The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The list of the Members who voted for and against M. Dupont de Mare's motion yesterday, is pub lished by the Moniteur of to-thy, as well as a list of the Members N%ho were absent on conge on that occasion, and of those who were either absent at the moment of the vote, or declined voting. From these lists it appears that General Cavaignac himself declined voting, as did also his adversaries, MM. Gamier Pages, Duclerc, Pagnerre, and Barthelemy St. Hilaire. Among the 34 Members who form the minority are the names of General Bsraguay Hers, the President of the Club of the Rue de Poitiers, B lin de Bourbon!(Legitimatist), Victor Hugo, Lucian Murat, and several Montagnards and Social ists, among whom are Eugene Raspail, Proudhon, J - oly, Pierre Leroux, Predignier, Lefranc, Oliver, &c. Among those who declined voting, and thereby showed that, though they did not choose abso lutely to condemn General Cavaignac on the evidence before the Assembly, they could not declare "that he had deserved well of the country," are MM. Odilon Barrot, Thiers, Able, de Montalembert, Baze, Berryer, the three Monapartes, Cremieux, Dupin, Leon Faucher, Jules Favre, L.lmennais, Ledru Rollin, Leon de Malleville, Maugin, Vielliard, &c., &c. With the exception of the three members of the Bonaparte family, all the above were present during the debate, but declined voting. MM. Arago, de itemusat, de Lirochejaquelin, de Toqueville, Generals Bedeau and Changarnier, &c., &c., voted for the motion. The name of M. de Lamartine is omitted altogether in the illoniteur list, but we understand that he declined voting. The total number of members who were absent without conge is 148. A curious scene took place yesterday evening in one of the passages of the National Assembly, be tween two celebrated members of the Montagnard arty. M. Proudhon happening to meet M. Felix Plat, went up to him and told him he was , an arzsto crate, and an agent of General Cavaignac s. M. Piat, having no other weapon, doubled his fist, and gave M. Proudhon a blow on the nose, which at once drew " claret." M. Proudhon, finding " his property " thus unexpectedly attacked, determined, contrary to his usual doctrines, to defend it. He returned M. Piat's blow, inflicting a severe wound upon that gentleman's lip, which also drew blood. Some friends at this period of the affair interfered (which is to be re gretted) ; the combatants were separated, and we have not heard that the affair has been carried any further. To-day the weather is exceedingly disagreeable. Heavy rain has been falling all day. This is so far fortunate, as it prevents attroupemen.r in the streets. Yesterday the, appearance of the capital was very threatening, but to-day Paris has just the appear ance of London on a wet Sunday. Last night there was a meeting of the friends and counsellors of Louis Napoleon, on the subject of the debate of yesterday, but the general impression was that it would not be of any great service to General Cavaignac in his election contest. The following was the situation of the Bank of France on Thursday morning, Nov. 23, 1848: ASSETS. Cash and ingots ... Ditto in branch banks ... 1.133,732,381 84 ... 105,128,475 00 _•.• 209,541 12 Bills over due Bills falling duo in Paris, of which 15,092,920 f. 15c. are from the branch banks ... 58,815,971 63 Bills in the branch banks ... 109,155,744 00 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 13,969,866 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 32,867,346 65 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,539,404 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... 34,786,288 62 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,524,717 00 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 4,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... 12,961,635 77 Ditto at the branches ... .. 7,800,140 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 480,529 01 Ditto of the branches ... 388,296 00 Miscellaneous ... 522,947 84 Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 7,910,347 36 f. 654,530,373 23 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... ------. .. . . ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the new Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00 1 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 377,496,200 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 24,602,225 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 433,262 00 Account-current with Treasury creditor 20,313,900 40 Various accounts current ... ... 76,086,389 5$ Ditto in branches ... ... ... 27,936,141 73 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 2,475,300 00 Ditto at branches ... ... ~. 1,916,411 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ... ... ... 5,394,150 18 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,067,699 00 Dividends payable ... . . ... 196,977 50 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 417,699 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,249,726 17 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 2,480,734 00 Re - discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. ..- ... 641,233 00 Miscellaneous ... ••• ••• ... 168,642 36 PRUSSIA. The magistrates of Berlin published an address to to the citizens on the 22d, which contains the follow ing passage : " But still more deeply are we entitled to complain of the conduct of a portion of the National Assembly at the present crisis. In lieu of firmly rallying round the throne, as was their bounden duty, for the welfare and salvation of the country, and of seeking by all means in their power to maintain the laws, and to contribute in the restoration of that tranquillity so essential and so desirable, we see a portion of the people's representa tives raising themselves the standard of lawlessness, seeking to overturn the powers of the state, and, by voting the non-payment of taxes, lighting the torch of insurrection throughout the land. This portion of the Assembly has not only ignored its own position and at tributes, but the will and opinions of the country. It has by its proceedings brought us to the brink of a pre cipice, from which—we speak it with confidence—all honest Prussians shrink back and tremble. The path of a bloody civil war thus opened will not, however, be trodden by the people I They will not rush headlong towards a republic, which will be the grave of all social and moral existence; but they will cling to a free con stitutional monarchy, which promises all the rich fruits of Civilization, glory, and liberty." ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO IN JAVA. According to accounts just received from Batavia, a recent and most terrible eruption had just taken place of the volcano of Kloet, which had been inactive for a great number of years. This unfortunate event had spread desolation and death throughout the province of Passaronan, one of the most fertile and salubrious districts of Borneo. This devastating cataclysme was preceded by frequent and irregular detonations, which Were heard at a very considerable distance. For se veral leagues round the volcano the sky appeared co vered with black clouds, which produced the thickest darkness in mid day ; showers of burning cinders were throw n up from the crater, which fell within an hour cin ders the aft erwards crops, carbonising the plantations, and ren dering the mos t l uxuriant plains in the wor ld ' an arid desert. At the same ti me d torrents of incandescent lava rushed from both si es of th e v olcano, .. and inun dated the delightful district f of Kedme, and envelop loping in its waves the f arms and villages, as well taken b as the cattle and men, whow m er s e surprised and over y it. THE PAGE OF NAPOLEON.ikr ( Ie ote s c onnec t e d with Napoleon are now the ord er The following is curious:—Th e „: 4 : t . day at Paris. Napoleon and the Archduchess ei of Emperor Louise, was born on the 20th of March, 1811 , when was in the very height of his pe ws , and -en gran deur. The Municipal Council of Paris, which, three years later, was first of every other power to proclaim the dethronement of father and son, voted that day 10,000 E of revenue to those of the pages who should come an d announce an heir to the imperial throne. It is very curious to note that the man who was lucky enough to be the messenger on this occasion is still living, and that the city of Paris has paid him his pension regularly during thirty-seven years. And now the nephew of the same man will probably be filted by this same muni cipality which proclaimed the reign of Louis Philippe. Tempera mutantur. THE MERDER OF THE POLICEMAN BEIGHT.—At the Ashton-under-Lyne petty sessions, on Wednesday, George Whatmore, a youth, was brought up, charged upon his own statement with being an accessory before the fact to the murder of Bright. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner had said that he knew os much as any one about the murder of Bright, and had side other statements with respect to Bright's death, which caused Mr. Newton to apprehend him. After b tin,g lodged in the lock-up a short time, he requested to sae Mr. Newton, the chief constable, to whom he offered to tell all be knew of the murder " if he would forgive him." Mr. Newton, of course, told him he could make no promise of any description, and the prisoner then said he had been a lodger at Stott's house, and had dried the cartridge cases for Stott, and had afterwardi taken them up stairs to him. On the night of the murder, Stott and Ratcliffe led the body of Chartists down Old ham-road, and thence down Catherine-street, to the top of Bentinck-street, and they then assembled near the "Ranters'" chapel, at about eleven o'clock. The pri soner then stopped suddenly, saying that he knew no more.—Th e B enc h ca ll e d u p on hi m to find two sureties I 101. each, and to enter into his own recognizmnces in 2 9 1 4 to answeriany charge that may be preferred against hum The sureties were found, and the prisoner was then dischar gl d. """tv , (=cheater Guardian. L 654,530,373 23 Tlir SUN) LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 28. lB4B, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The following. were posted at Lloyd's:— NOTICE TO MARINERS. Berbice, Oct. 18. Sir—l have to inform you that the light— hip was brought in from the bar, at the mouth of our river, to undergo some necessary repairs; she remains t anchor in the river, and a pilot boat is kept cruisin - ,.; to wind ward in her place. (Signed) JAMES LANG. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N. Secretary, Lloyd's. Messina, Nov. 6. Sir—A quarantine of twenty-one days has been put on all arivals from England; and if direct from either Hull, London, or Leith, no communication of any sort is permitted. (Signed) MENRY NEWTON REW, Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Oporto, Nov. 17. Sir—l have the honour to transmit herewith a transla tion of a dispatch received here by the Board of Health, wherein all vessels from infected or suspected ports (which includes the United Kingdom), are prohibited entering this port, and are directed to;Lisbon to perform quarantine. As the Lazeretto at Vi g o is ono of those officially de clared accredited, vessels bound to this port may per form quarantine there if they prefer it. (Translation). In reply to the dispatch, No. 145, of the Civil Go vernor of Oporto, dated 27th October, representing ate risk to which vessels admitted to quarantine in the River Douro are exposed during the present season, her Ma jesty the Queen orders henceforward, vessels arriving from infected or suspected ports destined for Oporto, shall be admitted at Lisbon only; and that the same destination be given to vessels at present in quarantine in the Douro, where the discharge and purification of their cargoes cannot be effected with safety before the fresher of the Douro, on,' which point the Civil Go vernor, in combination with the chief officer of the Board of Health, and the Captain of the Port, will provide opportunely. Palace of Necessidades, Lisbon, Nov, 8, 1848. (Signed) Duke of SALDANHA. T. C. Wromasi, Agent to Lloyd's. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. NOTICE. Constantinople, Nov, 5, 1848. Sir,—l have the honour to annex, for the information of the underwriters and traders in general, a copy of a circular from our Consul-General, intimating the pro hibition of exportation of grain from the principality of Wallachia after the 13th inst. _ _ (Signed) T. R. BLACK, Agent to Lloyd's. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. - Constantinople, Nov. 4. Gentlemen—the Ambassador has signified to me that the Wallachian Government has announced, officially, its intention of prohibiting the exportation of grain from the principality, on and after the 13th of this present month of November, and I hasten to communicate this intelligence to you. His Excellency at the same time expresses his hopes that the representations which have been made will pre vent any kind of retroaction in the measure, and that British merchants will have the full benefit of any con tracts which they may have already entered into for the exportation of grain from Wallachia. (Signed) A. CARLTON CUMBERBITCH, British Consul-General. The British merchants, Galata. QUARANTINE NOTICES. British Consulate, Cadiz, Nov. 6, 1848. Sir—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that the Board of Health of this city have imposed a quarantine of eight days on all vessels arriving from England with clean bills of health. Vessels from ports where the cholera morbus is known to prevail, or with foul bills of health, will be compelled to proceed to Mahon or to Vigo, to perform quarantine. (Signed) J. M. BRACKENBURY, British Consul, and Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretar, Nov. - Gibraltar, 15 i th Nov. 1848. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in formation of those whom it may interest. that it having been officially communicated to his Excellency the Governor that the Board of Health of Malaga and Algesiras had reduced the quarantine of observation from 15 to 8 days on vessels from the United Kingdom bringing clean bills of health—according to the quaran tine regulations actually in force at Cadiz, Lisbon, and Vigo—the Board of Health at this port has made a similar order. The passengers by the steamer Jupiter, which arrived here on 7th inst., have consequently been admitted to free pratique this morning. The attention of masters of vessels to the bringing of bills of health from ports of departure cannot, however, be too strictly observed, to prevent their being excluded from the advantage of the above modification. (Signed) J. LONGLANDS CowELL, Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Sardinian Consulate, No. 31, Old Jewry, Nov. 24, 1848. Sir,—l have to acquaint you that the Council General of the Maritime Health Office at Genoa have directed that vessels coming from the ports of the United King dom, or from those of any other country infected with the cholera, are to be subjected on their arrival in the Sardinian Ports to a surveillance of only six days. (Signed) J. B. Heath, Sardinian Consul-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Tuscan Consulate, 15, Angel-court. Nov. 24, 1848. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the shipping interest, that I have just received from his Ex cellency the Governor of Leghorn, a copy of a decree issued by his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tus cany, under date the 12th instant, ordering— That all ve3sels arriving at the port from Great Bri tain, the Baltic, the Low Countries, the Island of Malta, or from any other port or ports where the cholera mor bus may hereafter manifest itself, shall be subjected to a quarantine of observation of six days. (Signed) JAS. C. C. BELL, Consul-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Madeira, Oct. 28, 1848. Sir,—We have to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, and all parties interested, that, in consequence of the preva lence of Asiatic cholera in various parts of Europe, the local authorities here have determined upon imme diately putting in force the following quarantine regu lations, viz.:- 1. All vessels arriving from ports in Great Britain, or other countries where the existence of cholera has been declared, will only be permitted free pratique after the expiration of thirty days from their last port of de parture. 2. All vessels arriving, on board of which death or deaths from cholera may have occurred during the ♦oyage, will only be allowed free pratique after the ex piration of thirty days from the last death which may have so happened. 3. Pratique will not be granted on any terms to vessels arriving with any case or cases of cholera on board; and all communication between such vessels and the shore will be strictly prohibited, except for the pur pose of lending mails and letters. A suitable locality has been engaged as a lazaretto (the expense of which is to be provided for by private subscription), where passengers on landing from packets and vessels which cannot be detained to perform the stipulated quarantine, can be accommodated and pro vided for, under the inspection of officers to be appointed for that purpose. Mails and letters from packets and other vessels, sub ject to the foregoing quarantine restrictions, will be per mitted to come on shore, under the superintendence of the competent officers, and subject to fumigation and other sanitary precautions usually observed in such cases. The officers of the Board of Health promise to afford every facility in their power to the shipping interests at this port, and express a desire to modify the stringency of these r.•gulations, so soon as the instructions from the Lisbon Government will justify them in doing so. (Signed) STODDARD AND CO., Agents to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The Electric Light of M. Le Mott, was tried on Saturday evening last, in the train which ran down to Exeter on the Great Western Rail way. At half-past six o'clock, a truck, containing a wooden square box, about the size, though not the shape of a sentry box, and having a galvanic battery of some sixty or seventy small jars disposed around it, was at tached to the last carriage of the train, then about to proceed from Paddington. The light was produced in side the box, and the rays, condensed and heightened by a powerful reflector, were emitted by au aperture con trived for the purpose. The light was produced before the train left Paddington, when a dazzling blaze filled the whole of the spacious station, casting the numerous gas lamps there co,apletely in the shade. As the train proceeded on its way, the reflection left a long train of clear bright light for the distance of a mile and more behind it, in such a manner as to ren der it utterly impossible that any train coming up behind should run into it, except as the effect of delibe ratew intention. The reflection, as seen from the carriage as very beautiful, the prismatic colours being distinctly an vividly d e li neate d along the outer e d ge of t h e c i rc l e of d vividly d e lineated and as these tell upon the dense column of s a l i d ok s e trlk ac i e n n g cl . inrora the engine, the effect was singular night was dark, but clear, and so far favourable theto experiment; and objects, such as a bridge, was rendered distinctly v i s ibl e at the d i stance of about two mites i The ex i l!erinaent was made as far as Slough, on arriving at which station the truck was de tached there for about While at Slough,rrived. with which it re turnedtached from the tr a i n , gentleman sta tionedor so from the half an hour, till the up the light to town. himself at a distance of 20 a a pparatus, and could read a newspap.errt.l4 pro duced, which he found he could do with perfect ease.— fFestern Times. F EM ALE ORPHAN ASYLlTAL — Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Ca mbrid ge , President of the Royal -1 Female Orphan A s y lum, Westminster- road, attended Divine service in th e cha p el of the institution, which was crowded by the governors and lady-patroncsses. Th e sermon was preached by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A Rector of St. .lary's, Lambeth. At the close of the :ser vice five young woman, who have been brought up in the Asylum, received from the Royal President the re wards periodically bestowed upon the more meritorious pupils, as an encoursgQment to diligence and good con duct. A liberal subscription was made in aid of the funds. The Mining Journal notices a newly-invented razor, with a guard which so effectually protects the skin from the cutting operation of the razor that the manipulator may shave up wards, downwards, and in every direction, as quickly as he pleases, w ithout the s lightest danger or even possibility of injuring the skin. MILITARY SURVEY.—The preliminary operations for the military survey of this neighbourbQOd hale been commenced.—Devonport Chronicle. NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC AS SOCIATION.—EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOlt. The "street orderlies" pres:mt their humble respects to the editor of The Sun, and earnestly hope he will kindly insert in his paper the enclosed account of a benefit in their behalf.. Ham-yard, Witohnill-2,treet, Nov. 22, 1848. Oue of the moat useful of the many useful and bene volent institutions which abound in this great metro polis, is the " National Philanthropic Association,' by means of whicha number of individuals taken from the parish workhouses, or rescued from penury and destitu tion in the public streets, are supported wholly by voluntary contributions. The most generous efforts have been made for some time past by that Association, aided by the householders and shopkeepers of the pa rishes of St. James, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and St. Anne, Soho, for the employment of the poor in those districts, and at this moment forty-eight men are engaged as " street orderlies," or employed in keeping the streets in those parishes clean, who are paid out of funds col lecttd and advanced from private sources. This is, in deed, true benevolence, but as individual generosity , Gannet cope with the mass of destitution which un happily exists, M. Dubourg, the proprietor of the Hall of Rome, Windmill -street, generously advanced the receipts of his establishment yester day, in order to prevent those poor, but deserv ing men, who evince such a deep anxiety to earn their livilihood by their own industry, from want of employment, either to return to the workhouse, or lead a life of misery in the streets of this great city. The history of the majority of these in dividuals throws a clearer light upon the working of our social system than entire volumes could do, whether writ ten by political economists or plodding philosophers. And from this sample we may gather many of the causes which lead to the ruin of so many thousands, and the ul timate misery and destitution wedaily witness, and hourly hear of. Some among those who are now designated " street orderlies," and occupied in the humble employ ment of cleansing our thoroughfares and public high ways, once moved in respectable society. Some were professional men—some the owners of considerable pro perty—others engaged in business, and doing well; but all, from a variety of circumstances over which some had no control, and others, perhaps, had, having started into life from different points, and at different periods, met at the one common goal of penury and dis tress. Some speculated, and were unfortunate ; others failed in commercial pursuits ; others, pursued by a train of circumstances over which they may not, or perhaps conceived they had no control ; but the end of all is the situation in which they are now placed. We know no association deserving so much support as that which step.; forward to relieve indi viduals of this description. The lot of the poor man is at all times hard enough, and deeply to be sympa thised with; but that of one who had seen better days, who knew what it was to be in independent circum stances, who tasted the blessings of life, and was then compelled to drink the cup of its miseries and misfortunes even to the dregs; that is the case in which all the sympathies and kindly and bene volent feelings of our nature ought to be enlisted. To those who have devoted their time, their energies, and even private fortune to the relief of objects such as these, it is hardly necessary to say the heart felt thanks of a benevolent public are justly due, but individual benevolence cannot cope with so great an evil, nor the private contributions of one or more persons be adequate to relieve the wants of those who seek for aid. A generous public must come for ward to sustain the good work, and it is because we believe a beginning has been made in the right direction, that we think M. Dubourg deserves great praise. It is not even the extent of the aid, but the generosity and alacrity with which it was tendered, that we think en titled to public commendation. A performance took place at three o'clock in the afternoon, which was well attended, though not so crowded as might be expected, but the deficiency was made up in the evening, when the hall became thronged almost to suffocation. Between the first and second parts of the evening's performance the following was spoken by Professor Burlington B. Wale, who kindly contributed it for the occasion:— " By the rude hand of a vexatious need Compelled the public charity to plead ; Within the parish poorhouse, sad, forlorn, The hireling's byword, and the proud man's scorn ! Our self-respect and self-dependence fled, Because dependent for our daily bread Upon the scanty meal by menial hands Doled out to satisfy the law's demands For us along life's pathway, sad and lone, No sunshine linger'd, and no flowers were strewn ! No kindly sympathy—no helper nigh, To chase our grief, and bid our troubles fly ! Such was our present ! our future doom— Cold, cheerless, sad—a thing of grief and gloom When, like the good Samaritan of yore, Your kindly aid unlocked our prison door ; Dispelled our sadness, and relieved our fate, And bade us labour for the bread we ate. Still poor—not friend!ess—for, kind friends, to you Our earnest thankfulness this night is due Your patronage and presence here reveal The sympathy that with our lot you feel ! Accept our earnest thanks sincere, though rude, The expression of a heartfelt gratitude. Whate'er of honest pride or joy we know, In labouring for our bread, to you we owe I Nor must we e'er forget, while thanking you, One friend, to whom our warmest thanks are due Monsieur Dubourg 1 to whose kind heart we owe The profits of this day's artistic show ! But should your kindly succour be withdrawn, The brighter days that on our spirits dawn, Will end in gloom ! and back we sadly hie, Within the workhouse walls to droop and die !" Of the Tableaux Vivans it is hardly necessary for us to say more, as they have been recently noticed, than that they were as attractive as ever, the more particu larly La Giselle, which was received with rapturous ap plause, and called for a second time. .leplalia's Daughter and the Tableaux Finale were given with great effect. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE QUEEN v. GRAY AND OTHERS.—In this case, which stood over from the last session, the defendant, Roderick Gray, and a number of other prisoners, were indicted for unlawfully conspiring together to intimidate and prevent other workmen from entering the service of the prosecutor, Mr. Trego, the builder. _ _ Mr. Bonam, for the — protecutor, now applied to the Court to postpone the trial, on account of the absence, from illness, of Mr. Gunn, the clerk of the Lambeth Police-court, who took the depositions of some of the defendants upon another inquiry, and which depositions it was absolutely necessary, for the purposes of the pre sent inquiry, should be proved on the present occasion; and; as he be'ieved he could not, as counsel for the pro secutor, safely proceed with the trial in the absence of that gentleman, he trusted the Court would postpone the Mr. CLARKSON said he appeared for six of the de fendants, and he must, on their behalf, object to their being compelled to attend again upon this charge. He begged to remind the Court that in the first instance a charge of assault was preferred against one only of the defendants, and, in consequence of what took place upon that inquiry, twenty other persons were now indicted for a conspiracy. They had already been put to great ex pense and inconvenience, and rather than the trial should be again postponed, he was ready to admit all that could be proved by the absent witness. Mr. Boning, in answer to a question put by the Re corder, said that he desired to prove the evidence given by the witnesses who were examined at the police-court, for the defence, upon their cross-examination. The persons who were so examined were defendants. The RECORDER, after looking at some of the deposi tions referred to by Mr. Bodkin, inquired whether any other object could be expected from this prosecution than to vindicate the law and make the defendants and the public generally aware that such proceedings were illegal and unjustifiable ? Upon this point, he had no hesita tion in saying that any attempt by violence or intimida tion to prevent workmen from continuing in the service of their employer was clearly are illegal act, and subjected the parties committing it to be punished under the statute. With this understanding he would suggest that a course might be adopted a hich would render further proceedings unnecessary. Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for others of the de fendants, said that they were now aware of the effect of the law, and having been already put to very great ex pen-e, he considered that the purposes of justice would be quite answered by the course suggested by the Court, and that it would be very desirable, under the circum stances, not to weste the public time in an inquiry which would probabty occupy two days for no purpose. Mr. PARRY said that ho was also instructed to defend some of the defendants, and on their parts he was re quested to state, that if any act of indiscretion were proved against ems or two of the parties who were in dicted jointly with them, and which he believed was the case, that they utterly repudiated such an act, and were perfectly aware that the resorting to any act of violence or intimidation was perfectly illegal and unjustifiable, and were therefore quite willing to accede to the sug gestion of his Lordship. The defendants were all hard working and industrious men, and when his Learned Friend took into consideration the inconvenience they had already suffered, and the enormous expense they had been put to, he trusted he would feel that he would not be neglecting his duty, as Counsel for the prosecution, in adopting the course pointed out by his Lordship. Mr. BODKIN said he entertained as much respect for persons in the position of the defendants as any one present, so long as they conducted themselves with pro priety in the position in which they were placed ; but if they committed what appeared to him to be a serious infraction of the law, they must abide by the conse quences. The prosecutor was net in attendance at that moment, but he felt that he was justified in stating that he bad no vindictive feeling towards the defendant., and his only desire was to vindicate the law and to show persons in their position that such proceedings could not tyke ; e e a oh s 1 eto be countenanced. A s to t h e m i sc hi evous c h aracter o f r ( t , after it • the off ence o f en d eavouring, by violence and intimida ahney a remarks would s i ' e pleased, to pr e v en t an employer from carrying on his busi ness was what h communicatead fallen a unnecessary lwlei nt f h o f r rt ho him t prosecutor,ht the Court, make and upon the next occasion ho should have further in struetions upon the subject. The R ECORDER then said that the case should stand over until next Monday, and without giving auy opinion upon the facts, ha could not help saying that, consider ing the p os i t i on of the • parties, workmen to be em ployed, and as masters requiring their services, that the sooner they could come to soamicable some arrange ment the better. The whole of theldefendants, who had been out on bail, then left the court. Charles Lysham and Thomas 14'orcester were in dicted for unlawfully obtaining money by false pretences. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Sleigh prosecuted; Mr. gorry ppored for the defence, Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case, said that before he informed the jury of the circumstances under which the charge 'MIS preferred, he felt it his duty to tell them that the offence alleged against the prisoners was con nected with one of those proceedings termed Derby or .e not clearly laid down to be s w v er er ot:e ls lta .h il i y e • h Co i :; . s idered to be very mischievous in their tendency. The prosecutor of the indictment was Mr. William Harris, a respectable licensed victu aller, in Southwark, and who had been extensively en gaged in carrying out " sweeps" of this description; but he should state to the jury that since the public expres sion by the magistracy of London of the illegality of these proceedings, he had resolved to h ave no thi ng more t o d o with them. The fraud imputed to the prisoners was com mitted in June last, and there could be very little doubt that a sum of money was obtained from the prosecutor by means of a fraud, and he apprehended that what ever opinion might be entertained regarding the ille gality of the sweep in every lottery system, that this would afford no justification for the conduct of the pri soners, if it should be satisfactorily established that they were the authors of the fraud. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the circumstances under which the charge was preferred. It appeared that in Juno a sweep was open at the house of the prosecutor, the Equestrian Tavern, in the Blaekfriars road, for one of the races to be run at Ascot, each chance in which was 55., and the holder of the first horse was to be entitled to 71. Two persons, named Cockley and Davidge, pur chased a joint chance in this sweep, and the ticket, numbered 34, referring to a horse named Vampyre, was drawn for them, and this horse turned out to be the winner of the race. The defend , Lipsham, acted as clerk to Mr. Harris, and ma naged the different sweeps, and it was his duty to have given intelligence to the parties who were the winner of the prizes ; but instead of doing so, it seemed that he marked the name of Davidge upon the ticket of a horse called Feargus, and retained the winning ticket in his possession. Very soon after the race, the other defendant, Worcester, went to the pro secutor's house and tendered the ticket referring to Vampire, and Mr. Harris, having no suspicion, paid him the amount of the prize. It turned out upon in quiry that Worcester was brother-in-law to the prisoner, and the latter, when he was apprehended, admitted that he had bad the money from Worcester, but said that he had been picked up the same night, and had lost the whole of it. The Learned Counsel having concluded his statement of the facts, said that the question to be de eided in this ease was quite apart from any considera tion as to the prudence or propriety of carrying on these sort of proceedings, and was simply whether a servant could have any justification for obtaining possession of his master's property by a false pretence. Mr. Harris, the prosecutor, was then examined, and he proved the facts as stated by the Learned Counsel. He said that Lipsham was engaged by him to keep the accounts connected with the different sweeps, and he had the means of knowing who were the winners. On the 13th of June, after the race, Worcester presented the genuine ticket to him. He at the time did not know that he was related to the other defendant, and he paid him the amount of the prize, and soon afterwards, from information he received, he discovered that a fraud had been practised, and he paid the prize a second time to the parties who were really entitled to it. He added, that he afterwards went, accompanied by a policeman, to the house of Worcester, and on his being questioned he ad mitted that he had received the money, but said that he presented the ticket at the request of Lipsham, and he had no benefit from the transaction. ---... In answer to questions put by Mr. HORRY, Mr. Harris said that he took no tickets, and had no interest in any of the sweeps at his house himself, and he also forbade his servants from taking any chances in them. Mr. HORRY here submitted to the Court that the charge could not be sustained, inasmuch as the whole transaction was one of a gambling and illegal charac ter; and that the prosecutor had no such legal interest in the money as would entitle him to the protection of the law. Some discussion ensued upon this point, but at length The RECORDER said that, although the transaction might be of an illegal character, yet he did not think the objection would apply to the charge of obtaining money from the prosecutor by false pretences. He would, however, he said, reserve the point for further conside ration, if such a course should become necessary. William Romayne, the constable who apprehended Worcester, was then examined, and be deposed that when he took him into custody he denied all knowledge of any fraud, and said that he merely presented the ticket at the request of his brother-in-law, and that he handed him over all the money. The RECORDER expressed his opinion that the evi, denco did not support the charge of conspiracy. The evidence just as much tended to show that Worcester was the instrument merely of Lipsham, as that he was a co-conspirator with him. Mr. CLARKSON said be felt the difficulty supposed by his Lordship, and as he had no further evidence to con nect that person with the transaction, he should with draw from the prosecution. The RECORDER then addressed the jury, and ex plained to them that by the law a charge of conspiracy could not be supported unless two persons at least were shown to be concerned in it, and, therefore, as the evi dence failed in this case to establish the fact, they must acquit the defendants. But, at the same time, said he could not help stating that this was a most useful lesson for persons who were connected with such illegal and dishonest proceedings as these racing sweeps in his opinion clearly were. It was a proceeding merely for the purpose of getting custom and profit in a most improper manner. There was no pretence for saying that it promoted the interest of the turf, and it had none of the justification that was ex tended to horae•racing as tending to improva the breed of horses. On the contrary, it was entirely mischievous in its action, and only had the effect of inducing persons to gamble and speculate small sums of money, in the hope of obtaining a larger amount, and had, in fact, no thing to do with racing. It had happened to him on several occasions to hear persons who had been con victed of larceny in that court ascribe the commission of the crime to the temptation held out to them to join these miserable lotteries, or sweeps as they were termed, and he was not sorry to see that those who encouraged such proceedings were ultimately sufferers by them. The jury then, under his Lordship's direction, re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The RECORDER, in handing back to the prosecutor the tickets connected with the sweep, observed that he hoped that he should never again see such things in a cuurt of justice, He, at the same time, advised the prosecutor not to have anything more to do with Derby sweeps in future. _ Mr. Harris said he had given them up entirely. The RECORDER said he had acted wisely in so doing, for independent of the risk he ran with regard to his house, he would be liable under a particular statute, to a penalty of 5001. if his connexion with such a lottery as these Derby sweeps clearly were, was made out. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) David Green, 45, and Joseph Green, 43, both described as tripe-dressers, were indicted for stealing 1 cwt. of fat, valued at 155., the property of John Wm. Messen ger, their master. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoners had been 20 years in the employ of th© prosecutor, who is a tripe-dresser and fat dealer, carrying on business in the Borough-market. Having for a long time missed a quantity of fat, and there being a number of men engaged on the premises, a watch was set, and the prisoners, together with a man named Pnlbrook, who escaped, were detected taking the property away. The prisoners begged for mercy, and said it was their first ofitmce. The jury found them Guilty, and they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment an I hard labour. William Legg, 28, butler, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Dinah Squire Rowe, his first wife being alive. The,prisoner pleaded Go:4y. In answer to the Court, the second wife said the pri soner had married her after a courtship of twelve months, and they had lived together for eight months. Sentence, twelve months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. _ _ - - - Ifitnnalt Norton, a girl about 17 years old, was charged by Mr. Rae, of 5, Easteheap, with having set fire to his house. Mrs. Rae, who appeared to be quite an invalid, said that on Saturday morning the prisoner and I were left alone in the house. At 11 o'clock I called her from the uppe kitchen on thefloor, and in five minutes aft:r sh e x came down I heard a noise from above, as if some weight had fall.-n down. I aAted her what she thought it was, and wheth r any friends of hers were up st a i rs . She said it must have been the cat. Five minutes after wards I heard a similar noise, and I begged her to go up and see what was the matter. She did so, and some time after she came down and said the house was on fire, and she told me to get up, for I was ill in bed. She then alarmed those below stairs. I remained in bed stu pified. I thought the chimney was on fire. Sh e came in again with her bonnet and cloak on, and told me to get up and save myself. I got out of bed, and I went up stairs to the kitchen, and saw the oak chest, which lay at a distance from the fire, on fire. The fire was out in the kitchen grate. When I looked in at the door my hair was singed and my hand was scorched. I looked into the other two rooms on the upper floor, but I saw no fire in either of them, or in any other part of the house. By this time the alarm had been :effec tually given. I gave the prisoner two trunks to save, and she took them down stairs. The LORD MAYOR —You did not jump out of bed at the alarm of tire? The witness—No, I was very ill, and I was quite stupified. I supposed it was the chimney that was on fire. The LORD MAYOR—What did the oak chest which was on fire contain? The witness—Papers and clothes, the property of a lady of the name of Boyce, who lived with us. I do not know anything of the value of the contents. The LORD MAYOR—Was the kitchen in other respects in disorder? The witness—l did not observe that it was in an unusual state of disorder. The prisoner was by no means a good servant. The LORD MAYOR—Did you observe anything in the kitchen which was c:,.lculated to account for the noises ycu heard overhead ? The witness —Nothing, exe , pt the weights of the cluck, which were completely burnt, fell down. The prisoner disappeared for two hours after she took away the two boxes, and she was, I understand, seen by a Mr. Fostcr walking about the street, and sent u p to me, and she then told me that at eleven o'clock she had seen two distinct fires, and that cue of them, attended with smcke and flame, had pro ceeded from he r b e d ro om. The fi re man was present at the time, and I said we did not think she could have se,ell L flame and smoke proceed from her bedr oo m, t o "" She replied that, upon looking round the corner, I she distinctly saw them. She then began to contradict hereelf, but Ido not recollect the exact words used by her, and by the fireman's advice, I ceased to question her any further. Mrs. Boyce was not at home at the time. The LORD MAYOR—Is the house insured? The V. it ness —The house was insured by the landlord, we being tenents. There was no property iusered, I believe, ho palci the stock in the shop, w ,ich wets not at ail affected by the fire. The prisoner had to wait upon Mrs. Boyce. The Lone) MAYOR—Was there any misunderstanding between the prisoner and Mrs. Boyce ? The witness— The prisoner was to have left us on Friday, for she was an unsatisfactory girl eta regarded her work. She was very civil until within the last few days, and then she began to be less civil. We gave her notice for the last month from time to time, and merely kept her until we could get a satisfactory substitute. She had no quarrel with Mrs. Boyce, but that lady used to make her sit up late to do the work she had neglected to do at the proper time. We had been told by the people in the neigh bourhood that she had disreputable companions, and notwithstanding our cautions to her, she persisted in as sociating with them. We had no personal quarrel. Mrs. Boyce went to her mother on Friday, and it was agreed that we should keep her till we could provide ourselves with another. When I told her so, she said it was making a fool of her, and she must look out for another place immediately, and that she expected her cousin to call for her clothes, which she had packed, and she intended to leave that day (Saturday). The prisoner—l did not say I was going away that day. When I went up stairs I saw the fire coming out of the boxes. I then ran down and said there was a fire, and called to Mrs. Rae to pet on some clothes. Charles Jones, a fireman, said he was called to the fire on Saturday, at about half past eleven o'clock. In the prisoner's bed-room he saw smoke issuing from a box which lay under two other boxes. He removed the tw ) top boxes and opened the under box, and found a smouldering fire in it. There was no room for flame to come out of it. The fire in the bed room was quite dis tinct frcm that in the kitchen, that in the kitchen being in a trunk, and that in the prisoner's bed-room being in a box. The dresser and the wainscoat in the kitchen were burnt. When the girl came back to the house at half-past two or three o'clock, she said, upon being asked whether she knew anything about the fire, that she supposed the cat had done it; and upon being ques tioned about the fire in the bed-room, as well as in the kitchen, she said she had seen the flames issue from the box. Roots (policeman 577), said he went into the house twenty minutes past eleven, and kept away the mob till the fire was extinguished. After four o'clock he took the prisoner into custody by direction of Mr. Rae, and she then said the cat must have done it. The prisoner then, after having received a particular caution from the Lord Mayor as to the account she might give of the transaction, stated that there was but one box, one, that which was on fire in the bed room, and not as had been stated, two. She thought the cat had gone into the chest, as was her custom, through the hole; and as Mrs. Boyce's son kept gunpowder there, the fire might have been caused by that, and the cat might have brought it into the bed-room. When she went to see what it was she saw a blaze and smoke in her bed-room, as well as in the kitchen. While the fire was burning I was in Mr. Foster's shop, and I stayed there until it was quite put out, and then I went home. I considered it was done by the cat. Mrs. Rae—Not a hair of the cat was singed at all. The prisoner was remanded till Friday. GUILDHALL. William Nutter, one of the men attending to the wheels of fortune, at an exhibition in Holborn, was brought up in custody of William Ballard, 233 G, on the charge of detaining half a sovereign under the fol lowing circumstances:— An intelligent young girl, named Sarah Ann Meek ings, of 40, Princess-street, Kingsland-road, said that a short time previous to arriving at the court, she passed the exhibition in Holborn, and feeling inclined to try her luck at the wheel of fortune, she entered and placed what she thought a sixpence in the prisoner's hand, and re ceived sd. in change. At the time of her entrance she had wrapped up in paper the half-sovereign, four shil lings, and a sixpenny piece. On leaving, before she had gone far, she opened the paper and discovered that she still retained the sixpence, but the half-sovereign was gene, upon which sh o re t urne d an d sa id, th a t by m i s t a k e she had given him the gold, but this he denied, and showed her a box, where he said ho had thrown all the money he had taken, but she did not see the half-sove reign, in consequence of which she went out for an officer, and gave him into custody, but not before asking two gentlemen to keep him in the same place, and to watch his movements. The officer said ho searched the prisoner, but did not find the half-sovereign. Alderman GIBBS to the prosecutrix—Can you swear you gave it to the prisoner ? Meekings—l can, for I had it safe when I entered, and missed it almost imme diately atter I left. Alderman Genns—Was there any one near the pri saner when you paid him what you thought the six pence ? Meekings—There was another man close to him, attending a similar wheel of fortune. The prosecutrix here produced a small teaspoon, of the value of little more than a farthing, which she said had cost her twopence before she was lucky enough to obtain the prize. • The constable said there had lately been innumerable complaints made at the Clerkenwell Police Court re specting this exhibition, which was a nuisance to the whole of the inhabitants. , Alderman Gins—l have not the slightest doubt the prisoner received the money, and immediately passed it to one of his fellow-companions. However, I shall not let him go until the half-sovereign is produced. Prisoner—l did not have it; nor have I money to that amount about me. Alderman GIBBS —Then you are remanded until to morrow. Prisoner—Won't you take bail for my appearance? Alderman GIBBS—Yes; the half-sovereign must be the bail. He was then locked up ; but in the course of an hour, the money was forthcoming, and he was liberated. MORE IRISH PAUPERS. —There were no less than 23 vagrants brought up, the greater portion of whom were sentenced to short terms of imprisonment, while others were discharged on a promise never to enter the City again for a similar purpose. THE LATE MR. DUCROW'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Having observed v in your journal, a few days since, a police report of Lambeth-street, wherein it stated that relief had been given to my wife (the late Mr. Ducrow's sister), I had but one recourse, to imme diately forward to the magistrate, at Lambeth Police office, the full particulars and documents, contradicting the statements of desertion, and now respectfully soli cite, through the medium of your valuable journal, the publicity of this letter, as a public man, in vindication of my character. Being miles from London, I have no other remedy than to claim your justice, and that of the magistrate to whom I sent the amount of sums weekly paid, from the period of our separation in 1841, one year before her brother's death (and not afterwards as she states), the cause of which separation is well known to the pro fession and all the members of her family, as I am the last husband of the three sist.rs, and each husband was obliged to separate from their wives. £ a. d. Sept. 1841 to Sept. 1842 (weekly) llO 0 Sept. 1842 to Sept. 1843 (weekly) 1 10 0 Cash legacy left by her brother, Aug. 1842 Doctor's Bill, 1843 Taking clothes out of pawn, 1844 (weekly) Fortune changed, and thus:- 1845 (weekly) 1846 (weekly) 1847 ( six months) 0 12 0 1847, Oct. (?) In March, 1848 (out of situation), (weekly) 0 8 0 . _ In the preient period my engagements have been precarious (in point of salary and very limited), and her going to the workhouse was her own act and deed of ca price. Let the magistrate point out the manner cf her receiving a weekly sum (as I rise or fall), she will receive it. It is not my wish for her to starve, as you will perceive by the sums already paid, and as the truth must out, my wardrobe, propertiees, &c., all have been sold to keep her when I was out of a situation ; and I do not care now how far my exertions are given to pay money for her living, so that I am not insulted and reminded of the cause of my fate. Apolo gising for this long detail, I am yours obediently, W. I). BROADFOOT. Victoria Theatre, Edinburgh, Nov. 23, 1848. COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. —A collision took place on this line yesterday morning. A goods train which had left Brighton at pat six for Portsmouth, was stopping at the King a f sta s tion, about three miles from Brighton, wh en a sp h ta a os l s - e passenger train, which left Brighton at five minutes past seven, c ame up, and though the stop signals were ex hibited and a red light waved to intimate imminent danger, the train ran into the goods train with great violence, smashing some of the carriages of the latter. Several of the passengers were hurt by the shock, and some bled, but none sustained serious injury. The line was strewed with the wrecks of broken carriages, and two hours elapsed before the traffic could be resumed. John Pemberton, the driver of the passenger train, was apprehended and brought up before the magistrates sit ting at the Town-hall, Brighton, and charged with mis conduct. Evidence was given that the stop-signals were hoisted, and red lights waved, which could be seen and were seen half a mile off by the guard of the train; and that the train, when first perceived, was going at from 40 to 50 miles an hour, which was much beyond the usual pace. He was fined 51. or a month's imprisonment. TILE BURNING OF TIIE GLASGOW [DELPHI THEATRE.—We learn that from the peculiar circum stances connectzal with the. recent fire in the Theatre Adelphi, the authorities and the chief superintendent of police have considered it their duty to make a rigid in vestigation into the matter. It would be improper to enter into details, but we feel warranted in sa3 ing that we believe; considerable quantity of dresses, decorations, and properties, which were supposed to be consumed, have been recovered, and now he in the Paisley police oflicE,.—G/asgow Constitutional. Commander Alexander Boyle, who was dismissed the service by sentence of a court-reartial for the loss of the Thunderbolt, steam-sloop, at the Cape of Good Hope, has been reinstated in his former rank in the navy, much to the satissletion of every ona acquainted with the pro ceedings under which he was cashiered. The master, also, of this vessel has likewise been restored to the navy. —Devonport Independent. CHAPEL PROPERTY IN JERSEY. The following letter has been addressed to Dr. liutit ring, M.P., on this subject:— Alderbury Lodge, Les Veux, Jersey, November 23, 1848. Sir,—ln the month of August. last year, you were kind enough to lay before the Secretary of State :A. peti lion from several congregations of Protestant Dissenters in Jersey, praying for a reform of our laws affecting real property, so as to provide for trusts and uses, in order that Dissenters may be enabled to perpetuate their chapels to religious purposes with perfect security, and enjoy the same rights, liberties, and franchises in Jersey as they would if they were living in England. The Dissenters are sensible of the interest you took in their behalf; and feel grateful that it should have had the effect of enlisting the atlention of her Majesty's Government to their wants; but, as those wants have not yet been redressed, and very serious consequences threaten them, owing to it, Item iirluc, , d to trouble you again on that subject. It will be necessary, however, to acquaint you with what has been done, before I enter into particulars of the calamities which are now approaching us. In the beginning of November, of last year, Sir George Grey transmitted this petition to the Lieutenant-Governor, and strongly recommended that immediate measures should be taken by the States of Jersey to redress the grievance complained of. It was brought before the Assembly on the 11th of that month, and referred to a committee composed of two Jurate, two Rectors, and two Constables, who were charged to prepare a Bill on the subject. The committee, however, failing to do anything, a gentleman who takes great interest in the matter, wrote to the Secretary of State, upon which Sir George Grey called on the authorities to report progress, when the committee became alarmed, and met to proceed with their work ; but finding themselves utterly incompetent to the task, they prevailed on the Attorney-General Dupre to undertake it—with whom it is likely to remain, unless more vigorous measures are adopted. We had already experienced a foretaste of the inse curity of chapel property by the operation of our bank rupt laws. To be brief, a chapel built for the Inde pendents, and another for the Baptists, were lost, and made liable for the private debts of the parties who pur chased the ground, notwithstanding they had recon veyed the buildings to persons who, it was thought, held them in trust for special purposes; and we are now upon the verge of experiencing more serious robberies. A large chapel, built some years ago, at an expense of 3,0001., by the Wesleyan Methodists, and placed in trust, is in jeopardy through the bankruptcy of one of the trustees, for notice has bee❑ served on all the parties to bring in that title-deed for insertion in the decret—in other words, to choose whether they will substitute the bankrupt, by taking to his debts and assets, or surrender the property as part and parcel of his estate. Since then another chapel, belonging to the Unitarians, has been notified for plunder. This was originally built by the Independents, and placed in trust (!) but subse • quently sold by the trustees to the Unitarians, who have held it about two years. It turns out, however, that the private property of ono of those trustees is become overcharged with debt, and the mort gagces have given notice to the holders of the chapel to substitute the bankrupt by taking his property and paying his hypothecations, or surrender the chapel to the next who shall be entitled to that option. I for ward you one of our local journals, that contains the public notice to this effect from the attorney who is conducting this bankruptcy, in order that you may see it. It is necessary that you should understand that the bankrupts in these cases never possessed one shilling of interest in the chapels; the money was furnished by the religious communities to whom they belong; and it is a very great hardship that the latter should be plundered under colour of an antiquated custom, because one of their trustees is unable to fulfil his own engagements. But it would be just the same if the prior owner of the ground became bankrupt, as in that case the trustees would have to substitute him in his rights and discharge his prior debts, or surrender the chapel to the common stock for another to do it. There is no such thing as setting apart a property for any use whatever under the old feudal law of Normandy, for, as that law is prac tised in Jersey, it must be mixed up with the private property of every one through whose hands it passes, and become subject to the laws of inheritance, bank ruptcy, and forfeiture. Surely, Sir, it is not reasonable or just that the buyer of a property should be called o❑ to take to the estate and effects of the seller, or for the seller to take to the property of the buyer, with additional charges, or other wise lose their respective rights? Why should the vendee be encumbered with the bricks and mortar of the vendor, or vioe versa, according to whichever side the bankruptcy may arise? and this for a period of forty years! It is monstrous and roguish too. Every dis tinct property ought to be liable only for its special in cumbra,nces, and not to be mixed up as it now is with each other. There are at least fifty chapels in the island, which must have cast in the aggregate upwards of 25,0001., exposed to these risks, in which perhaps 20,000 Dissen ters are interested. This state of things is really de plorable, and calls loudly for redress. It is vain, how ever, to petition the States, or Local Assembly, one third of which is composed of Church parsons, who have no community of feeling with us; another third of jurats, who are opposed to the enactment of any laws; and the remainder of constables--men who, with the exception of two or three, have not even sufficient capacity to write out the charges they present with their prisoners, much less to devise legislative remedies for these grievances. It is therefore pre posterous to look to them for redress. Now the kind of redress which we want is the prompt and energetic intervention of her Majesty's Government, to originate a law for the purpose. There are petitions lying with the Clerk of the Rolls of our Assembly crowded with signatures, in whose custody they have been for years, some praying for an alteration of the laws of inherit ance, to enable persons to will and devise real estate; others to abolish seignorial rights, to create trusts, and set apart chapels for religious purposes, without being subject to bankruptcy or forfeiture. I have, therefore, to beg—first, that you will be kind enough to press those reforms on the consideration of the Secretary of State; and if you should find him disposed to entertain (hem, I have, secondly, to request that you will be pleased to su g gest t o him th e p r opriety of his ordering a return to be made of those petitions, with such ob servations thereon as the States of Jersey may be pre pared to make, within a given time; and, lastly, that you will be pleased to urge him to bring the whole under the consideration of the Queen in Council, in order that her Majesty might legislate thereon. I beg to resew my sincere thanks for the very able and zealous manner in which you have seconded my efforts in the cause of reform, and to subscribe myself, Sir, your must obedient, very humble, and ever faithful servant, ABRAHAM JONES LE CRAB, Author of a work entitled " The Laws, Customs, and Privileges of the Island of Jersey." Dr. Bowring, London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE RSALL'S.—YESTERD AY . The betting was on too small a scale to call for one word of observation. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 4to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's St. L'oger —taken and afterwards offered Bto 1 agst Mr. Salt's Dcctor 10 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Red Lancer—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Venom—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Flower's Knight of Gwynne 600 to 200 agst Lord Strathmore's two—taken CHESTER CUP. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar—take 1,000 to 15 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Disney's Bon-mot—taken 2,000 to 30 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman 7to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—take 15 to 2 12 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb taken to 501. 1,000 to 20 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken 10 000 to 200 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker—t Saucy Dick arrived in town yesterday, on his way to join W. Dilly's lot at Littleton, near Winchester. OARS. 6to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken 1,000 to 50 agst Duke of Richaloi,d's Highland Fling—t HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir 11. Seale's hds., Wed.. Slapton Green; Sat., Kennel. Tiverton hds., Thurs , Spring Grove Park; Sat., Idele Station, near Bradninch-10k. Lord Redesdale's Ws. ' AV( d.. Barrington Park; Fri., Addlestropp Gat e; S a t., Northleigh. Mr. Fane's harrs., Thurs., Quartermain's Ground; Sat., Wallington. Berkshire hds., Wed., Wytham; Fri, Little Coxwell. Harrogate beagles, Fri.. Beckwith Shaw-10k. Mr. Brand's hds., Fri., Kennel-10k. Puckeridge hds., Wed., Peverils; Sat., Sandon-10k. Wigton and Carlisle harrs., Wed., Bothel; Fri., Gil crux-9. - Dimwit harrs., Wed., Skirwith; Sat., Tirril-10k. Sir John Cope's bds., Wed., Crookham Screet; stag hds, Binfichl-10. South Wilts hds., Thurs., Beekfoid Aims, Font- Cheltenham stag hds., Sat., Racec.)urse-12. Grindon hds., Wed., Swatibridge ; Fri., Wenvoe. llambledon hds., Wed., Warnford Park; Fri., Mar well House-10k. CNUSAN VIE GARDEN OP CHINA.- 16 The length of the island is twenty-three miles, breadth from eight to eleven; the circumference 150. Its physical aspect presents numerous ranges of hills, from 500 to 700 feet in height, with broad interwening valleys, some of which are eight to nine miles long., and pr sent (Ale continuous scene o! rich cultivation: there are 33,750 English acres on the island, producing two crops of rice annually. The population 26,150. With respect to climate, it is truly called the Montpelier of Chins.' If Chusan were still in our possession (we had only to eels it) we would be within two days' sail of Japan, with its 30,000,000 of highly civilized inhabitants; and more easily regain our lost Risition in that rich empire. Our occupation of Chosen would sooner or later open to us an entire new commercial world. We -you'd also have as (ur neigh bour the wealthy and extensive kingdom of Corea; like. wise Mautchaurea, Loo Choo, the nineteen Kurile islands, and other regions around."—China, Commercial. and Social. Sir George Grey is about to institute a searching inquiry into the expenditure of prisons under Govern ment control, and of the convict department generally.— Sunday Paper. COUNT!: CLIEIMSFORD, Nov. 24.—Thre was to-day a further reduction of Is per qua:ter noon wheat, of which there was a fair thne-ot -year supply, but a very dull trade, although a full attendance. A similar abatement was necessarily submitted to in barley, in which more busi ness was doing, the maltsters requiring their supplies. White pegs were Is to 2s per qr. cheaper. Alt else as last week. White whe: - it, 5-t; to 595; red, 44s to 51s; grinding barley, 26s to 30;; malting ditto, 28s to 335. Oats, 20s to 28s. Grey Peas, 33s to 38s; white ditto, 36s to 40s. Tick beaus, 29s to 335; Muzagun ditto, 27s to 32s per quarter. COLCHESTER, Nov. 25.—Wheat, Ms to 572 ; red, ditto, 47s to 50s; barley, 31s to 345; beans, Mr.zagan,3o3 to 31s; middle and small ditto, 335; peas, 34s to 42s per quarter. Kiaxar.DY, Nov. 25.—We had here today rather a small supply of wheat, the condition of which was much aff cted by the wet weather. Sales were exceedingly slew, at about 2i per quarter under last week's rates. We had good supplies of barley and oats, which sold?' about 6i per quarter below last market day's currency Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas, First ...563 Od 303 Od 22 Od —s Od I—s Od Second sls Od 26i Pd 20s Od —s Od —3 Od I Third Oatmeal, per bag of . 2Bolbs. imp.. 308. HAWICK, Nov. 23.—Wheat, new, 36s to 425; do., old, 46s to 48a; barley, new, 18 to 255; do., old, —; potato oats, 15a to 17s; commun do., 148 to 178 ; pease, 27s to 28s; beans, 27s to 28s, per boll of six im perial bu4iels. PERTH, Nov. 24.—Wheaf, 48s to 565; barley 25s to 295; oats, 17s to 225; pease and beans, 30s to 35s per quarter ; oatmeal 34s per sack. BERWICK; Nov. 23.—Wheat 49s 10Id ; barley, 285 841; cats, 23s 10d, average per imperial quarter. GLASGOW PROVISION MARKET, Nov. 23.—Cheese, 46s to 52s per cwt ; retail, 51d to 6d per lb; country fre3h butter, 10d to lld per lb ; Irish powdered in lamps, 9id to 10d ; country powdered, wholesale, Sid to 10d; country eggs, is per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 8s Gd per hundred, or 8d per dozen; hens, 2s per pair ; ducks, 2s. FALKIRK, Nov. 24.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 827 bolls. Wheat at 20s to 27s 6d per boll; barley, 17s to 235; oats, 13s 6d to 17s; beans, 13s to 155 6d per boll; oatmeal, —s to —s per load. KELSO, Nov. 24.—Wheat, old, 45s to 48s; ditto, new, 38s to 425; barley, new, 17s to 225; ditto, old, —s to —s; potato oats, 15s to 17s; ditto, new, --s to —s; com mon oats, 14s to 16s; ditto, new, —s to —s; peas, 28s to 30s; beans, 28s to 303 p ar boll of six imperi a l bushels. STIRLING, Nov. 22.—Wheat, foreign, 28s to 325; ditto home, —s to —a; ditto ditto, new, 19s to 265; barley, per boll of six bushels, —s to —s; ditto, new, 17s to 23s 3d; oats, common, 20s 3d to —s; ditto ditto, new, lOs to 12s 6d; ditto, Flemish, —s to —s; ditto ditto, new, —s to —s; malt, distillers, 36s to 375; ditto, brew ers, 38s to 395; beans, per boll, 17s to 19s; ditto, new, 12s 6d to 163; pease, —s to —s. Flour, new, per sack, 41* to 425; ditto, common ditto, 295 to 30s 6d. Oatmeal, per load, —3 to —s; ditto, new, 27s to 30s; ditto, per peek of 71bs, Sid to 10d. Fresh butter per lb, 11d Co 12d. Eggs per dozen, 9d to 101- Hay, per ton, 455 to 50s. COAL MARKE' Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main l3s 6d 'lasting's Hartley lss Od Holywell Main ... ..... 15s Od Ord's Redheugh Townley l4s Od West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Hedley Hilda l4s 6d Hedworth l3s 6d South Killingworth Belmont l7s Od YESTEJLIDAT. Braddyll's Heticn 175 3d Eletton ... lBs Od Haswell lBs 3d Lambton Morrison lss 3d Benson Caradoc 175 3d Cassop 165 9d Ileugh Hall Seymour Tees Cowpen Hartley Ships at market, 165. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 27. STOCK ExcHamoE.—The market continues without any material change. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 5 dis.—Ditto, 171 Shares, 3 3 4 dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is firmer this morning, and the quotations a shade higher than Saturday. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 27/. 10s. Shares, 12%—Birmingham and Dudley, 4 1 A p.—Caledonian, Preference, 3s. 9d. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 4% dis.—London and North. Western, 117—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. and M.), 414 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1A p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 22 c.—Mid land Stock, 78—Ditto, New Halves, 10% die.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 61. Bs. 9d. MANCHESTER, Nov. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 9-16—Huddersfield and Manchester, 30/. Shares, 22 dis.—North Staffordshire, 6% c. dis.—Clitheroef Preference, 17—Leeds, Fifths, 45% dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 27. - - - STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ' are—North Staffordshire, 6/. I Is. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7 1 ,E dis• —Ditto, Preference, 3s. 9d. p.—Shropshire Union, 635. 9d. dis• YORK, Nov. 25. Srocx EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day wag as follows:—Great Northern, 61. ls. 3d.—North British, Quarters, 31. 4s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Exten sion), No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 11 1 4—Ditto ((x. N. Fa. Purchase), 6%. 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P)R FOREIGN SERVICE.-It has jus t ken decided that the following regiments, which re' turned from colonial duty in 1843, are to proceed to India, viz., 70,h, 64th, and 83d. The first arrangemen t proposed was, that the 70th Foot should go to Hong' Kong, but should any additional force be required there , troops will be sent in from Ceylon. The 26th and 4 1 s t Regiments, which retuined from China and India in 1843 also, will probably proceed to the Mediterranea n next spring, as they are the next for service abroad. THE STOCK-EXCHANGE.—AII accident has jus t occurred at the Stock-Exchang e w hi c h it ma y be hope d will check the silly love of practical jokes which has 0° long disgraced that establishment, and which is are' proach to the vigilance of the Committee. One of the members attacked yesterday in sport of this kind Wn' thrown down and received hurts which rendered bin! insensible. Upon medical aid b e ing sen t f or , it vO' found he had been seriously injured. THE OAK FARM IRON WORKS.—BIRMINGNO. MONDAY.-It is said that an arrangement has been e ll o i tered into betwetn the assignees in the bankruptCY the late Oak Farm Company and Sir Stephen GIYI Lord Lyttelton, and Mr. W. Gl a d s t one , t h e pro p r ietor, of the estate, by which further litigation will be avoidens 20,0001. is named as the sum agreed upon to be paid bl a the proprietors in lieu of breaking the machinery, ari d although, from their heavy claims the greater pora viill revert to themselves, yet the creditors may now is dulge a hope that some dividend will be declared. Th e '" are new in the district of South Staffordshire 106 fu r ; naces in, and thirty-one out of, blast. This present° ~/ somewhat favourable feature in the present condition the iron trade. BIRTHS. f Sit On the 16th inst., at Li s b on , L a d y S eymour, wife 0-, Hamilon Seymour, G.C.8., h er M a j esty ' s Mi n i ster in r°''' tugal, of a son. On the 2lst inst., at F ranc i s - s t ree t, G o ld en-squa re, t he wife of the Rev. A. Povab, of a son. On the 23d inst., Mrs. F. Roose, of a son. On the 24th inst., at Penge-park, Sydenham, Kent, t l/8 lady of Lee Schuster, Esq., cf a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Tavistock-square, Mrs. J. Bagga ll3l ' of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Higham-hill, Walthamstow, the A lfa of F. A. Echalez, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., at Dartington Parsonage, Mrs. Fronde, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Peter's Church, Hamm er smith, l ' i t r‘ o George Dutton, third son of Lieutenant B. Dutton, 11. 14 1.0 Barbara, daughter of the late Edwa r d B e ll, E sq ., of S' 3 " Shields, Durham. On the 2: id inst., at St. Pancras New Church, the Rev or . Edward Knight Jones, of the R ec to r y, P enmaen , G 1 51 3 2- ganshire, to Lucy, daughter of th e l a t e J o h n H o ll a nd, P of Clapham-common, Surrey. - ol Sales► - DIED. If 24th • On the . inst., of consumption, Mr. James Hercules-passage, Old Broad-street, f tb. At Malta on the 30th ult., Major-General Tombs, o 71 , Hon. East India Company's service, Bengal Cavalry, Lig, 0, On the ISth inst., at Long Langton, near 13Iandl° Corset, George Crease, Esq., aged 79. MVP On the 22d inst , at Tunbridge-wells, aged 49, daughter of the late F. Laurent, Esq., of Taunton. u e ttl On the 23d inst., at St. John's-wood, M r s. Eliza , ' Warren, wife rf Mr. T. W ,, rren, of Oxford-street. Esq'' On the 2:_id inst., at Brompton, George Hine Young, late of the Blackfriars.road and of Hampton-court. On the 23d inst., a t H ampton - lodge, Farnham, l" -- ot second daughter of the late Hey. Edward Linzee, rector West Tilbury, Essex. bil i P On the 4th inst., a t T u ff ne ll- park, H olloway, Mr. - P Hastings, aged 81. t li ‘ j On the 24th i ns t., a t A rgy ll -street, Margaret, widow' a late T. Ince, Esq., of Chistleton, near Chester. 69 ' On the 2-ITh inst., at Paradis e -row, R o th er hithe, aged Mary, relict of the late Mr. W. Kay. At Fenchurch- street, on the 24th inst., Mr. D. POP„ e *o4 Oa the 24th i ns t., a t Q ueen ' s - roa d , D alston, M r . 4."' Staples, aged 51. On the 25th inst., aged 70, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Underhill, of Chatham place Hackney. Lendon: Printed and Publish e d by MURDO YO O th oh No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, I ‘ l °' tir Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the cowl Middlesex, Tuesday, November 28, 1848. S Yea ann of J to rate any An'( Mayo I, Pon atd rents, anY o :h e se and d elornn Acts, ? Aid titAl and A . Not aril*