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Zbirtt Mbition East & West of England 1; _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ..... 17 ...... Ditto, New 7 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 ,4 — ...... .. ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 214 — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% Exeter. Dorchester, and Weymouth - •• •• • • ... ..... Exeter,Yeoyil,& Dorset 2% Glonc.,Aberystwith,and Central of Wales 1%..... 1% Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction 100 — Ditto Half Shares 5O — Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union IN—... 2 1 4 Great Eastern &Western N..... . ....... .... GreatGrimsby and Shef field .......««... Great South. and West. (Ireland) 15 - 0000000 • Ditto Extension ...... 12 1 Great Munster 2 ••-•• Great North of Scotland 2. Great North of England.. 100 Ditto New......... ...... 5 Do. New .... .. ........ 2 .. — Great Western BO 165 163 ........ . Ditto % Shares 50 _ Ditto % Shares 2% lB% 19 18% .. Ditto Fi ft hs Guildford, Fare'm,Porta. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby 5O ..... 104, Ditto % Shares ......... Do. Half Shares 2 — Inverness and E1gin...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland. 1 - Isle ofAxholme 2 ************ Killarney Junctions Kendal and Windermere 1 Lincaster and Carlisle... 30 ... ••• 52 Lame, Belfast, and Bal. lvmena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction ........ .• Leicester & Birmingham 225. j i i p par ........ Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. Livery. and Manchester.loo ... ............... Do. 1 Shares Do. (barters Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 234 % Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingnmloo Do. Thirds Do. V, Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 Ditto Extension ...... IV London and Blackwell. 161. 3. 4d 974 . Do-New .......... PA..... -- Extension Ditto ..... -....- • Londotk and Brighton... 50 ..".. 6 3/ V Do. consolidated Estlia.., 40 - 8 ,4/8 Ditto, Sixths ........ . •••••• London and Croyon, lai. 15a.;.1.:. 2 1 1 4 . 7 .. ..... . ........: Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lou., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford LondonandGreenwich 12/ 1554 d..... lO% ............. ••• Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — . ............ ............. Londcn Hounslow. and .. Western 40.660." • ..• Loud. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 7 71 .............. Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New Do. New London& South Essex 2 3 / ...... ..-. .... London and York London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ~«..... 2% 2%... •• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... ..... ... .. 2% 2% Londonderry& Coleraine 5 ...... .......» Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 '.pan and Ely - 5 ynn and Dereham 5 _ ifanchester and Leeds... 76 ......136 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 1 . .... 1414 ...„. ........ Do. Sixteenths 5 14 Manchester and Birmin. 40 •• Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction flanchester,l3uaton,and Matlock 421. ...... 3 2 3 / 4 p.. b ilin ch e s t a r , Birm., and 3f o uld Junction --•— — Manchester and Rugby ........ . th . _ a in ... t: 4225. ••»•• 3%.% .. -- Direct • &S ••• • •••• Mancbest, ou Midland.... ........ ... ... P . 109 .....157 ... ... Do. Fifths; .............. 2 Do. New ............... 12 Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ...... 125 111 ( 11, 1. & East. Counties 2% •.- • • -- Midland great Western (Irish) Do. Extena. to Sligo 234 ... .. --- Newcastle and llut inQ . ' . ton J unction ......... .. 25 -••• •. • Do. New Brandli n Neweasth aacl BerACCe:OO . •«.. 50 .......... •••• Newcastle and Carli s l e... ...... 10 4 1G ... Newport & Aber gaveany 21, L ...... New Ross and Carlow... 22?**•••• ,\Try-rstad. Enniskillen 2% ..... ••" •••• ....• e gn. d r :•' effleld, and ir e ttz ..... ........ . I fr f . lvat e t I.ls Pn 2 ..... ; 141 7 4% ..... ...... .. co,!Titftrlt •,: ...... 711r. 1 . 4 ,I -.: '--- •• ,,to ,C arlisle 1 ............ SZS *••• 1 7 41 ' o f-- r .- - fi,ltoak 'th 25 , •e t - . - :v. ~ , si ............. ' • `, ' ~----- -- Alittp3 l ••• ...... 3 •••••• 65 ,0 i ...... xi......_ „....... r itt S ki.. . • • North ehn..•..:J 2 .. ••• Norte! of Nb:folk ' , •Northem and Eastern Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. 2sTew ONE CLOSING - ' ICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. A; ink Stock ........ ....... ..... - 204 204 3 per Cent. Reduced 95 495 95 New 34 per Cents.97l Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 10 10 Consols for Account - .........« 94 4 % 94 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 114 d. 29 27 X pm. 27 Ditto SOW. Ditto Small WM CLOSING PRICES OF FOREI G N FUND S. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account. 82% 32i Ditto, Deferred. 17% 17 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 41 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 58 Ditto 4 Account ..... ... ...... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. — Ditto, Account 29% 29 Ditto Deferred ... 17% 17% Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 394 39 ex div Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto Account Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 3 4 944 944 PRICES OF BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING BAM PAI D' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% - Aylesbury and Theme.. 1 Belfast & County Down 2 Bideford andTavistock... 1 Birmin. and Gleucester. 100 Ditto New 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — .... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm 22s. Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..-.. ... .. — Bristol and Liver. June . 2%......._ Buckinghamshire 42a Caledonian Ditto Extension ... Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Lincoln N 3%% 3 .. ..... ... Do. New - Cambridge and Oxford 1 %...... Canterbury and Dover.. IA —-- ..... Central Kent 2%...... Chelmsford and Bury Chester and Holyhead-. 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork - Blackrock, and Pas . ages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l4 ...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter . ..... 425. 1 )erby and Crewe ... — Derby, Gainsbro', said Great Grimsby.- ..-.. 1% — Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford ..... Direct Manchester 96% sts 81% - 3 2% 17 1 4 (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 14..... 4%% Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 — Dublin and Armagh 1X..... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. ...... 226% ..... 22% Ditto New 61. 16a, B% p B% P Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61.135. 4d.... % N p X p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 4/. 13 1 . 4d... p % p EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 3, Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 — Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. VA__ _ East Lincolnshire _ . 4 1 4 3 1 A 6% 1 1% % p 2!4 22% 17% 114 p j /4 P 9% 4% 22% 1014 77% 1914 4 3 / 4 ...... 17 1 4 141,i 2 3 / 4 p 3% 156 31% 125 26 31,4 6% N. Kent & Direct Dover 21/ 4 sq••• .• •OM .0 31,E North Staffordshire 425....... 4% 4 p 4 p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester 1 ..... Northern and Southern Connecting - Norwich and Brandon... 16 - Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 2% 2% Nottingm., Erewsh•Val ley, and Manchester... 1% — .... ........ ... Nottingham and Mans field — Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southampta 421. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and - - Cheltenham..... l% Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ~ Portsmouth Direct 34 Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,aad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester..... ..... -- 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 - Do. Extension — Sheffield & Manchester 100 — Do. Quarter Shares... a Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%..... 5% 434 ..... Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% .... Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. June. 21 ---- Sligo and Shannon ...... 1 —*** ...... Somersetshire Midland 25 - 2...... . 2 South Devon South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Jane. 428. South Staffordshire June. 2% 394 South Eastern & Dover 33128 4 d... 40 .... ...... Do., No. 1 Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425....... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... ........ •••••• - Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% South Wales ..... ...... ... 2% 4%% 4 Taw Vale Extension ... Teen and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 5 ...... Treat Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2%6.... Vale of Neath Warwick k Cheltenham 1% .... ......... .. Warwick and Worcester 425. W aterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and V alentia Waveney Valley ..... .... 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall — West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties ffexford and Carlow ... 2% ...... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Way -1h . .. 2 4 - VA moue Worcester,Hereford,Ross, 1% %...»......... , . and Gloucester 42s. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2% Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1%..... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Car1i51e........ 2 3 A 2 14...... .............. 2 1 , 4 York and Lancaster 2% rerk and North Midland 50 Date % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension ...... ... 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 10 ...... 12% %... .. Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 17 2 2 Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders - Callao, Linn, and Pacific Coast. 1 .. ... ... ... Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2% Dendre Valley ....... .. Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ...... Dutch Rhenish ... 5 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Julian. 2% — — Fampoux & Hazebroak 2 Great North. of France Constituted ....... Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 55....... Great Western Canada... 3% ...... 3% 3% Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland I Do. Extension 1 Jersey Lonvam and Jemeppe... 4 .....2 3 4 2 34 Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica.. ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ..... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 11 3 / 4 „. 11 3 / 4 Over Yssel 413 s 4d — — Paris &Lyons(Lafiltte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)..... Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 .....• 2N, Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen - Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Comps de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre ...... 18 Noyal North of Spain.... 2 Sambre and Meuse ..... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Blac kenzie's) --- .. — Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona... . 3 West Flanders 4 TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 1, 1848. MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) CARR U. BRIDGES. The plaintiff in this action is a tailor, in the Edge- ware-road, and the defendant a plumber and glazier. The action was brought to recover the sum of 51. 13s. for goods sold an d d e li vere d. c orri r ' e eharnock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. (Judge The fact% of the c as e 1844 the de fendantof th e P a l ace Court) for the defendant. contracted 6 case tiff, and after wards w iththe l ' debt of 151. 9s. SI I p lain tiff, but just prey amount now demanded! were these:—ln l a o :o l ok the benefit of the nsolv clothing to the serted the first debt of that he had been discharg e d fro he had more . In his schedule he :only la solvent Act. The plaintiff °pi: the debt under the Court ' o n was re gd., and now pleaded ground that there had been a fraudul ent perty to defendant's father, and the the time on the f l transfer of pro manded until 50/. was paid into plaintiff being appointed assignee. urt on account, i: Mr. CORRIE argued that the plai n ti ff being assignee, ought not to bring an action for his indi v id ual debt, e v e n though defendant was not exempt e d from payment the operation of the Act, but that if any p ro p erty was i n' possession of defendant, it should be paid into Court for the benefit of the creditors generally. Mr. CRARNOCK contended that the twe debts were dis tinct, and that the defendant, haring omitted the latter debt, could not now avail himself of the discharge under the Act. There was a serious difference in the amount ; bad both been inserted, the plaintiff would hare been a creditor for above 201., and could then have obtained a judge's order to detain the insolvent, but as it was, he got his immediate discharge by favour of his detaining creditor. The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was a question for the jury whether there had been any "culpable neglect, fraud, or evil intention," in the omission of the debt. If so, the verdict must be for the plaintiff. It was for the jury to say whether they considered that defendant could have forgotten the last account. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. PARKIN V. MARTIN. The plaintiff in this action is an accountant, and the claim was for 5Z 55., fur work and labour done in effect ing an arrangement with the defendant's creditor s . It appeared that the defendant had originally employed Mr. Cross, a solicitor, but the plaintiff was subsequently engaged to complete the negotiation. The defendant, who appeared in person, said that plaintiff was a mere clerk to Mr. Cross, and he (defendant) only knew him in that capacity, and never gave him any instructions except through Mr. Cross, whose bill he had paid. The UNDER-SHERIFF said Mr. Cross had sworn he hav e had referred defendant to plaintiff, although, at the same time, he had admitted that he was in the habit of em pcircJoysiti hadngp plaintiff on other occasions of a like nature, and mightid a portion of the present claim. Mr. also said he would have advanced the money to effect the arrangement. The question therefore was whether the retainer of the :plaintiff was by Mr. Cross or the defendant. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. DELICATE AFFAIR.—A circumstance of a very distressing nature has occurred in this city, and will ere long meet the public eye, A few days ago the daughter of a highly respectable citizen, who is connected with a public establishment in this city, was married to a gentleman, a native of Galway, and after the ceremony proceeded with him to France ; but the previous marriage of the gentleman with a lady, by whom he has children, transpired after their departure, and the unhappy parents of the deluded girl have been obliged to resort to the laws to punish the offender and vindicate their respectability. For this purpose a warrant has been issued for his ap prehension , and police-con s t a bl es followed him to France. The informations were sworn in the College. street, Police-office, but their precise contents, and all the circumstances attendant upon this most heart rending case, must for the present remain unrevealed.— Saunder's News Letter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEN WELL. Mr. George Smith, who described himself as a man of independent property, residing in Victoria-road, Peck ham, was charged with having been an accomplice with a female not in custody, in stealing from the house of Mr. William James Linton, engraver, residing at 85, Hatton-garden, several silver spoons, wearing apparel, and half a dozen of claret and other wines. Mrs. Doman, the female alluded to in the above charge, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing poison, from which she is still ill. Theprosecutor deposed that the prisoner bad been for some time visiting witness's housekeeper, who passe d as the prisoner's wife. She declined to receive his vis its latterly, and said he had beaten her; she seemed at times in very low spirits. On Christmas-day be left home for his country house, leaving directions that the prisoner should not be admitted before his return on Monday ; he ascertained that the prisoner had been there until that morning, when he and the woman absconded. The wine, silver spoons, two cloaks, and other valuable ar ticles, were missed immediately after their departure. The prisoner acknowledged that he had taken the wine. The prisoner indignantly denied being the husband of Mrs. Doman. He had been invited to the house by Mrs. Doman, who he understood was an acquaintance of Mr. Linton's. He knew her only since April. He did not go to Mr. Linton's until invited. He then made a rambling, incoherent statement, to the effect that Mrs. Doman had left Mr. Linton's house in April last, when he first met her. Mr. Linton had sent her money and a testimonial, but the woman was in distress, and he (prisoner) gave her all the aid in his power. Mr. Comm—What are you ? Prisoner—l have no profession ; I live on my own fortune. Mr. Comm—Where do you live ? Prisoner—l live in my own house, 5, Victoria-road, Peckham. Mr. ComnE—What have you to say to the charge ? Prisoner—l drank some of the wine. Mr. Coins—What wine did you drink ? Prisoner —I drank claret ; Mrs. Doman preferred sherry. Mr. Coates—liow do you live ? Prisoner—l said already that I lived on my means, and I say so still. I have been bequeathed a considerable fortune within the last twelve months. The house is my own. I live rent free. Mr. COMBE—You are a very lucky man, when you can live rent free, and drink other people's claret free of cost. Prisoner—l don't think this is a joking matter. The Clerk—l am sure Mr. Linton thinks with you. Prisoner—lf you doubt that lam a man of property, you can see the will at Doctors'-commons. Mr. Co1!BE—Is that the best account you can give ? Prisoner—Yes ; because it is the true account. Mr. COMBE—Then I must tell you I don't believe a word of it. Mr. Linton said, he owed his life to Mrs. Doman, who came from the Fever Institution to nurse him. Prisoner—l wish to put a few questions to you, Mr. Linton. Mr. COMBE—I will remand you ; for I think you are one of those persons who live upon women or whoever else you can. So you can reserve your questions for the next occasion. QUEEN-SQUARE. This Court, at which the business of the Westminster division has been transacted frem time immemorial, was yesterday finally closed at five in the evening. The business had been so judiciously arranged that nothing but the night charges, which were few and of a very tri • vial character, occupied the attention of the Court ; and Mr. Taylor, the clerk, and the officers of the establish ment were busily engaged during the day, and up to a late hour last night, in removing the books, papers, and other official documents, to the new Court in Vincent square, which will be opened this day, under the title of the " Westminster Police-court." The police-station of the B division in the New-way, Tothill street, was also abandoned at twelve at night ; the inspector on duty pro ceeding at that hour to the new office erected in Roches ter-row, on the west side of the police-court. It may be as well to state that the Magistrate's entrance to the latter is in Vincent-square, but that intended for the public is in Rochester-row. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Emanuel Young, butler, in the service of Mr. Latham, 23, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick for assaulting Maria Young, his wife. The complainant, a young woman of very genteel ap• pearance, with one of her eyes badly discoloured, said she went on Saturday last to Norfolk-street to ask her husband a question respecting their little girl, when, as soon as the hall door was opened, her husband struck her a violent blow on the face and blackened her eye. Her husband then seized her and threw her down the steps into the street, falling on her with the force he used. Complainant was picked up almost in a state of insensibility by a match-woman, and conveyed home in a cab. The complainant's landlady proved that the com plainant was very much injured by the treatment she hadtreceived. Mr. Robinson, who appeared for the complainant, in stating the case, hoped the Magistrate would not inflict any fine, but send the defendant at once to prison, if the gross case of crnelty was established. The de endant said his wife had been separated from him for some years, and had been more than once for • bidden to call on him at his master's house She came on Saturday last, and he ordered her out of the house. She would not go readily, and be opened the door and pushed her out. In the struggle she struck her face against the knocker, and caused the bruise which her face now exhibited. The complainant began to knock and ring, and defendant was obliged to use more force. and as he - was stronger than h:s wife, he compelled her to let go the door post, and in so doing both f 11 down the steps, and by so doing stood a chance of breakir g their necks. The complainant told the Magistrate that when her first husband saw her he gave her a blow, and said, " you, liwish Ilcould end you altogether." omplainant had not received a farthing from her husband for several years past towards her upport. The defendant called two witnesses, but they did not disprove the assault. Mr. HARDWICK said lie wanted no further evidence of the violence used by the defendant than the defend ant's own account of the transaction. Nothing could have been more unmanly and brutal than the defendant's conduct. It might have been indiscreet on the part of the wife to go in person to make inquiries about the child, but this indiscretion was no justification for the husband to use the shameful violence he had exercised. The law did not permit him to add imprisonment, other. wise in addition to the 5/. penalty which he should in flict, he should certainly have sent the defendant for two months to the House of Correction. ➢lr. Latham (the defendant's master) said it was by his desire that the wife was prohibited from calling at his house. He should pay the 51. penalty for his servant. The defendant said his wife had left him of her own accord, and led an immoral life. Mr. Latham was proceeding to defend the conduct of his servant, when Mr. IliaDwicic put an end to further discussion, by telling Mr. Latham, that, as P man, it was quite impos sible t suppose he could justify the use of brutal vio lence towards a woman, and that woman the assaulter's wife. MARYLEBONE. William Wooding, living in Little Marylebone-street, was charged with having suffered to go at large, un muzzled, a ferocious dog, for which offence, under the Police Act, he had rendered himself amenable to a penalty of 40s. Alfred Henry Purday, 5, Bowling-street, near this Court, deposed that on Monday morning last, between 10 and 11 o'clock, as he was passing by the house of de fendant, a dog belonging to the latter suddenly ran up to him and bit him on the leg. lie repaired to a surgeon, by whom the part injured was immediately cauterised. fie had not teased the dog in any way whatever. A penalty of 40s. was inflicted. Stanhope Ainsfield, a cabman, was charged with having brutally assaulted Susan, his wife. in two. w Oman turninz xi ii It appeared that comp lainant (who g ave her evidence with very great reluctance) was met b y the p risoner on the previous night, and tha t be beat her with such se verity that the stick which he us ed for the p ur p ose was brok en Mr. F rankling, the c hi e f us h e r, said that complainant's arm was dreadfully s w ollen and bruise d, and ou the p oor fully apparent. Prisoner was fined I: the sleeve of her go wn, the fact was 3,. or si x weeks' imprisonment. Benjamin Brown, who has described himself LAMBETH. projector a wn w has been before examined on .n a charge of defrauding Mr. Charles Jacobs of 45L cash, and a bill, his acceptance, at three months, for 501, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Henry. as a rail way Mr . Games attended for the prosecution, and Mr. llumphreys appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The prosecutor, aft e r th e evidence which had been given by him on the f ormer examination had been read over, produced the followi ng l etters which he had re ceived from the prisoner, during the negotiation for the situation:— "43, Moorgate- street, Dee. 4, 1845. " Sir,—lf you have business to settle, say on' the 12th or 13th, you will be in London, and if you have no friend s here I will see what can be done for you. "Sir, I am yours obediently, " To Mr. Jacobs." "L. BROWN. In the above the following was inclosed : " Jamaica Southern and Northern Railway, " 43, Moorgate-street, " London, December 5, 1845. "Sir,—Since you applied I have been offered 150, but 200 would make me forfeit my word: therefore, to make the matter safe, send up by return of post a 201. order, and on the 13th, I% hen you enter the office arrange• merit, as proposed, for 301. and a bill. This may be shown to any of your advisers, but not to our firm, as it is a private and henourable transaction between us. I have private property lent out on mortgage, in Somerset. Income-tax office proves my income. If reference is required, apply to A. Aguilar, Esq., 94, Cheapside, London, or 4, Charlotte-place, Mansion-house, City." " amaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway, 43, Moorgate-street, Dec. 5, 1845. " Sir,—Understand me that I did not want to cheat you out of 201. written for, but should the gentleman have called on me, who is about to become the secretary to this move, ask me who the clerk was, and I had men tioned your name, and then you to have failed in coming, it would have made me look very foolish. If you come to town on Wednesday I shall be most happy to see you ; but you will not till 13th, as the new offices will not be ready, and it will be a pity to waste the carridge of coming up twice Do as you please. Send on Monday, and then say when you will for certain be in London. _ _ " Sir, I am yours obliged, " To Mr. Jacobs." "BENJAMIN BROWN. Mr. George Taylor, assistant-registrar of Joint-Stock Companies, at the Office, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet -street, produced an index of all the joint-stock and railway companies registered, and found by it that no such com pany as the Prince of Wales' London and Oxford Railway Company was registered. Mr. HENRY told the witness it would be necessary to produce the books of registration themselves on the trial, as the Court would not be satisfied with the index alone ; but would require to have the entries shown in order to negative the prisoner's representation. Mr. Taylor said that when the entry of registration was made, the parties received from the registrar, under his hand and seal, a regular certificate of the registra tion, so that if the prisoner had registered any parti cular railway, and that the fact was questioaed, he could at once produce the certificate. Mr. HENRY here called the prose cu t or i nto t h e wit ness box, and asked him whether, independently of the prisoner's offering him the place of clerk on a railway, be should have parted with his money, if the pri soner had distinctly told him that such railway was not registered. The prosecutor replied that he certainly shoul I not have done so but for the prisoner's assurance that they were regularly registered, and that all was right. Mr. Games—With your Worship's permission, I beg to ask the witness a question which I have before omitted. Mr. HENRY —Certainly. Mr. Games—Then I wish to ask the prosecutor whe ther anything particular took place on the occasion of his paying the prisoner the 501., at 43, Moorgate street ? Prosecutor—Yes, the prisoner, while I was telling the fifty sovereigns on the desk, requested I would not make a noise. Mr. Games—He seemed afraid that the other pro jectors of railroad schemes in the adjoining room would hear the pleasing sound of the gold ? Prosecutor—He seemed so. Mr. Games—Did anything else happen about the room door? Prosecutor—Yes; the prisoner took the key out of the door, and shut the small bolt softly before I began to pay him the money. Mr. HENRY—And all this did not excite your sus picion? Prosecutor—No, sir, unfortunately it did not. Mr. HENRY here said he should commit the prisoner to take his trial for receiving the money under false pretences. _ _ _ - While Mr. Games, the second clerk, was taking the evidence in deposition form, it was found that the police man had allowed Mr. Taylor, from the Registry-office, to go away, so that the prisoner will be again brought up this day, to have the deposition of that gentleman taken. SOUTHWARK. Charles Hallett, the proprietor of a shoe-warehouse in Thornton-street, Dockhead, was brought up, charged with indecently assaulting Mary Hambleton, a little girl 12 years of age, the daughter of respectable parents, living in that neighbourhood. From the complainant's statement, an interesting-look ing girl, it appeared that on the preceding day she went to the defendant's warehouse fur the purpose of pur chasing a pair of shoes. At the time she entered the shop there was no person present but the prisoner, and he desired her to sit down, in order that he might fit her with the shoes she required. While he was engaged in trying a pair of shoes he availed himself of the oppor tunity, and acted towards the little girl in a scandalous and indecent manner. The defendant pleaded accident as the cause. The MAGISTRATE said that, with a view to save the feelings of a young girl like the complainant appearing in another Court to prosecute, he should deal summarily with the case, and inflict on the defendant the highest penalty the law allowed, namely 51., and to find two sureties of 201. each to keep the peace and be of good behaviour fer 12 months. HAMMERSMITH. Mr. Reuben Alfred Fitch, of Farringdon -street, ap peared in discharge of a warrant issued against him, for having on the 15th of August last refused to pay the sum of one shilling to William Bonner, a conductor to the omnibus No. 2,024, being the amount of his fare for riding from Farringdon-street to the Railway-bridge, Kensington. _ William Bonner deposed that he was conductor to the omnibus No. 2,024, belonging to the Brentford and Hammersmith Conveyance Association; on the day in question, he took the defendant with a lady up at Far ringdon-street, and carried them to the Railway-bridge at Kensington. On their getting out the defendant paid him only one shilling, which was only one fare. The fare for the two by that omnibus was two shillings, and although witness told defendant so, he refused to pay it. Witness pointed out to the defendant that that was a long (Brentford) omnibus, and that the fare was stated inside the omnibus at one shilling. Defendant looked at the fare up in the omnibus, but still would not pay it. By Mr. PAT LATER—The defendant acted for both, and gave the shilling for both, and not for himself only. He at first hesitated to give his address. A printed table of the fares was then handed to the Magistrate, and having perused it, Mr. PAYNTER said, he found by that table of fares, copies of which were stuck up in each of the omnibuses, from which it appeared that the fares were, from Hounslow, Islewortb, and Brentford, to Piccadilly, Is., and further Is. 6d. From Kew. bridge to Kensington palace gates, 6d., and from the New-road to Charing cross, 6d., and from the Railway-bridge, Kensington, to the Bank, 6d. The card went on to state that was the up fare by all the Association omnibuses. By the Me tropolitan Carriage Act (6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 86, sec. 7, it was enacted, " That the proprietors of every metropolitan stage-carriage shall, on the inside of every such carriage, keep distinctly painted, in a conspicuous manner, a table of fares to be demanded of passengers by such carriage ; and the fares therein specified shall be deemed to be the only lawful fares, and may be re covered by the driver, or conductor, as in the case of hackney-carriages, in a summary way, before any jus tice of the peace ; and every proprietor making default in the premises shall forfeit the sum of 20s. for every offence." He, however, did not consider that the card produced, which was stuck up in the omnibuses, was a sufficient compliance with the provisions of the Act of Parliament. It ought to be painted upon the omnibus, besides which, it only spoke of the up fares, and gave no down fares, except a proviso at the bottom, that " the Hounslow, Isleworth, Brentford, and Kew-bridge om ❑ibuses, take no short fares until after leaving the White Horse-cellar," which was, in fact, not saying what the down fares were, but what they were not. He did not, therefore, think that the proprietors had com plied with the provisions of the Act of Parliament under which they claimed the fare from the defendant, and the complaint must be dismissed. The warrant was accordingly dismissed. GREENWICH. After the night charges had been disposed of, a dray man, in the employ of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, ad dressed Mr. Jeremy, the sitting magistrate, complaininz of an ex-policeman, and asking his Worship's advice. He said that he appeared before the Court some time since at the instance of the toll-collector at the New-cross-gate, for refusing to pay an extra toll demanded for driving his team, on his return from Woolwich, with reins. His Worship might remember that he decided that waggons so driven were not liable to such a demand, inasmuch that the Legislature could never have contemplated such a liability. On that occasion a man named John Sed ger, formerly a police•constable in the R division, ap plied to himself and mate, assuring them that he could get the case reported in the newspapers, get the hearing of the case brought on without delay, and procure them an able lawyer to conduct the business. Ten shillings was paid for his promised service, and ten shillings in the hope that a full report would appear in the news. papers. After the case had been heard and disposed of, the party applied to his mate, near the brewery in South wark, and from the representations then made, his mate was induced to pay the man another sovereign ; this he ase was most clea r ly not ent i t l e d to , an d t hi s c i rcumstance induced him t o ma k e t h e present a p p li ca ti on . Mr. JE REMY sa i d i t was most d i sgrace f u l t h at persons should an ends te hang pny (Iht,o)uw about be the Court, and beset suitors and ob tain mon e y un d er such gross representations. The Secretary of St ate had very properly issued orders to put mock taken attorneys t op practising c a t i s s t i ep ng a to t proceedings police cou r t courts, and equally disreputable. He would say the applicant had better go to the Court of Requests, for obtaining the first money . without having given value. In respect to the sovereign obtained from his mate by misrepresentation, the party so imposed on had better come to this Court and obtain a warrant, and he (Mr. Jeremy) should know how to deal with the case. Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s servant then retired, de claring that ho would follow the worthy magistrate's advice. Mr. Ffinch then drew up a notice, which was imme diately posted, warning mock attorneys and touters from appearing at the Greenwich and Woolwich Courts, or in their immediate vicinity. THAMES. James Ryan, a licensed agent for supplying seamen ltith inst., for merchant ships, and who also keeps a boarding house for sailors at No. 3, Princes. street,.Ratcliff-high way, was summoned to answer the complaint of William Williams, a mariner, for unlawfully detaining 131. Is. 6.1., his money. This was a case under the Merchant Seamens' Pro tectio❑ Act, which passed last session,. and has already been of great service to the class it is intended to benefit. Williams said he came home in the brig Arrow on . the a.fortuight only. The second day after he had taken and went to Ryan's house, where he remained his thin gs there, he gave ' the defendant I Is., and on the board and lodging, fourth day 17 soverei , ms He took an account of every thing he had had during: the fourteen days ho remained give him alfacrothffienrge in the defendant's house, and allowing 28s. for his 41.. 9s. 6d. He asked he for the balance of his account pre that was due, and h .d e found he was indebted to Ryan pre vious to leaving. the defendant's house, and he refused to himr eThreefusueldsolo which four aec e pdtayi shets. before said wasth the de fendant's 1- fenda n t ' s wife Mr. BRODER/P —You paid into his hands the whole of your wages, I suppose ? Williams—Yes, sir, every far thing, and he advanced me a shilling or two as I re quired it, and supplied me with the clothes I now have on. Ryan, in defence, said he was licensed by the Board cf Trade under the new Act, that the proceeding arose out of a conspiracy on the part of the Jews and crimps in his neighbourhood, who were no longer able to supply seamen for merchant ships, and defraud them with im punity. He then declared that he had only received a sovereign of Williams. The seaman was recalled, and swore positively to the payment of 171. I Is. to Ryan and his wife. Ryan said he would admit his wife received sixteen sovereigns, but he only received one. Mr. BRoDnRIP could plainly see what sort of a person the defendant was, and asked what magistrate signed his certificate before he obtained his license from the Board of Trade ? The defendant replied, that he received a certificate of good character from Mr. Stutfield, a county magistrate, and proceeded to state that his bill amounted to 171. ss. 4d., and that only ss. Bd. was due to the moo, Mr. BRODERIP asked the defendant for his account, which he put in, and said that on the 24th June, 1844, the complainant, who had walked all the way from Ply mouth, came to him quite destitute, and he boarded and lodged him until the 2d of September following. He clothed him, gave him an outfit, and procured a ship for him. During that time he never had a farthing from the seaman. He charged him for eleven weeks' board and lodging, runner 16 touter m in s l s B a 4 id 4, h w e h w ic a h s a e m m o p u lo n y te e d d t a o s a Bl. ra l o 6 during the eleven weeks, and that when he obtained a ship, Ryan did supply him with his old sea clothes, for which he gave him his advance note. Mr. BRODERIP at once said he should strike out the Si. 16s. for eleven weeks' board and lodging. It was clear that Williams was acting as servant to Ryan ; and if he had not, he could not take cognizance of a by-gone transaction. Williams then put in his account, in which he had made himself a debtor to Ryan for two weeks . board and lodg ing, at the rate of 14s. per week. Ryan claimed 16s. per week, and as that sum was stated upon his card, it was allowed. The sum of 30s. was charged for a blue top-coat, of very coarse texture, and it was declared by Mr. Hart, a slop-seller, who was in Court, to be worth 20s. only, and the magistrate would allow no more. Ryan charged the seamen 3L for cash delivered at dif ferent times. Williams declared he had only received 11. ls. 6d. Mr. BRODERIP said that V. was put down in a lump; he could not allow that. It was the old trick, that was the way seamen were duped by the old crimps, and the licensed agents, it appeared, were playing the same game. The defendant's wife said the various sums were in serted in a book which she had left at home, and Mr. Broderip ordered Douglas, an officer of the Court, to accompany her to her house, and fetch the book. After an absence of a minute Douglas returned, and said the woman would not go one way or the other. She said she had no account. Mr. BRODERIP carefully went through the accounts, and said he believed no more than 21s. 6d. had been ad vanced to the seamen. He found that 111. was due to the complainant, and he made an order that that sum should be restored to him by Ryan. He should also inflict a fine of 20s. on the defendant for unlawfully de taining the sailor's money. In default of payment of the money and fine, the defendant would be imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction. John Saunders, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Hoare, the brewers, and Mary Ann Saunders, his wife, appeared on their recognizances, before Mr. Broderip, to answer a charge of being in unlawful possession of 1161bs. of sheet lead, suspected to have been stolen. It appeared, from the evidence of Inspector Falconer, of the Thames Police, that on the evening of the 23d ult., he wont to a marine-store shop kept by the defen dants in Old Gravel lane, Wapping. He was induced to visit the place in consequence of information that two houses in the neighbourhood had been recently stripped of the lead. After some considerable time, and with much difficulty, he got into the house. The female de fendant was in the back part of the shop, and the in spector informed her that lead had been stolen, and asked if she had bought any that day. She at first said she had bought some on the previous day, on which Falconer commenced searching the place. She then pointed to a bin full of rags, and beneath them the in spector found 1161bs. of sheet lead. It appeared to have gone round the skylight of a house, or had been taken from the gable end of some build ing. He asked the woman how sho became pos sessed of the lead, and she said she bought it from time to time of a carpenter-looking man. lie asked her to let him look at her book, and she said she kept none. Falconer seized the lead, and soon afterwards the male prisoner came home. On the inspector asking him how he accounted fur the lead being o❑ his premises, he said he knew nothing of it, and was very seldom at home. While Falconer and hit men were in the marine store shop, a notorious thief, named Humphreys, came there with a piece of sheet lead, which was concealed in his side-pocket. He attempted to make his escape when he saw the officers, but was pursued and detained. Mr. Thomas Holbrook, of the "Black Boy," had no doubt the piece of sheet lead taken from the thief was stolen from his house. He missed such a piece from the copper in his back kitchen; but he would not undertake to swear to it. Humphroys was fined 505., and the dealer and his wife held to bail. Falconer now repeated his evidence, and said ha had been unable to trace the owner of the lead. After further proceedings, Mr. BRODERIP said the Act of Parliament was specially directed against those receptacles called " marine store shops," and it was impossible for any one with their eyes open to walk along the streets and not observe what was going on in them. The marine store dealers, as they called themselves, bou4ht of anybody and anything. He fined the defendant John Saunders 5i for unlawful pos session of the lead. THE YARMOUTH MURDER. YARMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Since the announcement of Yarham's apprehension, a variety of circumstances have transpired tending to throw light upon this murder, which stands almost unparalleled for the amount of brutal and unnecessary violence which accompanied it. En consequence of a statement made by Mrs. Dick, alleging that she had had a conversation with Yarham, in which he admitted a guilty participation—indeed, that he had inflicted the wound that terminated the existence of his victim, the magistrates of the borough determined to take the first advice with respect to any ulterior pro ceedings that might be required to satisfy the ends of justice. Their great difficulty arose upon the following points:—Whether Yarham, having been originally in cluded in the indictment, and subsequently admitted as evidence for the Crown, could be afterwards indicted as a principal. With a view to adjust the question, instructions were given to Mr. Holt, the clerk to the bench of magis trates, to prepare a case for the opinion of counsel. Mr. Charles Evans was first applied to, and that gentle man recommended that the opinion of the Attorney General should be taken. Mr. Holt accordingly pre pared a case for the opinion of the Crown adviser, under the sanction of the town council. The opinion returned was to the following effect:—That the fact of a man having been admitted approver was no bar to an after prosecution as a principal, if it could be proved satis factorily that he broke faith with the prosecution, and did not reveal all the facts within his knowledge. Upon the receipt of this opinion a warrant was placed in the hands of Captain Love, the superintendent of police, who, accompanied by Sergeant Coleman, proceeded in search of Yarham. In consequence of a rumour [aye valent here that Yarham was living in Gloucestershire, under the feigned name of Samuel Young, the super intendent proceeded to that county, but was not sue• cessful in obtaining any tidings likely to lead to the ap prehension of the suspected person. He afterwards visited . London, Deptford, Chatham, and other places, and was continuing his search when he received a com munication from the deputy Mayor, stating that the father of Yarham had called upon him, and intimated that it was the wish of his son that his name and address should be given up to any person in authority who might require it. Captain Love i proceeded again to Gloucester shire, and apprehended Yarham n the manner that has been already announced. He was brought to Yarm ou th on the following Sunday morning, and on Monday w as remanded until this day. To-day the magistrates met in a private parlour at the gaol, fur the purpose of again remanding the prisoner. The examination was to have been in public court, but at a late hour yesterday even ing an intimation was made to the Mayor, that in conse quence of some fresh evidence another remand would be desirable. Capt. Love stated in the presence of the prisoner that he was unprepared to-day to complete the case, but that he believed, if the prisoner was remanded for another week, additional materials would be ready to be pro duced against him. The following letter to his father and mother shows the state of the prisoner's mind, and the line of defence he will probably adopt, should the magistrates determine to send him fur trial. The letter is a verbatim copy:— " Dec. 7, 1845. " Dear Parents,—We received your welcome letter, and was glad to hear that you where all as well as could be expected under the circumstances, though you did not send us word the particulars ; but yesterday week, Nov. 29th, I received a newspaper and letter from Sarah's ister, in Chatham, and on looking over it I was thunder struck to see a long paragraph of a confession that I was said to make to Mrs. Dick previous to my leaving Yar mouth; in fact, three weeks after the trial, when at the same time I was not in town but a fortnight, and can truly say that I never saw Mrs. Dick after the day I came down in the train from Norwich. But it appears some per snos have nothing else to do but to invent lies ; and who ever it was that are so base and wicked I wish that the Almighty would strike them dumb, and then we should be able to discover who are our friends and who are our enemies; but, however, it is no use wishing,that. I should think their own conscience, for knowingly inventing a lie, is sufficiently to pUnish them ; but let them say what they like, bless the Lord, I am as innocent of that as the child unborn ; and the reason that I did not wish you to tell, or let my address be known, was not on account of any guilt that my enemies and yours should not w know, as I believe some of them would glory i n l e tti ng yemployer know, or anybody else, when they could annoy me by so doing, and that is the reason I have not wrote to any body besides you and Sarah's sister, and her only once. Tell Mr. and Mrs. Freeman that is the reason I have not wrote to them ; but if they know my address I should like to hear from them at any time, but not to keep it from anybody that is in authority, as I have written to Mr. G. Palmer, to Mr. Cufand, and Mr. Kemp, some time since, and about the railway, there is one from London to Gloucester, and it is 16 miles from Glos'ter to me and there is a mail coach run through every night and a van every Saturday, but cannot say much more, thanks be to God our health is as usual I have got a very comfortable master, he is a member of the Babtist connexion we attend the Chapel with him, give our love to all If anybody ask you where I live tell them clone to Gibraltar as there is a hill close to us called Gibralter and that wont be a lie Remember us to all inquiring friends I know that James is in the habit of going to Old (Bicks in Swan-street) and I can prove that he was one of the worst Enemies we had for what she told Sarahs sister you would not credit and that is where a certain vagabond got most of his in formation from, but enough of that, they have got to answer for themselves before a higher tribunal than any earthly one. I must conclude with one line to you all and believe me to remain your affectionate son and daughter, S and S. Y—. "Address as Usual. " P.S. I wish you alla happy Christmas and a prosper ous new year if the Lord See so fit as to spare us if not may we be found prepared for a place above. When you write send the name of the new Mayor, write soon and let me beg of you not to make yourselves uncom fatable and prepare your mind for anything that may be Said fir you may depend upon it there will be many re ports raised until the truth come out." Yarham conducted himself before the magistrates with the utmost composure. His personal appearance re mains about the same as when he appeared in Court at the time of the trial. The public will be admitted to hear the next proceedings. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 29.—THE CORPORATION ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.—The Lord Mayor, accompanied by se veral members of the town council, and the civic officers, are to leave town on Wednesday next, in order to pre sent the address of the corporation to her Majesty on the 3d of January, in accordance with the intimation in the letter of Sir James Graham, addressed to the Town Clerk. In referring to the presentation of this address, at the meeting of the corporation► on Saturday, Mr. O'Connell said—" He hoped there would be a better at tendance on that occasion than could be expected from the unreasonable time appointed for the presentation of the address. It was the duty of every member of the council to go over on that occasion. It was not one of ceremony, nor was it for the purpose of paying a com pliment to her Majesty, but they would go as advocates of the poor, to endeavour to persuade her Majesty to adopt measures for the prevention of a famine which was certain, and of a pestilence which would desolate the land. If the potatoes which were affected by the disease were eaten by human beings, or even by animals, they would have the effect of a dangerous narcotic poison. Sir James Murray had published a case where four indivi duals had lost their lives by eating the potatoes in the diseased state. It was the duty of all the members to attend the deputation, that her Majesty might see how anxious they were to co-operate with her in the distri bution of any assistance to be afforded." REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Mr. Steele in the chair. Mr. O'ComaELL banded in a large number of remit tances, and then read a letter from Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P. Having moved the insertion of the letter on the minutes, and expressed the gratitude which the Irish people entertained towards Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. O'Connell proceeded at considerable length to vindicate himself from a series of " malignant misrepresentations" which had been brought against him by the " Commis sioner" and reporter of th Times, with regard to bis conduct as a landlord. The Honourable Gentleman occu pied upwards of two hours in his defence, which con sisted almost exclusively of details, and even an outline of which it would be impossible to furnish. Having ex pressed his gratitude to the Conservative journals which had espoused his cause, he concluded by saying that he would submit his character to the decision of his coun trymen, and leave his conduct to the judgment of his God. Mr. Join( O'CoNNELL, M.P., denied that there were any grounds for the assumption indulged in by the Tablet, that the Repeal cause ran any risk of being damaged by the accession of the Whigs to office. The advent of any set of men to power could never have the effect of inducing the Irish people to abandon a cause with which they were identified heart and soul. He (Mr. J. O'Connell) was most anxious that the question of repeal should be discussed, and he had no hesitation in saying, that the decision on its merits would be favour able to domestic legislation. At the termination of the proceedings, the rent for the week was announced to be 2371. as. The meeting then adjourned. TORY REPEALERS. Mr. Bourke, of Hayes, the nephew and the heir of the Earl of Mayo, the former Tory candidate for Kildare, has issued an address to the electors of that county, in which he advocates some of the principal claims put forward by Mr. O'Connell for a modification of the Act of Legislative Union. The recent proceedings of the Peel Cabinet appear to have produced this extraordinary change in the political creed of Mr. Bourke. "At a moment," he says, " of unexampled political difficulty and alarm, when the terms Whig and Tory, Conser vative or Liberal, have ceased to convey any distinct idea of the opinions of those so designated, and when the closest adherence to principle may often exact a de parture from former practice, it appears to be a duty of all, who consider public affairs, to review their political creed." He proceeds to complain of the ignorance of vi.!eroys and chief secretaries, and that Irish affairs " have been habitually administered, not with reference to ish interests, but to English politics and parties." He complains of the system of outrage and assassination hick our English rulers have been unable to check, or to find a remedy for the evil. Mr. Bourke continues—" As a temporising policy best suits the prejudices of an English Parliament, Ire land is permitted to burn, beat, and murder on, un checked, almost unnoticed. Again, some Irish meas ure is selected from time to time (such, fur example, as the Arms Bill, which, whether it be kst or carried, is of no practical importance), to serve for a battle-field, on which English parties may struggle for the mastery ; whilst our Irish representatives, instead of uniting in a common bond for Irish improvement, jo;t1 themselves to one or the other of the contending parties, shout aloud for Sir Robert, or hurra for Lord John, forgetting how little the cause of our national prosperity is advanced by the suc cess of either. Again, iA h o caa over-estimate the mis chief of absenteeism? Yet, how unscrupulously are 105 of our principal Commoners and 32 of our temporal and spiritual Peers, compelled to spend so great a portion of the year and so large a part of their incomes away from their impoverished country, advancing measures, which, for the greater part, affect her little, or not at all." Mr. Bourke proceeds to propound his remedies, and it may be expected that he will be hailed as a valuable auxiliary at the Conciliation Hall, although he may not yet have gone far enough to qualify himself as a Repeal Meinbe-r for Kildare. MEETING OF THE SLIGO BOARD OF GUARDIANS. On Tuesday the Sligo Board of Guardians held their usual weekly meeting at the workhouse, Major O'Hara, chairman. Mr. Otway, Assistant Poor-law Commis sioner, was in attendance. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had made a report re lative to the potato disease in Sligo, which they had for warded to the County Lieutenant, that it might be trans mitted by him to Government. The Lieutenant did so, and received a very satisfactory reply. The Govern ment had issued orders to the county surveyor to see what works could be undertaken with benefit to the public. The CHAIRMAN then read the foll..wing " Annahmore, December 10, 1845. " Sir,—The Board of Poor-law Guardians of the Sligo Union, comprising three-fourths of the county, availing themselves of their general and extended means of in quiry, having entered into an investigation of the potato crop in their district, and continued the same by adjourn ment for a period of six weeks, have unanimously adopted the following opinion, viz. :—That the potato disease has prevailed, and continues to progress in the four inland baronies of the county to an alarming extent; that a considerable portion of the crop has perished, and that it is impossible to forsee how long the remaining por tion now safe, or but slightly affected, may so continue; that in the two baronies near the sea, the disease, though partia:ly severe, is generally much milder than in the inland districts. " That numbers of the poorest classes, totally depen dent on their con-acre potato crop, which have parti cularly suffered, must be driven to the market for food, which it will be impossible for them to purchase, unless afforded early, special, and continued employment; that, although the oat crop has been abundant, and is still to an unusual degree in the possession of the grower, it is impossible to say how soon a portion thereof may not be sold to meet the various demands of the holder, and be exported from the kingdom; and though such export may be under the usual yearly average, the portion re maining will not be sufficient to supply the deficiency in du the potato crop, and maintain the poor of the d . . bring ct. ‘ il t the stateof impressed,the Sligothe Boardl.Tnio feel Sh Uni on or the consideration of her Majesty's Government, respect fully suggesting the urgent necessity that early and con tinued employment should be provided by Govern ment for the poor of the distressed districts, in works of na tional or local utility, and that depots or stores of p ro . visions be established, such as may enable the Govern ment to supply food on reasonable terms to the district most in need of it. The Board have n o t entered into the conversation how these important objects can be at tained. Leaving that to the wiser and better considera tion of . the Government, they ha ve conf i ned themselves to a simple , impartial,and a mod erate representation o f the existing state of things, and of th e i r groun d s f or ap prehending the worst results therefrom, unless prompt and adequate measures be adopted to avert them. "As you, Sir, hold the highest s ituation in our county, and have afforded the Board the valuable aid of your presence and assistance in these inquiries, may I request you to transmit this representation to her Ma jesty's Government accomp an ied by such explanation as you may deem advisable. -1 have the honour to be, your faithful and obedient servant, C. K. O'HARA, " Chairman of the Sligo Board of Guardians. " Colonel Arthur Knox Gore, Lieutenant of Sligo." THE PRICE OF LABOUR.—At the meeting it was stated by the landlords present that the price o f agricul tural labour WAS from fourpence to sixpence with food, and eightpence to tenpence without food. Sir Robert Gore Booth observed that it could be had at even a lower rate. The people must, indeed, be reduced to a wretched state when a man is got to toil from morning until night for eightpence, a n d yet, small as the re• muneration is, he would be delighted to get it. If a dear summer should come, what will those unhappy, for lorn, destitute creatures do? It is fearful to contemplate the depths of misery to which they may, and in all pro bability will, be reduced. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The writer of these lines (who desires for the present to remain "incog") is of opinion that you would do service to the trading community of Lancashire by directing their attention, with as lade delay as possible, to the exact position of the British and Mexican Governments, in reference to the Oregon question. Strange to say, it seems to be very imperfectly under stood. "We are too good customers for them (sal many) for the Americans to go to war with us." No doubt they have imbibed these notions in part from that part of the press which cries, " Peace, peace," whilst the two Governments are actually preparing energetically fur war. I mean no fulsome flattery when I say that you seers to take a more correct view of the case than any other writer whose comments I have read. To.my mind the following train of facts point but to one issue:- Ist. A Bill to take possession of Oregon was passed through the House of Itepresentatives, by a majority of 140 to 54 ; and only missed passing through the Senate by one vote—this, too, when a negotiation was actually pending. 2d. The Democratic party have, since that time, in• creased their strength by six votes. 3d. The then President offered to make 49.0 degree the boundary line, giving to Great Britain the free navigation of the river Columbia, all which she refused to accept. 4th. Polk has actually retracted that offer—see his address. " The proposition of compromise which had been made and rejected, was by my direction subs& quently withdrawn, and our title to the whole of Oregon asserted. The right of any foreign power to the free navigation of any of our rivers through th• heart of our country, was one which I was unwilling to concede." In conjunction with the above, let any man consider the import of the following extracts from Polk's mer' sage "The extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demand' of the British Government afford satisfactory evident' that no compromise which the United States ought to accept can be effected." " Oregon is part of the North American Continent, to which it is confidently affirmed the title of the United States is the best now in existence." " That it will ultimately be wise and patriotic to make liberal grants of hind to the patriotic pioneers, who , amidst privations and danger, lead their way throne savage tribes, and who cultivate and are ever ready to defend the soil, lam fully satisfied. To doubt whether they will obtain sush grants as soon as the convention between the United States and Great Britain shall hell ceased to Exist, would be to doubt the justice of COW gress.". " All attempts at compromise having failed, it be' comes the duty of Congress to consider what measure it may be proper to adopt for the security and protection of our citizens now inhabiting, or who may hereafterf inhabit Oregon, and for the maintenance of our intS title to that territory." "At the end of the year's notice, we shall hell reached a period when the national rights in O r egon, must either be abandoned or firmly maint a i ne d. TO' they cannot be abandoned without a sacrifice of both, national honour and interest is too clear to admit 0 doubt." Add to the above quotations that large quantities 0f saltpetre having lately been purchased in London CI the United States, and that " large supplies of live os' timber, and other materials for ship-building have bee collected" by them.* Then glance at the whole animus of Polk's Karns* in which the "balance of power" is three times Witt ingly referred to with this clencher, " Should any so 7 interference be attempted (on the Northern Continent the United States will be ready to resist it all h aza rds. The whole tenor of Polk's addresses go to pr o ve O r, he is a Democrat of the first water, honestly and fe, l " vently attached to the genuine Republican principl i f which actuated his progenitors to claim and gain the, independency, and entertaining a thorough contempt f'• Monarchial Government. * The Patrick Henry, which arrived at Liverp o February 26, 1845, brought American paper s up to tli Bth of that month, which stated—" The House of RePr e ' sentatives on the 3d passed the Bill providing for 1 1 : 1 ) occupation of the Oregon territory, by a majority . 140 to 54. The general tone of the discussion bell , ; exceedingly warlike. The Bill had b een rea d twice the Senate, and then referred t o a s p ec i a l comm i t t e e. ' contains clauses authorising the re-erection of fortifil tions, and the abrogation of the convention conclud on the subject with Great Britain." • Manchester, Dec. 29. R. S. W. CAPTURE OF A GHOST. It is said that ghosts are not unfrequently with a considerable share of puissant valour. A sil l lar act of bravery on the part of a di sem b o di e d s P has just come under our ob serva ti on , an d at the se s' of Christmas, as stories of ghosts and goblins are order of the day, it may not prove altogether unacce : l 3 ; able. At any rate, it may dispel the idea with wit 4 wiseacres occasionally solace themselves, that ghosts altogether harmless. A widow lady, who resides in parish of St. Martin, has of late been visited by a gbjf of rather a mischievous character. Inhabiting a 1011; 1 dwelling, with no protection save that afforded by a % vant girl little more than j us t en t ere d i nto h er teen sy " lady, with her two child ren , d ur i ng t h e l ast f our weej, have had their nocturnal slumbers frequently distur b by the euspades of an evil spirit. Precisely as clock had struck what the Scotch poet has styled " The wee short hour ayont the twat,' and which, from its contrast with the previous twe, l l/4 distinct sounds upon the hammer, is said to inspire, 07 ‘ in the str ongest m i n d s , a f ee li ng o f mysterious all,$);( hension, a l ou d k noc ki ng at t h e d oor was heard. v,,e/ was the feeling o f awe i nsp i re d on the occasion 'Ol strengthened by any extraneous circumstance; lOT A the third evening of the o ccurrence o f t h e mysterk4 knockings, the disturbed lady, havi ng summone d , 1 sufficient courage to look out from the wind ow , behei! hi figure, apparently in white, making its escape frooir d , gateway. 'the occurrence made a rather p ower ful ' h t pression on the lady's mind, for it was th e fi rs t tira•s had ever seen a denizen of the world of spirits. For e re successive nights the same sounds were repeated, e'.„t night the strength of the knocking gradually increasi; The ghost evidently thought that the depth of the 5 111 0 hers of the inmates prevented them f r o m hearing efforts at obtaining an audience, for no n o ti ce w hite was taken of its mysterious proceedings. It was net sary, therefore, to alter his line of tacti cs , an d the P",O which the ghost now adopted was of a somewhat 00, nature. Instead of now knocking at the door every nig„i it at length began t o th row stones at t h e w i n d ows , d on one evening demolished no less than three pawl ( glass in the windows of the drawing-room. This, 110,1 ever, was not to be endured much longer, and efel i o t the risk of coming in contact with an inhabitant of t y lower world, it was at length determined to give b ss o , to the spirit. The lady having communicated the cumstance to a gentleman who resides with his fad,.' about a quarter of a mile distant, a watch on Thurs!,;o evening last was set upon the premi ses . Th e gen tlevo referred to, armed with a good stout cudgel, took station at the corn er o f th e b u ildi ng , a b out ten Photl from the spot fr om w hi c h th e g h os t was wont to d its missiles, while at the opposite corner stood his wl t ii servant, armed in a somewhat similar fashion to :d master. Precisely at the usual hour the figure, ell,/ in white, was seen to enter at the gat e way, an d bol o slowly made its way to within a few feet of the 1 10 1,0 deliberately lifted a handful of pebbles and threw 14 ' 0 at the window. This feat performed, the ghost / I v about to depart, but the gentleman and his fellow-w°,°ol' man, not having th e i r sp i r i ts comp l ete l y prostrate d ' lied forth and intercepted its progress. The yell of P o , ror which the spirit now uttered was awful in the tretne, and throwing itself at the feet of the gentleoo it besought in piteous tones his pardon. The white obi in a moment was thrown from the back of the now : l it bodied spirit, and a bona fide human woman act e d stood before them. A confession soon followed, elle was discovered that the ghost had determined to fri g the poor lady to death, in consequence of having f v: l 4 recently discharged from her service for theft.-0 Times, Dec. 23. ..44 Lord Granville Somerset arrived in town rata ,- morning. BIRTHS. 5 6111 On the sth of Nov., th e l a d y o f M a j or G . Chapmalb Regiment, of Native Infantry, of a eon. iii o On the 27th ult., Mrs. Sampson Samuel, of North ings, Finsbury- c i rcus, of a son. d On the 28th ult., at Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire, the lo w William Henry Turner, jun., Esq., of a son. A et* On the 28th u lt., a t D over, t h e l ady of J ames R. k P - Esq., of a daughter. if' On the 29th ult., in Powis-place, the lady of Hee Busk, Esc., of a daughter. l/ 1' On the 29th ult., at Russell-place, Fitzroy-squ are M , Sterndale Bennett, of a son. ,cif On the 29th ult at Heckfield-heath, - Jo , le .. ult., - , Hants, the IsL F. Pigott, Esq., of a COIL On the 30th ult. , hi Eaton - place, the wif e o f A. Je gre Esq., of a son. / job ° ()n the 30th ult. , at Clapham-com mon , th e l a d y of - Humphery, Esq., M.P., of a son. / 11.4RRIED. m On the 4th inst., at Montreal, Eden Colvile, Esq., third daughter of Colonel Maxwell. On the 30th ult., a t T r i nity Church, Marylebone, the $0:1, John Tomkyns, Rector of Oreenford, to Isabella Fred t lye eldest daughter of the late F. R. Coore, Esq., of Devoris place. On the 30th u l t., at St. Margaret ' s, Westminster, the rt; Charles Edw ar d K ennaway, to Olivia, third daughter 0 ' late Rev. Lewis Way, of Stansted park, Sussex. DIED. On the 22d of D ecem b er , at P ar i s, Eli za b et h L a Bai",n de Pre*, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Calvertt,, 71 , On Dec. 15, at Walm er , i n K en t, A nn Churnside, agere On Dec. 25, at Porchester. terrace, B a y swa t er, Char' o widow of the late John Bury, Esq. On Dec. 27, at Alton, Emma, wife of C. S. Crowley. 4 , 4 On Dec. 27, Mr. H. Hall, of Great Marlborough-stre'of." On Dec. 27, Sarah Maria Hammerton, only daughter H. Hammerton, Esq., of Brixton Villa, Brixton, Surret v iof On Dec. 27, Emily Augusta, inf an t d aug h ter o f 1. Esq., of Cleveland Villa, St. John's -wood. On Dec. 28, at Shacklewell, A. Cohen, Esq., aged 82. fit On Dec. 29, at Stockwell-common, Thomas Streatfeild , k On the 25th ult., at the Rectory, West Coker, Somme the Rev. Thomas George Wilmer, aged 37. On the 28th ult., at ICelston, James Peel Cockburn, son of the Dean of York. On the 29th ult., at Clapham, W. H. Holmes, Esq. ftY On the 30th u lt., i n R usse ll- square, M argaret, w ife Rev. Dr. Shepherd, aged 75. ge, . ~..,....,.. _ London: Printed and Pulanaked. by MURDO YOU— 11:1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Run Office, 20. _.„0 , Strand, in the Precinct of tie S avo y, i n t h e COw' Middlesex, Thursday, Amu,' 1, 1.46. 1 1 3 - 071 i PAI eft Ora. apt fi • Turi it th e Ti; zob -t) D -% ' 4I VLTI 14a2Xxiel SM] A )3. o u ._,vreut,f, • GZ I . the r t ee , e c p . e nc iad fore`nine