The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-07 00:00:00

yvENTING- SUN Was Justice dot WIGHTMAN sug ges t e d w h e th er th e cast one which might be advantageously referred b sue, lIESIGER, for the plaintiffs, had no objection to a course r • ertvis (wh o was w i t h the A ttorney-General), fot uefell thmt, after conferring with his client, assented. lI REACII OF PROMISE 01? MARRIAGE. 4r I DARBON V. RoSSER. the plaintiff Tall, 'Air. White, and Mr. Pearson, appeared for tl e e Mr. Thesiger and another Learned Gen ,r,tan for the defendant. ir Was Peensoer opened the pleadings. Sophia Darbon ti';lthe plaintiff, and Richard Rosser was the defendant. e declaration contained four counts, and the first ,se..ed that, on the sth July, 1837, the defendant pro teir„deto marry the plaintiff after a reasonable time, and tint;ere was an averment that the plait - 01;i remained Te e r ied, and was ready to marry t'im, but he refused. ta i s econd count, that, on the eth September, in the the defendant - erernised to marry plaintiff at hristmas t hen :text ensuing ; and then there were 14 4 fi ll e r av ! rn r:eits. • The third count alleged a promise d aat -' 1 ' 53 9, and the 4th in April, 1840. The defen te4k;Pleaed that he did not promise, and then that after th's dl g the promise, and before the commencement of t i o lattit, he had invested in Government Stock three te s '" i of 666/. 135, 4d., 3661. 13s. 4d., and 2151., which dereVintiff accepted and received, in satisfaction of the 14.7. its breach of promise. Itee 11 •A'17 then stated the case. He feared 91e Jury 6 t ei t c 't Yet had much light thrown on the subject y kii t ltrY, the pleas being necessarily loaded with tech os e ei e es, but the matter to which their attention was to thi„ ` e eted was a plain matter of fact, in which he trusted lerl.would ultimately have no difficulty in finding their li t i s et ,' The plaintiff in the record was the daughter of bee s : 'Arbon, ho formerly carried on business as a thr es e e'oeer, and who died in. 1810, leaving a widow and tedughtees, the plaintiff being the youngest and keeke:4l„ :rearsof age. The father of Mr. Darbon, the ee'Ziner of the plaintiff, carried on a like business, and migh t t ime after th e d ea th o f hi s son . At hi s d ea th N i ert he imagined 1 e re somewhatwhat circumscribed. The grandfather Lk 18 31, and, ;by his will, bequeathed some small e n, Y to the wid ow an d h er c hild ren , w hi c h pro d uce d ite'en, and the present plaintiff among the rest, about a il an num. The executors continued in the receipt I(iies, rents, on the behalf of the widow and her family, th i as client arrived at the age of 25 ; and, by the leii,7:ather's will, the • were to have the control over kefli..t :property as soon as they arrived at that age ; ,teee,e ra became necessary to settle the account of the and release them from further responsibility. e ne that took place, which was in 1835, Mr. Rosser, to4,ebdant, who was an attorney and solicitor, had been e t4e;"nk, e ed for the executors, and had been heard, and spoken .l 4 4 I , ' " most respectful terms l - sy all the plaintiff's family. kikr43 therefore known to the plaintiff by name, and ‘ltitielllrdS, when the executors were released from their 4 qieL u ,Y the distribution of the property, he, at his own . Nti , 40 a became their man of business, proposing G 4 p d that was necessary without making any diminu keet)ti hid their little property. In consequence of that the te e and defendant occasionally saw each other e oc casion of the rent being received and th: /.e r• They were several times in the cours l e l , ‘ ', l ll Year of necessity brought together, on a 't.t-re:jeeasions the greatest attention was paid by S - 2 3 er to, the laintiff, and she entertained the entle7 ttt ioeents - of respect for him, because be had ex • 4and eS ec c the hand of friendship to her family. At that Lt',.1, 8 _ 3 5 and 1836, Mr. Rosser was a married man, i ne the "le purpos e o f showing how the transactions of e e l ; w ere conducted b e t ween the plaintiff and ;kat that time, f de he would read a letter or two, from Z e Z might collect the terms on which they were e • meansArds one another. Mr. Rosser knowing that ._ l4 tl of the family were very circumscribed, acle is°,teikr;'Bs Darbon the present plaintiff, to become th ti ," 13 , r1 of a lad;-, and thereby save her little property, aKe some additions to it. The letter was dated Nl' 1 836, and commenced," Dear Miss Darbon . —l L - 4).,„" i enee of your expressing a desire to get out nit ike e 4Kl to improve your income, I inserted an adver t N s e „ t ,,in the Morning Herald or a companion to . a L4tl.-4u h ntnediately received a note from a lady stating r n:f i it c omfortable home would be considered a corn -11 the advertiser might obtain what was sought L i ene to '; "o letter went on to state that Mr. Rosser 1 :'• I, t he lady and found her apparently amia -174 e r - W ould appear, observed the Learned Counsel, ngis care 'lesser- seemed to have taken the girl under '4l l ,,, re d l ts a child, or a d aug h ter, f or h e was somewhat se e Zio years.—(L aug h ter .) H e truste d h e would ce of the course of the cause any unseemly appear :os riedicule, because if he saw any such manifesta ,";`4tcanould not be the last to notice it. The letter then . ‘,ilat the lady appeared pleased with the descrip i,at „ ' , o datit had - given of plaintiff, and then observed, "41,1 she was fir with rheumatism, she wvated a d 4 e 'l ic n 3 d c :cial c a om i p n a te nion, and concluded . with stating that (4 ant had written to Franklin about the rents... t titl , f r• had mentioned that to show that the de p.° he .. 1 „ v as th e c •rof her rents and paid them over g i °l llll l l% en ri the 9th of there was another letter 1, 41 1(1 i i e t tn g , Dear Miss Sophia," and expressing the ' r atification u g an at the prospect of the plaintiff ?b -eitissilthro situation with the Countess, and offering equip herself, and ad he he to enable her to Ile to the Countess. That would show not only ;eat ee Y interfered to advance her in life, but that l i' e r e s e l‘ t . a te i e ,! r with all the respect due to a person of a `hat 1 , a ti v , l :: s Per demea . nor. On the 15th of April that he to la " k tr letter, in which the defendant stated m a k e . e Would L ;fid brought three quarters' rent, and t hr con,e _ .be happy to see her whenever she could ti:t d igho ut ° lent to call. It would be observed, that IA !f end _ Inc whole o s f si tl n ie correspondence, whenever utiff a reason for seeing the Ct a l couldwas a ymade g it a ground for having 4 t rB , ° nal interview. On the lath of July, there was I titti - h ` e presenting his compliments to Miss Darbon ahoelg that Franklin had brought the rent, and h e , be happy to pay it over whenever it was con htt,r el lt to her to call. He had merely read these three pat i s t 0 show the nature of the intercourse between the 66oea during the lifetime of Mrs. Rosser, and which I httl that h e pa id h er th e greatest respect. In March, t ' ) ,4 th„, krs. R osser, t h e w if e o f th e defenant, died, and he I ° l h of April following a letter was written by t e 4eir mlant, desiring his kind regards, stating that kte t i t e ll t was ready for her, and hoping her mother and %L l. ' Were well. On the 20th of Aril Miss Darbon th e '' at Mr. Rosser's house, in Red Lion-square,. when 4 Ya reilt was paid over ; and on the 22d of April, two ilki,l4lterwards, he wrote another letter. He was I h t - ,, 11 ,,, to give theletters in - the order of their dates, as ;Attr t e a pretty clear history of the case. The letter °rde h; that he would be soon leaving London for Bed ;;; re ,aud Glamo anshire, and would be glad to tie h e' r itiff before he went. It also stated that the de eepliew had taken a house at Twickenham- ISian, which he understood was not far from the 1 4 8 f;rB Week,a Hampton and if he went that way e'le;:,°witle, h would probably call to ask her re ' l hsei g e e According e to that invitation, Mr. ret e , l " e aving only to make a request when it would be iuY the plaintiff, she came up to town, imagining tie that b e so th' g relation to her money affans. 11 , 1 % ite"e ltt ° ceasi al o e Mr. Rosser made an avowal to her of A - 111 Y -I ,t Passio n • (A laugh.) His first wife had died the mon i th receding, and i n latter endof be "minunielted to her that hetheentertained an vi vk_' l (i t e s3 ion for her, and begged to know whether she treept just him,She surprised that a gentleman, become was a 11perkier with an extreme w ' degree of respect, 14 : t ie s °4 who rather protected and took care of her `lll4-1/thing else that that gentleman, who had sore °Lthit-se'seet,his wife, should think of making a declaration h IC uiet to her, and she ex ostulated with him on . t e til l th e t' excused ' himself Ey saying, that if he waited he eelPiration of the year during which public de ;e teg,quired tl the should not marry another wife, 1 ),, . 111 terha s 'a l se the opportunity of obtaining her, 1 11 1.43at s s ; e mi P ght o make some other engagement. Miss the she had no intention of the kind at Fsen kit;d"°lle certainly had a regard and respect for him e for e f'a c, tly' e ri css he had exhibited towards her.. Hese ro seemed i e °ra e ti .fied, and on the 24th of April sent her t e l e" , N e w : "loch he stated that he had conceived a very . to of her in every respect, and felt greatly in 'l4tt-ed her and having it amply in his power (Mr. 111 11 (113,,S,.trved ihat it was understood Mr. Rosser was a t 4 h c onsiderable wealth), and being desirous e l *th eee -er every go od lie could, ho begged her acceptance 14 ,-;:tripanyi g small present as a token of his re f- t 'er, d- she would receive it as the gift t . ‘ l- 11. esiell"mt.eafriaeand. hoped letter contained 201. On the wrote again, respecting a book " 8 he " and there was (said t~ ton tutee's Reflections, , a o t p rei t igi h . r o o n u s ghout the letter the greatest p r . o " sentiment, and an apparent desire he the plaintiff inthe way she ought to go ; and with a f t. „°t - ri w e cli t e hl know that where a man had to deal heman 2'. a relig'ou turn, there could be no stronger . 1p , t Qat' h er to i him s , and . if h . e could only exhibit him 'N4l,lll,ersoll of conscientious and religious feelings, er th e ` t ! °Q most likely to succeed. The latter offered ire t t e - a e u° ° l t, Which he said had given him great pleasure, er - e rttr e -- " a d that if he knew the particulars of store she he would be happy to add to her . a rew' useful works • that he would be taking 1 1/ tel t -c ' to hisnephew's at Twickenham the following I%lmother wouldb hppy to call and ask how she and 1 1 ° ) , t o l l u e r r h d u id in , bre servant."n-n-c-luded, " I remain, very regard- On the 22d of May there Prenktiother letter, and he would observe that he did not la s se to read them all, because they would fill a ream laugh) —b u t would merely give them an t't the case The letter regretted that the wea ;Nu:l, 4 , 4 varietshe,o other business, prevented his visit, :can -e u her, if came to town, to favour him with ,_ltr e i lit 'd ended " I am, with very great regard for you, thr eo-h,“leere friend." On SdJune,lB37, he wrote anther let- C e ll ' e coeing "My very dearly beloved Sophia," stating Vttfe„ l received with heartfelt - pleasure and joy saec"onate letter ; the disappointment he had ex v,,lhnbnavirts occasioned solely by his daughters, and that ayitli all`" Pie forenoon of the following day would do away I,,:4l3,aet,4lesse.evexations. It went on, "I do love you very eerely, but yet our . affection must be regu "tts Prudence." " Your happiness is my chief desire. Y" ' ToY excellent love, and believe me your r Ilett)lclate !" --.. (Great laughter.) Now he, (A r. I, o er'e s be lieeed the fiery blood of youth had dtitletiottell actuated upon to pour . out more love and ( encl e „, a smaller compass , but the present in y e a rs ,'lvas not a young man—he was advanced N' S {,t arlU it might erhaps be said that lus being n Prer 4; 'as an ‘sxeusepfor his not performing the time he ) iZeeek-1 tenatletter he was between 70 and 80—(Laughter ht hearty, hale, fine old gentleman.—(Roars of tlV eto 76 ) , To see him one would only suppose him be . - 1c t' , 44 d 6 0, standing upright and well upon his lacl a e lld just whopte sort of person to captivate ' II Y • " and; would not be supposed to have armity about him.—(Loud laughter.). When he gave the i s j'ary that description of his person, it would I ae seen that his character was not inconsists4it with it, and that the fire of youth Was not yet 'extinguished in his veins. —(Mach latlghter.) On the 7th of June there was another letter, "My dear Sophia, I have re ceived your desirable letter.' It expressed the defen lant's wish to see her again before he left "own, having much to say to her on the important subject between them ; that he desired to be rooted to her heart, and promised to call on her at seven that evening. The letter • was addressed to her at Mr. Robinson's, 35, Northumber land-street. Strand, an address which it might be necessary again to refer to. On the 26th of June there was another letter, stating that he was to go with one or both his daughters to Hampton-court to dine with two ladies, and that he intended calling at her door, to ask how she lid, and hoped he would spend a day with her before he went to Wales ; that while at Bedford he had, when re mountins, a horse, which slipped away from him, fallen pretty heavily on his back, and he had thought of her kind apprehensions for his safety, and con sidered her his sweet little cherub, and that her sweet little voice had been heard up aloft, and had saved him—(Great laughter)—that her every way agreeable person and manners had induced him to like and admire her, forgetting his extreme age ; but considering the in compatibility of their years, and the possibility of his being cut off suddenly, he had placed something in her name in the Three per Cent. Consols; thereby exercising a little providence in her behalf. It would seem from that that the defendant had some misgivings as to the uncertainty . of human life, and that he possibly might not survive the year, and had, therefore, in vested more money in her name in the Three per Cents. The letter added that he would never cease to love her dearly, and affectionately and holly, and purely; but he feared, in justice:and reason, that he should only be considered her kind and affectionate friend ; that he would be proud to be her guardian and friend, and ended "Dear, dear Sophia, believe me to be your sin cerely affectionate friend:" There was another letter on the 29th of June. It commenced " Dear, dear Sophia, your letter has given me great grief to infer that I should spurn or despise you, or that any other lady has supplanted . you in my heart. No, my dearest life." It added that he felt the force of her dear little heart's love towards him, and it was more than his nature could stand. He was sure that when she was his he would be a happier and better man, and that he would live in hope, and pray for that blessing. Then on the Ist July there was a letter, in which he said she was scarcely ever out of his thoughts ; that he had that day taken a warm bath, and thought his whole frame better for it.—(Great laughter.) He begged her to write a line to say how she was, and to breathe her sweet thoughts to him; that she had done him the kindness to ask for a lock of his silver hair— (Roars of laughter)—thathe should expect a lock of her's in return ; that he was looking out for a lodging for her near his house, and wished to introduce himself and her sister to his daughters, and ended, " God bless and preserve you, my dearest love, and believe me yours affectionately." On the sth of July there was another letter in which he said that having just finished break fast, he sat down to breathe his sincere affection to her ; and thereby ease his anxious heart's doubts, which had been occasioned by his observations about his daughters. That he was determined not to forego his happiness for the sneer of the world, and he was thoroughly convinced that the Almighty ordained faithful marriages in, heaven ; that he considered her his own, as she must consider him her's ; to dismiss all acquaintance and con nexion with the person she alluded to, and to receive him who would engraft her in a bosom which was wholly devoted to her ; that he had received her little gift of love, which was beautiful and nicely platted, and which would be often caressed by her faithful lover, and would prove a delightful particle of his dear sweet Sophia near his heart; he need net remind her that the foundation of all his hap piness was morning and evening devotions to Him, who gave all, and governed all ; he was quite distressed that her delicate form should have been exposed to the heat of the sun when he was walking with her the previous day, and trusting it had not fatigued her ; that he must contrive to introduce his daughters to her. On the 6th July there was a letter, commencing "My dear love, :when solemn, and grand, and righteous acts or deeds are resolved upon, what pleasure there is in thinking upon, and committing to paper the thoughts that arise from them ;" therefore 1 indulge myself in thinking of our future habitation as the inno cent birds who, after making their alliances, set about making their nests— (Roars of laughter)— fin. those they instinctively know to be the offspring of their connubial alliance.—(Renewed laughter.) The letter went on to state that he was thinking of a habitation for con summated love to dwell in, and whether it should be in town or country, but that whichever it was they would endeavour to be content and happy ; that he pro mised himself a speedy consummation of his wishes, and on his return from Wales, he would tell his daughters that he was about to add an angel to their society; that he should rejoice in proclaiming their union before kings and queens. It then went on, " You, my love, my dearest Sophia, your model is pleasi n g , and y our dear bod y being free from defects," observing that he was gratified at this, because he confessed he was a man of taste — (Laughter)—that he praised the Lord for every blessing, and that a virtuous, well-formed, enlightened woman, was invaluable, was an angel on earth, and led a man to heaven. That he found himself bordering on idolatry, and asked, " Have I, my dear one, breathed my love ardently to you ?" It then went on to say she had asked for a lock of his silver hair, and to comply he had cut a small quantity from the crown of his head— (Loud laughter) —as she said she wished to press it to her faithful bosom. What honour and glory to his hoary head—(Bursts of laughter)—probably they would be pressing the reciprocals to their bosoms at the same time ; he must not forget to add, that a thousand blessings at tend her, and a thousand kisses he stole in . imagina tion from her, declaring himself affectionately hers ever. On the same day, the 6th July, there was another, commencing, " My own dearest` love," and acknow ledging the receipt of her affectionate and most welcome letter, which was balm to his excited and fluttering heart. It asked her to say when she would be his property, and gave her permission, which it appears she asked, to go to Ramsgate for a few days with a Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. On the Bth of the same month another letter was written, in which he feared the heat of the sun had occasioned her some inconvenience in the walk they had taken theprevious day. He promised to be with her on Sunday morning, and offered for her acceptance his heart's whole affection, and ending " God bless and preserve my dearly beloved Sophia. Your ever affectionate." On the 9th the defen dant went to Hampton, in a carriage with a pair of greys, paid a visit to the plaintiff and her mother, and returned to town. On the 14th and 17th of July, and on the 31st, other letters were written by the defendant. The latter began "My dearest love and life." He stated that he had breathed his whole heart to her, and that he intended - to accept her kind offer of her whole heart and person, hoping that the obstacles he had referred to would be removed on his return from the country. It appeared that defendant had spent the day on the sth July at Hampton, and had then confided to the mother of the plaintiff his intentions towards her daugh ter. On that occasion the mother had cautioned him about his conduct, and had expressed her asto nishment at his desiring to enter into a matri monial alliance so soon after the decease of his former wife ; she suggested to him that his contem plated marriage might not prove agreeable to the members of his own family, and she said that he was not a young man. The defendant replied that although old in years, he was as young as any man not half his age:; that his family knew enough of him to know that he was firm of purpose in whatever he undertook ; and that if he once took any matter in hand he would always go on with it, and that it was useless to contend against him. The mother then said to him, that her daughter was of age, and had been so some years, and was com petent to judge for herself without any interference. The plaintiff at that time was twenty-seven years of age, having been born in the year 1810. Miss Darbon felt that she owed a debt of grati tude and affection to the defendant for his kindness towards her, and no doubt she felt bound to follow the course which he might direct. The corre spondence between the parties continued, and on the 9th of August, 1837, the defendant, being at that time on a visit to some friends in Glamorganshire, wrote a letter to the plaintiff beginning "My dearly beloved Sophia," and in that letter, after stating his inexpressible joy and gladness at receiving her letter of July -31, he pro ceeded, " I am now in a land flowing with milk and ho ney, but the latter is not so sweet as that which I once had the happiness of • tasting from your dear sweet lips, when I sealed on them the pledge of our in delible and unalterable affection."—(Roars of laughter.) The letter then proceeded, " Ever since I have had the pleasure, honour, and happiness of knowing you, my greatest joy has been to endeavour to de vise some means of rendering you independent of the accidents of the world—l will not say the frowns, for nothing can ever frown upon you. If not so happy as to consummate that blessing, which I hope is preparing for us at the conclusion of the year, which only my decrease of health, or your refusal, can prevent, I shall be happy to shield you from the world." The defendant in that letter, after ex pressing his affection for her,andurgingher to put her trust in Almighty God, to whose honour, and with a view of pleasing, when be trusted their union would soon take place, he went on to say, " I am already wedded to you in spirit; be sure that you already possess my love and affection." He then went on to de scribe the house at which he was staying in the neighbourhood of Cowbridge, and, speaking of another mansion recently built in the same neighbourhood by a relative of his own, the entrance to which is by an iron gate, he adds, "On this he has placed his motto, • Better death :than 'shame,' in English, a motto which I have adopted as my own in Welsh." The letter then proceeded to state that a relation named Powell had re cently died worth nearly 50,0001., which had been left among the relations and friends of the deceased "among the rest myself and my daughters— handsome." On the 28th of August, 1837, Mr. Rosser had returned to town, and it should seem that shortly after, he had had Mrs. Dar bon and her two daughters to dinner with him. On that occasion the subject of Miss Dar bon's approaching marriage with the defendant was broached, discussed, and looked forward to as a matter that was shortly to take . place. [The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when we went to press.] • Lady Eliot gave her first ball for the season last night, at the Chief Secretary's Lodge in the Phenix Park. The company comprised their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess De Grey, and upwards of five hundred of the nobility and gentry residing in the neighbourhood of the metropolis.—Dublin Evening Mail of Friday. SIMT , LONDON, TIUE,SDAY, DVCEIVIIItn 7, 1841. EXCHEQFJEIt-(T 111 S tiAY.) BunN V. BEATLY. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 1001. of which the defendant was the acceptor. Mr. MILE contented himself with proving the hand writing of the defendant to the bill. Mr. KELLY, fur the defendant. said that was one of the most impudent actions which had ever been brought into Court. He would most clearly show that-the bill was given to Guiness, who appeared on it as an indorser, for money lost at his , house at play. In the latter part of 1840, a brother officer and the defendant belonged to a reginient, then lying in Dublin; got introduced to Guiness, and were by him taken to his hazard table, to which they became frequent visitors to the great detri ment of their fortunes. After losing near 2,0001. they were again at the table, and lost to the amount of 804 and, being short of cash, Guiness proposed that if they would play at his tables again he would advance them 201. making4oo/. in all, and he would take their joint bill for the amount. They agreed to this. The bill was given, they played, and lost the 20/., and so invariable had been their losses that they took away with them two of the dice With which they played, and on breaking them they were found to be loaded in such a manner as to make them al A ays turn up in favour of the bank. The regiment did not stay long enough in Dublin to give these plundered gentle.. men an opportunity of indicting Guineas, and although they would, as honourable gentlemen, have paid losses if fairly won of them, they felt bound to resist the pay ment of money so unfairly taken from them. In such an action he would consider it his duty to take advan tage of every technical objection that presented itself. It would turn out that the (late of the bill had been altered since the time it was made by the defendant. If he proved that fact, then he would be entitled to their verdict. He then called the drawer of the bill, who deposed as above. The date had undoubtedly been altered, because he obtained leave of .absence on the 15th of November, and he went to the country on the.l7th. He believed it was originally dat6d 13th'Nefektnber. The Jury founda verdict .for the defendant on both grounds. ovin V. PARKER. Mr. BAGEEY said; the plaintiff in this case was a wine grower in Ay, in Frithee, *ho had supplied the de fendant, a wine xnerchtint, in Lower Thames-street, with a quantity of champagiV, for whi9h the bill for 1691., now sought to be repokaired i Waa:gi*n. He would prove the acceptance of tio& he *as totally unable to form even a conjecture to what defence could be set up. Mr. Bonassi, the' pini:ntiff's - agatt, proved the delivery of the wine, and the.licesptauee'.,i)f -the bill by the de fendant. In his cross-exarnination by Mr. Dasent, he said he never knew [My bat'ene John Parker; he had always dealt with him, ae - d .uever with his brother. He had seen the brother in the counting-house, but he hsd always considered him merely as clerk to his brother. Mr. DASENT addressed the'JuTy,:and suggested that the witness had got confused between the 'two brothers. The action was brought against Benjamin Parker. The wine was sold to John Parker and Co.; and John Parker was the party liable. The Jury immediately found for the plaintiff for the sum claimed. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY). CLARIDGE V. 3I'KENZIE. This was an action for trespass and illegal distress, brought to try the right to certain premises in High street, Marylebone. It appeared, from a voluminous mass of documentary evidence, consisting of leases, as signments, and the various licences and assignments (from 1751) of the Marylebone Coffee-house (now Wa terloo Arms), which was originally a parcel of the same leasehold property as the premises in ques tion, that the father of Miss M'Kenzie, the defendant, holding by lease under the Duke of Portland, demised in 1810 •the remainder of his term, or "24 years " in the premises north and south of the Maryle bone Coffee-house, to an architect named Tilbury. The latter having built on both lots, let the houses to two persons, of whom the plaintiff was one. In 1828 Tilbury informed his tenants that his interest had expired, and that the Duke of Portland was thenceforth their landlord. Miss M'Kenzie, however, insisted that after the expiration of the 24 years, the property reverted to her under the will of her father, whose term had not yet expired. Claridge, at first acting under Tilbury's advice, refused to pay to her, but ultimately he voluntarily proposed to acknowledge ler as landlady, on condition that she consented to reduee the rent from 40 guineas to 35/. In Jur.e, 1839, he paid one quar ter's rent, but the next quarter not being paid, distrained, wherupon the plaintiff paid the broker. Again defendant distrained for the Christmas quarter, and the plaintiff having sued upon replevin, was non suited. In 1840 and 1841, the defendant levied two dis tresses, for one of which the present action was brought in trespass, and for the other an action of replevin, which is now in the paper for trial. Mr. Sergeant SHAW, for the defendant, contended that it was nut competent to a tenant to try the right of his landlord in the form of trespass, having acknowledged the landlord's right, under a full knowledge of all the circumstences, as the Learned Sergeant was prepared to' show. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked if the defendant was prepared to disprove the fact in evidence, that her interest expired with the lease of Tilbury ? Mr. Sergeant SHEA submitted, that even granting that all the plaintiff's evidence was true, he could not raise objection to his landlord's title after the formal re cognition of the former's right, which would be proved by defendant's witnesses. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he would see what hat evidence was. The case occupied the Court from its sitting, and had not concluded when we went to press. Mr. Prtit.t.itis—lt it will be any satisfaction to th e Court, will your Lordships put Mr. Mamie into the box? The COMMON SERGEANT—The Court has the power to discharge this prisoner, but it is for, them to consider whether they will exercise that poweior not. Another conversation here took place between Mr. Manic and the Recorder, which was carried on privately although in the Court. Th. - REcoRDER—i think it right, out of respect to the Learned Counsel who have made this application, to state the resolution of the Court. I propose that the case shall remain over till the conclusion of these Ses sions, and then that the prisoner be discharged, unless application should be made from the proper authorities to detain him. There was considerable noise in the Court throughout the proceedings, and owing to the conversations being carried on in an under tone, and our being situate at considerablt distance from the bench, it was with some difficulty that we could catch the observations. The Sessions will be concluded this evening. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (Tuts DAY.) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF CASH, BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES, PLATE, &c.—An Irishwoman named Elizabeth Price, with two of her daughters, Elizabeth Brown, mar ried, and with an infant at her breast, and Ann Price, be tween 14 and 15 years of age, were charged with stealing two 101. and four Si. Bank of England notes, 150 sove reigns or upwards, some silver moneys, spoons, a gold finger -ring, and other property belonging to Mr. Wm. Osborne, the head cooper at Messrs. Goding and Broad wood's brewery in Br oa d- street, Golden square. It ap pears that the prosecutor, who is very aged, and his wife. were lodging at No. 19, Berwick -street, Soho, and that the youngest Price came there daily to take care of ano ther of the lodgers' children. About 11 o'clock on Monday morning Mrs. Osborne went down stairs to fetch some water, leaving her room-door open. The hoard of property was then sate in a drawer, with the key left in the lock. In about half an hour afterwards the property was miss ing. At that time not the slightest suspicion attached to the youngest prisoner. Information being given to the police, Sergeant Grey, C 14, traced the prisoners, and while conveying them to the station-house, he observed Brown fumbling about her dress, and, seizing her hand, found in it one of the silver spoons. A few yards further on, as he was walking close beside her, he felt something heavy fall inside her gown, the next moment a bag rolled at his feet, which was found to contain the stolen notes, with sovereigns and silver to the amount of 188/. 155., three other spoons, the missing ring, and other articles The prisoner Brown exclaimed, as the bag fell on the ground, " Oh, it's there ! You'Ve got what you want.' They were remanded. ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA, &c. FOR 1842. There will be five eclipses next year, three of the sun and two of the moon : one of each luminary will be visible in this country. An annular eclipse of the sun takes place on Tuesday, the 11 th of January, but it will be confined to the southern hemisphire. On Wed nesday, January 26, in the evening, the moon will be partially eclipsed, visible to England, the whole of Europe, Asic, and Africa, and will extend to Nova Zombie and the Noah Pole. Beginning of the eclipse (Greenwich time) 17 minutes 36 seconds past 4, even ing ; moon rises 33 minutes 42 seconds past 4 ; great est obscuration 43 minutes 42 seconds past 5 ; and 9 minutes 42 seconds past 7. The third is a total eclipse of the sun on Friday, the Bth of July, very early in the morning, and will prove very large throughout Great Britain, and total in the southern parts of France. Commencement of the eclipse 53 minutes 20 seconds past 4 o'clock ; greatest obscure tion 46 minutes 22 seconds past 5 ; and, 42 minutes 54 seconds past 6. The greatest obscuration will be 9 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds on the southern part of the sun. At Marseilles the eclipse will be total lot two minutes, like that which took place in the south of England on the 22d of April, 1715, which was care fully observed by the Rev. John Flamstead, the Astro nomer Royal at Greenwich, by Dr. Halley, and other scientific gcntlanen in London, who spoke of the dark ness impressing " a sense of horror on the minds of the spectators." Along the track of the central eclipse (the North Atlantic Ocean), and for some distance on each side of it, the darkness will be such as to render the stars visible, which circumstance will be no small terror to those spectators who are unacquainted with the prin ciples of astronomy. On Friday, the 22d of July, there will be a partial eclipse of the moon, and an annular one of the sun on the last day of the year, but both will be invisible in England. The only lunar occultations worthy of notice are, one of the Eta Tauri, a star of the third mag nitude on the 22d of January ; one of Delta Geminorum on the lat of September ; and on the 7th of November the beautiful planet Jupiter will be occulted ; although the phenomenon occurs in the day-time, it will pro bably be observable with the naked eye. The most favourable time for observing the planet Mercury in the ensuing year will be in the evening about the 15th of February and the 11th of June ; and in the morn ings about the 29th of July and the 17th of November. This planet will not be a striking object this year. Mars will not be in opposition to the fun during the year, and on that account less favourable for observe tien. He will be seen in the evenings of January, February, March, and April ; and in the mornings of September, October, November, and December. From the beginning of June to the middle of November Jupi ter and his four satellites may be frequently observed to advantage. In the summer and autumnal months the fine ring of Saturn will be an interesting object to the telescopic observer. It is a remarkable fact that while the mean temperature of the month of December, 1840, at Greenwich scarcely reached 32 degrees, at Aberdeen, in Scotland, it was 39 degrees. CAVANAGH, THE " FASTING IMPOSTOR." —This fellow is not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten d ays ' part i a l a b s tinence from focd in Reading gaol to undergo the exercise of the wheel; nor has he yet b een a ll owe d b y th e medical offi cers of the prison, in consequence of the weak state of his stomach at present, to take any animal food. This " fasting" worthy, h owever, i s a l lowe d t w o pints of pretty stiff gruel and four rounds of toast daily, with the addition, every alternate day, of a pint of soup. The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes, and with a capital appetite into the bargain. Cavanagh admits that he managed to gull the public pretty well outside of the gaol, but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be " bowled out." His hopes were, that if he could have contrived to keep up the deception for a week, the Magistrates would have been impressed with the be lief that he was not an impostor, and have therefore libe rated him. Before he was detected ho was generally found in his cell upon his knees, a posture he has not since been once seen in. Tiernan, who acted as a sort of showman to the " fasting" k na ve, and who is incarce rated in the same prison, states that when the fellow ex hibited himself in Dublin as " a miracle," he received as much as 201., and sometimes 3CI. a day, from the hun dreds of visitors who flocked to see him. It does not ap pear that Tiernan was wholly in Cavanagh's confidence. He says he never saw him eat while he was with him, but he always had his suspicions that " he got some grub by the sly." How the impostor managed, when he was locked and sealed up in London for eleven days, to be able to leave his place of confinement, in appa rently good health, still remains a mystery, especially as only nine or ten days' partial abstinence in Reading gaol completely " did him over," and nearly cost him his life. Letters have been received at the prison from two pro fessional gentlemen (one from Abingdon and the other from London) evidently in search of practice, offering their services to the prisoner, and guaranteeing to bear him harmless from all costs and expenses, in prosecu ting an action against the Mayor of Reading, on the part of Cavanagh, fur false imprisonment. Whether anything will arise out of this, upon hi: liberation, re mains to be seen. GIBRA LTA it, Nov 25.—Yesterday morning, at the Exchange Room, the merchants, landowners, and other inhabitants of this place, in public meeting assem tiled, agreed upon 103 al, respectful, and congratulatory addresses to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince, the heir-apparent to the British Throne. It was resolved that the addresses should be .gned, on behalf of the community, by the Chairman, Mr. Thomas Godfrey Turner, who presided on the oc casion, and who was directed to forward the same with a letter to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, soliciting that his Lordship will be pleased to present the addresses to the Royal and Illustrious Per sonages to whom they are directed. Numbers of vessels have sought refuge in out harbour, where, notwithstanding the violence of the gale, they have rode in safety. The Sound has a most formidable appearance, as, in , addition to the men-of-war, a fleet of merchant vessels, of almost every description, are lying at anchor under the shelter of that great national structure—the Breakwater; the Catwater and the Pool are also crowded with shipping, wind-bound or put in here in distress. The country appears to have been visited by the most extraordinary rain, and to such an extent have the rivers swollen, that bridges, houses, cattle, farm stock, indeed everything within the scope of the floods, have been carried away.— Devonport Independent. A few months ago a loud detonation was heard in one of the rooms of the chateau of the Count de Ro talier, in the Jura, but as it was not unusual for the members of the family to discharge their arms out of,the window, no notice was immediately taken. The hour of breakfast having arrived, and the young Viscount Aldonce de Rotalier not appearing, a servant was sent up to his chamber to call him, but found him lying on the floor, dead, and bathed in blood. It is believed that this melancholy accident arose from some mismanagement of his fowling-piece in preparing it to go a-shooting, as he had intended. LADIES WANTED.—In the parish of Llanelly, Breconshire, including Bryn-Maur and Beaufort, thi, males exceed the females by more than 1,000. Al Brighton there is a great excess of females over males. WHAT'S TO BE DONE WITH THE STAGE COACHMEN ?-" Do you know what the Tories are going to do with us old coachmen ?" Mr. Bond shook his head, and murmured — " Not I " Well, then, I'll tell you, Mr. Bond ; they're goi n g to plant us for milestones along the railroad."—Cruikshanles Omnibus. DEFINITION OF CHERUB. —A lady had tht misfortune to be troubled with a sqUalling brat, whom she always addressed as "My cherub." Upon being asked why she gave it that appellation, she replied, " Because that it is derived from cherubim ; and the Bible says the cherubim continually do cry." CoIiNaLAWS. We have feßsOn to believe that the great arid good cause of Corn-law abolition is making con siderable, progress amongst those classes who have hi t!lerto preferred contending by themselves for the Charter to contending with others for one of the main benefits which the Charter, were it granted, could bestow. To use the words of Mr. CARPENTER, in his well-written little work on " Relief for the Unemployed," which we can praise with the better grace as it advocates emigration to which we are opposed, the Chartists begin to think, we apprehend, " that they ought not too exclusively to occupy them selves in discussing political or other theoretical questions where numbers of our fellow-country men are plunged, or being plunged, to the very depths of poverty and destitution." They are no longer justified, they think, in selfishly refusing to lift them up into a better state of society, lest in so doing they should weaken the motives of our rulers to reform that legislative process which inevitably produces these calamities. The Chartists begin to feel that the repeal of the Corn-laws is of more pressing necessity to relieve the distresses of the people than the reconstruction of the law making machine. At Huddersfield, last week, a considerable number of them met Colonel THOMPSON, listened to his lecture with great at tention, and afterwards calmly discussed the subject with him. Such proceedings on the part of the known friends of the people will soon, we are persuaded, elicit truth and establish convic tion. From Colonel THomrsoN's exertions in the good cause, a great progress has been made n convincing some and exposing the dangerous errors of others. We hope that he will continu e his labours, and be rewarded by accumulated success. The next proof we have to notice of our pro gress is, that a meeting was lately held at Stock port, at which it was bdldly resolved, that " the Corn-laws could not be repealed by winning over the electors, in consequence of the great preponderance of the landed interest in Parlia ment; and that the only mode was for the people to show their determination not to submit to the oppression." That was the language of an influential meeting at Stockport; and, should the people in numbers act on such a resolution, it will hardly be safe for the landlords, though supported by the army, to attempt to dragoon them into submission to starvation. The late census has again reminded the people that they are millions, while the landowners are but hun dreds, or at most thousands. Again, at a great Anti-Corn-law meeting at Bristol, on Thursday last, at which upwards of :2,000 persons were said to be present, Mr. BlfowN delivered an animated lecture, in which he did not hesitate to accuse the Corn-laws of felony and murder. That part of the proceed ings is thus described:— He should like to take the Iron Duke to some of the cellars and hovels of Manchester, that he might see the misery of the poor, and learn how difficult it was to pre vent a dying man, with his starving wife and children about him,from breathing his last breath in a bitter curse on his oppressor. In such circumstances, a man was not fit to receive the beneficent truths of the Gospel, when he saw their promises falsified by the hand of man ; and it was nots urprising that the poor, king of starvation, should say, we want not Bibles, but bread !—(Hear.) It was no wonder that tho poor Norwich weavers, on a recent oc casion, should say, they wanted " more pigs and fewer parsons, more bread and fewer Bibles."—(A round of repeated cheers followed this quotation, nearly the whole meeting rising.) He accused the Corn-laws of felony. The law which compelled a man to do sixteen hours' . work for the price of twelve, or caused him to pay . la: for a loaf which he might otherwise get for 6d., robbed him of the difference ; and it was a robbery of the worat. kind—it was a robbery of the poor by the ich—of the weak by the strong—of the unrepresented my by tke. self-elected few ! But he accused this monstei,monop+ of a crime still more terrible ; he accused irof.murcl4, foul and most atrocious murder ! Against such sentiments, spreading , ' throttgti the length and breadth of the land, stand, unless it be pinned through the fri.eastsit' the people by the bayonets of a soldiery, yrtr the command of a despot. The circurnatartdes Of England forbid that. More than half our pbpula tion are a new people within the century, who have preserved few or none of the traditional attachments of their ancestors, and they canna be governed by a system which is neither. theo retically just nor practically wise, and which derives its whole strength from such at tachments. We must add, that on the 9th proximo, there is to be a great Anti-Corn-law meeting of the Midland Counties, at Derby, from which we ex pect a bold and decisive line of conduct. Mr. SALOMONS, in his recent pamphlet on the Sliding Scale, says that there is now no influential body of respectable persons who will support the total abolition of all duty on corn. We hope that the meeting at Derby will undeceive him, as he seems to shut his eyes and his ears to the lan guage and conduct of the Corn-law League, and inform him that all the influential Anti-Corn law men are for a total and immediate repeal. They may, perhaps, follow Colonel THOMPSON'S advice, and go further, demanding compensation for the sums already taken from them during the last twenty-five years, as well as a bounty on the introduction of foreign corn, to save our manu facturers from being overwhelmed by that com petition with which they are now threatened. On the whole, we think that the prospects of repeal arc brightening, and the people growing: more bold. The Tories, even, cannot avoid coun tenancing our exertions. They are compelled to admit the existence of great distress; and Sir ROBERT PEEL is sending emissaries abroad to inquire into prices and wages. If he thinks, however, to make the industrious, skilful people of England, content with semi -starvation, be cause the subjects of the CZAR are in slavery, and the subjects of LOUIS PHILIPPE are not much better, he is mistaken. Such a design will be discreditable to him, and its success would be a reproach to the people. They must not allow themselves to be beaten down to the lowest state of human beings. They will turn their eyes for an example to America, and not to Belgium or Prussia. We must, in conclusion, return our thanks to a Correspondent, who has made us aware that, by a transposition of the marks of quotation in our leader of Saturday, the words " to which end they will obtain the Charter, and then be able to divide the soil," were printed as if they were our own, whereas they were the words used by the Chartists at the Halifax meeting, and should have been marked as a quotation. We find the following account of a trial before the Criminal Court of Martinique, in the journals of that island :—" Gorce, an estate in the Commune of Sainte Marie, had for several years sustained great losses from numbers of oxen and mules being killed by poison secretly administered. At length a fine and healthy young negro was ascertained to have been sent out of life by the same means. In Janu ary last, Madame Bonneville Bonneterre, the wife of the proprietor, having a cold, took a cup of sedative drink given to her ; immediately she complained of burning heat in her throat and stomach, and, after lingering in torture for some days, died, and, as it was afterwards proved, from poison, which had no doubt been surreptitiously - infused into the drink. Some time elapsed, when a conversation over heard between Modeste, a negro, and Tassianne, a negress, excited a suspicion that they were privy, at least to these atrocious murders. Modesto, on being arrested, con fessed that he had killed the young ne g ro, b y giving him verdigris mixed with meal of Manioch, and declared that Madame Bonneville Bonneterre was in like manner poi soned by Tassianne. They were both brought to trial and convicted. Tassianne was sentenced to hard labour for life, and Modeste to the like punishment for twenty :years' Charles 111. of Spain was particularly fond of the chase, and went often to the mountains of Toledo with the intention of destroying wolves. The Govern ment of that city had, from time to time immemorial, awarded three ducats to any one who killed a wolf. The King was never better pleased than when he had this good fortune, and readily accepted the rew ar d. "O f all t h e revenues," he used to say, "this money is most agree able to me, as I obtain it through my own exertion." A SINGULAR FACT. --_A few days since a wayfaring man, journeying from Brixham to Galampton, Warborough, fell over a stile, and broke one of his le gs a nd he immediately cut off the other. He the n , lik e the chivalrous knight at the famous battle, Chevy Chace, s tood on his stumps. Afterwards he wend e d hi s wayto his destination wit h l ittle inconvenience. To gainthe credence of the reader,_ however, it ma y b e a dd e d, th a t both legs were of wood.—Somerset Gazette. TO RATEPAYER. TO rim EDITOR OF THE SUN. Spin--May I request you to insert in your liberal paper the following important fact s namely, that all rates made, or collected, after the 31st inst., will be illegal, unless stock in trade is included, as the Act to exempt the same, passed by the Whig Ministry, expires the last day of this year. This circumstance, if no other, may induce Sir Robert Peel to lose no more time in ordering his Parlia ment to assemble. I am your obedient servant, London, Dec. 7. A RATEPAYER. ON THE NEW BARRACKS, PRO POSED TO BE ERECTED IN THE MANU FACTURING DISTRICTS, BY THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT. " Unfetter our trade, let us work and cat," Is ringing throughout the land ; Our artisans, starving, prolong their lives From Charity's feeble hand. " There is plenty of food, tho' for want ye die ; More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our merchants and traders are failing fast, And the banks they are shaking too ; No hope does appear that the sky will clear, Wherever we turn our view. Whilst our ships in our harbours rotting lie, " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our workmen have industry, energy, skill; No favour unjust seek they ; No foreigner's rivalry would they fear, If fairly their trade had play. But whilst for their rights they peacefully try, " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. Our Army, as ever, is gallant and true, For Britain thro' blood they would wade ; But, remember, the source of our glory and power, Our Navy, is nursed by our Trade ! Whilst patriots true o'er our danger sigh, " More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. As selfishness, sure, is a private vice, So monopoly's public sin ; Our arms at present keep foes at bay, Our ruin it comes from within ! Hark, hark ! " Down, ye murmurers, quietly die ! More barracks, more barracks," the Tories cry. BERANGER, JUN. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. (FURTHER PARTICULARS ) PORTSMOUTH', ,MONDA Y.—The Horatio transport, Lieutenant Chapman, arrived here on Friday from St. Helena and the Coast 0f . ..1 &lea, and has brought home some of the officers who have becm invalided belonging to the Niger expedition, and wl,O 1;:,Id come down the river in the Soudan steamer. The accounts they bring home are up to the Ist of October, and arc nto:: ; deplorable. (These we published yesterday) , ;n4 The steamers make very slow progress id mem._ the river ; none of them are remarkable for their speed. The current of the stream is about three miles and a half, and the average speed of the steamers is six miles, conse quently their progress is not more than two miles and a half per hour. The Albert was to proceed up the Niger, and the Wilberforce up the Tchadda, while the Amelia schooner was to remain at Mount Stirling, where the farm is to be established, and where thetent lately used at the Eglinton tournament has already been pitched. The natives were very friendly ; at Eboe, a town containing 8,000 or 9,000 inhabitants, several of the officers went on shore, the natives crowding to see them. At the Queen's palace they were received by her sable Majesty, who was squatted at the door surrounded by her ladies, the principal of which were decorated with heavy ivory anklets, weighing from eight to ten pounds each. They seemed much pleased with the visit, and laughed immo derately, and in return for some little trinkets given by the officers, her Majesty presented them with a fowl and some Gooza nuts, the bestowal of which is considered highly complimentary there. The King of Eboe went on board the Wilberforce, accompanied by his son and the interpreter, and others of his suite. A bottle of port wine was placed before him, which he did not pass round to any of his attendants, but drank it all himself, and then gave a broad hint, which, however, was : not taken, for some grog. The King of Attah was more dignified, and upon the Commissioners waiting upon him he told them he was perfectly aware that they were the sub jects of a Sovereign to whom they paid every respect, and he should expect the same respect paid to him. He should not go on board, because he considered he was entitled to as much attention as their own Sovereign. He said they might have the command of the water, but he had the command of the land. He looked with per fect indifference on the elegant and valuable presents of velvet robes trimmed with gold, but seemed muc h taken with the spectacles worn by the chaplain, and gladly accepted several pairs that were given him. He, as well 0 the King of Eboe, entered most willingly into all the arrangements of the Commissioners, and they both ex pressed their desire that their subjects should be in structed. He sold them the land at Mount Stirling, where they intend to establish the settlement, which he sala was just within the extent of his dominions. The .veers belonging to the expedition who came h om e in tt!4Horatio are--Lieutenant Harston, Mr. Beim, master, I : uti As.sistant Surgeon John Stirling, of the Soudan. _ _ ATTENDANCE OF COUNSEL.—The sudden fermination of Michaelmas Term at the unusual hour of eleven o'clock in the morning by Lord Denman has caused a considerable sensation both with the profession and the public. We are rather surprised to see that Lord Denman has been blamed by some of the news paptrs for his conduct in this matter. The public would, we conceive, come to a very different opinion, if they knew the real state of the case. There is a considerable arrear of business in the Queen's Bench, and the Judges are doubtless anxious to reduce it ; and we must say that it is the duty of the bar to assist them to the utter most in accomplishing this wish. Now, do they so ? We would ask any one in the habit of attending this Court if there is not frequently very great difficulty in proceeding with business, arising from the absence of leading Counsel. The Judges do all they can to get them to attend—they remonstrate, they linger, they complain—all without effect ; at last they act, and probably they may now be attended to. If the administration of the law were to be carried on purely for the benefit of the profession, the practice of the bar in this respect might be all very well ; but is not the suitor to be considered a little in this matter ? He is told that his cause is put off till next term, by reason of the absence of Counsel; his at torney tells him that he retained such a Counsel, and that if the cause had only come on, all would have been right, but that unfortunately he was not there. What are his feelings on the occasion ? They are not the most agreeable, and surely deserve consideration. Now, if all this grumbling were to end in nothing—if the suitor must bear it—we should not say a word; but we have repeatedly pointed out the remedy. The leading Com mon Law Counsel should fix on some one of the Superior Courts (as the Queen's Counsel in the Courts of Chan cery have recently done) and adhere to that. We should then hear no more of the Courts adjourning from the absence of Counsel. Whether this would injure the individual Queen's Counsel we do not know. We con ceive not. Was Mr. Knight Bruce injured by confining himself to the Vice-Chancellor's Court ? We believe that his profits were as great as those of any man of whom there is authentic record. But if the Counsel were injured, we humbly conceive that this is a case in which the superior claim of the public comes in, and the particular interest must give way. We trust, therefore, that the result of the present sensation may be that the course we have pointed out may be adopted.—Legal Observer. The Railway Bridge, in consequence of the heavy rains (across the Bath road), has so far given way as to be considered quite insecure, at which from 50 to 100 men are engaged day and night, in order to prevent its falling. It is intended, we believe, to lengthen it. — Salisbury Herald. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last evening, at seven o'clock, an inquest was held in the Board-room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital on view of the body of Ann Brett, aged 12 years. The deceased resided with her parents at No. 54, Leonard-street, Shoreditch, and about 12 o'clock on Sunday was in the front room on the ; second floor with an infant, who is between two and ; three years old, when she came running down stairs with ; her clothes in flames, shrieking " Oh, oh 1" Before any , assistance could be rendered her she had proceeded into the back yard, and from thence into the street, where some of the neighbours succeeded in extinguishing th e flames, but her clothes were so much burnt that they fell from off her. She was directly brought to this hos pital, and expired from the effects of the severe burns she bad sustained about ten o'clock yesterday the t morning, She stated that she was sweeping the hearth of the fire place, and that her pinafore caught fire, and that she could not untie it. Her mother was a t chapel a time. Verdict — " Acc i de n tally burnt to death." Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred in the carriage - drive of the Regent's Park, to th e . lady and daughter of Major Worsford, C on naught-terrace, Eddauggrehwtaerre,-road. ) 0u oad. Mrs. Wor s f or d, s residing in lady nin e te e n jeur round the Regent's Park a pair accompanied,ofage, wasby herdriving cameof high-spirite dgallopin na horse pa s t tho ponies. They set off Ponies, when suddenly a gentleman athteayfulorisotuasusepeemedm. command d h e e Over ladiesr became so alarmed that the animals, and jumped out of the phaeton, Mrs. .fulling the head, which `Y.rendered hertot N ally v ith greatinsensible. Misson W. was also muchinjNiire ,s d about the face, and some teeth gerous descripti on. T he knocked out. Mrs. vmips injuriesand d a i p -e h s a a e i t d o ti t said to t a op d p a e n d without doing f urt h er - MR. BE AUMONT SMITH.—The unhappy Beau montn Smith, w h o on Saturday received the sentence o f transportation f or lif e at th e Centra l C r i m i na l Court, for forl Exchequer bills, was twice married. His second wife, to whom he had not been many months united when the recent discovery was made, is an ele gant and accomplished woman, about the prisoner' s own age, and was before he marries: her the widow of a clergy man of the Church of England. Mr. Smith was much esteemed and respected by every one who knew him, and so little was he suspected of being implicated in the affair, even after the forgeries had been discovered, that Mr. Maule, the Treasury Solicitor, after a partial inves tigation of the circumstances of the case, went to him and said, " A mine is about to be sprung, Smith ; but thank God, it will not affect you or me !" The re sult, however, unhappily proved how little ground there was for Mr. Maule's confidence, as far as Smith was concerned. Until after he had resolved to divulge his guilt he preserved his self-possession in an extraor dinary degree; and two days only before he was known to be involved in the transaction, an intimate friend asked him what was the meaning of the rumours in the City, to the effect that there was something wrong in the ; Exchequer Bill-office, when he replied in an apparently indifferent manner, " Oh, we never talk of these things. ' COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left town at five minutes' past twelve o'clock yesterday in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hu ss ars, for Windsor Castle. The Infant Prince was in the same carriage with her Majesty and his Royal Highness. A chariot and four followed, containing Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her attendants occupied the next carriage. The two following carriages, and four conveyed the Ladies and Gentlemen of thee Royal Suite, consisting of the Countess of Gainsberough,. Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Leimen, Viscount Hawarden, and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their car.riage by the. Lord Chamberlain the Lord Steward, the 111.2-ster of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on his Royal Highness. Immediately on her Majesty's departure from Buck ingham Palace, the lima Klndard was lowered from the marble arch. Her Royal Highness the Duchess P Majesty on Sunday afternoon. f Kent visited her Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess ;Ida of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and i'riooe Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, arrived at the terininOs of the London and Birmingham Railway in Euston-square, yesterday evening, from Sudbury Hall, the resideecq of their August Relative the Queen Dowager. Their SO rune Highnesses immediately proceeded to Marlboreugh House, Pall-Mall, where they arrived at half-past :Nix o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge Visited the Duchess of Gloucester, on Sunday, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness, attended by Col. Jones, returned to his residence at Kew in the evening. Sir James Graham arrived in town yesterday from Ida residence, Netherby, near Carlisle. A deputation from the East India Cotton Company; consisting of Sir John Campbell, Sir Peter Dillon„ Messrs. H. Tuckett, John Howell, and William Shep pard, Directors, Mr. E. Lawrence, Solicitor, and Mr. F.. Maxwell Dawson, and Mr. William Pare, Secretaries, had an interview with Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Control on Saturday. A deputation of lace manufacturers, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon, and the Right Hon. W. Glad stone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert,. accompanied by the Infant Prince and the Princess. Royal, and attended by the Royal Suite, arrived at the Castle from town a few minutes after two o'clock this afternoon. _ _ The Royal Party in four carriages and lour, were escorted to the Castle by a detachment of the Royal Re giment of Horse Guards. The bells rang out a merry peel in honour of the oc— casion, and cannon were fired both at Windsor and Eton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. A j-w engagements were entered into on the Derby, but the al. punts in most cases were small, and the odds pretty nearly the same as those quoted on Thursday last; nothing, in fact, fvas done to call for any introductory observations lot —iaken : 8 to 1 agst Col. Pee;',." 9 to 1 agst Cot Anson's Ati,l4 — taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Vernlatn's Robe,' de Gorham 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Zolderness—t.. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's William do Yortibus— taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor—t. and aft'd. offered 45 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland--taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Phulail— taken and afterward offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinurus—ditto 60 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—taken 1000 to 10 agst Lord Albemarle's Robin—taken 1000 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Primrose c—taken 1000 to 45 agst all the mares--taken 1000 to 20 each agst Espartero and St. James—in One bet, and 1090 to 15 each agst Palinurus, Canadian, and Brother to Phm - nix, in one bet—taken. THE OARS. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Etvc7,tll's Passion—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord AlbemZrle's Dorothy—taken The Hampton Victoria Coursitf:x Club will course at Epsom on Wednesday and Thursday, the 15th and 16 th inst ; Mr. Lumley having given up to th.clin the two days granted him by Mr. Ladbroke. CRIMINAL • COURT -(THIS DAY.) _ _ _ _____ OLD COURi: AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE—GROSS PERJURY. — Elizabeth M'Cabe, 19, a respectable looking girl, was indicted for stealing four bank notes of the value of 251. and 10 sovereigns, and a great number of articles con sisting of a pair of stays, a quantity of knives and forks, salts, plates and dishes, smelling bottles, tea pots, china, glass ware, earthenware, and a variety of other articles, the property of Bingley, a publican, residing in High street, Camden-town. - - Mr. PHILLIPS conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the defence. The case was proceeding when we went to press. We shall give a full report in a Second Edition. CASE OF RAPALLO. Mr. C. PHILLIPS said he had an application to make to the Court in the case of Ernest Rapallo. He always understood that it was the usual practice when no bill was presented that the prisoner should be discharged. Mr. BODKIN said they made that application as Mr. Lefroy, the principal solicitor, had left town, supposing that the proceedings against his client were at an end. The RECORDER said it was usual in such cases to make an application at the commencement of the session, and to state that a prisoner was to be admitted as a witness. He understood that Mr. Maule was about the premises, and he had sent Mr. Clarke to communicate with him, as it might appear that Mr. Maule had been sent to state the intention of the Government with re spect to the proceedings, as there had been no bill presented. Mr. Maule (the Solicitor to the Treasury) here entered, and conversed privately with his Lordship. Mr. PHILLIPS said there did not appear to him to be a shadow of a just cause to keep the prisoner in prison. They were aware that Rappallo had been examined by the Government in Newgate, and made a full disclosure. All they (Mr. Phillips and Mr. Bodkin) wanted to know was, did the prosecutors claim the further detention of this gentleman ? The RECORDER—I understand the prisoner has been examined as a witness, and that it is not the intention of Government to apply for his detainer. The RECORDER then addressed Mr. Maule, and in quired if he had received any such instructions of de taining the prisoner ? Mr. MAULE—Certainly not. The RECORDER—If it was not a Crown proceeding, the course I should pursue would be to estreat the re cognisances. The proceeding would have involved me in considerable difficulty, as I had received no official notice to act upon. But I have now no difficulty, since I have conversed with Mr. Manic. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—It is but right that I should be a lowed to state that nothing could be more fair than the conduct of the Government so far as Itapallo had been concerned. I think it right to state this, as it might be supposed that we intended to throw an imputation upon certain parties when they do not deserve it. A long conversation then took place privately between the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Maule. Mr. PHILLIPS said there was a gentleman present from the Treasury, and he had no motion whatever to make relative to the detention of the prisoner. The RECORDER—You should look to the Act of Par liament, which makes it necessary that such applications as these should be mado at the commencement of the session. Mr. Pnimars--My Lord, I have made my application to the Court, and I have heard nothing from Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury; to intimate that he is in structed to make any application for the detention of this gentleman. Mr. MAULE—I am not instructed at all. Mr. BODKIN—I am quite sure that the Court, as at present constituted, could grant the liberation of this prisoner, and there was this difference be tween a private prosecution and a Government one, that there:ought to be every leaning on the part of the Go vernment towards the subject. ..... The REcounEa—Had it been a private prosecution, we should have estreated the recognizances. Mr. PHILLIPS—And you would have discharged the prisoner on the estreat of the recognizances. The Coa n eoN SERGEANT—UnIess we thought the pur poses of justice would be frustrated. Mr. PHILLIPS—Mr. Maule says_. The Coa n eoN SERGEANT—AS it appears to me, we are to know nothing of Mr. Maule. Mr. PHILLIPS—Your Lordship must be aware that Maule was sent for by your Lordship. The RECORDER—I have stated before, and I say so again, as I never state anything privately that I would not publicly, that I felt, as it was a prosecution in stituted by the Government, that there was some difficulty arising out of the circumstance of the detention of the prisoner. I therefore felt it my duty to desire that a communication should be had with Mr. Manic to know whether he had any application to make on the part of the prosecutioarelative to this detention. I know there has been an indictment presented against Rapallo, nor was there an opportunity of his being ex amined as a witness in the Court. I had it intimated that no evidence would be offered against this prisoner. and I wished to have this fact certified before I became a party to his liberation, more especially as he was charged with an offence so tremendous. EVENING SUN. BELGIAN PAPERS. LEGHORN, Nov. 22.—The last attempt to raise the sunk steam-boat Pollux has failed, and the enterprise is now given up. The expense incurred by the attempt is , piobably not under 200,000 florins. It falls entirely on the Steam Navigation Company, as the owners of the money and effects on board the vessels would not consent to contribute towards it. The number of persons travelling southwards is very great. The steamers to Civita Vecchia and Napli are constantly full. Though stormy voyages are frequent at this season of the year, travellers prefer them to the ge nerally bad accommodation in the inns on the road, ancl the shameful conduct of the postillions. PALERMO, Nov. 16.—The inhabitants of Palermo still enjoy the pleasure of the presence of the Royal Family. Every morning his Majesty, without attend ants, is seen in a plain great coat, walking in the court of the Royal Palace, and mingling in the crowd who wait for him, to present all kinds of petitions, which the King receives very graciously—quite a new thing here. The King likewise turns his attention to the public security,. which has been endangered for some weeks in several. parts of. the land, by some bands of robbers, who have es caped from the forts of Patti or Milaggo, which are used as prisons. 13esidei•the audience of ceremony, which his Majesty gives in the open air, he likewise gives public audience once in the week, and private audience every day, in the Palace. The Sicilians are known to be no fAends to the Neapolitans, and unwillingly bear the government of the other side of the Jero ; but the affability with which the King receives every petition, and the rapidity with which most of them are considered, gain him the hearts of the people in an extraordinary manner. nELOI AN WORDS—Rumania, DEC. 9. actual Debt, 254 per Cent. ....... 52% Rothschild's Lean, 5 per 101% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 92 --- 3 per ---Thirty.seven--7:— . --- 714 101:37i Loan of City, 1332, 4 per Cent.„ fi7 Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per 74% National Society ..... Exchange on Londors (short) —Brussels Papers, Dee.:4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vntrota, Nov. 27. ftreper Coats. Bletalliques .............................. 105 Foray per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 99 Three per Cents...„ ...................... 75 Bank Shares .. 1609 ...Alleemeine — Zeitung. Dec. 1. HAbIBU RG BORSEN HALLE, Dac.3 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ••••••••• .......... 10714 107 Bank Shares.... ..........................«.«.«....».. IGIS ltils A rig 10. Russian Loan lOBl 108% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate .» 102% 162 Inscription, Ist Sezies. 10t,% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th , 98 %Series .......... —.•-•••• "------- 974 07% Ditto in Certificates .................... e 6 i 4 New 4 per Cent. (1810) 50% 50% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent.............. ..... Polish Bonds 161% New ticket s A Nr o u. f nw l i o. :hg t .i / a a Nn u e i L 5 w 1 . 1 2,5 1 . .. p 0 , ir n B2 , : 4 p , t4 c . r .p C , r e U. EtCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, • Dee S.-13 ali.—Trio months, 13 5. -Three Months, 39 lo RIGA, Nov. ... ~ ~, . - T - • - . CHRISTIANIA Nov. 20.—Three months, 449 . PETHRSIIIIRGII, NOT 23.—Two months, 36% p ence. sivc.lioym. Nov. 26 .—Seventy-five days, 12. 6. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baauh. Nov. 30. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4!, per cent. ..... 10Ik 197 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent.... 102 101 hactumge on London, three months 6 19 —Prussian Slate Gazette. Dec 1 Extract of a letter from o Y B R ey l ro A ut,. dated Nov. 8, 1841: " We regret to say that business is wholly suspended here, the Druse and M.aronite d n A civil owing to the disturbances in the Lebanon moun tains.aanod. , hna been w ari s t t u h r te e h . ep p ow opu b l e a i t n io g n c o a f r a ri v ed ery o d n es b t e ru tan t e i e v n e the barbaro usprogre ss and p a th e uch valuable property, as silk, not found to ch eck alread y destroyed, and if some means be o a f ni t i h t e lev i r ru ta s t e io n n on vi g - h u i e ch ats m a a n rk d aggressions, it bids fair to utterly ruin the commerc ial resources of this part of Syria, and it is to be feare d t hat the rebellion will spread to the north of Syria, where the population has been long disaffected. It is reported to-day that the Ansarica, who inhabit that mountain ous district of country extending from Tripoli to Latakia, are now in arms; and it is expected a few days more will apprise us of some serious commotion in Aleppo tuid neighbourhood. The Turkish Government --at besf, supine and venal--seem to look on with indifference (if, indeed, some one of the Paellas be not the promoter of the disturbances), and either dare not, or are not, de . sirous to put an end to such a fearful and ruinous state of things. It may indeed be their policy to allow the. population, which is much opposed to the Turkish rule on account of the oppressive nature of the new tariff, to waste its means and energy in feuds of the nature now existing, and when their strength shall be exhausted, they may hope to step forward, penetrate the mountains, and establish their venal and fanatical rule. T a he o y ut m a y g succeed, but their success will be the ruin of commerc e and the destruction of t he already well-drained resource s of the country. It ca nnot but be a pp arent to all, how unfit and incapable the Turks are of g overni ng jhis c ountry, and we hope the Fore i g n Powers, who ha assisted and been the chief mea ns of brin g in g about state of things, will again unite and free the country from the imbecile rule they have wished to establis has been rumoured that the Consuls of some 111. the strongest Powers have proposed the return of Ib ra h im of ested ha se d v bee enty a Pacha as Viceroy of Syria; we fear anything h alf „,, fortunate does not await this country. We learn leaders. Alto gather against the Christians in Damascus ---`n "'s" manifested, and that Nedgib Pacha had a worse condition than persons, and put them in prison as the gather the country is in a much we have ever known it." THE GLOBS.—In mentioning last week the exertions of The Sun in forwarding to this place the earliest account of the Gazette Extraordinary, we had no intention whatever of doing the least injustice to the Globe, to which it adverted on Monday last. We now understand that the Brevet also appeared in a Second Edition of that Journal, but we can assure our talented Contemporary, that on inquiry at the News-rooms, Li braries, and other places of public resort, we still find that the copies of the Globe and Standard, which reached these towns, did not contain the promotions which were so anxiously looked for at this important naval and mili tary station.—Devonport Independent. es in IMP" isces 1' lIU