The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Fourth Edition of last night]:— The:French Government appears determined to put an end to the ultra-democratic and Socialist clubs, whose existence is incompatible with good order or public tranquillity, for we find that the Club of Cha ranne, the Club of the Grosse Tete, and the Club of the Acacias, in the Rue Saint Antoine, have been closed by virtue of an ordinance issued from the coun cil chamber. Letters from Tarbes announce that the patato dis. ease has appeared in the worst form in the department of the Upper Pyrenees. ITZERLAND. Letters from Berne of the 15th, in the Allgemeine Zeitung of Augsburg, announce the following elec tions to the National Council :—For Berne, MM. Ochaebbein (thrice), Neuhaus (twice), Karlen, Junk, - Schneider, Vogel, Kohler, Stockmar, and Pequignot ; for Basle, Dr. Matt; for the Grisons, Latour and Planta ; for Vaud, Blanchenay, Eytel, Veillon, Pittet, Suter Bron, Vittel, Grivaz, and Meysire, all candi dates of the Patriotic ♦ssociation in Vaud, and Radi cals, according to the Federal Gazette. General Dufour has often publicly declared that it is impos sible for him to accept an election to the National Council. RUSSIA AND POLAND. The St. Petersburgh advices of the .Hamburgh Impartial Correspondent announce that the Russian Cabinet recently expressed a wish to the Court of Austria (couched in the shape of advice), that the latter would, with reference to Italian affairs, enforce the principle of a strict maintenance of existing trea ties. The Russian Government not only deems itself pledged to afford moral as well as material sup port in all the conflicts that may arise from the pre sent complicated state of European affairs, but it is said to have made a proposal to the Cabinet of Vienna to adopt the most energetic measures for the pacifica tion of Hungary and Galicia, in the event of the en tire force of Austria being occupied in the south and west. DISTURBANCES IN CEPHALONIA. (From the Corfu Government Gazette.) Early on the morning of the 26th of September about 200 armed countrymen, from the villages of Frangata, Valsamata, and Trojanate, assembled on the road to Cranea, some hundred yards distant front the suburbs of Argostoli, with the intention of en tering the city and destroying the registers, docu ments, and judicial proceedings which are preserved in the Palace of Justice ; and about the same num ber of countrymen assembled in the vicinity of Lixuri. The director of police, having information of these movements, collected about thirty constables on the bridge and in the suburbs, in order to protect the city, but several shots being fired at them, they re tired as the countrymen advanced. The director of local police communicated these circumstance to the Resident, who immediately or dered his palace guard, consisting of a sergeant and eleven soldiers of the 30th Regiment, to accompany him to the entrance of the city. On his arriving there with his guard, the countrymen fired on them, and Sergeant Luke Dunn, seeing their numbers, retired a short distance to the head of the bridge. When they followed him, he ranged his soldiers with great pru dence, and opened a constant fire on them, during which one •f his men was killed and three wounded, but as the relief of his guard, consisting of eleven more soldiers, came up, the countrymen dispersed, leaving three dead and four wounded on the road. At Lixuri, the armed countrymen from the vil lages of Anoi and Condogenada obliged the constables to retire from the Palace of Justice, and followed them ; they were in the act of entering violently into the office in which the archives are situated, when a detachment of fifty men of the 36th Regi ment disembarked from the steamer lonia. This detachment made a forced march towards the Palace of Justice, attacked the rebels, and drove them from the city without any loss of the military. Three of these rebels are well known, and will, no doubt, be very shortly arrested by the police. The following is the report of Sergeant Luke Dunn, who commanded the little party that followed the Resident:— "At the above date, being the sergeant in charge of the Resident's guard, about seven o'clock A.M. I was ordered by the Resident to make my men load their guns and follow him to the bridge, which I did. On arriving there the Resident first went towards a street to the right, then towards another street to the left, passing a church; the guard under my orders continued to follow him. The Resident gave me orders to bold my men ready to fire, which I did, when we arrived at the lank of a vineyard, whence a great number of men came out armed with guns, swords, and other arms. I then, on my own autho rity, made my guard (consisting of myself and eleven men) return again to the bridge and faced the soldiers round. The rebels fired and wounded two men, Fox and Elsom. I then ordered my men to fire in line, which they did, knocking down five or six of the rebels. "The rebels were di►ided, part on the mole, part on the bridge, and another part on the road opposite the bridge. Being now reinforced by the arrival of the re lief guard from the Resident's, I ordered them, with the assistance of the police, to arrest some of the rebels. All this time the rebels were firing, and we were re turning it. Whilst standing at the head of my party a man seized my bayonet, and whilst I was stnig gling with him he was killed by one of my soldiers, and at the same time I saw one of my soldiers, Daniel M`Namara, brought to the ground by a gunshot, and James Ledwell badly wounded. Balls passed through the chaco of James Madden, as also through his drawers and the sleeve of his coat, and his arm was slightly wounded. A ball also passed through the chaco of Corporal Roberts. A few minutes after the arrival of the relief guard, which consisted of twelve men, the rebels retired, carrying off their killed and wounded. They did not fire on the police, but directed their whole fire against the military, crying out, Soldiers, go to your barracks,' and endeavouring to make us go by the opposite road, instead of by the bridge, whence we came." UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. Oxroan, OCT. 21.BRASENO5E —Two fellow ships are now vacant, which will be filled up in the course of the present term : 1. One of the original foundation of the college, for natives of the ancient diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, the electors having regard in their choice to the preference given by the statutes, in the fi rs t degree, to natives of Prescot and PrestbUry ; and, in the,second, to natives of the counties of Lancaster and Chester. 2. One of the foundation of Brian Higden, for natives of the county of York. Graduates of the University of Oxford under eight years' standing are eligible. Candidates are required to exhibit to the Principal on or before Saturday, the 1 1th of November,certi ficates of the locality of their birth, together with the usual college testimonials, and the certificates of their marticulation, The Camden Professor of Ancient History will begin on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock, a course of lec tures on the Romans of the second century, and in Britain ; consisting of dissertaions on their manners, finance, jurisprudence, public works, &c., and on the introduction of Christianity into Britain. The lec tures will be delivered in St. Albans-hall on Tues• days, Thursdays, and Sat ur d a y s , an d are f ree o f ad mission to members of the University. Those gen tlemen who wish to attend are requested to leave their names at the Professor's house in St. Alban's-hall on Monday next, between the hours of 12 and 2. The meetings of the Ashmolean Society, for the present term, will be held on Mondays, Nov. I and 20, and on Monday, Dec. 4. RODEN SARSCRIT SCHOLARSHIP. The examination for the purpose of electing a Sanscrit Scholar on the foundation of Colonel Boden, will take place in the Clarendon, on Thursday, Nov. 23, at ten o'clock. The scholarships are open to all matriculated members of the colleges and halls in Oxford, who shall not, on the day of election, have exceeded their twenty-fifth year, and who shall produce a satisfactory proof of their age, and a written permission to offer themselves as candidates, signed by the Head or Vice-Gerent of their respec tive colleges or halls. Candidates are requested to call on the Boden Professor of Sanscrit, on or before Tuesday, Nov. 21. F. C. PLUMPTRE, Vice-Chancellor. ETON COLLEGE. OCTOBBIt 21.—The examination of the candidates for the prize of 50/., instituted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert in 1841, for the promotion of the study of modern languages, which commenced on Monday last, terminated this morning, and the result was announced this afternoon in the Upper School by the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Head-master. The following were the examiners selected by the Provost and the Head-masters : In French—M. C. J. Delille, professor at Christ's Hospital. In German—Herr A. Wentzer, of King's College, London. In Italian—Dr. E. Conneau, physician to Prince Louis Napoleon. The prizes were announced to be awarded as follows : _ French (21 competitors), M. Tarver master— First prizeman . . Lord Grey de Wilton. Second prizeman .. Currie. The sits nett best -were—Arbuthnot, ma., Chap- Mtur r Posbury,, Lambton, ma., Marillier, and Pullen. Gentian- ,(11 competitors), Mr. Schmerstedt Amster— First priteman Second . prim= Phillips. ggort9U. The five next best were—Lambton, ma., Mr. Jocelyn, Mitford, mi., Lefevre, and Mitford, ma. Italian (five competitors), Signor Sinebaldi, master : _ _ First prizeman ... James K. S. Second prizeman ... Mr. Vernon. The three next best were—Snow, mi., Rowe, and Snow, ma. His Royal Highness's prize of 50!. was thus divided 'amongst the successful candidates : To each of the three first prizemen in French, German, and Italian, 101.; and to each of the second prize men, 51., the respective amounts being presented in books selected by the Provost and Head-master. The remaining Si. were awarded (also in books) to Lambton, ma., who had, amongst the unsuccessful competitors for the first and second prizes, made the greatest proficiency in two (French and German) out of the three languages in which the examinations had taken place. The result of the examinations was forwarded to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle, this afternoon, by the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Head-master. IMPORTANT QUESTION RE LATING TO BETTING SECURITIES. THE BILLIARD MATCH BETWEEN THE WEY• MOTJTH STAR AND CHARLEY HICKMAN.—In the City Sheriffs' Court on Friday, before Mr. Commis sioner Bullock, the presiding 'Judge, an action was brought by a Mr. Levy, well known in the sporting world, against a person of the name of Barlow, to recover the sum of El., being the amount of an I 0 U given by the defendant to the plaintiff, for the amount of a bet won by the plaintiff of the defendant on a game of billiards played by third parties. Mr. Xing, an attorney, who appeared for the defendant, said he would save the time of the Court by admttting the facts, as the objections he had to make went only to the legality of the ,transaction. Plaintiff's attorney —" Then you admit the bet was made, and that the defendant gave the I 0 U ?" Mr. King—" Yes ; I only go upon the question of illegality." The Learned Judge requested that the facts admitted should be stated. Mr. King, on the part of the defendant, admitted the bet was lost to the plaintiff by the defendant on the occasion of a grand match at billiards for 501. aside at the Cross Keys Hotel, Gracechurch-street, on the 10th of August last, between the Weymouth Star and Charley Hickman, well known billiard players, and for which the defendant gave the plain tiff his I 0 U, which, having been dishonoured, the present action was brought. Mr. King contended that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, as the transac tion was illegal, and that an I 0 U, which was in the nature of a promissory note given as security for the payment of a bet or wager, whether at a game of skill or chance, was null and void under the statute of the 9th Anne, cap. 14, sec. 1, and in support of that view cited the case of Sigell v. Gebb, 3 Starkie, in Harrison's Digest. The plaintiff's attorney said that the statute clearly referred to bets above 101., and exempted those under that sum. Mr. King said that was not so ; the present action was on an I 0 LI, given as security for a bet which was clearly null and void by the statute, and the law was rendered more clear by the ath and 9th Victoria, cap. 109, sec. 18, which expressly enacted that the contracts or agreements, whether by parole or in writing, by way of gaming or wager, should ro be null and void, in and that no suit should be bught or maintained any court of equity for recovering any sum of money, or valu able thing alleged to be won upon a wager, or which should have been deposited in the hands of any per son to abide the event on which any wager should have been made, that being the express law, and clearly applicable to the present case, he (Mr. King), on the part of the defendant, submitted that the plain tiff must be nonsuited. The plaintiff's attorney said there could be no doubt the intention of the Legis lature was to confine the Act to cases above 101. The Learned Judge, on looking at the Act and the case cited, said that no sum whatever was mentioned in the Act, and that he was clearly of opinion that it was intended to apply to all securities given for bets at wagers, or games of skill, or chance, of which bil liards came within its meaning, without regard to the amount, he was, therefore, of opinion the plaintiff must be nonsuited. Judgment of nonsuit was entered accordingly. It was stated that there was a number of other cases arising out of bets made under similar circum stances upon the game, dependent upon the above decision. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) John Burton was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine prose cuted. The defendant had no counsel. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, it appeared that the prosecutor of the indictment was Mr. Barnard Gregory, whose name has been so frequently before the public in connexion with the Satirist newspaper. It seemed that he gave up his interest in that paper in 1844 to some parties, one of whom subsequently became a bankrupt, and in 1847 the Satirist went into tho possession of a person named Timms, Mr. Gregory, however, still continuing the landlord of the premises. In the course of the present year some dispute arose between Timms and a person named Gisling, who had been employed upon the establishment, and who, it appeared, had expressed some intention of estabish ing a rival newspaper, and Mr. Gregory put in a dis - tress for a quarter's rent that was due about that time. The prisoner was left in possession of the premise , , and upon Gisling and another person attempting to remove some paper from the office, he gave them both into custody, and charged them with stealing the paper. This charge was investigated by the magistrate at Bow street, and was dismissed, and upon this Gisling and his companion brought an action for false imprison ment against Mr. Timms and Mr. Gregory, the former of whom had signed the charge-sheet snaking the accusation of felony. The prisoner was examined as a witness upon the trial, and he then swore that Mr. Gregory had authorised him to give any person into custody who should remove any property from the office, and that on his informing him the next morning that he had given these two persons into custody, he said that which he had done was quite right. The result of the trial was, that the jury gave a verdict fur the plaintiffs with 201. damages, the liability of Mr. Gregory being established by the evidence of the defendant. It was alleged in support of the present prosecution, however, that the evidence given by the defendant relative to the statement alleged to have been made by Mr. Gregory was false, and that the latter had never given any authority for the apprehension of the parties, or sanctioned the proceeding afterwards, and hence the present pro ceeding had been instituted against the defendant. Several witnesses were examined in support of the charge, and Mr. Gregory positively stated that he never gave any such authority to the defendant as that which he had represented ; and he likewise de nied that he told him that he had done right in giving the two persons who removed the paper into cus tody. Upon being cross-examined by the defendant, and in answer to questions put by the Court, he ad mitted, however, that the distress which had been put in was a friendly proceeding between him and Mr. Timms, in order to prevent Gisling from interfering with the property, and also that he had sanctioned the defendant being left in charge, and that he was desi rous he should prevent anything being taken away. Mr. Timms was likewise examined—Although he stated that he had signed the charge-sheet at the police station, and that Mr. Gregory was not aware of the occurrence, he admitted that after the parties were given into custody he had gone to the residence of Mr. Gregory, at Hampstead, and upon his return he had signed the charge-sheet. The inspector who took the charge at the police station proved that Mr. Timms went away for the purpose, as he understood, o f consu l t i ng Mr. Gregory upon the propriety of persistin g i n t h e c h arge. The RECORDE R having expr esse d an op i n i on t h at the charge of wilful and corrupt perjury could not under these circumstances be supported, Mr. CLARKSON conferred with the prosecutor, and then said be was i ns t ruc t e d b y M r. Gregory to state that he had been misinformed by Mr. Timms of the real nature of the transaction, and if he had been aware of it he should no t h ave i ns ti tuted the present prosecution; he had, therefore, instructed him to withdraw from offering any further evidence. The jury then, under his Lordship's direction, re turned a verdict of Not Guilty, The defendant, who throughout the wh o l e case had loudly insisted upon his innocence of the charge made against him, and asserted that he had spoken nothing lout the truth, again repeated the assertion aft er t h e jury had returned their verdict, and decl are d t h at what he had stated was strictly true. The RECORDER said, that as the prisoner had made this statement, he felt called upon to say that, taking into consideration that the prosecutor had, although tardily, admitted he had acted under a misconceptio n , and that he should not have instituted the prosecution if he had been aware of the actual circumstances of the case, he was of opinion that the defendant had not only not b e en guilty of wilfully stating that which he knew to be false, but that what he stated in his evidence was the truth, and that the statements imputed t o th e prosecutor were ac t ua lly m ade by him. It appeared quite clea r th a t an i m plied authority was given by the prosecutor, and it was very probable that he might ha ve ma d e use o f t h e prec i se expres sions imputed to him, an d h ave f orgo t ten t h em i n th e excitement of the moment. The defendant compl a i ne d o f th e h ar d s hi p h e h a d suffered in consequence of the prosecution. He was only a poor man, and he had been dragged from his wife and family, and they were left without any mew of subsistence, and had been obliged to pawn and sell nearly everything they possessed to support themselves while he had been in prison. He wished to know how he was to obtain a recompense for this injustice. The RECORDER, told him the Court had no power to interfere in the matter to which he referred. He had done all that he was able to assist him, by clear ing his character from the imputation that was sought to be cast upon it by the present charge. One of the jurymen in waiting, as the defendant was leaving the bar after exclaiming that it was a false charge made against him, threw some silver into the dock, and his example was speedily followed by several other persons in the body of the court and in the galleries, and a considerable sum was collected and handed to the defendant. John Rapjohn was then placed at the bar. Mr. CLARKSON said this defendant was also in dicted for perjury under the same circumstances that bad just been laid before the jury, he having been a witness upon the same trial, and speaking to the same conversation; but after the decision come to in the former case he should not occupy their time by offer ing any evidence in support of the charge. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Bruzocs..) Andrew Baskerville, aged 25, a cabinet maker, and James Anderson, 18, a portmanteau maker, pleaded Guilty to an indictment charging them with having broken into the dwelling-house of John Ray. Both prisoners were well-known cracksmen, Basker ville having been in custody a great number of times for burglary, but had escaped conviction. Two ses sions ago he was tried in this court for a burglary, but acquitted. Upon the following day he was con cerned in the commission of another burglary, but the evidence not being sufficiently strong against him he was not sent for trial. Subsequently to that transaction he had been in custody several times. The COURT ordered them to be transported for seven years. Thomas Parsons, an elderly man, was indicted for stealing a quantity of bell metal, the property of Messrs. Pontifex, his employers. Mr. CLhatitsorr defended. The prisoner, who had been fourteen years in their employ, was on the 30th of September watched on leaving the premises, and taken into custody near a marine store-shop with the metal upon him hidden in his trousers. The jury found him Guilty,'_but recommended him to mercy on account of an excellent character which was given him by several witnesses. Mr. BuLLocx sentenced him to four months' im prisonment and hard labour. Janus Riley, aged 32, a labourer, was indicted for committing a highway robbery upon the 19th of September, at the parish of Tottenham, and stealing a watch and key, ♦alued at 31.105,, from the person of James Devye. The prosecutor, an elderly man, stated, that on the afternoon of the day in question, whilst passing down a lonely place called Waggon Bush-lane, the prisoner came behind him and thrust him down a bank into a deep muddy ditch, and jumping down after him vio lently dragged his watch from his fob, and ran off. Prosecutor knowing his person, gave information to the police, who apprehended him some time after- wards, but did not succeed in finding the property. George Couch, a lock-keeper on the river Lea, said, that shortly after the time named by the pro secutor the prisoner came running down to :the lock, and, requesting witness not to say he had seen him, got into a barge that was going by. As he got in, witness saw a watch fall from his pocket into the bottom of the barge. The jury found him Guilty; and having been be fore convicted, he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Henry Bramell, alias Henry Edward .Bramell, alias Henry Beaumont, a surgeon, was brought be fore the Lord Mayor, charged with having married several women, all of whom are alive. In consequence of the absence of three of the women who were deluded, the charges were but su perficially investigated, no more evidence having been required on the first examination than was sufficient to justify the remand of the prisoner. The public are indebted to Mr. Dakin, the Chair man of the Committee of General Purposes of the Corporation of London, for the apprehension of the prisoner, the rapidity of whose movements, increased by the vigilance of suspicion, made it a matter of some difficulty to secure his personal appearance be fore the Chief Magistrate. Mr. Dakin had been applied to by the owners of a vessel, which was going abroad, to provide her with medical stores, and the prisoner, whom that gentleman had seen acting in a medical capacity elsewhere, called at his warehouse in King William-street, and under pretence of being engaged as surgeon to the ship, obtained from him the sum of 31. The moment information was re ceived that the prisoner had been marrying in sundry localities, care was taken to adopt the most prompt mode of dealing with him, and Mr. Dakin acc-Ord ingly had him traced and taken into custody. A gentleman who stated himself to be the friend of the family of one of the young ladies whom the pri soner had prevailed upon to marry him, produced three certificates of marriage, in each of which the prisoner was a contracting party. The first stated that the prisoner had married Elizabeth Timley, on the 25th of March, 1843 ; the second, that he had married Emily Georgiana Rose, in Calcutta, in 1847, in the name of Henry Edward Brammel ; and the third, that he had married Hannah Amelia Bland, in Liverpool, on the 30th of September in the present year. The LORD MAYOR—Do you know the prisoner? Witness—No ; but he has been identified to my satisfaction. The case as regards the young lady with whose family I have been for several years ac quainted is one of peculiar atrocity. She was no more than fifteen years of age, and was going out with her mother and sisters to India in a ship ia which the prisoner was acting as surgeon. She is a young lady of high accomplishments; and, upon the passage, the prisoner contrived to gain her affections, and to obtain her mother's sanction to their union on the vessel's arrived at Calcutta. He represented to the family that his father had lately died, leaving him 5,0001, and he produced letters, which were, too late, found to be forgeries, confirming the extent of the inheritance. By his address, by the production of the false documents, so favourable to his views, and by the offer to settle 3,0001. of the 5,0001. upon the young lady, he made such an impression that there was very little hesitation ; and upon his return to this country with his young wife he abandoned her at an hotel in Liverpool. She is now with her friends in Devonshire. The LORD MAvon--Did he make the mock settle ment upon her ? 'Witness—He actually settled the money with all the necessary forms upon the poor girl. I had been watching for his arrival, and he came to the knowledge of that fact and got away. However, through Mr. Dakin, the ends of justice are likely to be answered. In the course of my inqui ries I learned that he had married Miss Timley in 1843. He had, it appears gone down to the coun try and set up business as a professional man in the neighbourhood in which that lady resided. She bad a small annuity, which was forfeited whoa she married, and she not only was a loser in that way but he got hold of her clothes, furniture, and trin kets, and sold them. When he went to India he left her in London, with an authority to receive his half pay, and he then went deliberately to work upon his fellow-passenger's affections. Subsequently, I found that he had married Miss Bland, land I have every reason to believe, from the statement of a relative of his, that he has left a wife and two children in Lis keard, in Cornwall. Some delay, however, must take place before we can get the parties together. The base conduct of the prisoner has, I need hardly say, occa sioned the deepest distress. Elizabeth Timley stated that she was married to the prisoner on the 23th of March, 1843. She had no reason to think that she was not his first wife. Her friends were in Devonshire, but they would come to town upon the occasion. Hannah Amelia Bland, in extreme agitation, stated that she was married to the prisoner in the parish of St. Paul, Liverpool, on the 30th of September last. He represented to her at the time he was a single gen tleman, and she lived with him up to the period of his apprehension on the evening of Saturday last. Mr. Dakin said the prisoner had represented to him that he had been disappointed in his expectations of an advance of money from the captain of the vessel, and that he was in want of 31., which the witness believing to be a true statement handed to him. It was, however, afterwards ascertained that though the prisoner had been in treaty with the captain to go out as surgeon in the ship, the negotiation was at an end before Mr. Dakin was applied to for the money. The prisoner here said that his agreement to go out in the vessel was not nullified until after he had got the money from Mr. Dakin, so that, at all events, that transaction was nothing more than a debt.—(A laugh.) " I intended to pay that money," said be, " and I do intend to pay it. Whatever may have been my conduct in other respects, I had no idea of committing fraud in that matter." The prisoner, it is belie v ed, has several other wives. He was remanded CLERKEIVWELL. Edward Marten, a young man of gentlemanly ap pearance and address, who was represented in the police-sheet as a solicitor, residing in White Lion court, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Mrs. Eliza beth Gregory, wife of Daniel Gregory, labourer, re siding near the Water Mills, Barking, Essex, with obtaining money to the amount of 671. by fraudulent means, under the following heartless circumstances : It appeared Ilona the evidence of the prooecutrilc THE SITN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 24, lB4B. that her husband was employed as a labonrer in the Water Mills, near Barking, Essex, and by their united industry and exertions they managed to save a little money. She was a distant relation of Lady Elizabeth Jane Herbert, deceased, and she had documents in her possession which convinced her that she was entitled to the Golden Fleece and a large estate situate at Brentwood, Essex, but she bad not means to enable her to employ a lawyer to properly investigate the matter for her. In the month of April last she bad occasion to come to London to see her sister, who resided in White chapel. She went tol a public-house to have some refreshment, where the prisoner and some other men were sitting together. Her sister and herself were talking about the estate at Brentwood, which was overheard by the prisoner, who introduced himself as a solicitor, and proffered his services to inquire into the subject, and obtain, if possible, for her possession of the estate, conditionally that she would pay the expenses. She gladly embraced the offer, and com municated the circumstance to her husband when she returned home, and they corresponded with the pri soner, who immediately commenced his " professional" exertions ; and from time to time he had obtained sums of money under pretence that he was pursuing the inquiries in the Lord High Chancellor's office, &c., until they had parted with 671. The prisoner, subse quent to the meeting at the public-house in White chapel, came to Barking, and visited the cottage, when he pretended to be quite fascinated with her daughter, who had been injured by him, and he also made great promises to procure for her son a ment, which was s i gned by witnesses, situation in the Lord Chancellor's office, got up a should p er f orm var i ous duties, written that purport i ng ag &c., but it was needless to say th a t th e s it ua ti on was that he never obtained. The prisoner had written her letters appointing to meet her at a coffee-shop in Hand-court, Holborn, which he represented to be his offices,where she had parted with money to him. On the 11th of August last she received a letter from the prisoner to meet him at a public-house in Chancery-lane. She went there, when the prisoner produced a letter of a very official appearance, purporting to have been signed and sealed by the authority of the Lord High Chancellor of England, and that Mr. Hyde, the Lord Chancellor's officer, was to accompany her to Brent wood in a carriage and four to take possession of the estate, under the authority of the letter, and that it was all right. He made further applications to her for money, and about a fortnight ago she let him have 10s., which she raised with difficulty. She at length began to suspect with her husband that all was not right, and consulted with a respectable attor ney, who, on questioning the prosecutrix, and making inquiries, had no doubt that she had been swindled, and, in consequence of his advice, she applied to the police at the station-house in Bag nigge-wells road, when Moss, 195 G, an active officer, was deputed to trace and apprehend the prisoner, and at length he did trace him to his residence, at No. 16, White Lion-court, cohabiting with a woman; but he could never find him at home until stratagem was adopted. He had applied for more money by letter on Wednesday last, when Moss suggested that the prosecutrix should write a letter promising to meet him to give him 155., feeling assured that he would be there to receive the money. He accordingly made his appearance, when he was taken to the station-house. Numerous letters were produced which had been written by the prisoner to the prosecutrix, informing her how he was proceeding in the case, and request ing:money to be forwarded to him by post-office order, and some of them in a peremptory and threatening tone, if she did not answer his demands. She had parted with 141. 7s. 3d., and other sums of lesser degree to the prisoner, under the representation that he would assist her in gaining possession of the estate at Brent wood. Moss, 195 G, deposed that he apprehended the prisoner, when he asked him if the signature of the letter, purporting to be the Lord Chancellor's, was genuine. The prisoner asked " If he was obliged to answer that question ?" Witness said, " Certainly not." Mr. TYXWHITT cautioned the prisoner that he was not bound to say anything to the charge at present. He should send the case for trial eventually, but he would remand him for the production of further necessary evidence. Prisoner-4 admit receiving certain sums of money from Mrs. Gregory, for certain purposes, and I made every inquiry in reference to the objects which Mrs. Gregory spoke to me about, as to the property she is entitled to, and I have examined many witnesses relative to hat Property. If she is dissatisfied, I will return all the papers I have got, and, after remune rating me for my trouble, I have no objection to pay the difference, if it is not out of the way. He had paid off a mortgage. She had expressed a wish to him to make a settlement and abandon all pro ceedings. fMoss said that there was a gang o f suc h y oung fellows practising their impositi ons , an d o th ers h a d received money Irom the prosecutrix. The prisoner applied for bail to be taken. Mr. TrawniTr said, he would accept bail, but it must be considerable; and there was a question whe ther his case did not amount to forgery. The prisoner was then remanded, and inquiries will be made at the Lord Chancellor's office, &c. THAMES. Robert John Gyton, a constable in the employ of the Regent's Canal Dock Company, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with commit ting a savage assault on a poor boy named John Shillim, wh,se face was covered with blood which had streamed down it from a severe wound in the head. The boy said he was selling matches in the dock, and the defendant came up to him and struck him on the head. He ran away, and the defendant pursued him, and, as he was about to emerge from the dock, struck him a aeoand time on the head with his clenched fist, and drove him against the wheel of a cart, which caused him to be wounded, and he bled profusely. Mr. Stephen Bridges, a timber merchant, confirmed the statement of the lad, who he considered had been very brutally treated. The defendant said he had received positive orders to eject all persons selling matches in the dock, and upon directing the boy to withdraw, he was assailed with such vulgar abuse and threats that he was pro voked to give him a pat on the head, and as he was doing fro the boy stooped down, and was struck on the head with the tyre of a cart wheel.—He then called a brother officer named Jones, who said the dock was infested with young thieves, who were always stealing coals, or anything else they could lay their hands on. Mr. YARDLEY said the defendant was quite unfit for the office he held, and had neither temper or dis cretion. He fined him 405., which he immediately paid. LAMBETH. Mr. William ilayhorr, a man o f respecta bl e appear pearance, who described himself as agent to an ale brewer, was charged with being drunk, creating a disturbance, and knocking violently at the door of Mr. Goddard, a gentleman living in Royal-street, Lambeth. From the evidence in this case it appeared that the prisoner had formerly paid his addresses to a young lady, who has since got married, and lived with her husband at the house of Mr. Goddard. The prisoner has latterly resorted to various species of annoyance—such as sending anonymous letters to the lady traducing her moral character, getting before her windows and making motions with his hands to indicate his intention of cutting his throat, and also knocking loudly at the docr. In defence, the prisoner said that he had been engaged to marry the lady on the 24th of June last, but he discontinued his attentions since the month of March preceding. The contrary of this, however, was proved to be the fact, and the prisoner was ordered to find bail for his good conduct —The prisoner was then locked up Cock, for want of bail. Bahavrallo IN Cnunca.—Catharine Marsen, a the , singular-looking old woman, was charged with brawl ing and creating a disturbance at Newington Church on the preceding evening during Divine service. service at Newington Church on the evening before a parish constable, deposed that during the in one word, and that was, gin, rose, interrupted the minister, ant caused such confusion that he was compelled to remove her. while under the influence of the spirit o i mMrr.. E E L L:t o o T iT i :T i e u l I what have you to say to this charge ? Prisoner—l 'only contradicted the parson that the Romans wasn't the first, as the Jews was afore them you promise me you will not repeat this improper conduct ? Prisoner—Yes, sir. Mr. ELLIOTT—Mind and keep your word with me. You are now discharged. Loss OF THE PEBL's ONE. —Intelligence has been received at this port of the total loss of The Peel's One, Captain Lickiss, on the 18th of September, near Cape North, Cape Breton Island, and also six of the crew. This vessel, it appears, left Hull on the 19th of August, for Richibucto, and at the time of the occurrence s h e had on board e i g h t passengers , besides the crew of the schooner Balarea, of St. John's, N.B. Twenty.three persons escaped with their lives, but the other six were drowned. The names of the unfortunate men are-- John Tasker, cook; James Atkinsoi , . seaman; H enry Rowland, se aman; M att h ew Gillings, seaman; John Bassingd Ale and Henry Levett,apprentices.—.HullPack e t. The inhabitants of Farringdon-street will be glad to hear that it has been referred to a committee of the Corporation to t a k e i n t o c onsideratio n th e necess i ty of appropriating the site of the late Fleet Prison, in Far ringdon-street. The question of appropriating the site of the houses Which some years ago stood at the west end of Cheapside, opposite to the new Post-office, will also be considered by the same committee. Hitherto the latter place has been kept open in the hopes that the Corporation would determine upon the poject of clear ing away sev era l ot h er houses w hi c h i ntercept the view of St. Lard's so preposterously THE GREAT CLOCK FOR THE NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER. The construction of the great clock for the Victoria Tower in the New Palace of Westminster has been entrusted to Mr. Dent, the celebrated chronometer maker, who has undertaken to complete, :for 1,6001., "as good a clock as in the present state of the art can be obtained, which is to strike the hours on a bell of from eight to ten tons ; to chime the quarters upon eight bells ; and to show the time upon four dials about thirty feet in diameter." The mechanicians selected to compete for the honour of constructing the great clock were Mr. Dent, of 82, Strand, Mr. Vulliamy, of Pall-mall, and Mr. Whiteside, of Derby ; but, after the plans had been sent in, Mr. Vulliamy, finding the Astronomer Royal, Professor Airy, was to be the judge, withdrew from the competition ; and of the two remaining Mr. Dent was selected. The withdrawal of Mr. Vulliamy having occa sioned some dissatiafaction, Lord Brougham, in his place in Parliament, moved for the production of all the papers and correspondence on the subject of the great clock which had passed between the parties and the Commissioners of - Woods and Forests. The following letters, besides putting our readers in pos session of the very singular facts of the case, contain many interesting particulars with regard to public clocks, and we therefore extract them from the blue book published by command of the House of Lords : MR. VULLIAMT TO THE COMMISSIONIRS OP WOODS AND FORESTS. Pall-mall,:March 12, 1847. My Lord and Gentlemen,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the lath February, and its enclosure, dated the 11th of the same month, signed by Mr. Airy. The Astronomer Royal has officially reported to the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee the clock at the Royal Exchange to be, in his opinion, the " best in the world." Now, Mr. Airy himself very recently told me he had not seen the public clocks at Paris, which are the most deserving of notice of any I am acquainted with. Subsequently to my letter to Mr. Barry, dated 22d July, 1826, wherein I declined to enter into the com petition for making the clock for the New Palace at Westminster, a copy of a letter from the Astronomer Royal to the maker of the clock of the Royal Ex change, together with some other papers connected therewith, have been put into my hands. This letter can lead to no other conclusion than that ex pressed in my answer to Mr. Barry before referred to. The maker of the clock at the Royal Exchange, in a memorial to the Office of Woods, dated the 14th IDecember, 1845, in which he solicits to be em ployed to make the clock for the New Palace at Westminster, proposes the Astronomer Royal as the referee under whom he shall execute the work, and forwards with his memorial a copy of the letter be fore referred to, dated 22d July, 1845, from Mr. Airy, addressed to himself, in which that gentleman, after repeating the assertion that the clock at the Royal Exchange "is the best in the world," concludes by saying, if he should be consulted, " I shall state, without hesitation, that I consider you as the most proper person to be entrusted with the construction of another clock of similar pretensions." As this letter is a most important document, I have added a copy of it in the form of a postscript to this communication. It appears from the above statement—first, that the maker of the Royal Exchange clock proposes the Astronomer Royal as his referee; second, that the Astronomer Royal has prejudged the question, and decided that the maker of that clock is the only fit person to be employed on the present occasion. These circumstances fully justify my declining to enter into a competition with the maker of the Royal Exchange clock in a case in which the Astronomer Royal is to be the sole referee. The experience of thirty years constantly em ployed in the improvement of public clocks, as well in principle as construction (during which time I have examined some of the most celebrated machines of the kind on the Continent as well as in England), has led me to the conclusion that the Flan laid down by the Astronomer Royal will not answer his expectations. The maker of the Royal Exchange clock has had but three or four years' experience in the construction of public clocks, and the performance of his principal work has not, in re ference either to the going or striking, been what was expected after the eulogium that had been passed upon it by the Astronomer Royal. I still adhere to my objections (stated in my letter of the 22d of July, 18460 to certain conditions spe cified by the Astronomer Royal, with reference both to the material and execution of the clock. But I beg to be understood not to make any objection what ever to that part of his last specification which refers to the application of magnetic mechanism ; what he requires may, I apprehend, be done without difficulty, or without in any way deranging the general plan of the clock as laid down in my plan and specification. Also, I repeat that lam willing to com pete and furnish an estimate for the clock, provided the referees who are to decide on the merits of the different plans be chosen in the same manner as has been done on similar previous occasions, and that the determination be not left to any single individual. I take this opportunity to forward you a state ment of my labours in the improvement of public clocks, from which it will be seen that thirty years of my life have been devoted to that object; I may add that all the more recent improvements (including some of the conditions imposed by the Astronomer Royal in his specifications for the Royal Exchange clock, and the clock required for the New Palace at Westminster) originated with me, and have been in use for many years past; and that I have constructed many clocks of considerable importance, as well for Government as for sundry public buildings, to which reference may be made by all who are interested in the question. It is on these grounds that I put forward my claims to be employed on the present occasion.—l have, &c., (Signed) B. L. VULLIAMY. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, July 22, 1848. P.S. Sir—ln the event of my being consulted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in regard to the erection of a first-rate clock in the New Houses of Parliament, I sh a ll s t a t e w ith o ut hesitation, that I believe the clock which you have constructed for the s Royal Exchange to be the best in thedwothrladt as consider regsri accuracy of going and striking, t s t . h I have, &c., e construction of another clock of similar te w ns i you the most proper person to beintruspter G. B. AIRY. (Signed) Mr. E. J. Dent. STATEMENT OF THE GROUNDS ON WHICH B. L. VIII. LIAMY CLAIMS TO BE EMPLOYED TO MAKE THE GREAT CLOCK FOR THE NEW PALACE AT WEST MINSTER. March 13, 1847. I do not lay any very great stress on the circum stance of my having been regularly appointed clock maker' to their Majesties King George 111., King George IV., and King William IV., and also to her though this circumstance Majesty, certainly r tainiemployedy deserving of f consideration ; but on the fact of my having for many years (since about the year 1810) devoted particular attention to the construction and improvement of public clocks. To this I was led from having the care of all the public clocks belonging to the Crown. From that period to the present time I have con stantly had in view the improvement of this branch of the art; and that portion of time which the most ' eminent of my profesional brethren have spent in the improvement of marine chronometers, I have devoted to the same end in reference to public clocks. On the death of the late Mr. Thwaites, in 1826, the Duke of Wellington appointed me clockmaker to the Honourable Board of Ordnance. This appoint ment brought a very considerable number of public clocks under my care, most of which afforded evident proof of the little progress that had been made in their construction and manufacture; indeed, in some re spects the art might be said to have retrograded. I was induced still further to consider the possibility of materially improving them, both in the principle on which they were made, and also in the execution of the work. In 1825 I went to Paris to see the public clocks in hat city, particularly that at the Hotel de Ville, of which common report spoke very highly, and with justice; it is a thirty-hour clock, made by Lepante in 1781, and cost, including the two dials, three bells, and fixings, 90,000 f. (3,0001.) The first clock I made after my return was, in 1827, for the new church at Norwood. In this I adopted an entirely new mode of construction, which I hare since followed with great success. By direc tion of the Honourable Board of Ordnance, it was surveyed by the late Sir John Jones, Commanding Royal Engineer at Woolwich, a portion of whose re port thereon I give in the annexed note ;* but I can not find terms sufficiently strong to express the gra tification I feel at being able to record such an opinion coming from an individual enjoying so high a reputation as that distinguished officer. Some of the peculiar advantages of the new mode of construction of which I have just spoken may be briefly described as follows : In a turret clock, made upon the common or old construction, the wheels, and in fact all parts of th e work, as well relating to the going as to the striking part or parts,t are mounted in one frame. This frame is composed of various pieces in the form of flat bars and round pillars, which are connected together by screws and nuts, and generally so arranged that the pivots of each train of wheels act in opposite bars; consequently, when either of these bars is for any purpose removed, the entire train of wheels become loose and disengaged; so that when the clock is large, and the parts heavy, it requires the help of two or three assistants to pre vent them falling, which renders the operation of taking the clock to pieces attended with much trouble, to say noting of the risk of bending or breaking the I. ; pivots or of damaging the wheels. To avoid such ac cidents the pivots are generally made wider than otherwise would be necessary, and this greatly in creases the friction. Now, however well this frame work may be executed (and if made of sufficient strength and well executed, it becomes very expen sive), still it is far from possessing the requisite solidity for a machine to measure time, on account of its being so much affected by the vibratory motion caused by the striking part or parts. In the new construction, the going and striking part or parts are perfectly detached from each other; and the wheel work, Etc , of each part is supported by a separate, solid, and entire bed of cast iron, instead of a frame composed of pieces as formerly. The arrangement of the several parts is such that any one piece can, if required, be removed and restored to its place without disturbing another, and the whole cf the clock is perfectly solid, and without shake or motion. The jar, and consequent tremulous action, resulting from the fall of the hammer-tail or tails, according as the clock strikes hours only, or hours and quarters, which in the common turret clock is communicated to the whole machine, is, from the construction of this clock, entirely confined to the striking parts. The construction of the work for communicating the motion from the clock to the hand is entirely different from that usually employed in turret clocks. It is securely attached to the cast-iroa bed of the going part, is particularly simple, little liable to be out of order, and the connexion between the clock and the dial works, that carry the hands, is made by a straight iron rod, leading direct from the clock to each dial work. The bad arrangement of this part of the work is a very common cause of failure in the generality of large clocks. The construction of a turret clock which I have adopted offers peculiar facilities for cleaning and oiling the works, which the cotnnson construction does not possess, and it can in consequence be kept clean and in order with less trouble, and at much less ex pense, than a clock made in the ordinary mode. The first clock entirely made upon this construc tion was that put up in the tower of Norwood church, A.D. 1627; but I have made several clocks upon the same principle since, and with equal success, but will itontent myself with referring more particularly to those I made for Windsor Castle, and for the New Victualling Office at Cremille, near Plymouth, both of which are eight day clocks, and strike the quar ters as well as the hours. The former is very large, the great wheels of the striking parts being 24 inches in diameter, and the hour is struck upon a bell of 32 cwt. The clock room at Windsor Castle is the easiest of access, the best lighted and ventilated, and in all respects the best adapted to the purposes for which it is intended of any that I am acquainted with ; but from local circumstances, which the skill of the architect, Sir Jeffery Wyatville, could not overcome, the construction of this clock was attended with much difficulty. The fall for the weights is exceedingly small, and the dial (for the time is shown only on one face) is placed considerably below the clock ; the pendulum also is unavoidably very short, and the bells are placed at a considerable distance behind the clock ; all of which circumstances are more or less prejudicial to its performance. Never theless, the accuracy with which the clock has mea sured time has been everything that could be desired. That at the Victualling-office, made under the im mediate direction of Sir John Rennie, though some what limited for space, is in every respect a very per fect piece of work. The time is shown upon four very large faces, and there are probably few clocks to be found in so exposed a situation. This clock may be said to face the Atlantic, and to brave the storms of the 'Western Ocean. It stands at the head of Ply mouth Sound; and a straight line drawn from the clock across the centre of the breakwater would cross the ocean, and only terminate on the eoast of Ame rica. All persons conversant with the south coast of this island are aware of the violence of the gales of wind which occasionally visit Plymouth harbour. Though much confined for room, the general arrange ments of this clock are everything that I could wish : it has a t wo - secon d s pen d u l um, w i t h a b o b weighing 2581b5., yet the weight of the maintaining power, cal culated with a single line, is only 26ilbs. The scape wheel of the clock carries a seconds hand to show time within, and a degree plate is employed to indi cate the arc of vibration of the pendulum ; conse quently there is not any difficulty in determining exactly the deviations of the clock from mean time. The mode employed for communicating the motion from the clock to the hands is simple and convenient, and has not on any occasion gone out out of ;order. This clock, notwithsanding its exposed situation, has kept time so correctly as to become the standard for regulating time in all the Government establish ments at Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and all other public clocks in the neighbourhood. will briefly notice the clock at the New Post office, because it is considered a very beautiful speci men of the art on a small scale, on account of the weight of the pendulum bob, which is 4481b5., re quiring a maintaining power of only 331bs. to cause it to vibrate two minutes twenty seconds on each side of zero; this weight, considering that it is for an eight day clock, which is much incumbered with rod-work, and labouring under manifold disadvantages conse quent upon its ill-contrived situation, is, in reference to the weight of the beb, an extremely small motive power. - The clock I have proposed as most fitting for the New Palace at Westminster would be, in many respects, similar to the clocks made for Norwood, Windsor Castle, and Plymouth, hut of necessity larger and stronger in proportion to what it is required to accomplish. There are few advantages to be obtained without some concomitant disadvantage, or at least some inconveniences. The only inconvenience, however, that I am aware of, resulting from the new construc tion for public clocks, is the increased length of the machine, caused by the parts being placed side by side, instead of one over the other, as in those made on the old plan. This circumstance sometimes proves an obstacle, which, from local circumstances connected with the building, cannot be overcome. It was for this reason that I was compelled to employ the old plan in the two very large clocks I made for the cathedrals at Oxford and Calcutta, the latter of which struck the quarters upon four bells. I may, I think, very fairly lay claim to be the originator of the various i m p rovements that have taken place within these few years in public clocks ; for instance, I was the first in this country to employ a two seconds pendulum (th e c l oc k at the Hotel d e Ville at Paris is, indeed, the only clock on the Con tent that I ever sa w w ith one ) , or who applied a hand toindicate seconds, o r a d egree plate, by which to ascertain the arc o f v ib rat i on of the pendulum, and with few exceptions, to employ for a pendulum a wooden rod, a short suspension spring, and a very heavy bob. Previously to this, the pendulum rods were almost invariably made of iron, with very long springs and light bobs. The only instance, in fact, that I am acquainted with of a wooden pendulum rod applied to an old clock was to that of the Horse Guards, which I happen to know was made at the suggestion of my father, many years since, and which I replaced in 1816 by a two seconds pendulum with a teak rod and bob weighing 1901b5.: I was likewise the first to employ gun metal in the place of yellow brass for the pivot holes, w heels, and other parts commonly made of brass. The employment of gun metal, as a substitute for brass, was recommended to me by Sir John Jones,. to whom I am indebted for many valuable sugges tions; and it certainly is a very great improvement. I have examined some public clocks in Flanders, but did not see any deserving notice. In 1844 I went to Paris, in order to be present at the Exposi tion de l'lndustrie Francaise. There I saw a num ber of public clocks of various sizes and descriptions. In those of a superior quality, the wheels were made of yellow brass; and in the inferior, the wheels of the striking train were of cast iron, and the going train only of brass; but in no instance that fell under my notice was gun metal employed. Most of the clocks of a supe r i or d escr ipti o n we re furnished with a contrivance called a remontoire. This mode of con- struction, most inviting in appearance, but substan tially bad, has long been the idol of the continental artists, who devised various modes of applying it to their marine chronometers ; but in this country it has found less favour, its fallacy having been long since detected. Mr. Mudge was, I believe, the only English maker who employed it ; and his chronometers, though exe cuted with infinite care, and at very great expense, were found not to perform so well as Arnold's or Earnshaw's, which, though not better executed, were much more simple in construction, and consequently less expensive, as well as less liable to derangement. This remark applies equally to clocks, to the per formance of which a remontoire is as objectionable as to chronometers. No expense is spared in the pendulum of French clocks of a superior class, which are all what are termed gridiron pendulums, of various constructions, varying from five to nine bars, and in length from five to seven or eight feet ; consequently the clocks cannot indicate seconds in the ordinary mode ; indeed, I did not notice a single clock of this description to which a second hand or index, or a degree plate, to indicate the arc of vibration of the pendulum, was supplied. The execution of these pendulums cer tainly is very beautiful ; but the great weight of the rod in reference to the bob is a very serious error in principle, and, in my opinion, more than counter balances any advantages they may be thought to possess. I will here notice that the clocks in Belgium which I saw, some of which show time upon very large skeleton dials, have only one hand, which makes a revolution in twelve hours, and they were wound every day ; they likewise strike upon bells compara tively small. These circumstances very much di. minish the difficulties attendant upon making a clock of this description. Moreover, the PerferaliVace of most of the Flemish clocks is such as would not be tolerated in the situation for which the clock for the New Palace is required. It has been repeatedly intimated, in the form of paragraphs in the daily papers and periodical publi cations, that only one individual in the profession possesses the necessary capabilities to construct public clocks of a superior description ; and also, that the greater number of clockmakers do not pos sess any special manufactory for large clocks, and that consequently work cannot be so well done, or on such reasonable terms, as by an individual who has such a manufactory. Further, that the tools employed by the generality of clockmakers are of a very inferior description, and ill qualified to execute work of a very superior character. The first part of this statement I feel called upon to notice, which I shall, however, do very briefly. I was indebted to the liberality of my much-regretted friends, Mr. Timothy and Mr. Francis Bramah, for the permission to employ their foreman and manu factory precisely as though they were my own. This I have done for the last twenty-five, years, and through the kindness of Mr. Ro binson, their successor, this convenience has been continued to be afforded me in its fullest extent. All my work, therefore, both iron and gun metal has been cast at their works at Pimlico, and all my large work manufactured there; the whole under my immediate superintendence, by going on the premises whenever I chose, without let or hindrance, and giving my instructions personally to the foreman, without the intervention of any third person. All my work ing drawings have been made by myself; and in order to insure perfection in casting, my patterns (of which I possess a large collection)are all made of mahogany, under my immediate clirection. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the manufactory at Pimlico affords facilities for executing work large and small, in the shape of lathes, planing machines, and tools of every description, as well as a wheel-cutting engine, that will cut the teeth in a wheel of seven feet diameter in a manner far superior to those afforded by any clockmaker's establishment in Lon don. lam quite sure that I am much within COM• pass when I say that it would require a capital of not less than 10,0001. to establish a manufactory for making public clocks, that would contain under one roof all the convenience afforded by Mr. Robinson's manufactory. (Signed) B. L. VULLIAMY. To the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c. • "In obedience to your letter of the 28th of July, I have been to Norwood, and have minutely inspected in detail the works, &c., made and fixed up in the church in that place by Mr. Vulliamy. I beg leave to report that it appears to me superior to any turret clock I have seen, in the following points:— " 1. In simplicity of construction, there being fewer wheels and pinions, both in the going and striking parts, than in an ordinary clock; and those two movements being perfectly distinct, and only acting together through the medium of the discharging piece, any accident to the one may be repaired without deranging the other. In deed, this latter advantage may be said to extend through every detail of the machinery ; for the holes of the pivots, in which the wheels work, being fixed by screws, the simple removal of the bosses enables a single wheel or piece to be taken out and repaired or cleaned, without taking to pieces the remainder of the works. This con struction also gives great facility for keeping the ma chinery oiled. " 2. In durability.—The wheels and pinions are made of hard gun metal and steel, which latter, besides being of long duration, have the advantage over the usual iron case-hardened pinions, wearing equally, and not into an gular points, which is found to destroy the wheels most rapidly. This substitution of hard gum metal and steel for yellow brass and case-hardened iron, appeared to be general throughout the acting parts of the machine, giv ing more strength to each. "3 . In regularity of keeping time.—The escapement is a dead escapement, which has the least possible loss of power from drop; and is so well contrived that it in stantly caught my attention. In this clock it maintains in motion a pendulum weiging 1501b5.; which, being far heavier than the pendulum of an ordinary clock of the same size, cannot fail to make it go accurately. " The barrel cylinders, round which the lines of the weights are coiled, are of iron. " The workmanship of every part is of excellent qua lity, and very far superior to that of the clocks at Wool wich. " Conclusion.—From the above it seems almost cer tain that a clock of this construction, besides showing the time more accurately, must last longer, and be more rarely out of repair than an ordinary clock; and further, from its simplicity, it may be looked after and kept in order by a very ordinary mechanic A clock that strikes the hours has one striking part; if the hours and quarters two striking parts. I I have preserved the old pendulum, which, incredi ble as it may appear, is furnished, as well as the pen dulums I have taken from the Ordnance clocks, with tans. I have also collected a number of escapements taken from various clocks, some of which, though ex tremely. curious, g i ve , b y t h e i r wear, incontrovertible e vidence of imperfection in their construction. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Oar. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business was better to-day. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 7 dis.—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 5 dis.—Bristol snot Exeter, 40 dis.—Midland, 6 per cent. Stock, 113—Taff Vale, New, dis.—South Devon, 11 Caledonian, Preference, 1:% dis. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have to note a further heavy fall in shares to-day, and there still appears to be a very few buying orders in the market. The sales are : Caledonian, Preference, 2 1 i dis.—Great Northern (A Shares), Deferred, 23 4—Lancashire anti Yorkshire (late Manchester and Bir mingham), Fifths, 6c. dis.—London and North-Western, 99—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 3 4 dis.—Ditto (lluddersfield and Manchester), 191 A—Midland Stock, 65—Ditto, New Halves, 157 k c .— Scottish Central, 211 A—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Halves, 5% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 41. 6s. 3d. dis. MANCHESTER, Oar. 23. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer ence, VA, dis.—East Lancashire, Preference, 3-14 c. dis.-- Manchestei and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.—Sheffield, Quarters, No. 1, 101,4 dis.—North Staffor . shire, B%—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 534 c. — Sheffield and Lincoln, 14% dis.—Midland, 67 c. —East Lancashire, New, 2 1 4 c. dis.—Leeds, Fifths , 6 c. dis — Manchester and Birmingham (A and B), c. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—London and North- Western, 100— Midland, 6 8—North Staffordshire, 8% dis.-- Shropshire Union, 3ih dis.—Great Northern, 14 dis. YORK, Ocr. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows: —North British, Thirds, 3 3 4—Ditto, Quarters, 21. 165. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2134—Ditto (Ex tension), No. 1, 9 3 4—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 3/. 18s.— Great Northern, 3. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A 13ad Leg Cured by Hollo way's Ointment and Pills after Twenty Years' Suffering. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Andrew Brack, black smith, Eyetnouth, dated Aug. 10, 1848. "To Professor Holloway—Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you that I have obtained a must extraordinary cure, by the use of your celebrated Ointment and Pills. For upwards of twenty years I suffered with a dreadful bad leg, and dur ing that time I consulted several eminent surgeons, but their efforts failed to do any good. I then had recourse to your Ointment and Pills which, with the blessing of Providence, has completely healed my leg, and made it as sound and perfect as ever."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A GOOD SHOT.—On Thursday, in the parish of Tibberton, after a tolerable day with the gun, Mr. G. Chamberlain, of the Star Hotel, was returning home wards, when he was startled by a rustling noise over head, and on looking hastily up he discovered the cause to be two wild turkeys in rapid flight. The gun was at his shoulder in an it stant, and the next moment both of the birds had dropped to the ground, shot through the head at ono discharge. One bird weighed:lolb., the other 71b. Where the noble game came from is a puzzler:* Worcester Herald. RIRTHB. On the 19th inst., - .at Lochnaw Castle, N. 8., the Lady Louisa Agnew, of twin daughters. On the 21st inst., at Gordon-square, Lady Romilly, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Frampton-house, the lady of the Rev. J. Tunnard, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Radnage Rectory, near Stokenchurch, Oxon, the wife of the Rev. R. S. Moody, of a son. On the 19th inst., Airs. W. A. Salter, at Amersham, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the wife of the Rev. W. E. Light, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Thistle-grove, Brompton, of a daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Kelly. On the 20th inst., at Great College-street, the wife of Nathaniel Beardmore, civil engineer, of a son. On the 20th inst., at the Avenue-road, Regent's-park, th e wife of Mr. H. Werthworth, of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at Dunbar, N. 8., William Rule Broo man, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., to Eleanor Margaret Carfrae, youngest daughter of the late G. Turnbull, Esq., Dunbar. On the 19th inst., Henry, the eldest son of John Fowler, Esq., of Melksham, to Ann Ford, daughter of R. Barclay, Req., of Leyten, Essex. On the 19th inst., at Fulham Church, Edward, only sur viving son of Mr. W. J. De Lancey Arnold, of the Stamford villas, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr. IL Perry, of Broom' house, Fulham. On the 19th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Francis Mount ford Woolla s t on , Esq., of Beoley, Worcestershire, to Emily, second daughter of the late Captain Robert Young, of t he Madras Army. DIED. On the 11th inst., at Logic Elphinstone, Sir Robert Dal rymple Horn Elphinstone, Bart., aged 83. On the 19th inst., at the Villa, Maidenhead, aged 90, Pene lope, relict of the late W. Watson, Esq., of Queen-squar e, Bloomsbury. On the 20th inst., at Lyne, near Dorking, S. Ilosanquet Esq., late of East Woodhay, Hants, aged 51. On the 18th inst., at Aberdeen, IV iss Helen Henderson, daughter of the late A. Henderson, Aberdeen. On the 18th inst., at Oxton-house, Tadcaster, Sophie , relict of the late C. Wilson, Esq, aged 75. On the 18th inst., Emily Henrietta Ledger, eldest daugh ter of E. Ledger, Esq., of Lewisham, Bent, aged 12. James On the 19th i ns t., a t C am b r id ge - p l ace, Clift on , Cheshire, Esq., aged 82. At Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Lieutenant E. R. Dodwell) Ist Life Guards. Lcsuden : Printed and PublieLed 1)y AIURDO YOUNG, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cOluitY Atiddleass i Tuesday, October 24, ISA I th e Tor Yee B. 3 gi the ity t She The of 12, of