The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-26 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. 'The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, together with that of Mr. Cubitt, and a general state ment of the accounts from the Secretary. Mr. BAXENDALE took the Chair at one o'clock, and called on the Secretary to read the advertisement calling the meeting together. It was then moved that the common seal of the Com pany should be attached to the register of the Directors, which was agreed to. The Secretary then read the following Report of the Directurs : " Since the Half-yearly Meeting in May last, the progress which has been made in those portions of the line between Tunbridge and the junction with the Brighton Railway:has been such as to confirm the opi nion then expressed by the Directors, that that district may be opened for traffic before the next Half-yearly Meeting of the Prisprietorsi • i- The contrAct , for ballasting the liqe and laying the perm:mots way l dbatsveen Redstone-h7ll. and Tunbridge has beUn some time in operation, andthere is reason to believe that the eastern portion,, abottt eleven miles_ in length, will be completed before the end of the Year, leaving about nine miles to complete, which the Con tractor is under an engagement to finish early in the spring of 1842. " Under the recommendation of the Engineer-in-Chief the Directors have adopted certain improvements in form and description of sleepers, chairs, and fastenings ; they have also substitilted, in lieu of iron pins, treenails of compressed oak ; and from the experiments which have been tried on that portion of the permanent way, which has been laid for more than two miles, over which the locomotive is daily passing, they have reason to ex press their perfect accordance in the principle, and their approbation of the result. " Eastward of Tunbridge, for a distance of thirty-four miles, the line has been contracted for, and the works are in progress. • A large portion of the brickwork on that part of the line intended for the next opening has been finished, and the contractor is bound to complete and open the line to the Staplehurst Road, a distance of twelve miles east of Tunbridge, by the Ist of July, 1842. " That part of the line from the Staple hurst-road to .Ashford, a distance of fourteen miles, is let to a respon sible contractor, to be opened in the year 1842. At this point the Dover traffic will come upon the line, being a distance of twenty miles from that place. " Beyond Ashford another contract has been let, ex tending over nearly seven miles, the earthworks of which requiring some time to co.nplete, it has been deemed ad visable to commence them at tht present time, in order that their completion may be effected by the time the line is in a condition to be opened to Folkstone. . " The works in the Dover district have continued to advance steadily and satisfactorily. The Warren and Folkstorte contracts have been completed to formation level, and arrangements have been made for driving the Saltwood Tunnel and other works in that district. " The Directors have the satisfaction to state that the works have sustained no injury from the continued rains to which they have been subjected ; the embankments being nearly closed, the late wet weather has been of considerable service in consolidating them ; they have, however, instructed Mr. Cubitt to prepare a Report on the subject of the works, which will be submitted to the meeting. " The whole of the land from Redstone-hill to Dover has been contracted for, and in addition to the amount already paid under that head, as shown in the accounts, there remained on the Ist of October last a sum unpaid, amounting to 53,0911., a portion of which has since been paid. " Of the 400 shares forfeited at the last meeting, fifty were redeemed en the following day by payment of the calls then due, and ninety-one were sold at prices real izing more than was owing upon them. There are now 1,405 shares in the hands of the Company. "By Resolutions of the Board, dated Aug. 17 last, the Directors declared forfeited 7,372 shares, which were then in arrear ; since that date payment has been made on 2,513 shares. Arrangements have been made for the payment of others, and, unless between this period and the day of meeting the remainder be redeemed by pay ment of the calls, a resolution for confirming the declara tions of forfeiture will be submitted to the meeting. " There are, however, other cases in which the Di rectors have considered it more to the advantage of the Company not to forfeit the shares, but have adopted legal proceedings for the recovery of the arrears, and they have reason to believe that in these cases the whole will eventually be recovered. " The necessity of increasing the proposed accom modation at the London-bridge station has been such, that it became imperative on the Directors to co-operate with the Brighton and Croydon Companies in its enlarge ment, and they doubt not that the Proprietors will give credit for the attention and assiduity of the managers in carrying out the works. " On referring to the accounts of expenditure by the Directors, it will be seen that payments have been made to the extent of 18,3041. 3s. 4d., on account of the joint station at London-bridge. It is desirable that provision should be made to repay the amounts thus advanced from the funds of this Company, and also to provide for the future payment of those which will be required for that object, and as power has been granted to raise the sum of 120,0001. fur the express purpose of the station at Lon den-bridge, it is proposed to submit to this meeting a resolution authorising the raising of that amount, or any part of it, agreeably to the provisions of the Act under which such power was given. " In concluding their Report, the Directors desire to express their unabated confidence in the soundness of their undertaking ; convinced, as they are, that, whether regarding the cost of the hie, or the expected traffic re sulting therefrom, it must sooner or later prove itself entitled to a better position than it now holds in the rail way world. " The annexed account of the receipts and expenditure of the Company shows a balance in hand of 26,361/. ss. Id." The statements of the receipts and expenditure up . to Ist October last were then read, showing receipts 788,852/. 2s. 9(1., and expenditure 762,490/. 17s. Bd., leaving a balance in the hands of the Company of 26,3 G t/. Gs. Id. The SECRETARY then read the Report of Mr. Cubitt, from which we make the following extract. After stat ing his belief that the line might be opened to Tunbridge during the month of May next, as stated in former Re ports, it continued thus : • " Since the last General Meeting in May, the works between Red Hill and Tunbridge have been unrernYttingly pushed forward ; and, but for unexampled wet weather during the whole of the last month, all the embankments upon that 20 miles of line would have been joined and completed up to formation level ; as it is, however, there does not remain a month's work to complete all the em bankments ready fur ballasting ; and, setting aside the delay, the works are in a much improved state, from the embankments having been well soaked and consolidated before being ballasted, thus ensuring a more perfect rail way in the first instance. " It is satisfactory to report that ample stores of bal lasting, of a most excellent quality, have been foundalong the line, several miles of which , between Tunbridge and Edenbridge, are already ballasted, and about three miles of permanent way laid, on which the locomotive engines' of Messrs. Betts (the contractors for ballasting and lay ing the permanent way) are at work night and day, with the intention of completing, if possible, a line of perma nent way from Tunbridge to Edenbridge—a distance of ten miles—by New Year's Day. " The tunnel at Bletchingley is completed. with the exception of its ends and entrances, and the whole will be completed and ready for the rails by Christmas ; by which time also, or the first week in January, I expect the I , allasting sad laying the permanent way will be commenced at the junction with the Brighton line, near Red Rill. "From the experience we have now had of the per manent way, as regards the efficiency of the sleepers, chairs, and fastenings for the rails, I trust the Proprietors will have every reason to be satisfied with that important part of this railway, whether considered with regard to efficiency, first cost, or ultimate maintenance of way. In consequence of the storms, high tides, and wet weather prevalent during the last month, various state ments were put forth in the public papers relative to the e ffects of the rain and high tides upon different parts of the coast, and which were set forth in such a way as to induce the readers to suppose that injury of some kind, or to some extent, had occurred to the works of the rail way n ow in progress between Dover and F o lk estone. u Under the:e circumstances, therefore, I deemed it my t o the general meeting, to go to Dover, state of th works there, duty, previous and personally examine into the as well as on the other r portions of the line. e " In accord and accompanied by of the last y w e 'e u e r k Ca to tir ance with this tee I, the whole man, we devoted nearly.. N cotnmencing at Dover and g -11 :: objects of th is of inquiry' the line where works are iti -e pTo`:: over every portion geese, from thence to Red Hill at the junction with t h e Brighton line. It is therefore with th much satisfaction, I can m ost unequivocally state, that in no one instance have the rains, injuriously affected storms, high tides, or heavy the works of this railway; hut (setting aside the loss of time occasioned thereby) have in some instances been attended with advantage. "At Dover, it is true, the e x traordinary high tides Lute both east have interfered with the general Coast and west of the town, but not t o grea ter extent than it is also true, that has occurred at former periods ;an the late very heavy rains have acted upon the Chalk Cliffs so as to cause portions of tfit in to fall, but this, as . regards the Shakspeare Cliff, where the falls have prin cipally occurred, has no interference with the Railway Works, as the Shakspeare Tunnel was d riven throughor the very purpose and at the back of that promontory for of avoiding such casualties. And 'as regards the falls of chalk on the other parts of the Cliff connected with the works, none have occurred but where the same was - • in course of being removed in trimming down the _ Cliffs to a safe slope, or where it has all along formed part of our plans to have it removed ; and in one case, the point or promontory of chalk between the west entrance of the Shakspeare Tunnel and the commencement of the sea wall, I have had plans, sections, and estimates prepared for its removal for more than twelve months, and nothing but the great cost (from 8,000/. to 10,0001.) combined with th e hope and expectation that it would come down of itself in time, and the circumstance of wanting the means more in the Tunbridge division, deterred me from having_ it removed before this time. I am happy, h owever, to find that my expectations as to its coming down e ven w ith ou t h e lp are lik e ly to b e rea lized during the ensuing winter, and thus a large expense saved, and the face of the cliff at that point rendered perfectly safe. It is also gratifying to me to be able to state that our great work, the sea wall, which is in various states of progress in different parts, has withstood all the storms and high tides, and without injury, and already forms a most perfect security to the foot of the cliff s against which it is built; both by protecting them from the action of the sea in front, and perfectly draining them thy Me ans of culverts built in for that P urpose) from tll e land and spring waters at the back ; besides the important object for which it is being exe cuted, that of forming a railway, 12 yards wide, at its top and within a parapet formed by the whole thickness of the wall." The CHAIRMAN said, before he moved that the Report be received, he thought it desirable that he should make some comment upon the last paragraph but one, which spoke of unabated confidence in the soundness of the undertaking. Lest it should be supposed that those words were, like the Queen's Speech, a matter of course, he thought it desirable to state that the Direc tors continued to feel the greatest confidence in the undertaking. Having for the last twelve or fourteen years been much connected with railways, he had gene rally found that the cost per mile bad greatly exceeded the estimates. When he first became a Proprietor of this railway a statement was put forth that they would require a capital of 1,400,0001, with a power of borrowing 450,0001., thus making a capital of 1,850,0001. Every thing which had been done at present satisfied the Board that the estimates, would prove to have been correct, or at all events would not vary more than 10 or 15 per cent. In great works of this kind it was necessary to allow such a margin. There were railways which, after being estimated at two millions, had cost two millions and a half. In looking at fifteen different lines of rail way, he found five had cost from 20,000 L to 30,0001. per mile ; two from 30,000/. to 40,000/. ; two from 40,000/. to 50,000/. ; and six from 50,0001. to 60,000/. He con fidently believed that the South Eastern and Dover line would come within list No. I.—(Hear.) In the course of the autumn he had met a very . influential gentleman at Derby, who was a proprietor in the York and North Midland Railway, and in the North Midland. On this gentlemen asking him whether his confidence in this railway continued, he referred to the fact that the shares in the former, which had cost about. 26,000/. per mile were at a premium, whilst those in the latter. which had cost 36,0001., were at a discount.—(Hear, hear.) His confidence, therefore, in this line continued to be un abated, and if it were not, he would candidly state it to the meeting. He would not trouble this meeting any further upon the subject, but would propose " that the Report of the Directors now read to the meeting be re ceived and adopted, and that the same, together with the Report of Mr. Cubitt, be circulate d amon g the proprietors." The question having heen put that the Report be adopted, Mr. TYRRELL said, that before the Report was adopted, he wished to make a few observations. The accounts were made out in a very plausible manner; but he was of opinion that they ought to have been laid be fore the Proprietors in a more satisfactory manner. He found that 38,7021. had been stated as the value of cer tain shares. Now, he did not think that the shares could be put down at that price ; and they might never receive that sum. They could come to no conclusion as to the amount of loss liable to be sustained upon the shares from the estimates then before them. Again, he found that there was a certain sum put down for the inspection of works. Might he ask who the inspectors were, and how the expenses had been incurred ? The CHAIRMAN could not state the details of those expenses, but he could assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had not received a farthing of the sum. The SECRETARY said' that he would take an opportu nity of replying to the whole statement of Mr. Tyrrell at the same time, rather than answer detached questions. Mr. SMITH thought that it would be better to answer the question at once, not that he felt that any particular courtesy was due to Mr. Tyrrell. The SECRETARY said that if it were the wish of the meeting he should at once state that the half-yearly ex penses for inspection amounted to 143/. These were the travelling expenses of the Directors along the whole line, in their examination of the progress of the works. Mr. TYRRELL called upon Mr. Smith to explain, or to withdraw certain expressions which he had used. Mr. SMITH said that he had stated that the meeting and the Company owed nothing to Mr. Tyrrell indi vidually, but at the same time, he felt that he should be treated with all due courtesy, and that his questions should be answered. Mr. TYRRELL wished to ask next, what was the salary paid to the Secretary? The CHAIRMAN would put it to the meeting, whether the question should be answered.—(No, no.) He thought it would be invidious to call upon the Directors to name the salary of the Secretary individually. Mr. TYRRELL wished that the salary should be stated. —(Hisses.) The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the Di rectors should inform the meeting of the amount of salary paid to the Secretary. The motion was almost unanimously rejected. Mr. TYRRELL said that as his questions were treated in that way he should make no further observation. The SECRETARY said, with respect to the accounts that had been submitted to the meeting, an allegation had been made that the Company had taken credit for a sum of 38,000/. as assets in the hands of the Proprietors. All he had to say with respect to that was, that if the Hon. Proprietor who had made that allegation had looked to the debit side of the account, he would have found that the Company were entitled to an equal sum per share on the credit side efthe account.—(Hear.) Mr. PARSONS considered that it was unfair that the present Company should be censured for the course it had adopted in the management of its affairs, whereas it had, in that respect, set an example to other Com panies.—(Hear, hear.) As to the statement of the ac counts, he thought them most explicit.—(Hear, hear.) He felt obliged to Mr. Cubitt for his Report. He had some questions he wished to put to the Directors, espe cially as to the London-bridge station. The CHAIRMAN said, that with respect to the London bridge station there had been a good deal of discussion. He believed the cost of that would amount to about 170,000/, 85,0001. of which would be borne by each Company. Mr. PARSONS hoped there would be no extraordinary decorations in the station The CHAIRMAN said there was a feelinc , among the persons who had the management of that department of the folly of decorations. He thought it was very likely the Loudon-bridge station would altogether be a sepa rate matter from the other expenses of the Company. Mr. PARSONS wished to know whether any arrange ment had been made by the Directors to separate first and second class passengers as they were going to and from their seats? The CHAIRMAN was not prepared to give any answer upon the subject. Mr. PARSONS understood that there was only about six miles of the work unlet. Mr. CUBITT observed that the works might be said to be let all the way to Dover, with the exception of about five miles. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from Mr. Parsons, with respect to the permanent way, stated that the Directors were perfectly satisfied that the plan they had adopted with respect to it was the best they could pursue. He was glad to see a gentleman present who, he thought, would give a similar opinion, and whose judgment he had no doubt would have great weight with the proprietors. Mr. BETTS expressed his entire confidence in the mode adopted on the railway, both with respect to the sleepers and chairs. They exceeded anything he ever saw. The road, which was finished, was three miles, and it had been worked over for the last two months, and he should 'say'iliat nearly one hundred thousand tons had been conveyed over the rail, and this must have proved the quality of that road, especially considering the bad wea ther; and if there had been any tendency to give way this weather would have proved it. They had examined the sleepers to prove whether they had sunk from the effects of that bad weather, and they found they had not stink at all.—(Hear, hear.) He had expressed his con viction that this was the best road which ever had been put down.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He was fully con vinced that this road would not cost 30,0001. per mile, and that future railways would all adopt their plans. The materials were of the best quality he had ever seen. His conviction was, that the present sleepers would be undisturbed for 30 years, and he did not think that any other railway company in the kingdom could say the same. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Betts was the successor to Mr. Mackintosh, and he was sure they could rely on his statement. After that statement, he (the Chairman) thought the anonymous letter, or letters, which appeared in the papers, would no longer be any subject for com ment, nor was it his intention to have dune so, but that some Proprietors might have felt some dissatisfaction; and he thought he should not have been acting strictly correct towards them, had he not done so. He was exceedingly glad that Mr. Betts was present, as he had expressed an accurate opinion on the subject. Mr. BL-rrs again expressed his firm conviction that the sleeping road was the best that could possibly be adopted, and he felt convinced that the principle would be adopted on the railways throughout the kingdom. The CHAIRMAN said it must be very satisfactory to find that the South Eastern and Dover Railway was nut SO much behind the rest of the world. He was about to put it to the Meeting that the Reports be adopted, when, lines, or whether h Croydon • ie C Mr. I.Evcocx wished to ask whether or not the first r,, i , on of the railway was to be a joint property of both tlCo o m mp pa a n ny , Company would , if purchase so,w h whether share , the pay ment interest ? would be immediate or delayed, and bear The CHAIRM A N said he could hardly answer the ques tion at present. , purchase the but of l thei he thought the Company would not half Mr. ELLIOTT hopedine. would go forth t o th that no exaggerated statements believed that a grea e t itlublic, as he was one of those who from of m i sc hi e f was d one i n thi s way. But he Wlieved laic the st a t emen t s h e h a d h ear d made, that exaggeration not been r e sort e d to. H e begged to ask whether additional capit a l wou ld b e re - The CHAIRMAN Said it wps not in his that question. He hoped the statement power to answ er made would induce p ar ties possessed of that had been money to come forward, and he was sure the y w ould, after look at that line o f railwa y in a different light to what they bad hitherto done. Mr. CUBITT said that perhaps the Chairman would allow him to answer the questions of Mr. Elliott.i The cost of the engineering department would be about 21,0001. per mi le, and that department which did n ot belong to the engineer would amount to about 6,0001. or 7,000/. more ; therefore the Chairman was right when he said the expenses would not exceed 30,0001. per m il e, including the whole of the losses. Indeed, he (Mr. Cubitt) thought the expenses would be considerably below 30,000/. The works which had been completed only averaged 22,000/. per mile, and that was more than two-thirds of the whole line. 1 In reply to a question fro m a Proprietor, The CHAIRMAN stated that the railway was 78 miles 1 in length. 1 Mr. CUBITT, in reply to a question from a Proprietor, i stated that the sleepers were being liyanised.upon the high-pressure principle ; and expressed his belief that it would have a most beneficial effect in prev'enting decay from vegetable substances. 1 The CHAIRMAN said, before the question was put, be Wished to say a few words in reference to the loss of THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY, NO 26 1841. f Mr. LEYCOGK wished to ask the Chairman, before the meeting separated, whether the Proprietors had heard anything of a determination on the part of the French Government to commence a line of railway between Ca lais and Paris. Such a work, if completed, would mate rially improve the affairs of the Company. The CHAIRMAN said, that the affair had been mooted by the French Government, and he was convinced that the project would ultimately be carried out. The question was, in his opinion, one merely of time ; but the project was not in a sufficiently forward state to have justified the Directors in bringing it before the meeting. He had lately happened to have met at Dover the Chairman of a Company in the North, and the ex-Chairman of the South-Western Company; and it was certainly no little sub ject of triumph to him tolfind such gentlemen on their way to France preferring the Dover line, even though one of them was so largely interested in the prosperity of a different line. But no doubt these gentlemen thought that a voyage of two or three hours was less disagreeable than one of twelve or thirteen hours.—(Hear.) Mr. LEYCOCK wished to know whether the Directors had come to any determination to establish branch lines to Canterbury, Margate, and other towns in the vicinity of the main line ? The CHAIRMAN said that no determination had yet been come to on the subject. But that also appeared to him to be a question of time; and the Proprietors might depend upon it that as soon as the Directors found they had the necessary funds they would carry out the project referred to. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman for his services to the Company, and the Chairman having returned thanks, the meeting separated. BRITISH IRON COMPANY. A meeting of the Proprietors of this Company took place yesterday at the Company's office, Broad-street, City, for the purpose of taking a ballot with respect to the re solutions proposed by Captain Richardson, at the meeting lately held at the London Tavern. Our reporter on ap plying for admission was told that the meeting was strictly private, and that no person from the press would, therefore, be allowed to attend. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—That Toryism, the inveterate op ponent of popular rights, the very essence of which is tyranny, and the means by which it has ever sought to strengthen its position and per petuate its rule, exclusion, restriction—mono poly, in all the forms in which it can be made to operate in the arrangements of the social system—that Toryism should fraternize withChar tism, the avowed object of which is to change the very form of our national institutions, break down the barriers which the Constitution has erected for their protection, and thus let in the mass of the population, irrespective of property - to direct and control the legislative and administrative functions of Government—that such extremes could be induced to act together in a political struggle, was no less disgraceful to the contract ing parties, than it was dangerous to the peace and safety of the nation in which it took place. It would either be quietly dissolved by the con trariety of its component parts, or be destroyed by an explosion, in which the country would be convulsed by the concussion. The alliance is, it seems, at an end. The Chartists are no longer to be cajoled. The repeal of the Corn-laws— that monster-evil, which at once diminishes wages by depriving the working classes of employ ment,and raises the price of food by excluding that of foreign growth from our markets—is discovered to be of more essential worth to the working classes than the Charter's " Five Points." Though still disposed to obtrude their dogmas, and still fond of manifesting their importance by upsetting the proceedings of meetings called for purposes altogether wide of their peculiar objects— they have discovered, to the sore annoyanee of the Times, that the Tories are neither theoretically nor practically the friends of the working classes ; and that in proportion as Toryism strengthens its hold upon the institutions of the country, there will be an invasion of popular rights, and an increase of national suffering. Hence the recent interruption and dispersion of public meetings called in different places for objects in which the Tories, as a party, are known to be particularly interested. Instead of interrupting, at the instigation of Tory landlords, lecturers on the injurious operation of the Corn-laws on the springs of national industry, the Chartists now attend public meetings to insist that the distress of the working classes, produced by the operation of those laws, shall be re cognized as an integral part of the pro ceedings of the meeting. Abstaining from the tumultuous noises by which they inter rupted the meetings of the Liberals, and to which they were chiefly incited by the Tories, who instigated them to conduct so disgraceful, the Chartists pertinaciously insist upon being heard; and, in proportion as they conduct themselves with decorum, and urge their claims with respect to the rules which must govern public meetings, they in general succeed in ob taining a hearing. But just in proportion as the Chartists become rational, they are obnoxious to the Tories, and the objects of denunciation by the Times. "To muster their forces ;" and "no matter how alien soever the declared object of such meeting might be from any political aim," to "persist by dint of a preconcerted rendezvous, in obtruding Chartist amendments, where party differences cannot be legitimately introduced, and thus rudely thwarting the proper business of the occasion," is, evidently, very censurable when perpetrated against Tory assemblies ; but equally commendable when arrayed under Tory marshals and directed by Tory fuglemen, to enable them to act the more effectually against the Whigs. STANDARD.—We shall not assist Mr. O'Connell in tracing the reason of the system un happily necessary to be pursued towards Ireland, because we remember that "male tractatur pax repetitis causis dissidii ;" but we challenge any imputation upon the conduct of England towards any of her other dependencies; and it is by its general conduct a nation is to be judged, as it is by his general conduct we judge of the character of an individual. Must we add, that it is by such general conduct we are, in the absence of other proof, to judge of the individual who is found an exception. If we find a man of sound judg ment,dealings, pure in his m in Iris sentiments, and kind upright generous in his to all his children but one, we are apt to conclude that there must be something in the character of the excepted one to justify a distinction. This conclusion would not be much shaken if the excepted one should place himself under the guidance of a domestic O'Con nell, teaching his pupil to wish for the ruin of his father and his family to supply an occasion of a scramble profitable to himself. The spirit of li berty, as we have said, is libelled and misrepre sented in company with England. " History af fords no confirmation of the fact that in the degree in which freedom is possessed by a nation is its injustice towards dependent nations." History attests the very opposite. 'While Greece was free the Greek colonies enjoyed the same freedom with the parent States, and protection into the bar gain. The Morning Chronicleis mistaken in speak ing of Sparta as a free State, and of the Helots as a dependent State. Sparta was governed by a grinding oligarchy with monarchical forms; and the Helots, who were przedial slaves, had no State. Rome, during the period of her freedom, crave the same freedom to all her' depen dencies—they were either incorporated into her own State, or protected in the enjoyment of all their own institutions, like ' the Tuscan Care. Of England we have already spoken. The reason of the opinion propounded by the Morning Chronicle ever having received a moment's coun tenance from rational men will occur upon a very little reflection. Under an absolute Govern ment all are equally slaves, and the dependent State feels nothing to mark a condition of inferiority. Under a free Government the de pendent State must be always one degree less free than the metropolitan State, or it would not be dependent. Wise men submit cheer fully to this slight inferiority as the price of a cheap protection, but the perverse and silly see in it, a constant occasion of discontent—a never &Hing topic of seditious excitement. Hence the dependencies otta; free State are, like all other free States, more prone to rebellion than the de pendencies of a despotism; but rebellion must be guarded against by rigorous laws and punished with seventy—and such rigorous laws and such severity pass. for injustice with the unthinking. It may be observed, however, of all free States, and of our own country in particular, that the State always punishes its own rebels more se verely than the rebels of its dependent States. If the Bristol and Nottingham incendiaries had been Irishmen they would not have been hanged. Mr. O'Connell went at large while Messrs. Feargus O'Connor and Bron terre O'Bri en occupied felons' dungeons; for though Ireland is not a d epen d ent St a t e , b u t an inseparable part of the allowed to enoy all the advantages, f r ee from the disadvantages, geoaft dependence.metro ol p it an State, Ireland is The Marseilles journals relate the following lamentabl e acc id ent:— O n t h e evening of the 17 th inst. the steam towi ng - vesse l Utile, Captain Andr ac , was bringing into the harbour t wo vessels, heavily laden with coals, when one of them was fou nd likely to be d rawn under water. Upon this the men of the steamer called to those in the vessel in question to cut the hawse, and take to their boat. This was done while th e rope was at its full stretch, and the re coil was so v i o l ent, t h a t it struck Captain Andrac on the head, th rew hi m to a distance against the bulwarks, split his skull, the barges sunk, an d o f three men who were in them, was one only and killed him. I n the confusion both of saved by the boat of the Utile. 184,0001. It must be recollected that great benefit had resulted from the slow way in which they had proceeded. He believed that had they gone on as railways generally had done, both their present and future expenditure would have been much heavier than they wero likely to be under present circumstances. A PROPRIETOR made some allusion to the manner of constructing the stations. Having lately been abroad and seen the way in which such things were done in other countries, he hoped the stations would be such as Englishmen might be proud of. He would rather re ceive a less dividend than sacrifice such an object.—(A laugh.) The CHAIRMAN was in favour of erecting temporary stations for one or two years. They might then, if they found themselves in a position to do so, erect stations of a more ornamental kind. The great evil in railways generally was, that expensive work had been constructed before they were opened, which might easily have been deferred to a subsequent period. The resolution for the adoption of the Report was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Resolutions were then passed, declaring a great num• ber of shares to be forfeited. The CHAIRMAN next put the following resolution : " That the Directors be, and are, hereby ordered and directed to dispose of the shares, the forfeiture of which had been confirmed at this meeting, in the manner di rected by the Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 6th William IV., incorporating the Company." Mr. HILLYARD thought that the sale of so many shares was a matter of very great importance. Every one was aware that one of the principal causes of the depression of the affairs of the Company was the immense number of forfeited shares which were supposed to be hanging over the market. Now, in his opinion, the best mode of disposing of those shares would be to offer them, in the first instance, to the existing Proprietors, who had paid up the full amount of their calls. The SECRETARY said he believed such a step could not be taken. Mr. HLLLYARD said, it seemed to him that if the Di rectors had the power of disposing of the shares by pri vate contract, they had a perfect right to enter into such a contract with their own Proprietors. That seemed to him a very rational mode of getting rid of those shares; and he believed that if the shares were so offered, they would all be absorbed. There was an instance in point It appeared that the Bristol and Exeter Company having also had a great number of forfeiture shares, it was proposed that they should be absorbed among the Proprietors, an•i he (Mr. Hillyard) understood that that course having been taken, the shares of the Company were in a very short time raised five per cent. in the market. He believed that a similar course, on the part of the Proprietors of the present Company, would be attended with similar success. Of course he would leave to the Proprietors to say at what price they should dis pose of the shares. He (Mr. Hillyard) would certainly be ready to take part of them fur himself. The CHAIRMAN and several other gentlemen said that they should be ready to do so too. Mr. HILLYARD thought that the shares should be ab sorbed among all the Proprietors,accurding to the amount of their previous payments. The CHAIRMAN felt obliged to Mr. Hillyard for his suggestion, and he would take care that it should be attended to. Mr. SMITH said it was his opinion that the shares for- feited should be distributed and got rid of. It was the number of shares that was supposed to hang over the market that kept down the prices of them. For himself he should be glad to take five shares. The CHAIRMAN said that himself and his colleagues had been anxious to get rid of the shares as fast as they could. Mr. HILLYARD wished to know whether there would be any objection to such a resolution as the following : —" That before the Directors disposed of the forfeited shares, they should offer them to the present Share holders at certain prices." The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better to leave _ _ _ the Directors unfettered, as he was sure what had been stated by the Hon. Proprietor would have its weight with the Directors. Mr. HILLYAnn was satisfied with the assurance of the the Chairman. He was sure that what he had proposed was sound in principle, and would be good in operation. The CHAIRMAN had no doubt if the proposition of the Hon. Proprietor was adopted, the forfeited shares would soon be disposed of ; but he would rather that it should be an open question. Mr. HILLYARD thought this was a matter where Pro prietors might interfere, without being thought they had any distrust in the Directors. The CHAIRMAN observed that, supposing any difficulty arose, it would be satisfactory to him to have this ques tion set at rest; but supposing any difficulty arose, might they not be shackled ? Mr. HILLYARD did not think any lawyer in West minster Hall could object to the proposition which he had made. He would draw up a resolution as to what he in tended, and submit it to the meeting. Mr. FIELD proposed a resolution tio the effect—" That the present meeting, in consideration of the zealous and efficient co-operation of Mr. John Williams on the original formation of the Company, and heavy pecuniary sacrifices to which such exertions have exposed him, that 493 shares now forfeited be allotted to him without the payment of any future calls • that these shares be kept by the Company as security for the money lent to him ; and that the proceedings commenced by the Company should be stayed ; and that out of the proceeds of the shares the debt be paid." Mr. MARK seconded the proposition. Mr. SMITH thought they had not the power of pass ing so extraordinary a resolution. Mr. FIELD expressed a hope that the motion would not be passed over in silence. A PROPRIETOR said it seemed to him that this ques tion was quite an anomaly. The mover wished to lay out 12,0001. for the sake of receiving back 6,0001, and if that was the case, he (the Proprietor) did not see any advantage would arise to the Company—(A. laugh)-:- and - he therefore was quite prepared to hold up his hand against it, as self preservation was the first law of nature, and he thought they ought to take care of themselves. The CHAIRMAN said he was not able to speak to the subject, although he was a Proprietor at the time. Had he been able to have given any information on the sub ject, he should have been very glad. The Chairman was about to put the resolution, when Mr. FIELD said he should be glad to refer the question. The CHAIRMAN said he could not take upon himself that responsibility. The resolution was then put and lost. Mr. HILLYARD then proposed the following resolu tion:—" That if no legal objection exists to such a course, the Directors be requested to offer the forfeited shares pro rata, to such existing Proprietors as have paid up their calls in full at the time such offer is made at such price as the Directors may determine." Mr. ROY seconded the motion. Mr. SMITH said he was so satisfied with the whole conduct of the Directors that he should be sorry to do anything which might have the appearance of dictating ; he thought they should be left perfectly free. Mr. HILLYARD thought he had obviated that difficulty by leaving it to the Directors to fix the price. A PROPRIETOR observed, that if the resolution were carried, the Directors should be directed to offer the shares at a certain price, otherwise he thought they would be placed in a very awkward position. The SECRETARY said there was this practical objec tion, that by limiting purchases to the Proprietors they would limit the market; whereas, he thought the Pro prietors whose shares were forfeited, should have as wide a market as possible. Mr. HILLYARD said the Proprietors who had forfeited their shares had no right to expect any such considera tion; if they were paid the sum above that in arrear that was all which they could expect. He could not admit the doctrine that they were to bo controlled in the ma nagement of their own affairs, by deference to those who had brought them into embarrassment, by not per forming the undertaking which they had entered into. The CHAIRMAN said he was aware of that, but he for one was quite prepared to bear the responsibility. Mr. FIELD doubted whether it would be advisable to press any resolution at present on the subject of the sale of the shares. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that he could feel no objection to the resolution proposed by Mr. Hillyard. He had no doubt but the Proprietors would purchase up thq entire of the forfeited shares. _ _ _ Mr: SMITH said that if the Directors had no objection to the reiolution, he should of course withdraw his amend- ment. Mr. HILLYARD said he believed that the immediate effect of the resolution would be to raise the value of ;flares ; and, besides, they wanted to get immediate pos session, not merely of the shares, but of the money for which they would sell, for the purpose of carrying on the undertaking. If the Proprietors did not take up the entire number of the shares they would still have the public market open to them. By passing the resolution they would show the public that they wero themselves of opinion that the undertaking was likely to be a pro fitable one. The original motion was then put by the CHAIRMAN and agreed to, as well as the resolution of Mr. Hill yard, the amendment of Mr. Smith having been with drawn. _ _ _ Mr. PARSONS wished to ask what the arrears were upon the shares not forfeited? The amount did not appear in the Report. The SECRETARY said that there would be a supple mentary Report which would show that amount. The CHAIRMAN explained that it was possible the amount could then be stated, as many parties had paid up their arrears on that very day. The CHAIRMAN then put the last resolution before him. The resolution was to the effect " That the Proprietors should be enabled to erect accommodation at the Greenwich and other termini." The motion was put and carried without any discussion. Mr. FIELD said he had another case to submit to the kindness and consideration of the meeting. It was known to many of the gentlemen present, that Mr. John Wil liams was now in a 'state of great distress, with nothing left him of a very large fortune. He should move, there fore, that the Company, as an act of kindness, should vacate the judgments now hanging over him. Mr. PARSONS seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN said that for his part he had no objec tion to the motion. He believed that Mr. Williams was now in a state of embarrassment into which he had been led principally by his too kind and unsuspicious nature. lie (the Chairman) had also consulted the Solicitor to the C ompany, and he found there could be no legal ob jection to their passing such a vote. _ A PROPRI ETOR suggested that the question s hould be brought, in th e fi rst instance, before the Directo rs. The CHAIRMA N sa id t h at th e Directors could not in terfere m i n n ot t ion the w c c ase then e without hpouut an t thdeagsarenecdtioton. of the Pro prietors. The r weight Mr. FIELD th an k e d the Proprietors for the ki n d reso lution they had come to. They might go the consciousness fo m a that home. with had chp relieved ed uponan excellenthim very painfully.—(Hear, hear.) individual LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 25. OLDFIELD V. COBBETT. Mr. Cobbett, the son of the late M.P. for Oldham, was brought up this morning upon a writ of Habeas, for the purpose of applying for his discharge from the Fleet, to which place he had been committed for contempt. Mr. K. PARKER, who was instructed to oppose the ap plication, took a technical objection, and the motion was ordered to stand over. The Court will not sit again till Thursday next. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 25. WILSON. V. TINDALL. Mr. PEMBERTON(;Ith whom was Mr. Roche and Mr. Hubbock) moved for an injunction to restrain the defen dant from the infringement of a patent belonging to the plaintiffs. In the year 1829, a gentleman, named Soames, discovered a method of employing cocoa-nut oil in the manufacture of candles, by subjecting it, in packages of linen and sail cloth, at certain temperatures to hydraulic pressure, whereby a substance was produced called stea rine, and a liquid called oleine, the former of which, after being melted and purified in a copper vessel, was manufac tured into candles; and the latter, after also going through ivertain process, employed for burning in lamps and other purposes. For this invention Mr. Soames obtained a patent on the 9th of September, 1829, and enrolled a speci fication of it on the 9th March, 1830. On the 20th March Mr. Soames sold his patent to the defendants, Mr. Wilson, and a gentleman named Lancashire, who were Russia brokers, by whom it was agai❑ sold in 1834 to gentlemen engaged by Mr. Wilson in the ma nufacture of cocoa-nut candles, and now carrying it on at Belmont, Vauxhall, and in the Island of Ceylon, under the firm of Edward Price and Company. The oil employed in this manufacture was produced from a substance called copperah, which consists of the dried kernel of the cocoa-nut. At the period of the discovery a duty of 30 per cent. was imposed on the exportation of copperah at the Island of Ceylon, but which a short time ago was reduced to two-and-a-half per cent. On this reduction of the duty, Mr. Tindall, the defendant, determined to avail himself of it, and established a manufactory at Hackney, for the purpose of making cocoa-nut oil from copperah. Shortly afterwards several workmen of the plaintiffs entered his service, and communications taking place between the workmen of the two establishments, it was, in October last, communicated by defendant's workmen to those of the plaintiff, that defendant in tended to make an alteration in his business, and not only to manufacture cocoa-nut oil from copperah, but also candles from cocoa-nut oil. Upon being informed of this, plaintiff wrote to the defendant on the second day of November last, informing him of their patent and specification, and that if he in fringed it, legal proceedings would be commenced against him, to which defendant, on the same day, replied, that the process he used was not the same as that described in the specification, but founded on a principle to be found in scientific works published many years before the patent was obtained. The plaintiffs, believing that if the defendant made cocoa-nut candles from cocoa-nut oil subjected to pressure, he was violating their property, although there might be some variation in the mode in which the pressure was applied, filed a bill for an injunc tion to restrain him from so doing on the 17th November, and it being thought better, instead of obtaining the in junction upon an ex parte application, to give notice of it, the matter now crane on for discussion with all the information that could be afforded by the evidence of both parties. Under these circumstances, it was sub mitted that the plaintiffs had brought themselves most distinctly within the rules of law which protect patents, and that since the discovery of a chemical principle could not be the subject of a patent, but only the appli cation of it to the production of a new material, the invention of Mr. Soames was of this description, and therefore the plaintiffs, as the assignees of that invention were entitled to the injunction ; and, moreover, if this were not the case, that as they had been in the uninter rupted enjoyment of the patent for a number of years, and had expended a capital of 35,0001. in working it, the Court would continue them in the uninterrupted enjoy ment of it, by granting an absolute and positive in junction. Mr. TURNER with whom was Mr. LOFTUS WIGRAM, cited the " Repertorium of Arts," and Dr. Thompson's " System of Chemistry," to prove that the fact that stearine and oleine might be produced from oily animal and vegetable substances by hydraulic pres sure, was known many years ago, and also cited Brunton v. Hawkes, 4 Barn, and Adolp. 541, to prove that if there were a known principle appli cable to certain purposes, a patent could not be obtained for the application of that principle to precisely similar purposes, and the Learned Gentleman contended that the patent in question, was to apply the same pressure to a substance called cocoa nut oil, to produce the same result, and that, in point of law, the patent was therefore bad. Moreover the process now used by the plaintiffs was not the same as that used by them when the patent was obtained, there being a difference of eight degrees in the temperature at which the pressure is ap plied. The plaintiffs having, therefore, departed from the use of the patent, it was contended that if they could make out a case of infringement they would not be enti tled to an injunction ; but - it was submitt?d on the part of the defendant, that no infringement of the patent was proved. Mr. PEMBERTON was about to reply, when The MASTER of the ROLLS adjourned the further hear ing of the case till to-morrow. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 25. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) HAIGH V. DIXON. This was a part-heard demurrer, and engaged the Court the greater portion of the morning. It was totally devoid interest. A few motions of course, not entered on the paper, were disposed of by his Honour in the course of the day. PRENDERGAST V. TURTON. The arguments in this cause were brought to a close to-day. His Hortoun in giving judgment said that with re spect to the question raised by the defendant's counsel as to the of certain individuals parties to the suit, he had thought it the best course to reserve it till the case' had been fully heard, either on the part of the plaintiffs or of the plaintiffs and defendants. The cause had been now fully heard, and it was not his Honour's opinion that the plaintiff's had made out a case by which the Court would be justified in giving them re lief. It would therefore be hard and useless to enter into an investigation of the question of parties, and ac cordingly he would; not give an opinion on the points There was another part of the case upon which he did not think it necessary to decide. He wished to be understood as not in any way deciding that the course pursued by the Directors of the Com pany with regard to the' forfeiture of the plaintiff's shares, was one which ought to have been pur sued, or capable of being maintained, if questioned in due time. The opinion at which he had arrived as to that point was, that the judgment which he found it his duty to pronounce was entirely consistent with the supposition that all they did with reference to that particular proceeding was unauthorized, and capable of being successfully impeached, if impeached in due time. Now, with respect to the plaintiffs and their discussions with the Directors, those discussions were brought to a close in 1828, and from that period till the time the present claim was made, they (the plaintiffs) never resided out of the Queen's dominions, living occasionally in the island of Jersey and occasionally in England. They might, therefore, have made themselves acquainted with what was going forward. In the interval the mine being in difficulties, and the plaintiffs refusing to contribute the necessary money beyond the n o min al amount of the original shares, some of the parties interested in the speculation were found willing to struggle with the difficulties, and make a hazard in working the mine, which they ac• cordingly did during the years intervening between 1830 and 1836, when the speculation became some what profitable, and the Company became entirely remodelled, and then, and not till then, the plaintiffs, who had apparently retired from the concern when they had found it necessary to ad vance money which they were not willing to give, put forward their claim. In that state of, things, his Honour found it impossible to say that the plaintiffs should be assisted. It was impossible according to established principles, as he viewed them, to give relief to the plain tiffs. With regard to the question of costs, he would hear defendant's Counsel on it. Mr. SWANSTON, on the part of 'defendant, stated that his clients did not seek to have the costs allowed them. No other cause of interest came before the Court during the day. His Honour rose at three o'clock. During the few days that will elapse, before the Sittings after Term commence, the great mass of business to be disposed of in Chancery be fore the beginning of Hilary Term, will be so distri buted as to guard against the confusion in the general list of causes which was unavoidably consequent on the late arrangements in the Equity Courts on the establish ment of the new Vice-Chancery Courts. BAIL COURT, Nov, 25. BUSINESS OF THE COURT. On the SOLICITOR-GENERAL rising to support a rule which he had obtained the other day in this Court, in the case of Duke v. Watchorn, to set aside an execution under a warrant of attorney, Mr. Justice PATTESON said that, before proceed ing any further, they had better come to some understanding as to the business of the Court. He thought that everything moved in this Court ought to have the preference, at all events. It would not be fair that they should be flooded with the business of the other Court. He should, therefore, dispose of the causes moved in this Court first, and after that, if there should be any time left, he should be happy to hear the causes from the other Court, so long as the Term lasted (i. e. until midnight). The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded with his argument. The case was one interesting only to the parties cencerued. CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE " WORCESTER SHIRE CHRONICLE."—THE QUEEN V. ARROWSDIITIL In this case the Solicitor-General had, early in the present Term, obtained a rule nisi against the defendant for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. Rickets, a Magistrate of Worcestershire. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having been this day called upon to show cause against the rule, stated that this was the . first time the proprietor of this Paper had ever been before a Court of Justice, either in a civil or criminal cause; that he had inserted the article in question on information on whiclr lie thought he could rely; that he had since discovered that he had been misled; that he since made inquiry, and was perfectly satisfied that in the transactions alluded to there was nothing that was in the slightest degree derogatory to the character of Mr. Ricketts. He expressed his deep regret for what had occurred, and, through his Counsel, begged to make to Mr. Ricketts the most ample and unreserved apology. Under these circumstances, it would be for his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General to state whether he would press the rule. Of course Mr. Arrowsmith would pay all the costs. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the application had had been made by Mr. Ricketts, solely for the purpose of satisfying the public that there was no truth in the imputations which had been cast upon him. The Learned Solicitor-General then, on behalf of his client, expressed his willingness to accept the apology, and consented to the rule being discharged on the defendant paying all the costs. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—This is exceedingly hand some conduct on the part of Mr. Ricketts, and I beg to be understood as making, on behalf of my client, the most ample and unreserved apology. THE QUEEN V. JOHN TRAVIS. In this case Mr. Hays had obtained a rule for removing the depositions by certiorari into this Court, and for ad mitting the defendant to bail in that Court. It will be recollected that the defendant had been committed by a Lancashire Magistrate on a charge of feloniously and maliciously stabbing the horse belonging to Mr. Ent wistle, who, while out hunting, had trespassed on the grounds of the defendant's father. From the affidavits in support of the rule, it appeared that Mr. Entwistle had rode at defendant, who had held out a pitchfork to de fend himself, and that Mr. Entwistle had ridden against it. Mr. HoGGINS this day appeared to show cause against the, rule, and read the affidavit 'of Mr. Entwistle, in which that gentleman distinctly denied having ridden at the defendant; hut said that while riding in a lane he heard his huntsman's cry in defendant's father's field, when lie rode into it, and found there the two Travises, Butterworth, the huntsman, and the hounds ; that he rode up to them, and Travis, the defendant, deli berately and maliciously thrust his fork into the horse_ That the defendant was employed in getting in potatoes, but the fork with which defendant stabbed the horse was not a fork used in such work, but a pitchfork, which was polished and sharpened. Mr. Entwistle said that he gathered from what passed be tween Travis and the huntsman, that the Travises were displeased at ,his passing through the field, when he ob served to defendant's brother, " If we are trespassing we will get out, and that immediately." Afterwards the defendant stabbed his horse. Mr. Errtwistle denied that lie was riding at the defendant, but swore distinctly that he had drawn up at the time for purpose of speaking to the Travises. In this Mr. Entwistle's affidavit was corroborated by the affidavit of his huntsman and game keeper. Mr. noggins was proceeding with his argu ment, when Mr. Justice PATTESON said that it did not appear that the depositions had yet been returned. Mr. HAYES—They ought to have been returned. I obtained a certiorari to return them. Mr. Justice PATTESON-If they are not in Court we cannot go on. Mr.HaYEs—l put copies of them into your Lordship's hands on moving the rule. It is not our fault that they are not here. It is the fault of the other side. Mr. HOGGINS-Oh, no ; it is the fault of the Magis trate. Mr. HAYES—We served the rule on the Magistrate. Mr. HOGIGINS—You cannot make your rule absolute. Your only course is to proceed against the Magistrate. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Some one ought to appear for the Magistrate. Mr. Hoggins, do you ? Mr. HOGGINS—Oh, no, my Lord ' • I appear only for the prosecutor. Perhaps it would be better to enlarge the rule, and have it heard at Chambers. Mr. Justice PATTESON—I do aot think there will be much difficulty in the case. It is admitted on all hands that the man was in a passion. It can scarcely be con sidered a case of maliciously stabbing. Mr. HAYES—I hope your Lordship will fix the amount of bail. Mr. HOGOINS—Stop, stop. It is not quite certain yet. I do not know how my client may act. Mr. HAYES—Really this conduct is not very creditable to Mr. Entwistle. Mr. HOGGINS—I will speak to my client on the sub ject, and state to him what has fallen from your Lordship. Mr. HAYEs—Will your Lordship fix the amount of bail ? _ _ _ Mr. Justice PATTEsox—Himself in 2001. and four sureties in 501. each. _ _ Mr. HAYES—He is a poor man, my Lord. Mr. HocaiNs observed that defendant's father had an estate. Mr. HAYES—The defendant is one of a large - - Mr. Justice PATTESON—I do not wish to be hard Ilion him. Let him give bail, himself in 1501., and four sureties in 40/. each. He will have no difficulty in doing that, I should think. Mr. HAYES—Thank your Lordship. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 25. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE HARMONY.-SALVAGE. The two vessels proceeded against in this case were col liers, which on their voyage from the north to the south, with cargoes of coals, owing to some thickness of the weather, got upon the Whitby roack, early in a morn ing during the last summer. The wind was from the N.E. (which would blow them, if it had been strong, fur ther upon the rock) ; there was a swell at the time, and the tide was at half-ebb. Some pilots came to their as sistance in boats, boarded the vessels, carried out anchors, and by heaving thereon got the vessels off the rock and into deep water. The value of the Prince of Wales was 1,2281., and the tender made to the eight men who salved her was 46/. The value of the Harmony was 1,800/., and the tender to eleven men was 601. Dr. Addams and Dr. Robinson were for the salvors ; the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Curteis for the owners. Dr. LUSHINGTON, under all the circumstances—the value of the property, the situation of the vessels had the weather become worse, and the skill and prompti tude of the salvors—increased the remuneration, by awarding 1001. for the Harmony, and 751. for the Prince of Wales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A respectable and interesting-looking young female, about 25 years of age, named Maria Robinson, was placed at the bar, on the harge of fraudulently obtaining a quantity of books from Mr. Ewin, a bookseller, residing in Cheapside. It appeared that the prisoner called upon the com plainant, and ordered some books to the amount of 81. or 91., and desired them to be sent to her residence, when she would pay for them. The porter was then sent, and left the goods, but the prisoner made some excuse, and got them from him without paying. The prisoner, who wept bitterly during the investiga tion, protested that she had no intention of defrauding the prosecutor. The sitting Alderman said he had no course left but to commit her for trial. LAMBETH-STREET. DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.—A poor Spitalfields weaver, named Davis, whose appearance, as well as that of his two children who accompanied him, betokened the utmost wretchedness, applied to Mr. Norton for his assistance under the following circumstances:— The applicant stated that, owing to the slackness in his trade, he was unable to procure employment, and, after parting with every article of property of which he was possessed, he applied to the parish of Spitalfields for relief, and was sent to the stone-yard to break stones. He endeavoured to do as much: as he possibly could at this work, but such was the state to which he had been previously reduced that all he could earn was 6d. a day, besides being allowed a certain quantity of bread for himself and his two children. This he continued for three weeks, but finding that what he earned was not enough to procure a lodging for himself and his children, and that they were entirely subsisting on bread and water, which caused his health to be worse, he applied to be taken into the workhouse, but was refused. Mr. Hughes, the relieving officer of the parish of Whitechapel, bserved that there was a considerable doubt whether the legal settlement of the applicant was in the union at all. The applicant replied that the fact of his belonging to the parish of Spitalfields Would he easily proved by his being born in the workhouse, and also christened in the parish. He added that both himself and his children were in a wretched stare from not having changed a sin gle thing which they had on them for upwards of a month. Mr. NORTON considered the case one of destitution, and one which should have been treated differently in his opinion to what it had. The parish stone-yard was, he (Mr. Norton) understood, intended by the parish as a test of destitution. and he thought it a tolerable proof of the situation of the applicant that he had continued to work there regularly for three weeks, and made every effort to earn as much as he could. His children and himself being allowed to go for a month without changing, was a state of things which should not be per mitted. After some further remarks, Mr. Hughes said he would take the applicant and his children into the workhouse. WORSHIP-STREET. William Ashley and Dennis Sullivan were placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been fund begging in the streets. _ Police:C;nSiable N 98, produced a large square of white canvass, on which was the inscription " Spital fields weavers," and stated that he found the prisoners in Hoxton soliciting charity, and one of them had the canvass in his hands. They occasionally sang, and then pleaded that they were two of the Spitalfields' weavers, who were out of work. As he had frequently seen them about the streets, he took them to the station-house. Some of the officers of Thedouri-eaidtliat they be lieved Ashley was a weaver. Sergeant Palmer stated that Ashley gave the direc tion where he lived at No. 16, Gascoyne-street, Beth nal-green ; and that Sullivan said he lived in Went worth-street, Whitechapel. Mr. BINGHAM observed that if they were in distress they ought to apply to the Relieving Officer, and should he not attend to them, he (Mr. Bingham) would titke care that they should be relieved. Ile knew that there was a great -deal of distress among the Spitalfields silk weavers, to alleviate which some means were about to be procured; but he could not allow persons to go through the streets begging alms while support was to be had ac cording to the laws, as the benevolent were liable to be imposed upon. Ire would now send them to their re spective parishes, and should lee find that the account they gave of themselves was false, he would send them to prison. During the afternoon Ashley was brought back again, when Christie, the relieving-officer of Bethnal-green, stated, that for months past Ashley and two more men had been representing themselves as distressed Spitalfields weavers. lle had offered Ashley repeatedly admission into the Workhouse, with his wife, but he would never come in. Sullivan, he has passed three times to Ireland, and their other companion, who belonged to Edmonton, he had passed seven times to that parish. He thought it his duty to bring him, Ashley, before the Magistrate, in order to expose the imposition. Ashley was then sent to the House of Correction for a month. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Henry Shears, a seaman, lately paid off from her Majesty's ship Britannia, at PortsmOuth, was EV ENING SUN brought before Mr. Broderip for final examinatie; charged with robbing William Cullum, his shipmate,; two 51. notes, a watch, and other property , bet" Portsmouth and London. d tba The case was one of a very novel descripti on, an o ne evidence, which detailed the following facts , was g if9 t into at great length. The Britannia was paid 013th Portsmouth on the afternoon of Saturday , the b p r , inst. Shears, Cullum, and other sailors, 17 in nu afterwards proceeded to Farnham in a coach and fouhr'e and had some " fi ne s p rees and skirmishes on t road. On reachingFarnham the tars had another sP,reeeoe' and took in plenty of grog. Several loose women t n . a overhauled the sailors, and paid much attentie ° to Cullum, who at that time had three 51. no s,tes,ih,er sovereigns, besides silver, and a " bran ne w ' O . watch he purchased at Portsmouth, in his posses?lees, Some of th 2 men-of-war's men were, however, an t° t o made the land sharks sheer off, and warned rouser, take care of his property. From Farnham the sai ineed, proceeded by railway to Vauxhall, where they all di lie . and got pretty well muddled with gin, stout, al n ba s After dinner many of them separated from the others for the purpose of visiting their friends in ve three parts of London. Shears, Cullum, and i s 11, other seamen hired a hackney co ach at Val t %` o l t,s to convey them to the house of Callum's Pa l e d at in Artillery-street, Bishopsgate, and they stoPP N i t; several grog-shops to victual and water, as the ion • nesses termed it. On reaching the city end of Lon T . c . bridge one man, whose friends lived in another d% tion, left his shipmates, and William Johnson 1 0315' intimate friend, and another seaman, named Jo eto left the coach for a short time to assist their shiptnst„„h. hoist his hammock, chest, and kit on the top of leaving Cullum, who was tipsy and fast asleep, at ois prisoner sitting opposite each other. It was lts d. period the robbery is supposed to have been cornwhost Cain and Johnson rejoined their shipmates, and a the four o'clock on Sunday afternoon they ma d s et set " safe harbour" of Artillery-street, and we'`' roo ts. down at the house occupied by Cullum's P a Here the seamen drank some raw spirits, and t ls ° ji r soner, after remaining there a short tint" - , le ft h. ,ife to mates, and said he was going home to join his % e we Ratcliff. He had not been many minutes ascaT r his Cullum, who was half dozing, felt in his pockets N A o f watch and money, and found he had been robbee'ajso every farthing, and that his " bran new watch" 104 gone. Johnson suspected that Shears had been `jar sae with his friend, and had taken GOIIUdS 'V ° i t ber money without any intention of appropriating to his ,own use, and proceeded to Rateliff seam o fs of him. He found the prisoner in the 11 °, 116 1101 1 ' respectable tradesman, named Watson, in Z r o fe r street, Ratcliff, and told him he had collie ' - ', — sseat s Cullum's property, which he had taken charge 0 ,, 1- d wha t pretended ignorance of his meaning, and ast'heios''3 of things were meant. Johnson replied. ,‘ Those t" - jols Bill Cullutn's." The prisoner said, "Oh I tl i , e o°l Johnson answered, " Yes, the watch and t",,eA too ; you have got both."; The prisoner as whi n Watson for a watch he had given into his cared proved to be Cullum's, and it was delivered voteintlitrd son's hands. He then demanded the money, ;AP prisoner denied having. Johnson told him to forth' fortly his pockets, which he did, but no money ,`"- It e, coming. Shears was then given into custooP b a d ." 1 " proved by Johnson and Cain that CoL le i rjl i te ; watch and money safe on leaving the •n e .,' -' s s minus at Vauxhall, and that while be A ',' o .br i "r o b hackney-coach, between that place and Dan" - o a n d the prisoner said the watch would'nt g, e ' ear ;he Cullum held it close to the prisoner s , „I t told him to hear it tick. It also appeared t"" 4 , - , diaL a delivered the watch into Mr. Watson's care P'"l v al a` - i n say it belonged to his shipmate. The r die o eorr e "; unable to trace the sailor's notes, and nom °lleYod np ponding with that taken from Cullum wa s f°11 • the prisoner. O l e ,„ h - Mr. Hodgson, the solicitor who appeared °f ilo ar soner, cross-examined the seamen, and said, .` wa s k . ; was given to the prisoner to take care of, andhad to bable some of the loose women at Farnham his money. a 0 . a e Johnson—Avast there, Sir, he had his p01 e3 ,004 safe when he came out of the boxes on till" Vauxhall. at). Mr. BRODERIP regretted that the poor fell ° a t he the whole of his hard earnings, and coin soner for trial. CROYDON POLICE. of C sl* ' In consequence of the numerous robberies f h er; and accidents occasioned by the neglige nce e no lis vers, who generally, upon leaving them to o . o f their teams, go to sleep, and allow their hors t . s s i o neP o . along the road as they please, the Coni rnl i s j the co e r Police have recently issued instructions te r cac t i, stables belonging to that force to summon eve.yojip whom they may find asleep in his vehicle, or " h ots ; ing without reins, or acting in any waY s ,O of op t to have the proper controul and managerne'dilig horses. The police have, in consequence , 1)( .' of d in their endeavours to remedy the evil c ornplai n ' a bola at the last meeting of the Bench of Magistrate they, Croydon, Mr. M`Lean, the superintendent ot o a division, attended for the purpose of suPPn rtill . g. age it ;• ber of informations laid, under his directioens;lloo,„A different parties for infringing the law i n . ' spent. Many of the cases were of a most ag e g itl i bee t i r ie character. The drivers, in sonic instances, wet . in, t , shops drinking, while their vehicles we re s o O o r dark, straggling about the road in all directiostS,o6 according to the testimony adduced, if A ell i t 't any other vehicle had come up, a serious accede-mrti have taken place. In other cases the drivers WeO et ,c fast asleep in their carts, trusting entirely to the A tfel e ' e of their horses. The Bench inflicted fines in v 6 el o amounts upon all the offenders • they at the ° ,'#f_ g ic ' e l observed, that this offence was becoming a ni° 3 : e lar4. evil, and in their own experience hardly a ds d 'se °A,I• tp eite without some accident occurring in e onsequ e ,; - ,. They were determined to put a stop to i t - id 'nip ing heavy fines upon all who were convicted to Le n and they also said that the public were indell s d tir se d M'Lean, the superintendent, for the pain s :e ° og re ; be in the matter. Some of the defendants ha e l r VreeL e f t ioa , their inability to pay the fines, were of C° l- 1, ° committed for short periods to the Hoos, h e wou' o ffeoce• and the Magistrates said they hoped 7, e l of the warning to others, and prevent a recurre'l" POLICE Isbotir- WANDSWORTH POi' - , tsc°'" . Yesterday James Scott and James Parfi'l i srg e " t o the ing men, were brought up on a warraet,, F oging poaching upon an estate at Wimbledon , a 0' Duke of Cambridge. o> nb 1111 fte r. Alfred Dann stated that he lived at ') ° ,- to odaY, Wiar gamekeeper to his Royal Highness. Olt, roan" o re noon, about four o'clock, witness was who roan" bledon-common, when be saw the prisoners, rou nd be s head of him, enter an enclosed piece ° I g the ° O r° The Round." He followed, and S 3W loci ; about and search for game. He believe ci ow limit in pursuit of hares. When the prisoners won t tt ia they tried to hide themselves, ands cott os ge dense hawthorn to avoid him. Witness, nP„, ao , ta r , nearer to Scott, saw that he had a s he Ac b- P i td i pocket ; it was a regular poacher's gun. .- 1 4 pc al e; .),wi had no dogs. Scott said to witness, " ' 3, "° n iso netl 5 10 the wrong time of day." Neither of the Pr o any game in their possession. Scott had a r i fe ra besides the gun. „ risol l e 4l.s Mr. PAYNTER said he had no doubt the r - _ d le there for the purpose of poaching, and fin e n we d iv each, and Is. costs, or in default to be cosini days. The prisoners were both committed. ,„ '1 is PATENT LEVER WATCHES'Thstt+bitt brated construction (the most accurate on we• _ t ar e-W s r„, be made) is new offered at the follow i ng prices, .001,,, improvements, e. the detached escapement, .o' 6 o " holes, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining P tinue going while winding up. SILVER CASES. £6 With double-bottomed cases, capped ...•••••' la With hunting cases, capped ....... . .... 0 GOLD CASES. 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G. ic ooa- - c the of Sir J. G. Craig, of Riccarton, to Jan e ' i - do ve °' 1 0. of Sir J. P. Grant, of Itothiemurchus, and w , ;1 11 0 e t, Colonel Pennington, of the Bengal Artillery. ft. Sill On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, Isl i ng ton+, boo se Esq., of London, to Caroline, Baugh ter 0 1. 0,4 Esq., of Fleurier, canton Neufchatel. dot ionl, On the 24th inst., at Brighton, E. Fuller, ef ani p c r eo 4 to Frances Eliza, youngest daughter of Willi bany'ler'' Regency-square, Brighton, Esq. Lang f ier!„, On the 25th inst,, at All Souls Church, • tle " . of oft, (red ° the Hon. and Rev. Robert Devereux, Visa a er tser. l l3e . w e J to Emma Jemirea, daughter of the late G. 1:1 v f , e rcif;jl 6 " On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, o Esq., of Raymond-buildings' Gray's Inn , to of the l a t e J. Li nco l ne , E sq . 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Bedveell, Esq• an-square' tjr, On the 23d inst., in York - str eet, Portm n liter of relict of the late Captain John Hughes.„ lit jog 11% On the 2in fa inst., Kate Lewis , the id of William Bird, of Capton-terrace. On the 21st ins l t., Arthur Charles, elclee4.2°lloightl-I°ll' Clarke. of King-street, Covent-garden , . 3 .. g 4O. On the 22d inst., at Brighton, the wile 4 61 Sir William Henry Fremantle, G. C. l-1 ; kil t, 9 4 1' of On the 23(1 inst., at Eaton-place, J. J 0 0 0 1 st - • • v a,DO strO London : Printed and Published by . 1 " . No , 1 14 1 ' No. 112, Strand, at The Sus Office , o ber the County of Middlesex, Friday, ?lc"