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14V1ENING SUN' _ ULIANCERY COURT—(THIS DAY) , ►LLOYD V. WAIT. e arue in this part-heard were d 'Lay. The case case resume was opened on Thursday, and the !gements were proceeded with yesterday and to-day lip to the rising. of the Court. bThe c ase, which involves the question of the pedigree the plaintiff, which h as t o b e trace d near ly a century ek, app ears lik ely to occupy several days, the evidence m t 4 e . ease bein g extreme l y vo l um i nous. The on l y Ines- L'n la the case is as to th e r i g ht o f th e pl a intiff to redeem a mortgage. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SAUNDERS V. BENSON. 1-4 ercl LANGDALE gave judgment in this suit which was glEti tuted to compel the specific perfermarwe of the fi e° ! e ntiats in a lease in which the defendant was bene- Linelailwlyhile in interest e d. The property h a d been underleased, possession of the under-tenant, had become Breltly dila ida t,ed, and the plaintiff had been obliged th"?esort to an action of ejectment, at the expiration of ] ease, to obtain possession, whereby he had incurred Insidorable expense. But he neglected to file a bill 1 .. 111 . 11 more than six years afterwards, whereby it was . I st his right to had elapsed. His Lordship relief 841 4 though t the the plaintiff had been entitled to require had Perforrnance of the covenant in the lease, but as he relrPag The delayed his claim, he - was not now entitled th o gill must therefore be dismissed, but he 4 1 151 it th e j ust i ce of the case would be satisfied by dis '44aing it ivithout costs. VT rm. CHANCERY —(THIS DAY). Th e h er Part-h ear d case of Brown v. B rown , w hi c h came ore ise the Vice -Chancellor ice-uhancellor of England upon further di ens, Occupied his Honour the whole morning. (B efore Vice-Chancellor 'KNIGHT BRUCE.) .11, RoNotra Was engaged during the early part of the of nYola disposing of unopposed petitions and short causes general interest. Oa t h• )iILBANK V. STEVENS. eatu e 7 l3 cause, which stood first on the list of long tltdred hearing to-day, being called on, his Honour in the Coif all the necessary parties in the suit were before ? gis t ' ,•is s P ENcE, Q.C., who appeared for the plaintiff, re of k ' m kt they were not i n a con di t i on to p rove th e n ex t 11. 1 11 and heir-at-law. te l i i° Noult said that, in that case, he would refer it th e Master to inquire into that question, and directed to euse to stand out of the paper, with liberty to apply (-:ourt when a supplemental bill was filed. AND OTHERS V. WILCOXON AND OTHERS. ta i z tins cause being called, Mr. Cooper who was re the ob i ni t, entered at some length into a statement of Ject of the bill, when his Honour inquired if the Ad m ., It dams Counsel were in Court? 44:151,Pearing that the Counsel engaged for the defen violas had left, Court under the impression that the pre dit,etearluse would occupy the entire day, his Honour oft e " the cause to be struck out. lb e h other c auses were , f ora s i m il ar reason , a lso struck 4f t e paper. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM). 4 _11 4 b SUTHERLAND V. BRIGGS. fk lAgy ," ear ing of this cause, which was part-heard yes tebegfi,"'rrairatted this morning. His Honour requested Possej r l'ahed with copies of the proceedings, and post ' Juoginent. t b• MOUNSEY V. BURNHAM. ;" 18 cause the bill was filed by the Rev. Thomas Irtnt -hireY, wh o i s the v i car of the par i s h of Outhorn, in da Is„ e , against Robert Barnham, a farmer, occupying ti thes ‘ithin the parish. By the bill, the plaintiff claimed %se „, °f Clover and hay for the farm in question. The -48 still proceeding when we went to press. Ti Tio N'S BENCH....-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN V. TEE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. fkat 1 .• . r , jll Fr said this was a mandamus directed to the C ounties h em Railway Company, and calling upon . lat 4 Amon a Jury and assess compensation for the 4 1.. • e tnd injury done to the land of the prosecutor, 9 41 4 a j eu ittridg j e Y The writ recited that the prosecutor mi sts `l,easilholdrfOr a long period of certain land and pre adjoined a public, highway or road, called t „• ,'" Field-road—that the defendants, in order a1th..., -I TY their railway over the said road, had d -ea ;it by lowering the road to such a L tt 4 41 front of the land of the prosecutor, Itir ed - had been thereby greatly damaged and alt e ~ and that he had been obliged to tek r additional fences and lower a part of the land in sam e to ° ,,the beneficial occupation and enjoyment . o the cut t h,„ . 4 that mandamus there was a return which set the land of the prosecutor was not a part of the 4 and e quired for the purposes of the railway ; that the t alte,, , as hot entered upon by the Company, nor %ti led , her used by them, nor was it in their theyf4'es, and that Collinridge was not the owner r , l i atid taken by the Company, or over which tht(l,e_eas,t,itio•airof ran. The return, therefore, raised e. 41 , 1 . ur ; whether a party was entitled to compe e n e - t ut e aijury where the Company had not actually or taken, or used, any part of the land in c k u h e in t the ~o n. r eae• n e submitted to the Court, that, elettrly:wi k ‘ (l ti ed i ti! : f „ t he Act ofParliament, Mr. Collinridge was eu -raPensation. In the first place the return was nstrer to the mandamus, because if the Company 'kl e - rlt itled to rely on the statement that no damage th at: en done to the land, they should have stated 'erEl f.-et in order that it might be traversed. They ki4d , Y s tate in a few words, that they have not taken, or art O r ., gone upon the land of the prosecutor. The ;rider which the Company was incorporated was /ytb thi e C and 7th Wm. 4th, chap. 106, and the sections a referred to the awarding compensation were the . rid th 1 1u, ,-e 29th. The Act empowered the Company in 4444 i.tetrf the railway , i t l o w liat Way to enter upon and take land for the pur eand by the 29th section they were. 1; 1 'Y c ase in which the land was damaged or injuri grant to the owners or lessees com- N „ I ?n• There were two cases in which compensa -1,(1 t ° be awarded—first, in the case in which the • n;V„ken l.- ' h ta l' and, ondly, where the land was not ‘ v i " tit y affect . ed. The Learned Counsel, th, s cases ad the clauses awarding compensation, referred to cf the Queen v. the Nottingham Water Works k ad t II Y ),T , th e Ring v. the Commissioners of the Thames 41 1 ,,kt e ls-a vigation and the King v. the Exeter Improve b7,alee„„rnPartY which last, he contended, was strictly i'sti o 4 4 ; s s t L e . the case before ' the Court. There the Com -I:Jhlit,b;,.".id Power to lower a road or high-way, .and le,Ne s ',„‘ al its of the houses on either side were obliged 4"%tti "'Vs in order to obtain access, and claimed com l. ro t teha, which th C issioners refused. The case came ial t t4 ;; Q , C rrt of e Queen's mni Bench on a mandamus, and their kti ho tisi ere et opinion that the hou . ses having been e,„ 4 affected the owners were entitled to compen- N;„`aii; f;'''w he sub m itt e d th a t th a t came not only t4 t t - , e ,,sPirit b u t t h e very l etter o f th e pr e sent Act, tell s s `ue Pros ecutor was ent i t l e d t o com p ensa ti on . qnd - GENERAL for the defendant!, con ten ded ; 4 , - lat eti ; 'a present A c t th e p a rty applying for the 11%di4p1; eras not entitled to compensation. He would e ral .- e l s t, l , l o decisions . that had been come to in tho pe rt Np, ns u_s . . cited by Learned Friend, but thes:alar cation awarded therein ls turned upon the cl an g sev, r e allses inserted for that purpose in din " has ins Acts. Indeed, the very fact of these titi co kr Y g been introduced, showed that under the 'll -111 Pensation clauses they would not be en- 1 I _! la ate eY \v "ith ' Co ntained special clauses to give specie qu s „ th e ," . lere were no such clauses in the Act under waV e sent Company was incorporated. The te s ;`' w was o i g c t: th e greafer importance because if the 44 1 e as ehti t i P'ltion that the prosecuto ' r in . the present ged t t o h ay compensation for the injury he was Il e g th e lin e sustai ne d, t h ere was no t a n owner of land tth x nea n i n e of the ra il way who would not be entitled. elea r l"g of the wor d " damaged or injuriously affect pal th e refer red t o th e injury sustained by land taken a a'ses of the r a il wa y, whi c h w a s first to be . yrite s or then the i n j ury susta i ne d b y t h e p l ac i n g of everance was an additional damage for Hz "eh the C o party . . entitled to additional compensatio . n l . u. t should be of opinion that for consequentia accruing to a party from the making of the k co mpensation should be awarded, there would j i lta t e nd to the matter. A party livin g five or . ten t r ll . °4l a railway . might complain . that he was obliged ;41, 1. 140 0 or . three miles further round in order . to get el 4, in consequence of the making . of the railway, te et - , 44 compensation for consequential damage. Now, t Lased that the principle recognised by the Courts 114 i • a ia L, Iv all these cases Nyas, that the consequent' I tli * , 4 / 1 damage to individuals ought not to counter- not to the public at large, and if the rule t hat ' , I good, no public work could be constructed ~( 11x ittry, the having replied. "lrt took time to consider its judgment. Iti.itcNihn lictelolin taQsPijOtrniELeEdßybTePfAo(rLeT3lELHßOlrdhSeAnDbainA,g,eeYrrdi'ae)tt was 41 11 k i f -4 London after last term, w 4r. TAEoe plaintif. ;tlttil,,icza on the part of the defendant, obtained 0 1 : T lli t s e i to set aside such verdict, and for a 7 . ti, t e a ease having been called on, his Lord Ot th,,, over his notes, from which it appeared bi t clk;`,Plaintiffs auctioneer lately residing in N I -- s‘r eet, ~ t _ a , _. _ es mins , Iv Ts' an who was employed to sel , s ,'lti lt ,„_`:" At orwood, upon which Colonel Torrens had i N,IVY ; the plaintiff had a written authority to sell, klis , v 0 the defendant, and seven or eight other p r v 7aNge, were interested in the estate. It further atpe ,_rti teat the'v had been a negotiation between h iiT. %)4fFiltitthila *P!aintiff for raising the sum of 1,8001. to that the o .t lltiff e annuity. It was proved 1.1 1 tt ttltoolt all the steps necessary to bring k„,N aeu,„e,' Advertisements were inserted in va it Ne, 'Tapers, the estate was surveyed and a plan tNe 1141 all other • liminaries gone through, when,. . lk illti t fr ltile before the day appointed for the sale, the 1., tato," an advertisement - in the papers, stating that Orth. is Property was to be sold by Messrs. Shuttle i',:_liaci itgeet..th?r efore claimed his commission, the same . as . if lb,' 157 / : , ally sold the property. He brought his action 1.h . "„ "I,,', ° s. but the Jury gave a verdict for l w y Bp th -- deft attempted to be set up at the tria n t _ , t'Aititputherisation to sell was conditional upo e _ h h e e 4444 °btaining• an advance of money to pay tr t Ilti t i Y , and that he having failed. to do so, he was not . Ptili,zh. esdttowrheicelvehreeilladier or e. his own trouble, or the ex n In order to prove his case Parstlnsel for the defendant proposed to call a Mr. t i" ) sell , °t t, who was ono of the parties signing the authorig 42 r4 ii a l . t i Proposed to make him a good witness by en-_ - "j'e.t4 4l 3 name upon the record. Plaintiff's Counsel kli c t , re,..0 this, and his Lordship holding the objection v -\tr. V• l6 ed to allow the witness to be examined. _ 'tstli Qt, LAT'r addressed the Court in support of the At o 4 ,het was interrupted b the rising of the Court ether ,3.titiltoecsk,einncorredleyrntehaastetsh. "Judges might meet the BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY) THE QUEEN V. COOPER.--CERTIORARI. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a rule for a cer tiorari to remove the indictment in the above cause from the Borough Sessions of Bridgnorth into this Court. He made the application on behalf of the p •osecutor, an attorney residing at Wellington. The indictment had been preferred against the defendant for publishing a libel, reflecting on the professional character of the pro secutor, in a newspaper called the Shropshire Conserva tive. He founded his application on the grounds that the jurisdiction of the Sessions of the borough of Bridgnorth was very small; that there was great party feeling in the borough; that in so small a jurisdiction, it would be impossible to have a choice of jurors; that it was impos sible to secure a fair and impartial trial.—Application granted. CARPENTER V.. CLARRSON. Mr. PLATT moved for a rule calling upon au attorney of the Court to show cause why he should not pay a sum of money due to the plaintiff in this cause, pursuant to his undertaking. It appeared from the affidavits, that the action had been brought to recover a balance of 401 due upon two bills of exchar.ge. The plea was a denial of the acceptance. The action was pro ceeded with, and the defendant, who claimed to act as attorney for the defendant, gave an undertaking to pay the money and costs conditionally. The attorney had previously obtained a cognovit from the defendant for nearly% 1,0001. ; this was, no doubt, with a view to enable him to pay some of his debts, and the condition of the undertaking was, that he should pay the debt and costs (settled at 50L) before executing his cognovit. He had neglected to do so, and the parties came to the Court for relief.—Application granted. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY V. BURLINGTON. Mr. OGLE applied fora rule to have the above cause tried before the Lord Chief Justice of this Court. This was an action on a bond given by parties taking out letters of administration. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by_ _default, and, as the Court was well aware, it therefore became necessary to suggest breaches upon the. record. These statements were of great length, and many points of great difficulty were likely to arise. By the Bth and 9th William 111. all such causes were directed to be tried before the Lord Chief Justice of, this Court; but by the 3d and 4th William IV. it was enacted that in all such cases the writs should be tried before the Sheriff of the county, unless the Court, or one of the Judges of it, should otherwise order. He made the present application on behalf of the plaintiff, and he trusted his Lordship would grant him a rule absolute in the first instance. Mr. Justice PATTESON could not grant a rule absolute in the first instance. The rule had better be to show cause.—Rule nisi granted. At the sitting of the Court, Lord Ernest Bruce took the oaths as a Privy Councillor. CROXFORD V. RICKARDS. This was an action for goods sold and delivered, which had been tried before the Under Sheriff of the county of Middlesex, and in which the Jury had returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. FRASER—I now move for a rule nisi, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, or a new trial had. He made this motion, first, on the ground that the defendant had been taken by surprise. On several occa sions the defendant had, for the convenience of the plaintiff, consented to postpone the trial, and on the occasion when it took place the defendant applied for a postponement, trusting the same courtesy would be extended to him which he had so frequently extended to his opponent. This, however, had been re fused him by the plaintiff's attorney, although the Coun sel for the plaintiff was willing to do so. The de fendant was consequently not prepared with witnesses to prove his set off. Another ground was that the plaintiff had given no evidence whatever as to the value of the goods, and that the quality of the goods supplied was different from what was stated in the bill of particulars. On these grounds he naade the application. Mr. Justice PATTESON, on looking over the affidavits, said the case seemed to have been conducted very loosely on both sides. He thought the Court was bound to grant the rule nisi.—Application granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) FORRESTER V. PADDOCK. This was an action brought to recover compensation for injury done to the land and premises of the plaintiff by the working of coal mines under them by the plaintiff, as agent to the Duchy of Lancaster. The mines in ques tion and the land of the plaintiff are within the manor of Newcastle-under-Lyne, of which the Crown, as Duke of Lancaster, is Lord. The plaintiff claimed compensation as by usage. The defendant denied the usage, and upon this issue a verdict was found for the plaintiff. _ _ Sir Thomas Wylde obtained a rule nisi to enter a ver dict for the defendant, against which Mr. Sergeant Tal fourd, M. Sergeant Channel', and Mr. Sergeant Wrang ham this day showed cause at great length. Sir T. WYLDE replied, and had not concluded when the Court rose at two o'clock, their Lordships presence being required with the other Judges in the Exchequer, to hear a Crown case. COURT OF REVIEW.-(THIS DAY.) No case of interest occurred to-day. BOP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Harris, an elderly and respectable-looking man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with having been drunk last night, and with having as saulted a policeman. Police constable 96 F stated, that while on duty last night, at about half-past nine, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, the prisoner came up to him and said that he was drunk , and asked witness to take him home. Witness refused to comply with the request; upon which the prisoner struck him twice with his cane, saying that he paid for the police, and that they should take care of him. The prisoner was drunk at the time. The prisoner, who seemed to be a very singular cha racter, said that that was the most unprecedented case that had ever occurred. Whilepassing, yesterday even ing, through Lincoln's Inn-fields, he saw the last witness abusing a poor female, and he remonstrated with him upon the impropriety of his conduct. The policeman then took him into custody. He had never asked the policeman the way home, and he was perfectly sober at the time. John Bremer, who was called as a witness by the pri soner, stated he had parted from him in the Strand at a few minutes before nine o'clock, and he was then per fectly sober. The police inspector on duty at the station-house last night, another policeman, and the gaoler, stated that the prisoner, when brought to the station-house, at about a quarter to ten o'clock, was noisily drunk, and policeman 96 F stated that no woman, nor any person whatever, was present when the arrest took place. The prisoner was sentenced to a fine of 10s. The fine was paid, and he was then discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Eleanor Susan Ley, was placed at the bar before Mr. Maltby-, charged with begging. , Samuel Daniels, one of the officers belonging to the Mendicity Society, stated that between six and seven o'clock last evening, as he was proceeding along Panton street, Haymarket, the prisoner accosted him, and soli cited charity, stating that she should feel most grateful even for a halfpenny. Her appearance induced witness to take her into custody, in order that her case might be inquired into. On her way to the station-house, she begged that witness would not be hard upon her for merely asking for a half-penny. On searching her, a sovereign, and eleven shillings and eight pence in silver and copper were found in her pockets. On referring to the Society's books, the following account of her was obtained :—She is the widow of Dr. Ley, for many years physician to Middlesex Hospital, and who died about five years ago. During his lifetime the pri soner gave herself up to habits of drunkenness and dissi pation, and shortly previous to his decease made away with plate and other property to the value of upwards of 500/. These means she soon dissipated, and, becoming very much reduced, made application to the Society by ticket, soliciting their assistance to establish her to set up a school. She received relief for some time from the Society, and also from several medical gentlemen ; and, independent of these, had 361. a year from the Me dical Fund. The prisoner was ultimately discharged, and left the office with several of her friends, who are respectab:e. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) COURSING—SWAFFHAM MEETING. FRIDAY.-WEST ACRE FIELD. Deciding Course for the Cup.—Mr. Gurney's Admiral ran an undecided course with Lord Stradbroke's Mi nerva, and divided the Cup. Deciding Course for the Derby Stakes.—Mr. Gurney's Ajax beat Lord Glentworth's Lablache, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for the Oaks.—Mr. Gurney's Agnes b ea t Lord Stradbroke's Medusa, and won the stakes. Deciding Course for the Maryborough Stakes.— Mr. R. Bagge's Timepiece and Mr. Grant's Dart ran an un decided course, and divided the stakes. UAREWOOD, NOV. 9, 10, AND 11. The Cup was won by Mr. Harrison's Tendrill ; the All Aged Stakes by Mr. Ridgeway's Lord Chancellor ; Stakes by Mr. Atkinson's Champion ,• t t h h e e • DBi7tgchl)Puptippypy Stakes by Mr. Rhode's Esther ; and the Harewood Stakes by. Mr. Ridgeway's Augustus. MIDDLETON MEETING, Nov. 9 AND 10. The Grimeshill Cup was won by Mr. F. Pearson's Haphazard; the Puppy Stakes by Mr. Turner's Kate, and the Middleton Hall Stakes by Mr. J. Bonness'sßess. EXTON PARK, NOV. 10, 11, AND 12. r i e t e r ; the dC Noel ampdeensles by 's ta C c up was won wlonb)' Inskip's AlrM l a d r l s e h ; all t 's h E e U S T T. Leger Stake% by Mr. Inskip's Irishman ; and the Exton Stakes by the Hon. G. Noel's Squib. TER. ----- LATEST BETTING AT MANCHES' FRIDAY. DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Attila ;12to 1 agst Chatham ; 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's lot; 20 to 1 agst Ro bert de Gorham ; 30 to 1 agst Auckland. LORD RIVERS.—We are sorry to learn that an accident has occurred to Lord Rivers, at Brighton, during the last week, by which his Lordship has dreadfully frac tured one of his arms in three places, viz., his shoulder bone, the arm just above the elbow, and just below it. His Lordship being anxious that Lady Rivers (who is near her accouchement) should not be frightened, nothwith standing the extreme agony he was suffering, went him self into the drawing-room, and by degrees informed her Ladyship of his accident, before he allowed the limb to be set. We hear his Lordship is going on favourably; but it is feared that he will never have the perfect use of ' his arm restored. We are not informed of the cause of the accident.--. Essex Standard. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex sent to Buckingham Palace at an early hour yesterday morning to make inquiry of the health of her Majesty and the Infant Prince. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Glou cester and the Princess Sophia arrived together in the afternoon to learn the state of the Queen and the Royal Infant. At three o'clock in the afternoon the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, arrived, and between that hour and half-past four o'clock the following Ladies and Gentlemen arrived, and were received by her Ladyship in the Palace :—The Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess Brownlow and Lady Caroline Cust, the Countess Beverley and Lady Percy, the Viscountess Canning, Lady Stuart de Rothsay and the Hon. Miss Stuart, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Hon. Miss Willoughby, Dowager Lady Brownlow, Lady Dynevor, Lady Pellew, Mrs. Howley, Mrs. Bouverie, Baroness Rehau sen, Lady of the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, the Hanoverian Minister, the. Saxon Minister, the Marquis of Exeter, Earl Delaware, Lord Hill, and Colonel Bouverie. Caudle was served to the whole of the above Party._ The Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, and Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, were in attendance. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon. The following bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued. yesterday morning : • • " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 12, 1841, Half-past Nine,.A.M. " The Queen has. slept perfectly well. " Her Majesty and the Infant Prince are going on most favourably-. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. ' • CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. RICHARD BLAGDEN." Among the Nobility and Gentry who called yesterday to make their dutiful inquiries at the Palace were, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps thal, the _French Ambassador, the Brazilian, Portuguese, Neapolitan, Sardinian, and Venezue lan Ministers; the Danish Charge d'Affaires, and Countess Bille Bralie ; the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer; the Grecian Mi nister and Madame Tricoupi ; the Russian Minis ter and Baroness Brunow, Baron Koller, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, the Turkish, Sicilian, Spanish, and Prussian Charges d'Affaires, the Mexican Charge. d'Affaires and Madame Murphy, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Baron de Neuman, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Earl of March, Dowager Duchess of Richmond, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Marquis of Tweeddale, Marquis of Conyng ham, Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, Mar quis and Marchioness of Wellesley, Earl of Pembroke, Countess of Norbury and Lady Georgiana Toler, Countess of Charleville, Earl and Countess Verulam, Earl and Countess Ripon, Earl and Countess Winchilsea, Earl of Aber deen, Earl of Lincoln, Earl and Countess Stan. hope, Lady W. Stanhope, Viscount and Vis countess Maynard, Viscount and Viscountess Gage, Lord and Lady Druinlanrig, Lord Colchester, Dowager Lady Arden, Lord and Lady Methuen, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, Lord De l'lsle, Lady Alice Peel, Lord W. Lennox, Lord and Lady Klnnaird, Lady and the Misses Foley, Lord Foley, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Ladies Gore, Lady Wharncliffe, Baron and Lady Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Baron Rolfe, Sir James Kempt, Sir George Rose, Lady F. B. Hamilton, Sir William Woods (Garter), Sir Benjamin and Lady Smith, Sir Francis and Lady Palgrave, Sir Robert and Lady Fitz-Wygram, Misses Fitz-Wygram, Sir George and Lady Quentin, Miss Quentin, Sir Gore and Lady Ousely, Hon. Mr. Denman, Hon. Miss A. Denman, Sir Fran cis Head, Colonel Sir George and Lady Cou per, Sir J. and Lady Graham Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng, Sir W. and Lady Heygate, Hon. B. and Lady Harriet Baring, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir W. Newton, Sir Frederick B. Watson, Lady Ramsay of salmain, Miss Chis holm, of Chisholm, Sir Thos. Phillips, Col. Sir A. d'Este, Mr. Lyall, M.P., Chairman of the East India Company, Major-General Sir James Lushington, G.C.8., Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, Mr. Master man, M.P., Sir Harris Nicolas, Sir E. Lyt ton Bulwer, Sir W. • Hutchinson, Sir George and Lady Carroll, Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Colonel Sir Horatio Towns bend, Major - General Sir J. Waters, Co lonel Burke, Colonel Verner, M.P., Mr. Ver ner, Mr. Tinney, Q.C., Mr. Phillpotts, M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Diggle, Mr. Thomas. J. Platt, Q.C., and- Mrs. Platt, Mr. W. and Mrs. Law, Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Babbage, Mr. Starke, Q.C., Mr. C. Greville, Sir B. C. Brodie, Mr. Newman Rogers, Q.C. I Mr. H. Manners Sutton, Mr. Wray, INlr. C. Marjoribanks, Rev. IL Milman, Mr. Shepard, Q.C., Dr. Gor don, Dr.-R. Bright, Mr. Swanston, Q.C., Mr. Philip Honywood, Captain Pechell, R.N., Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., &c. . , Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent re-' turned to Buckingham Palace this evening. Her Majesty and the Infant Prince were going on well last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Thursday. Their Royal Highnesses returned in the evening to their residence at Kew. The nomination of gentlemen to serve the office of Sheriff in the different English counties took place yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin) in the Court of Exchequer, three gentlemen being nominated for each county for the ensuing year. The Lords present were the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council; the Lord Chancellor; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Paymaster of the Forces; the Lords Chief Justices of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas ; the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; the Puisne Judge of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Barons of the Exchequer. Lord and Lady Stanley left town yesterday morning for Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Despatches from the Governor of Sierra Leone were received at the Colonial-office yesterday. A PLEASANT PROSPECT FOR JOBBERS.— The Times, yesterday, suggested that a duty should be levied on the owners and occupiers of houses for the improvement of the metropolis. It only wishes for an additional 87,0001. a-year to the present parochial and county rates. Such a sum for improvements must make the mouths water of a host of architects, engineers, and schemers. The people would not feel such a trifling addition, and there would be no repugnance to misap propriate it. We shall cheerfully support such a levy, when the rate-payers shall be able to control the ex penditure ; but every shilling raised under the present irresponsible county, city, and parochial authorities, is only an encouragement to fraud and jobbing. FIRST VISIT OF THE LORD MAYOR TO TIIE METROPOLITAN CHURCH, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Yesterday being the first Sunday after the election of Mr. O'Connell to the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin, his Lordship attended at the Metropolitan Church at 11 o'clock, where a pontifical high mass was solemnised on the occasion by his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Archbishop of Dublin. The Lord Mayor came in his state carriage, which was used for the first time, and was drawn by two greys. The servants wore green and gold, of Irish manufacture, supplied by the Messrs. Dil lon, of Parliament-street. As his Lordship passed through the streets he was followed by an im mense and accumulating multitude of persons, who cheered him, as we venture to say no Lord Mayor of Dub lin was ever cheered before. The crowd in Marlbo rough -street and its vicinity was so great, it was with difficulty a large body of foot police, aided by some of the force on horseback, could preserve a passage. The interior of the splendid edifice was densely crowded from a very early hour in the morning. His Lordship arrived at eleven o'clock, and, on ascending the steps of the church, he divested himself of his robes of office and cocked hat, both of which were taken by his servant into the chapel house, where they remained until his Lordship's. return - from the service. He was received at the _ door of the church by the Ve nerable and Reverend J. Hamilton, the Rev. Messrs. Doyle and Miley, and conducted to th e seat prepared for him in front of the altar. A portio n o f t h e sanctuary (at either side of the Lord Mayor), was appropr i ated specially to the aldermen and town councillors; of whom the following were present:—Aldermen Sir John Power, Bart., Patrick Gardiner, Peter Purcell, Egan, Luke Butler • and Town Councillors Michael St aunton, Kir wan, drace, M'Kenna, Fitzpatrick, M'Loghlin, Byrne, Bury, Andrews, Pearson, and several others whose names we could not ascertain. When his Lordship had taken his place, his Grace the Archbishop, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. O'Malley, Hamilton, Laphen, and Bell, &c., proceeded to sing high mass, and as soon as the Gespel was read, the Rev. Dr. Miley ascended the pul pit. —Dublin Register. The officers of the Exchequer, in the short space of ten days and one-half, have accomplished the receipt, verification, stamping, and return to their owners, of twenty-five thousand 1 Exchequer bills, representing a value of more than fifteen millions sterling, without a single mistake, or the detaining of an individual one un necessary minute. APOTHECARIES HALL.—Names of gentle men to whom Certificates of Qualification were granted m be Teed, Plymouth ; William O'Connor , Tralee, on Thursday:—Edwin Humby, Brighton ; John Lus cl°reland; George Bennett Rosewall, St lye's, Comma), THE SUlki l LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i 3, 1841. DUKE DE BORDEAUX, Extract of a letter from Vienna, in the Gazette of Upper Germany : The Duke de Bordeaux, after passing a few weeks in this city, will go, it is said, to Goritz. The following particulars concerning his Royal Highness and the exiled Royal Family, are not without interest. The Duke, who attained his majority on the 29th September, is now in full possession of his estates, consisting principally of forests purchased for him in France during the reign of Louis XVIII. The sum b e l ong i ng to t h e Duke and his sister is about six millions of francs, two of which are to form the dowry of the Princess. The Duke d'Angouleme is, comparatively speaking, without fortune ; he pos sesses, at the outside, 50,000 f. a year, and yet with these small means does a great deal of good. He has always de clined in the noblest manne r the offers of pecuniary assist ance made him by different Powers; and his conduct has excited for him the respect even of those who do not participate in the political feelings of himself and the Duchess. The Duchess de Berry posseses considerable property, and has a superb chateau at Goritz, furnished quite in the French style. Th e Ch ateau o f irchberg, which is without any external attractions, was purchased in a hasty manner by. the Duke de Blacas, at the period when Charles X. fell ill on his return from Prague. The winter residence of the Royal family is Goritz, where they possess three hotels, not having been able to find a single mansion capable of accommodating all the family and the numerous suites. The Duke and Duchess d'Angou leme occupy the chauteau, and the Duke de Bordeaux, when at Goritz, occupies another building. At dinner, they all meet in the chateau. The Duke de Bordeaux is on visiting terms with several families of the town ; a position which the Duke d'Angouleme cannot partici pate in on account of the strictness of the etiquette he observes.- The numerous :visitors who arrive from France are obliged to take up their residence at public hotels in the town; ladies only are allowed to stay in the chateau. The Duke de Bordeaux is a fine young man, his cure is complete, and there will not be the smallest trace of the accident left. There has been a talk for some time of marrying his Royal Highness with the daughter of a German Prince ; it appears, however, that nothing is decided, and now the subject is not men tioned. Several matches have been proposed for Made moiselle, but none have been considered suitable. The Duke de Bordeaux is to make a long tour next spring." CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF BO- ROUGHS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. The following is a list of the Chief Magistrates in several of the boroughs of the United Kingdom. We trust to be able to make it more complete in a few days : London—John Pink, Esq., Tory. Edinburgh—Sir James Forrest, Bart., Liberal. Dublin—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Liberal. York—Henry Cobb, Esq. Liverpool—John Shaw Leigh, Esq. Manchester—Henry Thompson, Esq., Liberal. Birmingham—Samuel Beale, Esq., Liberal. Harwich—Francis Freeling Hart, Esq., surgeon, Liberal. Chester—W. Brown, Esq., Liberal. Bath—George Norman, Esq. Kerry— Fitzsimon, Esq. Boston—W. H. Adams, Esq., Conservative. Bristol—Geo. Woodroofe Franklyn, Esq., Conservative Cambridge—George Fisher, Esq., Conservative. Weymouth—Charles Bridge, Esq. Wisbeach—Thomas Steer, Esq., Conservative. Hastings—William Duke, Esq., Liberal. / Oxford— Browning, Esq., Liberal. Sheriff Hunt, Esq. Poole—Richard Penney, Esq., Liberal. Stockport—William Nelstrop, Esq., Liberal. Wallingford—Holland Thos. Birkett, Esq., Reformer. Stafford—John Rogers, Esq., twice Mayor before. Walsall—Thomas Oerton, Esq., Conservative. Leeds—William Pawson, Esq. Ripon--John Walbran, Esq., re-elected Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Esq. Cork—Thomas Lyons, Esq., Liberal. Derby— Gamble, Esq. Plymouth—George W. Soltau, Esq. Worcester—E. Evans, Esq. Evesham—T. White, Esq. Kidderminster—W. H. North, Esq. Bewdley—T. S. Cartwright, Esq. Tevvskesbury—C. Porter, Esq., Catholic. Gloucester—M. Meyler, Esq. Hereford—Captain Benet t. Shrewsbury—T. J. Badger, Esq. Oswestry—J. Hayward, Esq. Exeter—C. H. Turner, Esq. Wells—W. J. Welsh, Esq., elected three years running. Newcastle- on-Tyne—James Hodgson, Esq., Reformer. Gateshead—George Sowerby, Esq., Reformer. Launceston—J. E. Prockter, Esq. Lyme Regis—W. M. Tartt, Esq. Falmouth—Robert R. Broad, Esq., Reformer. Penryn—W. Corfield, Esq. Lymington—Edward Hicks, Esq. Windsor—John Clode, Esq., twice elected before. Kendal—John Wakefield, Esq., banker. Sunderland—Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. Tewkesbury—Charles Porter, Esq. Inverness—Provost Nicoll. Colchester— Vint, Esq. Chesterfield—G. Crompton, Esq. Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq. Sherborne—R. W. Spicer, Esq. Devonport—W. P. Billing, Esq. Nottingham—Richard Morley, Esq. Devizes— Crocket, Esq. Chippenham—Harry Golduey, Esq. Winchester—W. W. Buepete, Esq. Bury St. Edmund's—J. Greene, Esq., first Conservative Mayor for this borough. Doncaster—Thomas Johnson, Esq. Pontefract—William Clough, Esq. Lincoln—G. W. Webb, Esq. Retford—Francis Thornhaugh Foljambe, Esq. Canterbury— Browne, Esq. Sandwich—W. H. Rolfe, Esq. Dover—E. Poole, Esq., re-elected. Deal—C. Kingsmill, Esq. Stamford—Joseph Phillips, Esq. Grantham—E. H. Lough, Esq. Godmanchester—J. Kisby, E sq . Grimsby—B. Harrison, sq. Louth—T. Lowther, sq. Dorchester—H. Williams, Esq. Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq. Chard—R. W. Spicer, Esq. Shaftesbury— Cotton, Esq. Saffron Walden— Empson, Esq. Hull—T. Thompson, Esq. Leicester—T. Stokes, Esq. Truro—William Warren, Esq. Bodmin—John Cole Grose, Esq., retired draper. Liskeard—Bernard Anstis, Esq. Penzance—Capt. R : L. Davies, R.N. Ives (St.)—Richard Kermick, 'Esq. Totness—T. Shore, Esq. Dartmouth—Sir John Henry Seale, Bart. Barnstaple—Gilbert Knill Cotton, Esq. Richmond—C. Croft, Esq. Coventry—Thomas Morris, Esq. Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Esq. Llanidloes—T. Haywood, Esq. DUKE OF CORNWALL'S BALL. Within the next fortnight a, " Duke of Cornwall's Ball,"' for the benefit of the poor, might be got up in every parish in England. The sum that might thus easily be raised, being devoted at once to the immediate re lief of the most necessitous allover the kingdom, would of itself produce a manifest effect upon the poor generally, and unite all classes in rejoicing over an event for which all classes are grateful. We earnestly press this suggestion on the attention of our readers; three active minds in each parish, if united, could accomplish an object so desirable. This suggestion need not interfere with any such plan of permanent commemoration, as is contemplated at Eton and elsewhere, by the appoint ment of Committees to consider of the best means of celebrating this event. During the fortnight every theatre in England should be opened for the " Duke of Cornwall's night" with the same view. Thus the young Prince might be made a general benefactor even in his cradle, and the poor be taught to bless his name almost us soon as they can know that he exists.— Atlas. CHURCH-RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l send you a copy of part of . Lord Chief Justice Holt's judgment in Hawkins v. Rous, Cartlew's Reports, K. 8., Michaelmas term, 7th William IV., page 360, re questing you to put it in your paper, that your readers may know one of the causes why we are said to be the envy of surrounding nations. Et per Holt, Chief Justice :—" By the civil and canon law, the parson is obliged to repair the whole church, and'tis so in all Christian kingdoms but in England ; for 'tis by the peculiar law of this nation that the parish ioners are charged with the repairs of the body of the church." Yours, SENEX. AN OBJECTION UrsET.—While some beau tifully-made wheelbarrows we re p lac ed before the Prince Royal, one of the Persian nob lemen (who always affected to despise European improvements) said,--" Thi s i s a ll very well, it will consume a consid era bl e t i me to bu t empty these wheelbarrows. ' Sir James Sutherland said to him, "Indeed, Sir, it will not ; and if you will only get into the wheelbarrow I will show you it will not." The Prince insisted on making the experiment. Sir James trundled him away at a quick rate ; and, ap proaching a muddy part of the square, he gave the wheel barrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the Prince and spectators, turned the Persian Khan into the mud.—Bridge's Mission to Persia. DEPLORABLE Po VERTY.—The rector of West Hackney has offered his parishioners the benefit of an evening service on Sunday , if the y wi ll furnish the means of lighting the churc h. There is n 3 Church-rate to meet this expense ; and it is unders tood that out of a , congregation of 1, 000 perso ns, man y of them till now supposed to be wealthy , a c andle fund cannot be raised. family after on t i an n absence t. e JosephContinent.--Leeds idoesf,Esq., has returned to L on d on , fifteen Mercury.weeks R AILWAY CLERKS. GREAT W ESTERN RAILWAY.—We are most gratified to learn that the Di rectors of the Great Western Railway Company have very handsomely raised the salaries of the clerks along line.and rGreat Bo Western, ththelead stand ingCompanies, th e Bi rm i ngham the high for th e c h aracter of their officers, and the liberality of their establishments, and it is by feelings of good will being cultivated, both on the part. of the employers and the employed, that this reputation is to be maintained. — liailway Magazine. The parish clerk of Winkleigh has a salary of a guinea a year for winding up the church clock daily. miles, as cen d and tons weight 8,600 d T e o s u e e a u r d n 2 t t i o3 s o s o u m s t e h p e s , I) a a s n d t o hault ra v e u l p l l o 0 2 yards.—Plymouth Journal. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. The following narrative, relating to Joshua New burn, who has recently retorted to this country, after having been captured by the natives of New Zealand, and after having served for nearly nine years and a half under the chiefs of various tribes, during which period he underwent the cruel torture of tattooing, is authen tic, and may be depended upon. There is something so truly extraordinary in the history of this young man's life, during his nine years and a half'sresidence in the in terior of the island of New Zealand, that a few observa tions relating to him cannot fail to prove extremely in teresting. Joshua Newburn is the eldest son of the late Mr. John Henry Newborn, for many years a free man of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, in the City of London, and was born in the parish of St. Luke on the 27th of March, 1817. His family are still living in that pariah in respectable circumstances. He received a plain education at an Hoxton academy (Gloucester House), under a Mr. Pearce, and was afterwards apprenticed to a gas-fitter in the city ; but his inclinations being seaward his father caused his indentures to be cancelled, and on the 27th of February, 1832, he was articled for the term of three years to a Captain Plant, master of a whaler, bound to the South Seas, named the Marquis of Lansdowne. After a voyage of three months and fifteen days from the date of leaving Portsmouth, the ship reached the Bay of Islands on the New Zealand coast, where she brought up, and young Newburn, who was then but 15 years of age, having suffered much sick ness on board, obtained leave to go ashore to seek me dical advice. As there were several canoes manned with natives around the ship, trading with the crew, Newborn took the advantage of bargaining with a run gateree, or lead boatman, to take him ashore ; but after they had left the ship, instead of the men rowing into the mouth of the harbour to the English settlements, they made away for a sandy beach at some distance , off, and, having dragged him on shore, they stripped him quite naked, beating him at the same time with their paddles, till they left him insensible ; they then took to the canoe and made off. As soon as he had partially recovered from the effects of their violence ho wandered about the island in quest of a human habitation, desirous, if possible, of alighting upon some white man. This he continued to do for two days and nights, making the best of his way through forests of fern, breast high, which (he being quite be reft of clothing), shockingly chafed and lacerated his body. On the third morning, as he sat under a tree, famished with hunger, and exhausted with fatigue, be was perceived by two native youths, the sons of a chief living hard by, who, pitying his condition, conducted him to the hut of their father, who was lying sick upon a mat. Seeing that he (Newburn) was destitute of clothing, he furnished him with an old pair of canvass trousers and a tattered shirt, and having afforded him such refreshment as his circumstances would admit of he sent him to a neighbouring chief, who, he said, would use him well. To follow the life and adventures of this young man from that period up to the time of his quitting the country for England ; to detail the chequered circum stances he met with during the nine years and upwards he served with various tribes of the island ; to depict the scenes he witnessed, the imminent perils he encoun tered, the severe, almost incredible hardships he en dured, the dreadful privations he underwent, and the miraculous escapes he experienced, would occupy the space of a large volume. He is now in London, and although he speaks his native language correctly, yet it is with difficulty that he at times can find words wherewith to express his ideas. His body is cicatrized in many places from the wounds he has from time to time received from the spears and knives of the natives whilst he was engaged under different chiefs, contending with militant tribes ; and his face has undergone the horrible operation of tattooing, which gives him the appearance of a New Zealand Chief. Although he is now only in his 2ith year, from the acute sufferings he has undergone (having been at one period exposed for 14 months in the bush), he appears considerably older, and his constitutiou has been so severely shattered, that it is quite impos sible that he could have subsisted another year had he remained on the island. He speaks the New Zea land language with the utmost fluency, and became ultimately so thoroughly initiated into the ways, habits, and manners of the natives, that they ideotfied him with themselves, and styled him by a term of distinction " Mootooah," which means " the tattooed spirit." In describing the scenes ha witnessed among the tribes he is exceedingly simple, and imparts what information may be sought of him in a very clear and artless manner. He states that the first instance of human butchery he witnessed in the island was shortly after his arrival. A canoe landed a crew of natives whilst he was stand ing on the beach near a pab, or village, named Korn zaika ; he perceived two females among them, who were particularly good looking ; among them was a very powerfully made man, who held a tomahawk in his hand, and who followed close upon the heels of the women as they priceeded on the beach, when he suddenly stepped before them and with one blow with his weapon nearly severed one female's head from her body ; ho then performed the same tragical operation upon the other female, and left them weltering in their blood upon the beach. As soon as he had sufficiently collected himself he ran home to the pah, appalled at what he had seen, and communicated, as well as he could, the circum• stance to his chief, fearing that himself and his tribe might be beset by the party. Upon inquiry, however, it was discovered that the women were the slaves of a neighbouring chief, who had given his command that they should be tomahawked out of his own settlement for their disobeying his orders with regard to his chil dren. He, moreover, states that some time after wards, when ho was at a pah called " Warakaika," he bore witness to one of the most revolting acts of butchery that it could be destined for the human eye to behold. The chief of the tribe under which he served had waged war with the chief of another tribe located in a pah a short distance off them. They sallied forth just before day-break, armed with muskets, spears, and tomahawks (for the natives, he says, when they want to surprise an enemy, consider this the most seasonable time, entertaining an idea that sleep lays its hand more heavily upon the slumberer at that particular period than any other that is appropriated to repose) ; and the chief having fired off his musket on their arrival at the pab, as a signal for the commencement of hostilities, they all began the war dance, which was kept up for about two minutes, when they fired their muskets into the mat-houses of the enemy, and then took to their spears and tomahawks, and after a desperate struggle the pah surrendered, and the tribe were made prisoners and bound. Then the chief of the tribe went round to each prisoner and despatched the whole of them, one after another, by strkiog them on the bead with his tomahawk. He, moreover, adds that there were among the number of the captives one chief of high rank, as also a seer or diviner, and a noted warrior, who were all three seated upon a rush mat by themselves. The chief of his tribe advanced towards them, and with his tomahawk tapped their several heads and drank the blood as it ran from them. Another man of his tribe took out the eyes of the wretched vic tims and ate them raw, life not being out of the former. They finally cut off their limbs and quartered them, ready for the oven. But the most dreadful feature in this act of massacre was that of a man and woman bound together, the former being the son of the opulent chief of the pah, the latter his wife, who held a child, about nine months old, in her arms. This young warrior had murdered with his own hand, several of the tribe to which he (Newburn) belonged ; and having dragged the woman, after having untied her from her husband, into an ad joining compartment, and after having committed the grossest acts of violence upon her, they tore the infant from her protection, and takingit up by the legs battered its head against the sides of the hut. As to the unfor tunate husband, they cut slices of flesh from his body, and, thrusting the same into his mouth, asked him if it "was good, and tasted well." He stopped in this place for two days with his tribe, during which time they were employed in cooking their enemies, in such a man ner as to keep them for some length of time. This process is performed by first cutting away all the flesh from the bones, and separating the lean from the fat ; the fat is fried in earthen vessels to yield a lard ; the lean is baked in the oven. The latter is then put into calabashes, and the fat poured over it ; by this mesas the meat will keep sound for upwards of 12 months. MR. SIBTHORP'S-CONVERSION. " The Limerick Reporter announces the conversion to the Catholic faith of the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp. What will his brother, the ultra-Tory Member for Lincoln, say to this? His very whiskers, we suspect, will bristle up like a cat's back with horror."—London Sun of Saturday. No such thing. We should not be surprised were the gallant thunderer against Maynooth to follow the ex ample so well set by his reverend brother. The honester the zealot, the more chances there are in his ' favour of the triumph of truth. We have had extraor dinary instances, within the last few years, of the spread of Catholicism among a portion of the English Aristo cracy the most violently opposed to its doctrines. What reason is there to suppose that Colonel Sibthorp, with ail his bigotry, may not soon be among the number ? For our part we should not be surprised if he became before long a thorough-going Catholic. He is a zealot, it is true, and, we firmly believe, an honest one ; and the greater likelihood, we repeat, that he may open his eyes to error, an d embrace the faith he now invei ghs against with the acrimon y of the Grand Turk.— Limerick Reporter. SINGULAR DEATH OF A GREEN WICH P EN - SlONER—Yesterday morning, j ust before six o ' c l oc k , t h e body of an old G reen w ich pensioner, named John Phill potts, aged 75, was discovered hanging f rom t h e b e d post in a ward in the Infirmary : his throat was also cut, and when found he was quite dead. It would appear that the unfortunate man, who had been in a bad state of health for some time, had suspended himself by the cord of the bedstead, and afterwards, repenting of the act, had at tempted to cut that part of the rope which was round his neck with a knife that was afterw ar d s f oun d near hi s person, but had failed in doing so, and in the attempt had so lacerated his throat that he died of th© wounds. COUNTY POLICE. The following letter refers to the cruel treatment of Mr. Mackay, beer-seller, Stoke-upon-Trent, of which an account appeared in The Sun on the 9th. This version of the story does not mend the matter much. The Ma gistrates and police in that quarter mustbe a singular race. Even their apologist admits that the prison was so bad, that prisoners were chained to a ring like wild bulls kept for baiting : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin-• -You have inserted Mackay's statement, and I am rather surprised that the correspondence did not em brace the proofs which were adduced before the Bench, and thereby show what verbose detail had been em ployed: parturiunt monies et nascitur mus. They were only, that Stonier had improperly detained Mackay, longer than was necessary, as every day a police-court is open ; and that the cell was so insecure that chaining was in a manner indispensable, while the accommodation was also unsuitable; and that Stonier had assaulted Wantling for resisting search of premises without a proper warrant. Had cruelty or scoundrelism attached to the cases, the bench, T. B. Rose, P. B. Broude, and J. Harvey, would immediately have discharged—not fined and suspended—Stonier. There was great pertina- city in, the manner of bringing forward the case, and much of what was mer e ly a d a pt e d to degrade the police force in the opinion of a deficiently educated population. As the name of your correspondent does not appear, I ought to be excused also ; but having been present, and having taken very copious notes of the whole, Ican vouch for what I state in contradiction.—Yours, Tunstall. SIMEON SHAW. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 11.—The Lord Chief Justice Penne father took his seat in the Queen's Bench for the first time this day: The Court was occupied with ordinary business. The intelligence of the birth of an heir-apparent to the Throne, and the safety of the Queen, has been re ceived in this city with unbounded delight. Joy is de picted in every countenance, and the event is hailed as a signal blessing conferred upon the nation. Soon after the arrival of the news last night a royal salute was fired from the battery . in the Phoenix-park, and the joy bells pealed forth their merry sounds. This day Dr. Murray, the venerable Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, issued the following : " To the Roman Catholic Clergy, secular and regular, of the Diocese of Dublin. " Rev. and dear Brethren—On Sunday next, the 14th instant, you will please to add to the usual collect in each mass, to be celebrated in your respective churches and chapels, the prayor pro gratiorum actione, in thanks giving to God for the safety of her Most Gracious Ma jesty the Queen, after having happily given birth to an Heir to the Throne of these realms. You will please further to invoke most fervently the blessing of God upon her Majesty and the Royal Infant. I remain, reverend and dear brethren, " Your faithful servant in Christ, " y D. MURRAY. " Mountjoy-square, Nov. 11, 1841." RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Groat Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : Week ended Name of Railway. a. Miles Total. Opened. £. s. Nov. 6 Birmingham and Derby Junct.3B4 1,162 16 5 6 Birmingham and Gloucester s2i 1,684 9 5 ... Chester and Birkenhead 15 No returis. 7 Dundee and Arbroath l6; 223 7 S 7 Eastern Counties 6 Glasgow and Ayr— — 4 O 975 5 11 6 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock 221 708 13 6 Oct. 30 Grand Junct. &Chester &Crewelo3,l 8,416 12 3 Nov. 6 Great North of England 45 1,293 14 0 7 Great Western 1181 11,137 14 1 6 Hull and Selby 6 Lancaster and Preston Junction 20i 438 12 4 5 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,314 15 5 6 London and Birmingham ll2l 14,511 12 0 11 London and Blackwall 6 London and Brighton 4Ol 1,191 11 0 6 Ditto Shoreham Branch ...... 9 London and Croydon 11 London and Greenwieh 3l 939 3 4 6 London and South Western 4 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 622 8 0 8 Manchester and Birmingham 5 310 13 11 1 Manchester and Leeds 5O 4,149 15 0 6 Midland Counties 6 Newcastle and Carlisle 7 Northern and Eastern 6 North Midland 724 4,192 3 44 5 North Union 6 Preston and Wyre 7 Ulster 7 York and North Midland 23 1,486 17 9 GAVRIGAN MINE —A correspondent informs us that a very rich lode of tin has been cut in this mine, near the Indian Queens.—Cornwall Advertiser. BARONETCY OF THORNTON.—On the 26th ult., John Strachan, Esq., of Thornton and of Cliffden, Teignmouth, Devonshire, was served as nearest and lawful heir male in general to the deceased Sir Alex ander Strachan, of Thornton, who was raised to the dignity of Baronet by King Charles 1., 28th May, 1625. The Baronetcy of Strachan, of Thornton, had remained in abeyance since the death of Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan, G.C.8., who died in 1828.-IVestern Exeter Times. DESCRIPTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ARDAGH.—Ardagh Cathedral, which is already in a state of great forwardness, will be of the purest Grecian architecture, and entirely built of the very finest cut stone, joined throughout with sheets of lead. Its front will exhibit six magnificent lonic columns, enclosing a spacious portico. The tower (nearly two hundred feet high) will be partly composed of alternate tiers of Co rinthian pillars. The interior will be divided into three aisles ; will contain sever marble altars ; and the roof will be supported by twenty-six lofty lonic columns of polished variegated marble. Its site is the town of Longford, the very centre of the diocese, and of Ireland. It will be dedicated in honour of St. Mel, first Bishop of this ancient see, and nephew of St. Patrick, by whom, at the very commencement of his apostleship, he was con secrated, in the same parish where the Cathedral now stands. For the last three hundred years, a Catholic church of this splendour would not have been tolerated in Ireland ; nor indeed had the Catholics up to the pre sent adequate means, nor were they in sufficient numbers in Ardagh, to accomplish so glorious an undertaking. When finished, it will be the chastest, most extensive, and most elegant church of modern times, in any part of the United Kingdom.—Dublin Evening Post. ACCIDENT TO A PORTER OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—On Friday morning, George Trout, 54 years of age, one of the porters employed at the Houses of Parliament, was received into the Westminster Hospital, under the following circumstances:—lt appears that Trout, or " Little Georgy," as he was facetiously called, has been employed in the above capacity for nearly thirty years, chiefly in showing the building to strangers, and is as well known in the locality of the Houses of Parliament for the eccentricity of his charac ter, as for his diminutive stature and appearance, being not more than three feet in height, but having a tremen dously large head. On Friday morning as " Little Georgy " was wending his way towards his old quarters through Westminster churchyard, something, somewhat higher than himself, attracted his peculiar attention, and whilst gazing upwards his feet slipped from under him, and, although he had not far to fall, his head com ing in collision with the corner of a grave-stone, which appeared just above the ground, lie sustained so severe an injury to his skull, that when raised up he was found to be insensible. He was immediately conveyed to the above hospital, and it is feared it will be some time ere he will be enabled to resume his wonted employment. Poor " Little Georgy " has for a long time past re ceived the notice of some of the Members of Parliament, and it is feared that a sister with whom he resided, and who received her support from him, is thus left unpro vided for. INCENDIARISI.I.—On the night of Friday last, an outbuilding on the farm of Mr. Wickham, of Rowde, was set fire to and entirely consumed. On the same evening an outbuilding on the farm of Mr. Self, of that village, was also set on fire. From the situation of these buildings there can be no doubt but that the fires were the work of an incendiary.— Wiltshire Independent. ORGANIC REMAINS.—A rare discovery has re cently been made in Mr. Brewer's quarry, in Box field, Box, of Fossil bones. They were found in a cavern, 70 feet under the surface, and have the same appearance as the freestone, or oolite, but are much egb ct like l lighter. They are num erous, and am o n gst them the vertebrae a re very distinct, ansdescoieme.hav o Nothing of the kind have bones v f legs, and a head , but there is nothin g to indicate that they belonghas ever before o an) beenin the loc a lity, nor i n found species. cu tting the Box tunn el, th ough specimenss a nd fish have been found in the inferior o o lit e , and N . Wilts The first hirlndependent.es e the stone claysonnAwNhNicoh N it w i Ls p r ß ec o u v rn E T recumbent.— Athlone, i was Long of the new bridge across the Sh annon laid on the 6th inst. by Mr. and, at l r engineers. It is expected th a t the new e bridge, Bu with other improvements a t Athlone, by the Shannon ikt C h, Com missioners, 'l missioners, will be completed in less than four years. — Dublin Pilot. SUPPOSED INFENDIARY FIRE AT TORQUAY. —A tire broke out about ten o'clock on Friday night last, in a farm h ouse at U pton, about a mile and a half from Torquay. The house was occupied by a widow, named Callard, and her four sons and a daughter. All had retired for the night, with the exception of Mrs. Callard and her daughter, who were also about to go to bed when the fire was discovered. In two hours the whole of the roof fell in, and the interior of the house was entirely consumed, nothing but the walls re maining. Shortly before one o'clock, p.m., on Tues day, it was discovered that the barn, which had so e e a r Ptyt, in mystery. nearly fallen a prey to the flames on Friday, was on fire. The engine was sent for, but, we regret to say . , it was of little avail, for the barn, stable, &c. were entirely de stroyed. There were about GO bags of wheat which had been threshed in the barn, and a considerable quantityout, but unthreshed. A portion of the wheat was pre vailing opinion that these two fires were the acts of i -we fear it will be of little value. It seems_tgoobethe ucaeundd in cendiaries, The house Lawrence Palk. i i e ld s in n e n s t None of the buildings, furniture, corn, &c. were insured. ther were t h h o e l e p i r s u i p v The second fire broke out so suddenly, that the horses in the stable were with great difficulty got out , and one of h scorc hed. ---Exeter Western Times. them was HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, Nov. 12.—The demand for New Hops continues steady, and prices are firm as last quoted. The supplies from the planters are got very small. Duty expected to be known ill a. fortnight. Weighed on Saturday last, new, 335; and old, 85; and 20 new, and twelve old pockets in the week. EVENING SUN DREADFUL CASE OF STABBING IN RED-CROFT. (Abridged from the Sheffield Mercury of to-day.) On Wednesday, tin inquest was held before Thomas Badger, Esq., at the Town Hall, on view of the body of William Stringer, aged 25 years, a carter, residing in Red-croft. It will be seen from the subjoined evi dence that on Sunday forenoon, the deceased, and a woman named Rodgers, were quarrelling: in Red-croft, both parties using a good deal of abusive language. After they had been quarrelling for some time, the woman struck the deceased upon the face, and he in consequence knocked her down. Henry Rodgers, a shoemaker, residing also in Red-croft, afterwards came up to the assistance of his wife with a knife in his hand, and stabbed the deceased in several places. The de ceased died from his wounds on Monday, about noon. The following evidence was adduced before the Coroner and Jury: — George Ashton, of Bailey-field, pen-knife grinder, de posed—About ten minutes to twelve o'clock on Sunday, I heard a noise in Red-croft, and I went out of my house to see what it was about. I saw Mrs. Rodgers falling out with William Stringer. They got to very high words, and I saw her strike him several times with her hand, and he struck her again with his fist, and knocked her down. She got up and flew at him again, and wanted to strike him, but he got away, and her mother wanted to get her away into the house. She refused to go. In the meantime Henry Rodgers came up Red-croft in a very great hurry, and made a stroke at Stringer with his fist, and knocked him down. I did not see any knife in Rodgers's hand when he struck him. Stringer was in the act of getting up when he saw Rodgers strike him with a knife, which he had in his right, and cut him through the neck. The wound bled very much. The knife that Rodgers stabbed Stringer with was a shoe maker's knife, tapering from the haft to the point. By the CORONER-1 heard Mrs. Rodgers call Stringer an idle skulking thief, and Stringer said she could not prove him one. George Jenkinson, of Union-lane, hammer-maker, de posed that he was standing with a person named Smith, at the top of Red-croft, on Sunday morning about eleven o'clock. After standing a short time, he saw Rodgers come running up lied-croft. Stringer was also standing at the top of Red-croft at the time when Rodgers came up. While witness was standing at the top of Redcroft, Mrs. Rodgers came across, and heard Stringer call Mrs. Rodgers by some most abusive terms. She told him to pull that silver lace off him, and then Mrs. Rodgers's mother told him to pull his coat off. When she had said that, Stringer said to Mrs. Rodgers that he would kick her, and she went up and struck Stringer over the face several times. Stringer then knocked her down. Her mother then came up and took her away, and Mrs. Rodgers went to the window of her house, but witness did not hear what she said. Immediately , after this Rodgers came running up. Witness supposed that Rodgers was going to strike Stringer with his fist. Rod gers struck Stringer in the side. Witness distinctly . saw Rodgers draw the knife out of Stringer's side. Witness was about a yard from Stringer when he was stabbed by Rodgers. Mary Ann, the wife of Wm. Angelo Andrews, of Red-croft, die-sinker, deposed--I was in my own house, in Red-croft, on Sunday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, when I heard a noise. I went to the door, and Henry Rodgers's wife and Wm. Stringer were quarrelling. I heard them both make use of a deal of very abusive language. Rodgers opened the window of his garret, where he was working, and said to his wife " Never mind what he calls thee, come in." She said " Nay," and ran back to the top of Red-croftin a hurry, and said she would be revenged of that bully—meaning Stringer. Mrs. Rodgers ; then ran up to Stringer, and struck him twice upon the face. 1 saw Rodgers get up to his window. Ile did not open it, but looked through it, and then came down stairs, and out of the house, and walked a few yards. I did not see anything in his hand at that time. lie went back again into the house, and came out a second time. I then saw a shoe maker's knife in his left hand. I called out " mind— he has a knife," and upon that Rodgers turned the blade up his sleeve. I heard him say, " I mean it, and I'll do it." When he got past my door he began to run. I saw Stringer in the act of attempting to pick up a piece of a brick, which was lying on the ground, when I saw Rodgers run up to him, and stabhim with the knife in his left thigh. By the Coroner—l saw Rodgers pull the knife out of Stringer's neck; blood followed, and the knife smoked as if it had been used in killing a pig. Sarah, the wife of John Palmer, of Red-croft, scale cutter, deposed to the stabbing of Stringer in his right side by Rodgers. John Smith, of Red-croft, table-knife cutler, gave similar evidence to that of the witness Jenkinson, and stated further, that after Stringer had been stabbed, he followed Rodgers to get the knife from him, and he said that if he went near him he would do the same for him as he had done to Stringer. Rodgers did not appear in a passion. James Maxwell, a policeman stated that after seeing Stringer, whom he found sitting in a chair in a house, bleeding from the neck, he went to the house of Rodgers. The door was fastened ; but on witness knocking it was opened. Witness found Rodgers in the garret. He told Rodgers that he had made a pretty job of it, as he had nearly killed a man, on which Rodgers said, "It is nothing more than he intended to do to me ; as he had a knife to do so to me last night." Witness asked him where the knife was that he had done the deed with, and Rodgers pointed to his seat where his knife was lying, and told him that was it. Witness took the knife and Rodgers into his custody. Mr. Thomas Thorpe, clerk to Mr. Albert Smith, the magistrates' clerk,deposed—ln consequence:of information given to me soon after ten o'clock on Sunday night, that Wm. Stringer was in a dangerous state, I went to his lodg ings, and there found Mr. Raynor. He said he did not think he should recover. Ile then made a statement, which I took down word for word, and it is signed by Stringer, and witnessed by myself and Mr. Raynor. It is in the following words:—"William Stringer, of Red-croft, Sheffield, carter, says—l am 25 years of age. I used to lodge with Henry Rodgers, and left his house filthy, about two months since.. I have lodged here sham. I met Rod gers's wife this morning in Red-croft, and we began dif fering about it; she came and gave me a shove. I shoved her down, and then she went to fetch her hus band, Henry Rodgers. He was coming up Red-croft and I was going down; I saw he had a knife in his hand, and as soon as I saw that, I stooped down to sam up a stone, and before 1 could sum up the stone he was upon me with a shoe-knife in his hand ; he stuck me with it in the thigh, then in the neck on one side, and then on the other, and then under the groin. He never spoke nor I either ; that was all ; I bled like a pig ; some one took him away. I was brought up home, and a doctor and a policeman were sent for; it was a little before twelve o'clock at noon. I and Rodgers had never any quarrel no farther than me telling him about this filth ; we bad never any quarrel about anything else; I have never spoken to Rodgers these seven weeks. This statement is the truth, as I expect shortly to ap pear before my Maker." Mr. George Turton, surgeon, deposed—l was called in on Sunday last to see the deceased, William Stringer, about one o'clock. I understand his death took place just before twelve o'clock on Monday. I saw him alive the last time about nine o'clock on Sunday evening, and I did not then think lie Would survive many hours. I have made a post mortem examination of the body of the adpecpeettasreado.eesExofterpnraelrliy the oua body goo dbeal presented health. The ke the wound vou gne n e dw rl was about an inch and a quarter in breadth ; on laying open the cavity of the belly there was a large quantity of fluid and coagulated blood, evidently the consequence of a wound in some of the vessels of the belly. On exa mining the neck, we found a wound under the lower j a w, on the left side, about an inch and a quarter in length, and on the right side, of about three quarters of was dae asktuhnc knife, eo an inch. There was a communication between the two e wounds as if the knife had passed completely through mii b t vnoy , g e ti a n ont t ip e dl i c ie o ol : l ini . l e no n ttne t h ' ste ' tiiltilee strokefitiattributehj hip, would be aa b st e end i o n w fl t oi pro duced.ctthed f assu th el e hv penetrating into the belly, wound en intestines, woundand n h e theeo consequent e n n , otulledss notof blood. ba r e b ee l n n a fatal one. The whole evidence having been gone through, the prisoner Henry Rodgers was brought in, and after being informed of the inquiry going on, the whole of the evi denceiilitegeveoe voluntary • ea r ar e )d a i t.;.0 statement n. to o tr h k: nh He en t d h d e a 7i.e in idi iin t eb h gu e rgl fo h l e, l o ose; on steam-engines. I had scarcely read a page, wh en % wife call e d out to me that Stringer, th e deceased,e had had been telling th e peop l e i n t h e s t ree t that had interco urse w i t h h er severa l t i mes . He expressedn it in th e; most bl ac k guar d an d obscene manner ull1!er he . did not could. I told h e r not to mind what he said, go to credit it, and to come into the house or et. her mother's. She went to her mother's. I not, when I was know shouted by several people to come out, as Stringer was • 4 cry "Father." I killing Bess. I also heard my little the s econd, 'until I was don't whether I read any at this time or restrained going the first cal and I ran down stairs and into the street ; I saw my the w right side of her face was I think from s th h e ou le te f e t l si r d e e pe o a f te ti d le ly n t l o on c t o h m i; e on her chin the size of a completely bruised, and a l it Stringer ; when I came within at the time. I ran towardsi lump on bleeding, e p vife and child were crying a sm y a a l r l d eg or g, t f u lo o in of a 'him and laid hold of him ; where at ) tempted to lift a stone or a brick ; I closed on know., I have nothing further to I struck him I dOn't say, only I went down to my own house, and one of the e o . police Imay mention one thing, that I had been threat enedcame a down d for the knife, and I gave it l - i - i. by Shmeld and the deceased on Saturday night, to put a knife in my guts, but not inrny hearing. Th e policeman has state d what I said to him wrong.—To thi s statemen t the prisoner affixedhis name. The CORONER afterwards proceeded to sum up the evi dence. In his own opinion, if they thought that Rodgers deliberately provided himself with the knife with a deadly intent, then the ooin verdictrr ran lniinsoootoniuldettlgroesb efrnsts c i e t ah u nh r ed d odu e h iu r spes ; but if they thought that in consequence of th e l anguage , the and tw m hi a ef d ek c onr u i n o g f ttoh b e y b ini t ie h fa e otr c o l p e tr e op e t a a se s e e st d to ii fe with it, then he would be guilty of manslaughter only. The Coroner, in the course of one or two observations, regretted the frequent occurrence of cases of stabbing in this neighbourhood. The room having been cleared, the Jury consulted to gether for a few minutes, and then returned a Oerdict of Manslaughter. whereon the Coroner issued his war rant for the conveyance of Rodgers to York, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes, Her Majesty has just----tted the liberal do nation of 5004 towards the, funds n ow b e i ng ra i se d by subscription amongst old E . i tonians, and o th ers w ho f ee l an interest in the institution, fo r e ff ect i ng severa l ex tensive projected improvements at Eton College. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has also presented to the Committee the sum of Me/. Tho subscriptions amount to very little short of 10,000 L r:5l ii , le CO ot• is° :i:o ere c o' of eir be • or KJ' :LI of h rV 'to a•; i s ' O.; h tl Asti as t; 6" ; poi of O•