The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

. 4 ,-..x„1,.._-4VENIN G Al I'i ,4.,,,„onstituted Mr. Parreyber agent. The usual de elior redemption must be made, treating Esther Smith it i S (41 g 7 igee for 4 00Ci. The costs of the suit, so far as a sui t to , , kit f or redeem; must follow the usual decree in a ' , hi e! , 0411 t purpose. But so far as regards the costs, 'ors 4 ,tt been occasioned by the litigation respec r tin preeeritles interest in the 500 years, I shall follow the 41(i L ut f , afforded me in the case of Hanbury v. Lie 1- Pitt' s ",rove Sir John Leach, and give no costs for those k the suit. Liberty to apply must be reserved. (‘ P.Da., tj'"-c+IA'S BENCH,—(THIS DAY.) This SMITH V. WALPOLE. . 1 1ill - 4 W U an action upon a bill of exchange for the Pin g • 2°ol, brought by the plaintiff, a gentleman, c In die -Albany rainst the acceptor, Mr. Edward hI N ,, le • The bill I ' ve!' drawn in October, 1838, by . a ittisc)a.,ll4oled Griffith, and the defendant pleaded that it Ntett. keornmodation bill, for which he had never r t e le - ‘l4,i, consideration, and secondly, that when it beca t i le. e th ': was not in the hands of plaintiff but of a gen It"aoled Curry. tki;.anibert—ln 1839 I was solicitor to Mr. Curry, lia-dttY gentleman, and in the latter end of that year i etob iny hands,by him, a bill for 200/, dated 43- ac't.' 1838' 1 ted it for payment, and . 1 4r riltonoured. I I es w e r n ote to defendant about it. i rri ,rnal lN lll ., 4ll ,_ applied to me about the bill some ,rrk.-1 41 'er it became due. I told him that Mr. L 'itl tf ,' 'lad told me that he had given only 171 for the lit " 4 ir. Gol Ih• • I ultimately agreed to let him ik:citl4e bill for ' 5 171 1 . 0. An agreement was drawn up, hi e 4 )e Pt• 4, 1840, between myself and Mr. Smith, in ?4 I ; it was alleged that the bill belonged to . Smith, id and tli;;ltconsideration of the sum of 171., the bill shou I e :Is actin u p to him, which was accordingly done. . L '` . 4 t- , - k g as the agent ' of Lieut. Curry, and it was ")y t ,, "'at Ili Smith should not sue Lieut. Curry for N 4 ,, ; 5 • Smith said he had had a great many bill t -14 -"usim,ith .Griffith, and had lost a good deal of I 13; by h th h eo prop ose d on t h e part o f the d e f en d ant to ,7'lll - ,: gre ement, but C ounse l f or th e pl a i n tiff objected, ; 4 , 4'ed"ond that suc h a document coul d not be given Ntl i tiPee, and the Jury returned a verdict for the f Or the amount claimed. 11 4 ~. YATES V. ASTON. ith ' NlC ts _ 4B . 4 a action to recover a sum of 1,500/ with e l le 'lag money lent to the defendant and his tiellt,k) , It aPpeared that in 1823 a gentleman named 1 14% il ane ed a sum of 1,2001. on mortgage to the ~,,- pr,t -- ; • In 1833 Mr. Black wishing to obtain back t o ll le f 'd 4 i, applied to the defendants, beingwho 1,, 1 41 14 .° Pay the money, called upon the plaintiff N ec em. that sum, with an additional sum of w hich it t l 4 4 to the defendants required. Mr. Yates 6 , gly sir advance 1,5001. for that purpose, and accor hlt4. %' Y ates paid off the mortgage with interest and i n , eir l Otin,g to 1,400/. nd odd, and handed the ba th y, n *, to the defendant's solicitor. That took place Pl: (6 (e val ‘ 1833 , and the interest was regularly paid by defendants ki l , (ll ;ti kl ih,, 4ll , t s up to November, 1836. 1,) ( 11 4 ,7 1 t n. eY were never indebted, an T d h a e lso the sta il kilt, ations. bilie den s solicitor proved the advance of the money IZ 4 als;,e'endant. and the drawing up of the agreement, ` 4, to l' thatin August, 1836, he received 71. 10s. in ' at ) re ta the defendant William Aston. 111,. r q t fo r Nit t LY for the defendant, submitted that the 4„ I , .recover in k l. ec 'uld not an action under the present st e w of . 1 , 1 ,e action was in debt, and fur money lent, in -I,:is.rttt ,uaving declared upon the deed. i t Ike:44lle discussioe between Counsel, it was agreed 41• Nt • verdi ct for the plaintiff for the sum claimed, - with 41 (4, 4131 i, ° tinting to 1,9521, and to prepare a special the opinion of the full Court. 1041'. SELL" OI • CON —ORFEUR V. WATKINS. th e I - (With whom was Mr. Hoggins) stated the h a tlesp;e p lai ntiff complained against the defendant of "tress PPBl injury man could inflict upon man—that his _ , 7 was totally destroyed, and he left the father . f 41(111(re li ) Dt e i. 11, who could no longer enjoy the affection th:leinolti,_their. mother, and who could never again men the tlahltil:e without a blush. It was for that in that a i lary . " T ' i l l o e w sought com t at the hands of 4.41):41hinl to plaintiff was P in en a sa si l t e u n a fa ti m on ily of life which 14 tlPeetabili:upport his wife and in comfort '14 % 1'441 e ll Y. He was the part-owner . and captain t i 1. p a eci the Leda, trading to the Mediter `,4lt.i.,l4e married his wife in 1825, when she was r. r t , ei l a l,,,," t e . ,en, and he himself about twenty-seven. They t k ll the w - with the consent of her parents and friends, I'' Ili k aa aware of his profession, and that t. it e w . In ould , i s ,i'e ult) •away from home for months at a im . 0 _ 4ti kurtth, 1 840, h e was at home, after the conclusion I 1„ t he ~. or fifth voyage. They had always lived Y warst affectionate and happy manner ; the eldest_ 411itet,811:3ttioxitdeen years of age, and there were several teo4scat about twest of T was about twelve, and the h w e h y om resided in East-lane, Ber- L kki p iLl e t o . 1 2 1 11 t_lle e l7th of November, 1840, the plaintiff e Levant on board the Leda, his eldest 14,c)44titic.e-rerorasl olfet?ffs oval till:ornPayiog- i'•,„ During his absence he .flrio—m. his During couched in the t l'ae r ..,•°f August lastection ; but 0_ ' his return, in the N r 'iaary „ at he received a letter of a very ex- I ltea' h e woul d ur e• Before he read that letter, how ku,4,witli hi s slO 1Y the terms of affection on which he t t .: °3' his ' . ‘W if e , as shown in the letters addressed,,tto tp,-els iro n , :"`e• [The Learned Counsel here read . n. 1/l ail 'tY llt a i l l? ' eti° Z ill te e , e t l t he letters, which were couched in a Iv aola n uo 't Palt u : 4 l 4 ll .] However, on a the arrival of the Ilk Prw, r ead t o tii he received letter, which he ter b,;'ESIGEit, fm.4ll,rY' r ".. ' objected to the o. N si h lgread l i ma — . tile deiendant, riminal inter- Ire and pre v i ous , it was shownth at 1 / 4 „ it . th e d efend Y taken place between ae the plaintiff's Zle't;,tr4tY wouldant. dthat he was entitled to read ''`fie Its object eo vi llten to blind the husband, and to ktt,,,,UPon him itehild as which was not his. own. He was . - ` ll to make the letter evidence in the cause. Ni s e OtnT did not think the letter could be read at L it t it ,' L e u ,..i"._Paa,y then proceeded. He believed there could i t th; u4 bt of the fact h s which he should lay before them, tte k turpose of establishing his case. Plaintiff had left th. uuti at the latter end of November, and the letter at that she had been confined on k: . It 4 apprised altei r , of August, a m nd what created the strongest ik l 1 4 , in his mind was that in all the letters 'ti e had addr d to him while he was abroad ke Thenever mentioned -44 esse a word of her being came to London imme ttly ..._plaintiff many shifts and evasions, he ri a i u c . ,, l ll after a great . 0(1 0 ,,e4 that his wife had left her home, and that in :l ~ . her being confined on the 15th August, she was )e i l i u _aed till the 3d of October. The defendant, of 'Nbe v '' wi shed to say but little, was a young man who .1' fatiPii f°l. s^ e years -11 1on the most intimate terms with ql le I,°fthe plaintiff. ,_ -41 was proceeding when we went to Press.) „„ .... ........____ 4e REQuER,—(THIS DAY.) t -‘ CARPENTER v. SMITH. kNPr an actio n i n w hi c h t h e p l a i n tiff soug ht to "Mages f or the infringement of a . patent, for ANt what is called the "Rim Lock." KELLY had opened thelaintiff's case, Vt la c )ll NEY-GEN E r tAL objected to the plaintiff's vtit i ;Ni - i tt it : ll : Re admitted that his client had made a n the'ling the common bolt and a spring lever bolt aHie rim. fat'tn-rAI her t admitted that they had not connected Lit of tOet • wae: as in the plaintiff's lock, but conte . nded , n it, them in the same rim was an infringe patent. e 'vt h k i- era'tiese admissions the case was likely to go off for li e tal ' en of the Court above, but as the Attorney •ltt•li"4ed to admit that the combination was new, pr e gO. Mr.Cartmail, Mr. Cowper. of King's Y e ars' ,t43ratnah, Mr. Coxe, a lockmaker of twenty- Ilvar(l3 of t a b n ' l iag Mr. James Coley, a dealer in locks seen 154 e4lllb* years, all of whom had never R a . et e 011:1,14-ezi, or an lock upon the same principle, aP ao ' ate °f the plaintiff's patent, 1830. The lock .e 14,11 fivst„lis.,efbl one . - The sale was proved to be b A e sit thousand dozen a year. 14 0(1 14 N eZe, ttl''E t - GENERAL addressed the Jury upon a Q(., el ' which - I , ll e said it had surprised him, for the ve l , ll th e , 41 -r• Cartmail had so frankly admitted to d t , 3 l - rae p co that of the plaintiff, was 1 14 ; 4 11 C° f bp riat.•l" a wards of 80 locks were made aieseryi m a o rte lv f ach up which were raised for the e ' l ie Z i ol e l w n e r r o s v ' e that fact, and there would ,„,"`` of th e „` f t h e plaintiff's lock, for the d s - t - and, Y the very man who invented an upwards of of ' 80 upon the same principle making Bpodlar4 ag° ' W I b prevented from ever I t li t.l) t r qv c} e r th asin e g li d his e own invention. He would ti q:' l4ll od v.• at a whole street in Birmingham was Here lith locks made from the same model, and e y e s rut tip in 1325, but he beu using themr }lM '‘. the time that Naoleon ] Bona p arte was ma kttittk2lledrteia_Lotiisa of Austria —( Laughter )— a__ 4 t4.. (1 of re member particular e l r y. He also produced period , field-gate latch, in h o ' v; rem ember cottage, as th the principle used in them was th ctli,teat at claimed by the plaintiff. v 'lta proceding when we went to press.) 1 , hi. 2tAiTTCY.—(THIS DAY). c. THEOPHILUS GAMAIIFF. lar t , ° F th e " 13 - "lng appoint e d f or th e a dj ourne d examina kti' /I t ‘ et. ,a ct irrupt, w h o carr i e d on b us i ness i n Fetter „ohs br eet , a furrier, and had very large trans ett everal German houses, the Court was Ike:* e xcess. B at t d rna n T. Wood said that some goods had the 4 wi,il e Irel and, concerning which he and the assig tilliCourtdwofo,r information. lie should therefore hope k Ind consent to an adjournment for a short C o . b kllk Nsorntatssioner FONBLANQUE— Have the assignees th r tipt, K a to suppose that there is property in the tr od . nds which has not yet become available to Itors ? 1 1 , Ald er 4 ,7,e L ear Wood—Yes, it is supposed so. '''.loor.,—`,lled COMMISSIONER then ordered the case to eLt to the 16th inst. ,11l' h a -, ''popular author of " Th_ r e Sub . al- SZ ni t : i t t r u t published a series of Military Narratives L e of " Veterans of Chelsea llospital." 1 1 . 4 ! 0 1 - ti e „... tn ,uratee the personal recollections of many of "us &i 1 race at Ch - elsea, whose stories . of the cam -411104 11 which they Were engaged against the revol . u . - tll3letrEZPaslisotfe PurldanceOt e c m on h t n ap y i n n u h m is erous details piges, even . I t t sat e e ,ew them • o thou n h perhaps their interest th i e s Orlc ‘. 1 ' 1411 . more f re g l dignified matters. To h b-kteisl,;:' military li . o to r r' a ' Mr Gleig's book bears t e "NI hiaast,,itet rel atio i n s shi i p an a s s personal memoirs do to ge he,. -vr Y• kit l i iiii rort n ow 1_ • . has it that the Romish party in ka! leh ; have resolved to constitute Mr. O'Connell per- Vl4l l. Ott': Lord Mayor, there being, it is alleged, no pro ..,l'etioiA o f the Municipal Reform Bill against the re - —4l ji n c ”.,he e Dar ty to that office, year after year. Evening Rad. illik CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY). OLD CO UR 71 POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. — William Henry Mcncc, messenger in the employ of the Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter containing one penny piece, the property of the Postmaster-General. The prisoner expressed a desire to plead guilty to the minor charge of stealing a penny, but Mr. Adolphus who (with Mr. Bodkin) appeared for the prosecution, said that it was so necessary that every irregularity on the part of those employed in the Post-office, should be thoroughly investigated, that he could not consent to the adoption of such a course, but should proceed with the case. It appeared that a letter, with a penny pinned in it to pay the postage, was put into one of the receiving houses in Drury-lane, and was in that state forwarded, in the regular manner, to the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand, where the prisoner was employed as a letter stamper. Another letter-stamper, who was employed at the same table, observed something odd in the conduct of the prisoner with regard to some of the letters. Tyr rell, the officer, was sent for, and the letter was found in the prisoner's hand firmly clenched. He resisted very much, and it was with great difficulty that the letter was taken from him. _ . Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury for the prisoner, who received an excellent character from several wit nesses, one of whom bad come up from Tamworth for the purpose. Lord DENMAN summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty of the major offence. Sentence was deferred. CUTTING AND MAIMING. Michael Conlon was charged with cutting and wounding Mary Mahony, with intent to murder her. There was a second count in the indictment, charging him with the commission of an assault. Mr. CLARKSON having stated the case fur the prose cution, called the following witnesses : Mary Bridget Mahoney—l am living in service in Upper Stamford-street. On the 30th September I had permission to go to my father's, in John-street, Com mercial-road. I met my sister and a young man named Larkin, and just before we came to John-street we met the prisoner, who lives next door to my father. He was walking with his wife and a man on the other side of the way. He called after us, making use of abusive language. I said he had better go about his busi ness, and that there was another way to make him pay for what he had said. Larking went up to him and said, " Are you aware that you are taking those young women's characters away." I told Larkin to come away, aEd went to fetch him away, when the prisoner struck me on the head with his fist, tore my hair, and tore my dress completely off. My mother came up, and he commenced beating her. I went home to put on another dress, and after doing so, came out at the street door. I saw a crowd outside, and as I was going out of the gate of the court he threw a stone at me, and said, " Take that." I fell senseless, and know nothing more. Before that I saw some gar den-pots thrown down from prisoner's house. I never offered him the least provocation. I was in the hospital a month. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPs—I did nothing - to the prisoner or his wife. Larkin, I believe, has been livil ig with his mother. He has not lived at my mother's sin ce this transaction. I did not see prisoner's windows smashed. George Larkin—l am a barge-builder, living at 28, John-street, Commercial-road. I remember being in company with last witness and her sister Margaret on the occasion referred to. I saw the prisoner standing at the head of Bond-street with two females. He called after the last witness. He called her a b—y w—e. I re monstrated with him. Prisoner said he did not want to have any quarrel with me. This witness then corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to the first assault. After the last witness had changed her dress, and had come to the front door, I saw the prisoner throwing down flower-pots out of his up-stairs window into the front yard of the house where the prosecutrix's father resided. When prosecutrix came outside the door prisoner came out of his own house with a brick in his hand. Ile flung it at the prosecutrix, making use of the same words he did before. It struck her forehead. She fell senseless, and was taken to Mr. Menzies. He afterwards threw a pint pot at the prosecutrix's father. He flung nothing else. Cross-examined—l have never said that he flung a flint stone at her. I have mentioned the pint pot before this morning. I went before the Magistrates. Prisoner was suffered to go at large on his own recognizances. I have not been very intimate at the Mahoneys' since this business. I did not see prisoner's windows broken. No violence was offered to prisoner's wife in my presence. Margaret Mahoney, sister to the prosecutrix, corrobo rated her testimony. She also saw the prisoner fling a flint-stone. John Thoms—l live near the parties. On the evening in question I heard the cry of murder, and went out. The witness then detailed the assault as described by the former witnesses; Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Did you ever say you saw him throw a large flint-stone. Witness—Never. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—I must put in the depositions. On inquiry it appeared that no depositions had beer taken. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—We are not, then, in the situation in which we ought to be. The attorney for the prosecu tion kindly gave us a copy of his depositions, and from them it appears that the witness said distinctly he saw the prisoner fling a flint stone. The attorney for the prosecution said that witness had stated so. On inquiry it appeared that the prisoner had been committed on a Judge's warrant. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody, produced a flint stone and a brick, which he had received from Margaret Mahoney, who swore that they were thrown by the prisoner. The medical man who attended the prosecutrix, stated the nature of the wound. Mr. C. PHILLIPS, for the defence, complained bitterly that no depositions had been returned. lie should prove by his witnesses, that so far from this being the unpro voked assault it had been represented to be, the prisoner had received the greatest provocatioh. He then called Anthony Bennett—l was in company with the pri soner, his wife, and a young woman, on the night in question. George Larkin came over and said to pri soner, " What have you said to these two women, my friends." Prisoner had - said nothing then. According to this witness's version of the story„ the Mahoney party had begun the abuse and the assault, and had beat the prisoner and his wife before any thing was done by prisoner. George Jones, a master baker, had seen the transac tion ; and, according to his account, Larkin had begun the row by addressing the prisoner, and the two Mahoneys had beat the prisoner's wife, while Larkin beat and kicked the prisoner. William Choine passed the house of the Mahoneys at the time, and saw the girls stripped to fight, and waiting for Conlan ; when he passed, the Mahoneys and Larkin seized him and beat him. The prisoner then went into his house, and the Mahoneys came out hooting at him. One of them had a brick-bat in her hand, and threatened to throw it at the prisoner's house. Prisoner's windows were smashed. Cross-examined by Mr. DonNE.—Never saw any flower-pots thrown ; never saw any flint-stone thrown, nor any brick-bat thrown. Several other witnesses were examined ; all of whom testified the Mahoneys had begun the row, and had smashed the prisoner's windows; and one of them, named, Parker, stated that the prosecutrix had received the wound from falling on the step of her own door. Mr. Cutchlore, the attorney for the prosecution, took notes of what the witnesses had said when before the Magistrate, and furnished a copy of those notes to the attorney for the defence. The witness then distinctly stated, when before the Magistrate, that he had seen a flint-stone thrown before the brick was thrown. Lord DENMAN re-called the surgeon, who stated that a very heavy tall might of possibility produce a wound such as that the prosecutrix had on her forehead, but that if the prosecutrix had fallen, her face would in all probability have been injured, which was not the case. Mr. DOANE replied. Lord DENMAN summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. EXCHEQUER BILL CASE• In the course of the morning the Grand Jury returned four true bills against Edward Beaumont Smith for fe lony. The bills charged him with forging and uttering. Mr. ADOLPHUS applied to the Court to fix a day for the trial of Smith. Lord DENMAN said that it had been understood in Westminster Hall that to-morrow would be the most convenient day for the trial to take place, and that it had better be fixed for that day, if nothing further should be said about it. NEW COURT. Richard Bull, 24, William Johnson, 23, John Crittk, 23, and Dennis Leonard, 31, were indicted, the three first named prisoners with having stolen, and Leonard with having received, with a guilty knowledge, one black mare, of the value of 151., the property of Henry Ruck. Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Espinnasse, and Mr. Chambers, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoners. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury, from which it appeared, that on the 11th of October last, the prose-, cu t o r was possessed of a horse, which horse had been . safe in his stable on that day. On the next morning the prosebutor's groom went to the stable, and found it open and the horse gone. The prisoners, on the 11th October, were seen together at Ashford, in Kent, at a public-house there, and were observed to go in the di rection of Mcrstham. Thelprosecutor is a farmer residing at Mersthana, and on the day succeeding the departure of the prisoner from Ashford the horse was missed. Two of the prisoners, Johnson and Leonard, were seen riding two horses in the direction of London, one a black one, corresponding with the horse in question. It was sub sequently ascertained that the prisoner had sold the horse to a cabman for four pounds. This horse was identified as the property of the prosecutor. There bad been several-robberies committed in the neighbourhood of Mersthatn, and the prisoners were detained upon these several charges, one of which was for stealing a gelding, value 251., which corresponded with the description of another horse which was seen in the possession of the prisoners on their road to London, Mr. CLARxSON was proceeding to call evidence when we went to press. THE SUSSEX LEVELS.—AII the lowlands ad joining the rivers in this county are flooded to an extent scarcely ever before witnessed, rendering the roads in many places nearly impassable. The water on the Ouse levels has risen to a terrific extent ; and, in addition to a large quantity of timber being washed down the river, it is rumoured that Isfield bridge has been carried away by the force of the current. At Lewes the waters of the Ouse are out to a greater depth than in 1814, when the floods were higher than was ever before remembered. The basements of several houses in the lower part of the town, adjoining the river, are flooded, and considerable damage has already 11 0- 1 trued. . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1841. THE NEW LORD MAYOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the columns of your liberal paper I noticed recently with pleasure the spirited and praiseworthy manner you spoke of the benevo lent character of Mr. Pirie, when called upon to exercise his public functions as Lord Mayor, and hope, therefore, you will insert the following case, which deserves some public notice, showing at once his capacity as a man of business, and liberal and g enerous disposition as Chief Magistrate, willing to ex tend his protection to all classes of traders, ;though they may not legally have a claim to it, as in the case of aliens, whom the law does not license to trade as sworn brokers without being freemen of the city. The following ease will show the present state of the laws :—A broker in the wool trade lodged an information through the city solicitor against another, for allowing a foreigner to act under his name. The Court of Aldermen proceeded against the offending party, who let the action go by default, consequently incurred the penalty and forfeiture of his license. The informer thought by these means, paltry as they were, to get rid of art active competitor, who,from his industrious and business-like habits, no doubt excited his jealousy; but the Lord Mayor, having inquired more fully into all - the circumstances of toe case s and finding the foreign gentleman, who has resided upwards of 16 years in this country, to bear an unimpeachable, honest character, admitted him at °wee as an alien broker, having the privilege to appoint twelve alien brokers to the city, and for which office I believe as much as 1,0001. had been given before the Jews were allowed to take up their freedom. This reflects much credit upon Mr. Pme, and if he goes on in this liberal and hand some manner will justly merit a higher title, which Providence, under rather extraordinary and happy auspices, appears to hit've destined for him. The brokers' laws form a fit subject of inquiry, and I am rather surprised the common informers do not more frequently catch hold of them. But I cannot see why foreigners who are residents in the country paying rent and taxes should not be permitted to take . up the freedom of the City, for purposes of trading either as brokers or Merchants, and what would the Chineoe say to a principle which the first commercial City in the world will not recognise, when we are at present compelling them to adopt it by force of arms. "Live and let lire" is a good motto, and let all men of all grades and nations reap the fruits of their honest labour and industry. I am, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO ALL MANKIND. City, Dec. 1, 1841. DEATH of SIR HENRY FREELING. We regret to learn that Sir H. Freeling, Bart., died suddenly on Monday last. He was in town on Saturday, quite well; but he had been in rather delicate health for some time previously. Sir Henry was son of the first Baronet, by his first wife, the daughter of Christian Carstadt, Esq., of London. He was born 1789. He married in 1816 the daughter of Robert Lang, Esq., of Moor Park, Surrey, and succeeded to his father in 1836. The first Baronet, his father, was Se cretary to the General I'ost•ofiice for more than thirty years. The family seats are Ford and Uutchings, Sussex. His son, Francis Freeling, Esq.; born in 1816, is his heir. The deceased was one of the Commissioners of Customs. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Last evening at six o'clock, an inquisition was taken before Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, at the Victoria Tavern, Hyde Park-square, on view of the body of Sir G. H. Freeling, Bart., aged 52, one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, and eldest son of the late Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., formerly Deputy Postmaster- General, whose death occurred under the cir cumstances below detailed :—Ophelia Gilling ham., housemaid in the service of Mrs. Lang, a lae,y of independent fortune, No. 7, Hyde Park gardens, deposed that the deceased Baronet, whose residence was in Connaught-place West, had for the last six weeks been staying on a visit at her mistress's house. Witness, at the de ceased's request, had been in the habit of calling him every morning. On Tuesday morning last, about half past seven o'clock, witness, as usual, proceeded to his sleeping apartment, and having knocked at the door several times and received no answer, she opened it, and on entering the room saw deceased lying on his face on the floor, in his night dress. She approached him, and on raising his head found it to be quite cold. She screamed aloud, and on the housekeeper and footman com ing up, a surgeon was sent for, who pronounced life to have been for some time extinct. Witness last saw deceased alive on Monday morning, when he was, to all appearance, well in health. Mr. Barker, a surgeon, said that the history of the deceased Baronet's health bad been such as to leave no doubt that he had died of disease of the heart. Walter Phillips, butler to Mrs. Lang, stated that he saw deceased last alive at the tea table, atnine o'clock on Monday night. He then seemed in his usual health. On witness going into de ceased's bedroom, after he had been found as de scribed, he observed that the bed had been laid in. There was nothing disturbed in the room, and witness had not the slightest suspicion that deceased destroyed himself. There being no other witnesses, Mr. Wakley remarked that the inquiry had arrived at that stage that it was for the Jury to consider whether they would have the body opened or not. After some discussion the Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the evidence that had been adduced, and returned a verdict :—" That the deceased, Sir George Henry Frceling, was found dead, and that the cause of his death was natural." FRACAS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. (From a Correspondent of the Post.) On Tuesday last a long investigation took place at the Board of Green Cloth, before the Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, when nearly twenty persons of the Royal establishment were examined, touching an affray between Mr. Norton, the Deputy Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, and Mr. Francatelli, chief cook of the Royal kitchen. It is well known that broils, jealousies, and ill-feeling, to a great extent, have been existing in the Royal es tablishment ever since the appointments (at the instance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex) of the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray to the office of Comptrollen of her Majesty's Household. That gentleman, imme diately on entering office, caused many old and valuable servants of the Royal Household to be pensioned, or sent to the rightabout, in o:der to make way for a large num ber of French servants, who now fill some of the prin cipal offices in the Royal establishment. Mr. Norton, by his judicious management, has done much towards allaying the ill-feeling among the ser vants, which this injudicious change naturally created, and, by his straightforward, manly conduct, has gained the respect of those over whom he has had control. Francatelli, on the contrary, has kept his department in continual broils, which have been the came of many dis missals and numerous complaints to the Lord Stewart. On Monday last Francatelli took an opportunity of in sulting Mr. Norton in the presence of all the Pages and (:bout forty others, when high words ensued, which ended in a policeman being sent for to take Francatelli into custody, but he managed to make his escape before the officer arrived. The result of the investigation was the suspension of Francatelli until the matter shall be laid before her Majesty and his Royal Highness l'rince Al. bert, when there is no doubt such measures will be adopted as may prevent a recurrence of such disgrace ' ful proceedings. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for tho week ending Nov. 29, 1841 : Passengers £757 3 7 Merchandizo £1,321 15 4 Darlington, Dec. 1. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary. ,_..___—_----„---- ARUNDEL.—The liabilities of the Arundel banking house of llopkins and Drewitt are supposed to exceed 100,0001. The greatest consternation prevailed in this town and neighbourhood immediately that the event became known ; and a partial run on the bank of Henty and Co. was the consequence. During the day a well attended meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at the Town Hall, at which a resolution was unanimously passed of perfect confidence in the banks of Henty and Co., at this town and other places, and of the intention of those present to continue taking the notes of the firm as heretofore. It is consolatory to add that the above stoppage is said to be owing to a disagreement between the partners of the bank, arising out of a complaint by the junior partner (who is not an acting on e ) that the senior had engaged in a transaction which had n o t come legitimately within the business of the bank. The firm has caused a notice to be posted to the following affect : " Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt earnestly request that their creditors will meet them to-morrow (Wednesday), at two o'clock, at the Norfolk Arms,"—from which it is inferred that Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt are in a situa tion to communicate a tolerably favourable account of the state of their affairs ; indeed, the general impression seems to be that the estate will pay well, if not in full. The inconvenience, however, which it will occasion, and the effect which it is producing upon business, are very considerable.—Brighton Gazette. Much anxiety has been felt by the public in general, but more especially be the citizens of London, as to the completion of the Wellington Statue, the com mission for which was in the hands of the late Sir Francis Chantroy. Various idle reports have been in circulation • those, however, most conversant with th e position of affairs in the deceased artist's atelier seem perfectly easy on the point, feeling confident that this noble work will be satisfactorily ' . completed under the hands of Mr. Weeks, who has, in fact, for a long time tpast, had the entire execution of the models which have proceeded from the studio of Sir Francis, his own health having, - for a very considerable period, precluded him from any interference. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT pEN- - - XINGTON: The neighbourhood of Pennington was thrown into state of great excitement, on Mond* iri Corlsevittchee. of a poor woman, rittitt Bitty Thompson, having suffo cated her infant child, and afterwards committed suicide. The Most intense interest was manifested as to the cause of this melancholy occurrence, which was attributed by some to a feeling of recklessness, arising from the ex treme destitution of deceased, who was reported to have been a woman of sober and industrious habits. She oc cupied a cellar in Smithy-street, where she endeavoured by weaving and occasionally washing, to support herself and four illegitimate children. The father of the eldest (a boy about twelve years of age) being dead, and the father of the other three (a man named William Wood) having seoreely c ontr ib uted anything towards the i r sup port, deceased w as re d uced to circumstances of great distress ; and her e arn i ngs were found altoget h er ina dequate to supply th e f am il y with the necessaries of lif e. During the past wee k s h e was reduced to a state o f extreme destitution ; an d h av i ng appl i ed to W oo d f or some assistance, he sen t h er word that he would ne i t h er come to see her no r sen d h er any help. In a b out two hours afterwards she was found hanging from a rafter in the ceiling of her cellar, and her infant daugh ter (usually called Elizabeth Wood), suffocated in a mug of water. On Wednesday an inquest was held on view of the bodies, before Mr. W. S. Rutter, at the Royal Oak, Pennington, when the following evidence was tticen :—Elizabeth Marsden stated as follows : I live in Smithy-street, next door to the cellar occupied by the deceased, who was a single woman. The infant was about eight months old. Deceased had three other chil dren, all of whom are now living. The eldest is a boy about twelve years of age. His father is dead. William Wood, who lives in West Legh, is the reputed father of the other three children. She was sometimes employed at washing, and sometimes at weaving ; when at the lat ter she was not able to earn more than 2s. 9d. a week, and to obtain so much it was necessary that she should work day and night. She was occasionally employed at Mr. Jackson's. She paid one shilling a week for her cellar. I last saw her alive on Sunday night. She came to our house to buy some onions and a little pepper. I was in her house about nine o'clock on Sunday night, and saw them eating their suppers. Perhaps she had no dinner, for she had very little provisions on Saturday. On Monday morning I understood she had sent one of the children to the father for money. About eleven o'clock she came to my house, and my mother-in-law asked her if she had got anything from him. She said, " No." My mother-in-law advised her to go to him again. I saw no more of her until I saw her hanging. She belonged to Hindley, which is in the Wigan union. She told ine that she had been at the Board of Guar dians once, seeking assistance, and they threatened to take her children from her and send her to Kirkdale, if ever she applied again. This was about two months ago. All the money she had ever received from Wood amounted only to 525. About sixteen or seventeen weeks ago she had 4s. from him, which she gave for her rent when she got it. On Saturday night week she had half-a-crown, and bought some coals and pota toes for the ensuing week. She earned Bd. in a house where she had been washing; and she got 3d. from me. On Thursday night she borrowed 6d., with which she bought 3d. worth of coals, and 3d. worth of jannock bread. On Saturday night she came in to pay me the 6d., but I would not take it from her, although I am very poor myself. This was all the money she had to support herself and three children for the last week. She was a very hard-working clean woman, and remarkably so according to her situation in life. She had seldom more to live on, as far as I could learn, than 2s. 6d. a week. James Smith, of Chowbent, is the landlord of the cellar, and he sent bailiffs there twice for the rent ; but, seeing her destitute condition, they could not find it in their hearts to sell the few articles of furniture she possessed.—[A gentleman present stated that, on one ac casion, the bailiff was so much touched with her destitute condition, that he gave her half-a-crown.] The deceased had three children by Wood, the eldest of whom is a boy, seven years of age, and the next a girl, about eighteen months old, and the child that was drawned, who was eight months old. _ _ _ Alice Heap deposed as follows :—I live in Smithy street, and was present when the cellar-door was broken open. I went in, and saw the child in the mug, with its head in the water, and its feet up. One of its hands was on the edge of the mug, and its head and shoulders were quite covered with the water. I ran out with it into Ellen Boydell's back yard, but it was quite dead, and appeared to have been so for some time. I believe the child was put into the mug by deceased. It was a fine child ; but, as it could not walk, it could not have got to the mug itself. The mug was about a quarter of a yard from the feet of the deceased. I have heard the neighbours say that she was very badly off; but I never spoke to her myself. Edward Thompson, the eldest son of the deceased, a very fine boy, about twelve years of age, was then examined. He said he sometimes worked in Mr. Jackson's garden, bat had not done anything for many weeks. His mother washed for one woman, who gave ber a shilling a week, and she earned 2s. 9d. a cut by weaving. She could weave a cut in the week, but she did not do so regularly. She had no assistance from the town. She applied once for assistance since her mother died, but got nothing. The Board threatened to put her into prison if she ap plied again. He heard her say so, and she cried very much at the time. She had told several of the neighbours the same thing. The deceased and her children had sometimes oatmeal porridge twice a day, and sometimes nothing at all, [Here the child burst into tears and be came so affected as scarcely to have the power of utter ance.] On Sunday morning they had meal porridge fur breakfast, and potatoes without anything else for din ner, and - some potatoes stewed in water with an onion for supper. The porridge was always thin, and they hardly ever had more than a basin full amongst them all. As the inquiry was likely to occupy a considerable time, and appeared likely to be of great importance, par ticularly on account of what had been stated in reference to the Board of Guardians, Mr. Rutter considered it ad visable to adjourn the inquest till next day. Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. THE BRAZILIAN TREATY.—As doubts exist r tssec, manufactures, the following e nt er as to the period of e x pi ry o f the Treaty w i t h B raz il , when it is expected th at hi gher duties w i ll b e l a id on Btraidt i e sh o e mer chant here,. from Lord C ann i ng, that that Treaty cannot letter,i e addressed sting to to al I a i n the expire before November, 1844:—" Foreign-office, Nov. 24, 1841.—Sir,—I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of y our l etter o f the 3d inst., requesting to be informed of the views of her Majesty's Government as to .the time at which the Treaty between Great Britain and Brazil is to terminate; and I am to acquaint you that Lord Aberdeen has repeated to the Brazilian Minister at this Court, that which was stated to him by Lord Palmerston upon this subject, namely, that her Majesty's Government entertain no doubt that the meaning . of the 28th article of the Treaty it of 1827 is, that the notice of the t e rmination of that Treaty cannot be given before the 10th of November, 1542, and, consequently, as the Tr ea ty is not to termi nate before the end of two years from the date of such notice, her Majesty's Government maintain that the 10th of November, 1844, is the earliest day om which the Treaty can expire.—l am, Sir, y our mos t o bedient humble ervant, CANNING." — G/asgete Herald. SINGULAR INSTANCE op LONGEVITY.— Died at Valencia, on the 18th of November, in his 106th year, Mr. John Murphy, commonly called " Paul Jones." He had been taken prisoner by that remarkable man, commanding a French squadron off the coast of Kerry. When he sent a boat ashore at Valentia for a supply of water the people seized on the boat and crew, and young Murphy being on board hi s vessel at the time, as pilot, Paul Jones carried . him off, and he was compelled to serve for two years in a French frigate, during which time he accumulated a good sum of prize-money. He lived on potatoes and milk, and, notwithstanding his wealth, never increased his comforts. He was a remarkably strong man, and, till within the last two years, hale and robust, and walked and rode. He voted at the election of 1834. LORD MORPETH.—On the arrival of Lord Morpeth by the last packet at Halifax, an address was presented to him in the name and by the friends of Irishmen in that city. This address was pre sented by the Honourable M. Tobin, accompanied by several other gentlemen, and was ac'inowledged in warm terms by his Lordship who, in reply, said— " You have accurately reminded me that nearly the last sounds which met my ears on the shores of the Old World, were the expressions of good will and approval uttered in the ancient capital of Ireland, at the termina tion of my official connection with that country ; you may judge how it must touch the inmost feelings of my heart, to find these accents echoed by Irishmen, and the friends of Irishmen, on the first ground I tread upon the other side of the Atlantic."—Montreal Courier. An accident has this week happened to Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, who is at present on a v;sit to the Earl of Jersey, at Middleton-park, Oxon. On Tuesday last, Mr. Drake's hounds met at Middleton toll-bar, near that nobleman's residence, when his Highness, while enjoying that fine old English sport, met with an unfor tunate accident, which caused the death of a very valu able horse he was riding ; but we are happy to say that our informant states that the Prince escaped without injury.—Aylesbury .News. THE NEW TORY MAGISTRATES.---We are happy to learn that the Counc il are about to take up this matter. specialtl meeting a of the Corp orat i on i s ap pointed y, at eleven o ' c l oc k , " to to A beled on consider the letter addressed by Secretary Sir James Graham to the Mayor, announcing the appointment of six additional Magistrates for this city." Should they decide on making any representation to the Home Se cretary on the subject, it may not be amiss to direct his attention to the fact that the plan he is adopting of no minating Magistrates without inquiring into the senti ments of the inhabitants in regard to them, is actually worse than that which is obtained under the old regime. —Worcester ( hronicle. THE ARMY,—We understand that none of the general officers commanding districts in Ireland will be removed until spring. It is said that Sir Wm. Napier is to succeed Sir James Douglas as Governor of Guernsey. Colonel Napier is spoken of as the successor of Colonel, now General D'Aguila r, as A ssistant A djutant. General There is a rumour Frederick Stovin, is for Ireland. Sir Thomas Wiltshire is of t Al o ia j re o p r- la G c c e ne S ra ir l itlnhVaitlthliteahme latenl newly w r aßir3rr, Brevet) cv ( re p eoa r o t e m adt o G t c e e d hna t o etrha t al h ,m e s. rank of to have the command of a district in Ireland.—Dublin Mail. WEEKS, THE GREENWICH PENSIONER.— Miss Anne Weeks, the aunt of Weeks, the insane Green wich pensioner, who left him 120,000/., formerly resided in the city of Gloucester, occasionally removing to Chel tenham, and other places in the neighbourhood. She was herself a person of great eccentricity, as we ll as o f very penurious habits. The will is, however, disputed, an a plentiful harvest of litigation seems likely to accrue. STRIKE OF THE MASONS. , At i t iii e ti n k tlf Delegates from the different trades Of the, metropoliS; held at !Le Craven's Head, Drury lant, Noiit3iiibef 04, for the jtitpme of assisting the Masons in their strike at end ffe* 1 - 1 e .14 of Parliament, Woolwich Dockyard, and Nelson's A , fonineut, Mr. BUTLER, carpenter, in the Chair. After hearing the letter read of Thomas Hickey to the Editor of the Mornintj Advertiser, stating his acci dent at the new. Houses of Parliament, and his treatment and subsequent discharge by George Allen, the foreman of Grissell and Peto ; and the replies by It. J. Wardle, G. Allen, and John Baker thereto, and also the statement of Patrick Wheelan, it was unanimously resolved, " That two of this Meeting, not masons, be appointed to investi gate the correctness or incorrectness of the statement made by Thomas Hickey on the one side, and Messrs. Wardle, Allen, and Baker, on the other; *and that T. J. Dunning, bookbinder, and J. Baker, plasterer, be ap. pointed for that purpose." The undersigned being thus appointed, lost no time in making the necessary inquiries. The allegations of Messrs. Wardle, Allen, and Baker, contradicting the statement of T. Hickey, they place in order, numbering each. IL J. Wardle states:- 1. " That Thos. Hickey met with his accident on the 25th of February, instead of the 13th, as alleged by him. 2. '• That he did not complain to him (IL J. Wardle) of Allen's conduct. 3. " That he returned to his work, March 29, after an absence of five weeks, and not of 14, as he stated. 4. .` That in no instance have the foremen on the works made use of the language stated by T. Hickey, in his presence, upon men being discharged."' Gee. Allen states:- 5. " That the circumstances and language imputed to him by T. Hickey, as to the cause of his dismissal as ma son's labourer, from the new Houses of Parliament, is ab solutely false. 6. " That he firmly declares he is not in the habit of discharging men without good and sufficient reason. 7. " He begs to append the statement of Patrick Whcelan, the individual alluded to in his previous state ment, in confirmation of that statement. John Baker states :- 8. " That he is one of the foremen of masons at the new houses of Parliament, and that he perfectly recol lects Thomas Hickey returning to his work, and the fact of his working six weeks after his said return. 9. " That he (John Baker) considers George Allen perfectly justified in discharging the said Thomas Hickey." The above statements are given in the form of affida vits, intending them to be such but the Magistrate re fused, on account of some le7al objection, to sign them. Whetner-the objection of the Magistrate was made before or after the parties had taken the oath, the deponents, of course, have not informed the public. 1. With respect to the date of the accident, the under signed, after carefully inquiring at the Westminster Hos pital, and elsewhere, have no doubt that it happened on the 25th of February, and that, consequently, T. Hickey is mistaken in believing it to have happened on the 13th. This; however, as all parties are agreed as to its having happened, and as to its serious nature, is a matter of slight importance. 2. The statement of T. Hickey is as follows :—" I then went to the pay-clerk, and told him of the usage I had received from Allen." Here, also, appears to have been an error, for it was to the time-keeper, and not to the pay-clerk, to whom the complaint was made. This error, which relates only to the person to whom the complaint was made, and not the treatment complained of, is thus explained. There are two persons to whom all employed on those works had to apply previous to being paid—the time-keeper and the pay-clerk ; having first to go to the time-keeper for their " time," as it is called, and then to the pay-clerk, who paid them for the time which had thus been previously given. It appears that T. Hickey wanted to be paid for two hours of the morning on which he was discharged, which Allen refused to allow the time-keeper to give ; Hickey, therefore, could not go to the pay clerk for these two hours, for he had not got " his time " for them, a circumstance which Allen must well have known, and consequently must have perceived the error, and remembered its cause immediately. The undersigned, therefore, in confirming the statement of Wardle that no complaint was made to him cannot ac quit him of gross partiality in his omitting to correct the error, after he had pointed it out, thus made by T. Hickey ; for the undersigned are convinced that both Wardle, Allen, and Baker, well knew to whom the com plaint was made, and are convinced, therefore, that the pointing out of this error without correcting it, was only for the purpose of leading the public to believe that the circumstances complained of had not taken place. The undersigned give the following shortened account of the matter in Hickey's words to them. After the first ebullition of anger, when Allen said "he did not want any d—d Irish cripples there," he (Hickey) stopped about ten minutes to see if he would forgive him (relent), but he (Allen) came back, and told him "If he did not go he would put his boots in his backside ;" he then went to the time-keeper for his money, who told him it was "all nonsense," and went to Allen, but returned to him (from Allen) and told him that it was " all up" with him. Allen went off (away) for about a quarter of an hour, during which time Hickey waited near the office to be paid or to " get his time" for the two hours in question. When Allen came back he (Hickey) asked him how long he was to wait for his money ? Allen told him if he did not go about his business he would give him in charge of a policeman. This took place on Thursday, May 6, 1841. 3. The 3d by Wardle, the pay clerk, and the Bth by Baker, the deputy foreman, are the same, each impugn ing Hickey's correctness as to the time he was, in the employ of Grissell and Peto, after the accident ; they asserting the period to have been six weeks, while he five and a half days. The undersigned, when they as certained from the Secretary of the Westminster Hospi tal the date Hickey left that hospital, March 30, in quired (whether he had been afterwards an out-patient, and, if so, for how long ?—for the undersigned did not know then he :had left the hospital without leave ; the Secretary replied that he could not give that informa tion, nor did he believe such information could be readily obtained; but, said he, " if the inquiry is made with reference to the statements in the papers ' (alluding to Wardle's, Allen's, and Baker's statements) " it is certain that, in the case of a broken leg, the bones could not knit together, so that the limb could be used, in the short time, for such a process, from Feb. 25 to March 30, less than six weeks that he wasin the hospital." If this be correct, of which medical men can best decide, it must have been physically impossible that Hickey could have returned to work on the 29th of March, as stated by Wardle, the pay-clerk, and Baker, the deputy fore man, which, on oath, they "so perfectly well remem ber." The undersigned, upon questioning Hickey on this point, elicited from him that a few days before he left the hospital he inquired whether he could not be al lowed to leave, when the surgeon told him that he would not allow him even to leave his bed for a fortnight. He, however, did leave, without the consent of the surgeon, on the 30th, in a " cab," but soon found that the " Doctor" was right, and, after a few days, applied for medicine at the hospital, when he was told, that as he had left contrary to orders, they could do no more for him. He further stated, that he was able to do no- thing for five weeks after he left the hospital. If this be correct, which, as it is against himself, there can e be no reason to disbelieve, it is again impossible, and utterly so, if we allow competent medical know ledge to the surgeon of the hospital, for Hickey to resume his employment on the 29th of March. The undersigned do not notice the error of making Hickey to be at work on the 29th, when he did not leave the hospital until the 30th, for that might be entirely verbal. In pursuing this part of the inquiry they felt the injustice of calling upon Hickey to prove a negative. All inquiries they hare made, both of those in the house where he lodged, and of all besides, have confirmed their belief that his statement is correct. The landlady of the house where Hickey resided when he left the hospital is positive as to his not being at work for four weeks out of the five. She has no doubt as to the whole, but can swear to four weeks' inability to perform work. The undersigned inquire of Messrs. Baker and Wardle how they knew Hickey was in the employment of their mas ters from the 29th of March to the 6th of May. Is it by consulting their books for that period, or is it only from the assumption that he must have been employed Grissell and Peto immediately after he left the hos pital, of which period the undersigned know due in quiries were made by that firm at the hospital? If it be from consulting their books, the undersigned publicly challenge them to produce those books. Nothing can be, more easy than their production and if Ilickey were really on the works for the'period they were ready to swear to, nothing is more certain than that his name must be found on the books for the whole of that time. If, however, it be cnly from the mere assumption, the undersigned beg to suggest to them that an oath is no trifling matter, and to recommend, for their own sakes, that the next time they tender an oath, or take an oath, to take care that they really do " perfectly well recol lect" the circumstances to which they are about to swear. 4. R. J. Wardle denies that the foremen on the works have in any instance made use of the language stated by T. Hickey in his presence upon men being discharged. — Does Mr. Wardle really intend this to implicate the statement of T. Hickey? if so, he ought to have specially named not the " foremen on the works," but George Allen. Hickey has brought no charges against the " foremen on the works," but only against George Al len. It has already been admitted that no complaint was made to him, the pay-clerk, and that, therefore, the lan guage described might not have been used in his pre sence. But does he mean to say because it was not used in his presence that it was not used at all? The un dersigned beg to inform him that if it really be true that Allen never made use of the language described " in his presence," that they have seen very ma persons lately employed on the works, before whom and t w the same individual most freely indulged init. 5. The undersigned come now to the extraordinary declaration made or tendered upon oath by George Allen, denying the circumstance and the language al leged to have been used in the dismissal of T. Hickey. The undersigned read over the statement of T. Hickey in his presence, and closely questioned him as to the circumstances stated, and the language used, when he reiterated every particular. Before doing so, the under signed requested him to relate what really did take place on the occasion, when they found the same thin g s related by him with minute particulars of detail, which it would have been impossible for him to suggest, if his statement had not been true. In opposition to Allen's denial, t h ere f o re, they confide ntl y p lace T. H ickey's reiteration. It is impossible not to be struck with the manner in which this charge from the first has been met by Allen. e ' First, he evaded all knowledge of it, affecting i ing, of to beve believe it to refer to the case Whelan, while it is impossible that ' he could for a mo ment have imagined it to relate to him. Nor is it possible he could have forgotton it ; his two friends, Wardle and Baker, who so "p er f ect l y we ll re collect" all about it, render this supposition I impos sible. If, then, be could not h forgotten it, and could an a so not for a moment have supposed the masons alluded to Patrick Whoelso—for this supposition is unutterably absurd—what couikl have prompted the evasion—an eva sion .now, since the publication of Wheelan's statement, so gross and palpable ? The undersigned are compelled to reply—a guilty . knowledge of the whole transaction, and a wish to prevent all knowledge of it going to the public. The follcasing are the testimonies of those who faqir and heard the whole transaction : " I remember Thomas Hickey being discharged. I was close to Allen and him at the time he was dis charged ; and heaoi Allen make use of language simi lar to that which is mentioned in Hickey's letter. I saw T. Hickey the new day after he was discharged, and he told me he had got employment in the firm of Mr. Cubitt. " THOMAS REID, Mason. "24, Tufton-street, Westminster." " I remember Thomas Hickey being discharged. I was close to the place where Allen discharged him ; was ware that Hickey had had his leg broken. I heard Aif,sn swearing at Hickey, and make use of language s i m i lar . to that which is stated in Hickey's letter. The last wolm s I heard was Allen's telling him to be off the works altc,, o:ether. " THOMAS CHARNOCK, Mason. " New Cross, Kent." stances does this man deny ? Does l i L c z But what circuit,. 9 No ; then of co mess and inabi l i z i r t se y of he cannot he deny the accident ey. deny the subsequent wei, dmit that he discharged H reasonable false, Ile is now compelled to is for ? If all alleged What did he discharge him to state the r false, what could be more easy tha, an d w h at more im and proper grounds of his diaelittme, " s he dischar m c u e s o t f h the t ed ve perative for his own vindication NV, for not doing work enough ? If so, &II a been discharged for his weakness in cotiFiegts%., 4 o a full accident, for he was not, nor is he now able i' , t , day's; work. Was he discharged for being if**. Allen has not pretended that he was insolent. \Val h.. dishonest ? certainly not ; for they who could so reaay notice the discrepancies explained above, would eagerly have made known every particular. If then, he were neither insolent nor dishonest, he could only have been discharged for not doing work enough. A valid reason certainly, if the man had been !asp but a most cruel pro cedure, when the man was weak, through injuries re ceived in the service s of his employers. Was this the " good and sufficient cause," which he " firmly " swears to, for the discharge of Thomas Hickey ? 6. Allen also states on oath that he is not in the habit of discharging men without good and sufficient cause. This is no reply to the statement of Hickey. Hickey does not accuse Allen of being in the habit of discharging men without cause ; he makes a specific charge of his being discharged himself without cause an with cir cumstances of peculiar cruelty ; and it can be no reply to this charge for Allen to say, that he is not in the habit of discharging men without cause. If all the dr , cumstances and the language imputed be false, thii state ment is superfluous ; if true, it is no reply to them. The masons certainly accused Allen of being in the habit of dis charging men without sufficient reason, and offered to prove their charge before any fair arbitration. On which occasion Grissell and Peto publicly announced that they would not allow any agent of their's " further to com municate with the men, because they had fully satisfied their minds on the subject;" that is, as the undersigned supposed, that the charges against Allen were false ; which reason, if true, was sufficient at least for them. They have now destroyed this reason. It now appears, that so far from " being satisfied," except of the truth of the charges, the moment a wrong date is mentioned, or an error in naming the different departments of their establishment is committed, which may serve as a peg on which to hang a general denial, they are again in the field by their agents, eager not to let such an oppor tunity pass without taking advantage of it; clinging with convulsive tenacity to the hope, that these mistakes, which make not the slightest difference to the main charges, may implicate the who l e. 7. As the letter of Patrick Wheelan has nothing to do with T. Hickey - , the undersigned do not feel called upon to make any remark upon it, further than to state that they are glad to find, if true, there appears to be one in stance in which Grissell and Peto behaved well to those injured in their employ. They can only say that it con trasts well with their treatment of T. Hickey ; for while his friends of his own class collected what their scanty means would allow for him, while in the hospital, Messrs. Grissell and Peto rendered him no assistance whatever. The undersigned, with regret, are compelled to state, that it appears to have been quite an unusual thing for Grissell and Peto to render any assistance to those in jured in their employ. We give two instances, out of many that might be adduced : Thomas Wade fell with the dam when it gave way during the summer, and was most severely injured. Messrs. Grissell and Peto sent to him, while in the hos pital, to say that neither he nor his family should want for anything. They however gave him nothing, but stopped his time up to the very half hour of the accident. He got 11. from the box kept on the works to receive charitable donations ; but this he did not receive until after he had recovered and been at work some time, and then not until dissatisfaction had been expressed by the men to Allen at his not having given him a portion of the money from the donation-box. He was supported while in the hospital by a voluntary subscription among the men, amounting to 61. 3s. Watson Ellis, by an accident last winter had his arm broken, by which he was unable to work 14 weeks. HQ received nothing from Messrs. Grissell and Peto—no- thing out of the box. Mr. Baker appears not to be content with " perfectly well recollecting" upon oath the return of Hickey to his work, upon which the undersigned have before remarked, but he volunteers an affidavit to the truth of an opinion He swears, or was ready to swear, that in his opinion George Allevyas justified ,in discharging T. Hickey !' The undersigned no doubt but that here, at least, he might safely be believed; but they would remind him that an affidavit is not the way to prove the truth of an opinion. The truth of an opinion can only be proved by substantial reasons, which reasons must be supported by facts. It would have been to the purpose if he had stated the reasons and facts which supported his opinion; but for him to make oath to its truth implies most surely that he knew his reasons and his facts would not bear investigation, and that therefore he substituted his oath in their stead, giving the singular, and withal ludicrous instance of a man making his testimony valueless by the very act of swearing to its truth. From the whole, it appears that T. Hickey has made two mistakes, first, in believing the accident to have happened on the 13th of February, while it happened on the 25th ; and second, in confounding the time-keeper with the pay-clerk ; a fact which invalidates nothing in his statement concerning Allen, and, in the position of one discharged instanter from the works, very easily made. In all the rest the undersigned believe him to have been perfectly correct. It appears to the under signed that the statements tendered upon oath by War dle and Baker were, by implicating the correctness of dates, and by pointing out the mistake above referred to, intended to throw a doubt over the whole statement of Hickey ; a statement which, in the opinion of the un dersigned, these deponents were unable to disbelieve ; which inability also appears to have been shared in by the exuberantly grateful Patrick Wheelan. Wardle swears concerning himself to what did not hap pen in his presence—and here he is careful not to mention his friend George Allen—and to dates. Baker to dates and to the truth of an opinion ! But neither hint their disbelief of Allen's language, or his cruelty, as specifically detailed by Hickey. Patrick Wheelan, thorgh overflowing with gratitude, does not even mention Allen, nor hint, directly or indirectly, the existence of such a person. Although he is brought forward by Allen himself, expressly to confirm his pre vious statement that he t obtained his place to " tally bricks," because he " recommended his application to Messrs. Grissell and Peto for a lighter berth." It is not always fair to argue from omissions ; but here, where the wanting testimony is so necessary, and is what would so instantly suggest itself, the undersigned can not but consider its omission as evidence that the cruelty and language of the man was so no torious that it became a thing of which it was impossible, even for his friends, to express their dis belief. The undersigned, in giving the result of their investigation, beg to say that they have endeavoured most seditiously to discover the truth. They also have endeavoured to express their opinions with calmness. They now leave it to the public to judge how far Allen has been successful in clearing himself from the charges of cruelty and swearing, and how far Mr. Wardle, the pay-clerk, and Mr. Baker, the deputy fore man, have been successful in defending their friend George Allen. THOS. JOSEPH DUNNING, Bookbinder. JOIIN BAKER, Plasterer. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITU- o ß f ill th i e il3 Su E b e sc ß riber s to e e pt v i e lnl n g. ing in the th eatre of the Institution, Southa m p ton-buildin g s, C h ancery -lane, IDval Quarterly A hT held I I d I l OFalast e this T he T Institution i °N General— for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Secretary for the first quarter. Dr. TURNABOUT took the Chair, and called on the Se cretary to report, which commenced by expressing the sorrow of the Committee in having the painful duty to announce the lamented death of Dr.Birkbeck,the late Pres ident of the Institution. The Report then set forth the ac counts of the Institution, recapitulating the various dona tions recently made to the Institution.' The Secretary con cluded by reading two letters, one from Miss Birkbeck, and the other from Dr. Birkbeck himself, written but a few hours before his death. The letter from Miss Birk beck was to announce the death of her lamented father, which took place yesterday morning at six o'clock. It appeared that the lamented Doctor had called Miss Birk beck to-his bedside late en Tuesday evening, and dictated to her the note alluded to. It expressed his wish to have been present at the forthcoming anniversary of the Institution, stating that he had read the programme, and that he felt confident of its success. This was in allusion to the concert which ,was to have taken place this evening. —Mr. Spickett, at the conclusion of . the Report, rose an d said, that lie felt they would be guilty °f an ill - reeling, and a want of proper respect to their late revered P res id en t, if th e y proceeded to the con sideration o f th e R epor t th en . He therefore next Mondayresubmitted, that th e y s h ou ld d e fe r it s cons ideration till fortnight. —The Chairman, in he was sure they were too much nt a t feel ings of regret to be in a position to c onsider the Report. —The motion was agreed to, and the thanks of the meeting having been voted to the Chairman, the meet binsgorb th e motion, saided in their was meet ing adjourned. The theatre extremely full. We have great satisfaction in stating that his Grace the Duke of Buceleuch is to be the Lord Lieute nant of Roxburghshire, in the place of the Marquis of Lothian, deceased. The loyal subjects of her Majesty in both divisions of Great Britain will unanimously ac claim the appointment as the best that could hare been made. It is understood that the Lord-President will be the Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of the county of York, i n the place of the Earl of Harwood, deceased.--Post. F. VEXING SUN IN • FROM THE FRENCH PAPEIjSZ)7I The Moniteur publishes a Report from M. 8 ,4 '. gent, Inspector-General of Bridges and Roads • • 2 -7 1 1 Ersc,. sent by the Minist er o f Public Works to ex P- the damage done by the last inundation of 1 . 77 He states that the dykes and other hydraulic been more or less extensively injured or dots Pont-Saint-Esprit, Monfau con , Roquemaure, Vit ten t lir I S M:1141 ' Araznon Vallahregue, Beaucai re ; an d T ara seen ; b ut that at all these points works of repa s -ation are: going on as far as circumstances admit. The L'hone is still very high at Beaucaire, and lower down its course tb e plain. of Saint-Gilles is almost entirely submerged. No general estimate of the damage, which is no deal considerable, appears as yet to have been formed. The Memorial des Pyrenees says—" A few' days ago as a detachment of volunteers of Estramaauea was re m:ming some criminals to Badajoz, they we Te attacked by eigut men on horseback, whose object app.sared to be to rescue the prisoners. Uncertain as to the issue of the combat, the volunteers began by shooting the ncin under their charge, and then attacked the horsemen, whom they put to flight." The Indicalcur of Bordeaux states that, on the .24th inst., a suspension bridge over the Dordogne, at Mag ritte, gave way, and that a waggon, with seven or eight people, was precipitated into the river, all of whom perishco'. A baby left by its mother in its cradle, in a cottage,. with the door open, at Rolignon, in the Pyrenees, was,, a short time ago ; killed by a pig, which got into the. . h ß e al s room, and devoured the poor i n f an t' s h ea d. It was repo r t e d on 'Ch ange , on S atur d ay, t h at t h e h ouse: of A n g in u b e i ri is e hl a n n e t n l tCao.t, Havre, had who have also a brae stopped payment, with debts to a very large amount. This failure was coosichred the more disastrous, as the firm, which were of gr eta.t respectability and large shippers, had extended ' t h ei r ' s.'leculations to many undertakings in the Gironde, such as , the Teste rail-road, the bridge at Cubsac, and other great works. 'ial The Memo. of Bordeau x sa y s , th a t th e cas hi e r of the house absconded. , Iguerie c o n t r ib ute d to hasten its fall, and has A complaint has been laid against this of 1 person, and a se.irt: h has been made, but h e Las not been found. m ato , may be the secondary causes," this jtohuorn discomfiture -th have more or less contributed to will: o f t eis firm, it is not the less true that. the first and efficient Cuts° is the stagnation, or rather aladds, " annihilation, of our cotnralree, Our merchants make vain efforts to struggle against ' the unnumbered affficulties created for them by the laws ,atocting trade." The St. Petersburgh papers . .state that on .the 13th instant the Neva began floating dawn masses of ice suffi ciently large to render the removal of the bridges fleet*. nary, and that on the following day most of the canals were frozen. Although not much snow had fallen, shmlges had appeared in the streets. A letter from Rome, in the Augsburyh GeAzettc, says, that the Pontifical Order of the Golden Spear, instituted by Constantine in commemoration of his vicAory over Maxentius, ha* been newly organised by the Pope. The new decoration will be worn suspended from a red rib band, and in the centre of the cross, on a white ground, is the effigy of Pope Silvester. The commander.% are to be limited to 180, and the chevaliers to 300, for the states of the Church, but are to be unlimited for foreign States. The Secretary of Briefs is to be Chancellor of the Order. The Minister of Public Works, having received com plaints that the navigation of the Rhone is greatly im peded, as soon as any rise in the water takes place, by the different suspension bridges thrown across that river lowitts been made too low, has issued orders for esti mates !o be formed of the expenses required for zaising the roadw7tYs of all these bridges from 3 to 4 feet a Bove their present' elevation. The France a lieridionale of Toulouse states that ihe result of the late c, laps in that town shows the popula tion to be 79,937, beieg an increase of 2,565 since 1836. The floating part of the population, including the gar rison, the schools, &c., is 10,431. On Saturday last Madame Calmonne; the widow or M. Cannonne, late adjutant of the Palace of the Elysee Bourbon, having fallen asleep near a stove, her clothes took fire, and she was burnt to death. The Nantes journals state that on the 16th instant the church at Gcllier, near that town, was struck by light ning, which completely stripped the clock tower, tore off many slates from the root, and descending into the nave, broke a slab in the pavement, made its way out • again by removing a stone 4001bs. weight, passed through a convent adjoining, where it did but some slight da mage, and entered a carpenter's shop, where it destroyed most of the implements. The France states that M. Cavaignac, who was as serted erroneously by a Belgian Journal to have been concerned in getting up the late plot in J3elgium, ar.ived in Paris a few days since from Algiers, to take an active part in the editing of the Journal du Peuple, in eonoe quenee of ale imprisonment of M. Dupoty. The King and Queen of Prussia left Munich for Ber lin on the 22d inst. A letter in the German Journal of Frankfort, dated Stockholm, 9th inst„ after contradicting the rumour that the King of Denmark was going to Norway to pass She winter, says:—.' Notwithstanding his age, the King ea joys perfect health, and works nine or ten hours every . day. lle is said to be engaged in writing a treatise to show that the proposition submitted to the States Gene ral in 1823, for a tribunal for scrutinizing the conduct of Ministers previously to each Session, is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution." - - The Handlesblud of Amsterdam, of the 25th inst. says—" Prince Frederick of the Netherlands arrived on, Sunday at Loo. Persons who were present at the inter view between him and his father, the ex-King of Holland, say it was ',highly affecting. The Prince remained with his father and the Countess, his wife ' until eleven o'clock at night, when he returned to the Hague. King Wil liam Frederick was to leave the Hague to-day for Berlin, but it is believed that his absence will be a short one ; he has promised the Protestant clergymen of Apeldoorn to be present at the inauguration of the new church, which is to take place at Easter." The Russian Minister of Public Instruction has been lately engaged in improving the University of Kasen, where the Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Tartar, and Armenian tongues, and generally the languages of all the Eastern and Western nations are taught. Such vt{dents as distinguish themselves by their acquirements are sent to travel in the interior of Central Asia, to ac quire a knowledge of the manners, customs, institutions, and religion of the wandering tribes of that part of the world, hitherto so little known. Two young men have lately been sent into European Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia, . Arabia, and Egypt, with all instructions and. means of acquiring information, which is to be published on their return. The following are the courses of public and gratuitous lectures, on living Eastern languages, appointed to be given at the Royal Library, during the first half of the scholastic year, commencing from Monday, viz.,— Ilindostanee, by M. Garcia de Tassy, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a quarter before ten ; Arabic, by M. Reinhaud, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at half-past two ; Vulgar Arabic, by M. Caussin de Perceval, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at eleven • Persian, by M. Quatremere, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at seven in the evening ; Turkish, by Chevalier Amedee Jaubert, on Wednesdays and Fridays, at twelve ; Armenian, by M. G M ree ond k a , ys a , nd We G du r e e s e d k ays i , ,a a ke nd_ Fridays, Modern attdefouFrl;orAivroadl 'er e n n graphy, by M. }lase, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sa turdays, at eleven. s, 0 41451 W amik ' e so the \,141 . 01] •work\ha' estruy COURT CIRCULAR. t h e Netherlands Minister, h a d an au di ence of M. n sß e o d y e a l ' Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon. the lion. Colonel Grey has relieved Colonel Arbuth not in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty; and Major-General Sir Edward Bouverie has succeeded Colonel Wylde as Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Royal High ness P r i nce George of Cambridge, left town on Tuesday, to honour the Earl of Cardig,lin with a visit at his residence, Dean Park. Lady Fanny Howard has succeeded Lady Charlotte I)undas, as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Despatches from the Governor of the North American Colonies were received yesterday afternoon at the Colo nial-office. Despatches were also received in the morning at the C o l on ial-office from the Governors of the Iv India Colonies. FlRE.—Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, a fire, which for a time threatened the total de struction of the premises, broke out in the third fluor of No. 57, Prince's-street, Haymarket, in the occupation of Mr. Reeves, bootmaker. It was extinguished after hav ing done considerable damage. Two BODIES FOUND IN THE RIVER THANES.—Yesterday morning two bodies were found floating in the river Thames. One was the body of a middle-aged, respectably-dressed man, between fifty and sixty years cf age, which was found off Shadwell. The other was that of a female, about twenty years of age, found off the Penitentiary. Milbank. The bodies were removed to the workhouse. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF TEN LIVES ...... During the heavy gale of Wednesday morning, the 24th ult., about four o'clock, A.m., the schooner Jam es Cooke, of Limerick, bound from Sligo to Glasgow, with oats, &c., struck on the Glashedy Bock, in the bay un the west side of Malinhead, and immediately went to pie ces. The master and nine of the crew were unfortunately lost. y and a. and ex- One man, :James Fitzgerald, was providentially save d being cast upon h tou ra t s l l d i ; the allow above-mentioned ,at hb eot weatherto v entbueri r en o rock, k u tt , ot l oo v hheirse rough,rletescr:ei. weiteOtashQtabulary i\:‘.v-iwateirdnenemdotd daylighti da l e r a te , ly:f on Thursday morning, the broughtthe I :u s : a o : i Coast n ave G ry ua e r ili d a 's cia g ta l ea k a r tnhd b b i eu r i t g : number of country boats put off to the island, survivor was hausted state. The Coast Guard officers and the rYO nentTineutesday ceps t a p protecting art of T h e e wreck, tNN. o lowerbut masnothingts7 andha ashor e s s c o o r in e e o f war ß ks o , B h ß at E c it he y s, and broken br T ol n w E n spars.—Derry night, or early on Wednesday morning, con taining 24 tons of second best coals, was lot', c oa l merchants, a barge, stolen from th wharf of Messrs. Dalglaise and Tay e Great Scotland-yard. DEA-IH OF LADY ANNE BERESFORD;—.. We regret to announce the death of Lady Anne Beres ford, which took place, after a short illness, in was sister to th e L ord Primate, and of Waterf or d . —Dublin Paper. Har court-street, on Saturday. Her L a d yship (who was in her aun HACKNEY CHURCH-R ATE:---NOtiCe of t si tn xty t - h -fi e r; i t ar y g e u al. s ) i ap peal has been given against Dr. Lushington's decision in this case. ROE 1