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

EVENING SUN MASONS' STRIKE. An Adjourned Delegate Meeting was held last evening at the Craven Head, Drury-lane, for the pur pose of receiving from the Secretary the statement of the accounts since the commencement of the strike, to receive the Reports from Trades' Unions, to adopt re solutions relative to the proceedinga of the masons, and to answer the replies of Allen, lately put, forth in The Sun. Mr. Butler, a carpenter, took the chair at half-past eight o clock. Soon after the Chairman had take❑ his seat, Mr. Wakley, M.P., entered the room, and was received with cheers. The CHAIRMAN then called on the Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The Sect'Mary then read the balance-sheet of the Society of Masons, which was preceded by a short account of the proceedings since the commencement of the masons' strike a: the New Houses of Parliament. The account 3 were—Receipts 1,147/. 32. id. ; and the expenditure I ,098/., leaving a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of 491. Amongst the contributors were the names of Mr. Wakley, 10/., and Captain Ackerley, 101., the announcement of which was received with loud cheers. The adoption of the Report was then moved and carried. The CHAIR3IAN then called on the several delegates to make their reports. Mr. BAKER, frocn a society of plasterers in Port land-street, said hit society had voted the sum of 20/. for the use of the masons.—(Cheers.) Mr. Cox, from a society of carpenters, in Druz -3- lane, said they had voted the masons 201., with a de termination to assist them to the last. Mr. WILSON, from another society of carpenters in New-street-square. They bad bad a meeting oa Monday evening, and had voted the society of masons the sum of 50/.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BLAND, fro.n a society in Somers' Town, ten dered 5/. Mr. GODDARD, from a society of stone sawyers, who had held a meeting on Tuesday evening, and had come to a resolution to support the masons with a weekly subscription. As be saw his friend Wakley in the corner, be would, as he (Mr. Goddard) was a pump man, just allude to his (Mr. Wakley's) speech at the last meeting at the Crown and Anchor. Mr. Wakley then said he hoped that the teetotallers would rise in rebellion against such tyrants as that of Allen, in lock ing up the pump. He begged to say that that rebel lion had commenced.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. TURNER, from a tailor's society, said they had come to a determination of entering into a subscription, each man, of a shilling a week for the masons. Mr. BANG, from a - society of bricklayers, held at the King's Arms, Holborn, tendered 1001.—(Great cheer ing for some minutes.) Mr. JENKINS, from a society of carpenters, in Ox ford-street, delis ered in 151. A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR said he had 2/. 10s. from a small society of tailors, but he could neither give his name, nor the name of the society to which he be ns, if he did so, their masters would discharge them. He hoped to bring them another 2/. lOs. next week.—(Cheers.) Mr. KNACK, from the Pimlico carpenters, 30/. Mr. CROKER, painter, said they had called a meeting for next week, to enter into a subscription. Mr. COCHRANt, from the painters of St. James's, bad come to the determination of subscribing 3d. a week, each man, as long as the strike lasted. A WORKING MAN asked how much the masons were paid per week ? The CHAIRMAN said he would answer that question at the conclusion of the receipts from the various dele gate bodies of London. Mr. Taßanur said he came from a society of car penters wbo bad lately lost much in tools. &c., in con seqeence of fire, and they had also taken fifty shares in a Trades' Hall.—(Cheers.) He therefore could not on the part of the society tender them any assistance, but they would try to do individually what they were pre vented accomplishing as a society., Mr. VINEn, delegate from a tailor's society, ten dered Si. The CHiIRXAN then read a letter from a society of tobacco pipe makers, stating that they would have assisted the masons in their present strike but that un fortunately they were out on strike themselves. The writer called on the meeting to withhold their support to those that used Mr. Smith's pipes, he being the maker: against whom the workmen had the greatest complaint.—(Laughter.) If the meeting did this it would enable the society to assist the masons.—(Hear.) Mr. VINING said that the pipe-makers lately em ployed by Mr. Smith had determined to establish a pipe-manufactory, and thus revenge themselves. The CHAIRMAN then read the following circular :- 8, Brighton-street, Cromer-street, Nov. 1841. SIR—In soliciting your support and custom, I beg to lay before you the reasons why I am forced into the competitive market. Through acts of oppression and tyranny I have been compelled to leave my late employer, Mr. Smith, of Little Clarendon -street, Somers" Town. These acts of tyranny and oppression have caused me (with the um nimous wish of my fellow-workmen) to seek the support of yourself and the public. For a length of time my late employer had three ap prentices in his - shop ; he has now taken another boy, and is about engaging with another, so that the men are thrown out of employ ; the work being made up by boys, and the men who have served seven years to their trade, thrown upon the wide world. With confidence I lay my case before you, feeling that every well-wisilir to the mechanic will prevent an ' injury of this vast extent bein g quietly allowed, and tamely submitted to.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES LONGWORTII, Tobacco-pipe-maker. N.B. Allnrders punctually attended to.' In answer,to the question previously put, The CHAIRMAN said that the masons received 12s. a week each, and that if funds came in they should raise it to 1.5 a. per week. Mr. ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose to answer the statement put forth by Mr. Allen, in The Sun, on Monday. Most of them were aware that since the meetieg held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, the charges made against Allen had been denied by him. Finding this the Committee immediately wrote a chal lenge to the Foreman, calling on him to come forward and submit the case to arbitration, and that challenge bad been mi:t by an answer from Messrs. Grissell ar.d Pato, together with Allen, denying the charges. —(Hear.) He then read the two letters, that from Messrs. Grissell and Peto having appeared in the Morning Advertiser. Both letters denied the charges. This was the way they met the charges, by merely giving them a Oil ►t denial, although they (the masons) had given publicity to those charges at public meetings, and throigh the medium of a portion of the public press. They invarialily denied them, and shrank from any attempt to prove titeir denial. They were aware that the challenge had been pat in The Sun, calling on Allen to come forward and prove that the charges were false. They called on Messrs. Grissell and Peto to come forward, or any one on their behalf, but this also was declined. The only fair and honourable 'way for both parties was to submit the question to arb"tra tion befo►e the public.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WAKLEY—When did you first ask for arbitra tion Mr. WALTON—Before the masons struck at Wool wich and Nelson's Monument. He would then read them Messrs. Grissell and Peto's answer to the chal lenge. They stated that if the charges had been made pre% ious to the strike, they would have had no hesita tion i n go i ng into the matter. Th ey (Messrs. Grimell and Peto) wished to make them believe thet the masons did not make those statements before ; but the Com missioners of Woods and Forests knew well that those complaints were made before the strike took place- They said that the letter sent by the secretary did not those facts. The reason the lett er al contain any of luded to did not contain any of those facts was, that they (Messrs. Grissell and Poto) had been made ac quainted with them over and over again, H letter. and it would was n o t necessary to detail them in every leave the meeting to judge as to tvirether , the charg es brought against Allen were ju st or not. If Allen had been an honest man he would have met those charges immediately,—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. WOLLTHINGTJN then entered into several de tails relative to the alleged acts of oppression lno n the part of Allen ; and concluded by stat in g , that depu tion had obtained an interview with th e Earl of coin, who told them that he had bad an interview with Messrs. Grissell and Peto, but that he d id not intimd to take any part with either of the parties. His im pression was, that the masons were striking for wages. Thuy told him it was no such thing. He advised them to put up with things as they found them.—(Laughter.) Me did not like unions, nor did he like strikes. — (Much laughter.) They told him they expected to hear that from him.—(Cheers and renewed laughter.) Mr. JOSEPH KAY said he bad worked with Allen when he was a journeyman at the Fishmongers'-bal!, and when he was discharged for joining a trades' union. The whole of the men turned out in conscqu•nce, and were never taken upon those works again. Allen's con duct ea% a pretty return for that kindness. Mr. B assi rose to propose a resolution, that, in the opinion of this meeting, Messrs. Grissell and Pato re fusing to submit their tool, Alien, to public arbitration, proves that the statements of the masons are true. CHAIRMAN thought it would be better to erase the word " tool," and substitute " foreman." A short conversation then ensued as to the word which ought to be used ; some were for the word stand ing, others proposed " driver," till at length it was sub mitted to a show of hands, and decided that " foreman" should be the word. Mr. WAKLEY then rose to address the meet ing. His speech commenced with a recapitula tion of his exertions on behalf of the Dorchester Labourers ; it then wandered into a disserta tion upon Universal Suffrage; and finally came to an explanation of the Hon. Member's conduct in Parlia ment. He declared that the Whip wanted to turn him out of his seat because he would not join in the Corn law cry to get them into office again. We have already expressed an opinion as to this course of proceeding on the part of the Hon. Member. He was received with loud cheers throughout, and he frequently expressed a wish that some of his constituents might be present during his speech, and at the conclusion the welcome intelligence was conveyed to him that several of those constituents were in the room. A resolution was then passed that another meeting should be held at the same place, and at the same hour, on Wednesday evening next. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned at half-past eleven. COURT OF ALDERMEN. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Yesterday a Special Court was held by summons issued by the Lord Mayor the moment his Lordship heard of the birth of the Prince of Wales, for the pur pose of voting addresses to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, upon the joyful event. The Court was held at the Mansion-house, and almost every Alderman was present. Mr. FIRTH (the chief clerk in the Town-clerk's office) having read the minutes of the last Court, and a vote of thanks having, according to the usual practice observed at the commencement of a new mayoralty, been moved and carried to the late Lord Mayor, The LORD Mayon said—" I feel great pleasure in calling together this Court, to announce to you, offi cially, the event which has already been very heartily celebrated in the metropolis—the birth of a Prince. — (Loud cheers.) It is impossible for me not to feel great pride and gratification under the circumstances in which I am placed, as Chief Magistrate, and having on the very day of the birth of the Prince commenced the duties of the situation of Chief Magistrate of this great city, and had the honour of entertaining her Majesty's Minis ters, and other exalted functionaries.—(Cheers.) I shall read the communication which I have received on the subject to this Court, and I leave it to the members to adopt the course which they may think most advisable. —(Cheers.) His Lordship then read the following : " Home-office, November 9, 1841. "MY LORD—I have the honour to inform your Lord ship, that at twelve minutes before eleven o'clock her Majesty was safely delivered of a Prince, and that her Majesty and the Royal Infant are both as well as possible. I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient Servant. " J. R. G. GRAHAM. " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." " Home-office, Half-past Twelve o'clock, " November 9, 1841. "MY LORD-I have the honour to inclose a copy of the bulletin issued at Buckingham Palace by the me dical attendants on her Majesty, and I congratulate your Lordship on the favourable announcement which it con tains. I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's faithful Servant, " J. R. G. GRAHAM. " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." (This bulletin appeared in The Sun last evening.) " Home-office, Nov. 10, 1841. "My Lord,—l have much satisfaction in forwarding to your Lordship the inclosed copy of the bulletin issued this morning by the medical attendants on her Maje3ty. " I beg leave to inform your Lordship that the copy of the daily bulletin will in future be sent to your Lord ship about half-past 12 o'clock. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant, " J. R. G. GRAHAM. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." (This bulletin also appeared in The Sun last evening.) The Court having expressed by acclamation its feeling upon the official announcement of the intelligence, Alderman Sir C. S. HUNTER (the father of the Court) rose to move an address to Her Most Gracious Majesty. He had, he said, been nearly forty years a member of that Court, and he never felt in all that time greater pride or pleasure than he felt at that moment in rising to move that an humble and dutiful address of congra tulation be presented to the Queen upon the joyful event of the birth of a Prince.—(Loud cheers.) It was wholly unnecessary for him to delay the Court on a matter upon which the minds of all had been for some time dwelling, and on which they were completely unanimous. —(Cheers.) He would only say that the event inspired the citizens of London with the most lively gratitude towards that benignant Power which had been pleased to grant to the people the fulfilment of their hopes and wishes in the safe delivery of her Majesty, and the birth of a Prince.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then moved, " That an humble and dutiful address be presented to her Majesty, congratu lating her Majesty upon her safe delivery and on the birth of a Prince, heir apparent to the throne."—(Cheers.) Alderman FAREBROTHER seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation unanimously. Resolutions were immediately after agreed to unani mously voting addresses to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, upon the safe delivery of her Majesty and the birth of a Prince, heir-apparent to the throne. The Recorder then wrote addresses, which were agreed to, but which we shall not be at liberty, in conse quence of the usages of the Court, to publish until they shall have been presented. It was in conclusion resolved, that the addresses should be presented by the whole Court, immediately after which the Court adjourned. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. SECOND EDITION THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 165 (India Stock 246 3 per Cent Red BB ll Ditto Bonds 1 pr 3 per Cent Cons B9 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 9B Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 99* Ez. Bills, 1,000/....21d 13 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860 l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct B9i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOO4 Ditto, New Ditto 294 Brazilian Bonds.. . Prussian, 5 per cent. ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 19 ;Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... 76 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2li Ditto, 1824. 194 ;Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent...: !French, .3 percent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625 \ Dutch, 24 per cent. sli Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. , Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES • Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 48 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 794 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 574 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 37 London and Birmingham (90) ......... ... .. 157 i Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) .. London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ......... London and South Western Ditto Tenths (24 paid) ............ London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ll4 South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... 20 York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 831 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Nov. 6 BM. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares lf-60 1559 Anglo- Russian Loan lOB% JOB% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C,.rtificate Inscription, Ist Sex iRs loa Rus:ian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 9BM 98 Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) B6 85A Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .t.o Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds .............. ......... .. ................. New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Co , . 75Th 75% Norwegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Celt' , 1.:14 102 k Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l5) ... ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BARBER V. SWANN. Mr. TURNER, with whom was Mr. BIGG, stated that this case came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's report. A gentleman named Barber was seized in fee of the property in question, and in January, 1832, agreed to sell a certain portion of it to two gentlemen named Buddel. On the 9th of February, 1832, Messrs. Buddel agreed to sell the property to a person named Wollason, and on the 22d May, in the same year, the Buddels authorized Mr. Barber to receive the purchase money that would be due to them from Wollason. On the Bth February, 1833, Wollason became a bank rupt, and the defendants, William Swan and Samuel Timmings, were appointed his assignees. The bill was filed by Mr. Barber and Messrs. Buddel against Messrs. Swan and Timmings as the assignees of Wollason, and against Samuel William Haynes, the petitioning creditor and solicitor under the commission, who claimed a lien on the property, upon an agreement for a conveyance, by way of mortgage, made to him by Wollasan on 18th September, 1832. The cause came on to be heard in July, 1838, and a decree was made for a specific performance, but the right of con veyance of the property being in question between Haynes and the assignees, it was ordered to be referred to the Master to inquire to whom the conveyance ought to be made, and on the 10th of February, 1841, the Master reported that conveyance of the property ought to be made to Mr. Haynes. Two exceptions were taken to this report—first, that the Master ought to have found that the conveyance ought to be made to the assignees ; and secondly, that he ought not to have re•• ported that it ought to be made to Mr. Haynes. The Learned Gentleman said that under the circum stances of the case there was strong ground to pre-, sume that there never was any valid conveyance from Wol lason to Haynes ; and, moreover, that if there were Mr. Haynes had concealed it, notwithstanding many occa sions had occurred in which it was his duty to have brought forward his claim, and had permitted the as signees to lay out upwards of 1,0001. on the property in building without informing them of it, and, therefore, if the mortgage subsisted, it was not competent for him to set it up against their title ; and that if Haynes was en titled to a conveyance, it was to a conveyance by way of mortgage only, and that still a conveyance should be made to the assignees, subject to the mortgage to Mr. Haynes. Mr. KINDERSLEY, on behalf of Mr. Haynes, contended that his client was entitled to a conveyance of the fee simple and inheritance of the property, by way of mort gage, than which neither then, nor at any other time, had Mr. Haynes made any other claim. The bill al leged that Mr. Haynes had no claim at all, and that the assignees were entitled to the conveyance of the pro perty, on the ground of the money they had laid out upon it ; but, in their own state ment of facts, there was no suggestion that they had expended the money in ignorance that Mr. Haynes had a lien on the property; they only said that Mr. Haynes had not communicated it. The equity they attempted to set up was such as no one would dis pute if it existed ; but there was nothing in the affi davit to show that they were led into the expense they had incurred on the estate, without being aware of a charge upon it. The reason it did not appear in the balance-sheet of the bankrupt's accounts was, that it was not thought necessary to in clude that or the other liens on the estate. Up to the moment at which the proceedings commenced Mr. Haynes had no reason to believe but that the as signees were perfectly well acquainted with his claim. It was stated that on one occasion Mr. Haynes stated it to Mr. Timmings, who said that it was of no effect, and that subsequently Mr. Haynes wrote, offering to submit the validity of his lien to arbitration. The money expended on the property by the assignee was not laid out until after they had received full notice of the lien ; and, there fore, if they, nevertheless, thought proper to expend money on the property, Mr. Haynes was entitled to the benefit of it. He, therefore, asked of his Lordship to overrule the exceptions, and when the case should come on for further directions to deal with it as he should think fit. bill was filed in November, 1839. It appeared that in October, 1820, the plaintiffs had arrested Colt the hus band for two quarters of the annu ity th M n due, obtained judgment against him, and charged payment in execu tion. Searle, in whose favour that annuity was granted, died in the year 1835, and it does not appear that any part of the annuity was paid since the year 1820. Searle died intestate, and the present plaintiff had taken out an administration to his estate. It was upon that state of facts, the plaintiff founded his title. The arguments in the cause had not been terminated when the Court rose, shortly before four o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) BROOKE V. FENNY AND OTHERS. Mr. KELLY was heard in support of the rule. It would certainly Le a matter of much surprise and regret to him, if their Lordships should be of opinion that a surveyor proceeding under the Highway Act would be justified in destroying the property of one of the Queen's subjects in the manner that had been shown in the pre sent case. He would remind the Learned Judge before whom the case was tried, that a portion of some of the trees was produced at the trial, and they were of a height and thickness which, in the eyes of any fair Jury would have at once put an end to the case. Their Lordships would be of opinion the case must go down for a new trial, inasmuch as the verdict was against the evidence given on both sides. He was satisfied that when he had called their attention to the terms of the Act of Parliament, and the defects in the order of the Justices, they would be of opinion that these proceedings could not be maintained. He was surprised at the argument of his Learned Friend, that because the plaintiff in the first instance sought to obey the order he acquiesced in what was done after wards. That was an argument which would have very little weight with the Court. He would now refer to the language of the 65th section, because upon it the whole question turned. Now the effect of the section was, that where a manager alleges before Justices that the owner of certain land or hedges next adjoining the highway had failed to cut it, and that the sun and wind were prevented from coming to the road, whereby it was injured, then the Justices might determine the question between the parties, and might make an order upon the owner of the land to cut and top his hedge in such manner as that the road should not be prejudiced. Then followed a proviso, that where the Justices made an order, and the owner of the land refused to obey it, then the surveyor himself may proceed to do the act. It was as clear as the lan guage of the Legislature could make it, that the power of the surveyor to cut these trees was conditional, and dependent upon the Justices having made such an order. Now, he thought he could show their Lordships very conclusively, that the parties never made such an order within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. Lord PENMAN thought the order was a sufficient pro tection to the surveyor. He could not be supposed to examine with special pleading accuracy that the order was in the precise terms of the Act of Parliament. It was only necessary that the thing should be substantially correct, and then the surveyor was bound under a penalty to do it. Mr. KELLY submitted that the real question was, whether the order was legal or not ?—and to answer that, they must look to the framing of the Act of Par liament. If the defendants in the present case had not • complied with its provisions, the verdict could not be supported. Now, the order directed the surveyor to cut and prune these trees, but it did not state the object for which that act was to be performed, and that was an express contravention of the terms of the statute. The Learned Counsel having referred to the other points in the case. The COURT said it was impossible not to lament that when the wording of the statute was so clear that it had not been adopted in the order of the Ma gistrates, and thereby have saved the very long argument that had taken place upon the question. The objection on that point appeared to the Court to be a good one, because when a party was called upon to exercise a discretion his attention should be called to the object for which that was to be done. On these grounds the Court was of opinion that the rule for a new trial must be made absolute. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) BRADSHAW V. BRADSHAW. This was an action brought to recover 551. 19s. Bd., an excess of composition paid to the defendant. The plain tiff was insolvent, being indebted to the defendant. A compromise for 10s. per pound was entered into with his other creditors, but the defendant refused to come in. The father-in-law of the plaintiff thinking it would provee his son's ruin, gave the defendant 55/. 19s. Bd. to induce him to sign the deed of composition. This was done without the L lEnowledge of the plaintiff. As soon as he became aware of it he brought his action for the recovery of the excess. It was tried before Lord Abinger, who nonsuited the plaintiff. . Mr. ERLE liad obtained a rule nisi to enter a verdict for the plaintiff, or for a new trial, cause against which was now shown by Mr. THESSIGER, who contended that as the father-in law had paid the money voluntarily, as there was no pressure upon him, he could not maintain an action for its recovery ; and as he could not give the plaintiff a title which he had not himself, which he had not him self, the nonsuit was right. The Learned Gentleman cited many cases in support of his view of the case, and also to show that the transaction having been concluded, no action was maintainable. He admitted that had the defendant been seen seeking to enforce an agreement which was clearly in fraud of the other creditors, he could not have recovered, as its illegality would have been a good defence. Mr. ERLE and Mr. BrtAmWELL appeared in support of the rule, and contended that a fraudulent preference was in itself illegal, even although the money was not that of the debtor. As the defendant could not enforce any such an illegal agreement, could h e d o s o indirectly by circulating the bills givenhim for such preference ? The COURT were of opinion that there should be a further inquiry, because no evide nce h a d b een g i ven o f the payment of the bills. Neither did it appear that they were in the hands of third parties, when they were paid. They would therefore make the rule for a new trial absolute, the costs to abide the event. SPIRIT of the-1-)--ÜBIAC--3—OURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The congratulations addressed by Lord Lyndhurst to the company at the Lord Mayor's din ner, taken with the history of the " legislative pro vision" with which his Lordship coonected them, sim ply means, that the Tories " struggled" successfully to prevent the public from deriving from it the advan tages it proposed to confer, by facilitating the adminis tration of justice in that Court, which had become a nuisance rather than a benefit, in consequence of the tardiness of its proceedings —until they should be able to select the additional Judges from their own party ranks, and provide for the son of Lord Abinger in the way we have described, by fastening him—as a recom pense for a few months occupancy of an enormously paid office about to be abolished—a pensioner upon the public revenue ! So much for the subject-matter of Lord Lyndhurst's laudatory oration—the "WE have at length been able to obtain," to which the citizens were expected to respond with suitable " cheers." Lord Lyndhurst is egregiously mistaken if he sup poses that the newly•appointed Chancery Judges, or the newly-issued Chancery Commission, will remove " the standing roproach on the Court of Chancery." The evils in which that "standing reproach" originated, sink deeper into the system than they will wenture to sound, and rise higher than they will presume to soar, in search of their origin, or the patronage which pro tects and fosters them. The Court of Chancery, to be worthy of, or worth anything to the country, must be so constituted as to be placed in a condition to ad minister justice at cheap and easy rate to all Isuitors, be the value of the property in dispute 500,0001., or only 501. To palliate the evils which abound in the constitution of that Court, is rather to retard the crisis which assuredly awaits it, and which can be postponed only to the period when the institu tions of the country are adapted to the improved spirit and character of the age. The additional Judges, and the newly-issued Commission may serve to ward off the dreaded crtastrophe from those of the present genera tion who batten upon the harassing delsys and ruinous expenses to suitors in that " standing reproach" upon the public justic of the country. STANDARD.—The happy birth of the Heir Ap parent, and the safety of a beloved Sovereign, are still the engrossing subjects of interest, and we should feel shame for the degeneracy of Englishmen if any other subject rivalled them ; hut there is do cause for appre hension of such an occasion to blush. Englishmen are what they always were. Their public virtue has its root where only national virtue can ever flourish— in the reverence for domestic duties and domestic affections ; they are the best citizens, because they are first the hest sons, husbands, and fathers ; but aq their highest domestic affections are now awakened in sympathy with their Sovereign and her family. It is almost to desecrate the love of which Queen Victoria is with so many millions the object, to mingle with it any consideration of loyalty, still more to alloy it with a sense of personal interest ; but were it not indeed an unnecessary task to reinforce the feeling of personal affection by considerations of loyalty and of interest, the birth of an heir to the British Crown and to the House of Hanover sug g ests such considerations i n amp l e pro f us i on . The Crown of E gland is held by older, more numerous, and in, re sacred titles than any crown in the world. It, tenure is of the extent of or .e thousand years at les st ; and though that tenure hat been in early times broken by interruptions, these interruptions have been br.ef, and the possession has constantly reverted to the family of her who now adorns it. This proves no D.vine right—but it proves the general virtue of the family to which the glorious inheritance has constantly been reserved, and the indelible loyalty of the British nation. The dignity of the Crown of England is in deed transcendent, and it has been so guarded by Pro vidence to the family holding it for a thousand y ears, that there is some excuse for the votaries of Divine right. It is, however, upon the heads of the Hanover branch of the Illustrious House of England that the British Crown has beamed with the greatest brilliancy —a brilliancy not less splendid because mild and beneficent. Lord LANGDALE, after hearing Mr. Turner, in reply, said that it appeared to him that the evidence before the Master on the part of the exceptants did not establish that distinct equity, by virtue of which he could establish that a conveyance such as was sought ought not to be made to Haynes. He, therefore, thought he must overrule the objections, and decree that the conveyance must be made to Haynes, subject to being redeemed by the as signees. The only difficulty he might have on fur ther directions was one which he owned he might try to get over. He did not think that it was as clearly made out as lie could desire, that the assignees had full and complete knowledge of this lien, though they had some knowledge, no doubt. Ile should therefore try and so frame the decree, as to leavo it open to the assignees to try other means to esta•- blish their equity, if they should be so advised. VICE CHANCERY-THIS DAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) (Before Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) SEARLE V. COLT AND OTHERS. The parties interested in the cause were the "plaintiff, Edward Searle, the personal representative of a person named Andrew Searle, to whom the defendants Mr. and Mrs. Colt granted an annuity of 122/. per annum, charged upon certain freehold premises in Bushbury, in the county of Stafford. Sir John Dutton Colt was the sur viving trustee of the marriage settlement of Mr. and Mrs. Colt ; and in him the legal fee of the premises was vested, and Robert Abraham, the legal personal repre sentative of a subsequent grantee of an annuity which was charged on the same premises as the original an nuity, and also upon certain leasehold 'premises in the county of Ilerts. Both the plaintiffs Edward Searle, and the defendant, Robert Abraham, claimed representatively. Abraham had also vested in trust for him, as upon legacy, an old mortgage term for 500 years, which affected those freehold premises at Bush bury, and which term was created in June, 1749. The object of the bill filed in the cause was, in sub stance, to insist that the annuity granted to the in testate of the defendant Abraham was in effect void for want of proper enrolment, and to obtain for the plaintiff the benefit of 500 years, which term, either in whole or part, was vested in a person named Bevon, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Colt. The plaintiff claimed the assignment of that term as a fur ther security for the payment of his annuity. The facts of the case were these. On the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Colt in March, 1804, a marriage settlement was executed, by which the freehold premises at Bush bury were conveyed to two trustees, the survivor of whom was the defendant, Sir John Dutton Colt, upon trust during the life of Mrs. Colt, so as to vest the legal fee in those trustees to pay the yearly rents, profits, &c., of those premises to such person or persons, or tor their use, as Mrs. Colt should from time to time direct, or for want of such directions then to pay the rents and profits to Mrs. Colt during her life to her separate interest. The legal fee in those premises, therefore, by that set tlement became vested in the trustees ; and long antecedent to the execution of that settlement the mortgage before-mentioned, for the term of 500 years, was created on those premises, and vested in trust for Abraham in the following way :—At the time of the assignment, there was clue upon the mortgage of that term, a sum of 463/., to a person named Smith, who, upon the occasion of granting the annuity to the de fendant Abrahams, intestate, assigned that term to fi Bevon up on trust, for the purpose of securing the annuity to Abrah ams , su bj ect to any trust for Colt and his wife. Part of Ab ra h ams ' cons id erat i on money f or t h e p urc h ase of the annuity intestate. t W l e 2 s e t 2 n a / T t . t )teoe 'chat consideration annumwtal mortgage to Smith. ;r s anted an the le plaintiff's of firs. Colt o Long ant ece d ent to those transactions Mrs. Colt eTanted annuity • n t annuity Andrew mon ey fo r during itl the y Searle, a 7931.; and th e d ate of the deed granting that annuity was April, 1810. It was charged upon those freehold premises of Bushbury, a n d b y the same deed those pre mises were conveyed by Mr, and Mrs. Colt . to a person named James Thorpe, for the term of 99 years, if Mrs. Colt should so long li ve . F or the better securing that annuity, and by the same • annuity-deed, Colt, the husband, covenanted with Searle for the due payment to him of it. • The annuit , was paid from time to time by Colt or his his wife to Searle. It was paid, according to the plaintiff, down to some time in the early part of the year 1820. That point was one of those as to the satisfactory proof of which a question was raised by the defendants. The COURIER.—There is net a quaraer of the British dominions, widely extended as they ;are, in which the birth of a Prince of Wales will not be hailed TRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER li, 1841. with an equal degree of vivid end joyous enthu siNstn, ns that which hailed the auspicious event on Tues(lay throughout the len;th and breaclili of this vast metropolis. The birth of the heir appa rent to the throne of these realms has been ever signalized in British history as an occasion for the outpourings of gratitude and thankfulness to the All wise Disposer of all human events as for the manifcs. tations of that ardent and affectionate loyalty which so prominently marks the charactea of Englithmen. With us, thank heaven ! loyalty is not a bare ab straction ; it is a vivifying princfple, inspiring senti ments of reverence and love for the person of the Sovereign, of obedience and attachment to sovereignty itself, and if ever the nation was permitted to gibe way to its joyous and generous impulses wholly and unre servedly—if ever there was an event cmanecred with the occupants of the British Throne which may be celebrated by all classes, ranks, and conditions of people, as not only a present blessing but the promise of innumerable future ones—it is that which thrilled all loyal and faith ful hearts with joy on Tuesday last. The nation re joices in it as filling up the measure of her gracious Majesty's happiness—as gladdening the heart of her Illustrious Consort—not more illustrious by ex alted s'ation, than by the sublimest virtues, and as realising the fondest hopes of an anxious and grateful people. Our beloved Queen has endeared herself to the hearts and affections of every class of her subjects, by a combination of the rarest moral and intellectual attri butes. In every quality that dignifies the woman, and becomes the Queen of a free people, our present gra cious Majesty stands alone and unapproached, the per fect model of every womanly and queenly virtue. And therefore it is, that even on personal grounds she com mands the dutiful affections of her people. During her short reign (may it be long and glorious) she has in every act of her life shown herself a truly constitutional monarch--benevolenty anxious to promote the welfare of her people, to consult their wishes and be guided by their legitimately and constitutionally expressed advice! LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 10. SMITH AND MARSHALL ' S BANKRUPTCY-THE LATE TALLOW SPECULATIONS. In this case the sitting was for the choice of assignees, and proof of debts against the joint and separate estates of these bankrupts, described as Russia brokers, of Austinfriars. There was a large attendance of creditors present. Mr. MAYNARD, who appeared for the petitioning cre ditor, said there was a number of creditors who sought to prove upon contracts, the relative position of some of which materially differed from others. He proposed to submit them in regular order to the Court for its de cision. The first was that of Messrs. Raleigh and Co., for 4,3451., which showed a guarantee on the face of it made by the bankrupts for John Marshall and Sons, in favour of the claimants, and which was signed in the re gular way. The custom of business at the Baltic Coffee house was, he was given to understand, to hold the broker liable for all contracts made, whether a guarantee was given or not. With respect to that, however, he thought in all probability the Court would differ, when the circumstances of these particular cases came before it. In the case of Messrs. Raleigh the guarantee was fully stated, with the consideration paid—namely, a sovereign. Mr. Commissioner FANE said, he could not refuse the proof if no objection was raised. It appeared to him all regular enough. Mr. MAYNARD could see no objection to the proof. He had mentioned it to bring the proofs in regular order before the Court. Mr. H. Thornton, a creditor, wished an examination of the bankrupts, to prove the actual passing of the con sideration stated. In a case some time ago before one of the Commissioners, and in which he was a heavy suf ferer, all proofs of this sort were disallowed if it was not shown that the consideration had passed. Mr. Marshall (one of the bankrupts) was examined on this point. He could not swear that he received the con sideration. He usually received it, and made a memo randum of it, but for this contract he could find no entry of the receipt of the sovereign. Mr. Commissioner FANE was open to argument on the subject, and would readily hear all that had to be said. Mr. MAYNARD did not apprehend that the non-pay ment of the consideration made a material difference, for if it had not been paid it was still owing, and was re coverable by rate of action. In the case of policies of insurance it was well known the underwriters made the premium received, whereas, in fact, they did not receive it till the arrival of-the vessel. Mr. HUBBARD (who at this stage of the proceedings entered the Court) said he at the next meeting should have a number of heavy proofs to put forward on the strength of a guarantee without consideration. He hoped, therefore, in the present discussion his case would not be prejudged before he had had the opportunity of supporting it. Mr. MAYNARD said he had purposely abstained from involving the cases in one common discussion, with the view to let each stand upon its respective merits. He then referred to the 4th section of the Statute of Frauds, for the principle of guarantees, and for which he con tended that as long as the consideration was stated it was sufficient to bind the parties making the contract. Mr. Commissioner FANE was understood to say that that was his present impression. In these cases it seemed that the guarantee was given on the payment of the no minal sum of one sovereign for the increase of business. The principle that Lord Ellenborongh had laid down for guarantees they had modified to the shortest, and, what appeared to him, the best method, for the convenience of their trade. After further discussion, in which it appeared that Mr. Maynard was not quite prepared to go fully into the whole cf the proofs, the consideration of them was further adjourned, the Commissioner stating that it would be useless to go into one or two before him now, as he should not sit again for some time. The better plan, he said, would be to take the whole of these proofs before the Commissioner, who would on the next occa sion take the cases, and then argue them seriatim. They then could all be disposed of at one sitting. Or, if the creditors throught proper, a day could be set apart for their consideration. As the creditors all agreed with the suggestion, a day, it was understood, will be named for the disposal of these proofs. The debts admitted at this sitting amounted to 21,8001. and the assignees chosen were Mr. Richard Thornton and Mr. Charles. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, Nov. 10. TN THE MATTER OF JOHN RANGELEY. The insolvent in this case applied to be liberated on bail. Mr. Montague, of Grove-street, Camberwell, and Mr. Curtis, of Church-street, offered themselves as sureties. In a rigid cross-examination by the Learned COM MISSIONER, previous to entering on the solvency of the bail, the insolvent stated that in May, 1840, he was granted a patent for a certain description of wheels to be used on railways, called safety rotation wheels, by which danger would be much diminished. A company was formed under the nam^ of the Safety Rotation Com pany, of several influential individuals, for the pur purpose of carrying his invention' into practical utility, amongst whom was the present Lord Mayor, and to which Mr. Cornwall Barron Wilson was solicitor. In endeavouring to perfect his invention he had incurred considerable expense, and was obliged to deal largely in accommodation bills. His debts were considerable, and tne only available assets for the creditors was his patent, the right in which he had sold to the Company for the sum of 61,500/., which was to be paid as soon as the in vention was found to be practicable. To two branches of the Society, called the Irish and English Companies, he had also sold a portion of his rights as patentee for about 3001. Mr. Commissioner LAW said it was to be regretted that if there were so many influential persons forming the Company, they did not step forward to assist him in perfecting his invention, without obliging him to rob the public, for by no other name than robbery could he designate the conduct of persons who recklessly dealt with accommodation bills. However, as the insolvent was a very old man, and he (the Learned Commissioner) was satisfied of the solvency of the gentlemen offering themselves as bail, he should order his release. The insolvent was then liberated on bail. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John Richard Paccard, Joseph Paccard, and John Kennot, were again placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, yesterday, having been remanded since Saturday, charged on suspicion with having administered delete rious drugs to Michael Aungier, thereby causing his death. Previous to the entrance of the prisoners into Court an arrangement had been come to by the solicitors on both sides, that the prisoners should be remanded until Friday next, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Hall, who had heard the evidence already given before the Court in the case ; and inasmuch as the prosecutors wee not prepared at the moment to bring forward their wit nesses. Mr. JARDINE, addressing the prisoners, said he was sorry to find, from the doubtful nature of the Coroner's verdict, that he could not then dismiss them. He would, therefore, remand them till Friday next, when Mr. Hall would give his final decision in the matter. QUEEN-SQ UARE. Robert Smith, a man about forty years of age, whose appearance and manner evinced his having seen better days, was charged with having attempted to break a lamp in the street. A police-constable of the B division proved that he saw defendant at eleven the previous night throw two oyster shells at a gas lamp in Sloane-street. He took de fendant into custody, when the latter admitted that he had tried to break the lamp in order to be sent to prison. Mr. BURRELL asked defendant what he had to say to the charge ? Defendant—l did endeavour to break the lamp in order that I might be sent to prison. I have no roof, no home, no food, no shelter ; nor have I the means of procuring any. Mr. BU RRELL —Where is your parish ? Defendant —I came from the neighbourhood of Dorking, Surrey, but I decline mentioning the name of the parish. Mr. BURRELL—Where have you been living recently; you surely must have some relations or friends ? De fendant (despondingly)-4 have plenty of relatives, but, alas ! no friends. I failed as a gardener in Kent, and came to London, where I felt into deep distress. I can not beg, and never yet have stolen. Mr. BURRELL observed that he could not commit the defendant to prison, as he had committed no offence. He was, therefore, discharged. The defendant declared that he must commit an of fence for which he would be sent to prison, as it was the only refuge left to him. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterd a y William Virtue, who stood remanded since Monday last, was placed at the bar for final examination on a charge of stealing a telescope, of the value of 31., from the Ordnance Map-office in the Tower, during the prevalence of the fire in that fortress on the morning of Sum] lv week. It appeared from the evidence adduced that the pri soner had been employed during the fire in carrying maps, &c., from the Ordnance-office. The telescope in question was identified by its owner, Mr. Baker, an engraver employed in the Ordnance Department, as his property, and was left by him safe on leaving the Tower on the Saturday on which the calamity happened. A pawnbroker produced the telescope, and proved that it was pawned by the prisoner. By other witnesses the prisoner was identified as hav ing been active at the fire, and as having partaken of the refreshments ordered for the men who had been so employed. Mr. Gunner, the master of the prisoner, gave him an excellent character, and said he had been frequently in trusted with the most valuable stores belonging to her Majesty, and other property of a very costly description, and he had always considered him, for the twelvemonths he had been in his employment, an excellent servant. A constable belonging to the Tower, and who had been on duty at the . Spur-gate on the morning of the fire, to examine persons going out, said he was confident the prisoner, who lie knew very well, had not passed through on the morning in question, but he did not wish to be sworn to the fact. A gentleman from the office of the Solicitor to the Ordnance, who was preseut, said the case had been laid before the Board of Ordnance, and the Board had deter mined on prosecuting the prisoner. He had, therefore, to request that the prisoner might be committed for trial on the evidence at present adduced against him. Mr. HENRY committed him, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held upon special summons from the Lord Mayor, issued immedi ately after the birth of the infant Prince, for the purpose of addressing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent upon the happy event. The LORD MAYOR, upon taking the chair, declared how happy he felt in calling the members so soon to gether after his appointment to the dignity of Chief Magistrate.—(Cheers.) He then directed Mr. Firth to read the communications of the Home Secretary on the subject. The - letters from the Home Secretary, and the bulle tins of the medical men having been read, Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London-bridge Committee) rose and said he was quite sure it would be unnecessary for him to say one word to induce the Court to agree to the resolution and address which he should have the honour to submit. It was a very great pleasure to him to state, as ono of the oldest members of the Court, that whatever difference of opinion might have existed on general topics, a contingency to which all public bodies were liable, there always had been amongst the members of that Court a devotedness of attachment to the Throne. Their loyalty to the Sovereign was uni formly felt and expressed, and nothing could diminish the enthusiasm excited whenever opportunities presented themselves of manifesting the strength and sincerity of their attachment.—(Cheers.) The page of history did not present a time when a Sovereign ascended the throne of this great country with the love of the people more strongly testified, or with stronger evidences of the probability of a glorious and happy reign. She had been educated in great constitutional principles, and was possessed of every amiable quality caculated to establish her domestic happiness on the firmest basis, and to add every grace to the dignity with which she sat upon the throne.—(Cheers.) If he might be allowed to allude to the conduct of the Queen since her accession to the throne, he would say that she was equally distinguished by her devotedness to the Constitution, and by her fulfilment of her conjugal and parental offices. He believed that all agreed in that opinion.—(Cheers.) If,. then, such were the case, what ought to be the feelings of that Court upon hearing of the safety of her Majesty, and of the birth of a Prince, who they hoped would become at a distant day the sovereign of these realms.—(Loud cheers.) He then moved—" That an humble and duti ful address be presented to her Majesty, congratulating her upon her safe delivery, and the birth of a Prince, heir-apparent to the those of these realms." Mr. WIRE seconded the motion. He agreed fully with the mover in the opinion as to the excellence of the education which her Majesty had received. Her Majesty's conduct since her accession to the throne proved that she was deeply read in all that was necessary to show her the value of the Constitu tion, and that she only existed to promote the hap piness of the people.—(Cheers.) Throughout the country the event which they now assembled to commemorate would diffuse joy and gladness, as it was an additional security for the administration of equal laws and for the solid establishment of the liberties of the people,— (Cheers.) It was an event for which the nation had been long looking, and they hail it as a peculiar blessing. They hoped that her Majesty would long live in the enjoyment of conjugal and maternal happiness, and that her son would live to succeed her in the sove reignty over a free and a generous people.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. JONES begged to be allowed to say a few words as a Welchman.—(Laughter and cheers.) He rose tortohoenadnl in ec m la w re that in no part of her Majesty's dominions u Id the e vent be productive of more genuine happiness tahse the e incipalitof no part of the attachment to her Majesty more strong. (Cheers.) ace T :Alia h rin e . aA n resolution was ca rr i e d unan i mous ly, an d am idst R ll o e a yl trust e d RTON saiditwas his pride to move an ad hd r a e r s p s y to ev e h n i t s . Highness Prince Albert upon the that the. l infantthe pa ren t s wou ld b e f u lly i gratified in th e i r hopesof otfhli)ng the w P n ef u c h el fi , hl m e and cnotu od h l e trusted that the country would also findd f its expectations. Th ere was one not help noticing in th e conduct rnc attempted to e Albert. Never upon any occasion had his Royal Highness interfere in political matters.—(Cheers.) Mr. m in o s t i i i o p it p . ort of the moti on . s liN T " . .. v . c cON s E a S id seconded aew w the rds The resolution was agreed to unanimously and by ac clamation. Mr. LAWRENCE then moved an Address to her Royal Highness the Duchess V Kent, to who m , h e sa id , the country owed a great debt of gratitude for the admirable manner in which she directed the education of her daughter.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lawrence then all u d e d to a practice' which had grown up of late years—he alluded to the conduct of the Court of Aldermen in voting sepa rate Addresses from those voted in the Court of Common Council, although they really constituted part of the same body. ebs by I uateicolnas maTtihoen reasno(llnAtic:ind rwe'asssecsarfroitemddtnan e t du i p m o o n us t l h y es a e m r l to amidst immense cheering. were dr , awn up by a Committee , a nd immediatel y a g reed The Addresses were then ordered to be presented to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, and the Court adjourned. --- LLOYD'S SHIPPING• VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Timbuctoo, from Bris tol, 17th ult., lat. 4 S., lon. 9 W.; Horsburgh, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 24th, lat, 3 N., lon. 19; Marquis Bute, Clyde to Port Philip, 25th; James M`Queen, St. Kitt's to London, 3d inst., lat. .50, lon. 13, by the John Camp bell, arrived at Liverpool. Pluto steamer, from Fal mouth, sth inst., off Cape Finisterre; Richard, from Alexandria. 28th ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the HeJme, arrived at Falmouth. UNION-HALL, Yesterday William Johnson, clerk to Mr. Gilliam, solicitor, of Symond's Inn, applied for a warrant against Mr. Jones, a conveyancer, and three other persons, in mates of the Queen's Bench, for " pumping" on him in that prison, The applicant stated, that on the preceding day he went to the Queen's Bencn Prison for the purpose of ex ecuting a process against Mr. Jones, at the suit of his (applicant's) employer. On meeting Mr. Jones in the lobby applicant exhibited the writ to that individual, who refused to notice it, and at the same 'time seized him by the collar and shook him most unmercifully. Applicant resisted, but his assailant being the more powerful man thrust him down the stairs, calling out, " Hurrah for the pump," by which he soon collected a crowd, and applicant was dragged along to the large .pump which stands in the yar. The person against whom he made the application then offered a stun of money to any person who would " pump" upon appli cant, who was held by his assailant under the spout of the pump while three men took the handle and pumped upon him with all their strength until he was drenched from top to toe. When they saw he was soused with water they desisted from further violence, and he was suffered to leave the prison. The applicant added, that the olAject of the present application was to obtain a warrant against the parties, in order to lodge a detainer against them, as he was determined on preferring bills of indictment against them at the ensuing Surrey Sessions. The Magistrate granted the application. WORSHIP-STREET. John George Hinde, a master shoemaker, and Thomas Wilson, aged 20, an apprentice to a brushmaker, were charged before Mr. Broughton, with having wrenched off the knockers from the doors of several houses in streets adjoining the Hackney-road. Police-constable, N 109, stated that he was on duty in Hackney-road, between twelve and one o'clock on that morning, when he heard a violent knocking at a door in Kent-street, and on approaching the spot, he saw the prisoners, with nearly twenty other well-dressed young men, proceeding in a disorderly manner down the street. He followed them into Weymouth-terrace, where the prisoner Wilson left his companions, and took hold of the knocker of one of the doors with both his hands ; one of his companions called out "give it a good pull," and the prisoner immediately wrenched off the knocker, and handed it to the prisoner Hinde, who threw it away. The prisoners then took to their heels, but witness and another officer pursued them and took them into cus tody. Police-constable, N 153, stated that he took charge of the prisoner Hinde, who, on their way to the station house, offered to give him two sovereigns if he would let him go. . Anotlicr policeman produced two knockers which he picked up near the spot some time after the occurrence, and stated that a third knocker, which had not been found, was wrenched off a door in Margaret-street. Two or three inhabitants of the houses were present, who complained of their rest having been disturbed in consequence of the uproarious proceedings of the pri soners and their friends. Sergeant Collins informed the Magistrate that within the last ten days no less than 18 knockers had been pulled off different doors in the same neighbourhood, and the policemen on the respective beats had been taken before the Commissioners and fined for their remissness of duty, in suffering the damage to take place. In answer to the charge the prisoner Wilson said that he had spent the evening with his friends at a private party, on the breaking up of which they first heard the joyful intelligence of the birth of the Prince Royal. en receiving the news they resolved unanimously to repair to a public-house and take a parting glass in celebration of the happy event, but in the exuberance of their loyalty they overstepped the bounds of sobriety, and he had no distinct recollection of what occurred afterwards. ' Mr. BitOUGHTON said that if the prisoners had merely indulged in a little noisy and harmless hilarity he should have remitted the usual fine in consideration of the occa- sion that gave rise to it, but their foolish and mischievous conduct in wrenching off the knockers it was impossible for him to excuse. He should fine the prisoners 20s. each for disturbing the inhabitants, besides which they must pay ss. for the damage done to the doom, or be committed for one month to the House of Correction. The prisoners paid the money and were liberated. •,, J A fire broke out in the night of the 2d inst., in a house of the court, called the Quatre Tours, behind the Tribunal de Commerce, at Marseilles. A family, on the third floor, could not be roused until the flames had made such progress that no other escape was left but through the windows. The father first made the attempt by means of a rope, and got down as far as the first floor, but here the flames bursting out, caught the rope, burnt it through, and the poor man dropping on the pavement, was so severely injured that his life is in clan ger. The mother threw herself out, and broke her leg by the fall. All their five children followed, and were more or less seriously injured; except one little girl, who was taken up with only some slight bruises. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL.— This steamer reached Falmouth on Sunday last with that portion of the mails from India, Egypt, and Malta, which was not sent by way of Marseilles. Her dates of departure are from Alexandria the 22d, Malta, the 2Sth ult., and from Gibraltar, the 3d inst. We subjoin a list of the passengers, among whom the names of Sir Gordon Bremer and Captain Elliot of Chinese notoriety, will be observed :—Passengers Mr. and Mrs. Leiver, child, and servant, Sir Gordon Bremer, Captain Grattan, Lieutenant Fowler, Mr. Mor gan, Rev. Mr. Mannering, Mr. Jardine, Dr. Ducat, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Nash, Mr. North, Captain and Mrs. Hartley and servant, Captain Cotton, Captain Rogers, Dr. Anderson, Captain and Mrs. Elliot, child, and two servants, Miss Engledue, Mr. Chick, Miss Rogers, Lieutenant Gray, Dr. Neack, M. Tastar, Mr. Bone, F. Camillure, Captain Russell, Colonel Anderson, Thomas Burt, William Bowden. As a. female of fifteen years of age was passing along the Boulevard, on her return home to the Rue Richelieu, two days ago, she was grossly insulted by a man, and, as just at the moment she saw her brother, who was coming to meet her, she complained to him. The brother seized the man by the collar, and, in the scuffle, the latter fell into the road, and the wheel of a cabriolet passed over his leg. The persons who picked him up wished to carry him to a commissary of police, in order that he might prefer a charge against the, young man. " No," said he, " will do nothing of this kind—l was wrong, and am justly punished. All that I have to request of you is to assist me into a hackney coach." This was accordingly done, and the man speedily made his disappearance, after having received so severe a lesson. A letter from Treport says that in the morning of the 31st ult., between 90 and 100 boats, three-fourths of which did not belong to the harbour, came in with between 17,000 and 18,000 measures of herrings, and the price which was at Bfr. the measure, fell to 6fr. 50c. This is said to be a draught not before equalled within the memory of man, and the more desirable, as, for the four last seasons, the produce was not sufficient to re munerate the fishermen. At least 1,000 people are said to have been employed in carrying the fish from the boats to the salting-houses, and they mus t h ave earne d by their day's wor at least 3,000 fr. The net profit of the day's produce is estimated at 200,000 fr. MELANCHOTY SUICIDE.--OR Wednesday night an inquest N‘ as holden at the Royal Oak, Galway street, St. Luke's, before Mr. Baker, on view of the body of Elizabeth Hobbs, aged forty-six, who hung herself under the following painful circumstances :—lt appeared that, about four months ago, the deceased, who occupied the house, No. 40, Galway-street, was left a widow with four children to support. Her husband died suddenly, and an inquest was held upon his body. Since then she had been most disconsolate. Last Saturday she made an attempt to hang herself; after which she appeared to re pent it, and went twice to chapel the following day. On Monday morning, about eight o'clock, she was found in her bedroom, suspended by a piece of ribbon, quite dead. She was spoken to by her sister only five minutes pre viously, and said she would be down at breakfast in a few minutes. Verdict—Temporary insanity. FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH DISCHARG ING FlREWORKS.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, in the Board-room of Middlesex Hospital, an the body of George Messenger, aged 40. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was a carter in the employ of Mr. Cooper, builder, No. 7, Golding street, St. Pancras-road. On Friday, the sth instant, deceased was with his cart in the Edgware- road, opposite the Black Lion public-house, in the act of taking the nose bag from the horses head, when the ,animal suddenly took fright at some boys discharging fireworks, and, starting off at full speed, knocked deceased down, and the wheels of the cart passed over him. On being picked up he was conveyed to the above institution, where it wa discovered that both shoulder -blades and nine of his ribs were fractured. Every assistance was af forded him, but he lingered in the greatest agony till half-past ten o'clock the next morning, when he died. The Coroner and Jury having deprecated the ir is chievous and dangerous practice of letting off fireworks in the public thoroughfares, a verdi c t was returne d o f " Accidental death." In the reign of Charles the First, a Mayor of Norwich actually sent a poor fellow to prison, for say ing the Prince of Wales was born without a shirt. — Cambridge Advertiser, EVENING SUN CORN A. V ERA GIES • A VERAG E l'illCES OF BItITIS3 COTZI,;•,. For the Week GENERAL ended Nov. 5, 1f , 41. made up from th e Bat.. .0 the Inspectors in the different Cities and T ewny in Englan" Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat lss sd. I eats Barley 32s. &I. I stye AVERAGES OF THE LAST six wrsics• _„,,,,, V174...t a• • enuing• Mr EAT. ,BARLEV. OATS. RYE. , BRANS. r'-___,„ 225. 38 , ? : 1 , . 1 1 B r e em an: ........ ----1-.,--. ---. ----- ..----. Oct. 1 E 6l 6 31 10 21 7 S 5 W 4 6 5 , g g 6 15 22 63 6 31 5 21 9 35 0 37 11 ~„ 9 29 64 2) 31 7 ' , 2 0 39 0 40 4 :P•,_ a Nov. 5 ,65532 8 22 0 39. 740 4 4U % " IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE CM ' b id, Wheat 63s. 2d. 1 Oats Barley.. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. . 9„ 64 Wheat..,...... ', - 3s. 83.1 Oats .. , .4 6 ? - l i d, 15s. 3d.1 8ean5.....444 . ,,,, J. Barley l3a. ltd. I Rye .......... VOA.' £441: THE Mr' RKETS COAL Al Ships arrived since d. Bell, Robson Sz Co. Hartley 19 0 East l4 0 Hepburn Main l9 0 Molywetl Man lB t Leacz's Main l5 Original Windsor's Pontop 17 3 Shipcote ;18 t Taylei's Hartley Wylam Walls E d Petvic. , e and C i t C Walls EndClennell .EI f Walls End Hedlcy co t Walls End Hotspur walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch 19 3 Walls End N. r hu berla ,, d 19 C Walls End S. Killingworth 1 i t Walls EudTodd's Bensham 11 t W. E. Braddyll'sHetto,, 2.2 II Walls End Belmont Walls End East Hetton 2O 01 lARKET. last market .day, 63. cf , Walls End Giange ............ Walls End Haswell. ......•' g WallsiEnd Helton ............ walls End Larnhton •...... g Walls Xnd Lumley ........ ; Wall?, End Russell'. Hew)! trl "; Wads End Shincliff .......... Walls E n d Stewart's •••.."' . j • Walls End Whitwe ll ......... Walls End Caradse ............ s Walls End Cassop ............. 1 Walls End Hattlepool ........ e Walls End Kellne ............ 9 Walls End Adel,ide ........ $ Walls End tarriniton T Walls End Evenwo Od •••••• 6 Walls End Seymour Tees .. i s $ Walls' End Tee* kietton •••• nl V Wal s - End Tees ...... l) , .N MARKETS, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS._,--,'" yes •, Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. I Beau s ' ~......•-, ----..... u. .—.— ......-- to s s ' ' 40 Per Quarter. S. to S. S. to r, S. to s. a. .,.; 39 40 Boston . 3railltl ce 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 0 " 9i El, ighton 62 76 29 :i8 22 26 42 46 35 ''''' 0 Cambridge — 68 31 16 35 a Chichester 62 74 30 31 24 26 44 4 '-`,, 94 - Dunmow ta 18 33 40 t 2 23 32 4' r Grantham .... 4 1 Grimsby 56 74 29 33 lb 21 3 4 40 f. 3 •"' , Hailsham 66 72 33 3.) :2 23 33 "" - 4 9 5 ' Hitchin 5O 73 21 34 22 30 34 3 , 51 Ipswich n 60 67 23 t' - '2 21 :6 33 a — sit 0 9 - LRIVQS 63 71 26 36 20 24 34 "",, a 34 Lynn 63 68 30 34 2i) 24 34 l' n ...- Maidstone 59 76 36 30 26 3. , 3S 7, 38 4; Norwich Petworth - 41 Rumford 56 74 20 :9 21 23 30 4 i 0 4 1 Sandwich 62 71 30 34 s 6 30 35 4 .,1 35 Z 6 Tnetford Wisbech ..., 59 65 28 34 20 22 40 1 5 131 ,i 1 Witham 64 74 28 37 24 30 tO ?',' 0 Yarmouth 6O 74 20 32 24 3t) 98 4 u ' tlf Li VERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Nov. 9 to 11' I 0 6 il 0 i 0 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.... --...-- Rest 0 1! -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx" 0 0 9 y -----. Irish, White 8 0 B e , Red I 4 II 5 Foreign OATS, Biglish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 lO 5 0 -- Irish " ••• .. 3 5 0 , - a .1 , a. to 3 . 35 38 , 33 2 35 44 fi g 43 34 34 ,-, 40 40 33 34 36 45 33 34 34 98 34 38 39 3F ; 0 40 41 35 30 46 1, 3 , 40 46 t o 49 so 401 .Nov. 9 „ 11, Of 10s• g g . 910 9 0 gO. 9 0 4 88 3 21 0 9 3 5 0 A ••• 4 , 0 41 3 4 3 4 8 1 4 4 F., 43 44 v 43 (l c 40 0 6 0 43 0 41 0 °' 45 0 43 0 .63 :1 59 0 1.1 • ... 0 40 3 6 .... ab - Foreign ISARLEV, English, Malting, per Imp-quarter , Scotch and Irish, per 6011i5...... _ . BEANS, English, - per Imperial quarter - Irish, tire. - Foreign Pain, English, per Imperial quarter ---- Foreign Erode, English, per 2801 b. - Irish JATMEAL, English and Irish, per Willbs INDIAN Coax, per 480th. 1,,,,...,. RYE, per Imperial quarter .......... MALT, per Imperial quarter MR. WAKLEY.—True to his self-aPP G ,,IO office, as patron of Sir Robert Peel in Parliamer":,oollo Wakley, we see, is endeavouring to persuade WI %le of Finsbury to give the Tories time, and not • b e _.„oo great a hurry for cheap bread. And in this 7.o l l' iv ieci l shows how sincerely "he deplored the time al t 01 0 the Whigs brought their late measures fo..,ward, le! the people would not then take them Iv, ;al fi r 'ite 4 ' them with that spirit which their im•portance tn e :a How can those, or any other measures, be sttpPo'r - t ro their importance merits, if the people b e advised t° such measures to their enemies, and to give,their 114 4 4 plenty of time for preparation? "Don't trouble Sir . s pa about the bread-tax ; give him time to prePa l :s l l7 o* cry out for the Charter, or anything else that wl ..u i e l 4 diversion in his favour," is the substance of „Mr. W"; 10 advice to the inhabitants of St. Luke's ; u nd ea yg; Luke's they deserve to be, if they take it. 1-l e2 . positely told them that he was "charged wit"' 4s ea• ratted, but did not find that his tail was i n " r boli° Those who become rats must submit to the risk 0 their tails thereby. But as Mr. Wakley did not in persuading his constituents to abandon the An t ldfli' law agitation, the unavailing squeak of tri tints',thanis all the testimony to Sir Rob er t Peel's . 4visd 6ll2 6 quarter. —lllol ning Chronicle. We have heard upon rood authority that °jl,:letgea, the Middlesex Magistrates has in his iy,ssessioa Exchequer bills fir the sum of 1,000/. e ach, 11(4 o ne which agrees with the counterfoil. [ADVERTISEMENT.] • aise high the shout, and bless the a y so fair, O n which Victoria gives these realms an heir, Who comes, a boon—a blessing kindly giv'n , L ent in his mercy, by all-bounteous Beav'n• A ttend ye pow'rs and hear the suit we bring, N or spurn the prayers that bless our futur:li.ing' 1) eign to entice around his infant brow S uch gifts and graces as we ask fur now. M ay his younr , life be ever bright with smiles, A nd long and blest his reign o'er the se fair isles ' C ause war and hate to flee before his face, A nd bless our Prince with every gift and grace' S till may his youthful mind and heart improve. S till may he gain his people's, parents' lore ; A nd every boon to noblest nature .given. R ain on.his brow like falling dews of kiettv'n. 0 hear ! in mercy hear our heartfelt prayer, I n pity bless the object of our care ; L ong live the Prince—long live the Royal pair k is Of THE MATCH-MA KE R.—The slave - '1" re p!' 1 the East, where female beauty is an object ° ,`-bi'si 4 e t a merchandise, has often been referr e d to as ex,.. 1 jeg c state of things differing only in a very alig u ln' from that which exists in the world of fashio n GeofF h - e land ; the object of the possessor of the fa teor Circassian being very nearly the same as '„ Eg` k. " e agent who arranges the transfer of the ye ' l 'T 10 1 ,:„ 0 , girl to the best bidder in the matrinvon' a Which is the most respectable character 0e 41i 5 "' o f the pages of a novel which has just bee'', h- Pothclier called " The Match-Maker," by the talento- w l , reifr; " Cousin Geoffrey," sua.iently declares- 11/ % possesses, in this attractive work, a co mplet' - a • Y e ; l if amusing exposition of the manner in which 5 3 , 1 o f and lovely countrywomen are made the proP e ,l,l , of r a ti " lords and masters," in a picture of society ';',, t e racteristic sketches and lively scenes ; On ic tit' fj heard that in the fashionable circles its ya" -- ' h lO likely to create a most e ctraordin ar y se nsabll' in gis'd DEAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and Jo'ol Operative Voice Conductors, to enable p e rsons 5 1 `en Cr age, and of old standing extreme deatbess, to inn' oP e is conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant I° ,,psi l t g qtf at a public assembly ; they are the size of a veil .10 6 og i seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity of the ,L e l are not in the least perceptible nor more novo:atop"- 006 , having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; they ; 1 70 11 of a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs' Solomon, themselves ; and although they are so eXtr e ' tne ss, e ff yet they enable those afflicted with extreme d es in et e l those who are only slightly dull of hearing to 11 " . , s. respect equal to those of most acute hearing. 31c ‘' sr „o ' sit e ,ptd B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Pi c cadillY, ° P York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City. Nea l a '; Spectacles, immediately they are placed before lorPe r ",,' i nk either by day or candlelight, that mist and dlln"; D acTve. appears before the eyes is at once removed, ever/ 0 1 0; se" 0 ; clear and distinct, so that the most aged defee..iYa comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to Y.cs Y O5 gAi r l f ' i - 9 ° , 1 and original state. These valuable invent:tons have re l, patronage of the Royal Family, and tho 'unqualified ,efo.icr'otli above 400 of the principal members of the medical I , '°, e • f r olte numerous individuals of high dist 4 .aetion w ho havec benefited by their use. 39, Albevaarie.st;eet, ricca“. ; '`, l' ;°' the York Hotel, and 7 fi, King Williale-street, city — with persons of the same name. P. — Cor ir SILVERTLATED CORNER i . .1 . • 47 ' bo it' • 'L. $l.l 4 T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversme 4 ' jet). id, hill, London (Seven doors from Graceclia - rch -5 p l a tei. i d, fog the prices of the following patterns of stronglY• iv er l ble Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and 01 ' 0 engraving the crest or coat of arms : 10 The Gadroon Pattern. XlO 0 Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Cofier f :;a, a 0 Four Extra Stron g ly Pl ate d C orner Di Abel s " l' ..... . Covers .. The Flower Pattern. d' 10 Four Extra St rong l y Pl ate d C orner Dishes 11..? i 13 tW Covers .... • ar ", 1 0 4 is N.B. The covers are made with movealse . h an wer ° they form extra dishes. Drawings of the ab ove any part of G rea t B rita i n or Irelar,d,postage free. On the 9th inst, at Cave. dish pla ce, B IR' l' h Istli Bath* t he 9' Rev. G. Gardiner, of a dar, g ht On the 9th inst., in Z.:7444 - e p r iace, the 124°- J. • , VA - On the 9th inst., •at Sydenh am, c obe r) -, _.. of Lincoln's Inn-fields, of. a d a u ghter. an Esq., of a son. Fitsr(l—' On the 10th i:nst., in Southampton-street, ~ the wife of Mr, G. E. Hering , of daughte". Hering, artist, a the lady 0- 11 „or, ------- ge Gr i :s n s civil 641 L inst., Geor M ge fi H ß . B ial E m p er - , ESCP , -1 eilleTsee,:jl., j or an O c _ sll i t ap ! a a e r tn i ‘ ;: d , daughter , th of e th 9 e th fo i r n m st e . r aptiaSceto.wmarket Suffolk, Mr. f or. Clapham-common, to Jane, youngest a , ' d ttgh ter 0 of P. Taylor, Esq., of Mars ft. vt. I, J o bs on the 9th inst., at St. George's, flanover-Woavre;sooll' Mason, Esq., of Aldenham Loci , .e,-lierts, to Charlott . of daughter of the late Rev. C. Y. ; . ;n ,, e, of Eton CollegeosAelly qia the 9th inst., at Claphara Church, Alr. 11 ' 1 _ 0 Prin ce ' Coventry, to Anne, eldest d:...ughter of the late Mr. Eels rj the same place. ir• On the 10th inst., at St. 'Luke's. 01d-street, A to f it s Phillips, of Lower Thames-st reet, wine-merhf• antoburritl• beth, thi r d d aug ht er o f J. E. Saunders, Esq., °Vi lED. On the 4th of July, at 1 3 .azsree b a ugh, East Indies' .1 04. A. Harris, Esq., of Scuthgate. aged 26. Old l ent On the sth inst., at Gloucester-buildi n g st Mr. F. W. Daniel, -aged 36. On the sth inst. , Eliza Ann, eldest datghter of Esq., of Paragon- - place, Brixton-hill, aged 7. On the 7th inst., Thomas, the infant ' Esq., Timberhu rst, near Bury, Lancauh;- On the 7th inst., at Caledonian Cr Mrs. S. C. F%-aser. On the 7t' ing., On the 7th inst., at 1 1 11;' Mrs. M. 111 , ,rison, widow ley-on-Thames. Lowton t Printe No. 112, the Cov-