his friends at tributed that injury to a blow from a policeman's trun cheon, but the constables all denied it, and alleged that he must have received it in a fall. On the part of the defendant, Mr. Robinson, a car penter ; Mr. Hopwood, a clerk at the London-docks ; and two theatrical performers, in whose company he had been drinking gin -and-water at the George public house, in Shoreditch, were called, and they all stated that, on his leaving that house, after one o'clock, he appeared to be quite sober, and it was alleged that he was merely waiting to get to his private door in a court, where the constable was ordering a prostitute away, when he was himself laid hold of by the police . ._ he was Mr. Mather, a surgeon in Dunhill-row, d d with blood and whom he found there literally Fovearee sent for to the station-house to attend the defendant, decidedly drunk, slush. The defendant, he Bald, a d m i not n e be made to sit still, so that the witness . and was quite theatrical in his w was broken. w manne r , could an not e could the er a long inquiry, said de fendant Mr . BttOUGHTON, aft the through had, by some means, received injury him, and was not aware that_ his jaw his own drunken violence, but he had committed a s p e a r y i (357. assa ult upon the constable, for which he must or be imprisoned for two months. The defendant paid the THAMES. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—On Wednes day, John Anderson, a tall, well-dressed Scotchman, a ballast agent in Wapping, appeared before Mr. Broderip to answer a charge preferred by a little woman named Ann Gardner, who carried a child six weeks old in her arms, and swore ho was the father of it. Anderson—l deny it all—l don't know her. The complainant was then compelled to enter into par ticulars. She was living as servant in the faintly of Mr. Duncan, a Scotch provision merchant, in Wapping, when the defendant wooed her and promised her marriage. She yielded to his wishes, and the fruits of the intercourse was the child, to which she gave birth six weeks ago. Mr. BRODERIP asked if there was any corroborative evidence, and the girl said her late master had been in attendance several hours for the purpose of giving evi dence of the defendant's courtship and promises, but had been compelled to leave upon business. Mr. BRODERIP said he must either dismiss the case, or postpone it for another week, for the attendance of Mr. Duncan. Inspector llambrook, of the Thames Police, said he could give corroborative evidence. About four months ago be saw the parties drinking together in a public•- house in Wapping. The woman told the defendant she was pregnant, and he said Ile would allow one shilling per week, and pay all the expenses of her confinement. The defendant also said he would have it down in black and white, and sent for a sheet of paper to draw up an agreement. The defendant here gravely said, he must deny it all. The complainant mentioned the various places-she was in the habit of meeting the defetshut; who, although pretending to be a religious mot, was in the constant practice of tt4i4nZ her to a broel in Ratoliff-highway, and it was a long time before she discovered the real character of the house. After he had seduced her he married another woman. The defendant—l must deny it all.(Laughter.) Mr. Pelham, jun., said he could throw some light on this case. His father had been concerned for the young woman, who charged Anderson with assaulting her, and subsequently she was accused by him with annoying him in the street. and going to his place of business. Mr. Pelham ; jun., then produced three letters , in the de fendant's handwriting, which he had written at various times and given to the female he had seduced. They were to the following effect : " London; 14th, 1845.—1 promise to Marrie Ann Gardner, as soon as posable for wee to do, which I have not mentioned the time at present, but as soon as I can. Witness my hand—J. Anderson." "London, 16th, 1845.—This is to certify, that I, John Anderson, am to mary the Ann within two years, or sooner if posable, perhapps in six months, or perhapps when I return. Witness my hand the sixteenth day of July, 1845. lam yours truly and affectioned lover, John Anderson thy Jo."—(Loud laughter.) " I, John Anderson, promise to married you, Ana Gardner, as is posable for me to do." Mr. BRODERIP asked the defendant if he denied the letters ? The defendant—Yes, they are not mine. Mr. BEODE RIP —You deny everything, what will you deny next? I order you to pay 2s. 6d. for the support of the child, and the expenses. Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, will take charge of the letters. THE ROBB kRY ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP TRAFALGAR• At the Guildhall, Rochester, on Saturday, William Dennis and William French, privates belonging to the Chatham division of Royal Marines, who had been re manded on a previous occasion, on a charge of stealing a gold watch and gold brequet chain, the property of Lieutenant L. C. H. Tonge, of the flag-ship Trafalgar, were brought up for final examination. The robbery was effected in September last, at which time the Trafalgar was lying at Plymouth. In November she came round to Sheerness, and the prisoners then avail ing themselves of the opportunity afforded by 48 hours' leave of absence, disposed of the chain to a pawn broker, at Chatham, for ss. The watch was afterwards sold by the prisoners to Mr. J. Spasshatt, watchmkker, at Dartford, for 305., and he again parted with it to a Jew, named Marks, living in Houndsditch. The pri soners having exceeded their time of leave, were appre hended as deserters at Chatham, where they were after wards taken into custody by Serjeant Kendal, of the metropolitan police, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, and that officer had since learned that the watch-case had been melted, and the works sold to an other Jew living in Brick lane, Spitalfields, of wham he had since received them, and ori producing which in Court, Lieutenant Tonge identified them as being the works of his w a t c h. He said the prisoners, who had given different names to those in which they entered the service, had been implicated in ten or twelve other robberies on board the Trafalgar. The prisoners were identified by Mr. Stigant, of Chat ham, the pawnbroker to whom they sold the chain; by Mr. Spasshatt, a watchmaker at Dartford, who purchased the watch; and by a young man named Tile, who saw them dispose of the watch, and with whom they were afterwards in company, at the Crown and Anchor pub lic-house, at Dartford. _ _ Both prisoners were committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions for Rochester, Lieutenant Tong() ex pressing his readiness to be bound over to prosecute, saying he must obtain leave of absence, as the Trafalgar would then, in all probability, have left Sheerness. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Amu, 15. STOCK EYCIIANGE.—The sales are—Derby and Crewe, 1 3-16 p. —Eastern Counties, York Extension, % p.— Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 dis.— Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 3 p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2 p.—Liverpool and Bury, 6%p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, % c. p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Stock port, % dis.—London and Manchester (Rem.), 355. dis.—London and York, 1 3-16 dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par —Manchester and Birmingham, 75%—Ditto, Quarters (A), 7% p.— Ditto, Quarters (B), 7 7-16 p. —Ditto, ditto (C), 6% p.—Northumber land and Lancashire, 1 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 15-16—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1 dis.— Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 2% p.— Ditto, ditto (B), 7s. 6d. p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 1), 4 p. —Ditto, ditto (No. 3), % dis.—South Eastern and Dover. Halves, No. 4,10 s. clis.—West Riding Union, 1 3-16.—Whitehaven and Furness, S dis. HULL, Aran, 15. STOCI Excluscs.—Last evening a meeting of shareholders fn the East Coast Railway took place in the room of tbe Stock Exchange. The local solicitor of the line was in attendance, and readily fur nished all information in his power. He stated that from the esti mated traffic returns, the line, when completed, would pay ten per cent. ; that every one of the provisional committee had taken 100 shares each, and, with the exception of one gentleman who had sold fifty, they all held the shares taken by them. The line, as originally brought before the public, was intended to commence at the terminus of the Lynn and Dereham at Lynn, and form a complete coast line to Grimsby ; but the scheme of the East Lincolnshire meeting with greater support from the landed interest, and taking the same route, the committee abandoned that part of the line from Boston to Grimsby, retaining the remainder from Lynn to Boston, being, with branches, about forty-five miles. It appeared, however, that not withstanding this abandonment enabled the promoters to reduce the amount of shares from 22,000 to 10,000 of 50/. each, there were not more than 8,000 to 9,000 taken up. The project appeared not divested of merit, as shortening, in connexion with other projected lines, tho distance from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and to Lon don. It was stated by the solicitor, that should they succeed in the Commons, a further call of 5 per cent. would be necessary to enable the Bill to go through the House of Lords. This appeared to finally decide the meeting as to the course to be adoped ; and a petition to the House of Commons, praying the dissolution of the East Coast Railway Company, was unanimously agreed to. It was understood that the promoters would willingly accede to the wishes of the ma jority of shareholders. There has not been so much business passing to-day. The sales are—North British, Carlisle, 335. 6d.—Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. 9d.—East Coast, 20s.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 93. 9d.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 235. 6d. —Liverpool and Leeds, 21. Bs. 9d.—London and York, 265. 6d.— North Staffordshire, 47. Bs.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junc tion, 21s.—Sheffield Potteries and Crewe, 13s.—West Riding 3% — Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 20s. 6d. LEEDS, Arau. 15. . _ &rock ExCIIANOE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 13 p.— Maachester and Birmingham, New Quarters (B), 74 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 64 p.—Newcastle and Darlington, Extensions, 74 p.— East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), ss. p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 dis.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 20s. dis. c.—Leeds and Bradford, 26 p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, p. c.--North Bri tish, New Carlisle Branch, 10s. p.—London and York, 275. 6d. dis. —Direct Northern, 245. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. 118.—Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 275. 6d. dis.—Bradford, Wakefield. and Midland, 20s. dis.—Chelmsford and Bury, 17s. 6d. dis.—Grand Union, 17s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6d. dis.—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 245. Gd. dis. —Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 21s.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North Western, 3s. 6d.—Welsh Midlands, 255. dis.—York and Carlisle, 295. dis. SHEFFIELD, Aram 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 21N Midland, Birmingham sad Derby, 304—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 14s. 6d.—liudderstield and Sheffield, 11 1 ,4—East Lincolnshire, 15s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 34—Shef field and Lincoln Extension, 1 1 ,! —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries. and Crews, 13s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Aram 15. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Extension, 1% dls. —North Staffordshire, 2 p.—Northurnberland and Lancashire, 1% dis.—West Riding Union, 275. p. YORK, Aran. 15. STOCK EXCIIANGE:—The sales are—lpswich and Bury Extension (Norwich), I%—Ditto, ditto (Cambridge and Ely), 134 —Leicester and Bedford, 6s.—London and York, 1 1 ,4—Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 21. 3s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 18—Newcastle and Darlington, Extensions, B—North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 14s.—Welsh Midland, 11. 48.—York and North Midland, Exten sion, 32—Ditto, New E (East and West Riding), 8%. DINBURGH, APRIL 13. STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 21.- -Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. 55.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway. 11. 10s.-Banffshire, 16s. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 21. Is.-- Caledonian, 6/. 2s. 6a.-Ditto, New, it. 10s.-Caledonian Extension,. 11. 155,-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. 108.-Caledonian and; Northern Direct, 1/. 158 .-Clydesdale Junction, 121.-Direct Northern,. 11. I Is.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and. Perth, 14'. 1 0s.-East of Fife, 11. 10s.- East Lothian Central, it. 7s. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.- Ditto, Half Shares,l3l.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 151 .-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. 18s. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, it. Is.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 161.- Ditto, Preference, 19/.-Edinburgh and NOrthern, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Ditto,. Newport, 95.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 125.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 1/. 5 3.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 55.-Forth and Clyde Junction, It. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 241. - Ditto, Quarter Alarm 17/. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, i 7 2s. 6c1.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and' Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New , Stock, 101.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Great North of Scotland.. 1/. 10s.-Granton Junction, 11.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. la.- London and York, 11. 10s.-North British, 241. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 81.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 51. 15s.- Perth and Inverness, 11. 10s.-Scottish Central, 131.-Ditto, New, 51.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 6s -Scottish Midland, 51. 155.-Scottish Southern, 11. 13s. 6d.- Stirling and Dunferm line, GLASGOW, APRIL 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 655.-Airdrie and Coatbridge, 434 -Ayr and Galloway, 325.-Banffshire, 195.-Bri tish and Irish Union, 44e.-Caledonian Extension, 31s.- Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 40s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 285.-Caledonian Direct Northern, 405.-Carnwath and West Linton, 225. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 325. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 9s. 3d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 35x.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 275.- Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct, 305.-Forth and Clyde Junction. 355.- Glasgow General Terminus, 834-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 325. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 325.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 328. 6d.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 265.-GreatlsTorth and South Wales, 9s. 6d. -Great Indian Peninsular, 35.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 365.- Lanark and Lothians, 425.-Lesmahagow, 435. 6d.-Perth and In verness, 318.-Scottish Central, 1334-Scottish Southern, 365.- Sla muannentaion, 18x.-Stirling nanclo'ness and Dunfermline,,3Bs.-SouthMidland, 375 2 ; 375.-South d ishu._thwand aliw an Midland Junction, i Coltness, 47%. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Tavistock, Devon, the lady of Richard Robins, Esq., of a son. • On the 11th inst., at Halberton, Devon, the wife of the Rev George Newcombe, of a son. On the 11th inst., the lady of Joseph D'A. Samuda, Esq. • of a son, who survived his birth only six hours. On the 11th inst., in Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, the wife of the Rev. J. C. Evans, of Stoke Poges, of a son. On, the 11th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, Mrs. Martin S. Baylis, of a son. On the 12th iast., at College-street, Islington, Mrs. J. Balfour, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Tunbridge, Kent, the wife of Peter W. Barlow, Esq., C.E., F.R.S., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Knole House, Frant, Sussex, the lady of S. Newington, Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 13th inst., Mrs. Francis Ward, of Grosvenor-street West, of a daughter, still-born. On the 14th inst., at Trinity-square, Tower-hill, Mrs. IV% Charles Smith, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of Mr. John Robinson Gibson, of Copthall-court, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Clapton, the wife of Mr. E. Ryleit of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Trinity Church, Tunbridge-wells R. Apsley Ranger, Esq., of Wesbourne-villas, Harrow-road, to Eliza, only daughter of the late H. Chase, Esq., of Fulham- DIED. On the 3d inst., at Naples, William Cracroft, Esq., late of the Hon. East India Company's Bengal Civil Service. On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Emily Margaret, daughte r of James Hibbert W anklyn, Esq., of Crumpsall House, near Manchester. On the 11th inst., at Meadfoot House, Torquay, Devon. Barron Field, Esq., late Chief Justice of Gibraltar. ut, On the 11th inst., in Queen-square, Lancaster, John Sto Esq., Magistrate of county of Lancaster, aged 83. On the 12th inst., Mr. James Maud, of Warkworth-terr ace, Commercial-road. On the 13th inst., at Leyton, Mrs. James Roberts. In Guildford-street, Russell-square, the wife of James Dt.l if Gordon, aged 22. 'London: Printed and Published by MURDO TOTING, of Igo. ' 42 i Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1c0.112, Strand. in Or Precin c ii of e Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thursday, l*Pr 16, 1846.