The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-21 00:00:00

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Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... - - Scottish Central - - Scottish Midland ..- ....... -.. 25 Ditto, New... 17% - to - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7% - .....• to - Do. do. (South Div.) 4 - - Shrewsbury and Birmingliam 9 - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. :i.in.) - ...... to - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 1 ,4 8 1 ,4 7 1 4 . ... to - Ditto, Oswestry 1 7 34 - to - Ditto ,New . - to - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 - to - Shropshire Union 4 ... .. 1 - South Devon . - - Ditto, Preference 25 - ...... to -- South Raflordshire... - .. .. to - South Eastern 33% 24 ..... to 23 3 4 Ditto, No. 1. 24 - te - Ditto, No. 2. 22 - to - Ditto, No. 3. - to - Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 - South Wales - ... .. to - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . 5 - ...... to -- Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 6 -• - Taw Vale Extension ..... -. 8 ...... -- - Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% - to - Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%._., -. - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%..... - - Watertord,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin - .... . to - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .........- ...... tO - - Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... . 10 .... - - iVest Cornwall 6 - to - West London.... - ..... to - Ditto, First Class. ..... ..... 20 - ...... to - Ditto, Second Class.... 2O - ..... to - Whitehaven and Furness l4 ..... - Windsor, Staines, and. South Western •....- .. 9% - to -- Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ..-.. - to --• York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exten. No.l (Y. St N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 - Do. G. N. E. Fur.; or Pref. 8 - York and North:Midland .. 50 - ... to - Ditto, Preference 0i t to East and West Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens . 20 ...... 7%%.„ to 8 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... ... - Ceylon Demerara. ..........- .......... 15 . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..„ . Dutch Rhenish 7% to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular l /4 ..... • ••.••. to Louvain ais Sambre .... ..... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to —• Luxembourg Ditto ... Madrid and Valeutia Namur and Liege....... Northern of France l2 ...... ...... to Orleans and Bordeaux .... Paris and Lyons Do. De. Paris and Orleans... - Paris and Bonen .. .... .. 2O _ Paris & Strasbourg ......... 9 ...... ...... to -- Rouen and liavre ... 20 Sambre . and Meuse . ..... 20 ..... 3%%•• to Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... . .. 9 Tournay, J urbise, Landen, and Ilasselt .. ...... ..-.. .. 20 West Flanders B 3 /4 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Enghi. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% --- .s• .. to Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New lO ..••• ......:to Union of Australia ....... Ditto, N ew Union of London ....... ....... 10 - ...... to Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo Itexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 14 ...... - Australian 2% — ...... to -- Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolahos Scrio - British Irmo Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24% —.-.. to -- Ditto Cocaei and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Dei Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper - ••••.. to General Mining ....... . ..... 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba ..... United Mexican .....- ........ 2.8 1 ,Y — ...... to MARRIAGE OF THE DAUGHTER OF SIR CHARLES MORGAN, BART, OF TREDEGAR PARK, MONMOUTH SHIRE. — This happy event—so long the subject of in terest in the fashionable world, of the marriage of Rosa mend Marianne, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, Barr., to William Henry Marsham Style, Esq., eldest son of Captain S , yle, to-,k place on Monday, at the family church, Basseleg, Monmouthshire. The event gave rise to a general rejoicing throughout the county, and many thousands, including most of the leading families, con gregated to witness the ceremony, which was performed by the uncle of the bride, the Rev. Augustus Morgan, the vicar of Machen, assisted by the rector of the parish an which the marriage W4S solemnised. Upon the return of the party to the family mansion, a numerous and dis tinguished party sat down to a magnificent breakfast, at the conclusion of which the youthful bride and bride groom started for Ruperra Castle (one of the family mansions of the House of Tredegar), where they pur pose liaising the honeymoon. In the evening Sir Charles and Lady Morgan entertained a distinguished company, and numerous dinners were given at various parts of the estate to the tenantry and labourers in the service of the family. PLACES TO BE AVOIDED.—Bow - street after twelve o'cl ( k at night, Chancery-Jane the first day of term, a halfpenny steamer on Whitsun Monday, and Holywell street at all times.—Punch's dilmanack. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN:G, DECEMBER 21, 1848. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 21.—Wind this day at noun E., mode rate brt ze, and fine clear frosty weather. Pressure of the wind 411 b per foot. Barometer, 30.42. Thermo meter, 34. WIND AND WEATHER, THIS DAY, 9 A.M. Cola ester S.E., tine. Gosport N.N.E., frosty. Lt wes:ntt Portsmouth Southampton N., hard frost and fine. Y armou th,. ....... E., fine and frosty. WEXFORD, DEC. 19.—The Ewaha, Demiton, from Constantinople, was on shore on Bannoro Bay yester day and went to pieces, and not the Aspasia,as reported. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. L'Union, Guadeloupe; Allen, New York, with most of the out ward bound. The Foam, late of London, has arrived hire from the Cape de Verds, under charge of an officer of her Majesty's ship Racer. PENZANCE, DEC. 19.—A gaff, with part of the main sail attached, identified by the maker's name on it, •` Jennings, St. lies," to have belonged to the James We arne, has been brought in here. FISHGUARD, DEC. 18 —The Royal George barque, of Milford, foundered in Broad Sound 17th inst.; crew drowned. LOWESTOFT, DEC. 20.—Wind E., strong.—The Al bion has been got off the Carton Sand, after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and discharging a portion of remainder. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20.—Sld Washirgton steamer, New York. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind E.—Arrd. Rhyn, Brandlight, Cuba. Sld. Fairy Queen, Algoa Bay; He lene, Havannah. WATERFORD, DEC. 19.—The Jenne Vincent, from Bordeaux to Cork, reported on shore in Tranmore Bay, has entirely broken up; crew saved. The Little Queen, of Youghal, in running in the harbour, between Creden Head and W oodborough, was abandoned by the crew, and has become a total wreck. KINSALE, DEC. 18.—The Berenice, of and from Havre to Genoa, was stranded yesterday on Gam thtown Strand, Conrtmashery Bay, and has become a total wreck; four of the crew drowned. DINGLE, DEC. 18.—A vessel was stranded on Jack Island,; and is now high and dry. CLYDE, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Rowallan, Bolton, Porto Rico. Sid. Pollock, New Orleans; Actaeon, ditto, 19th, Christian, Jamaica; Helen, Newfoundland. OFF THE WIGHT.—FIott, Havighorst, Porto Plata, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Masonic, llarthorn, Savannah; Louisiana, Barstow, New York; China, Attridge, Quebec. Sid. Aden, Hong Kong; Crossede, Calcutta; Judith, Lima; Astarti, Buenos Ayres; Liverpool, Rio Janeiro; Ann, Maranham; Ma truchia, Demerara; Arena, Jamaica; Partan, Vera Cruz; Laetitia, Akbar, Parthenon, Princess Royal, Monument, William Pirie, Achilles, Alice Wilson, and Kentucky, all for New Orleans; Virginia, Mobile; Challenge, Wil mington; John Marshall, Alexandria, United States; Gondor, Lotus, and Caledonia, Savannah; George, St. Thomas; North Carolina, Charleston; Oxford, New York. The Minton, reported under the head of Kinsale, 18th Dec., as wrecked near Oysterhaven, is supposed to be the Milton, from Palermo to this port. The Musco norno, from Baltimore (discharged) took fire this morn ing in the Albert Dock, which was extinguished with trifling damage. ST. IVES, DEC. 19.—The Welcome Return, off and for Falmouth, from Wales, got in contact with a vessel, name unknown, off the Landsend, and ran into this port in a sinking state; mate missing. BELFAST, DEC. 19.—The James Clark, of this pat, Sligo to Liverpool, drove on shore at Larne, is expected off. The Elizabeth, of this port, is also on shore, but is expected off. The James, of this port, on shore 15th inst., has been got off. The Ruby, of this port, drove on shore at Larne, 15th inst., is expected off. The Edward and James, Liverpool to Glenarin, drove on shore in the gale, 15th inst., but is expected off. The Liberator, Liverpool to Westport, has put into Donaghadee, with cargo shifted, &c. The Francis and Mary, of White haven, for Dublin, put in here, 16th inst., with loss of bowsprit and other damage, having been in contact with the Perseverance of Maryport, which received consider able damage. MARGATE, DEC. 20.—Wind E., strong breeze.—The schooner Sophia, on the Foreness Rock, makes but little water ; cargo discharging. HARWICH, DEC. 20.—Wind S.E., strong.—The barque Gaz!lle, of Bremen, Hamburgh to Dublin, has just put io here very leaky, pumps choked, and part of cargo thrown overboard in a heavy gale off the Texel. Must discharge. The barque Sylph, of Shields, is on shore on the Pye Sands. DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., strong.—Arrd from the river and sld. Duke of Norfolk Jamaica. Arrd. Pollux, Batavia; Isabella, China, for London; Cairo, Hogg, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind E., fresh breeze and fine.—Arrd. George Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec, for London; Samuel, Dixon, London. Sld. Victoria, New York. Off port, Douglas, Montreal, for London. FaLmouGn, Aug. 20. Wind E., moderate breeze and cloudy.—Sld. Jupiter, Santa Martha; Mary and Ellen, Boston; Lady Flora, Cape and Madras. PENZANCE.—Wind N.N. , fresh breeze and fine.— Arrd. The Josephine, from Nantes, and last from St. Ives. SCILLY, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W., strong gale.—Off port, Cicero, of Whitahaven, from Trinidad; captain and steward dead. BIDEFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Secret, Quebec; The Kathleen, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick; Cardiff, for Quebec, has put in here from stress of weather. The V andalia, Newport, for Boston, has put in with cargo Shifted. lIITEHA.VEN, DEC, 20.—Wind, S.—Sld. British Queen, Antigua. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 317 SIXTGATE AWI) ENH These markets were heavily supplied with each kind of Meat, yet the general demand, owing to the favour able change in the weather, was firm at extreme curren cies. Beef. from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 35 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, DEC. 20. For must kinds of prime stock, the supply of which was seasonably good, we had a steady but by no means a brisk demand, at fully last week's quotations, and at which good clearances were effected. Beef, from 3s 6d to 45 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROHFORD, DEC. 20.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs moved off stesdily at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 6d to 45 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s to 43 8d; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. lIAILSHA3I, DEC. 20.—Our market was well supp lied with meat for Christmas consumption. Generally speak ing the demand was firm, at moderately high prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 44 10d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, DEC. 19.—We had a steady trade to-day, on the following terms :—Beef, from 4s to 43 8d; Mutton, 4s 4d to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 45 to 4s lid per 81bs. CHICHESTER, .DEC. 6.—Beasts and Sh e ep sold at full prices. Other kinds of stock were rather dull in sale. Beet, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 4s to .5s 2d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4 s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suck ling Calves, 183 to 24s ; and quarter-old Store Pigs 16s to 21s each. HAY MARKETS. .SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 93 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 108 to 31 15s ; Clover ditts, 8/ lOs to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per load. Supply but moerate, and trade rather dull. W HIT ECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 8s per loud. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 21, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Insdectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT.' BARLEY.' 1 1 OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. PRICE • . I 47s 6d I 3ls 4d I 18s Ild I 29s 8d I 34s 3d 38s id DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I C. I BEANS. PEAS. 7s Od 2s Od 3s Od 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT'. AnsoN.—Henry Cook, 26, pleaded Guilty to an in dictment charging him with setting fire to au outhouse and other premises, at Plumstead, in Kent, and was sentenced by Mr. Commissioner Bullock to seven years' transportation. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.-7hornas Powell, 22, a mariner; Guildford Hyde Watts, 24, a sailor; and James Lewis, 54, also a sailor, were indicted with stealing, on the 11th of August last, nine packages of gold dust, con • taining 1,700 ounces, of the value of 7,0001., the pro perty of Andrew Swanzy and others, in a vessel calls d The Lemuel, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Clarke conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parry defended the prisoners. Mr. BALLANTINE stated the case for the prosecution to the jury, and from his statement it appeared that the prisoner Powell was chief mate, and Watts and Lewis were seamen on board the Lemuel ; that Captain Vickerman, the commander of that brig, had received for delivery in England several packages of gold dust frean merchants in Africa, and that the three prisoners had, in the absence of the captain, in consequence of illness, broken into the place in which the property wus deposited, stolen the packages and other property, and escaped in the gig of the vessel to a part of the coast ; that one of the packages was the property of Mr. Swauzy, an African merchant, who immediately went in pursuit, and captured the thievts amongst many of the natives, who had taken possession of the gold dust. Swanzy was fortunate enough to recover the whole of the gold dust with the exception of about five ounces. The Learned Counsel then called the following wit nesses:— Mr. Goodman, the clerk at the Mansion-house, who produced a box of gold dust that lie had received from one of the superintendents of the Thames Police. George Vickerman, was master of the brig Lemuel, of Bristol, which anchored in the roads of Elinina on the 27th of July in the present year. On arriving there he caused notice to be given to several of the merchants of the Gold Coast, Western Africa, that he intended sailing for England on the Stli of August, sad that all gold freight should be delivered to him on or before that day, and he received from several parties eight boxes gad pack ages, stated by them to contain gold dust, one of a hich war. from Mr. Andrew Swanzy, a merchant residing at Annamaboe, to be conveyed as freight to England. That parcel contained 150 ounces, and was directed to Messrs. Foster and Smith, London. As he received them he placed them in the corner of his bed-room, in Elmina, to which he was then confined by illness, but he did not leave the room while any part of the property was there. On the 9th he delivered eight of the packages to his second mate, Thomas Price, to take on board and de la , sit them in the state-room. Next day he delivered one other package to Price to deposit in the same place, being too ill to go himself, and he rtceived the key of the room. On the 11th he received from Price the following letter:— " Sir,—l am sorry to inform you of what occurred this morning. The mate, Watts, and old Lewis went away this morning at about half-past three o'clock, taking with them all the gold, two chronometers, cabin-dial, fire-arms, cutlasses, &c. They went in one of their own boats, in which the mate came to me to wish me good-bye. I then roused all hands, but they had all things ready in the boat. They went to sea, and I have had the ensign hoisted, union down all the morn ing. I could not let you know before. They have broke all the lockers. I hope you will be able to come on board.— I remain 3 our obedient, " T. PRICE." Witness then applied to the Governor of Elmina for offi cers of police to accompany him on board the ship, where they found the panel of the starboard state•room burst in, both lockers broken open, and that all the be xt s of gold dust, the value of which was about 7,0001., the whole weight being 1,760 ounces, were missing. lle also missed a small box which had contained two watches, from the same locker. and his two chronometers from the library, and other articles, amongst which were four cutlasses. Price, the second mate, gave him a portion of the box which had contained the watches. The three prisoners, who bad been on board till he left the ship, were all absent, but without his permission, neither had they any authority to go to a place called Corman tine, nor had he told any one of them that any thing had been forgotten there, nor had they authority to take any portion of the gold dust or the other articles to which he had referred, from the ship. He also missed the boat called the " captain's gig" from the vessel. They had no permission to take that boat. In three days after the robbery he went to Cape Coast Castle, near Elmina, and found the three prisoners in custody there; and he also saw there his two chronometers and other property of his own, and the gold dust in bulk, which was not in the state in which he had received it. The gig bad been brought up to Cape Coast from An numaboe. When the prisoners were examined at Cape Coast Castle he heard Powell say before the magistrates that he was so drunk that he did not know whet he had done; and he heard the others say that they were drunk. Powell also said, upon going into the cabin, that he had taken the gold dust. The witness underwent a short cross-examination by Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parry, but his evidence in chief was not shaken by it. .. ..._ . _ Thomas Price, the second officer on board the Lemuel, was entrusted, on the 10th of August last, by Bicker man with nine boxes of gold dust, which he locked up safe in the state cabin, and saw them safe on the night of the 10tb. He was called up in the night by Powell, to wish him good-bye. Powell was then on the quarter deck, and witness asked him where he was going? He made no answer ; and by the time witness got to the gangway Powell was in the boat, and Watts and Lewis with him. He saw in the boat the boxes he had locked up. Witness then called to the people on board, and afterwards called to Powell, and said " You are very foolish, for you will be caught;" to which he re plied, " We hare begun with it, and we will go through with it." Heard one of the prisoners say they had no water on board, but it was no use to go back after it. Witness had no boat to go after them; and on going down to the locker and state room he found it broken open, the panels of the state-room broken in, and the property gone. He then wrote to the captain, and he came on board about nine o'clock the next morning. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—CouId not say that Powell was thoroughly drunk, but he had been drunk a good portion of the time. Benjamin Catchpole examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am master of the brig Tweed, of London. On the 11th of August my brig was lying off the Gold Coast. The Lemuel was lying at Elmina, and I was 24 or 25 miles off. At about eleven o'clock the watch gave me information, and I went upon deck and found Powell and Watts on board my vessel. The gig of the Lemuel was lying alongside, and the prisoner Lewis was in the gig. I asked the chief mate into my cabin, but before he went down he said he was bound to Cormantine,which was about two and a half miles or three miles from where I was lying. When be came to the cabin, he said all the things had been left behind at Cormantine, and he had been sent for them. He thought of leaving in about an hour to go, but as the sea was very heavy I persuaded him to stop till the morning. He did not appear other wise than sober; but I did not exactly like his manner. It was not as if he was in liquor. They stopped till about six in the morning. I observed a bag of some thing in the boat, which .1 took for clothing and provi sions. Having observed when they left the ship that they pulled in shore, and as they got in they edged away to go in a different direction from Cormantine, my suspicions were excited, and I lowered one of my boats to pursue them ; but upon second thoughts I went to Mr. Swaozy, and told him what I suspected, and steps were taken to follow the prisoners, and I saw them in custody of Mr.Swanzy about the middle of the same day. Mr. Andrew Swanzy, examined by Mr. BALLANTINE, said, lam commandant, and also a merchant, residing at the Annamaboe Fort, on the Gold Coast, Africa. On the 12th of August I received a communication from Captain Catchpole, and in consequence I ordered my canoe to be manned, and went with him on board the Tweed, and sent a man to the masthead to look out for the gig of the Lemuel, but it could not be seen. I then pursued in the direction Captain Catchpole informed me they had taken, keeping a distance from the shore, so as to see on shore and out to sea ; and about half-past eleven I got sight of a boat, with the aid of my teles cope. close to the serf—as near as shecould be with safety, and I immediately had my boat pulled to her, and found it was the gig of the Lemuel, and that Powell and Lewis were in the gig, lying on their oars. When I got within about forty yards of the boat, t hey pulled in shore towards the beach, and I did so also, and landed about forty yards from the gig, which was then lying close to the water's edge. Powell and Lewis were standing close by, and immediately afterwards Watts appeared with a great number of the natives. Some of the natives had possession of a large clothes bag, and one had two boxes containing chronometers in his hand, and two or three of the others had cutlasses in their possession, which they gave up directly upon being ordered by me so to do. I said to the prisoners, " You are my prisoners;" and one of them, I cannot say which, said the bag contained valuable property; and Watts said that the mate's jacket had fallen into the hands of the natives, and that there was a small quantity of gold dust in it. I after wards got the jacket, but not the gold dust. I tied up the bag, and gave it into the charge of canoe teen. I also found a small trunk, containing fish-hooks, &c. I took the prisoners and property on board the canoe, to the Fort of Annamaboe, and next day I took them to Cape Coast Castle, where they were examined before a magistrate. I found amongst the other property three packages of gold dust, of 50 oz. each, which I sent to the Lemuel, and which I had valued at about 5901. They had alsomy seal uponatct o h : s m t , C and had e th en various r b i o e u e n broken. s articles had produced found, and Mr. Vickerman, in my presence, and in the presence of the prisoners, identified them as belonging to him. The box, which had been produced by Mr. Goodman, the clerk at the Mansion-house, was then opened by Forrester, and Mr. Swanzy identified several of the packages of gold dust contained in it as his property. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON, who was counsel for the prisoner Powell, did not feel himself justified in saying anything to the jury on his behalf. Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the other two prisoners, contending that they had acted under the orders of Powell, that he alone was the guilty party, and that had they disobeyed his orders he might have put them in irons immediately, he being at the time, in con sequence of the absence and illness of the captain, master of the vessel. Several witnesses gave Powell a good character. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty; and Mr. Baron ROLFE sentenced them all to seven years transportation. Lewis, on leaving the dock, declared, in a most ener getic manner, that he was as innocent as a lamb. THE EMBEZZLEMENT AND ARSON AT THE CAM BERWELL BREWERY.—SamueI Smith Michleburg, who was convicted yesterday of embezzling the money of his master, Mr. Fleming, the brewer of Camberwell, was then placed in the dock to receive the sentence of the Court, the Learned Judge not having sentenced him yesterday. Mr. Baron ROLFE, after a feeling address to the pri soner, sentenced him to seven years' transportation. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) William Richards and John Arlvright, one a labourer , and the oth e r a grocer , were indicted for unlawfully conspiring together to obtain from Louis Vandell the sum of 201., with intent to cheat him thereof. The prosecutor, a S cotc h sa il or , came to town 011 2 the 9 thinstant, for the first time, and while he was admiring the architectural beauties of Buckingham Palace, the first prisoner entered into conversation with him, and seeing that the prosecutor was a stranger in the metro polis, he invited him to go and see the Wellington sta tue: Subsequently they adjourned to a public-house, and whilst they were there the second prisoner came in and asked the way to Chancery-lane, adding that a brother had left him an estate in Demerara, and as he had borrowed 100/. to commence a law-suit for the re covery of the property, he was going to see a lawyer about it. Richards advised him, if he had possession of the 100/., to have nothing to do with lawyers; and, turn ing to the prosecutor, he said, " There is a friend of mine, who has just come from the West s; perhaps he can tell you something about the estate." Ark wright, after congratulating himself upon being so fur tunate in meeting with a person who knew something of the West Indies, described the property which had been left him as a slave estate, which excited the suspicions of the prosecutor as to the character of his companions, and his suspicions were confirmed upon Arkwright expressing his determination to take Richards's advice, and have nothing to do with the lawyers. But then, what was he to do with the 1001.? Richards suggested that he had better lend his friend the prosecutor 501. of it, at 51. per cent. interest. He had no objection, ho said, to do this, but before he advanced the cash he required that the prosecutor should satisfy him that he was a man of substance by producing 20/. The prosecutor replied that he had riot so much with him, but he was going to receive his pay on the Monday, and if his friends would meet him in the course of that day at the White Hart, in Union -street, Borough, he would be prepared with the 20/. The prisoners con sented to this arrangement, but in the meantime the prosecutor consulted a police-officer on the matter, and it was agrt ed that tho appointment on the Monday should be kept, but instead of the 20l being produced the prosecutor was to exhibit the cheque for the amount. On the Monday, however, the prisoners required that the 20/. should be in gold, and one of them produced a purse which seemed to be filled with bank-notes, which, when examined after they were paid to the prosecutor, were discovered to be Hash." _ The RECORDER regretted ihat tho case did not go far enough to constitute a conspiracy. The prosecutor should have allowed some money to pass between them, and then they might have been transported. In the absence of that proof, however, there was no evidence of a conspiracy, and the prisoners must be acquitted. The jury accordingly Acquitted the prisoners. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY.) James Rogers, a young man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with at tempting to utter a brass medal purporting to be a so vereign. The prisoner, it appeared, went into the house of Mr. Cator, a licensed victualler ' in Park-street, Gros venor-square, about ten o' c lock last night, and called fur a glass of brandy, in payment for which he ten dered the medal produced, and demanded bis change. The trick was, however, discovered, and as the defen dant persisted that the medal was a genuine sovereign, he was given into custody. Police. constable G 97 proved taking the prisoner into custody, On their way to the station the defendant dropped two shillings on the pavement, which witness took possession of. The defendant denied all knowledge of the coin being a counterfeit. He was highly respectable, and would not be guilty of such an act as that imputed to him. Mr. BINGHAM said he could not let him go till some further inquiries were made about him. He could not help fancying that the defendant had been practising similar tricks prior to this. He should, therefore, re mand him till Tuesday next. CITY ELECTIONS.—(THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas's Day. according to annual custom wardmotes were held by the several Aldermen in their respective wards, for the purpose of electing Com mon Councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing year. In several wards the old members, being unop posed, were consequently re-elected; and in those wards which are contested there is a total absence of that ex citement which has been apparent on similar occasions. CORNHILL WARD.—(RETURNS Six MEMBERS.) Sir J. Pirie, Bart., Alderman. The following were re -elected :—Messrs. E. Harrison, John Carter, Robert Deber, James Waterlow, R. Ran• dell, John Hunter. ALDG ATE WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.) J. Humphery, Esq., M.P., Alderman. The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs. Lake, Massey, Fisher, Clifton, Turnley, Bucknell, Free man, Whiteside. PORTSOKEN WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.) F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman. The following gentlemen were proposed to serve as Common Councilmen:—Messrs. Wright, Kilbee, Hay ward, Danford, Christie, Thompson, Barker, Jutsum, Vile (new member). LIAIE•STREET W RD.--(FOUR MEMBERS.) C. Farubrother, Esq., Alderman. The following were re-elected:—Messrs. D. Cook, (D. puty), J. B. Simpson, T. Symonds, W. Simpson. BROAD STREET WARD.—(Erour MEMBERS.) The following were re-elected :—Messrs. T. Corney (Deputy), R. W. Jupp, C. Wharton, T. W. Foster, S T. Gadsden, W. Marriott, S. Baker, H. Brown. COLEMAN STREET WARD.—(EIGHT MEMBERS.) W. Hunter, Esq., Alderman. The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs. Allen, Hill, Hall, Johnson, Davis, Bracher, Perkins, Webster. BISHOPSGATE WARD. W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., Alderman. The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs. Stevens fatten, (Dep r uty i ti er:odn Peacockwe ,ale (ditto), , Carr, Johnson, Ashby, Thomas, Jones, Sharland, Gilpin, Hopgood. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. T. Challis, E•q., Alderman. _ . The following were returned;—Messrs. Dixon, R. E. Jones, W. King, J. Johnson, T. Eldred, Meadway, F. Sadler. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the plea sure grounds at an early hour this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the other Royal Children took pony and walking exercise to-day in the adjacent rides and walks. The Court will, it is expected, leave Osborne to morrow (Thursday) morning for Windsor Castle. His Excellency Mehemed Pacha, Ambassador from Turkey, who arrived here on Saturday last, paid his official visit to Lord Palmerston at the Foreign-office, and was introduced by Prince Callimaki. Prince Callimaki, a ho, for two years arid a half has occupied the post of Ottoman Envoy Extraordi• nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at this Court, leaves London in a day or two for Paris, where he is accredited in the sime capacity. Mr. J. Abel Smith had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Rome-office. Lieutenant Waghorn had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial• office. Lori Campl;ell left town yesterday for Hartrigge House, Roxhurghshire. On Monday and Tuesday the royal alms were dis tributed, under the auspices of the Lord High Almoner (the Bishop of Oxford) and the Sub-Almoner (the Rev. Dr. Jelf), by Joseph Hanby, Esq., the Secre tary and Yeoman of the Royal Almondry, to upwards of 900 poor and aged persons, who received a crown each. The Royal Gate Alms were also paid to 168 aged and infirm persons, each receiving thirteen shillings, being sixpence per week for the past half• year. The ages varied from 60 to 100 year, and many were relieved under those ages, who were suffering from blindness, paralysis, and severe bodily infirmity. THE PALACE OF THE ELYSE' BOURBON.—The Palace of the Elysee National (formerly the Ely tee Bourbon), which has just been placed at the disposal of President Bonaparte, bore the name of the " Hotel d'Evreux" at the commencement of the last century having been built in the year 1718, by Lieutenant-Ge neral the Count d'Evreux, Governor of the royal chateau of Monceaux. Madame de Pompadour, the infamous mistress of Louis XV., purchased the palace from the Evreux family, and retained possession of it up to the period of her death in 1764. The Hotel d'Evreux then passed into the hands of the financier Beaujon, who sold it, in 1786, to Louis X.VI. The revolutionary Govern merit converted it into national property, and it remained untenanted under the Republic; but under the Empire it came into the possession of Murat, the King of Naples; and at the period of the second restoration it was an nexed to the State domains. The law, which, in 1830, settled the civil list of the ex-King Louis Philippe, as signed the Elysee Bourbon as the residence of the ex• Queen ArcAS ie, in the event of her surviving her hus band. The Elyse i Bourbon is the last palace inhabited by the Emperor Napoleon. It was hero that he resided after the battle of Waterloo, and it was there that a few (lays afterwards he abdicated in favour of the King of Rome. tip to the present moment the palace has been one of the " lions" of Paris, and a sort of show-place to strangers. It is en tered from the Rue Faubourg St. HonoriS by a spacious quadrangular courtyard. After ascending a lofty flight of steps, the visitor is conducted to the suite of apartments on the first story. They include the bed chamber occupied by Napoleon during the 100 days, and the council- room in which the Emperor Alexander trans acted business during the occupation of Paris by the allied armies in the spring of 1814. These rooms are furnished with some splendour, and are adorned with several fine paintings. The garden at the rear of the palace extends as far as the Champs Elysies. ANECDOTES OF THE ARISTOCEACY,BY J. B. BURRY ' Esq., Author of "The Landed Gentry, „ "The Peerage, , ' &c.; 2 Vols.—We are requested to state that the above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had of all booksellers. Also, 2, Adventur es i n B orneo , Dedicated to his Excellency Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., &c.; 1 vol., 7s. 6d. bound. 3. Chateaubriand's Me m oirs of Ills Own Times, Part 2 , price only 2s. 6d. 4. The Castlereagh Letters and Dispatches; 2 vols., 28s. 5. The 11th and 12th volumes of Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, completing the work. 6. The 4th volume of the new edition of Pepy's Diary and Correspondence, 10s. 6 I.; to be compl ete d i n one more volume. 7. A second edition of Mr. Ross' Yacht Voyage in Lord Rodney's cutter The Iris, 1 vol., 105. 6d. bound. And, 8 (just ready), Sam Slick's new work, The Old Judge; or, Life in a Colony; two vols. DEATH OF JOHN DAVENPORT, ,ESQ., FORMERLY M.P. FOR THE POTTERIES. — Di ed, OR the 12 t h i ns t an t, at his seat, Westwood Hall, i n this eounty, aged 84, John Davenport, Esq., a Deputy - Lieutenant of the county, and late Member for the borough of Stoke-upon Trent. Mr. Davenport commenced his career towards the close of the last century, when the man u f ac t u ring interests of the country were beginning to devolve their greatness. He entered the Potteries an almost friend less youth; but he had resolute determination and perse vering industry on his side, and he lived to attain com mercial eminence and a large fortune. He commenced business in 1794, and was remarkably successful in all his undertakings. Mr. Davenport was one of the Mem bers for the Potteries from the passin g o f t h e R e f orm Bill in 1E32 to the dissolution of Parliament iu 1841, when he was induced, by advancing years, to decline the request of his friends for a renewed offer of his services. As a politician he adhered to the Conservative party, and was a warm admirer of the Duke of Wellington.- IVolverhampton Chronicle. LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN DUBLIN AND NEW YORK.—We are happy to state that a regular line of packets, to be called " The Shamrock Lint," has been started, to run direct between Dublin and New York. We need not point out the benefits of this arrange ment; for, although the projectors cannot, perhaps, ex pect at present much outward freight beside the emigra tion of the poorer classes, the saving of time, expense of transhipment at Liverpool, and other more en t er p r i s i n g ports, with brokerages, shipping charges, &c., in bring ing goods here, will be a large pr o fit i n i tse lf , to sa y n o thing of the advantages to the port of Dublin from the regular visits of these vessels.—Dublin Pilot. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Another version of the Cutlas for Two of the Prin cess's was produced here yesterday evening, under the more catching title of Your Life's in Danger. The inci dents are precisely the same, and the dialogue nearly identical, some slight changes in names and localities being all the recognisable difference. As we gave an outline of the Princess's plot in our notice of yesterday it will be unnecessary to repeat it here. All we shall say is, that the Ha)mgrket version, with Keeley for its hero, went off most triumphantly, and was announced for repetition amid thunders of applause. The Hay market version is from the practised pen of Mr. Madison Morton. FRAM CE. _The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— The bureaux yesterday examined the Bill relating to the responsibility of the President and the Minis ! , ters. In general it was considered that it would not be prudent to insert in the Bill too many details and definitions, particularly in what concerned the cases of treason, attempts at infraction of the Constitution, &c., on the part of the President. M. Vivien declared himself to be of that opinion, and mentioned in sup port of his views, that the American law dealt alto gether in general terms as to reprehensible acts on the part of the President of the Republic, making use of the following expression :—" And all other acts of bad conduct." M. Tassel declared, that whilst he agreed with the opinion just put forth, he thought Art. 4 of the Bill brought forward by M. Cremieux ought to be preserved, enumerating, as it did, as a case of high treason, and drawing with it the immediate downfal of the President, any attempt to prorogue the Assembly, or to throw obstacles in the way of its exercising its right to act and delibe rate. Several other Members appeared to share in this opinion. According to the last accounts from Lyons the price of silks has considerably increased, and busi ness, which was suspended during the election for President of the Republic, has resumed activity. At Lille also, and indeed throughout the department, there has been a marked improvement in business in general since the middle of last week, and particu larly i n th e beet. root sugar manu f ac t or ies. The rise in prices is said to be about ten per cent. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Webster is certainly the most enterprising and the most liberal of lessees. It was only yesterday morning that Mr. Charles Dickens's Christmas volume, The .Haunted Man, and the Ghost's Bargain, was published, and last night a dramatic version of it, written and acted and put on the stage with the greatest care, was produced, and produced with a degree of success which promises well to reward the lessee for the spirit with which he invariably caters for the amuse ment of his patrons. It is a work of the merest supererogation to detail the plot. Every reader by this time has read the book and has formed his own judgment as to the merits or demerits of the story. In the Adelphi dramatic version the tale is as literally reproduced from the work as is compatible with dra matic exigencies, and even where it has been neces sary to turn what in the work is description into dialogue in the drama, the words of the author have been preserved wherever that is possible, so that the drama may be said to be by Charles Dickens as well as the book. Mr. Dickens could not have had a more conscientious adapter. The character of Redlaw, the haunted man, " taciturn, thoughtful, gloomy, shadowed by habitual reserve, retiring always, jocund never," the man haunted by "an awful likeness of himself "—the man who accepts the fatal gift of oblivion of his own wrongs on condition that he shall impart that gift of oblivion to all whom he approaches, was admirably sustained by Mr. Hughes. It is a long, and in some respects a thankless character, with much to say and little to do, and scarcely any opportunity of making a point. Mr. Hughes, however, thoroughly en tered into the spirit of his author, and depicted the gloomy, moody, melancholy, disappointed man with a force and power that we have never seen opened, since we saw last Young in Penruddock. Not only is Red law oneot . the very best things that Mr. Hughes ,has yet done, but it is one of the very best things that has been done at the Adelphi fur some time. 0. Smith was the phantom, and a:rnost ghastly ghostly phantom he ap peared. It appeared really doubtful whether he were a thing of flesh and blood, or only thin air. The illu sion was made the more complete by the gradual manner in which the vanishing of the phantom was managed—it _evaporated rather than disappeared, and by the adaptation of sliding machinery it glided noiselessly from place to place without lifting its feet. Miss Woolgar was Milly, the " calm and quiet wife" of William Swidger, and exquisitely did she portray this beautiful incarnation of every feminine virtue. The Swidgers, old Philip and young Wil liam, were excellently acted by Lambert and Munyard, and the Boy, "the young monster, a child who never had been child," the type of thousands who infest our streets, of those unfortunate neglected children who people our prisons and our hulks, and for the reformation of whom our ragged schools are instituted, was acted with immense power, truthfulness, and intensity by Miss Ellen Chaplin. Her making up of the character was magnificent ; t here was no attempt to hide the squalor of the boy, no coquettish endeavour to look pretty in rags ; with true artistic feeling she forgot Miss Ellen Chaplin in the boy, and was the very boy him self. The Tetterby group was admirably delineated ; Wright made up A. Tetterby and Co. in excellent style, and produced an immensely hu morous effect from his peculiar method of wiping " up" his nose. His acting too was full of unc tion, and the scene in which he has to keep the eight juvenile Tetterbys in order, con vulsed the audience with laughter. Mrs. Frank Matthews was delightfully short and snap pish as Mrs. Tetterby—her manner of cutting the bread and butter was superb. Master Wood ward played the part of Johnny Tetterby with a depth of feeling and power and dramatic talent which in other days would have procured for him the title of a " Young Roscius." There is "stuff" about this clever boy, and if he be pro perly cared for he will one day be a great actor. The scenes are fan similes of the illustrations of the book, and the whole went off with the greatest success. The house was crowded. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The season will commence on Monday, Jan. 15, when, in addition to the established entertainment of comedy and vaudeville, Mr. Mitchell purposes intro ducing the opera comique, fur which he has engaged a very efficient company. The repertoire will com prise many light operas, in one act, as well as the most popular modern works of Auber and others, of which the following is a list : Le Maitre de Chapelle Music by Pair. Le Nouveau Seigneur Le Tableau Parlant „ Gretry. Le Valet de Chambre „ Carafa. Richard Cceur de Lion L'Eau Merveilleuse . Le Panier „ Thomas. Adolphe et Clara ... „ Dalayrac. La 14 idele Berger Le Domino Noir . „ Auber. L'Ambassadrice Fra Diavolo . . Auber. La Dame Blanche ... „ Boyeldieu. The company will be numerous and complete. Amongst the principal members we may mention Mdlle. Chartan, of the Opera Comique, Paris ; Mdlle. Morel, Mdlle. Guichard, from Brussels ; and Mdlle. Constance Martial, from the Theatre of Mons ; M. Couderc, of the Opera Comique, Paris; AI. Beauce, baritone, of the same Theatre; and M. Bonnamy, tenors leger of the theatre of Lyons. The orchestra will be selected from the bands of her Majesty's The atre and the Royal Italian Opera. Tolbecque, Baret, Baumann, Lazarus, Filet, Deloffre, Newsham, &c., are already engaged. WOOLWICH, WEDNESDAY. EXPERIMENTS IN TIIE MARSHES.—CoIoneI Dun das, C. 8., Inspector of Artillery, and Lieutenant- Colonel Chahner, Assistant Director General of Artillery, attended in the Marshes, at two o'clock P.M. to-day, to witness experiments with a new de scription of 32-pounder shell, submitted by Captain Thistle, of the American army, who was also present. Captain Thistle's shell is formed very similar in shape to a sugar loaf, only rather more tapeling at the point into which a nipple is inserted, and grooves are made along the cone, nearly its entire length, in a slightly curved form, which caused the shell, apparently, when fired, to go forward in a straight direction, as an arrow, instead of revolving in the same manner as the common circular shells. The first round fired was from a 32-pounder gun, charged with 4lbs. of powder, and one of Captain Thistle's shells, and its range, when it struck the ground, was about 550 yards. The second round was fired from an 8-inch gull, with a charge of 41bs. of powder, and one of the usual 8-inch shells of the service, weighing about sGlbs., and its range when it fell was found to be 850 yards. The third round was tired from the 32-pounder gun, with 4lbs. of powder and one of Captain Thistle's shells, and its range was ascertained to be 950 yards. The fourth round was fired from the 8-inch gun with the same weight of charge and 56-pounder shell, and ranged 875 yards. The fifth round was from the 32-pounder gun, with the same weight of powder as the first and third rounds and one of Captain Thistle's shells, and its range was about 550 yards. The sixth round from the 8 inch gun, with 4lbs. of powder and 56- pounder shell, ranged 875 yards. Captain Thistle did not appear at all satisfied with the firing of his shells, declaring that with 41bs. of powder, when he tried them in America, they never ranged less than 950 yards. The Captain previous to the seventh round being fired, ran up to the ammunition boxes, and took up the next charge with which the 32- pounder was supplied from the box whence the 8-inch gun charges were supplied, and the Gallant Officers of the select committee allowed the Captain to have his own way. The result of the firing of the seventh round was about the same, as near as possible, of the first and second of the 32-pounder shell on his prin ciple, 550 yards. The eighth round from the 8-inch with the changed charge of powder, gave the same result as the other three rounds fired from it, about from 850 to 875 yards. The experiments with the shells having been completed with the results stated, a charge of 41bs. of powder was put into the 3 4 - pounder gun with a 32-pounder solid shot, and the range was found to be 1,000 yards. A second round i was fired with a similar charge and solid shot, with the same result, 1 , 000 yards. All the rounds of both g uns were fired at an elevation of 3 degrees, an d showed that the service of the guns and the shells used in the British service could be depended upon, when Captain Thistle's shells only in one instance made a range of 950 yards, and the three others only 550 yards, with the same advantage in every respect. What is the difference between a law stationer and his clerk ?—Whilo the latter merely engrosses the deeds, the former engrosses the profits.—Puppet Show. A U STRIA. -- ---- The Breslau Gazette states that a rumour was cur rent at Vienna on the 12th, that the Hungarians had proclaimed a Republic, with Kossuth at the bead of it. The Voss Gazette gives the same news direct from Pesth. The Volkshalle, on the contrary, announces that Kossuth had been proclaimed King, under the name of Louis IV. A letter from Prague of the 12th states that a conflict between a Hungarian regiment of hussars and the inhabitants had taken place at Klattau, in the course of which frightful carnage was perpetrated. The Prager Zeitung, under the date Kramsier, the 10th of December, gives the following account of the respective members of the different parties in the Austrian Diet : " There are 109 deputies from Galicia, 35 of whom belong to the Sclavonian Club, which constitutes the Right of the Assembly; 26 members belong to the Club of the Left; the Germanic-Austrian and the Austrian Clubs (the Centre) ars not represented. The number of Bohemian deputies amounts to 90. They are appor tioned according to the following scale:—Sclavonian Club (Right), 50; Centre, 22; Left, 5. From Moravia there are 43 delegates, 13 of whom belong to the Right, 23 to the Centre, and 7 to the Left. Lower Austria has sent 37 Members, none of whom take their seats on the Right; the Centre is represented by 9 of them, and the Left by 21. The number of Styrian deputies is 21—Right, 3; Centre 10; Left 4. Deputies from tke Tyrol, 19— Sclavonian Club, Right, none; Centre 12; Lett 2. De puties from Upper Austria, 20; none of whom belong to the Right; Centre, 6; Left, 12. Deputies from Illyria, 17—Right, 7; Centre, 5; Left, 1. The Coast Provinces are represented by 12 delegates, 3 of whom belong to the Right; 2to the Centre; and 2to the Left. Ot the 11 Dalmatian members, 3 belong to the Right, and 2 to the Left. " Accordingly, the total number of deputies constitut• ing the Diet amounts to 384. The Right numbers 114, the Centre 89, and the Lett 82. The rest, of 99, either belong to no decided political party, or are split into small fractions. It must, however, be kept in mind that the party divisions depends at least as much upon national sympathies and antipathies as oa general political prin ciples." HAMBURGH. The opening of the Constituent Assembly of 1-lam burgh, elected by universal suffrage, took place on the 14th in the presence of the Senate and the Council of the Ancients. The President by seniority of age delivered an address exhorting all parties to moderation and concord. The Assembly then pro ceeded to elect its officers. LEVANT MAIL. We have received the Constantinople journals to the 4th inst. inclusively. They announce that, by an imperial firman dated the 28th ult., the Sultan had invested Abbas Pacha, grandson of Mehemet Ali, with the government of Egypt. The Journal de Constantinople gives an account of a grand review by the Sultan of the troops of the capital, and adds : " After the review the diplomatic corps was admitted to offer its respects to the Sultan. Count de Sturmer, the Austrian Internuncio, spoke as follows, in the name of his colleagues :—‘ I esteem myself fortunate in being the organ of the diplomatic corps, in expressing its thanks to your Majesty fir having deigned to afford us an opportunity for admiring the discipline and fine order of your troops. The Sultan replied that he was delighted at receiving the representatives of the friendly powers, and relied upon their indulgence for the faults they must have perceived in the re view. Count de Sturmer replied that he had said nothing but the truth in spcakieg of the good order of the Imperial troops, and the mat osuvres they had executed, adding that he would refer to a much more competent judge than himself, General Aupiek, the French Minister. The Reprebtntative of the French Republic then said, • Since my colleague, the Austrian Internuncio, invites me to give my opinion, I will say to your Majesty, that your troops are fine and well disciplined, and that the execution of the different mar oeuvres and evolutions of which we have been witnesses, convinces me that in the day of battle and in the face of an enemy, if your Majesty should have enemies, they will show a good face and ob tain successful results.' The Sultan expressed his satis faction at receiving testimony so flattering, adding that the greater part of the troops were new recruits." We have received also the Athens journals to the Bth ; their contents are without importance. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—The order of the Judges at the Commission prohibiting the publication of the proceed ings in the case of the Queen v. Duffy, has given great dissati,faction to the public, and mortal offence to the press, more especially the Conservative portion, by which it is denounced as unjust and tyrannical. The folly of the proceeding will be strikingly exemplified this morn ing, on the delivery of the London papers of yesterday. which will contain full reports of what occurred at Green-street, on Saturday, while the Dublin journals published yesterday and this morning give them in blank. The Evening Packet threatens to set Judge Perrin at defiance this evening, and publish the proceedings in full . Judge PERRIN—We cannot comply with the request— The prisoner was then called upon to plead. _ . . Mr. &HAGAN, one of his counsel, handed to the clerk of the Crown a plea in abatement, on the ground that the prisoner could not be called upon to plead, inasmuch as two of the grand jury by whom the bills had been found, namely, Walter Sweetman and Patrick Boylan, were not at the time inhabitants and freemen of the city of Dublin. The case was then adjourned to two o'clock, to give the Counsel for the Crown an opportunity of considering what aLswer they would give to the foregoing plea. At two o'clock the law officers returned into court, and were informed by their .Lordships that as they had taken up another case (one on which a woman was charged with having poisoned a man named Thomas Nolan), they should postpone the further hearing of the at goiments in Duffy's case till the following morning (Tuesday). JudgePEasix threw out, that as the Court would protect the prisoner from being injured by the existence of anothtr indictment, it was for the Crown to say whe ther a nolle prosequi should not be entered upon it. DUBLIN. DEC. 20 —The argument of the plea in abatement proceeded yesterday morning, and will last -wring the day. The Attorney-General entered a de murrer, and contended that the common law or the statutes did not disqualify jurors from having any free hold in the county for which they were impannelled in counties of cities, and towns, nor need they necessarily be inhabitants, provided they resided therein, that is, transacted their business, or held their places of busi ness, in the cou n ty, i n th e body of which they were un pannelled ; that at common law every loyal subject was qualified who dwelt within the body of the county. Should this question be decided as it is generally presumed it will, in favour of the prisoner, the effect will be strange and embarrassing to the Crown. This is the third commission since Mr. Duffy first was in dicted, and under the Habeas Corpus Act he is entitled to be now put upon his trial, admitted to bail, or dis charged. As regards the second indictment yet sub sisting, that found in the county, the Crown seems al ready to have abandoned it, and both grand juries having been discharged, no new indictment, either in city or county, can be preferred at this commission. What course then remains to prevent Mr. Duffy's release on bail, unless, indeed, the powers of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act be invoked against him, and be shall be continued in prison under a warrant of the Privy Council? The question of the demurrer was argued yesterday by the Attorney-General; and Mr. John O'Llagan, with Mr. Napier, Q.C., supported the plea. Mr. Ser geant O'Brien replied on the part of the Crown. At the conclusion of the argument the Court intimated that the question to be decided was too grave, and the authorities quoted on both sides were of such numbers and importance, that they could not be considered and judgment upon them prepared to-morrow. The Court, therefore, will not give judgment to day, or probably to morrow. It is likely that the judgment will not be de livered until Saturday. After their Lordships had declared their resolve to ponder on the question, Mr. Justice Perrin adverted to the order prohibiting publication of the proceedings. His Lordship said that some very foolish strictures upon the order promulgated by .the Court had been brought under his notice. He advised these parties to beware. What the Court had directed was within its jurisdiction, and it was determiued that its legal obligation should be enforced. He cautioned those parties how they dis obeyed the order. _ Baron Richards expressed his concurrence in the de termination of his Learned Brother, and in the propriety of the order, and referred to precedents, amongst others those afforded by Lord Ellenborough and Mr. Justice flolroyd. Mr. Duffy then addressed the Court, and said that he would show that the prohibition of publica tion was the cause of substantial injustice towards him. Mr. Justice Perrin said the order was made as well for the protection of the prisoner as the Crown, and it would equally protect both. If, however, the prisoner had anything to urge against the order, let him instruct his counsel to put it forward, sad the Court would give it due weight, otherwise they could not hear anything against the order. TRIAL OF CHARLES GAVAN DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—The Court sat at ten o'clock, when Charles Gavan Duffy was arraigned. The Court gave judgment against the prisoner on his motion to quash the new indictment. Judge PERRIN said that the prisoner had been called upon to plead to an indictment found by the grand jury of the city, charging him with felony, in compassing to depose the Queen, and levy war against her Majesty under the statute of last session. The prisoner had moved through his counsel that the indictment be quashed, on the ground that another indictment was pending, charging the same offence, found by the grand jury of the county of Dublin, and preferred against the prisoner, under tho 6th of George IV., chap. 51. It was now contended that the Crown were bound to abide by the first indictment, so found by the county grand jury, and could not try the prisoner under the in dictment found by the city grand jury; therefore, the indictment ought to be quashed. It was plain upon the authorities that there was no legal objection to the Crown availing itself of a bill of indictment found by the city grand jury while another indictment was pend ing; but the Court were bound to protect the prisoner from suffering any disadvantage, or being tried a second time for the same offence. There were clear authorities establishing that the mere fact of the existence or pending of another indictment for the same offence, was not a sufficient ground for calling upon the Court to quash a fresh indictment. It was so ruled in a case referred to in " The King v. Stratton," cited by Mr Butt, the case of " The King v. Wells," 3d. Barrowes, and also in Ist Blackstone's Reports. It was not illegal, as appeared by the authorities to which he had refer red, before the statute, to have a second bill found, so that it seemed difficult to hold, that where there was no provision in the Act they should imply the existence of a provision restraining the Crown from preparing a second bill in the place where the offence was committed, and where, upon further consideration and reflection, the first officer of the Crown might deem it fit and proper to proceed. No doubt the Court, at the same time,would take care to prevent any oppression, or any vexatious use or abuse of the proceeding; but no authority was adduced to show that one of several indictments (where more than one had been preferred, as in the case of a larceny in a stage coach) was either in va lid, or better than the other. He was of opinion that there was nothing in the statute prohibiting the Attorney-General from sending up a fresh bill of indictment in the county of the city, although a bill of indi c t ment had been found, or might be found, in the county. He did not think that the Court could imply a provision, the effect of which would be to deprive the Crown of the power of enforcing the due administration of justice by proffering a fit and pruper bill, if i t were the opinion of the responsible ad visers of the Crown that that was the preferable course to take. His Lordship then proceeded to show that the indictment was only one-third the size of the previous indictment, and neither the Court nor the Coun.el could object to the indictment upon the ground of its brevity. It appeared to the Court that the application was one of first impressions, and as the prisoner would not be in any manner prejudiced by the trial he felt it to be his duty to refuse the motion. Baron RICHARDS concurred in the judgment delivered by the senior Judge. Air. Duffy here addressed Judge Perrin, and observed that it would be a serious injury to him if his Lordship refused to withdraw the order which he had made on Saturday—namely, that the proceedings should not be published. Judge PERRIN said tkat he would hear the prisoner through counsel and for himself. Mr. Burr, Q.C., one of Mr. Duffy's counsel, here ad dressed the Court. He said it was irregular for any one to address his Lordship upon the subject; but he lunderstood his client to be desirous that his Lordship would sot carry out his order prohibiting the publication of the trial till it had terminated, RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OF THE RAILWAY FROM LINCOLN TO HULL. —On Monday last this line of railway was opened for public traffic. It is part of the Manchester, Sheffield, ann Lincolnshire system, and furnishes a direct route from Hull to Lincoln, and, by means of the Nottingham and Lincoln lit.e, to Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, and the Midland district of England; and the route from Hull to London, via Lincoln and Rugby, is very few miles further than by the East Lincolnshire, and the Eastern Counties lines. The first trait fur Hull left Lincoln on Monday at 7 15 A.m., and reached New Holland Ferry at 9 45, and Hull Pier at 10 15. Three other trains followed in the course of the day. A train left Hull about eight o'clock, and reached Lincoln at eleven o'clock. Other trains left Hull at noon, and the company who came by the opening train from Lincoln returned at 3, and .5 15 P.M. The distance from Lincoln is 45i miles; the route for the first 15 miles to Market Reset), is north-east. The line starts from the Midland station at Lincoln, crosses the river Witham (over which a handsome bridge, on the tubular principle, has been erected), and runs close past the ruins of the old Monk's Abbey; it then proceeds through Willingham &Than], Langwurth, and Wickenby to R asen ; f rom Wickeuby for 15 miles north, the land on either side the lute is pour, and the prospect uninviting, being only relieved, now and then, by views of the Lincolnshire Wolds on the ease From Rasen the line proceeds due north for 10 mi!rs. where it joins the main trunk line from Shef field to Grimsby, on which we proceeded some four miles due east, to Brockleaby. The seat of the Earl of Yarborough (chairman ot the railway company) is close adjoining. The station is a highly ornamental struc ture. A mile further east and the Hull line leases the grand trunk, and at Ulceby junction proceeds again duo north to New Holland, passing by the way the majestic ruins of Thorn ton College, formerly a monastery, but at the cisso lotion changed into a college (here Henry the Eighth rested for a night on his visit to Yorkshire). New Hol land is now an extraordinary place. A few years ago it was unknown. A creek was made, as a drainage outlet, up which the smugglers ran their contraband spirits (Hollands). It thus acquired the name it bears. The railway company have erected a pier which runs some 500 yards into the Humber, and the railway carriages run on to the very extremity, taking andreceiving goods and passengers to and from the steam-vessels which ply ten times a day between New Holland and Hull. At this terminus a handsome station has been erected, spa cious warehouses for goods, with yards and sheds for cattle. A branch railway to Baron Ferry is nearly ready, and a spacious dock is in course of formation. The works on the line—cuttings and embankments--are rather heavy, but there is no tunnelling. SOUTH DEVON.—The requisition ot the Bristol share holders, calling on the directors to convene a meeting fur the re consideration of the atmospheric system, has been presented to the board, but it has not yet come un der consideration. Mr. Woolcombe (the late deputy chairman) succeeds Mr. Gill, M.P., as chairman of the c ,mpany. None of the atmospheric apparatus has yet been taken up for removal, and the locomotives still work over the rails with the tubes betwren them. The recent high tides have swept away a large portion of tile public promenades on the sea side of the line, and at some ex posed points where the sea encroaches too near to the rail, to as sometimes to sweep on to it, breakwaters are being constructed. The extension of the line from Lairs into the heart of Plymouth is not likely to be opened before February next. NEW RAILWAY A R RANG EMENTS.—Yesterday (Mon day) the new arrangements commenced, by which pas sengers may proceed almost the entire distance between Manchester and Southport by railway. These arrange ments are effected by the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the Liverpool, Crossby, and Southport companies, and the entire distance is travelled in little more than two hours and a half, a saving of about one-half the time, in comparison with the old route v.O. Euxton.—Liver pool Mercury. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION.— A wooden terrace fro . n the platform in front of the booking offices at this station to the top of the tunnel, between Prince's-street and S cot l an d- street, has just been completed, with commodious staircases diverging eitherpeanedsi muchde, up morean than a leading up that gained t convenient access Pr ho e Prince's-street, et hitherto t by a , t ibo i w o s n h i c o h y Waverley-bridge. To the passengers by this line, endn p o pr of e eo rrne ghconsiderable r_rei a ed d ag v be a l,e n t t o a t h g c a e r no , sbse theiwn h g iase m h, u y c l h t c u this l n e p a a n v e w e r d il wet weather, is extremely unpleasant, while it will also d a great part of the throng from this bustling sews, at train hours mare especially.—Caledonta . a Mercury. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.—Mr. Hudson is about to take in hand the entire completion of the docks at the Tyne, which will give to the Yolk, Newcastle, and Berwick a perfect water terminus. MILK PER RAILWAY.—The inhabitants of the great metropolis, since the extension of railways, have been supplied with pure milk in large quantities, in lieu of the stuff previously sold as such. To show the vast quantity brought even by one line will surprise many ot our readers. From Worcester-park, near to Kingston-on- Thames, there are 56 cans, each containing from 14 to 18 gallops, sent every seven days, making at least a total of 850 gallons of pure new milk con veyed in that short petiod. From the stations a Woking, Weybridge, Chertsey, Farnborough, Guild fold, and Richmond, also on the South-Western line, there are nearly as many gallons sent from each, so that on this railway alone there are between three and four thousand gallons sent for sale in and around London. Supposing each cow to give 30 gallons per week, nearly 200 ot those useful beasts are kept for that purpose in these particular districts onlj. From the Brighton, South-Eastern, Great Western, and North-Western, even a greater number of gallons arrive daily. On the Eastern Counties, by way of Colchester, Cambridge, Hertford, &c., that quantity is nearly doubled, so that, at a moderate computation, 30,000 gallons are retailed every seven days (even if not adulterated) through the streets of London, exclusive of what is produced from the London cowkeepers—to supply which more than 1,000 cows are kept and milked—giving employment to more than 1,500 individuals, producing an annual sum of nearly 100,000/. at le. per gallon. bringing into the ex chequer of each railway from 5001. to 1,0001. every twelve months. SHIP or FIRE AT LlVERPOOL. — Yesterday morn ing, at an early hour, it was currently reported that it ship, the hiasconomo, t rom Baltimore, was on fire at thsk. Albert Dock. 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