The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, ministration, and the regulation of those in its employ- 1 ment. This is one of the wants of the period. "Under these circumstances, it will be your duty, gentlemen, to charge yourselves with the establishment of the administration of the law in a constitutional spirit, with the establishment of sovereign laws instead of patrimonial and communal ones, to act with decision upon matters relating to the administration of justice. " Even so, also, to put down the abuse of the press by repressive measures, to aid in regulating the laws re lating to combinations, to apply to the objects of the State well understood principles, and to consider of the establishment of a National Guard. So also will the Ministry make the circumstances of freedom their own, and will consider the furthering of a secure state of the laws as a holy duty. n The Ministry demands the active and dutiful concur rence of all public officers, and that the organ of Govern ment shall be placed in the central point of the monarchy; and as regards the provinces, it will be their chief care to give the mos& energetic support to their official obli gations. " Circumstances to be regretted have taken place. The . - THE REVOLUTION IN ROME. armed power must be brought into force against a frac tion who, in the capital and place of state residence, have The following details connected with the revolution made an exhibition of their anarchical tendencies. at Rome are datedital that ca given in a l etter f romp, Deep wounds have been given. It will be our duty to the 21st ult. : make every effort to h eal these, and, so far as is possible, " The situation is still the same—fear rules all. The to bring back Vienna, the heart of the kingdom, to it s common people await the will of God. Most of the form er p ros p erity, so that the exceptional state in which princes, prelates, and nobles are not sorry to behold their it now stands through the requirements of an imperi ous rancour satisfied, rancour which they felt against t h e necessity, may be removed so soon as circumstances will liberal measures and tendencies of the Pope. The permit. l sons of M. Rossi wanted to see the body of 1 "In Italy our glorious army has prevail e d over per fid y their father. The youngest had enrolled himself and treason—the ancient valour of the Austrian army, amongst the. Italian volunteers. He had obtained leave 1 the brotherly co-operation of all ranks, the courageous of absence to come to Rome to see his father. He is a suffering for Austria's honour, glory, an d greatness young man, full of fire. When the civic guards w anted to have been shown in the most brilliant colours. Still prevent his entrance to where the body lay, he drew his must it continue to be shown to u ph o ld t h e i ntegr i ty o f 1 sword and forced his way through them , crying out, the kingdom. ' What! you murdered him, and you want to insult "In the organic con nex i on w i t h const i tutional Austria him after his death! My crime is to have serve d will the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom find the securest your cause, but I will expiate it!' He then tore _e .. guarantee for the conti nua ti on o f t h e i r f ree d om, an d t h e his cockade from his cap and the epaulet tes from shoul . preservation of their na ti ona li ty . Th e respons ibl e Minis ders, and trampled them under his foot. The crowd re-ters of the Crown will establish these upon the founda mained wonder-struck. The two young men hurried tio n o f t reat i es. to the Pope, and, falling at his feefa , my children, feet, dema n ded demanded yen-1 " Th e v i o l at i on o f t h e f i rst r i ghts of nat i ons has led geance on the murderer s of their we The Pope, to the Burgher war in Hungary. A party, whose chief raising them up with ge ntleness, said, object is trouble and the dissolution of the connexion have no resource except in the tribunals; an expression with Austria, is still upheld by crazy people in their un which has been wrongly blamed, in my opinion, for the : justifiable claims. It is not for freedom that this war is Pope could do nothing, and bravadoes would have carried on, but for the sake of those who would rob been misplaced. The conduct of M. d'Harcourt cannot be 1 them of their freedom. The upholding of the same too much praised. He received at his house the family of I monarchy, a close connexion with us, the acknowledg theyietim,protectedthem, and sent them away in safety. meat and preservation of their nationality, are the ob- You know what horrible scenes took place under the win- . jects of their endeavours. dows of the hotel inhabited by M. Rossi during the night " The Ministry will support measures for this purpose which followed the murder. I saw them from a dis-1 with all their power ; but with the armed power will tance, and I can affirm that the mass of the population they strike down all their criminal rulers who have col had nothing to say to them. It was a band composed of lected a traitorous party, who stand in the way of recon about a hundred madmen, who with torches in their ' ciliation, and who would set themselves against internal hands danced round a fire which they had lit, bellowing 1 freedom. forth a hymn to the avenging dagger, and demanding the " Gentlemen—The great work which requires the co heads of the victim's widow and children. In M. Rossi's operation of all our people is the settlement of a new pocket was found a letter from a Roman lady, telling boud, in which all the countries and people in the him not to go to the Chamber; also a speech which monarchy, shall be united under one great govern would have had the effect of conciliating the public mind, meat body. and restoring order in Rome for a long time. Already "These points will show you generally the road several murders had taken place in Romagna, an d which the Ministry will follow with regard to the amongst the rest a Roman priest. The whole of the German question. It 43 not by breaking up the city which I went through on foot during the follow-I Monarchy, nor is it in the weakening of Germany, ing days resembled a garrison town, when the that its strength consists. The position of Austria in soldiers had left and the enemy was expected. a state of unity is a German as well as an European Shops and windows were shut ; women were requirement. It is with the weight of this conviction hurrying away with their children in their arms, that we watch the natural unfolding of the still unac and the men—the men were flying. It was whilst the i complished absurd projects for this purpose. If re piece of cannon named the St. Pierre was directed novated Austria and renovated Germany require new against the palace of Monte-Cavallo, that the diplomatic and other forms, would it be even possible to reconcile corps arrived to offer their services to the Pope. He their opposing interest? Nevertheless Austria will go received them with his usual calm and courtesy. How- ion in the fulfilment of her duties to her allies. ever, the attack began; the Swiss closed the doors, and "ln all the outward relations of the kingdom we will some shots, fired from the windows, wounded, it is pre- know how to support the interests and the dignity of tended, five or six persons. The assailants then set fire Austria, and shall allow of no improper interference to the upper part of one of the gates, and just at that from foreigners, in the independent settlement of our moment Mgr. Palma was killed. At once a rumour was ' internal affairs. disseminated through the erowd that a prelate had been 1 " These are the principal foundations of our policy; seen with two pistols in his hands, and that he had we have set them forth with most perfect openness, be fired at the people; their fury redoubled. It was i cause, without truth, there can be no confidence, and then that M. Martinez de la Rosa offered, in the I confidence is the first requirement for a cordial co-ope name of old Catholic Spain, and of hi s S overe i gn , to 1 ration between a Government and a Diet." place a vessel at the Pope's orders, and to give him an asylum in Spain. The Ambassador of the French Republic then said—' have not received any in structions to that effect, but I do not fear to be dis avowed if I offer to the Holy Father my assistance to protect him and secure his withdrawal.' However, out side, Cuerovacchio was calming down, or was appearing to calm down the popular frenzy; the few troops on whom Pins IX. thought he could reckon fraternized with the assailants ; the Transteverins did not stir. Several times the Pope wished to satisfy himself if some persons remained faithful to him, either in the troops or in the population, but he found none. 'You see,' said the Pope to the Ambassadors, 'all is impossible.' A list of a new Ministry was then presented to the Pope ; ' I cannot sign that,' he said ; 'it is against my con science.' However, the crowd augmented, the danger increased, and the people demanded with loud cries the heads of Cardinal Soglio and Cardinal Antonelli. At last, about seven o'clock, the signature was given; with out that, the Quirinal would have been set on fire, and all the Swiss massacred. Rome was then illuminated, and the people went through the streets crying out ' The Sovereign has given us the Republic.' " The following is a translation of the protest handed by the Pope to the foreign diplomatic body : STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH (From the Liverpool Albion.) We have been favoured with .tho following copy of a letter from the Colonial Under-Secretary to Sir Thomas B. Birch, M.P., on the subject of steam communication with Australia:— " Downing-street, 30th November, 1848. " Sir,—l deferred answering your communication of the 18th August last, because the arrangements we re still in progress for the establishment of a sys tem of steam communication with Australia. I am now directed by Earl Grey to acquaint you, that, from a letter which has very recently been received from the Board of Treasury, it appears that there is every reason to believe an engagement will soon be con cluded with the India and Australian Steam Packet Company for the conveyance of the mails between Singa pore and Sydney, for a period of not less than ep.en years.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, " W. HAWES. "Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., mai." THE CHOLERA. THE HAGUE, No'r. 28.—0 n the 27th there occurred at Rotterdam 15 new cases of cholera—deaths, 10; re coveries, 7. Total since tho appearance of the disease, 854 cases; deaths, 447; recovered, 279 1 under treat ment, 128. At Amsterdam no new case occurred in the cholera hospital on the 26th, where only one patient re mains under treatment. At the cholera hospital at the Hague only one new case occurred last week. At Dor drecht, 5 new cases had occurred; deaths, 5; recovered, 2; under treatment, 25. BERLIN, Nov. 28.—T0 the 23d inst., 2,400 cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred. Of the-e 1,593 have died, 810 recovered, and 3 remain under treatment. No new cases have occurred since the 23d. THE SICKNESS AT MALTA.—The epidemic which, more from the uncertainty of its nature and almost cer tain mortality attending it, than from the number of its victims, has for the last three months kept the entire population of Malta in a feverish state of anxiety, and, indeed, alarm has, since the first week of November, been on the decrease, abandoning almost entirely the mili tary. The msdical society, rather tardily, have appointed a commission to inquire into and report upon the disease, but we much fear that no very certain data will result from this measure. Sicily, however, has, to the great prejudice of trade, inflicted upon all arrivals from Malta a quarantine of twenty-one days, with an addi tional week for gnois of a susceptible nature. At a re cent meeting of the Malta Board of Health, it was re• solved to reduce the quarantine on arrivals from Egypt and the Levant as folluwa:— am, gentlemen, a prisoner. They have taken away my guards, and lam surrounded by other persons. My conduct at this moment, when all support tails me, is based on the principle of avoiding the effusion of all fra ternal blood. I make all yield to this principle; but know, gentlemen, and let all Europe and all the world know likewise, that I do not take, even nominally, any part in the acts of the new Government, to which I con.ider myself as altogether a stranger. I have, how ever, deaired that my name should not be abused, and I wish that they would not even employ the ordinary formalities." Fuom EGYPT.--1. Ships of war and steam-vessels provided with a medical officer, and with a clean bill of health, will be admitted to pratique after twelve days from the day of their sailing, seven of which to be per lJrmed in port. In else of any arrival within five days, the quarantine in port will be fixed at so many days as may be necessary to make up the twelve. 2. Merchant vessels, without susceptible goods, will perform seven days' quarantine in port, without refe rence to the length of her voyage. Vessels with suscep tible goods on board, will perform ten days' quarantine in port after their discharging them in the Lazaretto. The Contemporaneo, Roman journal, of the 23d ultimo, mentions as a report - that the Abbe Rosmini had been ordered to Paris by the Pope to request the French Government to send an expedition to put down the Roman revolution, and that his mission had obtained the entire adhesion of the corps diplomatique, including the Ambassador of the French Republic. The Contemporaneo then adds,— " That report has been circulated by a prelate who is no longer at Rome, but who took a very active part in the plot against the Roman revolution. We can neither confirm nor deny the correctness of those rumours. But we cannot help observing that France would cover her self with infamy if she suffered herself to be caught in the net of the old diplomacy, and if she sent ships to land soldiers against a revolution now accepted by the sovereign Pontiff himself. The Pope's sacred person is not in question. His person would be inviolable even amidst the flames. The Roinan people assembled before the Quirinal to combat the Swiss bad sworn to protect at any price the Pontiff, who would have suffered no outrage on the part of his people." 3. Susceptible goods will b subject to twelve days' purification in the Lazaretto. 4. Passengers disembarking in the Lazaretto will be subject to the same number of days in quarantine as the vessel by which they arrived. 5. Vessels carrying pilgrims, and pilgrims themselves, will be subject to twelve full days' quarantine. AUSTRIA. PROGRAMME OF THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger publishes the follow ing programme of the Austrian Ministry, delivered by the President of the Council to the Diet at Kremsier on the 27th ult. : _ ------ ...- . " Gentlemen, —ln consequence of the commands of his Majesty, the Constituted Diet for proceeding with the deliberations on the Constitution are here assembled. " As the confidence of the Emperor has placed us in the Council of the Crown, so we are not unaware of the difficulty of the task and the greatness of the responsi bility we take upon us, both as regards the throne and the people. " Wounds from past circumstances are to be healed, embarrassments are to be set aside, a new order of things i n f uture i s to b e prov id e d f or. Th e conscious ness of of a n honest struggle for the welfare of the State and the peopl e , an d a trus t i n th e i r concurrence i n th e great work, dispose us to sacrifice all persnal considera- ' Coos to our love to our fatherland, and we, therefore, obey the tak G call of monar ch. o power of the overnm ursel ves the management of the ability the hand of his Majesty, as well as the res p o nsi b ilitythereof, being fully deter mined to put aside eve ry unconstitutional influence, but to allow of such slightevel in the Executive Powers. er"ehmenta " ma y principles will b e be required " One of the any one of the freedom of speech„ and the discussion by ll a of the measure s o f I policy of the general Ministry. " We wish for a constitutional monarc h and without reservation. We desiret, up rightly vernment whose existence and se treferra of go can be recognised by the Monarch and the pr e sentative body of Austria. We wish re t re „ - be founded on equal ri g hts and the free d ' - ', velopment of all nationalities, as also on the equality of all Members of the State before the law, secured b y publicity in all the branches of the Legislature. We wish that the internal concerns of county districts should be carried on by free members, and the free formation amongst the country people themselves, the whole being bound together by the common bond of a strong central power. "We hope to be able to lay the results of your de liberations upon the Constitution as early as possible be fore his Majesty for his sanction. "The Ministry will endeavour to reform the Ad ministration to meet the requirement of the times, and with this object have already taken the necessary measures for bringing forward projects of law upon the subject. " A double zeal will hereto actuate us in procuring for the people of Austria the perfect attainment of an assured freedom, and the security of possessions, without which, freedom cannot ;endure ; in order that these may be come facts, and that these determinations may be ful filled, we propose earnestly and energetically to use our endeavours. " The Ministry will not remain behind in their endea vours to obtain free and useful regulations, and consider it moreover as a duty to put themselves at the head of all movements for these purposes. "The country population, already free from land-tax, waits with impatience for your legal determination upon the measure required for their indemnification, and also wait to see that they are dealt with on the well-defined principles of fairness. • 'The position of free states is founded upon a free community, and. that these, by means of freely-discussed 4., • i 7 general riles, ahnizkl maintain the independent distribu lion and mana g g r a en t of th e ir internal affairs, with a new to the g- , • • security of the whole, is a most im mediate requir eva , t . s.,- - " A necesaar 7 ~d absolute result of the independence , 4 ;', 1 tit ( ) 0 0 1 DlifuLtY is th 9 aimplificatioA of the Mate ad- ' JENNY LiND AT OXFORD. OXFORD, DEC. I.—The appearance of Jenny Lind in Oxford to-day wai the occasion of as exciting an in terest as is usually evinced at the commemoration, and we have seldom known the City of Palaces to present a more animated appearance than she has done to day. The University very generously placed the Sheldonian Theatre at the service of Mr. Lumley, with the sole sti pulation that the concert should take place by daylight. Jenny Lind arrived at the Angel yesterday afternoon, and has been unable to go in or out of her hotel without being followed by a loudly-cheering multitude. Mr. Lumley took up his quarters at the Star. By half-past twelve to-day the theatre, a vast building, unrivalled for its classic beauty and its perfect propor tions, was filled to the very ceiling, and yet the admir able arrangements that were made prevented the slightest confusion or inconvenience. The vocal performers, in ad dition to Mdlle. Jenny Lind, were Signori Belletti and F. Lablache, who were received with well-merited applause. But the greeting which was accorded to Jenny Lind ex ceeded in heartiness anything of the sort that we ever witnessed. At the conclusion of the Swedish melodies the thunders of applause were overwhelming ; and the energy with which the undergraduates (aided by not a few of their superiors in years and gravity) gave her " three times three, and one cheer more," completely overcame her ; and she was heard to declare to Mr. Lumley that she had seen nothing this year equal to the animation of the scene. From a desire apparently to testify her gratitude for this reception, she came forward and sang with exqui site beauty the National Anthem, though it was not in cluded in the programme. The performance comprised selections from favourite operas, which we need not particularise; still less would it become us to criticise the execution of her whom the world has pronounced unrivalled. We will only say that the magic tones of her voice, combined with her grace and amiability, never succeeded more completely in enchanting the ears and winning the hearts of her audience. At the conclusion of " God save the Queen," the under-graduates commenced that hearty and unbiassed expression of their sentiments, which is, we understand, their invariable custom at any assembly in the theatre. Scarcely, however, bad the names of the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Disraeli been greeted with the laud applause which is ever volunt _accorded to them in Oxford, when any further ex r"sum of opinion was checked and stifled by the into=' t. and of musici an s a, which suddenly playing a sort of out to_ the courtesy gf the Oxonians forbore purpose of prevena the P -uhle 't is very generally thought, was an ingenious devic e o' 1 tion of sentiment ,41111e* part of the authorities for the was, met witreieeterccess its ingenuity de possibly unwelcome declara tt be anticipated. The ruse ant of the collegians. —if ruse it served, to the great disapp number of ladies in all we hear Lail iterest and The appearance of a la rg e ,soaranedwhat woundetd the quarters of the house imparted no a gallantry o a f ttr th ac e ti o ou xo t n o ia th n e s sc w e a n s e by their not having been able, from the circumstance above men tioned, to render the customary homage of a , which the cry of "A cheer for the ladies" nevar r f p ai l i s us t e o elicit. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE . OXFORD, DEC. I.—ln a Congregation holden this day the following Degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts—Rev. J. W. Murray, Oriel College ; Sir F. E. Scott., Bart., Christ Church; Rev. J. Cr. Ryde, St. John's College; Rev. C. T. Corrance, Trinity College. Bachelors of Arts—C. L. Eagles, New Inn Hall; E. R. Hampden, New Inn Hall; W. Rotten, Wadham College; J. H. Sn e ll. Magdalen Hall; R. F. Hesse}, Magdalen College ; C. H. Ridding (dewy), Magdalen College; W. H. Smith, Brasenoso College; J. G. Smith (scholar), Trinity College; R. 13. Kennard, St. John's College; E. H. Bradby, Balliol College; F. N. Rogers, Balliol College; S. Edwardea (Postmaster), Merton College; J. C. Wharton, Worcester College. The following have (ken elected Scholars of Balliol College :—Mr.Stone, from the Charterhouse School ; Mr. Irving, from King's College. Also elected to Exhibition in the same College—Mr. oaf ,Exeter College; Mr. CM) 91 Qgcrd city. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. r. LIBEL-LEATHAM V. SIMMONDS. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages for two libels, published in Simmonds' Colonial Magazine, of December, 1844 and March 1845. The case was undefended; but the defendant had put several pleas of justification upon the record. It appeared from the statement of Sir F. TnEsicEn, who appeared for the plaintiff, that the articles arose out of the negroes of Rossi, in the island of Dominica, revolting in 1844, because they imagined that a census of them, which the Governor had directed to be .taken, was preliminary to restoring them to a condition of slavery. The plaintiff, a member of the Assembly, an attorney, and an estate-agent in the island, interested himself in quieting the infuriated negroes, with whom he had some influence. It was alleged by some that he had committed acts of violence towards the negroes, a bill for felony was preferred against him in conse quence, but it was ignored by the grand jury. Not withstanding the magazine of the defendant renewed the charge against him ; and accused him of brutal and vio lent conduct. The purchase and publication of the magazine having been proved, The jury (a special one) found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount at which the damages were laid, namely, 5001. JANES V. WILSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a solicitor at Walsall, against the defendant, the ion. Mr. Wilson, of Uppingham, to recover 616/., claimed to be due to the plaintiff for moneys actually disbursed by him on account of a railway originally projected from Wolverhampton to Norwich, but which project was sub- sequently limited to a railway from Harborough to Wallington. The :defendant pleaded non assumpsit payments, and that his promise had been obtained by fraud and misrepresentation. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Wordsworth, and Mr. Phip son, appeared for the plaintiff Land the Attorney-General and Mr. Jones for the defendant. Henry Tucker produced the registration of the Down ham Market, Swsffham, and Wallington Railway Com pany, dated November 5, 1845. Also a registration dated January 5, 1846, of the change of the name of the com pany to the Harborough and Wallington Railway Company. Cross-examined--The book shows the change of names from the commencement. It does not show that one project was part of the other. Mr. Robert Abrahams—l am a civil engineer. I re- member surveying for the llarborough and Wallington Railway in the latter part of 1845. The line was about ten miles long, with branches. I attended on the 9th February, 1845, a meeting at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie street, of several gentlemen connected with the railway. Ido not know if the defendant was there. I made a re port to a meeting of the promoters, but cannot say if it was on the 14th of November. I afterwards completed the survey. The plans were deposited in time for Par liament. I received 2001. from plaintiff for the survey, soo❑ after the work was commenced. I afterwards ap plied to plaintiff for a further sum. I obtained a bill from him for -300/., for three months. Before it became due I applied for further money, and commenced pro ceedings against plaintiff. This bill was not paid. My claim was 932/. 13s. I afterwards received, I think, 2501., making 4501. altogether. This was about twelve months since. Cross-examined—The bill produced was dishonoured. I was employed by plaintiff, and rather doubted his se curity. That was one reason I wanted the money. I sued plaintiff. Frederick William Seaman—l am a solicitor at Wal sall. I was clerk to plaintiff. I attended a meeting of the company on the 3d or 4th of November, 1845, at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street. Defendant was there. He took part in the proceedings. It was discussed what part of the line should be surveyed. The defendant was appointed vice-chairman of the managing committee at the first meeting. Mr. Abrahams was appointed engi neer at a meeting when defendant was present. Ido not recollect the date. Mr. Abrahams was directed to sur vey the Harborough and Wallington line, and prepare plans for the purpose: of going to Parliament. The plaintiff was present, and instructions were given to him to prepare to go to Parliament. Cross-examined—Plaintiff, myself, and Dunstan got up the line. I never heard him say tkat he had under taken to bear all the expenses, and looked to the calls only. My salary from him was 801. a year. Plaintiff charged Si. ss. a day for his attendance, 21. 2s. a day for wine, and 4/. 10s. a day for assistance. We had four or five assistants. Re-examined-51. ss. a day was at the time a usual charge for a solicitor,, and 21. 2s. a day for a person in my position. The line I assisted in getting up was the long line ; the short line was adopted after the defendant joined. - Mr. Dunstan—l was the secretary of this company. I was present at the meeting in November, when Mr. Abrahams made his report. I was present when de fendant was elected vice-chairman of the committee of management. It was on ,November 3. I remember letters of allotment being sent out. They never pro duced any effect. Circulars were sent out on January 23. One was sent to defendant. A meeting was held on February 9. Defendant and plaintiff were present. Plaintiff produced a statement of the liabilities of the company. The amount was stated to be upwards of 2,00 C/. Plaintiff told the :committee he had paid Abrahams 2001., and given a bill for 300/.; and if the committee would pay the liabilities of the company, he would not charge for his own gervicr , s. Defendant then told plaintiff' to :make the best terms he could with Abrahams. Defendant made a calculation on the sup position that each committeeman subscribed what the expense to each would be. Several others did the same. It was stated that it would be about 401. each if all subscribed. Cross-examined-4 was a promoter of the original line. I signed this circular with the plaintiff. I cannot tell how many I signed. I acted as secretary pro tern. At the meeting of .Z4ovember 14, the committee gave me orders to register in the name of the Harborough and Wallington Railway Company; Several letters between plaintiff2and defendant were then read, from which it appeared the defendant's prin cipal object in becoming a member of the committee was, because the projected line was to run very close to his father's (Lord Berner's) property, and he therefore wished to have some control over it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addressed the jury for the defendant, and called the following witnesses:— Mr. Thomas Brown—l am a solicitor at Uppingham. I was one of the local agents of this company. Mr. Sea man called on me, and requested I would be a local agent. I refused at first. He said there would be no responsibility, and to prove it he would leave me a gua rantee signed by the plaintiff, from whom he came. He left some with me to circulate. I sent a prospectus to defendant, and I alio sent one:of the guarantees to him. Mr. Power, solicitor, confirmed this evidence. Letters from the plaintiff to Mr. Power were then put in, and the circulars in which the plaintiff requested pay ment of 50/. each from Mr. Power's clients in discharge of all liabilities. The guarantee was also put in. It was signed by the plaintiff and Mr. Dunstan, ;and declared that " they would not call any member of the committee, to be or become, in their personal or individual capacity, liable or chargeable then or thereafter, f or an y salaries, costs, charges, matters, or things whatsoever that might be, or had been done by plaintiff and Dunstan, or their direction, and that they would look solely to the funds' of the company for their remuneration." Mr. Sergeant SHEE replied. Lord DENMAN was about to sum up the evidence; but was stopped by The jury, who said they only wished to know what was his Lordship's construction of the guarantee. Lord DENMAN read the guarantee, and said This opinion it applied to the short line as well as the original project, and that it was not, as was contended, a gua rantee only against the solicitor's charges, but against all charges generally which might be mourned by the company. The jury thereupon immediately returned a verdict for the defendant. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5 1 1848, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 4. (Sittings in Banco.) This was one of the days on which it was appointed to hold sittings in Banco, but in consequence of the Judges having to sit in error in Queen's Bench cases, the Court did not sit in Banco, but the Chief Justice inti mated that the full Court would sit to-morrow, and pro ceed with the new trial paper. (Sittings at Niai Prius in Middlesex, before Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) WEST V. BAXENDALE. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Wiles were for the defendant. The defendant in this case is a member of the firm of Pickford and Co., the well known carriers, and the plaintiff was formerly in the service of Mr. Joseph Baxendale, the defendant's father, at Finchley. The action was one of false imprisoment. ' From the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff had been in the service of the defendant's :father for eight years, as coachman, and remained in such service until within a short period previous to the time when the alleged cause of action arose, when he was discharged. On the evening of the 6th of March, the butler, on going into the pantry to fetch some teaspoons, found that a tray, with a quantity of plate which had been used at dinner, had been taken away. A search was made for the missing property, but it was not found, and the plaintiff was arrested at his residence in Gloucester mews, Portman-square, two days afterwards, on suspicion of having stolen the plate. Upon:being arrested he was locked up in the station-house, and from the entry in the charge-sheet it appeared that he was taken there on the Bth of March, at a quarter-past nine o'clock at night, " on suspicion of stealing a quantity of silver plate, on the night of the 6th instant, from the pantry in the house of Joseph Baxendale, Esq., in the parish of Finchley," and that the "person giving the charge was Mr. Lloyd Baxendale, the defendant. The next morn ingTthheedpelaintiff was taken before a magistrate, by whom he was dischargedtendantplferaodmed a special custody custody. plaintiff had b een coac h man to the p edae,fen defendant's stating ant that,father, from which employment qainte he had been discharged, and man. That on the had the neighbourhood Ain ') that he was ac then f usuallye endeavoured deav reside, ou Finchley, robbery he was seen in with the premises of that gentle any l le a y w , f a ul pl h a u c s e in w e h ss e , re a h n e d d th id at n h o e t on the evening of the felony, to h avoid d being seen or recognised. That he was specernsoirmg towards Mr. Baxendale's . and directly before it was committed, robbery to pass throughwath heard shortly after the road, whose footstep, in the premises. That a lodge gate into the and his wife, was like opinion tt of the lodge-keeper pass through the gate in question aboutcaling which that wer d ti n e uo . s tt accustomed the plaintiff; and that a person saw somebody a rese ef b the plaintiff near the lodge dogs were kept, to bark at strangers, but that the said dogs did a& the piano 111A9 passed through the gate afereige Upon the part of the defendant numerous witnesses were called to prove the various allegations of this, and upon their evidence it was contended that the defendant had reasonable grounds for suspecting that the plaintiff had committed the robbery, and that he was justified in giving him into custody. llis LORDSHIP left it to the jury to say whether the defendant had reasonable grounds for suspecting the plaintiff. If ho had, they would find their verdict for the defendant; but if not, it must be for the plaintiff. The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 251. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 4. GIITTERIDGE V. BOWERMAN. This case, which was part heard on Saturday was re sumed and concluded this morning. The plaintiff is a master cooper, carrying on business in Bermondsey, and the defendant is a butcher, living in the same neigh bourhood. The action was brought to recover damages for injury done to the plaintiff 's pony-chaise, in a colli sion with the defendant's cart, charged in the declaration to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defen dant's servant. The plaintiff himself was thrown out and much hurt. The jury, after retiring for a few minutes, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff. Da mages , 201. (Before Middlesex Special Juries.) DRARDEN V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY. Mr. Baines and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plain tiff ; the Attorney-General and Mr. Bovill for the defendants. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an injury of a most serious and melancholy descrip tion, sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the al leged negligence of the servants of the London and North-Western Railway Company. It appeared that the plaintiff was a child of seven years of age, the son of Mr. Peregrine Bearden, a gentleman living at Birken head, in Cheshire, who sued for the plaintiff in the present Iction. On the 3d of August Mr. Bearden left Birkenhead, and travelled on the London and North- Western Railway to Euston-square station with his family, which consisted of two female servants and five children, aged from eight years down to a baby in arms. The train was a long ono, consisting of 19 or 20 car riages, and arrived at the platform at the Euston-square station, about six o'clock in the evening. At that time the plaintiff was standing at the door of the carriage, with his chin resting on his hand. The train was still in motion, when the door on which the plaintiff was leaning suddenly opened, and he fell out upon the plat form. He was immediately caught by the moving car riages, and dragged down between the platform and the wheels, where he was frightfully crushed in several places. When the first alarm had subsided he was removed to University College Hospital, where it was ascertained that his right leg was completely smashed, the foot of the other much hurt, and the great toe much shattered. The injuries were so serious as to render it neces sary to amputate the right thigh and the great toe of the other foot. The declaration charged that the door was opened by one of the servants of the company, which was denied by the defendants, who resisted the claim for compensation on the ground that, after a close examination of their servants into the particulars of the accident, they had complete evidence that the door had been opened from within, and not by any one in their employ. Mr. Bovaix, on behalf of the company, said that the directors had already expressed their deep regret at so unfortunate an occurrence, and the sufferings it must have occasioned the plaintiff; but it was their duty to see that the funds of the undertaking, over which they presided, were not unnecessarily diminished; and as they had found upon inquiry that their servants were not to blame in the matter, they felt bound to defend the action. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up the evi dence with great minuteness, The jury retired for half an hour, and then returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages 6001. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Dec. 4. (Sitting in Error from the Court of Queen's Bench.) THE BARON DE BODE V. TEE QUEEN. In this case, which stood for argument to-day, Mr. Sergeant Manning appeared for the Baron de Bode, and was about to address the Court, when, Mr. Baron PARKE inquired whether there was any chance of his being in a situation to close the caso to day. The Court could not sit after to-day; and if this case could not be concludeA, it would be as well not to enter upon it. Mr. Baron ALDEIIsoN—I must go to Chester to open the winter assize to-morrow at nine o'clock, so that it is impossible that I could ba in attendance after to-day. Mr. Sergeant MANNING certainly could not undertake to say that he could bring his own argument to a termi nation to-day. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared for the Crown, thought that the case might well be postponed, for he did not think it could be finished to-day; and he was also compelled to give his attendance officially at the ensuing assize, _ Mr. Baron PARKE—Very well. Then the case must stand over necessarily to the next error day in Hilary Term, when it will be placed at the head of the list. COBBETT V. HUDSON.-CAPTURE UNDER ATTACHMENT, Mr. Conn Err, the plaintiff in error, appeared in per son on a writ of habeas corpus, and argued the case in support of the writ of error, which involves the ques tion of the legality of his detention in the Queen's Pri aon on on cataohmont issued ant of the Court of Chan cery in the case of " Oldfield v. Cobb?te" for a contompt of that court in refusing to pay the sum of 411. of costs. Mr. Cobbett said this was the first case in which the question had been raised whether a capture could be jus tified under an attachment without a commitment. He contended that it coull not, alleging that the plea on the record did not show any warrant for his committal into custody; that all gaolers must be able to show a warrant for the detention of any prisoner, and that no keeper could execute a writ on a person not in custody. He urged that the Act of Parliament which consolidated the Queen's, Fleet, and Marshalsea prisons recognised nothing but commitments, and he likewise o bj ec t e d that no terte to the writ was given, and that it had not been endorsed in the name of the officer, as required by the statute. Mr. M. H. WATSON appeared to support the judgment of the Court below, but __ The COURT decided on postponing the further hearing of the case till next term. 0 INSOLV EN2 DEBTORS' COURT Dec. 4. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RE JOHN BAKER. The insolvent, an assistant to a Sheriff's officer, ap plied to be discharged, on sureties, until the hearing. Mr. Green opposed for the Duke of Brunswick, and Mr. Sargood supported. • It appeared that the insolvent was in Whitecross street Prison, at the suit of the Duke of Brunswick, for the damages and costs in an action for defama tion of character. The damages wero 21., and the costs 100/. Mr. GREEN submitted, that as the allowance of bai was in the discretion of the Court, it would not be excl.. cised in the present case. His HoNara said, in cases of slander, it had been the practice not to discharge on sureties, because there was a prima facie case of remand. Mr. SARGOOD urged that the smallness of the damages (405.) would probably take the case out of the ordinary rule. It was not for him to anticipate what the judg ment of the Court would be, but he ventured to hope that it would be merely nominal, and, therefore, he trusted that the Court would grant the application. Mr. Commissioner LAW refused to grant the appli cation. It was perfectly certain, that if the insolvent was opposed on the bearing, there must be a judg ment, and it was useless to discharge him on recog nizances. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A young man named Jonathan Wellington, of respect able appearance, was charged with assaulting Louisa Fisher, a young servant girl, who waited upon him at his lodgings, at 21, King-street, Covent-garden. The prosecutrix, a modest-looking girl, about 16, stated that she went into the service of Mr. Moore, at 21, King-street, Covent-garden, on Friday night. She saw the defendant on Saturday, and waited upon him while he was at dinner. He asked a few questions of her then, as to whether she had come from the country, and which she liked bast, but did not take any liberty with her. After she had gone to bed at night, he camo into her roem without his clothes, and got into her bed; but she successfully resisted his attempts, and he left the room, begging her not to tell any ono, and offering her money to keep silent. She got up early and went to her mother's, to whom she related the circumstances. Cross-examined by Mr. Frazer, the prisoner's attor ney—She did not scream beeause he prevented her doing so, and their conversation could not be heard in th e i house, as there was no one sleeping n the floor imme diately undern e ath h er ro om. The prisoner had come up from that floor. Witness might have said to the prisoner, on waking up and finding him in her b e d, " Oh, is that you, G eorge ," but she did not know. She knew a young man named George, who lived in h er father's house, a n d w h o k e pt company with her. She might have been thinking of him at the moment ; but she soon recognised the prisoner's face and voice. He had brought a candle with him into the room. By Mr. JARDINE—The young man " George" never came to me in my bed-room in his life. The.witness further swore that she never had any im proper acquaintance with a man in her life. Mr. Frazer cross-examined the witness as to a letter which she had been writing to her mother on the Satur day night, and eventually produced it, without saying, however, by what means it came into his possession. It turned out to be a perfectly harmless production, there being merely a complaint that " she was very unfortu nate," having got into a place where there were three single young men lodgers, and two apprentices to wait upon, evidently alluding to the severity of the labour she had to undergo. The landlord of the house, Mr. Moore, proved that no one slept on :the floor immediately underneath the girl but the prisoner. He had known the prisoner a few months only, and thought, from what other ser vants had said of him, that he was not usually fond of their society. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial for the assault, consenting to take two sureties of 501. each, and his own recognizances for 1001., to answer the charge. WORSHIP-STREET. A person of lady-like address and deportment, but ex hibiting every appearance of decayed gentility, who gave her name as Helen Herbert, and stated that she lived in Robert-street, Hoxton, applied to Mr. Hamnaill, at the conclusion of the business, for his assistance under the following distressing circumstances: — The applicant stated that she was the daughter of an officer LO the army, named Hamilton, who had sorted with credit and distinction in one of the West India re gime ntsi, and who, as a reward for his services, had been appo int 2d by the Duke of York, then Commander-in- Chief, Town Major of Galway, which office he conti nued to fill up to the time of his death, which took place abou t el . ghtec:n months since. During the latter period of hi s s - I.vice, however, the state of his health became so prees rious, that he was compelled to make annual visits to the French coast in the summer months, accom panied by the applicant and two orphan nieces, who were entirely dependent upon him for support and pro tection; and it was during the last of these sojourns that h.e expired, leaving her and his nieces wholly un providecl. Having, previously to this bereavement, received honourable attentions from a French gentleman, name d I Terbert, holding an appointment in the dockyard at Cb erbourg, she accepted his overtures, and married him; ba.t her husband, upon the revolution breaking out shortly. after, was deprived of his office ; and, although he has: mince made repeated applications to be reinstated, or for a pension in compensation for his twenty-six years' Sf srvice, he had been unsuccessful, in consequence of the 'unsettled state of the Government, in procuring either,. :and was now at Cherbourg, in as destitute a eon dition as herself. After enduring much privation in that country, she determined upon coming to this, in the hope of joining one of her cousins, who had come over :some time previously, and procuring em ploynaent as a governess or dressmaker, for both of which capacities she was perfectly competent, having received an excellent French education; but on reaching London she found that her cousin, Emma Jones, had fallen into the clutches of a gang of swindlers, and been committed for trial from this court, together with her mistress and another, for obtaining a large quantity of goods under fraudulent pretences from a linendraper in the City-road. The mistress was con victed, and is now undergoing a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment; but it being evident the young woman was entirely innocent, she was at once dis charge d by the Court, and handed over the care of the applict mt. All their efforts to' obtain employment of any description had been wholly fruitless, and as both were 310 W in a state of extreme destitution, without a friend. to help them, and neither of them had tasted food for ti vo days, she had been advised in her extremity to apply to the magistrate, and save them from actual star. yaticor c. The applicant handed in her father's commission and a number of passports and letters from Mr. Featherston haug;tt, the Consul, the Mayor of Cherbourg, and other gent If ;men, in confirmation of her statement; and Holland, the - warrant-officer, who had been directed to make in quiri..sl about her, reported that she and her cousin had lived so privately, and with such an appearance of re spectta bility, that it was not until a few days since that their Landlady had discovered the starving condition they were in. Mr HA.MMILL said it was certainly a most distressing case, and.one so worthy of the consideration of the public, that lii sincerely hoped the press would notice it, as his means of benevolence were very limited. He regretted he could only present the lady with 10s. for her imme diate exigencies, but trusted her wants would be more Tiber ally responded to by others. The applicant expressed her thanks for the Magis trates kindness, and left the court. FOREIGN FUNDS. lIAMBURGU FUNDS, Nov. 27. Bills. Money, Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent.'.. • • 103 103 Bank Shares ..................... Anglo-Russian Loan -.— — • Russian Metal., 5 per Cent 5....... Ditto Ist serieslnserlption......... Ditto, 3d and 4th series ........... Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per Cant.... New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. .... • • Ditto Stieglitz .• —.......• •••• • • .• 79% 79 Spanish New 5 per Cent • ... 8 1 4 8 Ditto 3 per Cent .• ——..••••• • •• •• 17% 16% Anglo-Swedish Loan ........ •• •• .. 96 Ditto, 1846.............• ••• • • • - • 93% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent...... Ditto 3 per Cent. .......... ••• . •• Norwegian Loan, 1848 .. ——. • • •• • • 95 95 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • • 63 62 II As National Bank Shares .. ..... • • ....... RAILWAYS. 98 93% Hamb. Bergd. ••.• • • •• .- Ditto, Priority Shares ... .. ••• • . • u. Berlin and Hamburg ........ ...... 63% 63 Ditto, Priority Shares .. • •• •• 96 Cologne and Minden - ... •• .• 75% 7534 Ditto, Priority Shares .. •••• •• • - Mecklenburg.. •• • • Altona and Kiel Gluckstadt •• •• •• _Hanseatic Steam Company . •.. DUTCH FUNDS.—AxsTEaDArs, 'Nov. 28. Money. Bills :Actual Debt, 2% per Cent— ••• • • 47 47% Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 56 56% Ditto, 4 per • Cent... .• •••• • • • • 72% 73 .Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent...—. •• • • , Commercial Company, 43i per Cent .. Spanish New 5 per Cents. •• . • .• Ditto, 3 per Ce n t s . ...• • •• ••• East India L oan , 4 per Cent...... •• •.• 71% Exchange on London, at sight .... • • 12 Two months.— ...... ••• • .. 11 95 On Hamburgh, at sight .. • • 34 93 Two m0nth5......... ••• • • • 34 81 On Paris, at sight...—. • • 56 62 Two months. .... ••••.. 56 18 Discount 3 per Cent. PRUSSIAN FLlNDS.—Brattari, Nov. 23. gt•Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • Bills. Money • 76% 76% Prttss.English B on d s , 1830 , 4 per Cent.. Foreign Exchanges On London, three months On Paris, two months— .... ••• ....80 11-12 On ll4mbargh, two months .... • • • 150% 33 33% 86% 86% 71% 6 21% 1495 BELGIAN FUNDS.—BIIIIIISELS. Nov. no_ Actual Debt, 2M per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent.• • • Ditto Three per Cent • ................. Ditto Thirty-seven 31illions, ditto Ditt0,ditt0,1840...... .......... ...... 78 Ditt0,ditt0,1842......... Ditto, .. •• •• ................ 72 Ditto, 1838. 51 Ditto of the City, 1832 .......• •• .• • • 93 Ditto, 1843 • Bank of Belgium-- . Issue of 1841 ........................96 Exchange on London, 23.50. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—An extension of time of two years having been granted by the Railway Commissioners to this company, for carrying on and finishing their works, the contractors have suspended operations, paid off their men, and disposed of their working plans. The dearth of employment in mining pursuits renders this rather unfortunate for the operative portion of the dis trict, who looked forward to a continuance of the works throughout the winter. A sum of 200,0001. has been expended in connexion with the scheme, but it has nearly all of it been for preliminary outlay in connexion with Parliamentary expenses, and but little upon actual works. Genzsnonorscri.—There is little or no appearance of progress, or prospect of opening, in the railways in this neighbourhood. The works at the Trent Bridge alone manifest any symptoms of activity. A great number of labourers are out of work.—Lincoln Mercury. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD.—The Carnarvon tunnels on the cofltracts between Conway and Bangor are being arched over with brick in a most effective and superior manner. It was at first thought that the rock, through which they had been cut, would not require this pre caution ; but various falls having taken place, the con tractors deemed it necessary to be at the expense of arching. Several massive blocks of the Anglesey lime stone have been lately placed in position as the coping stones of the tunnel entrances. They weigh from twenty to twenty-seven tons each. The blasting of the Swilley reeks has long been desired by all parties in terested in the trade of the Menai Straits. These ob stacles are situated in the middle of the Menai naviga tion, and it is on one of them, called the Britannia Rock, that the centre pier of the great bridge is being erected. It was agreed by the contractors and the trustees of the Carnarvon Harbour, before the commencement of the works, that a portion of the rocks should be blasted by the former ; and these gentlemen have stated, in reply to a communication from the trustees, that they are willing to fulfil the agreement as soon as they are in a condition to remove the scaffolding, which will be about May next. The piers, it is understood, are now eighty feet in height. ADMIRALTY RATLWAYS.—Notices have been served during the last few days upon the necessary parties at Portsea, and other places, with a view to the commence ment of operations in laying down the system of short railways or tramways at the various arsenals and har bours. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY (now 51} miles, being amalgamated with the Ipswich and Bury Railway).— Traffic for week ending Nov: 25, 1848, 1,277/. ls. 10d.; ditto for week ending Nov. 28, 1847, 1,129/. 19s. 51d. AMIENS AND BOULOGNE RAILWAY.—Open from Amiens to Boulogne.—Traffic from Nov. 19 to Nov. 26, 1848 :—Passengers, 24,934 f. 50c.; merchandise, 8,026 f. 85c. ; total, 32,961 f. 35c. (1,3201.) Receipts since March 15, 1848, 49,4661. Total, 50,786 L GRANTHAM.—The survey of the Great Northern Railway is rapidly proceeding in this neighbourhood. To those who know the locality it may be interesting to state that the line crosses Spittlegate-hill at the termina tion of the white posts and rails, takes down the newly erected fever hospital at the corner of the union -house premises, through Peacecliffe-hill, and skirting Jericho Wood, proceeds in the parish of Hougham towards Newark. It is a remarkable circumstance that the sur veyor:was enabled to pass his line through the Peace cliffe plantation without cutting down a tree. It is ex pected the navvies will be at work in this neighbourhood within four months.—Lincoln Mercury. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY.—Gross traffic for the month of October, 1848, 1,0651. Bs. 4d. This amount includes the sum received by Government for the com pany's account. EASTERN COUNTIES AND THE SHIPWRECKED GER MAN EMIGRANTS. —The directors of the Eastern Coun ties brought to London, gratis, 100 of the German emi grants who were shipwrecked off the coast at Harwich, in the Burgundy. Had it not been for the facility afforded by the railway company,'they must have begged their way to London. The Consul-General of Saxony and the Ilanse Towns has forwarded an acknowledgment to the directors, expressive of the liberality thus exhi bited, as an act of sympathy and fellowship which will be felt and appreciated by their countrymen is Germany and throughout the world. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The traffic for the week ending the 24th November was: For passengers, 1,361/ 115. ld.; Great Western Railway, 474/. 45.; South Devon Railway (including 1511. 15 s . 4d. for goods), 1,0391. 2s. sd. On the Ist inst., two tr a i ns up and two down, from Exeter, to Newton, were discontinued, and only one down train working between those towns now runs. THE WHAEPDALE VIADUCT ON TEE LEEDS AND THIEEHL.—The top or last stone of this stupendous piece of masonry was safely deposited by the contractors on Thursday. The vilduct consists of 21 arches, each of 60 feet span. OPENING or nig PAXBRE AND MEM DOM MAR- CHIENNE TO WALCOTIRT.- —The opening of this section of the Sambre and Meusss, the chief trunk communica tion from Belgium and Ge Innerly to the north-eastern provinces of France, took place on Thursday last. The total extent of railway tht !s opened up from the Govern ment lino at Marchienne f o Walcourt, with branches to Morialme Laneffe, is :25 miles through the richest mineral districts of Belgium n. The Belgian Government having certified its fitness :for opening, after inspection by the Alinistsr of Public 'Works, the traffic in passen gers and the staple prodti eta of the districts, such as coal, coke, and iron, which is very considerable, com menced on Saturday. Up wards of 3,000 tons of zinc ore, a mineral extensively w corked at Samart and Sautour, near Philipville, were ready for conveyance to the banks of the Sambre, for smeltirg. The chief engineering works are the Laury and LEam-sur-Heure tunnels. Some delay in the prosecution of the works on the Morialm6 branch was occasioned in consequence of the mineral proprietors claiming heavy indemnities for the damage they alleged woukl be done to the mines by the railway passing over them. There has been an excess on the cost of this first section of 73,3291. owing to the earth work having exceeded all original calculation, and which is attributed by th e engineer-in -chief, M. de Grandvoir, to the hard 'sat' ire and treacherous character of the rocks that had to be encountered. The Sambre and Meuse is the first railway in Belgium of any extent conceded, constructed, and v forked by British capitalists, all the other lines being the property of the State. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—.The directors of this com pany have issued a report :and financial statement re specting the position of the it line. A small portion of the railway, consisting of twelve miles of the main line and six miles of a branch to Brechin, has been open for seven months ending the 31st August, and has been worked in conjunction with the Forfar and Arbroath. The receipts for the seven months have been, including 3,0001. for carrying the mails, 17,0151., and the expendi ture 9,0254 The directors confidently expect to be able to open early next year other twenty-five miles of the line, bringing it within twelve miles of Aberdeen, and have made an arrangement with the Edinburgh and Northern, the North Bridal), and the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Companies, by means of which they will obtain the necessary funds on favourable terms for com pleting without further interruption the whole of the line to Aberdeen, thus giving an uninterrupted commu nication by railway from London to Aberdeen, a distance of more than 500 miles. The directors entertain the same confident opinion respecting the remunerative cha racter of the line which they had on former occasions expressed, and consider its position and prospects im proved by the arrangements with the southern companies. The amount received in calls is 784,8471., and, including the amount received on loans, the total sum expended on the line is 907,4661. The three companies already men tioned are to advance 276,0001, which, with 40,0001. to be received in arrears of calls and the sum which the company has power to borrow, will complete the entire line at a sum not exceeding 1,450,000/, or less than 24,0001. per mile, which, the directors conceive, will be less than any other equally important frunk line has ever been constructed for. Including the Arbroath and Forfar, the Aberdeen line will be 75 miles in length. The company has no liabilities of any kind, with the exception of the Arbroath and Forfar line, 16 miles in length, which is leased at 51 per cent. on capital of 220,0001, but the profits already more than exceed the guarantee.—Scotsman. THE BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY. -- The half-yearly meeting of this company, in which so many persons are interested as shareholders in this country, took place in Belfast on Thursday. The report showed that the total half-year's receipts amounted to 12,3581. ss. 10d.; the working expenses to 5,317/. 11s. 5d.; the interest on loans to 3,0361.45. 3d.; leaving a balance in favour of revenue account of 4,0041 10s. 2d.; out of which the directors recommend a dividend of 10s. per share, payable on the 14th day of De cember. The adoption of the report was moved by the chairman, and seconded by Mr. Jackson, an English shareholder. Mr. Joseph Maunder, seconded by Mr. Beloe, both of Liverpool, moved an amendment impugn ing the management of the line, and authorising the ap pointment of a committee to scrutinize the discrepancies between the estimates and the actual traffic. There were, however, fifty-five for the original motion and but four against it. Mr. G. Macartney defended the direc tors in a lengthy speech ; and after considerable bad gering of Mr. Maunder to induce him to apologize for some statements he had made, a vote of confidence in the board was carried. AMIENS AND BOULOGNE.--At a meeting of the pro prietors in Paris, on Saturday, the proposed modification of the statutes bearing on the number of the directors who should comprise the board of direction, was delibe rated upon and settled not to exceed eleven. With the exception of the permanent works, through the fortifica tions at Abbeville, and the passage at the river Somme, where the structures are only temporary, the line from Amiens to Boulogne is completed, and at work through out its whole length. WEST FLANDERS.—A meeting of the foreign share holders was held at Bruges last week, in conformity with the statutes, when the proceedings were as near as possible a rehearsal, as regards the reading of the report and resolutions with those at the meeting of the English shareholders. The traffic from Ostend to Namur, Liege, and West Flanders, over the Tournay and Jurbise just opened, is said to be considerable. A FLOATING RAILROAD.-Our railways have been laid in cutting and on embankments, through tunnels and over viaducts, and by the genius of a Stephenson they are actually being carried over arms of the sea, where ships in full sail can pass beneath them. While this daring work, however, cn be effected where the width, as at the Menai Straits, is only some 500 feet, such tereat tidal estuaries as the Forth and Tay will not admit of it. As these Friths lie across the route of the great east coast line of railways, which will shortly extend from London to Aberdeen, it became extremely desirable that some means should be devised by which those seas might be crossed without the troublesome necessity of passen gers and goods changing carriages. We are happy to say that a plan has been devised for carrying the trains bodily across the Tay at Broughty Ferry, where it is about a mile and a half broad. Mr. Robert Napier is at present building, in his yard at Govan, a floating rail way for the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company. It is being built of iron, 180 feet in length, and 35 in breadth. It is to have three lines of rails on deck, so as to enable it to take on a railway train of 500 feet in length, and is to be propelled by engines of 250-horse power. As the main line of railway on each side of the Tay is considerably a b ove the level of the sea, stationary engines on either side of the Frith are to in be employed to draw up or lower the trains. This railroad steam boat is expected to be launched a few weeks. In the meantime, and before the above improvement is com pleted, the Edinburgh and Northern Company ha ve made arrangements for having their cattle and heavy goods for the English markets carried by the Dundee and Perth line, and thence through Fife, and by the eas coast lines to England, on very moderate terms.—Perth shire Courier. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND LANCASHIRE AND YORRSUIRE.—We have to announce that the Lon don and North- Western Company and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company have entered into mutual traffic arrangements, the effect of which will be to immediately transfer all the traffic of the latter to the Leeds and Dewsbury line. We understand, indeed, that this line will be exclusively worked by the Lancashire and York shire Company until the opening throughout of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, when the London and North Western Company will assume the working. —Herapath's Journal. GREAT NORTHERN.—It is said that Mr. Beckett Denison, the chairman, has resigned, owing to a propo sition of his being overruled at the board; and that overtures have been made to Mr. Hudson to join the board. But we shall, perhaps, be enabled to give.the rights of the rumour next week.—lbid. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE.—This corn , pany have intimated that, after the Ist of December next, all transfers of their stock must describe it as the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Consolidated Stock, and be transferred as stock.—Kilmarnock Journal. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day is improved, and the business done in Great Western, 171. Shares, was 3 9-16 dis.—Midland, 501. Shares, 11 dis. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been little business doing iu our Static Exchange to-day. Prices however, remain unaltered, and the ma r k e t closed heavily at the following quotations. The sales are—Caledonian, Preference, 3s. 9d. e. dis.—London and North-Western, Fifths, 3 1 4 c. p.— Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 10/ Preference, 9% B —Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 53—Scottish Central, 25 1 4—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 8 1 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 61. Bs. 9d. MANCHESTER, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 7-16—North Staffordshire, 6 9-16 dis._ Leeds, Fifths, 4 3 /;dis.—Sheffield, Eighths, 7% dis.—Cale. donian, Preference, % c. dis.—Grimsby Docks, 15 V s dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), die.-- Ditto, Preference, IA p.—South Staffordshire, 6/. 11s. 3d. dis. Caledonian, 18%. _ YORK, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows:—Great Northern, 6 1 , 2 c.—Ditto, Halves (B), 2/. 14s. 3d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, 111/2. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. lIA.RTLEY ROW (HANTS) CATTLE FAIR, DEC. 4. Beasts—A greater number of every description of lean stock than has ever been brought here before at any fair for sale. Of large three-year old Devons and Herefords more than 1,000 head; of black cattle nearly 2,000; and full 1,000 of other breeds, besides cows, heifers, and calves. Although the day was very stormy and inclined for rain, there were many purchasers present from the counties of Becks, Bucks, Oxon, Surrey, Sussex, &c , who bought freely, and many rather extensively, at higher prices by at least 20s per head for the largest, and 10s ditto for the smaller beasts. Some large Here fords reached 14/ to 14 guineas each; Devons nearly the same; moderato beasts, from two years to thirty months old, went at from 11/ to 12/ ditto; second-rate ditto, 10/ to 10/ 103 ditto; finest North Wales breed, at from 8/ to 9/ ditto; others at from 6/ lOs to 71 10s ditto; a few Scotch breed went at from 8/ to 10/ ditto; a great many were sold. Several large dairymen purchased best cows and heif e r s f ree l y , some up to 1 8/, ot h ers 16/ eac h ; h ei fors in calf at 13/ to 15/ ditto; some at from 11/ to 121 ditto; stock calves were sold at from 30s up to 61 each. HorJes were of dull sale, the chief part being of very in ferior description and aged. LAMBOURN (BERM) SHEEP FAIR, DEC. 4.—Sheep —This is one of the largest and most important sheep fairs held, in the county of Berks, the town of Lamhourn in the coiitre of a fine gvazingtik:triet, with Lt ridge' of downs, which extend for mzles, hWing large sheep walks, where are to be seen tens of thousands of fine pure SeUthdelYll3 and half bred sheep, not to be ex• . - COLCHESTER, DEC. 2.—Wheat, white 32s to 58s; red, ditto, 46s to 54; barley, 30s to 345; beans, Mazagan, 28s to 345; middle and small ditto, 3i:s to 38s; peas, 34s to 40s per quarter. 1 - xscx, Nov. 30.—The first of our monthly markets, for the season, was held here on Monday last. The supply of cattle brought forward, came fully up to ex pectation. Although the quality in general could not be compared to that of the corn:spending period of last season,lfor reasons obvious to those acquainted with such matters, still, it gave ample evidence " of better things to come." Not a small amount of business was trans acted by a numerous and respectable body of dealers; some of the choicest lots reaching from 15/. to 201.—one superior animal brought 231. There was a fair demand for grain, prices from 14s to 16s, according to quality. 111oNamosu, DEC. I.—We had a dull market to-day, but prices were not much lower, excepting wheat, which was down 2s to 3s. Wheat, 621b5., 50s to 51s; barley, 531b5., 25s to 265; oats, 401b5., 17s to 183 6d; peas, 25s 6d per quarter. COAL MARKE' Buddle's W. Hartley 15s 9d Carr'e Hartley Chester Main lss 6d Hasting's Hartley lss 9(1 Ilolywell Main lss 6d, North Percy llartley.. 15s Odj Ord's Redheugh Pontop Windsor .... South Pontop Tanfield Moor .... l6s 3d Tanfield Moor Butes l4s 9d Townley l4s Od Walker's Primrose Wylam West Hartley Wall's End, &c iletton Hotspur lss 3d Wharnclifie -YZSTE AMT. 1 Bell . l7B Od I Haswell lBs 7d I Lambton IStewart's Whitwell . Benson Caradoc l7s 6d Kelloe . 17s Od Adelaide Tees Coahoe Seymour Tees South Durham l6s Od West Cornforth . l6s Gd DerwentwaterHartley 15s 6d Hartley Howard's W. H. Neth lss 9d Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 137. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. General—Heron, Moor, near Warrangton. Lieutenant- Generals—Colquhoun, Edinburgh; Lomax, Bristol; Richardson, East India Company's Service. Major-Generals—M'Douall„ C. 8., Stranraer, North Briton; Garner, East India Company's Service, London. Lieutenant Colonels—Pattoun, 32d Foot, killed in action at Moultan; F. A. M. Fraser, Unattached, Mon treal. Majors—Montizambert, 10th Foot, killed in action at Moultan; W. Smith, Unattached ; Macready, ditto, Bristol; Walpole, Anson, East India Company's service, Chelsea; Brown, half-pay, 62d Foot, Norwich. Captains—Murray, Rifle Brigade, Cape of Good Hope, of wounds received in action; Gray, Ceylon Rifle Regi ment, Ceylon ; Clark, half-pay 38th Foot, Jersey ; O'Donnell, retired on full pay, 4th Veteran Battalion; Phelan, Unattached; Swyny, ditto, London; Dennis, ditto, Stoney Stratford; Hutchinson, late Ist Wrrison Battalion; Bacmiester, hf.-pay 3d Line Battalion, K.G.L. Lieutenants—White, 3d Dragoons, Umballa, Bengal; Bennett, 15th Dragoons, Madras; Boughton, 57th Foot, Cavan; Pyne, 66th Foot, Barbadoes; Fellowes, 74th Foot, Dublin; Kingsmill, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Hong- Kong; Bristow, half-pay, 3d Foot, St. Helier's, Jersey; Coote, unattached, Mallow; Blakeney, half-pay, Royal Marines. Ensigns—Baker, 16th Foot, Guernsey; Darley, 77th Foot, Portsmouth; Blackiston, half-pay, 36 th Foot; Follett, half pay, 38th Foot. Paymaster—Fraser, half-pay, 36th Foot. Quartermasters—Taylor, 32d Foot, killed in action at Moulton; Cooper, half-pay, Ist Life Guards. Medical Department—Dr. Renny, half-pay, Director General (Ireland), Dublin. Surgeons—Dick, half-pay,. sth Foot; Mostyn, half pay, 47th Foot. - Assistant-Surgeons—English, Staff, Kingston; Ja ma ic ; Irwin, M.D., 72d Foot, Barbadoes; Waller, Staff, M`Carthy's Island. Veterinary Surgeons—Field, half pay 2d Life Guards, Thompson, half-pay, 14th Dragoons. [A DVERTISEMEN T —Bowel Complaints and Cho lera do not always arise from foulness without the sys tem; if the liver be in a sluggish state, or if the diges tive functions be improperly performed irritation of the bowels is sure to ensue; and if the blood be not properly decarbonized, in consequence of the lungs being ob structed by impurities, that vital fluid passes through the system charged with a disease engendering principle. The Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hall, near Eluddersfield, have become celebrated throughout the world as the most effica cious medicine ever discovered for ridding the system of all impurities, for opening obstructions, for removing acrimonious and redundant bile (the chief cause of cho lera), and for causing the fluids to flow in a healthy and natural order. At the same time, these Pills strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, and renovate the whole sys tem. None are genuine unless Mr. Kaye's coat. of-arms, and a fac simile of his signature, are printed on the di rections for use wrapped round each box. Price Is. lid.; 2s. 9d.; or 4s. 6d. each box. To be had of all Medicine Venders. 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THE RUMS OF ALLINGRAM CASTLE:—One por-. tion (that next the Medway) is converted into a farm house for the cultivation of 300 acres; the other was also a farm-house for some 100 more, but lately this latter has been dismantled, the roof torn off, the floors taken away for cattle-sheds, the windows demolished, and the materials converted into peasant cottages ! In the refection hall there yet remains the mantle-piece where once the faggot blazed, and on the entablature, T. W., 1586, denotes the spot where old Sir Thomas Wyatt warmed into verse. Within the court are pig geries and fowl-yards, cow-sheds, stacks ! I—and yet remaining in its chiselled groove the old portcullis shuts in all the hoard, an orchard fills the moat, ;and satcrile gious hands have robbed the structure of its onward show. This is the property of Lord Romney. TILE WINTER ASSIZE.—We are enabled to state that an official communication has been made by Sir G. Grey that a Winter Assize will be held only in three northern counties, and consequently there will be no gaol delivery either in this county or in Essex until the Spring Assizes.—Uertford Mercury. BIRTH . On the Ist inst., Mrs. James Butler, of Regent-street, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Reigate, the wife of James Giles, Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., at Northampton, the lady of Major Camp bell, 87th Royal Irish Fusileers, of a son. On tho 2d inst., the wife of Thomas Morgan, jun., Esq., of Savage-gardens, of twin sons. On the 2d inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. Hodgkinson, of a son. On the 2d inst., Mrs. William Dent, of Newcastlo-street, of a son. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at Edinburgh, Major Rawdon Vassal], son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Vassal], to Margaret Emily, daughter of the late Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart, of Auchinleck, Ayrshire. _ _ On the 30th ult., at Boughton Monchelsea. Joseph Free man, Esq., of Newington-place, Surrey, t o Eli za b e th, e ld e r daughter f John Selby, Esq., of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent. At St. Pancras Church, on the 2d inst., John B. Spurgin, Esq., of the Madras Fusiliers, eldest son of Dr. Spurgin, of Guildford-street, and Bradwell, Esq., to Emma, third daugh ter of H. Wakefield, Esq., of Lausdown-place, Brunswick square. celled by the far. famed Hampshire breeds. This day the fair was Well tilled with sheep and attended by buyers. The quantity exceeded by sumo thousands the average number; yet all were sold, or nearly so, at ad vanced prices of from is to 3s each, according to their size, age, and quality. Some very splendid Southdown wethers, said to be from the socks of Henry Hippisley, Esq., sold at 50s each; some bred by Mr. Matthews, of Chieveley, made 48s ditto; the sheep from the famed flocks of E. Tull, Esq., of Peasemore, Mr. Humfrey, of Oakes'', H. de B. Beauvoir, Esq., of Englefield, John Harris, of Hinton, and ethers, sold equally as well, mak ing great prices. The best Ewes in lamb made from 44s to 48s each; second-rate ditto, 40s to 42s ditto; aged ditto, 16s to 38s ditto, Some splendid Lambs went at 40s to 42s each, others at from 34s to 36s ditto; small, 24s to 26s ditto; finest togs sold at from 46s to 48s ditto, others at from 34s to 403 ditto; several ram ditto and lambs went at 65s to 70s each. There were some pens of four and six-tooth wethers, fat, which r ea li ze d f rom 4s 10d to 5s 2d p er stone of 81bs.. The lameness has greatly decreased in this county among the flocks, nearly all graziers taking home their flocks in wet weather as at night, giving them corn, chaff, and other dry food, as well ss green feed. Cattle sold better than for some weeks past at other fairs, many finding purchasers at the full prices asked. Horses for riding and farmers' work, if warranted sound, made fair prices; all others were not saleable, though offered at very low figures. CHELMSFORD, DEC. I.—There was to-day a reduction of full 2s, and in some instances 3s per quarter upon last week's prices for wheats, and even at that abatement very little business was done. Barleys realised is per quarter less than last week, and beans and peas met a similar reduction in price. Oats a slack sale at last week's quotations. White wheat, 51s to 575; red, 41s to 495. Barley, 27s to 325; chevalier ditto, 28s to 335; grinding ditto, 2s to 295. Oats, 21s to 28s. Malt, 59s to 60s; chevalier ditto, 60s to 61s. Peas, partridge, 33s to 375; white ditto, 35s to 395; dun ditto, 32s to 355. Beans, tick, new, 28s to 325; ditto, old, 32s to 345; Harrow ticks, new, 29s to 345; old ditto, 33s to 365; Mazasan ditto, new, 26s to 28s; ditto old, 29s to 31s per quarter. DIED. On the 29th ult., at Brighton, John Greatrex, Esq., of the Royal-crescent, Ramsgate, aged 54. At Dawlish, Devon, on t he 30th ult., John Livett, Esq. On the Ist inst., at Priory-farm, Harrold, Bedfordshire, Mr. William Rogers, sen., aged 68. Oa the Ist inst., at Tatchhury-mount, Henry T. Timson, Esq., aged 81. On the Ist inst., at Croydon, aged 30, llarriett Sophia, the wi On thefe of Mr. 2d in T. . t. ' Eleanor, , the wife Mansfield of Sise-lan of eMr., CitEy. . I. Dixey, of Doddingto--grove, Kennington. On the 2d inst., aged 65, Sarah Milford, wife of George Cottam, Esq., of the Grove ; Camberwell, Surrey. On the 2d inst., the lady of Sir John Hall, K.C.H. On the 3d inst., at Peak-hill, Sydcnham, James Ilogartb, Esq., late of Lower Thames-street, aged CO. On the Ist inst., Mr. John D. Nevill, of Stoke Newing ton, aged 38. 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