The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

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Wind E.S.E. to S.E.—Sld 41. 4:1111(hd; A ctive„tJacobson, St. Croix. ;11titann.L8k7s HEAD. -- Providence, Page, Cal ,t; Sunnaons,l3 arbadoes ; Lucy, Cherry, An ; Watson, New Orleans ; Yorkshire, Tripp, Is , In, and Barbara Brown, Savannah ; Emigrant, A llttp J °lni h C °an, g ton, harle..ton. -e tel•Bi -- • 11 . --Wind S.S.W. to S.W. by S.--- S 4 e ane Y, St. John's, New Brunswick. .1.4.---Arrd. Robinson Hornsby, Quebec. kiroZhil2.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Liffey, 4 41 12 ' ?..0r1t,..,•• - -The Pomona, Colbye, from Hamburgh bt:No.b.,.7nich put in here, is discharging her cargo. ', lll ; B ",:n ei c i l to St. John's, New Brunswick, was in con ri;7-Arrd. 11(.1 her fore-yard, &c : , carried away. i t kid suarmonie Bowman, Batavia- Arrd. from t ot ; Sl , ii, k 4 l, Queen Dowager, Robinson, Cape Coast °Y, Cuba. Vel ox : S.E. by S.—Sld. Caledonia, Bo • iseStarlevsatenrd,eril Valparaiso ; Fanny, Andrews, t ,,,.. 141° 1 'Arthur, Tobago; Faside, St. tvg4y. vohn, Jordan, New Orleans. f)4114.40,,".--Duke of ornwall Mills, Constantinople. 4 , 1 * . Mauritius, : out 87 days. t oti , Nag Carmentia, Ozinaga, Havannah ; Pool, J N ew Orleans. S.S.E., fresh.—Acrd. Jane, 1 0 "tt, i '!; Madison, Foster, New Orleans ; Pales • 0-B.64'tuore • Rothsa y Wallace, Sid. Fortuna, ia, 4 : l .);ll4; ai se so; r Majestic, Reeves, Rio Janeiro; Ellen, °ha , p l° ',7 - A packet of letters, all addressed to 1015'141' '''°usrts, of the Queen of Trumps, has come i tso Qrt ' s head. Nlit a , l 4l • JA.Nr itad ra n r , •• B . —The Janet, Duncan, from Liverpool v t , t4, -rer oahls - . n a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull 4th tot. Jo. crew saved. t ll , it, 4114 0 , - 1: -- The schooner reported 28th ult. and ot. li ntll, ll l,, off this place, has been positively ascer- N 4 q"rn Murson of this port. b 'ttl o !lt tt l Vist o T L T o ,l l e, rwell, Payne, of Ipswich, got on this hibour "til inst., but was assisted eft; and has r _ 'kea NEWS. —(THIS DAY.) ' IVEARXMTS. Or 44 t 4 5 , •Ti„eadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 8s ; Clover 11 l to ` 'Ol Oat Straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ 10s; Wheat fltt&gish d 33 per load. A fair average supply L de 11 0,„ht, 41 1 , 8 s to Oat Straw H av , 3/ 8s to 41 lOs; Clover '11 01';;; L i24 "' to ' I t s 6(1 4 ;' ir , aw , 1 1/ lOs to 11 12s; Wheat k toi li kk, l44. per load. Supply moderate, and It o r t)r i , l , o 4 tok„--Meadow Ha to 4/ 8s ; Clover o t ' " 12„- 15 8; Oat st Y., 1/ 10s te 1/ 12s ; Wheat 14 tati o t 4 . 11 1 .3 s per lo r a a d w . , Trade rather dull, at the 4th. COLONAL. Ntthl -40 111 'flarket for Braish Plantation is heavy, and l kl. i l l- 4 11qt ) , sou privately rather lower prices were "i tt e the transactions are estimated at about 550 hhds. prio:ipe:3.ffered by auction. The public s u a e ts , h a a a 7 t34 t. a ts ti g eia ll l, of ne 2 a 6 r B l hh a t 2 0 1 barrels S L h found buyers, t '4. 4 1 ' 6 4 1 i , at 435 to y 51a Gd for low brown to line 4 0 lalb r . o °r the low and mid sorts fully Is 6d cheaper.. 41sutati.ig ht about previous rates. The quantity of a r n laaded 1 t week at the East and 1% est i pL(: l / 4 1,N h f or .a • ss 6l G a i l tierces 51 barrels, and there O tt t st el ock !Ile consutnption 1,151 hhds 116 tierces 484 In the same places is 8,527 hhds 736 tierces tl * 'tatilte -a sss of British Plantation and 1,671 bags I litc•ta • Qffered by . tctt, . auction. All the British Plantation * ,,tos i. vta y oetng unclean, it affords no guide d to the t l mßi t gor g 0 41 10 .11 portion of the Ceylon . r - as t di po at to i l bez l e o lva,b ei itl i t i o very good ord quality y re s i e nainder 1*, 41 ng eld above the value. P.rr, ately nothing t4 i 4 l l lo l o4 l3 o r lli p re a p d o a r a ting, with the exception of about ich have at 255, tip t p ° 13 Gd above h w us been the previo value d and at Ra/ -•s are some f u rther purchasers. 41 it d o „quantity landed last week at the East and e tvas 151 puns; there were taken , for h s om 2 _ 1 1 '4, Ms 29 hlids ; and exported 91,. pun h 5 hhds. tt.N+ - ' 1 ,106r . in the same place is 12,250 puns 89 h . fft ya gs Spanish at auction, were all taken in at 3 good mid to at bold white, which is above 1. t4. 45 a Ea * Y, C. is 43s to 43s 3d per cwt on the spot, Per C t Ny e , mar ket S V is firmer, and the deliveries are in- i,V,ttioi.krnußGH MAIL. ktokkit'Al the . 31 .—The new Trollhatta Canal is e improvement that has been effected i. Colonel eat an official report states that this - entirely Ericks owingon, to the celebrated the extraordina en ry 511 tt ' title:ll4o DEC.Asti - 31.—We hear from Stockholm te e ah °l l of private banks has been discussed in ii , v tt a 4l l, 4 th at 7 t hat the Government has come to the ti," 4l tr , " % alt i l t . new charter shall not be given to any le h will not agree, Ist, to just respon- Vtox, N 32 ' t o issue no note of less value than 6 sehm ings. I i w iN ; GER, IN DECEMBER.—Persons about l it a f ° a ` Pra s - si Z r nar affirm that the Princess Maria 4 i 4 0) may daughter of Prince Charles, (now 17 Nhj s e Pr e d 3 7 be considered as the affianced bride Oe S ed erie k of Hesse. The Emperor of Russia 111, 4 z h,„ .1 ""e had some share in the negotiation. I): 4 4 , , s. t) b e Our papers publish the list, which b ~ h , 4 llp oo . uerived from authentic sources, of the ti,V eh il erli l n rited by the several German Governments and to tike part in the " Protestant y i to b , 04 5 ttiN nod there. We do not find that any 6 11() er in ted for the kingdom of Saxony. 01/40ren elan paper says, that the Conference . of t iel‘ v 'P h ich was to be shortly held at Berlin, ' ll i4l 4 fael, e v , " :, because the questions to be discussed w", th.-4147 Conference Besides the duties on yarn will have before it the pending !ta ti with Brazil, Holland, and the Hanseatic ilt s4 ,. 1%2 b„, p h m A"td, t j;' ' l . — The important intelligence has just ' , 4Cever,,,l at on the 30th of December a conspiracy del let, i;Aat Thorn, which was to have bro ken out 0 % 440 4 e st Prussia, Posen, and Russia n Poland. k .m h ,e of the conspirators is said to have be en to yXha o f Grandenz and Thorn,t especially the )i_ l itrai l t ew s has excited the greatest astonishmen t, 17t4;11 4 1 1t18 in the public offices. The 7th and 4 4, 1 Of Ara of Infantry, the I st o f Hulans, and a 1 Ir!,m...ta't.ll4'o.....rtillery, are ordered to proceed with all 417 11 2 a) ," t , to reinforce the garrison. Thorn and ikttireau 4 ;:geclared in a state of seige. (?) Though 5 11 th e that no fears are now entertained re at 1, 4 tra hquillitv f the Prussian Provinces, .we wil at is pa ' ss o ing in the kingdom of Poland, Aer "ak i r w s is expected every hour.—Hamburgh PhI TQ „ FUNDS.-BERLIN , JAN. 8. Bills. Money. l'o'E alla -*cl l., 314 97 74 % E tc 11 " ,11P : r ia) n , t 4 .. nges ..... per . I ° , ll London, £l . ;tel • • 2A.llonth;. 6 24X, ---- '1144 b•-• i' 4n e b° ,, r gh, 300 M anus, rilig,2 Months. 149 5 4 40 fr., 2 •• • • 7914 an Gazette. Jan. 9. • •'. • • • BOItSENHALLE, JAN. 9. ! Sri, e Bills. Money . -4 ek Per Cents 113 - t , 4 4144 r si an L , art 10973 - b! t o i st _PQr ent., Llamb• Certificate. 1031; - Nee t 0,4 3erles nscripi'on •••• • • . 1041; -- ° N. Etude ' ert.' 0.,3d ani. 4th series.. 100 h,,4 p,r ,ty lOO R o.to Bop* and Cs ••• • ' • 91 - . • 89% 891 4 U teliZ a Tlese Loan, Per 5 Cent l)e r n . 2 . • vi .• c . • . . rs . - r Deb, y, per cent ..... 60% - 40,1,8hx,wper Cent • g' 2 . -Da 4 Per Cent. Loan, 1844.. • • - 821; ktiou m nish Loan 3 C t • 86% 86 tiant Shares per en . -LiDo kZtvkillloN, -c, A t -at v, —AY EVENING. _lnstructions apart teo, to b e .e Castle this morning for the —lnstructions were I,l ; ''N '' , it preps for the reception of her rr itiajoestreatlo,o -4 -N'aving been d Or p l ant fo r w, arranged after an early luncheon. co t) , .je at _ . mdsor immediately until Tuesday, the for the Court t l'o t i l ins tarl Y Win remain at the Castle . 11411)4 4Rh4 ra Plac ay the t qi t ' en which dCourt will take its departure ~ f n kbPlit, e' This morning, at gheATH BY FIRE.— --- - dish, Hospital, in %il k , Yr ear B ~,,,, eiek, a tine child named Hannah Cave %, t icl hAtiene't!ge, expired in St. Bartholomew's - Aoo,."te r*T, °' injuries she sustained last evening, The liso:. ehild e! Parents, in Moore-lane, Fore-street, . y the ab -1,4s of , , e it 4 aPPears whilst snuffing the candle in . t it th . e re stance R 41144 fflother, set' herself on fire, and before 11 q; ?°11 eti ' sh e Was most horribly burnt. The litt a le ss s i Pal, w I I I P in a blanket, and at once conveyed, the tl l itlntztliere death terminated her sufferings this morning. sufferer 11 : 1 11 , 411 411 4 „ x, OMNIBUS AccimeNT. —This morning, co qul, I'm - 4 ;`: ~°•2,106 which plies between London an I ni tilett4 gotsd-',vig ci'iposite the Bank of England, the c to , dri,, r -own from the box, where he had been to speak tvh. li ntr qy ' e a 'i i , on his alighting he called out " all right." hac ii, l , l liPs4 h f 81PPed down 'just at the moment the driver h. .e l NI .kc i ove 3 '"'l'ses, and the near fore-wheel of the ve . iel a zt !' i titi ng ta r his left leg, crushing the bone and sinews i d n to iilo tlt l iarti, atin er• The poor fellow was at once con . veye _ _ ratio ,_(:)lolnew's Hospital where he remains in a de 4. v-te of suffering. ' io/ kfterrit),'4o bßowriE D IN A CISTERN.—On Sun -1,4a livi n `la a woman, namedDuncombe, the wife of a cab- L e,. lt pnt tg.619; Silver_mews, near Red Lion-square, Holborn, e ',_hUsb, ro letch the beer fur dinner, but after a lapse of time .. r.ttt r jr acsd,.entally h`",rll, „ I ,‘:L i went to seek for her, and he found her In the k ._ hi, len was at the foot of stairs,• and into which falltn. liar husband extricated her and 14,ttit titli;toa, :who pronounced life to be extinct. etr e in the A .FORK KNITTERS.—Very many ern: 1 4 ° tieket,t frarnework knitting branches are refusing tp . h Ina tiv 0 the workmen ; men will not receive material tz 41w,s titckh th Nie, I I 0rt.4.14_.e v,:ithout, and in consequence, this depressed be Part of `"" IN orking classes are still worse situated. On employers this is a " bezo - nd ed . ition" of th 1 1 00 4 SYstem and like it will work as own urea tier tll better.' ' ' 21 9 43 2 6 , ' 231 ~, ' 67A • •••• . . ~ . , • lei • • 4 % .. 0, 00 ogil 111 , e• oto •• If •• 0 .• •• - 11 , .. Os ~. 34 ..• ...0 1 61 / 11 1 0 6~ i i THE STTN. LONDON, TITESDA.Ir EVENING, SANITARY 13, 1846 ----: verdict for the plaintiff, awarding him the full amount he claimed. Mr. JERVIS - now moved for a rule nisi, to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had on the ground that the vessel was not properly surveyed before condemnation. It was admitted, the Learn:•d Counsel said, by the plaintiff's witness, that the copper of the vessel was not taken off, cad consequently the injuries she had received beneath the copper was all matter of conjecture, and could not be ascertained with any degree of certainty. He contended, therefore, that due anti proper care had not been exercised in the exa mination, and hoped the Court would grant him the rule for which he prayed. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Take a rule to show cause. CALLOR AND ANOTHER, a. LYON. This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover the sum of 50/., the amount of a promissory note given by the defendant to the plaintiffs, who were the trustees of the Metropolitan Loan Society. The case was tried at the Middlesex sittings after term, when it was elicited that the defendant was the security of a man named Morris, who had borrowed from the Loan Society the sum involved in the action, and a verdict was returned fur the plaintiffs for the full amount claimed. Mr. PEARSON now moved for a rule nisi to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had on the ground that the note was obtained by fraud, inasmuch as the rules of the Society differed from the terms of the note, and the defendant, when he signed the note, was in a state of intoxication. The LORD CHIEF BARON said the constitution of loan societies was so well known, that the defendant could hardly have been mistaken as to the nature of the note, and he must have signed it with his eyes open. The finding of the jury was therefore correct, and the rule must be refused.—Rule refused accordingly. RE BOOTHREY. Mr. PASHLEY applied to the Court for a writ of habeas corpus, under the following circumstances :—ln Sep tember last, Boothrey, the Learned Counsel's client, was committed to the Wakefield House of Correction, under what was called the Worsted Acts, for having in his possession a certain quantity of silk, of which he could give no satisfactory account. The conviction was made on the information of the constable of the parish, and Boothrey was committed to prison for the non-payment of the penalty which the possession of the silk rendered him liable to. This conviction the Learned Counsel contended was illegal, because the law under which it was made was defective, in so far as the statute did not specify to whom the penalty should be paid, but said generally that it should be paid as the law dir:eted. Now, Boothrey being ignorant of the law, knew not to whom he ought to pay the penalty, nor could any of the local authorities determine who was the party entitled to it, and hence there being no responsible person to receive the penalty, it was morally impossible fnr him t.► comply with the terms of the conviction, and therefore hie; detention in prison was a wrongful and illegal act. '1 he conviction, moreover, deviated from the form prescribed by the statute, for it did not set forth the value of the goods, the owner of the goods, or the allegation that they were suspected to be stolen goods, and it was upon those grounds that he moved the Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus fur the release of the prisoner. The Loan CHIEF BARON ruled that a trifling devia tion like that in the present case from the prescribed form of conviction was immaterial, provided the sub stance or spirit of the form was retained; and as it was clear that the prisoner could give no satisfactory account of the goods in his possession, which he was bound to do by the statute, his committal in default of his paying the penalty was valid and justifiable. With respect to its being in doubt as to who was the party entitled to the penalty, he thought this point was disposed of by the ge neral and common law of the land, with which it was pre sumed everybody was well acquainted, and which provided that the penalty should be divided equally between the informer and the poor of the parish where the conviction took place. He was therefore of opinion that the motion must be refused. The remainder of the Court concurring in this judg ment, the motion was refused accordingly. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY) POTTS AND OTHERS V. HIGHTON AND JONES. Sir T. WILDE moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not take place in this cause, on the ground that the verdict had been against evidence. The cause was tried at last sittings at Guildhall, and a verdict given fur the defendant; the action being to recover from Highton, on the allegation that he was a partner of Jones, a sum of money due to a bankrupt concern on the ac count of the latter. In the defence it was maintained that no partnership existed, for that though Highton had assisted Jones in certain business transactions, it was not in the character of a partner. The Learned Gentle • man at some length went on to show that Highton was a partner, and on that ground considered that a new trial should be ruled for the plaintiff—Rule to show cause granted. CARTER v. BUCHANAN. Mr. Sergeant MusPnv moved for a rule to show cause ;or the setting aside of a verdict and a new trial granted in this cause, on the ground of misdirection of the judge, on which a verdict was given for the plaintiff: The cause was tri , d before Mr. Justice Cresswell, at Guildhall, during last sittings, and a verdict given to Mr. Carter for 2141. The plaintiff is a watchmaker, residing in Cornhill ; and the defendant, Mr. Buchanan, is a mer chant, who has been in the habit of dealing with the for mer for watches to send out to his correspondent in India. In January last Mr. Buchanan went into the shop of the plaintiff, and the contract was made, out of which the present action had arisen. One order was for three dozen of watches at 40s. each watch ; and four dozen others at 365. each. It was a part of the contract that the watches should be guaranteed to go, a point which, in the sequel, would be seen to be most important to this case. In March an intimation was sent to Mr. Bu chanan that the watches were ready, but Mr. Buchanan was not in a position to receive them. In May Mr. Buchanan again called, and saw the watches and looked over some rings, which he bargained for. He ordered two of the watches and a case of the rings to be sent. They were not forwarded till Mr. Buchanan sent a message for them, when one of each sor., of watch and the rings were dispatched to the offices of Mr. Bu chanan. Now, the point was, were these watches and rings to be considered as part delivery of the order, or rather only as specimens, to see whether the order had been properly executed, judging by the specimens, He Mir. MurAy) admitted that an important letter had been read at the trial, sent by the defendant to the plain tiff, stating, that as he had learned there was a great glut of cheap watches in the Indian market, he wished to know what hew ould take to allow the bargain to t e off. On this letter the jury was instructed to give a verdict for the plaintiff. Now, this letter was dated on the 16th of May, whereas, looking over the evidence, he found there were no rings named in the invoice till after that date ; and as the two watches and rings were de livered at the same time, it was proof that the letter was written before, and could not be taken as any re cognition of the contract. Under the circumstances, reviewing the whole case, he thought their Lordships ought to grant a new trial. The LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE said that there could be no misdirection on the part of the Judge, as there was nothing left out in the Judge's charge to the jury. Be cause a Judge did not dwell so strongly on a particular point as a learned gentleman might think fit, it was no reason why it should he called a misdirection. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—Then the verdict must be taken as against evidence, and on this ground he would apply. Moreover, admitting the cuntract, the watches were not what had been agreed upon. They did not perform, and were not at all conformable to the order given. The watches, though kept, were not kept as a recognition of the order, for immediately after he com plained of their quality, and he merely kept the sample in order to ascertain really what the watches were. Now, the watches the defendant had previously had gone well. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said it was necessary in a contract to prove the delivery of goods, and the accept ance.wwean Now, in the present case, there could be no doubt t shop,o of of a contract being made. After that, the defendant looked over as partseveraloftietrusosoef tcthteos, the an plaintiff's selected two about which the contract had been made. He desired these two to be sent home, and had retained them till this day, so that here was an acceptance and a sufficient case for the jury, leaving the question of the letter out of view. But when the letter was considered, in con nection with these other facts, he must say that the jury had come to a proper verdict. The other Judges agreed with his Lordship, and the rule was consequently refused. MARLBRU'-STREET•—(THIS DAY.) Wm. H nris, a young man who is said to be respect ably connected, was charged with committing an out rage on a respectable married female, and her sister, as they were passing through Cecil- court, St. Martin's ane, between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, on their way home. The defendant was at the time intoxi cated, but not so much so but that he knew what he was about. Mr. MALTBY having very carefully investigated the charge, told the defendant that he should commit him for one month. The defendant seemed astounded on hearing his sen tence, and earnestly entreated that the worthy magis trate would impose a fine in place of the imprisonment. Mr. MALTBY refused to aiter his decision, and the defendant was locked up in one of the cells to await the prison van to convey him to Westminster Bridewell. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Wednesday evening last, as Mr. Milne, of Market-street, Cambridge, was crossing the river on Mr. Searle's new ferry-bridge, he fell into the river up to his neck. It seems the ferry does not reach the bank on the Chesterton side, but that a small bank is made in the water at the side of it for persons to step upon. Not being aware of this, and too dark tier him to see, lie stepped forward into the water.-- Cambridge Chronicle. The Mercers' Company sent yesterday'a donation of 101. to the poor - box of Company Police-court. A CHELSEA PENSIONER'S FUN ERAL.— On Sunday, the remains of the Chelsea pensioner Bridge, No. 1 company of the Woolwich division, were interred at Charlton church yard with military 'honours. The party consisted of the staff, non-commissioned officers, and twenty-four privates, in uni form, but without a firing party, as the corps was not out upon duty at the time or the pensioner's death, A portion of !he expense of the funeral is defrayed by government, and the body was carried to the grave on the shoulders of the ,comrades of the deceasod. tunetwlr in hs e ‘ a l tt) . h 0, ooisio e r i t hi we syeoai regret lri,ys anal n . died j o hae l ri nt , gt h ii a had ns gentlemana o t a h t e m w Fasl r ai in Madeira, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. -------- J. H. Campbell, Esq., M.P., for Salisbury, has kindly given to the Mayor of that city 1001. to be distributed to the poor of the town. This gentleman, by the death of his mother, now takes the name arid arms of "Wyndham," with the Otates of his lite uncle Wadham Wyndham, Esq., • . . who for many year represented tliat city, • AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. r 7 Yesterday, et the a.b , vo-mentioned rooms, some two or three hundred persons assr•lnloh-d, consisting of mem bers of the Central Agricultural Society. His Grace the Duke of Richmond. Pees.:dent of the Association, took the chair shortly after one o'clock. Several dele gates from all quarters of the country were present, and among the noblemen and gentlemen on the platform were—The Duke of Buckingham, Lord Sondes, Lord Beaumont, Viscount Ossulston, General Sir J. Cock burn, Mr. Miles, M.P., &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, said, it was not necessary for turn to detail, to them at any length the opinions wSich he entertained on the subject of the corn-laws. He had often enjoyed op portunities of laying these opinions before his fellow countrymen, and it was not his practice to retract any opinions which he had once deliberately and pub licly expressed. But, though it was not necessary for him to enter into any d;scussion of the general merits of the corn laws, he nevertheless thought it abso lutely necessary for him to say a word or two for the purpose of explaining shortly the reasons which rendered it necessary to call the present meeting. Of course, they all knew as well as he did that no person in that room possessed the least means of knowing what were the intentions of the Queen's Government with reference to the corn-laws. No man out of the Cabinet could say what the measures were which the Ministers intended to submit to Parliament ; the general iinpres sien, howe%er, was, that those measures would involve an infringement of the great principle of protection—that principle which it was the main object of their associa tion to promote and defend. lie lamented to say that there was too good reason to apprehend the dangerous tendency which the policy of Ministers had recently assumed. He feared that the great principle of protection was new to be departed from, but why that principle was to be abandoned no man now present could answer. Some people thought, but that was a considerable time ago, that the panic respecting famine might nothave been without its influence in exciting the fears and warping the judgment of her Majesty's Ministers ; but recent events had proved that all the fears respecting famine were utterly without foundation; and yet, though nothing could be more baseless than such a ground for attacking the corn laws, the agricultural interest were to be sacri fiord—and sacrifices), he would ask, to what ?—to the money of the Anti-Corn-law League. The gentle men of the League told the Government and the Legis lature, " Give us just thus much, and we shall be satis fied. Let us only be permitted to succeed to this small and limited extent, and with that small amount of good fortune we shall be, and for ever remain, perfectly satis fied." He would ask any Englishman with any preten sion to common sense, and with the least imaginable amount of political experience, whether there was a shadow of probability that the gentlemen of the League would stop suddenly short after having thus taken the first step in their progress? When was it ever known that success among politicians produced moderation? — (Loud cheers.) The gentlemen of the League began by assailing the corn-laws ; their next step, of course, would be to assail every species of protection, and to establish free trade in the most unlimited sense of the word, the ultimate end being to create a democratic ascendancy in every part of England. The,y knew per fectly well that the yeomanry and farmers of this country constituted the strongest bulwark of our ancient institutions. They knew that they must destroy the larded interest before they overturned the constitution. Was it necessary for him to inform the meeting then assembled of the means by which the gentlemen of the League intended to effect these objects? Was it necessary to repeat that which had been published by every newspaper throughout the kingdom, namely—the intention of the League to use the ample funds at their command for the purpose of corrupting the constituencies of England ? If the League had combined for such a purpose as that, was it not fair for other men to associate in order to counteract designs which were not only unconstitutional, but self evidently unjust?—(Hear, hear.) By one of the rules of the Agricultural Society, that association was dis abled from interfering, in any respect, with the business of the registration courts; looking, then, at the condition of the country and the conduct of the League, he took upon himself fearlessly to ask that meeting whether they were not prepared to rescind a regulation which disabled them from meeting their adversaries upon equal terms? —(Loud and continued cheering.) He would ask them if they did not think the time had at length arrived when it became their duty to enter the registration courts with as bold a front as their enemies ? The gentlemen of the Anti-Corn•law League boasted openly that they were determined to carry the county elec tions of England by fabricated votes. This threat, he doubt& d not, they would endeavour to execute to the utmost extent of the means at their disposal ; but he himself had no reason to fear their influence in that part of the country with which he was more immediately connected. The men of West Sussex might defy the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear.) The farmers of West Sussex were not made of such slippery materials as to change their tone at the bidding of the Anti-Cern-law Lesgue.—(Loud cheers.) They were not made of the same slippery materials as those who, elsewhere, were prepared to act upon the suggestions of Mr. Cobden. — (Renewed cheers.) They had raised their standard for agricultural rights, and he felt convinced that nothing would induce them to lower that flag, and his entire per suasion was, thet to a man they would adopt for their motto, "No compromise and no surrender." He doubted not that every man felt as he did, that the protection that agriculture had hitherto enjoyed was a protection not alone operating for the benefit of the landed interests themselves, but for the evident advantage of native in dustry in all its branches. Havinn thus shortly stated to the meeting that the principal object for which they were assembled was to alter that portion of the rules which excludf d them from the registration courts, he should now call on Lord Beaumont to move the first re solution.---(Hear.) Lord Beeemoifer said a crisis of the most alarming kind had arrived. Those who, in times past, had strenuously maintained the corn-laws seemed now dis posed to abandon for ever the agricultural interest. At such a crisis, therefore, as the present it behoved men to come forward and support the opinion which they con scientiously entertained. He fearlessly avowed himself a friend to protection. When he talked of protection, he never meant a system which would have a tendency to diminish the supply of food, or to increase its price. If it had such tendencies he did not hesitate to say that all idea of protection should be abandoned. It was be cause he believed the contrary that he raised his voice in support of the existing corn-laws, and it was because he believed the contrary that he should still exert the small influence which he possessed to maintain those corn-laws, and it was for that reason that he should call on every one then present to go and do likewise. To his mind nothing was more evident titan that if free trade were established, there must be a general revision of all taxation ; that there must be also a general revi sion of all the local burdens that pressed upon land, and which burdens were considered to contain a compen sating principle for that which was called the evil of the corn laws. He did not believe in the utility, or even the existence of such a compensating principle ; but it was quite evident that an alteration of the corn-laws involved an extensive revolution, and in that change what was to become:of the poor? From various quarters of the country they were told that the masses demanded a removal of restriction, but he confessed he saw no foundation for those statements. He saw no ground for thinking that the people of England were so full of the idea of free trade as the gentlemen of the Anti-Corn-law League thought proper to represent them. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the first resolution, in the following terms:— " That protection against foreign competition is abso lutely necessary to the productive classes of this country, and that the removal or diminution of the protection now afforded to the agricultural classes will be followed by the removal or diminution of every protective duty im posed for the benefit of the home or colonial producers." Mr. CHRISTOPHER, M.P., in seconding the foregoing resolution, said, that for as long a time as we had colonies, or very nearly so, it had been the practice of England to give protection to those colonies at the ex pense of the agricultural interest, and if the main pro tection which those connected with land at present enjoyed were to be removed at the dictation of the League, surely no one would contend that the high pro tection which the colonies enjoyed at the expense of the farmer should any longer be continued. In the county which he had the honour to represent, there were thou• sands of acres capable of growing tobacco ' • now if they removed the protection which had hitherto been enjoyed by those who grew wheat, they ought to remove any impediment to the free cultivation of tobacco. He did not very precisely know what was intended, but he was sure every one would feel it to be rather a sus picious circumstance that a Ministry which had been placed in office by the agriculturists had just recently allowed themselves to resign the seals of office into the hands of a Noble Lord who was known to be adverse to agricultural protection. Now he thought that that fact, if it stood perfectly alone, would fully justify him in apprehending that further attacks upon the agricultural interest were intended. They enjoyed a certain amount of protection at this moment, and h e should never cons ent to surrender one j ot or tittle of that protection, be the consequences what it mi g ht. general Mr election .MltE i sM.tP.W ventured to say th a t a t t h e next would be felt that they (the agricul turalists) were the majority of the nation. But he would recommend the various constituencies throughout the county to demand an instant appeal to the sense of the population, if they saw that their representatives wavered fur a single moment. It was in vain that we thought of proceeding upon free-trade principles; every step that we took to advance those principles would be met in foreign countries by tariff after tariff, and our best laid plans would end in disappointment and disaster. lie concluded by moving the second resolution, as follows:—" That this meeting, being convinced of the great benefits de rived by all classes from the protective system, and being satisfied that every branch of national industry will be most seriously injured by the abandonment of that system, pledges itselt to use ever y constitutional m eans to supp o r t that principle of protec tion under which this country has risen to its present em inence. that Mse ,though TnciM.e G g e r ]) t s , n o a manufacturer, he obser ve d t h at, w hil e the farmer and agricultural la bourer coul d not depart fro m the foregoing e e g t e resoamidst mu c h c h eer i ng, rose to , he was a f r i en d to elution. H e b egan b y say i ng protec tion. Among other thing s ' the shores of England, the manufacturer could carry his capital and his machinery wherever a prospect of profit presented itself. On these grounds, then, he contended that the condition of the agriculturist Wes entitled to the highest consideration. The resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. BARNR contradicted the statements made in a pamphlet issued be the League, in which the steward upon Lerd Ducie's estates maintained that the protec tion which the agriculturists enjoyed (viz., ss. Bd.) was too trifling to disturb the tranquillity of the nation about. He then reverted to the following resolution, which he concluded by That the foltowing words be expunged from the fourth role of the Society, viz ,' And teat the &ciety shall un . no account interfere in any election for a Member to serve in Par " The announcement of this resolution---was - received with loud cheers.. 'rho resolution having been seconded by Mr. R. SMITH, was then put and agreed to. Mr BALL, in a long and energetic address, directed the attention of the meeting to the comparison of thirty years of corn-law rule with the thirty years immediately preceding it. He contended that no person could rise from the investigation without a strong conviction that the fluctuations under the corn-laws were immeasurably less than these which prevailed in the absence of any corn-laws After alluding to the alarming influence ex ercised by the press and League with the view of anni hilating those laws, he moved the following resolu tion : OCCASIONAL SKETCHES—HERE THE RECENT RAILWAY ACCI AND THERE. DENT IN THE ISLE OF THANET. $ No. VII. On Saturday l as t an i nques t was h e ld before T. T. SOME PUBLIC (HOUSE) PORTRAITS "HERE.' Lesaux, Es (1-s Coroner for the eastern division G f the county of Kent, a t th e Fi ve B e ll s pu bli c -house, in the One damp, dull, drizzling, dreary day (there's allitera- village of Minster, I s l e o f Th anet , on t h e b o dy of James tion for those who are fond of it), in the early part of Hollands, a young man who met with his death on the last November. I landed near Liverpool, after an absence works of the Ramsgate, Canterbury, and London Railway. of two years from this country. It was a thoroughly The Coroner and jury proceeded together to view the English day, and from the "wet-blanket" looking sky place where the accident occurred. It is near the ut large rain drops came down with a dull heavy plash most point to which the works have proceeded, and upon the sloppy ground. The wind and tide had pre- where the ballaet waggons are turned over and the con vented the vessel from getting nearer than ten miles, or tents thrown out to make the base upon which the rails thereabouts, to Liverpool, and so, rather than lie in the are to be laid. river, almost within sight of port, for a dozen hours, J o h n M onc kton, labourer, was th e fi rst w i tness myself and the captain landed in a boat at Formby called. He deposed that on Thursday last he was on a Point, and after having tramped wearily over the long ballast u waggon with deceased, near the tip end of the barren sands, on reaching the little inn found, to our line. By the " tip end," witness meant the point mortification, that the omnibus had left for Liverpool where the waggons were tipped over and the con just three minutes before. tents thrown out. This was on the extension line After having been so long from home, old accustomed of the South-Eastern Railway, between the villages things looked rather strange. Whilst we were waiting of Sarre and Minster. There were eight _waggons, for a cab to be got ready, I sat down in the small parlour all laden with ballast and propelled by a :Aram or the small inn. There was no mistaking the English- eng i ne. They were under the wan2gement of a per:Gil nest' of everything pertaining to it and about it. A por- named James Armstrong. On arriving at the tip &lid trait of the Queen, so unlike, that I knew directly who the two first waggons turned over the end of the lire. it was meant fer, hung on the wall, which was covered Witness jumped off, but deceased, was thrown to the ith fl ering red paper of a zigzag pattern, which it made ground. The contents of one of the waggons fell over one giddy to look at. A very gaudy ship, on a very him, and buried him. Witness, with others, end( avouted brilliant blue sea, with an inflammatory mountain in an to extricate deceased as soon as possible, but be was alarming state of eruption in the background, decorated, quite dead. Two other men were also partially buried the chimney-piece ; and portraits of " jolly sailors , with him. It was the duty of Armstrong to h t off the in wild ecstasies, jumping out of boats, and "capering steam at the crossing, and of another person to put on ashore," with purses filled at both ends in their hands, the break on the tender and waggons. There was no and bundles slung upon sticks, which they jauntily alarm given that he (witness) heard. threw over their left shoulders ; and of despairing and Thomas Leach, of Minster, labourer, deposed that he departing mariners, with the forefingers of their right was working on the line about seven o'clock in the hands pointing to ships in full sal in the distance, their morning of the day in question. There was a steam te-ft arms encircling the waists of weeping wives or sen- eng i ne attac h e d to t h e li ne o f b a ll as t waggons , an d h e sitive sweethearts, were displayed on all sides of the saw them b etween Mi nster an d Sh er iff' s C our t. Th e apartment. Th en there were stuffed birds and dried engine one, under the management of a driver named snake skins ; and pi eces o f di ngy cora l , an d b ranc h es of Armstrong. Another man, by the name of Matthew sea-weed, like the b o tt oms o f o ld s i eves, di spose d weep - Gomershall, had charge f the break in the tender. ing-willow fashion over the frames of these pictures, to- Witness did not know whether any person on the wag gether with walking-sticks, some of glass, and others, Bons had curiously contrived out of the back bones of voracious charge of the breaks. There ought to have been some one. The morning was very foggy and dark, fishes ; and all these " curiosities " had cheerful and so that witness could not Mt. any person on the seventh comfortable associates in the shapes of rosy-faced, pot- or eighth bellied gentlemen in the p rime of life, w ho were repro- waggon. B ICO RONER— Did y the y ou, when you saw the engine welted as in the act of blowing the froth from off the appr oac hi ng th e c r o s s ing at Sheriff's-court, do all you edges of gigantic pots of vi porter ; or of smoking with n could to make the driver sensible of the fact ? Witness finite relish '`Dutch-cut, from pipes a yard long at I did, by calling to him, and lam sure be heard me, the least. e h parlour for lie did all h e cou ld t o s t o p the carriages, and so did An omnibus cad was the sole occup ant of t p , the breaksm an . There was a decline of about one in when we entered that tobacco and B urton flavoured one hundred. The morning was frosty, and the wheels locality. This gentleman was busily engage d in teasin g passed more rapidly than usual over the rails. a wiry snappish little terrier, by sportively flinging at By a juror —Deceased was completely buried beneath him a crumpled copy of Bell's Life, and the making the ballast. Witness did not know where they were the cur unwillingly bring it back. Occasionally he re- until they reached the crossing. laxed in his attentions to the dog, and diverted himself George Low, of Minster, stated that he was at work by plunging his nose very deeply into the recesses at Fuller's-marsh, and from thence he saw the engine of a pot of half-and-half, the traces of whose proceeding at the usual speed. The steam was turned travels were to be seen on the cross-legged table, off by the driver about 200 yards from the " tip." One in the shape of half-dried, sticky rings of partially- hundred yards from the tip the decline commences. It evaporated infusion of malt and hops. The frequent is a declivity of one in one hundred. Witness gave an visits of his lips and nose to the pewter tankard were alarm to the men in the waggon, advising them to get off, alternated by tremendous attacks on a plateful of what which several of them did. The caution would not havo the landlady termed " sandwidges," and which appeared been necessary if it had been an incline instead of a to be an ingenious compound of dirt, bread, butter, mus decline. tart, and meat. Such a " cad" could hare been met with Armstrong, the driver, said that the morning was so nowhere else than in England. As for his person and foggy that he could not see ; and until he was upon the dress, just imagine a lump of expressionless flesh, crossing he was not aware of being so near the " tip." wrapped carelessly in a suit of dingy fustian, with a He then shut off the steam, and Gomershall applied the sealskin cap at one end, and a pair of " high-lows" at break to the wheel of the tender. the other, and you have a description as near as I can This being the whole of the evidence, give it. The CORONER summed up. From the foggyness of But the landlady !—decorated with the smartest of the atmosphere, and the facts that the rails were wet smart caps, with showy ribbons fluttering like streamers with frost and thus rendered slippery, and the decline as she moved briskly about—her trim figure attired commencing there, the accident had undoubtedly occurred in a remarkably gay mousseline-de-laine dress—and from purely accidental causes. her clear, sharp voice, ringing like a bell through Verdict accordingly. Deodand on the engine 11. the house, and never stopping its clapper for a mi nute she was a sight, after having stared at nothing but the stewardess and salt water for the last twenty days. How she curtseyed as we entered the hostelry ; and how, when she learned that Captain C— had Just arrived, did she narrate wonderful sto ries, quite as strange, or stranger than fictions, of ship wrecks which had occurred on the sands right before her own doors. Then she was on intimate and familiar terms with all the captains who came to Liverpool—she was ; for they came down to " Waterloo" in the sum mer-time with their wives, and " used" her house. Such nice gentlemen, they was, too. Very voluble was she respecting the cheerful and snug dinners she had cooked for little parties, and could cook again, if needs be. " Far her own part," she said, " she liked captins —they was such gentlemanly men —'specially 'Merican captins ; and the mates (she looked interrogatively at me) they were so genteel." On she went, never stopping; so to give my ears a little rest, I ordered a bottle of lemonade, and by the time I had disposed of it the cab drove to the door. "Ah ! gentlemen," said the landlady, slyly, " you should have been here an hour ago, and gone up with some ladies' maids as left this morning. Wouldn't they have liked your company ? The women (a sigh) is so fond of sailors, somehow. My poor man was a sailor— but— " " He's better off, ma'am, I hope," said I, as the car riage drove off—the brisk widow, at the instant of our departure, having thrust a hugh engraved card into my hands, with a hope that we should call again. We soon entered Liverpool. There it was, just as I had left it two years before—dark and dirty (they say it always rains in Liverpool). As we drove along, lofty stone warehouses, many stories high, frowned on us from grated windows and double-barred iron doors. Ponderous carriages, with broad wheels, drawn by gigantic horses, and driven by mighty dray men, threatened every instant to crush our frail vehicle. From the main street through which we were driving, long narrow thoroughfares diverged on the right and left hands, at every corner of which was a flaunting gin palace, and gazing down the dim avenues was to be seen a long perspective of pawnbrokers' balls. Passing the docks, the captain quitted me for the pur pose of going to his agents, and I drove to the Waterloo Hotel. 1 experienced a strange, undefinable sensation, at once mere being in England, for I had never before been away from it longer than a month. It was not, I fear, a particularly patriotic feeling, lion a comfortable hugging of the idea that England was the only place in the world to be happy in. A residence in another country had for me, at least, exploded the popular fallacy that comfort had any particular local habitation, and was to be found nowhere else. I suspect that the blandness which came over me arose from a gradual sliding into the naturalness of old familiar things. As I stood before the bright blazing fire in the coffee-room, before which heaps of plates were warming. up, looked on the sleek, snug waiters, heard the short, sharp, ready " Yes, Sir," gazed on the brilliant barmaid, and beheld " Boots," and more than all, when The Sun of that very morning was placed in my hand, it appeared to me as if I had just awoke from a night's sleep, and that the beautiful country I had so recently quitted—the lakes, the falls, the rivers, the forests, the sparkling houses, and the pretty women, had never in reality existed, but had only been seen by me in some pleasant dream. Let me touch off the waiter who is just now amazingly busy in moving things out of their places for the sake of replacing them. He is a young man belonging to the " nice" genus, of some three or four and twenty years of age ; and if you did not see a snow-white napkin under his arm, you would take him for the probationary pastor of a genteel country-town Dissenting congregation. He has a very serious cast of countenance, and his hair is brushed and combed into the most approved pious pro priety. Round his neck is a faultlessly-tied white cravat, and so tight is it, that when he has to turn his head, the latter rotates not on the second curvical vertebra, but his whole body semi-revolves on the heels of his highly polished pumps, between which and the edge of his pantaloons silken hose are displayed. His half-open vest displays a shirt-front of amazing fineness, and a small black brooch, most probably the souvenir of some lady's maid. His movements are rapid and noiseless, and his voice low and gentle. Sometimes, in his over anxiety to serve you, he gently slides to your table, and asks, " Did you call, Sir ?" but if you do call, he seldom hears your summons. He has little respect for common waiters at common inns, and regards thos e at me r e eat ing-houses as beyond the verge of civilisaotis m. W civilisation. For the ith b a rmaid he entertains respect—perhaps. t ac uaint the chambermaid he has a distant, very distan , q ance but for boots, he owns to sentiments of the pro foundest contempt. As for the porter, he is a yahoo. Such is the coffee-room waiter. And now, as a com panion sketch, let me try the barmaid. Ah ! I ought to depict her lineaments with a lady's golden pen, on embossed and perfumed paper. Reader ! just step with me into her sanctum sanctorum—the " Bar." It is a large apartment, glazed on all sides, garnished with decanters, tumblers, wine-glasses, sugar -tongs, tea spoons by the dozen in rummers, squeezers, nutmeg graters, spices, and lemons. In the centre of the room is a table, on which lies the barmaid's needlework ; her thimble and scissors are idle now, for No. 56 has rung three times, and boots is "nowhere." Look at her I how daintily she is dressed in a neat morning-gown and cap of open net work, which has killed off many a " commercial." Did you ever see a prettier figure ? As her tiny feet go pit-pat-tap-tap over the floorcloth, looking, as some old poet quaintly says, like mice peep ing in and out, one almost forgets to gaze on her face, which is so sweet in expression, that the young man with ferretty eyes, who stands with his back to the fire, says, with great originality, if she looks into a jug of punch very little sugar is required. And, she has such a neat way of handling everything ; and when she sits down to write in the bar-book, or to make out a bill, she holds the pen so gracefully, that you cannot help being curious as to her caligraphy, which, delicate and angular, amazingly resembles those specimens we see in cases at the doors of private lodgings, which consist of a miser able scrawl, contrasted with zigzag characters, purporting to be " a specimen of my hand-writing after taking six lessons of Mr. —." She is, of course, a favourite ; and so, many a gentleman brings her, every morning, bouquets, which you may see all about the room. Unlike the genteel waiter, the barmaid is very courteous, though somewhat distant, to all the under-servants, who address her as " Miss ;" yet she exacts respect ; and no one— no, not even the flashy gentleman who goes so far as to call her by her Christian name—would dare to take a liberty with her. She is unkissable. The very master of the house, who has a snug chair for himself in the bar, looks at her with deference. Aud there she is all day long, smiling and simpering, from early in the morning until late at night, working and coquetting, tripping hither and thither, always doing something, and never for a minute idle, with the pleasant look and the civil word for everybody—and that is the barmaid, The chambermaid is come to " show the gentleman t into 49." As we follow her up stairs, we will lo ok out of both corners of our eyes at her, and sketc h her on vma. some future occasian, BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY A FTERNOON.--The following letter from Rio Janeiro, of November 20, gives im portant views of the position of matters in relation to the Brazils " Rio Janeiro, Nov. 20. " Our political horizon is very much darkened since my last communication. I understand this Government will not continue further negotiations until satisfaction is obtained respecting that most unfortunate Bill lately passed, and which I tear will make mischief. The Bra zilians complain, and with reason, that their coasting trade has suffered serious inconvenience by the policy and unjustifiable acts of some of our cruisers on this coast. The Brazilians also complain that if a couple of shackles were found in a coasting vessel, with all clear ances in order, she was in consequence detained ; and as they navigate their coasting vessels partly with slaves these were necessary to have on board ; even as on board our vessels of war men are sometimes confined in irons. " Again at the Cape, vessels taken there have been condemned for having those loose wooden boxes on board in which the captain and mate sleep, because one captain gave evidence in one case that these boxes were not in use in the coasting smacks. Now we all know well that many, if not all, coasting smacks use this kind of boxes. " There is no doubt but that if our Government would limit their Slave Bill to intercepting vessels with slaves, and not interfere with the legitimate goods trade bet ween this and the coast, and which is as legal as the goods trade fum Liverpool to the coast, the Brazilians would make some sort of a treaty with us, and if we do not curtail the working of the Slave Bill recently passed to intercepting slaves, we shall undoubtedly have a rumpus before long with this country, and it now behoves us all to use extreme caution in shipments. " Yesterday and today a large business has been done in exchange at 26k, different length of credits according to the quality of the paper, from one to three weeks." THE SOUTH LONDON NEWS.—A new paper, of Radical polities, which has just started under the editorship of Mr. J. Lee Stevens, recommends the electors of Lambeth to start Mr. John Bright as a candidate at the next election, unless Mr. D'Eyncourt will pledge himself to support the jilt mediate repeal of the corn-laws. BRITISH IND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The first soiree of the present session was held last night, at the rooms in George-street, and it was attended by a large company of ladies and gentlemen—members of the Institute. The even ing passed off in the usual agreeable manner, the urbanity and address of Mr. Buckingham contributing in no small degree to this good issue. An excellent concert was provided, in which Miss Birch, the Misses Williams, Mr. Machin, and Mr. T. Cooke, aided by Mr. Mull.. lenfeldt and Mr. Chatterton, were prominent features, whose efforts to gratify were attended. it need hardly be added, with signal success. In the course of the proceed ings Mr. Buckingham delivered a short address suitable to the occasion, in which he congratulated the company upon the prospects.of the Institute, and commented with felicit ous delicacy upon the attacks which had been made upon their honour and integrity, and upon the means which had been resorted to in justification, concluding his remarks by taking his customary brief review of new publications. The tables were covered with interesting books and pictures, the conversation was friendly and animated, and the rguniat altogether was highly pleasurable. These drawing-room meetings are peculiar to the British and Foreign Institute, and the success which invariably attends them shows that one of the objects aimed at—that of social family inter coarse, conducted with elegance, and enlivened by amuse ments of a refined and intellectual character—has at least The Marquis of Anglesea is, we hear, indisposed at Beaudesert been attained. PUBLIC OPINION IN LANARKSHIRE.—The Duke of Hamilton has convened a public meeting of the inhabitants of Lanarkshire, to express its opinions on the present state of public affairs. In the application to his Grace, in reply to which he has called this meeting, the requisitionists describe the industrious and rapidly increasing population employed in agriculture, in commerce, and in manufactures, as all suf fering from an erroneous and pernicious system of monopoly and protection, destructive alike of the real interests of the fresh country and the welfare of the people. A GuAti.o i line—a mummy impor tation to delight of nature's swathing—preserv.ed by the ammonia , of lehaboa. Atituhielamnri.—teulrsVien have the mu quitemn ly a ' The body, which is now exhibiting at the Egyptian hall, was foun d in tile course of the late excavations for guano, wh i c h have removed hal f th e i s l and to inoculate with its riches our B ritish corn lands. It is that of a well grown man. It was inclosed in a coffin, which remains perfectly enti re , as do the trowsers and shirt, the former of duck, the latter of cotton, which the defunct wore. We had manual L demon s tration of the perfectly entire condition of these fabr'u As for the body itself it s eems tanned; the flesh has become i in a great measure absorbed, with all the softer animal tissues; but the muscular development remains firm, and the veins and tendons of the extremities are curiously shown stretched over the bones. The teeth are still white and sound; and the hair (rather woolly) still curls on the head. The colour of the body is a dark brown ; and the whole exhibition, par ticu!arly for those who like anatomical and physiological cu riosities, is well worth visiting. It is impossible to say with certainty how long the body had lain previous to its disco very ; but the probability is that a century has elapsed since the mate, or one of the inferior officers of a merchant ship running down the African coast, died, and since a party of sailors landed for an hour to bury the body of their shipmates on a lone and nameless island, tenanted only by sea-birds, on the desert coast of Africa. On Saturday evening a number of gentlemen con nected officially with the Royal Polytechnic Institution dined together, for the purpose of presenting an elegant silver vase and signet ring, of great value, to Dr. John Ryan. The vase was designed and manufactured by Stor and Mortimer, the celebrated goldsmiths of Bond street, and displays their usual taste and judgment. The presentation was intended as a mark of esteem for the private character of that gentleman, who, during his official connexion with the donors, has on all occasions displayed an affability and kindness of heart that has won for him the respect of every person around him. THE LAST CONVERSION FROM OXFORD.—MT Mills, whose desertion from the Protestant faith has been already mentioned in our columns, was on Sunday morning publicly received into the Roman Catholic Church, at St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. The ceremony took place at the grand altar, after high mass, in the presence of a numerous congregation. Mr. Mills was conducted into the sanctuary by the Rev. Mr. Ivers and Mr. Burton, late of the Established Church, and presented to the Right Rev. 1)r. Walsh, vic ar a p ostolic of this district, who received him on the episcopal throne according to the rites of the Romish Church. Dr. Walsh was assisted in th e function by the Revs. Jr. Moore, T. Leith, and T. Mollo y . A GOOD ExAMPLB FOLLOWED. — The gentlemen in the banking-house of Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, Bevan. and Co., of L o mbard-street, have, we understand, each received from the hands of Mr. Bevan a religious tract, giving the very best advice, and abounding in the most w h o lesome truths. The exc Rent principal accompanied the acceptable gift with a pious hope that the perusal of it would confer much benefit upon those whom it was meant to serve, after the labours of the past year. The clerks, it is thatsaid, g are edlanei leisgshitsedgrowait gain."ththe present, in the persuasion The Bishop of Carlisle has quite recovered frornbis recent severe indisposition. Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in Grafton — street at the end of the week, from Paris. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock. The further arguments in the part-heard mo ti,u of :\.TeiAlham v. Needham occupied his Lordship the t.oi morning. ROLLS' CoUlt'r.—(THlS DAY.) CROSBIE V. CHURCH. This was an application to set aside an order with respect to this case, made in Chancery in 1840, in conse quence cf a defect in the evidence. His LORDSHIP ordered the papers to be handed in, in order to bring the facts of the case to his mind. BUCK V. BOUCHEIt. This was a petition on t-e part of the defendant, praying that a sum of 253/. in Court to the credit of this case should be invested in the purchase of Bank Three per Cent. Annuities ; and that a sumtof 90L 16s. Bd., interest on the said sum, should also be similarly dis posed of. The sum claimed was the residue of property to which the petitioner had become entitled by the will of the testator. The case was ordered to stand over. POOLE V. POOLE. This was an application for an order to direct the Master to tax costs. It appeared that the plaintiffs were three out of five children of the testator, Mr. Jeremiah Poole, and that the defendants were the other two children. The testator had given his estates to his brother, in trust for his chldren till the youngest should have • attained her when he directed that they should be sold, and the money divided equally between his wife and children. A decree had been obtained in the case, and the matter was eventually referred to the Master. Costs had been :übsequently incurred, and the object of the application was to have the same taxed.--The order was granted. The remaining unopposed petitions on the list were then proceeded with, none of which possessed a particle of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY,). (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, after disposing of the unopposed cause petitions on his paper, proceeded to give judgment in the case of DAVIS V. COMBER:HERE. This case came before the Court previous to the Christmas recess, upon the petition of Mr. Davis and Mr. Fitzpatrick, the two surviving trustees of the late Mr. Fulke Greville, praying that the Court would order the Master to allow them to appear before him, and watch the proceedings in his office with reference to the sale of certain property belonging to the testator in the cause. It appeared from the statements of his Honour that the testator, Mr. Fulke Greville, devised all his real estates to three trustees upon certain trusts, that one of those trustees was dead, and that the plaintiff, Mr. Davis, and another g. ntleman, named Fitzpatrick, were the two surviving trustees, and also executors of the will of the decased. They filed their bill for the purpose of having the provisions of the will execute& and a bill had been also filed by Mr. Fulke Greville, the sone of the deceased, for the same purpose. When the case came before the Court, one decree was pronounced in both causes, and the plaintiff in the second cause was ordered to have the carriage of the decree. By that decree it was directed by the Court that certain pro perty belonging to the testator should be sold, and ac counts were also directed to be taken before the Master. To carry these orders into effect, it was necessary that certain parties should attend before the Master, and the trustees submitted that they were entitled to perform that duty. The Master decided against their claim, and the result was the presentation of this petition. His Honour, after going into the case at some length, stated his opinion to be that the trustees were entitled to attend before the Master when the question was with reference to the purchase of estates, but where they were to be sold the trustees were not necessary parties before the Master. The result of his Honour's decision was to dismiss the petiticn of the trustees, but without costs. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. SIR JOHN NORRIS— JUDGMENT. His HoNousi also gave jndgment on this motion, which was argued previous to the Christmas recess, upon an application on behalf of the noble plaintiff for an injunction to restrain the defendants from working coal mines in Wales in the manner in which they were doing, on the ground of great injury to the mines ( f the plaintiff. His HONOUR declined granting the injunction on the extended form asked by the notice of motion, but ordered an injunction to issue, restraining the defendants from working their collieries in a manner that was calculated to injure the mines of the plaintiff. The Court then proceeded to hear motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) BILLING V. WEBB (exceptions). BILLING V. WEBB (further directions). His HONOUR, in giving judgment, did not allow or overrule any of the excep ions, and declared upon the exceptions and further directions, that there was no personal estate, that the real estate should be sold for the payment of debts, and that there were no debts due to or from Trendal or Alloway. All costs whatever were reserved. PIERCE V. FRANKS. The plaintiff, successor to the Messrs. Smyths, Bond street, obtained an injunction against defendant, who is a brush-maker in Southwark, to restrain him from stamping his brushes with " Smyths, Bond-street," a mark which, in so far as it affects the sale of the goods, is the private property of Mr. Pierce. The cause was heard to day, and his Honour, without hesitation, granted a perpetual injunction in terms of the bill, and gave costs to the platntiff; except so far, if at all, the costs had been affected by an allegation in the bill that the defendant, in addition to the words " Smyths, Bond street," had used the private marks of the plaintiff, which was left unsupported by evidence. Whatever expenses had been incurred in consequence of this was to be re funded to the defendant by Mr. Pierce. (Before Vice Chancelloi WIGRAM.) THORNHILL V. DYER. His HONOUR delivered judgment to-day on the excep tions taken by the defendants on the original bill. That bill was filed to recover 4,0001. on the estates of Mr. Thornhill, alleged t. , have been placed in Mr. Thorn hill's hands in trust. The defendants on this filed a cross bill for discovery, and an answer was put in, to which the plaintiff's in the cross bill took exceptions. Die Master's finding on these exceptions was that all w ere bad, and that the costs of them should be paid by the plaintiffs in the cross bill. They took exceptions to this finding in both its divisions ; first, that all the ex ceptions were net bad ; and second, that the defendants should pay the costs. His Honour allowed the first of these general exceptions to the Master's finding, and disallowed the second, as to the costs. After having gone through the original exceptions, the subject of this finding, seriatim, his Honour expressed his hope that parties would not proceed further in the same inefficient course. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAms.) THE Q UEEN V. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON. Mr. COWLING applied for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding the town council of the borough of Bolton to pay to the treasurer for the county of Lancashire the sum of 8571. I ls. 3d., and also the sum of 7931. 195., as their share of the ex penses of the county. The Learned Counsel stated that the borough of Bolton, in the county of Lancashire, had by a recent Act received the right of appointing a coroner and holding a quarter sessions. By the 117th section of Will. IV., chap. 76, it was enacted that the treasurer expenses i f n o e r u t e h r e e d c o by t a y n syh borough u e r l d keep h i a e n h h a c a c d o u t h n e t o r g a h l t l of holding a quarter sessions, in the prosecution of crimi nals, or the holding of coroner'sn ni qu t e h s e ts, su a m nd at s w ho h u ic l h d afterwards deduct such expenses from the borough was rated for the expenses of the county. Th e re could he no doubt that the borough of Bolton came expressly under this regulation, and accordingly, on the 2 4 th of N ovember, 1843, the county treasurer had sent his account up to the 24th of June in the same year, with a request that the town council would make an order for the payment which of it. Te town council made an order according l y , was presented to their surer, and that gentleman declared his perfect willingness to liquidate the amount, but that he had not the funds to do so in his possession. This fact was stated to the town council, with a request that they would make a borough rate to pay it, but, in consequence of no such step being taken, an application to this Court was considered necessary. He (Mr. Cowling) considered the case a very proper one for a rule.—The rule was granted. IN RE RICHARDSON. Sergeant MANNING moved for a rule to strike an at torney off the rolls under the following circumstances. It appeared that on the 25th of July, 1837, a Mr. John Richardson died intestate. His widow, Sarah, within three months of his decease applied to a certain attorney living near Woolwich, to obtain for her letters of ad ministtation, and for that purpose she gave him 8/. She w as accompanied b y a Mr. Peck, the obligor to the widow, and she took the necessary oaths befor the surro gate. As the day on which this proceeding took place was market•day, Mr. A. 8., the attorney requested them to at tend upon the secretary on the Friday following for the purpose of completing them. They accordingly attended at the time and place indicated by A. 8., and were in formed by him that he had obtained the letter of admi , ot..tration, but had left them at Norwich, On their applying on a subsequent occasion, another excuse was offered, nod after more than 100 applications it was dis covered that no letters of administration had been taken out at all.— The rule granted. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) 1 (Sittings in Banco.) cAsTLExAbi V. CAPPER. This was an action brought to recover 1,000/. on a policy of insurance effected upon the ship Alarm, with the Marine Insurance Company, of which the defendant was the underwriter. The case was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at the recent sittings in London, when it was proved that the plaintiff was the mortgagee of the brig Alarm, and with the view of post.essing himself of an additional security for the money he had advanced upon her, which amounted to 1,0001., he in sured the vessel with the defendant's company. The brig at the time was engaged in the coasting trade of South America, and s ubse q uently to the comp.etion of the policy of insurance she received some very material injuries while performing a voyage between Monte Video and Paraguay, which ultimately led to her o n c e by two of her Majesty's naval officers,dw thho happened to be cruising off t he former port, ane plaintiff brought the present action to recover the whole a mount of the policy he had effeete4 upon her. For the itefeuee it was contended that the injuries the vessel had received were 4ot pf such a nature ai to justify her con demnation, and the glefer4nnt therefore refused to Fay more than half the insurance mphey, alleging that ar vessel might have been amply and property repaired foi that amount. Eventually, however, the jury found a " That the society is most anxious to impress upon the local protection societies the necessity of supporting, in the event of an election, only those candidates who will steadily maintain the present amount of protection, without political his or p trty feeling." Mr. EVERARD seconded the resolution, which was then put and agreed to. Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., said he was glad to see so many men of all parties supporting the Central Protec tion Society. The reproach was cast upon a nation of antiquity, that they never went to market but for the purpose of cheating one another. Now, the agricul turists of England, he trusted, would never act upon such a principle. He believed that the people of Eng land, in a mass, were incapable of being influenced by such habits of thought and feeling; and our ancient law givers, deeply impressed as they were with the fraudu lent tendencies of human nature, had laid the founda tions of a system of jurisprudence calculated to check those tendencies in an extraordinary degree. Upon these foundations a superstructure of property law was erected, which far surpassed in depth and com plexity the criminal law of this country. It was a system so vast that none but the mightiest intel lect could master it. The operation, however, of that system upon the national character had not been without its beneficial effects, and in the name of the people of England he might repudiate the chat go that they never consulted any interest but their Own. Let the aristocracy look well to every step they took ; if they once conceded a repeal of the corn-laws, then the farmers would be thrown into the ranks of the free traders. Notwithstanding these disheartening circum stances, he ventured to persuade himself that the cause would ultimately triumph. A right and true cause was one from which they should derive hope, no matter what talent might be opposed to them, and so long as they had leaders like the Noble Duke in the chair, they might confidently go forth and encounter their oppo nents ; but to do this with effect, they must organise their forces, and invite the coolest heads to their counsels. He should now move the following resolu tion :—" That the General Committee of this Society be instructed to appoint a Sub-Committee, to take into consideration those measures which the excision of the latter part of the 4th rule may render necessary." Mr. Histneren rose to second the motion. He said that their opponents would find that their union was strong and indissoluble. Let them remember what they had lost ; and let them beware how they incurred fur ther loss. They had been bound by the new ropes of the cattle tariff—the green withes of the Canada Corn Bill had fettered their limbs—but let them beware how they laid their heads in the lap of ;he modern Delilah of the House of Commons, for, so surely as they yielded to so soft a dalliance, the Philistines of free trade would be up and upon them.--(Laughter.) The resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. WODEHOUSE, M.P., rose to move the thanks of the meeting to his Grace the Duke of Richmond for his readiness in taking the chair, and for the ability with which he had conducted the business of the meeting. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN seconded the vote of thanks to the Noble Duke. In acknowledging the vote, which was carried with cheer upon cheer, The Duke of RICHMOND said it was to him always a gratification to serve them ; but it was not in his power to do as much as younger men, who had not had a musket ball through their lungs —(Cheers.) He was requested by the Duke of Buckingham to say that he was obliged to leave that meeting at an early hour through important business calling him to the country, but that he cordially acquiesced in every one of the resolutions, and was determined to stand to the last by the flag of "protection"—(Cheers) ; the Duke of Buckingham had desired this to be mentioned, but was there a farmer in England who would not have felt cer tain that the Duke of Buckingham would not abandon his position ?—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Ball had asked what the aristocracy would do in the present crisis ? he (the Duke of Richmond) could not answer for the aris tocracy, but he hoped and trusted they would never fail to remember the lines of one of our poets : " Constant still in danger's hour, Princes own'd our fathers' aid; Wealth and power Well their loyalty repaid. " Perish wealth, and power, and pride, Mortal boons by mortals given ; But let constancy abide, For constancy's the gift of Heaven." He believed it was necessary that this country should have an aristocracy —(Che( rs)—and he felt that it was their duty to come forward and support men whom they knew to be in the right, fearless ot all consequences. if the aristocracy do not do so, he should not be surprised if the middle classes despised them, and, in that case, these had too much English blood flowing through their veins to follow the aristocracy.—(Cheers.) Ile consi dered protection to agriculture absolutely necessary. He agreed with all that had been stated there that day. He believed that the home manufactur,r for the home market was deeply interested in protection. If the farmer's interest was destroyed, what would become of that class of our manufacturing population—the most respectable manufacturers, those engaged for the home market? Why they would fall in the same ruin with themselves (the agriculturists). This was no class or party question, but a question whether England chose to be degraded into the lowest scale of nations, and to be laughed at by foreigners, who were much wiser than ourselves, because they took care to protect their native industry by their laws.—(Cheers.) He must entreat them not to slumber when they returned to their counties. True, the battle was to be fought in the House of Commons ; and he hoped—but it was impossible in these days to know to whom they could trust—(Cheers) —that they were sure of victory ; but let them be pre pared what to do in case of defeat. Let an appeal, however, be made to the people of England, and he would answer for it the corn-laws would never be destroyed.—(Great cheering.) The meeting then broke up, after giving cheers for Lord Beaumont and Mr. Gladstone. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - _ The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded in Clare mont Park yesterday morning. Prince Albert after wards went out shooting, attended by Colonel Bowles and the Equerry in Waiting. Sir Robert Peel left Claremont yesterday morning for town. The Bishop of Oxford took his departure from Clare mont yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed pony and walking exercise in Claremont Park yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aber deen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somer set, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. S. Herbert, and the Earl of St. Germans. The Council sat three hours. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall gardens yesterday morning, from Claremont. Sir James Graham visited the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. FIRE: PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT.-011 Sunday evening, shortly after dark, an alarm of tire occurred in Drury-lane, near Drury-court, and smoke was seen coming from a shop occupied as a picture-frame-maker's, directly over a carpenter's shop, in which there was a vast quantity of shavings and wood, belonging to Mr. Macey, an extensive builder. The whole neighbourhood was in an uproar, some running for the engines, and others for the tradesmen who have stabling underneath, and in a short time horses, carts, vans, harness, and everything was being removed. By this time the parish engine arrived, but was some time before it could be got to work. Upon the first alarm Molloy, the well-known chimney sweep, of Drury-court, was immedi ately on the spot, and tried all he could with pails of water, one from assisted by the neighbours, who handed them from the other, to extinguish the fire. Molloy, at the ris k of his life, crawled into the workshop on his ha nds an d knees, and laid hold of a longlpiece of wood and kept knocking off the part to prevent it extending. At this m oment a window which overlooks the roof of another ho use was broken in, and the smoke came out in ; when it left the workshop a little clear, Molloy could be plainly seen in pie smoke cutting the fire from a corner of the room. At this . critical . moment he run back for the branch of the parish engine, which was now got to play, when part of the flooring gave way and took the the water through the openi ng and put it out; he then left o e i a n n r s g o oe n u r o a g f l I i t, quite exhausted. This is not the fire into the carpente r ' s sho p underneath. Molloy then held the branch and condu cted the of aaGrvgi have every ee Governor-General, l iolre f - e nre e be l first time he has rendered his neighbours a service o f thi s kind. i t o, h a e hn ods hope which whilst h y t hei that he t The new First Lord of the Admiralty will, it i s un derstood, comme nce his duties in a day or tw o . Recol lecting,ln fil fie n d s he favour ni w gt e lh). w s ft o e oa f l rt l the d oten w Lordship such universal commendation from their mili tary brethren, will be, in like manner, evinced towards the profession over which he has now been selected to pre)ide.—/Vaxa/ and Military Gazette. SIR W. H. CLINTON.—This Gallant General has for the last three weeks been seriously indisposed, but we have much pleasure in now stating that strong hopes are entertained of his recovery, he having been already pronounced out of danger. He remains at his residence in Audley-square, OUrRAGE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. — On Friday evening, a most fiendish act was committed by some ruffian on the Great Western Railway. Shortly after the express train left Swindon, a huge stone was thrown at one of the first-class carriages. It dashed into pieces the window, and struck with fearful violence against the back of one of the centre seats. Fortunately, no one was sitting there. A reward for the apprehension of the perpetrtitor of this foul clod is offered, ~~.,.-~--?!tip; .~ NP N il :I „. so ° o' f 0.” ~ 4 r 0 ri., N I .......... II I