The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-16 00:00:00

MORNING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. • FROM TUE DAILY PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. GLOBE.---While the wretched man who suffered this morning was yet living, we forbore from stating the . opinion we hold in favour of the execution of the ex treme sentence of the law. We have even admitted arguments on the opposite side into our columns: - But there is no reason for further reserve of our own opi. nioo, or of the grounds of it. Let it be shown to us that there is no terror in canital punishment for brutal nateres, and none will be more anxioue than ourselves for its abolition. If there. is.any such. terror excited—any such sense of. the force of law, and the certainty of its execution., as make those pause - whons no moral abhorrence would withhold from the deed of murder .er violation—capital executions are justified. They are justified in the eyes of all except. of that respected society in whose eyes war .. is not justified, even in national self-defence. Why the possibility, or even the certainty, of a murderer, a ravisher, a traitor or two, suffering on the scaffold, at considerable intervals, should excite such a vast deal of • sympathy as to drown ad sympathy for theitvictims, and . absorb all care or concern for the millions of lane cent citizens whom the rare severities of the law secure* . in some measure, from crimes of violence during those intervals—we ate unable to explain, except from similar pervers;ons of leeline to those which make sympathisers with Jed: Sheppard. or hero-worshippers of Guy .Fawkes. We soy, without hesitation, that except in the case of " Friends, - who are consistent in this doe trine—and of a few speculative and phrenological phi lanthropists (whom we - way notice some other time). we believe that what really is at the root of most of the outcry reainst all death punishment, is a hirking hostility to the social system as it exists. We do not mean . to ihinute this as criminal, or to stigma :the any of the Opponents of capital punishments, but - we do mean to say that snelieftelings operate and are 'highly dengerous. Hew else r does it happen that sects' extrrene 'tenderness . of huttan fife in the case of criminal-, is in often accompanied with such utter in ' - iliiferince - to ie when destroyed in the way of " wild justice," as it lids sometimes been termed, or of Whole - sale massacres, when those have been made on pretexts'?popular We distrest some of this popular philintheopy we' believe it to be one-sided. It be longs to the age of " bowie-knives," and dastard dag egers " for. se I f defenrc." We distrust it ;we do indeed —we have seen its " uprising," and are " acquainted with its w lys." We should expect to meet it at a minor theatee;, gloating on scenes of mixed outrage and licenliousoesi;; and enjoying the mimic murders which it gen'tbear to see punished in eernest. We should ex- Tent to meet it in scenes more serious were the terrors of lay, end. the bonds of order, relaxed in the degree which philanthropists of this sanguine complexion call for. 'S-TA NDA II I).—Tee appointment of a Bishop of the United Cliaireleof England anti Ireland to exercise epißeopal Inactions within certain limits of the Les ant is an -event too important to pass unheeded or un lamented by the enemies of our venerable Establish ment. We find the Sprelator and the Morning Clar6itier'r already drawing from it the darkest pre-. sages and the worst consequences. As fat as Englisha• men are concerned, we apprehend little evil from all that our Contemporaries can say ; but as some of - their remarks are ca;culet el to excite the jealousy of foreigners by surmising it, a few words of explanation may be useful. - The Church of England, though happily •established iii these islands, is, in the belief of con seientous Churelenen, something more and some thing infinitely higher than a mere temporal establish meet. It is a body of Christians spiritually united by the adoption of a common faith and a common form of discipline. In this view, if the Church diielaims all elsil authority on the one side, as all its sober members •tio, it can acknowledge no local limits on the other. What is true, and decent, and orderly in England and Ireland. must preserve the same charac teristics every where ; and we are not to withhold the benefit of the blessing from others who may seek it, though separated from us by the accident of place or the accident of different civil hest' tutions. " Show me," said the late Mr. Howells, of Long-acre Chapel," a man who would be contented to go to Heaven alone, and I will show you a man who will never go there.' Plato had said the same thing before, though in a less homely stele. If we believe the system of the Church of England—understanding by the word eyetent the compound of creed and ecclesiastical discipline—the beet ealcu!ated for the religious improvement of man—and that we do is proved by cur adooi6'n' - of this system—we are surely bound to let all 'mankind participate in it if they please ; more especially bound to secure its advantages to ail who are entitled to them, as Englishmen are by right of birth. Tne title of Bishop Alexander, as a Bishop of the United Church in Jernsaletn, ought, one would think, to have rendered unnecessary any caveat against they a girestion of any of those objections that are offered- -=- ought to have obvieted the parallel of the Isiah. Roman Catholic Prelates' claim to be Bishops of`certain' riiheeies• in Ireland. The King of Bei giurri'avie a lessf;'inontlis ago . king ha England, and no doubt° during - hiC visit to his Royal Niece lie may have - exercised sortie acts of Royalty in this country— though - • certainly not in relation to the Eng lish-- ettiatiledn' t lrelation to his own subjects. The ;tallejjeadence of England was surely not invaded by either his Majesty's presence or his acts. On ' the other. hand •we are all gratified by the pre sence of a niece who in other times had taught us to rrspect and love him, and who, by his visit, added t ) ti:e enjoyments of our bchved Queen. There is, too, another and sin important differ ence in the cases of the new Bishop in Je rusalem, and the Irish Romanist Bishops. Bishop Alexander hie sworn no obedience, civil or . ,ecclesiastical, to any authority in England. and by • The lite Act he is exonerated from the necessity of ' taking even the oath of allegiance. It is mere accident that he is a British subject. Tile Roman Catholic Bi ihons elthe several dioceses in Ireland, are, on the either hand, strictly sworn to a civil and ecclesiastical tobedience to the See of Rome, and must be taken from alien trained in the most submissive service to that See. NONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. LEON MORNINt: PAPERS OF VE4TERDAY. POST.—It was whispered about, in the early part 0, rut week, that a money crisis in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire was probably near at hand, and there can be no doubt that considerable pressure has again existed in those parts of the country. The mismanagement of some of the large issuing joint stock banks, to whose proceedings we have not un frtquently alluded, is named as the groundwork of this unsatisfactory state of things. It has all along been sufficiently evident to those who are conversant with mercantile affairs that the trade of Lancashire Was very much interfered with and held in check through the evil influence of hanks conducted upon false principles : and the unreasonable length to which some of them have ventured in the advances mt cotton-spinn ers an d manu f ac turers 13 now beg. )g to le developed to the public by means of the disclosures coosequent upon the bankruptcy exams nations that are going forward. It is found that the depression of prices in yarns and manufactured goods has been unduly aggravated through the continued sue plies furnished by. persons largely indebted to their bankers, and who have been compelled week after week so bricg them to market • aritUdispOse of them at any sacrifice, in order to keep their isiarinfactories The banks appear to be now allat once erring in an almost equal degree on the side of caution. They aro andeavouriog at length to rein in those of their custo mers whom they formerly encouraged in their headlong progress, in a Manner that contr as t s s t rong l y and injuri ously with their past liberality. Accommodation is now doled out with a most sparing hand,but this is,perhaps, to l a great extent owing to the imp over i s h e d condition of i the banks themselves. V are informed . that it is with reluctanc e- three months bankers' dra • - parties who had fts are a t _ presen t taken k i v die l a• a large amenintt%f>.=etkrln sine and thereason is o bvious _hesitation In enoug h, as , indeed, ,ifw 'sti:ined t..ill such devices for raising money : Id, to fail. W e callek at . the lima a :etttrez in the e „ ntion of the public to •thsg ease of the Ayr Bank. 0 1 referredt which mention is made by, the cek. d took upon ourselves to pee ls:rated Adam Smith, er pirtially upon depen d e d either . entirely diet that any bank suchwt as sistance must - eventually sink. We regret' for she hat our anticipat i on s in sake of the unfortunate manufacturing population, t this matter have bees but too near the truth, for We . have.reason to believe that the (dim). It is, on the are actually in the course of reazd, that arrangements other hand, with satisfaction we add , are understood to be in progress , the object of which is. to avert as much as possible, the Cum b er calamity that ividuils who was threatening to overtake a class of .cle have already suffered so much. Oat of the distressed banks, a large and wealthy, but, until recently , misma nagedthat concern, has obtained in London 6 co-opera tion which will, it is hoped, go far to restore confliene and to put thins on a more desirable footing. 'TIMES.—The observations in the annexed letter. relative to the consequences to merchants arid others of detainin 7 the spurious Exchequer bills at . the 'Fret st!rY, are peculiarle worthy of attention. `niere can lie 00 doubt that inany.bouses, otherwise strong, might be Drought down by this circumstance alone, and it is pe c6ils'lY import nit, from thr present difficulties with which all classes of the trading interest are struggling, that-thispoint tthonid have the ful:est and most anxious consideration with the Government . TO Tlik EDITOR. OF TUE Mark-lane, Nov. 1841. "Sta,—l have read the letter in your journal of this, day, signed A Constant Reader:: by which it, would appear the writer defends the Treasury for im bndieg the '.defective ' bill s . P er h aps h e ma y not e acquainted- with the variety of reasons which work in a merchant's mind to evidence the utter ruin that might attend man in business, through the Government withholdii ar c his securities, such as they may be : posaiblyit la said,, the bills being spu rious, of what . vatusae .. st rA, ll 4 .auswerv-. this is a matter of. opinion in 'ma. -eyes: or n e...rkin;-rood for nothing in ate -utilisation of another, as regards the chances of success against the Government worth something, and this something, as a collateral security, might save a house at a pinch. I will suppose the case of a foreign merchant, of limited credit, hard pressed for cash by the non-arrival of a packet ; be goes to his banker and shows his last letters received, by which it is made clear be has the moral certainty of having ample remittances by the expected packet to meet his present urgent wants. Bankers very properly keep in mind the adage, There's many a slip between the cup and the lip ;' still, in such a case as I have set forth, rather than let a customer fail, on very slender security, they would make a moderate advance. It is no uncom mon thing with prudent men to keep Exchequer bills by them, to guard against contingencies ; and if such a person had his bills, though spurious, kept from him by the Government, he might in consequence be forced to stop payment, having no security to offer his banker, and I think be would have just grounds to bring an action against the Government for the ruin brought upon himself and his family. Why not stamp the spurious bills with the word forged,' and return them to the holder thus defaced, to use if be can? Two men differink with respect to a bankrupt's estate will some times buy and sell the acceptance to a bankrupt ; the holder, wishing to- avoid trouble, and having no desire to make a good bargain; will sell a bill over due, with the notary's ticket in the corner with the word bank rupt' written thereon, for more perhaps than the estate ultimately pays. So much for opinion on such matters; but opinion could not be exercised if the Commissioners were to impound all bills at the time of proving against an estate. " With respect to the responsibility of the Govern meat in the present case, it appears to me the safety of the bona fide owner cannot be doubted, especially those who were so over cautions as to take the bills to the Exchequer bill-office for approval, before-they would receive them as a security ; the case being, the chief clerk of the Exchequer bill-office gives to a third per son an Exchequer bill, struck from the gOvernment plate, on Government paper, numbered by the chief clerk, and signed by a third person, whom the chief clerk subsequently, by telling the bolder all was right,' in the name of the Government, in every sense of the • word fathered on Government account ; and thereby induced the bolder to give his gold forthe bill. F. L." The " innocent holders" of the spurious Exchequer bills must feel rather gratified than otherwise at the position taken by the advocates of Government irre sponsibility, as it is evident that the course adopted is not so much a meeting of the subject in all its bearings. a patent investigation of the equity of the holder's claims, as an attempt which, having begun in casting aspersions on the rectitude and character of the holders, would now extend a sort of moral culpability even to those who think that their case is at least deserving of consideration, and express that opinion. An impartial inquiry into the claims of the unfortunate and innocent holders, the publi cation of the arguments in their favour, is now spe ciously called " a defence and promotion of forgery." All this endeavour to vilify the bill-holders, and those who feel for their situation, argues but ill for the soundness of a cause which requires to be supported by such miserable expedients. As an additional proof that by refusing payment of all spurious bills justice would not be done, it is gene rally remarked that those who but lent their money on the deposit of the bills at a high rate of interest have for the most part got rid of their very questionable secu rities, while the generality of the present holders have lent at oo higher than the Bank rate of interest, so that they cannot be charged with having allowed themselves to ie misled by a prospect of extraordinary gain. If this be really the case, as is now generally believed, a refusal on the part of the Government to acknowledge the bills would be causing the innocent to suffer for those who may be supposed to have had some cause for suspicion, without punishing the latter at all. C HRO NIC L E.—The Morning Post is very angry with us because of our advocacy of the claims of the in nocent holders of the spurious Exchequer Bills, and takes special praise to himself for having, single handed, denounced the conduct of Rapallo in the affair of Louis Napoleon. Had his efforts in exposing the practices of those engaged in Stock Exchange speculations at that period been supported by ourselves and others, the Post conceives that all the embarrassment produced by the operations of Smith would have been avoided. Our Contemporary has sig nally failed in his endeavours to disparage the claims of the bone fide holders, which have now been so fully discussed, that very little, if anything new, can at present be said about them. We can only urge their justice on the Government, and call upon the Treasury to proceed without delay to dispose of the impounded bills. We have shown the gross injustice of the impounding, and that the whole cads of justice would have been served by returning the bills that did not suit the counterfoils, branded on the face with their dishonour, so that the innocent holders might use them in relief against their authors. That is the course adopted by the Bank of England in the case of forged notes which fall into their hands, and any risleof the desiruetion of the spurious bills might have been guarded against by taking bond from the holders, that they would be answerable for their produCtion, whensoever they .night be called for by the officers of the Crown. EXECUTION OF BLAKESLEY. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 15. LLOYD V. WAIT. The arguments in this part-heard cause, which have already occupied the Court three days, were resumed this morning. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 15. MASSIE V. DRAKE.-SAME V. SAME. The MASTER of the Rotas gave judgment in these suits; the first of which came before the Court on the petition of Captain Drake, to procure taxation of the bills of costs of Messrs. Harper and Parry Jones, his solicitors, which had been settled and paid by him. His Lordship said that it appeared the bills had been de livered to the plaintiff by - the defendants, and had re mained in his possession some time, and that he had applied to them for an abatement, which they had thereupon made. It also appeared that the agent of Captain Drake bad waived the taxation of the bills, and that all the parties had met together for the purpose of settlement, when the accounts were ac knowledged, and it was found that a balance was due to Capt. Drake. He had gone carefully over the bills with. the assistance of a clerk of Court, and had not found that the overcharges exceeded the abatement that had been, made to Captain Drake. Under these circumstances the petition must be, , dismissed with costs., In the second case; which prayed an account of certain sums of money alleged to be due to Mrs. Blake from the same parties, for money received by them individually ,and in partnership, on her account, his Lordship as to certain portions of the account, dismissed the petition, but as to other portions of them, directed the account prayed for to be takan. 'Die execution of this wretched man having been ap pouted o to take place yesterday, the Old Bailey : and all the approaches to it were crowded before seven o'clock, and the conduct of the multitude, as might be ex- peeted upon such brutalising occasions, was marked by the most disgusting levity and indecency. It was : indeed a matter of astonishment to observe that those who had undergone so much inconvenience as those thousands suffered. being crammed together in so small a space, for the sake of witnessing the revolting spec tacle, continued their sports, throwing about each others hats and bonnets from one part of the throng to another, with shouts of laughter and wild jests, whilst the miser able object of their curiosity s stood upon the drop, and was being launched into eternity. On Sunday evening his father called at Newgate, but I was not admitted into the condemned cell. The object of the distressed parent's visit did not transpire. Blakesley has a mother and three sisters living, but his , . father only has visited him since his condemnation. About i I o'clock, the culprit, who has worn a strait waistcoat since his violent conduct towards his keeper on Thursday, lay down for a short time, but he evinced great restlessness, and soon after midnight he arose and 1 occupied himself in praying, and writing two letters, one I to Ins wife, and the other to the Rev. Ordinary, the con tents of which were not communicated to the Reporters. ' As early as four o'clock in the morning the Old Bailey i was thronged with males and females of the lower class, i and the appearance of the workmen and police bearing torches, throw a sombre and awful effect upon the gaol awl the fatal apparatus which was hastily 'proceeding to • completion. Inspector Woodroffe With 200 of the City Police, were ia attendance to preserve order, and as the time of execution advanced, the crowd became far greater than even at Courvoisier's execution. ..'"L:'.. Mr. Sheriff Rogers arrived at six o'clock, and was speedily followed by Mr. Sheriff Magnay, and the Under- Sheriff's, Messrs. Pritchard and Beavan. : The Rev. Mr. Carver arrived at half-past six o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the condemned cell, and offered the wretched man the best spiritual consolation his awful situation required. The silver chalice and sacramental cup, with some bread and wine, were taken into the pri soner at half-past seven ; but the Reporter was after wards informed by the Rev. Ordinary that he had not administered the sacrament to Blakesley. The convict having partaken of some coffee, Calcraft the hangman proceeded to pinion his arms, and he un derwent the ceremony with most astonishing composure. At a few minutes before eight o'clock the Sheriffs in quired of Blakesley if he was desirous of making any statement, upon which he addressed the Ordinary to the following effect :—" I do assure you, Mr. Carver that I • did not intend to murder Mr.. Bnrdon. but I did intend to murder my wife, ani I.expected to . be brought here, and to die for it. It is not true that Mr. Burden was sitting down when I stabbed- hiss, but he came before me and my wife, in, this way—(bere Blake* , ley, sat down in a chair, and placing a handkerehief .over his head,: he described how - Mr. Burdon hastily rose Rfrom : his chair and came between them). The Reterend: Mr,' Carver then asked the - convict in :tern he placed his future hope, and he replied calmly 4 'lens Christ, my SiviOur, who died for sinners." "And you believe he will 'T j eeteite you ? " inquired the ClutPlidn, to , which Blakedlenswered " Yes,- I do." whether it was feigned insanityop 7 Z r n ' o g w ar . r.• then, questionedbim as to whether he . opinion that: lIV ,bad been really mad, or condemnedassumed,: and be stated that lie .had übl i le jected to avoid • being present at the thhe- ser mo n , to that he might not be stib- I Sheriff : ff * in Ma t g h n e ay hawing gaze, and it was not .obtaining a reprieve. Mr. further request to make, to c o upon his parents and e e ! o s g m te f r o s r , he begged if the culprit had any the Rev. Mr. Carver and also upon his comfort to f them. During wife, to administer spiritual the whole of this time the countenance the H culprit was composed, and he spoke in a firm voice. ° e was attired in a suit of black, and wore a white cravat. It being now nea rly eight o'clock, the prison -bell sounded the ipr F Ull eCs death. knell, and the officers slowly and mournfully iiitwed across th e Chapel-yard and along the 'dreary: nar row passages' of the . gaol toward s th e scaffold. The ( .„„ v i c t, who was preceded by the Sheriff, Under-She i r i f f, Governor, and Ordinary, walked with a firm step, repeating t o himself the solemn prayers uttered by t h e R ev . Mr. Carver. He ascended the scaffold without a ss i, it .. u s hi l i a ve u l n y ch f e4 .' o ne,., and, upon being placed under the fatal beam, the ex corations of' the mob were almost deafening. After prayer rather better than a minute t r h en e va ra ii tal i b e o n i r s ag n . e .e d re i n weiatrheddratowns into eternity. Ile app iriaigngdlehceon"N'a shrieks of of the men defies any females and tile shouting . • . The body hay soine minutes. and during this time the - - thine. like an • accurate description , 7 . rent. A number of gentlemen moved into the prison for intern . jug' been suspended an hour, was cut down; and re females occu piedwithin the gaol, and several well-dressed. particularly of the medical profession, were admitted the windows of the houses opposite. Some pick pockets were apprehended by the police in the course of " the sight." ---= The Speaker of the House of Commons (the Right Hon. C. S. Lefevre) had an audier.ce of Sir James Graham yeste r d a y morn i ng at the Home-office. Sir R. Wilson also had au audience of the Right Hon. Baronet. THE SUN, LONEIO2C - TUESDAY, N'OVEMBER 16, 1841.3 fendant, that upon the last occasion of the at tempt being made prior to the institution of this suit —namely, ten years ago, the occupiers of the lawn resisted the 'demand of a- poors -rate, and that the parish authorities gave up the demand; these circumstances led him to put the matter in a train for further investigation. He would suggest, as a point deserving of the defend ant's consideration, whether, if Benefield-lawn were ex• tra parochial, and the tithes therefore the property of the Crown prior to the alienation of 1832, the title to those tithes might not now be in Lord Winchelsea. If they were extra-parochial, he thought the Crown would have the power to transfer them. His Honour then directed an issue to be tried by special jury, whether the lands called Benefield-lawn, in the pleadings mentioned, are part of the parish of Cottingham-cum-Middleton," the affirmative to be upon the plaintiff. SUTHERLAND V. BRIGGS. His HONOUR stated that he would give judgment in this cause on Thursday. ROBERTS V. WILLIAMS. In this cause the bill was filed to enforce a voluntary settlement made in favour of the plaintiff. His Honour postponed his judgment. JESSQP V. JESSOP. In this cause his Honour decreed " a reference to the Master to inquire who are the next of kin, and if he shall find the next of kin are parties to the record, then to proceed to take an account." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 15. THE QUEEN V. JOHN SHEEHAN AND SIR JOHN JIILLEY DOYLE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL - applied to the Court in this case, which was a rule for a criminal information against the defendanti, to enlarge the rule till Saturday. He made the application upon an affidavit which stated that the rule was served some days after it had been obtained ; that the affidavits consisted of upwards of thirty brief sheets, and the defendants had not time to prepare their answer. The Court was aware that the case arose out of some dispute at Cambridge, between one of the defendants and Sir Alexander Grant. The COURT granted the application. THOMAS V. REECE. This was an action of assumpsit upon two bills of ex change, and upon an account stated. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Pattesen on Monday last, and a ver dict was had for the defendant. Mr.BansTow now mosecfior a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection. At the trial, on the part of the plaintiff it was proved that with regard to the bill for 211. 1 is. a person went to the defendant, who admitted his liability, but begged the plaintiff to sue the acceptor and endorser, and that if they did not or could not pay, he would. The plaintiff accordingly did so, but they turned out to be insolvent, and application was again made to the defendant. Then the defendant established the fact that the bill had been presented a day too late ; but it was submitted for the plaintiff that he was entitled to recover on the account stated, but the Learned Judge was of opinion that he could not recover, not having new assigned ; and it was to take the opinion of the Court upon that point that the case was now sub mitted to their Lordships. The COURT took time to consider its decision. THE QUEEN V. SCHOLFIELD AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for a conspiracy to obtain goods under false pretences and representations. The indictment charged the defendants, Edward Scholfield, a Manchester warehouseman, carrying on business in Wat • ling-street, London, ; Arranfeldt, his partner, residinr , at Manchester ; Armand Cusell, and Lascell, a native of llamburgh, carrying on business in London, with con spiring to obtain goods under false pretences from Jos. Raleigh and Co., of Manchester, and from Messrs. Goolde, Smith, and Holland. The transactions took place in the months of June and July, 1839 ; and the clerk of Lascell, in the beginning of that year, went to Manchester, and on the suggestion of Arranfeldt went to one of the prosecutors (Raleigh), and obtained goods to the amount of 1,6001. or 1,700/. giving references to Scholfield and other parties. One of the prosecutors, Mr. Goolde, came to London in July, and made inquiries concerning the character of Lascell, and ultimately the goods were delivered, and shortly afterwards Lascell ab sconded, and the other defendants became bankrupt. The Jury found all the defendants guilty, and a rule for a new trial was subsequently obtained on the ground of misdirection, and upon affidavits in which the defendant Scholfield deposed that the statement made by the pro secutor Goolde was untrue—Goolde having deposed at the trial that he had a conversation with Scholfield in London, on the 3d of July, while Scholfield swore that he never had any conversation with Goolde till after the 12th of July. Mr. REILLY now appeared to show cause against the rule. The case had occupied the attention of the Court for two days, but he would not trouble them at any length, because, from the affidavits which were now be fore them there could be no ground whatever for a new trial. With regard to the defendant Cusell, there was some ground fbr doubting whether he was implicated, and as regarded him a , nolle prosequi ; but the question the Court was now called upon to decide was, whether there was not evidenceut the trial to support the verdict against all the others. Mr. THESIGER, for the defendant Scholfield, was ready to admit that there was enough upon the answer. ing affidavits to show that Goolde was in London on the of July, and he should therefore abandon that part of the case. What he relied upon now was, that there was no satisfactory evidence at the trial to show that the de fendant Scholfield was engaged in the conspiracy. Mr. KELLY complained that the substantial objection which had been urged to the verdict had now been aban doned, and that a new g round of defence, which he was not prepared to argue, h ad been brought forward. He was unwilling, however, in a crimiaal case, to offer any objection to its being argued, but submitted that there was ample evidence to connect Scholfield with the ob taining of these goods. There was distinct proof of com munication between the parties pending the negotiations for them—the goods were sent to Scholfield's warehouse in the first instance, although the invoice was made out in the name of Lascell,—the inquiries made were answered in a wa) that the parties must have known to be false, and , he did not think that any point had been improperly pressed against them. The Learned Counsel having referred at some length to the evidence at the trial, submitted that, independently of what ap peared upon the affidavits,ai impossible apr.ndssiwblheictoh entertain mater a materially strengthened his case, it was doubt that these parties had fraudulently conspired to obtain these goods under false representations, and that the rule for a new trial must be discharged. Mr. BAINES followed on the same side. Mr. THESIGER, for the defendant Scholfield, said that, whatever might be the result of the present long and anxious inquiry, the defendants must be satisfied that their Lordships were desirous that the criminal law should be administered fairly and impartially. Their Lordships, he was satisfied, would not say that the ver dict should not be set aside, because there was some evidence of a conspiracy ; but that they would do so, unless they were convinced, upon a view of the whole of the evidence, that it was perfectly satisfactory. Now, with regard to the nolle prosequi that had been entered in the case of Cusell, they were placed in a very unfair and extraordinary position. The prosecutors, notwith standing the verdict of the Jury, now admitted that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant his conviction. Mr. KELLY—No ; but that there were some doubts. Mr. TMESIGER that was a most. -unwarrantable pro ceeding. because it would infer that the prosecutors were still satisfied of the guilt of Cusell, and that their only ground for refusing their consent to a new trial in favour of Cusell was, that it might operate favourably to the other defendants. That stamped the prosecution in a manner which it was unnecessary for him to charac terise. There was no doubt whatever that the Jury had come to a very hasty and inconsiderate conclusion, and it would be far from satisfactory if punishment should follow such a verdict. The evidence showed that Scholfield had had only a few months knowledge of Lascell. He had obtained a satisfactory reference, and had one or two dealings with Lascell, and when Mr. Goolde applied to him he showed him these transactions in his ledger, and gave such a representation of the character of Lascell as these deal ings warranted. Looking at all the circumstances, he submitted that there was nothing to show that Schol field was a party to any attempt to obtain the good upon false representations ;' that he had no reason to believe that Lascell was in such a state of insolvency as that he was unable to pay for them, and that he fully, freely, and fairly revealed to Goolde all the transactions he had had with Lascell, order to enable_ Goolde to form his own opinion. Under' these circumstances he thought it would be a most harsh and cruel thing to allow a conviction of that kind to proceed against a person who had hitherto maintained a highly respectable character, when the charge was founded upon proof of knowledge which 'ad not exist, and upon misrepresentations which had- never been made; and when in the result Mr- Scholfield himself was the greatest sufferer, these transactions having- dragged him down from a state of affluence to bankruptcy, and which, Unless his character was cleared by the opinion their Lordship that day pronounced, would, he feared, result in his utter ruin. Mr. lIGMFREY addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant Arranfeldt. Mr. MARTIN on the same side' with Mr. Thesiger, then addressed the Court. Their LORDSHIPS took time to consider their decision, the question being of considerable importance. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov, 15. At the sitting of the Court this morning the Lord Chief Baron called upon Mr. Tyrwhitt to take his place as Postman of the Court, in the room of Mr. Whately, now a Queen's Counsel ; and Mr. Crumpton was called upon to succeed Mr. Tyrwhitt as Tubman. These are old offices connected w i t h this Court. We are not aware that any duties are a t tac h e d t o them, but the Postman has the privilege o f movin first, even before her Ma jesty's Attorney-G enera l, The Tubman is cal l e d u p on second and before any Q ueen ' s Counsel. The Court w as occup i e d t h e w hole day with the special g paper. The arguments were merely technical. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Woe. 15. BESIVICK V, WESTBROO K. Mr. JAMES opened this case to th e Jur y . He said the plaintiff was his action for f a l se i mpr i sonmen t against the defendant who he belie ve d to b e an i n d epen dent gentleman. Aboutclock one o' a , on the morning the evening with some of the 29th September , the plaintiff, who h a d been spending friends, was r e t urn i ng to hi s home through Great Or mond-street, when his atteation was attracted by some thing glittering on the ground.. When he was in the act of picking it up, the defendant, and a friend of his came up, and asked what it was. Plaintiff jocularly asked what they would give for it, or something of that kind. The defendant was very wroth, and instantly called for the police. A p o liceman came up, and de fendant gave the pl a i nt iff p in charge. The policeman hesitated, considering it no charge at all ; defendant in sisted, and the policeman desired them all to go to the watch-house. On arriving at the station-house,and finding the charge would not be taken, the defendant changed it, and said he belonged to the Mendicity Society, and would give him in charge for begging, for which there was not the • slightest pretext. Now it was to be borne in mind that the charge of begging was one which ensured the impri sonment of the plaintiff, for upon it no one could be bailed. He was locked up with some drunken persons, walked through the streets to the police-otfice as a va grant ; charged there as such ; detained for some time, and instantly discharged when the hearing came. For that wrong he now claimed damages of the jury, and he trusted they would teach the defendant that he had no right to put the powers of the police in action upon so un founded a charge. He then called Morris, 78 E, who was called at the time in question. When he came up defendant had hold of plaintiff, and gave him in charge as an impostor, because he wanted him (defendant) to give him money for what he called a gem, but which was only a bit of bronzed China. De fendant said plaintiff was an impostor, and he would know who he was. He insisted upon witness taking the charge. They all went to the station. house, where the defendant, on finding that the charge would not be taken, charged him with begging, and he was locked up. Witness took him to Hatton-garden next morning. The charge was not heard till two o'clock, when the plaintiff was at once discharged. The plaintiff was quite sober. The defendant appeared to hare been drinking. In his cross-examination the witness said defendant offered several times to let plaintiff go if he would make an apology. Plaintiff said he was as respectable as de fendant, and would see the charge out. Inspector Maud gave an account of what took place at the station-house, as stated above. Baron ALDERSON—When charges are made before you, do you use no discretion ? Witness —Yes. Q.—Why then was the plaintiff detained ? A.—The charge was regular. Q. Suppose the Lord Mayor of London were brought before you, and charged with begging, would you detain him ?—A. No ; but here I presumed the charge was reasonable. Q. Why ? Was the plaintiff ill-dressed ? A. No. Q. Did he appear to be in want ?—A. No. Q. Well, he was well dressed, perfectly sober; he told you he was a tailor, and where he lived ; he is charged with begging by a drunken man. Why detain him under such circumstances ?—A. Why, I had some doubts Baron ALDF.RSON—Then you ought to have inquired. When you have doubts in future, exercise them for the purpose of keeping people out of prison not for putting them in. If you had exercised any discretion, or the least common sense, this matter would never have been heard of. Mr. ERLE, for the defendant, said the action was as trumpery a one as had ever been tried in a Court of Justice. The evidence clearly showed that the plaintiff was most anxious to get a cause of action, or he would not have minded what had been said by a drunken man. It was a case wherein the very smallest coin would fully compensate the plaintiff. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 201 BAIL COURT, Nov 15. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) THE QUEEN V. BRADSTOCK AND OTHERS. Mr. GURNEY moved that the defendant Bradstock in this case should be brought up to plead. The defendant was accordingly brought up. and, having pled, was re-committed to Giltspur•street Compter. It was understood this is one of the cases connected with the late City election for Bridgemaster. GREEN V. HIPPESLEY. In this case, which was an action brought against a Sheriff, the plaintiff had been non-suited, in consequence of no one being in attendance when the case had been called on. Mr. THESIGER had obtained a rule nisi to reinstate the cause, on the affidavits of the attorney for the plain tiff and his clerk, from which it appeared that the at torney had been in attendance in Court on the day of trial, and had instructed Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Martin to appear for him ; that he had remained in Court until nearly two o'clock, at which time a cause was in the course of trial, in which numerous witnesses were ex pected to be examined ; and that there were two de fended causes at that time standing on the paper before the cause of Green and Hippesley ; and that the at torney, thinking the case safe, had gone away ; that during his absence the two causes preceding this one had been postponed to the next sitting of the Court on account of their length ; and that when Green and Hippesley was called on, Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Martin, the Counsel for the plaintiff, being both in the Court of Exchequer, it was represented to the Court that no person appeared fur the plaintiff, and the nonsuit was entered accordingly. Under these circumstances, he trusted the Court would order the case to be reinstated in the paper. Mr. FAME said, that as this was an action against a Sheriff, he had been instructed by the attorneys for the defendants, Mesrs. Adlington and Gregory, to take every advantage which the law gave. It was the duty of the attorney for the plaintiff not to leave the Court ; if he chose to do so, he must take the consequences. He hoped his Lordship would not suffer the cause to be reinstated. Mr. TRESIGER having replied, Mr. Justice PATTESON said that it appeared from the affidavits that the attorneys for the defendants were per fectly aware that it was the intention of . the plaintiffs to fight this cause, and the Court ought to hilve been in formed of that fact when the cause was called on ; as that had not been done, he thought the,osiuse ought to he re instated.—Rule absolute. GOODMAN- U. •MORAN.—TFIE .LAW OF BUTTON-HOLES. In the "Life kid Opinions of Tristram Shandy" the learned author of that work path promised to write a chap ter upon button-holes. - -Until this day we were not aware that that which Sterne;in the overflowing playfulness of his sparkling wit, had proposed to do as the ne plus ultra of facetious' absurdity, had been actually perpetrated by " the collective wi4dom" in sober solemn seriousness. Reader, if thou seekest a chapter upon button-holes turn to the statutes at large, and at cap. 12 of the 7th of Geo, 1., thou wilt find one. By that statute it is enacted " that from and after the nine-and-twentieth day of Sep tember, which shall be in the year of our Lord 1722, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever within the kingdom of Great Britain to use or wear on any clothes, garments, or apparel whatsoever any buttons or button-holes made or bound with:cloth, serge, drugget, frieze, camblet, or any stuffs whereof clothes or wearing garments are usually made, and that if any person whatsoever within the kingdom of Great Britain shall use or wear any buttons or button holes so made or bound, such person shall, on being convicted thereof by the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, or by confession of the party, for feit for every dozen of such buttons or button-holes so used or worn the sum of forty shillings." In this case the law in questicn had been brought under the notice of the Court. The plaintiff, a tailor, had brought an action to recover for goods sold and delivered, and the plaintiff had pleaded that the buttons were ille gitimate, and the button-holes breaches of the law. Mr. Hocams, on behalf of the plaintiff, moved for a rule nisi, to strike out the plea as irrelevant, and to sign udgment for the plaintiff thereupon, and argued that the Act said nothing about tailors making, but about persons wearing unlawful buttons, or indulging in crimi nal button holes, and that moreover he was entitled to recover his cloth. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted the rule nisi. The consequence of the above decision is that the de• fendant will have to show cause against the rule, and the Court will, at some future period, be occupied for some hours in listening to a learned argument Gn button holes. Oh Sterne, Sterile ! hide thy diminished head! Here we shall have a solemn judgment on button-holes, delivered in Banco Regina, by the Judges of the land I What is a chapter to a judgment ? COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 15. FORRESTER V. PADDOCK. In this case, which stood over from Saturday, Sir T. Wyble resumed his argument in support of the rule for a nonsuit, and was followed by Mr. Sergeant Bompas on the same side. Their LORDSIIIPS took time to consider judgment. POLICE INTELLU,ENCE. MANSION-HO USE. ' A case of considerable importance, as regards the laws relating to mastei-s and apprentices, came on for decision yesterday before the Lord Mayor. . , Mr. Pritchard, an extensive cigar manufacturer at Clerkenwell, appeared before his Lordship, . upon the `hearing of a complaint against his apprentice, James 'Moore, for misconduct, the hearing having been ad sjoUrned on Saturday, in order that the City Solicitor's opinion might be taken upon an objection raised to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate; because it appeared by the indentures that no premium had been paid, and it was contended for the apprentice, that inasmuch as the words of the Act, giving the Justices jurisdiction, related to " pauper apprentices and others upon whose binding out no larger sum than five pounds was paid." it must be made to appear that some sums had been paid by way of premium. It had been decided,. it was said, at some of the police-offices, that a farthing would be sufficient for the purpose, but without the pap - tient of a premium was recited in the indenture, the Magistrate would be ousted of jurisdiction under the statute. The City Solicitor being detained at Guildhall upon pressing business, the following opinion was read : "MT DEAR Sin,—l have, as you say, heard that it has been somewhere decided by somebody, that the pro visions of the 4th George IV., c. 29, do not apply in cases where no premium has been paid. If that is so it must have been equally the law under the provisions of 29th George IL, c. 19. The words are precisely the same in both, except that the Act of George IV. extends the jurisdiction oL the Justices from Si. to 251. " I can find no case in which the doctrine now con tended for has been laid down. The former Act was in force 70 years, and many hundreds, perhaps thousands of cases similar to the present must have been decided under it. If the limited construction thus attempted to be fastened upon this clause were the true one, it seems impossible to believe that it would not have found its way into the Courts of Law long before the passing of the last Act, and in that case there can be but little doubt that Parliament would have chosen otlicr words to express what was undoubtedly its meaning, if the words actually employed do not justify the interpretation they have al -1 way s received. 1. " In passing an Act to give cheap and summary re dress between masters and pauper apprentices, or where the small amount of- the premium indicates that the par ties are not in a situation to encounter the expensive and dilatory process of an action at law, it never can have been the intention of the Legislature to exclude from the benefit of such an useful law a class of persons too poor to pay any premium at all. " I do not think the words . doubtful ; -but assum ing it to have -been the intention of Parliament to bring such cases within the provision of the Statute, I think the Lord Mayor cannot do wrong in following the example of Lord Tenterden, who, wider ginger circum- PIDSLEY V. MANN. In this case a bill had been filed for the purpose of giving effect to certain securities given by the defendant. In January, 1817, Mr. Mann, the defendant, appearing to be the owner of a real estate, borrowed the sum of 600/ of Mr. John Pidsley, and for the purpose of se curing that sum, and in consideration thereof, he con veyed the estate in question on trust for sale for its re payment. It was afterwards discovered that this estate had been the subject of a settlement on the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mann, and had been thereby conveyed to Roger Steer and others, on trust to pay thereout an an nuity of 1001. to Sarah Susannah Mann, for her separate use and life, then on trust for the joint lives of Mann and his wife, and to pay over the surplus to Mr. Mann, his executors and assigns, and for other trusts therein mentioned. On the discovery of this settlement, a deed was executed on the 10th of November, 1818, whereby it .was agreed that Mr. Pidsley should advance the fur ther sum of 345/., which, together with the 600/., should be secured by a settlement of the annuity of 100/. to Mrs. Mann, and of the interest of the husband therein. Mr. Bowring was appointed receiver of the estate, and from time to time paid Mr. Pidsley certain sums on ac eount of interest clue to him on his advances, but no part of the principal. Mr. Pidsley died in 1826, and Mr. Bowring in 1827, and after the death of the latter, whose executors paid a small portion of the principal, Mr. Luke was appointed receiver. No farther sum, how ever, was paid on account of principal or interest, and a bill was filed to have the rents secured for payment of the mortgage. After the bill was filed, Mr. Mann took the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and his assignees were made parties to the bill. It having been referred to the Master to inquire what was due oa the mortgage, the Master reported that 1,2101. was due thereon, and ap plication was now made for an order to sell the estate for payment of the mortgag e and interest with costs. Mr. Pemberton appear ed for the plaintiff, and Mr. Kindersley for the defendant. The MASTER of the Rou.s directed the foreclosure of the mortgage. ELLIS U. GRIFFITHS. This suit was instituted by the plaintiff to establish his security on an estate that had been encumbered by a gentleman named Griffiths. Mr. Griffiths made two mortgages to parties represented by the plaintiff, and subsequently several other mortgage deeds were executed by him. A suit being instituted for foreclosure, and a dispute having arisen among the mortgagees re specting the priority of their claims, the matter was in the year 1839 referred to the Master, who reported that the mortgages of the plaintiff were entitled to the priority. The present application was for a confirmation of the Masters' report. The application not being opposed, the report was confirmed, and a decree made fur foreclosure. RICHARDSON V. RICHARDSON. The COURT was occupied for a considerable time to day in arranging the minutes of a decree in the above suit, which was instituted by one of the executors of Mr. Christopher Robinson, timber merchant, who died possessed of a bonded timber yard at Limehouse, and other real and personal property, which he devised to his son, subject to various charges in favour of other children and relations. After the testator's death, his son suc ceeded him in his business, and made various payments on account of the bequests in his father's will, and also sundry charges on the property left by his fa ther, in favour of his sister, and a gentleman named Walker. He subsequently became bankrupt, and the present suit was instituted by Mr. Frederick Robinson, one of the executors, whose wife was a legatee under the will, for the purpose of having the necessary accounts taken. In consequence of the bankruptcy the accounts had become very complicated, and the minutes of the decree were too voluminous for insertion. ;,' ; V,WWE►,CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 15. (Bekors,Yice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MIOADIIHRST V. RALGUY AND ANOTHER. In this cause, which had been heard at considerable length before the Court in the preceding week, his Honour gave judgement this morning. The question to he decided was, whether the defen dant Hert had committed a breach of trust as to a sum of 3,0001. Navy Five per Cent. Stock, with respect to which he was liable to the extent of the interest of the plaintiff as cestique trust. The stock belonged to Cathe rine Hert, and was, upon her marriage with the plaintiff, vested with her brother, Mr. Hart and the defendant Balguy, a solicitor, as trustees, upon trust, by a deed of settlement executed on the occasion of the mar riage. The trustees were to permit the plaintiff, after his marriage, to receive the interest and annual pro - duce of the funds for his own use, during the lives of himself and wife, and upon their death the trustees wore to receive the same upon trust for the benefit of the children of the marriage. In the deed of settlement there was a clause permitting the trustees, assignees, or their survivors, with the consent and direction of the plaintiff and his wife, to transfer or dispose of all or any of the stock or funds which had been vested in them, and to invest the monies arising from such sale, &c., in the names of the trustees, in the Parliamentary Stocks or Public Funds of Great Britain, for the benefit of the plaintiff, his wife, or their children. Hert had suffered 13alguy to obtain sole dominion over the trust fund, which the latter was charged with not having applied to the benefit of the trust. Balguy had become insol vent, and the co-trustee, Hert, was in consequence sued as liable for the repayment of the fund. His Ho nour apprehended that the evidence of the facts stated in the cause was not satisfactory, and that there was a reasonable prospect of adding materially to the information before the Court, and he therefore thought it incumbent on him to direct further inquiries to be en tered into. His Honour, therefore, referred it to the Master to inquire and report when first the plaintiff knew or had notice that the stock was sold, and when first he knew of the proceeds of the sale or any of them not having been invested in conformity to the trust, and when they had come into the possession of Balguy, and whether the plaintiff had ever agreed thereto, with liberty to state special circumstances. MILLER V. COW AND OTHERS. This suit was instituted by the assignees under a fiat of bankruptcy. The object of it wa3 to obtain an order for payment to them of a sum of 5701., now in the hands of the defendants, being the surplus of the return of a consignment of goods, made previously to the bank ruptcy, to correspondents of the defendants in the East Indies. The plaintiff's case occupied the whole of the latter part of the day. His'Honour rciae . at a quarter to four o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wionaat.) CLAYTON V. MEADOWS. In this cause, which stood over from last week, his Honour pronounced final judgment. His HONOUR said, he had at the close of the argument given a decided opinion that the plaintiff had established his case against Sir Arthur Brooke, and had made a de cree against him accordingly. With respect to the other defendant, Mr. Meadows, whilst he had stated his opi nion that he had entirely failed in his defence to the bill, he bad .reserved his decision upon the second point, svhether, or not the. lands were extra-parochial, -and he had at.the same time intimated that he thought the de fendant would be entitled to an issue to try that ques tion. His reason for this reservation was, that.he was desirous of looking more attentively than he had done, into the cases in which the question had been raised ; whether lands within the orbit of the parish, or sur rounded by parish lands, were extra-parochial. He had once done this, and had found no reason from the peru sal of those cases to change the opinion he had then' expressed. The defendant's lands formed part of Rockingham FOrest, and consisted of about 370 acres. Now the account: given by Blackstone, Ist vol. p. 131, of extra-parochial cases, was that some lands, either be cause they were in the hands - of irreligious or careless owners, or were situate in ferests or desert places, or for some other now unSearchable reasons, were never en tered to any parish, and, therefore continued to this day extra-parochial. From the reported cases it appeared that districts of dimensions as small as Benefield-lawn, and having no peculiar characteristics to distinguish them, had been admitted to be extra-parochial. In a case reported in 2d Strange, 1,004, Southwold was held to be an extra-porochial place, though it consisted of two houses, and 300 acres of land. llis Honour referred to several other cases on the same point. No special circumstances, or evidence more stringent than refuta tion, had been proved, to establish the fact of Benefield lawn being extra-parochial. He had been of opinion that the defendant had not so made out his case as to I entitle him to a decree, dismissing the bill on ground of the lands being extra-parochial; and the question WAS whether he should at once give a decree against the de fendant, or give him an issue. He had hesitated to take the lattereourse, because the defendant had not taken proper means to prove his case, not having supported it by the evidence of refutation. Where the case of a party failed in equity from the neglect of the party him self, his opinion was that the Court would not be acting 1 ssees.evtoißdut the plaintiff hi mse lf h a d ca ll e d ma ny wit too strictly i n ma ki ng a decree at the hear i ng o f t h e eau speak to n a wayreputation w bio which leftand i t these doubtful witnesses wh e theirs their testim ony was not evasive. This coupled with the evidence given on t h e part of. the defendant himself, showing the resistance uniformly made to attempts to rate, on the liart . of-the occupiers of the land—the ab sence of evidence on the part of the plaintiff, to show that the attempts of the parish had ever sue direct the direct testimony gi v en by the (19- stances, said, If the words used in their ordinary im port are a little too narrow, we ought, in the furthering the intentions of the Legislature, to extend them to meet a particular case.'—See 8 Barn. and Cres., p. 334. " I am, my dear Sir, yours, kc. " CHARLES PEARSON, City Solicitor, Guildhall. 44 Francis Hubler, Esq., Mansion-i louse." _ _ The evidence in proof of the misconduct of the boy was then read over. It stated that the appr. , ntice Wino. ' acquired such a knowledge of the business to which he was bound, as to be of value to his toaster, in stead of paying proper attention to his duties, was in the habit of leaving the house for six or seven consecutive days; and showed a most dangerous example to the other apprentices, by inciting them to acts of disobe dience and insubordination. Whenever he took it into his head he walked away, bidding defi 'nee to his master, and was evidently acting under the impression that the Lord Mayor had no power to act in such a ease, that the indentures were a mere mockery, upon which no punishment could be inflicted. The Lord MAYOR—I allowed the defendant to be without all restraint on Saturday in the hope that he would go to his business without delay or hesitation. How has he acted since ? Mr. Pritchard declared that the defendant conducted himself still worse, immediately after the indulgence was shown to him. He not only defied him (Mr. Pritchard), but he told the other apprentices that no authority could be exercised against them if they took it into their heads to do as they pleased. The LORD MAYOR—Very well, we shall see whether there is not law enough to conquer him in this case. Mr. Pritchard—l employ thirty men and boys con stantly, so your Lordship may form some opinion of the effect such conduct is calculated to have upon the other boys in the establishment. _ _ The Loan Alavon—l convict the apprentice, and sen tence him to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month. Defendant—Oh, Lord 1 what for ? The LORD MAYOR—For flying in the face of your in dentures. I see how it is, you have acquired such a knowledge of the business as to be able to earn a good deal of money, and now, instead of serving your master, you abandon him. It is in my power to sentence you to imprisonment and hard labour for three calendar months. The defendant was then sent to the treadmill for a month, and his Lordship stated, that if any case of the kind should come before him 'main, the defendant, if not able to show good reason for objecting, should most cer tainly be sentenced in the extreme penalty. The sentence had a wonderful effect upon several lads, who were said to be apprentices, and who set off to their day's work the moment they heard the decision of the Chief Magistrate. BOW-STREET. John Frederick Walter was placed at the bar before Mr. Twy ford, on a charge of having fraudulently appro priated to his own use the proceeds of a bill of exchange for 251., which had been committed to his safe custody by John Thomas Smith, the owner. It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Smith, that he had given the bill to the prisoner, in order that he might find some one who would discount it. The bill was per fect at the time, except that it had not witness's name attached to it. He intended to add his name when the bill was discounted ; but he had never authorised the prisoner to sign it. It appeared, however, that witness's name had been so signed, and that the bill had been dis counted by a gentleman of the name of Pike, but witness had never heard any thing from the •-prisoner ova the subject. The case having come on at a late hour, the further examination of witnesses was deferred- tilt to-morrow (this day). ANOTHER FIRE and LOSS of LIFE. A fire broke out a few minutes before ten o'clock yes terday morning, at No. 1, Charles- street, Curtain-road, in the occupation of Mr. Price. After breakfast this morning Mr. Price, assisted by a boy of the name of Miller, about fifteen years of age, and Mrs. Price, were at work in the upper room, the house being but one story high, when by some means which at present are unknown, a large quantity of saltpetre and other combustibles, which were being used, ignited, and in an instant the room was in One body of flames. 'The roof was blown off with tre mendous violence, and falling upon the fluor, killed the poor boy. Mr. Price, who was dreadfully burned, was carried to Bartholemew's Hospital, without any hopes of recovery ; and his wife, who is in the family way, was so severely injured that death, it is feared, will ensue. The fire was speedily extinguished by several engines which arrived in time. INCENDIARY FIRE at RADBROOK. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) A correspondent to the' Weiwick Advertiser writes further of this mysterious affair : THURSDAY, Nov. 11.—All is desolation ; in one part lie heaps of burnt timber, in another loads of cinders and ashes ; one part completely razed, another partly so; bags and bags of beans and wheat, lying about in all directions, and causing, to tke silent spectator, feelings of agony to see such desolation caused by frantic acts. The Messrs. Smith are gentlemen universally respected. Five police officers were stationed there on Tuesday night ; and on the afternoon of Tuesday Sergeant Cross man obtained a warrant (granted by Thomas Shekell Esq.) for the apprehension of George Churn, the shep herd, Ann Churn, his wife, Ann Warden, niece, and Thomas.Hrtrris, carter, who severally underwent an ex:. aminatipiPbetbreY,Thoi: Shekel! and Robt. Cooper, Esqrs. magistratesmt .Pebworth. . Nothing of any moment was elicited, but- the prisoners were remanded until today, (Thursday), and at the time I am now writing' they are" leaving our station-house for Pebworth, fur further eX.- mini - nation, To p. „reflective mind it is surprising.they were not had up before. Every fire broke out,in the ab sence of the police, excepting the last, at the mansion. However excellent a labourer's charaCter may be, it is a duty incumbent upon the police and the owner of the property to have the inmates of the preMises examined, for the satisfaction of the community at large ; for Who so likely to give infoxmation as those upon the spot, if nothing further should be elicited than remote circum stances connected with the fire ? It has broken out ten times The mansion is of very ancient date ;it can be traced back as tar as Alfred's time, belonging to the Lingham family, from whom the present proprietor is descended. A Mr. Burton, a gentleman of the same family, resided at Radbrook about a century back, and kept harriers—this accounts for the spacious stables. There was then, I understand, 'the festive hall, and the old English gentleman resided there, in every sense of the word, of generous hospitality. FRIDAY, Nov. 12 —The investigation of the four servants took place at Radbrook, before Messrs. I)ickins, Corbet Hollond, and Cooper, Magistrates, yesterday (Thursday), but notEing has been made public. The woman is Iherated, but the others will undergo another examination to-day. The Superintendent of the Glou cestershire police force, Captain Lefroy, arrived at Rad brook, from Cheltenham, in the short space of two hours, and was present at the investigation ; also the Super intendent from ('ampden, Mr. Evans. The shepherd was the only prisoner examined yesterday, and his ex amination occupied nearly the whole of the day. The' carter will undergo his examination to-day. INCENDIARISM On the night of Friday last an outbuilding on the farm of Mr. Wickham, of Rowde, was set fire to and entirely consumed. On the same evening an outbuild ing on the farm of Mr. Self, of that village, was also set on fire. From the situation of these buildings there can be no doubt but that the fires were the work of an incendiary.—Wiltshire Independent. Ltst week two haystacks, belonging to Mr. S. Roome, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and also a corn-stack belonging to Mr. Robert Tudsbury, of the same place, were attempted to be fired by incendiaries, but in both instances they were fortunately discovered in time to prevent their destruction.—Doncaster Gag. About eight o'elnk on Saturday night last some person set fire to a hovel belonging to Mr. C. Barber, surgeon of Colsterworth, situate in a field abouta quar ter of a mile from thht place. It was completely de stroyed. Are yard of 1201. 10s. has been off•red for the diseotery of the incendiary, 1001. by the Colster worth Association, 101. 10s. by the Grantham Aisocia tion, and 101. by Mr. Barber.—Lincoln Mercury. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 13.—There will be an election on Thursday. the 18th inst., of a Craven Scholar. These scholarships were founded by John Lord Craven, who by will, dated May _DS,: 1647, bequeathed lands for the maintenance of four icholars—two in this University, and two in that of Cambridge—to be chosen by the Vice- Chancellors, King's Professors, and Orators, for the time being, the preference to be given to the kindred of the founder, if such should be poor. They are tenable for 14 years, on condition that the scholar cannot attain any preferment of double the value of the scholarship. A Scholarship on the Wightwick foundation, and one on the Cutler Boulter foundation, in Pembroke, are va cant, and will be filled in the course of next Term. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury ha's ap• pointed Sir John Dodson, D.C.L., of Oriel College, Master of the Faculties in the room of Dr. Nichol!, now Judge Advocate General. Mr. Gould has presented the Rev. W. Thorold of Worcester College, to the rectories of Warkleigh and Sutterleigh, Devonshire. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. C. E. L. Wightman, of Lincoln College, to the ♦icarage of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. The Rev. George Moyle, of Lincoln College, has been appointed Chaplain to the Queen's Hospital, Bir mingham. The Professorship of Poetry will become vacant at the end of the present Term. The Rev. J. Williams, Fel low of Trinity College, and the Rev. J. Garbett, late Fellow of Brasennose College, have already become can didates. STATE OF TRADE.—The trade of this town has of late been in a most deplorable condition. Within a very limited period there has been upwards of a dozen failures, and some to a very serious amount. Last week the principal carrier and coach proprietor failed for a sum which is estimated at little less than 30,0001., which has been the means of involving in ruin several respectable individuals who had placed unbounded confidence in the probity and solvency of the defaulter.—Shrewsbury News. No I'OVERTY IN AMERlCA.—Throughout the prodigious expanse of that country, I saw some very poor women ; but God and man know that the time has not coma for women to make their injuries even heard of. I saw no beggars but two professional ones, who are making their fortunes in the streets of Washington. I saw no table spread in the lowest order of houses that had not meat and bread or. it. Every factory child car ries-its umbrella, and pig drivers wear spectuoles.--Aliss Alartineau's Society in America. • • - MORNING SUN THE MARKETS -YESTERVAI' CORN EXCHANCiE. • 11 0 1 Last we , arrivals of all grain we,-e liu:ited fresh supply was unalerate. The Millers took off the best parcels of Wheat rea:ily at last ,MollaY P rice- • but the tendered stuns were Is. to 2s. pi-i'lLrlar I° ll Barley, unless fine, Is. per quarter cheaper. lic An '' ' B fi d, Peas obtained lair quotations. Oats met a fair..4CM4- I , t, tlw tei'm,i of last week. The tip price . tf Pour " 11 reduced 3 , .. p , .‘r sae':. as th, ti , -,de w!, yell ItAv,)%,„.. k t, tiRRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST " 'Flow 1 what. hariev. , LI, English ~. .1 0 111 Irish ..... -.- i 5,155 ; - „ 5 0 rlo F.reign mica* opt BOAtta, OF sirir . ' ' ..3 8 .7 " Wheat,Red (old ,„ 4 65, --... White (01d),....„ ...i t --s (01d).. .... ... 4 ,1 34 , Reil (1840 . ..... .52: zy,... Tick (new) .......:..„..,,' .vo --- Fine s's. 63,, ---- (old) ......... ,z. .* -- Superfine 6 , 3 i 67. H.. rrow (new).••••%, 4 34 :40: W s la u lt p e e ( r l n B4 n l e ) 51. 51®. ..---" (old)•••••••'''' - ' A. --- Fine ----Foreign free „....- %yr 'ISs 40:;. Poland ........... .. ..... - - *46,, 6 56 ;5 : 6 77 2 i: 1 _ .:.( B ) r a a t ti s ki._.,.eed......N...,...,....,.........................................: - 4 ' ...18::: f a 9.11'1Q1 ' ..2(1,, 32, New . ......... 2'....,.,i; ---- Grinding - • '6.' 32.. .7-- , Potatoe ... .............. --.• vs. Malting .34. - 38.. ~,:-.,----. yew ......... 24 6;; 501. Malt Fine New 134 s ' lB ' --- 'lrish ............ g . ti o. Pease, Grey, New ...Ws. 37, Flour Town i'.er , ack ). '" - .4 --- • Maple New . ..•,(i,. 40,, . Seconds ........... .... '.4, SN• White .34, 31;s. --- Ntatli CouoIll . •• • •' 5 ?:. -- Boilers -3 7 ,. 42..[ Bran .. , ........ - ........... ..ti 1 SMITHFIELD MARKET. faz a The supply of Cattle and Pigs w as go of Sh ee plier Calves short ; the demand brisk, and rather big qh P , prices were obtained for Beef.-11easts, 3,42 8 ; , - --e o e d ; 19,700; Pigs, 672; Calves, 8 9 .—Beef, 3s. 6d. to4s. . 1 ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; vr ' 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. - • . • ' TEA AR K. • ot, Prices were sustained, M but li ETS ttle business was t he the trade waiting for the sales declared for F d ridtl? . quantity declared is nearly 20,000 packages. TALLOW MARKET. es . fa A fair demand on the spot at 465. 9d. to ', as st P. Y. Candle, but for delivery there were few bo)or she f 465. 6d. up to the end of the year, and 475. 6,1." spring months. PROVISION MARKET. Butter difficult of sale, and prices_ bad 2 w-Wfsic ll*lra re' tendency ; fine Dutch 1085. per cwt. Bacon in es ay ; quest ; prime Meat 60s. to 635. per cwt. Lard tt prime bladdered 775. to 795. per cwt. HOP MARKET. In fine hops a fair business done at full rates,blu,t:st; dinary sorts were dull of sale, and prices b fir e e ii e sti' tained. The supply was good. The duty is mated at 145,0001. : OF BAKAD. the bighes ri e ~fP RIFE t- s the M tvormlisl is l Od t" '.oaf Gd.Al Bre.:u 'Lay be had at Sad. PRI. Ei OF SEEDS. r Per Cwt. w Epgl.sh Re C10ver...6/8 S4s St. Fein Old it''L' Di 0 s Rye Gass .. ........... „Alio New Foreign 131 -s 62s 20s Pacey Grass ........... » 01 Di wDI to —s —s L. 1 , seed, for fetdi"ll:^"; SO y s New White Clover.„ 51s s tiffs Dit o, fo: sowing . ..... Old Ditto Diu,, ....... —s —s Ditto, for crushi4 46$ Tre oil ... ...... —s 20s 40s H rn ............. . ......... 7. e 4sl Old ; —. 20s ?as Canar) ...Per ..--.. : ........ 1 4 Fr follum s 7Us g nel. o4 0 111,4 E . glish earraway —s 50s 5.s White Must rd.... telt ni Foreign •-itto Coriander ... —s —s —s Tares ........ 5 , 0 Pitts E OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 112 11 " „. i 11 0 cow n '!'allow f2 10 6 Melting Stuff ........s Yellow Russia ,9 C Ditto Rough .............. •••• olv • White 0 C. Graves ........................ 0 5 Soap Ditto • 0 0 0 Good Dregs ................. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of albs. 9 l l' Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Nicker.) ..... P • .CE JF OIL.- n 2 . 0 Rape Oil, brown, per t0n.......... ~.........x..••. x..•• Ditto, refined • r j u s Linseed Oil Liras ed Oil Cake at En Mill (per 10,0),.., ....... 710 Pia, e eke, per to • COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, .00 Adair's tiottson tir. Co. Hartley 19 Cares Hartley ... IJolywell Nia n Nelson's West Hartl.•y lB Original Winos:Ws 1 ( ontop 17 3 Smith's P0nt0p..... 1 anfl.•ld Moor l9 6 West Hartley ...... Wylam . ... Walls End liewic e C sl (1 Walls End Clarkand lB 0. Walls End Clennell ...... 8 ' Walls End dostirth Walls End Heaton 'Al Walls End Hedley Wails End Hilda .........,... 19 Walls I , nd IcilltniwOrth 20 Wails End N r.nit berla,d 19 Walls End Perkin 5.......... t Willis End Ramsey Walls End Riddell's. 10 t I 21 W. E. Braddyll i sH ettoll Walls End Belmont if Walls Elia Haswe ll WattsiEnd Hetton ..•••••• '''' al wall. End Laruloton ••;i, Wan, End RlMzeir,•••••• •Qi Wads End Shinc li ff .• v.' Ills s a l Stcwar;'s ..•••"' 0 Walls End Caradec ..... Walls Lid nattlenool •*".. Walls End Thotnley ....... "Pennant's Hartlepoo l ..... 91 Walls End Adelaide "Walls End •arrint2ton Walls End Coundon .......... Walls End k:venwood,l;old Walls End Richardson Walls End South Voril vl 4'l e. Walls End St-I/ 01 Val r End lees ......... ..... qt) Hartley ............. .".' 5............ . ..... Stone ...... COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. l'e••• 1. Wheat. Barley. Outs. Bans - ....0; i. //, Per Quarter s. to s. 3. to a. B. to a. s. to w 46 ..... Carlisle Hexham 6O 70 36 38 .3 28 „-- A ," 3 0 0 %lorpeth 54 t 4 k 8 32 20 . 6 .2 a. ^' Pen:lth 63 • . 0 41 68 32 26 --' A & 0* 5 3 Sheffield — 70 35 23 -•-• 4 7 1 3 5 s.l, Winchest.2 64 70 30 — 3 t 20 211 40 - - A $.9 el Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. cl. s.d. 1 , 4: 14 ,, -- 6 0u• 0' Carmarthen 0 7 t 00 40 00 23 b 6 " c A 0 .'" 0 fowbri.:ge .76 80 00 4( , 00 30 50 '; - 61 P . 4wansea - 0: Per 8011. 0 0 0 #l l ' Barnardcastl II ,1 .."20 0 8 9 9 0 4 0 .7 4 9 6 11 , 9 0 ,(1/ Durham l4 0180 8 0 90 5 9 6. 9 00Idto y 0 0$ Richmond l3 0 19 0 00 0 11 0 60" 7 4 10 0 , 19 , 6 9 Stockton l, 0 19 6 90 9t , 60 7 . , 9 "i,"" 11 °OO 89 90 4 0 .7 4 .14gy 110 id 14 140 160 SO 90 59 0.-9-? i g - igo 130 19 000 0 110 60 - : i r l ;; 0 II 6 ' ,I , 0 196 90 9t , 60 i • . NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.. White, Red. 3 . .., ( 10 * • Wheat, Northumberland 54 k 665.•..... a .. .... 40 . 7 ...1;.....1. Norfolk and Suffolk •••••• ....." 654. 6,44"....• Tr,. 6 11.4. -=-: Berwick and Scotch ....... Forrigß ......... 66.. 70, . ... .:„....! Rye, Norfolk vail Suffolk . . --- Foreign ' barley; naltilig. Norfolk and Suftblk 3 7 ,.. 39 . ...... -*" . '....r,- - Grinding and Feeding 34.. 315...... "" 4 " .4* Aalt, Norfolk and 5uif01k....... ........ ...i 2. 01L."... Scans, Small - Tick ........, 404 4.i1. ..... ...:Lt • ....• Pease; White - ' 41s 441. .... L. ...A ---Gray . 31. -3/4••••••• ... . 4 ;.- 4 'Jars, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... .... 244. 26 i...•••. A .. - ..* W ... „ Feed A- ei.. ...... . .• Foreign .... 2.s. 22.1....... •"";:.. ~.... Flour (per lack) 524. 554.... - .., SCOTCH .51ARKE'5L ........ .....%i1 ,,, A pi_.„ Wheat. 1 Barley. Oat.. Pea' s. ' ....--• 7 ..........•"*"", 0 t ~ ----• ----- tbcrdeen fif- to 70 I2lto 2S 20 to 24 .-- ln ,'''- ZO '5 l, Berwick 34 '5l 117 :2. 15 21 30 - To , * 6 1 Ooldstrerim 40 '52 22 24 17 19 1, 0 - 26" c i '- Cupar (Fite> , 4S. - 65 126 31 IS 22 we g 6 . - p ` o' Dunbar... Elgin Inverness ;a r ~ ihi ~, Kelso . . 40 55 •24 ' 27 17 20 •" Si - Kirkahly - tri' Perth ...... - `'3s 41 out, ler Tip : i!zr of the measure varies throughout Illi , 00 MADDING FON CORN MARKET' ~ ..,,r 0i,,, Wheat. ' 13.irley. Oats. 1 d e "gt -. ' rirst ' o' Oil 40, I'd 30- 0.. i h s, , „, ,5: second 66. Od '4s • d 25, , 61 .l' - - 1 '- ' third 131'.6.i. ~ vtage 3/. I. 9a 7 r' l ' Re 'a n i DA LKEITH CORN MARKtT• ta e , I 4 6:• - 1 I Wheat Bar.ey i Oats. r el 1 4,1 .ir.t. 7.4 to 42s rd ' 32• Od 46. , .."' Second I • cFls (Al !4..'s Od i 24 ,, Si ".... o °' ; . ; '''' . Third OLASOOW CORN Alt. 11 . 1 " ;r .:641b. 011i e Wheat, per 24011,, s. d. c.d. °AC+, Per ' „.„0 dritish, old 350 to 38 0 ir.. , b . i ....... ......."":', sN ~40 ..--,-- new Canada, free — 0 0 Beans, Per ." 00 ?AO Irish Barley, pet 3201 b • Scottish ................ _ _ C.:nglisti 2t 6 3 , 0 ' Pease, Scottish..." 0 0 , 0 Scottish 25 0 29 0 I Oatmeal, 'per I f91b.." 45 I' • A m.. .•..- lush ..45 . ' be. SEED" TIME.—The fine and More tno.• for able weather of 'the month of November, so f d :te nelo advanced, has 'already dUite much to Nor of co t 00 0 O t , farmers fur the extreme humidity' the in te. bur, and is enabling theta to commit , the w i ,te r o d 0 seed to the ground in good cunditien - -Th e o bit h ies crop, both in England and Ireland,-had been h ii t he . 50 -better condition than was expected ; thug belevog price shows that the yield of this useful No' is of or s average of years in quantity ; and in man); P /I c i rO t :,, c ,o' country the quality is much complnined 01 .,„ the r e 00 shottld.be taken in preserving and keeping ofd„ uc l toes that are intended for seed in the next isup et the ne.ct year may sutf,r as well so. tu g ' of the present season. —Leeds Mercury. 00 0 P '0 GOLD WATCHES, LONDO. ,- " 001 A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchrnakeri, J' e j or sairj,le London, oppo4te the Bank of England, sub mit ' the, 01‘,0 very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES,,O3I*':, As which are made and finished under the carafe' nd esVh experienced workmen on their gown premiseei ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. e i • 10 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-tor° PO' gold cases and gold dials, warr anted ........ . u° , 0 _ 1 7 .4 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with do is backed engine,turned gold cases and gold '4i 0 • warranted .... . ....................... .. . .... . ... Patent. lletached Lever Watches, jewelled in in 141 holei;'_sviilf double-backed gold casee and r 1 4 .• . • dials, Warranted SIZE FOR GENTLE3IO,..r. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled.in W" i s 0 holes. seconds, and double-backed etc' case . g, ' warranted ............. ............ ... 0 Patent'defaehed Lever Watches, capped, ier el ‘e sll in six holes, seconds, deuble.backed got° ca s es" • .and enamel dials, warranted .. Patent detached Lever " Watches , capped. iew- ell 0 *in siX holes, . secOnda, double-backed gold W es • :at, d ol, and gold dials. warranted .................... . ..... Lad 1040 Either of the. Gentlemen's Watches . tilaY S B ee °4P hunting cases for 31 . 3s. each e xtra. 144 • . Watches purchased in exchange. of the BIRTHS. 9 t it. el' On t i • hetelOth v. _inst., at Russell-place, of twins. .$ll ll . .r.,. W. Holland, Rector 0 1 Dun , aidc o :, ld nu of f h j te:hle: Adel t j h o p s i. h t : at titH. Chambers, y o f s a s o t n e o r .i a t h d ts a h f e t i o r f . r t is Clap o n the 13th inst.. at lincelench.ter • L e t e r p. , o e , f G. L iu On the 13th inst.. at Stainford•hill; t he lady 0 - , Etq., of a daughter. ----- --77------- Is ol MA it R I A l .- 6 -: ~ w roth ..„ht v i o a n e r th s . e e q t ..1 : instant , orp e v . n a s t h S i r t e . - s.ci Try ua r i , t b: F t i ; :s ; y e , n 9 . ,c la c os iscio ori y. of John Furze. Esq , of the AtidiiOn-road hes. O fi t , tilka • b ► J . 0. 4 F it Esq.. to Eliza Ann, daughter of the late II: Sutir. iti:oi 10th ini:t., e St. I).luera- Chum t , ii s tt t .', On the I Ith just., at St. Botolph, 13-shoF0:1‘loy, Ai it daughterl-sqt•if 11. D.. of 6 E r tq ue . n o b l e3 tZ 'l f loarmileehre;l*Er'e' 1 ; ir. J,. H: 11 On the 13th init.,,.at St.'Luke's, Al iildleses,,•,wooy dil,7 soil, of Vincent-teenier, Islington, to Alary Ann' of the late fir.. Vyilliam Laidlaw. . . DIED. rpitior ti ' On the4ltia inst., at Leamington. the Hon. f r d ford Jerningbarn. ettlest aiaried daughter of '"-rood• lb , or 41 the 12th inst , Mn.s Zetterquist, lilackfriaro- On the 12,th inst., Mr. R. Sea ratt. ef 111t11;-.100",.. tlideOogr.d.4. . the 6 12th Elizabeth Pryor, %idol of Graueehurch -street. On the 12th n o t i e f n d: s* C i ,a i u m , b . lis r u h i d r e g : di e by‘y,VA:. voisClJu'tabont:e';:r.;:i I( ) tj j London : No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offitei No. \ ~ ~ ~.~