The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Prince President of the Republic has received letters from the King of Saxony and the reigning Duke of Brunswick, in reply to the notification of the new powers conferred on him by the French nation. The Moniteur contains the following decree " Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, on the report of the Minister of General Police —seeing the circular of the 3d February last of the Ministers of Justice, Interior, and War—seeing the returns relative to the affairs on which the departmental coramissions, and the manaitsien of revision for the first military di vision have definitively decided --considering that the decisions given by those commissions, in virtue of the above-mentioned circular, require a general sanction— decrees:— " Art. 1. The persons placed by the departmental commissions, or by the commission of revision of the first military division, in the category of those who are to be cited before Courts martial or before Correctional Tribunals, shall be immediately sent before the compe tent tribunal. Art. 2. The persons comprised in the category of those who are to be transported to French Guyana or in Algeria, shall be placed at the disposal of the Minister of Marine to be transported to French Guyana, and at the dispoiasal Art. of th 3 e Minister of War to be transported to Al g er. . The persons com prised in the category of those who are to bs expelled or temporarily removed from the territory, shall be placed at the disposal of the el inister of General Police, to be conveyed to the frontier. Art. 4. Persons corn prized in the category of those who are to be compelled to reside in a particular place, shall proceed to and fix their residence in the place which may be assigned to them by the Minister of General Police. The Minister shall also indicate to the persons placed under his sur veillance the places in which they shall be interdicted from residing. Art. :5. Any person transported to Al geria, who shall, without authorisation, quit the place fixed for his residence, may, as an administrative mea sure, be transported to French Guyana. Art. 6. Any person expelled or temporarily removed from the ter ritory, who shall return to France without authorisation, may, AS an administrative measure, be transported to Algeria or French Guyana. Art. 7. Any person ordered to reside in a particular place, who shall quit that place without authorisation, may, as an admi nistrative measure, be removed from the territory. Art. 8. Any person placed under the surveillance of the Ministry of General Volice, who shall be found in one of the places in whictihe is forbidden to reside, may be sent to a fixed residence, as an a dministrative measure. Art. 9. The Ministers of Justice, War, Marine, and Ge neral Police are charged, each in what concerns him, with the execution of the present decree. Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, the M sth arch, 1852. " Louis NAPOLEON. (Countersigned) "DE MAUPAS, Minister of General Police." The return of M. Henon, the Opposition candidate on the democratio interest, though officially an nounced, has not uglily taken place. He was said to have been elected for the second electoral district of the Rhone (Lyons). He has not had, however, the required majority, as on the definitiv e counting of the votes there was found a defi cienc y of ninety eight. At Brest and Nantes als o the major ity was only relative. The result is , t hat, on the 14th inst., 'second elections will be held in the fourth electoral district of Paris, at Lyons, Lille, Arras, Nantes, Brest, Rennes, Chateau-Gouthier (Mayenne), and Dinan (Cotes -du-Nord). Intelligence has been received of the n omination of M. Bodin at Trevoux (Mn), and of N. Delaraarre at Gueret (Creuse)— both Government candidates. In the Saone-et-Loire, which previously sent 12 representatives of the Blountain to the National Assembly—six of whom were condemne d at the High Court of Versailles, and sight driven into exile after the coup d'etat of the 2d D ecember — the Government has succeeded in se curing the return of its four proteges, who obtained 80,000 votes against 3,000 given to their adversaries. The Council of State, presided over by the Presi dent of the Republic, will meet some days before the opening of the Chambers on the 29th, to examine the projects of law previous to their coming before the Deputies. THE LEVANT MAIL. By the Levant Mail we have received Constan tinople journals to the 14th, and Athens to the 17th ult. The former announce that the Marquis de Lava lette, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of France, had waited on the Sultan, with all his legation, to present the notification of the re election of Louis Napoleon to the Presidency of the Republic, with increased powers. He was received with some pomp, and was conducted to the sultan's presence by Asli Pilch:, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Addressing the Sultan, he stated that Louis Napo leon had, by the act of the 2d December, prevented the outbreak of anarchical projects which would have had disastrous effect on other states ; that, in gratitude to him, the nation had anew and unani mously confided to him the direction of its destinies ; that he would fulfil the duties thereby imposed on him by conciliating the dignity of a strong and re spected government - , and the interests and grandeur of the Republic, with the rights of other powers—the only means of consolidating the peace and progress of Europe, and of cementing more and more the friendly relations which unite the different Governments for the common prosperity of nations. The ambassador con cluded by passing an eulogium on l'itirkey end its glorious Sovereign, n'ir! assured the Sultan that France felt erdent sympathy fer both. The Sultan thanked the representative of France for the expression of his sentiments, spoke in flattering terms of the President of the Republic and his acts, and assured the Minister thet i e wa.i fully aware of the happy effects of general peace, and of maintaining a good understanding be tween the two Governments, and would neglect no occasion of promoting them. Whilst the Marquis de Lavalette was on his way to the Falace an accident occurred, which might have bud fatal consequences—the horse of M. de Cadalvene, director of the French Post-offise, took fright near the Great Field of the Dead, and threw that gentleman with great violence to the ground. He was taken np senseless, and his head and arm were discovered to be a good deal hurt. The Marquis de Lavalette immediately gave up his car riage to convey him to the Embassy, and proceeded to the palace on horseback. The physician of the Embassy, who happened to be present when the ac cident occurred, paid him every attention, and, though his state at first had been considered very dangerous, it was believed that he would recover. Extraordinary events had occurred in the isle of Cassell. The chief of one of the principal families, named Ilagi Manoli Maliaraki, had, for some rea sons not known, excited the bitter animosity of a portion of the islanders, and some of them mur dred him at Alexandria, to which place he had gone. on business. When his wife, daughter, et jers, and mother-in-law heard of this, they seized burning torches and with cries of rage and horrible threats set fire ice the houses of the suspected assassins. Some h also burned down a church, ouses were burned down, and they siderable in which there was a con the murderers. Onas they supposed, to one of some ranging athis, the islanders took arms, others on that themselvesofte' on the side of the women, adversaries; and numerous sanguinary engagements r of Casson, Girorgio ei e ob , h ad, took place. The Primate to escape the fury of the women's partisantso, this,een obliged to fly from the island In addition zeen e acts of piracy had been committed by the islanders. the following • The Courrier d'Athiet es positively stated that the Minister soon n ister * War has It is issued the following ordersie—. as the idairale shall have bee n beaten, four p ie ces of ca of the line, four brigsdes of cannon , six com panies frontier gendarmery, the cavalry, and the gussets, shall take tip a position' round the palace. Four other piec es o f cannon shallhe kept in readiness to meet any eventuality. One com - pany of the garrison sha ll do the duty of the barracks. The Minister of War will take t h e general co mmand of the troops. Any commanding officer residing in Athens, who shall reveal these orders , will be Immediatel y placed en disponibilite f.' What can bo the meaning of these ordersi Do they originate in a false z hill? Are they the necessary prelude to some extraordinary measure? It would be difficult to divine." The same journal says— " The authorities have just committed an act which has thrown the inhabitants into the greatest consterna tion. In the night of the 12th the gendarmery, assisted by several police agents, surrounded the houses inhabited by the few Polish refugees who still remain at Athens, and those of MNI. Negris and Bouyoucli, Gree k c itizens, who were On friendly terms with them. All this was deeie with the greatest noise. At eaybresk the law au thor ties, accompanied by a number of gendarmes, entered the houses, and, after arresting the inmates, proceeded to the minutest search, and seized every paper they could find. As these Polei had established a riding school, which was frequented by ladies of distinction and young men of the first families, that establishment was also visited, and almost demolished, under pretext of searching for ammunition. The apparent motive for these savage measures was, that a conspiracy had been formed by these Poles against the safety of the State. The real motive, in the opinion of every one, is the de sire to flatter certain parties who would wish that those unfortunate exiles should nowhere find an asylum." In another part of the Courrier Athenes we re a d as follow s stollow s :—" A n ord , .r has just been given to nerat ilbita and fourteen other Polish refugees to quit the Greek territory within twenty-four hours." TRa V1,,,,m11 sevcn o'clo c k on AZIA MIiMMY.-At a quarter past that was discover6eilturday morning the venerable mummy Stephen's Chapel, Westminster short time ago in the crypt of St. in a grave in the north tminster, was very privately interred the small door that leadscloister of the Abbey, not far front no persons present into the soath aisle. There were The body, some officials exceptingo those who had the charge of Abbey, and a few labourers. The outer case was comp o 4 e ; nor of strong rough elm, devoid of any ornament whatever there any plate or in yasarbd,roWuaFat from the crypt of St. seription upon it. It vf Stephen's across Palace vthee cloisters. The great the Abbey, and finally deposited along Poets'-corner, through unknown was interred in a _ ~ . "yesod, by the date on the sto ,r,_ which had not been but no vesti , res re ...p.i..•,,,?Fsveraknames were inscribed 190'n"rit m ere than a century. ~..,,, ! e r- o usi the grave of it having t een, ‘C -- /Ilkaltii ' bbot was committed t o bi . ( i.nee tenanted ' . The ittit s tiiput any ruad , wi ,„ ', tmal resting place in .vsu r i'f"r 1 •~• • ~N~ s 3 THE SUN, EXTRAORDINARY AND DETERMINED SUICIDE. , ---" THE GAMBLER'S FATE." On Saturday night an inquest was held by Mr. W. Payne, at the Barley Mow, Upper Thames-street, on the body of William Mimmaek, aged 59, who committed suicide on Saturday morning last, under rather extra ordinary circumstances, at a coffee-house in Upp er Thames-street, at which place he engaged a lodging on Friday night. The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the body, and it appeared that the deceased bad effected strangulation by partly suspending himself by a cord from the post of a French bedstead that was little more than three feet from the floor. On their return the fol lowing evidence was taken:— Mr. Henry Griffiths said that ho was a coffee-house keeper, and lived at 209, Upper Thames-street. Abeat seven o'clock on the evening of Friday, a man whom he had never seen before came into the house, and inquired if he :could be accommodated with a bed for the night? He was answered in the affirmative, and at about a quarter-past seven be was at his re quest shown to his room, and nothing was heard of him until ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when a lodger in the adjoining room had looked through a pane of glass in the door of the room occupied by the decewed, and then saw him lying on the side of the bed. He came down stair s to the sho p, and told w it ness that he thought there was something wrong up-stairs. and they went back to the room together. They then found the deceased hang ing by a rope ro un d hi s nec k tied to the post of the bedstead. He was lying fist on his belly, and his head was not suspended more than from seven to eight inches from the ground. Witness went up to him and put his hand on his chest, which he fancied was still warm. He cat the cord and let him down, and sent for a doctor, who, on his arrival, declared that life was extinct, and had been so for some time. When he engaged the bed he observed nothing peculiar in his manner. The bed appeared to have been lain on, but not inside. At about three o'clock on Friday afternoon a person called at the house, and inquired if any person, having the appearance of a butcher, had been there writing a letter, as a letter, posted at Knight Rider street, had been received by his wife, in which it was said that when it came to hand he should be no more. Before the deceased went to bed witness's wife suggested to him as to whether he (the deceased) was the butcher. He accordingly went and looked at him while he was reading the paper, and then remarked to his wife that ho thought he looked more like an engineer than a butcher, and took no further notice of him. _ _ By a juror—He must have ,brought the cord into the house with him, as he did not see it till he saw it round his neck. He did not appear in liquor. He had tied up his coat, shoes, &c., in a bundle, and had described the exact amount of money that would be found about him. The letter being posted in Knight Rider-street, his friends, when they got it, concluded he must be some where near to that place. Mr. W. Gardener, who occupied the next room, cor roborated this evidence, and added that, although fre quently awake during the night, he never heard any groan or struggle in the adjoining room. The door was kept shut by a chair being placed against it. William Joshua Mimmack said that he lived at No. 12, Derby-street, Gray's Inn-road. The deceased was his father. He left home at six o'clock on Friday morn ing, to go to his occupation in Newgate-market, and heard no more of him until about half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, when a letter was received from him, which stated that in consequence of his great misfortune through investing his money in horse-racing, he had come to the determination of making away with him self. This letter was posted in Knight Rider-street, and although ovary inquiry had been made nothing had been ascertained until Saturday, when they were made ac quainted with his end through the means of a book that had been found in his possession. He had lately been much depressed in spirits through misfortunes in losing large sums of money in his business, as he understood. A juryman remarked that the deceased's mind might have been affected thereby. The CORONER said he had no doubt of it, from certain remarks that were written in different leaves of the book that had been found in his possession. The first was : "Thames-street, Six o'clock. " I now fly in the face of my friend and Maker. Horse. racing has killed me. It would be a good thing if it was made felony to bet on any of them." Another was dated— " March 5, 1852. " Another miserable day, and yours has been the same. God's will be done. lam a poor wretch. This punishment I deserve." The last was a wrap of paper, on which was written the following:— " My poor brothers appear so happy, and I am so mi serable, that I must join them. The little money is left in my bureau at home, if I have any. . The Lord have mercy on me. It is a rash act. Everything is against me—even the elements." After hearing these statements, he (the Coroner) thought the jury would have no doubt that the mind of the deceased was affected. It was incidentally mentioned that two brothers of the deceased had committed suicide. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a Ter diet of " Temporary Insanity," THE WEST OF IRELAND LAND IN VESTMENT COMPANY. An association has recently been incorporated by Royal charter under the above title, which, if properly worked, will be very likely to confer important benefi a upon the country selected as the field of its labours. 'rho object of the directors is to purchase estates in the province of Connaught, and having reclaimed and im proved them, to let cr sell the land in conveniently small holdings, of not less than fifty acres, to persons tho roughly acquainted with agriculture, and possessing capital to work the farms effectively. Connaught heti bean chosen for several reasons; principally on account of its peculiar adaptability for the purposes of the asso ciation, and because of the uniformly peaceable, tract able, and loyal chartacer of its inhabitants. The com pany does not, however, purpose merely to confine itself to the purchase of land, but intends also to encourage the formation of commercial establishments, so as to create a market for agricultural produce within its own property ; and it will further direct attention to the cul ture of those roots and plants which may be profitably employed in sowing the seeds of a system of manufac tures. For instance, the culti va ti on o f sugar -b eet, flax, and chicory, with other plants suited to the climate of the west of Ireland, will be carefully promoted. The points on which the directors rely for proof of the feasi bility of their plan are the present cheapness of land in Ire land; the ready means of transfer afforded by the Encum bered Estates Court; the natural advantages of the district they have selected as the scene of their purchases, greatly assisted by the recent improvements in the navigation of the River Shannon and the western lakes; the proba bility of the establishment of a steam communication between Galway and the United States; and the Impor tant fact that of many projected companies of this na ture submitted for the approval of the Government, the present is the only one deemed worthy of incorporation. As a proof that the directors of the undertaking intend to carry on their work on sound principles, it may be remarked that a clause in the charter provides for the allocation of one-fourth of the subscribed capital as an " Improvement Fund," which is to be employed in thoroughly draining, improving, and rendering market able the estates purchased by the company. In prose cuting its object, the Investment Company will possess many advantages beyond the reach of private indi viduals; it will be uninfluenced by local sectarianism, either political or religious: it will have the command of as ample capital, and may therefore establish mar kets and even towns; it will be able to attract to Ire land English and Scotch farmers, whose industry and capital will give a powerful impetus to the cultivation of the soil; it may check emigration, and nearly extinguish poor -rates, by affording steady and remunerative em ployment to the labouring population; and, finally, it may be the means of conferring an inestimable benefit upon the empire generally by rendering fertile and valuable vast tracts of territory now lying waste and un preduetive.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette, March 1. VENTILATION and BEAM G of the TIOUSE of LORDS, 6.r. As to those parts of the building which have been warmed and ventilated under the architect's direction (by Mr. Jeakes), some of our readers will perhaps like to know the mode which has been adopted. In the first place, then, wo find a set of steam-boilers, erected in a central position, which keep up the temperature of a aeries of heating surfaces placed at intervals beneath the entire area to be warmed. A supply of fresh air is taken th from the Victoria Tower, and a current through l i wo e rh ya c rious channels is produced by an enormous fan, _ ay, 3 d o by steam power, and capable of propelling, they receiving L ildin oooo cubic feet of air per minute through the from other g, The air thus brought in, is tempered in a larg e Pipes, centralfrom which air -chamber, filled with upright heated in. it passes to all parts through channels he its . progress such additional temperature, a partment, or portion of the building to which parl i eeier atleg surfaces, as may be required for that Pa is being conveyed. are also made for e u l e me 4 u for e r r e . d reducing n control, both la volume and temperature: arrangements Each supply is under seporato a t n h s e ing the air of any impurities in ueed fchannels, and a cooling appa its progress throu g h ratus is to be introd g t the elltoeurns epeortatLuroerdosf the admitted air in s pecially, in order to render the possible, under all the chang es to which • • • means are provided for admittinthe it is subject, trading the vitiated, both at theg pure air and ex of the apartmen., and a sufficient Power and lower part to change , the entire atmosphere of the Hisosaid to exist minutes. either by admitting and extracting u" in a few lower part, or at both. the air at the upper or The object sought is to maintain a pknum, in order t o Prey - without, by Prevent currents into the House from making all n • -penings owlets for air instea d of inlets. Two im_horse engines -, i are employed. The an swers to our in quiries ,' the libraries and other parts ss to the results were satin_ fActory. The fan, of which we have spoken, is made of thin sheet•iron, and is .22 feet in diameter. Its effect i s such when at work, making nearly 100 revolution s i n a minute, that wo expected when exposed to it to find our Own disjointed members whitdied ag ainst their will to join the mernb:rs of the Upper House. The amount of heating surface provided by t h e boilers may be judged of when we say there are six mil's of pipes proceeding from them. The smoking-room (whereof the walls are covered with coloured tiles to a certain height), is cleared by an exhausting shaft with a separate small furnace.—Builder. UNIVERSITY INTEL E.--OXFORD, MARCIE 5. —Mr. Hichens, from King's College, was this day elected a scholar of Exeter College. Adam Storey Farrar, 8.A., of St. Mary's Ha ll (Arnold's Hist orical Prize, 1851), terlay elected a Miche l Fel low of Queen's C o ll e ge. Anthony Babingt on, Es q ., of Creevagh, is appointed A pasgtitrate for the minty of Loudo a d srq. was yes- LONDON, REMARKS ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF ATTORNEYS' FEES IN THE COUNTY COURTS. TO LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX. My Lord,—Lord Lyndhurst has brought forward a case in which an attorney employed by a tradesman to sue in the County Courts for a debt of 51. (after recovering from the defendant his debt, with 155., the attorney's fee allowed by the County Courts Act), charged his client 221., and succeeded in compelling him to pay 11/. 4s. ,in consequence of a defect in the Act, which does not restrict the charges of attorneys as against their own clients for business done in county courts cases. The sum of 154., it was suggested by the attorney in this case, " was merely for advocacy in court. I have an independent claim for taking your instructions, examining witnesses, and other preliminary preparations out of court." It is most extraordinary that this case, which (from Lord Lyndhurst's account of it as reported) was one of deception as well as gross exaction, should have been viewed in any other light than as a cogent proof of the necessity of correcting the oversight alluded to in the County Courts Act, by establishing a simple and moderate scale of attorneys' fees when recoverable from his own client. Lord Lyndhurst, however, seems to have regarded this case (in which an attorney, after getting pay ment of a fee from the defendant, demands from his own client, the plaintiff, four times the sum recovered, and forces him to pay double the amount of that sum) as a reason for repealing the simple and moderate scale of attorneys' fees allowed by the County Courts Act against the unsuccessful party, and of restoring in its stead the liability of the defendant to a ruinous amount of costs (chargeable by the plaintiff's attor ney), which rendered the old county courts, and still renders the superior courts, so destructive to the interests both of creditor and debtor in all cases of moderate amount. The prospect of being exposed to an indefinite and exorbitant amount of costs and to an immediate execution, had commonly the well•known effect of impelling the defendant in the old county courts to make away with his goods, and when he did not adopt that course the coats generally swallowed up the proceeds of the sale of those goods when taken in execution, and lefc nothing for the plaintiff. It was useless for the latter to remonstrate with his attorney, and to say that as a man of sense be never could have meant to give instructions for the action, except on the assumption that the whole or part of his debt would be repaid to him. The attorney had the law on his side, and could answer—" Your instructions to proceed fully entitle me to all the costs I have in curred. Possibly you never could have meant to spend 11/. in recovering 51 ; but my instructions were not restricted, and I have a right to full costs out of the goods of the defendant or out of your pocket." The case noticed by Lord Lyndhurst is precisely identical in its features with those which rendered the old county courts a public nuisance. As there was not in those courts, so there will not be in the modern county courts, any protection against the in sidious extortionlof low practitioners except by the in flexible maintenance of a simple and very moderate scale of fees. Lord Lyndhurst dwelt very much (in support of his view) on the extreme hardship that a plaintiff in the county court should have to pay for professional labour out of court, &c., without obtaining reimburse ment from the defendant. This hardship is a grievance common to all courts. It is perfectly familiar to us all that the successful suitor in the Courts of West minster is invariably obliged to pay extra costs be yond those he can recover from the opposite party. It is equally well known that (with the exception of a single letter) no costs are allowed in those courts for professional labour previously to action brought, though Lord Lyndhurst dwells on this as a peculiar feature of county courts, in which, from the simple nature of most of the cases and of the procedure, the assistance of an attorney is not required either in or out of court in nineteen cases out of twenty; and of those few cases in which an attorney's services are useful, there is not one in ten in which his assistance can be materially required previously to court day. The suggestions of Lord Lyndhurst must stand or fall with the general principle of observing a fixed scale of costs on the one hand, or on the other hand of rejecting (for the sake of a few exceptional cases) that principle now adhered to in all courts. In the -superior courts the prescribed scale of costs allowed on taxation have been progressively reduced of late years, an d instances of hardship to the successful party and bis attorney, from the inadequacy of the taxed costs in particular cases, to pay for the labour involved are common. Such cases (as regards the county courts) are confessedly of rare occurrence, and when they are brought forward, I believe they will be ge nerally found to be trumped up or imaginary. In all suits of difficulty involving sums above 101. or 151. that arise in the county courts, the client is generally very willing to pay out of his own pocket (a .fee in addition to that which can be recovered by his opponept), and he can afford to do so, because, owing to the light amount of the court fees, the suc cessful party almost invariably obtains payment of all other expenses, so that his " extra" costs are confined to this " gratuitous" fee. The amount paid in these voluntary fees in the county courts throughout the country is immense ; and while a fixed scale of costs has no effect in pre venting these donations, it is indispensable as an " ultimo ratio," as a check on knavish practitioners, especially in courts where the suitors are generally men of a humble class, who cannot be protected from imposition except by the most plain, simple, and intel ligible regulations as to fees. If in the county courts the old system of costs be restored, I believe it will prove injurious and not beneficial to the attorneys ; for it will deter suitors from resorting to them. They will prefer to conduct their own cases (even when dif ficult) to running the risk of being saddled (as in the case mentioned by Lord Lyndhurst) with costs (in the event of success !) equal to double the amount of their debts, or to the risk of imposing similar costs on the defendant to the destruction of his means of pay ment. I beg F to express 'my opinion that the scale of at torney fees in those courts between attorney and client should be the same as those allowed between party and party. Possibly, in cases above 101. they might be made a little higher, though, for the reasons above stated, I think that any such difference in the two scales of allowance would, in practice, be nuga tory ; for such fees, like those of barristers, will be governed by private management and not by law. It is difficult to conceive how, in any view of the circumstances, a case for the recovery of a shop debt of 51. could have occupied the time of an attorney, so as to furnish the least pretence fur a charge of 221., or even of 11/. 4s. There is another consideration which has been en tirely overlooked. The remuneration paid by suitors in the County Courts would be more liberal were those courts to receive their proper share of aid from the public Treasury, instead of being supported en• tirely by fees, for although the Government is answer able for the salaries of the Judges, the courts are still self-supporting, as the fees are made to pay all the expenses of the system. In previous publications I have frequently drawn attention to this gross in justice; it is most monstrous that the cost of sup porting the Court of Queen's Bench, &c., should be paid out of the public Treasury, while the county courts, the tribunals of the poorer classes, should be maintained by the suitors themselves. The present fees (though a light burden compared to the legal expenses in other jurisdictions) should be reduced by affording to the county courts the same assistance that is given to other tribunals. The direct benefit which would thus be conferred on the suitor would be accompanied by a corresponding advantage to the professional practitioner. A plaintiff who has to ad vance court fees in each case, or a defendant who is liable (in the event of a defeat) to pay those fees in addition to the debt claimed, is less inclined on that account to incur the expense of employing a profes sional advocate, or to pay him liberally if he seeks his services. I much regret to observe the tendency in the Le gislature to break down the fundamental principles upon which the benefits of county courts depend. Exceptional cases of hardship will spring from all general rules, however necessary for the public good. But such rules are indispensable as a protection against extortion on the part of low practitioners, and respectable attorneys can commonly trust to the honour and liberality of their clients for an increase, when j ustly required, of their remuneration above the strict legal standard. In conclusion I must expressly dissent altogether from the assumption that the strict fee is an inade quate one generally speaking. In cases of a simple nature the allowance of fifteen shillings seems to me to be an ample one, when it is borne in mind that an immense number of such cases (commonly upwards of a hundred) are usually disposed of in a single day in the more populous county courts districts, and that an attorney employed in a smell proportion of these actions would (receiving that fee in each case) obtain a hand some remunera ti o n, at less expense of time and labour than th e same remuneration could ordinarily be e arne d e i t h er b y a mem b er o f the bar or by an attorney , have the honour to be your Lords hi p 's obedi en t servant A JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURTS. Feb. 23, 1852. SUREw6BURY GREAT HORSE annual great h orse fair in Shrewsbury commenced -T nced he l oi Wfirt el nesday last. It was eminently successful, in fact exceeding the expectations of its most ardent fricmls, and the com mittee have b een rewarded for their ardious exertions by the complete accomplishment of their desires. Every inn was crowded with buyers and sellers, every loose box and stab le was occupied, and fir s t class-horses from all the surrounding counties presented such a scene as probably was never *. f i Ln t llessecl at the largest and m ire Consery atiost vefamous horn fairs '— kiDgdolll,—.Shropsh. FLEET VALLEY IMPROVEMENT. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a court was held. Much interest was ex cited in consequence of a notice having appeared upon the paper of business as to the intention of the Court to proceed in the consideration of Mr. Pearson's plan for the extensive improvements in the vicinity of the Fleet valley. Deputy HARRISON moved that the Court agree with the report of the Committee as to the desirability of carrying out the project of Mr. Pearson, provided it was executed with the consent and approbation of the Cor poration, but without their expressing any opinion whe ther the Corporation would or could with propriety em bark in any railway scheme. It was proposed, he said, to- place on either side of Farringdon-street two passen ger stations, 600 feet long, Farringdon-street itself being 100 feet wide, the new line of railway leading thereto being more than a mile in length, leading by the Sessions House and Clerkenwell from the various termini of the railways north of the City. It was most important that such a thoroughfare should be made direct from Black friars-bridge, and that the valley of Holborn should be raised 17 feet, as proposed in the plan before them. The scheme should and ought to be considered as one of a great whele, combining many advantages. By it the great receiving -houses for railway-goods would be removed from the confined streets and lanes they now choked up, to an open space surrounded by wide streets, north of Holborn-valley, while spa ce wou ld b e p rov id e d for the wholesal e vege t a bl e , as we ll as and it' necessary for that of Leaden fnhooarrllNt ; heo s w o fgtab t te h e a vm t aial N ery t t gate-street and Gracechuech-street would be much relieved from the overcrowding of vehicles in both localities, especially at periods of the d ay w hen the red-ticket goods filled the receiving houses of Pickford, Chaplin, and Horne, and others, with teas and sugars, and their heavy wains received them from such places, and jammed in the general traffic on the routs to the railway termini outside the City. As to the relief the adoption of this plan would be to the traffic in the public thoroughfares, it was most desirable that they should sanction this propositon, as it would tend greatly to the promotion of the street improvement of the locality. It contemplated the raising of the ele vation of the Holborn valley 17 feet, and that was im portant, because in the New Victoria-street they had I found a great indisposition to build because of the indecision of the authorities as to the probable future l eve l. This would be obviated by the plan before them. Deputy Harrison then proceeded to show the advantages likely to arise to the public from the adoption of the pl a n, by the introduction of a new meat market. He assured the Court that by the present system, and through the confined space in Newgate-market, delay in the delivery of dead meat was caused to a serious extent, prejudicial alike to the consumer and the parties engaged a great relief would be given to Fleet-street and to iCnbtahnecetrryad-ll He b e li eve d that, independently of this, Chancery- lane, where the traffic was oppressive, while the accommodation to the citizens would be incalculably great, and the facilities all that need be desired. De puty Harrison, in conclusion, recapitulated the argu ments he had used, calling upon the Court to come to a unanimous decision in favour of the recommendation of the committee, which, he again urged, was only for a further inquiry into the merits of the case, without pledging Corporation in any difficulty.—(Cheers.) the members of the Court or involving the Mr. DARIN seconded Deputy Harrison's motion. He thought it quit e unnecessa ry for him to go into any lengthened d e t a il s, espec i a lly as the worthy deputy had SO fully gone into the subject. From all the considera tion he (Mr. Dukin) had been able to give to the ques tion, he believed that it was obviously the duty of the court to adopt th e propos i t i o n, and he hoped they would adopt it u nan i mous l y . The motion h av i ng been read by the RECORDER, was about to be p ut , but Mr. THOMA S J. Nonuza said that he rose for the pur pose of moving an amendment. He had listened pati ently to the very long speech of the mover and the dulcet t ones o f the secon d er , but he had not b een con vinced by e ith er o f th em that this proposition was at a ll desirable, o r lik e ly t o b e carried out as proposed. R e thought that the whole plan was beset with di ffi culty. To get rid o f, an d t o ra i s e the valley of, Holborn-brid ge , nearlywhieh w Booud be required in making th ol,oool.wouldberequired, while ilethe gradient roadway from north to south to the top of the proposed viaducts would be not less than lin 55. He doubted the statements made by some that the traffic would be re duced, nor would the companies fall in so readily with the proposition as some parties appeared to imagine. They bad been told that there was no engi neering difficulties. Why, no one who was sane could read the statements of eminent engineers and say that there were not serious practical difficulties connected with the scheme. Let them look at the proposed junc wwouoludldd give theiro nothing sanction of the kind. He had one or two reasons for thinki ng junc tion with this proposed trunk line; the gradients were fearful, and the curvatures extreme. Such lines could not be said to be good ones. It had been said that th e authorities to connect e d thep plan. H : w ith lile thought railwaysthey so. Was it likely that they would consent to construct junction lines to the trunk line with such gradients? Was it likely that they would consent to construct twelve miles of such junction lines when the property through which they m ust pass was so highly ch arge d P W hy, the kw mile of t h e Great Western cost 300,0001. Would the directors go to that expense for the purpose of finding accommodation for people coming into the City, when they could seed them for 61, in the omnibus? The lsst two miles of the South-Western cost upwards of a million, and of the Greenwich 1,575,0001, This is not taken into the calculation of the promoters of this scheme; it is only the trunk line that appears to be cared fur. Then there is nothing for the cost of en gines—nothing for the stock connected with the line. Mr. Norris concluded an energetic address by moving as an amendment the following:—" That this Ceurt do agree with the committee in so much of their report as states that the proposed trunk line of railway is practi cable; but the Court is of opinion that the Corporation of London cannot with propriety embark in any railway scheme, though they see no objection to the trunk line being carried to the proposed terminus by other parties, provided the works are executed subject to the consent and approbation of the Corporation." Mr. H. L. Taylor seconded the amendment; and after some observations from Mr. Bennoch and Mr. Alderman Sidney, upon the motion of Mr. Gilpin, who said it was the wish of several other members to deliver their sen timents on the subject, the discussion was adjourned. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, March 8. THROWING STONES AT A RAILWAY TRAIN.—John Whitnell,l2, and William Hay, 13, were indicted for feloniously and maliciously throwing and casting stones upon a railway carriage, used on the London and North- Western Railway, with intent to endanger the safety of Charles Skelton and othere, then being passengers in such. No counsel appeared to prosecute, end the prisoners— two young rustics—were not defended. Charles Skelton deposed that he was a guard on the London and North-Western Railway, and resided at Oxford. In consequence of a stone having been thrown at, and a window broken in a carriage, in a train of which he was guard, between Sudbury and Harrow, on Tuesday, the 24th of February, he kept a sharp look out when he passed the spot on the following day, and he saw the prisoners in a field adjoining the line. As the train passed they each threw a stone at the car riages; one stone struck the carriage and bounded off; the other would certainly have hit him on the head, had he not " ducked" his head under the covered part of the van. He went on with the train to Tring, where he left it and went ho found the prisoners just ab ou t t o l eave and when saw him He followed bank oby an np train to the field, where them for a mile and a half, when ho captured and gave they they t ok to their heels. them into custody. It was Whit ne ll w ho throw the ' stone that would have hit him if ha had not stooped his head. Sergeant Cooper, 6 T division, said when the pri soners were brought to the cation at Harrow, Wnitnell told him that he had thrown a stone, but the train had gone past, and Hay said, " We were only throwing at When callud on for thei r d e f ence, Whi tne ll said they had been pelting at birds on t h e li ne, an d H a y that they the telegraph wires." had been heaving stones at the electric telegraph. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. The ASSISTANT-JUDG E said it would not do to let these young rogues go without a punishment which would deter other boys from doing similar things. Ho thought a good flogging in prison would do them a deal of good. Mr. Maude, the deputy c l er k o f t h e peace , pointed out that the Act of Parli ament un d er w hi c h t h e indictment was framed gave no power to the Court to order a pri soner Mr. Beresfo r d, the su perintendent of the North . to be flogged. Western police, said th e co m p a ny had no desire to press the charge a ga i nst these two boys; but as i t was continu ally occurrin g t h at stones were thrown d own t h e li ne, they thought it necessary that these mischievous boys. should be taught that such proceedings would be at tended with punishment. The ASSI STANT-JUDGE said he was sorry the Act of Parliament did not give him the power to sentence them to be flogged, but most certainly, if they were men, the Court would have sentenced them to bard labour fur two years. The most serious consequences might have re sulted from such misconduct; but, as a lenient sentence would show theta and others that they could be punished for it, a lenient one would be passed; but if the throw ing were repeated, and the parties caught, they would be punished most severely. The Act of Parliament made this a felony, but the prisoners were not felons iu the ordinary sense, and he should therefore direct that they should not be associated with thieves in prison. He then s entenced them each to one month's impri sonment. The priso ners were remove d bl u bb er i ng lust i ly. Mary A nne Vaughan, 10, Sarah Pritchard, 23, and George H o l mes, stealing, and 27, wore indicted, the t w o f o r m er for the latter for receiving an immense quan tity of linen, &e., the property of George Rouston. The prisoners were each sentenced to six months' hard labour. POLICEack, INTELLIGENCE. Maria BI WESTMINSTER. an elderly woman, was charged with stealing a val ua bl e skeleton timepiece from the drawing room of Mr. Hallebones the Shakspere's Head Tavern, said Eaton street, Finalise. ' ;aria Penning, h ousema id at the proses utor seeing the p r i soner l eave the drawing-room, that that, morning, she f o ll owhd her down s tairs; the prisoner, ob serving her, m a d e a dead stop o n ono side to al low her to pass, and on her doing so s wgihtnteensesd s y susp icion heri ng b n t a somethin g W as wrong was rattling under the accused's cloak. Witness waited at the bottom of t h e stairs, an d the accused then stopped heightened or a minute on her way down ! as witess considered, to put down what she h a d conc ealed under her cloak, an d , 1 upon her entering the lower passage witness seized and held her until some one came to her assistance. It was then discovered that the timepiece, which had been seen a few minutes before safe on the drawing-room mantel piece, was on the stairs. Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether witness knew anything of the prisoner? The servant replied that she was a total stranger to her. A policeman proved that the accused was under the influence of liquor when ha took her into custody. In reply to Mr. Arnold's inquiry, the policeman 'said she could walk and talk well at the time, notwith standing the liquor she had taken, and totally denied the charge. Mr. ARNOLD inqnired whether the police knew any thing of the accused ?—Sergeant Ceapling replied that she was a charwoman, living in the neighbourhood. The worthy magistrate, who has been very unwell for some time past, but is now sufficiently recovered to re sume his sittings, remanded the prisoner for a week, in order that some inquiries might be wade about her. CL ER KEN W ELL. Yesterday Edward George, a respectahly-dressed y oung man, was charged by Mr. Richard Dickenson, fruiterer, &c., of Brewer-street, Clerkenwell, with being in his house with the intention to commit felony, having a crow-bar in his possession, and violently assaulting him, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor deposed that of Sunday evening, at six o'clock, he left his house, after carefully closing the street-door. On his return home, at eight o'clock, he found the door had been broken open, and the prisoner was in the parlour. He ran at wetness and struck him with some heavy instrument, which subsequently proved to be a crow-bar (now produced), which was found on the ground. Ho seized the prisoner, when they strug gied together, and fell down. He (prisoner) got up and ran away, but, being pursued, he was overtaken, and given into the custody of Philips, 229 G, who took him to the Motion-house and locked him up. Taylor, 84 G, examined the house of the prosecutor. The street-door had been forced open, and some articles, with a knife, were found on the parlour table. The pri soner had evidently been alarmed by the return home of the prosecutor. Tile prisoner said nothing in his defence, and Mr. CORRIE sentenced him to three months' impri sonment, with hard labour. Philip de Captlain was finally examined before Mr. Corrie, charged by Mr. Dixon, of the firm of Messrs. Dixon and Co., watchmakers and jewellers, of 2S, Ely place, Hatton-garden, with stealing four gold watches and two gold guard-chains, value 501. Mr. Harris, solicitor, of Moorgate-street, attended for the prosecution. _ _ The particulars of the case have already been fully detailed in the newspapers. The court was crowded to excess by goldsmiths, watchmakers, jewellers, and other tradespeople, who had been plundered by the prisoner. It will bo recollected that the prisoner obtained the property from Mr. Dixon under a representation that ho was anxious to make his sisters some presents of jewel lery, &c., prior to their going to Adelaide, and that be was one of the firm of Messrs. Arthur, Wellington, and Callen, patent agents, of Parliament -street, Westmin ster. The property was traced to have been pledged on the same day that it was obtained. Some additional evidence was now adduced, and the prisoner, who said ❑othing in his defence, was fully committed for trial. Mr. Daniel llarrison, jeweller, &c., of the Lowther arcade, 111 r. John Mott Thearlo, gold and silversmith, &c., 198, Fleet-street, and other tradesmen, identified the prisoner as having obtained property from them tinder similar circumstances. A gentleman attended from the office of Messrs. Haw kins and Co., solicitors, of New Boswell-court, on the part of Mr. Callen, and, addressing the bench, said that it had gone abroad that the prisoner had been in the habit of obtaining goods under a representation that he was connected with the firm in Parliament-street, when that representation was groundlt ss and false. He (the prisoner) had been formerly in the firm, but the partner ship was dissolved and gaz tied in December last. His client (who was now present) was a most respectable man, and, for the sake of his own repute, he wished the matter to be set right with the public. The prisoner had only been in the firm for one month, and it was evident he had taken advantage of the fact in order to facilitate his systematic impositions. Mr. CORRIE said he had no doubt that his explanation would go abroad with equal publicity. The prisoner was conveyed to Newgato in the police van. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. (From the Newcastle Journal.) A court was held on Saturday last, before the High Sheriff of the county of Northumberland, who was re presented by the Under-Sheriff, John Adamson, Esq., in the Grand Jure -room at the Moot Hall, to assess da mages in an action brought by Miss Sarah Donkin, of Rothbury, against Dr. Farrago, of the same place, for breach of promise of marriage. The damages in the ac tion had been laid at 5001., and judgment had been al lowed to go for the plaintiff by default. Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bliss for the defendant. Mr. Atherton, in opening the case, stated that th e plaintiff, 2,liss arah Donkin, was the daughter of par ties who, in their sphere of life, were respe, table, end who resided in Lothbury, in this county, although the plaintiff herself was in the service of Mr. Lloyd Ed wards, it gentlemen residing in the county of Carnarvon. The defendant was a doctor of medicine ; but, as he would show, there was nothing disproportionate or iin• equal in their rank, as the defendant was u native of the some village, and was formerly an apprentice to an apo thecary of the name of Davidson, at Rothbury. The defendant, after his apprenticeship, had the good for tune to have some money left him, by means of which he proceeded to Glasgow, and having graduated at that university, had since practised as a physician at Rothbury. Many years ago, the sister of the plaintiff and the sister of the defendant were both in the service of Mr. Davidson; the plaintiff was in the habit of visit ing them, and it was then that the defendant formed an acquaintance with and an att ac h ment towards the plain tiff; and from a period commencing with 1843 until 1848 he, the Learned Counsel, would have to direct the atten tion of the jury to an increasing and affectionate corre spondence carried on between the plaintiff and defendant. He did not intend to say that in that correspondence the promise of marriage was made, for it was not made until November in last year; but it was right, as the defen dant sought to reduce the damages, to lay before them the entire circumstances, and show upon what footing the parties previouily stood. In the year 1848 the corre spondence ceased for some time, and he believed that somet hi ng like an estrangement took place between them, but of that the plaintiff did not complain; but matters re mained in that state until June of last year, at which time the plaintiff was obliged to leave Wales for Rothbury, on a visit to a sister, who was dying. Ia a short time after her arrival the defendant sought to obtain the renewa l of their acquaintance. After some difficulty she was at last induced to meet him, and a reconciliation took place, which ultimately led to the promise of mar riage on the part of the defendant. The defendant made no secret of the matter, but, in fact, informed all his acquaintance. After the plaintiff's return to Wales the correspondence was continued, until the Bth of Septem ber following, when the plaintiff received a letter abruptly terminating the contract; and, to the surpriseof all, the fact afterwards transpired that he had placed his affections on another lady of some property, who had come to reside in Lothbury, and whom, about the end of September, he married, this lady being the widow of the lsto Mr. Ferguson, of Redworth, Darham. These were the main facts he had to lay before them, and they would find that the breach of promise was one of a most heartrending and reckless description, and, if prompted by mercenary motives, it was doubly cruel and shameful, The Learned Counsel then read extracts from numerous letters written by the defendant to plaintiff while at ser vice, and distant from Rothbury, showing from the glow ing terms used that the attachment of the defendant was of the most sincere and tender description. When the plaintiff had returned to Wales, after the death of her sister, and after the promise of marriage was made, the defendant wrote thus to the plaintiff:— " Rothbury, 14th July, 1851. " My dear Sarah,—Owing to the Rothbury postoeffice regulations upon Sundays, there is no time to answer letters, and it prevented me acknowledging your long looked for and welcome note. I expected to have heard from you on the Friday, and I went up to your house to inquire, but your sister informed me that no letter could reach hero from you before Saturday or Sunday. Satur day came, but with it no word from you; I then thought something must have happened to you on your journey; but Sunday came, and with it tho welcome news that you had arrived safe and in good health, and how happy it made me. I supposed you would like to be a sailor, you are so fond of sea sickness. Will you come by sea when you return again with me ? If you do, lam afraid you will not get me to come with you. But, by the bye, hope I shall have the better of you then. Remember_ a the words, H onour an d o b ey, ' an d if y o u attend to the above, you shall never go by sea aga in. I shall tellyou something about myself. In, the first place, an?,cl well as relating to my body, not so my mind. In company; but place I have felt deeply the loss of your my fate but I feel that a patient submission to at present, and with he I look forward kocatheee f t uture; that hope cheers me—it whispers wish it was here. that we l shall ain, and be happy. Oh! that happy hour, r hopo in thin 11 In the meantime, 'and ptect us from all that us, my dear, rests u that is mighty, and he will bless and up tin we meet again. danger, and strengthen int to bear most, and which I h f But what oppresses my done past. greatest , is my treatmentbitteru ess. I feel I h e had forgive- More and more I feel its ct for all I have mindtowards you during have remise that you could what can never be undone; Y and kind for givingess from your lips , uses me again. and stilltb e the p same You left I saw there was a some thingYouerr heart. Buth oppressed you, and I am afraid I was which still ror. , You could not place that firm o f that Brief the cause when I had once proved so false. reliance upon In "' treat you only to forget the past and dear! lin Ohl my l oo k forward to a brighter future. You never shall h ave an y cause to complain of me again, f or i t shall be the study of ray future life to make you happy. If you could only ce o i nto m y heart, an d rea d how much you are ;nipres6ed upon it. and how dear you are to me, dearer than life itself! * * * • The whole gossip of this quiet little village is about you and me, and about our a pproaching marriage. One tells me that it is going to take place immediately, and that Susan is going to take your situation, &c.—l remain, my clear Sarah, ever yours, " Wes, FARRAGE." A third letter followed this, equally affectionate in its terms, dated August 18, 1851, in which the defendant poetises in the following strain:— "The heart that is deepest moved His passions most will gaide."—(Laughter.) The defendant seems to have regarded the affair with due solemnity, for they found his protestations of love mixed up with expressions of strong religious feelißF , which could not but create a deep impression on the mind of the plaintinff, and induce her to believe him 13112_ core. Remembering the letter last referred to, and dated on the 18th of August, in which the defendant spewed rather to have increased his fervour for the plaintiff than to have any way cooled, what would they think of the man who in three weeks from that date could pen the following epistle, which terrninaied the correspondence and blasted the opening' prospects of the plaintiff?— " Rothbury, Bth September, 1851. " Dear Sarah,—My reasons for not answering your last sooner you will have heard ere this from your sister at home. Little did I expect when you and I met again. that in the interval before, your sister had used the most abusive language against me. Even during your resi dence here several of my friends told me of it, but I paid no attention to their stories. At last, they were so very bad, that after duo inquiry I found them to be too true; still I would not have mentioned it to you, if other things had not occurred. A patient whom I was attend ing asked me to drive her to the Holy Stone well, and in coming past your father's house, two of your sisters were standing. I spoke to them, but they me the compliment to put out their tongues at me, and even sent Mrs. Kemble to seek me what were my intentions, and why I should drive out a lady. Under such circum stances our corre:porleuce must cease. Not only your friends have done everything to annoy, but my mother and my brother have hardly spoken to me since yon were here, and if I continue corresponding with you, my brother will leave rue. I told you when here how very much mother was opposed to it, and it was all through what your people had said against me And I have always made it my strictest rule of duty to obey my only parent; and as she is so much opposed to it, this letter wilt terminate our correspondence. You got the loan of one of my books, &e.; I shall feel obliged by your returning it when convenient. " I remain, yours truly, " Wet. FARRAGE." Another letter was dated Rothbury, July 30, 1851. After aeknowleding " her last kind and welcome letter," he proceeds as follows : "My dear, you tell me you are well, how happy it makes me to hoar such good news front you, and mind do not forget to prize that inestimable blessing more and more, for remember your own happiness does not rest on it alone. There is another whose happiness entirely depends upon the happiness you enjoy. May every blessing then attend you is the heart-felt prayer of yuur William. * * * My dear, lam afraid that I will not succeed in gettina a house at the Michael mas term, that is November first. If Ido succeed, our happiness shall be completed in the unit ing of these hands together whose hearts have so long been united. The only house I would like is Hedley's, and I fear he will not leave it. If Ido not succeed, our happiness will not be completed before May next year, and that is such a long time, nearly nine months, to look forward; but I cannot see how we can avoid it, tor, my dear, I cannot bring you here until I have a house, and everything prepared. I cannot, therefore, think of bringing you until May', if Ido not succeed, although I suffer ever so much in being so long separated from your dear company. Happy would Ibeif my eyes could just now behold thee—happier still if my arms could enfold thee. But you must tell me in your next, my dear, the plan to proceed, and whatever you dictate I should be happy to fulfil. * • * * Oh! Sarah, how I look forward to that day when I shall c.. 111 you my own, and still the greater happiness that we shall part no more in this world. Let us, my dear, rest our hope and trust in Him who its mighty, and if He sees fit that we should meet again, nothing earthly can prevent it; and when that happy day times that we are to be united, may our hearts bo firmer and truer united by religion; and our lives devoted to His service, &c. "Yours, &c., " W. FARRAGE." "Rothbury, August 18, 1851. "My dear Sarah,—Your very welcome and lang looked-for idea came upon the 13th inst., and if you had the least idea of the happiness your letters always give when they come to hand, I [eel certain that from your kind and generous breast you would not keep me so lung in suspense. Day by day I waited until the post arrived before I commenced my journey, but each day only to meet with disappointment. Now, my dear, how Tumid you like if I had not answered you for a fort night to come? I cannot express in words the happiness your letters give when I receive them-11 happiness I would not exchange for anything in this life except the realization of that bliss which they are the harbingers or forerunners of—the anticipation of such happiness that still awaits us in this life—how much I look forward to that day when we shall meat again, and meet to part no more in this life. In the meantime let our lives he devoted to the service of our Creator, and living to Hi m , and spending our days to His glory and the advancement of His kingdom upon earth, our reward will be great in Heaven. The time will soon pass away. You mention that you expect to be in London —nothing would give me greater happiness than to meet you there, but the dreadful thought to meet you again and be parted from you—l could never endure it; that alone would prevent it, but professional engagements are very numerous at present, which also would prevent me, and I have all but made up my mind not to visit the Exhi bition • and remember in a very short time I will h ave to undertake a very long journey to bring you from the mountains of Wales back to canna Northumberland, as my own dear—what m ust I cab it—l suppose you know. The poet spoke the words of truth when he composed the following lines:— , The heart that is deepest moved , examine th e h ear t o f y our Its passions most will guide.' A sv n i d l i i a f ni yo w n h c i ldw,rmi writing e t a h r e se line_a • y ou would find how deeply thou art engravers there—oy night and by day my thoughts are Oil thee—how often I wish the day was here when we are to be united, but I find the longer we have to wait our happiness in the end will be the greater; but, my dear, it is hard to bear up to think c f happiness so near and not to possess it. A little longer and all will be well. We must wait, for we cannot snake it bet ter. Again, my dear, I ask you to excuse this scrawl. Write soon—God bless you with health and happiness. I remain, ever yours, " WM. FARRAGE." What could they think of the conduct of the defendant? And what, moreover, would they think of it when he told them that there was not a tittle of foundation to justify this wilful and deliberate breach of contract? The sisters of the plaintiff should be called before them, and they should hear from their own lips whether or ❑ot they were guilty of the acts which the defendant had laid to their charge in this letter; but, suppose they did all ho said they did, that was no justification of the con duct he had pursued. The letter he had just read was that of a mean, false, and mercenary UM, who, at the t i m e . he wrote it had mad© up his mind to kayo the plaintiff, and who bad not the manliness to do it by a ny other means but those of misrepresentation and falsehood. The handwriting of the defendant to the several let ters produced and read having.; been proved, jun William Calver, an officer of inland revenue, was called, and stated that the defendant got Mrs. Calver to make a tea-party, for the purpose of meeting the plain tiff, in order to enable the defendant to renew his inti macy with her. Witness also proved the marriage of the defendant, in November last, to a widow of the name of Ferguson, who had come to Rothbury for the good of her health, and lodged in a house opposite that of the defendant. Miss Mary and Miss Jane Donkin, sisters of the plaintiff, denied ever having used abusive language to the defendant, or annoyed him in passing the house in the manner described by the defendant in his last letter to the plaintiff. Mr. Bliss then addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant. After adverting to the various epithets heaped upon the defendant by the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, he asked if the defendant was the kind of husband that any lady would desire to have, or complain of because she had escaped from him? As to breaking off the first intimacy the Learned Counsel had failed to prove that there was any blame attributable to the de fendant. With respect to his renewing his intercourse with the plaintiff, there was nothing to show that he was actuated by any bad motive, or that there was anything like improper design; for the plaintiff had actually been a fortnight in the villige, and the defendant had not been near her father's home until he was called in, as he was passing, by one of the sisters. He admitted the conduct of the defendant had been very after all, no one could doubt but that, up to a certain time, he had acted in accordance with the most sincere t foolish; but, feelings of his heart; and, in renewing his intimnany.,: was clear he had given wily to those illusiontshea d future im pulses which never once looked forward t_ boy,' and the letters prove? Only that the defendante,rana. if to regarding cons( quences. What did the first series of plaintiff, a girl, were ready topledge c lo t i Pun to forbid the each other; and they might as well young people from in its daily course, as to cietteir. part of our nature. pulse to move, the beard to grow, orattthee - sun to revolve forming attachments. It was h. no y had been cas?,.rd t was, all as the strain sustained by the plaintiff at the hands o f the was contemplatedb but, slgi t o e tin a vwg t i i n t a r gs e isn tp r ii u mnr oab t ehaybi r : s i e during There this o mind,that defendant ; of some of his letters would denote, as to the connexion terminating as it did. Notwithstanding all the foolish and loving expressions made use h t ere was an evident doubt ia almost every one of those a s to the parties ever being married. _ letters Counsel then commented on the imprudence of con tracting marriages when the parties were not in a posi tion to make each oth er ortable and defendant had but a limited happy. The with a salary of 251, a practice, in a small village, year as surgeon to the district union workhouse, aprovision the support of )a manifestly inadequate for establishment. The mother and brother of the n and there defendant wore opposed to the marriage, were other motives which might induce a re fleeting man • to pause before entering into a union that might not all, there result in happiness. Because, after must be something to outlast the honeymoon—something to endure against sudden - and unaccountable fits of ill humour —something to bear the pinch of pecuniary weans, beside countless other things; and, if that were so, what had the plaintiff lost? -- Was she not really better as she was than contracting a union which she would probably have to regret, when struggling with the difficulties resulting from it? Was not that a union that both might look to and recoil from forming? Wi t h respect to the wound which the feelings of the plaintiff had sustained, he thought that was a very difficult thing to estimate in cash. Not a letter had been produced to show that the attachment was reciprocal. All the jury bad to do, ther efore, was to judge of the relative posi- I tion of both parties, and say what was a fair sum to be paid in compen sation for the breach of the contract in question. The jury, after a short consultation, assessed the da mages at 1501. FACToar DELEGATE MEETING.—There Was a meeting of factory delegates a t Manchester on Sunday, to cons ider the propriety of applying to Parliament to insert the words" no child" in the Act of 1850, so as to prevent relay working, but ultimately it was determined only to apply to the present Government to better enforce the PP' loafof the priftat Act Ouvosti thstepectere. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1852 RACING FIX T TIRES FOR 1852. MARCH. Coventry 9 Catterick 8ridge......... 22 ster Spring ‘V arwick Spring APRIL. Er.nm Sprinm Newmarket Craven ... 12 Yurk Spring ........ Abergavenny l5 Mahon . 22 Birmingham NAY. 011erton ' 1 Chester Spring Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Durham Bath and Somereet Liverpool 11. ........... • Epsom ..................... Wye •• ...... JU Lenham Manchester ... Southwell Ascot . Bevorley 1-14mpton l6 Newton NE. Newcastle ... ............. 22 I Bibury .................. 3 2 Stockbridge ....... 4 1 .... .. 2 WinchestTr ............. 25 Knighton .................. 29 5 Gtriisle .................. 2 Ladlow ..................30 JULY. Salisbury ....... 1 Stamford .................. 20 Newmarket 6 N:)ttit;gharn ............... 20 Worcester LlttleitSter Liverpool AUGUST. North Staffordshire 3 York ...................... Brighton Great Yarmouth lO Lincoln ...........•••••• Beading SEPT; Warwick 7 Doneui.er Egliutoti Club 2l Bedford MAIL 22 Leicester ............... Nlarwhest,ir AULUIDU 23 Ye wmarket F. 0. ...... OCTI , nEn. IHuly well Hunt ......... 19 Richmond .......... 20 Newmarket Houghton,. 25 Chester Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham bTewmarkot S. 0. NOVEMBER. Worcester Autuo;; ------- 2 HUSH RACES TO COME APRIL. Currpg,b,.. ........................................ Kilcook ......................... .. .............................. 24 MAY. JUNE. Curragh )Teeth Royal .' Corp JULY. .. 5 I Bellewstown ............ 21 AUGUST. Phcenix Park 3 Tuarn ... ............. 23 Roscommon SEPTEMBER. Curragh Johnstown 217 I Cashel ................. ;. 25 C tirragh l2 Limerick Down Royal . C0rp.:..... 20 : I ° C BE ar ß• low ................. 26 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the Po' Essex, from the Ist March, 16.52, to the 6th March, I both inclusive : e ". '-fr; g 0 ies p rte in isvi _ lio OCT , 356; 1000; Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon .. 50 121 , 3641 657 !---- 17 88 173 , - - . ....., CHELMSFORD, MARCH b.—Prices to-da were as follow . Wheat, white, 463 to 51s ; red, 40s to 44s ; y barley, 2 61 t° 29 6 °; - chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 18s to 2551 chevalier 28, to 335; grinding 21s to 275; malt 65? to 5 1 .! to 30s ; white, 28s to 30s ; boiling, 29a to 32s ; dun, new, 2 ° l to 2es ; beans, tick, 26s to 305; harrow ticks, 27s to 311; mazagan, 2 , 1 e to 28s. a 421 COLCHESTER, MARCH 6.—Wheat, white 46s to 500; re i MP to 45s ; oats, 20s to 22s ; beans, mazagan 27s to 281; 11 0 and small 30s to 33s ; peas, white 34s to 38s, grey, lOW '''. 30s ; barley, 30s to 34s per qr. ious KIRKALDY, MARCH 6.—The following are the quest ; peal, partridge, 2,1! for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 44s Od 3C5 Ud Second 42s Od 28s Od Third 363 Od 24s 6d Oatmeal, per bag of 2801 b HADDINOTON, MARCH 5.----' 1 grain at our market to-day:-- Wheat. Oats. 24s Oi 21a Bd 183 Od i inperialt he follovn First Second ............ Third .... .. 36s Od Total quantity of sBWheeat i Do. Barl Do. Oats y Do. Beans Barley. 36s Od 30s 2d 2ls Od Beans. —s Od —s Od Od J 30s Od to ag are the Oats. 30s Od 22s 11d 20s Od market 755 qrs., Peat, I-3 "'s uu, --s ate Cd. prices of Bean& 40. od 331 305 u" 700 sold 279 sold 670 30 "' ., 234 sold do. 320 qrs., do. P 5.; qrs., do. 274 qrs., %T.—YESTIRDAY. the close of the market Pensher .................. 15s 3u Russell's Hetton ...... 16s 9a d ' , carborough ........... . 155 Stewart's .. 17s Ocl Cassop .................. 1 6 s Od 1 7 8 Od H art l epoo l ............ . . Ileugh Hall ...... l a s 6d ..... 158 31 .3ouot Hartlepool ..... South Kelloe ............ 15a 31 14' 3d West K e lloe ••• ••• 14 5 6d Brown's Deanery ...... 228 Od Birchg. Graig. ( h p d.) 1 3 4 6‘.1 jowpan Hart le y ..... D‘:rwentwftterllartley 138 6A Nixon's Merthyr slid 23 8 01 Cardiff ..... 69 .....Sold, 45. COAL M E' Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West Hartley 13s 6d, Carr's Hartley l3s Hartlepool W. Hartley l:31 6d Hasting's Bartley Longridge's W.Hartley .1.3 s 6o Wylaut Wall's End, &c. Bell and Brown ...... 1.13 9d Helburn Morrison Northumberland Riddell ..... „.. l4s 0 Eden Main Bell Belmont lss 0 LI etton Ships at market, RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKET6' , illAncn 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.— BRISTOL There was an improved feeling. el .; hibited in the share market to-day, and a good busine; has been done at advanced prices. The transactions were 5 follow:—Bristol and Exeter B' l ea div —Taff Vale, lb West Cornwall, ti dis. '' il . LIVERPOOL, Maacit 8. , EXCHANGE. —The business to day WO STOCK sornew ha i t limited in amount, but prices generally were well sustaireat L rh an e ca tr s a h n ir s e a , ctions were as follow :—Caledonian, 104--L16,, Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 18'- Midland, —Midland, 584 161 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, New Prefe , ence, 4 1 / 2 per cent., '''. die —North British, 7 South-Eastern and Dover, 20 1 /f 3 • this morning, MANCHESTER, 11fAncit S. a STOCK EXCHANGE. —TIO share market opened lies i of business was done at better prices. The transatiork. but afterwards improved, and a fair amount were as follow :—Caledonian, 16; 1 / 4 —Lancashire and nid i n g shire, 69 1 4—Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto (W est 1 eire, IT , Ilion), 4 , 4 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and L iu" n East 31N, —Midland, 58 3 —South- Eastern and Dover , `,° -- 16 Anglian, 7 per cent., 2 Ditto, 6 per cent., 33- and Wyre, 44% Ditto, Halves, 8% p.—North British, Ns 691/4 Ditto, —Pre6ston SEABORNE MAILS. fignlfles that the malls are sent front the General by by the night — and Mby the morning—Aispatehj I port dig- due. PLACES. General Post-ofaco, I patched. London. _.....--- —.., -----•-...---- Liverpool .• Arrived America (by Brit. pkt.)N lii!r2,, 9 ~, ..Liverpool .. March 17 When made np is : From what when Amer " (by U.S. pia.) N Thi4. l7 .. ..'Southampt. March 12 (by kt.)M, l " ' month Plyraouth Mayen 3 ik of 3 t O li th o otmo., Dover .. March 1 6 Alexandria * •• •• •• :. N Daily • • • • • • IDover .. Daily , Belgium " •• . M 9th of the month Southtunpt. March 1. Brazil '".. Nt9th of the month iSouthampt. March 16 lI NI W i t Buenos AY l ' 4s ld Sc 17th of month Southam pt. March $ i rviaChagrol , Af A"A rit r a ica (West tj eo .S as .tP) • . . .. N r 7th 17th 27th of mo;DOver .. March 1 ° Callforh. a, • - /0 0 N 14th of month !Plymouth.. 'March 3 . cape 0 f GO O d I . . 1 ) ... Md2d & 171.11 of men. 'South t ,March $ NiMon., Wed , & Fri. Sou h amP t * Tu. Th.t'll'• Channel Isles •• 3,1117 th of the . month t aniP . March 2 0 Chili •"• . M &N'T • d • :MOuthampt. . .., eil y 1 %ince ally.. ..IDover .. Twicv. Franco •• ' ~,,,,.,,h 10 Greece* •• ••• .. Nl7th 1 7th27th of molDover •• " t a a mburgh •• •• N,T 'r et , es uesday SG Friday 'London • • " • a r m ,,,,.11 IrelandCcHurriioe n o d id i n n its aa d it a u r n vv i dn a s i : a l l ni n s . f. °. o . a c . . P ur r il st ec a oh ... i - a m .. 1 1. emsp) .. .. t) .. S N; ; . 17th of 0 02 : f4 f l t h.: the f i nm monthB a o o t n o u r t t hh. Dover: o o l 1 u u n tti t d hl 1 n al: a p p . ; ..: March a r a r Fi L,, h 21 M med ed i i t t e e n riin n e c a a : Arrived S,authans , r/a) . ht2oth of the month tionthaMpt. March 21 MarBelli c.9 •• •• N Bth&24tt• Arrived . ofmonth Dover • • s Mexico .. .. .. 3,1,2 d of the month.. Southarnpt. March ~ Madeira .. .. .. M;9th of tko month Southampt. March 19 Malta* r 7th,17th,19th,27th arch 10 •• •• / Dover 1 & 30th of month March 12 Naples* .. .. .. N Bth 15th 25th °fin,. Dover • ~„..„.0 12 Papal Staten* .. .. N sth 15th 250 of too Dover i m. 1 6 reninsular.. .. .. M,7th 17th 27th et too Southampt• Marchch 20 Peru .. .„ .. .. 31117th of tho month Southampt. Mar II Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover •• March 2," West Indies .. .. 3.1 17th of the month Southampt.lbi anio ((vviiaa ICII Twice daily** i Holyhead .. wi..,„....._ Naples* .• N Papal States* reninsular.. . . •• M Peru Tuscany* N West Indies 34 I West Indies (excet 5 Elavanna & Na.seau p ) Al 2d of the month ..izionthampt.lMarch The mails to those c ountriss thus marked (o) are conVoY oi French packet vf.t Marseilles. The Cape of Good flops mails will be made up on the evening ° March 15, in consequence of the 11th falling on a Sunday. CALLFORNIA.—MaiIs to and trona ualuorma, via the United -- are now despatched and due by every American pack.' BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the sth inst., the wife of John Greenwood, Esq.' nare Q.On C. , Chesteq. the sth r-E inbt., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, t ba wife of George Paton, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. OF • DAUGHTEIt• On th© 6th inst., at her Majesty's M int, Mrs. IlenrY William Field. On the 2d inst., at Southampton, the wife of John 0 ' Forrest, Esq. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at D/I.llltSey, Major E sham Schonbeg, Turner Swyny, 63d Regiment , to Bert ha, second daughter or„ the Rev. George Augustus Biedermann, M.A., rector 01 Dauntsey, Wilts. Oa the 4:h inst., at the Church of St. Mary, Wittleses, Robert Charles Scott, Esq., her Majesty's ship Intrepid. to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Richard H. Sinclair, vicar of Cashel. DIED. On the sth inst., at Tyneharn, Dorsctshire, aged 95, the Rev. William 13(nd, rector of Steeple-with-Tyneharn, and canon of Bristol Cathedral. On the sth inst., at Bayswater, Caroline, wife of Captain Henry G. C. Plowden, 9th Bengal Light Cavalry. On the 4th inst., at St. Leonard':=, James, youngest sov.n of the late E. Boyd, Esq., of Merton-hall, Wig - tonshire , .1 On the sth inst., at Ivy-villa, Upper Norvrood, g _urref , Harriet, the wife of H. Heifer. of Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth. On the sth inst., at the Grange, Hadlew, Kent, Frederick Bow in London: Printed and Published by DIURDO YOUNG , 2 01 No. 112, Stran d, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 4 : ).. Strand, in Vve u Precinct of the Savoy, in the coney o T Midalnez, ezdin March 9, au, • • " w ~ ~ --, -