The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

MORNING SUN EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Special General Court of the Proprietors of India Stock was held yesterday for the purpose of considering addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert, on the late auspicious event, the birth of the Duke of Cornwall. GEORGE LYALL, ESQ., M.P. (who was accompanied by most of the Directors) took the Chair at twelve &clock ' when the minutes of the last meeting were read over and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then said the Court had met on one of the most interesting occasions on which they had ever assembled.—(Hear, hear.) They had met to consider addresses of congratulation upon the birth of an Heir Apparent to the throne of these realms. He had great pleasure, as the official of the Court of Directors, in pro posing that the Court should carry to the Queen the heartfelt congratulations of the Proprietors of that Court on an occasion most interesting to the feelings—on the occurrence of an event conducive to the happiness of all her loyal subjects. It was an event the more to be rejoiced at, inasmuch as the birth of a Prince would tend to secure that glorious Constitution over vvhich the illustrious family from which her Majesty descended had presided so long, so happily, and so beneficially for the country.—(Cheers.) Apart from national consider ations it was impossible that their hearts should not sympathise with our virtuous and accomplished Queen, on an event which crowned all human enjoyment. He would not longer detain the Court, but would at once pro pose that the address, which the clerk would read, should be adopted, signed, sealed with the seal of the Court, and presented to her Majesty by the Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The Address was in the usual form. Colonel LUSHINGToN (the Deputy Chairman)—ln rising to second the motion, it was unnecessary for him to add much to what had already been said by the Chair man. They must all hail such an event as one calculated to increase her Majesty's comfort and happiness, as well as benefit the country 'at large. Mr. WEEDING of course did not rise to offer any op position to the motion—it was one in which all would cordially join ; but as the times were fraught with pecu liarity, he trusted the Court would allow him to indulge in a Jew observations. He wished to be allowed to give expression to those feelings of joy which animated his mind. A direct succession to the Throne must at all times be an object of much interest and desire ; but, under present circumstances, the prospect of it must add greatly to the joy of the country. The Prince was the offspring of a youthful and beloved sovereign, destined, he trusted, to live for many years to be a blessing to the son which she had borne, and to the country over which she had been called to nile. Her reign would afford time and opportunity to prepare the mind of the young Prince for the dignity to which he would rise—there would be instilled into his mind. every precept of domestic virtue—sound principles of faith and charity. He would afterwards be strengthened in mind, and made acquainted with the sound principles of our glorious Constitution by an acquaintance with the noblemen and gentlemen of England, and by those means he would learn the value of self-government before he was called upon to govern others. He would then bring to the Government of the country (might it be long before he was called to it) a thorough knowledge of the Constitution of the country and of the wants of those over whom he was called to govern. He could not help giving utterance to those feelings of joy, and now he would allow the Court to do what he knew they were anxious to do—to carry the resolution 'vitt accla mation. Mr. TWINING - Having on many occasions ex pressed his feelings when addresses to the Throne were proposed in that Court, he trusted he would be allowed to express, on that auspicious occasion, his cordial concurrence in those sentiments which appeared to actuate the minds of all present. Upon no occasion in which there had been any reference to the Throne of these Realms had there been any difference of opinion in that Court. They had always shown the utmost respect and attachment to the Throne and to the Illustrious Family which had now so many years presided over the destinies of this great country, and so he had no doubt they always would; but upon no other occasion had they been so called upon to give expression to feelings of joy and of gratitude, as for the happy event which had beea the cause of their assembling that day. He begged to be allowed to express the very great satis faction he experienced in joining with all sincerity in the congratulations which were to be conveyed to her gracious Majesty. It was an event which bade fair to add strength to the nation, and increase the happiness of the people. The motion was then put and carried unanimously, and with acclamation. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a similar address to be presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN seconded the motion. The Prince, by his simple manners, his urbanity, his atten tion to and love fir oar institutions, had won for him the good opinions of all. This motion was likewise agreed to with acclamation, and the Court adjourned. RRYMNEY IRON COMPANY. The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders in this Com pany was held yesterday at one o'clock, at their office, 7, Lawrence Pountney-hill, for the purpose of receiving the statement of the accounts of the Company, &c. We are precluded from giving any account of the pro ceedings, as the parties in the establishment refused to admit our Reporter to the meeting. IRELAND. NEW IRISH APPOINTMENTS. It is said that Lord 1)e Grey—in order to make amends to Mr. West for the indignity put upon him by the Chancellor—has opened a negotiation with Master Townsend, with a view to the appointment of Ser geant Greene to the Mastership, and the consequent ap pointment of Mr. West to the Sergeantcy. We can scarcely believe that Sergeant Greene, whose professional attainments and reputation at the bar justly entitle him to the most elevated judicial station, would consent to such an arrangement. If the Govern ment be really anxious to promote men of moderate views to the bench, they could scarcely fix on a more suitable person than Mr. Sergeant Greene. His eleva tion would be perfectly satisfactory to all parties in Ire land ; for, whatever may be his politics, he has never dragged them into Court when discharging the duties of the advocate, nor exhibited them on the bench, when acting as a Judge.—Dublin Pad. DEATH OF MRS. CATHERINE M'AULEY, OF THE MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT BURNLEY BARRACKS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) I yesterday sent you a short account, and am afraid you would think it an intrusive act on my part, but can assure you the deed has caused such a consternation in this neighbourhood that you will be better able to imagine than for me to describe it. I have this evening had the surgeon who was called in (Mr. - White) at my house, and from him I have learned the following particulars, which you may rely upon as being as near the facts as any that can be ascertained at present. It is ex pected the Coroner will sit either to-day or to morrow. At or about half-past eight o'clock on Sunday evening, after the officers had had their dinner, and were sitting around the mess-room fire, Lieut. O'Grady rose from his seat, and retired from the room. In a short time after he had gone out a person was heard to scream much. On some of the party rising, and proceeding towards the door, to see what the cause of the noise was, they were met in the door-way by Lieut. O'Grady running in, and saying that Morris had murdered him ; he walked towards the fire-place ; there he fell down on the carpet, and it was soon perceived that be was wounded. As soon as the parties then in the room (whom I believe were only two or three) recovered a little from the shock, one of them went to the door leading into the passage. The first thing he observed was Morris standing in the lobby, brandishing a large knife in his hand. Not liking to face him unarmed, he returned to the fire-place for the poker, and then again went to the passage, during which period it is sup posed that Morris had followed the wom:ln, and had stabbed her in four different places; the most fatal one a little below the left shoulder blade. On the approach of the individual to the place, he there found the woman lying, but not dead ; also the mur derer, who, I believe, but am not at the pre sent time positive, never spoke afterwards; lif he did it was only for a short time, for he had effected his deadly purpose, most un doubtedly on himself, as he lived but a short time. He had run the knife into his own body just below the breast-bone ; again in two places a little lower, with another large cut on the right side of the body, and then turned the knife downwards. Whether any altercation had taken place be tween Mr. O'Grady and Morris, I am not aware; but should suppose that will be ascertained before the Coroner, as Mr. O'Grady lived till nearly ten o'clock the following morning, and was sensible up to the time of his death. The parents of the unfortunate woman live, I believe, in the officers' apartments or mess-house, and the individual who caused the death of these persons was the messman't waiter, and has been jealous of the female for some time back, though I am given to understand she was a married woman, but did not live with her husband. Colne, November 16, 1841. [Burnley - Barracks are situate about six miles north of Colne, in Lancashire, and nearly half way between Leeds and Preston. Burnley is a small manufacturing town containing between 9,000 and 10,000 inhabitants. We take this op portunity of returning our thanks to our Corre spondent at Colne, for his attention and readi ness in forwarding the particulars of these horri ble deeds, which enabled us to give an account of them in The Sun of last evening—the only paper in which they appeared.] ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The manufacturing town of Burnley, in Lan cashire, has been thrown into a state of great ex citement by the commission of a double murder, followed by the self-destruction of the assassin, Robert Morris, a private in the Regiment of the 60th Rifles, quartered in that place. Morris, who was a Scotchman, also officiated as mess-waiter, and was servant to Lieutenant O'Grady. He had formed an intimacy with a girl named Isabella Hadden, daughter of John Hadden, the mess master of the barracks, and it was jealousy of this young woman that led to the fatal results we have to state. On Sunday evening Morris ob served Isabella Hadden going with Lieutenant O'Grady in the direction of the latter's bedroom. Providing himself with a carving knife from the kitchen, he proceeded to the bedchamber, at the door of which he met his master and the girl. He stabbed them both with his destructive weapon, inflicting two wounds in the neck and one in the abdomen of the girl, and some dan gerous abdominal wounds upon his officer. The wretched man then turned his weapon against himself, stabbing himself repeatedly in the ab domen, and in other parts of the body. Imme diately afterwards he was discovered in the pas sage, unable to speak, and he only lived three minutes after he had been removed to his pantry. Lieut. O'Grady, upon being wounded, rushed into the mess-room and exclaimed that Morris bad murdered him. He was conveyed to bed, and medical attendance procured, but it was all in vain, the unfortunate officer living only until noon on Monday. Isabella Hadden was removed to the lodgings of her parents, and died in great agony at one o'clock on Monday morning. The bodies lie at the barracks awaiting the inquest, which will be held over them by Mr. Harg-reaves, one of the Coroners for the northern division of Lancaster. CAUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. STR,—Permit me to make known, through the medium of your widely-circulated Journal, the following occurrence, with a suggestion to the parties suffering :—On Friday last a man, assum ing the characteristics of a commercial man, entered the travellers' room of the Cross Hotel, Bromsgrove, and intimated that he should want dinner at four o'clock, and that he would, in the interim, go out and do his ." Trade." He re turned, the cloth was laid, but, said he, I must defer my dinner a quarter of an hour. Half an hour elapsed, and when the servant went into the room she found that the " ci-divant" traveller had left, and that two table-spoons, of costly make, were non-est. These, doubtlessly, soon became amalgamated with others, the produce of his " Trade," in a crucible. My suggestion is, that all tavern-keepers should intimate to their visitors the necessity of giving their card on arrival. To a right-minded man it would not be objectionable, whilst it might deter the evil-disposed from attempting wrong; for it is quite clear that neither life Or property are safe under the present system. At the Bull Hotel, Cambridge, well known for its superior arrangements, a neat brass-plate is conspicuously placed in the entrance hall, whereon is engraved—" It is respectfully re quested that all visitors will be pleased to leave their card at the bar on arrival." And at the Crown Hotel, Leamington Spa, a card is fixed on the mantel-piece of the commercial room, in timating,—" It is requested that none but com mercial gentlemen will occupy this room." Thus the tavern-keeper may render himself, and those around him secure, whilst his cus tomary commercial charges, and the comforts of his commercial friends, are not encroached upon by those not entitled to them. I am, Sir, t'our's, most obediently, Nov. 13. AN OLD TRAVELLER. TilE HOUSE OF MERCY. This truly pious and patriotic Irishwoman should not drop into the tomb like those who leave no traces of use fulness behind them. With a mind, a person, and an in dependent fortune, which might command exalted rank in any point of Christendom, she practised, as far as any mortal could, her Saviour's noblest attribute. The house of Mercy, in Baggot-street, and. fourteen similar esta blishments in various portions of the empire—namely, those of Kingstown, Booterstown, Tullamore, Carlow, Naas, Galway, Limerick, Wexford, Charleville, Cork, Parsonstown, Bermondsey, Liverpool, and Birmingham— were her own foundations ; and, after seeing about one hundred of her spiritual daughters walking in her path, she expired in lita. 57th year of a disease which she con tracted iu the discharge of what she deemed her duty. From the hand of one who knew her many years before she took the veil, and who has frequently been edified by her example, this trilling tribute is an act of grati tude and justice. THE NV EITHER. 'There was a heavy fall of snow last night and this mornin g , an occurrence very unusual in thi*, country at so early a seasua of the year. The hills in tha vicinity of the city have all the appearance of a severe January. Several of ,he country mails were late in their delivery at the Post-otlkee this morning, the coaches having been retarded by the state of the reads. Dublin Evening Mail. RECEPTION OF LORD CO WLEY IN PARIS held His Majesty Louis Pmhiolalisape. a Court at the Tuileries this morning ( Lotd Cowley, the newly -appointed the reception of Court of France. His Excellency has m t b k assador to the dance at present at Meuriee's Hotel, in h n up his resi dence the preparations fur his reception at titl.aeßue Rivoli, not yet completed. At noon precisely two of the %al carriages, each drawn by eight horses, ar • n o: -- above hotel for the purpose of conveying hisll arrived at the to the Palace. The cortege consisted of tho Excellency tn carriages, follo wed b y four outriders and his Lo .o rcli o l y p 'll s r and tho attaches carriag e, containing Mr. Henry Bulwe attaches of the embassy. - Lord Cowley was conducted to the throne-room by Count St. Monis, where •he was presented to Majesty, who was standing at the throne, at hi eth foot of which was M. Guizot. His L'ord ship. then put on his hat, and presented his cre dentials to the King , who immediately handed them to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. After the customary speech, to which his Majesty replied in most flittering terms, the Ambassador withdrew to the Royal apartments to he introduced to the Queen, to the Prince, and to the Princesses of the Royal Household. At twenty minutes past one his Excellency returned to his hotel in the carriage of his Majesty in the same order as before. There will be this evening a grand dinner, to which are invited all the members of the English Embassy. On Wednesday next, the lith inst., M. Guizot will give a grand diplomatic dinner to Lord Cowley, to which Sir Stratford Canning, the English Ambassador to Vienna, is invited. To-morrow, the 16th, Lord Cowley, will commence his visits to the members of the corps 41uniatique resident in Paris. The report that his Excellency had already paid some of these visits is unfounded, as his Lord ship held no official character until the presentation of his credentials. -, ~_ __-= --- ------- . INFLU X OF G OLD AND — SILVER. — It Is un d,r-tuml that for Soffit' tine pest the imports of sove- Icigu.., have hek:u on rather a large scale, and so much so as to have cre;:t:l something like a glut in the market. The fact would seen, curiously at variance with the late returns of the Bank, from which a decrease in the stock of bullion is apparent. The discrepancy is, however, ac counted fur by the statement that the sovereigns so itn ported or. finding their way back are found to be mostly of light weight, and as such rejected at the Bank of Eng land and by the banking -houses in general. This will be a partial bar to their getting into circulation in large quantities, although in a small way and gradually the holders or foreign remitters may be enabled to pass them off at a profit, assuming that they were purchased or taken at their value by weight, as was probably the case. The imports of dollars have latterly been heavy both from the United States and Spani..,h America, more particularly .-) • f•T‘rgi tie coasts of the Pacific, so that the demand was - \ttleOlithout inconvenience, —Herald. FOIVEIGN RicE----The London papers have - _ ..: fate ly pr*: ented some official notices respecting " foreign -. • . -.l,4ice.":;W, beg leave to remark that there is " Irish Rice" 4 ..?-' .: lif,: t tif try, of particularly objectionable quality ; the --•-- i '.•*". 'c. .. , -,-- • -..-• „„oh.a.„ s sent back to the land of its • 4 .' '-- .",i , 0.- - 4.6,....-, pi '''''''.-- -I r -- 4-ediltenhant Journal growth, the bet . Ati--: - 7r7,4. --, z.:.; , , ,, ,--4,1 .--, - ,;74-. -- ..... ~,,.. 1 :, :~''~~~ Great Britain 16,366,011 HOUSES IN GREAT BRITAIN 1831 ............ Inhabited. 'Uninhabited. 2,866,595 133,331 3,464,007 198,061 i 13,664,761 Building. 27,553 30,631 THE METEORS OF NOV. 12. " Canibridgo Observatory, Nov. 15. " Nothing of an unusual character was observed here either on the night of the 12th inst., or subsequently." " Royal Observat or y , Greenwich, Nov. 15. " The only night in the last week, favourable for the observation of meteors, among those nights in which they have usually been seen, was the 12th instant (Friday). The night was remarkably fine. A careful watch was kept at the Royal Ob servator y throughout the night, and every shooting star (or n earl y every one) which was seen was registered. The whole number was 25, a numb er p ro b a bly much inferior to tha t usuall y seen at other parts of the year in equally fine weather." - - The Hungarian Royal Academy seems anxious to have 61fakspeare's plays translated into Hungarian, as well as those of the greatest German, Spanish, and French authors, fur the purpose of being represented on the national stage. THE CENSUS. f S th T e A.T l llo ~ rs AL o f S th .:T s lE s T o ic ae O t F y L w o a p h o e I N d . l j eg last, at th e ir Rooms, 4, St. Martin's - place, when a n Aful Monday meetingev en long li st of donations which had been received during the recess were reported. An abstract of a paper on the Burman Empire was read empire,adby which i t appears that the populat i on o f t h a t which was computed by the old geographers in former years at 3 0,000,000, was, in 1326, only 4,230,000. An abstract of the population returns for England and Wales was also laid before the meeting, the Society having been kindly favoured with a copy of the returns by the Commissioners,iswahiecohp3!son, th t e h r e ee o f n :_ ly official docu- L 'op l u B l 3 aiti . l lp l e n r cr c ea en se t. ment. The following Population, 1841. England Wales Scotland Islands in theßritish Seas 13,091,005 806,182 2,365,114 103,710 14.5 14,995,508 911,321 2,628,957 11.1 19.6 124,079 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PATERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We have already expressed an opinion that but little benefit will accrue to the suitors by the proposed inquiry into the long and loudly-complained-of tardiness in the progress, and ruinous expense, of proceedings in the Court of Chancery. The newly issued Commission bas effected the principal object for which it was projected. The Lord Chancellor was furnished with a topic for a speech at the Civic; festival, and the Tory journals with a theme in which Sir Robert Peel's claims to popularity, as a Reformer of practical evils, were set forth. The for mer, it must be admitted, made the most of his sub ject ; and by aid of adroitly arrogating to himself and party the merit of improvements to which neither bad the most distant right, and sinking all allusion to those to whom those improvements ought to have been ascribed, produced a respectable after-dinner speech. The ad captanduna vukunt was never lost sight of for a moment by Lord Lyndhurst. His Lordship, it is known, is equally skilled in the art of damaging a political opponent by decrying his plans or misrepresent ing his principles, as he is in the art of spreading lines to catch an evanescent applause from a ready-prepared assembly of wine-warmed guests ; to be made the most of by the party organs as indubitable proofs of Tory popularity. It must be conceded to the Lord Chan cellor, that on the occasion referred to he was almost equal to his former self on any similar occasion. Never was " faint praise " bestowed with a more mani fest intention of " damning" the persons on whom it was conferred, or " dislike" " hesitated" with a more insidious desire to create the feeling in others which the speaker knew it would not be altogether decent in him too openly to avow on " such an occasion." _ STANDARD.—The execution of a wretch for the commission of a cruel murder, committed with the design of adding another still more creel, un manly, and unnatural—the murder of an unoffend ing wife—has been strangely made the occasion for arraignir.g the punishment of any criminals by death. Surely if ever there was a case in which it was proper to punish a criminal with death, the case of -Blakesley was one. Nevertheless, as we have said, this case has been employed to illustrate the unfitness, if not injustice, of capital executions. While our statute-book was loaded with laws consign ing to the halter persons convicted of acts not essen tially criminal, save as the law made them such, or cri minal acts venial in their degree—while our laws were thus sanguinary, and the scaffold was too often employed in what, morally, seemed legal murder, we cheerfully united our voice to those which called for a great reform of the penal code ; but the code has been thoroughly reformed, and we are not prepared to return to that confusion of the degrees of guilt, by the adoption of a system of indiscriminate lenity, which we denounced under an opposite system of indiscriminate rigour. The application of capital punishment must rest, in our judg ment, upon the twofold just;fication of right and expe diency. If we have not the right to take the life of a fel low-creature, no degree of expediency will justify our taking it ; on the other hand, though we have the right, it is free to us in all cases but one to waive its exercise, if the exercise appear net to be expedient. The one excepted case is murder. Even where the punish ment of the murderer may seem to our limited undestanding inexpedient, the Divine command is peremptory—" Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed ;" and it is impossible for any rational man to doubt that, in sparing a mur derer, we become before Heaven the accomplices of his crime. It is not lawful even to admit into our breasts any compassion for him—such compassion is an accusa tion of the Divine justice, which has wisely and justly doomed him to destruction. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING FAFERS OF YESTERD•Y. TIMES.—The New York papers describe the state of Pennsylvania, in regard to her credit and banking affairs, as in a most deplorable condition, and attribute this condition to the system that has been pursued for j the last five years, viz., that of continuing loans to des perate speculators, leading to an accumulation of sus pended assets, and a diminution of active means, until the whole are worked up in a mass of inconvertible securities. This system is illustratod by the transactions between the banks and the " United States Bank" and the State Government. Thus, when the State has been in difficulties, its resource has been to force loans from the banks, and there was of course a great quantity of active means withdrawn, and replaced with a State stock that was constantly becoming more and more de preciated. The same course being likewise pur sued by the " United States Bank," that institution owed last winter to ten banks, the collective capital of which is $9,150,000, as much as $5,078,000 on its circulating notes, which must have constituted nearly the whole of their available means. At that time, it is thought, they might have obtained payment at a loss of abont,s or 6 per cent., but they consented instead to take post-notes, which fall due this autumn, and are secured by a deposit of property nominally worth $7,000,000, but really, even according to the appraisement lately made, worth nothing of the kind. The post-notes cannot be paid without a sale of the securities, and it is doubtful whether this can take place, as the legality of the assignment is contested. A table of the condition of the banks of Philadel phia, at the time of suspension in October, 1839, gives as their total capital (in round numbers) $16,360,000 ; as the aggregate of their imme diate means, $4,834,000 ; and as their imme diate liabilities, $8,842,000. In January, 1841, the amount of " United States Bank" bills he4l by all these banks is said to have been $6,078,000, and it seems that the increase of their means by the operation of resumption at that time was only in the shape of these bills, so that they parted with their own means to redeem their own liabilities, while they took the lia bilities of the " United States Bank" for what was actually due to them. Loans this year to the State are estimated to have locked up $6,516,000 of their additional means. It is supposed, that altogether $8,574,000 have been withdrawn from their active means, and locked up in State stocks, and securities given by the " United States Bank. This want of active means, and the depreciation of that stock, will, it is thought, probably lead to a general explosion. C H RON ICLE.—We are quite sure that the inno ceat holders of the spurious Exchequer bills will afford every information and facility for the detection and punishment of all who may have been privy to, or par ticipators in, the fraudulent practices of Smith. Of the propriety of a full investigation of all the ramifica tions of the transactions, there can be no difference of opinion ; and those who have been innocently saddled with the spurious bills can have no possible object or interest in wishing to screen the guilty. We stated yesterday that they were parties of the highest respec tability who lent their money on these bills in the usual course of business, under no conditions or limitations of an unusual or suspicious character. We at the same time said that if there were any cases "of long standing, where conditions of :secrecy have been exacted by the borrowers, we freely admit there would be ground for suspicion." We believe we were correct in saying so ; but it is proper, never theless, that we should state our meaning with more precision, for " secrecy" is the very essence and foun dation of the business of the Stock Exchange. In making the above remarks, therefore, we meant merely to say, that if there were cases standing for any consi derable period of time, where the bills had been ex changed, and where the lenders were always bound, not only to give up the same bills to the borrowers, but to conceal the transactions, that these peculiar conditions ought necessarily to have given rise to suspicions or inquiries on the part of the lenders, and would go far to exclude such persons from the list of bona fide claimants against the Crown. But the observance of secrecy, as a general rule of conduct in all time bargains, is manifestly necessary ; and ,nothing, we believe, is held sufficient to justify a broker in giving up the name of his principal in such transactions, except he be called upon to do so in a court of law. It is very clear that the parties who are in the habit of buying and selling some 200,0001. or 300,000/. Con sols, or even millions, on speculative chances, would not be very desirous that their names should be known, and in the very cases we gave yesterday in reference specially to the practice in the market for Exchequer bills, where the business done is for money price, it is very apparent that the London banker would feel much displeased if his broker should divulge the name of the person for whom be was acting as a borrower. Great injury would be done to the public credit, if in periods of monetary pressure, when the country banks are sud denly called upon to provide Bank of Englehd notes or gold against a run, the broker who was employed to sell or borrow on their securities, was to make public the names of those for whom he was employed to ope rate. Such a question as that of asking a broker who wanted to borrow on Exchequer bills the names of his principals, would never be thought of by the broker for the lender, because, if it should be made, it is well under stood that no reply might to be or would be given. VIENNA, Nov. s.—The Duke of Bordeaux has, for some days past, been suffering more pain in his foot, probably, only in consequence of the effort required on his journey from Kirchberg to this city, We expect to-morrow Baron Von Canitz, the new Prussian Ambas sador, and in the course of the month the new Ambas sadors of England and France. --- BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—The works on this railway are progressing favourably. The line to Chorley will be opened on the 23d of December. The contractor for the tunnel at Chorley is using great exertions, and there is no doubt but the whole line will be completed and opened to the public in September next. Some conception of the magnitude of the work at the tunnel may be formed, when we state that seven steam-engines have been found necessary to work the pumps, having a power of nearly sixty horses. The last dry weather has had an exceedingly good effect, the quantity of water being much less in consequence. The dimensions of the tunnel will be 20 feet by 22 feet 6 inches; its length about 300 yards. A portion of the permanent rails is already laid on th e li ne f rom t h e t un • nel to its junction with the North Union Railway at Euton.—Preston LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at Westminster to-day, shortly after ten o'clock. _ VAUGHAN V. BUCK. This case came before his Lo r d s hip yest e rday, upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chan cellor of England. The question in the case was, whe ther the testator in the cause, Mr. Vaughan, intended to leave his property absolutely to his wife, or only to give her a life interest. In the commencement the testator made use of the following expression--" I give the whole of my property to my dear wife during her natu ral life ;" and then, after giving several specific articles, such as his watch, books, and other things to his chil dren, at the close of the will lie gave a leasehold house and stock of various kinds, with the residue, to his wife. Upon the case coming on before the Vice- Chancellor of England, his Honour considered that the wife took the estate only, and decreed accordingly, and from that decision the parties appealed. The LORD CHANCELLOR. at the conclusion of the ar guments, postponed his judgment. lIITFORD V. REYNOLDS. This appeal was opened, but the arguments not having concluded when the Court rose, will be proceeded with to-morrow (this day). ROLLS' COURT, Nov 16. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. PRETTYMAN. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment in this case, which was reported at length in this morning's Sun, and will be found in another column. His Lord ship said that he had looked at the answer, and unfor tunately had not found that disposition that ought to have been shown towards the Commissioners of Inquiry. Nevertheless, under all the circumstances of the case, he thought it might be arranged without wrong to the Charity by ordering the defendant to pay the full value for twenty-one years, from the time of the Comissionors' Report till the expiration of the lease, and the costs of the other parties. The case might be mentioned again on Tuesday next, to arrange the terms of the order. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY. This was an information, filed by the Attorney-Ge neral, at the instance of the Charity Commissioeers, against the South Sea Company and others, for the reco very of certain property that had been alienated by the trustees of a charity. The case was partly heard yesterday. Mr. TURNER (with whom was Mr. Blunt) stated that, by an indenture, bearing date Oct. 31, 1667, the property in question, which consisted of eight mese suages in Hammond's-alley, near Bishopsgate-street, was conveyed by Margaret Taylor, widow, to Matthew Smallwood and others on trust, subject to certain life estates, for the poor of the parish, and for the mainte nance and education of pour children chargeable thereto. The deed contained a power for the appoint ment of new trustees, in case of vacancy, and the last appointment under it took place on the 16th of Novem ber, 1821, when the trust of the property became vested in Mr. Ellis, and other defendants on the record. It appeared, that from time to time several parish meet ings had been holden, at which orders had been made for the repairs of the property, and also, that at these meetings propositions for building upon it, and for leasing it, had been entertained, none of which had been carried into effect ; but at a parish meeting held on the 11th of March, 1723-4, a gentleman named Gore, alleged to be one of the trustees of the property, in formed the vestry that the South Sea Company were willing to take a lease of all the premises at the yearly rent of 451., to be paid half-yearly, clear of all taxes, for the term of 999 years, commencing at Lady-day, 1725, and the vestry agreed to the proposal; and Mr. Gore and other persons were desired to conclude the affair, and the churchwardens were instructed to give the necessary notices to gait to the tenants. On the 10th of April following new trustees were appointed, and a lease was granted on the 27th of March, 1725, by them and the churchwardens to the South Sea Com pany, pursuant to the above resolution, by which, in con sideration of 1351. paid to the churchwardens by the Company, being three years rent, they demised the premises in question, for the above term of 999 years, with power to pull down and erect new buildings, pay ing for the first three years the rent of a pepper corn, and for the remainder of the term the clear yearly rent of 451., with the usual covenants. It appeared that at the time when it was proposed to grant this lease the property was let at rents amounting to 771. a-year, and that in the year 1723, when it was repaired, pursuant to an order of the vestry, the rents amounted to 81/., and it also ap peared from an entry in their minute-book, of the 11th March, 1723, that the South Sea Company were aware of these circumstances. Some years after this convey ance was made, Mr. Gore, who had built a house adjoin ing this property, effected an arrangement with the Com pany for a certain portion of it, and a deed was ex ecuted on the 15th March, 1755, by which the Company demised to Mr. Gore, a small portion of the property for 968 years, in consideration of a portion of freehold land in his possession, and on Ist August, 1759, another con veyance was made between the same parties, by which three feet four inches more of the same pro perty was conveyed to Mr. Gore without con sideration. In February, 1762, Mr. Gore assigned the property comprised in these conveyances to a Mr. Mellish, from whom it descended to Mr. Mellish, one of the present defendants. Against the tenants, Irving, Lewis, and Smith, it did not appear that any case could be made out as holding the property of the Charity, but as against the complainants and Mr. Mellish he contended that there was a clear case. Supposing the rent paid by them was the best that at the time could be had for the property, he apprehended that would not be sufficient to entitle the Company to retain the lease, since an alteration had taken place in the value of property, and the Court would not suffer the charity to be deprived of the bene fit that might accrue from this alteration; and alienation fur the term of 999 years, was, of course, an entire alienation of the property. The Learned Gentleman then cited the Attorney-General v. Bray, 3 Bevan, 91; Same v. Green, 6 Vesey, 452; and Same v. Owen, ' 10 Vesey, 555. Th . e pripcipl e o f th e C our t was , that alienation of charity p ro p er ty f or th e t erm of 999 years, at a fixed rent, could not be main tained ; and if special circumstance s were necessary to enforce it, they were not wanting in the present case. He understood it would be said on the other side, that, in consequence of deductions from it, the clear rent did not exceed on the average 22/. ; but his Lordship would find that calculation was made on the ten years preceding the date of the lease, when the charges for repairs were very great. As to Mr. Mellish, it appeared that a cer tain portion of the property had been alienated—one portion by exchange, and the other by voluntary grant. This alienation was made to Mr. Gore, who was a trustee of the charity, and the deeds recited that it was cha ritable property. The assignment to Mr. Mellish also recited the same facts ; and therefore the same rule was applicable to him as to th e South Se a Company. Under these circumstances, he submitted the lease of 1725 ought to be set aside, and the property restored to the charity, with rent, for such time as his Lordship should think proper. Mr. PEMBERT 3N inquired whether it was proposed to make inquiry as to the expenditure y of the lessees, and to make allowance to them for it. Mr. TURNER said it was for the lessees to make out the compensation they were entitled to. Mr. TINNEY (with whom was Mr. Herbert and Mr. Bosanquet), appeared for the South Sea Company, and said he hoped for a very different result from that so confidently predicted on the other side. The situation in which he stood was a very curious one. He appeared nominally for the South Sea Company, but much more substantially for the Attorney- General and for the public. His Lordship would remember that when the case came on originally he had shown that the Company had not a shadow of interest in this property. By the 55th Geo. 3, ch. 57, the Company were deprived of all power of trading, and by that Act a largess fund was to be accumulated and handed over by them to the Government, who guaran teed them 3 per cent. upon the capital, with power, in case of deduction from it, to go to the Treasury per anno in annum to make it good. Therefore, if the Company were called upon to repay any portion of these rents, the Treasury would have to pay them a larger sum than they would otherwise receive, which would be thus taken from the public and given to this parish. On that oc- . casion he had also suggested that the Attorney-General might see that it was impossible that any benefit could be derived to the charity by the prosecution of this suit. The Solicitor-General then declined to stay proceedings, but he did not know that it was absolutely necessary that the present Attorney-Ge neral might not take a different view of the mat ter. That, however, was for his Lordship's considera principle stated by Mr. Turner, that be shown that no possible loss could be sus titioint. mu T s the sus tained by alienation by trustees to render it valid, he was inclined to accede, but when he said that it must be shown to be benefi c i a l, h e re plied that must be secundum snbjectum materi um . Th ose who executed this lease found that the only way o f m aking that property bene ficial to the charity was to make a grant of it, and that the South Sea Company were ready to take it on terms which nobody else in existence, at that time, would have done, and it was conveyed it to them, as he contended, for the benefit of the ch ar i ty. Th e property consisted of nine small houses in a blind alley, surrounded by buildings belonging to the South Sea Company and Mr. Gore, with no entrance except from an alley in Bishops gate-street, about three feet broad, in which two persons could scarcely walk abreast. There was no fund to i mprove i t , a nd the way in which it was sought to improve it by the testatrix and others . was to get nominal rents f rom th e tenants, the duty of repairing it being i n the lessor ; and it w a s found that such was the exp ense o f t h e re p a irs and the loss of rents, that from 1714 to 1723, t h e u tmost average rent received from it w as 24/. per year. Under these cirTim stances, it was not desirable for the parish to retain it, money. if they could get r id of i t at a f a i r price ; and if so, a perk;etual rent c h arge was muc h pre f e rable to a sum of rho C ompany at that t i me , co ntemplating to build the South S ea House, propose d to treat for this property, and their proposal was accepte d, the property foiling leased to t h em for a term o f 999 years- Sin° a grant to a corporation must be alienation or nothing, he asked whether this arrangement was not beneficial to the property, and whether it was possible to make one more favourable ? Ile asked whether, if it could be re stored to the charity in its o riginal state, it would not be much less beneficial to the parish than it was now, with a rent charge clear from taxes, and with rates paid in respect of Mr. Mellish's property on the one side, and that of the South Sea Company on the other? The only principle o n w hi c h t hi s su it could be maintained was that the property, th o ugh worthless t o t he charit y , was very beneficial to the Company. Moreover, the transactions witk Mr. Mellish were twofold and at dif ferent times. Th ese m i g h t stand on very different grounds ; one I m t e ni nt us th t a b n e t r h e a ra tt e h m e b tr e a re n r c t t h io a n t might be good and the oth er bad. He con sa tended, that to establi s h t his suit it must be shown that there was a breach o f trust . It was said that no premium case in which waspaid by the Comp an y. Could there be a stronger argu wthaiss beneficial a to the charity ? THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, ma the trustees had acted on their own discretion in the ab sence of those for whom they were trustees. The Learned Gentleman then cited, the Attorney-General v. Green, 6 Vesey, 452 ; Same v. Warren ; and Same v. Hungerford, 8 Blyth, N. C. 437. The principle laid down in these cases was, that the acts of trustees which were beneficial for the charities should be maintained. He submitted, therefore, on principle and on authority, this information could not be sustained. Mr. PEIIBERTON (with whom was Mr. Russell), on behalf of the devisees and executors of Mr. Mellish, contended that in dealing with transactions that took place so long as a hundred years ago, the Court must deal with them in relation to the circumstances existing at the time the transactions took place. It was not ne cessary to establish this transaction to prove that it was beneficial; it was enough to prove sufficient to enable the Court to presume that it was beneficial. It was true that the purchaser of property was bound by the notices in the instrument by which he purchased, but he contended that there was no notice that this was charity property in the assignment to Mr. Mel lish, nor yet in the conveyance which it recited ; for in all these it was distinctly stated that this property, which was designated as ruinous houses, was not charity, but parish property. If there fore the lease to the Company was a breach of trust, Mr. Mellish had no notice of it, and if it was not beneficial Mr. Mellish had no notice that it was not be. neficial. The Learned Gentleman then urged at consi derable length that the arrangement was a provident one for the charity, and complained strongly that the suit should have been persisted in after the satisfactory answer put in by the defendants. Mr. LLOYD, and other Learned Gentlemen, appeared for the tenants in possession, and applied for costs against " the co-defendants, and submitted that, under the circum stances, his Lordship would depart from the rule, and grant them against the co-defendants through the Attor ney-General. The MASTER of the RoLLs—I certainly can't do that, though it is quite plain that your clients ought not to have been made co-defendants, and also that they were continued so after it was discovered that they ought not. Mr. TURNER, in reply, said that if any excuse were ne cessary for his pressing a decree against Mr. Mellish, he thought it was supplied by the conduct of the Solicitor- General in a former hearing of the case, who then stated, notwithstanding the answers, that it was a case that ought to be prosecuted. It would therefore have been very presumptuous in him to have acted differently. The MASTER of the Rom.s—l must set you right on that subject. My recollection is that the Solicitor-Ge neral did not say that it was a case that ought to be pro secuted, but that he was not satisfied that it was a case that ought not to be prosecuted, and that he thought it required further examination. Mr. TURNER, after some further observations, ad dressed himself to the arguments on the cases cited by the Counsel for the defendants and proceeded. It could never be the doctrine of the Court that Trustees could alienate charity property, and thus deprive it of the advantages that might accrue from im proved value of the property, or that in its neighbour hood, or from other accidental circumstances. These were two points to be considered, the amount of rents and the conduct of the trustees. With respect to the first the inference, from the evidence, was, that at the period of the sale the premises were in a state of repair ; and, with respect to taxes on the property, it appeared that in 1721-2 the rent amounted to 102/. 10s., and the taxes to 241 lls. Bd., bearing a net rental of 77/. 18s. 4d. In 1722.3 the sum received for rent was SOL 10s. ; the sum paid for taxes was 18L 7s. 7d., leaving a clear rental of 611. 3s. sd. ; and in 1723-4 all that appeared as paid for taxes was 10s. 11d. The value of the pro perty was proved by the evidence of a treaty in 1720 to grant it to a party who was willing to pay a rent of 351. u-year, and to expend 1,500/. upon the property, and that upon a lease for a certain term of 60 years. It had been said that it was of little value, because the charity was built out of it ; but, as had been justly stated by his Lordship a right of way to it must have existed. It was said also that the land on which it stood was useless, vet he knew not why dwelling houses, which were in great re quest in the city of London, might not be turned to very useful purposes for the benefit of the charity. It was said also that it was parish, and not charity property, yet it appeared from the evidence that it was property entrusted to the parish for the use of the charity. He would, therefore, submit that sufficient had been proved to set aside the lease against the Company, and for in quiring as to what had become of the other property. As against Mr Mellish, he admitted that he felt great difficulty, and in the case of the exchange of property he did not know that it might ap pear advisable to impeach that transaction, but j the other conveyance was of a different description, and Mr. Mellish must be bound by the notices in the j deed, which he contended were sufficient. With these observations he should leave the ease in his Lordship's hands. The MASTER of the ROLLS said that he had before observed that in these cases, though they should be looked at with great suspicion, and the party in pos session was placed in a disadvantageous position ; yet he did not conceive, after the cases cited, that it was imperative on him to say that a transaction of this na ture must of necessity be void. In those cases the Judges had gone somewhat further than he was disposed to go. The trustees of charities required to be very strictly looked after,but, taking what had passed, he thought the Court ought to inquire whether the trans action was beneficial at the time ; and if it should ap pear that it was fairly meant and beneficial at the time, he thought he must dismiss the information. If he came to a different conclusion, the question remained what was to be clone with the other defendants ? He would look over the depositions, and give his decision to-morrow. BAIL COURT, Nov 16. SMITH V. GOLDSWORTHY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the Secre tary to the British Iron Company, against the defendant, one of the shareholders of the said Company, to recover certain arrears of rates. The defendant had demanded oyer of three of the deeds of settlement, and had ben furnished with copies of them, but it appeared that on the back of the deeds there were endorsements oc certain resolutions of the Company, copies of which had not been furnished to the defendant. Mr. Petersdorff had obtained a rule, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why copies of these endorsements should not he fur nished ; and this morning Mr. BUTT showed cause against the rule, and contended that the endorsements having been made subsequently to the execution of the deed, could nat be considered as part of it. Mr. PETE ITSDORET contended on the contrary, that the rule must be made absolute, because, as the deed was modified by the resolutions, those resolutions so endorsed on it, must be considered to be part of the deed. Mr. Justice PATTESON considered that the endorse ments having been made after the execution of the deed, could not be considered part of it. The resolutions might perhaps be considered in the light of a separate deed and Oyer demanded them as such ; but he could only say that perfect oyer had not been given, and therefore the rule must be discharged with costs. THE QUEEN V. BINGHAM. Mr. CHADWICK JONES applied to the Court for a man damus directed to Mr. Bingham, the Magistrate of Worship-stroet, to compel him to grant a sum mons against the Ipswich and Norwich Railway Company. It appeared that the Company had occupied certain land belonging to a person named Emlin, from February to November, 1839 ; that in December notice had been given to the Company of a claim for compensa tion, and that in June following a summons had been issued by Mr. Bingham, on the application of Emlin against the Company. When the summons came on for hearing, a preliminary objection was taken on the part of the Company, that due notice had not been given, and on that ground the summons had been dismissed. Emlin had subsequently discovered that due notice had been given, and had re newed his application to Mr. Bingham, who, however, refused to grant a fresh summons. Under these circum stances the application was made to the Court. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule to show cause. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 16. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) SALISBURY U. MORRICE.- -MORRICE U. SALISBURY. In this case, which was partly opened yesterday, be fore his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, the arguments were resumed to-day after tho Court had dis posed of a few unimportant cases. This bill was filed by Mrs. Salisbury, the only daughter of a gentleman deceased, named Webb, who had formerly carried on the business of an agent and land-surveyor at Salisbury, in partnership with his nephew, and a gentle man, named Ackwood. The object of the bill was to obtain an account, against the representatives of the nephew, of the personal estate,''and also an account of the rents of the real estate of Mr. Francis Webb, the father of the plaintiff, which it was alleged the nephew had re ceived, in the character of agent and confidential adviser of Mrs. Salisbury, the devisee for life, and also the legatee of all the testator's extensive property. The bill also sought to charge the estate of the nephew with those sums which had been lost through his default to the estate. The arguments appear likely to occupy the Court for several days. (Befure Vice-Chancellor WIGRA M.) RAMIE V. BAINES. Our report of yesterday w•as inaccurate in stating that the arguments in this cause had been concluded. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 16. WALTER V. POTTER. This was an action brought to recover damages for the infringement of a patent. The disputed invention was an improved apparatus for the carding of silk, by the introduction of India rubber in the formation of the cards in which the teeth are set. The cause was tried in the sittings after last Easter, and the Jury found for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Channell subsequently ob tained a rule nisi to enter a verdict for the plaintiff; or to grant a new trial. Sir THOMAS liriLDE this day showed cause against the rule, and was followed by Mr. Sergeant Bompas on the same side. The argument is expected to occupy more than another day ; but as it turns entirely upon legal technicalities and minute mechanical details, it cannot present much to interest the public. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 16. REFUSAL TO TAKE AN OATH.-IN RE - HOFFSTAEDT. This was the day fixed for the adjourned examination of the bankrupt, described as an india-rubber manufac turer, but who stated himself to be a general merchant. It appeared from his several examinations that a few years since he arrived in this country, and had several places of residence in Billiter-street, Cloak-lane, &e. That he had made large purchases of almost every species of goods, which he "consigned" to houses at Ilamburgh and Rotterdam, but he had produced no books to show what they had realised, although one of the creditors (for 2001.) stated positively there were two when the bankrupt was making arrangements to effect a compromise with his creditors. He had books of accounts in his possession, but was unwilling to let the creditors know the names of his consignees. He was to-day brought up in custody from Whitecross-street prison, and in the course of his examination one of the creditors' assignees requested that the bankrupt should be sworn ; but he refused, on the ground that he entertained religious opinions which would not allow him to swear, and the Scriptures said, " Swear not at all." Mx. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—Of what religious persuasion are you ? The Bankrupt—l am a Roman Catholic. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—There is nothing in the tenets of your faith as a Roman Catholic, nor in the precepts of your church, which prohibits you from taking an oath. The Bankrupt—My religious principles forbid me to swear, and I will not swear, Sir, so you may do with me what you please. Mr: Coininissioner FONBLINQUE—You may tell your client, Mr. Norton, that he must comply with the laws of the country in which he is living, but not from any force of conscience. It would be inconvenient to discuss matters of theology in a Court like this, but if the oath be pressed I have only one duty to perform in the event of the bankrupt's refusal to take it. Where are your account books ? The Bankrupt- -I do not know. I have some memorandums, and I have done what I could to make out my accounts. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—Have you any suspi cion of where the books are ? The Bankrupt—When I left my lodgings in Cloak-lane I there left my books ; the landlady of the house might know something, but that is all I know about the matter. Mr. NORTON, for the bankrupt, prayed that a further time might be given to render and complete his accounts, as being confined within the walls of a prison he had not had those facilities which he might have otherwise enjoyed of making diligent search and inquiry as to his books. With respect to the other part of the case, he knew the power of the Court in the event of the bank rupt's refusal to take the required oath: and if he still per sisted in not taking it, he must submit to the consequences. The bankrupt said that on previous examinations, be fore Mr. Commissioner Evans and Mr. Commissioner Fane, his " affirmation " was taken, and he considered that he would be under the same obligation as if he were sworn. Mr. JONES (solicitor to the assignees) said his clients felt it their duty to press the bankrupt's being sworn ; and, at all events, to ad j ourn the case sine die, as his ac counts were most unsatisfactory. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—No ; upon a first meeting of a final examination I never adjourn a bank rupt sine die, unless in cases of collusive bankruptcy. In this case the bankrupt will find it a very difficult thing to pass, and if he were not already in custody I should have taken a very different course ; but my exercise of any further act of power is unnecessary. This is one of a class of cases which requires great look ing after, and I am glad that the trade assignees are doing their duty. The bankrupt was then taken back in custody of an officer to Whitecross-sireet prison. The Official Assignee stated that the creditors were not likely to receive a single penny of their claims. POLICE INTELLi(3ENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. George Hunt. a hearth-rug-manufacturer in Ed ward-street, Bethnal-green-road, applied to Mr. BING- ItAM for a warrant to apprehend John Forecast, an ap prentice, who had quitted his employment before the expiration of his indentures. Mr. Hunt stated that his object was to make an example, as no less than six of his apprentices had absconded, and two of them so re cently as Monday evening. It was a great hardship on a master to lose the services of an apprentice the mo ment they became valuable, after having maintained him during the unprofitable part of his term. Mr. BINGRASI—Was there any premium paid with the lad when he was bound ? Mr. Hunt—No ; I took him without a premium, which makes the case harder still. Mr. BINGHAM--Yes ; and it also takes the case out of my jurisdiction. lam sorry that there is such a defect in the law, but I must administer it as I find it, and I cannot go against the exposition of it by the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Hunt—Then I suppose I have no remedy ? Mr. BINGHAM—Why, if you can catch the lad within the bounds of the City, the Lord Mayor is of opinion that the case is one with which he can deal ; or you may indict the lad at the Sessions. But you had better think of some means to prevent such practices altogether. Mr. Hunt said that he should be thankful fur any sug gestion fur that purpose. Mr. BINGHAM—The defect is merely in the wording of the law, and there can be no doubt that the legislature would be willing to amend it. I should suggest that a meeting of the masters should be convened, and a memo rial from them to the Secretary of State for the Home Department would be sure to produce the desired result. We certainly ougtst to possess jurisdiction in such cases, and I should willingly exercise it now if I thought we did possess it. Mr. Hunt thanked the Magistrate for his advice, and said he would exert himself to induce the masters to act upon it. Yesterday Richard Gower, alias Hewit, who described himself as a mattress-maker, and John Davis, a shoe maker, were charged with stealing 137/. 25., (nine pounds of it in gold, and the rest in silver), the pro perty of Mr. Woodward, a miller and baker, in bt. Grand. The prosecutor had been collecting the accounts of dif ferent bakers, his customers, yesterday, and in the after noon stepped into the shop of a baker at iloxton,leaving at the door his chaise, in which was a bag containing the ahorementioned amount of morey. The two prisoners had been seen following, and immediately after he had en tered the shop an alarm was given by a person who saw them take the brig of money from die chaise. They were pursued about 100 yards, when Gower dropped the bag and continued his Bight with his companion, but at length they ran up a court, from which there was no outlet, and were captured by George Kemp acid another constable, No. 53 N, who also produced the bag of money before the Magistrate. The Magistrate remanded the prisoners. QUE EN- SQ UA RE. . . A decision, in which the public are greatly interested, was yesterday given at this Court relative to the right of public stage carriages to stand and ply at Charing-cross. In order to make the case intelligible it is necessary to state, that for two years the proprietors of stage car riages, stopping at the Ship Tavern, Charing•cross, have been in the habit of paying Mr. Hill, the proprietor, very considerable sum fur that privilege, and Mr. Wheat ley, a proprietor of Greenwich coaches and omnibusses, has for many years paid a guinea per diem for this privi lege. A misunderstanding arose between Mr. Hill and Mr. Wheatley, and the latter withdrew his coaches from the place, but returned a few days afterwards with the determination of trying his right to stand there without paying at all. The matter was brought to issue under the following circumstances:—Byers, the informer, summoned William Thomas, one of the drivers of Wheatley's conveyances, for plying for hire on the 6th instant at Charing-cross, and remaining there five minutes, that time being longer than was necessary for taking up or setting down, or loading and unloading. Mr. flumeintiEs, who attended for the defendant, con tended that he had a right to do so. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests had power given them to make stands or places for hackney or stage carriages, and in 1833 they selected the piece of ground in Charing cross street, facing the houses Nos. 45, 46, 47, and 48, as a fitting and proper place. By a resolution passed in 1838, the right was confirmed, and the time of stopping reduced to fire minutes. The period allowed by the Commissioners was five minutes, and that time was not exceeded. Mr. BURRELL said this was a most important case, and he should take time to consider judgment. Yesterday, on the case being called on, Mr. BURRELL said he had given the case the conside ration its importance demanded, and was of opinion that as this was a public place, appointed as a stand for stage carriages, defendant had, as much right to be there as amy other person, if he did not infringe upon the regu lations. He did not think that Mr. Hill had any right to control that stand; and without any prejudice to Mr. Hill, it occurred to him that the Commissioners had de legated a power to him (Mr. Hill), they did not them selves, in law, possess. BIRTH or THE PRINCE OF WALES.— With fee:ings of the most unqualified pleasure we con gratulate our readers and the public upon the birth of the heir-apparent to the Throne of these realms—an event of the most gratifying description in it self, as the consummation of a nation's wish, and not less so as filling up the measure of her Gracious Majesty's happiness. If anything were needed to add " to the, general joy," it would be found in the gratifying assurances of the excellent state of the Royal health. For these propitious events, the voice of a grateful people will ascend in accents of praise and thankfulness to that Almighty Power who vouchsafes in so eminent a degree to bless this favoured land. The promulgation of the joyful news has been received in every part of the kingdom with an enthusiasm which has not been equalled since the period of her Majesty's Accession ; it was responded to in this borough, as well as in the chief towns of the county, with reiterated peals on all the parish bells, and the usual manifestations of loyalty.—We have to express our thanks to the pro prietors of The Sun for the copies of their Journal, which we were enabled, by their exertions, to circulate and exhibit to the public, soon after three o'clock, p. ni., on Tuesday. This paper has fer a considerable time established itself as the earliest channel of important news, and for the extraordinary despatch with which it conveys information to the most remote parts of the kingdom.—Reeding Mercury. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.— BRIGHTON, Nov. 16.—Last night a heavy fall d snow took place, which delayed the last train an hour and a half, as, no twithstanding at so me p arts of the line three engines were attached, the rails were so slippery from the snow, that they were unable to proceed at above eight miles an hour. It will be some days before the earth is cleared away by New Cross , and the arran g ements at the pre sent time are very bad ; as the passengers, after walking over the place, are frequently detained for half an hour, exposed to the chilling blast, awaiting the arrival of the train to take them the remainder of the journey, instead of having it in readiness for them. THE HARMER TESTIMONIAL.—It being un derstood that Mr. Harmer would prefer the presentation of plate for which a subscription is now in progress, at his residence, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, rather than at a tavern in Loudon, an offer has been made of the gra to convey the subscribers from tuitous use of steamboats, London to Greenhithe and back, any day during the en suing spring ; it is hoped that the Committee will avail themselves of this liberal offer, as the ceremony will be rendered more interesting by the presence of the body of the subscribers, thin if performed by deputation. MORNING SUN THE MARKETS -YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of Grain since Mondaysmall. have bee n There has been very little business done in . 3 11 i article, but prices remain as reported on Monday. Flour met a very dull sale. COLONIAL MARKET. A fair demand, and prices firm, but the shippers were cautious in their proceedings. Raw Sugar in good r!- quest for home consumption, and prices firm. Fine Ye' low Jamaica 70s. to 725. 6d; low to mid dlin g 595. to 65* per cwt. TEA 31TARKET. There was but a limited demand, and the ;Market sented a dull aspect, holders were more disposed to realise and there wore sellers of Company's Congou at Is. pd. cash ; large parcels are declared for auction on Friday and Tuesday next. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand,' and holders firm at 465. 9d. to 475. 46 for P.Y.C. on the spot, and 4 6 5. 6 d. to s. 9d. fo de r de liyery up to the end of the year. The demand is cidedly on the increase. Seed Oils, with a OIL MARKET. Fish and use and Prices had an upward tendency for both export ; stocks are much less than_last y ear at this tme• i good demand both for home COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market .day, 81 s. Adair's Cart's Hartley Hebburn Main l9 6 Marley Hill Nelson's West Hartl.l l3 0 Old Tantiell ...... Original Windsor's Pontop 17 3 lanfleld Moor l9 t West Wylata Wylam Walls End Bell and Brown :10 t Walls E d beivicse and C. , . k . 1 Walls End ClarkandCo. Walls End Clcnnell Wills End t4ii•lo , th Walls End Heaton '2o t. 'alls End Hadley co Ii Walls E'.d Hilda ..... Wails End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End N nnu berla..d 1,1 Walls P.nd Perkins Walls End Ramsey W. E. ilraddyll'stletton '22 :1 Walls Endßelmsolit 5. 4. Walls End Eas t Hetton..... s Walls End 0 Walk End Haswell. ...... . Walls End Het t o n ............ . W a lk End Laintston ........•7.1 Walk Wars End r . e mberton 0 Wails End Shincliff ........... W a lls End Stewart's ....... 6 Walls End Whi twell ......... 6 Walls End Thornley ................ 6 Pennants Hartlepool .. Walls End Ade l a ide ...... II:, 3 Wails End Barrett .... .... 6 W a lls End arring ton 'leo f, 9 Walls End Brown' s Deaner/. K O 0 Walls End Cou ndon ...... lb 9 Wills End Gordon ........ Walls End Ric hardson's g Walls End South llurhant 9 Wail e End '1 ers ......... p, 9 Walls End West Tees. .... 0 anthracite ........................ 6 Cowpen ................... •LI 0 Howard's Netherton Main.. IRISH MARKETS. 'ORLI Mll ARK ET NOTE for he Wcek endint NO V ' 11 --- Te vi 0 let; `.l) 0 13 0 _ 0 14 • Me r l Is 6 i From 545 Wheal ,pet barrel .z. s,oite 1 =23 ti n :276 Were .. -.. ....... ... 10 stole l:4 1 , 32 , Barley - ... 17 ' 1 i 1 53 4 ):06 '4 itclid...... II 6 11 Flour, per cwt. 317 oatmeal..— A stone . 13 0 ill Sftld to Bakers only. In 0 2 50 , I k gs . 10,5 8 Cwt. Flour Average pace Jt IA heal. and 'lour 55. , 84 l'e -od"tco 05 ' ° DA from 2)s -01 i - Receipts of Flour, 15;1981 N, . from 18 ‘ 01 1° 108 °il Fir .i.k "ales (if 1)" 13 ' 2'15 t...l : rir7l; ' - trout tUi. tid• w mu', or akrau. .41 1 Quartera• Loa: .... :; ‘ ,d. i Halt Qua, tern • .. Ai COlt u. M A RKETS.--Nov. 13 ,_ 0 d to It 7 Wheat (per :1),.?..).6- 04. ti, 364 Ilt.itoats , per 14st. - ~:, 0 = 0 Barley (per Mist. ) 9 8 17 8 Rim . ' (per cal • ..„., Oatmeal ',per cwt.'s... ..... ....,a, Ott to 13s r• to 51 meet, 61. to 74. Al utteti, sd. t. - &L.-Veal. 4 " . ... i .i0. York, tiel. to 5d.....f.re1ti Buttes, 11d. t , 12 a r" of PILICS OF MUTTER. .„ t he Ci.o ' TO the Merchants. 1 ° - 0 I'''' .0...' 10 :oust Quality ... ..- ....... ..._.., 9U...............-..... «.'...• 1 0 Second •• 85 ....•••••••41.••••• .. .. , i Third ... ......... •• • .... ..... • •••• ' 19 .....1.11111... "."'? .:". ... 7 Fourth Fifth 1 ,,,„ _. .. • ....• •••• t. 6 ..........- "':„.•••••- . Sixth NO 56 ..,.....,..... •••• CLONSIELL MA RKETS...I4OI* 13 , 0. (1 ,: Per t wt. p. e 4 •• I. d. e. d. I ' 0 , 1 6 .few Butter ... ...... 84 oto 84 6 Nader traw)........•T• C -:".. 0 Oatmeal.... . . 0 12 6 Bacon Pig5,.....-•••:20 Rendered Lar d 0 52 ,s Heads...m.. o ' Per Bat. _. 0 11 : ... flour, Second . Household...—. Cu 42 0 1 --- Fuurtits•••• • 15 . 0 —• Per Barrel, •• 11 `.,' - Rapeseed 20 0 0 I Barley ...........•••.. v Mere lO 0 I o , als ..........•••••••• te fli• KILKENNY MA HKETS- o,od. 0 t Wheat s pec barrel)2Bl. Od.to 35..04. Beef 'aer W.... 0 5 0 I Barley 12 0 15 0 Mutton ........• I 4 0 1 lists l4 0 15 0 Pork ~...•••••••• -n 6 1 0 Flour (tier bag) 20 0 t,B 0 Ve .. a; ..,,...•••• '0 0 010 Butter(percwt.) 90 0 101 , 0 erest! Buttel ••"' 0 6 u 0 Bacon Pigs 38 0 42 6 Salt Ditto •••••••"• 0 9 Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes :P er IL) MARKETS. mN. o 0 1 __,. l op t , Barley, Mecklenburg" j oy to 4 ---... l'ilagdeburgn.. .. l eo to ;;ii •-- Holstein. ...... , 44 t o I . Oats, Elder ......--••••'.1,4 to . 1 5 -- Mecklenburg .. . i v to in --- Holstein ........... ~,,, t ip lo? 17—easle,E:IscutenkrIn:einercbitaldi.l. :„1.13:511;61.5f,154° Beans ..... ..... ....... ....... - ;is to 0, Buck Wheat........» ..... 6 15 to e i Rapeseed, Hanover ••• 04 t• i i i i Malt ..................... .. . suo to 1 TAWS ..«........... .. « .... :ON. 6 4 to 1 Marnham ...... .. .......... .. 5 Madras .......... .. ........ n, )4 Swats._ ..................... 45'fs 6 "'ming° ...... ........... YEE. Domingo ................. ...„ i L. Guayra ........... ........ ... , 1 Porto ttico ........ ..... . ! llarannah ..... ...... ...... v b "a 91"°"t.) ............ 2 tog% Bania,:;oliwito ............... In Pernambuco, n Aite ...2t 1 Bro wn ...I 'n. 2N to 2N SO HAMBURG Wheat, Marks 465 to 555, Magdeburg 45i to 5611 Atilialt, white 495 to 561 --- red 4.6 to W., --- Brunswick 465 to 1551 - Mecklenburg.. 444 to 5531 ----- Polish 510 to t 64 - Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg 1.7 to 3 5 - Dantzie - Elbing and Ko nigshurg ..... ‘..24 to 23e. -- Upland Rica COTJ Carolina and Tennessee 7 tit° 9% Georgia. Ist suit 7 34 2cl ......... 6% 7 1 4 3d and 4th ~ctiri Rocha 13 to 133, Batavia Sumatra Rio WA 3% Bahia 3% 5% SUGAR.— (Wltl rlavaunah, White.— 3 to 4 Brown...— 2 2% Rio. White 2% 4 Brown blanilla. Brow. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday 00 1 7 Iv inquest was . held in the Board-room of St. it ii „ r ; e nl i killed On Monday morning m vi :'s Hospital, before Mr. Payne, the City Catt'ivoi last by i e a e n , ea 6 Pli e s :: to r oo p i le : , of the body of John Hutt, aged fiften , If"; f ‘ firework shorc manufactory (iitch. The youth —four - o s u i r • death of the unfortuna i t n e% catastrophe was not con n re' / or Vi e 'e sent more or less injured in the Hospital, viz., '".'"' n e the orietor of the premises ; William Shore , ' - ' ,l gr. his workmen ; another lad, named Miller ; esca pe °l hi Price's sister ; the latter much hurt i n her ~ jue jumping out of window. Mrs. Price, who at th e e " b 0 ottheCrsurat:ll:;- •the, of the accident was in the last stage of' pregn i • f s 'ia II since been delivered of a still-born infant, also lies 0 very precarious state. After a number of pers ° War' been examined, whose evidence did not give '"Yrerrff , 31. d, mation respecting the cause of the explosio , ~. dres the house-surgeon, stated that the deceased "•"" + c lock. . e ven 0 u „, fully burnt all over his body • he died ab"," injuries. "- on th,.• evenin of his ad:mission , from t"e liii Inc a were b _ had received. Mr. Price and the others ks before thy state of great suffering. It might be wee and Shore he would be able to quit tri wards. Both Fr° i the room had questioned, who said there was a f ire A rk in io t hat a 53 , ib i e tn ete when the explosion took lace and combus' or might have flown among some c;f the he jurY „ rials. Verdict—" Accidental death," And t ina nuis c the dered there was much carelessness used in ture of the fireworks. i . rc roW S ,: . A YANKEE'S IDEA OF DRAM 4"" - ~,erS —: —ln looking over an old file of American rpoiniq other day, our attention was arrested by tli'lsiderAbhs paragraph, in which the writer has been at ct , _ se o f de' pains in straining his imagination for the pflr,r is o til, scribing the powerful effects of Miss Ellen T e r e ee ...... .0 ga it on an American audience :—" Miss Ellen Tr al °•0 you an almighty strange thing of how that g, jui i, i the feelins of critters. When she was ae fo tin g,go isr ; our parts, the door-keepers came a waY ill ' - i r ors , ces li to nation cold, and no one took no notice of the c o .s of 1 0 0 more could well get in, when an old bear sniffs ill alestib were lba t oo, the town, and findin no one astir, for theY play, what does the critter do, but sniffs his 1 01 1_ 0 to il i P and crawls up behind the boxes. I guess he e d ' , s oil: off some of the chaps i but, however, he liste a ,, d that, h io ened, till he got quite affected, and so nin cli ', t uif,h'„ly swore he'd never go man eatin any more ; n il " wea t) ",A came again, and brought his wife, and the ,lino discovered on the third night, when he Iva' c° to the box•office along with an alligator?' --••••••■•••••••".....""--- _,e4 .00 DlStit .. t 4, SILVER PLATED CORNER toit'' the A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturin; Silver:oo4 0 Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of EngleT d 00 14 for prices of the following patterns of strongly-ost r OO DISHES, with silver handles and edges, and silver engraving the crest or coat of arms : inr & tter ik The Gadroon Pattern. The Four strongly.; lated con. Four extra s'Jpi.be.ol3 10 FlOWe r . 0 Funuerr extra Dish s and tro u g C , y o . v p e i r a s t .. d . XlO 10 plated Corner ....,.... and Covers ..... ..• __ thi t Corner Dish2s a ,d , overt 12 12 usn dlea. : u ssi soti N.B. The Covers are made with moveable " ar e for they form extra dishes. Drawings of the aboiefree. to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage BIRTHS. Liestenillt Sl' ' At Fort George, North Britain , the lady of Ott B. Gardner, Royal Artillery, of a son. , l i o ttfe On the 12th inst., at the Rectory, East Bridgforth '- m wife of the Rev. R. W. Hutchins, of a s o n. c s,. SW On the 12th inst., at Maidenhead, the wife of m•• of Oxford, of a son. 0 000 9 On the 13th inst., the lady of W.. 1. Bryant , Esq' 'of of Porchester - place , Oxford-square of a daughter. h . OAI On the 15th inst., at Thickihorne, Warwickshire, t- J. O G n ar t d h i e ne i r 6t A h u i s n ti s n t. , , E th s I , la o d f y a o s f on Edward Ra va g daughter. e, "'" 1" °fit Ar O ti r i r e t r h y e , 9th inst , at E M dilib li u ll r i h g , DLieutenant ir/ in t 11 4 .11516 to Alary Elizabeth, daug hter of the late • Esq., H.naldsa, Orkneys. EA' On the 10th inst., at Altona , Bernhard Magnuss°lll w ar M. D., of that city, to Miss E. Elias, of Woburn-OW' sell-square, London .'Co'l alll' Ou the 15th inst., at St. Martin's Church, S. C— r 'of . of Londonderry , to Sarah Martha Parker, only daughter J. B. Parker, surgeon, half-pay, 19th Regiment. DlED.lingering On the 16th inst., at Hackney, aged 80, after a illness, borne with exemplary and, Chris tan patienFe,_te Of John Hammond, for many years a merchant and Ma0 "1 the town of Deal. rn Gtr, the 14th inst., at 6, Pitt v ill e Villas, Cheltenhan ~, coo. , giana, second daughter of Major J. 11, andon, East r rolo pany's Service, deeply deplored b y her bereaved parent f c, F. tires, arid friends, aged 13 . w ife o On the 11th of August , at Benares, Georg ina, Fulcher, Esq., 67th Regiment Bengal Native Infantrt,woolca• ter On the 14th of September la st, at Benares, A;iseoi Esq., Assistant -Surgeon, Hon. East India ComPolY., torrnati On the 10th of October, at Schaffhausen, J!!'i,,,er. tbe Earner, E.q., eldest son of the late Alde ckhato; Y e Pan Sir J. t d on On the 30th ult. , J. Fairlie, F.sq , of 1 " 12th inst., Jernitna. relict of the above Collifr '''' Ca O p t n . t , h r. e 13 12 1 : i h r, in o s f t w ., eafbHecaktitnrgese,t.Mrs. Blair, widow of tniosit: On the 14th inst. , J . Lane, the only son of J. Bedford-place, Esq. On the 13th inst., Mr. J. Chandler, On the 15th inst.. in Connaught-terrace, Edger" Frances, widow of Mr. Large, aged 80. eh 1 " 1 On the 15th inst., at Mountfield House, Orme'sr Anne, the youngest daughter of H. R. Abrahtro, , e .l e bite t . ' On the lbth inst., Anna Martha, daughter or ' Barker, Esq., of Hans-place. --- v 1 , 40 o London: Printed and Published by MURDO „Y S t rand, in ' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112 ' .., If 1. of High liolborare..rosk the Comity of Midillooot, Thursday, Novesubor 1g