The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DUI!OSIL' OF RAILWAY PLANS, SEefiONS, AND BILLS FOR 'NIB SESSION ISSO. Bangor and Carn2rvon—To mike a line, com rn:J)cing with a junction with the Chester and Holy h2.acl line at the Britannia -bridge, pessing through L'Angskr to Carnarvon ; to sell or transfer the line to the Chester and Holyhead, and to enable the Chester and Holyhead to increase their capital for that purposr,.. Br3ntforcl, Southall, aryl Pinner—To construct a live. li ac kinghamshire—Atnendinent of Acts, to aban don the formation of that part betwean Islip and Oxford, and to select another route in lieu thereof. Caledonian—To lease or purchase the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Junction ; to purchase or lease the Dundee and Arbroath ; to lease or purchase the Dundee and Newtyle ; to lease, with the London and North-Western, the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Scottish Central; to a.nalgainate with the E finburgh and Glasgow ; to repeal the lease of the Glassgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct; to repeal the lease of the Glasgow Southern Termini ; to repeal so much of the Wishaw and Coltness Act which provides that it shall not be lawful for the Caledonian to withdraw from or put an end to the guarantee to the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock shares. Cambridge and Shepreth Junction—To construct a line from Shepreth to join the Eastern Counties. - Chester and Holyhead—To lease the line to the 'London and North-Western. Direct London and Portsmouth—To dissolve. Dublin, Dundrum, and Itithfarnham—To enable the Waterford, Wextbr,l, Wicklow, and Dublin to lease to this company such portions of their line as may be agreed upon ; to invest and consolidate by amalgamation into one undertaking the Dublin, Dun drum, and Rathfarnham, and the Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin. Dundee and Perth, and Aberdeen Junction, Dundee and Arbroath, and Dundee and Newtyle—To enable the three companies to lease or sell their line to the Caledonian; to confirm agreements. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction—To construct branches to the Eastern Counties.land to the Blackwall Extension at Bow ; to enable the London and North-Western to take shares in and to purchase or lease the undertaking. Eastern Union—Extension of time for the con struction of the Harwich line and pier ; to create new stock. Edinburgh and Glasgow—To lease and amalga mate the Edinburgh and Bathgate; to lease or amal gamate with the Caledonian. Exeter and Crediton— To raise further capital; to enlarge Cowley Budge station; amendment of Acts. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction—To dissolve. Glasgow, Barrhezd, and Neilston Direct—Exten sion of time for purchase of lands and completion of works. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan—To lease to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston ; powers to reduce capital. Great North of England—To enable the York, Newcastle, and Berwick to enter into a contract in the purchase of the line under the authority of the Great North of England Parch:tie Act, and to an aherAtion of the terms of the contract made between the p trtie3 to such purchase, and of the time and mode of payment of the purchase money. Great Northern—Amendment of Acts, &c. Great Western—To enable the London and North- Western to enter into contracts with reference to the p,ssi❑g or traffic over the several lines, and for gene rally to enter into agreements for economically con ducting the traffic of the twe companies ; to make further provision with respect to the gauge ; amend riimtt of Acts. Lanca4Airc and Yorkshire—Alteration of tolls and fares ; to purchase or lease the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport. Leicester and 'Mellen—To make a line from I.4icester via Berm. cl to Ilitchen ; to transfer and vest in a company or to certain persons all the powers, rights, and privileges of the Midland, with reference to making a line for which the company obtained powers in 1847, called "The Midland Extension to Ilitchen, Northampton, and Huntingdon," com mencing at Wigsto❑ Magna, on the Midland, in the county of Leicester, and terminating at Hitchen ; to authorise the Great Northern, the North Midland and the Midland respectively, or one of these, to use the line ; to amend former Acts. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport—To make a line from Litherland to Great Crosby; from Warren to Formby ; from Formby to Birkdale ; from Birk• dala to North Meols; enlargement of station at Southport ; alteration of tolls and fares ; to repeal, amend, and enlarge powers of all former Acts; to sell or lease the line to the Lancashire and Yorkshire. London and Black wall—To use the Elstern Counties ; extension of time for the completion of the St. li.:.tharine's and London Dock branch ; amend ment of former Acts. _ _ _ Ltndonderry and Coleraine—To complete the line from river Foyle to Ross's Bury; to form a line from the Londonderry and Coleraine, at Freehall Watson, to Waterside, at Coleraine; to construct a branch Fine to Newto , .vnlimavady ; extension of time for the purchase of land ; amendment of former Acts. rcmclonderry and Ennisklillen—To extend the line from Strabane to Olm:gh ; amendment of former Acts; deviations from plans deposited in 1845. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lancashire—To raise money by the creation of 5t0..1, instead of exercising the borrowing powers, to the extent of 500,0001., to be entitled to a priority of dividend ; alteration of toils ; amendment of Acts. _ Monmouthshire Railway and Canal—To purchase or lease the Monmouthshire Canal ; amendment of Acts ; alteration of tolls; to purchase or lease the Nevycort Docks; to purchase or lease the Rhymney Railway and Docks and Canals. Newcastle and Carlisle—Station at Newcastle ; amc.ndincnt of Acts. North Kent Continuation—To extend the North li-nt line from Strood, through Canterbury, to Deal and Dover, with branches to Maidstone, Sheerness, Favershatn, and Chilham. North Staffordshire—lixtension of time for con struction of the Ashbcitirno branch. North Staffordshire and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Junction—To enable.., the North Staf fordshire and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, or one of them, to make a line, commencing by a junction with the Pottery line of the North Staf fordshire at G,o,vs worth, and terminating by a junction with the Staley Bridge branch of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire at Stockport. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton —To enable the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, the South Staffordshire, and the Shrewsbury and Chester to advance money or to become shareholders in the company ; amendment and repeal of former Acts. Scottish Central—To enable the London and North- Western, the Lancaster and Carlisle, the Caledonian, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow, to take on lease the line and branches, and to authorise a union of the whole of the abovementioned companies ; amendments of Acts. Shrewsbury and Hereford—To decrease capital, and increase the number of shares. Shropshire Union—Abandonment of the line from Newton to Crewe and from Chester to Wolverhamp. ton ; reduction of capital ; to lease the line to the London and North-Western. South Devon—To raise an additional capital of 575,0001. to be divided into 57,500 shares of 101. each, and to take priority in dividends. South Eastern—To raise additional capital ; to dis continue the payment after the 30th of June, 1850, or such period as may be determined on by the com pany, of interest upon the whole or any part of the capital which has been paid up on the shares called No. 3 and No. 4 shares, but to provide that they shall participate in the ordinary dividends which may be declared. South Staffordshire—To authorise the lease of the line to an3r person or persons for a period not exceeding 2RI years ; to abandon the following branches, authorised by the South Staffordshire Junction Act of 1846, viz.:— Th.) branch from Walsall to Darlaston, the branch from Rushall, the branch from Walsall to Cannock, the branch from Great Wyrley to Cannock, and the branch from Leacroft to Cannock ; amendment of Acts. South Wales—Repeal of Acts • extension of time 'far purchase of land ; alteration of powers as to the Dean Forest line; to construct a new line to the korest of Dean ; __deviations from previous plans ; to use the Vale of Neath station at Neath ; to issue new - shares in lieu of forfeited ones; to erect wharves at .Chepstow. t South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole—Amend ment of Acts; deviation to Doncaster; alteration of ,tol's - ; to borrow money on the security of tolls; extension of Elsecar branch to Tah4te:sley ; devia tio is to Worsborough and Barnsley. Waterford to Kilkenny —To raise additional capi tal by the crettion of alditional shares. • Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin—To reduce the capital; to abandon the line sou'h of 'Wicklow ; to alter the name ( f tha company. \Veit Cornwall—To construct a branch to llayle. York, Newcastle, and 13erwick—Extensio n of time for the completion of works for the Bishop Auckland bramh ; alteration of tolls; to take and hold shares in the West Dorharn ; to enter into arrangements wish the Great North of England for the time and mode of payment of the purchase- money, and to 'grant to the company further and more effectual powers for raising money by mortgage or bond, or by the enforcement of calls upon shares in the said corn pany,or by the creation of new shares, with such gua rantee,pre fere nce,or priority of dividend as the company shall fix for the purpose of completing the purchase, end to enable the company to assign to the Great North of England shareholders the bonds or new shares in satisfaction either in part or in whole of the money to which they would be entitled in respect of their shares .in the Great North of Eng- 1 ; to enable the York, Newcastle, and Berwick to hold shares in the Great. North of England, and to legalize the purchase of any such shares which may, at the passing of the intended Act, have leen purchased. York and North Midland—To alter the terms of the issue of Hull and Selby shares ; to hold shares in the Hull and Selby ; to hold shares in the Halton and DriffiAd Junction ; for powers to raise further capital upon pre - rence shares ; alteration of tolls ; amendment of Acts.—Railway Chronicle. IRELAND. I (PRONI OUR C ORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—This was one of the finest winter days we have seen since the " weather's breaking up," if such a term can be applied to a climate always, like the stereotype sarcasm on all Irish affairs, in a " state of fracture." The provincial papers to- day contain little worth noticing except a tenant-right meeting in the Kilkenny Journal, and a protectionist meeting in the Cork Reporter of last night, at which Lord Bernard, Colonel Chatterton, the new M.P. ; Sarstield, the High Sheriff, &c., &c., attended. Resolutions, in accordance with the notion that English industry must be taxed for Irish landlord recklessness, were passed unanimously. I regret to see that there were many Liberals present at the meeting. The case of "Ffrench v. Ffrench" again occupied the Court of Queen's Bench all d ly on Saturday, Mr. Whiteside addressing the Court on the part of the de fendant, in reply to the documentary evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff. On behalf of the latter, Mr. Brewster replied, and continued his address up to the rising of the Court, intimating that he would resume his discourse on to morrow morning. The Chief Justice will then charge, and it is expected that this long litigated action will come to a close to-morrow evening. The amount of property in lite is about 8001. per annum, 5,0001. in the Funds, and " trusts," to the amount of about 16001., in various securities. The sale of the estates of John O'Connell, of Grena. and of his son ;Morgan John, M.P. for Kerry, brother and nephew of Daniel O'Connell, have appeared in some of the papers. They consist of about ten lots, and contain about 17,000 acres, involving some very valuable invest ments. The old sarcasm, that in " buying an estate in Ireland you purchase a lawsuit," holds no longer good under the Encumbered Estates Commission, which in regard of "open and advised" plain dealing, may well put its ancient brother of Chancery to the blush. According to the manege of this first noticeable trial of the Cammissioners' skill, the rustiest horse amongst the entire troupe of landlords, will fail to put in even a legal caveat against the whip and spur which now goad them to their ruin. The mode is " quick, sharp, and decisive," as may be seen by the following extract from notices with regard to encumbered estates, which will appear in the legal papers of to morrow : Tenancies are to be ascertained, and estates sold, subject to the tenancies only of such persons as the Commissioners shall hold to b© tenants, so that the purchaser will not have any trouble whatever. The tenants' rights and those of the purchaser, will be pre vioudy ascertained and fixed. Each tenant must attorn to him, and he will not have to investigate title, make searches, or do any other act, or take any trouble what ever, but merely pay the purchase money, and enter into receipt of the rents, and he will have a right to an order to the sheriff to put him in possession of all lends not in the occupation of tenants, subject to whose rights the sale shall have been made. In ad dition to the great advantage of having the rights of the lassoes and tenants thus ascertained and settled, the purchaser under a sale in this court acquires a Parlia mentary title to the matter sold, free from all charges, unless the sale shall bo subject to some special charge, and the purchasers in any subsequent dealings with the estate need never go behind the conveyance from the Commissionersato himself." IRISES IN FOREIGN SERVICE.—The Waterford papers mention the death of Lewis Thomas Mackesy, third son of Dr. Mackesy, of Water ford, a colonel in the 2d Imperial Hussars in the Austrian army, which took place at Grosswardein, in Hungary, on the sth instant. Ile was only 26 years of age, had been (I regret to say as an Irishman) engaged against the Hungarians during the late war, and was on the staff of General Rudiger, the Russian, to whom the traitor Georgey surrendered. I suppose it is owing to the great expense of support ing a commission in the English army, and to the rapid promotion in the Austrian army, that Irishmen are so fond of engaging in that service. A nephew of O'Connell's, O'Connor Kerry, a major on Radetzky's staff, wrote long bulletins of the first war in Lombardy with Charles Albert, and used language anything but con sonant with the sentiments of his great relative ; and Morgan O'Connell, son of the 0 Connell, now the placid Chief Registrar of the Prerogative Court, was once a moustachioed Austrian hussar. The western provincial papers bring nothing new with regard to the Kilrush catastrophe, previously forwarded. THE INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF DEAFNESS. The annual meeting of the members of the above named institution was held at the Public office on Tuesday morning, the Mayor, W. Lucy, Eiq., in the chair. There were also present the High Bailiff, S. NV. Lucas, Esq. ; Alderman Geach ; Messrs. R. Sar gent, W. Chance, jun., J. C. Wynn, W. E. Hunt, VI. Dufton, &c. &c. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, observed, that one of the most important results of that institu tion was the fact that the poor received the greatest advantage from it, and none knew the blessings of recovered or improved hearing except from those who had suffered from deafness. It was generally sup posed that those afflicted with blindness suffered the greatest privation ; but in all the institutions for the blind that he had visited, he had found the inmates happy and contented, whereas those persons who suffered from deafness were cynical, and constantly meeting with annoyances which tried their tempers; they felt they lost at least one-half of what it concerned them to know, they gave way to irritation, and repined at that which was the will of God. lie believed that the majority of cases of deafness were relievable— although some es ere past all medical skill—and he called on his hearers to reflect how many persons who were deprived of the faculty of hearing were rendered incapable of obtaining and preserving situa tions, and were thrown out of the means of maintain ing themselves and families. Any institution, there fore, tending to relieve such a severe privation was de serving of the strongest support. He himself had suf fered more or less from deafness throughout his life, but through the professional skill of Mr. Dufton, the surgeon to the Infirmary, he had been mate rially relieved. That gentleman was indefatigable in his attention to the patients, and had established his reputation in this town and the adjoining district. ' Mr. W. CHANCE read the report of the com mittee, which stated that the number of applica tions for relief during the year had been 1,525. The number of patients under treatment had been 236, and the result furnished by the surgeon showed that in nearly all recent cases a cure may be effected, or considerable relief afforded. The number of cases cured was 105 ; relieved, 94 ; incurable, 62. Mr. SARGANT read the abstraet of accounts, from which it appeared there was a balance of 891. 9s. 71d. in the hands of the treasurer. The limn BAILIFT- moved that the roport be re ceived and adopted ; and said that the matter was almost new to him, for that until the last few days he was not aware that such an institution was in existence in the town. It gave him great gratifi cation to find that so large a number of cases had been relieved, and so very few given up as incurable. Alderman GEACH seconded the proposition ; and in doing so said the value of the institution must not be measured by the smallness of the meeting. Per sonally he had received the greatest benefit from Mr. Dufton's skilful treatment. The rich could at all times obtain efficient medical aid, but many poor people, who had not such opportunities, went on suffering with out taking any means of relieving it; it was then to them that the institution proved of the highest ad vantage, and restored to them, as it were, their intel ligent minds. An idoa had prevailed that the organs of hearing were peculiarly sensitive and dangerous to be interfered with, and, to a certain extent, that was true ; but Mr. Dufton's professional knowledge and ability were of that great charac ter that if he could not cure he would not injure, and all persons might trust them selves safely in his hands. If he could remove the affliction he would do so, but in no case would he have recourse to quack (so called) remedies. He might mention that he had received a letter from! Ireland inquiring with respect to a person residing in this town, who states that he has an infallible cure for deafness, and styles himself consulting surgeon to the Infirmary for Deafness. There might be such a per son practising in Birmingham, but he (Mr. G.) did not know of any institution fer the relief of deafness in the town except that they had met to advocate, and with that institution the person he alluded to certainly had no connexion. Before resuming his seat he must bear his testimony to the great good Mr. Dufton had done by his skill and perseverance in that peculiar branch of his profession. • ' The report was then adopted, and the accounts passed. Mr. SARGANT moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Dufton. On the part of the committee he might say all the work was done by that gentleman, who devoted himself to Lis duties in the most zealous and indefatigable manner. Mr. WYNN, in seconding the proposition, said he could bear his testimony to the benefits the patients acknowledged receiving. He had disposed of a lar ge number of tickets, and many of the patients had told THE SUN, LONDON, lihn the advantages they had derived from Mr. Duf. ton's treatment. The resolutioe, and a vote of Ihanki to the Mayor, were passed, and the meetieg was then dis3olved.— Ariis Birmingham Gazette. - INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday last (Joshua Field, Esq., President, in the chair) the paper read was " On the Facilities for a Ship Canal Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, through the Isthmus of Panama," by Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd, Assoc. Inst. C.E. In treating this subject, which, on account of re cent events, has become one of great importance to the political and the mercantile world, the author brought to hear all the knowledge and experience acquired during a lengthened residence in South America, when serving in the Colombian Engineers, under General Bolivar, from whom, after much difficulty, he obtained permission to make the first survey of the Isthmus, which he accomplished in the most complete manner, as well as making soundings throughout the principal rivers and in the chief' harbours; compiling, at the same time, a mass of minute and valuable information relative to the country, which he transmitted to the Royal Society, in whose archives they were deposited, and a paper on the subject was published in the Philo sophical Transactions in 1830. Thus may Great Britain claim not only the projection of one of the greatest works of modern ages, but also for one of her sons the merit of having, for the pure love of science, been the first to demonstrate the facility of the accomplishment of that which so many have since descanted upon, and, to some extent, appropriated wkhout acknowledgment. The general views of the author incline to the formation of a ship canal, in preference to a railroad; he denies that there are any obstacles to its accom plishment, but, on the contrary, asserts so many local advantages to exit and to be concentrated nearly at one point, that in after ages it will be a matter of wonder why so many generations should have ne glected or refused to render them available towards the establishment of this long coveted communica tion between the two oceans. The paper first reviewed the surveys of Garella, of Morel, and others who had examined the country subsequently to Colonel Lloyd. It then examined the various lines proposed, and gave reasons for preferring that which, starting from the beautiful bay of Limon, would proceed by a short canal, through a flat country, to the River Chagres, thence up the River Prinidad, as far as its depth would suit, and then cutting a canal into the Rio Grande, debouching at Panama. This line, it was contended, in the present state of the science of engineering, presented no obstacles, excepting the climate and the expense, to prevent a canal being cut of sufficient depth and dimensions to float from the one river to the other the largest ship in her Majesty's navy. The climate was stated, from personal experience, to be quite as good as in any tropical country, except in some particular spots, where, from local causes, certain complaints were rife. The expense could only be accurately estimated by the survey of experienced engineers; but in a country abounding in fine timber, and the best building mate rials of all kinds, whilst no great chain of mountains, as has been fancifully depicted on supposititious charts, had any existence except in the imagination of the designer, it was only fair to allow that the cost of a canal of such limited length could not be very great, and the supply of water might be presumed to he ample in a climate where there was copious rain for nine months in each year. The disadvantages of a railroad in such a humid climate wets descanted upon at length, and it was shown that the risk of injury to merchandise from that cause alone, independent of 'that to be anticipated from breekage and pilfering during the various trans shipments, must induce preference for a canal, through which vessels should pass from sea to sea without delay, and continue their voyage to their destination without breaking bulk. The means of accomplishing the work were then fully considered. The proposition for a certain number of convicts, to be contributed by Great Britain, France, and America, were shown to be untenable, but it was argued that a portion of the convicts from this country might be more advanta geously sent there than to our present penal settle ments. The means of preventing their escape were shown, and a proposition made for introducing with them a number of convicts from Bengal, and the other Presidencies, whose language and habits would effectually prevent their mingling with the British convicts, whilst their power of enduring fatigue under a tropical sun, and during rains, and -their simple mode of living, would render them valuable pioneers for the more robust Englishman. . It was stated, also, that a great deal of native labour might be obtained at a cheap rate ; sixpence, or ninepence per day, and his rations, consisting of a pint of rice, a pound of dried beef, and 'a " gulps d'aguardiente," being the ordinary pay of a " Peon." The chief point, however, insisted on by the author was the great field opened in the Isthmus, for emigration, for the surplus population of this country. He contended that it was far preferable to the Canades, where the poor but industrious and honest mechanic, or labourer, on arriving, found that the rich lands he had heard of could only be reached by a weary journey, and after such hardships, in a severe climate, as his limited means and broken strength rendered impossibie for him to bear. Australia, with its arid trackless wastes, held out still fewer temptations to the emigrant ; for the ordeal of misery to be encountered by the majority was such as to deter all but the stoutest hearts from encounter ing it. The Isthmus had none of the disadvantages. I was comparatively within an easy distance ; the emi grant would be at his destination almost on landing ; the resources of the country were great, and the pro ductions varied aad cheap, whilst the present popula tion was infinitely disproportionate to the superficial area of the country. This point was strongly insisted on, and it was argued that a grant of land might be easily obtained, in liquidation of the debt owing by the Government of the country, and as the British had once possessed an establishment there in 1675 to 1690, under the charter of the " Scotch Darien Company," so a footing being again obtained, a barrier of the most formidable character would be oppposed to the annexation propensities of our trans Atlantic brethren, who were making rapid strides towards the possession of this valuable tract. Appended to the paper was a copy of the com mission granted to Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd, by General Bolivar, authorising his examination and survey of the Isthmus and of the rivers, which had previously been most jealously refused to every one. This document was alluded to with some natural pride, as proving that to an English engineer was due the merit of having been the first to examine and propose a work of such vital importance to the whole world, but which had been since claimed, and, in fact, appropriated by other persona without acknowledgment. The discussion upon this interesting subject was announced to take place at the meeting of January Bth, as the evening of next Tuesday, December 18th, would be devoted to reading the annual report, and to the election of the president, vice-president, and other members of council. THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In Woolmer's Exeter and nn Gazette I real the following :—" TorquaY.—The Inspector, under the Health of Towns Act opened his visitation of inquiry last week. Much evidence has been heard, but everybody is asleep as to what is necessary to be done, or what will be done, or how it can be done. Many have supposed that he would at least have given them a little idea as to what the most important feature of the improvements would consist of. But no, he sits comfortably in his four-guinea a-day chair, hears and says nothing." _ I see by 1 - 1 and 12 Vict., chap. 63, art. 7, that each of the superintending inspectors is to have 'three guineas per diem for pay, which Parliament (i e. my pocket) is to provide, as well as travelling and other expenses ! !!" Will you, or some other public journalist, oblige by informing me what the gross cost of the Public Health Act of 1848 will be, together with the sani tary and sewers commissions, &c. &c. &c. ? I fear they will collectively cost me something like a million sterling per annum, for which I have really nothing to show!--I am, Sir, &c. London, Dec. 12. JOHN BULL. FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Friday night lest an awful accident occurred at Ballymartin, near Kilkeel. A poor man, his wife, and two children, lived in a miser able hut beside the sea shore. The hut was old and delapidated, inflict, not fit for the residence of human beings; but, though the occupier, who was very poor, had been repeatedly advised to go into the workhouse, he would not—preferring, with an honest but mistaken pride, to earn his bread by his own industry, and pre sure his freedom. Friday night was an exceedingly tempestuous one. The man and his family had gone to rest, all of them sleeping in the one bed; when the house Ml on them, and the %hole four were killed. The next day their bodies were dug out from the ruins. The poor fellow was found in a sitting posture, with one of the children in his arms, as if he had been rising to make his escape. His wife had the other child. An inquest was held on the bodies, and a verdict in accordance with the facts returned. --- THE CHOLERA IN LONDON AND PARIS.—From the official returns just published it appears that the number of deaths in Paris from this epidemic amounted to 10,950, or, inclusive of those which took place in the civil and miiitary hospitals, to 20,000. The most fatal month was June, when 5,769 perished. In London the most fatal month was September, when 6,644 fell victims. Mr. Garcia is appointed Solicitor• General at Trinidad. VUESDA Y EVENING, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COMMIT TW: OP THE PRIVY COUNCIL, Dec. 17. CORLIAM V. TILE BISHOP OF EXETER. (Caatinued from our Afternoon E itiOri of yesterday. 111 r . -B trismEr continued to say that his learned friends the counsel for the appellant had rested their case almost entirely on the Articles of the Church of England. They did not allow the Prayer-book to be relid on as a declaration of doctrine, if the Articles themselves were silent. He apprehended that was an entirely erroneous view. So far as the Prayer-book was concerned he apprehended it stood on precisely the same footing as the Articles of the Church of England, that they were both to be looked at concurrently, that the one was not to supersede the other, and that if the mean ing of the one was not sufficiently clear or needed ex. planation, that explanation was to be sought for from the other. When he said they were both of equal authority, there could be very little doubt that that was so, for both emanated from convocation, and both were confirmed by statute. It had teen over and over again said by the counsel for the appellant that the Articles of the Church of England were her code of faith. lie (Mr. Badeley) fully admitted that the Articles did explicitly and completely state the doctrine upon any particular point; but if the Book of Com mon Prayer spoke of any doctrine and explained it more fully, he must stand by that explanation of the Articles rather than by the Articles themselves. A very little examination of the Articles would show that some of them were not drawn up with any very severe precision ; some six of them were, but there were many that were not so, for instance that upon the Sacrament. The 25th Article said, " There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, baptism and the Supper of the Lord. hose five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, confimation, penance, orders, ma trimony, and extreme unction are not to be counted for sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt fallowing of the apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures ; but yet have not like nature of Sacra ments with Baptism and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God." Now upon that let their Lordships take the doctrine of confirmation. No doubt confirmation was a rite of the Church, that bishops were bound to administer it, and that the clergy were bound to bring the children in their congregations to receive - it. If the doctrine of baptismal regeneration was not plainly put forth by the Church of England, there was no doctrine that the Church of England had put forward. She seemed most particularly to have enunciated that doctrine ; and certainly there was none more plainly advanced by her. The Learned Counsel, in support of this assertion, read portions of the offices of the Church of England for infant and adult baptism, and of the homilies. He contended that the spiritual regeneration of infants at baptism was a doctrine which had been held by St. Augustine and all the early Christian fathers„and from their time down to the Reformation, and thence to the present time; and was therefore to be regarded as the absolute unqualified and declared doctrine of the Church of England. The Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE asked Mr. Badeley if the term prevenient grace was anywhere to be found in theological writings, except those of Mr. Gorham ? fir. iADELEY replied that he had not found the tern used in any of the Articles or formularies of the Church of England, nor indeed in any theological writings with which he was acquainted. The term preventive grace was to be found in the Articles, but never the words pre venient grace. The Learned Counsel proceeded at great length to contend that the plain teaching of the Church of England on the matter of infant baptism ought to be taken, accepted, and acted on in its plain and literal construction, and that if any latitude of in • terpretation were to be allowed among the clergy on this most fundamental point, maxim tot hotnines tot sententiee would prevail with respect to it, and there would be no end to the mischiefs which would ensue. The Learned Counsel kid not concluded his argu• ment at five o'clock, when the Council rose. The hearing stands adjourned until to-morrow (this) morning, at ten o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 17. JUDGMENT.-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE COEPO• RATION OF LONDON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in thi; case this morning. The appeal was from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, who had disallowed ex ceptions taken on the part of the defendants to the Master's report, under these circumstances :—The Attorney General, on behalf of the Crown, instituted the suit against the Corporation of London and others, for the purpose of testing the right of the Crown to the shores of the river Thames between high and low water mark, and to restrain the Corpo ration from granting licences for the erection of em bankments in the river, as they were calculated, the bill alleged, to impede the navigation; and also to restrain the parties to whom such licences had been granted from erecting embankments in pursuance thereof. The information filed by the Attorney- General rested the case on behalf of the Crown on the right possessed by the roynl prerogative to the soil of the coasts and shores of the sea round the kingdom and every navigable river thereof, into which the sea ebbs and flows • while, on the other hand, the Corporation in their answer claimed by right of prescription, from time immemorial, the bed and the soil of the river Thames, from a place called Yenland, otherwise Yenleet, in the county of Kent, to Staines bridge, in the county of Middle sex. On the part of the Crown a charge was inserted in the information filed by the Attorney-General, to the effect that whatever rights the Corporation of London had over the river Thames, and the land or soil thereof, they acquired such rights solely by charter or letters patent from some of her Majesty's predecessors, and therefore discovery from the defen dants respecting all such charters or letters patent was claimed by the Crown. The Corporation, how ever, contended that they were protected from such discovery by the common law principle, which de mands that the claimant of an estate or freehold should recover by the strength of his own title, and should have no right to a discovery of the title by ' which such estate might then be held. The Crown objected to the answer on the ground of insufficiency, and the Master in his report having held that the Corporation should make discovery of title, the matter was argued before the Master of the Rolls upon exceptions taken by the corporation to the I'laster's report, and his Lordship (the Master of the Rolls) having decided in favour of the Master's report, the Corporation appealed from his decision. the LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, said the proceedings were commenced by a bill of discovery to compel the defendants, who denied the title of the Crown, to produce the charters or other documents under which they claimed the ownership of the bed and soil of the river. The bill first of all set forth the general proposition, that the Crown was entitled to the ground and soil of all navigable rivers, and it stated particularly that her Majesty was seized of the haven and port of London, not only as a navigable river, but as an arm of the sea. It then stated that the Mayor and Corporation of London were the con servators of the river, and that the Corporation claimed a right to the bed and soil of the river, and had made certain grants under which, from time im memorial, certain acts had been done. To anticipate the defence of the Corporation the bill stated that that body never had a grant from the Crown, and that no charter or other document could be produced to prove their alleged right. The Corporation stated that they had a charter in particular from Henry VI., which re cognised their title to the bed and soil of the river; but that was denied by the Crown ; and it was to hare that charter, and any other documents on which the defendants relied, produced, that the bill was filed. The defendants contented themselves with simply denying the title of the Crown, without specifying particularly, or indeed at all, what title they had themselves beyond mere possession. In the face of that general denial nothing could be more clear than that the plaintiff was entitled to his discovery, not only for the purpose of supporting his own case, but also for the purpose of repelling the defence of the Corporation; and that doctrine had been laid down by Lord Redesdale and other authorities. The bill had only two objects, the one to discover the title of the plaintiff, and the other to ascertain the defence of the Corporation. The plaintiff had a right to know upon what documents the defendants relied in support of their title. The defendants had not stated what documents gave them the title. As can servators of the river they certainly had no title ; and in the exercise of their authority as conservators they might commit many acts prejudicial to the naviga tion of the river; and it was the right of the Crown to interfere on the part of the public, and ascertain whether they had any title, as owners of the bed and soil of the river, which gate them the right to commit such acts. Unless the Corporation claimed under charters or letters patent from the Crown, they had no title; and as they did not specify what charters or letters patent they possessed, the Crown was entitled to see the documents upon which they relied, that it might have an opportunity of judging of the validity of the title claimed. The defendants were asked "Do you claim under a charter ?" and the answer was, " I won't tell you ;" and they were further asked what their defence was, and plain the answer is " I won't tell you." There was no doubt that certain acts had been committed by the defendants, but the question was whether they did so in their capacity as conser vators of the river, or as owners of its bed and soil ; and in order to ascertain that it was necessary that the discovery sought by the bill should be made. His Lordship concluded by saying that under these cir cumstances the discovery must be allowed and the C EMBER, 18 1 1849. appal distnissf,d, the Corporation to have two months to tnak~ (ESCov:?ry. M VIHEWS Tll EARL Ol' CIRLISLE AND OTHERS. The :Arguini: - nt in this part hard appeal from the Vice Chancellor of Engl end was then proceeded with, to obrain the dissolution of an injuction which had been granted by his Honour, restraining the Earl of Carlisle, as chief graveller of the Forest of Dean, and he deputy gravellers, from granting a " gale " to any person hut the plaintiff. The injunction was granted ex parte during the long vacation, and on motion having been made some days ago in the Cnirt below for its dissolution, the Vice Chancellor, upon hearing the argument, was of opinion that the irjunc lion should not be dissolved, and hence the present appeal. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel, Mr. Roll, Mr. Malins, Mr. Bszelgate, and Mr. Maule, appeared fur the different parties. On the conclusion of the argument, His Loansiiie said he did not see that there was any necessity for the continuance of the injunction. The plaintiff contended that he had preferable claims to the other parties in the e iuse; but his Lord hip said he could not decide between the parties in the present state of the litigation, alth,ugh he was ready to do so if the parties concurre 1. Under the circum stances he was of opinion that thri injunct:on should be dissolved, and the appeal allowed. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 17. (Before the Vick:- CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) Ifis Honour resumed his sittings to-day. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. GRAINGER. The SOLICITOR-GENER U. applied in this case to have the costs of the parties paid out of the estate. It will be recollected that a short time ago the clain of Christ's Hospital to certain property in the posses sion of the Corporation of Reading, was, after a lengthened argument, decided in favour of Christ's Hospital, and which decision was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor upon the hearing of the appeal. The information had, however, been originally filed a number of years since, althcugh the case has only been recently disposed of. The application of the Solicitor• General having been opposed by Mr. STUART on the part of Christ's Hospital, Ilis Hormuit said he did not think he should make any order about the costs ; and certainly, as far as Christ's Hospital was concerned, he thought it should not be called on to pay. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. MORRIS. His Honoua gave judgment in this case, which was heard upon petition last term. The plaintiff was owner of a colliery in the basin of the Tavey, and the bill was filed to restrain the defendants from making a drift from an adjoining colliery, whereby the water would be let in from the latter into the former, so as to injure the plaintiff's mine. At the original hearing it was directed that the bill should be retained, with liberty to the plaintiff to bring an action, which was accordingly brought, but a verdict was found for the defendant. A new trial was asked for, on the ground that the real question had not been tried. The bill had prayed for protection for a pros pective injury ; but upon the issue left to the jury, they found that no damage had been committed. His Honour dismissed the petition, with costs, with liberty to apply to the Lord Chancellor for such order as he may choose to make, without re-hearing the cause, or re-hearing it if necessary. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII, Dcc. 17. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at _Goil4lll2ll, before Mr Justice Eami, and Special Juries.) TUCKER V. ROB ARTS. This was an issue from the Court of Chancery, to ascertain by the decision of a jury, whether the de fendant, who was banker to the Pelican Life As surance Company, represen`ed by their secretary, plaintiff in this action, was liable for .5,000/., which his firm had paid on a policy of insurance effected in the Pelican Office, believing the documents on which the pAyrnent was made to be genuine. The cause had been tried in this Court on a former occasion, and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, and the case now came on for trial again. Mr. Martin, Q C., with whom were other Learned Gentlemen, appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney- General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, were for the defendant. The cause of action arose out of the following circumstances :—A gentleman named Sherwood effected an insurance for 5,0001. on his life, in the office of the Pelican Insurance Company. He resided at the time at Stockport, and the in surance was effected through the agency of a house at Manchester, acting on behalf of the com pany. He died, and by his will appointed Mrs. Sherwood and his three daughters his executors, be queathing to them the 5,0001. due on the policy of insurance. They employed Mr. Winterbottom, who was deceased's confidential attorney, to take the necessary steps to obtain payment of the money for them. It was the custom of the insurance company not to pay on any policies unless they were duly en dorsed by the parties interested, and Winterbottom having gone through all the required forms presented the papers to the compan's agent in Manchester, who, believing all to be correct, transmitted notice of the claim to the Pelican Company in London. Tne agent subsequently sent the bill for payment through a house in London, and it was in the usual course of business presented to Mesers. Roberts, who seeing that the acceptance was right paid it. It was soon after wards discovered that Winterbottom had forged the endorsements, and the Pelican Insurance Company was obliged to pay four thousand pounds on the policy to Mrs. Sherwood and daughters, being a compromise of the 5,0001. The ques tion then arose who was to be the loser of the money, the Pelican Insurance Company, or Messrs. Roberts. For the company it was urged that Messrs. Roberts were bound, as bankers of the company, to see that the endorsements were genuine; and on the side of the defendants it was contended that it was their duty only, as bankers, to see that the acceptance was right ; and that they were especially excused from investi gating the matter at five o'clock in the day, an hour when business was pressing, and when it was, under the circumstances, impossible for them to ascertain whether the transaction was all right. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict for 5,0001, on account of the money, and ls. damages for a breach of duty. BARKER V. WHITWORTH. Mr. Martin, Q C., and Mr. Wile:, were for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder, Q.C., and Mr. Montague Smith, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Mr. Barker, ad vertising agent, to recover a sum of 2121, balance of a sum of 4121., for advertising the Southampton and South - Midland Junction Railway, of which com pany the defendant was a provisional committee man, and also member of the managing committee. The case was of the ordinary description of railway actions for the recovery of claims. Plaintiff put in evidence in support of his claim, and relied partly on a letter of the defendant, in which that person had expressed his willingness to become a provisional committee-man, and partly on an admission made in conversation by defendant to a third party that he knew he was liable for the expenses of the company. For the defence it was submitted that the defendant was not liable, notwithstanding the alleged ad mission, and the circumstances of his having been a member of the provisional and managing committees, if he did not actually give the orders. The Learned JunGs summed up. The Jury re tired, and after an absence of some time from the court, returned a verdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT: Thomas Barnard 111•Carthy, 44, George M'Car thy, a young lad, his son, James Grady, 61, and George Grout, 33, surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment, charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to defraud Henry Barry of certain goods and chattels. Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Ballantine defended Grout ; Mr. Robinson, Thomas and George M'Car thy, and Mr. lorry defended Grady. This was one of those cases which come before the Court upon the finding of a bill by the grand jury without the intervention of a magistrate. It appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Barr, was the secretary, and also one of the princip a l s h are h o ld ers i n a loan society, and in August, 1847, the defendant, Thomas M`Carthy, who at that time held the lease of, and occupied the Hand and Flower public-house, at Fulham, applied to him for a loan, and a sum of 1001. was advanced to him upon a joint promissory note of himself and the defendant Grout, who was his brother-in-law. In the commencement of 1848 some negotiation took place for a further loan, and eventually another sum of 701. was advanced to the defendant, Thomas M'Carthy, and he gave as security a bill of sale of the whole of the furniture and effects in his public-house for the repayment of the amount that had been advanced. It seemed that the money was not repaid according to the arrangement between the parties, and the prosecutor put the bill of sale into force, and removed a considerable portion of the fur niture preparatory to its bring disposed of by auction. Some further negotiations then took place between the prosecutor and the defendant Thomas McCarthy, which resulted in the latter assigning his lease and giving up all his licences to the prosecutor, who, as an equivalent for his doing so, agreed to restore the furniture that had been removed from the premises, and also covenanted, by a written agreement - , not to put the bill of sale into force until the Ist of Septem ber following, the understanding being that the money was to be repaid before that day. This sir s not done, and the foundation in the present indictment appeared to be that about the period covenanted for by the prosecutor, as that up to which he would not put the bill of sale in force, the property upon the premises, or, at all events, a considerable part of it, was taken to ddf.rent places, and only a portion of it had come into the possession of the prosecutor. The evidence against Thomas M`Carthy an i Grout was to the effect that they were present when some of the goods were re moved, and that the bill of sale was shown to the latter ; but as regarded the other defendants, there did not appear to be a tittle of evidence to show any illegal conduct on their part, the lad being merely proved to have been in his father's house when some furniture was taken away, and the other defen - dant, Grady, who was a servant in the public-house, appearing merely to have acted under the orders of his master. In the course of the case it transpired that, in addition to the bill of sale, the prosecutor was still in possession of the lease, which was represented to be worth more than the amount that had been ad vanced to the defendant Thorhas M'Carthy, and also the licences of the house, and it likewise appeared th.st although the whole of the property was charged in the indictment to have been removed, in point of fact a considerable portion of it still remained upon the premises, and that not more than 401. or 50/. worth were out of the possession of the prosecutor ; and it was also shown that an action for trespass had been threatened against the prosecutor, arising out of his proceedings in venturing upon the premises of the defendant Thomas M'Carthy. The COMMON SERGEANT, at the close of the case for the prosecution, said there was not the least evidence against the defendants George M'Caithy and Grady that would support a charee of conspiracy, and therefore they need not be called upon to answer the charge. Mr. BALLANTINE, in the course of his address to the jury for the defendant Grout, characterised the prosecution as one of a most abominable character, and said that it had evidently been instituted for vindictive purposes. He submitted that there was not the slightest evidence against the lad George M'Carthy or the man Grady, and yet they had been included in the indictment evidently Ns ith no othee purpose thsn to disgrace and degrade them, and pre vent them from giving evidence which might have been material to the other parties included in the charge. The CommoN SERGEANT, in summing up the case to the jury, said it always appeared to him that charges of conspiracy ought to be watched very nar rowly, because they spread a very large net to catch any one in ; and a charge of conspiracy was frequently resorted to when parties found they could not succeed in a civil action. It was doubly necessary to watch such cases narrowly, when it appeared that those who instituted the prosecution went up to the grand jury room and obtained a bill upon eat parte evidence, and in the absence of the parties accused. He considered this the greatest calamity connected with the grand jury system, and he was of opinion that it was much more satisfactory for charges to be made publicly be fore a magistrate, as this gave the party accused an opportunity of knowing what he was charged with, and of answering the charge. In this case it appeared to him that there was no evidence whatever against the defendants George M'Cartly and Grady, and the only question the jury had to decide was, whether the evidence satisfied them, under the circumstances as they had been detailed in the course of the case, that the other two defendants had conspired together with the object imputed to them by the indictment. The jury immediately returned a verdict- of Not guilty. _ . _ Alfred Lipscombe, 17, was charged with stealing 27 sovereigns, the moneys of Cornelius Phillips. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoner had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, who is an upholsterer at Islington, but bad recently been discharged. On the evening of the day mentioned in the indictment Mrs. Phillips, the wife of the prosecutor, hearing a noise in the bedroom, went there, accompanied by her servant maid, and on the latter looking under the bed, the prisoner was discovered concealed. An alarm was given, and he rushed out and made his escape, and it was soon afterwards ascertained that an escru toire i❑ the bed room had been broken open, and the amount mentioned stolen therefrom. The prisoner was taken into custody the same night, but none of the money was recovered. The prisoner, in his defence, asserted that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity, and de clared that he was innocent of the offence with which he was charged. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and he was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one year. Samuel Marlow Phellp, 29, a young man of gentle manly appearance, pleaded guilty to a charge of em bezzling money belonging to his employers. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the prosecution, said he was instructed to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court. Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed to defend the prisoner, said that as he observed by the indictment there was a charge against him of having been pre- viously convicted of felony, he thought it his duty to inform the Court that fifteen years ago he was so convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Since that period he had been abroad, and, he was informed, had entirely retrieved his character by his good conduct, and he had served with honour for some time in the AmericAn army. lie had returned to this country and obtained respectable employment, but having recently married, a temporary pressure, arisicg from that change in his position, had induced him to make use of his employer's money in the hope that he would have been enabled to replace it; in which, however, he was disappointed. Under these circumstances he trusted the Court would think it was a case in which the prisoner might have another chance afforded him of becoming a respectable mem ber of society. The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence he was about to pass was a very lenient one, considering the character of the offence, and he hoped it might satisfy the justice of the case without operating as a bad example. The ptisoner had been recommended to mercy by the prosecutor, and he appeared to have borne a good character for a long period, and under these circumstances, he should only sentence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four months. RUNAWAY BANKatijeTs•—mwo gross instances of bankrupts absconding from their creditors, carryiog with them valuable property and large sums of money, have just been brought to light in the London Court of Bankruptcy. In one case, that of Noah Pattenden, of Oxford, woollen•draper, the bankrupt, after obtaining goods of the wholesale London warehousemen to the value of between 5,6001 - and 6,000/., and disposing of them by forced sales by public auction, absconded, taking wish him nearly 2.000 L in money. It is believed he has gone to Australia, and since his flight Mr. Archibald Harvey, a warehouseman, of Bow-churchyard, states that he has discovered that the bankrupt had committed a number of forgeries. Mr. Cooper, the messenger in Mr. Commissioner Shepherd's court, has succeeded in obtaining for the creditors the bankrupt's stock in trade, valued at cost price at 6871., and some furniture, plate, &c.. worth about 2001. In the other case, that of Charles Cotton Butterfield, of the Petersfield Bank, it has been ascertained within the last few days that the li bankrupt took with him notes and gold exceeding 3,0001. Previously to his departure from this country he had violated, in more than one instance, the sacred ties of hospitality and friendship as regarded the wife and daughter of a neighbour. He was last seen at Paris, and is now in. Italy. Mr. James Johnstone, the mes senger, upon completing his information, will proceed to the continent for the purpose of recovering the property an 1 person of the bankrupt, who was proclaimed an outlaw some time since. He is the son of Admiral Butterfield, and h s deserted his wife and family. ANCIENT BRITISH VILLAGE.—Some very interest ing remains of an ancient British village have been dis covered by a Mr. 11. Harrod, the indefatigable secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaaological Society, on the crest of a range of hills at.Weybourne, near Holt. They consist of a collection of pits, of the uniform depth of four and diameter of eight feet, amounting in number to some hundreds, and extending upwards of a quart.r of a mile. At a short distance from the village are the remains of sepulchral tumuli, probably the burial-place of the aboriginal tribe.—Bury Post. A VESSEL WRECKED AND ,DESERTED.—At an early hour on Saturday week a sheep named the Andrew White, of Sunderland, laden with timber, was drifted on a reef of rocks OH the Claddah strand. A great many idles tales are in circulation respecting the fate of the crew, some of which are most horrifying to relate; but no thing certain can be ascertained on that point yet, as it is not known where the vessel is from, nor whither she is bound. There can be no doubt, however, that the crew must have either perished, or, having lost all hope of saving the ship, taken to the boats, and got to land on some other part of the western coast. There was no one on board to tell the tale of woe. At the time sho was boarded there was nothing in her except a few biscuits, nor anything of value except the cargo, so that there can be but little doubt that she was plundered on sea, espe cially as sho was seen by the coast guards on Friday off Mutton Island, with two fishing boats in pursuit of her. —Mona's Herald. A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday was published last night, containing the Earl Marshal's account of the ceremonial obse:ved at the funeral of the Queen Dowager. This document is, of course, in exact accordance with the programme of the ceremonial before issued by the same high officer, which we published on Wednesday last, and with our account of the mournful proceedings of Thursday. It may be noticed, as a matter of pt.( cadent, that the document commences by stating that " Her late Most Excaent Majesty the Queen Dowager. having desired that the interment of her re mains might take place in a most private manner, and without any state, the Queen was pleased to sanction a departure from the usual ceremony observed in the fune rals of the Kings and Queens of the realm." THE PLEA or NOT GUILTY.—A memorial, signed by several chairmen of quarter sessions, high sheriffs, justices of the peace, and a considerable number of chaplains of gaols, mayors, clerks of the peace, lawyers, and others, praying that the present mode of arraigning prisoners by asking them, " . How say you, guilty or n , t, guilty," may he discontinued, so that the seri ous ev il s attendant on this form in our judicial proceedings may be avoided, was on the 11th lust. forwarded by Lord Ashley to the Secretary of State, the signatures having been collected by the Rev. W. C. Oslom, chaplain of the Bath Gaol, author of a pamphlet on the subject. z • I I • oq 0 Colchester Harwich ,,,,, Leigh Maldon - 91 10 - 27 19 - ' 198, 146 19 319, 2 0 . THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po ES!'eX, from the 10th Dec., 1849, to the 15th Dec., both inclusive : ) ' " r-,•1 SC 68 7e3 126 467 : 316 , 483 1S:21 lIILDDINGTON, DEC. 14.—The ing are the prices of grain at our market to-day:— _ _ First Second Third ies Its in 1849, 480 CE Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bran(. ... 4)5 63 24s 6d I I9s Od 29s Od ... 343 7d I 203 7d 1 :6s 11d. j 303 Od I 153 Od 1 153 0I 271 2 i 144 Oil Total quantity of Wheat in market: 603 qrs.,. 571 801 d Do. Barley do. 434 qrs., 424 sold Do. Oats do. 537 qrs., 510 sold Do. • Beans do. 51 qrs., 33 .9(" KIRKALDY, DEC. 15.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas First ...423 Od 22s 6i 20s OA I—s Od —s " eoond 4o:t 6d 2k 6,1 17s Od —s Od I—B O d Third attmeal, ner Cag, of 2801 . 65. imp., .244 to 2530 d. ClLAscow, DEc. 13.—Provisions—Cheeso, 46s to 50s 4141 per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb Skim milk, IS s t o Ods per cwt. Country fresh butter, 9d to lld per lb; Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 7il l to M. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto 51 tid per hundred, or 7d dozen. Hens, 2. Chi per pair ; ducks , 2s ltd. STIRLING, DEC. 14.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 24s Od; ditto, home, 2 s Od to 060 d; ditto ditto new, 16s to 16s; barley, Pe r boll of 6 bushels, ON Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 126 to 17s 6d ; oats, common, 12s Od to 13s Od • ditto new, 9s Od to IN Od ; ditto, Flemish , Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, Os 041; m elt distillers, 33s to 356; ditto brewers, 35s Od to 38. ; bean" per boll, Os Od to NOd ; ditto new, 161 Od to 17s 6d; pm"' 14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35. ; ditto common ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to Os Od; fresh butter, per Ib, 8d to 10d ; eggs per dozen, 6(1 to 7dl hay per ton, 4 - 13 to 475. KELSO, DEC. 14.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 2 41 t• 27. 6d ; barley, new, 13s to 16s Od ; ditto old, 00s Od 1 0 00. ; potato oats, 00s to 00. ; ditto new, 10s to 126 Od ; eons mon oats, 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, 10s to 12. Od ; peal, ° CIS to 00s Ocl; beans, 00s to 00s per boll of six imperial bushels. PERTH, DEC. 13.—Wheat, 32s Od to 44s Od ; barley, 1 _ to 23. Od ; oats, 14s to 16s ; pea s an d b eans , 25 s Od to 28s of per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALKIRK, DEC. 13. —The supply of grain in this days market was 604 bolls; wheat at 15s Od to 19s Od per b , l l _, barley, 14s 6d to 175:0d ; oats, 10. 9d to 13, 6d; beans, Ils Oa to 13s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per lead. HAwicx, DEC. 13.—Wheat, new, 24s Od to:29s Od; bark,' new, 151 to 17s Od ; ditto old, 00s to 00s ; potato oath 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, lls to 14s Od ; peas, 20s Os! to 24. Od ; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. BERWICK ' DEC. 13.—Wheat, 30s 7d ; barley, 19s 20 oats, 15s 41 1 4; rye, Os Od ; beans, ON Od ; peas, 00$ Od are rage per imperial quarter. Od od 3d od COAL MARKET.— YESTERDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16s 6d Braddyll Old Tanfield Wylatu Wall's End, &c. Kelloe ... ,„ 19s Washington Eden Main Ships at Larket, S. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS- "BRISTOL, DE.. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to -day was very inactiVe• The only variation in prices ware—Great Western, Quartereo 11% dis.—Midland Stock, 47 3 ,x. LlvEttrouL, DEC. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very du ll to day, a..d prices are rather lower. The transactions we" as follow Birkeuhead. Lentishire, and Cheshire (late S and B. ), 12%—East Lancashire, 11% c. London en North-Western, New Quarters,. % p. Midland, 47—Dittor Halves, 22 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 614 —Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 11/.165. 3d.—Mancheste ro Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 2%--North Stafford; shire, DIA c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6 ' 6s. 3d. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. rig' chase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 44,i c. dis. MANCHESTER, Drc. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were follow :—London and North-Western, Manchester and Dir' mingham (C ), Quarters, IA 3 p.—Lancashire and York' shire, 58 dis.— Ditto Fifths, 6 11-16 dis.—Ditto, West Ridia Union 6% n. dis.— Manchester, Sheffi e ld, an d Li nc olnshire , 17—Ditto, Preference, B%—North Staffordshire, 914 s dis! South Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6;6—Bona' Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, 5. YORK, Dec. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were follow :—Great Northern, 7 1 / s —York, Newcastle, and 1 3 e 1 " wick, 17 1 4—York and North Midland, Preference, 614 ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS --' 4° ordinary meeting of the members of this society held at the rooms of the institution, 16, Grosvenor-stre et, Grosvenor square, last evening; Mr. Sidney Smirk ac; eupied the chair, and the attendanc e of m e mbers a nu their friends was very numerous. An able and eel interesting paper ou the manufacture of glass, and!". application to aFehittCHITRI purposes, was rued to ,11 ' audience by Professor T. L. Donaldson, of University College (one of the honorary secretaries of the institute) and illustrated by a variety of diagrams and specimen s of the different descriptions of glass, including the moo' n cent improvements in its manufacture. The treatise was listened to with great interest, an d elicited rev*" masks of applause. At its close a discussion, further to elucidate the suject, took place among the auditory' in which Mr. Svrinburn, the eminent glass manufacture r of Newcastle and of Thames-street, London, as well .0 1 other gentlemen of practical experience on the queetia ° ' took loading parts. A vote of thanks to Professor Donaldson and Mr. Swinhurn wound up the proceedings. GLEN TILT CASE.—The Judges of the first divisioo of the Court of Session on Tuesday, unanimously " iv wined the decision of Lord Ivory, finding that the Per: ties who had brought the action of dtclarator aphis& the Duke of Athol' in reference to a public road e xisting through Glen Tilt, had a good title to pursue. One ° A those parties resides at Aberdeen, anoth e r a t Perth, an a third at Edinburgh, and their allegation was, that the/. had each occasion to use the road in qu es tion. T ilj i statement has been held sufficient to constitute righ to enter a court of law and have the question tried. J%7 important principle has thus b een d ec id e d i n favJor,° the public, and the case remains to be t i i e d on the'dnerl ,, 'i in the usual manner, the parti es p ursuers b r i ng i n g Pr° ° d of the us,ge of this road by the public for the prescrib e s period, and the noble defender being left to es t ablish 11) ,, negative.— G lasgourMail. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17.—T1 e royal mail stet° ship Teviot, Captain Rivett, with the West India Wi ll , left this day. She had a full general cargo, 71 passengl'; a , d qiecie to the amount ot e,OOOl. The Peninsut and Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacha, Coe: - Weeks, with the usual Peninsular mails, left this noon, having a full general cargo, and several passe l ' gers. The Peninsular Company's steam-ship Itip ° , ll ' Captain Moresby, with mails for th e M e di ter ranel"' India, and China, will leave on the 20th inst. The ~e ' Captain Allen, with the West India an d M ex i c an Dia' is due at the Post-office on the 22d inst. She is el/ potted about the 20th. The Peninsular and Odell Company's steam-ship Jupiter, Captain Meehan, the mails from Gibraltar, &c., is expected on the eye ing of the 23d inst. d est THE COAL EXCHANGE.--The opening of the Coal Exchange for the transaction of public busnlj having caused the building which was temporarily 0 , 4 e for the purpose during the erection of the new edin ct e o ; and which was permitted with the sanction of tho u ebt , vernment authorities to be built at the west end of ,; ; I, quay or terrace in front of the Custom-house, . next 9 '. hlie lingsgate-market, to-be no longer of any fu r ther 1 3 , 0 ; h 0 service, it is in cours e o f b eing d emol i shed, an d '- materials of which it was compoSed disposed of. f ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Dreadful Enlargemen t the Knee C ure d by H o ll oway ' s P i ll s .— A b ram Banksr,goi elderly man living near th e D ry C ree k, S out h A ustra lis, bs such a painful affection and enlargement of the knee that 7 0 despaired of ever recovering the us e o f hi s li m b s , th e nunier ° o remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or eve t d, mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was vised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he ecL, s raenced a regular application of them, which in a short tt!Tis effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer, of the 2 2 „ March, IS4B, publishes this as one among the many aston i , ing cures effected in south Australia by these invaluable _Ti tines.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollovval Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. iOt On the 10 h iust., in Cambrid ge -t errace, t h e w if e o f P A Tarton, of the Bengal Artillery, of a son. ay/ On the lith inst., at Oak-field-villa, Crouch-end, Horn — the wife of S. Sugden, Esq,. of a daughter. 0 1 On the 12th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Richard liindw' a son. c,„ttsfrf On the 13th inst., th e w if e o f Li eutenant F . L. Liu-- R.N., of Swanage, Dorset, of a son. ..11( 1 On the 13th inst., i n R egen t- s t ree t, th e w if e o f C. Elo" Esq., of a daughter. to re On the 13th inst., in Gloucester-place, Portman' ens the wife of the Rev. Henry S. Ey re , o f %reside, D l of O a son. T. a the 14th inst., at Wargrave, Be r k s , th e w ife of Maitland, Esq., of a son. at the 15ta inst., at 215, Strand, M r s. Samuel - -ll rOf Twining, of a s.,n. .HARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Llanerechrs Church, Heury22 o 7o, Phipps, Captain in her Majesty's 63d Regiment, to a.w h ilt widow of John Taylor Winnington, E s q., an d third Ong" of T. Piothero, Esq., of Malpas-court, Monmouthshire., le r On the 15th iust., at Streatham Church, Edward' D' er .l ander, eldest son of Edwards Southard, Esq., Consul-010 of his Sardinian Majesty at Borde aux , t o I sa bellS , eldest daughter of Cramer Humble, Esq., of Balboa ) " Surrey. DIED. tr Jo o ' On the 12th inst., in Western -road, Bri g ht o n,• than GLIMI e e, aged 82. wi On the 6th inst., at Mount Elt on , Cl ev ed on , Mary, -d o e' of the late Rev. Sir Abraham Elton, Bart., of ClB court, Sornersetshire, agel 76. ipto3ll On the 13th inst., in the Ad e lphi, Willism Broes, Esq. O ok n the 13th inst., Mr. Bryan Mills, late of Great chOnester-street. ' nhal) l° ' the 14th inst. in Harrington-square, Edward day, of the British Museum, age rlB/5i On the 14th inst.. at Addlest g one, J.Hossack, Esq. , pf - On the 14th inst.. in Jermyn-street,agel 69, Mr• Ewart, of the Stock Exchan,:,•e. f . 40 1 ' On the 13th inst , aged 83, Mr. James T. Reed, o Norfol k. Vi r On the 14th inst., at Weymouth, aged 73, Captain d i An Henry Carrington, late Barrack-m as ter of WePn"r Dorchester, &c., and formerly of the Royal Marines. o f W On the ltdh inst., at Kentish-town, Frances, widow BrAvall, Esq., aged 72. • s 6 ' Li.ndon: Printed and Published by MURDO 15 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Swi Oige" r . w ai r Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the Or -- hliddlq-sex, Tuesday, December 18, 1849. and am ett4 wit' fle etch nett( they Cost Mk Porto . ; 0 _T' Tn a t L ill e Q . l eld at intrant or held e vtalr Dr la„: That Intt Il k Olz. Co tlYdz cop h 0 s • I " th o ;": 1) tertiorni, "Cop, General' 4138. 84 . te l %t eed the I Itt " List tllO gtipi TH Teat ' ll be I th e 19tt li' 4 6 T tht tkons"ti r I , lait tti 411:t 1., A lt let 4n si tl tt o ra ri e , , Zhe silo 6 44th, •I 44." glr -.t ee .- th o Y NAl e e ll°" o ttr3 ' 1 4g This I 1 "' 1147