The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

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En g l and. 35 — MINES. 31,4 Re del Mont e Unregd. t, 1) y -- 3/4 3 1 4 10:.' 4 1376 Loy D'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) box, D EC . 21.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W., tg iodelr aute with _breeze, and thick weather. It has blown heavily MO,,ett rain durinthe night and this morning. ALDAN' S H EAD, DEC 17.—Windhound, Notting, „ Op r e „, i deo, for Antwerp. • .Orti n 'E START, DEC. 17.—Lanark, St. John's, New s wiek, for London. A c)4.l‘ MAD DEC. 16.—Arrd. Royal William, Quebec. 1 811 1 1 1 , 14:38, DEC.A- 1 19.—Wind W. to W.S.W., light.—Sld. estrnorland, Suez and Bombay. Whit e .r k i . RP° °L, DEC. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Thetis, hist * 'flotillas The Agenoria, of Shields, on shore 11th V' as been .„„ mtm o ,, r , p. 22ademned; materials saved. * l . 18.—An oar marked " T. A. erdav London, y 5,,,, It a a rudd er an d till er , & c ., came ashore near here L t t • " 4 % p / m .7° 0 4 DEC. 19.—The Farewell, from New York to With f '* was ab an d one d on th e 27th a l t ., l e t. 40, l on . 56, Golds , i l e ,feet water in her hold, and pumps choked; crew by the Sheffield arrived here. The Sir Isaac Lyon dead.""d, from St. J ago d e , C u b a , to S wansea , w i t h two men ,°`nd three laid u p w ith f ever , was spo k en on t h e 1 3t h lat. 40, lon. 64, by the Niagara, Russell, arrived here. A - 411 !. 57 4, from Quebec to Swansea, has been wrecked on p-4iticoste ; crew and horses saved. 20th. A vessel's mast, er pendicular in the water, with a gilt ball on the masthead, Was passed on the 12th i nst., lat. 48, lon. 21, by the Isabella, arrived here. .The Clifford has been spoken at sea, dismasted. DEAL, DEC. I9.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W. moderate.-20. fresh.—Arrd. 20, Mary Sparks, Bushby, China; Duchess of Buccleugh, Collier, Calcutta ; Greenlaw, Johnson, Calcutta; Japan, Tinte, Mauritius: Caroline, Hughes, Mau ritius; Isabella Blyth, Paddle, Mauritius; Tweed, Walker, Cape Coast Castle; Clipper, Africa; Jessy, Callao, for Shields; Vrebona, Vandycke, Valparaiso for Hamburgh ; twan, Blanchard, Havannah; Robert G. Shaw, Dunbar,' I,'"ew Orleans ; Hardee, Soull, New Orleans, for Br . emen . ; IN 'tiroean, New Orleans, for Bremen ; Queen Victoria, -,;"arleston, for Hull ; Othello, Honduras ; Camillus, Spragge, v.'"stnerara ; Ruby, May, St. Kitts; Roland, Steengraffe, New i o t, and sailed for Antwerp ; Lanai G e or g e, in. New 11,_ °1. ..; Eclipse, St. John's for Ipswich ; Quebec ; meter, Chester, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Thomas Arbuthnot, Thompson, Port Philip ; Kingston, Harwood, 4.delaide, South Australia ; Mountstewart Llphinston, Thnm ill Sydney, New South Wales ; Thomas King, Sobbics, ign . _,eY, New South Wales; Amelia Mulholland, Wilkinson, f ifi tiu3 ; St. Vincent's Planter, Ryan, Sierra Leone. eud. f rom the River and sailed, Mountain Maid, Robertson, Cape of Good H o pe. P u t b ac k, Al exan d er , f or H avanna h. cartnonou G n, Die. 19.—The Trent, Melvin, from Lynn Pe ' 3 underland, came on shore near here to-day, and is ex cted to b e a total wreck. EtIRAMSGATE, DEC. 19.—The Walter, from London to Fal 1, e uth, which got on the main near Shingle End, 17th inst., 4 8 bee n got off, and has arrived here. .ula.rtti, 18.— m About 121 barrels of flour have bu sv 4 ll _ e d on shor e near P ort h i ll aen , su ppo se d t o b e f rom t h e ia , Wrecked on the Skerries. to,-IrrinniAn, DEC. 17.—The Progress, Webster, from Riga o,_'-;ohdonderry, put in here to-day, leaky, and with pump choked, and it is expected will have to discharge. A h, VSpndcrla lean* commercial failure has taken place at it nd, in the ba n k ruptcy o f M r. Richard White, a ii m r t_ 6 ship and coal owner. His liabilities are consider and it is said the assets of the estate will be of t en ''.ag amount, the property of the bankrupt being ex t,..Sively mortgaged, or otherwise secured to parties who :fre made advances upon it. Mr. White is an alderman `_`' the corporation of Sunderland, and was mayor two or 4 '''e Years ago. Re is also in the commission of the it'x, for that borough, and for the county of Durham, rfitrb 15britton VICE-CHANCER Y.-(THIS DAY.) VINCENT V. HUNTER. This was a cross bill filed by Sir Frarcis Vincent for the purpose of discharging an order that had been ob t3ined by the defendant on the 15th of December, 1846. The facts were as follows:—The defendant in his suit al leged that the plaintiff owed him the sum of 2,0001., for which he agreed to give a mortgage on his estate to that amount to a person named Leigh, the defendant, Hunter, being indebted over 1,900/. to him, Leigh. A power of sale was given with the mortgage, and the money not being paid, the estate %%as put up to sale, and purchased by Hunter. The plaintiff in the present suit alleged that he was abroad at the time of the sale, that he never granted the mortgage, but that the defendant agreed to raise 2,000/. for him, out of which he only received 1371. 10s., a picture valued at 1,2001., a bill of ex change, which was dishonoured, and a bill of costs which was never received, and therefore that the sale was fraudulent. His HoNoun deferred making any order on the matter fur the present. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) MITCHELL V. MOORE. - LIABILITY OF PROVISILJNAL DIRECTORS. This was action brought by Mr. Mitchell, the adver tising agent, residing in Red Lion -court, Fleet-street, to recover the sum of 1,0401 for advertisements inserted on behalf of the Great Western Extension (Atmospheric) Railway Company, of which the defendant, Major Moore, was a provisional committeeman. Mr. -Cockburn, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Barstow were for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder and Mr. Montague Smith for the defence. Mr. COCKBURN said this was an action to recover for work and labour done in advertising the prospectus and other documents of the company in question, in the London and country newspapers, commencing on the 4th of St ptember last year. He would prove that the orders were given, and that at the time Major Moore was an acting member of the committee, he having been put on the direction at his own request, and prior to the issuing of the prospectus. '1 he Learned Gentleman concluded by calling his witnesses. Mr. Henry Owen, the Company's solicitor, Mr. Few, Mr. Alpine, and Mr. Hill, p a rti e s connected with the origin of the company, were severally examined in refe rence to its commettcement aria the issuing of the pro spectus. Mr.Brot , ke was the projector of the scheme,and the company was provisionally registered in the latter end of August. On the 3d of September, on application to Major Moore, he consented by letter to be a provisional director, and on the 4th (the day fallowing) the pro spectus was issued. That document was given by the solicitor to the plaintiff to be advertised in ' the usual way. The defendant subsequently at tended two meetings, and took part in the proceedings, though no special orders for anything were given by him. The company continued in opera don till December, when it broke up. In the cress-examination of these witnesses it was ad mitted that subsequently a second letter had been received from the defendant, intimating a conditional withdrawal from the company, making it to depend on the continu ance of a certain party on the directory. The insertion of the prospectus and other announce ments of the company, by the plaintiff, in the newspapers, was also proved. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. CROWDER submitted, on the authority of the deci sions of the Court of Exchequer in " Reynell v. Lewis," and " Wilde v. Hopkins," that the plaintiff should be nonsuited. The proof of liability in the present case was less at least than in the first one cited. His LORDSHIP thought that the facts ought to be sub mitted to the jury, and their opinions taken before any ulterior proceedings. Mr. CROWDER then addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that no proof of any contract, direct or implied, on the part of defendant, had been given. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in summing up, said the case before the jury was one involving the liability of certain parties called provisional directors ; and the question they had to consider was, whether the defendant in the present action had requested his name to be placed in the list of the provisional directors of the Great Western Extension (Atmospheric) Railway Company, and whether, in so doing, he be came liable to the expenses subsequently in curred in the formation of the company. If it were held that the function of a provisional committee was the superintending and carrying out the formation of a company, and if it was satisfactorily proved that any particular director had consented to be ou the same, he was clearly of opinion no proof of a specific order for any particular kind of work was necessary, the general powers of the. committee being sufficient for that pnrpose. With regard to this function of the provisional com mittee, he was of opinion that it was a question fur the jury in each particular case. The function of a provi sional committee appeared to be the carrying out and formation of a particular company; therefore, on this head, he would ask the jury the question, " Does a person who gives his consent to be one of such a committee engage to do all things which are necessary for the , formation of such a company?" If they (the jury) thought so—if, from. their knowledge of business aid the nature of such undertakings, they considered this to be the true function of such a committee—if they were satisfied that the defendant had requested and allowed himself to be placed on it, then they must find a verdict for the plaintiff. The Learned Judge then went through the facts adducd in evidence in support of the main question left to the jury. In conclusion, if they con sidered that the business of a Provisional Committee was to do all things necessary for the formation of a company, and were satisfied the defendant had given his authority to be on such a committee, then they must find a verdict for the plaintiff ; but should they not hold this to be the function of a provisional committee, the verdict must be for the defendant. In taking the former view of the question, they would have to consider how far it was affected by the alleged withdrawal of the de fendant—the letter respecting which had not been pro duced, having been lost. The jury, after an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the defendant. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) MELTON V. CADIROUX This actio_n was brought to recover back the su 3551. paid by one Mr. Thomas Lee to the National of Loan Fund Association, in consideration of two annuities, on immediate and one deferred, to be paid by the society e to him. Mr. Lee shortly after died intestate, and the present action was brought by the plaintiff, the adminis trator to his property, to obtain repayment of the money, on the ground that he was of unsound mind at the period of entering into the contract. In support of the plaintiff's case, sevetal witnesses were called to prove the insanity of Mr. Lee. One of the witnesses (.i solicitor) stated that he was of opinion he was of unsound mind, because he lent several :Aims of money to poor persons without sufficient security, at the rate of 5 per cent. Another stated that he had a most voracious appetite, and that he was at times very desponding, and at others con siderably elated by the success of his business. S veral other incidents, such as the purchase of cheap brooches, a waistcoat which did not fit him, were also brought forward to s ubstantiate the insanity. The medical adviser was called, who stated that, in his opinion, deceased was affected with paralysis of the brain, and that, in his opinion, he was not competent to discharge its functions. After his decease no post mortem examination had been made. Another medi cal gentleman (Dr Goulding Bird) was called, who stated that he had had considerable experience in the treatment of person s affected with i nsanit y , and in his opinion deceased was what would be called a lunatic. He was not mad upon one point, as is the case in per sons afflicted with monomanianism; he had lost the use of his reasoning faculties altogether, and it was his opinion that the disease had for some period been o l f n nt s h i A d eT io Eb u Lr s azi a yn d . vances upon the deceased, and was not induced by any sudden attack of phrenetis, or at fectioinng on the con tended Mr . Wthat, from th s: e ll n the evidence which bad been part of the defendant, The conduct of the deceased'no laid before the jury a sane person, and withr case could possibly be made. medical gentlemen, nothing h had been precisely that of ference to the evidence of the would at all go to ow lng agreement could be with gatheredthe company, which that the deceased was, at the time of entering into the of anunsound mind. Evidence was then adduced. The substance of the evidence called on the part of the defendant, went to show that the deceased person had uniformly been in the habit of transacting business for himself, without the slightest suspicion of his being an insane person. Sir F. THESIGER, in reply, acquitted the office from the charge of any impropriety in their conduct by en tering into an agreement with the deceased, but if it was proved that the deceased was insane at the time of entering into the agreement the Company would be bound to repay the sums, and although it might be hard upon the office it would be still more so upon the rela tives of tho deceased. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said that the present action was one of the most important that he had ever been connected with, either professionally or judicially, and he should simply take the Opinion of the jury upon two points: first, whether the deceased was in a sound state of mind at the period of his entering into tho co:.tract, and, secondly, whether the agreement were perfectly fair and proper in itself. It would certainly involve an enormous amount of litigation and confusion if the every-day transactions of life were to be entered into in that state of uncertainty which a kind of post mortem investigation into the character of the contractor would necessarily produce. He merely threw out this suggestion in order that the subject might be more fully discussed elsew here. The jury retired, and after a short absence, returned the following verdict:—" We find for the plaintiff, that Thomas Lee was of unsound mind at the time of the transaction, and we find that the transaction was a bona fide one on the part of the office at the time of its being entered into ; that the (Bee had no notice of the condition of the deceased at the time ; and that there was nothing in his manner to lead the officer to consider him of unsound mind, and that the trans action was an ordinary business-like affair, such as a person in the position of the deceased would enter into." Damages 3551. 6s. 2d. Leave was given to the defendant to move to set the verdict aside. COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged all the morning with a case, Young v. Ivimcy, respecting the infringement of a patent, but the particulars were of no interest except to the parties concerned. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) James Ewer, a respectable-looking young man, was charged with robbing John F. Nehan. James Naigle, barman at the Tower public-house, in Tower -street, said he was told on Saturday night that several persons in the tap room were pitting to rob a gentleman there. He went in and saw a gentleman sit ting there helplessly drunk, with two valuable hand kerchiefs about his neck hanging quite loose, a haudLorne watch, with guard chain and appendages, all of gold, on his person, but quite exposed and loose, and three or four gold rings on his fingers. - In the room at the same time, and about him, there could not have been less than twenty persons, most of them ill disposed and suspected. When he laid hold of the gentleman to take him out of the room several of them opposed it, and expressed their disapprobation, and some cried out, "Knock him down," meaning witness. The pot-boy then said to the prisoner, " Come give up the handkerchief that you have got;" but he denied having any handkerchief. However, as witness saw that he held his hand obstinately in his pocket, he insisted on his giving it up, and he then pulled out a handkerchief and gave it up. John Frederick Nehan identified, and said the hand kerchief was his, but he could not say who had taken it from him. The prisoner, who had not been seen by any one to take the handkerchief, said he put it in his pocket as a thing which nobody owned. He gave a good account of himself, which was found to be true, and ha was dis charged. The Goldsmiths' Company sent in their annual dona tion of 101. in aid of the poor-box. GOLDICUTT v. BE k GIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The report of this cas?, contained in your journal of the 18th, is inaccurate in one, particular only. Mr. Cockburn did not. as stated in your paper, apply to postpone the case on Thursday evening, nor were any affidavits read ; but there was much confusion at the time, and your reporter may have easily mistaken the object of Mr. Cockburn's application, which was merely to ascertain whether (it being then past four o'clock) his Lordship would take the case that evening or not. Requesting the favour of your inserting the above in your next number, I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, THOS. FRAS. JUSTICE, Defendant's Attorney. 17, Berners-street, Dec. 21. MURDER AND SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—(THIS DAY.) Between the hours of ten and eleven this morning, two boys, who obtain a living by dredging along the water side, whilst passing along the bed of the river nearly opposite to Waterloo dock, found a human body firmly embedded in the mud ; on towing it near they dis covered that it was the body of a female, with a child tied round her waist by means of a piece of rope yarn. The arms of the woman were both pressed round the neck of the child, leavinc , one to suppose that in the agonies of death she was firmly pressing the little innocent to her breast. The two bodies were immediately removed to the vaults of St. John's Church, in the Waterloo-road, where a more minute examination was made. It was there found that the child was of the male sex, apparently about fourteen months old, the female seemed to be between 33 and 36 years of age. The latter was dressed in an old black stuff gown, black stockings, and side lace up boots. The rest of the apparel appeared very old and ragged. The child, a fine-looking boy, wore (to all ap pearance) a black frock, long worsted socks and callico under clothing. The dress of the two denoted extreme poverty. CITY OF LONDON ELECTIONS. (THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas's Day, wardmotes were held in the several wards for the election of members to sit in the Court of Common Council. LIME-STREET WARD. A wardmote was held in the Ward Schools, St. Mary axe, Alderman Farebrother in the chair. After the precept had been read, and the inquestmen for the ensuing year returned, Mr. G. Rawson was re-elected ward beadle. A letter from Deputy Mitchell was read, resigning his office. The worthy Alderman and several inhabitants bore testimony to the faithful manner in which Mr. Mitchell performed his duties. The following gentlemen were then elected to serve as Common Councilmen for the year ensuing :—Daniel Cork, Thomas Budge Simpson, Thomas Sytnonds, and William Tanner ' • the two last are new m em b ers i n th e room of Deputy Mitchell and Mr. Corse, resigned. BISIIOPSGATE WARD. In addition to the former members, Messrs. Tagg and Gilpin were proposed, and a poll demanded. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. At a wardmote, held in the Ward Schools, London wall, Alderman W. Hunter in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected Common Councilmen :—Messrs. Allen (deputy), Hall, W. Hall, Davis, Johnson, Phillips, Bracher, and Perkins. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE The election of Common Councilmen for the ward of Cripplegate Within took place to-day, at the School• rooms in Philips•lane. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS presided, and gave the names of the following candidates :—Mr. R. L. Wilson, Mr. D. Dewar, Mr. J. Lart, Mr. William Cash, Mr. William Brass, Mr. B. Brown, Mr. H. J. Smith, Mr. James Hoole. Mr. Alderman Challis inquired if any gentle man had any other candidate to propose. Mr. LIGNis proposed Mr. Francis Bennoch. Mr. BARTON seconded the motion, and said that in his opinion Mr. Bennoch was the gentleman most likely to bring about that reform which was so much needed in the Court of Common Council, and which was the only body of its kind which had not been reformed. Mr. BENNOCH said that it was some time since he had stood before the Livery of the City, and ho hoped that he had faithully discharged the promises which he had made to them l ast year. He felt that there were many grievances which it would be necessary to endeavour to remove. Amongst these was the duty upon tea: many re forms had lately taken place, but he, and many others, felt that these d ut i es were of a nature calculated to decrease instead of increasing the revenues of the Exchequer—(Hear, hear)—and more likely than otherwise to press heavily upon the consumer. He had observed with pain and regret, that many evils had arisen from the deficient supply of water to the poorer classes of the metropolis, and would do all in his power to abate so crying an evil. He had also observed a fact in connexion with railways. The commission for enquiring into the proposed railway from Vauxhall to London-bridge had .reported against the central metro politan terminus, and he felt that their repr esen t at i on was likely to cause the most serious inconvenience to the inha tants of London, and he, for one, should do his utmost to ofpose it. With reference to the great dispute be tween the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council, he felt that there was not a body which re quired reform more than the Court of Aldermen. What was the use of any resolution that might be adopted by the Court of Common Council when the Court of Alder. men had, or assumed, the power of checking them at will ? That Court assumed the power of drawing money at will, and without the control of any other portion of the Corporation, and he felt that the time was come when a serious reform in the whole system of the Corporation of the city of London was necessary, and he, for one, should support it. There was one great and crying evil which had long existed in the Court of Aldermen, and that was, that its members, being elected for life, were not responsible. In his opinion, they should be made responsible by an annual election, or even a septennial election. Such a course was most likely to lead to an extensive reformation of the system. He, fot one, would support every measure calculated to bring about so de sirable an event, and on these grounds he asked for the support of the Livery. Mr. Bennoch then submitted the following resolutions, to be proposed by him in the Court of Common Council, to the meeting : " That the assembling of the Court of Common Council at one o'clock in the day is most inconvenient to members engaged in business. That it has the ten dency to exclude from this Court merchants, bankers, and professional men, to whom the early part of the afternoon is all-important. That it prevents the due consideration of questions brought forward for discus sion; and therefore it is expedient that all Courts of Common Council be held at four for five o'clock in the afternoon, or such later hour as may be considered more convenient. " That the state of education in Great Britain and Ireland is confessedly deficient and lamentaly defective. beisdea te e e xis t t h e e n h ce na o ti f enr so an m d uch gre i a g t n ly ora t n o ce u Tr p e l hpa r rt e o d a et ; inasmue as poverty, destit ti on misery, fr n o o m t the i c A o s ns t e h q o u rn en e c a e ns o h f it i h t—seldom ployed for t e increase of knowledge among the people tion, the assistance he is not only an act of justice and mercy, necessity. It have proved insuffici o e f n t t h f e or s t t h a e te n b e e c c e o s m sit e i s es a o n f tihmeppeorpautilyao a;onuodnderdi'misesocairhaet—edif that no subject within tiuue without the opportunity of mental enlightenment, but also to the interest, hese safety, rea a l n ni d s securityshool longer e s roccioe con " That an humble address, imprforegoingve. the Queen, considerations, be presented elevation tboa isiaecndrdi‘uippahl:he Majesty t i t c yh a e l praying n gtihtainat legitimate ee influence be g v r e a s e t i c o d u sl i pleased ed Crownto exercise e r u c r i g r o people."—(Loud cheers.) The various candidates then addressed the meeting, most of them complaining of the power assumed by the Court of Aldermen. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS assured the gentlemen pre mds sent e n s n i t r t o Aldermen.tut the Court o f hhneatcof a o the C ourt of Aldermen were qu i te as Withurt o Common regard gm f c o amo r r m mm d 0 n in t Council, e andCorporation the ae s by the Cou r t of Aldermen,toon t Councilahnesums took f money n a t? n y v d rstepsal drawn in the matt er , t h ey would be joinedh for, t o fo s r e who lived in glass houses should not th row stones, " Ithe beyorathpelaidnotumrtad about it, h e th oug h t that "of complaints 3 Aldermen, a pound was drawn beyvetrti. penny for the members of both bodies Council. He did not say that'weredb drawn v‘i beneficial. by d the those eCourt of Common es su d na were t mis applied,mpraoncyeeded with, wheneinit'ehe to Thethe u p t e m ll os:, ,a b e ut t , h a e s h e r e ial ditty thought that any reform or inquiry would num bers be m. Smith, t e h , at D the ep u close Deputy .. 0 f t 11 11 77 e Mlfi tcr. Bdarasaybsss r. 17 Mr. tart ............... 15 Mr. Bennoch Mr. Hoole Mr. Brown l7 11 r.Wilson* ............ 1 5 Mr. Dewar l6 *Conservative. Other business having been disposed of, the wardmote separated. BILLINGSGATE WARD. ' A wardmote was held at the Fellowship Porters' Ilan, St. Mary-at• Hill, when the following gentlemen were THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEiNING, DECEMBER 21, 1846. proposed for Common Councilmen for the year ensu ing :—Messrs, Curling, Old, jun., Bower, Knill, John ston, Roberts, Phillip, Williams. PORTSOKEN WARD. A vert strong contest expected in this ward, the electors of the Jewish persulsion being determined to oppose every person who voted against Mr. Sa!oman when he stood for Alderman of the ward. THE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARING CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY.—(TiIIS I)AY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at one o'clock this clay, at the offices, No. 9, Villiers-street, Strand, `• to take into considera tion the notice advertised i❑ the London Gazette of 4th November last, of an intended application to Parliament for powers to erect a bridge across the Thames, from or near 'Whitehall-place to the opposite side of the Thames, with approaches thereto from York-road and elsewhere, as in such notice particularised : and further, to take into consideration and to determine the course to be pur sued, and the steps to be taken in reference to such in tended application to Parliament and the proposed new bridge, and to pass such resolutions as in the Opinion of such meeting shall be expedient for the better protection and advancement of the property and interests of the shareholders, or otherwise to give effect to the deter mination of the meeting." William Hawes, Esq., the deputy-chairman of the company, presided. There was a numerous attendance of proprietors. Mr. Lawrence, the secretary, having read the adver tisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting. He said it was scarcely necessary for him to say that the reason the directors had called the proprietors together was for the purpose of laying before them what they (the directors) had already done with respect to the project now before the public, for erecting a new bridge across the Thames, to state their views with regard to it, and for the purpose of submitting to the shareholders the plans which they had devised for the purpose of protecting the interests of the company as much as possible. The directors thought, as soon as they saw the plans, or rather read the advertisement, that it would be best not to take any public steps in the matter until the plans were deposited ; and they ac cordingly waited until the 30th of November had ex pired, when the plans had to be deposited, in order that they might have an opportunity of examin ing them. When they had procured them, they immediately waited on Lord Morpeth, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, from whose office the plans apparently were furnished, and explained to him the extreme hardship which would be imposed upon this company, if the Government stepped forward and erected a new bridge in direct opposition, and in juxta-positiou with the one which they had so recently erected under the powers of an Act of Parliament, which specified that " the company were to erect a bridge, which - would be of great public advantage." That the public had derived advantage from the bridge was sufficiently proved by the large amount of traffic that daily passed over it. The utility of the bridge, as set forth in the preamble of the Bill, had, therefore, been amply demonstrated. They urged upon Lord Morpeth that the bridge appeared to be a proposi tion which had emanated from the Government, but he made no reply whatever to this observation ; but, after considering the subject for some time, the deputation asked his Lordship where the funds requisite for the erection of a new bridge were to come from ? Lord Morpeth said, "We have no funds--I have nothing to do with the funds," adding that the plan was put before the public by the Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements; he did not, however, say that it was not a Government measure beyond that it had emanated from these Commissioners. He likewise added that he had no funds whatever at his command, either to erect a bridge or to give compensation to any parties whom the erection of such a structure might injure. Having dis covered, then, that the Government did not intend to oppose the Charing Cross- bridge Company, and that that company should not have to oppose them, the directors added a postscript to a circular which they issued a short time ago to the shareholders, asking them to attend a meeting which was to be held in the Westminster-road, in order to concert what mea- cures should be taken to oppose the project. That meeting, as they were no doubt aware , ‘N as most fully attende by all the influential persons residing in the neighbourhood. From that meeting a committee ema nated for the purpose of devising the necessary means to carry into effect the object for which the meeting was called, and that committee was now in active operation. A meeting would be held this afternoon on the Westminster side of the bridge, in order to take steps for the holding of a public meeting, at which Sir De Lacy Evans would occupy the chair, and at which there would be, he believed, a strong expression of public feeling against what he was justified in terming an almost useless pro ject.—(Cheers.) The directors had been endeavouring to ascertain by whom the bridge was put forward. Mr. Barry had been aimed at, but he saw a gentleman there (Mr. Grissell) who was intimate with Mr. Barry, and who stated, at the meeting in the Westminster-road, that the project was not Mr. Barry's, and that he did not approve of it as it was laid before the public, as he spoke from an intimate knowledge of the views of Mr. Barry. They were, therefore, not justified in saying that it had emanated from a gentle man of the power and position of Mr. Barry. Then from whom did it emanate ? It had been intimated that the South-Western Railway were its promoters ; but he (the Chairman) declared that he could not believe it, because they had Westminster-bridge on one hand, and Waterloo and Hungerford-bridge on the other, and would necessarily be anxious to avoid the confusion which the new bridge could not fail to create in the im mediate vicinity of their proposed terminus in the York-road. He believed, then, that it was a suggestion of the under officials of the Im provement Commission, who had done nothing yet — it was a crude, unconsidered proposition, emanating from them ; at least, that appeared to him the only way to account for it, because no one on the face of the earth would derive any benefit from it.—(Cheers.) Why, if it were mark, the very converse of the conduct of the Government would take place. For some years they had been doing all they could to afford the people the benefit of la rge open areas like the par k s, b ut if the bridge were made, those who resided on the other side of the water would have to go half a mile further than at present in order to reach St. James's and Hyde Parks. Besides, the Go vernment had sanctioned a new street running towards Westminster-brid ge , an d the part i es i n w h ose h an d s it was placed are bound to complete it under the pain of heavy penalties. Could they believe that the Government, after bringing responsible men into an undertaking like that new street, would render the improvement perfectly useless, by pl ac i ng a b ridge at some distance from, and compelling the traffic wishing to cross the river to go a considerable distance round? He did think then that he was justified in saying that the project was one which was calculated t o i n j ure every body who h a d proper t y in the neighbourhood of the present site, and do no puolic service whatever.—(Hear, hear.) Believing that they would agree with him in these sentiments, he would proceed to read a series of resolutions which the directors had fra me d, w i th a view o f oppos i ng t h e pro position in the ensuing session of Parliament. Three bridges with so many piers would be a serious interruption to the navigation of the river. It was a subject, however, of which he hoped the City would take cognizance. It had always been a great point with them not to have too many arches on account of the navigation. Judging by the plans of the new bridge, he thought it would have seven or eight piers, and that the arches would be low, and this was proposed to be done at a short distance from their own and Waterloo bridge. The directors thought that as this was a matter of the greatest importance to the shareholders of the bridge, and to the market company, that it would be most desirable that a Parliamentary Committee, the appointment of which the directors proposed, hreigsphelyct etoonnthecetendewwitbhridtghee, hMarketcconotmaipnans3o, to watch wh a t ever proceedings might be taken with ould . me Tl o ie n y e • therefore proposed that it should consist, it addi tion to several of the directors of the Bridge Company, of one of the largest shareholders and proprietors, and the deputy -chairman of the Market Company, if he would do them the favour to accept a seat in the committee.--(Hear, hear.) The directors thought that by the adoption of this plan they should have the aid of the Market Com pany, which they considered very important, and also that the friendly intercourse which would thus be engendered would tend to the amicable settlement of matters which hitherto they had not been able satisfac torily to adjust. The chairman concluded by submitting the first proposition. Mr. FEW suggested the addition " of Charing-cross bridge, so recently sanctioned by Parliament," and the expulsion of the word " alarm." might justly use the word, thought more than surp r i se d b y th e an . they nouncement of the new bridge. The as CHAIRMANthe vc'er e Mr. FEW thought they had no cause for alarm, as the Legislature would never sanction the project. Another SHAREHOLDER considered that as the Le gislature had sanctioned the construction of Charing cross- bridge, they would not be so unjust as to utterly destroy their property. Mr. SrUTELY, the deputy chairman of the Market C om pany, said that as that was the first time he had heard of the proposition of adding him to the committee, he must have time for consideration. Mr. FEW considered that a greater number of pro prietors ought to be in the committee, as the labour would be excessive. The CHAIRMAN said they would act in concert with the Westminster Committee, and would, consequently, derive great aid from them. Ca4;taill KELLY though that the two gentlemen that had been named. Mr. Robert Few and Mr. Stutley, one the recent solicitor of the company, and the other the deputy chairman of the Hungerford-market Company, amply sufficient for all purposes.—(Hear, bear) He would, therefore, strong l y recommend that the number should not be increased. I, a further addi t i on wa s re quired it might be easily obtained at a f uture per i o d. The Criatniumi said that he had considered the sub ject to be discussed at the present meeting of such vital importance, both to the Bridge an d the Few, Market Company , that he wrote on Satur day lastto that he would forget al l past differeexnpereessing a hope , and heartily join with thedirectors Mr. Robert o t tli Company in their endeav o urs to annihilate their common enemy—(Hear, hear) — and, ho was happy to say that e Charing Cross -bridge he had received from that gentleman a letter, fully s bearing out the high opinion he had ever held of him, and expressing the happiness he felt at its reception, and stating his determination to co-?perate with the Charing Cross-bridge Company in putting an end to a scheme that, if carried out, would be alike fatal to the interests of the company and theniselves;(llear.) Mr. STA.T.NTON wished to knout from the chairman whether the proposition to erect the new bridge to Charing-cross emayated from private individuals or railway jobbing ?—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that he had already, in fact, answe, - ed the qaestion of the Hon. Proprietor. He did not believe it was a matter of railway jobbing, or that it emanated from the South Western Rail way Company ; he had no doubt, hecauie Lord Morpeth had told them so, that it did not emanate from the Government (Hear, hear) — but that it was the project of a commission, no doubt, anxious to do something for the public, but at the same time extremely reckless with respect to what property belonging to the public they injured.—(Cheers.) Mr. FOWLER thought that a committee of the pro prietors ought to be appointed to act with the directors in opposing the measure ; he also thought they ought to be informed whether the Chancellor cf her Majesty's Exchequer was prepared, on the part of the public, to find the funds for building the new bridge? He was surprised that a measure that had for its object the annihilation of public property should not only be con templated but recommended by a public board.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought that the appointment of a committee of shareholders to act with them would be tantamount to a vote of want of confidence in the direc tors. The only wish of the directors was to act for the interests of the company—(Hear, hear)—and he was sure that every gentleman present would cordially give them credit for such intentions.—(Hear, hear,) With respect to the other statement of Mr. Thomas, he could assure him that her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer was not prepared to find money for the exac tion of the proposed bridge.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GILBERT—WhiIe he thought that the number of gentlemen, to assist the directors, should be increased to four or five, begged to disclaim any notion on his part, of a want of confidence in those gentlemen.—(Hear.) Mr. FEW, sen., said that there could be no objection to the resolution containing a direction to the directors to appoint four or five of the directors to act with them. Captain KELLY deprecated the adoption of any other course than that proposed by the chairman.—(Hear.) He thought forcing any of the proprietors upon the direc tors to assist them would be most injudicious.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that there was not a single party, from John o' Groat's house to the Land's end, but what would oppose the erection of the proposed bridge out of the public money.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the property of the Charing cross-bridge was exceed ingly safe, and that they had nothing to tear. A PROPRIETOR thought after what had been stated in the early part of the meeting by Mr. Stutely, that it would be desirable to know whether or not that gentle man would act. The CHAIRMAN felt a delicacy in putting such a ques tion to Mr. Stutely after the observations he had made. He thought the proper course would be, for the request to that gentleman to come from the Charing-cross-bridge Company, and he was sure Mr. Stutly, upon considera tion, would respond to their call.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STUTELY would repeat what he had stated at the opening of the meeting, that the request came by surprise upon hini.---;Hear, hear.) He begged to withhold his decided consent at present as Deputy Chairman of the Hungerford Market Com pany, to accept the honour proposed to be conferred upon him, thinking that he ought to consult with his board before he did so.—(Hear, hear.) He could, however, assure the meeting that if his joining with them to oppose the erection of the proposed new bridge would lead to putting an end to the unhappy differences that had existed between them it would give him great pleasure.—(Hear, hear.) After:some further discussion the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : " That this meeting has heard with extreme surprise of the intended application to Parliament for powers to erect a new free bridge from Charing-cross, at a dis tance at the latter place of thirty yards only from the bridge so recently constructed by the Company under the express sanction of Parliament. . . " That the projected measure, while it is altogether uncalled for by the public, would be most ruinous to the property of this Company. " That the Directors be, and they are hereby, autho-%' rised, by every means in their power, to oppose the in tended application to Parliament, and to adopt such measures for the protection of the proprietors as they may deem expedient." Thanks were then proposed, and unanimously carried, to the Chairman and Directors, especially to the Chair man, and the meeting broke up. DIRECT LINCOLN, EAST RET FORD, AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held to-day, at the George and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-street, pursuant to an advertisement which appeared in the Gazette of the 11th December last, to consider the propriety of dissolving the Company, and to carry out a resolution to that effect which was adopted at a meeting held on the 9th inst. J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., took the chair. Scrutineers having been appointed, ThC CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had now to decide whether the company should be dissolved, and whether with or without a bankruptcy? Mr. GRIPPER proposed, and Mr. PRICE seconded, a motion that the company be dissolved, and that without a bankruptcy. The scrutineers having made the investigation of the shares, reported that 3,575 shares had been paid upon before the 31st March last, and of these 2,140 had been presented to them for voting, and which were given for the dissolution of the company. A SuAREMOLDER inquired wry his shares were rejected in the voting paper, and was informed by the solicitor that his shares were only excluded because they were issued after the 31st of March, the clause of the Act re quiring that no shares should be admitted but those issued before that date. Mr. BEVAN (the late Secretary) inquired what had been done with the box taken from his office ? Mr. TUCKER denied any knowledge of the box, or that at any time he had been near Mr. Bevan's office. Several Shareholders inquired whether it was intended to repudiate the shares which had been issued after the 31st of March? The CHAIRMAN declared that there was no intention to repudiate those shares, but the clause of the Act or Parliament excluded them from voting. Mr. J. BROWN proposed, and Mr R. EKYN seconded, a resolution to the effect, that the dissolution shall not be considered an act of bankruptcy. The resolution was carried by a large majority, and after much violent language, and a great deal-of altorc.i tion, the meeting was dissolved. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The first ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Rua way was held this day at the offices of the company, West Strand; Lord Courtown in the chair. The meeting was made special for the purpose of authorising the directors to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to deviate from the existing "-- - The CHAIRMAN stated that a report had been pre pared to be submitted to the shareholders, but the directors had since had a communication with two gen tlemen from Dublin, and they therefore did not intend to take any vote upon the document. The report stated that as soon as practicable after the company had obtained its Act the directors proceeded to the consideration of the best manner in which it could be carried out, and .the plan the directors now desired the proprietors to adopt was, first, that the extension from Kingstown to Bray be forthwith carried out--dis• tance, seven miles—and thence continued from Bray to Wicklow--distance, seventeen miles ; secondly, from the junction with the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin line at or near Enniscorthy to Wexford, and to the proposed packet station in the south bay, a distance of twenty-six miles ; and, thirdly, that the purchase of land should be made with reference to this arrangement of the works, and the payment of calls should be so regulated that no part of the capital should be demanded before it was actually required. The directors estimated that a call of 11. lOs. per share ought to be made forthwith, and a second call of 11. per share, payable in November, would be adequate to the outlay consequent on such an arrangement of the works for the year 1847. It had been resolved to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, upon calls as paid up, and 5 per cent. for payments in advance of calls. The Barony of Newcastle, in the county of Wicklow, had come forward in support of this line by having made a presentation, under the Board of Works Act, to advance 20,0001. towards promoting the works. The receipts, consisting of deposits on 75,186 shares, at 11. 103. each, amounted to 112,7791~, and the payments to 39,8531. 16s. 4d., leaving a balance of 72,9251. 3s. Bd. in hand. Mr. Alderman BOYCE, a member of the deputation sent from Ireland to advise the company upon the present position and future prospects of the line, stated that he and the other members of the deputation waited upon the directors on Saturday, and pointed out to them the impropriety of attempting to carry out the line in the present state of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The directors received them with the utmost courtesy, and lis tened attentively to what they had to say. At the conclusion of the interview the directors ap pointed another interview for that morning, and this latter interview had just been brought to a close, and the result was, the directors were prepared to con cede to the deputation an adjournment of the meeting till the 17th of February, 1847, when proper and well digested measures would be submitted to the share holders for their future guidance. He, therefore, begged to move the adjournment accordingly. Mr. GEORGE seconded the motion. Mr. DicKsoti found fault with the conduct of the di rectors in leasing the Dublin and Kingstown at an extra vagant rate of interest, while they had taken powers to improve the port of Wexford, with which the share holders had nothing at all to do, and in issuing shares since the month of August. The directors promised that the line should be leased to the Great Western Company, but they had broken faith with the share holders. He also complained that they had withheld the share register wantonly from the proprietors. Mr. BOSWELL said he understood the directors, upon the advice of Mr. Lloyd and other eminent counsel, had determined to . .hold the original allottees responsible to the extent for which they had subscribed ; and, acting upon that princip'e, they had confiscated some tens of thousands worth o property, which had been purchased from original allottees themselves. All railways in Ire land were at a ruinous discount, and he could assure the meeting that the accounts of the awful state of Ireland were not at all exaggerated. Mr. PEIRCE wished to know who would be entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting? The CHAIRMAN replied that those whose names were on the register would be entitled to vote. Mr. BENBON urged upon the directors to make propo- sals to the Great Western Company to lease the line. Their only hope was in a lease to that company. Sir T. ASMONDE said this company had no connexion whatever with the company for improving the harbour of Wexford. I Mr. D. W. HARVEY suggested, that if before the ad journment no offer came from or was accepted by the Great Western Company, it should be one of the ques tions for th-tn to consider whether they could not dis pense with the services of those gentlemen on the direc tion who were connected with the Great Western Com pany. He approved of the agreement for leasing the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, because the receipts already derivable from that line exceeded the rent they were to pay for it ; and he had reason to believe that the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Com pany were prepared to nullify that agreement, and to take their line off their hands, reimbursing them all the money they had expended up to that moment. He hoped, when they met again, the deputation, or the directors, would have some definite preposition to sub mit to them by which the shareholders could either have the option of withdrawing from the undertaking, or going on with it. Mr. PERRY, another member of the deputation from Ireland, stated that it was understood, and indeed agreed upon by the directors, that the deputation should have access to all such information as a committee of inquiry would have been entitled to. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair• man, the meeting terminated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen held a Court am Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, a the Castle. At the Court, Count Schimmelpenninek had an audi ence of the Queen, to present his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. Mr. Mw.quora had an audience of , the Queen, and pre sented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary of the republic of New Granada to this Court. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Rev. Dr. Short (Bishop of Sodor and 1Ian), I had an audience of her Majesty in the royal closet, and did homage on being translated to the see of St. Asaph. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seal; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for tho Home Department; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Col3nies; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday, the 12th of January, unto Tuesday, the 19th of January, and the proclamation , was ordered that Parliament shall on the said 19th of January be held and sit for the despatch of business. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council la Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans downe and Lord John Russell. Their Excellencies the Netherlands and New Granada Ministers, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, Earls Minto, Grey, and Auckland, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Campbell, Sir George Grey, the Bishops of Norwich and St. Asaph, and Mr. C. Greville arrived at half-past two o'clock at the Castle, from the Slough station, having travelled from town by a special train on the Great Western Railway. A dejeliner was served at the Castle to the distinguished circle. After the Privy Council, the same illustrious party (with the exception of Viscount Palmerston) left the Castle, at ten minutes before five o'clock, for Slough, on their return (by a special train) to town. Viscount Palmerston remained on a visit to her Ma jesty, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morning prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert, or the Royal Family, leaving the Castle. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attendance. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. The Royal Family also took walking exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household. attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Hon. Colonel Anson and Sir John Burgoyce had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his officicial residence in Downing-street. Mr. Rumbold had also as interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Right Hon. Fox Mania had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George -street. Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Saturday. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the Prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was preached L the Hon. and Rev. 133ptist Noel. The Musical Service was Sir George Smart's. The anthem " We will rejoice" (Croft). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. Amone the nobility present were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countesses Gainsborough, Listowel. Wilton, ar.d Char lemont ; Lords Devon, Granville, Vivian, Elibank, and Canterbury. THE TH ti AMES. HAYMARKET. A new and most successful domestic drama, from the pen of Mr. Boyle Bernard, was produced here on Satur day, with complete success. It is entitled The Round of Urong. The hero of the piece is Reuben Gwynn (Mr. Webster), a young Yorkshire farmer, with whose mother is domiciled a certain interesting young girl. Mary Ryland (Miss Fortescue). As might naturally be expected, Reuben and Mary love each other. Reuben, however, is compelled by circumstances to go to Ame rica, and leave her for awhile ; and during his absence Sir Arthur Foijambe (Mr. Stuart), a haughty baronet, informs Mary that she is his daughter. Ho had in early life married a person in humble i fe, who died, leaving him this child, whom he had deserted, but now that she has grown up to woman hood, and is possessed of great personal attrac- tions he claims her, and takes her with him, hoping to repair his shattered fortunes by bestowing her heed on some rich suitor, commanding her to give up all thoughts of Reuben. With much hesitation she obeys, leaving Reuben utterly prostrated in mind and body at this ship wreck of his hopes. He, however, rouses to vengeance, and to obtain the means of vengeance; and by dint of toil, mental and bodily, secures to himself wealth and independence. At this period of the drama we are intro duced to a young surg-on, named Harwood, (Mr. Howe,) who has sought the hand of the Baronet's niece, and been by Sir Arthur contumeliously rejected. He deter mines to quit England, and requests Reuben to make him an advance on the security of a legacy, which, he is in formed, has been left him by a deceased uncle, and the necessary documents to entitle him to which, he expects to receive in a packet, which he requests Reuben to open when it shall arrive, and to forward whatever may come for him to Bristol. Reuben finds in it a bond of Sir Arthur Foljambe's for 19,0001. And with this he goes to the proud Baronet, and demands instant pay ment, threatening bim with ruin. He will have no mercy ; and so blinded is he by his revenge, that in order to secure it, he determines to keep the bond, and to send to Harwood the small legacy which he expected. He is in the act of concocting the letter when Mary enters to plead for mercy for her father. Reuben is softened• He restores the bond to Harwood, who marries the niece, and Reuben himself marries Mary. The seriou , part of the business is agreebly enlivened by the ex quisite humour of Buckstone, as Ducks, the author of a book on etiquette—the vulgar ape of fashionable lite— a perfect " snob." Stuart, Webster, and Miss Fortescue were admirable in their respective parts, and acted well up to each other, and the piece was announced for repe tition amidst enthusiastic applause. PRINCESS'S. The Seven Maids of Munich is the title of a new mu sical romance, the words and music of whi c h are b y Mr. Rodwell, which was performed here for the first time on Saturday. The scene is laid in Bavaria ; the time, the period at which Napoleon, as the head o f t h e confedera tion of the Rhine, ruled "over that portion of Germany. There is a certain Baron Bristlebach (Mr. Walton), in habiting the Ghost Castle, with his seven daughters; these daughters are in love with seven French officers. These officers are in a boat on the lake, and serenade the ladies ; the boat upsets and they are rescued from drowning by the seven ladies. Count Grosdos (Mr. Compton), one of them, is hid under a table, and, while there, overhears the Baron detail a plot for the assassination of the Emperor. The officers arrest the Baron, who consents to their union with his seven daughters, the tenor (Mr. Allen), of course, being the affianced of the prima donna (Miss Sara Flower), and also to give up his co-conspirators, on condition that his life is spared. The officers seize the seven conspirators, who are muffled up in long black cloaks— such cloaks as all stage conspirators have worn since—" a time beyond which the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," and when the cloaks are thrown off, they recognise as their wearers the seven " Maids of Munich," who, of course, become for life " the companions in arms" of their arresters. The music is light and pretty, and Allen and Miss Sara Flower, who were in exquisite voice, did full justice to it. It is an agreeable trifle, and its announcement for repetition was received with applause. MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE FIIOCO'S BENEFIT AT DRIIRY-LANE.—The benefit of the youngest of the Deesses de la danse is fixed for Wednesday next at Drury-lane, and there cannot a doubt but that those who have hitherto paid their devotions at her shrine will feel it a duty to offer her their homage on this the last occasion which will be offered to them for some time. We say some time, for although a benefit is usually a last appearance, yet when we consider the merited and unbounded popularity of Sophie Fuoco, we cannot but feel convinced that she will appear again and again before an English audience, and that she will grow in. favour every season. Not the least of the obligations under which the admirers of the chereogruphic art are to Mr. Bunn is the introduction to the English stage of l~ademoibelle Sophie Fuoco. THE WEST INDIAN MAIL. The Royal Mail steam-packet Forth, C. M. Chapman commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday morn ing, at nine o'clock, bringing thirteen passengers and mails of the following dates:—From Demerara, Nov. 19; Tobago and Trinidad, 20; Barbadoes, 24; Grenada and St. Vincent's, 26; St. Lucia, Martinique, Domi nica, and Guadaloupe, 27; Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kttt's, 28; Tortola, 29; St. Thomas's, 30; St. Jago de Cuba, 19; Jamaica, 23; Jacmel, 25; and Porto Rico, 27. She also brings, on freight-810 dollars on merchants' account, 2,723 Oz. gold dust, 991. Is. British coin, 400 francs in gold, and 1,6974 oz. of silver. Cargo-2 cases of cigars (Havannah), 38 serons of sarsaparilla, 5 serons of indigo, 2 serons of hides, 113 serons of tobacco, 14 tierces, 12 barrels, and 4 half-barrels of coffee, 1 tierce, 8 half-tierces, and 35 barrels of ginger, 125 cases of succades, 40 kegs of saccades, 8 cases of tortoiseshell, 1 tierce of beeswax, and 30 packages and parcels. The Forth had a fine passage home, excepting on leaving St. Thomas's, when she experienced a strong headwind and heavy sea. At the time of her leaving that island the Royal Mail Company's ship Clyde was in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dee was on her passage from Grenada to Jamaica, the Teviot on the Spanish Main, the Trent had sailed from Havannah to Jamaica, the Eagle to Po r t o Ri co and Grenada, and the Reindeer was at Demerara. We learn also, that her Majesty's ship 'mum was at Port Royal, her Majesty's ship Pickle was on her voyage to the Bahamas, and her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius to Barbadoes ; her Majesty's ship Thunder was fitting at Bermuda, preparatory to proceeding on survey at Antigua. The following Spanish men-of-war were lying at St. Jago de Cuba :—the ship Soberano, the steamer Con greso, and the schooners Teresetal and Isabel IL Merchant Shipping—The British barque Ellen Simp son, the brig Alderman Pirie (Captain Gardiner died at sea), and barque Helen Hardy. British shipping at Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 23 : The Superior, of London ; the Elizabeth, of Newport ; the Alice Haviland, of Liverpool; the Union, of Bremen; and the Grange, of Glasgow. The Forth exchanged colours with the Isabella, from Liverpool, outward bound, on the morning of the 18th, and in the afternoon with the Providence, lat. at noon 48deg., lon. 10deg. 40m. M. de Fabron, a passenger from Guadeloupe, has been delegated to advance the money for compensation on the emancipation of the negro population in the French Islands. The news from the other islands is unimportant, ex cepting the favourable reports generally as to the grow ing crops. The 48th Regiment at Jamaica and the 71st at Barbadoes have received orders for Cork, and the Vengeance and Belleisle are expected out to take them. We have our usual file of Jamaica papers by the Forth, by which we learn that the House of Assembly had been opened by the Lieutenant-Governor, in the absence of his Excellency Sir Charles Grey. There is like to be a brisk session. A Bill has been brought in for reducing all the salaries of public officers, including the clergy. The subject of proposing an income-tax had been suggested. The agitation on the Sugar Duties Bill was kept up, numerous meetings had been held in different localities, and the following resolutions had been agreed to by the House of Assembly : "1. That the policy pursued by the Imperial Parlia ment towards the West India colonies has been most de- trimental to the interests of property ; and the Sugar Duties Act, passed last session, by which they are to be subjected to an u nequa l s t rugg l e w ith s l ave . cultivat ing and slave-trafficking countries, must tend to complete their ruin, and exhibit a flagrant violation of national faith, consistency, and honour. "2. That with a limited protection to their produce, and that fair measure of support from the parent state, in procuring free African labourers, which they had a right to expect, the British emancipated colonies might, in a few years, have been restored to prosperity, and rendered capable not only of producing, as they for merly did, more sugar than England could consume, but of competing successfully with slave sugars in the general market of the world, when protection should have ceased to operate in their favour. "3. That by withholding that assistance, and preci pitately withdrawing protection in our yet infant state of freedom, the enormous sacrifices made for benefiting the African race will not only have been made in vain, but lead to the aggravation of their misery. Sugar cultiva tion must and will be extended in slave-cultivating coun cries as it declines in the free ; while freedom, fostered and encouraged, would far/ more efficiently have secured to England the object for which she endangers her own colonies, rivets the chains of slavery, and compromises her character in the cause of humanity. " 4. That although the colonists have painfully felt that the diminution of more than 1,500,000 of annual .xports, and that the scantiness of productive labour, are mainly traceable to imperial policy, yet they feel more clef-ply still, that the recent imperial policy, which tends to foster the increase and to prolong the duration of slavery in foreign countries, has destroyed all moral value of the exercise of the imperial will in 1833, in re spect to the natural rights of man, and has weakened the veneration of the colonists for the moral character, here tofore high, of the mother country. " 5. That, in the now reduced state of the colony, the prospective benefits of free trade will afford no ade pate compensation for the protection so hastily with drawn, and more especially when those principles aro but partially applied to our relief; important restrictions being still maintained to uur prejudice for the protection of inthential interests in the parent state. "6. That, urged by the British Government, and actuated by our sincere da,ire to make successful the great national measure of negro emancipation, we have, amidst accumulating difficulties, largely increased the public burden:, of the island to provide the costly estab lishments rendered necessary by the change in our social system. "7. 'that, now cast off by the Government which pressed those changes upon us with an impatience and recklessness, justified only by its avowed abhorrence of slavery, and with little hope of returning prosperity, it becomes the painful but imperative duty of the House, in justice to the public creditor, to the owners of pro perty,-and to the labouring population (for all must suffer together), to reduce the whole of the island estab lishments commensurately with the diminished and diminishing means of its impoverished inhabitants. " 8. That at the period of the passing of the Emanci pation Act, the Government held out to us the most solemn assurances of assistance and protection, to secure a successful issue to that great measure of philanthropy. If that course of policy is now to be abandoned—if we are now to be involved in a ruinous competition with slavehclding foreigners—if her Majesty's Government are now of opinion that the protection and assistance which alone can avert our destruction are incompatible with the national interests, it will then only remain for us, in the face of the nation and of the world, to demand of Parliament that equitable compensation to which as British subjects we are clearly entitled. " 9. 'that a committee be appointed to draw up a re monstrance and petition to the Queen in terms of these resolutions, faithfully setting forth the depressed condi- tion and hopeless prospects — of the colony, and humbly praying her Majesty to direct her Ministers to review their proceedings, and grant us relief." Jamaica papers announce the arrival of the Indus at Port Royal, from St. Helena, with 340 emancipated Africans, captured by her Majesty's brig Waterwitch on the coast of Africa, and chartered to Jamaica as free immigrants. EXPORT or HORSES The celebrated race horse Sir Robert Peel, with a thorough-bred mare, and a ,howy entire horse, purchased by Mr. Benson for a Hungarian nobleman, were shipped yesterday evening from Hamilton's livery stables, Carr-lane, on board the Rob Roy steam-ship, for Llamburgh.—lfidl Packet. DISTRESS IN MARYLEBONE.—On Friday last the overseers were engaged until ten o'clock at night in dis tributing relief to the out-door poor. The average monthly distribution of bread amounts to 8,000 loaves. A BITER BlT.—Last :Thursday night (the frost being very intense), I thought I would make some ice in [Ey garden; I accordingly placed a .basin full of straw berry and cream on the snow. In the course of an hour ordered my servant to go for it, thinking it would - be by that time sufficiently frozen. He returned with a •mile on his face, informing me that the basin was en tirely emptied. At this I was rather surprised, but it soon struck me that a cat must have been the thief. I t h e ref o m r e y r s replaced h behind t om e ra ba at lyy bushssi fnaoy,l with m hhe h de aabr oygdr—mew, cream r e eemmalwa; female the it, ceaewtc ao mnucon cealedredws o w f h e a ie f h e w e ri m e s o m w e e n r t e s , s h I tribe of little cues. I was not more than ten !yards off the basin, the moon being very bright, I was able to see plainly. When they were seated round the cream in the midst of their enjoyment I let fly, and bagged the mother and two of the little ones, one or more making escape.—From a Correspondent ' contents Y tr se - L pn A oe raNtrEloyf de stroyed,-with THE EXTENSIVE FIRE IN idngcDoinits S da k ni Ttrß ag : : Al M Ai r O . MOANING.—esThe llotofroyann, two upper floors of the front house and the roof—insured in the Westminster Fire-office; Messrs. Kendall and Son, wholesale shoemakers, No. 25, roof burned off—stock insure& in the same office, and the building in the Royal Exchange; Mr. Durieu, oil and co lourman, No. 23, back premises and stock damaged, and part of front roof burned off—insured in the Imperial .Fire. office. Several other buildings have also been damaged to some extent by fire, water, and removal of goods. THE WEST-END REFUGE FOR THE HOUSELESS FOOR.—In consequence of the severity of the weather, this institution, situate in Market-street, Edgeware-road, has been thrown open for the nightly reception of 200 poor. Each is furnished with a supper of bread and half a pint of beef soup, a comfortable bed, and breakfast in the morning. The following announcement appeared among the marriages in the papers last week:—" On the 2d of August last, at the British Embassy, Paris, by the late Bishop Luscombe, Dr. Lardner, to Mary-, only daughter of Colonel Spicer, late of the 12th Lancers; the mar • riage having been previously solemnised in the - United States." The wife of an inhabitant of Armelinger (Basle- Campagne) says a letter from Bask, has had five children in the course of the present year. In the early part of March she had twins, and a few days ago she was de.. livered of three children. The twins are still living, but the last three children, who came into the world rather before their time, have died. UNFOUNDED REPORT OF PRINCE METTERNICH'S ILLNESI3.—It appears by a letter from Vienna, of the Sth, that the statement made so positively by a Cologne paper of Prince Metternich being dangerously ill was entirely unfounded. The Prince was to give a grand droner to Lord Ponsonby and the other members of the diplomatic corps at Vienna on the 9th. 1 SACRED HARMONIC SOCISTY. —Handers "Messuth Willbe performed at Exeter-hall on Wednesday next.