The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-20 00:00:00

l ish Stock Market. Consols are now 88ft i- for Money, 3 4, 11 , 4 88 . t for the Account. Exchequer Bills 810 prem.; I . 'e per Cents. Reduced 87k. India Stock 2471; ditto fonds 1 3 pre / n. IxSpanish Ac . dye Stock had further advanced to 22, 30 slue i t - 7, ) f red 114, Portuguese Five per Cents. 314, Chilean eer Six per Cent. Bonds 72, Dutch Two- and-a- Ifi rh per ~L e e Its. 511 i, Dilto Fives 99k -i I. Iv e ° n 47 .e Market continues flat and heav :—Great Ditto t,, ' Sew are 56-1 ; London and Brighton, ,, 374 1 ; °st ern Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 214; zouth ern. and Dover, 19i. 04) Lrdsh 1 1 TWO O'CLOCK. 6p: j Sam Account, 88i i ; ditto, January, 139 4 1 -3 ; *), 1 i 22. _ -- rte. __ QUARTER TO THREE. th e ,„' IS Agian Government continues its . exertions in . vrol zoti su vn ,.... on of the commerce and ti,griculture of its I,,,J`rvi ; and the identity of interest between these , oegrea'c sources of a nation's prosperity is so wel_ ouritst,Jod, that not only the functions of Ministers ,r, 'e'rnnierce and of Agriculture are united in A le lee., Person, but "there is a body of d e legates a t a u trl Ased by the G overnment, whose office it is to meet lo g t i l e ' Period s , an d d i scuss the questions most affect hided c common inter4sts of the two brn;fiches above al tits, t °. This mirigling of trading r.,,nd farming depu in re Must be likely to exercise the roost beneficial effect iteti o l : . l r rir'i narrclw prejudices, a*Jd promoting unity tom_ The next meeting ap r oi;nted by Leopold, is to --,, e ,..... lo t h J .'" ,o on the 10th Decer:ther, and to close on the mu, 1 R 43 . try, _ . _ . 4 .0...ar5..1 _ T 111: I.'4AR KETS.—(THIS DAY.) Th.. N r "WG" . 2E AND LEADENHALL. i ti. , e „, _ ` .e . se sapr eas a .y slack demand for all kinds of It ti,.t, eslt y Ay of which was fair and prices were with . difh- Ills C.'2Pnorted. Unme and Poultry were dull of sale, Eg z , `PlAes wete good, and prices barely supported. ' ' lit 3 , 5. 6( 1 .. to Bs. Gd. per load. The WHITECHAPEL MARKET. eari• Cox'' PTAs' from the count r y was ver y sma ll, with a ip 4 dem an d f or P or k . O t h er ki n d s d u l l of sale, 2 s. ff; es stationary. Beef, 2s. to 3s. 10d. ; Mutton, S S I 4s. 2d . ; V eal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 4s. N'iw . ''. Clover. 3/. t o 51. 18s. ; Hay, 21. to 41. 10s. ; x 14 12s. to 1/. 15s. gN TEA MARKET. tlls ' e s of Fr ee T ra d e T ea gave way a l i ttle, and the s B-ssuined a shill appearance, ls.• 9i-d. was the_ B ° l 4 q eommon C ongou , cas h. Company's Tea sold 414 •Y at the same rate. The public sales will not con ' 41 'til Tuesday afternoon. n , TA LLO W M ARKET. °Pot e4eraand was steady, and prices firm at 47s on the " 411 d 46s 9d for delivery up to the end of the 31 - ear, Psi,,,s_ WOOL MARKET. ,afti et , 5 . firm, f or b oth English and Foreign, And a fair 4 414 01. business was transacted. The r.aarket looks • 1 ; the deliveries large, and arrivals. sma ll. Si 1 METAL MARKET. ts3:,ter has declined to 351. 15 ~ per ton, with few lva t c t i 4 . Iron in steady recpsest at firm rates, but Lead kelt of sale. Cop,i , _3: was taken sparingly. tr s (),v,,., .................. 4 .;..„......„.... 1. 3 ,,,,,,"-i'S SHIP piNG_(THIS DAY.) f tl A - It 7 ll , Nov. 20.- -Wind at noon, W. to S.,';variable. 1.'54 ' la; 4TE ' Nov. I.d.—Sailed the Sovereign, transport, Nl, tr ,intondon . .44001., Ap h C l eadia se .„;.,,m., . 1 Y oc. 19.—Wind variable and light.— Halifax ; Coronet, Charleston. Vle i b or? e ff \ t i l e fluskisson, Africa ; Luna, Paraiba ; Queen f '4 34 4 ' Av Orleans ; Enterprise and Ocean, , Quebec.. J c thas s 4 "-%, Nov. 1 9.—Arrd. Wendelina, Konigsberg oit;•':ek, with loss of boat,. bulwarks, &c. es.. ~,)4ou'rx, Nov.l9.—Wind N.E. to S.S.W., strong "rap.s.'fut back Onyx, Shields for Gibraltar, with kP.k r „evoked • Chieftain, Miller, _ INll )e 'ra, 'Nov. 18.—Wind N.W. to S.W.—Arrd. kekgjen'''°B3, Miransichi, with loss of anchor and chain ; 1. * ,.: 3 i Th ee ' Malaga, with loss of boat, bulwarks, sails, t a 4 p ee i c °l3l as Young, Shields, for Jamaica. Sailed, toN4 i raiZ t i r i o i ni aNanns.h ; Penguin packet, West Indies. V.verpool to Newfoundland, has been t!it, y ttotere wi - ',l loss of fore and mainmasts, bow -14tolltjaas'l!iti)s, &c., having been run foul of whilst r'tai l ,„ - ; - tu. Inst., in lat. 48, lon. 8, by a barque. 11„' •ta.C, Nov. 18.—The Grace. of St. Ives, totally ,os / 1. in tow of a brigantine, was passed yesterday ett .7 •wdrop arrived here from Quebec. ;I 4 .4 31 a Nov ' . 19s—S1d. Experiment, Newfoundland; 44 4 ; 4 • 7411 r e t , St. Michael's. The Sarah, abandoned be -41, sebe. Bay and Sundy Island, has been carried into Coll ot p. 441 e 11 C TEN Nov. 18.—Arrd. William Walker and ' Quebec. Skl. Greenhaw, Sierra Leone. ti fi t )o l l efli e n kb ,_, , Nov. 18 .—Saumia, New Orleans; the Duke 1 Itticiiii , " l , from Malaga must discharge, her fore- It t , 4,,,,eel having been broken. 411 03...; 'av- 19 .—Arrd. Minstrel, St. Andrews, New 10e0c.i.,....._•ea ; Intrepid, Richebucto; Eagle, Quebec. R k1m 5 ..." 1 -4 Nov. 19.—The Mope, from Goole to i l l t k. 4 ri Zrt ,trended about seven miles to the k so c u r t e h ; Z i2 e a x b p e e t 7 i ted and wil A l n become m a Wisbeach wec to to : t .1, is stranded on the beach, cargo discharging. A L av q. ,xrksid a 'Ds . "au Ustin " has been washed ashore at '4cle,et's Th 4 ear oof ' Mary Ann Marsden, has been 4 Chiefly in a g dietisiorrn lc damaged state. . it w anre t , ov. 19 . —The Hippogriff, of Sunderland, its sued. 0 the northward of the Jetty this mornin g, li.ALlibehot IClien• Crt, NOY 19 Th Ann, of Goole, from Nt.,.,•,,as oven .--- e fordness yesterday Ik t i l* -- art e on shore at Or to b e got off:" 2argo saved, and the vessel is_ ex p obe rt . 13_ 1 . ~ -' 1 )0at, marked "Favourite, Lon icAltnon Was Picked up this afternoon. c, i ; t 4 4, of aTcriafr,oNmov. 19, —The Mary and Betsy, Bas- I ttli st P r er— crew Boston, capsized to-day near the drowned. The French sloop Emilie untied near Filey on t h e 14th i nst. .111........................11MM1N1MMEMME........= 14/ORTING INTELLIGENCE. v . Ish,, (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) Ltez.;: b I VPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASE. it• -.- 1 ,1 1) 41- —Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, &c. i tr :r 44 's * Luck's-All, llst 51b Mr. Goddard 2 1 ll i ',Elloore's Lottery, 13st 6lb At 'llruee's The Merchant, list 3 4 kftllothschild's Consul, I2st 31b ,I,l,',ller's Danebury, lOst 71b 5 Ige fell • Ikor e3 - -,owing also started, but were not placed :—M_ r . .. 014, Gay-lad, 12st 21b• Mr. Anderson 's Crozb), il l ,(1 ) % s ; Ran Cassillis's Triumph, list 51b; Mr. Theo and''v;-118,,,,5a, Ilst 21b ; Mr. Munro's Anonymous, list 11 4 , 9 ' hh 'ur• Westley's Stockings, llst 71b. s e 'lli k ti l a length, after a beautiful race ; the horses . iti -s. er °es a brook three times, and the waters being Nee(lnsequence of the late rains, not one of them . i . "liCkin g . ta e ll e price M-A NCHESTER.—FRIDAY. . 4 place axe purely nominal, no alteration having - s late our last. ................. tie e ita.ILWAY RETURNS. I,reetract from the Railway Magazine the sums t e t , s _ t4 a , o s n s . fi le principal Railways of Great Britain k l 'qi. e 7 , - 1 ending on the day of the month prefixed liss ll .Rer s 'e return includes the money received for Il it llze ~...13arcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer 1; 41 ' 11 o s.l- Name of Railway. Miles Total. St. Opened. £. S. d. 12 eraineham and Derby Junct. 38i 1,138 17 8 'l4 (?I,z,:i gham and Gloucester ..• 521 i 1,518 4 6 89 14 14 N l. and Birkenhead ..... ... 15 1 ., t i .„...e and Arbroath l6l 229 13 6 I L: G1a,74 Counties 6 clew and Ayr.... 4° W Pai• •1% %a t , ~* Paisley, and Greenock 22i 674 18 0 u Gr eat "linc t.&Chester&Crewelo.3l 8,067 14 9 2 14 G reat North o f 45 1,188 9 la west England la i l !'llarld s e e g 118 k 10,753 11 5 31 776 6 5 12 , ;Ineaster a.raff';: • e .. Junction 201 429 12 4 la ' l7Ol- 1)0o1 a n d A/ a sth h n 1 1 t.ond on and nc ester 3l 4,316 18 112 i 13,706 10 0 !la 3 i .,= . %ll ti d o on_ and Birminghamßlaekviall Brightonlg Ditto itiltild Lo ndon oreham Branch ..... 1 8 i and Croydon . la en d °4 and Greenwich I, ond on ): 1 4 a rv i and South Western • , 5 Itl., vriester, Bolton. and Bury 10 580 12 11 l e_ lva"4ll_,ester, and Birmingham 5 273 9 6 3 k._„unester and Leeds 5O 3,094 14 9 ,la N.kband Counties . 57 2,303 5 0 14 N'weastle and Carlisle 6o* 1,577 1 0 11 e r thern and Eastern . 12 0 10 Midland ... 724 3,668 3 2i S 4l ll ° 'th Union ... 25 985 17 8 15ii ts eon and Wyre l' n L t 4 " and North Midland 23 1,312 13 6 111 THE CENSUS. 'ta e 1 1 b et oPulation Returns, just published only by tu t tit L form a 11 4 -4 sh the House of' Commons, in D A ' 11; 41 1 1.11 ary of the Census. The clerks t i td strar e actively en- General's Office ar t)4 O t1e,.: 116 arranging f the numerous statisti % 4 0 10 furnished by the superintendents tp, aural, the United Kingdom, such .. as loe a r I and of persons engaged in different 1 11„N• te . professions ; distinguishing those I t rta ln years of age, commencing with 4 1 . 1 l ow ki h ,to or , e r fifteen, then, those under twenty, Kildare -, 1 - 1 1) to the greatest age at which man- Ati„ -'1 be generally able for labour. These returns i ' iv en as corrected by the master ma- Al i hrer s ( lii th e , and others, ,intimately acquainted Ae h e s, t r , 'acif • The population of all . the clOratefos, and boroughs will also be given isq,,rea se Y, with the comparative increase or Iti 4 P l tl , r er the four decennial periods during kt *t je C ensus has been taken. The work, kb require 1 1 4 get rie s great labour and skill in the tilt) for ant, will yet occupy the com oet fl. nsiderable time ; it will extend to . -t o Oal o Itlh i t tli e t .... VOILIMeS, and when completed will_ lishL°tan-4,„ust valuable statistical account of the 'tti s -" of the United Kingdom ever pub ,tlllllteli ---.____..____ 11 1:, 41 teh n 4 : 111 "1 OP CLOCKS AND WATCHES.-- to tt i q iti to -n prn of clock s and Avatchts was first intro- Isithosh"lis country by Sir Joseph Wright, of M?re tilittuosephire, in the reign the First. of King Charles . _ t k4 410 4 [ 11 11 ' 43 a man of whom it may be truly said, 1 11 41 4 5, C I Possessed of shining genius and brilliant chi 4 tlf, :itnever looked upon a person, less gifted than f) to rk i, tkrs h . t hat degree of scorn which has marked the tf ti7r stat es some of the ablest and most distinguished 1 ") ): ko s et °eri aud philosophers. Besides being one b? tk t mgeniou•' ' 0, 4 ‘4tl highest S o f mechanics, he was considered .. I t Q tioei musical authority in the kingdom. tf k wa s it POOl Correspondent. qiiitkter i afirelnalk f Edmund Burke, an d wor thy an aphoroism, that " the chief advantage of at it i s a shield against calumny.' EVENING SUN LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court at West minster to-day, shortly after 10 o'clock. VAUGHAN V. ELCIL—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued befor e hi s L or d s hi p i n t h e course of last week, upon an appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England. The principal question in this case was whether the testator in the cause intended by his will to give his wife an ab solute, or only a life-interest, in the property bequeathed by his will. On the case coming on before the Vice. Chancellor of England, his Honour thought the wife took a life-interest only, and decreed accordingly, di recting the property to be converted. From that decision the parties appealed, and upon that appeal the Court now gave jukaient. His Lordship said the question in the case arose trader the will of Mr. William Henry Vaughan. The testator appeared to have been an illiterate person and to have drawn his will himself, and it was, there fore, difficult to form an opinion as to what the inten tions of the testator were upon an instrument so framed. The testator began his will by bequeathing the whole of of his property, during her life, to his wife, and, after her death to his surviving children, excepting two small sums which were to be appropriated to the putting out of his two sons to some trade. He then gave 1001. each to his two sons, and a similar sum to his tiro daughters ; and afterwards he gave his books, pictures, and plate, to his wife. The total amount of these legacies bore an inconsiderable proportion to the rest of the property disposed of by the will of the tes tator. After these bequests the will proceeded to enume rate certain leasehold property, money lin the funds, and Long Annuities, possessed by the testator, and stated " all these I give to my wife, and the residue, if any." Under those words it had been contended that the widow took an absolute interest in the property con tained in that clause of the will. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that that was not the true construc tion of the clause, and that such was not the intention of the testator. That clause must be considered as extend ing to all the testator's property, except the legacies be fore given. It would be, therefore, difficult to suppose that the testator, after having, in a few lines before, given the whole property to his wife for life, should, in the same clause, give the property 'to her absolutely. In the, opinion of his Lordship it was , not reasonable to put r,uch a construction upon the will of the testator, it being clear to the Court that the intention of 'the testator Was only to enumerate, in detail, what he had before given in ' general terms, and not to make a new disposition of his property. This appeared to his Lordship to be the true construction I of the will, and he was therefore of opinion, that the widow only took a life estate. The next point raised, was, whether the whole property was to be converted, or whether it was to be enjoyed by the widow in specie. His Lordship thought the Court ought to put the same construction on the will in this respect, as if the whole property had had been included in the same clause. His Lordship thought, that as to the leasehold premises and the Long Annuities the gift was clearly specific, and th a t therefore the widow was entitled to the enjoyment of them in specie. The decree of the Court below must be varied as to those two particular subjects, but with respect to all the other matters it must be affirmed. Mr. GIRDLESTONE presumed, as infants were con cerned, the Court would order the costs of all parties to come out of the estate. The LORD CHANCELLOR— Yes ; I think that will be the proper course to adopt. MITFORD V. REYNOLDS. Mr. BETHEL concluded his reply in this case. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed hi s judgment. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) NORBURN V. OLLETT. Mr. PEmßEferox and Mr. BOLT stated that this suit was instituted by one of the trustees and executors, who was also a a legatee, and interested in remainder under the will of Thomas Norburn, deceased, for the purpose of having the accounts taken and the trusts of the will carried into execution. The testator was a farmer in the county of Norfolk, and made his will on the 30th of June, 1832, and thereby devised his real estate, subject to certain annuities and legacies, fo his daughter, Mary 011ett, the wife of the defendant, 'with remainder to his son in tail, with remainder to his daughter in similar manner, and with remainder over to' the plaintiff, who was testator's brother, and testator appointed plaintiff and Mrs. 011ett his executors; and, having died Oct. 29, 1835, the will was severally proved by them. It was alleged by the plaintiff that some years before the testator's death the defendant had occupied and been rated to the parish for a farm belonging to testator, and had possessed him self of stock and effects, on account of which he was indebted to the estate in the sum of 1,0001, and that on application he had refused payment of the legacies and an account of the assets. A bill was, therefore, filed by the plaintiff, praying that the will might be established, a receiver appointed, and the trusts carried into effect. The defendant, in his answer, alleged that the testator, at the time of his death, was indebted to him to a considerable amount in respect of ploughs and other agricultural implements supplied by him to the testator in his lifetime, and in respect of pas turage on a farm of the defendant. He admitted that he had occupied the farm of the testator, but alleged that he did so under an arrangement, by which he was to hold it without payment of rent. He also alleged that testator had engaged to give him a portion of 2,2001. on his marriage with testator's daughter, but had not done so ; and that he was ready to pay the sum charged upon him on payment of this sum, but not otherwise. Mr. KINDERSLEY and Mr. BLUNT, on behalf of the defendant, said their client was willing to give an ac count of the assets, but denied that he was liable to be charged with an occupation rent. The defendant hazing married testator's daughter, they had all lived together and defendant had constantly acted in the arrangement of testator's farm, but under the direction of testator. In the original bill nothing was said about defendant's occu pation of the farm; but defendant having in his answer suggested that the estate was indebted to him in a con siderable sum of money for which he was entitled to ac count, the plaintiff thereupon amended his bill, and in troduced the allegation that the defendant was a tenant of the farm, at a rent of 1501. Defendant also alleged that the marriage portion due to him, had never been paid, and that he had expended more on account of the testator than he had received of his personal estate, and that plaintiff had also received considerable sums of money on account of the estate for which he ought to account. It appeared from the evidence that although de fendant was rated to the parish on account of his occupation of the farm, those who had dealings with the testator in respect of it, and the labourers and others connected with the farm, all considered testator to be the occupant, and that he had constantly exercised authority over it, and controlled the acts of the defendant, and had repeatedly stated that he would never give up the government of it as long as he lived. Mr. 1103IILLY, on behalf of the trustees, appeared and supported the case of the plaintiff. The MASTER of the ROLLS said it appeared to him to be a question whether the answer of the defendant was sufficient to allow him to let in evidence. The sole ques tion in the case was, on what terms the defendant en tered on the management of the farm, it being alleged by the plaintiff that he did so as a tenant, and liable to pay a proper sum for use and occupation ; and on the other hand, it being alleged by the defendant that he occupied it at the desire of the testator, and for the com mon benefit of the testator's family, of which he had re. cently become a member, and in consideration of certain things held out to him ; and this appeared to him an extremely natural arrangement. If the defendant's an swer was inconsistent with the evidence he must re ject the bill; but if it was not, he did not see why he should be charged with rent during the testator's life time. He would give his decision on this point on Mon day. The accounts must be taken, and the will esta blished. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) SALISBURY V. NORRIS. The further arguments in this part-heard cause, the facts of which we have already stated, occupied the Court the whole of the day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) BOWSER V. COLBY. His HoNoun disposed of several of the points raised by the Counsel in this cause, but reserved his final decision with respect to the argument that the plaintiff had no right to relief because he had not paid the rent within the time required by the Act. His Honour, after examining the cases cited on that point, said he thought the plaintiff had not lost his right to relief at the hearing of the cause, if he were otherwise entitled to it, simply be cause he had not paid the money into Court within forty days from the filing of the answer. He thought that he would be at liberty to give relief, if a case of relief were made out. With respect to the argument as to the re entry of the landlord, on that point, also, he was of opinion that this case was within the ordinary cases in which the Court could give relief. Another point was, whether the defendant should be at liberty to show that there had been breaches of the covenant. He appre hended that nothing could be more clear, than that where a party came to a Court of Equity for its assistance, the Court would inquire whether, if the party had been in possession of th e r i g ht he claimed, that right would, or would not, have been forfeited. The defendant, therefore, had a right to bring before the Court any breaches of cove nant, and, if committed, would occasion a loss of the lease. Whether these breaches would be proved in the cause, or tried by an issue, must depend very much upon the course taken in the pleadings. He would, however, reserve his final judgment until he had examined the papers. LYDALL V. DODD. This was a bill filed by John Lydall Dodd, against Thomas Dodd, the surviving executor of his father, and a number of other persons, praying generally for the per formance of the trusts of the will of John Lydall, in the pleadings mentioned. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. THE SCRIVENERS' COMPANY. This was a rule calling upon the defendants to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, directed . to them, and comman di ng t h em t o a d m it Win. Page, to the Scriveners' Company, to enable him to practise as such within the limits of the City of London. It ap peared th a t th e app li cant had been duly indentured to his father, an attorney and scrivener, and had served him as his clerk during the term of 12 years, five to qualify him for the profession of an attorney, and seven to enable him to act as a scrivener. The applicant was duly admitted an attorney, and when he subsequently applied to the Scri veners' Company they refused to admit him, alleging that he had not complied with the provisions of the Act under which the Company was incorporated, and that he had not served the time required by the Act. That was in substance the answer to the writ, and The SOLICITOR-GENERAL IIOW appeared to show cause against the return. The question turned upon the service of the party, and by the 41st George 111., chap. 79, sec. 7, it was enacted that the party should be bound for any space of time not less than seven years, during w hi c h ti me h e s h ou ld be employed in the business of a public notary, and by the 13th sec., it was provided that the Scriveners' Company should admit the party having so served, on the payment of the usual fees. 'When the rule was moved for several cases of a similar nature were cited, and their Loriships were clearly of opinion at that time that the service was good. Page the elder was a notary public, and was also an attorney duly admitted, and carried on the two businesses, which were not at all inconsistent, inasmuch as the Legislature, by the Act 3d and 4th Win. IV., c. 70, had authorised attorneys residing in the country to carry on the business of a notary public. In the present case the applicant served a period of twelve years, and during all that time he remained under the control and direction of his father, devoting one portion of his time to the business of a notary, and the other to the business of an attorney. Ho was duly admitted an attorney ; and if there was anything improper or illegal in the service, why had not application been made to strike him off the roll ? On the other side, the case of the King v. the Scriveners' Company, reported in the 10th vol. Barnewall and Cresswell, page 511, was relied upon. That was an application to admit a person named Ridgway to the office of scrivener and notary public, he having served a person named Drake for seven years. It appeared that during the same period Ridgway was employed from ten till five at Hop kinson's banking-house in Regent-street, and after that hour he went to Drake's, and attended to his business for some hours. The defendants in that case refused to admit him, and Lord TenterdenAischarged the rule, it being clear that the applicant had other musters and em• ployers, and was not'lluring the seven years wholly under the control of Drakeis That case, libwever, was entirely distinct from the present, and lit submitted that the ser vice was good, both regarded the notary public and attorney. The decrsioia, p f t thc.Court in former cases was in his favour, insd tfitt:KUle fiinhe mandamus ought to be made absolut r s .‘s) jam, z The ATTORNEY i:E.NIE - 4 - 1 1 4144ed against its being said that the Couril4;;Esab ts4ny decision favourable to his Learned Friendr - Iti ca' e similar to the present, and against the judOn'ent'irtheOCOUrt being forestalled by such a statement: I'i ; WaiS'fiiole satisfied that the Court had pronounde t WtlfiVilissiViatever when the rule was applied for, beeike t /ilfsTasfi,l4, uniform practice in modern times to graist'o4(e'riiresi4o that these impor tant questions might ,leg ctided.` upon the fullest and most satisfactory diseuSSion. - s,-7 4 .he question was, whether these twas eiettipatims. of notary public and attorney, although the Legislature permitted them to be carried on certain circumstances toge ther—whether these two occupations were one and the same, or entirely distinct. He submitted that the latter was the case ; and when it was alleged that it would be a hardship upon thei party having served his time to both, his reply was that the isyty should not have at tempted to do what the Act of Parliament specifically provided against, andlihe must take the consequences of his own indiscretion. In the present case the applicant had been allowed to s!ilece, and hy:iitig been admitted an attorney, he had no 4.3gh v to turifvf . and now and claim to be admitted a notatr publics, : In fact he had no right to be admitted to cits; but when the application to be admitted as attorney . f4as iliac, there might have been no means of bringing these facts before the Court. Now the Attorneys' Act, 22d Geo. 11., chap. 46, provided that, during the time of his service the party should continue and be actually employed by such attorney or solicitor in the business, practice, or employment of such attorney or solicitor. It was clear, then, that the two occupations were entirely distinct, and could net be fol lowed at one and the same time. The Learned Counsel referred to several cases in which the question of service had been discussed, and observed that the parties for whom he appeared had felt it their duty, in watching over the interests of the profession, to resist the present ' application, being convinced that such a proceeding would be highly prejudicial thereto. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having replied, The COURT took time to consider its decision. THE QUEEN V. THE VESTRYMEN OF MARYLEBONE. After hearing a portion of this case, the Court rose at a quarter past two o'clock, to meet the other Judges in the Exchequer Chamber. EXCHEQUER.---(THIS DAY.) RAYNES V. JONES AND ANOTHER. In this case the plaintiff had obtained a judg ment against four persons of whom the defendant was one. One of them resided in I)evonshire, an other (the defendant) in Denbigh, and the other two in Liverpool. It appeared, that after the judgment, and before it was put in force, the defendant Jones had become insolvent, and been discharged under the Act. He one day had ridden into Carnarvonshire on a horse belonging, as he alleged, to his mother-in-law ; he had put up at an inn there; when the ho rse was seized upon a writ of fieri .facias. Mr. Jarvis had ob tained a rule to set that writ and execution aside, on the ground of irregularity. Cause against that rule was now shown by Mr. Henderson. After long argu ments on both sides, The COURT said the rule must be made absolute. The discharge of the defendant, under the Insolvent Act, was a discharge from all his liabilities, whether personal or joint. Therefore, the Sheriff had no right to seize any property, either of his own or under his charge. Both the writ and execution must be set aside with costs, the defendant undertaking to bring no action for the wrong ful seizure.—Rule absolute. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1841. you must be aware that, on argument, the point may appear a very doubtful one. Mr. WATSON—It is a very important one to be decided. Mr. Justice PATTESON—It is so.—Rule granted. INSOLVENT COURT.--THIS DAY. IN THE MATTER OF EDWARD HALL. The insolvent applied to be discharged on bail, and offered as sureties Win. Rogers and Robert Howe. The latter person was examined by Mr. COOKE for the opposing creditor, as to hip, solvency, and his state ments created astonishment and disgust in the Court. He swore he was worth 1,0001., and resided in Gros venor-mews, as a job-master, and had forty-seven horses ; that he held a situation in the Tower, and that he had a large quantity of property. In his cross-examination, he could only account for two horses, which were let to a Mr. Burrellwho had been at Rome; but where he or the horses were now he did not know, but thought they were " somewhere" on the Continent. He also thought he let two of them on hire to Lord Lowther ; but, again, so far as Howe's statement went., his Lordship was " non est." He also stated that he had a quantity of plate, which, upon his cross-examination, turned out to be a few spoons, and a Britannia metal tea-pot. The Learned COMMISSIONER, in disgust, ordered him to leave the bar and similar objections being made so the other surety, the insolvent was remanded to prison. • • DARING ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO I.IIE HORSE GUARDS. A gentleman connected with the Horse Guards ac quaintedus, so late as Wednesday last, with the fact that a great sensation was created there, on Wednesday morning, about one o'clock, in consequence of a com bustible ball having been thrown into the building with the intention of setting fire to it.l .But the aim of the incendiary not being well taken, hien at the feet of a sentry on !Hwy, who immediately • communicated the circumstance to the authorities; and they are , in pos session, as we are informed, of a .portion of the de structive missile. But what makes'this circumstance the more extraordinary is, that a Atimilar combustible ball was thrown on the same morning at the bar racks behind the National Gallery; at Charing cross. It was fortunately discovered in time to prevent the intention of the incendiary from taking effect. The authorities at the Horse Guards were occupied during the whole 'of 'Wednesday, in endeavouring to discover facts tending to elucidate this mysterious occurrence ; but with no success. The information was then conveyed to Colonel Rowan, of, the Metro lelitan Police, who is now engagettiti tb cumstance ; and it is to be hoped'that 'the ferpetra of the outrage will shortly be in the hands of justice. A great deal of secrecy is observed on the subject, in order that the ends of justice may not be frustrated ; and the impression that now prevails is that the fire at the Tower of London was not accidental, but may be traced to the same arch incendiary who endeavoured to destroy the Horse Guards and the Charing-cross Barracks on the morning of Wed nesday last. Several persons have been examined, but as yet no light has been thrown upon the affair, which remains involved in the deepest mystery. But it is clearly to be seen that a design is entertained by some diabolical incendiaries to destroy the great public buildings of the metropolis. The soldier at the Horse Guards, at whose feet the com bustible ball fell, did not observe any person in the street by whom the missile appeared to have been thrown ; but' in the alarm and confusion which so mysterious an Ewe currence may naturally be supposed to have created in his mind, it is possible that the incendiary escaped before he was looked after. There can be no doubt but that, had the ball taken effect, the Horse Guards would have been destroyed. The above information is derived from authority, upon which we have the firmest reliance.—Planet. This statement having been forwarded to us we caused immediate inquiries to be made ; our reporter proceeded to the chief office of the metropolitan po lice izL Scotland-yard, and was informed that nothing whatever had been heard there on the subject ; and on expressing a wish to see Colonel Rowan, was told that the Colonel was not in town, and that his chief clerk had retired to rest. The Superintendent on duty was not to be seen. We next proceeded to the sta tion of the A division of police in Gardner's-lane, and on inquiring of the Insp ec t or w h e th er h e h a d leard anything of the circumstance, he replied in the negative, adding that if there had been any truth in it they must have heard something of it. The reporter next proceeded to the Horse-Guards, and finding the orderly-room closed, it being near midnight, he accosted the sentinel on duty, and on asking whether he had heard of any attempt to fire the Horse-Guards by a shell of a combustible na ture, his reply was that it was perfectly true, and that a similar ball was thrown into St. George's barracks the same morning, which had seriously wounded one of the men, who was in the hospital. The reporter then ob tained admission into the canteen, and the account as to the throwing of a shell inside the Horse Guards was con firmed by Mr. M'Gregor, who was in the yard at the mo ment the shell alighted, having gone out by mere ac cident. As near as he can recollect, it was about a quarter past twelve o'clock. The ball fell between himself and the sentinel on duty nearly in front of the Canteen, and exploded with a terrific noise. The sound, Mr. M•Gregor says, was as loud as a cannon. He was completely stunned for a time, and "the sentinel," said Mr. M'Gregor, " being rather a raw soldier, flew off like a shot." The alarm caused by the occurrence was very great, and Mrs. M`Gregor and the inmates of the Canteen hastened to the spot. Some combustible materials were still burning, but of what nature they could not distinctly ascertain. There was, however, no clue to the perpetrator of the outrage, which is still involved in mystery. The sergeant on guard said they were in readiness, if the attempt was repeated. It would seem that they had received orders to be on the alert. THE ANTI-BREAD-TAX LEAGUE. MEETING OF DEPUTIES. (From the Anti-Bread-tax Circular.) MANCHESTER, WEDNESIAY EVENING.—The deputies from the different parts of the kingdom assembled this morning at the Spread Eagle Inn, at ten o'clock, to the number of about 120 persons. Much animated discus sion has taken place upon the state and prospects of the Anti-Corn-law movement, the whole of which has been marked by a tone of unabated confidence. Besides the resolutions appended, the League has entered fully into the arrangements for carrying out the agitation during the recess of Parliament ; plans were formed for raising funds for the employment of lecturers, 9.Rd procuring petitions during the recess. One unanimcrwt sentiment pervaded the whole of the deliberations—viz, that it is desirable to be prepared with the whole of tie peti tions previously to the meeting of Parliament, aml that it is expedient to concentrate the energies of the Longue as much as possible upon the different modes of agita tion during the recess. We have only time to say to our friends, "Be ready for action." The following resolutions were resolved unanimously at the meeting, ft. H. Greg, Esq., in the chair : " That this meeting recommends that petitions for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws, be presented to the House of Commons, to the utmost pos sible extent." " .That the meeting recommends the calling of di s t r i c t meetings of deputies from the towns engaged in the manufacture of the various staple products, and of other districts conveniently situated for acting toge ther ; and that they prepare for publication, at such meeting, statements of facts bearing upon the state of the population of their respective districts, especially with reference to the condition of the working classes, and the effects of the Corn-laws upon the rate of wages and upon our foreign and home trade. That such meetings prepare a plan of petitioning the House of Commons for the total and : inmethate repeal of the Corn-law, from, if possible, every ;own, village, congre gation, and workshop, in the district ; that they promote the calling of public meetings ; and, if 'practicable, that deputations be sent up to communicate with her Majes ty's Government upon the state of each trale and dis trict. That the Council of the League be requested im mediately to correspond with all parts of the country, for the purpose of carrying this resolution into effect ; and that the members present pledge themselves to aid the movement in their several localities." " That a Committee be appointed to carry into effect the plan proposed by Mr. James Wilson, and to de termine as to the best Mode and time for bringing the same to maturity; and that the information be sent to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, to be digested and prepared for laying before Parliament and Government, and for publication in such manner as may be most calculated to advance the repeal of the Corn laws; and that that Association be referred to on all sta tistical subjects connected with those laws." " That the Council of the League be requested to draw up for publication, from authentic sources, the most ample details of the acts of class legislation which hare been inflicted upon this country by the landowners." " That this meeting recommends that memorials from the females of the United Kingdom be presented to the Queen, praying her Majesty to exercise her Royal pre rogative in favour of the immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision taxes." " That all the present local Anti-Corn-law Associa tions be requested to extend and perfect their organiza tion for the purpose of proceeding immediately to get up petitions, and otherwise forwarding the cause of repeal ; and that in the opinion of this meeting, it is very de sirable that all petitions should be ready for presentation prior to the assembling of Parliament." " That a meeting of deputies, from all parts of the kingdom, be assembled in London, on or about the com mencement of the next Session of Parliament, of which due notice shall be given by the Council of the League." " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the great prin ciple of total and immediate repeal should be brought forward in the next Session of Parliament, at the earliest possible period ; the precise time to be decided upon by the general meeting of deputies to assemble in London." " That at this, the earliest meeting of delegates from the Anti-Corn-law Associations, after the Conference of ministers to consider the Corn and Provision-laws of the country, the strongest approval of their proceedings be expressed by the gentlemen now assembled ; and that a communication be made to the ministers who at tended, and those who concurred in the propriety of that Conference, conveying this approval, and entreating them to continue and increase their co-operation for the immediate and total repeal of the Corn-laws." FIRE AT WOOLWICH DOCK YARD. At half-past four o'clock this morning, a fire broke out at the manufactory for making the patent fuel for the steamers. It caused very considerable alarm, but was speedily subdued. We regret to add, that owing to an intense log, two men of the Royal Marines and a boy fell into the basin, and the boy was unfortunately drowned. An officer ran against a block of granite and severely hurt his face. MR. EGERTON SMITH. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) It is with feelings of grief, the poignancy of which none can conceive but those whose who have long and intimately known the deceased, that we have to announce the death of Mr. Egerton Smith, the founder, editor, and principal proprietor of the Liverpool Mercury. This melancholy event took place on Thursday night. Mr. Smith had been unwell for many months, but neither he nor his friends anticipated a fatal termination to his ill ness until within the last day or two. When he knew that his last hour was come, he met it with a cheerful ness, fortitude, and resignation, which must have arisen from a consciousness that he had spent a long life in doing, or attempting to do, good to all mankind,—that he had never wilfully injured any human being,—and that if it be indeed true religion to cheer the hearts of the widow and the fatherless,—to provide a home for the destitute, and ever to act upon the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you," then the change must be for him a blessed one. No man that ever lived had better ground for such reflections ; and it must be some consolation to his friends, notwithstanding the magnitude of their be reavement, to know that the tears and blessings of thou sands will follow him to the grave. His universal phi lanthropy, extending even to the brute creation, has made his name known to the farthest corner of the world. As a patriot, husband, father, and friend, he has left no superior ; and we are sure that all who read this hurried and imperfect notice, to whatever political party or reli gious creed they may belong, will sympathise, more or less, in the feelings with which it is penned, and admit that in Egerton Smith Liverpool has lost one of its best citizens, the poor a benefactor, and the cause of huma nity, freedom, and civilization, at home and abroad, one of its most zealous, most consistent, and most disinter ested champions. STRIKE OF MASONS. TO THE EDITOR 01 THE SUN. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury.) ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 19.—Sales this week have been to supply . the immediate require ments of the manufacturers, which, owing to the season, are small. La combing wool, low and middle wethers still go off more readily, and at better proportionate prices than the finer qualities. Prices may be quoted about the same as last. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The very severe weather during this week has rather improved the demand for winter goods, and in fine and middle qualities for the American market there has been about the same amount of business done as for the last week or two. Prices are without any alteration, notwithstanding the advance which has taken place at the late sales in the price of Colonial wool. Very few buyers have been in the market this week, and in consequence there has been very little business done in the warehouses. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, Nov. 16.—This WKS much the same unsatisfactory market-day as last week, buyers few, and comparatively small sales effected. The prin cipal demand was in heavy low-priced woollens. In other descriptions very little was done. Nevertheless prices remain firm, in the anticipation of an increased de mand, as well, perhaps, as from a continuance of orders to a fair amount. Business in the warehouses is toler able, and the merchant looks forward with hope for a more stirring trade. The trade of Holmfirth still gets worse : the number of unemployed and inadequately employed workmen in creases. Their privations will be increased by the se verity with which the winter season has set in. Our prospects are gloomy ; poor-rates begin to be very op pressive to :-bat class which is only one stage above pau perism ; in fact many of them are faring worse than paupers. How long are the eruelties'of the wicked Corn laws to be patiently borne ? _ ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 15.—There has been little or no change in the flannel market during the last three or four weeks ; the demand has been pretty good, but prices still continue very low. This last week a manufacturer has assigned over his effects for the benefit of his creditors: his engagements, it is supposed, will amount to a few thousand pounds. There is no change in the wool market to report. BRAi:wpm) MARKET, Nov. 18.—We cannot report any better doings in manufactured goods, the shipping season being now over, and nothing but small lots required for assorting up the merchants' stock. We are glad to find the manufacturers acting cautiously, and nothing like the usual quantity of goods making as we have known at this season, which we trust will have the effect of keeping prices steady. The demand for yarns has not in any way improved, and the spinners complain loudly of their depressed condition, and see no immediate hope of being able to extend the hours of working, which are at present of a very limited cha racter, being daylight only. Prices without alteration. There is a little more activity as regards the demand for wether wool, but prices remain unimproved. The supply of warp hogs is abundant, in consequence of the substi tution of cotton, and as the introduction of the latter is extending, we see no prospect of any advance in the price of hogs.—Leeds Mercury. DEATH OF MRS. BLAKESLIY.—Late On Thursday-night Mrs. Blakesley expired at the Ki ng ' s Head public-house, in Eastcheap , now occupied by Widow Burdon. It is reported, that on Mrs. Blakesl e y b e i ng informed that her un h appy and infatuated husband h a d been executed she beca me very much excited ; which, c i rcums t an ce, added to her previous precarious state of health, consequent on Blakesley s attack, produced mo st alarming symptoms, and, notwithst an di ng every medical assistance, .ght, she gradually becam e worse, until late on Thursday - n i g ht, when death term inated the poor creature's sufferings. THE APPROACHI NG MARRIAGE IN H IGH LIFE. —Lady Jersey, with her daughter and the young Prince N. Esterhazy, have announced their arrival in town for this day. A dispensation has been solicited from the Roman Cat h o l ic Bi shop t o per f orm the mar riage in Advent. Th e marr iage contract and settlem en t s are drawn up , and his Serene Highness, the young bride groom's father, having sent his full powers, the happy pair will be united in ell probability in the early part of next Math SIR-I find in the Weekly Chronicle of Sunday last, an article headed " Strikes and Fires—Messrs. Grissell and Peto, and the Masons," wherein there are state ments which we trust you will permit us to correct through the medium of your Journal. They state they are " bound to say that both parties appear inclined to skirk the real matter in dispute." Now, Sir, we can assure you that so far from having any desire to " shirk the real matter in dispute," we have at all times endeavoured to give true and faith ful information as to the real cause of the strike, which is solely from the cruel and inhuman treatment which we have experienced from Allen ; and although the Weekly Chronicle does not deny that Allen did lock up the pump, it states upon all the other points adverted to in Allen's letter that they have reason to know that his statements are strictly correct. And in bearing this out, it states that " the man whom he is said to have treated with so much brutality after his fall, was recommended by him to Messrs. Grissell and Peto for other employ ment better suited to his unfortunate state, which he re tains to this hour." We again reiterate, that this, and all the others, is incorrect, and that the man who is said to be re • tained on the works to this hour, is positively not the man alluded to in that charge against Allen. The man was discharged in the manner we have described ; and he shortly afterwards obtained employment in the firm of Messrs. Cubitt, at Westminster Bridge ; and is out of employment at the present time, and is willing to come forward, and prove the truth of that charge ; which is a sufficient proof that he is not in the employ of Messrs. Grissell and Peto. It is also true that Allen refused to allow a man to go to Manchester, to pay the last tribute of respect to his de ceased parent, which caused a strong feeling of indigna tion amongst the workmen, when a meeting was called, and it was unanimously agreed, that the man should go, and if Allen discharged him that steps would be taken to acquaint G rissell and Pete of his conduct ; he did go, with instructions to return as soon as possible, and Allen having learned our intention permitted him to resume his employment. It is unnecessary to take up the columns of your journal by again going into detail upon those charges, as the readers of The Sun are sufficiently acquainted with them ; suffice it to say that we are pre pared to prove the truth of our statements. We have challenged Allen time after time to come forward and prove that they are false, but he has as often shrunk back. The Chronicle again repeats that after " private in quiry they are satisfied of the innocence of Allen." Now we think it is not fair of the Chronicle to pronounce Allen not guilty, merely because they may have made some private inquiries, and without hearing both sides of the question; that is certainly a most unfair and unjust way The Chronicle also states that they " infer from the circumstance that the men employed by Messrs. Gris sell and Peto, at Windsor and at Cambridge, have not followed our example, that there is an unsoundness in our case," and that " they believe not a single working man would have deserted his colours in such a struggle, had Allen been the brutal tyrant described." In an swer to this we have great pleasure to state that out of all the men that have left the works only one single individual has deserted his colours, which alone is suffi cient to prove that the conduct of Allen has been of the most intolerant and tyrannical nature. As to any desire to " limit the amount of work," Grissell and Peto know that it is untrue ; and, to couple the fire at the Tower or at Manchester is certainly ridi culous. We do not wish to charge the Editor of the Chronicle with any desire to state any direct falsehoods, but we think he has been misinformed upon the subject. The public can bear testimony to the truth of the statement of the Chronicle, where the writer says that the " strike has been conducted with fairness and mo deration, and that there has been no violence or inti timidation." We have always denounced coercion or intimidation. They will always injure a good cause; and this strike is upon a high moral principle , inasmuch as it is not for an advance of wages, but it is whether we are to be treated like beasts of burden, or whether we are to be treated as moral and intellectual beings. Armed with the rec titude of our cause, we willpursue the same peaceful and steady line of conduct that has hithert o c h aracterised 'We remain, your's Three ospNbeoEcdtyf,lSONS. u our proceedings. Trusting that you w ill g i ve this IllAin sertion in the columns of The Sun, THE Signed, 0n OPERATIVEbehaf o f st Nor. 18. ARMSTRONG WALTON. ............................_ COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Viscountess Canning, Lady Theresa Lister, Lady Matilda Wynyard, Hon. Mrs. G. Villiers, Hon. Mrs. West, Hon. Miss Stuart, Mrs. Meynell Ingram, Miss West, Hon. Mr. West, and Sir Thomas Fremantle, had the honour yesterday of being gratified with the sight of his Royal Highness the infant Prince at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, visited the Riding House at Pimlico, yesterday. The Chairman of the East India Company, and the Deputy-Chairman, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence, in Downing -street. Despatches from the Governor of New South Wale s and Hond uras , were rece i ved yesterday at t h e Colonial • office. Viscount Melbourne has left town for his residence, Melbourne Hall, Derby. Miss Magdalene Ross had the honour to receive, yes terday, the sittings for the miniature of the Ho n. Miss Anson, which she is painting by command of her Majesty. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. The bulletin of her Majesty's health, exh ibited at Marlborough House, to the Nobility and Gentry yester day, was as follows: " The Queen Dowager has been able to take more nourishment during the last twenty-four hours, and her Majesty is somewhat stronger this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Nov. 18, 1841." HYTHE.—The following membets, all Libe rals, have been returned for this Borough, notwithstand ing all the extraordinary Tory i nfluence . of th e l oca li ty: - - jeremiah Smith, Charles Hicks, Aldermen ; William Belt Ghatterton, William Lioneywood, Thomae:Wbite. E VEN INCr SUN BRITISH IRON COMPANY. The first half-yearly meeting • of the Proprietors in the British Iron Company took place yesterday at the London. Tavern, Bishopsg - ate-street. 1 'he meeting was also shade special, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the Report of the Committe, e of Proprietors ap- Tointed by the general meeting held on the 24th June ti.st, in pursuance of the resolution p, used at the general ;meeting held on the 28th Sept. last. In consequence of the Directors having received a :requisition, requiring them "to call, without delav, a ;Special General Meeting of the Shitreholders, at the. :London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consider :talon the following resolution and confirming the same, pursuant to the 31st Clause of the Deer I of Settlement." " That the British Iron Company be.' and is hereby .dissolved,—and that a Committee of ten .Proprietors be 'chosen at this meeting to carry into Alla the dissolu tion of the Company in the manner most INdvantageous to the interests of the Proprietors in generaL " The meeting was also made special for :he further purpose of taking into consideration the. alxwe reso lutions : At one o'clock, the Chair was taken by Sir G. .Lar p ent, mid at that hour there was a full attendance of v, rectors and Proprietors. The requisition'calling the meeting been read, Me CHAIRMAN proceeded to read the Report of the . Directors to the Proprietors at the present half-yearly meetii ig, which stated, that with regard to the operations r Company,, the ,nst t n o e 70 quantity safi:rtonntshd e o: e uo p hfl i a i fcalm, bar,, iron -yte a half-y e ar Ba2ile ndings,t manufac turedonssc. 19,178 t l oh 9 f e , t l h 7 3e B ° tib Ytj :tonsutn;h Jun e , was o company, and of coLd, 29,589 tons. The total receipts from Wales and Staffordshire were 7,1741., and deducting expenditure of various sorts, there remained a balaiice of 2711. 14s. The Report then went at some length into %he affairs of the Company, and recommended the immeoNate payment of calls by the Shareholders in arrear, as otherwise legal proceedings would be instituted against them. The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary to remind the Proprietors that the present meeting was also made special, to take into consideration the Report of the Com mittee with regard to the dissolution of the Company. That Report had been printed and circulated among the Proprietors, and it would be perhaps unnecessary to read it again. Whether it would be the pleasure of the Proprietors or not to act upon that Report, the i Directors were anxious that the subject should I undergo full and ample discussion. They only wanted such a full expression of the opinion of the Proprietors as should guide the Directors in their future operations. Let them but know what the sentiment of the majority of, the Shareholders was, and they would be ready to act ppoo it. 'The Report which he had just read gave the ' ,vet:Jig a full and fair view of the proceedings of the Cox.-ipany, as far as they could be ascertained; and it now re s i ft , with the meeting to say what course should be adopted. .. Major FeICHARDSON wished that there should be no misunderstaeding or mistake about the matter, -and as the present was 41. half-yearly general meeting as well as a special meeting, he wished, before the half-yearly meeting was disposNl of, to put some questions, and to move certain resolutions. The CHAIRMAN wished to state that the Directors had no intention whatever to blink any question, or interfere with any resolution that might be put forward. They had given all the proceediVs and operations of the Company, as far as they could be ascertained in so large an undertaking, and they were - there now to have the opinion of the Proprietors,. and tkide by it. Major RICHARDSON would suite what he intended to do with regard to the genet...Al n.leeting. They had heard the Report of the Directors,. and a long statement of figures and opinions, and he clefaNl any individual who had heard them hastily read over t o form a fair and un prejudiced opinion. He should, thel - efore, move that the Report and statement of accounts bt' printed and circu lated among the Subscribers, and tha,' the meeting be adjourned for a fortnight, in order to g;ve them time to examine them fully.—(Hear, hear.) That would be his first resolution, and he should then deal with the ques tion of the dissolution of the Company. He would ob serve that, foreseeing what would happen, the united Shareholders had written to request these .'Mounts to be printed and circulated a v. - eek before th e present meeting, but they had met with a courteous but firm refu sal. Ile should now move his resolution. The resolution having been seconded by another Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said he had not the slightest wish that they should not have the fullest information before them, but he spoke for their own interest - when he pointed out the impropriety of having their accounts printed and publicly discussed. He did not wish to de prive them of seeing every paper and document that might be required; but it was for them to say whether it would be for the credit and respectability of a large manufacturing and commercial concern lite theirs, that so unusual a proceeding as printing and circulating their accounts should be adopted. He could assure them that these objections did not arise from any wish to prevent their seeing any document that might be necessary to enable them to come to a proper decision. A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether, in the event of the resolution of adjournment being carried, it was the intention of Major Richardson to proceed with the question of the dissolution of the Company? Major RICHARDSON said his motion of adjournment. merely referred to the report and accounts. A PROPRIETOR thought that would be a very inconve nient and improper course. The CHAIRMAN said, if further time was required the whole of the questions before them ought to be ad journed. It would be unfair to postpone the considera tion of the accounts, and then to discuss the question of the dissolution of the Company. Mr. RICARDO thought they should take the proceed ings in their regular course, and if the Chairman would. allow him he would take the liberty of moving a reso lution. The CHAIRMAN said there was a resolution already before him, but Mr. Ricardo might move his as au amendment. Mr. RICARDO—Then he would move his resolu tion as an amendment ; but he would frankly avow that his resolution applied to the special meeting.—(" That won't do.") It was absolutely necessary that something should be done. These constant and irritating meetings were most irregular, and depreciated the character of the Company. The parties who were opposed to the best interests of the Company were not in a position to vote upon any motion—they had not paid up their calls, and, by their conduct, only harrassed those who had honestly done so. It was absolutely ne cessary that they should come to some distinct resolution which should be carried into full effect. The proceedings of the United Shareholders were almost dis graceful.—(Hear, hear.) They put forth statements that were wholly untrue.—(Uproar.) The CHAIRMAN—ReaIIy if order is not maintained, I will throw myself upon the Proprietary and adjourn the meeting. Mr. ilicaaro—There was hesitation or indisposition on the part of the Directors to dissolve the Association, but how could it be done at once by a Com pany with engagements to the amount of 50,0000 It was easy for those who had not paid up their instalments to cry out for an immediate dissolution, but in the position of the Company it was absurd—it was an impossibility, and could not be fulfilled. He would move as an amendment, " That it is the opinion of this Meeting that in the present distressed state of the iron trade, it would.be most injurious to the Proprietors (if connected with considerations, preservebitutis that, the subject also not absolutely impracticable) , to di spose 'of the several works of the Company , and that it i s essential to main tainlar e h a n e t n do i ah abovebl in a as e t t t r ac paramount af m o n efficiency, and t o them; the decided opinion of this meeting that all the future operations should be conducted with a view to the dissolution dis posal of the works, and the ultimateof the Company. That, as in the meantime the only means of meeting the promissary notes of ment of those calls for which every Shareholder is morally and legally res • ponsible, and on the faith of which they were issued, the Directors be required to continue to take the most active measures for enforcing payment of the calls from such Proprietors as have made Committee be appointed to co-ope rate with the a Directors in carrying out the resolution. Mr. WILKiNSON said the question was a most im portant one, and he would demand a ballot upon it. Mr. GIBBS seconded the motion for a ballot. Mr. TAYLOR--Who has ballot. The CHAIRMAN read a clause in the deed by which it appeared no person could vote unless he had paid UP all calls that had been made. Mr. TAYLOR—Then it was a most complicated ques tion. There were some Proprietors who came from the Stock Exchange, where they had bought their shares for half-a-crown. There were others who had paid up all their calls to the amount of 701. per share. There were others who had paid up all the calls but the last ; were they also to be excluded ? Mr. FRESHFIELD—CertainIy. Mr. TAYLOR—That was rather hard, for many had paid up all the former calls upon the assurance that the Directors had full power to enforce the payment of the calls from the refractory Shareholders. In that opinion many of them had been shaken, and, therefore, they had not paid up the last call. It was hard that they should be excluded from voting. The CHAIRMAN —The Directors felt upon this ques tion the same as the Proprietary. The late solicitors to intended, the Company had been well and the advi ce given by them was pr oved to be good by the proceedings which had taken place at Croydon. There the party sued had given way and paid the calls. H e w ould call upon Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor, to state in what position the pending actions stood. Mr. FRESHFIELD—At the last meeting he had held the situation of Solicitor to the Company only a f ew days ; since then he had made himself acquainted with the deed, and he had further fortified himself with the opinion of Sir Wm. Follett—(hear, hear)—and he now said that there was no doubt of the le g al liability of every Sh a reholder to pay all the calls made upon him. In t h e ac tions pending the time for pleading expired early in m o nth, but the defendants had asked for further this and it, had been given them ; but he did not thinker time, they ever would plead. Major RICHARDSON—Yes, e will. The pleas are ready. A SHAREHOLDER—Were the Proprietors then in the room to be excluded from voting? Mr. PRESHFIELD—NO Shareholder who has not paid his calls can vote. Mr. TAYLOR—Not even those who have paid up all the calls but the last? 16:FRESHFIELD — That is their misfortune, but it is the law according to the deed. Mr. GOLDSWORTHY—Was not the delay in proceeding with the actions the fault of the Directors? Mr. TAYLOR would ask, was the gentleman entitled to put the question—for it was well known that there were many persons in the Associ a ti on who were mere sptindolners only 2a many who were paup ers, and others who had 2a 6d, for their shares, MORRIS V. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. This was an action brought by the clergyman of a parish in Norfolk to set aside an alleged modus—it has been very frequently before the Court. The plaintiff succeeded. Mr. B. ANDREWS now moved for a rule to show cause why the defendant should not pay the costs of the action, which from the spirit in which the plaintiff had been met amounted to upwards of 1,400/.—Rule granted. The whole morning was occupied with motions of a technical nature. No features of public interest pre sented themselves. Their Lordships rose at two o'clock, for the purpose of meeting the other Judges for the con sideration of some Crown cases reserved during the late Assizes. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE "SUSSEX AGRICUL TURAL EXPRESS."-THE QUEEN V. BAXTER. _ _ __ Mr. PLATT moved for a rule, calling upon the defen dant, Mr. Baxter, the proprietor of the Sussex Agricul tural Express, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for the publication of a libellous paragraph, reflecting on one of the Members for Lewes, and imputing to him that he had been guilty of bribery and corruption at the late election for that borough. Mr. Harford, in his affidavit, denied on oath all the allegations made against him, and sw&Q distinctly that he had not bribed any of the elec tors, directly or indirectly—that he had never given any directions to any other person to do so, nor did he be lieve that any of his agents, or any member of his Committee had been guilty of bribery and corruption. Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Mr. WATSON, on behalf of a gentleman named Ogden, appeared for a rule calling upon the Great North of Eng land Railway Company to show cause why they should not immediately proceed to set out the Railway from Darlington to Newcastle. This was an application si milar to the one which had been made in this Court in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway, in which case the rule, after argument in the other Court, had been made absolute, a mandamus had gone down which on the return had been quashed, on the ground of insufficiency. In the year 1836, an Act of Parliament had been ob tained by the Great North of England Railway Com pany, for the making of a railway from Gateshead, opposite the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Beworth on-the-Tees, thus connecting the river Tees by railway with the town of Newcastle. It was also the intention of the Company to carry a railway from the river Tees to the city of York, and in the next Session of Parlia ment an Act had been obtained for carrying the railway from the Tees to York. The first had been obtained in 1836; they immediately proceeded to complete the rail way from the City of York to the Tees, and that portion of the line was now open. They also, under their first Act proceeded to complete the original railway from the river Tees to Darlington, a distance of about four miles out of 36. Whether this extension to Darlington enabled them to fetch coals from West Auckland, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he could not then stop to inquire, but with the exception of buying some small portions of property they had not done anything for the completion of the line from Darlington to Newcastle. He thought that he had already shown sufficient to entitle him to his rule; but lately a meeting of the Company had been held, at which a plan had been proposed for abandoning the original line, and for the adoption of another line. Close to the city of Durham, where the original line would have passed, they would, according to the Act of Par liament, have had to carry an immense embankment across Shimcliff Valley, the expense attending which had probably been the cause of their desiring to abandon the original line. Mr. Ogden, on whose behalf he applied, possessed property close to what would have been the Durham station, and it was now proposed to carry the railway from Darlington to Newcastle, by carrying the line four or five miles from Durham through a place called Thistleton Gap, and then deviating to the right to join the Durham Junction Railway, which railway joined the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, which went to Shields and joined the Brandling Junction Railway, and thus the railway was carried from Darlington to Newcastle by a devious course, and by joining three railways, on which loads of coal were constantly being carried, thus adding considerably to the danger of the passengers travelling on the railway. All that was deficient in the Eastern Counties case was present here. The public had given this Company certain privileges, and that Company had entered into a contract with the public to complete the line. They had agreed to carry the rail way close to Durham ; they now proposed to pass at a considerable distance from Durham. Mr. Justice PATTESON—They must get an Act of Parliament to make the deviation, and then the present Act will be repealed, and your rule will fall to the ground. Is this the proper place to fight the question? Mr. WATSON submitted that they could not sp ecu l ate on what Parliament might do ; besides the Company might complete the line for five or six miles to join the Durham Junction, and they would not want any Act of Parli ament. The Company had obtained an Act, giving them longer time, but the additional time would expire in two years; and his affidavit showed that unless they imm e di ate l y proceeded to take steps for the completion of the line, it would not be completed in time. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Does the line pass through the property of your client ? Mr. WATSON—No, my y Lord,ou mayclo tasetkoe your it. Mr. Justicerule ; but l'ArrEsoN M ARLBOROITGH_STREET. (THIS DAY.) A female, about 19 years of age, whose name was stated to be Mary Carter, fashionably dressed and of interesting appearance, and who was accompanied by her mother and brother, was charged with making an at tempt to throw herself into the Serpentine River. Police constable, 201 of th© A division,' stated that about ten minutes before seven o'clock this morning while standing on the bridge over the Sepentine River, he saw several persons standing together, and on pro ceeding to them found the defendant lying on the wet ground divested of her bonnet, shawl, and stockings and shoes, and some Of the bystanders informed him that she had made an attempt to throw herself into the river. Watchin g an opportunity while witness's attention was engaged she made another effort to get to the water, but was prevented by him, and she then burst into tears, and on being questioned refused to give any account of herself. The mother of the defendant stated that her daughter had been married about nine months to a highly respect able tradesman at the West-end, but that he so con tinually and cruelly ill-treated her, that she (the mo ther) had no doubt but that her poor child's mind had been overwrought to madness by her wrongs, and that in a fit of desperation she had purposed making away with herself. After a lengthened conversation, it was settled that Mrs. Carter should, for the present, remain in charge of her relations, and that proceedings should be in stantly commenced against the husband for personal and most brutal violence to his wife. DiSTRESSS IN SPIrALFIELDS. PRELIMINARY MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN-THIS DAY. A Preliminary Meeting was held at the London Tavern this day, for the purpose of taking into consi deration the best means of relieving the distress at pre sent prevailing in Spitalfields, and the Metropolis gene rally. lclr. Sheriff ROGERS took the chair shortly after one o'clock. The CuAinmAm then said ho had no doubt that the thinness of the meeting was owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, and to the circumstance of their not having had time to advertise their inten tion of assembling on that occasion. He felt assured, however, that they should completely suc ceed in their charitable undertaking. He would not detain them by any lengthened explanations as to the object for which they had met ; :and he hoped they would have deeds rather than words upon such an occasion. He had waited on the Lord Mayor, who would have been then present if the state of his health had not prevented hitn:; but he hoped that at ;their future meeting they: would be honoured by his support and presence. His Lordship felt warmly in the cause, and would be ready to do everything in his power to forward their views. Their only object that day was to consider the best steps to be taken for the relief of the distress which now prevailed so generally in the metropolis. Every one who had visited the abodes of the ope ratives of Spitalfields in particular, must be aware of the extreme distress under which they suf fered ; and he believed they were all agreed that they should do every thing in their power to alle viate it. He would leave it to the gentlemen present to propose whatever means they might think most likely . to be conducive to so desirable an end.—(Hear.) T. C. GIBSON, Esq., in coming forward to move the first resolution, said that he was very anxious to render every service in his power towards the relief of the dis tressed operatives of this country. He thought the cause was one which at this moment particularly called for the best exertions of every one who could sympathise in the sufferings of his fellow-men. He had personal knowledge of the distress now prevailing among the operatives of Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, and other towns ; and it was truly lamentable to see the con dition to which they were reduced. He believed that the inhabitants of Spitalfields were exposed to similar sufferings ; and he felt therefore that there could be but one feeling as to the propriety of relieving their wants.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Gibson concluded by moving the following resolution :—"That as the proprietor of Garraway's Coffee-house has offered the Committee the use of a room, and as Mr. Bland has offered to act should gratu be itouslyaccaesptheodnobry the arysec c r o e m ta mte ryi l thci w r it k h iti th d an o k ff s e t r o s them for their kindness." Mr. SANDERSON seconded the resolution. Mr. SANDERSON, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, rose to propose the second resolution. It gave him great pleasure in coming forward to assist in this laud able object—the relief of the Spitalfields weavers. It was a pleasing trait in the character of Englishmen that, notwithstanding the provisions made for the relief of the poor, more than in any other country, and more especially in that great commercial city, that gentlemen were found ever ready and willing to come forward in the cause of the poor. It gave him great pleasure to move the following resolution— " That the Committee now formed, sit daily at Garra way's, where subscriptions, h owever small, will be most thankfully received." He was very glad to find that the words " however small,' : were introduced, for it often hap pened that. when there was a great amount of distress, persons who were not so well able to come forward with their sovereigns were also deterred from coming forward with their shillings and sixpences for the want of a re solution like the present one. H e was aware that there were many mechanics now in employment whose hearts were equally warm with those of if the rich, and who would be glad to assist their brother-w orkmen, and an opportunity was offered for them to come forward with their small sums; and thus they might be compared to the fructifying showers upon the earth on a spring day. He had great pleasure in moving the resolution.—(Cheers.) The resolution, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. THORNBORROW begged to propose the next reso lution, and in doing so he could assure them that he gave way to no one in the warm sentiments he felt for the suffering people of Spitalfields. lie had very great pleasure in moving the following resolution : " That a general meeting of the citizens of London and the friends of the poor throughout the metropolis be called at the London Tavern, on Friday next at twelve for one o'clock, for the purpose of considering the propriety of having a ball, and also to receive subscrip tions for the poor manufacturers of Spitalfields; and that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be solicited to take the chair." A GENTLEMAN present said it gave him great pleasure in seconding any mode of carrying out the object in view. As far as regarded a ball, he had his doubts as to the result being favourable. He thought some other mode would be attended with more beneficial results. lie thought balls were attended with a great deal of useless expense. The CHAIRMAN said he thought it would be best to refer the subject to the Committee, or bring it forward at a general meeting. Ile had known many parties who had taken tickets for the Polish ball, and who did not attend. He thought a ball was the best mode. A vote of thanks — was then given to the Chairman, who briefly returned thanks, and the meeting adjourned. WRECK.—FOUR LIVES LOST, --DOVER, Nov. 18.—This morning the Confidence, of Barking, fishing-smack, was brought in here in tow of one of the Dover fishing vessels, with loss of mast, &c., and four of r her crew. The disaster occurred in a sudden sq ua ll o ff the coast of Holland, about s ix o'cl ock on Sunday even ing ; and the wreck, after bein g driven about at th e mercy of the winds and waves for about 24 hour s , was c picked ewconsisted up b your fishermen originally . of on eight Mondaypeons s. At the time afterno on . Th e of the accident the Captain was on a visit on board of a nother vessel, a customary practice, we under s t an d, i n moderate weather, when little is doing in the fishing de partment, as was the case in this instance. Three men and three boys were on the deck of the Confidence, when a gale came on suddenly, and a tremendous sea struck her, carrying away the mast, sails, and every part of the standing rigging, and washing overboard two men and three boys, all of whom perished except one little fellow, about 14 years of age, who caught hold of the boom as it floated at the vessel's side, and by this; means he was ultimately saved, after remaining a considerable time in the water. One of the men drowned was married, an other a young man just out of his apprenticeship, and the other two were mere youths. Yesterday morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, an inquest w as taken before Mr. Wakley, ALP., at the house No. 9, Grove-road, St. John's Wood, on view of the body of Grogan Mitchell, Esq., aged 64, a gentle man of independent fortune, who committed suicide by shooting himself. Evidence to that effect having been adduced, the Jury, after a lengthened discussion, re turned a verdict, "'That the deceased was found dead of certain mortal injuries inflicted on himself with a pistol, and at the time of the suicide he was insane." The investigation as to the cause of the death of a soldier belonging to the 65th regiment, has termi nated in a verdict of manslaughter against W. Irwin, the keeper of the shooting gallery at the Old Ring of Bells. Irwin has been committed to take his trial on the Coro ner's warrant. The body of the deceased was interred on the 10th inst., in St. Andrew's burial ground with military honours.—Plymouth Journal.