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EVENING SVN. IRELAND. LORD VISCOUNT MORPETH—GREAT MEET ING AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. DUBLIN, Atm 12.—A crowded and most influential meeting of the citizens of Dublin was held this day at the Royal Exchange, "to consider the most suitable means of testifying the national admiration of the public character of Lord Viscount Morpeth, and to mark the gratitude of the Irish people towards his Lordship for hid long and most useful, labours on behalf of our coun try, and his eminent services to the cause of civil and religious liberty." At two o'clock the body of this extensive building was filled in every part, and on the platform were, his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ' • Sir Thomas M'Kennv, Bart. ; Sir J. Kennedy, Bart. ; Sir Arthur Clarke, Sir William Somerville, Bart., M.P. ; Col. White, M.P. ; Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P. ; James Power, Esq., M. P. ; Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P. ; John O'Connell, Esq„ M.P. ; Richard Moore, Esq., Solicitor-General; Master Curry, David Doss, Esq., Rosstrevor ; Very Rev. Doctor Yore, Leland, Crosthwait, John O'Neill, Christopher Fitzsimon, Stephen Grehan, George Roe, Cornelius M‘Longhlin, Thos. Hutton, T. S. Coppinger, Wm. Mur phy, Patrick Curtis, William Fletcher, Daniel Mur phy, Cork ; P. Vincmt Fitzpatrick, W. S. Hart, Atkinson, Davis, W. Jagoe, O'Hara, Symes, Denis Moylan, Thomas Steele, George Evans, Thomas O'Mara, James Murphy, Charles Murphy, Dillon, Porter, Seagrave, Elias Corbally, Charles Barn well, Christopher Barnwell, Jeremiah Dunne, Barry E. Lawless, Frederick Daniel, Esqrs. ; Surgeon White, In spector-General of Prisons ; the Rev. Mr. O'Connell ; Robert M'Cleland, Nugent, Terence T. Dolan, John O'Neill, J. Thunder, Terence O'Reilly, Esqrs, &c. Sir J. KENNEDY, Bart., moved that his Grace the Duke of Leinster be called to the chair, and that Messrs. J. C. O'Dwyer, George Rowe, and W. Harte, Esqrs., be appointed to act as Secretaries. The motion was seconded by the Hon. Mr. PoNsoNBY. The Duke of LEINSTER ascended the table amidst loud applause, and proceeded briefly to address the meeting. said—Gentlemen, it gives me the greatest pleasure to have the honour of taking the chair on the present occa sion, for I can assure you that nobody has a greater and a higher respect and esteem than I entertain for the Noble Lord whom we are now going to address, as well in his private as in his public capacity.—(Cheers.) Gentle men, I beg that you will give all the movers and second ers of the resolutions a patient hearing ; and I also re quest that when gentlemen address themselves to the meeting, they will confine themselves to the object of it, and not introduce any subject that will in any way create any ill feeling ; which, I am sure, would be, in particu lar, very unpleasant to the Noble Lord whom we are met to compliment.—{Hear, and cheering.) Carew O'Dwyer and William Harte, Esqrs.; were then" requested to act as secretaries to the meeting. Mr. CAREW O'DWYER then came forward to the front of the platform, and said that on his own part and that of his Hon. Friend who had been associated with him in the gratifying duty of acting as secretaries to the meeting, he had to express his most extreme gratitude. He would beg leave to inform his Grace and the meeting that they had received a very great number of letters from various parts of the kingdom, all expressing the deepest feeling in conjunction with that which had called forth that meeting, and the regret of the writers at not being able to be present at the proceedings. There was one letter, which, with the permission of the meeting, he would ex cept from the rule which they had made, of not detain ing the meeting by going through all the correspond ence, and that was a letter which they had received from his Grace the Most Reverend Doctor Murray : " Mountjoy-square, Aug. 12, 1841. " Gentlemen,—l have been just now honoured with your note of yesterday, requesting my attendance at .a meeting to be held this day at the Royal Exchange, for the purpose of agreeing to an addregs to Lord Morpeth. " Permit me to assure you, that no language could ex press too strongly my admiration of the public character . and private worth of that distinguished Nobleman. It would therefore give me singular pleasure to be able to oin in the proposed tribute of respect to his Lord shi p. I regret, however, that duties connected with my office will unavoidably enga g e me at the hour appointed for the ;fleeting, and will therefore prevent my attendance at it. " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, _ " Your obedient humble servant, "To the Secretaries, &c. &c. • "D. MURRAY." Sir T. ES3XONDE, Bart., said he had been honoured by proposing the first resolution, and, in doing so, he should congratulate himself in having such a duty to perform on an occasion when the object was to express thankful ness towards a Nobleman to whom, as Irishmen, they owed so much, and who, on leaving this country, took with him so universal a feeling of regret and esteem from all classes of the community.—(Loud cheering.) The resolution which he had to propose was as follows : —" That the eminent services rendered by Lord Viscount Alorpeth to the cause of civil and religious liberty, and bis well known attachment to the people of Ire land, entitle his Lordship to the most marked de monstratien of national confidence and regard."— (Cheers.) He had only to add, that the House of Com mons had, for the present, lost the benefit of the great services of Lord Morpeth ; but he might justly observe on this subject, that fully two-thirds of the constitu encies of Ireland would willingly have returned him had. he consented, and, he might also add, that two-thirds of the rep.resentatives of Ireland would be willing, and would have received the full permission of their consti tuents, to resign in his favour.—{Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) In malting these observations, he was sure that he only spoke the sentiments of that meeting, and of the vast majority of his eoun tr y men.—(Cheers.) 1). Ross, of Rosstrevor, Esq., seconded the resolution, and was received wiih loud cheering. He gave with all his heart his assent to the resolution which they had just heard, as it contained an expression of Lord Morpeth's advocacy of civil and religious liberty, and his well !mown attachment to Ireland, as manifested on several occasions.—(Cheers.) If there was but one act in all Lord Morpeth's career that could justify them in extend ing, the warmest praise towards him, it was what mi g ht be called the final measure which he brought forward in Parliament.—(Hear.) After referring to Lord Morpeth's conduct during the last sesrion of Parliament, he conti nued to observe, that the Ministry, and not one of its members more sincerely than Lord Morpeth, were most anxious to carry out every measure calculated to benefit the country. The resolution was passed with acclamation. The Hon. C. LAWLESS (son of Lord Cloncurry) briefly proposed the next resolution :—" That we de plore the recent event which , has deprived the country of the services of Lord Morpeth in the House of Com mons, as a misfortune of no ordinary kind to the em pire at large, but especially to Ireland, whose interest found in Lord Morpeth a strenuous and constant ad vocate." Mr. ARCHBOLD, M.P. for Kildare, begged to second the resolution which had been proposed by the Hon. Mr. Lawless, and to deplore with the meeting those recent events w hich would deprive them of the services of Lord Morpeth. He begged to second the resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. J. POWER, D.L., moved that an Address, founded on the foregoing resolutions be presented to Lord Mor peth, and he trusted that that Address would be signed by every true friend of the country ; " My Lord—We, the Reformers of Ireland, convened by public requisition, for the purpose of considering the most suitable means of manifesting our high respect for your political character, and our cordial attachment to 'wards yourself personally, cannot permit your Lordship (with our recollection of recent events) to return to your o fficial duties in England, without tendering to your Lordship formally the assurance of the profound respect and affection which we, in common with the Irish nation, entertain towards your Lordship. We hold in our grateful remembrance the devoted ness with which, in early life, in those dark days of bondage, when a vast majority of our fellow -countrymen were oppressed for conscience sake, your Lordship ranged yourself with the friends of Ireland; and we have marked the earnestness with w . hich dour . . Lerdship has ever since essayed to impart lifF an . spt to the cold enfranchisement which you form of civil and relive:its and others have created. o fficial career in Ireland, it has been " " Daring your o- cia t hose eved measures f your happy destiny to assist in policy, wk..)se object has been to raiseb.rlre.laand.tuoie.,iiislt equality with other portions of the empf_ o e i , al connection tare to predicate that whenever your with this country .may coat; your mind d w e e ri n ve ow a solace in your retirement from this.. 1.1161. w hich proclaim, that under the Govern ment of ousl which you have been part, the social state of Ire land has continu improved, and that a more unmixed loyalty and allegi ve been ance to our gracious and beloved Sovereign ha established, than existed towards a monarch a t any former period in history, since the commencement of British connection. " To recapitulate the various acts of public service which your Lordship has accomplished in Ireland would far exceed the limits prescribed to an occasion like the present. To enumerate the beneficent designs in which your Lordship has been engaged, but which have been rendered abortive by the hostility of the enemies of Ire land, would still more transcend the boundary which we have defined for our immediate purpose. Let your Lord ship be assured that the people of Ireland treasure in their hearts the recollection of every benefit designed for the amelioration of their country. " To such of us as have enjoyed the opportunity of personal communication with your Lordship, it may be permitted to express our fond recollection of the kindliness of disposition, and the frank and courteous demeanor which adorn your private intercourse. Emi nent, indeed. must be those qualifications to which we, your friends, advert, when their existence in your person receives, even from your adversaries, a full acknow ledgment. " We cannot retire from your Lordship's presence without adverting 'to the recent event which has re moved your Lordship from the House of Commons, and giving expression to our hope that no tem porary impediment may turn your Lordship from those walks of honour and public utility in which it has hitherto been your pride to travel. It may be, my Lord, that in this hope there lurks some element not en tirely free from selfishness—these are not times, my Lord, when Ireland can spare from her friendly ranks a defender so chivalrous and pure as she has proved your Lordship in the encounter with her enemies. " In conclusion, we assure your Lordship that the warmest good wishes of our country will ever accompany you in your future progress through life." Mr. JOHN O'NEILL said he had the honour to second the resolution. A warm feeling of gratitude existed in his (Mr. O'Neill's) breast—and such a feeling should exist in the breast of every true Irishman—in favour of LordMorPeth.—(Ch eers .) H e (M r . (Y.. f eill) had been a resident of P " üblin; f ttr°tiara century, and continued still to be asuient t h e r e ; he lad remarked the conduct of the differen tpersons that acted as Chief Secretaries dui rig that . anal none o f them had, he w o uld say, act ed so honestly , fitiFly, as so patriotically, and, be would add, so states niabhko Lord Morpeth.— (Loud cheers.) Old as he (Mr. O'Neill) was, he hoped yet to see him at the head of the State.—(Cheers.) There was not upon the face of the earth—even in the most despotic countries—even in Russia or Turkey, a people so trampled upon as the Irish people. Mr. O'CONNELL came forward to second the adoption of the address, and was received with loud and long con tinued cheers. He said that he meant to propose that this address be universally signed, a fact which he felt satisfied would require but little exertion to bring about. He had no doubt that such a multitude of signatures would be speedily obtained as would render this one of the most complimentary documents that ever emanated from a grateful people to their ruler and benefactor.— (Cheers.) For 600 years the people of Ireland had no other reason to look upon their chief Secretaries than as their bitter enemies and persecutors, until Lord Morpeth assumed that situation.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded to pass a glowing eulogium on Lord Morpeth, for his goodness of herrt, his literary talents, eloquence, patriotic virtue, and his love of civil and religious liberty in all parts of the world. With reference to his complaints of Lord Mor peth formerly opposing his measure for the equalization of the franchise between Great Britain and Ireland, he had subsequent proofs that Lord Morpeth's own opinion was in favour of the measure, but, being bound up with a Cabinet which was opposed to it, he was, for the time, obliged to defer it ; but, in some months afterwards, he found Lord Morpeth bringing in a most comprehensive and just measure for the extension of the Irish 'fran chise, which was a proof that Lord Morpeth had brought round the Cabinet to his opinion on the subject of the necessity of doing justice to Ireland on the subject of their franchises. After alluding to the foul calumnies of the English press on the Irish people, .Mr. O'Con nell turned round, and asked his Grace whether he had seen Louis _Philippe's newspaper, the Journal des De bats? That paper showed the joy of England's constant adversaries ; they hailed the advent of Peel to power as the best means of weakening the power of Great Britain, and holding out to them the probability of re gaining their lost glory. If he (Mr. O'Connell) were one of the old Celtic or Saxon race, and wished all kind of calamity to Great Britain, he could not take better means to effect his purpose than by bringing in Peel and the Tories at the present juncture. After a brilliant speech, which excited the warmest enthusiasm of the meeting, he concluded by seconding the address, which was adopted amidst loud acclamation. The Rev. Dr. YORE proposed that the address be printed and circulated for signatures,—Adopted. A resolution was also adopted, inviting Lord Morpeth to a public dinner. Sir Thomas Esmonde was the second Chairmai. The meeting separated at a quarter past four o'clock. ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER. The following letter has been addressed, by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, to the Rev. J. W. Massie, of Manchester:— Barlanark, August 10,_.1841. My dear Sir,—l beg pardon of yourself and Commit tee, that even a second notice, which ought not to have been even required, should be still unanswered. The plain truth is, that I was very reluctant to say no, and yet I could not, with any certainty, say yes. And now I am sincerely sorry that the former monosyllable must be my answer. The answer should have been given in the end of last week, but that I was then occupied with the mournfully pleasing duty of preparing the funeral sermon for the late venerated and lamented Mr. Ewing. Not only do I feel duties of a public nature pressing upon me and demanding fulfilment—duties which I only can do, while there are multitudes to do the other, who may not happen at the time to be thus bound ; but circum stances of a domestic character, which you can partly guess, rout which I need not now detail, seem to require my being at home. I should deeply feel,, however, that great injustice was done me, were my absence suspected to arise from any indifference respecting the great object of the proposed Convention. It is not so. It is far, very far otherwise. Some of my brethren call it a political question, and object to a ministerial convention respecting it on this ground. That should not frighten me. Admitting it to be a question of political legislation, I cannot on that ac count, regard it as the less a question of humanity. Grant ing it to be a problem of political economy, I dare not allow myself to forget, to what a vast extent it is a ques tion of domestic economy, most seriously and fearfully affecting the condition of myriads of families, and the fa milies too of those who must ever be the staple of a com mercial nation's strength and prosperity. In such a view of it, it cap never be out of the legitimate sphere of the servants-of that Saviour who, while the great end of his mission was " to seek and to save the lost," manifested, in the fulfilling of that commission, so benevolent a con cern for the temporal as well as the spiritual interests of a sinful and suffering world ; the one in such harmonious and beautiful keeping with the other. And why should the political aspect of the question overpower the interest which, as,ministers of the. Gospel, we ought to feel in it as a question of humanity ? Politics themselves are a branch of ethics. Properly viewed, they are the morals of nations. They affect the character and the well-being of the world. Indifference to politics, in this view of them, II indifference to their results—peace or war—plenty or starvation—virtue or vice—prosperity or declension — security to person, property, and life, or the jeopardy of them all. Surely such indifference cannot be a feature of character which the Bible requires, either in Christian man or in Christian minister. lam no meddler with politics. But my simple reason is, that in doing what I can to diffuse the influence of Bible truth, and co-operat ing with fellow-Christians and fellow-ministers in the endeavour to leaven the community with its influence, I am doing what I conceive to be my proper part in pro moting and ensuring rectitude of principle in the ma nagement of public affairs ;—not that I regard the ma nagement of public affairs as a matter with which, as a Minister of the Cross, I have no concern. Although holding the essential distinction between the kingdom of Christ and the kingdoms of this world, I yet believe and am sure, that the spread and prevalence of the principles of the one are the best security for the application of right principles in conducting the affairs of the other. Your avowed object, moreover, is consultation ; the comparing of both sides,—the hearing of the pros and con.s. Attendance pledges no one to a side. This is fair play. Excuse all this probing. lam anxious that my absence from the Conference may not be misunder stood. May a right spirit pervade all your deliberations, and Divine wisdom and goodness grant a happy result. With best wishes to your associates, as well as to your self, believe me, my clear Sir, your's faithfully, RALPH WARDLAW. THE NEW PEERS. The Earl of Gainsborough (late Lord Barham).—This title is a revival of an earldom which existed in the Noel family, his Lordship's ancestors, from 1682 to 1798, when, upon the death of Henry, the sixth Earl, the title and other honours became extinct, while the estate passed to his Lordship's nephew, Gerard Noel Edwards, Esq., who thereupon assumed the name of Noel. He was subsequently created a Baronet, and well-known as Sir Gerard Noel Noel, father of the present Earl. His Lordship inherited the Baronetcy on the death of his father, in 1838. His Lordship has been married four times : his first lady was a daughter of the Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., and niece of Earl Grey ' • his present lady is the fourth daughter of the Earl of Roden, and sister to Viscount Jocelyn. Lord Maltravers (Earl of Surrey).—This title is one of great antiquity ; but it does not appear tb at any mem ber of the family was summoned to Parliament until about 1330 (4 Edward III.) Lord John Maltravers, with Sir Thomas Gourney, was concerned in the cruel murder of the unfortunate Edward ; the former was afterwards pardoned, and King Edward constituted the murderer of his father soon after Governor of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, a•nd Sark. The barony has been' merged with the Earldom of Arundel, until 1580 the marriage of Lady Mary Fitzalan, daughter and sole heiress of Henry, eighteenth Earl of Arundel, with Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, brought the earl dom and barony into the Howard family. In the thirty second year of Elizabeth the barony fell under attainder, but was restored to Henry, twentieth Earl of Arundel ; andhy Act of Parliament, 3 Charles 1., the barony of Martravers, with other honours, were annexed to the tune and dignity of Earl of Arundel. His Lordship is the eldest son and heir to the Duke of Norfolk, is the En present treasurer f the Queen's household, and is 'allied marriageCl?yountessof to the present Duke of- Sutherland and Grosvenor.owen Lord nish (Earl of Belfast —This'is a newly created titl e , and emanates from one of the baronies created for theT.l thepurposes of civil jurisdiction in the county Donegal. T o north of the city of 'Londonderry lies the barony of in on the east and showen, a large peninsula, bounded we s t y oo by the g u lph s o f Lough. Foyle and Lough Swill. cnsists of a cen t ra l group of moun tains with a border f cultivation vergi ng to the water's w is a e s ld fo e r st son and heir of the Mar quisedge. His Lord , s a h e i d p Chamber lain to the late King, of Donegal and h o l ds som e years Vice majesty. same o ffi c e under. her %%Ley Vivian, Bart.)—This Lora Vivian (late Sir gallant and highly distinguished _ G ri e c e er er i ai s A in fas t t h e e r-G ar e m n y e-; ral of the Ordnance, a Lieutenant.? and Colonel of the 12th Dragoons. H e was created a Baronet in January, 1828. Lord Congleto n (late Sir Henry Parnell, B ar t.) —Thi s is a newly cr eated title. The Parnell family were long resident at Cong leton, in Cheshire, and in the reign of Charles 11. purchased large estates and settled in Ire land. His Lordship's father, who died in 1801, was a strenu ous opponent o f the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. Earl of Stair (Jo hn William Henry DalrYmple).-- His Lordship is calle d to the Upper House by th e title of Baron Oxenfoord. The surname of this family is de rived from the barony of Dalrpnple, in the county of Ay r . The Earl of Kenmare is similarly promoted to the Upper House by the title of Baron kenmare. Earl Fitzhardinge (late Lord Seagrave) is promoted from the Barony to an Earldom. The title is taken from the family name, Fitzhardinge. Thomas de Berkeley, Lord of BerkeleY Castle. county of Gloucester, fifth in descent from Harding, a Dane of loyal blood, one of the companions of William the Conqueror, was summoned to Parliament among the Barons of the realm in the reign of Edward I. NOVEL CHASE.—On Friday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a man who had for some time been an inmate of Charing-cross Hospital, and whose com plaint had at length affected his intellect, by some means contrived to elude the vigilance of the s isters, nurses, and porter at the door of the above institution, and to escape therefrom with only his shirt and shoes to cover him, and darted off. He was quickly followed by a host of per sons connected with the hospital up Agar-street, along Chandos-street, through Bedford-court, and into Bed ford -street, and he had actually arrived near the en trance to Covent-garden Market before he was captured, when a butcher's blue frock was thrown over him, and he was quietly reeonveyed to his old quarters. 111117. StJisT, LOiN't)ON, ItON'fAY, AtiGUSt 16, 1841. SECOND EDITION PRIV \' CQUNCIL, (THIS DAY). THE GREAT WILL CAUSE. GOODLAIf-E AND OTHERS v. WOOD AND OTHERS. This day being appointed for the decision of the Privy Council being given in this case, long before half-past ten the precincts of the Privy Council were beset by persons anxious to hear the decision in this important case. Shortly after two, Lord Lyndhurst, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Parke, and the other Judges appointed to hear this case, took their seats at three o'clock, when Lord Lyndurst pro ceeded to give judgment. The Noble and Learned LORD said the testator, James Wood, who had been for many years a linendraper and banker in Gloucester, in the year 1835 left the whole of his property to certain parties, and those parties now claimed the whole of the personal property left by the testator, while those who claimed the property of the testator which they would be entitled by his will, if he did not die intestate, claimed every thing under that will. He says distinctly, " And I confirm all other bequests, and I give all the rest of my property to my executors for their own use." It might be said that there had been an intermediate appointment of executors, and that that ap pointment had been purloined or destroyed. But us the will disposed of real as well as personal property, it musthave been attested by three witnesses. Considering the interval of time which had elapsed it was scarcely possible to sup pose that evidence of the fact would not have been obtained. All these facts led them to the conclusion that the testator had named his executors before the making of the paper B. That being their Lordships opinion as to the import and construction of paper B, the next question was, whether legally there was such an instrument at all, and that led to the consideration, was paper A. made in December, and signed by the testator. Of that their Lordships were quite satisfied. They were convinced by the evidence that that paper was in the handwriting of the testator. It was entitled " Instruc tions for my will," and its language was—" I request Sir Matthew Wood, Alderman of the City of London, John Chadburn, Jacob Osborne, and J. S. Sermon, all of the city of Gloucester, to be my executors, and I ap point them to: be my executors accordingly. That paper purporting to be drawn up and signed by the testator, the four gentlemen before alluded to were named as executors. Again, that paper began by referring to the instructions he had before given for making the will. It began, " I, James Wood, of the City of Gloucester, declare this to be my will, as directed by me in my in structions." If paper A were genuine, then the instruc tions for the will dated only the day before the testator's death, and signed by him were also genuine, and the natural inference would be, that in naming the parties he meant those whom he had named to be his executors. Their Lordships were of opinion that if the paper were genuine that no reasonable doubt could be entertained that both papers, considered together, made a will, and were entitled to be admitted to proof. If the parties named in paper B meant the executors already named, they must also be the same who were named in the in structions of the day before, otherwise there must have been some appointment in the interval, of a few hours, and while no person was present, and of that assumption there was not a tittle of proof adduced. It had been urged at the bar, that the instructions for the paper A could not be the instructions refered to, because in the latter he disposed of his property not according to the former instructions, but in a different manner. That objection:did not appear to their Lordships to be of very great weight, because the instructions were general; but, as a matter of course, the will was more precise, in that there was, not only no inconsistency, but it was quite natural and of every day occurrence. Proceeding upon the assumption that paper A was the act of the testator and signed by him on the day it bears date the will was set up. They were satisfied the paper was genuine, they believed it to be signed in the handwriting of the testator. But there was one objection to it, the body of the paper was in the handwriting of of one of the legatees who would take largely under it, and it came form the hands of the legatees, and not from the custody of the testator, nor from among his papers. Thatjustly created in the minds of the Court great suspicion. But the proof of the hand writing in such a case was not held to be sufficient, was there in that case such evidence as to satisfy the Court, that the papers were genuine, and ought to be admitted to proof; and that by them the testator intended to leave his property to his executors. In considering that question it was not immaterial to observe that Mr ) Chadborn and the others named as executors were upon the spot, but were not called in Ewhen the will was signed—it was witnessed by 'this two servants and a stranger—the inference to be drawn from that circumstances was, that it was intended that they (the executors) should take under it. It was not material certainly, considering the evidence as to the disposition of the testator, yet they might look at the loose declarations made at various times, and the varied instructions given by him. They could place no reliance on them, and from the uncertainty and low cunning exhibited in the character of the testator. But it was in proof that upon all occasions when seaking of his will, he had always named sometimes Sir M. Wood, sometimes Chadborn, but always some of the four gentlemen who were named as executors in the will as the executors, and never any one else. -But the most important precognitions were those proved by Sutton and Stevens, to which it would be proper for the Court to advert; and first, in order to show what the motives of the testator were; and that would be seen by the conversations that took place on the Ist and 4th of December. In these conversations the testator referred to the necessity of providing for the payment of his debts. Sutton appears to have been on very friendly and intimate terms with the testator, and he appears to have expressed himself highly of Sutton. In reply to a question from the testator, Sutton reminded him that unless the public were satisfied that their balances would be immediately receivable in the event of his death, his banking business must diminish notwithstanding the security derivable from the large property. Sutton, in his evidence, stated, that he called on the Ist of December, and saw Surman, who said to him, "Sutton, you have a great deal of influence with Mr, Wood. ikre have been wanting him to make a will, and you should speak to him about it." Sutton then went away, stating that he should call again. Soon af terwards, about 6 o'clock, Sutton went to the deceased and found him in his parlour alone, and after speak ing for some time upon general topics he said that it was time his will was made or words to that effect. The reply of the testator was very short— " Aye, aye, I must." After that the subject dropped, and afterwards Sutton took his leave. Of the date he states he was certain as he made a note of it at the time. In the course of the same week, he believed about the 4th of December, he again called upon the deceased, and again reverted to the subject of his making a will. The deceased readily apprehended what Sutton referred to, and said, in reply, " I have settled my affairs—my debts will be paid when I die." Taking the whole of these conversations together, it would appear that the impres sion conveyed to the mind of Sutton was that his debts would be paid immediately on his decease, which would only be the case if he had appointed executors. In the first conversation the testator said he must make his will, and three days afterwards he says " I have settled my affairs," thereby implying that he had appointed executors. The appointment, therefore, must have been made between the Ist and the 4th of December, and that corresponded with the statement in the papers marked A. and B. Sutton added that the impression made in his mind by these conversations was too powerful to be forgotten, for it struck him at the time as re markable that the deceased did not say that he had made his will, but only that he ' had settled his affairs, an expression which, he observed, struck him very forcibly at the time. He afterwards added that .the impression made on his mind by his saying he had settled his 4 affairs 'was not that he had made a will by which he had bequeathed his property, but he seemed to have understood from these conversa tions that the deceased had made a will so far only as would secure the payment of his debts in the event of his decease which implied the appointment of executors. That, the Court was of opinion, materially confirmed the ease of the appellants. The evidence of Stevens on which considerable stress was laid, was of a character to entitle it to some attention. It appeared that he and his father had a cash deposit in the hands of the testator to the amount of upwards of 2,0001. They were desirious of knowing what the testator had done as to his will as they might be put to much inconvenience respecting this balance in the event of her dying intestate. Stevens siated that he was em powered by his father to withdraw the balance, unless be had a satisfactory explanation from the testator. The testator said, I respect your father very highly—tell him I have made a will, and left my property to four individuals or four good men (he did not recollect which) —they are my executors and they will pay you and your father and everyone else. Two of them are Alderman Wood and Jacob Osborne." Under that assurance Stevens and his father continued to bank with the testator. That conversation took place in November 1835. It was not an accidental conversation, but one that had been deli berately made, and was strongly confirmatory of the case of the appellants. The ens wer of Mrs. Goodlake had also been referred to, but the Court did not consider it as having much weight. It appeared that she had been alone with the testator the greater part of the Monday before his death. Mrs. Goodlake spoke about the propriety of his making a will, and he spoke a good deal of his relationship with the respondent and her son John, and of his being a trustee under the will of his cousin John, whom he described as a very good kind of man. He then said, " I shan't live long—it will be all right by and by." The testator then, speaking of his will, said, " don't fret yourself to tiddle-strino. b s, Alderman Wood will spend the money very properly. Chadborne has been my attornery for many years. Osborne has been a faithful servant of mine ; he knows all about it." Now tha t walsoewrtshas,4is,c7ore b n t fi ho r a m tj atory of the two documents marked A , and 8., an d s h owe d t h at t h e f our persons name d in these papers ec t ts he of p t a he er tes m ta a t r o k r e 's d lo A v . e : The result, by the testat or on the day it bore d w a as te. si gn ed l'hey were therefore of opinion that paper A was signed by the testator, and that on the day it bore date, —that in paper B the testator referred to the instruc . tions and the persons therein named as executors- - that in addition to the proof of hand-writing, there was sufficient confirmation of the evidence to satisfy them that paper A was the act of the testator, and that the persons alluded to in paper B. as executors had been previously named and appointed in paper A. They (their Lordships) must not be understood to say that it was a case free from doubt. They con sidered, on the contrary, that it was involved in difficulties, which would be in many cases painful to en counter, but after much and attentive consideration, they I thought the balance of evidence (and by that they Must be governed), was in favour of the appeLants. Next as to the codicil—they thought it was, both the instrument and the signature, in the handwriting of the testator. The evidence in the affirmative so greatly outweighed was opposed to it, as to satisfy them entirely on that point. That evidence was so thouroughly sifted by the bar and the Judges as to render further examination unnecessary, and it derived further strength from the conduct of the executors themselves. They were intimately acquainted with the hand writing of the testator and everything relating to it ; they saw the codicil and expressed no doubt of its genu ineness, though this was in a letter dated the 13th June. to the Mayor of Gloucester, written before they had seen the original, but after they saw it they made no ob jection, and in a subsequent letter and in the search for the codicil, they acted as if it was a genuine instrument, and it was not until some time after that they altered their course and treated it as a forgery. But according to the rules of: the Ecclesiastical Court, it could could not grant probate upon the handwriting of the testator where that was disputed. There must be some confir matory proof. The confirmatory proof must vary in each particular case, and must be mere or less strong. In some of the cases referred to in the arguments at the bar the confirmatory proof referred to, appeared very slight. They (their Lordships) thought, however, in this case, that in addition to the strong evidence as to the hand writing, there was several circumstances leading in the result, no doubt that the codicil was the act of the testator. It was in evidence that he had it in contemplation to add a codicil to his will, and this appeared also from the will and par ticularly from his question put to Mr. Chadborn It was, moreover, not probable that he would leave so large a property to be enjoyed solely by his executors. There was nothing which left them (their Lordships) in any doubt as to the genuineness of the instrument, and if it did not notice every person who might naturally have been the object of his bounty, that might be ex plained by there having been a previous codicil to which that one referred.• There were (several facts in proof of the hand writing. As an instance they referred to the incorrectness respecting the name of counsel. It was not probable that a person forging such an instrument would have mis-spelt the name of a person with whom he must be well acquainted So. as to the use of figures instead of words. A forger would lave conformed to the usual practice. These were minute circumstances, but their minute • ness added to their importance. Again, the legacies left by this codicil were such as might have been expected, and with respect to the previous codicil, referred to, there was proof that Mr. Chadborn was in ; the house of the testator de stroying papers at an early hour after his death. He admitted that some papers had been burnt, one of which, at least, was probably of a testamentary character. Now that was a circumstance which tended to weaken the force of the objection. Then again, with regard to the charge brofight against the executors' in the letter in closing the codicil. 'Would a person forging the codicil make such a charge ? How could he possibly have known or suspected that papers had been burnt ? These persons were all men of respectable characters. No one could have suspected that such an occurrence had taken place, and yet the charge tureed out to be true. What inference could be drawn from that, but that the person who had produced those papers had had some knowledge of the transaction, and that explained the circumstance of the previous codicil having been referred to. • But then it was alleged that this codicil had been cancelled. Now the onus of proving that it had been cancelled certainly lay upon those who opposed its admission. It appeared that a corner had been burnt, and that the paper had been torn through across the signature, but there were no circumstances to show when this had been done ; there was nothing to show that it had ever been done by the testator or in his presence. It had been argued that this • codicil must have been cancelled, because the other codicil to which it alluded was not forthcoming, but it was obvious that that codicil might have been destroyed with other papers, but the present codicil was not found among the testators papers, it was in other hands, and, therefore, from the fact of the other codicil not being forthcoming, they could come to no safe conclusion that it was the testator's intention to cancel the codicil produced. But even if it had been found among the testator's testamentary papers after his death, it would require further evidence than any that had been yet produced, to show that the codicil had been cancelled. It was therefore the opinion of the Court that the codicil ought to be proved. There was still one other question to decide, and that was the question of costs. With regard to the costs, under all the circumstances of the case, the Court was of opinion that the whole of the parties both in the original cause in the Court below, and also in the Appeal to this Court, out to have their costs out of the estate. THE FUND-S=4CLOSIN G PRICES.) . BRITISH FUNDS. Bank St oek — 'lndia Stock ...... .........247 3 per Cent Red 9O `Ditto Bonds spm 3 per Cent Cons , 894 ,Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red.. New 3f, per Cent '94 Ex. Bills, 1,0001—.21d ..16 pm New 5 per Cent • Ditto 5001 l4 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l6 pm Jan. 1860 . .. 12 'l5-16 Bank Stock for Acct... 168% Oct 1859 _ , India Stock for 0pg.... _ , Consols for Acct Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... • Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1 0 34 Ditto, New Ditto 294 Brazilian 80nd5.......... ,Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 19 Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian 6 per cent...—. -- Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... 204 Spanish, 5 per cent 194 Ditto, 1824. 204 Ditto, Deferred • Danish, 3 per cent....... - French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 25/ French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. IDutch, 24 per cent. ... 511 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 154 Ditto, 5 per cent SHARES . Great Western Railway (65 paid) 824 Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid 564 • Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 434 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 160 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 124 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...... 194 North Midland Railway (100 paid) _ Ditto New Shares (40 paid) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THY EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—Though Sir Robert Peel will not, until re gularly called in, prescribe for the nation, his organ, the Times, is very desirous that he should at once be per mitted to prescribe for the Sovereign. Though he will not say in what manner he intends to dose the State, the privilege is claimed for him of making up a mix ture for her Majesty in the shape of a Royal Speech ; the preparation of which by the present Ministers, in the manner they consider best, is denounced by the leading journal as an act of indecency. For our part we think there is something much more indecent in the haste of the Tories to write the Queen's Speech before they are admitted to the offices of the Queen's Ministers, than there can possibly be in the fact of the Crown's pre sent advisers continuing to exercise their functions until upon others has regularly devolied the duty of perform ing them. But it may be said in reply, "We do not wish to dictate the terms of the Royal Speech ; our only object is to protest against any allusion being made to the subject of the budget. You surely can avoid one particular topic, when you are left full liberty to range over the wide field of generalities, from which the matter of these documents is usually gathered." We know the tact of the Tories in appearing to say something when they have really nothing to say ; but as the Whigs do not happen to be in that predicament they are not obliged to fall back upon the truly Conservative art of dishing up a very minuteportion of matter in a very cOnsi derable number of words, in order to form a speech of respectable length for the opening of Parliament. But 'what are the arguments on which the Times disputes the right of the present Ministers to allude, through the Sovereign, to the subject' of the Budget ?—and upon what ground is the act denounced as a misde meanor so high, that anything higher in the scale of enormity is hardly conceivable ? We are told that, " when the Sovereign dismisses an administration for mea sures disapproved by the country, the constitutional con struction of that proceeding is that the obnoxious measures are abandoned." This is all all very true. The conclusion is exceedingly just ; but the case alluded to in the pre mises is unfortunately hypothetical, and the period " when the S overe i gn di sm i sses a n Administration" has not yet arrived. But if, when the event does take place, it is because " their measures are disapproved by the country," it will' then, we agree with the Times, be proper for the Sovereign to refuse to listen to other measures of a similar kind ; particularly if they should be indecently proposed by the very man who may have been foremost in obstructinc , them. However inconvenient it may be to Sir Robert Peel to be called upon for his opinion with regard to the Corn-laws before he is "re gularly in," he is certainly " regularly out " if he ex pects that there will be any opportunity given him of declaring hereafter that "his silence gave consent" when out of office, to any revision of the Corn-laws, which, should he ever be in office, he may think proper to im pose upon her Majesty. STANDARD.—The latest rumour of the intentions of Sir R. Peel and his supporters forms the leading topic of animadversion in the Morning Chronicle of this morn ing. Ile will, it pretends to believe, " discuss nothing until February." It reminds us of Lord John Russell's pledge to the electors -ef London, that "As soon as the now Parliament meets, he and his colleagues will take the first opportunity of asking for a clear and decided judgment on the policy they have pur sued ;" and it pretty significantly hints that in order to afford him the opportunity, the Royal Speech on the opening of the new Parliament will raise the question of the budget. Indecent and unconstitutional as such a course would be, we have had too muds experience of the reckless despesation of Lord Melbourne and hi s assoc i ates to i n duce us to regard it as improbabl e . B ut how,. should they medi tate this gross ou t rage on the Que en and consti tution, will Sir R o b ert P ee l b e ena bled to avoid " all discussion " until February ? Why, by postponing until that time any attempt to obtain the . govern ment. This, it app ears, i s t h e " on ly conceivable way" in which " all di scuss i on may b e avo ided." The excuse for anticipatings o gross an improbability as that Sir Robert Peel will not ava il hi mse lf o f the earliest oppor tunity of placing Mi n i sters a t th e bar of their country, and taking its verdi ct on th e i r conduct, is accordingly to be made the excuse for precipitating a Corn-law discus sion by a reference to the defunct budget in the Speech from the Throne. And what is to follow the discussion thus raised ? Our Contemporary shall explain for him self " A division, and the names of those who decide for or against the Ministerial measures must be placed before the country. The majority of Sir R. Peel against the Ministerial measures will be a memorable majority. The country will have an eye on every man of them." No doubt the country will have its eye upon them—it has already its eye upon every man of them. There can be as little question who they will be, as of the result to which their votes must inevitably lead. It will not be the first occasion on which a profligate Ministry have endeavoured to screen themselves from the public odium they have provoked, at the expense of their Sove reign. But the attempt will, we trust and believe, be resisted with the firmness which belongs to her Majesty's character ; and that she will not be prevailed upon to recommend from the Throne measures which her Parliament has already repudiated, and whose re jection has been so fully ratified by the recent appeal of her Ministers to her subjects. No epithet of scorn can be too strong to apply to the conduct of Ministers, should they place her in such a dilemma. That such is, however, their intention, the industry of their morning organ in inventing for them a pretext for it, would certainly lead us to infer. There need be no apprehension that Sir Robert Peel will shrink from the battle, considering the 'vantage ground be has gained ; nor is any such unwillingness pretended, except for the purpose of affording an excuse for the course which it is now clear that ministers propose to attempt. We have reason to believe there is no truth in the statement that an addition is to be made to our force already on the North American statien. Sir C. Adam is to take with him two ships, one a line-of-battle, and the other the Pique frigate ; but these are to replace two of the same rates, which will be recalled. The American House of Representatives have, by an overwhelming majority, voted appropriations for a home squadron, mainly of steamers, to protect the coast. _ _ A new bass singer has lately appeared at New Orleans who sings so remarkably deep, it takes nine Ken tucky lawyers to understand a single bar ! POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of very respectable appearance, named Wenright, was brought . up, charged with having com mitted a forgery upon the house of Hanbury and Co., for 431. Mr. Blackburn, a stationer, in the neighbourhood of the Regent's Park, stated that he had received a letter from Birmingham, mentioning that the writer had for warded another etter to his care for a Mr. Raphael ,• that subsequently the prisoner called at the shop, and represented himself to be Mr. Raphael, making appli cation, at the same time, for the letter, which witness said had not yet arrived,—that in the afternoon a letter arrived, directed to Mr. Raphael, which was given to the prisoner. The cashier of the banking-house proved the payment of the amount to a person who signed the name of Ra phael to the order, in bank-notes, of which he specified the number and dates, and two of which were produced on the examination. Witness did not recollect the per son of the individual. The shopman of Mr. Christie, the hatter, of Grace church-street, stated that two days after the date of the receipt of the order, the prisoner called at the shop, and purchased twe hats and a leather hat-case, for 21. 175., which sum was paid with a 51. Bank of England note ; and that at the same time witness gave change of another 5L note to the prisoner, who stated that his name was Wells, and that' he' lived at No. 7, Belgrave-square ; that, several days afterwards, the prisoner again pre sented himself at the shop of Mr. Christie, where, in consequence of information received, he was given into custody. Mr. Rawbone, of Birmingham, stated that both the letter and order were forgeries ; that the house had an account at Taylor and Co.'s, Birmingham, but did not transact business at the house of Hanbury and Co. ; and that the witness knew no one of the name of Raphael. Upon inquiry at No. 7, Belgrave-square, it was ascer tained that no one of the name of Wells resided there. It was proved by witnesses that the prisoner's real name was Wenright, and that he went, in several places after the forgery, by the name of Wells. Mr. Hobler, jun., who appeared for the prisoner, took copious notes of the evidence, but asked no questions. The prisoner was committed for trial. He appeared to be dreadfully affected, and was extremely ill upon leaving the Mansion-house in a cab. He informed the person who accompanied him to Newgate, that he had, he believed, done for himself by swallowing a number of steel pens, and orders were sent that the surgeon should at once see him. _ _ Ann Chambers was charged ith having stolen a little boy, aged three years, the son of .Tames Newsom. The prosecutor, a sawyer, who resides in Finsbury market, stated that at half-past ten o'clock on Wednes day morning, the 21st instant, he went into the Weavers' Arms public-house to have some beer with his wife and little son, The prisoner, who was standing before the bar, entered into conversation with his j wife, told her she looked very ill, and insisted upon going for a bit of ham for her, taking the boy with her to buy some cher ries. She soon returned with the child, who had cherries in his hand, and asked where she could get the ham, and upon being told, went out again with the boy, but never brought him back. After waiting two hours in great alarm the prosecutor went in search all over the town, and at twelve o'clock at night found the poor boy in St. Luke's Workhouse, stripped of a brown hat and silk handkerchief. He had met the prisoner in the course of his walks on the same day, and been told by her that she had left the_ boy with a woman who kept a beer shop in Finsbury-market. The women, however, upon being questioned, said that there was no truth in the statement, but stated that the prisoner called in the morning with the child in her arms, and said, " I've got another little boy, Mrs. Lee, and I've been to buy him a new hat." The prisoner afterwards accounted for the absence of the child in a manner equally false, and was given into custody. A policeman stated that abcut twelve o'clock at noon on Wednesday, as he was on duty in High-street, Shore ditch, his attention was drawn by a female to a little boy standing, with a crowd of people round him, at the corner of Bateman's-row. Finding that the child was too young to tell either his name or residence, he took him to the station-house, from whence the boy was removed to St. Luke's Workhouse.' The policeman, into whose custody the prisoner was given, said that she told him that she had left the child near the pump in Finsbury market, and that she knew nothing at all about the hat and handkerchief. The prisoner was committed for trial. The wretched woman was not long in the cage when she attempted to strangle herself, and very nearly succeeded. A boy named William Lilly was charged with having stolen a dozen pigeons and two fowls, under the follow ing odd circumstances : The prisoner, who bad been errand-boy to Mr. Pley dell, of Bishopsgate-street, went to the shop of Mr. Hun ter (the prosecutor), a poulterer in Leadenhall-market, and asked for half a dozen pigeons for Mr. Pleydell. As that gentleman had not had anything from the prose cutor for a considerable time, the correctness of the order was doubted at the moment, and the prosecutor asked the prisoner whether he was sure that he was right. " Oh, yes," replied the prisoner with a confident air, " this is Mr. Hunter's, and lam right." The pigeons were then wrapped up and delivered to him. About four o'clock on the same day the prisoner again called, and said Mr. P:eydell wanted half a dozen more pigeons, but that they must be fresher than the last. The prose cutor said that was quite impossible. The observation removed all idea of suspicion that there was anything Wrong, and the prisoner desired the account of what the pigeons came to to be made out and given to him. The pigeons and bill were then delivered to him, and he went away. Next evening the prisoner paid another visit, and said that he wanted two nice fowls for Mr. Pleydell, but they mutt not be quite so dear as the last. No doubt whatever being entertained of the integrity of the lad, the fowls were trussed up and given to him, It was since, however, found that the whole was a deception. Mr.-Pleydell stated that the prisoner had been in his ser'.ice a month as errand boy, and had been discharged on the 29th March, since which period he had. never authorised him to procure any of, the articles obtained at the prosecutor's. A police constable stated that in consequence of hear ing, at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, that a boy had been offering a fowl for sale at a suspicious price, he went after the prisoner in Whitechapel-road, and took him into custody with a fowl in his possession. The self possession of the prisoner, however, departed from him upon being apprehended. He told a confused story, and the constable upon searching found in his possession the bill which had been made out by the prosecutor. Further inquiry fixed the offence completely, and the prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL. Mr. George Sturton, of Finsbury-place, attended to show why he refused to pay Wm. Moody Bd. for the hire of his cab on Tuesday last. It appeared that the complainant was called off the stand by the defendant's man-servant, and after waiting at the door for a quarter of an hour was told that he was not wanted, whereupon the complainant demanded Bd., being the lowest sum which he could charge, which the defendant refused to pay. The complainant subsequently summoned Mr. Sturton, the defendant's brother, the owner of the house to which the complainant was directed to drive, but on the man servant being called to prove that it was not Mr. Sturton, but his brother, who ordered the cab, the complaint fell to the ground, and the present one was consequently laid. An attempt was made to show that the cab was ordered by the cook, who had just been discharged for drunken ness, and who had refused to ride after ordering the cab; but Mr. Alderman Wilson held that the driver could look to no other than the man-servant, who had called him, for payment, and adjudged him to pay the Bd., with 2s. for the slum - nuns, and 4s. 6d. for the driver's loss of time.— Mr. Sturton paid the 7s. td. UNION-HALL. Solomon Parsloe and George Taylor, two men of re spectable appearance, were charged with obtaining a quantity of goods under false pretences from Mr. J. Ratcliffe, stationer and rag merchant, of Blackman street, Borough. The complainant stated that the prisoner Parsloe called upon him, stating he was deputed by Mr. George Taylor, of Market Resborough, farmer, to select a quan tity of rags for manuring his land. The complainant, upon making inquiries as to Parsloe's character, was so well satisfied that he consented to send down a load of four sorts of rags fer samples, and afterwards, upon re ceiving an order in a letter from Mr. Taylor, he was in duced to send down seven tons of the rags most approved of, to the value of fifty pounds, with out receivin g p a y men t f or t h em . I n a few days iff wards, from certa i n i n f ormat i on as t o the real elm of the parties, i nqu i r i es were made, when' it wasracters tained they were n o t faswers, but . .iad acted in coanseceerri with each other, and had succeeded in duping many per sons ; that on the arrival of the seven tons of rags, the prisoners offered them for sale at 25 per cent. under the cost price. When Taylor was questioned as to the order he at first said the letter was a forgery, but afterwards admitted being the writer, and that he now regretted the part he had been induced to take by Parsloe in the affair. The goods were traced to a place two miles off, where complainant had also heard a most unfavourable account of the prisoners, who, it was asserted, were deeply en gaged in other schemes of the same description, to ob tain goods and dispose of them under their value. The prisoners offered to give up the goods if the proceedings against them were dropped. Mr. Corn/cm:ram said no compromise could be al lowed. As evidence had been given of a most serious offence having been committed by the prisoners, he should remand them till Thursday. In the meantime, if pub licity were given to the present examination through the newspapers, no doubt other persons who had been de frauded by similar stratagems would come forward against them. KENSINGTON POLICE COURT. A young bricklayer, named Edward Milwood, residing. at Hammersmith, was charged before Mr. CuvE, the sit ting Magistrate, with throwing down part of a wall be longing to Sir Henry Willcock, at Campden-hill, Ken sington. It appeared that the defendant, wishing to make work, if not for himself, at least for others in his trade, was seen at five o'clock on Friday morning pushing down two tiers of the bricks by a policeman named Hill, who had been placed on the watch in consequence of the daily recurrence of such outrages since March last. Hill in stantly pursued him, but as he got hold of him his foot slipped and he fell, when the defendant got away, and al though Hill followed him for five miles he escaped, but was retaken the same evening at Hammersmith. The defendant was fined 205., with 53., the amount of da mage, or one month's hard labour in the House of Cor rection. GREENWICH POLICE. Thomas Grant, who was remanded from Thursday on a charge of stealing a quantity of valuable plate from Thomas Abbott, Esq., of Sydenham, was again placed at the bar, when the evidence of John Beadle was taken, who had assisted the Rev. Edward Merrick in pursuint , the prisoner, who was found lying under a hedge. He escaped, but was afterwards taken by a policeman, who had found the plate close to where the prisoner had been lying when first discovered. A policeman stated that he knew the prisoner as a re puted thief. He had been summarily convicted at Marl borough-street, Union-hall, and other offices.—He was committed for trial. The young man named Eastman, who was taken up on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, was dis charged, there being no evidence against him. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, AuG. 14.—As upwards of 1,800 sea men have recently been paid off in the Bellerophon, Edinburgh, and Princess Charlotte, and nearly 1,000 more will be discharged on the paying off of the Mel ville, Samarang, and Dido, it has been found necessary to commission some ships to receive them again as soon as they have had a run on shore, and more particularly as the Baltic and St. Lawrence trade will not require seamen for some months, a better time could not have been fixed on. We hear that the Malabar, 72, Cam brian, 36, Spartan, 26, at Plymouth ; Formidable, 84, L'Aigle, 24, Siren, 16, Styx steamer, at the eastward; with the Illustrious, 72, Madagascar, 38, North Star, 28, Pantaloon, 10, Satellite, 18, and Driver steamer at this port, will form the force to be put into commission, together with the Carysfort, 24, and Dido, 20, on their return to England. The Illustrious, 72, was commissioned for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, on Monday last. The officer who commissioned her was only 24 hours from Plymouth, two of which he had spent in London. Why could not our letters travel by the same means ? The Pique, 36, Capt. Boxer, has been fitted with cabins for the accommodation of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, who will proceed in her to the North America and West Indian command. The Pique is ordered round from Chatham to this port, to receive on board the Vice- Admiral, who it is understood will leave England on the Ist of next month. The Dublin, 50, goes to Spithead on Tuesday, and will proceeds in a few days after to Plymouth to receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Thomas. The Electra, Commander Gostling, is ordered to be ready for sea by the 22d. The Bittern, 16, is also ordered to Spithead, and to expedite for foreign service. The Champion, 18, Commander Byron, at Plymouth, is ordered to the Coast of Africa. _ The Styx steam-frigate and the Siren, 16, are both commissioned for service at the Eastward. _ _ The Sapphire troop-ship is ordered to Quebec, with ordnance and naval stores. _ The Impregnable, 104, Captain T. Forrest, C. 8., ar rived at Spithead, on Monday last, from Plymouth ; she will proceed shortly to the Mediterranean. The Monarch, 84, Captain Chambers, sailed for Gib raltar on Tuesday last. The Melville, 72, came into harbour on Thursday, and is stripping, in order to be put of commission. The Madagascar was taken into the dock this morning to complete her coppering. The Captain, 104, formerly the Royal Sovereign, is now in dock at Plymouth, breaking . up. The Warspite, 50, at this port, is to be commissioned by Captain Lord John Hay. The Champion, Commander Byron, at Plymouth, has been ready for sea some days, but is detained in conse quence of her carronades not having arrived from Wool wich. The Prince Regent, transport, is appointed to conve the following depots between England and Ireland, in stead of her Majesty's steamer, Alban, viz. :-7th Foot from Cork to Chatham, 33d ditto from Chatham to Cork, 27th ditto from Cork to Chatham. Steam con veyance has been provided for the passage of the fol lowing depots between England and Ireland, viz. :-Bth from Guernsey to Cork, 19th ditto from Cork to Chat ham ; 48th ditto, from Cork to Guernsey ; 35th from Portsmouth to Dublin. The Driver steamer was yesterday taken out of dock, and the Satellite, 18, was taken in to be prepared for commission. The Princess Charlotte, 104, will be taken into dock on Monday, and will most probably become the flag - ship for this port. The Oriental, steamer, Mr. Soy, Commander, with passengers from Alexandria and Malta, was released yesterday from Quarantine, and proceeded to South ampton. The 53d Regiment (10 companies) has been moved from Plymouth to Leith, in the transport Abercrombie, Robinson. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Commander—W. Preston (late Stag), and T. R. Eden (Persian), to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Charles Foreman Brown (Flag Lieute nant to Sir Edward Codrington), G. D. .O'Callaghan, and A. M. Potbury, to the rank of Commander. Mate—Mr. James Hunt, (late Stromboli), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Captains — John E. Erskine, to the Illustrious ; W. B. Bowyer, to the Madagascar ; F. W. Burgoyne, to the San Josef, with the charge of the Ships in Ordinary at Plymouth. Commanders—Fulford, to Illustrious ; H. R. Henry, to the Styx ; William Smith (b), to the Syren. Lieutenants—Wallace Houston, R. S. Hewlett, C. H. Beddoes, G. K. Ogilvey, and G. B. Rutherford, to Illus trious ; W. Morris (b), to Impregnable ; E. M. Lyons (additional), to Britannia; Walter Reid, to Madagascar; Douglas Reid, to Hastings; James E. Katon, to Illustri ous ; E. W. Saunders, - to Excellent; W. H. Kenny (ad ditional), to Illustrious ; Thomas Hodgkinson to Syren. Masters—James Brown, to Illustrious ; C. Gaham, to Madagascar; Frederick J. Gruzelier, to Syren. Pursers—Mr. Thomas Kerrigan, to the Excellent, vice Street; John Reeve, to Madagascar; 11. H. Chiinmo, to Electra ; John Brickwood, to Syren. Surgeons—Dr. Gilbert King (Deputy Inspector of Hospitals), to Illustrious ,; Dr. A. Bryson, to Madagas car ; William Roy, to Syren. Assistant-Surgeons—J. C. Bowman, to Illustrious . ; J. D. ilussell, to Madagascar ; J. W. Fletcher (additional), to Queen ; T. H. Graham, to Tortoise. _ _ Secretary—James A. Smith. Esq., to be Secretary to Sir Charles Adam, on the West India station. Mates—H. D. Rich, W. H. Baugh, and R. L. Bed ford, to Illustrious ; H. D. Blancklen and F. A. L. Sel wyn, to Styx. Second Master—H. Dormer, to Illustrious. Midshipmen—G. C. Lloyd and Allan Percy, to Illus trious. Royal Marines—Captain Hugh Evans, Lieutenants P. Fellowes, and C. F. Menzies, to the Illustrious. The following Mates and Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants, on Tuesday, at the Naval College--Mr. William Horton, Queen ; Leonard Gibbard, Matthew Connolly, late Castor ; James Simpson, Henry Ash burton Kerr, late Princess Charlotte ; Wm. Houston Stewart, Carysfort ; Charles Doyle Kennedy, Hastings; Edward Alexander T. Lloyd, Electra ; James Hunt, late Stromboli. The following candidates were examined at the Naval College on Tuesday, and found qualified for commissions in the Marine Corps :—Mr. Charles London Barnard, Richard Franklin Tucker, Henry Watson Hall, Henry George Johnstone Davies, Frederick William Hall, Rod ney Allen, Nevinson Willoughby De Courcy ; and Mr. Lewis Scott Reeves and George Hodges Ormond for cadetship.—Second Lieutenant Schomberg has passed the preparatory examination for studying for the Marine Artillery. Mr. Thomas Eastman passed for Naval Instructor and Schoolmaster at the Royal Naval College on Tue sda y last. Amongst the gentlemen who passed their examination at the College on Monday last, for navigation, was Mr. James Hunt, of the Stromboli. We publish the follow ing letter, writt en u p on th e o ccasion of h is brave be haviour at the ca pt ure o f Sidon, which was mentioned at the time by Commodore Napier in his despatches, and led the Prince Frederick of Austria to apply t o the Admiral for Mr. Hunt's promotion. We are happy to say that he has since been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant : (COPY.) Her Majesty's steam-vessel Stromboli, Sep. 2s , 1841. Sir—l consider it my duty to represent the conduct of Mr. Hunt (midshipman), on the occasion of the 26th o f September, whilst storming the town of Sidon, as no thing could surpass the zeal, activity, cool determination and courage, which he displayed, and the unfailing 51, cess his conduct had over the men in cheering He was entrusted wi th the colours, g a d • , em on. ran a race with the Austrian officer , who should national of the c a stl e — an h onoura bl e first to display their . rivalry betweP." cities. I beg leave t o add, th a t M r . H un t ' national flags on the was ..- _,•ecessful. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant. JOIIN RUSSELL, Lieutenant. To Commander Williams, her Majesty's steam-vessel, Stromboli. EVENING SUN SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.. . (LLOYDS. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Mary Ann, Cook, of Green Island ; Henry Bliss, from New York, off Cape Chat, by the Ophelia, White, arrived off Dover. James White, Marseilles, to Cork, 17th ult., off Cape Nao, by the Antelope, arrived at Falmouth. Nouvelle Joffe, Cadiz, to Manilla, 3d ult., lat 9 N. lon. 16 W., off Cadiz, by the Jeune Nelly, arrived at Havre. Mario, Bor deaux, to Tampico, within soundings of Campeachy, by the Jenny, arrived at Bordeaux. Jonge Willem, Rio Grande, to the Channel, 21st June, lat. 3 S. lon. 25 W. ; Natalie, Bordeaux to Monte Video, 27th ult. 8, by the Vertrouwen, arrived at Helvoet. Suffolk, of Ipswich, 13th ult., between St. Paul's and Cape North, by the Em. B. Heard, arrived off Cape Clear ; Brig Bonner,. lat. 30 N. lon. 57, by the , arrived in the Downs- Hibernia, Liverpool, to New York, 30th ult., lat. 45, ion -38, by the Camilla, arrived in the Downs. Industry, Sligo, to Quebec, 7th, lat. 55, lon. 15, by the Royal• Bride, arrived in the Clyde. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I F CdSC Per Quarter. s. to s. Varlisle 76 Hexham 63 84 Morpeth t4 80 Penrith 6B Sheffield — '74 Winchest.r 66 77 Per Bushel. I s.d. s.d. Carmarthen i. 0 7 8 cowbriuge..„ 7 9 8 0 iwansea 7 6 8 4 Per 8011. Barnardcastl 17, Durham !17 3. to a. s. to s. S. to S. 46 g to 4u 36 3S 3) 37 20 24 21 .1.7 - 24 - --' 40 42 3 74 40 '..9 s.d. s.d. 00 40 d 0 4 40 44 to 20 B. d. s. ci. 00 23 00 30 26 30 • 43 40 42 s. d. Lel b 6 0 0 50 55 50 6th s. It (1 .1 t/ to Nu 10 , r 1/r U U r 8 0 1.11 o '.OO 80 93 64 76 90 106 O 20 0 8 0 9 0 99 6 9 0 0 106 O 220 SO 90 56 Pt 96 130 O 208 90 90 50 6f 90 116 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEL'. Wneat, Red, Nortolk and ..... fills. to 71s. thee 735. Lin. and Cam. —a. Mt. to 60s. fine Yorkshire —l. -4. to 803. fine 74. White --I. 70. to 765. fine 7 2s. lisas Foreign, Red —4. Us. to 71f. fine White --s. 70s. to 735. nne 761. Barley, Norfolk-and Sufhilk ........ .... 301. to 335. fine 341. Li nco l ns hi re Yorkshire Wolf .. 295. to 31s. tine 22a. Foreign • Beans, New Old Oats, Potato Poland striezland and Small • h.oaling 811,11 i n g ........ tttttia:°;4ol: ectitOfijilliirn:n'lSlLeeec't ...... ."•..." ....... ..... s• Malt. Las Rapeseed 0 2 61 " 34 389 ,. . 4.2a.!per 1. naot Richmond... I S Stockton l9 - NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Bed. White. Wheat, Northumberland 631. 7ls ....... 725. 761.1 ----- Norfolk and Suffolk 745. 17t ....... 765• 0 :/'• .--- Berwick and Scotch ti2s.los ...... --s• 9, Foreign 7os. 74,....... 705. ^ .7s. i Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 4 o s. 445...•••• —s. --s• Foreign 29 s .30t....... 36,..... ..-43. --4. I Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. —5....... —s. —a i Grinding and Feeding 345. Ms. Malt, Norfolk and Suff o lk ................. 52s 58s —s. --r. 'o• • Beans, Small ..... ........... ....... .. ....... .... 3-is. 40s —s. --4 * r. -- - Tsck ......,. 40s. 42.5. —s. —s. ~ Pease, White 4os. 425. . ... .... J.... 4 . o Gray . . 36, 38s --.lk —.S. 1 Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... .... 255. 97s —s • —r. I, -- Feed -- Foreign ... this. ixs —s —r...3 Flour (per sack) s3s. 571 --r. —b. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET Wheat, per 701b....1C5. 9d. to lls. yd. Red i;s. GI. tolls. 3 Barley, per 60lb ... 4 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 4, ii Beans, per Imperial quartcr P e ase, White, per Imperial bushe l s 4O 4.1 45 0 Malt, per 0 imperial bushel s 39 0 4i 0 Flour, per Sack of 2801 b 53 a do 6 , TCH MARKET Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bean:. Oatua-fi Aberdeen 80 to 70 24 to 2tl 20 to 25 —to 33 to 38 Berwick 46 5i 21 25 17 20 30 33 34 34 / Coldstream Cupar (Fife) 48 65 26 91 IS 22 21 26 ... Dunbar 59 65 25 28 21 24 37 38 371 38 Elgin .... . 158 60 26 27 22 25 48 59 ... .... Inverness... 48 60 23 23 21 24 32 33 -. -•-• Kelso ......... 43 56 24 27 17 20 30 32 .... .-• Kirkaldy .... 54 66 29 33 22 25 45 48 43 -. Perth 6O 67 38 40 25 I*. The size of the measure varies throughout the country. HADDINOFON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beans Pease, First Bos 02 40s 01 30 . 84 45 s O d 411 Oil Second 741 Od Vs Od 2ds 641 44s Ud ..1 41_ , L. Third GIs Od 31s Ud 26s Od 42s Od —s ex Average 34 14.01 s.l2ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 1 1 Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. Be a l! . Fir5t........ 79s Cu Os' 02 32s Od 44s Od 4 . 40 vg, Secon Third tils Od 31s Od 224 Ott 40. 6.1 40s ed GLASGOW CORN MI RRET. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oat:, per 2641 b. a. d. s• el 6ritish, old 366 to 4U 0 1r;•44 M.O.*. 111 0 toll Ir .----.. new Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 26011. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish 2l U 1. : 2 ‘ , 6 English 27 0 29 0 Pease, Scottish ...... --9. ti 1 . 1 „`; Scottish 24 0 26 6 6 Oatmeal, per 1191 b.... 17 6 -Y ' Irish The competition among the Margate steamers , which enabled the Londoners to reach that favo'Arite 14', 3 " tering-place for one-third the usual fares, lias lac k}' ceased. The Mercury, Captain Turner, which, first coin menced running to Herne Bay and Margate. at the r.e awed fares, has been purchased of the Star Company 11 the Ueueral Steam Navigation Company, and tak en he station; and another steamer, the City of London, started by the latter Company in opposition to the Id er eery, at still lower fares, has also ceased running. 'Mg vessels of the old Companies, the Royal William, R ,)yal Adelaide, Red Rover, and City of Canterbury, have again possession of the business to Herne Bay and Mar gate, and keep up the old fares. Two brothers, named Elm, were once .Aubpce .naed on a trial. The first of them having been cAzamined, the late l.r. Justice Park, from his veneral,le appear ance, was induced to ask him his age, and received in reply, eighty years of age, my Lord. And how do yoa live? Very regular. And Iry what do you make use a as your beverage ? Tea, ana milk and water. His Loyd' ship, in reply, addressed himself to the counsellors ;bas —" There, gentlemen, there's a specimen for you of re gularity." The otherbrother was called, and from hiss?' pearance, the counsellors in the car.se were induced ti ° , ask him his age, and were told he was eighty-three. An d, pray, Mr.. Elm, how do you live? Very regular, your ho nour; I go to bed drunk every night of my life. " There, there, my Lord, there's a specimen of regularit,y; caba l do you think of that, my Lord—eighty-three." 4' A il gentlemen, Elm, wet or dry, lasts a long time,' said huh: Lordship, gravely. DENT'S . LECTURES ON WATCU AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS.—An A'ostract from TWO LECTURES delivered before the Mem'oers of the United Service Institution has been arranged for the use of Oil ers !, readers. It contains a statement of the *relative advant Igeg.u* English and foreign workmanship, an explanation Of eats I. ferent Escapements, with instructions for th e c hoice, teg,gla ti r: and management jail kinds of 'fine - keepers . The Panipl ut ' is published at 82, Strand, price One Shilling, but is presen t e d' gratuitously to customers on application. A SILVER WATCHES, LONDON-MA DE.--/I' B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9,Corshiri, Lon don (opposite the Bank of England), submit for self coon very large STOCK of SILVER WCHES, the whole of which are made and finished under the careful inspection ef perienced workmen on their own premi-.es, and eac* warrantee, for correct performance. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, er'itk double-baekei engine-turned cases, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, hard enamelled dial, with seconds' hand and double-backed cases, warranted ... 5 ° Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, hard enamelled dial, with seconds" • hand and double-backed engine-turned case* warranted Either of the above in silver hunting-cases, 10s., 6d.. tit: l L A large variety of Second-hand Silver Watches, wbi. la: - been carefully examined, and can be warranted, at 2/. !: S. each' N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchar sr._ PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 603. t! 3o SET of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior Lendog Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per doze a ; Br os Poles for Window Curtains, F inch diameter, Is. 3d. per fooL ; 2 inches, Is. Vd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet 1 kng, Catalogues gratis. Containing the prices of stoves, fe ,nders, ir e ' irons, K iche la utensils, and every article in furn'Aing ir° °- munger y RIPPON and BURTON; Wells-street,. 04ord-sti wet. * ' Established 1820. er....se=miawArgemasee. BIRTHS. On the llth inst., at Edgbaston, Birmingltar, Mrs. F Award Brown, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., Mrs. W. Neville, of Maiden-lane, o f Renn er' e, Mrs. On the 11th inst., at Eltham, ent., the lady of nr,bertt Green, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Brighten, the lady of Jacks' ru King Hunt, Esq., of Calverley-park, Tunbridge -wells, of asor ~ On the 12th inst., at Woburn-place, Russell-squr Benjamin B. Greene, of a son. On the 13th inst., in Torrington-square, the wife .3f With" Rose, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Wa nstead, lady c) f Thomas Essex, Mrs. Pet. er B ruce Turner, of a son. On the 13th inst. , at Hyde-park-terrace, the Dant, Esq., of a daughter. ---- . --":—:----MARRIED. urch, Reading, E. L. Walcott, Esq., to Eliza J . ' . ' " r Cl i fton, Gloucester, a ae, youngest daughte Esq., of Esq., solicitor, Rea? i of John Hoffmann , the 11th inst., at St. au s I' l' CI i wpel, Edinburgh, William On her Majesty's, On the ith inst.,seactonSdt.soLnaowfrtehnecel'aste(l).E. s W. svmvson, daughter QC the late Rev. A. Alison, Counsel, and agent of Ja maica, the 11th inst., at Wrr A l iam , Edward Pryce Griffiths , - prebendary,,, Bu a r c g a e ,' t E o s l o ca o r s g n a e a r r u e o m t f ,. Esq., el, est son of the late t,t. B . rjriffiths, Esq., of Varchoel i Briscoe, to Crolino —Jane, second daughter of Richer! On the e E; 2 q t . h , of in inst,, t„ra;thame Emma Charlotte, widow o ' f A t b h b e e Fraser, Ist Royals, and youngest da ughter mond, late on the staff of the Governor-General of India, I cr. ( E .a s r q o . l , in o e f , Bath. late , Abbe y Church, ug hctearp t: finWßath, Henry . A D . r D . co D rhe r a Z ei ~,. On the 12th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Henry Alex ander York , andfinfthiec'elaoulehSti Brown, Esq., of Kingston-grove, Oxfordshire, to Diana , • e r r G o r f i t ti h n e l l a v te ils C on ol , o o n t el st G ra e t o f r o g r e d. H pi n a t c hr , of On the 12th inst., at Selling, Kent, Thomas Sydenhars : Clarke, E sq , o f Lincoln's-inn, Barrister-at-law, youngest son '', of Lieut enant- G eneral Clarke, Madras Artillery, to Julia, so- , eond daughter of H. Hilton, Esq., of Sole-street House, near Faversham. On the 12th inst., at St. Michael's, Derby, Mark Huis' $ late Captain in the Hon. East India Company's service, sr Margaret, eldest daughter of the late J. Huish, Esq., of N at' tinghana. IE D. On the 26'1 Lit., in Holies-street, Cavendish-square, m an» r don, Louis:, Maria, infant daughter of Colonel Battin, On td:; 2d inst., at Florence, .Mrs. Ann Hart. On the 11th inst., at Malvern Wells, Frances, relict ' late Robert Jenner, Esq., of Wenvoe Castle, Glamorraushi.l e. On the 11th inst., at Southampton, Mr. John Drew, bre . prer and spirit merchant, aged 72. On the 11th inst., at Brighton, John Hargreave Ai fse, youngest son of Mr. David Rigge, Brompton-ro4. On the 11th inst., at Habberley House, near Kiddermir Ater , Mary Frances, wife of G. Hooman, Esq. tfsn 3 sr 4 London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU'A . 0 s ` O 1 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Str: 001 4 , 'a . the county of Middlesex, Monday, August 16, 1841, -CO YE 114 IMO Z • ( ds 2 bee leas 1 :4 1 4 Atm a., 0 Ibdi Teri th e Sung No; lets, tolir Di tic tee o ord, tIIc