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

ditt o "' 's 6d to 2s 6d; Tame R a bbits, is to 2s; Wild te c h, 1 0,l to Is 2d; Pigeons, 74 to 10d; Pigs, 4s to d 7s . trl(SurretTowls, 5s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 05 .. 6 , 11 8 1, ,parrs -door Fowls, 2s 64 to 5s per couple. Eggs. Eng- p h " , 12s to 153 per 100; Fresh Butter, Is to is 4d per lb; Pt ar t e i rde, 2s to 3 s 6d; Partridges, is to 2s ; Hares, 2s to 33 . ; 81C" gap, is 3cl• Woodcock. is 64 to 4s; Grouse, 28 , to Pea ' 3a •19 b s Teal, 6to Is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 9d "idgeons,; 94 to ls d 6d ; and Plovers, Is each. 44e oerage supplies /'llll Rion in HUNGEILFORD. of most kinds of produce were . on prices. vtri 9 . e , while the general demand was heavy, at but little NEWPORT. l'ell lleet , fr°lll 33 to 3s 8d ; M u tt on , 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; ' us 10d to 43 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. had a steady demand for Fish, at very high prices. WHITECHAPEL. fro t I re Beef and Mutton sold firmly, at full prices —Beef, 44; 3 8 d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 45 8d ; 4s to and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81)s. The t° 9d e, of of Wheaten B BREAD. read in the metropolis are f from Household ditto, 6%el to 8d per 4lbs loa . t4r RIDE MARIEET. 4 '31/ A ket Rides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721b,_ 3d 0d 1 044 4 . 4 ; do. 721 b tc'Bolb, 3d to 31, 2 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3_ l /. • kl.e' do. 8 81 b to 96th, 4 1 /sd to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d t 1,!, si,; 411411" 43 1 each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 135; Polled . :; 4s 4d to 5s 6d; Kent and Half-breds, 43 to 4s 9d , " i ns, 2i 8d to 3s 6d. tILLY T MARKES. 4811 : 11111an • -- Meadow Hav, 21 8s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, toed 4) in ld t 51 ; and Straw, 1/ 10's to 1114 s per load. Supply rade rather dull. kte,kl,,,l4oll3.—Meador.• Hay, 9 / 103 to 4/ ; Clover , fej,"` os to 41165; and Straw, 1/ lls to 11 15s per l oa d. ,IN T ,„'" P erage supply an d a stea d y d eman d. ilte:il4oll.s Dn.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 41 ; Clover 4 41 e to 5l 2s; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load. ll at late rates. tbtrb Nottton 1A A%OOPS FOR IRELAND. SUN-OFFICE, Five o'Clock. 'e ha, lite b ee ' - ve just received information that an order , t4 ell: lfe rwarded this evening to the Tower, from 7_rit - be r %°f Ordnance, directing a troop of artil uispatched to Ireland forthwith. The alarm the iceedition of the people in that country, and tlsitifie(ltlent recurrence of outrages in many districts, Itl'entle3 the Executive in taking immediate and sieirv:ati o ta n easures for the protection of life and the of the peace. Our accounts, L kful ed at in another column, present a L ' 4ll th e c f -- , 41° ,g0e of murders and robberies ; and, th e fri ghtful starvation which is now afflict :ts P ea santry, there are no lack of incite teaetni: i nsubordination. Yesterday, it will be Nis f red ' we published the account of nine kbo ritte re el famine, and every additional packet cor tll tert ai 8 t he impressions which have been all along T `rtuto l ne d a 3 to the destitution in Ireland. 11 e hat ore °We yer, that i n timid a tion will be sufficient to ob ea; tile Population to a sense of their duty, and to "'enee to the law. ThoL I ANCERy—(THIS DAY.) —4l Chancellor did not sit to-day. It lol .l ' 4 l , t 7 1 ,'S' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) th . T°. v. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY I ): III ,4 , " MP ANY.—IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. •q t t i l i ob ta .••' a motion to dissolve an injunction that had 14 1 ,,, 1ne d bY the plaintiff to restrain the defendants ki thii —ee cling with their railway from Stafford to k. t 4 ' 4 a Manner different from the original plans. . Or ar etl that by an agreement the plaintif f di n s ; 1 0 . 0 d, 30 a certain portion of his land, consisting o iTit) t thPerc,hes to the railway company, but . the latter ss b4ov ed ;ught to alter their line on the adjoining land, Lift Wh i ch and obtained an injunction. The grounds had ado was moved to dissolve were that the plain- C I , Polv„'_vised the alterations, and the company were "Lla. ' ll by the Railway Consolidation Act to make fe e arguments tegetents having concluded to day, til Pre ~,I th, suiP gave judgment. In all such cases as bler 0 - i '"' it wasth d t f a court of justice to con riplllitLyinlaY. the rights y of e indi . viduals whose interests li t : i e e :a wt ."! tied, but also the unimpaired . exercise of the i u h t ° l l the Legislature invested in public com 11111:14'idtutli , - . _e. question now to be considered was one cf 411ry, The 31st clause of the special Act th the b. 14 dwelt upon as being '444' - "era of compa u nies, a limitation oft} e ti ae did not but he was of opinion that . at, I, e;n , . at all change the intention or meaning kegade'Vnt!teunroe in t the t. gen o e f ral Act. He thought that the law the case against the t o then! fed had failed. I The argument with respect d 0 fail t l,P r etation of the agreement of the parties had jEaor ah ui as well ath agreement of the parties had keliee'or Well as the argument companiesfrom te tek7teeliesoitriethe plaintiff of a t . he law. When Th. libert powers for their benefit, they should not h 4 he tt . Y to make contracts to restrict , those powers. Yally ,"Ught was desirable, though he did not wish 1 4 tioth e Teans to extend the powers of railway companies. lAit 4 Matter in the present question to be consi o d f er t e h d e c ourt of • a 'kit , equity was, the disingenuousness to 7tier e ' n W ci fk_ o : though itseared that he had induced 11. 1 "Pel ti ,_ 4 uta to make the iteration, With a vi ew to Nal l lb ••ril to purchasegreater amount of his land AFII6 e 3' requiredatogether concealed that part - eOnd u the Court.On these cal ~ et from. had . a thatr dissolve the injunction, with c )sts. appeared for the plaintiff, stated :„` . ' o ol4Eit, who t' the decisionof the Court, he , t 0 „ 1, 144 consequence witho. tt r : not proceed a motion which he had been in "eted tomake, that the 4 aded. injunction should be ex- , E-CHA Ry.__(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE•CIIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) INSOLE v. PEATIIERSTONEHAuGiI. I .The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied li onour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) 142 EX-PARTE FRIENDLY HUMANITY SOCIETY. t1;41,7 IIONOua delivered judgment in this case to-day. hot L as disposed, after weighing all the circumstances* petit"ujogive costs on either side with respect . . to the first as attet. n• With reference to the second petition, it was y' and he would give the respondents their costs. Ili LEE v. STONE. 111 0 . 3 W AS the petition of the def en d an t, p ra ying for the `4eation of the trusts of a will. It appeared that tt alleo t h eat ator, who died in January, 1841, left three s t4, t ,a, the petitioner (Mrs. Stone) and two others, s eser ° tsed to them his estate, which consisted of per qtNg e ' e et-s, in the following manner: —That in the r t s the death of any of the parties without issue, tailetrti°4 should go to the surviv o r or surv i vors o f th e Nat; ltd the plaintiffs had raised a question as to the 4iB on of th ese wor d s. titclt4°NotTa recommended that the case should be car 'R n e qii - 4 co urt of la w which could best adjudicate upon QUE EN'S at issue, , which was strictly legal. I ' Ij EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY;) Ili. NoRMANSON v. CREFT. . Ws % 4 Was an issue to try whether the plaintiff was or ti/ Ilios ot i, etit itled to certain goods which were his cousin. 16 "Y a bankrupt named Walker, who is his k l a ti ; Ca3e Was commenced in the Bail Court yesterday,. . 4 oeer_us_u:ueled at the sitting of the Court this morning. The ?I d the greater part of the day. . J'''ry found a verdict for the plaintiff. Thi s THE QUEEN V. HAYNES. + 4l O l Ithi e is aS e , Which has excited considerable interefsotr, th e! l nyd e " is an indictment against the defendantdown t„h;rful removal of his fat g her's books was set ‘4 ' l4 Cr list for to- day, and the court from an early hour enp yi , s cwdea bietdiog seat s under e•lxeess, many elegantly dressed ladies tic -I1 the galleries, but as the . k stPoe lifi l case the stated to be a short one, it was the esid en ze d a until next term r the sittings after it, to Tim quEsaPPointment of , o crowded auditory. EN V . VATSON. aINDECENTLY ASSAULTING A This w • ~• —G IRL. Ord en a s an inuietreent at the instance of the ch . urc . li n : 44 11 e of Paddington against the defendant, for l la yea Y aftan g a o r p n u e b y I . i c a girl named Lyeia Crickmore, aged.s liereoursa last August, and with indecently exposing his Th o 'Y' place. The defendant had pleaded as il° o t a gtli A lt ;t General and Mr. Mills were for the tier ett ee d il a t u t t " ; Sir P. Thesiger and Mr. Clarkson for the t i the , p , i ,• tad illst"NEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury, t -44 iris it as one of the most painful nature, but /v etila Was elle point of satisfaction in it, namely, that to NI th ''ct occupy long, as it would onls be necessary the %N il ° girl herself, and a person who witnessedh the t tts e iree- The prosecution had been instituted y aa. tames 'wardens of Paddington by the advice of the ma„ i l'etir4f dens of The defendant, John Watson, was a of traa, ~, Small Of good circumstances, and was 60 years t_ils l e ' , lietween to and five o'clock in the afternoon o g 41 411" 0 f Dee., 1845, the girl was sent by her mistress, andt° ham, of. Stanley-place, Paddington, which '4(104,- 04- h e Paddington churchyard, to fetch some eggs a Patither articles. She had occasion to pass through h Ptibli which intersects the churchyard, and which t is el esed e are allowed to use during the day, but which No - nnight. Here she was met by the defendant,. ;I,er that he had something to give her. The' t the-- Counsel then detailed the nature L ig y e dei enda o n e t , a nce ? and roceededn to state that. , and P ran away, on being alarmed , Ile p t t e cry of the es g is r t a e v d edigger, Barratt, and he, with Mr. de„,' lac v estry-clerk, ttiok both into custod. offence by ha ant, he said, had materially aggravated the v,- ditg,:terving offered a large sum of money to . the gra k, %It of i l t , l'ho was a material witness against him, to keep I`l l " girl was tiesfamiliari of was asked, in cross-examination, if a ad a t .," indecent nature had not occurred betweenher 'laced ' l4 aged 15, named Charles Fagg, who was intro °ld ? 'and did not appear more than eight or ten ears The g i ( r S l ome persons in the Codrt cried " Shem y _ „ n ) Lein sobbed convulsivel, and was removed. v s tep e g Placed again in the witness -box, the question was li t i t ed, but she remained 'silent. last- e gravedigger was called and corroborated the o ent 7alent of the r Learned Counsel, w i t h respect to t h e cermr et ice in the churchyard, b u t on b e i ng as k e d con th it i'"Z the offe r o f t h e defendant he , quiss eated, st a ti ng hot *hen he saw him he was drunk, and that he could tl l ,, l'llderattuad what he said, whereas he had furnished leatil-elerk with 4 full account of his interview with I I • • 1 0/0 or , i • D l 4 .1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV : ENING, pECEMBER, 19,46. , him. His evidence was brought prematurely to a close, on the nuderstanding that the parish should prosecute him. He stated, however, that the girl ran away when he saw them, and that he ran after her, and took hold of her. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER submitted that the other I counts charging the defendant with having indecently exposed his person could not be sustained. Lord DENMAN said he had a strong opiniou on the matter. He should not, therefore, stop the case, but take the opinion of the jury upon it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL admitted that the count charging an indecent assault could not be sustained. Sir F. TIIESIGER then addressed the jury on behalf on the defendant, and submitted that from the conduct of the girl there was too much reason to believe that she was a consenting party, and that the man was not be yond suspicion; that the churchyard was not a public place, and that no indecent exposure had taken place. The girl did not cry out, and ran away on being dis covered. Lord DENMAN held, in summing up, that a church yard, or any other enclosed place was a public place, if the eye of tEe public could penetrate into it. The pain ful scene they had witnessed showed, he thought, that the girl's mind had been vitiated ; and there was too much reason to believe that familiarities of the nature pointed out had taken place between her and the boy. The jury found the defendant guilty of the indecent exposure. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB. -----, I The anniversary meeting of the members of this club was held yesterday morning, in the committee-room at the Bazaar, Baker-street. The attendance of members was more than usually numerous. The Duke of Richmond, president of the club, occupied the chair; and among those present we observed the Honourable H. W. Wilson, Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Hillyard, Mr. Ellnaan, Mr. R. Smith (of Burley), Mr. Brandreth, Mr. S. Bennett, &c. The business of Vae day was almost exclusively confined to routine matters in connexion with the club. Among other announeemen'r,s made by the Secretary, Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, was one which appeared to give very general satisfaction, viz., that the committee had com pleted a renewal of the lease of the Bazaar with the pro prietor, and that the future exhibitions of the club for some years to come would take place in the very conve nient, well arranged premises at present occupied for that purpose. The only other matter worthy of notice in the proceedings of tire day was a notice of motion for a reconsideration of th e prize sheet, with a view to car rying out some important alterations, both in the classi fication of the animals and the mode of feeding them. Upon this subject some discussion arose, but the motion was ultimately agreed to nem. con. The ordinary financial operations of the club having been formally submitted to the meeting, the same wet e unanimously approved, and the business closed with a vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman, and to the secre tary, Mr. B. T. B. Gibbs, both of whom briefly acknow ledged the compliment. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Bazaar just as the proceedings of the above meet• ing had terminated, for the purpose of inspecting the exhibition. The Duke of Richmond, accompanied by the Hon. W. Wilson, Mr. P. Pusey, and other members of the committee, and attended by Mr. Gibbs, met his Royal Highness at the entrance of the yard, and accompanied him round the several classes. His Royal Highnees seemed to agree with the general im pression as to the excellence of the present exhibition, and especially complimented the Duke of Richmond on his sheep. After remaining in the exhibition near an hour, his Royal Highness lft, apparently much grati fied with his visit. . . His Royal Highness Prince George, accompanied by Sir William Massey Stanley, wished the exhibition dur ing the afternoon. The Earl Delawarr, and the Hon. L. Sackville West, Viscount Torrington, and several other noblemen were also present yesterday. The sales of stock continue very dull. THE DINNER. Last evening the members of the club dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Duke of Richmond occupied the chair, supported on the right by the Earl of Warwick, Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., and General Wemyss, and on the left by Mr. Pussy, M.P., Mr. Frewen, M.P., and Mr. Brandreth. About 200 sat down, the company including Mr. John Wood (chairman of the Customs), Mr. Samuel Webb, Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. VV. Trinden, Mr. Painter, Mr. Ellman, and many other agriculturists and stock breeders. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, the company broke up, evidently much gratified with the result of the meeting. The Great Western was still at sea when our ex press left Liverpool yesterday afternoon, at half-past four ; she was then fifteen days out. The Acadia, with four days later news than the former ship will bring, may be looked for on Sunday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—The sessions of the Central Criminal Court commences on Monday, at the Justices Hall, Old Bailey. The Judges on the rota to preside will be Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Baron Rolfe. THE LEEDS DEPUTATION ON THE TEA DUTY. — Mr. J. W. Scarlett, one; of the deputation from this town appointed to wait upon Lord John Russell, with the various deputations from other towns, has addressed a note to the editor of the Times, in which he says, that in the report of the conversation, inserted in that paper, it is said that the shipments of woollens to China had fallen off, but that he made no such statement : what he said was, " that the trade to China had disappointed the hopes of the merchants engaged in it."— Leeds Mercury. " What!" said an ex-volunteer to a .comrade, whom he thought he had left at Monterey, but whom he found in the very difficult vocation of driving a lot of sheep ; " What !" he repeated, "do I find you here? I thought I left you with the army." " Ah, no," replied the comrade, " you see I have abandoned the sword, and taken to the pen."—Americart paper. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.— Yesterday an accident of a serious nature took place, by which the life of a youth named Michael Malsager, aged 15 years, has been placed in great danger. It seems that he obtained a livelihood by selling pies at the foot of Blackfriars-bridge, on the Surrey side, and whilst standing with his machine at the edge of the kerb, a cart came swift down the hill, and before the driver could prevent the accident, the near wheel caught the machine, which was capsized on to the unfortunate boy, who re. ceived a 'wound of the scalp and concussion of the brain. He was taken to Guy's Hospital, where he lies in a dan gerous condition. ELOQUENCE AND SUBLIMITY.—The light of the lamp was dying away in the socket, the midnight clock swung heavily aloft, and its brazen tones sounded loudly on the frozen air. It was the hour disembodied spirits walk, and when murderers, like the stealthy wolf, prowl for their prey. The lonely watcher shuddered as he heard a slight noise at the door. Big drops stood on his pale brow ; the door gently opened, and—in came a strange cat I—New Yor Paper. MYSTERIOUS DEAT II AT THE RESIDENCE OF EDMOND WODETIOUSE, ESQ., M.P. FOR WEST NORFOLK. —A. sad affair transpired at the residence of E. Wode house, Esq., M.P. for the West Division of Norfolk, on Monday last. Mr. Wodehouse resides at Thorpe, by Norwich, and in the service of his lady were three sisters. One of these (the lady's maid), en Monday night, was found a corpse in a private part of the pre mises, with her throat cut in a most dreadful manner, and only a few minutes after she had dressed her mis tress, and had been observed to be in good spirits. An inquest was held the next day before Mr. Pilgrim, one of the county coroners, but at which none of the re porters of the public press were present, when the verdict of the jury was, that the Pceased had cut her own throat in a state of temporary derangement. WHAT GENIUS Is.—A disorder which, like the pearl in the oyster, destroys the possessor, while it en riches others.—Library of Secrets and Wrinkles. _ _ NOVEL SPORT.-6nFriday week, as two gentle men were proceeding along the road from Avoch to Fortrose, their attention was arrested by observing the fins of a large fish which was swimming slowly within a few yards of the shore. Having examined the object more closely, they were persuaded that it was a marine visitor of no ordinary size. One of the party, fortunately, had a gun with him, and advancing cautiously to the water's edge, discharged both barrels, wounding the fish severely on the back. A powerful Newfoundland dog that accompanied the gentlemen, then sprang into the water and seized the fish by the tail, when a furious struggle took place—both combatants disappearing re peatedly ; at last, however, the dog succeeded in drag ging his antagonist towards dry land, when, to the as tonishment of the observers, it proved to be a fox shark, or thrasher, upwards of five feet in length, and supposed to be a year old. As a proof of the tenacity of life possessed by the shark it may be mentioned that, notwithstanding the wounds received from the gun and the dog, it evinced signs of life for nearly an hour after being taken to Avoch. There was another of this vora cious tribe taken at Chanonry Point by Mr. Hogarth's fishermen about three weeks ago. It corresponded in size to the one above-mentioned.—lnverness Couricr. COMMITTAL OF A POSTMASTER.—John Charles Lockwood, postmaster, was again brought before the magistrates on Saturday last. We detailed the case last week, the facts of which are briefly, that a letter, containing a sovereign, posted in the month of January last in London, by Harriet Humphris, had not been re ceived by Ann Stratford, of Lechlade, to whom it had been addressed. The evidence implicating Lockwood - m c aornr money i er , out who of deposedthe letter-carrier, e tt e t r o . The only further evidence adduced on posting on Saturday le letter, astwas w s a e a s e p i e n r t g s h o a n t t h e f f o p m ri V s L o a n i o c e:r d t o t n a a k , e w l e thht who e e r p ro Mr. Lockwood called Mr. directed to Ann Stratford. t Hodges, who Walcot respecting t I an innkeeper,he charge he had made against Mr. said he had conversed with Lockwood , w hen Wa cot said if Mr. Lockwood had not twase a h l e ou s s h y o w ul h d ie n h o e t au h s a e v d e them. j Mr. Millward—Did the disagreement w lcot say that the charge he now makes you ever hear aWitness—No. The prisoner was now is a false one ? t s a u l t i d en a l n ii y m thing b ebefore r about b othu the magistrates, betweeni t •i 1 t offence imputed to him, and that Wa co innocent of the if The magistrates informed Mr. had perjured himself. after maturely considering the Lockwood that they, called upon for his defence, when he said that he was tte aze • sizes for trial.—Doncaster On Monday week an AN EARLY WEDDING. one of our dissenting case, found it to be their a duty to commit him to the as. o f six o'clock' in the the impatien t holy bands couple of from m a t D r Dundee, clergymen at the unwonted hour Lothario—a man of morning. It appears that the gay h w y ere united at Perth, in credence, high standing i n th e f a ith to which he gives._n_had previ ously of fair mar k as an en t er rising o v rising citize but y of fate, was unf ortunate l y ma d e a ously know n th e sweets o f connubial le, by the tat widower previous month. Th e b ust l e conseque nt upon the fune ral being over, he began to think himself a so litary_ man indeed, even a lth oug h hi s even i ng h ours we re partly en livened by the prattle of three children, " the sweet me morials of his former bliss." Monday passed listlessly ; Tuesday, heavily ; Wednesday, fidgety ; Thursday, restlessly ; Frsday, feverishly ; and on Saturday he was altogether so out of sorts, that seizing his hat, he sallied forth, and, going directly to then residence of a young lady, whose many qualifications he had previously noted, instantly "popped the question" of immediate marriage. The lady was at first startled : but the wooer being im portunate, a bargain was soon made, and the happy couple, in a few minutes afterwards, were rattling in a drosky towards Perth. Arriving here, they instantly waited upon a clergyman, when, to their horror, they found that they had, in their haste, forgot the necessary proclamations of their intention. In vain was the minis• ter earnestly solicited to tie the knot for once without " the lines"—the panting lover was obliged to hurry back to Dundee for the needful. Arriving again on Sabbath afternoon, he now confidently hoped for an in stant realisation of his blissful visions ; but to his un speakable chagrin, the minister inexorably refused to perform his functions on the Sabbath, frankly proffering, however, his willing services by six o'clock the following morning. As better could not be, the bridegroom re luctantly consented to the postporemenr, when the pro crastinated ceremony was at length happily solemnized. We believe the friends of the followed the trip to Perth to veto the proceedings if possible, but her affec tions were too firmly rooted to be shaken.—Perthshir e Advertiser. CHINA. r We find the following valuable statistics on the Chi nese empire, in a work by Mr. Montgomery Martin, on that important and interesting country ; they are chiefly compiled, as we warn from Mr. Martin's state ment, from official records furnished to him in China, the population census being considered correct by Dr. Gutz left' and other Chinese scholars :—" Iu China Proper (says Mr. M. Martin) there are 367,000,000 inhabitants, and in the dependencies of Mantehourie , Turkestan, and Tibet, a b out 40,000,0 00, m aking a total of four hundred million p eop l e un d er one Government I The population of the wh o l e eart h i s est i m ated at from 800 to 1,000 millions. Mongolia, • The number of inhabitants to each square mile is about the same as in England, and less than the number in Ireland. The most dense population in China is along the banks of the great rivers, particularly near the great Zang-tze-Kiang, and the central districts of the country, where the waters furnish large supplies of food. The fe cundity of the Chinese is visible in every village. The area of China Proper is given at 1,297,999 square miles, or 830,829,100 acres, of which 140 million acres are in culti vation. Of the 18 provinces into which the empire is di vided, 11 are inland, and the remaining seven on the sea coast. The average p , pulation to each square mile is 283 ; tho total fixed revenue 35 million taels tael is 65.); the army 1,232,000. The description given of each province, with their principal productions, is as follows:—" Pe- Chibte, inland ; westward, very flat, sloping towards the sea, sterile—millet, ginseng, fruits, tobacco, coal, saltpetre, skins. Shan-Tung, sea-coast ; mountainous, a bracing climate, bold and good harbour — corn and fruits, drugs, wince, skins. Shan-Se, inland ; very mountainous, sterile, and woody—silks, wines, iron, salt, marble, jasper, musk. Ho-Nan, inland ; flat, very fertile, climate agreeable—the garden of China—rhubarb, musk, indigo. Kang-Soo, sea-coast ; very low and fer tile, climate good—medical herbs, chinaware, gold, lead, tin, salt. Gan-Hurey, sea-coast ; romantic scenery and fertile, on the banks of Yang-tze-Kiang—varied trees, green teas, silks, rice, millet. Kiang-Si, inland ; sterile and hilly, climate healthy—_coarse cloths, chinaware, drugs. Koo-Kien, sea -coast ; very mountainous, good harbours, fertile where capable of cultivation—black teas, camphor, sugar, indigo, tobacco. Che-Keang, sea coast ; on the sea -coast very hilly, but fertile—silk, paper, wines, lungtzing-cha, a costly species of tin. Hoo-Pih, inland ; well watered, numerous lakes and rivers—teas, paper, rice, musk, tobacco. Hu-Nan, inland ; slightly elevated and fertile, a good cli mate—gold, silver, tin, drugs, m ercur y, h e mp. Shen- Se, inland ; plains and mountain s , co ld an d barren— woollens, iron, copper, furs, dru gs , m ill et . K an -S u h, inland; mountainous, fertile fields, and sandy deserts— gold, quicksilver, musk, tobacco. Sze-Chuen, inland— bold coast, good harbours, fertile, fine climate; copper, iron, tin, rhubarb, rice, salts, drugs. Kwang-Tung, or Canton, sea-coast excellent harbours, fertile soil, climate good; rice, silks, fish, vegetables, copper, iron, tin. Kwang Si, sea-roast—bold mo un t a i ns, fertile val leys, large forests; fruits, rice, cassia, sugar, iron, lead, tin. Yan-Nan, inland; the Switzerland of China, very wild and jungly—rich in metals, rice, musk, betel-nut. Kwei- Choo, inland; wild and mountainous, intersected by several rivers—considerable metallic wealth, tobacco, drugs. The annexed brief extract, from the preface to the work, will be read with some interest:— "If wealth and power involve a responsibility to Him who permits their acquisition—if England have been almost miraculously raised from a small insular kingdom, to become the dominant empire of the earth —if her destiny be, through the apparent instrumentality of her commerce, to civilise man kind—then, indeed, a fearful responsibility attends her proceedings in China. The onward progress of England, in political and commercial freedom—in the practical application of science—in the accumulation of capital—in the extension of maritime communication— indicates that she cannot be passive ; action is essential to her existence—it is the main spring of her life—the animating impulse which produces evil or good ; if not rightly directed, it will tend to her downfall, ater the manner of other states ; but, under wise and righteous principles, this very law of her being will conduce to the establishment of her supremacy over the earth so long as Christianity shall exist. It is the directinterest of all other nations that this supremacy be maintained ; a re public of kingdoms is as utopian as a republic of indivi duals:—some powerful empire has always swayed the world, but whoever possessed the dominion has unfor. tunately used its power for the subjugation and enslave ment rather than for the elevation and liberty of weaker states. This has not been the career of England; her insularity has happily prevented the neces sity of seeking continental European territory ; her free political institutions have naturally ren dered her desirous of extending their advantages to other nations; and her pure and tolerant religion has made her the ark to which the oppressed can flee for safety and repose; and, while placing a salutary check on ambition or mere aggrandisement, it has inspired the desire, and furnished the means, of contributing to the advancement of all countries. What, then, have the nations of Europe to fear from the supremacy of Eng land? She has thrown open the ports of her wide spread maritime dominion to every nation ; whatever new territory she conquers, or reclaims from the desert, it is freely opened to mercantile competition; she retains no selfish monopoly—claims no undue privilege—exer cises no arbitrary sway to the prejudice of Europe. Possessed of a power which could at any moment arouse a general war—with resources at her command far greater than she ever possessed—of a magnitude which strangers car.not see, and which are comprehended but by few, she yet earnestly seeks peace, because it is a Christian duty, and desires no other rivalry with her surrounding competitors than that of extending the bles sings of order, industry, and intelligence—of promoting the interchange of commodities—and offacilitating inter course with the most distant regions. These unques tionable facts demonstrate, that whatever position England may acquire in China, it will not be for her ex clusive advantage ; the time is happily arriving when nations, as well as individuals, learn: that a benefit con ferred returns to the donor with a blessing, that injurier reflect punishment on the perpetrators ; and thus, even in a selfish point of view, the exercise of good is a far better policy than the commission of injustice. A con viction of the truth of this divine precept is slowly dawn ing on the minds of men ; it is the high behest of England to prove the reality by its practical application. No sphere could be more appropriate for its exercise than China, where myriads of our fellow-creatures seem specially adapted for, and prepared to receive, the influ ence of a Christian civilisation. It is impossible to esti mate fully the effects of such an influence on so vast a mass of mankind ; it is difficult to calculate the extraor • Binary commercial power which would be created by four hundred million active and intelligent beings, with nu merous desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable in dustry, having full scope given to their singular energies —it is deeply interesting to consider the physical, moral, and intellectual results which would accrue not only to the continent of Asia, but also to those of Europe an d America, from the Christiani sa tion of China. Under Providence, this glorious consummation may be wit nessed by the existing generation ; but whether this be permitted or npt, it is the bounden duty of all Christians to aid in its accomplishment." THE MAILS.---111U 0 h irregularity has taken place in the arrival of our mails from the s outh within these few days. This bas been partly accounted for by the change of weather, a good deal of snow having fallen in Berwickshire and the north of England. But the extraordinary detention of the last two London mails has partly arisen f rom ot h er causes , w hich we think, with a little forethought, might have been provided against. The m a il s d ue on W ednes d ay , a t nine o'clock in the morning, did not reach our post-office till twenty in quiry we past on e o ' c l oc k i n t h e a f ternoo n. On we learn that half an hour was lost south of Newcastle; thence to Berwick, where it is horse-cos 2hed, about two hours more were lost from the same cause, namely, a rather deep tall of snow, and the horses not being frost shod. But at Berwick, when the mail came up, there was neither engine nor carriage to forward it, and it had to wait an hour or two for the return of a train from the north. A more extraordinary case of what we might call haatl eight p omission o ccurre d t h e d ay previous. The L on d on ma i l, due aat two o'clockan Wednesdayon Tuesday e morning vening,d , i d not upwardsrea c h e f s here ix till hours behind time. This was also partly owing to the weather; but there was another cause, and it requires explanation. There are about ten miles of the way, we understand, between Cockburnspath and Renton, where at present there is only a single line of rails. Well, the mail comes up to one end of this space, and, finding that it had not yet passed an expected train from Edinburgh, it very properly stopped, fearing a collision on the single rail. The Edinburgh train comes to the other end, and makes a halt from the same cause. Very proper precau tions. Better delay a short time, rather than risk the loss of life and property. Bat how long did they thus stop looking for each other? Three mortal hours, by Shrewsbury clock! Now, we would ask if communica tion could not have been had between the two ends of the single line—only eight miles long--by the most lazy conveyance, in a shorter space of time than three ho urs ? It might have been done on foot in less time. The mail was the first to take courage and proceed on this occa sion, and, happily, no collision took place. But, really, such exigencies as these ought to be looked to, and pro vided for.—Caledonian Mercury. FALL OF A BRIDGE ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY.— A serious accident occurred on Tuesday night by the falling of a bridge on the Wymondham and Dereham branch of the Norfolk Railway, which has jeopardised the lives of about a dozen men. This line was opened for goods traffic on Mo iday last, and about three miles from the Wymondham station, in the parish of Kimberley, the seat of Lord Wodehouse, there is a bridge over the railway. This bridge was considered not to be safe, a light two fires were kept sinking having taken place in one of the buttresses; and Mr. Merritt, the sub-contractor, was ordered to take it men were kept at work th th em e d af o t •upon the crown of the bridge. Late at night, burning chief from the removal of the supporters, the remaining part of the bridge fell . in, and about a dozen men, 'who were at work upon it, fall also into the line beneath, and were mingled with the ruins and fires. Great confusion w e r e. dark l , u a r n e d ul t u o vi a ngoridt, and alarm existed, and several of th e men, when extri cated, were fou nd to be seriously bruised and burnt. The parties found _to be seriously hurt were taken to Mr. Iludrana's, of Kimberley-hill Lodge, belonging to Lord Wodehouse, where all possible attention was paid them, and there is a hope that none of the injuries sus tained will prove fatal. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRlDAY.—Outing' to adverse winds we have no arrivals from the East coast, which causes our market to be very bare of samples. The quantity of wheat offerin g is inadequat e to the de mand, and an advance of ls. to 2s. per qr . i s rea dily ob tained. Barley is in fair request at an improvement of Is. per qr. Oats and shelling are both scarce, the former is from id. to Id. per stone, and the latter ls. to 2s. per load dearer. New Beans are eagerly taken at Is. per or. more money, in old ones no alteration, IRELAND. ALARMING STATE OF THE COUNTRY. DUBLIN, DEC. 10.—The accounts received to-day are most afflicting—destitution increasing, crime extending to a most alarming degree, and the country rapidly sinking into a state of utter disorganisation. More deaths from starvation are reported; and we grieve to add, murders of the most daring and atrocious character have been perpetrated, one of them in the open day, in the streets of a populous town hitherto considered re markably peaceable. KING'S COUNTY. PARSONSTOWN, DEC. 9.—ATROCIOUS MURDER.—The King's County Chronicle of yesterday contains the fol lowing:—" We regret exceedingly to report that again has blood been shed—another victim has fallen. Out rage after outrage, murder after murder, and crimes in numerable disgrace and pollute the annals of our county. Yesterday (Tuesday) evening, about half-past six o'clock, Mr. William Lloyd, when standing at his hall doors, in Church• lane, within a few doors of the post-office, in this town, a shot was fired at him, the contents of which entered his body. Mr. Lloyd was heard faintly to cry out Murder, murder,' and immediately he fell to the ground a lifeless corpse. Doctors Wood and Keenan were immediately in attendance, but their services were not required, as death was instantaneous. The assassin must hare been quite close to the unfortunate gentle man. Some of the police who were in Duke-street heard the shot and went in pursuit, but without effect. It was a heartrending sight to behold six orphans bending over the lifeless body of their beloved parent, who but a short time previously had left them in the possession of life and health. The perpetration of a savage murder has thrown the town and neighbourhood into a state of fearful excitement. The assassin in his flight dropped a hat, which is in the possession of the police. Mr. Lk), d was the owner of a small property, which is situate at Ballough, in the county Tipperary, within three miles of this town. He has had the misfortune of having a very refractory set of tenants, who very seldom, if ever, paid him rent without his having been obliged to resort to law to compel them. His care-taker has been beaten, threatening notices innumerable, from time to time, have been posted, and some weeks ago he had cattle distrained for the rent of these lands, which are considerably in arrear. On the day of sale a very large mob assembled, and he was compelled to abandon the sale. Mr. Lloyd was a very quiet, inoffensive man. It appears that after dinner he went out. During his absence one of his tenants, named Watkins, called, and told his son that he wanted to settle his rent; a domestic was sent for Mr. Lloyd, but returned without him. Watkins then left the house, and in less than half an hour afterwards the unfortunate gentleman was mur dered. Sub-Inspector Duncan had Watkins and his wife arrested, both of whom were lodged in gaol. Mr. Duncan, accompanied by constable Finn and party, proceeded to the county of Tipperary, and returned with four men, who were charged with being im plicated in the murder. At an early hour this morn ing James Dillon, Esq., senior coroner of the county, arrived to hold an inquiry into the melancholy circumstances of the case. The following magis trates were present at the inquest, viz.:—John Warbur ton, Thomas Hackett, J. Persse Grome, Esqs., and Captain Kelly, R.M.; John Duncan, S.L., was also in attendance. A respectable jury was sworn, and after the examination of-some witnesses, the jury recorded a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." ANOTHER MURDER.—Monday night an armed party visited the house of a poor man named Wm. Renehan, at Ccolinarney, near the Blue Ball. They beat the poor man, took 11. from him, but the wretches were not con tent with this, for before leaving they placed him behind a fire. The unfortanate man was so dreadfully burned that he died last night. MURDER.—On Saturday last, a poor man, returning home from Borrisokane, was murdered, and robbed of the money he had obtained for a pig. OPPOSITION TO THE PAYMENT Ol RENT—APPEAR ING IN ARMS.—We regret to record the following out rage, which proves how daring is the conduct of the people, and that a wide-spread conspiracy exists for resistance to the payment of rent. A sale of corn and cattle, seized for one and a half year's rent, due to Mrs. Ellen Haslam, of Ballyboy, was advertised for Thursday last, at Kiladrown, within two miles of Frankford, where a very large mob was assembled. Mrs. Haslam and her assistants were driven off the land, and severely assaulted. Several of the mob were well armed with guns and pistols in excellent order, and fired upwards of twenty shots. One of the ruffians discharged his gun at Mrs. Haslam's head, but fortunately without effect. Mr. Drought Haslam was very badly beaten, he received five severe wounds in the head, and now lies under the care of Dr. Thornton. On the following day an investigation was held at Frankford, by Andrew Stoney, Esq., J.P., and John Duncan, Esq., sub-inspector, Parsonstown ; several witnesses were examined, and subsequently five men were arrested, charged with being of the party, and committed to abide their trial. PLUNDERING PROVISIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.—SOme flour carts belonging to Mr. Boyd, of Ballinasloe, were attacked yesterday, at Lemonaghan, in this county. For tunately some police came up at the moment, and pre vented any property from being taken away. At a later period of the day several loads of wheat, that were in course of transit from this town to Clara Mills, were also stopped at Lemonaghan, and two sacks of wheat carried off. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.-011 the night of Friday last Mr. Wilson, of Verdant-hill, near Roscrea, was attacked by two robbers in :as own yard, who were armed with loaded whips or sticks, commonly called skull-crackers, one of whom struck him a severe blow on his head, which knocked him down ; they then robbed him of a hand some gold watch, some silver, and a pencil case, with which they walked deliberately away. ROBBERY.—A most disgraceful act was committed in this town on Thursday night. The soup kitchen esta blished by the relief committee was broken open, and a quantity of bread and several trifling articles stolen therefrom. The King's County Chronicle contains a further list of outrages, including highway robberies, violent assaults, and plunder of provisions by armed parties. COUNTY OF GALWAY. BARBAROUS MURDER.—On Monday evening last John Browne Lynch, Esq., of Clonkeely, near Tuam, formerly an officer in the 6th Regiment of Foot, was barbarously murdered in his own avenue, returning from the fair of Ballindangan. A pistol was found near his body. It is supposed he struggled with the murderers, as his skull was fractured, and his throat cut and dread fully mangled, as if with a reaping-hook. The shot was heard in the unfortunate gentleman's house, and his horse ran into the yard immediately after. The Galway Vindicator states that the object of the assassins was plunder, as Mr. Lynch was supposed to have had a large sum of money on his person. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. ATTACKS ON OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF WORRp. —On a new line leading from Croom to Dromcolloher, between the hours of one and two o'clock on Monday, three armed men attacked Mr. Lindsay, an officer under the Board-of Works, and, after firing a shot over his head, wanted to swear him not to go on the line again. This outrage, it is stated, occurred in the presence of the men engaged on the works; but they appeared very in different about the matter. Mr. Lindsay, notwithstand ing, did not leave the works until he regulated his busi ness.—Limerick Examiner. [The Government, yesterday, as I apprised you, issued a proclamation offering a reward for the apprehension of the persons concerned in this outrage.] Mr. John Fitzgerald, engineer of the Board of Works in Ennis, received a threatening notice, telling him he would get the death of Mr. Carrick. Mr. Mahon, en gineer in Broadford, removed to Tulla, received a threatening notice for the second time, sayinr , that powder and ball would be the next ; and Mr. Richard Creagh, assistant- engineer at Tulla, was grossly aoased at Six-mile-bridge, for refusing to allow a full day's wages for a half day's wcrk.—Limerick Chronicle. DEATHS FROM STARVATION.—The Rev. Mr. Hickey, the highly respectable parish priest of Doon, in this county, has stated in conversations Lad by him with some clergy Men of this city, that seven person; died last week in this parish, he believed from actual want. He further states the small farmers are mostly limited to one meal in the day, and that principally turnips—that seven members of a family are obliged to live on the shilling which the head member earns—and that they pinch the one meal on themselves to increase that of the indivi duals that labour.—Limerick Examiner. In the district of Knockaderry and 13allingarry armed bands of peasantry are traversing the country almost every night, and attacking farmers' houses for money and arms, firing shots in their progress, without apparent fear of detection. Dec. 5 SEVERE ACCIDENTS FROM THE FROST YESTERDAY MORNING.—The sharp, although not severe, frost which set in after the foggy rains of the preceding evening, had the effect of incrusting most of the metropolitan thoroughfares with ice; and as such an effect was en tirely unexpected, the market carts and early morning traffic was greatly impeded. As the usual hours of business approached, accidents bega n to multiply, not a little aggravated by the fact of its being Smithfield morning. In the Camberwell-road Mr. John R. Aild, who was driving to his house of business in the Black friars-road, nearly met with a ver y severe accident; his horse slipped when near the Elephant and Castle, and, although the shafts of the gig were broken, he provi dentially escaped unhurt. On Blackfriars-bridge every horse of burden was brought to a standstill. On Hol born-hill the parochial authorities thought it necessary to strew the declivity with wet gravel, although not until very serious damage had occurred. A valuable dray horse, belonging to Messrs. Meux and Co., had his leg broken, and, in the endeavour to extricate the poor animal, the carman was severely hurt by a kick from the suffering animal. On the wooden pavement, between St. Clement Danes and St. Mary-le•Strand, s evera l ver y ser ious accidents occurred, and one poor fellow who slipped and fell , before the driver could pull up, wits run over by a Blackwall omnibus, and so much injured that he was taken at once to King's College Hospital. THE LATE ROYAL YACHT SQUADBON (NOW HER MAJESTY'S) SHIP KESTREL.—This fast-sailing yacht, late the property of the lamented Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, having lately undergone a thorough s urvey and examination by the dockyard officers, has since our last been purchased by the Government, and the name of Kestrel will henceforth grace the naval list. This act of the Government, no doubt, has been in a great measure done to record its sense of the service which that revered and patriotic nobleman (the late Earl of Yarborough) has rendered to this country, by en couraging the advancement and improvement of naval architecture. —Hampshire Guardian. EAST WORCESTER ELECTION. — A correspondent informs us that the Hon. W. E. Gladstone is about to present himself as a candidate for the representation of East Worcester, and that a circular has just been ad dressed to the tenantry of Lord Ward, intimating that a candidate would solicit their suffrages in opposition to Mr. Foley. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEW SAFETY LUGGAGE VANS.—The Eastern Union has just received from Liverpool a supply of luggage vans constructed on a principle that combines safety to the train, with accommodation for the luggage. The van is rather longer than a second class carriage, con siderably higher, and so firmly built and tied by iron work as to be capable of resisting a very powerful shock. The fore breast is made of iron, the sides are surrounded by iron stags, the buffers are so strong and the screws so powerful and elastic, that one would think they could not be snapped in a collision. The interior of the van is divided into compartments, so as to carry luggage for different stations ; and the guard has a room in the end next the train, where he can use a power-break, and at the same time see a considerable distance before the engine. We understand similar vans are to be placed on the London and North-Western line. TACTICS OF THE LARGE LINES.— The London and North-Western Company have purchased the Shropshire Union lines, and if our maps are correct, it would appear that they cannot get access to their new territory, with out passing over the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, un less they run up their own line to Stafford; and to go from Birmingham to Shrewsbury, rid Stafford, would be very like preferring two sides of a triangle to a straight line, for it is nearly a straight I;ne from Birmingham to Shrewsbury, via' Wolverhampton. Theis agaio, it ap pears that the Chester and Wolverhampton line of the Shropshire Union must use the 1-lirewsbury and Birm ingham for two or three miles out of Wolverhamptc:n ; while the Shresbury and Stafli•rd line of the sane corn pany runs for no less than te❑ tulles (from Shiewthury to Wellington) on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham ! Now to our minds, the- possession by the London and North-Western of a line, which not only lies between a portion of their own great schemes, but which' most positively disjoints them, must be of consequence in many points of view, and especially as regards the efficient and eccnomical working of the whole, for if there be one thing in the railway system more universally admitted than another, it is the importance of having a long continuous line under one uniform management> 1. here is also another consideration. The London and North Western Company have already so great an interest in the Stour Valley line that no one can doubt they will ultimately be its sole owners. This would give the Leviathan company a right in the great central station to be erected at Wolverhampton by the Stour Valley and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com panies, and we should think would afford an additional reason for getting possession of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line, as they would then be in a position to make terms with all the other companies (opponents as well as friends), who must run into the Wolverhampton station, and generally avoid all the complication which would exist were the Shrowsbury and Birmingham to remain an independent company, separating the gigantic trunk of the London and North-Western from its co lossal limbs in the west and north-west. It is not for us to predict which of the two great companies will offer the most liberal terms for the Shrewsbury and Birming ham line, but we think that either would be glad of it, and we are by no means singular in our opinion.— Wor cestershire Chronicle. DONCASTER LINES.—The railway plans deposited with the clerk of the parish, preparatory to the introduction of Bills into Parliament, in the ensuing session, are five in number. And though no entirely new line is con templated in this neighbourhood, yet certain proposed stations, extensions, alterations, and improvements of existing lines are to be submitted to the Legislature, which appear to us well calculated to improve their general usefulness, and materially to benefit this locality in particular. One capital feature in these plans is the proposal to place the station near the centre of the town, which will prove a matter of great convenience to our townspeople. The plans are entitled—Great Northern (Deviations , between Grantham and York) ; Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Doncaster) ; South Yorkshire, D incaster, and Goole Railway (Purchase of Sheffield, Rother ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway, and of Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal) ; Midland (Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster, and Goole Line, &c.) ; Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncas ter Junction ,(Masbrough to Doncaster.)—Doncaster Gazette. Arbroath and Forfar •••• • •• • • Chester and Birkenhead . • . • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • •• • • .••• • • • Dublin and Kingstown • ..... • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland . • • • • • • • . Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • .. • ... Eastern Counties and North Eastern . • East Lancasihre • • • ...... • • • • • • • • Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Eastern Union • . • . • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ... • • • Glasgow and Greenock —•• • . • • ... Gravesend and Rochester • • • . • ..• Great Soatberr - nd Western ........ Great Western, Le.. Hartlepool .. .. London and Nerth Western, &c... • London and 81ackwa11.••........... London and Brighton ........ • ...... Londoa and Croydon . .. 930 14,959 34,561 647 6,220 Londoil and South Western.......:. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Maryport and Carlisle •••••• •....... 5,606 179 503 657 636 251 659 ",327 6,133 7,38 E ! Midland, Bristol, and Binningliain Newcastle and Carlisle...—. ....... Newcastle and North Newcastle and Berwick ...... North British .. 1,839 703 123 15,626 1,172 33,108 52G 16,311 2,083 717 4,648 5,00 G 893 7,109 3GG 15,117 1,003 441 1,218 1,205 Paris, Corbel', and Orleans .... Paris and Rouen., •• • • • • EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) K`AULIFFE V. COCKBURN. In this case the jury, after an absense of two hours, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da m ages 401. SIMMONDS V. MUNTZ, SPOONER, AND TWELVE OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover a considerable sum duo to the plaintiff for services rendered as a traffic taker upon the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway (a scheme which originated during the late mania), and of which the defendants were mem bers of the managing committee. EMr. Humfrey and Mr. Bagleer appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case was, it appeared, employed by the managing committee to take the traffic upon the line above-named. The terms upon which the traffic was to be taken were, that he was to receive 15/. per mile. Of this sum, Si. was to be paid upon the commencement of the work, another 51. on the delivery of the traffic tables, and a further and final sum of 5/. upon the Bill passing the Committee of the House of Commons. The line in question was stated to be about sixty miles in length, and consisted of two branches —one from Andover to Didcott, and the other from Andover to Swindon. The traffic tables were completed by the plaintiff and his assistants within proper time ; the managing committee, prior to the completion and delivery of the traffic tables, resolved upon abandoning one portion of the projected l'ne, that between Andover and Dideott, and in consequence of this resolution the traffic tables of the plaintiff• had to be remodelled. The contract Was entered into on the 22d of September, 1845, and the traffic tables in question were delivered early in the month of January following. The present action was brought to recover the sum of 600/. upon the two last instalments unpaid by the com pany ; also the sum of 60/. for the extra work of re modelling the traffic tables ; a further sum of 75/. for the traffic upon the whole line, the length of which, in • stead of being 60 miles, as represented to him originally, was 65 miles ; and a further sum of 607. for expenses of several journeys to Bristol and Birmingham upon the affairs of the company. On the part of the defendant a variety of pleas were put upon the record, and the sum of 3001. was paid into court, and it was contended that this amount was all that the plaintiff was entitled to receive. In support of the plaintiff's case, a number of witnesses were called, who gave evidence of the fact of the various defendants signing the register as provisional committeemen, and a consent to act as such, and of their appointment as a managing committee ; that they re ceived the traffic tables, and acted upon them, and that they abandoned the project before going to Parliament, and had since returned one guinea upon each share. The LORD CHIEF BARON—I am already of opinion that the plaintiff cannot recover upon the third instal ment. Itiwas contingent upon the passing of the Bill through a certain stage which never arrived, and it had not been proved that the defendant had stopped short fraudulently for the purpose of keeping him out of the money. Mr. MARTIN now contended that the traffic tables were not properly or correctly got up, and went at con siderable detail into the questions of the proper mode of making out these tables. The LORD CHIEF BARON interposed, and said that it was perfectly idle to waste the time of the Court and the jury by this species of inquiry, and suggested that the matter ought to be referred to some gentleman out of the court. By the consent of the counsel on both sides the trial was postponed, in order to ascertain whether the de fendants would abandon that portion of their defence in volving the question of the proper mode of preparing these tables. The case was accordingly postponed till Monday morning. LONDON SESSIONS --(THIS DAY.) To-day a General Quarter Session of the Peace was held by adjournment. There were no traverses, and the grand jury was sworn in. The Learned RECORDER, in addressing them, said that the cases generally were for assaults. One case, how ever, was of a more peculiar nature, being an in dictment against a person for refusing to serve the office of inquest man. It was necessary to tell the jury, that any inhabitant of the lands of the City, paying rates, owing suit and service to the Court Leet, and entitled to attend the wardmotes, was liable to serve on the inquest, but the jury had better confine their attention to the facts, whether the party so indicted was so entitled, and whether he had been duly elected and had refused to serve? If they found all these facts they would return a true bill. The grand jury, after a short time, returned a true bill for the above misdemeanour, but the defendant did not appear. The other bills were for trifling assaults, but the Court was detained until twelve o'clock, in con sequence of the parties not being present ; the cases heard were very trifling assaults. On the names of the jury being called, an application was made to excuse a gentleman who was a director of a public company ; he was excused on the ground of being above age, but the Lord Mayor said all the direc tors having offices in the City were liable to serve on iuries. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) John Boss, who was some time ago in the service of Mr. Gray, of Blackfriars, and whose brother was yes terday remanded upon the charge of unlawfully receiv ing a coat, was this morning placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Sidney, charged with being the actual thief. An officer of the City needtive police, yesterday, took him into custody. W coat was shown to the prisoner, he said that he recollected having bought it in Stamford street of a The wha bro ving r, aftenrwar his ds defence sold it to his brother for 30s. the i yesterday, said it was he that bought the property hat from a Jew, in King' s -road, Gray's I nn lane, and t the worthy Alderman (Wilson) s• emed to think the pur chasing of such property in the streets from an un known person was the strongest case against him. After hearing some further evidence against the pre. sent prisoner, the Court directed the two prisoners to be brought. up again on Tuesday. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS IN THE CITY.—Mr. Alderman Sidney and Mr. Alderman Chaliss were occupied a great part of the morning in hearing further evidence in the case of the young man Catch pole, who was remanded i s t i p t o , n several charges of having obtained parcels of satin, Commercial -road, under the pretence that they were ordered b emPloyer Mr. Lynn, of the Co., Messrs Felton andadditionaleminent o from Eve, o r i f o u s s t ra uel:sanudh .utrhcehy casesa w holesale r cl being considered complete, the prisoner was committed for trial. BOWTSTREET.--(THIS DAY•) Thomas M'Keur was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with feloniously attempting to enter the house, No. 2, Montague-street, Montague-square, by means of a latch-key, supposed to be stolen. The pri soner was formerly servant to the Misses Rose, who keep a private boarding - house as above. Last night he attempted to open the street-door by means of a latch key, and was apprehended. The latch-key was sworn to as having been lost by one of the inmates of the house during the time of the prisoner's service. Miss Margaret Rose desired to withdraw from the ease, on account of the inconvenience of prosecuting, but Mr. HENRY expressed very strongly his opinion that the prisoner ought to be prosecuted. He would commit the prisoner for trial, and bind Miss Margaret Rose over to prosecute. However, in order to give the officers time to make inquiries as to the prisoner a character, he would remand him for a week.—Remanded accordingly. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Venables, the young man who was remanded from yesterday, on the charge of robbing his employer, Mr. Dunningham, of Seymour-street, was again brought up this morning, when the evidence of Mr. Chick, of Moor-street, Soho, and Mr. rownal, of King-street, Soho, was taken in support of the charge against the prisoner, of having received money for his coaster, which he ld ad to hiltifvvil use, after which the prisoner was fully dOminit* for trial at the Old Bailey. ArAuMING FIRE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yesterday, be tween► two and-three o'clock, an alarming fire was ob "served on the premises belonging to Mr. H. Edwards, a 'turner, No. 7, Lower-street, Islington. The flames first showed themselves in the workshops, at the back of the dwelling house. An instant alarm was raised, and in telligence of the disaster was sent to the engine stations, and in a very short space of time the engines arrived, and there being an abundance of water at hand, the flames were confined to the workshop in which they commenced, but they were not entirely extinguished until the stock in trade and building were extensively damaged. The fire, it is supposed, was cau,cd by a spark flying out of the stove amongst some shavings. Unfortunately Mr. Edwards was uninsured. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. —The first sod of this line was cut un Tuesday last on the grounds of the chairman. The Great Western from New York, had not reached Liverpool yesterday afternoon at half- past four o'clock, the hour at which our express left for London. She was then out fifteen days. RAILWAY RETURNS. Rlmweir TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Week ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. g' ,l4 5P: 3 11 ., t' o to u.. 9. Preston and Wyre• • • • • • • • • • • Sheffield and Illanchcster.. • • .• • • • South Eastern and Branches .. • • • ... South Devon• • •••••••••• • • . • • • • • • Taff Vale •••••• • • • • • ..... • ••• • • • • • Ulster . • ....... ••••• • • • • York and 14we:Lstle . •• • • •• • • • York and worth Midland. -. • • • • • • •• 5,917 546 1,739 6,474 652 1,228 771 5,039 5,233 4,697 390 1,035 5,162 1,: 32 555 4,367 4,742 THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH AT PORTSMOUTH. We are enabled to supply the following additional particulars respecting the submarine telegraph laid down across our harbour. It is now about three years since the telegraph from the Nine Elms terminus to the ter minus at Gosport was first established. Subsequently, from the inconvenience experienced at the Admiralty office here, because of the distance to the telegraph station, the wires were continued from that place to the Royal Clarence- yard. With this addition, however, although the inconvenience was lessened, it was far from being removed, the harbour intervening, leaving a dis tance of upwards of a mile to the Admiral's house un connected, and, notwithstanding the wish of the autho rides, both here and in London, that the telegraph should be carried to the dockyard, no attempt has hitherto been made to do so, because it has been considered almost impossible to convey it under water. An offer, indeed, was made to the Admiralty to lay down a telegraph en closed in metallic pipes, which were to be fixed under the water by the aid of diving bells This scheme, having been found to be impracticable, has been very prudently abandoned. Whatever difficulties may have hitherto interfered to prevent the establishment of submarine telegraphs appear now to have been entirely overcome, for the time occupied for the commencement of carrying the telegraph from shore to shore, and transmitting signals, did not occupy a quarter of an hour. The tele graph, which has the appearance of an ordinary rope, was coiled into one of the dock-yard boats, one end of it being made fast on shore, and as the boat was pulled across the telegraphic rope was gradually paid out over the stern, its superior gravity causing it to sink to the bottom immediately. The telegraph consisted of but this line, and, unlike those along the various railways, required no return wires to perfect the circuit. The electric fluid was transmitted from the batteries in the dockyard, through the submersed insulated wire, to the opposite shore, the fluid returning to the negative pole through the water without the aid of any metallic conductor, except a short piece of wire thrown over the dockyard parapet into the water, and connecting it with the batteries. The fact of the water acting as a ready return conductor was esta blished beyond question; for to test this most thoroughly repeated experiments were made in the presence of some of the principal dockyard authorities, including the heads of the engineering departments. There can be no longer any doubt that, without reference to dis tance, the water will act as a return conductor in com pleting the circuit. It will be recollected that in 1842 Mr. Snow Harris, when proving the efficiency of his lightning conductors in his experiments from this dock yard to the Orestes, exemplified that water would serve to complete:the electric circuit. On that occasion, how ever, the distance traversed by the return current through the water was but trifling compared with t h e space ac complished in the pre: ent instance. The batteries used were Smee's; and a very deli ca t e an d accurate galvanic detector,invented by Mr. Hay, the chymical lecturer of the dockyard, who was present throughout the whole proceedings, was also brought int o requ i s i t i on. Inde pendent of the simplicity of this submarine telegraph, it has an advantage which ev en t h e te l egraphs on land do not possess—in the event of accident it can be replaced in ten minutes. The success of the trial here has, we understand, determined the inventors to lay down their contemplated line across the channel from England to France, under the sanction of their respective Govern ments.—Hampshire Guardian. DEATH OF THE VAUXHALL HERMlT.—Yesterday a man, well known about London as the Vauxhall Hermit, expired in Guy's Hospital. His name was William Racket, aged 77 years. He had a most extra ordinary appearance, always wearing an immense white beard and long white hair. He formerly exhibited him self at Vauxhall Gardens as the hermit, but latterly he had been in a state of great privation, obtaining a liveli hood by selling lucifer matches in the Borough, and sleeping in the low lodging-houses in the Mint. He had been an inmate of the above institution only a few days before his death. STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—The annual ge neral meeting of the Benevolent or Strangers' Friend Society, established in 1785, for the purpose of visiting and relieving the sick and distressed poor at their own habitations throughout the metropolis and its vicinity, was held last night at the office in Exeter Hall, Thomas Farmer, Esq., in the chair. The report showed that the exertions of the society were unremitting ih the efforts to relieve the distresses of the poorer classes, and that upwards of seven thousand cases had been relieved within the past year. About 2,6001. had been distri buted in charity throughout the year. The officers of the society were re•elected, and a plan sanctioned by the meeting, which, it is calculated, will have the effect Of materially extending the means of the institution. SPORTING INTALLIk (RECEIVED THIS DAY. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. There were not more than half a dozen spe4 to-day, and not a bet made. Bto 1 was offer, for the Dcrby, and 50 to 1 in small sums on the Chester Cup. • LYTHAM CHAMPION COURSING MEETE•TG. . This meeting commenced on Wednesday, and, after two days' coursing, unexampled for excellence, variety, and quantity, terminated on Thursday evening, the frost thaving rendered a division of the stakes indispensable. The follast ing is an outline of the results : The Great Clifton Cup, 48 dogs, was divided between Mr. Craven's Canino, Mr. Temple's Topsail, Mr. Sampson's Clown, Mr. A. Graham's Conciliation, Mr. O'Grady's Oliver Twist, and Mr. Craven's Clarina. The Talbot Cup, 32 dogs, was divided between Mr. E. G Hornby's Heresy, Sir T. Heskett's Hope, Mr. Robinson); Blanche, and Mr. Coupe's Handy. The Lytham Cup, 32 dogs, was divided between Mr. Ball's Breeze. Mr. E. Taylor's Blue, Mr. Gardner's Grace Darling, and Mr. Jebb's Christabel." The Veteran Stakes, 24 dogs, were divided between Mr. Wanklyn's Beauty, Mr. A. Graham's Sir Edward, Mr. James's Dressmaker, Mr. Ely Hornby's Hill Coolie, Mr. Smith's Topp er , and Mr. Bake's Birdlime. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. FRIDAY EVENING. . No coursing to-day, the snow being a foot deep in the town. We wait until morning, expecting a change of wea ther; but we think there is no chance, and that the Stakes will be divided. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Hornclon's lids., meet on Monday at Callington New Bridge; Thurs., Lifton Park—lo}. Monmouthshire lids., Mond., Ragland; Thurs., Graig Fin -I;tr Post. Moutgotnei)-shire hds., Tues., Cock Inn, Forden ; Fri., Bryncac isen-10. Shrop- hire hds., Mon, Kennels; Wed., Oakley Park; Fri., Aclderly—i toll. Wheatland hds., Tues., Pitts Morville ; Fri., Hampton -10. Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri., Dyke-4 to 11. Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tele e,ombe •tye-10%. Thanet hrrs., Mon., Gore End; Wed., Dandelia. Findon hds., Tues.,Kennel; Thurs., Dial Post; Sat., Tod dington-11. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Star Inn, Horsham Cominon • Wed., Crab Tree; Fri., Baleombe Village. Glyndbourne - hrrs., Mon., Norton Top ; Fri., Broyle. Eastbourne hrrs., Mon., Eastdean Lighthouse; Thurs., Windore Miil- 1 4 to 11. Worcestershire hds., Tues., Grafton Manor House, near Bromsgrove ; Fri., Kennels. Ledbury hds., Tues., Kennel ; Fri., Feather's Inn Stamith. Holderness hds., Mon., Sancton Village; Tues., Froding ham Bridge ; Thurs., Bainton New Inn. Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Whimnor Build ; Wed., We,tov ; Fri., Settrington House-10i. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., New Lodge; Fri., the Twy ford Station-11 Cheshire hds., Mon., Tweallow Hall; Wed., Wrenbury; Thurs., Hankelow ; Sat., Hurleston. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Gresford; Wed., Carden, Fri., Penley Hall; Sat., Wynnstay-104. North Staffordshire hds., Tues., Waigherton Lodge, Dod dington ; Fri., Stallington-10,. Essex Union hds., Wed., Tiptree Windmills; Sat., Kits Hill-104. East Essex hds., Tues., Belchamo Bells; Thurs., Blue Bridge; Sat., Notley Gate-104. B. V. H., Tues., Hammoon Bridge; Fri., Milborne New Town-114. Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Wycke Park, Fri., Raleigh's cross-10i. Sherwood hrrs., Tues., Robin Downs Hill ; Fri., Par liament Oak-11. Rufford hds., Mon., Thoresby Park ; Tues., Thu garton Priory ; Thurs., Cocking Moor ; Sat., Cloun. Village-104 Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Catton ; Tues., Bretley Park ; Sat., Wichnor Park-1. Donnington - ads., Mon., Kegworth Station ; Wed., Morley Toll-bar ; Sat., Coleorton Toll-bar —10 t. Quorn hds., Mon., Skearsly Inn - Tues., Bidgate Park; •, Thurs., Biliesden ' Kennels •Fri., Six Hills-11. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds., Mon., Carlton-le-More land ; Tues., Hackthorn ; ed., Thorney • Thurs., Normanby, by Stowe ; Fri., Langworth-bridge ; Sat., Bardney-11. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon.. Goadby ; Tu es ., Kirkly Laythorpe ; Wed., Saunton Hall-10i. F r i., Stubton-12. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Woolpit Heath ; Fri., Brockley Green. Badsworth hds., Tues., Wentbridge; Thurs., Askein; Sat., Strethouse Bar-10f. Ar. Lumley's hds., Mon., East Markham • Tues., Bedworth; Thurs., Rossington Bridge ; Fri., Bole Guide Post-10i. Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Cross-road, Bramhan Moor; Wed., Ribston Moor; Fri., Bickerton Bar. Suffolk hds.,. Tues., Woolpit Heath ; Fri., Brockley Green. ,* Duke of. Beaufort's hds., Mon., Neston; Tues., Alder ton; Wed., Trouble House; Sat., Stoke House. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Red Rise; Tues., Dare hill; Wed., Wherwell-wood; Thurs., Weyhil; Fri., -Little Durford; Sat., Speery Well-11. Mr. Locke's hds., Tues., Five-mile-stone, Shaston; Fri., Haskings Penning-11. Cottesrnore hds., Tues., Glaston; Wed., Grimsthorpe Castle ; Fri., Thistleton ; Sat., Owston Wood-101. Cambridgeshire hds,, Mon., Sandy W arren ; IWed., Henlow ; Fri., Whaddon-91. South Wold Hunt, Mon., Raithby by Louth ; Tues., Horsington Mill ; Thurs., Burgh ; Sat., Greenfield—q. East Kent hds, Mon., Elham Park ; Wed., Sellinge Lees ; Fri., Swanton—lei. Mr. Deacon's hrrs., Wed., The Thorn, Roborough Down : Sit,, Sbeeps Torr Whitleigh hrrs., Mon., Knackersknowle ; Wed., Hunamendon 132111-10. A therstone hds., Mon., Congleston Village ; Wed., Shuttenton Bridge ; Fri., Muxtock Castle ; Sat., Cross Hands Toll Gate-11. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Baddesley Clinton ; Toes., Weston House 9 • Thurs., Grandborough ; F r i., Ch urc h Tysoe ; Sat., Whimstoue Bridge-10i. S 1-4 1121- \ • - 1 • c ,• ltd L*--1( f&' r. 4 'l S:VVS.%)II COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the planta.. tions of Osborne House on Thursday afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle in the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princes Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode on ponies yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an erring yesterday in the plea sure grounds of Osborne House. _ His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited and inspected the Smithfield Cattle Show yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Wilberforce had also an inter view with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday at the Home office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat 3 esterday, and concluded the hearing of the appeal—" Her Majesty's Proctor v. the Solicitor of the Duchy of Lancaster." The Attor ney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster finished his address, and the Queen's Advocate was heard in reply. Judgment was not given. Mr. Sergeant Channel, Sir John Bayley, and Mr. Wigram, Q.C., were heard on an appeal from Bombay— " Crawford v. Spooner." The case was adjourned. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DEC. 11. OSBORNE PALACE.—The Royal Family leave Cowes for Windsor on Friday next, and are not expected to return till February, when the season opens for planting. They have planted an immense number of trees and shrubs this autumn. The new palace is progressing very aCOW ESbeen ES d e A s p s T o s tE d . — 0 f Th by e f p u u r b n l i i t c ur a e uc o t f io t n hi t s h p i r s i w nc e •e e l k. y edificEASTe 13 , h . Air. John Nash's valuable collection of casts and models, his splendid orange and lemon t rees , with sevepal thousand valuable pl an ts,go to the hammer next. The present proprie% tor then proposes to p u ll d own t h e cal and sell the materials, absurdly thi n ki ng t h at t h e ruins will produce him more money than the beautiful pile which is the admiration of all who have seen it—but there is no . acc T o H un E ti p ng oo fo ß r ._ so A m b e o f u o t three lis. years since eight or ten of the tradesmen of this town, at their evening meetings to enjoy their glass, proposed to subscribe sixpence erch per week to form a fund for the relief of cases of distress occurring within the town. From this smait. beg inning the present compassionate fund took its rise; ut it is now subscribed to by almost every inhabitant that has the means; and from it 150 families were this day sup.. plied with coals, and that number of widows and others of the deseriing poor will be relieved with bread and coals fortnightly during the next three months. Every recipient must pass a strict scrutiny as to character and means, but no deserving object is refused; and none such need even apply—it is sent unasked; and the subscription. still is but sixpence per week. No town in England should be without such a society of men. The ladies, not to be behindhand, have a Dorcas society, and next week give away 300 garments. REDUCTION OF PRICES AT MINOR THEA.TRES..... t O he ffi a c t e re a s r w e in e T o l m ie m a u u n th ic o a r t i i t o ie n s l a y t i t h th t e h L e o m rd an C ag ha e m rs b o e f r t la h i o n s ' e s ho have lately reduced their prices of admission in order to compete with the innumerable musical and dramatic saloons and concert•rooms in and about the metropolis. On Friday week, Mr. Osbaldiston, lessee of the Vic toria ; Mr. Robert Honnor, lessee of the City of London • Mr. Richard Thlrne, lessee of the Pavilion ; Mr. C. J: James, lessee of the Queen's ; and Messrs. Johnson and N. Lee, lessees of the Standard, were summoned to attend at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, to explain to his Lordship the reasons which had induced them to alter the prices of admission to their theatres. These gentlemen, or their solicitors, accordingly attended, and represented that it was in cortsequoice of the theatrical saloons and concert-rooms being now licensed by his Lordship as places of dramatic entertainment, and posessing advantages w hi c h were refused to the profession, and consid era bl e i n t eres t is theatres.the theatrical e and the managers are anxiously awaiting a final communication from the Lord 0-lam b‘alain'6 Office. REPRESENTATION OF RENFREW.—CoIoneI Murr, of Caldwell, was yesterday elected Member of Par',la. ment for the county of Renfrew, in the room of the late P. M. Stewart, Esq., deceased. There was no opp9 A iti on . —Glasgow Courier of Thursday. iti li IS 2 1 4 lN / • _ ~~.