The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-04 00:00:00

J ,•-•• GL AY) . i c itov 130 5 seat i gy for e pOO re' the Ili' 4 V ENING SUN ' ' 4l a mts !fie, and which presents the prospect of thine remainder of my life, bereft of everything it can rend er lif e desirable, and as a means toY by its cont i nuance o 1 protracted pnitishment me, and o f wretc h e d ness to t h ose near and inoif:sro utouhinap ep';nd who are int er e s t e d i n th e f a t e a being. The only use of that now must be to enable me, by the fittest disclos of every part of the transactions, to aninish the conseqnences of my crime, and, much as possible, to offer the only atone one t i n my power ; and, dreadful as every P er ceives my present situation to be, c an declare, that, whatever may await duri ng the h orror cannot equal what I have endured of tirin g the years of anticipati on of the discovery 8 Tr lY guilt. M y L ord, I await your Lor d s hi p ' s t ente nee in a spi r i t o f respect f u l su b m i ss i on , an d :Peat that I k now my crime has been great, p eat I also feel a ssure d t h at i n th e execu ti o n of W il l' high functions, and in the judicial censure willY offences, your Lordship will never be un latiful that mercy is the best attendant upon Justice, and th a t w hil e t h e b est o f men nee d t o 0 1 a loud for mercy at H eaven ' s b ar , i t s h ou ld °t be forg o tt en i n the adm i n i stration o f j ust i ce 4Pon earth." se l le pris oner appeared to be deeply a ff ecte d at wral parts of the a dd res s, mor e particularly h e hvee l ! he alluded to his family, and the disgrace 4 4(1 entailed upon those who were near and Cl' to him. When he had concluded, he h:tied heavily against the bar, with his head I g ; tig down, as if unable to support himself. h a 4 r• Baron PARKE said—" The course you io. v e pursued on this occasion, in publicly ii:flowledging yourself guilty of the hei- I l ls offences imputed to you, and which . from N e arn, from the depositions and y e ' r self, have been carried on for a long series of 40 ar s hack, leaves to me only the duty of an -4:.s n eing to y ou t h e pun i s h ment w hi c h t h e law 41 :g to y our o ff ence. It i s a painful duty to 00 : but it w ou ld have been a much more painful I tae h ad I to p ronounce t h at punishment which 44 0 assi gned to it a few years ago ; beca u se I st a d have had t o announce t o y ou , not-with -04: 'mg all that you have said in the way of 1 10 n, that your lif e mus t b e f or f e it e d t o a w , and that you should perish by an annious death on the scaffold. The huma th „0 14 . e law now pre ve nt s that, a n d leaves hi. in le for rep en t ance . B u t no t w i t h s t an d ing e , 41 ; 9 ' Yon have said, and the contrition you have k t ,L es sed, you must have been aware of the tre -3,00 '4,(Als consequences of the crime of which ba re acknowledged yourself guilty, and N e t " it is now my duty to pronounce upon you. ek til t ? me is a painful duty to discharge, be \s'4o l tin sorry to pronounce it upon a person 4 4 'as filled a situation of trust and confi i?ehteeC w ho has walked in the station of a Of tillian) and who belon gs t o a f am il y 4 44 ,:t_ es highest h onour an d respecta bili ty, dal h ose name is ill u st r i ous i n t h e nava l an - Aro t c/f this country. It is painful for me to nee the sentence of the law upon you ; 4 14 °° king at the consequences of your crime, • the lath deep injury it has inflicted upon so , nu. th can do no less than to pass upon the - me severest sentence which the law allows co, Aor ta . )u -rt to pronounce, namely, that of trans (liBo.tl°ll for life. You have done yourself no Clift ' e dit by the course you have pursued—you e (lone Yourself no harm; and I trust t il l a t i„ t ," s e who may hear the statement *4 --- C's fallen from your lips to-day, may take t he g, and see what fatal consequences are . Al es ' It o f a sin le i deviation from the prin . ci - - itsPositF44re 2 1 :n o t n o t n o r and integrity. It is im feel for you as a man . ; but fe att o trlagistrate it is my duty to censure in the 114 ve ttg r .,, st latignage I can the wicked crime you h and -41nnitt d • h has entailed ruin upon . ~ red s e , which ir „,,,,,°t. in dividuals, and loss to many of t t i l t :he tv..4.7titt.pfr?rtu. fortune, all in consequence Principle you have shown. Under l uts ; .eiteliul m -st ati znel- I e should be wanting in my -vverlfsti to ll '‘ A lt ees' you the least hope that the int rest sentenep ° e ffect ` - of the law 11 1 4 " id "--11 se ntence which, as you yourself ,uereftSani'.,e° n signs you to punishment for life t. the au that renders life desirable. By law, ill f n -- r , e3t nfyour existence, you will be a slave T he -reign land, and condemned to hard labour. li b - Sentence of the Court upon you, Edward e tt ah ' il kont Smith, is, that for this offence you Pa t "Vorted beyond the seas for the term of your Il tal 1;1 " ,_ll l . ' e * 4fi, • A prisoner here fell back into the arms of the deers, and was assisted by him and one of -u lcers, down the stairs of the dock. tt. ., ri/p h ;No CHEQuEs.—. William Gregory andßigg 1 „` aYboddy were charged with forgin g 4 (1 e • el,, L le for 2001. , with intent to defraud Sir John Paul "' b e ,": There was another count, char ging the intent k.-' defraud Mr. R. Williams. b r „ , .11 and Mr. 114 4'11141 Chambers conducted the case for 4- vseNtion and called the following witnesses : r. c , j'43 barles Ward—l am clerk the banking gth ° I Sir John Paul, Snow, and Co. 0.. n. wasthe Nh;all4 October last, the cheque produced (for 200/.) ..,e N:l e , k ' s i_ r r payment by the prisoner Bigg. While '" Jtih- ,-. w e ,c getting the notes lan took the cheque into . ' l ler t Zratil s room. I returned, d desired the pri i 4 4k * th e - g°. into Sir John's room. Shortly afterwards . t,, 511 4 e,"Prisoiler running to the door, and heard Sir 4% -‘44ll r3 a „ i t . cA it "Stop him " The prisoner was stopped, tht f 0 — ,.. 4 . _to Sir Jo - hn Paul's room and a constable was N i /tl l of - 1 10 cheque need ' for 1001., dated (b, as th 1841, wa P s rod paid . b me. This cheque, as deg .le wit August, other purports to be signed by Mr. Williams. ' ll '''' 4ess t hen from the books of the bank, .read e: tl lt ' i l t l ll a the9notes given in change for the chequ N i ir ) . lll b e i. 4-11 glist.) also cashed a cheque dated 17th I)q'tlioa Purporting. to be signed y Mr Williams. itilNNj described the notes given in change.) . I have Si r °t ' of the person of the man to whom I paid tr,--,r tioths-iLose cheques. Iktt 'lel l , bs"ean. Paul, who gave his evidene . e from the lii,viu),,ttlenibered receiving a commu nication nom m ea t e wa - ' 3 ' l'elative to a 200/. cheque. Bigg came into It ti r O i son t : r °4l ,, and witness sai d . to him you are tli b , elPNa„,4o,r forgery. Bigg said he was innocent, 4 kr - r; W itn'' Il ls wonder at witness daring to accus 4.8, wli ess said he should send for Mr. W i1e.A,,,,(1, e .A , ,,, (1 , 4 'l -n 0 11' 2 41 d prove that it was a . forgery. Bigg . le,* Wi t ',, -4 ed not do that, Mr. Williams is out o f 14 run te•d n ",,'' e ss said, "If so, how came he to sign the 44 1 41 v 17 . , You convict yourself." Bigg attempted I, ;`• Ar ;V out was stopped and given into cus tody. _ N t , - ; Rob ert - '„Williams had an account at the bank. _ ',.),. ' are i: ' • W. Williams—l am an attorney. M y A Illpi -" the Temple. Th e prisoners 'e in Or ah, °3'runnt • • clerks for about . . ,i 1 a - .4 a h a lf as writing sli q - *el, —l '. Paybody had 188 - 14 0' ' 14 ., -1 ) n i: I drew cheques on Sno a w 7 s e l k a'nk and fr ß om ig n g a °4 (1 411 e °j"'T.Which I kepi in a drawer of my desk i i -' °(:(;°e'ned up. I noticed that the cheque -book Pt n i V.. unsown. Payboddy quittedi si g natures la °! th ree ' tare}, of the present year. e i to ' l t t j ti on elLeques produced are all forgeries. lh It is a good tpti -lonks,-,-;.',Y signature. ti °4 3 ,, 1/11 tl " ilitehead, p oliceman, took Biggs into cus -401 note ' 9 th of Octo ber. In searching him a ten . iS a t 'ti., a Was found onhim.—(The note was p k ro .) s oa r bl a ii r , w,as oneof tho 'e described by the cler k -.' eil eques of a simi lar sort were also found upon t N . , r k , w , 1 4 1._ 1 1.0 test4n, policeman was on duty at the sta it riiii; w nen Bigg was br ought ' there. Bigg said to t it. - ," , tne, Th ,s'S clerk that Payboddy was at the bottom o f 4 1: 1 ; 4 4 that they would find him down by the churc h , Ilf)t-',"'3 C hun butcher's dress. Witness went to St. C.t "ad "'el, about 30 yards from the bank, but d id ‘),.4114,,,qb°(13' there. Witness went to Gooch-street, % ,4,4 1e, , " Cuurt-road and found him stading outs . ide NI 1413,.. 3*.01), which was his own. He t t oo k him into yun tit :,_ J uness told him what for. He said "I . know . e k. tli e 11. Witness then told him he must go with him. l' l reted I N' to the station-house, witnesss said, " ! ,I.°ll,Qr said find you down by the church. " 1 ' l . ll U - f a ls l ' " Who told you I was there ? A , 144 4t1 ( r , - the truth I was there." Bigg called on me ) 3i:llt Itt;{°oo, and asked me to go for a walk with him. I le'k Werj: a r as the church, and waited outside, while ( ‘ ) lk t 1 444 " iato the bank. I always considered .Bigg to tht f t ) k V 4 Property." Witness understood him to . say 11 Q ast o ° 7 1 11 who was talking to him when he was taken h,,,itli,"c!,'llad told him all about it. the Nil 013111 ' — Payboddy was first of all allowed to 't II 'Y kr. lie was again takes, into custody t h qo aeph inr 4da _ ( . 1 y following. 11:L/rori,°skin—I am clerk to the prosecutor. I know 4; 4 - :'„t f o - , r s• On the day Bigg was taken into custody 1 10' k r :',° to a neighbouring public-house, and asked I il illiarns was in town, and said, w erg q'tir e red hina that Mr. Williams was inW a le . q i 4h()1,,i Withesses were then examined for the purpose l 'ti ' t . k eep 4 g that Payboddy had at different times pur l) 11 R il es st a ,nd cattle in Smithfield, and paid for theca ~c4ot'te;i:,*",e Produce of the two forged cheques cashed ill, 4 1%, 4 ,44 in August and September. tip' t 'iese was John Bates, a slaughterman, at . 1,,,1'R. 41' Slaughter-house, Clare. market. Bates tlii.lll4tpr called into the witness. box appeared in his ti ll !' ; ~ ;31(ssional toggery, covered with grease and . i i : , ti ll ' Ilan' cuts hort, a Id Laurie, with underneath it k a _ ll . ii ° ,, s _e faces Which George Cruilcshank alone could . 47 1. har bfeollowing dialogue took place, after the wit to t , ' 4 sworn :___. LIN--Do you belong to tho upper house 2 )Loud laughter.) Witness (with great solemnity)—l do.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. BODKIN—Did you, on the 4th October, slaughter any cross-grained beasts, in the upper house ?—(Con tinned laughter.)—l did for Payboddy. Mr. CLARKSON, Counsel for Bigg—l suppose there were other cross-grained beasts in the upper house be sides those you mention.—(Laughter.) Witness—Oh, yes, a great many. The Member of the Upper House then withdrew amidst what the French would call the "greatest hilarity," in which the Learned Judge joined. Mr. C. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury for the prisoner Payboddy, and complained that the deposition of Wes ton had not been returned from Bow-street, and contended that there was no proof whatever that Payboddy had any guilty knowledge of the uttering and forginz of the cheque, which was the object of the present inquiry. Mr. CLARKSON said he could offer no defence for Bigg. Several witnesses gave the prisoners a good character. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Payboddy was sentenced to be transported for twenty years, and Bigg to be transported for fifteen years. In passing sentence, Mr. Baron PARKS said, that aggravated as their case was, it was not so aggravated as the case in which he had passed sentence this morning, and that there fore he had passed a lighter sentence, as he felt it necessary to make a distinction, and could not on the same day bring himself to pass the same sentence on such an offence as theirs, as he had already passed in the case of a much greater culprit. DISMISSAL OF THE GRAND JURY. CASE OF RAPALLO. The Grand Jury were dismissed last night. No b, had been presented to them against Ernest Rapallo. LAW INTELLIGENCE CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY The Lord Chancellor was occupied, during the whole of the morning, with the hearing of lunatic petitions, which offered no feature of public interest. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE SHEFFIELD CANAL COMPANY V. THE SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment in this case, which was argued in November last, and the facts of which were fully reported in The Sun. His Lordship said the suit arose out of an agreement founded on a letter for the payment of an annuity of 1001. by the defen dants to the plaintiffs; and having recapitulated the facts at length, and dwelt particularly on the declaration of the agent of the defendants at his last interview on the subject. with the agent of the plaintiffs that " they would fight it out," his Lordship said that he was of opinion there had been a waiver of the agreement by the agent of the plaintiffs, which agreement could not therefore be re newed by his subsequently accepting it. The plaintiffs' agent had rejected the offer of the 18th June, and could not bind defendants by it. On the 20th, the defendants having conceded one point, were willing to renew the contract, but this offer was rejected by the agent of the plaintiffs, as the former had been, and it could not now be converted into a binding agreement. He was of opinion there - never was a binding agreement, and the bill mast thereforo be dismissed with costs. IVESTENRA V. GREGORY. This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, Col. Westenra, a younger son of Lord Rossmore, to charge the separate estate of his late wife, with certain debts that had been contracted by her during her coverture. A marriage having been contemplated between the plaintiff and Lady East, indentures of lease and release were executed on the 28th and 29th of March 1834, between Col. Westenra and Lady East and the defendants, wherby she assigned to the defendants all the estate she was entitled to under the will of her late husband, to hold the same after the solemnization of her marriage with the plaintiff, upon such trusts as she should at any time thereafter appoint ; and she alse assigned a leasehold house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and all other the lease hold estates and property in which she had any interest, to the defendants, to hold the same as to the leasehold estates, upon such trusts as she during her lifetime should appoint, and after her death, at the discretion of the trustees, to invest the moneys arising therefrom in the funds. and to stand possessed of the same to such uses as she should have appointed, and in default of ap pointment in trust for her next of kin, as if she had died unmarried. The marriage took place on the 31st of March, 1834, and Mrs. Westenra died on the 17th of November, 1838, having made a will on 3d Feb. 1837, whereby she gave certain bequests to her husband, and the residue of her property to her four nieces, and appointed the defendants her executors, who proved her will. After the death of Mrs. Westenra, it appeared that the property she had directed;to be invested for the benefit of her husband, realised 16,0001., and that the debts remaining unpaid at the time of her decease, amounted to about 4,0001., which the nieces, as the re siduary legatees, objected to the payment of out of her separate estate. A bill was accordingly filed by the plain tiff, praying that an account might be taken of the separate estate of Mrs. Westenra, and of the debts due from her on account thereof, at the time of her decease, and that the defendants might be directed to pay the same out of her separate estates. Mr. Pemberton and other Learned Counsel appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Turner and other Learned Counsel for the defendants. And after some discussion, at the suggestion of the Master of the Rolls, it was ar ranged between them that the inquiry prayed for by the bill should be made, with liberty for the Master to state special circumstances. VICE C FIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) HERRING v. CLOBERY. This was an application, on - thepait of the plaintiff, that he might be discharged from the custody of tho Warden of the Fleet prison, and that the processes of contempt, in the several attachments issued against him, at the instance of the defendant, for the non-payment of costs, might be stayed. It appeared that the costs in question had been incurred by the plaintiff in a former suit, which his Honour had decided against him, and those costs not having been paid, he had been committed for contempt. The decision, however, of his Honour was now under appeal to the Lord Chancellor ; and the plaintiff prayed that he might be discharged from prison, for the purpose of enabling him to conduct the appeal, while he offered security for his re-appearance, in case it sheuld be decided against The nature of the application having been stated by Mr. RoMILLY for the plaintiff, Mr. RICHARDS objected, for the defence, that the Court could not entertain it, until the plaintiff had cleared him self from a contempt of Court, by paying the sum of 271. lls. ld., the costs of a former application. After some discussion the Court decided that the pre sent application could not be heard until the plaintiff had cleared himself of the contempt. The money was then paid in, His Honour observing that that looked more like business than anything he had for many a day seen in that Court. Mr. ROMILLY was again about to proceed with the ap plication, when Mr, RICHARDS observed that the plaintiff should fur ther clear himself of contempt of Court by the payment of two different sums; the one amounting to 161., and the other to 131. These sums having been also paid in, . Mr. Romnxv again rose to address the Court, and was again interrupted by Mr. RICHARDS, who contended that the Court could not entertain the application to discharge the prisoner until he had paid the sum of 8001., the costs of the former suit, in which his Honour had decided and awarded against him. By the non-payment of that sum he had been guilty of a contempt of Court, from which he was bound, before he could take any proceedings there, to clear himself. The plaintiff did not complain that the attachment was wrung, or that it had been in formally executed ; and he could not, therefore, at pre sent, obtain its suspension. Mr. ROMILLY said that the plaintiff did not wish to evade the attachment, as he would give sufficient security for his re-appearance in case the appeal to the Lord Chancellor was decided against him. The plaintiff would have been entitled to wake the application to his Honour at the time the bill of costs had been lodged ; and he should not now suffer from having delayed taking such a step. His HoNoun said that it was a well-established rule of Court, that proceedings on a decree should not be stayed merely because an appeal had been lodged. If the effect of the decree might be to place in jeopardy the very thing at issue, that might be a reason why the Court should interfere to stay proceedings. But he did not see any grounds for such interference in the present case ; and he should, therefore dismiss the application with costs. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MAN WHILST ILL TREATING HIS WIFE.-Mr. Baker held an inquest on Thursday at the Royal Statidard, Arundel-street, Bethnal green, on the body of Thomas Bird, aged 49, a silk dyer, of No. 1, Selby-street West. It appeared in evidence that on Monday night last, at about ten o'clock, deceased returned home in a state of intoxi cation, and, as was not unusual, began quarrelling with and beating his wife. At twelve o'clock he went out, followed by his wife, who was persuading him to return, but he refused, and did not come home until two o'clock the next morning. The quarrel was then renewed, though the lodgers could plainly tell that :deceased was in fault, for, without any provocation what ever, he threw her forcibly on the floor, and bea her severely. The wi fe at len g th, to avoid his blows, ran down stairs, and, as he followed, the placet being in darkness, he fell headforemost to the bottom. He called to his wife to raise him, but she, fearing further chastisement, refused. The lodgers were unable to remove him to his room, and not being then aware that he was seriously hurt, placed a pillow under his head, and let him remain there until six o'clock. At that hour he was removed to his room, when he complained of pains in different parts of his body, and at one o'clock he died. Mr. Burchett said he perceived no marks of violence upon the body, and judging from that he thought death to have resulted from the rupture of a vessel in the head. It might, how ever, have been caused by the fall. Verdict , " That deceased was fo un d d ea d, but whether death was occa sioned by a fall or by other means there was no evidence to show." _ _ VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, Nov. 30.-- THE WEATHER. —These heavy gales are making sad havoc with us p oor creatures under cliff to have our windows blown i n i s a common occurrenc e ; and on Monday night the wind and the rain brought down three houses I none of your lath-and-plaster things, but what appeared to be of the substantial order, with stout stone walls and slate roofs. In go the windows, and off the roofs. Pray God the wind would shift. From frost, snow, and keen north-easters we arc p ro t ec t e d; but these south-welters are terrible things. T,HE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1841. COURT CIRCULAR. Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lord Glenelg, Lord George Lennox, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, Miss Clifford, Sir Richard and 'Lady King, Mrs. Hedworth Lambton, Miss Caroline Cavendish, Mrs. Ilicks, and Mrs. Brice Pearse,_ attended at Buckingham Palace at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had the honour of being gratified with the sight of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, inspected yester day at Buckingham Palace several specimens of the forthcoming work of David Roberts' Holy Land. Mr. Doo's finished line engraving, after Eastlake's picture of "Pilgrims coming in sight of Rome," were also inspected by his Royal Highness. The ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Naviga tion between the Hanse Towns, signed by Mr. Goros tiza and Mr. Colquhoun, were last week exchanged by Mr. Murphy, Charge d'Affaires for Mexico, and Mr. Colquhoun, Resident for the Hanse Towns. Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Spanish and Pro tugucse Committee, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. _ _ A deputation of funeral coach proprietors, consisting of Mr. John Chancellor, Mr. George Giles, Mr. J. 11. Johnson, and Mr. J. J. Bennicke, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne left Landowne House yes terday, for his seat Bowood Park, Wilts. Despatches from the Governor of the West India Colo nies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday. At the sitting of their Lordships, Mr. Burton Cooper, Q.C., for the appellants, a nd M r . Rennalls, for the re spondents, were heard upon an appeal of " Wylde v. Campbell," from St. Vincent's, which was disposed of by an arrangement. • An appeal from Jersey, "Peter Brouard v. Philip Dumaresq and others," and ex pitrte "Morgan v. Leech," from Bombay, occupied their Lordships the remainder of the sitting. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Camp bell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admi ralty Court. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. The official account of the state of her Majesty, exh bitedyesterday . at Marlborough-house, was as follows :- " The improvement in the Queen Dowager's health, announced in the last bulletin, has continued up to the present time, and there is every reasonable prospect of her Majesty's gradual recovery. " Under the continuance of the present favourable symptoms, no further bulletins will bo issued. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Dec. 2, 1841." RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day *f the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise : Week Miles Total. ended Name of Railway. Opened. £. s. d. N0v.27 Birmingham and Derby Janet. 384 1,124 18 7 26 Birmingham and Gloucester 524 1,330 4 5 27 Chester and Birkenhead ..... l5 5 66 9 9 28 Dundee and Arbroath l6i 247 14 4, 28 Eastern Counties 174 641 6 10 27 Glasgow and Ayr.. .. 27 Glasg ow , Paisley, and Greenoek 224 670 4 4 26 Grarl Junct. &Chester &Crewelo3l 7,373 16 9 29 Great North of England 45 1,321 15 4 28 Great Western 1184 9,829 8 11 27 Hull and Selby.... .... 27 Lancaster and Preston Junction 204 403 17 8 27 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,108 4 2 27 London and Birmingham 1124 12,987 18 5 Dec. 2 London and Blackwall . 34 537 0 8 N0v.27 London and Brighton 4oi 1,301 3 0 _ 27 Ditto Shoreham Branch ...... ... 5i 96 14 10 30 London and Croydon Dec. 2 London and Greenwich 3l 755 10 10 N0v.27 London and South Western 25 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 545 18 11 29 Manchester and Birmingham 5 358 7 5 27 Manchester and Leeds 5O 3,753 13 4 27 Midland Counties .... 57 2,124 1 4i 27 Newcastle and Carlisle 6OA 1,504 10 0 28 Northern and Eastern 27 North Midland 721 3,508 3 5i 26 North Union .... ............ .... 25 925 7 b 27 Preston and Wyre 23 Ulster 29 York and North Midland 23 1,463 13 8 ANOTHER FREAK OF NATURE.-There is a gooseberry bush full of young fruit in the rectory gar dens of Kegworth—the bush is protected with matting. If the fruit do not ripen, there will, at least, be green gooseberries.—Nottingham Review. A gamekeeper, well known at Nuttall, who figured in our columns a few weeks since as the shooter of some bonnets, was again intoxicated this week, and while so, deliberately fired at his brother I Fortunately the shot had been extracted, or the result would have been very serious.—Nottingham Review. CAPITAL DAY'S SPORT WITH THE QUEEN'S Hourins.- —Monday ; Nov. 29, these hounds met at Staun ton Wy ville—found atLangton Candle--ran briskly up to Slawson, and killed—found again in Glooson-wood—ran an hour and twenty minutes, chiefly in the wood, and killed —found three foxes in Heythorpe Spinnies—got away gal lantly with one—ran between rugby and Rolleston, over Skeffington-highfield, through Skeffington-wood, to Lau dington Reddish, where he was lost. Lords Cardigan and Gardner, Mr. De Burgh, Mr. Greene, &c, did go the pace as usual, taking some awful-looking timber in their swing, and stopping at nothing. Indeed, Lord Gardner and " The Master" have few rivals across the broad fields of Leicester shire in a first-rate run, particularly when bullfinches are the order of the day, being considered by the less daring very ugly customers to compete with. These hounds are daily getting into greater r e p u t e , " w i nn i ng , go lden opinions for the master and men, which must be highly satisfactory to all who take an interest in the chase, and, ye gods ! who do not in these glorious Conservative times, Mr. Editor ? None but Goths and Vandals, surely. The Duke of Montrose, who has taken Seelby Hall, Northamptonshire, honoured the field with his presence. The Melton men were all with Lord Forrester, who met near ; but, notwithstanding the absence of these great luminaries, there was a very full meet. CHATHAM. —The non-commissioned officers of the Provisional Battalion having held a public meeting on Thursday evening, the 18th of November, for the purpose of congratulating Se rgeant -M a j or Young, of the Provi sional Battalion, on hi s p romot i on to be ens i gn of the 41st Regiment, and presenting him with a silver tankard and a sword, for his general good conduct, the following pe• remptory order has been forthwith issued to the troops by Colonel Sir William Warre, K.C.B. :—" The Comman dant has observed with very great regret in the public newspapers a paragraph stating that a numerous meeting of non-commissioned officers of the Provi sional Battalion was held at an inn in Brompton, on Thursday, the 18th ult., to which the non• commissioned officers of the 99th Regiment were invited, for the expepss purpose of collecting 4,n opinion and approbation of Ser geant-Major Young, of the Provisional Battalion, whilst Sergeant-Major, such a proceeding being in direct vio lation of her Majesty's orders, as published in the Ad denda to the General Orders and Regulations of the Army : Sir 'William Warre is the more displeased at this disregard to the orders of the service, the circum stances and manner in which the meeting took place, and the object of it, being concealed altogether from Lieutenant-Colonel Wear, commanding the provi sional battalion, and from himself, lie (the Com mandant) cannot doubt that the non-commissioned officers were fully aware of the irregularity of their con duct, which the Conimandant thus publicly censures, and he desires that in future no meeting of any persons whatever shall take place for any public purpose without his sanction and consent, obtained through the com manding officer of the respective corps, J. D. O'BRIEN, Brigade-Major." SENSATIONS OF BEING CRUSIIED.—John Dougherty, who was so dreadfully injured some time since by being crushed between a car and the side wall of the ticket office at the railroad depot, has so far recovered as to be enabled to leave this city for his home, at Lancaster, Pa. The case of Mr. D. is a remarkable instance of escape from the very jaws of death. His recollection of the sensations expe rienced during the accident is distinct and fearful indeed. Ills first expectation was that the car would be stopped, but it continued to advance, and thus increased the pressure—those parts of his body which were the most prominent being the first to feel the effects of the crash. In a moment or two he felt his ribs giving way, and to this succeeded the terrible sensation connected with the violent injec tion of the blood from the body to the head, whch felt to him like a flame passing from the latter to the former. At this moment he became senseless, and the car was immediately thereafter stopped and removed backward for his release, the body fulling to the ground as that of a dead man. His return to animation he described as though he was under the effect of an un pleasant dream, from which he felt conscious he would be relieved when he awoke.. To thoso who saw hi m a f ter the accident, it appeared impossible that he could sur vive, and yet, through a kind Providence, and the skill and unwearied attentions of Dr. Dunbar, his principal phi sician, he has been restored to life.—Baltimore American. THE DISTRESS IN PAISLEY. --DONATION FROM THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The following letter has been received by the Rev. Mr. Baird, from the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, Master of the Household:— " Buckingham Palace. " Sir,—l beg to inform you, that since you did me the honour to call on me, with Mr. J. Henderson I have ob tained from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent a donation of 251. towards the relief of your distressed weavers ; and have also collected 501. among the ladies and gentlemen on duty at the Palace, for the same ob ject. Both sums I have transmitted to Mr. Rogers, the Sheriff of London. With my best wishes that these con tributions may be of some avail in diminishing the suf ferings of your poor, " I remain, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, " Rev. A. Baird. " C. A. MURRAY." The announcement we made in our last of a vessel having sailed from Rotterdam, to purchase a thousand blacks at Ashantee for the King of the Netherlands, is fully confirmed by more recent accounts. The name of the vessel, however, is not the Brittania, but the Europa. —Anti-Slavery Reporter. _ _ The Gazette de Bcrri states from Bourges that the consort of Don Carlos was attacked on Wednesday last with a violent headache and sore throat. Tier Royal Highness was bled, and on the following day was better, and no danger was apprehended. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 4.—The examination for the Pitt scholarship takes place on the 24th of next month. The candidates are required to signify their intention of offer ing themselves on or before the 31st inst., in a Latin epistle, to be delivered personally. The examiners are the Vice-Chancellor, the Public O ra tor, the Regius Pro fessor of Greek, Mr. Humphry, of Trinity College, and Mr. G. J. Kennedy, of Corpus College. The following degrees have just been conferred : MASTER OF DIVINITY—Thomas Willis, Caius College. MASTERS OF ARTS—S. R. Carver, Catherine Hall ;J. M. Wilkin s , T r i n i ty College J. T. Stanford, Christ's College. BACHELOR or ARTS—Charles Richson, Catherine Hall. In the examination held at Gonville and Caius College, on the 2d and two following days, the first places in Ma thematics were assigned to the following : FRESHIVIEN.—Hopkins, Ist prize ; Woodhouse, 2d prize ; Watson, jun.; Brooke. SENIOR SOPllS.—Suffield ; Ottley, 2e. q. ; Eastwood, se. q. Ilro prize was given to the Junior Sophs. The first place in Moral Philosophy for the Junior Sophs to Gould. The Rev. I. Whytehead, M.A., of St. John's College, late curate of Freshwater (Isle of Wight), is appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, and expects to embark at Plymouth early in December. The Rev. J. J. Frobisher, M.A., of Trinity College, has been appointed to the Vicarage of Raise, Somerset shire ; patroness, Mrs. Frobisher. The Rev. Isaac Hitchin, M.A., late of Pembroke Col lege, and assistant curate of Clapham, has been appointed Rector of the Collegiate Schoel, and assistant Minister of St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow. The Lord Bishop of Ely has collated the Rev. James Tillard, M.A., of St. John's College, to the Rectory of Connington, in this county. On the 23d ult., the Rev. Robert Moulton Atkinson, M.A., formerly of St. John's College, curate of Madding ton, Wilts, was instituted on his own petition, to the Rectory of Great Cheverill, in the same county, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Morres. At a meeting of the Corporation of Wimborne, the Rev. Edward Bankes, LL.B., formerly of Trinity Hall, and Rector of Corfe Castle, was unanimously elected official of the Peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of Wimborne Minister, in the room of W. J. Bankes, Esq., resigned. WOOLWICH, DEC. 2. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Major Kendall's company, 4th battalion, assembled on the guard mounting parade, and marched at three o'clock this afternoon, preceded by the band playing the usual parting airs, to the Royal Arsenal ; from whence they were conveyed in boats to the Numa transport-ship, anchored in the river, for a passage to Barbadoes, to re live Captain IT, Morgan's company at that station. Major Kendall being in America on a particular service the command devolves upon Second Captain Mee, who, with Lieutenants Ellis and Mackie, accompanies the company, and embarked at the same time in the Numa transport-ship, Captain Morgan's company proceeded to Barbadoes on -Elie 28th of December, 1834, and con sequently have been seven years on that station. Major Kendall's company appeared fine young men, mostly re cruits, and were in excellent spirits. Captain Mee, pre vious to their embarkation, read the regulations they would have to attend to on board the vessel, and they are well adapted to ensure regularity an d com f ort, an d contain admirable precautions against dangers from fire or other accidents. NAVAL INTELLI GEN= The crew of the Lightning steam-vessel, serving in the Meteor steam-vessel, were to be paid off to-morrow, but the order has been countermanded, and they will be trans ferred to the former vessel for immediate service. THE HANNIBAL.—The keel of a 90-gun ship, to be named the 'Hannibal. has been laid in the same spot where the Trafalgar was built, in the Woolwich Dock yard, and a number of workmen are actively employed in preparing the timber for her construction. The Han nibal will be a splendid vessel, on Sir William Symonds's plan, and have a great breadth of beam, for which ves sels designed by the present surveyor of the navy are distinguished. The following are the dimensions of the Hannibal --Length on the gun deck, 204 feet ; breadth extreme, 60 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 39 feet 2 inches; breadth moulded, 38 feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 23 feet 8 inches. WEST INDIES. Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, Mr. Williams, Mas ter, R.N., commanding, (Lieutenant Morgan, who . went out in charge, having died soon after leaving St. Thomas, on her passage homewards) arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday night. She left Barbadoes on October 12, St. Lucie and Martinique on the 13th, Dominique and Guadeloupe 14th, Antigua 15th, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's 17th, Tortola 19th, and St. Thomas Nov. 6. The Firefly steamer brought up her Windward Island mails; and the Tartarus, those from Jamaica. The crews of her Majesty's ships had for the most part been exceed ingly unhealthy. At Jamaica, on Nov. 1, were the Mag nificent, Racehorse, Electra, Comus, Vestal, Fair Rosa mond, and Pickle. The Sappho conveyed the Pandora's La Guayra mail from Barbadoes, some of the steamers hay- ing been thrown out of the line ; one, the Plainer, being obliged to sail for Guadeloupe, being short of fuel, with out touching at Trinidad. The English schooner, Maid of Erin, Incledon; had arrived at St. Lucie, and reported having been boarded by a piratical hermaphrodite brig north of that island, when she was plundered of provi sions, water, and money. The Sheldrake's passengers were, Lieut. Wingrove, R.N., Mr. Symes, surgeon, R.N., Mr. Reep, purser, RN., Capt. Fuller, 59th Regiment, and lady, Mr. Reed, Mr. Illidge, and Miss Goldsmith. The Crane, which followed her, having arrived on Mon day, her advices have, for novelty, all been anticipated. Freight, 6,0001. A small mail of about 450 letters was sent on shore at Falmouth on Wednesday, ex the M. Wilhelmina, from Rio de Janeiro of October 6. The packet Pigeon arrived there on that day from England. (From the Barbadoes Papers.) We regret to understand that his Excellency the Go vernor is by no means in that state of health which could be desired, and that it is not unlikely that he will be obliged to leave this island shortly for England. WEST INDIA CRO PS. — Notwithstanding the continued cry of dry weather, the harvest in the little island of Barbadoes has proved anything but unproductive. From the returns published by the Barbadian, it would appear that of the whole crop, 16,781 hhds. 1,450 tierces and 995 barrels have been exported, equal to nearly 18,000 hhds., and from which " adding the quantity of sugar consumed in the island (continues the same paper), and the great consumption of the canes which have been sucked,' we may say the cro p h as exceeded 20,000 hhds." A pretty goo d h arvest this, size and seasons considered. Will Jamaica ship forty thousand ? We doubt it ; and yet she has shipped three times that ; and with equal cultivation may do so again, and more. In Tobago also the sugar crop is still very deficient ; that of 1841 being only 2,460 hhds. 225 tierces, and 222 brls., against upwards of 4,000 hhds. of the year preced ing. We have not seen the returns from the other islands, but when we do we shall report accordingly. The town of St. John, Antigua, seems to be a very unfortunate and almost fated place. In addition to the late ravages by fire, which occurred only a few months ago, another most atrocious attempt to produce a catas trophe of a similar nature has just been providentially discovered in time to prevent the full development of the incendiary's designs. The following is the descrip of the occurrence by the Antigua Gazette : " On Monday night, at a few minutes to eleven, the springing of police rattles intimated the occurrence of a conflagration in the town, which induced us to go out for the purpose of ascertaining the locality of the fire. Upon looking around without discovering either flames or their reflection, we were induced to conclude that the fire had been got under, which we soon found had been accomplished. Finding the fire in question had com menced in the dwelling-house of Mr. Peter P. Walter, in Long-street, we repaired to th e spot an d found afull exemplification of the more than murderous malignity of the incendiary or incendiaries, whose demoniac attempt to send a whole family, consisting of twelve immortal souls, into eternity without one moment's preparation, had been so providentially averted by a timely discovery of a plot which, we are persuaded, had its origin in the hellish feeling of revenge. The plot was laid by depo siting two burning brands between a sofa and the wainscot of Mr. Walter's sitting-room—and, as if determined to glut his vengeance by a human sacrifice, the miscreant incendiary, not satisfied with setting fire to the sofa al luded to, deposited in the same room—within the space of twelve feet from the burning sofa, in a closet or cup board, four other burning brands and a parcel of deal • shavings—the more effectually to accomplish his diabo lical purpose. The discovery of the flames is attributable to the circumstance of, the rapid ignition which took place in the sofa, on account of the inflammable materials of which it was composed. It is supposed that the flames —a family piece of fur niturewould have reached the upper floor but for th e. great age " His Excellency the Lieutenant-Govern or adniinis (ifthe s o t f ra u s p v w c a o r n d ta s i o n f ed o in ye t a h rs e s s o ta fa nding. tering the General Government, as soon as he learnt the particulars of the above incendiarism, appointed a Board of Magistrates to investigate the circumstances connected with the fire—but we are sorry to say that the Magis trates were not able to elicit any evidence calculated to lead to a discovery of the incendiary." DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF NORMAN TON.—We have the melancholy task of announcing the death, which took place on Thursday, the 2d December, at the family seat, Somerley, Hants, of Diana, Countess of Normanton, after a protracted illness of four years. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter of George Augus tus, Earl of Pembroke, and was married on the 17th of a person of rare May, 1816, to Welbore Ellis, Earl of Nor manton. Her Ladyship leaves issue, James, Viscount S omerton ; the Hon. Herbert, the Hon. Charles, and th e L ady Mary eLeadd to y or accomplishmentsin a n ton united ef t theto highest order, a more than feminine understanding. Solid i n j u d gment and quick in perception, she has left her family an d f r i ends Agar. Ludy the sad recollection of still more amiable qualities which never can be forgotten. They write from Leghorn .—." The sojourn of our gr • and ducal family at Naples, will not exceed six weeks, after which it will return to Pisa. The Dowager Grand Duchess will go into Sicily, and pass the winter at Palermo with the Princess Au gusta, whose weak health will, it is hoped, be re-established by the mildness of the climate. The young princesses of the second marriage of our grand duke have remained at Florence, under the charge of their governess, Mlle. Laure Brady, daughter of the Countess Brady. The Royal mail steam-ship Columbia, Captain Charles Judkins, takes her departure from Liverpool at at one o'clock to-day. During the last month, and including the 31st October, the Paris Savings' Bank received 3,270,321 f. from 23,163 depositors, of whom 3,179 were new, and paid 2,380,0001. out. THE LATE DREADFUL CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE. LEIGH, LANCASHIRE, THURSDAY. --The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Betty Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, her infant child, was resumed this morning before W. S. Rutter, Esq., at the Royal Oak public house. • Samuel Part deposed as follows:—I am the only re lieving officer for the Leigh union. I attended the I3oard of Guardians every Monday. The Guardians are eighteen in number. There are two Guardians for the township of Pennington. They are Mr. James Lunn and Mr. Robert Lee. They both reside in Pennington. The Board meets every Monday at half-past ten o'clock, at the Town-hall, in Pennington, in the town of Leigh. I have never been absent from any Board Meeting since the Board was formed. I never remember a person named Betty Thompson applying for relief; certainly not within the last six months. I always take down the names of the applicants as they apply, whether their application be rejected or not. We do not, in all cases, visit before we relieve ; but we generally do in cases of persons belonging to other townships. We usually write to the relieving officer of the township to which they belong. In case no notice is taken by that officer, I report to the board, .and remove the pauper by a re moval order: I mostly relieve when they first apply. It is not the practice of our board to direct the party ap plying for relief to go to the board to which they belong. We never haie done so. I am informed that the de ceased belonged to Ilindley in the Wigan Union. The board of that union meet in a room in the Eagle-yard in the town of Wigan. Wigan is about seven miles from the town of Leigh. I know nothing of the practice of that board. In our union we refuse to affiliate bastard children on account of the expense, and our not getting the money. There is great difficulty in obtaining the money after affiliation. In cases where there are wages to attach there is generally a collusion between the master and men, and when the parties havo no goods we are without any remedy to recover the amount of the order. I know cases in which wages, have been attached. The master invariably turns the man away, and he im mediately takes work under one of the other workmen, and so they shift from one to the other, and we can find no wages to attach. There is no means under the Act of Parliament of punishing the father by imprisonment. I never knew an instance of a master being imprisoned for non-performance of an order for attachment of wages. The Coroner, in order to set this part of the witness's evidence right, read the 77th, the 62d, and 99th sec tions of the Poor-law Act, the 4th and sth William IV., which gives to Magistrates the power to seize the goods of the master ; and in case he has none, and re fuses to pay the amount of the order for the attachment of wages in his hands, then the power to commit to the county prison for the space of three months. The Foreman wished to know whether masters were compelled to keep servants after an order was made upon them ? The Coroner said no ; there was no such power in the Act. Jane O'Connor was recalled—l remember the time Betty Thompson applied to the Board of Guardians at Wigan. It was about four months ago. Betty Horrocks sworn—l live at Hindley-green, about two miles from here. I knew the deceased, Betty Thompson. She called on me as she came back from applying to the Wigan guardians. It was just about the time when new potatoes were coming in. Deceased told me that she had seen some new potatoes in Wigan, and that they were 4d. a-pound. Deceased said she had been to the union board, and had lighted on the Pay master or some other person at the door, and he told her that if she went before the board, they would put her in Kirkdale. I then said, " Well, thee did not go." She said " No." She was terrified so at the idea of being sent to Kirkdale that she did not go to the board for re lief. Deceased's mother was dead at that time. Deceased said how much she had been distressed to bury her mother. Witness gave her and her baby some victuals. She said she was very badly off, and could not get a meal for her children. It was about one o'clock when she called upon me, and somewhere about the beginning of July. She had walked to Wigan and back, and was very ill and tired. Mary Marsdall sworn—l knew the decetised. She used to come to our house, and we have given her bits many times. She was short of food and had nothing at all to give to her children. There was not a more hard-working woman in Leigh, or one who strove harder for a living. Witness saw her on Monday morning and gave her bit of bread. She did not ask for anything. I followed her with the bread into her cellar, in order to give it to the children. I did not know that she had any money, but I understand 2d. was found in the house after her death. I saw no meat in the house except what I took. I knew that she had sent the elder boy on Monday to the father of the other children to try to get some money from him. Sbe told me when the boy came back that the father wculd not come near her. She said she would go herself. She had been crying two or three times that morning. Her spirits were very low during the last week or two. She was very fond of her children, I never knew her to abuse them. Edward Birchall sworn—l live at Ashton, in Mocker field, and am one of the relieving-officers of the Leigh union. There are two others. It is a large union, and comprises twenty townships. The township of Hindley is one. That is in my district, and it is about six miles from one extreme point to the other. The population of the seven townships is about 20,000. The board sits at Wigan every Thursday. I attended every Thursday, and have left it to come hero. I know the deceased by sight. I knew that her mother belonged to Hindley, and now believe that she did also. Her eldest boy was born at West Leigh, and being illegitimate followed his mother's settlement. Deceased's mother received first Is. and then 2s. a week relief. The deceased received it. Since her mother's death deceased had made no ap plication to the board for relief. I knew she had three children, but was not aware she had a fourth. In case of a person applying for relief I have to make a report of the case to the board before it comes under considera tion. I attend at different places to give relief every week. The deceased never made any application to me to affiliate the children upon Wood. That is the only reason I can assign for their not being affiliated ; but there is a general unwillingness on the part of unions to affiliate, on account of the expense and difficulty of get ting the money from the fathers. They laugh at our attaching their wages. The order for the attachment of wages is of no use. lam not aware of any person hav ing threatened to send the deceased to Kirkdale in case of her applying for relief, nor of her having been threat ened to have her children taken from her. In case she applied to the doorkeeper, he would ask her business, and then call me as relieving officer of the district. No person would have a right to give the deceased an an swer except myself. On her stating that she belonged to Hindley, she would be referred to me. No relieving officer would be allowed to threaten to send the deceased to Kirkdale, or to take her children from her. I never used such terms, and have not seen her since her mo ther's death. William Wood was next called. He said he was a weaver. He earned seven shillings and sixpence per week. Was a single man, and the father of three of the deceased's children. He was a silk-weaver, and worked for Mr. Walker. He could not tell what he had given. Ho had pawned his coat on August 4th, for 45., and he gave her part of it; that satisfied her. On Monday he saw the deceased's son, but did not tell him he would neither come nor send. lie told him that he had no money, and could not send any. He gave her two shillings last Friday. The Foreman commented in strong terms upon the conduct of Wood in continuing to be connected so long with the deceased without marrying her, or at least lend ing her assistance in maintaining the children. The Jury, after consulting together for about three quarters of an hour, found " That th e d ecease d b e i ng reduced to a state of extreme want and mental suffering came to the determination of destroying herself, and being unwilling to leave her infant child behind, de stroyed her likewise." This in effect amounts to a ver dict of wilful murder as concerns the child, and fete de se as regards the mother. PROTEST OF THE CORPORA TION OF WORCESTER, AGAINST THE AP POINTMENT OF THE NEW MAGISTRATES. A Special Meeting of the Corporation was held this day, Friday, the 3d inst., to take into consideration the letter of Sir James Graham, announcing the Ap • pointment of six Magistrates, when the following pro test was carried by 27 to 4, the Liberal Members of the Council who were also Magistrates being absent : TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES GRAHAM, BART., ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE, The Memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City of Worcester in Special Council assembled, this third day of December, 1841, Showeth,—That the Corporati on o f t hi s Ci ty f rom i ts first creation to the time of the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, had the appointment of its own Magis tracy. That on the passing of that Act the same pri vilege was virtually continued to the present Corporate body by the then Secretary of State inviting the Council to recommend to the Crown individuals as proper per sons to act as Magistrates for this borough, and that twelve gentlemen holding various political opinions were thereupon recommended by the Council, and ten of them subsequently appointed, with whom was associated, as stipendiary Magistrate, a gentleman who had for se veral years held office under the old Corporation ; and by these Magistrates justice has been administered in this city, with honesty and impartiality, and to the sa tisfaction of the inhabitants at large, and, therefore, in the opinion of this Council any addition to their number was not required. That this Council have viewed with great surprise the letter received by the Mayor from you, an nouncing the appointment of six gentlemen, all pro fessing the political opinions of the present Government, without any communication being first made to the go verning body of the city. That this Council being in mind that their first re commendation was not exclusive, and viewing the pro posed appointment as uncalled for, and involving a dis regard by the Executive of the confidence which may abridge o the leadingfairly be claimed by the representatives of th e Bur gesses of this city, and as calculated to t o ( u ture influence of the bench, by conclu sion that the individuals so appointed owe their elevation to their political opinions rather than to their qualifica tions, or the esteem in which they are h e ld b y their fellow-citizens, respectfully, but firmly, protest against ;itch appointment, and its exclusive character. - THE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVERS. --The. Lord mayor has received a check for 501. from Lord Corn wallis, as the Noble Earl's contribution in relief of the distress of the Spitalfields' weavers. Th e Rector and Curate of Kegworth have begun a good work, which we hope to see seconded by the other wealthy inhabitants of the town —namely, distri buting soup, every week, to the poor and destitute of the parish,—Nottingham Review, GERMANY. HANOVER, Nov. 24.—Nothing certain can yet be said of the result of the election struggle which is now at its height. The Government has directed its efforts chiefly to the farmers. Accordingly those of the principalities of Calenberg and Helderheim have been decidedly favour able to the Government. Each of those provinces sends three deputies for the class of farmers (or peasants), all these were in June, of the opposition party ; now they will vote with the Government. This makes a difference of six votes (or twelve in a division). But it is probable that in the other provinces the elections of this class will be much in the same proportion as last year ; perhaps the Government may prevail in one or two elections in Limburg. BERLIN, Nov. 23.—Letters from Livonia state that the peasants of the German province of Russia have re quested the abolition of vasalage, and that they may be placed in the same condition as the Prussian peasant. BERLIN, Nov. 27.—His Majesty the King has re turned to Sans Souci from his visit to Munich. Kin , / William Frede r i c k, C ount of Nassau, arrived here yester ! day, from the Netherlands.—Hamburgh Papers , Nov. 30. HA AIBURG BOBSENHALLB, N0v.30. Austrian 5 per C ents . Bills. Mo ne y 107 107 Bank shares 1610 Anglo-Russian Loan.. 108 108 Raglan 5 per Cent. I s t series, Certificate Russian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. and 4th SeriCS .......................M. •••••••••••••.......•• 98% ••••• Ditto in Certificates 04 og 97% 97% New 4 per Cent. (1840),,,,, • ; 96% 86% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% p er ..... 50% 50% Ditto 5 per Cent ..... Polish Bonds New Picket _ 161 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent.... ....... 754 f 7 6 Norwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per .... . . 102 1 , y 102} Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l5 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 30.-13 6%.—Two months, 13 5. &rocLimos, Nov. 2 3 .—Seventy-five days, 12, 7. ritussiAN FUNDS.—Bsuusi, Nov, 27. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4; 9 per cent. ...« 116 k 16711 Prussian English Loan, IMO, 4 per cent 102 101)6 Exchange on London, three months 6 19* —Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 28 THE HIGH TlDES.—Yesterday morning, at high water the tide rose again in the river Thames, inun dating the warehouses and houses on the banks of the river to a considerable depth. The dam on the north side of Hungerford-market, for the erection of the sus pension bridge, was overflowed, as also that at Westmin ster-bridge, which will cause considerable delay in the works. HA TTING batting business at Denton, Oldham, Ashton, and Stockport, is dull ; and the hands are only partially employed, at very low wages.—Leeds Mercury. THREE LIVES LOST BY THE BREA KING OF Ice.—A melancholy accident happened at Graham stone, Falkirk, on Friday, on one of the Carron dams. A number of children were sliding, when the ice gave way, and two of them were drowned. Some say a third went down,' and, to add to the catastrophe, two men (father and son) went to their rescue, when, lamentable to relate, the son sunk and was drowned.—Scottish Guardian. BURTON.--We are glad to be able to confirm the report that the cotton mills at Burton are to be oc cupied as mills for the manufacture of tape and screws. This will find employment for many who were thrown out of work by the closing of the mills as calico manu factories.—Derby Reporter. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. A black woman, named Phillis Ashward, was buried recently at St. Mary's Chapel, who had reached the advanced age of 120 ! And another woman, named Nancy Jane, died at the Belle estate, who had reached 110 years.—Barbadian. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THREADNEEDLE.. STREET.—The building, which is now in the course of erection on the site of the old French Protestant church, in Threadneedle-street, has, for some time past, at tracted the attention of all passers-by, although it is not yet completed, nor likely to be so for some months to come, on account of the nature of the ornamental designs, which require the strictest attention on the part of the artists employed. The basso-relievo is intended to occupy the whole extent of the front of the building. The skill and taste displayed in the erection of this new edifice are well worthy of the attention of all lovers of the fine arts, wh9 will do well to take an opportunity of visiting it. The proprietor, who bought the ground from the City authorities, after it had been determined to pull down the old French Church. very handsomely conceded to the latter, without receiving any considera tion whatever, ten feet of the entire frontage, for the express purpose of giving that additional width to the street, the narrowness — of which has always been fouud so excessively inconvenient. This disinterested conduct on the part of an individual should, and doubt less will, call foeth a corresponding feeling on the part of the City authorities, who with this example before them, are, as it were, bound to proceed with the improvements, and to continue the additional width throughout the whole extent of Threadneedle street.:: If the 'Whole of the northern side of the street, from Old Broad-street to the Old South Sea House, were taken doWn, and thrown back a space of ten feet, in order to correspond with the building in question, a noble street would be formed, well calculated to make a fine .approach to the new Royal Exchange. In fact, We know of no part of London where a greater display of elegant architecture will be found, than that which will be exhibited in the course of next year in the immediate vicinity of Cornhill and Old Broad -street, &c. • THE FLOODS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The waters are now out in all directions, and in many places in this immediate neighbourhood to a most frightful extent. The view from the North-terrace presents, north, east, and west, one continued sheet of water for miles. The Mead, at Egham, has been overflowed for upwards of a week, and the lower road from that town to Windsor is now several feet under water. The flood has extended two feet over the embankment leading from Windsor across the Home-park to Datchet, and at this time the water is rapidly rising. Between those places, where there is considerable traffic, punts have been in requisition during the whole day in conveying passengers across the park, upwards of half a mile. The water now reaches to within a very short distance of Adelaide-lodge. A great portion of the embankment in the Home-park has been completely washed away, and also a large portion of the raised road made last summer for the purpose of enabling her Majesty to drive across the park from the Castle to Datchet, when proceeding to London. At Eton the whole of the cellars contain several feet in depth of water, and should the Thames continue rising throughout the night, the whole town will be inundated. The water now extends to several parts of the High-street, and the whole of the lanes and alleys on each side are overflowed. The inha bitants are now busily engaged in removing their furni ture to the upper floors of their houses. The flood has reached to within two feet of the roadway across Barnes pool-bridge, close to Eton College. Indeed, the flood is now higher than it has been known during the last 25 years. NEW TELEGRAPH TO THE DowNs.—This new telegraph being now completed, preliminary experi ments as to its working have been tried throughout the whole line for the last two or three days, which have been found to answer the most sanguine expectations. During the experiments crowds of persons have been attracted on London-bridge, to witness the working of the telegraph at its terminus, on the sum mit of the tower at Topping's Wharf, Tooley-street, a height of upwards of 150 feet. It will be opened on the Ist of January, 1842. The intermediate stations are on elevated spots at Forest Hill (Peckham Rye), Knock holt Beeches, Wrotham, Blue Bell Hill, Chatham, Isle of Sheppy, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Minster, Broadstairs, and Deal. The code of signal§ to be used are the invention of Lieutenant Barnard 'Watson, Royal Navy, and will be similar to those established between Holyhead and Liverpool. The arrival of a ship off the Downs can be communicated to the terminus, at London-bridge, in the short space of five minutes. Other lines are also at the present moment in active preparation, and telegraphs have been erected at Skerza Head, Peterhead, Pentland Firth, Flamborough Head, Yarmouth, Orfordncss, North Foreland, St. Catherine's Point, and the Needles (Isle of Wight), Old Head of Kinsale; all of which will be in communication with the London line. On Tuesday afternoon last a lighted lucifer match was introduced into the letter-box of the Bir mingham Post-office, and one letter was destroyed before the fire was discovered by the clerk in attendance. No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrator of the dia bolical attempt, but the authorities are not without hope that the miscreant may be apprehended.—Birmingh am Advertiser. ' At the Court of Common Council on Thursday , Mr. Wells made a speech which caused a great deal oi laughter. A motion was made that theoenotuhret groundshould grat the sum of 1,0001, to the poor widows of freemen, instead of the usual annual vote of 500 L, on widow widows of that a Prince of Wales was born. inasm Mr. Anderton and others, that to the' ase knowledgethe e ne or two as object e d b y charity was grossly abused, women, whom they believed not to b inasmuch as freemen at all, sometimes receivedo the amount of 15 there would be or 17 tickets in the year,Chamberlain's thaatgirfealt,oocOry/. diminution at any subsequent period, and againstr tannetedthis that the probable demands upon the C orporate f un d s for d the relief of the general 'stress, rendered it necessary that the Court should be theeconomical of the property of their fellow-citizens on patification (sown, by p H r e e i s r se t d o - them u c ch occasion. Mr. Wells ex esevtetnletdb, by an he thought at the birth of an which . the regular succession was would be rauninouunsive- it was too much to celebrate the must giveuniversal application for favours which it Prince of Wales is born." me this, to confer. Every one said, " Oh, you or lend me that, for you know the Cor poration very modestly reque A' s i te an d y th m at em the b Lord Mayor would give them dinner , for his ersof the and their wives and families a grand Lordship knew the Prince of Wales was born; and not a few persons called upon himself, and said, " Mr. Wells, I hope you intend to pay us what you owe us, because you know the Prince of Wales is born."— (Great laughter). Now it would be just as reasonable to expect the performance of either of the two great im probabilities to which he had particularly referred, as to expect that the Court would vote away an additional 5001. to increase the abuses of charity.—The proposition I was negatived. This afternoon, a little after one o'clock, as a gas-fitter named Charles Lowen was employed repairing the gas-pipes in the interior of Drury-lane Theatre, his foot slipped from a beam upon which he was standing, and he was precipitated from a height of thirty feet. We regret to state the unfortunate man had his leg broken by the fall ; he was immediately conveyed by;his fellow- 1 workmen to Charing-cross Hospital. FRENCH LAW OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—By the Code of Napoleon, no person can be incarcerated for debt after the age of 60—a law which is still in force. EVENING SUN LITERAT U RE. MIDDLETON'S LIFE OF CICERO. Part HI. MOXOII, London, 1841. For this re - publication, in cheap monthly Parts, of the learned Dr. IV/iddleton's well-known " Life of Cicero," we are indebted to the judgment and enterprise of Mr. Moxon. The present Part concludes the life of the illustrious Roman statesman, whose character is pourtrayed by his indefatigable biographer with great elaborate ness, but in a spirit rather more encomiastic, perhaps, than strict justice would warrant. CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Part 111 Moxon, London, 1841 - - The Part before us forms a portion of the twelfth edition of Mr. D'lsmeli's " Curiosities of Literature," a work which has long since taken its place among the foremost of its class, and is to be found, as a matter of course, on the shelves of all who profess to be book-collectors. The edi tion is proposed to be completed in eight half crown Monthly Parts, of which the present one is the third. DRAMATIC WORKS OF WY CHERLEY, CON GREVE, VANBR UGH, cc. Moron, London, 1841. This is another of Mr. Moxon's cheap repub lications, and is prefaced with pertinent biogra phical notices from the pen of Mr. Leigh Hunt. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MISDE MEANOURS, by Humphry G. Woolrych, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Shaw and Sons, London. Mr. Woolrych having been engaged for some years on a general work, embracing the whole of the Criminal Law, together with that branch of it which relates to procedure, has just published that portion of it which treats of misdemeanours. This, as every lawyer knows, is a very exten sive field, embracing about five hundred different kinds of offences; and when the uncertainty of the law, the endless varieties which these offences exhibit under different circumstances, and the conflicting results of actions for abate ment, are taken into account, it will be seen that the task is one of no ordinary magnitude. The author has classified the cases under eight dis tinct sections, quoting all the statutes, and the more remarkable actions for misdemeanours, with the names of the parties, at the same time making numerous judicious comments, both arising out of peculiar circumstances, and the opinions of the Judges who tried them. It is, in fact, a practical trea tise, and will be found extremely useful, not only to the general practitioner, but to the public in general. We direct the attention of a certain class of persons to the following statute, Vict. c. 36, s. 32, for the protection of p;•inted votes and proceedings in Parliament, and printed newspapers sent by the post:—" It is enacted that every person employed in the Post office, who shall steal, or shall for any purpose embezzle, secrete, or destroy, any printed votes or proceedings in Parliament, or any printed newspaper, or any other printed paper what ! ever, sent by the post, without covers, or_ in covers open at the sides, shall, in England and Ireland, be guilty of a misde meanour, and in Scotland of a crime and offence ; and being convicted thereof, shall suffer such punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as to the Court shall seem meet." In a note it is added—with or without hard labour, and soli tary confinement, for a period not exceeding two years, the solitary confinement not to exceed one month at a time, or three months in one year. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DISTRESS. By Edward Bullen, Esq., Specia l Pleader. Shaw and Sons, London. This work was begun with the assistance of the late Mr. Chitty, jun., and was intended to have been the joint production of that gentleman and Mr. Bullen, on whom the death of Mr. Chitty threw the completion of the undertaking. Such a publication was much wanted, as no new work on the Law of Distress has been published for the last thirty years, and no new edition of any ex.. isting treatise on the subject for thirteen years. Great care appears to have been bestowed in arranging the complicated details, usages, and statutes, on a branch of law of every day's practice, and affecting so many interests ; and it may safely be recommended as the best treatise on the subject which has yet been published. It contains a chapter on the Tithe Commutation Rent Charge and the Distress for its Recovery. This, of course, is entirely new, as the Tithe Commutation Act has been in existence only for a few years. SCHLOSS' BIJOU ALMANACK. A. Schloss, London, 1841. This little Almanack, which is scarcely bigger than one's thumb-nail, has now reached its seventh year of publication, grid is certainly the smallest thing of its age we ever saw. Yet, not withstanding its Lilliputian dimensions, it con tains not less than seven poems from the pen of Mrs. Norton, together with a useful almanack, and six portraits of distinguished authors, artists, and actors, whose features are plainly enough to be discerned, through the medium of a pair of spectacles. The work is certainly the greatest literary curiosity of the day, and is enclosed in a handsome case made of rich green velvet, bound with gold. GOSPORT BRANCH RAILWAY.—WE under stand that a slip of earth occurred yesterday on this line, which detained the trains, and in consequence of the wetness of the season, and the treacherous nature of the soil, the Directors have resolved to discontinue the run ning of the trains from Gosport to Bishopstok e f or t h e present. ktis :_ We fin d d is t h s e aid fo t l h lo a w t followin g in mini inth s e Memorial Borde try is ab ou t to create eight new Peers, all to be taken from t . he Chamber of Deputies. Amongst them are named D E e ff d a o u u di ar s d , for merlyde Minister at Frankf ort, and M. Bussiere, Minister at D res d en. " ST.PETER'S, THANET P. .----XTRAORDINARY PRODUCE FROM TWO POTAT OES,—In year a friendly contention the spring of the between Mr. Joseph Silver,arose at St. Peter's, Thanet, and his neighbour baker, of Reading-street, which should rear Mr. Joseph Hill, butcher, as to tatoes from t he . greatest quantity of po a s ing l e his own gardenthe root. Mr. Hills planted in weighing 2 pounds cuttings of a Jersey blue, the same day, l 6 ounces ; Mr. Silver planted at the Red Lion, St. Peter's, the cuttings of his seed potato, weighi ng Jersey Blue. As a proof 2 pounds 10 ounces, also a proof of what may be effected by culture and s a attention, on digging up the produce of both a short time since, on the same day, the immense number of 332 potatoes, s, weighing 141 'pounds, and measuring 18 ga ll ons , was t h e produce of Mr. Silver's ; one root yieldi ng 23 potatoes, weighing 15 pounds and a I half. Mr. Hill's produce was 240 potatoes , weig h i n g 13 7 pounds, and measuring like his' competitors, 18 ' gallons ; some weighing upwards of two pounds each, and one two pounds 11 ounces, and being grown on a third of a perch of ground.—Kent Herald.; SYMPTOMS OF PUSEYISM AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCIL—A new form of administering the Sacrament has lately been introduced at St. John's Church. A bracket has been fixed on the south side of the " altar," upon which the unconsecrated elements remain during Divine service, without any " fair linen cloth" to cover them. At the time for the performance of the Commu nion Service, the elements are removed by the Rev. A. Watson from off the bracket, and placed upon the altar; when the service is over, the remaining portion of the consecrated elements are covered with a fair linen cloth. The above forms, we are told by the Rev. Gentleman ' who carries them into effect, are strictly in accorda nce with the " Rubric."—Cheltenham Paper. THE GIANT WHITE CARROT.—From a crop of these 'vegetables, grown at Fairfield, in Mogan, there taken up as many as grew in 6 feet by 3 feet, 1.18t;I: of a lace of ground, which weighed with the tops 36all as Sinking the i for any dirt that might have remained.l about the roots, there would be 46 tons 5 cwt. West Briton. per acre, LONGEVITY OF SLAVES.---011tOf 14,189,1 08 free white inhabitants of the United States, as sh own by u th r o w l a a r s d t s. cen o su f s, 2, t 4 h B 7 2 a l3 re s 7 la 9 v l es, ofloo years o f age and there are no less th an 1,333 of the same age.—New York Paper. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester, in a recent charge, in referring to the Vicar of St. Mary's, in this city, says, " The object " of his tract (90) i s , " to prove that the difference in doctrine which separatesi the Churches ofEnglan Chronicd and . Rome, will, up on examination, vanish."—Oxford le. Captain. Morgan, Royal Artillery, has had the honour of submitting to Prince Albe r t a b eaut i ful and picturesque model of the a ncient castle o f Li mer i c k, so celebrated in Irish history, of un i que construction, in pleased to expi•ess his admiration. The Duke of Rutland, i n consideration of the cork, with which his Royal Rigin iess was graciously advanced price 'of provisions, has raised the wages of his agricultural labourers from 12s. to 13s. 6d. per week. Part of his Grace's tenant ry h ave followed this goo d example. „Nottingham Journal. -1 4?"1"!,