The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-14 00:00:00

FRANCE. A telegraphic dispatch has reached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to say that a serious quarrel had just broken out at Tunis between the Dey and The French Envoy. The quarrel was of so serious a nature that the friendly relations between the two countries must probably cease immediately. The news was brought to Toulon by the Camelia steamer. PRUSSIA. The second edition of the Cologne Gazette of Sa turday states that on the 10th the Ministry and the Assembly of Berlin were both inflexible in adhering to their previous decisions. The latter had resolved upon an appeal to the people nem. dis. The troops, however, advanced, surrounded the hall of sitting, and precluded the entrance of the members—at the same time that they allowed free egress. The repre sentatives of the people intended to resume their sit ting on the 10th. The Burgher Guard maintained, in conjunction with the Assembly, an attitude of passive resistance. The city was tranquil, and was occupied by 15,000 of the troops of the line. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 10th has the following:— " Travellers who have arrived here this morning, from Berlin, by railway, state that no breach of the peace had taken place." According to the statement of the Berliner Nach ridden the appointed meeting of the National As sembly was held on Thursday evening, under the Pre sidency of M. Von Murate, at the theatre, without any interruption taking place. The meeting proceeded to the order of the day, viz., the abolition of certain dues and customs, without the substitution of others. The Assembly then adjourned till nine o'clock this morning. According to a notice from the Vice-President Philipps, the Presidium on Committee intended to pass the night in turns in the Hall of Sitting. On the motion of M. Von Berg, the thanks of the Assembly were voted to President Von Nuride. In the sitting of the Bth, the Deputies Dunker, Wachsmuth, Bredt, and many other Members of the Centre, presented a project of law securing the right of the Priority Committee (committee of ten) to meet that evening. It is directed against the assem blies of the people in the vicinity of the Hall 'of Session, and that none shall take place within the circuit of a thousand paces from the theatre. The Deputies are to be secure from personal assault, and all such assaults are to be punished with imprisonment of from one to ten years. The Deputy Befinsch, In consequence of three ad dresses from Silesia, made the following questions 1. Whether the Ministry had cognizance that the Hungarian military had crossed the Prussian frontiers ? 2. What steps they intended to take in regard to these soldiers who had refused to fight in the ranks of the enemy of the German people against the conquered liberties of that people, the declared will of its legal representatives ? 3. Whether it would permit these soldiers, now on the Prussian territory, to return to Hungary, their native home ? FRANKFORT. Nov. B.—A private dispatch of the Hamburgh Borsenhalle, per electric telegraph, says In this day's sitting of the National D►et, Roesler interrogated the Ministry relative to the crossing of the Prussian territory by Hungarian soldiers. A motion by Engel, respecting the position of the new intermediate Government, and of Schleswig- Holstein, not being considered urgent, was referred to the International Committee. After the order of the day, the Diet entered upon the general discussion of the 3d article of the prp ject of law relative to the army. The special dis cussion was adjourned till to-morrow. Bussermann yesterday set out for Berlin, charged with the commission from the Imperial Ministry. It is said that these messages call upon the Prussian Government to adopt energetic measures against the anarchical frontier of Berlin, and the threatened inde pendence of the National Assembly. AUSTRIA. LEMBURG, Nov. 3.—The Lemburg Zeitung of the 3d contains a proclamation from General Von Ham merstein which, in consequence of the non-observance of Art. 5 of the capitulation, and in direct opposition to which the troops have been again fired upon from the houses, the city of Lemburg is declared in a state of siege. A general disarmament is commanded, the suppression of all newspapers, except the Lemburg Zeitung, the prohibition of all placards which have not passed the census of the general prohibition of all popular assemblies, and martial law for all civil per sons who shall be found armed. OLLMIITZ, Nov. s.—The Imperial decree, counter signed by Baron Wessenberg, has been forwarded to Vienna, authorising the re-constitution and comple tion of the Cabinet, which is thus composed : Baron Wessenberg .. President. Prince Felix Schwarzenburg , . Foreign Affairs. M. Kraus ... .. Finance. M. Maier .. Industry. M. Breda .. .. Justice. M. Bruck .. ... Commerce. General Buckner .. War. Dr. Helfert , .. Education. General Bach .. Interior. HUNGARY. The Weser Zeitung says General Puchnor, Com mandant of Hermenstadt, having been appointed by an Imperial rescript, has declared himself Imperial Commissioner of Transylvania, and has issued a pro clamation whereby he places the country under martial law. He calls upon the inhabitants no longer to yield obedience to the Hungarian Government since it is illegal. RUSSIA AND WALLACHIA. On the 16th of September our troops crossed the Sereth, and proceeded to Bucharest under the com mand of General Luder, Commander of the sth corps of infantry. In the Wallachian Foksch, the avant guard was received by the Bishop of Eparshie and the inhabitants with public demonstration of joy. From this point Colonel Skat iatin, the aid-de-camp, was sent off with four hundred Cossacks to recon notire ta;and of Poles who are in the environs. He met them on the 20th in the hamlet of Lagotar, and sent to him a division of twenty Cossacks under Etorandi Y schourbltof. The Cossacks attacked them so suddenly that the Poles were only able to return a few shots, some fled, and the rest defended them selves with their unloaded pieces ; they were soon mastered by the Cossacks, seven were killed, and twenty-three taken prisoners. The following is General Luder's report respecting the movement of the troops : ^ - _ " The avant guard of the troops confided to me ar rived at Bucharest on the 28th, and the main body the 31st of September, with the exception of the di vision of General Hasford, who had been ordered to Upper Wallachia. The troops are encamped along the river which runs round that part of the city that lies on the left bank of the Dembowizi. "The avant guard, under the command of Major- General Danileffsky, fell in on his march to Bucha rest, at Quasetheni, with a Turkish division, which was also bound to Bucharest. After a mutual expres sion of goodwill, Major-General Danileffskv invited the Turkish General to inspect his troops. Yesterday I visited the Commissary of the Porte, Fuad Effendi, ss also the commander of the Turkish troops, Omar Paella, who testified their friendly sentiments towards us. For determining the division of Bucharest into two equal parts at the entry of our troops, and the Turkish, after mutual deliberation, fixed upon the river Dembowiza. The portion of the city lying on the l e ft bank of that river is occupied by our troops, and the right bank by the Turk s , whose encampment is now there. _ " I have appointed Major-General Rehfeldt, com mander of the 15th Artillery Brigade, commandant of the portion of the city assigned to us, and to morrow the general staff wi I enter the city. After the quartering lists of the troops shall have been made out, the city, the environs, and the circles will be assigned to them. " Yesterday, after entering the city I inspected the Uhlane Brigade of the sth Light Cavalry division, which, under the command of Lieutenant-General Bagra'isu Irneretinski had advanced from Ki.chinen to Bucharest, being a distance of 450 werts in nine teen days. I found them all in admirable condition, notwithstanding their forced marches. The horses had not been overworked, and there were only six men on the sick list."—Hamburgh Correspondent, Nov. 10. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Nov. B.—ln the meeting of the National Assembly yesterday, with closed doors, the report was continued respecting the transactions of the Schleswig-Holstein affair. Count Knath, the Minister for Foreign. Affairs, gave a statement of the relations of Denmark with foreign countries, since the 26th of November, and the Secre tary of the Assembly, Asssessor Ussing, read the documents relating thereto. The Minister of Marine, in reply to several interpellatioms, then read a sketch of the system pursued in the ?ate naval engage ments. In the course of the discussion the desire was expressed that a similar statement should be given respecting the war by land, upon which the Minister of War, Tscherning, declared himself ready to sub mit such a sketch on the f °flowing day. The Minister of Finance premised to submit a complete statement of the finances.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Nov. 10. ri , ' MN- I. ' - ‘ i it,tekkCE. —h. . i . 4.: „. i. , 44 8 Of the 27th ult. states that , pa y ' • - 1 :'," - '-'• '. - : 0 '‘‘Cokadouriotti, President of -. • .." ..\:-, 1. 1 :',(... -I( l' . .t'AS.:6;=- 1 -*:' A . o dt„, -.„ . -- .5 pr; ) N 11. S the Council, M. Roufos, Minister of the Interior, and General Rhodias, Minister of War, tendered their re signations to the King, by whom they were at once acceptel Vice-Admiral Canaris has been appointed to the vacant office of President of the Council, and the Senator Londos succeeds M. Roufos in the de partment of the Interior. The portfolio of the War office is confided ad interim to General Mavro Mi chali, Minister of Public Instruction. The King and Queen of Greece returned from their tour in Eubcea and to Thebes on the 17th of October. The country is tranquil. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 13. Cross-examined—l did not then know that the plain tiff and his wife were in lodgings. The plaintiff called upon us to ask the defendant to go to Wenlock-street, to attend his wife, who was ill. I have seen the plaintiff one or two evenings lately. Ido not remember his having said on one of those occasions that he had Inen treating so many persons that he had no money left, and that I must treat him. I may have paid for things for him. I have, I think, heard him say that he was short of money. This was last week. The house he went to was the British Lion, but I cannot say we roused the British Lion, and so made him give us some gin.— (Roars of laughter.) I certainly said at one time that my " uncle" had kindly taken charge of some of my clothes, as I had beemne short of money.—(Laugh ter.) This was after the plaintiff had told me he was short of money. One night, after we had been out drinking, we had a bed between us, the plaintiff paying ls. 6d. for the bed before we went into the room. We had nothing to drink the next morning before we went home at that house. We had not that evening had as much as one shilling's worth of drink between us. My time was out when I left the defendant, for he would not have me any longer. My clothes are still at my " uncle's." The coat I now have on my father lent me. I had told the plaintiff that he mast lend me some money to get my clothes out of pawn to come into the court, but ho did not do so, for he said he had not got sufficient money. My shop is very well stocked with drugs and medicines, notwithstanding some of my clothes are in pawn. Tha plaintiff asked m e t o g i ve my ev i dence. He did not tell me that if the defendant bad only called upon him they might have settled the affair without going into court, but he may have said something of the sort. I believe he said something about settling the case, but I have no recollection that he said they might have " fisted it." I have not much doubt but that be said so. This was last week. He did not say anything more that lam aware of. The house we slept in was near Wen lock-street. Re-examined—l had no knowledge of the plaintiff until his wife's illness. A_LCOCK V. ROYAL EXCHANGE INSURANCE COMPANY. The arguments in this case were resumed. It was an action to recover the value of a policy of insurance on the ship William Thompson, which was wrecked off Alexandria in 1843. The verdict was given for the plaintiff. A rule had been obtained calling upon him to show cause why a new trial should not be had on the ground of the reception of improper evidence and the exclusion of evidence. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir John Bayley, and Mr. Bovill, showed cause against the rule. The further arguments were interrupted by the rising of the Court for the purpose of attending the pricking for sheriffs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 13. REGISTRATION APPEALS. JOLIFFE APPELLANT AND PRICE RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for the borough of Newport. The appellant occupied a coach-house and stable, of the yearly value of 10/, which were situated in a court-yard adjoining an inn, in the town. The buildings were under one roof, and there was a room over the coach-house and stable which was common to both, but there was no internal communication between them. It appeared, however, that there was a window in the division wall. The Revising Barrister held that it was not one building within the 27th section of the Reform Act, and refused to register the appellant as a voter for the borough. Mr. POULDEN argued at some lenglh on behalf of the appellant, to show that he had a proper qualification, and Mr. CREAMY was heard on the part of the respondent. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said it seldom happened that there was any internal communication between a coach-house and a stable, and that the circumstance of its being necessary to go out into the yard to get from one to the other was no more than happened with re gard to every occupation of this description. It appeared to him, from the statement of the case, that the coach house and stable, in point of fact and in point of law, constituted one building, and that the Revising Bar rister had drawn an erroneous conclusion. He was there fore of opinion that the party was entitled to be re gistered as the ocoupier of one building. The other Judges concurred in this opinion, and the de cision of the Revising Barrister was accordingly reversed. John Farrow—l live at Englefield-cottage, De Beau voir-square, Kingsland. I built it. The plaintiff and his wife came to live there early in August. Soon after they came I went to the back bedroom to make an ob servation in consequence of what one of my tenants had told me, as well as my wife, and I saw a gentleman at the extremity of my back wall looking up at my window. I have since ascertained that it was the defendant. I saw Mrs. Pratt returning with a mutton chop, but on a signal she went back to the defendant. They separated and went different ways, but as she did not come home I whipped out of my front door and came upon them at the east end of the square, when upon seeing me they again separated. Mrs. Pratt once more joined and went away, and after an absence of half an hour she returned home to my house. This was on the 7th of September, in the present year. I was so much excited about the affair that I wanted to see her. A " gracefuller little woman," I assure you, I never saw—(Loud laughter)-- she is a most insinuating little creature.—(lienewad laughter.) I spoke to her and reproved her for her conduct, and soon after a cab came to my door and she went away in it, taking her luggage with her. I told the man, at her request, to drive her to the Green Man and Still, Oxford -street, from which place she meant to take the omnibus to Hendon, as she was going to her mother there. I told the plaintiff when he came home what had occurred, as it was my duty to do. The poor fellow cried like a child, and I said he ought to be glad of it, and should have more manly fortitude rather than cry at the loss of a woman who had turned out a pros titute. On the following Monday I went to the Feathers, in Oxford-street, and saw Mrs. Martin, the landlady, and a porter of the name of Gray, and from what we hoard I went to the Portland Coffee-house, Great Castle -street, Oxford-market. I there saw the chambermaid, Elizabeth Heath, and the " boots." Heath at terwards went with me on the Fri day to the defendant's. We saw him in his shop, and Heath recognised him. The defendant said he remem bered the woman, and I then said, " More villain you, then." The defendant pushed me out of the shop. When the plaintiff and his wife came to my house they were unable to open their trunk—a hair one—and my wife lent Mrs. Pratt a key to unlock it, but when she had done so the" key could not be got out. It was, therefore, left in. When Mrs. Pratt was packing up the afternoon she went off she could not lock the trunk, and so we lent her a bit of cord to tie round it. The key still re mained in the lock. When the chambermaid went with me to the defendant's she remembered him as the gentle man who slept with the lady at their coffee-house on the night of the 7th of September. Cross -examined-1 had before been to another gen tleman's, but I said he was not the man, as the girl could not recognise him. I could not indemnify" him as the man I had seen waiting. I did not say I thought that gentleman was the man I had seen on the 7th of September loitering about my garden wall. The plaintiff and his wife were in my house five weeks only. His father, his sisters, and a gentleman or two of the Cus tom-house used to visit them at my house. They were so loving that I really thought it was the " honeymoon" with them.—(Loud laughter.) The plaintiff and his father asked me to go to see the gentleman. Elizabeth Martin—l am the landlady of the Feathers Tavern in Oxford-street. On the 7th of September a lady came to my house in a cab, and she had a young lady with her, who came in and asked if the luggage could be left. I assented, and it was thereupon brought in, and it consisted of a hair trunk with a key in the lock, and some other articles. PDX APPELLANT AND DAVIES RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for Shaftesbury, and the question involved in the case was simply as to whether a rate had been pur posely levied, for the nonpayment of which the appel lant's name, as a soot and lot voter, was struck from the register. _ It appeared that the assessment was properly signed by two churchwardens, one of whom was a justice of the peace, but that it was not confirmed by the signa tures of two justices of the peace. which was required by the 33d sec. of Will. IV., c. 4, 5. Some ratepayers paid the rate, and others refused to do so, but no appeal was made against the irregular mode in which it was levied. The COURT was of opinion that the appeal must be allowed, ai in point of law no rate had been made, and that being the case, there could be no nonpayment, and therefore no disfranchisement. The decision of the Revising Barrister was then re. versed. Cross-examined—She called the young lady her niece. The things remained there about three-quarters of an hour. James Gray, an occasional porter at the Feathers, said I was on this day employed by the landlady to carry some luggage. I took it to a coffee-house in Great Castle-street. I saw a hair trunk, but that was carried by another porter; there was a key in in it. There was only one lady accompanied her. There was a hair trunk with a key in the lock, which a stranger carried. The lady paid us for our trouble. Eliza Heath—l was chambermaid in September last at tho coffee-house in Great Castle-street. I remember, on the 7th of that month, a lady coming to the house with a porter who brought a hair trunk and other things. There was a key in the trunk, and there was a cord round it. She asked for a bed for her and her husband. I showed her a room, which she approved of: — I then supplied her with pen, ink, and paper. Having written a note, she gave it to me to dry in another room. I read what she had written and returned it to her, when she folded it up, put it in an envelope, and went out carry ing the note with her. Mr. 111731 FREY objected to the contents of this note being given in evidence unless the note itself were pro duced. BO W-STREET. - M7. - Sergeant SHEE submitted that as his Learned Friend did not produce the note ho was bound to give the next best evidence of the contents. Mr. Baron PLATT was of opinion that the proposed evidence could not be given in evidence. He would, how ever, take a note of the tender and the objection to the reception of the evidence. Examination resumed—The lady took the letter out with her. She was away about a quarter of an hour. She then partook of some refreshment, and retired to the bedroom. It was between five and six o'clock when she came. About ten o'clock a gentleman came and asked if there was a lady waiting there for him. The defendant is that gentleman. He went up, and re mained about half an hour, and then came down. They had some porter, and then they went to bed, and passed the night together, the gentleman telling the porter thit be must be called at six o'clock in the morning. I made the bed the next day, and saw that two persons had slept in it. At eleven o'clock the next morning defend ant came again, and took the lady away in a call. On the following Friday I went with the plaintiff and Mr. Farrow to a house in Cropley-street, Hoxton, and there I saw the defendant, and recognised him at once as the gentleman who had slept with the lady at our coffee house on the nigth of the 7th of September. lam quite positive as to the identity. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Baron PLATT said th at as ' his presence was re quired in another place, the further hearing of the case must be postponed till to-morrow (this morning). MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The Court sat yesterday by adjournment from last Wednesday. George Abbott, an attorney's clerk, and Caroline his wife, were indicted, charged with stealing a variety of articles from their ready-furnished lodgings, the property of A. Simms. It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutrix, that the prisoners occupied apartments in her house, in Cot tage-lane, City-road. One day, about a fortnight ago, both prisoners went out, and did not return until the Saturday following. During their absence the prosecu trix went into the rooms,_ w hen she discovered that they had been near l y str i ppe d of their contents. The female prisoner returned to the house alone, when she was given into custody. The male prisoner was subsequently taken into custody, and on his person were found sixty-two duplic a t es , chiefly relating to the property in question. _ _ The male prisoner offered to plead guilty if the Court would order his wife to be acquitted. The Court would not, however, consent to this course, and the case was tried. It was clearly shown that the female was his wife, and the Court, therefore, directed the woman to be acquitted. Mr. HEATON pleaded distress in extenuation; but it was shown that the prisoner had been in employment since February last, at a salary of 1/. ss. per week. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to four months' hard labour. MADAME DE SOUZA. Another application for a remission of part of the sen tence panel upon this woman, for keeping a house of ill fame in Bury-street, St. James's, was made this morning, but the Court declined to accede to the appli cation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Angus 11PKenzie was some days ago apprehended by Daniel Forester, upon a warrant granted by Alderman Hooper, the late Lord Mayor, upon a charge made by Mr. Edmund Phillips, of No. 8, London street, provision merchant, against him, of having committed forgery to the amount of 3,000/. Bail having been given for the appearance of Mr. M`lienzie, the case was not disposed of till yesterday. In October, 1846, Mr. Phillips, being about to proceed to America, left with a Mr. White a power of attorney to draw and accept bills of exchange in his name. Ho had had several bill transactions with Mr. Angus INPKenzie, whom he had previously to his departure in formed of that fact, and who requested him to leave with him (M‘Kenzie) three or four acceptances signed in blank, as there might be difficulty in getting bills discounted signed by p roc uration, and it might be necessary to rais e money during Mr. Phillips's absence upon such acceptances, Mr. rhillips consented, upon_ . ' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1848. the understanding that the bills were only to be used during his absence, and that Mr. M'Kenzie would ac count with him for them, or give them back on his re turn. Mr. M‘lienzie then produced four stamps without any writing upon them, and handed them to Mr, Phillips, who wrote across each of them, " Accepted, payable at the Commercial Bank of London, Edmund &c. ;" left them in the possession of Mr. Nl`Kenzie, and proceeded to America. In the latter end of December, 1846, Mr. Phillips returned, and after his return three of the four acceptances, two of which were dated in November, and the third in December, payable four months after date, were presented and were paid by him. Ho caused inquiry to be made of Mr. MtKenzie, and had reason to believe from the result of that inquiry that three only of the acceptances had been used, and that the fourth had bee❑ destroyed ; and he believed such to be the case until the 24th of October last, when the fourth of the stamps was presented to him for payment in the form of a bill of exchange, bearing date the 9th of October, 1847, purporting to be drawn by Durant and M`Kenzie upon and accepted by Edmund Phillips, &c., for the sum of 3,0001., payable twelve months after date; the signature Durant and Maenzie, as well as the endorsement, being in the handwriting of Mr. M'Kenzie, whom Mr. Phillips never authorised to use the blank on which the last-named bill was written, except during his absence in America in 1846. Upon these grounds, and the statement of Mr. Phillips that the fourth bill had been drawn, uttered, and circulated with out his authority or knowledge, the late Lord Mayor directed that Mr. M'Kenzie should find bail to a large amount to appear and answer the charge. The fourth bill had, it appeared, been presented from the London branch of the North-Western Bank of India by a clerk in that establishment, and the only persons' names upon it as indorsers were those of " Durant and M'Kenzie" and " Robert Cameron," and payment was refused upon the ground that the bill was a forgery. An action was then commenced against Mr. Phillips, at the suit of Mr. James Watson, officiating manager of the North-Western Bank of India, and subsequently the warrant was procured against Mr. M'Kenzie. Mr. Clarkson, together with Messrs. Linklater, soli citors to Mr. Phillips, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Ballantine, with Mr. Hobler, appeared for the defence. Mr. Ballantine said that he appeared for the gentle man against whom the warrant had been granted, and who appeared to answer whatever charge might be brought against him.' Looking at the whole of the cir cumstances stated by Mr. M'Kenzie in explanation of the transaction, it certainly must be admitted that his client's conduct was not defensible in a moral point of view. Nevertheless, there were some matters which he thought would operate upon those concerned in the prosecution to prevent them from pursuing the course which they had thought proper to adopt. The Learned Counsel then referred to the numerous large commer cial transactions in which Mr. M'Kenzie had been from time to time engaged with Mr. Phillips, and repre sented that his client had filled up the fourth bill in the belief that the amount would liquidate no more than what would appear to be due to him upon the settlement of the outstanding accounts between them, and at the same time not entertaining any idea that his authority to fill up the blank terminated before the bill was negotiated. It was certainly not the intention of Mr. M'Kenzie to commit a fraud when he made the instrument negotiable, for he had put it into the hands of his agent, Mr. Cameron, under the impression that Mr. Phillips was indebted to him to the amount. The Learned Counsel would nut by any means say that such was the case, but he believed that Mr. M'Kenzie had acted under that impression, and through Mr. Hobler referred the whole of the circumstances to him, for his advice as to the course which it might be advisable for him to adopt. He (Mr. Ballantine) and Mr. Hobler were decidedly of opinion that Mr. M'Kenzie was by no means justified in what ho had done, and they considered it to be his duty to put Mr. Phillips in the position in which that gentleman had previously been by handing him the bill, and that everything in the shape of a claim must be withdrawn. If Alderman Hooper, notwith standing all that had been stated in expla nation, considered that there were grounds for a committal for a felony, he knew it wonld be vain to plead against the extreme course, but if it were con sidered necessary to require bail for the charge in any other shape, security to any amount was ready. The bill, he believed, had been impounded, and was ready to be delivered up to Mr. Phillips, and all idea of claim upon that gentleman was ready to be abandoned. Mr. ArKenzie deeply regretted the course he had adopted, but he really thought it would have facilitated the settle ment of the accounts. Mr. Miller, upon the part of Mr. Cameron, the agent, into whose hands Mr. M'Kenzie had placed the bill, at once admitted that his client had no claim; and Mr. Phin, for Mr. Watson, said that his client consented to relinquish all claim. Mr. Clarkson, for Mr. Phillips, said that when the subject was originally placed before him he had very de cidedly given his opinion upon it as one upon which he entertained no doubt. The circumstances in explana tion, however, mentioned by his Learned Friend, had altered the opinion he had formed of the intent to de fraud, particularly as Mr. M'Kenzie had placed the bill in the hands of a person who would have found insur mountable difficulties in negotiating it. It appeared to be reasonable to suppose that Mr. M'Kenzie's object was to compel a settlement of accounts which were existing between him and Mr. Phillips, under the impression that it would be in his favour, and as the bill was ready to be given up, and all claim upon his client abandoned, he would leave it to Alderman Hooper to decide upon the question of going into evidence in the altered shape which the case had assumed. He was willing upon the part of Mr. Phillips to take the bill, but he denied on the part of Mr. Phillips that there was anything whatever due from him to Mr. M'Kenzie. Alderman HOOPER said the matter presented a very different case from that which it bore when the com plaint was originated. At first the transaction appeared to him, in a dry legal point of view, to come under the class of forgery. It was important to examine in such a case how far it was the intention of Mr. M'Kenzie to de fraud. The complication of accounts, of which he (Al derman Hooper) as a commercial man was well able to judge, supplied an argument in favour of Mr. M'Kenzie, who might have supposed that a balance was due to him sufficiently large to justify the appropriation; and there was a probability, too, that the expectation of compel ling an immediate settlement might have operated as an inducement. Under all the circumstances, and as the character of Mr. M'Kenzie stood without imputation, he should dismiss the case. The bill was then given up to Mr. ',Phillips, and the parties retired. A laundress, named Roberts, was Lrought before Mr. Henry for re-examination, charged with stealing a number of articles, including a sword, a silver epaulette, silver spoons, and several law books, the property of Mr. G. W. Fowkes, a barrister, of 6, Stones-buildings, Lin • coin's Inn, and other gentlemen, of whose chambers she had the care. _ _ _ _ It was proved that the missing articles had been taken from time to time by the prisoner, and pledged at different pawnbrokers, the sword and epaulette having been occasionally redeemed and then pledged again. These facts were deposed to by Mr. King, a pawn broker, of 34, High Holborn, and by Mr. Attenborough, the pawnbroker, in Fleet-street, to the latter of whom she had frequently pledged law books. The property was identified by Mr. Fowkes, who had entrusted the woman with the keys of his chambers when he had been absent from town. Mr. HENRY lectured the pawnbrokers present, and through them the trade generally, upon the imprudence and want of caution, not to use stronger terms, which were often exhibited by them in their business trans actions. Here was property which they might well have known could not possibly have belonged to a woman in the prisoner's station of life; and yet, without a single inquiry, they were ready to advance money co upon it. He (Mr. Henry) believed that the carelessness pawnbrokerostolen proper t y on one course u o e f which he should not hesitate to adopt. of pawnbrokers in this respect operated as an encourage ment to the thieves of the metropolis; and hesaw plainly o f a s t that the most effectual check they could put upon the sthyessteemwouldbe t o commitreceiver occasions as a The prisoner Was committed for trial. ,Joseph Carter, a pugilist, was on Saturday charged with breaking a valuable square of glass in the shop door of Mr. Thomas Bushell, landlord of the Coach and Horses, in the Strand. The prisoner, who was enveloped in a large cloak, staggered into the complainant's shop, drunk, on Friday afternoon, followed by others of the same class, and de manded to be served, which the waiter refused to comply with, upon which he became very abusive, to the annoy ance of the customers, and after pulling open the door with great violence, he left the house, but instantly re turned, using threatening language, and laying hold of the door again, he broke the window. Constable 58 F proved that when he apprehended the prisoner he used threatening language, putting himself in a fighting attitude, and it was with great difficulty he conveyed him to the station•house. Mr. Dodd, the inspector, being questioned by the Court, said the prisoner was a very disorderly character, and when the charge was preferring by Mrs. Bushell, in the absence of her husband, he threatened to do for her when he got his liberty. Mr. HENRY, who recognised the prisoner as having been frequently brought before him, ordered him to p a y the sum of 11. 135., being the amount of the damage, or one month's imprisonment, and an additional fine of 31. for resisting the officer, or another month's imprison. went. Baker, 131 B, who came up immediately after the prisoner was brought out of the yard, said that the moment he was within arm's length of the prisoner, the latter inflicted two violent blows on his head, after which he seized witness by the throat, and tried to choke him, and kicked him repeatedly with great violence. Ile then male an (Ann to get at his pocket, at the same time exclaiming, " You -, if I can get my knife, I'll soon do for you." Prisoner, after using this threat made so many attempts to bite witness, and was so violent that he was obliged to use his truncheon. Witless was so lame in consequence of the injuries inflicted by the prisoner, that he was unable to attend to his duty. Further evidence having been given, Mr. BRODERIP having asked the prisoner what he had to say, he replied, " They found no lead about me, and did not see me meddling with it." A difficulty having arisen with respect to the owner. ship of the lead, the Commissioners of the Westminster Improvements having been in treaty for the premises from which it had been stolen, _ . Mr. BRODERIP said he should remand the prisoner for the felony and ferocious assault with which he stood charged fur a week. Thomas Moore was finally examined, charged with stealing several articles of silver plate. value 101. On the afternoon of Tuesday last, Balcome, 302 V, saw the prisoner, in Gunter's. grove, with a bundle under his arm, and suspecting that he might have become pos sessed of it dishonestly, inquired what he had there. Prisoner replied, a basket of plate, which a person had given him to take to the steam- boat pier at Battersea • bridge. The constable made other inquiries, and, nut being satisfied with the prisoner's account, took him into custody, when he made a most desperate resistance. The basket was found to contain four table spoons, five des sert spoons, and some forks, and as the only account the prisoner could give of the matter was, that a person who was unknown to him had given him the things in the street to convey, as above described, he was remanded, when it was subsequently ascertained that the property belonged to Mrs. King, of St. Mark's-terrace, Brompton, and had been stolen, shortly before the prisoner was met with it, from a cupboard in her parlour. Miss King saw a person resembling the prisoner enter the garden in front of the house that afternoon with something in his hand, apparently for sale, and saw him leave in a few minutes afterwards, but did not observe whether he had a parcel with him. The servant was engaged at that time at the back of the house, and a person entering the garden in front would have easy access to the parlour from which the plate was stolen. _ Prisoner was committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. Alfred Moor, alias Johnson, alias Matthews, Charles Downing, alias; Captain Coact, Henry Hodgson, alias Captain Hodgson, East India Company's service, T/zomas Bench, Ambrose Jacobs, and Wil liam Bates, were brought Wore Air. Cottingharn, for re-examination, charged with swindling. The court, as on the former day, was crowded to excess in conse quence of the extensive nature of the frauds. _ Mr. CorriNGliAm saie, that every examination con• vinced him the more of the organized system of swind hoc,6 which was carried on by the prisoners and others who had not yet been taken into custody. As the mat ter at present stood he should take care the prisoners should not escape being sent for trial, and, with a view to give others an opportunity of appearing against them at this court, he should remand them until next Monday, and then commit them. PERSIA. Letter 3 from Teheran of the 30th September state that the new Shah of Persia was expected in that capital on the 10th of o,:tober. M. Hommaire de Hell, who had been sent to Persia on a scientific mission by the French Government, had died at Ispahan of putrid fever. HAMBURGH MARKETS. HAMBURGH FUNDS, Nov. 10. 111113. Money. Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent..... 101% 101% Anglo-Russian Loan -•••••• • • • • • • • 9634 96 Russian Metal., 5 per Cents • • • • ...... Ditto let serieslnseription• • • • • • • • .... Ditto, 3d and 4th series Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per Cent. •• .• •• 92 New 5 per Cent., Hope and Co. 89 Ditto Stieglitz .. • ...... • • ••••• • • • • 77% Spanish New 5 per Gent...—. ...... 8 - Ditto 3 per Cent 10 4 Ang,lo-Swedish Loan •—• • • 9614 95 Ditto, 1846.............• •• •• •• •• • 93)( 1 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. • Ditto 3 per Cent. • • Norwegian Loan, 1848 .......• • •• • • 95 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. •• • • 62 61% National Bank Shares.. • •• • • — RAILWAYS. Hamb. Bergd. ••••• • .• • • 64 Ditto, Priority Shares •• • • ..... • • 95 9.5 Berlin and Hamburg •• •• •••• • • • • 82 % Ditto, Priority Shares .. • • ...... • 89 Cologne and Minden ........ 72% 72% Ditto, Priority Shares B9 Mecklenburg • •• • 31)4 3134 Altona and Kiel .............. Gluckstadt .. • • .......... • • 25 Hanseatic Steam Company ...• • 92 89 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Hambargh,:Nov. 10 ........ ••• • .. 13 9% Ditto, Two months ••• • • • ...... 13 Stockholm, Nov. 3, ninety days.... 12 76 Christiana, Oct. 30. three months.. 4 62 HAMBURGII CORN MARKET, NOT. 9. WHEAT—Polish • • Ant. Magd., Red .• .. • • 128 145 Ditto, White ........ •• • • 128 145 Marks and Brunswick • • .... • 126 145 Silesian yellow Mecklenb. Porn. •• .... 122 146 Holstein ••••• • .. • • 118 111 Eider and Busum . Lower Elbe • . • • 104 138 RYE - Schleswig. Ant. and Magd • ... 66 72 Marks., Meek., and Porn. . 64 73 13AaLEY- Mark. and Oder • • .. 35 64 Anhalt and Magd .. ••..••• • • • .. 68 88 Lower Elbe, winter • ..... 50 55 Ditto, summer •. • • •. .. 46 54 OATS—Upland ••• • • ... 34 47 Meek and Holstein .. .. • • •• • .. 36 47 Lower Elbe, White • • • 3O a BEANS ....... . ...... ••• • • • 54 88 RAPE SEED ..... ........ .......... 13G 145 THE MAYORALTY. The following is a corrected list of all the elections to the office of Chief Magistrate during the ensuing year, which we have been able to collect:— Abingdon—G. B. Morland. Altrincham—George Mossey. Andover—Mr. Mortimore. Ashton-under-Lyne—Ald. Buckley (re-elected). Banbury—S. Spurrett (re-elected). Barnstaple—John Sherrard Clay. Basingstoke—R. S. Leigh. Bath—Alderman Sutcliffe. Bedford—Alderman Higgins. Berwick-on-Tweed—Dr. Clark. Beverley—William Crosskill. Bewdley—A. Prattenton. Bideford—William Whickham. Birmingham—Alderman Thornton, Blandford—W. C. Finchem; Bolton—T. L. Rushton. Boston—W. ataniland. Bradford—Alderman Salt. Bridgewater—Alderman Haviland. Bristol—J. K. Haberfield (fourth election). Buckingham—R. Chandler. Cambridge—Charles Finch. Carlisle—George Dixon. Chard—R. W. Spicer. Christchurch Mr. Collins. Chester—Sir E. Walker. Chichester—Dr. Ryacke. Chipping-Norton— W. Bliss. Colchester—C. H. Hawkins. Coventry—Alderman Cope. Daventry—T. S. Sanders. Derby—Alderman Forman. Devonport—J. Smith. Devizes—Alderman Crockett. Doncaster—Alderman Dunhill. Dover—Anthony Freeman Payne. Durham—W. Henderson. Evesham—R. H. Hughes. Exeter—Christopher Arden. Folkestone—Charles Golder. Gateshead—George Hawks. Gloucester—John Burrup. Godmanchester—Edward Martin (fifth election). Grimsby—W. H. Danbney (re-elected). Harwich—Francis Hales. Halifax—John Baldwin. Helston—Alderman Penberthy. High Wycombe—William Rose. Honiton—Captain Barleigh. Hull—John Lee Smith (re-elected). Huntingdon—Charles Veasey. Ipswich—Charles Burton. Kendal—Alderman Whinnery. Kidderminster—Dr. Rodden. Lancaster—E. Sharpe. Langport—John Larcombe. Leeds—J. H. Shaw. Leicester—William Biggs. Lincoln—R. Whitton. Liverpool—J. Bromley Moore. Lymington—Charles St. Barbe. Macclesfield—F. Lallemand. Manchester—Alderman Potter. Maidstone—John Mercer. Morpeth—W. Trotter. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Capt. Weatherley. Newport, Isle of Wight—Ald. Eldridge. Northampton—Ald. Wykes (re-elected). Norwich—S. Bignold. Nottingham—Thomas Carver. Oldham—T. B. Barlow. Oxford—Alderman Thorpe. Pontefract—Alderman Barker. Portsmouth—J. G. Scale. Preston—Richard Pedder. Plymouth—R. W. Burnell. Reading—T. Harris. Retford, East—William Mee. Ripon—Charles Williamson. Ramsey—R. L. Finder. Salford—Alderman Langworthy. Salisbury—R. Farrant (re-elected). Scarbor ,ugh—Dr. Harland. Sheffield—T. Pb. Barker. Southampton—Mr. La'shley. South Molton—William Gould Smyth. St. Alban's—B. Nash. Stamford—Mr. French. Stockport—James Marshall. Stockton—J. Eales. Stratford-on-Avon—T. G. Gill. Sunderland—W. Ord. Swansea—J. Mitchell. Tewkesbury—H. E. Strickland. Tiverton—George Hambleton Voysey. Truro—W. T. Chappel (re-elected). Wakefield—G. W. Harrison (re-elected). Wallingford—T. E. Field. Warwick— [I. Blenkinsop (re-elected). Warrington—Alderman Alcard. Wigan—G. Byrom. Winchester—C. M. Deane. Windsor—F. Twinch. Wisbeach—Alderman Stevens. Wolverhampton—G. B. Thornoycroft (re-elected). Worcester—Alderman Padmore. Yarmouth—P. Pulleyn. York—Alderman Meek. How TO MAKE A HORSE SURE FOOTED.—A singular account of the manners of the ancients breaking in their horses, and rendering them sure footed when galloping over the most irregular and dangerous grounds, 1 is related by Vegetius. The Parthian horses were lighter and hardier than those of the Cappadecians or Modes, and were the best war horses. A spot of dry level ground was selected, on which various troughs or boxes tiled with ch a lk or c l ay , were placed at irregular dis tances, and with much irregularity of surface and of height. Here the horses were taken for exercise, and they had many a stumble and many a fall as they g.l- ped thi s strangely unevea course; but they gradually l' learned ' to lift their feet higher and to bend their knees better, and to step sometimes shorter and sometimes longer, as the ground required, until u, and thez o c s o t ld re c g a u r l r a y r their riders with ease ,afetx- over the and dangerous places. Th en it was that the l t a could fully put into practi ce t h e i r favourite manoeuvre, awl turn upon and destroy their unsuspect i ng foes. The e ; were as formidable in flight as in attack, and would ofte n turn on the back of the animal and p our on their pur suers a cloud of arrows that at once chang e d t h e fortune of the day.: TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN BINSTEAD.--Ne per ceive that a testimonial to Captain Binstead, the late superintendent of the Yorkshire district of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire railways, is now in course of signa ture in this town. Tbis document is expressive of the high esteem in which the gallant captain is held for the kindness, courtesy, and efficiency which he has uniformly manifested in the important office which be has recently held under that directory, in providing for the accommo• dation and security of the public, in which the interests of the company are intimately associated. The trsti menial has already received numerous signatures. In these are embract.d the names of Members of Parlia ment, the whole of the members of the Doncaster Town Council, and, strange as the fact may appear, two mayors of this borough, viz., Fred( rick Fisher, Esq., whose pe riod of office has just expired, and William Dunhill, Esq., who was yesterday appointed his successor. We can only repeat, on our own part, that Captain Binstead is fully entitled to the honour of this popular manifesta tion of fweling ag..9 11 '4.°49Pt - 7,Pen9a 4 4r GO 7 yage.. • CLERKEN WELL. John Westfield, who was remfuided on a charge of having grossly assaulted Miss Elizabeth Wo o d, o f Tot tenham-place, Kingsland, was finally examined on that charge, when Mr. Sidney, of Hatton-garden, attended and said that the young lady was too indisposed to at tend, and she declined a prosecution.--The prisoner was then discharged. WESTMINSTER. William Walton, a desperate-looking fellow, wa s charged with stealing a quantity of lead pipe, and com mitting a series of most ferocious assaults upon the police in the execution of their duty. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on the preceding night, James Buchanan, 280 A, discovered the pri soner crawling on his hands and knees in the yard of a house in Palmer's-village, Westminster, and inquired what he was doing there, when the prisoner replied, in a sullen tone, " Nothing." The constable then took him into custody, when he made a most desperate resis tance, and committed a serious of ferocious assaults upon the police, until overpowered by numbers. The water pipe in tha yard where prisoner was discovered had been torn down from the wall, and a portion of it was found outside the yard. Buchanan stated that he had no sooner brought the prisoner out of the yard than the latter struck him two violent blows in the face, and knocked him down. He then kicked him most severely on the legs and body. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY.—The Limerick Chronicle men tions, on the authority of " the friends of Mr. Smith O'Brien," that, no matter how the writ of error may be decided, he will not continue a Member of the Legis lature, " being determined, if exempt from penal restric • tion, never again to appear in public life." It would appear, from an address to the electors of the county of Limerick, from Mr. Samuel Dickson, that there are already four candidates in the field, in the expectation of a vacancy in its representation. Referring to an ad dress from an anonymous candidate, Mr. Dickson says— " I beg now, most respectfully, to state that from motives of delicacy and feelings of high respect for many valuable friends, I postponed publicly addressing you; but being aware that two other candidates, besides this anonymous gentleman, have been for months pri vately canvassing, I therefore felt it but right to acquaint my many friends of my determination, in the event of a vacancy, to solicit the honour of their support, as a resident landed proprietor, having no personal object to accomplish, but to obtain good measures four our country." The Cork Constitution says— " On Thursday an order was received in this city from the Government, requiring copies of the warrants under which the several prisoners are detained in gaol, under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act." TLIE VACANT BISITOPRICK.—So rapidly are the can didates for the vacant see of Down. Connor, and Dro more increasing, that it would be difficult to count them. The Limerick Chronicle adds to the number the Rev. Francis Brady, rector of Kilmahon, Cloyne (brother of the Lord Chancellor), and the Rev. Dr. Vignolles, Dean of Ossory, who had been for a long period Dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle. The Cork Constitution says:—" Commissioners have arrived in town for the purpose of inspecting the palace of the late Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, and assessing what his Lordship's effects are liable for, by reason of dilapidation of the residence. The commission which is usual to issue, if prayed for, has been granted oa the requisition of his successor." Further evictions have taken place in the union of Kilmalloch. The Limerick Examiner states that notice has been served, in the form required by the Act of last session, upon the relieving officer of the electoral divi sion of Ardpatrick, in that union, that twenty-six heads of families are to be evicted from the lands of Graigue. A list of the unhappy people is set forth, and the number including women and children, is estimated at one hun dred and thirty. . _ The Cork Constitution has the following announce ment:—" Government have it in contemplation to build forthwith four new barracks on an extensive scale in Dublin, Tipperary, Ennis, and Clonmel. With the erec tion of these buildings, which will cost a great many thousands of pounds, and the building of sixty new workhouses next year, those engaged in the building, timber, and iron trades are likely to have something to do." At the Thurles (county of Tipperary) sessions, which is one of the heaviest ever remembered, a person named William Ryan was convicted for obstructing a policeman, on the 23d July last, in the removal of an inflammatory placard posted in the town of Borrisoleigh. The prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. The Westmeath Independent of yesterday contains the following : " This morning our town was thrown into considerable excitement in consequence of the reported attempt to as sassinate Mr. W. H. Daniel, J.P., of Halston, in this county, on his way to the market of this town. We lost not a moment in dispatching our reporter to the scene of outrage, where he learned the following particulars : This morning at eight o'clock Mr. Daniel left his resi dence at Halston,in his gig, for Athlone, and when about midway, and within a few perches of the residence of Mr. B. Jones, at Kilcornan, he was fired at from behind a hedge, where it appears t wo men l ay in concealment with the intention of depriving Mr. Daniel of his life. The shot took effect in the left shoulder ; when the arm dropped Mr. Daniel, with much presence of mind, imme diately seized the reins with the right hand, and drove on as speedily as possible, when a second shot was fired but fortu nately it passed harnsleslly over the unfortunate victim's head. Mr. Daniel continued to urge his flight, and did not stop until he reached the cottage at Glasson, the re sidence of Mr. Nathaniel Fallon, sub-inspector, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Fallon, who extracted five balls from tho shoulder, which is much lacerated, but there is reason to believe that ne unpleasant conse quences will arise from his wounds. Sub-Inspector Fallon immediately called out the police at the Gleason station, with whom he is at this moment scouring the country in search of the diabolical ruffians. The cause of this outrage is attributed to the serving of ejectments on the lands of Ballincliffy, a property lately purchased by Mr. Daniel from Mrs. Betty, of Auburn. Through this the apprehension of the assassin is looked upon as certain. Since receiving the above, Mr. Daniel has ar rived in town, and appears in his usual good spirits. He is pale and languid from the effects of the wounds. His clothes are literally riddled with bullets, and he owes bis escape, under Providence, to the venom of his intended murderers, who loaded their arms too heavily to take effect at the distance." ----_ - CURIOUS A DVENTURE WITH MR. — BUTT, Q.C.— Dunimt, Nov. 5.—A curious and very unpleasant adven ture occurred to Mr. Butt, Q.C., the eminent barrister, on Thursday evening last. He was returning to his house in Leeson -street, and had to pass by the corner of Hatch-street, the lower end of which leads to some waste ground, close to which is St. Mathias' Church, when he was accosted by a respectably dressed man, who, in the most earnest terms, asked him to accom pany him towards the church, as a person had suddenly fallen down in a fit, and would die if assistance were not rendered. Mr. Butt at once assented to the request, and proceeded with the stranger some distance, until they had passed the range of houses, when in an instant the latter rushed at him, and crying out, "I am your brother," endeavoured to strangle Mr. Butt. The Learned Gentleman, however, made a most determined resistance, being a powerful man, and, although dread. fully turn in the face and hands, succeeded in getting his assailant down. The other then tried to get the hand that WIS on his throat into his mouth, but failed; and at length the police came up, and with considerable difficulty made a prisoner of the unknown, who, it was then ascertained, was . labouring under a b erra ti on o f in tellect, and, as usual with persons in such a state, pos sessed more than ordinary strength.—Edinburylr Ad vertiser. POTATO SEED FOE NEXT YEAR.—The destruction of the potato crop is already so extensive, that even if there were not every chance of a f ur th er l oss d ur i ng the winter, there will most lik e ly b e muc h difficulty in pro curing seed next year. This might be in a great mea sure obviated by the general adoption of a plan which, although it, has been frequently recommended, does not appear to be so well known as it deserves. It has b'en proved that the crown of the potato, if used exclusively for seed, will produce an earlier and frequently a better crop than if sets from any other part of the tuber be em phyed; it is therefore only necessary, in preparing po tatoes for food, or applying them for any other purpose, to cut off this end and preserve it, in order to accumu late a supply of the best kind of seed. [Excellent ad %ice.]— Gardener's Chronicle. " UNDEft TIIE ROSE."—The ancients consecrated the rose to llarpocrates, the god of silence., and therefore frequently placed it on the ceilings of roems destined f ur the receiving of the guests, and implying that whatever was transacted there should not be made public, COPELAND APPELLANT AND BARTLETT RESPONDENT, This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barrister for the Southern Division of Essex. The appellant, who was a member of a building society, became the purchaser in fee-simple of a cottage and garden, the purchase-money, 654, being advanced by the society, who had a mortgage upon the property as security for the payment of the month), instalments of 15L1,which the appellant was required to pay until the loan was satisfied, and the society ceased to exist. The Revising Barrister decided that as the society had a mortgage upon the property the appellant was not entitled to be registered in respect of it. Mr. Sergeant BYLES supported the appeal against that decision, and contended that the Court ought simply to take into consideration whether the appellant occupied and received the rent and profits of the property, and not look to the mortgage. The COURT affirmed the decision of the Revising Barrister. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 13. This afternoon the ceremony of "pricking for the sheriffs" for the counties of England and Wales, for the ensuing year, took place in the presence of the Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Chief Justices of the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the majority of the puisne judges. The court was crowded to excess during the ceremony. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 13. CRIM. CON.—PRATT V. FLETCHER. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for a criminal conversation with the wife of the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a young man of very respectable family and connexions, holding a situation as clerk in the Customs, and the defendant a surgeon, carrying on business at Hoxton. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Addison appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humphrey and another Learned Gen tleman for the defendant, From the statement of Mr. Sergeant Shee it appeared that the plaintiff, who is twenty-five years of age, mar ried in 1843 the object of his affections, being a parti cularly beautiful and accomplished young lady, of eighteen years of age, the subject of this action, and the daughter of a respectable tanner living in the neighbourhood of Bristol. In the present year they resided at De Beauvoir-square, Kmgsland, and it appeared that the defendant w a s called in in his pro fessional capacity to attend the wife of the plaintiff, who as indisposed, and in the course of his attendances an acquaintance sprang up between them, which ultimately led to the alleged criminal intercourse. The Learned Sergeant then went into a detail of the facts of the case, which will be found reiterated by the subjoined evi dence:— John Mantell Pratt—l am the father of the plaintiff, who is a clerk in the Custom-house, where ho has been for sixteen years. He has only two clerks above him in his office, and his salary is 2501. a year. I have occa sionally visited my son since his marriage, and ho and his wife appeared to live upon the most affectionate terms. My son's conduct to his wife was always ex tremely affectionate and kind. The last time I visited my son was about a fortnight prior to his wife's elope ment. They were then residing in apartments at Engle field Cottage, in De Beauvoir-square, Mr. Farrow's, Kingaland. Mrs. W. Pratt's maiden name was Emily Taylor, and she is the daughter of a tanner, near Bristol. I identify the signature of the parties to the marriage re gister. My son is about 33 years of age, and his wife now about 24 or 25. Cross-examined—l live at Chelsea in one of my own houses,_ and I have one house I l e t. I h ave two daugh ters. My wile has been dead four years. I was not aware of my son's marriage till some months after it had taken place. My son was living at Camberwell in a cot tage, but he did not let out a portion in lodgings. I cannot say how long they lived there. It might have been a year, or a year and a half. I visited them. Ido not know that my son's wife left him, and went to live with her mother in Somersetshire. I never heard of it. She did, however, go into Somersetshire, but I do not know when that was. I never heard that she went in consequence of my son having beaten her. Ido not know how long she was away, but I should think not a month. My son came and told me that his wife was gone into Somersetshire. Ido not remember that he complained of her having left him. He might have said so, but if he did I have forgotten it. I will not swear that he has not told me that his wife had left him against his consent, but if he did tell use so I do not recol lect it. My daughters are 27 and 24 years old; they are not here. My son's wife has never left her husband and come to my house for protection. My brother's daughter is here. Ido not know that my son's wife ever took refuge at my brother's house to be protected from her husband. My son was suspended at the Custom-house-- and very likely it was when he was at Peckham—be cause he had been compelled to go through the Insol vent Court. This was about four years ago perhaps. My son then went Ido not know where. Ile went sub sequ, ntly, twelve months afterwards probably, to Graf ton-street; after that he went to live at Dulwich. lam not aware that at that time there were any executionslin his house. After this he lived in Trinity-square, with an attorney; and while he was there my sun told me that his wife left him, much against the advice of that at torney, and went to her sister's. She did not call at my house to tell me that she was going. Soon after they met at 'my house, when they were reconciled at once. She left with her own mother at that time. It was by accident that my son met his wife a: my house. I know not where she and her mother had been living. I next knew them living, early in September, at Mr. Farrow's. I knew that they had been living at lioxton, but not with whom. My daughters visited her, and saw her probably about once a month. I did not see her while she was ill, but I saw her husband. My niece is here, and it was with that niece that she went t o ok a heryea year. aI never blind. Thesalary. tn my ofb rmotyhesre'snhiosu knew his wife to be in a destitute situation , nor has she complained to me of his treatment of her. I never about out Sh 2 e 5O heard any complaint from her. I never asked my son how it was that his wife had left him, for it did not con cern me. Re examined—The salary of my son was restored as soon as he had pissed through the court, as the board were satisfied that there had not been any fraudulent conduct on his part. C. H. Powell, parish clerk of St. George's, Hanover square —I produce the register of marriages. Mr. HUMPREY objected to this document being read, seeing that there were two attesting witnesses, and they were not called. Mr. Sergeant SHEE submitted that such a course was not necessary. Mr. Baron PLATT would take a note of the objection, but he was of opinion that the book might be read. Witness—l was present at the marriage, and the entry is in my own h andwriting. The registe r was h ere rea d . The marr i age was d a t e d April 7, 1843, and was between W. W. Pratt and Emily Taylor. J. T. Robi nson — l live at 23, Clifton street, Finsbury, anda s am a chemi s t and druggist. In 1847 and 1848 I was with the defendant at Hoxton for about ten months. May, June, and July in the present year I was with him. went into the surgerTiseom—etimes; was ill about six mo n th s wire at the defend She times, and has stayed there several her recovery I saw her occasionally at the defendant's h ap n ie d rt m t a h pe e ss sadenevfeehnnodouarrneightat tended fo . ur or five times a week. She time. I had no suspicion at that period . The practice of the defendant m ay be worth 3501. a year. He is about 6 years dd. , CORONERS' INQUESTS. • Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. NP- Payne, at the Crown, 131ackfriars-road, on the body of. Edward Nash, aged 57, a horse-dealer, of No. 23, Martin-street. The deceased, it appeared, was a man of very dissipated habits, and was often intoxicated from morning till night. On Wednesday evening last he told his nephew, Mr. Maynard, of Shepherd's bush, that he had been hocussed by some men, but he did not state who they were, or give any of the par ticulars. The next morning at six o'clock he was seized with violent purging, vomiting, and pains in the limbs, and then said the place he was hocussed at was the parlour of the Horse Shoe public-house, and that he had been robbed of is. 6d. ; the men who treated him so believing that he had a great deal of money about him. Mr. Newnham, the surgeon, of the Borough-road, attended him, but the deemed rapidly grew worse, and died on Friday morning. Mr. Newnham, in his evidence, said he thought the deceased had died from spasmodic cholera. An attack of diarrhcea, which led to this, might have been brought on by something deleterious he had taken, but witness thought, that from the excessive purging and vomiting no traces of poison could now be discovered, and that nothing could be gained by a post mortem examination. The deceased told him that he had been hocussed and robbed. The jury, after considerable discussion, adjourned the evidence until Wednesday evening, in order to obtain evidence from the Horse Shoe public-house, and also that a post mortem examination should be made. Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Mulberry Tree, Mill-street, Bromley, on the body of Samuel Dean, aged 30 years, who died from Asiatic cholera. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a tobacco pipe maker, living at No. 10, Frederick-street. On Friday morning last, the deceased was attacked with severe pains in his bowels, and was compelled to leave off work, and Mr. Gamer, a surgeon, was sent for, who, upon his arrival, said the deceased was suffering from cholera. He applied the usual remedies, but Dean expired the same evening. Air. Gamer said the neighbourhood was over-crowded, and in some houses several families occupied one room. There was not sufficient medical attendance for the dis trict, and in some cases death ensued before a surgeon could arrive. The deceased died from Asiatic cholera, and his two children, one of them very ill, slept in the same bed. Witness was also of opinion there was not sufficient water to carry off the filth from a drain near the houses. The jury returned a verdict of natural death, from Asiatic cholera. The coroner was directed by the jury to write to the board of guardians to appoint another surgeon for that district. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was resumed for the third time, and concluded before Mr. Biker, at the Captain Man-of-War, High-street, Poplar, re specting the death of David Ross, aged 66 years, who, it was alleged, died from starvation. The case involved a charge of neglect against Mr. T. 'War rington, the relieving officer, and Mr. Bain, one of the parochial surgeons. Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, attended on the part of Mr. Warrington, and Mr. Veering, a barrister, for Mr. Bain. The facts of the case, as given in evidence by several witnesses, were these :—The deceased was a broker's man, and he and his wife had fallen into great distress in conse quence of illness and want of employment. About three weeks previous to his death deceased was unable to leave his room, and his aged wife, who had been ill since May last, was also unable to go out. Their illness and distress were made known to Mr. Warrington, by two men named Beasley and Hadden, but no atten tion was paid to the repeated applications. They were compelled to sell their furniture and clothing to obtain food, and the last article they sold was an old saucepan, for which they obtained ls. They lived chiefly on dry bread and coffee. Beasley waited upon Mr. Bain, and expressed to him that the deceased was dying. Mr. Bain promised to attend on the follow ing morning, but failed to do so. The deceased died on the ensuing Friday, without relief or medical assistance. Two witnesses were called on behalf of the relieving officer, and they contradicted in some measure the evidence of the other witnesses. Mr. Bloomfield, surgeon, attributed death to conges tion of the brain ; and the want of the common neces saries of life was one of the causes that would produce such congestion. The jury returned the following special verdict :—" That the deceased died from natural:causes ; but the jury could not separate without expressing an opinion that the death of the deceased had occurred under a circumstance which deserves censure on their part on the conduct of the relieving officer, and they recommend the board of guardians to adopt a more extended relief to the poor?' BRISTOL A FREE PORT.—Yesterday was kept as a public holiday in Bristol, for the purpose of celebrating the important fact that her port, which had been so long bowed down by the gigantic incubus of taxation, and manacled by her excessive dock dues, was •now free. Early in the morning the whole of the shipping, from the Stone-bridge to Cumberland-basin, a distance of two miles, were dressed out in flags of all nations, whilst the flag " that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze" waved proudly and pre-eminently over all. In the course of the day a procession took place, unrivalled in the annals of the port—a procession of the trades, headed by the two Members for the city, the mayor and corporation, accompanied by fifteen bands of music, and numbering over 15,000 p e r so n s i n it s ran k s . When' marshalled and prior to starting it reached from a con siderable distance beyond Lawford's-gate to the Council house—a space exceeding one mile and a half; and . as amidst the roaring of cannon and the ringing of bells it passed through the public streets the cheers of the con gregated multitudes rent the air. It is gratifying to have to observe that not a single accident occurred during the day to mar the hilarity of the occasion. The weather was peculiarly auspicious, and everything passed off in a manner which will cause this day long to be re membered. EXPERIMENT IN FATTENING PIGS.-Eight pigs, valued by several competent judges at 20s. each, were shut up together, Dec. 10, 1847. During the first 11 weeks they consumed 16 bushels 21 pecks each of barley meal, which was worth (the barley being partly " tail") 21. 10s. Four were then killed. They weighed,—No. 1, 234 lbs.; No. 2, 205 lbs.; No. 3, 189 lbs.; No. 4, 180 lbs. 'Petal 808 lbs. or 101 stone. They sold for 191. 3s. 10d., leaving a profit of 31. 3s. 10d., or 15s. 1 lid. each. The other tour, kept a few days longer, weighed nearly as mint], and yielded a profit of 14s. a head, making the average profit of the eight about 15s. each. The small quantity of wash which they had from the house, to gether with the expense of attendance and litter, were supposed to be balanced by the worth of the manure.— Somerset County Gazette. DEATH OF MR. MANSFIELD, PROPRIETOR OF THE " DUBLIN EVENING PACKET."—It is with feelings of the most absorbing sorrow—sorrow in which we are convinced all our readers will participate—that we an nounce the death of Nicholas Murray Mansfield, late proprietor of this journal. The melancholy event that has deprived his children of a fond parent, his intimate associates of a loved and trusted friend, and society of an eminently useful end estimable member, took place yesterday, at his residerce, Simmon's-court. During a long public career, Mr. Mansfield won and retained the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens of all creeds and classes. His political opponents —even the greatest of them all, the late Daniel O'Connell—frankly bore testi mony to the high sense of honour and integrity of prin ciple that guided his every word and action. singularly urbane in demeanour, kind and affable to all, humane, generous, charitable, ever giving to the poor with a free and liberal hand, his loss will indeed be deeply felt, and his memory sincerely revered. In him the young aspi rant for literary fame ever found a gentle critic, a wise counsellor, and a munificent patron. He became at once his guide and his friend, as, indeed, he was. the guide and friend of all who required his advice or needed his assistance. Gifted with a mind of no ordinary grasp —possessed of great and varied informationfull of talent, energy, and intelligence, he won his own way to the position he held, carrying with him, from first to last, estimation as high and popularity as enviable as ever public journalist enjoyed.—Post. BIRTH'S. On the 7th inst , at Bath, the lady of Francis Faulkner, E3q., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Thorp Perrow, Bedale, Yorkshire, the wi.e of M. W. V. Milbank, Esq , of a daughter. On the Sth inst., at Caversham, Oxon, the lady of J. Del. pierre, Esq., of a daughter. On the t,th inst., at Malkin -street West, the wife of J. B. Daniell, Esq.. of a son. On the 10th inst., at Rushden Rectory, Northamptonshire, Mrs. Downes, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Cadogan-place, the wife of William, Goldsmid, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Halkin-street West, the wife of Lieut.- Cslonel Vansittart, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 7111 inst., at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Thomas M•Coy, Esq., 65th Regiment, son of Captain M'Coy, Royal Navy, to Teresa Matilda, youngest daughter of the late Major James Allen, sth Dragoons. On the Bth inst., at Holy-cross, Captain Thomas F. H. Alms, 70th Regiment. to Mary, eldest daughter of Edward Wilson, Esq., of Raheen-park, Tipperary. On the 9th inst., at Watley, Somerset, John H. Shore, Esq., of Clifton and Watley, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late It. Pack, Esq., Fiore-house, Northamptonshire. On the 9th inst.. at Trinity Church, Exeter, James .1. , Coxe, Esq., of Newtown-lodge, Berks, to Martha, daughter of the lets Rev. W. Kitson, rector of Marksbary, Somerset. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Bath, aged 59, John Hussey, Esq., of Lyme Regis. • At Barcaldine, Argyleshire, on the 7th inst., Donald C. Cameron, Esq., of Barcaldine and Foxhall. On the 9t .h inst., in Sise-lane, Ann Elizabeth, only daugh ter of Mr. J. Tookey, aged 43. Oa the lOch inst., at Mitcham-common, Surrey, Mrs. Elizabeth Green. At Shacklewell, on the 10th inst., aged 38, Mr. T. T. Waller, of the Lrawing-office, Bank of England. On the 10th inst., at Albion-grove, 13arusbury-park, Frances, the wife of George Boulten. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary Baylie, of Rosamond-street, Clerkenwell, relict of the late Mr. Eli Vaylie, sen., aged 83. On the 12th inst., at Stamford-hill, Charles Brind, Esq. At Bath, aged 85, Lieutenant-General J. L. Richardson, 11. E. I. C. S., the oldest officer, excepting one, in the service. On the 10th inst., in Great Russell-Etreet, Robert, seventh son of the late M. Towgood, Esq , of St. Neot's, Hunting donshire, aged 24. 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