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

CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY) The LORD CILtNCELLOR took motions and causes to day. BRIERLY V. BOURCHIER.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CRANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before the Court a few days since. The only question in the case was whether, under the will of a gentleman named Owen Gray, his son, Nathan Gray, had an absolute power of disposition over the estate in question, or whether he had only a life estate in them. Upon tine case coming on before the present Master of the Rolls, his Lordship decided that Nathan Gray had an absolute power of disposition of the property in question, and from that decision the party against whom it was pronounced appealed. That appeal was argued a few days since, and the Court now gave judgment. His Lordship, after going over the facts of the case, stated his opiLion to be that the judg ment of the Court bel4w was correct, and ordered it to be affirmed. The COURT then proceeded to hear appeal motions. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The NIAsTEr. of the ROLLS was occupied all the morn ing in hearing motions, none of which had any features of general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor Kiao ELT BR UCE. ) TLis being motion day, his Honour, on the sitting of the Court, disposed of a few, which were on the paper, and then proceed to hear causes. TEARLE V. COLT.--EXCHEQUER CAUSe. This was a suit instituted for the purpose of setting aside an annuity deed, dated 1820, for want of en rolment under the statute, the plaintiff claiming under an annuity decd from the same granters, dated 1810, and praying for an account against the second annuitant who had acquired the legal estate which was outstand ing in a mortgagee, of the rent which he had received in respect of his annuity, and that the mortgage might be assigned to the plaintiff. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM). His HoNotn was engaged this morning in hearing motions, none of width presented any feature of public interest. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) 13:100KE V. JENNY AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass, brought by Mr. Abra ham Brooke, a wine- merchant, residing at Woodbridge, in Suffolk, against the defendant, surveyor of highways for the parish of Hasketton, for having entered a certain field, his property, and cut and carried away certain trees and bushes. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Matteson, at the Suffolk Assizes, and a verdict had for the defendant. A rule for a new trial was now moved for, on the ground of the verdict being. against the evidence, and of misdirection. It appeared that the plaintiff was the owner of a certain field adjoining the high road in the parish of Hasketton, which he leased to a person named Butcher, reserv ing the trees and hushes which grew on the road side. The defendants, as surveyors of high ways, laid an information btf re the Magistrates and summoned the plaintiff; and at the Sessions it was alleged that the trees and bushes ova sung the road, obstructed the sun and wind, and thereby injured it. An order was made by the Magis trates on the 27th of November, 1839, directing the plaintiff to cut, prune, or plash the hedge, which it was alleged the plaintiff did in an improper way, and a man was employed by the defendants to do so, and it was while executing their orders that the alleged tres pass was committed. At the trial evidence of a very contradictory nature was given, the wit nesses Sur the plaintiff alleging that the hedge did not cause any damage or injury to the highway, while for the defendants it was said that the plaintiff had suffered no injury by the manner in which the thorns, tke., had been cut and pruned. Mr. ANDREWS appeared to show cause against the rule. One of the objections of his Learned Friend was that the land in question was not in the possession of the plaintiff, but in the possession of his tenant, Butcher ; but if that were so the plaintiff could have shown before the Ma gistrates that he was not the owner, which he had failed to do. Another objection to the order of the Magistrates was that it should not have been ' (riven in the alternative, " t o c ut, pr u ne, o r pl as h," as the Act the sth and Gth Geo. IV. cap. 50, gave them no power to make an order in that form. A further ob jection was, that the order did not state the purpose for which the hedge was to be cut or pruned ; and that it did not state in express terms that the plaintiff was the owner of the land next adjoining the high road. Now, with respect to that objection, the order set out that the plaintiff was the owner of the land on the right-hand side of the highway ; and he had taken the trouble to refer to Johnson's DicaOnary to ascertain the meaning of the ward " side."—(Laughter.) The explanation given was, " border, verge," or " edge," which, he submitted, was a complete and ptAirect description of the plaintiff's land. Lord DENMAN did not think it was necessary for the Learned Counsel to descend to such minute criticism— it roasted with the other side to show that the description was insufficient. Mr. ANDREWS would put an end to all the objections on that point by a reference to the 108th section of the Highways Act, which provided that the omission of matters of form should nut vitiate the orders of Ma gistrates. A further objection to the order was, that it did not set out any offence ; but he contended that the neglect to cut or prune his trees or bushes was an offence under the Highway Act. Now, with regard to the objection that the Magistrates bad no pow,r in give an order in the alternative, he sub mitted that it was for the benefit of the plaintiff that the order should be so given, inasmuch as he would adopt that mode which was likely to do least injury to his hedge. Lord DENMAN did not think that the Magistrates had acted improperly in giving the order in that form, because until the surveyor went there and examined the obstruc tion, he could not tell what would be the best mode of removing it. _ _ The Learned Counsel concluded by submitting that the finding of the Jury was correct, and that there was no ground for disturbing the verdict. Mr. BYALL followed on the same side. (The case was proceeding when we went to Press.) EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) TUE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MOULINETT. In this case Mr. Erie had obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, and the late Attorney-General (Sir Thomas Wilde) had obtained a cross rule nisi for the production of certain books. On its being called on this morning, • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Si r Thos. Wilde) said he was happy to inform the Court that upon conversation with his Learned Friend they would be spared a long argument, as they had agreed that both rules should be discharged. Rules diseharged accordingly. TAYLOR V. ALVAREZ. Mr. C. JONES moved to set aside a verdict for the de fendant which was found at the trial before the Secondary of London. The plaintiff had been a sailor in the ser 7ice of the Portuguese Government, and brought his ac tion against the defendant for 191. due to him as prize money. The defendant was an agent of the Portuguese Government. The plaintiff's attorney called upon hint, and he said, if the papers were left with him they would be examiued, and if found correct the money would be paid. The papers were left with him, and after two or throe calls the defendant :aid they were all right, and if the plaintiff called him self he would pay him. The plaintiff called, but pay ment was refused. He (Mr. Jones) contended that the promise to pay was suffi,:ient to show that the defendant had received the money for the plaintiff; and was enough to bind him. The defence set up was that the defendant was not the prize agent—that that office was filled by a Mr. Waring. Now the evidence showed that although Waring' held himself out to be agent for prize money, he was possessed of no funds ; that in fact he acted as clerk to the defendant, to whom &o whole of the funds for the payment of prize money was entrusted by M. Mendi zabal, and was the only responsible party. He sub mitted that his promise to pay bound him. The COURT thought the verdict Was perfectly right. The action had been brought against the wrong party. — Rule. refused. COMMON PLEAS._(Tiiis DAY.) EVANS V. NICHOLL. The plaintiff in this case is a wholesale druggist in and shi- London, and the defendants are wharfiu psio d to alkali, consigned owners. The action was brought (in a ss t e m rs re cover the value or a quantity of from Hull, by a manufacturer I ) • of gne to the that article, named Clapham, and detained by the defendants for previous debt on account of freight and wharfage owing ' to them by Clapham, who had.in the meantime become bankrupt. The case for the plaintiff was, that he had paid fur the goods in advance, having advanced con siderable sums of money to the bankrupt, a h o y, the value of the cargo in question, as the p re _ purchase of the drug as it should be manufac tured. Fur the defendant it was set up that the plaintiff was only the factor of Clapham ; that the money ad vanced to the latter was in the nature of loan, to be repaid as the goods of the borrower happened to be sold for him by the plaintiff--that the property . never was in the plaintiff—and that the defendants, having the goods in their possession, had a lien on them for freight and wharfarre. The case was tried at Guild hall before the eord Chief Justice, and the Jury found for the plaintiff in damages 500 L Mr. Sergeant Channell obtained a rule nisi to set aside the verdict, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, inasmuch as it was proved that the property had not passed from the consigner to the plain tiff there , having been no bill of lading or other instru ment by which it could appear that the goods were con signed for plaintiff's own use. Mr. • • s ergeant ••• ILFOURD. showed cause against the rule, and Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL replied at great length. (The ease, ‘v:ls not concluded when we went to Press.) COURT.—(THIS DAY.) In thi s cas 'WALKER V. THELUSSON. e a rule nisi bad been obtained to set aside the ca sa, on which the defendant Was in custody, on the ground that at the time it was sued out the plaintiff was an outlaw. Mr. TFIESIGER this morning showed cause against the rule, and contended, that as the defendant himself was an outlaw he had no right to come to the Court for relief. Mr. CRESWELL contended, in support of the rule, that the whole proc ee di ng being irregular, must be set aside, and that although an outlaw could not set in motion a process of the Court for his own benefit, yet he could apply to the Court for relief in a case like the present, in which he was wrongfully kept in custody. Mr. MAItTIN followed on the same side. Mr. Justice W IGHTMAN said there was a marked dis tinction between an an outlaw seeking to take advantage of the process of the Court for his own benefit, and his applying to the Court for relief from wrong. All the authorities were in favour of Such au interference of the Court, and therefore the rule must be made absolute.— Rule absolute. SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY) The whole of the actions tried were undc:ended, and the Court adjourned at 12 o'clock. SOUTH AMERICA. The following communication, dated Montevideo, August 28, and addressed to Mr. Court, of the Under writers'-room, Liverpool, is of some importance to the mercantile public:— " A commercial treaty has been concluded between the Consular Government of the newly-styled Republic of Paraguay and the province of Corrientes (the southern adjoining province, on the banks of the river Parana). We sincerely hope the British Government will not lose sight of this important circumstance, but avail itself of the first opportunity to acknowledge the indepen dence of this extensive and wealthy district of country, whose rulers exhibit every disposition to develop its abundant resources in the encouragement of free com mercial intercourse." REINFORCEMENTS TO CHINA. Major-General Lord Saltoun, G.C.H., is about to proceed to China, as second in command to Lieutenant- General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.B. His Lordship, we understand, will probably leave England in a month or five weeks, taking with him the 98th Regiment, now in Dublin, and a company of Artillery ; and the reinforcement will be increascel on its arrival at the Mauritius by the accession of the 50th Regiment, at present on duty in that island. This appointment reflects the highest credit on the authorities at the Horse Guards, as Lord Saltoun has been distinguished, through a long career of arduous service, for his gallantry and for an intimate knowledge of the duties of his profession. The Noble Lord served in Sicily in 1808 and 1807 ;in Sir John Moore's campaign, including the battle of Corunna ; and with the expedition to Walckeren. He joined the force at Cadiz in 1811, and remained in the Peninsula till the close of the war in 1814, having been present at the passage of the Bidassoa, the battles of the Nivelle and Nive, the blockade of Bayonne, and the repulse of the celebrated sortie by the garrison of that place. After the return of Bonaparte from Elba his . Lordship was again called into active ser vice ; was engaged at Quartre Bras and Waterloo, and on the latter occasion took a leading part in the memorable 'defence of Hougoumont. During the ad vance of the army on Paris Lord Saltoun was of the storming party at Peronne ; and in 1837 received his Major-General's rank, and was thus removed from the Grenadier Guards, in which he had so long and so ho nourably served. The entire force that his Lordship will carry to China will muster about 1,500 men—no unimportant addition to the troops already there. The present Government in this, the first opportunity that has offered to them, are evidently determined that thQ character and interests of the country shall no longer continue to be hazarded in " a little war." MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—Not having observed in your ♦aluable Journal any account of the Municipal Elections at Plymouth, I forward for your notice the general results, if you think proper to insert them:— Tories. ELECTED THIS YEAR. Liberals. Councillors Aldermen and Mayor 6 0 REMAINING IN THE COUNCIL FROM FORMER YEARS, Councillors Aldermen 5 1 Total Liberal Majority, 20 This majority will do much to keep the parliamentary election (should such an occurrence take place during the ensuing year) in the position it ought to be in, and where so far it always has been in Plymouth ever since the Re. form Bill was passed in favour of the Liberals. I am, Sir, A LIBERAL BURGESS. Plymouth, Nov. 9, 1841. LITERATURE. KNIGHTS STORE OFKIVOWLEDGE. Part V. C. Knight, London, 1841. Another part of this useful Miscellany has just made its appearance, and contains an account, ac companied by copious extracts, of several of our old English ballads, from the pen of Allan Cun ningham, who has executed his task in a more business-like spirit than we should have expected from one of his poetic fancy. DIBDIN'S SONGS. Part 111. How and Parsons, London, 1841. This edition is intended, we see, to include the whole of Dibdin's songs, which have the recom mendation of being chronologically arranged, with historical, biographical, and critical notes, to which is added the music of the best and most popular of the melodies, with new piano -forte accompaniments. The edition is carefully got up, and is reasonable in point of price. JEM BUNT. How and Parsons, London, 1841. Jem Bunt is the production of a gentleman who signs himself " The Old Sailor," and to whom we are indebted for many amusing stories, chiefly of a naval character. His present nar rative is, we are disposed to think, his best ; for the various personages pourtrayed in it are drawn with great spirit and attention to truth of effect; and there is a breadth and vivacity in the descriptions which the author has never before attained. The incident where a harum-scarum Naval Captain, Montagu, is represented as or dering his barge on shore ; placing it on a light frame-work of a carriage to which six horses are attached; stationing himself at the helm in full uniform, with his crew of rowers all dressed out in their best; and then rattling down the streets of Portsmouth in this fantastic fashion—this gro tesque incident is related in the drollest possible manner. The illustrations, which are numerous, are from the pencils of Robert Cruikshank, and various other artists of more or less note. As a whole, Jem Bunt is not unworthy of Captain Marryat, which is saying a great deal of it. THE FARMER'S ALMANAC FOR 1842. The Almanac of this year has been much im proved as compared with that of 1841, which was the first number of a series to be continued an nually. In addition to the calendar, lists of the Memberscf the two Houses of Parliament, stamp duties, post-office, law terms, and the usual in formation in publications of this sort, it contains very useful information for the agriculturist, ar ranged under each month of the year, grain tables, the different agricultural societies, with the places of meeting, and the names of the secretaries, to gether with complete lists of all the fairs in the United Kingdom. The following is an extract from the General Monthly Notices:— Frost and snow are the usual accompaniments of De cember ; but in our fickle clime they are varying in their degrees of intensity, sometimes lasting uninter ruptedlyfor months ; while in other winters the farmer complains that he has not had frost and snow sufficient for the fertilization of his land. Many erroneous ideas were formerly entertained of the causes of the fertilizing properties of the snow ; it was supposed that snow con tained saltpetre, and poetry failed r.ot, in its assistance, to perpetuate the fiction. "Is not thy potent energy unseen, Myriads of little salts ?" * * * * * * * " While through the blue serene, For sight too fine, the etherial nitre flies." But modern philosophy has shown other reasons for the good effects produced by snow upon the lands of the farmer. Melted snow is extremely prejudicial to the numerous animalculm of the soil ; for snow water is Ao totally free from vital air or oxygen gas, that even fish perish if placed in it. In the year 987, the frost, which set in on the 22d of this month, lasted 120 days ; and that of 1729, which lasted nine weeks, began on the 24th. But the great frosts which have visited England have generally com menced much earlier ; the greatest frost of which we have any account, that of 759, set in on the Ist of Oc tober, and lasted till the 26th of February. A family, consisting of a man, his wife, and two children, came, some short time ago, from Havre to Paris, to seek employment, and took up their abode in the Rue du Paubourg St. Antoine. After a while it was observed by their neighbours that not one of them had been seen to leave their room for several days, and at length som e great disaster was suspected. Breaking the door open, the whole family were found nearly ex piring from starvation. They related that the Lather and mother might have gained a livelihood by carding wool, but had no means of procuring the necessary im plements. This drove them to despair, and they had re solved to seek relief in death by starving themselves. Their neighbours immediately supplied them with sus tenance, and have since subscribed to purchase what was which huiredas been offered them. to enable them to undertak e some employmezt F A TAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDEN T .-- Las btxening las 3 t e u ar ti s l of an inquest was held at St. George's Hospital, n - 0 Mr. Higgs, touching the death of John Kelly, thirty age, who expired therein on Sunday night the following circumstances. It appeared in evidencec er that on the 1 4 th of September last Kelly, who wa s a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Byers and Moore, builders, near Kilburn-mill, Paddington, was engaged on a scaffold erected in front of the fourth story of one of the many splendid buildings tow in the course of erec tion in liurper•fields, between Paddington and Bay s . water, when by some accident his foot slipped, and h e was precipitated to the ground, a distance of nearly sixty feet, alighting, however, upon a heap of sand, or he must have been dashed nearly to atoms. No time was lost in conveying him to the above hospital, where it was discovered that the vertebrae of his back was shock ingly fractured, and that he had also sustained some severe internal injuries. He lingered in great agony until Sunday night last. Deceased was a single man, The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Two brothers died at a village near Reading, in 1778, one 93, and the other 83 years of age, where for many years they lived together in one room in the meanest manner; they were never seen out of the parish, and died worth 100,0004 COURT CIRCULAR. L L.ed 3r3ayur Lormichi, accoibpanied by his Chaplain, the Rev. H. Thomas, and the City Remembrancer, together with the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Messrs. Magnay and Rogers, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Pritchard, ar rived at Buckingham Palace soon after ten o'clock yesterday morning, to make their dutiful inquiries after the health of her Majesty and the Infant Prince. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday morning, and re mained to lunch with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter arrived at Buckingham Palace in the after noon, and made inquiry after the state of her Majesty and the Royal Infant. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal paid a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yesterday afternoon. In the afternoon the Nobility and Gentry, in great numbers, called at Buckingham Palace, where the following bulletin was exhibited:— " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 10, 1841, half-past Nine, A.M. " The Queen has had a good night, and is going on favourably. " The Infant Prince is perfectly well. (Signed) "JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. RICHARD BLAGDEN." Among those who entered their names yester day at Buckingham Palace in the list of visitors to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, were— The French Ambassador, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Bavarian Min ister and Baroness de Cetto, the Russian Min ister and Baroness Brunow, the Grecian Minis ter and Madame Tricoupi, the Netherlands, Portuguese, Brazilian, Saxon, Hanoverian, Nea politan, and Sardinian Ministers, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, the Danish Charge d'Affaires and Countess Bille Brahe, M. Del Pozzo, Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires, M. Mosquera, New Granada Charge d'Affaires, the Mexican Charge d'Affaires and Madame Murphy - , Baron Schleinitz, Prussian Charge d'Affaires,Foad Effendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires, M. Fortique, Venezuelan Minister, Baron de Neumann, Aus trian Special Minister, the Austrian Charge d'Af faires, Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt, M. Lobo de Moira, M. Puito de Soveral, Chev. Rebello de Carvaiho, the Duke and Duchess of Buck ingham and Chandos, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duchess Dowager of Richmond, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the Marquis of Conyngliam, Marquis and Marchioness of Clan ri carde, Earl ofHaddington, Countess of Nor bury, Lady G. Toler, Earl and Countess Glengall, Earl of Morton, Earl of Liverpool, Earl and Countess of Ripon, Countess of Haddington, Earl arid Countess Mexborough, the Hon. and Rev. Philip Savile, Earl and Countess Orford, Earl of Pembroke, Countess Dowager of Dun more, Earl and Countess Wilton, Earl and Lady Katharine Jermyn, Countess Poulett, Earl and Countess Rosslyn, Viscount and Viscountess Gage, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Vis count Exmouth, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Dowa ger Viscountess Dillon, Lord and Lady Mont eagle, Lord and Lady Trimleston, Lord Foley, Lady and the Misses Foley, Lord Denman, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord and Lady Fitzalan, Lord Campbell, Lord andlLady Cottenham, Lord Saye and Sele, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord and Lady Teignmouth, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord and Lady De Tabley, Lord Hill, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Baron and Lady Parke, Vice-Chancellor Wi gram, Lady Wightman, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Erskine and Mrs. Erskine, Mr. Justice Wightman, the Soli citor-General and Lady Follett, Hon. Captain Buncombe, Hon. Mr. Law, M.P., Hon. Mrs. and Miss Law, Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Pa get, Miss Paget, Hon. Lady Hope, Colonel the Hon. and Mrs. Rice Trevor, Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir R. and Lady Gardiner, Sir C. and Lady Bowyer Smyth, Misses Bowyer Smyth, Sir Henry Halford, Sir A., Lady, and Miss Clifford, Lady Ridley, Sir E. Knatchbull, Sir C. and Lady Douglas, Sir A. and Lady Johnston, Baroness de Rothschild, ' Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, Sir G. and Lady Seymour, Miss Seymour, Cap tain and Lady E. Seymour, Sir J. and Lady Cowan, Sir John Easthope, Bart., M.P., Colo nel Sir George and lady Couper, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Charles Bagot, Lady and the Misses Begot, Sir Robert Chester, Lieutenant-General Sir R. and Lady Barton, Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, General Sir George Anson, Lady Clark, Sir Walter Riddell, Sir Edward Dering, Colonel Sir A. D'Este, Sir T. Fremantle, Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Colonel and Mrs. Baillie, Miss Baillie, Dr. Henry Lee, Colonel Godwin, Rev. Dr. Wesley, General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, Rev. G. R. ' Gleig, Colonel Sir J. M. and Lady Wilson, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Mr. Armstrong, Q. C., Mr. Cresswell, M.P., Q. C., Mr. Selwyn, Q. C., Mrs. and Miss Backhouse, Mrs. Farrel., Mr. E merson T ennent, Mr. C. Buller, M.P., Mr. J. G. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Murchison, Mr. Burge, Q.C., Mr. W. H. Bodkin, M.P., Mr. G. Chilton, Q.C., Mrs. and Miss Canning, Mr. D. Wakefield, Q.C., Mr. Skirrow, Q.C., Mr. E. D. Moore, Mr. Andrews, Q.C., Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Commissioner and Mrs. Fonblanque, Mr. C. Ellis, -M.P., and Mr. A. Nasmyth. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent re turned to Buckingham Palace last evening. Her Majesty and the Infant Prince were both well last evening. Sir Charles Bagot and Lord Saltoun had inter views with Lord Stanley yesterday at. the Colo nial-office. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of the Strand Union, consisting of Mr. Edward Willoughby, the chairman, Mr. Vincent George Dowling, the Vice-Chamberlain; Mr. Shadbolt, Mr. Cuttress, and Mr. Stevens, members of the Board, with Mr. Corder, the Clerk, had a long interview with Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office, on the subject of Infant Poor Education. Despatches from the Governors of Western Australia, Ceylon, the Cape of, Good Hope, St. Helena, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday .at the Colonial•oflice. THE DUKEDOM OF CORNWALL. The county of Cornwall is under peculiar jurisdiction namely, that of the " Duke of Cornwall." The duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337, in favour of Edward the Black Prince, and settled by Act of Parliament on • the eldest son of the Sovereign of England. The Duke thence enjoyed large revenues arising from the Lordship of castles, boroughs, and manors, granted to him in Corn wall and Devonshire, the profits arising from the "coin age "of tin, and various other sources. The annual revenue from the average of the three years subsequent to the death of the Black Prince was 2,4931. 7s. 34d. ; the clear revenue in the lith year of Henry VIII. amounted to 10,0951. lls. 94-cl.; in the 44th year of Queen Elizabeth, in 160 D, it had ta:llen to 4,5691. 12s. 24d ; and at the publication of Messrs. Lysons' " Magna Britannia," in 1814, the gross amount was esti mated at 2 4 ,0001., of which 8,500/. arose from the tin duty in the county of Cornwall, and 3,500/. from the rents of manors, fines, &c., in the same county. 'The sources whence the remainder was derived are not here enumerated. Before the war of 1793, the tin duty had amounted to 14,0001. per annum. The inu nedinte . governrnent of the county was vested in the Duke, who still had his Chancellor, Attorney-Gene ral, and Solicitor-General and his Court of Exchequer ; ho also appointed his Sheriffs. The mining trade is under the separate jurisdiction of the Stannary Courts ; the Lord Warden of the Stannarie s and the Vice-Warden are at the head of this jurisdiction, with a final appeal to the Duke and his Council. The miners claim to be free from all jurisdiction, except that of the Stannary Courts, ex cept in cases affecting land, life, or limb. The Vice- Wardea's Court is held once a month, and is a court of equity for all matters relating to the tin mines and trade. No writ of error lies to the Courts at Westminster, but there is an appeal to the Warden, and from him to the Duke in Council; or, when the duchy is vacant, to the the Stan nar y C ourts, Sovereign in Council. Issues are freq uent l y di rected by the Vice-Warden to be tried in -~...._ which are held at the end of every three weeks, be fore the Ste xard of each of the four Stannaries, or mining districts—namely, Foymore, Biackmore, Tywarn hale, and Penwith and Kerrier. In those Courts all civil actions, in which eitker plaintiff or defendant is ,a privileged tinner, are tried before the steward and a jury. From those Courts an appeal lies to the Vice-Warden, and from him as in other 2 cases. The stannary laws are revised, or new ones enacted, by the Duke and his Council, with the consent of what is called " the Stan nary Parliament," ctersisting of 24 stannators, gentlemen of property in the mining districts, six being chosen for each stannary. Those for Foymore are chosen by the Mayor and Corporation of Lostwithiel ; those for Ty warnhale, by the Mayor and Corporation of Truro ; and those for Penwith and Kerrier by the Mayor and Corpo ration of Helstone. The last Stannary Parliament was held in 1752, at Truro, and continued by adjournments to September, 1753. The stannary laws have been re peatedly published. The "Stannary Prison" was at Lostwithiel, but by the Act of William IV. is now at Bodmin. The ancient records of the stannaries were kept at Lost withiel till they were burnt in 1644 by the Parliamentary army in the civil war of Charles the First's reign. An Act was passed in the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 106, entitled " An Act for the better and more ex peditious Administration of Justice in the Stannaries of Cornwall, and for enlarging the jurisdiction and improv ing the practice and proceedings in the Courts of the Stannaries." By the fourth section of that Act the equit able jurisdiction of the Vice-Warden is extended to all matters connected with the working of lead, copper, or other metal, or metallic minerals within the county of Cornwall. By the sixth section the Stannary Courts were consolidated, and were to be held before the Vice- Warden, who was to have tho same authority that the Stewards had. The Vice-Warden, by section 14, is au thorised to make rules and orders for the regulation oe. the practice and proceedings of his Court. Such rules as relate to the equity side of his jurisdiction are to be con firmed by the Lord Chancellor ; and such as relate to the common law side by one of the Judges of the Supe rior Courts of Common Law at Westminster. The Vice- Warden's Court is constituted, by section 21, a Court of Record, and is held at Truro. A FORM OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD, For the safe delivery of the Queen, and the happy birth of a Prince ; to be used at Morning and the Evening Service, after the General Thanksgiving, in all Churches and Chapels throughout England and Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 14th day of this instant November, or the Sunday after the respective Ministers thereof shall receive the same : " 0 merciful Lord and heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased, we most humbly offer unto Thee our hearty thanks for Thy great good ness vouchsafed to Thy people, in delivering Thy servant our Sovereign Lady the Queen from the perils of child birth, and giving her the blessing of a son. Continue, we beseech Thee, Thy fatherly care over her; support and comfort her in the hour of weakness, and day by day renew her strength. Preserve the infant Prince from whatever is hurtful either to body or soul ; endue him, a.s he advances in years, with true wisdom ; and make bin, in due time, a blessed instrument of Thy goodness to this Church and nation, and to the whole world. Regard with Thine especial fay . our our Queen and her Royal Consort, that they may long live together in the enjoyment of all earthly happiness, and may finally be made partakers of everlasting glory. Implant in the hearts of Thy people a deep sense of Thy xi anifbld mercies, and give us grace to show forth our thankfulness by dutiful affection to our Sovereign, by brotherly love one towards another, and by constant obedience to Thy commandments ; so that, passing through this life in Thy faith and fear, we may in the life to come be received into Thy heavenly kingdom, through the Merits and Mediation of Thy Blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The present Prince of Wales is understood to be in every respect as robust and finely-formed a child as George the Fourth, who even in the third year of his age, was considered to possess so handsome a form as to have been selected as a model of ' early beauty. In the old Palace of Kew, we believe, there still remains a whole length figure of his Royal Highness in wax, naked, and lying on a couch of crimson velvet, as if just undressed. His left leg is drawn up, and his right extended. He is holding up his right arm, while the left lies at his side, holding up a drapery that appears to have been thrown off in play. The whole is covered with a bell glass, from the top of which, in the inside, hangs a ring, by a small gold cord, in which is perched a dove, with an olive branch in its mouth, as emblematic of the peace which was then about to dawn upon the country. This beautiful specimen of art is executed in stained wax, giving all the animation, tincture, and softness of nature. The frame of the couch is of silver gilt, wrought in a very elegant manner. At the back of the couch is the Prince's name, and the time of his birth, surrounded by a garland of laurels. The couch stands upon an ebony support ; and the stand for the whole is a mas sive piece of silver gilt plate, beautifully wrought into foliage and other ornamental designs ; over which, in same. parts, hangs a drapery, lined with white satin and fringed with gold. On the top of the glass is the Prince of Wales's coronet. The Prince of Wales is entitled to form a household at a very early period. George the Fourth, the last Prince., appeared at Court, surrounded by the officers of his household, in May, 1771, being then only in the ninth year of his age ; and was installed a Knight of the Garter in the month of September following. His bro thers, the Duke of York, and the Duke of Cumberland (the present King of Hanover), were admitted into this Noble Order at the same time, and their appearance createel no little amusement. THE LAST PRINCE OF WALES. The Ibirth of the last Prince of Wales took place under circumstances eminently auspicious. At the moment the guns of ithe metropolis were announcing his nativity a troop of the Life Guards passed up St. James's-street, escorting - twenty waggons, laden with bullion, to the enormous amount of nearly two and a half millions ster ling, the fruit of the Spanish ship Hermione, captured in battle. More pacific and lasting, if less dazzling, triumphs usher 5u the birth of the present Heir Appa rent. A tempest was then passing in the political hori zon, which ultimately robbed England of a noble realm; but the flag of the present Prince's illustrious Mother 'low floats in serene security over regions where a slave wever treads, and the sun never sets. The following address was presented to George the Third by the City of London on the occasion of the last Prince of Wales's birth. It will doubtless serve as a .ecedent for the present : Most Gracious Sovereign—W e' your Majesty's ever lo yal and faithful subjects, the L or d Mayor, Aldermen, an d Commons of the City of London, in Common Coun cil assembled, humbly beseech your Majesty to accept otn • most sincere and dutiful congratulations on the safe delivery of the Queen, and the auspicious birth of an 1-lA'r Apparent to the throne. •' This joyful event in your Majesty's illustrious family win Always be considered by us as a substantial security to the civil and religious liberties of this your Majesty's free an d native land. _ _ " The addition to your Majesty's domestic happiness fills our harts with the highest pleasure and satisfaction, and fully . c6nfiding that your Majesty's royal sentiments ever coincide with the united wishes of your faithful peoyle, we gladly embrace this opportunity of testifying our joy, and laying our congratulations at your Majes ty's feet. ".Permit us, therefore, Royal Sir, to assure your Ma jesty - that your faithful citizens of London, from their zealc , us attachment to your Royal house, and the true lino ur and dignity of the Crown, whenever a happy est ab lishment of public measures shall present a favour ablce <occasion, will be ready to exert their utmost abilities in s uppxt of such wise counsels as apparently tend to ref, ler your Majesty's reign happy and glorious." T whicl the King delivered the following answer : " iGentlenien—l thank you for this loyal and dutiful addict , ss . Your congratulations on this addition to my farno y, and your assurances of zealous attachment to it, canni )t but be very agreeable to me. I have nothing so much at heart as the welfare and happiness of my people; and t .ave the greatest satisfaction in any event that may be at I additional security to those civil and religious liberd es, upon which the prosperity of these kingdoms &Ten ds." ILEZTOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY. P oil. Tsmourft, Nov. 9.—The news of the birth of a R oy i d F t ince, and the well doing of her Most Gracious Maj. lsty, vas received here a few minutes before three o'clo ek thig Afternoon. Immediately on the arrival of this gratifying intelligence the Standard of England was hoist N a at the forts and on board the ships of war in the barbs ar, and royal salutes were fired by her Majesty's ships, Victory, 3t. Vincent, and Excellent, and by the guns..of the batter.ies. The bells of the various church e s were , : set ringing, t and every public demo ns t ration of joy was (Y. xhibited up on so aus picious an event as the birth of t Prix ice who, in all probability, is destined to be the future • Sovereign of th e s e realms. ..Ad miral Sir Edward Codrington presided over a very laa go meeting this evening, held for the benefit of an in stil uticm of which the Queen is the Patroness — the Sch aol for the Orphan Children of Seame n and Marines. In tl le course of his Address he stated that it was a sub ject . of cl k 'ep congratulation to all, that the Sovereign had that day g, iven birth to a son who would succeed to the Gov( nr nmen t of the kingdom.---(Loud cheering.) No other country was so happily ruled as this. Our system of Go remittent was most admirable. It had carried us throril ;h every danger, and the greatest benefit had arisen from : it. He therefore thought that the circumstance of her A' lost Exceller:t Majesty having that day given birth to a s on who would perpetuate this system, was a sub ject a pon which all shouid reloice.—(Loud cheers.) Her 2tiaje ;ty had given twenty guineas to that Instituton.— °(Ghe Jrs.) That was only one of the very many chari tits. 1 ,ehich her Majesty snimorted. It was no t, p erha p s, g ( m (u ally kno w n, but was nev ertheless true, that our M 'ost , Excellent Q u een ex p e nded annually i n charit y the en ornin us sum of thirty thousand tpound s.— ( Loud and col itinue d cheering.) Sh e h a d shown herse lf p ossessed of all the 'se kind, benevolent, and nob le feelin g s that wo; Ad adorn even th e h um blest station of l ife, while at the sal ne tin, e she displayed all that dig nit y and g race so s re) 1 calcula:ed to shed an additional lustre on the ele vate d position in which it had pleased God to place her. Li N ERPOOL.—Oa Tuesday night, shortly after nine o'clo 01 :, a special messenger arrived in Liverpool with a dispat .11 from the Hone-office for his Worship the liayoi ~ announcing the birth of the Prince of Wales. The 1 tppy news was quick.'v disseminated through the thr oughot. town. It was announced at the theatres, where brilliant "Gc,d E ave our gracious ppinesa • l e a n t It o n u!) o by y l o t y h a e l audi t jik es• received the ne-Ns with loud hurrahs, and orch .estr , a, amid the shouts Q li a e n e d n' c ' o w n a g s ra sttur hea rts. The bells of St. Peter's rang a welcome, and ha to the infant Prince and the Royal mother. 1 our land all will join in wishing long life and 1 The messenger who brought the above immediaely gaged a steamer and proceeded. to Dublin. BRISTOL.—The news diffosed universal joy and con gratulation. The bells were ringing in all parts of the city, and every opportunity taken to express the general satisfaction. At the Promenade Concerts in the evening " God save the Queen " was played at the opening amidst rapturous applause, the audience joining in the choruses. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.- The intelligence of her Ma jesty's accouchement reached Windsor within less than two hours, and a royal salute of 42 rounds was fired from the ordnance of the corporation (consisting of six twelve pounders, presented by Viscount Ashbrook), in the Bachelors' Acre, under the superintendence of the High Constable, and the Corporation gunner. The bells of St. George's chapel and the parish church rang continuously throughout the day. In the evening Mr. Sharman, a loyal inhabitant of Windsor, brilliantly illuminated his house in celebration of the happy event. In addition to other devices there was a large transparency, representing the eye of providence, and underneath the inscription, " God bless the Queen." Preparations will be immediately made for rejoicings at Windsor upon a most extensive scale. BRISTOL, TUESDAY.--This event was announced in the early part of the afternoon. The bells were in stantly in motion, and every opportunity taken to testify he general joy. At the Merchant Venturer Society's dinner, which happened the same evening, " The health of her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales" was received in the most enthusiastic manner, and at the Promenade Concert, at the theatre, the au dience joined heartily in the chorus to " God save the Queen," which was played with good taste and effect at the opening. KlNGSTON.—lmmediately on information of the joyous event reaching this place, the bells rang many merry peals, and the guns kept firing until nearly midnight; health and long life to the Prince seemed to be on the tongue of every one. At the Sun Posting Inn an excel lent supper, consisting principally of game, was served up in Mr. Russell's best style, and the health of the Prince was received in the most loyal and enthusiastic manner. It may truly be said that the joy is universal. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY no-HT.—The news spread with rapidity, and crowds flocked to the News-room agents, and places of public resort, to ascertain the particulars of the joyous event. The bells struck up a merry peal, and one feeling of joy seemed to pervade all classes. The event has been, indeed, anxiously looked for, and I may say with perfect safety, there never was an event connected with royalty in this country, which caused more universal exultation, than the safe delivery of her Majesty Queen Victoria of a Prince of Wales. LITERARY iNSTITUTION, ALDERSGATE-STREET. MR. lIAYDON'S LECTURE. Mr. Haydon, last evening, delivered a most interesting lecture on the Elgin Marbles, at the above Institution. Of all men living, Mr. Haydon is the one best qualified to lecture on such a subject. He was the first person in this country who was permitted to make drawings from them, and when all the English world of art, led away by the ignorant criticism of that vastly overrated man Payne Knight, affected to doubt their genuineness as works of Phidias, and to sneer at their beauties, Mr. Hayden, strong in the enthusiasm of youth and genius, through evil report, and good report, continued to bear witness to their truthfulness and sublimity, until at last, when Canova came to this country, and expressed his admiration of these divine works, the English nation came to the conclusion that the young student was right, and the old pedant was wrong ; and the Government purchased, for a miserably inadequate sum, these price less gems, and deposited them as national property in the British Museum. It was a proud day for Mr. Hay don, the day on which these glorious remains of ancient genius were deposited in their present resting-place ; and, as might be expected, he alluded with feel ings of natural satisfaction to his triumph over the conventional cliques, who, because they were unable to understand, attempted to depreciate these sublime realizations of the mighty conceptions of the Prince of Sculptors. His refutation of Payne Knight was complete and triumphant. His strictures on the conduct of the Royal Academy as a body were richly deserved, and well laid on ; but we cannot say so much for his attempted vindication of the conduct of Lord El gin, and his attacks on those who had expressed their deep disgust at his Lordship's conduct. That many of the dilletanti, those curses of the arts and artists, may have been influenced by envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, we are willing to admit ; but among the vituperators of Lord Elgin must be numbered many who, like Lord Byron, held the same enthusiastic faith in the regeneration of Greece, that Mr. Haydon himself held in the genuineness of the marbles, and who therefore could not withhold the expression of their ge nerous indignation against the man who had despoiled an oppressed but noble-minded people of all that was left them in their captivity, the monuments of their former greatness. It is no vindication of Lord Elgin's conduct to say that if he had not robbed the Parthenon the French or the Turks would have done so. Can English men be justified in embarking in the slave trade because if they do not steal Africans the Portuguese and the Brazilians will ? Besides, the same interest which enabled Lord Elgin to procure a firman autho rising the removal of the marbles would have procured him a firman commanding their preservation. In whatever point of view Lord Elgin's conduct may be regarded, it appears to us morally unjustifiable. With this exception the lecture of Mr. Haydon was every thing that could be desired. His description of his night musings among these life-like creations of the genius of the olden time was a perfect poem. The lecture-room was crowded to the ceiling, even the side galleries were crammed. Throughout the whole lecture Mr. Haydon carried his auditors completely with him, and he was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering. . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH.—The Seringapatam, 46, in charge of Captain W. Johnson, Captain Leith having been inva lided, arrived on Saturday from the West Indies, and sailed to the eastward on Monday to be paid off. This ship has been upwards of four years and a half in com mission, principally employed on the Leeward Islands station, and has been relieved, pro tempore, by the Pique, 36, Captain Yates. Commodore Douglas, late senior officer at Jamaica, came home in the Seringapatam, and has joined his family in this neighbourhood. It is un derstood that the ship will be re-commissioned, if found serviceable. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Rich Owen, K.C.8., has struck his flag on beard the Queen, 110, and left for London. Every exertion is making to complete her for departure to the Mediterranean in the early part of December. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, will go to Spit head on Thursday, be paid advance of wages, and em bark the new Governor-General of Canada for convey ance to New York. She will thence proceed to Halifax, to receive the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., who will set sail in her to visit the several Islands within the limits of his command, accompanied by the steam tender Carron. The Siren, 16, Commander Smith, and Thunder sur veyinc, ship, Commander Barnett, have passed by this port for Plymouth. the former for China, and the latter fur -the West Indies. The Apollo troop ship, Commander B. M. Festing, is preparing to convey the 98th Regiment to China. The Resistance, 42. will shortly be commissioned at Plymouth as a troop ship. At Spithead—No ship of war.- In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Queen, Britannia, Victoria, Illustrious, Royal ,George yacht, Excellent, Warspite, Vindictive, Belvidera, Hazard, North Star, Orestes, Apollo, Viper, Sapphire and Echo steamer. SUSTECTED MURDER OF THE LATE MR. WM. BROOMHEAD, JUN. (From the Skflield _ In consequence of a strong impression on the minds of the relatives of the above lamented individual that he was robbed of a sum of money after the discovery of the body, Mr. Raynor, the superintendent of the police, was re quested to proceed to the spot and investigate the matter. Accordingly last week he went there, accompanied by Mr. Ellis Broomhead, brother of the deceased ; upon in quiry, such information was obtained as caused him to direct tho apprehension of three individuals, who were brought before the Magistrates at Bicester. The follow ing evidence was adduced:— Susan Hine, of Blackthorns, said that on the 11th of October last I set off along with my sister Rebecca to Thame Fair. When we got on Blackthorne-bridge we saw, in the second field from the road, Ezekiel Savage, Thomas Penn, and Wm. Penn, stooping down and doing something at what they had got out of the water. When we returned home, we heard a man had been found drowned. I told my mother we had seen the prisoners standing beside the brook. Savage hearing of this, sent for me, and told me to hold my tongue, and gave me 10s. Another time he gave me ss. None of the prisoners said what they had found. We thought it was a calf. Rebecca Hine, her sister, gave similar testimony. Mr. Norris deposed to the boy, William Penn, giving information of the discovery of the body, on Monday morning, Oct. 11. He found the deceased lying with legs in the water nearly up to the middle ; his body was out of the water, his waistcoat nearly, if not completely, unbuttoned, and lying open ; they found in his pocket five sovereigns, and 9s. 4d. in silver, and the book now in possession of Mr. Ellis Broomhead; there was nothing in his inside waistcoat pocket. Robert East, agent of Mr. Ward, of Ainslow-wharf, said that on the 12th October, Savage came to the wharf, and purchased of witness a load of coals, and tendered a 51. note. Thinks it was an Aylesbury note. Other witnesses spoke as to notes tendered by Savage. Mr. Stride, police-officer, Bicester, apprehended the three prisoners, and found a quantity of drapery and the two bills now produced of goods bought at Mr. Hitch man's and Mr. Gardener's, drapers. The prisoners were remanded to Oxford for three weeks, to give time to .trace the notes. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA . — TiIe A mer i can line-of-packet ship Gladiator, Captain Thomas Britton, commander, left the St. Katharine's Dock yesterday morning in tow of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer the Royal Sovereign for New York, with fifty emigrants on board, who intend to settle in the United States. Th ere were f or t y i n th e s t eerage , prin cipally small farmers, end ten chief cabin passengers. The Gladiator has taken out a large cargo of every de scription of British manufactured goods, and her freight is larger than any of the American liners which have sailed from London during the present year. The num ber of emigrants, however, is unusually small, the liners generally taking out about 220 passengers. The small number on this occasion is accounted for by the ad vanced period of the season. The Royal Sovereign was to tow the Gladiator to the Downs, and she will leave Portsmouth this day. The Gladiator is a fine ship of 700 tons burden, and made her last trip from New York to St. Katharine's Docki n sixteen days._ BIRMINGHAM ANTI-CORN-LAW ASS( Wednesday evening the most important and numerous meeting yet held connected with the above Association, took place in the Committee-room of the Town-hall, at half-past six. Wm. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., the President of the Asso ciation, rose and was received with loud and long-conti nued cheering. He said, under whatever aspect the Corn-laws are viewed, one prominent object is ever visi ble. We never, for one moment, lose sight of the fact, that these laws are a contrivance of the Legislature for raising the price of corn, to make the chief support of life among ninety-nine out of every hundred of our fel low-countrymen (agricultural labourers as well as our arti sans) dear. There are, however, Gentlemen, two principal pleas on which these laws are defended. One is, that it is necessary to make us independent of foreign nations ; the other, that it is essential that we should protect native industry. As regards the first, Gentlemen, I make bold I to say, that we arc not now independent ; that we have not been independent ; and that we never can be inde pendent.—(Hear, hear.) The recent large importations of corn, the extensive orders for corn now in every grain I market in the Mediterran ea n, su ffi c i en tly p rove tht.— (Cheers.) The history of the last half-century shows that we have not been independent ; nay, Gentlemen, it shows much more than this. During the war with France, at a time when Napoleon's power was at its ze nith—when our demand for foreign supplies of corn was great and pressing, great as was our dependence—great i as were the obstacles raised against u s , n ever were our importations more easily effected —never, I believe, was I so large a quantity of corn imported in a given period.— (Hear and cheers.) That we never can be independent, must be self-evident to all who reflect that our popula tion is increasing at the rate of nearly 300,000 a year, whilst our arable land is, I believe, not only not aug menting, but, from various causes, undergoing some dimi nution even in extent.—(Applause.) As regards the plea of protection, it resolves itself into this consideration. If protection be a good principle, its application should be universal. If it be good for the farmer it is good for the manufacturer—it is good for everybody. Now, re member, Gentlemen, that the effect—the very object of protection is to raise prices —to make the protected articles dear.—(Hear.) Dearness, therefore, if this principle be correct, is a blessing. The farmer who can purchase a certain quantity of hemp or tallow, or any other foreign production, with one day's labour abroad, which he can only get with two days' labour at home, is bound by this principle rather to give two two days' labour than one for the same article ; and the manufacturer is instructed that it is his interest to buy corn with two days' labour here, which he could procure with one day's labour abroad. We are thus taught, Gentlemen, that labour—the curse of God upon offend ing man—is a thing to be cherished. Before I sit down, however, let me add one or two words with reference to the Association, at whose summons you are present this evening. —(Cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) It is now several weeks since that Association waa established ; and though it already numbers many hundred members, I confess that I am disappointed that its hundreds are not thousands.—(Hear, hear.) The worst and most obstinate enemy we have to encounter, Gentlemen, is that prostrating apathy of the public mind which has so long, unhappily existed. Gentlemen, the enemy is at the gates. We must be up and doing.—(Loud cheers.) The time for parley is over. We must not stop to scrutinise each other's politics.—(Applause.) Every honest man, be lie Tory, Whig, Radical, or Chartist, prepared to do battle, lawfully and peacefully, against the Corn-laws, is a friend. I, for one, will join him. I will toil with him. We have toiled, and we will toil, and with the aid, or, if needs must be (which God forbid !) without the aid, of the higher and wealthier of our fellow-townsmen—with justice, peace, law, and order on our side,—we must and will triumph.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. 'THOMAS SWAN then moved the first resolu tion, expressive of the opinions of the meeting respect ing the injurious effect of the Co r n-l aw ; an d in doing so said : In the month of August I had the pleasure of attending a Conference of Ministers of all denomina tions, held in Manchester, on the subject of the Corn laws ; 650 were present, and 1,500 are pledged to agita tion on the subject.—(Cheers.) By that movement the men of Manchester did themselves immortal honour:— (Cheers)—and the beneficial results of that movement may be incalculable. Only think of the injustice of this law. By Mr. Cobden it has been demonstrated that the working classes in .this country, whose wages average 10s. a week, are paying. an income-tax of 20 per cent. on the article of bread alone- —while the nobles and the millionaires are scarcely paying a fraction.—(Shame.) The working classes of this country seem to me, like the Saviour of the world, to be crucified be tween two thieves—the great landed proprietor on the one hand—the grasping, grinding capitalist on the other.—(Loud and continued cheers.) 'The goodness of God is impeded in its benignant course towards them Shall we not interfere on their behalf? With regard to the effect of these laws, what can be more disastrous? —(Hear.) The country is in a fearful state; our mer chants and manufacturers are overwhelmed with the most gloomy foreboding.—(Cheers.) They are outdone by foreign competition.—(Hear, hear.) The trade is fast leaving the country. The Continent will manufac ture for herself—America will manufacture for herself; whereas, but for these laws, the corn of these countries would have been willingly given in exchange for British manufactures. Even the home trade materially suffers. Thousands of honest people are starving for want of food, &c. The steam-engines, in many dis tricts, are stopped; the mills and the manufactories are closed.—(Hear, hear.) Are not these things disastrous? Is it our immediate duty, then, in every legitimate mode, to agitate for the immediate, unconditional, and total re peal of these lawi.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. GODDARD seconded the resolution in an able speech. Mr. SALT and the Rev. Mr. SIBREE also spoke in fa vour of the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. HUGH HUTTON moved the second resolution. He rejoiced to find that the Association, of which he would soon have the honour of being a member, had adopted one invaluable rule for regulating the admission of members ; it fixed the actual subscription of indivi duals at one shilling, and, in order to render it more convenient for the poorest person in the community, they had issued half-yearly tickets at sixpence each. Now, if every working man in Birmingham who felt aggrieved at the Corn-laws, would only put down his sixpence half-yearly, he (Mr. Hutton) believed the Corn-laws would, in twelve months, be matter of history. Mr. Alderman VAN WART seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. After some further resolutions had been adopted re lating to the laws and regulations of the Association, The Rev. JAMES ALsor proposed the next resolu tion. He said that nothing astonished him more than the patience of the suffering population of this country. When he read, in the accounts from Leeds, that it had been ascertained that several thousand persons were living upon eleven-pence halfpenny per week, and se veral thousands were living upon fourpence halfpenny a week—(Cries of " Shame ")—he must say, he felt it an honour to belong to a country where so much patience and so much long suffering had been exemplified, lie had the honour of being one of the 650 ministers who had attended the Conference at Manchester; and on that occa sion, in a conversation with Mr. Cobden, he asked that gentleman how it was that the working men of that town were so well instructed upon the subject of the Corn laws ; to which he replied, that they had put the sub ject before the people in a plain simple form, and made them clearly understand it. He (Mr. Alsop) held in his hand a few of the tracts, which were circulated at Manchester ; and, with their permission, he would read an extract from one of them, which would show the manner in which they instructed the people. The Rev. Gentleman then read the following quotation from one of the tracts, and concluded by recommending the adoption of similar publications to the Birmingham Association : " READ, MARK, AND LEARN. 1821 Population of the United Kingdom... 21,193,458 1831 do. do. ... 24,321,934 1841 At the same rate of increase as the above, viz., 15 per cent. in 10 years, the population will be • 27,971,084 " Our population increases nearly half a million every year. There are a thousand more persons in this king dom to-day than there were yesterday ; there will be a thousand more to-morrow than there are to-day ; and every day there are an additional thousand mouths to be fed. But the land of England does not increase one inch in size in a hundred years. Yet the landlords say you shall not eat any corn except it be grown upon their land. Englishmen ! teach your children to lisp 'No Corn-laws I' " Mr. Councillor W. JENNINGS seconded the resolution. JOSEPH STURGE, Esq., then presented himself. There had been many persons found favourable to the eight shilling duty, not considering that it would have the effect of permanently fixing the price of corn at eight shillings higher than that of any other country. He considered it indispensably necessary to keep to the point—to the total and immediate repeal.—(Loud cheers.) He held in his hand a letter from a highly respectable person in America (as we understood), in which the writer said that the people of England would never con vince those of other countries of their honesty until they went for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. W. BARLOW wished to ask Mr. Sturge what would be the effect of the eight shilling duty? Mr. STURGE, in reply, said that the cost would be twenty millions to this country. There were some con siderations now connected with the question which he must say rather alarmed him. Formerly there were a great many persons who left this country for America, upon whom they set no great value; and emigration was, per haps, to a great extent, confined to that class. When in America lately he found that some of their best ma nufacturers and workmen were there carrying on those branches of manufactures which had hitherto been the pride and strength of this country.—(Hear.) Aware of that fact, he felt anxious to carry a repeal of the Corn laws, in the hope of retaining the trade in this country, and benefiting the industrious classes. He believed the Corn-laws had done serious mischief: The resolution he held in his hand had reference to a future meeting. He was most anxious that the working men should have correct information on the subject laid before them ; and for that purpose the Association had resolved on in viting Mr. Curtis, of Ohio, to give a lecture in that building.—(Hear, hear.) It was known that that gen tleman had already communicated some very valuable information upon the subject ; and he had no doubt but that his visit to Birmingham would be attended with the most beneficial results. It was thought that Monday evening, the 15th instant, would be a proper time for the lecture, when they could also have the attendance of their excellent friend Mr. Cobden. After The a owfa thankss then ptuot the ed Chairman carriedu the meeting broke moeuestli3n-.g broke up at half-past ten o'clock. ST. PETERSBURGH, OCT. 29. Up to the 21st, 1,038 ships have arrived at Riga. The departures were 1,054. EDUCATIC.)N PERVERTED TO po- LITICAL PURPOSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS. Sin,—l am induced to trouble you trith a few oboes.: rations relative to the late exposure of the system.ol management of Sir Robert Peel's Political CharitY School. It must not be imagined that this is an isola; ted instance of such an abuse of pseudo -charity to bas„ arid selfish purposes ; the system prevails throughout au the agricultural districts ; not a village, in which a similar system is not oil:Pail' t and exercised with the utmost rigour allw as f all recusants from the paramount doetrioe Church and State, as it is interpreted' bY t o The landed pr 0 t most intolerant disciples of Toryism. prietors are nearly all Tories, and disposed to suPP° l _ their party by any available means; not that they a t ': generally disposed to meddle personally with.the di r .4 machinery required to work the system, but they .„ gi t or a small towed, purse and countenance, and fitting agents are never 1 1 ,1; mg to execute whatever may be required of thew• ej parson of the parish—the minister of faith, lov theses tor.; charity, ar.d such out of date matters in times of contention—he is chief political age nt ; hiS l o f mediate str.ordinates are the churchwardens, somrr,. the guardians, as a matter of course, the clerk to if° union, the relieving officers, and registrar 0 O l t u ; deaths, and marriages—with a lawyer, and a few vnio teers in aid of the regular corps. Can you be at 3 , r to perceive the effective working of an organized esi blishment cf this description ? A reentry of e 01l votes i is kept, new votes are created where possible, ld ooe . objected to, and influences exercised through out seebeetYr which are irresistible ; whilst, on the contrary' n 0 ex . Whigs ner Radicals, with here and there a° ception, possess any established system vibile.v-eo Is it surprising that the Whigs have b eep why out of the representation of the counties? no° independence, or a conscientious expression of or , litical feeling in the rural districts, is a positi"2 l ,:ars dity under the circumstances—a thing of rathe r a blac k rare occurrence even than that lusus natur° , o ther swan. Not a renter dares hold openly. any What political sentiments than those of his landlord. bit else can be Expected of him ? The business of 0 , life is to lire ; did he exercise his franchise inde,Peo dently, and, therefore, offensively, he would b e t i r t e s out of his farm at twelve months' notice. —°oo trader but must follow the example af g°( l, renter, or he loses his great eustoiverof, 10 what is worse, their influence is m a " 6 , oo e , opetate so widely, that his trade is r 0 9 r The labouring and artisan class naturally . e in the wake of the renter and trader ; but inr ; i te of there are schools, national and private ; ch ar t ) clothing, fuel, and otherwi,e ; allotments cu 4 ia merciful consideration at the union ; the doo,7‘';fl/1 ment of the benefits of all which are W°01": of smoothed by marching under the " o° } , - a er s blue," whilst Dissent, po li tical or religions' " a for' effect something like a plague-spot on O°Y ;O r tunate member of the community. It is 00 , " fear God and honour the King," but, instsa °, the Church and obey the Tories." The sub's the receive but scanty fare it is true, but then they gt t al; sugar plums before menti one d i n li eu o f the substaa-ire the contumacious, beside s being h a lf-starved, in a a l'l on the scourge being applied, with an unspari n g ''„,;te on every opportunity. These ruralities are n ° ac ed' Arcadian ! Indeed, you would be surprised , a ll ' - a• r ti or, rather, indignant, were you aware of all the and injurious details of petty tyranny, originatinilLog. new system of religious and politica l superinteOrt, Happen what may, however, the victims str — di silence ; it is rarely the circumstances come b° l°l 4oo' . puhlic, for who, living within the whirl of the A L tho strom of the dominant party, would choose to sw" current of the eddy ? I am, Sir, your very obedient Serraatig. AN OBSERVE _ F MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.- - O n brig night, about ten o'clock, Captain Donkin, of t. " - g pfr Eagle, of Scarborough, retired to his cabin in its ready perfect health of mind and bode', :die; evidencing in his demeanour any syrriptows to Kiel' to create an unfavourable suspicion with respect On the following morning one of the crew eve ,4 l. t be for the purpose of calling him, imagining i r a e : sl l4l had overslept himself, when, to his sulT r evi' li horror, no trace of the Captain could be found, hesrd none of his clothes were missing ; he has w et been of since. It is generally supposed that. some, t i , e t disappointment he experi ence d in t h e previous " g reet.' the port of Clare, in not obtaining what he covoilsnd proper berth for his ve sse l, p re y e d upon his t ill etee tec i , was the cause of a rash act, supposed to be pe-13' boas in the silence of Friday ni g ht. The watch on a ge could give no account of the matter.—Limer ick fiel :Jay " THE TIMES" TESTIMONIAL. -- r v re - s tei riO meeting of the Committee upon - Pr e ' Testimonial," took place at the Mansion -11 . 1311 " 'e paratory to the meeting for the discus.eion •-• s o , details upon the subjects of the various ma tters vig elt mitted from time to timet to the Committee ; the `; or Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The minfited t ee the former meeting having been read and coarra e Lord Mayor expressed the gratification which beet, •in upon entering upon the duties of the M a yor.P,T f eiel being appointed chairman and treasurer to " th* : l - ter ; Testimonial." Sir Peter Laurie read three l e t or inclosing subscriptions toward s " t h e Times B ator monial :', the first was from M r . G o dd a rd, -;°' l for, to the Merchants and Tradesmen's Associat i.or warding ten guineas ; the second was from Br 01 7. 10 3 and Sons, of Great Polteney-street, inclosinges 1•;(101, the third was from Mr. Boyd, of the United Life Assurance-office, No. 8, Waterloo-placr%_ , .. ll 'aec re e ' inclosing five guineas. Mr. H. Hughes, the lien •• t el t- e tary, stated that the subscriptions now awe° averts Life 1,827/. ss. It was ultimately agreed to 1 to th "another edition" of the list of the subscriptiol . 9 ye eev . testimonial in question. The Committee then ad 1° WV MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF AN AC if ‘ p o't Dow.—On Wednesday an inquest was take r ' fate / Marquis of Cornwallis, Southampton-street, f ville, before Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the body, se ll' Elizabeth Howell, aged eighty, who conirai l ie e r „etr e o . e tl destruction. Matilda Howell, No. 8, e ° , ll. o deceased's daughter, said that she kep t the s'" - e e , e cer's shop, and that her mother lived „ 4 - 1 /. Y ea house. She had an independent inc o me of which was left by her husband, who was . 4 maker. Last Friday forenoon, about eleven. , rein ness heard a knocking,which appeared to pro"-' e .„,edi tl t e fi a deceased's room. Witness sent up her sonaviro alarmed them by exclaiming that her niot i : pe odf, hung herself. Witness found that she was st stsPo -f by a piece of tape, which was attached to ;I t o and from which she instantly cut deceased , ,ear; nearly cold. She never showed any 5 : ei r of a deranged mind. Saw deceased on. t e - ` .. 0 vious night, when she was in her usual spit' heard her express her fears that she woul d ce vie; poverty, and she has observed that she would f stroy herself than end her days in a workho' 1 9 e' i l tv ; Coroner observed that he had held many ing'' es I. ' s B llCieli a upon persons who were living upon their in di t property, and who had expressed their fears tl a would come to a workhuse. A person having ` l 5 fee t ' lief evidently showed a disorder of the intellect . a e ties. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. r On Monday, the Earl of Lincoln, 0 1 ) : : with Mr. Hawes, M.P. for Lambeth, and Iki- 1 :; v i er, Jr ; l : the engineer, inspected the Surrey side of the the " e ' t 'i the Nine Elms to Battersea bridge, pense of embanking the river, it bein G( intention to bring in a Bill to enable them g t PjOct e Battersea fields for a park, to ascerte s:" ee ttle" to be called t o Park. It is also the intention of the Crc constructed a carriage -road alongside th us l3 '„: e correspond with the intended road iron rs bridge to Battersea-bridge. Many of our ,mete -r"( - .ad e o r ° not aware that the Crown is possessed of t O h , - Kennington, and of much property in Lam ix 11° , ) ; ing the Common and Oval. 'this park ev " I- the al pense to the public ; it is to be paid for (Nat et, e s evc" nues of the Duchy of Lancaster. There ev )age s ' pieces of land, that will let well for detach o f ,d " 1 ~o1S1 ' ;', THE THAMES STEAM•BOAT " I 5 al . t 1„. TION.—The annual meeting of the Shareb" lfier 1" " e1 Diamond Steam Company was held at t the rill sh e d hall, Gravesend, yesterday, D r . w arr en, Director, in the chair. The facts detailed some curious illustrations of the r uinou s n,‘ an u.;6l competition in the river. After the Pre liwi f ° t ile ness of the meeting had been despatched, t: • i r i e g report was read, from which it appeared that 1 1 : 5 past year the boats of the Company had c arri ec'dlir4 0 4 . o f of 285,000 passengers, the total receipts, inO lu paid by the stewards, being 20,436/. profits earned during the past year was ° r A I Y to pay a dividend of five per cent. 2,,e'0'..//. evou' quired. P et' B eal' SO. is , FACTORY INFORMATIONS.— M r• h intendant, laid complaints at Bacup, on th i s-7te.; bj j 1 before Mr. J. Holt and Mr. Farnshaw, Mg,r-el` the county of Lancaster, against J. Ashworth, o r t s iN o l i f el 0 , , Mill, for working young persons under 18 Ye i a lye 4 49 more than 69 h ours a wee k. J. Pilling, of Ing °o t han for working children under nine years of age In hours pe f r week. Joshua Hoyle, of Plantationort'rl j e, ' j not complying with the rules and:regulati ons i specters, by fixing upon the walls of his tail t e b , e ,l llsllllll 5 0 not e u e c i o notices of time of work, meals, Seca leg the books ordered to be kept in the said rules, ,oted to Act of Parliament. , The parties were each co IT' in penalties and costs. ing A mr ? GIRL Payne held Na n iiTqouestDatEGAlTlyl;l:icorsplitS:l6o::jeti:l:: body of Jane P.. 0.55, aged 15, at l'"?' Sua gent-street, Dover-road. It appeared that etuiy",__t cit t day morning she was in tho act a taking" of her frock caught light ; before assistance en'.l,ered She lw •ct of bed, when her back being towards t he al fi l r j e li ,i tl e ° She was burnt severely in the back and neck. lece di till the Tuesday following, when she expi red. —" Accidental death." o'Cic icV 4 A MANIAC.—TuP:Aay, about 12 e in fa bit anio 7.0 e 4 soon after the buil - Ain announcing th e birth of.tnii.,_„, Prince of Wales was posted up at the M in a a female of lady-like appearance , dressec. et, i ,• 4 bonnet, dark merino gown, and mu ff and ii pet, to her way through the crowd and deliberat?, c t h , , e iii " eci down. Inspector Keogh having been inforn• circumstance took the female into custody lin e tc.. street.nntl conducteds learnedher to e t u h i e th s t g a r t i e o a n t - fiuiscon ;:r ti[ old that she was a maiden lady, name d Ann that she lived on her own property: she ar: i ies_rii, c 40 years of age, had dark hair, was of a lie". PP plexion and of middle stature. • EVII/fING SUN THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, jB4l. EVENING