The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

EVENING SUN _ - -- lad en stiisi , was lost on S un d ay, at Re d car, an d a ll h er erew , r444 ,„__ P,' of nine persons, drowned. y,i3 e lween Saturd a y an d Sunday, no less than twelve ,!ssell were wrecked or stranded on the coast between tisrtlepool and Seaton Carew. AW AND POLICE. t° At tn_llford. Petty Sessions, on Saturday. John Harri t, ,- 'n agricultural labourer, was charged with cruelty th 4 horse. It appeared that he had tied a cord round it, In of the horse in the pluugh, and kept jerking - (1 In order to make the animal go quicker. The injury 1 1 . e to the horse was so serious, that the owner was ? I ,',: . l ged to kill it. •The man was ordered to pay a fine of ;l ie ' I but, not having the money, he was committed to ty house of Correction, to be kept at hard labour, for 10 Months. At M arlborough -street yesterday, John Lorns, is per acting as agent in the Court of Requests, Castle t, was held to bail to take his trial for obtaining og gu eY under fraudulent pretences from one of the suitors f that Court. It appeared that he had charged Is. 6d. tit('ra summons, while the recrular charge is Is., and also Lot being an officer of the Court, he had no right to any charge whatever. Th ,LITER.ILIVY AND SCIENTIFIC. r . c , bk e- ' meteor nights" have not displayed any rema i 7 i, -. 4 phenomenon, its " Saturday night 25 were seen, and .14. Sunda 12. Of t ant hes as e Venus, and one whishoch app t from nort 11 reared in to 1 ' Jor A a s as brilli ' i 7 4t h. Shortly after there appeared an auroral arch. SPORTING. 1 ,,,,,_. 4. number of grains and shot, together with some des of his coat, have been extracted from the wound , L l Ped by the Earl of Mountcashel's son, Lord Kil- C, r ," l, While shooting ; the Earl was absent from the . 40,1\L L ieutenant's levee at Dublin - on the 17th, on this ,i ° , ll s account. b e i" Master of the Marham Stag-hounds, Mr. Ville in ik was presented on Wednesday last by the sportsmen ~ eat Norfolk with a handsome silver candelabrum. seal -hunting has commenced in Caithness. Th e „ COVRT—FASHIONAILGE. I"tike of Wellington arrived at Apsley House, lly — " 44 y afternoon from Walmer Castle. His Grace i t peeted to v isit Strathfieldsaye at the end of he week. 14e Earl of Aberdeen entertains Sir Robert Peel, Ripon, Sir James Graham, and Lord Canning at ,Kr to-day, as t i"e Earl of Lonsdale was taken ill on Saturday last, le t) ,,Ns prevented leaving Lowther for Whitehaven. He 1 much recovered. 414: )14 Claude Hamilton is on a visit to the Marquis of Ti t t e ° l7 o, at Baron's Court, Ireland. 14 e l)iik e o f N or f o lk is residing at Arundel Castle, in Iljoyinent of excellent health. kr r. THEATRICAL. With ' , harles Remand Miss Ellen Tree are performing strgreat success at Liverpool. Pa le Robert an d L a dy Peel, accompanied by their at e (g . est daughter, occupied the Queen Dowager's box 14id e ° ,!ent-Garden, on Saturday night, to see Miss Ade -Itelnble in the Opera of Norma. LTli , MISCELLANEOUS. , `q th e '' .°o cl pavement which has been down some years ti tti Zl narrow part of the street facing St. Giles's N ell , is about to be removed for Mr. Rankin's new 4, 4 tted.k.hl.ocks, specimens of which . have . for some 'time ~ O n s ,,_ - Ilulted at the Polytechnic Institution. 'lle st ,.raday Dover experienced so high a tide that, by tan tie at the mouth of the harbour, the rise was nine ititsial a half feet. l'sta s h e city of York is at this moment infested by nume '''ung's of thieves. S rt , RUMOURS OP THE DAY. Itici l "'Ward Suden, according to the Limerick Chro tioreiwill certainly not ' continue to hold the office of kte ati C hancellor in Ireland, as he prefers the . new •Pt05.,2 11 of Vice-Chancellor in England, some time in be ret for hi m. C h i ef J ust i ce P enne f at h er w ill t h en liekillPointed Lord Chancellor, and Mr. Attorney-Ge -44 Blackburn w ill succee d as Chi e f J us ti ce of the eea's bench. E KE MARKETS.— THIS DAY.) l' r i e COLONIAL MARKET. e es were sustained, and the operations were fair for , tittl u se ; but f or export t h ere were f ew b uyers . Th e ‘ J fur Raw Sugar was good, and the public sales of 4-;••atto es I went higher, fine up to 735. TEA MARKET. 4, • " haldings at the public sales were dull, and rather rates were taken, Company's Congou, Is. 9d. cash. il l TALLOW MARKET. 'hl 4i price of Yellow Candle Tallow was firm, at 475. I Nty e ,,s• 6d. on the spot, but the trade were cautious slip ' mull he transactions limited. The deliveries un- IY The WIIITECHAPEL MARKET. ' i t s en su PPIY was large, the demand good, but in no li ti liti l e r l to the supply •, only the fine and middling ,qaiehmet with a ready sale. Of the ordinary sorts gay, Meadow Zernained unsold. Clover, .to ',- to 4i. lo s. Straw, 1/. 125. 3/ to 1/. 5/ 14s-. k, PIIICES OF SEEDS. , t Per Cwt litiekli,Litgulinshitieu Clo. ver...6Gs 84s St. Fein Per Quarter, —a .—. —a (11 4 i lcorei gn 0 ...... ...—s —3 —s'Rve Grass —s ` ) 55 30$ Iv _ itto ..,tto ...... —s Gas 800acey Grass ...—S —s —s I)l7,yvhitM_ ......... —s —s —s,Linseed, for feeding ...— s s :1,0,. 03s. is tv -,, !tto D it ver ...... 54s Fos ties , Dit!o, for sowing pfd ,Ar efoil • 0 ......... —s —s —s(Dltto, fair crushing ........s 4Ss 5.8 l' r ,e!tto .. . '—s 463 523 ....... " ....... —s 20s 403 Hemp 0.,,1i0r,., ......... —5 20s 383,tanar —s e 451003 41!sh C.ira.;""'"***---' 48 s 7°3 1 Y . Per Bushel t 47,% .tto aY .... •—• s 50s • Wh't Mustard ....ins Od to 143 (d er... ................ ---"' 46s 5 50 1 s s ;BrovnI t e Ditto. .... .. .. 12s Od to /5s Cd PRIcE ... ..." --a —siTares ss Cd tc . 7s Cd ``‘,'n Tali() °P T ALLO \ \ ‘ '''wliu,. ............... t 2 w , W, SOAP, , &c ii per 1121 b. O, e '' 3 ............... 07. G Mclar g Stu £l 17 0 PO' ..... • ................ .. , . 0 Ditto Rough !no .. 0 ' '' 0 C Graves 'itt of Tail f.:! ... ic " .... co . " F ,"** ll o A W o God Dregs 0 5 0 FAT, st per ore of sibs, (as stated by the Tallow :Welters) ::s. 9id tt a n Pe Oil, brown i l: e i r t I t o C n E OF OIL. ,iitto refined ' 1 ' 44 Beed Oil 54 0 36 0 tOszed Oil Cake at the Mill (per IMO) l3 10 4Pe , Lake ' Per ton (p MARKET. 7 10 Ships arrived since last market day, 3. k tt ,e,ll o , ~ d.' tble. -- „km &Co. Hartley IS 0 114cittt' "'est Hartley l9 ( ti hveie to" 18 0 ppti,,lN:„ . lB 6 11/tit 1. 1 4 N Id Moor l4 6 ale art: ........... VIII t'••• ...... . V 11,1,01 Claiii and .. Ivaii, ieadClennell W kl ia k;„„ Celaval ‘l, i P„ . Killingworth .... 19 I. qa -ruddyn'sHetton ... 22 I tit. ' 'n't Liattnon . , 21 6 4AP TN 4 .0 ' "'S 5 HIPPING—(THIS DAY.) f‘ N't.,,,,, ~".., N 0v....a 23.—Wind this day S.W. variable. l ob s -4 ' 4I IGATE, Nov. 9 2.—Batley, Wood, Villo o. iji t L tu ti :‘ qx- --° v• 22.—Wind S.W. strong breeze.—Arrd. a ' a, W —err eak, Goss, Calcutta ; Union, Africa ; Vic -04. f s tn ard, with loss of mainyard, anchor, and chain. N 44 ,lle* ° _al the -er, Ranovala, iVlaujaka, for Cape Coast of ,Norfolk, arrived in the Downs aienced a succession of gales from t. Off the Cape, on the 28th, in lat. .w a ship with loss of topmast . 99 .—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. my, sailed from Ascension, Sept. 25 ; New Brunswick ; Kingston, China. i ' St. Michael's. Arrd. off, Harkaway, Wood, Afi ice. Put back, Charlotte, rov. 22.—Wind W.S.W., strong and :, Caroline and Clarendon, both for 2.—Arrd. Princess, Yarmouth, for bulwarks, sails, &c. The Comet, from ~, which put in here,leaky on the 20th ov. 22.—Arrd. Minerva, Havre, for iv. 22.—Arrd. Active, Newport, with Nd. -- and part of her cargo thrown over- Iroti —4lo nd, Cardiff, with loss of bulwarks, boat, 1,,,,, , h4 e, &e. , 1-,-,- k I , Tov. 24.—Put back, Monmouth, for Pa ilie e rald, Leghorn, with loss of boats and other 1 44 -1 11,; lb. 4 4 11 , 11 , Xov. 20.—Arrd. Pembroke Castle, Hans- Ilik' t 'kka ll e e u ee• Sld. Lavinia, New Orleans. 4 1i„.7a10r t , 4, , Gov. 20.—Arrd. Wrestler, Zante, with Pod 4 bulwarks stove, and loss of sails, &c., having k in '44 1 , sta. ki k iSi n °ll °ccu Nov. 22.—A light brig was seen to Vt, v . 4 s choo ' ner yesterday - morning off the Spurm 1 -1k;, 111 (1 NAV 7 miles • ceew saved. I t1 4t1) tit Ill, Nov. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Catherine, ' 4 14 0 : C onstantinople, with loss of bulwarks, &c. 4.ii s 4 a gale all night at S.W. '4, 0 .,„ .... , Es eenta=e T ___R ,k, "vUL EXPLOSION HI ,N, i t,lq , TEEN LIVES LOST. , 41 1- ' I 4. 4 L iT Y, YORItaiIIIRE. MONDAY EVENING.—This ~At' , ,Nsf : ,l l in the greatest commotion during the `i' at \ - 1 ( 'y an explosion of fire damp, which took t „ t '' i e , ess i's• Day and Twibell's colliery, by which V k ail Pris have lost their lives. It has not yet been ,` l le, t ` 1 4 11 :4 - 0 ho w it originated. A boy named Walton 1 1. 41( ' lt of the corve, in which he was descending A 11 1 4 : 11 4 e t4 ' at ild literally dashed to . pieces. The other 1 ie,,k4, the not be got out until four o'clock, P.M. 4 t 4 ,4 4 iff, ' ,1 " 11 , are Charles Crow, B. and Charles N t t 1\•„ 11 .' an and Benjamin Deakin, W. Scholey, 41 4 :2 Wil l ." el', John °vented, David Thompson, James l ' l nf () l ,Ar a i t l o alc a ta M'Arthy, and two brothers to the above rkte,4,noe ;„ • One person named Mitchell died through 46 ,":,edeavouring to get the other sufferers b c'utous situation. k eti ii, "1-2 .--" , " • ••••••••••••..............' , 11 4: t, Wl ic , it is b WEEKS.-This old Greenwich pen ',ittla(,rehicie'lias been lately . bequeathed 120,000/., has 411 41 I ha v , ' of the Lunatic Asylum, Bethnal-green, 4 1 4 , fil th ' as removed last year from Greenwich-Ira !)l,e‘l4 4 141 °1 . -1 01 it was reported that he was entitled to °del.,l°l' death I , s , Was_not' believed until Mr. Phillips, the eatll the asylum received a letter announcing t Alq,`h,oo o/. °f Week's ' aunt, and her bequest to him 'N' eh lt aiae, , this joyous intelligence had no effect upon ' l `, q,l's %,,,,Z,i,.!e Was in his own imagination a prince of 44:,eora v i eh e" , and possessed of upwards of 15 palaces Vell,_°ars ,illititagl Mr. Phillips is the chief object of native bounty, as he is always conferring 1 11* -7 li es, We l 1-, 1 (4. ttle i s k a t.., and bags of diamonds upon him. °ll Pl o ll3 klau u °n'n of Week's origin. He had been a ke k isea w , but from some impropriety of conduct it is :4* of er ,, a s Placed b e f ore the mast. He is about sixty I ° , l l 4 l 'sq h llis wife resides at Greenwich, support 114Ptesea3:,needlework ; in manners she is superior 4 etitti a d e ii:naotr. rather late, station in society. A Com tk`Pta ' I ` ) r th q o u s i e rei o ul f o has been issued against hs Nil e (::. w ealth ic , ilir l ; pl e properly disposing of . 1 3 ' tl l "Mr ph• 'will, it is supposed, voluntarily l e „, er e a _ • illips, to whom he is greatly attached. /t - 04 ; r0 i a the e no less than twelve apple trees in full c)tqa.ktilergerden of M r . J. W . B evil, landlord of the "'pt ial Ca p--.. 7 ren icl , R egent-street, in this town.— lel g. d. Walls End Russell's Hetton 21 9 Walls End Stewart's V/ 3 South l'elton Walls End Cassop 22 Walls Eod Hartlepool 22 8 Terms at's Hartlepool 2l 0 Walls End Barrington Tees 18 3 Walls End Bowburn l9 0 Walls End Clarence Hetton 18 0 Walls End Evenwood Walls End Seymour Tees 2O 6 Wal s End Tees Howard's NethertonMain lB 6 Newton Main l7 6 LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at ‘Vestminster to-day shortly after ten o'clock. BLUNDELL V. GLADSTONE—BLUNDELL: V. STONER— BLUNDELL V. BLUNDELL, These cases came before the Court to-day, by special appointment, upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, pronounced last year. The bill was originally filed for the purpose of establish ing the will of an eccentric old gentleman of the name of Blundell, by' 'which he bequeathed large sums of money to different parties. The will was written on a small piece of paper, and upon the case corning on for argument before the Vice-Chancellor of England, it was urged that the Court ought to direct an issue devisavit vel non to a Court of Law. After hearing the arguments on thatoccasion his Honour directed the issue, which was tried in the Northern Circuit, and upon the trial of which the Jury found in favour of the will. The case then came before his Honour again upon further directions, and upon that occasion his Honour, decreed in favour of the will. From that decision the present appeal was brought by the heir-at-law and next of kin of the testator. The arguments in the case, which were opened to-day, appear . likely to occupy the Court several days, as, in ad dition to the Solicitor-General, almost every Queen's Counsel who practises in the Lord Chancellor's Court is engaged in the appeal for some party or other. f‘Mle•—'l the Ri ve 1j Q h al e Duke ,th,_ 28lth ( uta ex el gust et t ° ,l l. 18 E. , say 41,114 .1,01),00L, Nov tipoa, s i j e, holltha v,.,e vt• John's., , aterw't h I "`kit• 4 P‘ l44 ° 6 Tit NI back 411 Lite? 'III\-t; OV 2' •• I% ' 144 t. oss of I rn to c4 4 4B •4 lo 'lseharg ( I t ltlo tipe. ll t, No I. 4e urtu t 4` ll & •"°' rks a 1,11 ; 1.4u,_ a e4„„' 4 9 l ond. c ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied a consider able portion of the morning in hearing petitions andcon sent causes of little general interest. ATTORNEY• GENERAL V. PRETTYMAN. This suit, which it may be remembered was instituted by the Attorney-General at the instance of the Charity Commissioners against the defendant and the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, for the recovery of certain trust funds, which have been for a long period di verted from the purposes of the trust, and now enjoyed by the defendant, came again before the Court this morn ing, upon arranging the terms of the order. Mr. KINDERSLEY stated that what had been sug gested by the Court was, that the defendant should be charged with rack rent from the time the Com missioners made their inquiry. It was found upon inquiry that if this were done the result would be that the defendant would be charged to the extent of 22,000 i. Under these circumstances he would suggest the further exercise of the principle on which the Court was disposed to act in cases like the present, where the parties had been dealing with charity property on the full conviction that it was their own.lt appeared that three leases had been granted over in 1819, another in 1826, and an other in 1834, and that the fines received on these amounted to about 13,000/. The lease of 1819, would have expired last year, that of 1826 had about eight years, and that of 1834 about 14 years to run. What, therefore, he would submit to his Lordship on behalf of the defendant, was that, acting on the principle the Court adopted in these cases, the defendant should not be charged with the fine received on the lease already expired. Supposing Dr. Prettyman had died at the expiration of the leases, the Court would not have been more disposed to make his exe- tutors liable, than it was to make liable the executors of , his predecessors. With regard to the other two leases, he would suggest that they be reckoned in the proportion of the number of years current on each. This was about one-third .of the second lease, and about two-thirds of the other. He . would propose, therefore, that the defendant should be charged with one-third of the value of the one, and with two thirds of the value of the other, which would amount to about 1,900/. This gentleman derived his income en .tirely from his preferment, and it would be absolute ruin to him and his family if the Court should order him to pay so large a gross sum of money as that for which he was liable. He could not of course ask for in dulgence at the expense of justice, but he believed the Court would take into its consideration the circumstance that the party had only received what he bona fide be lieved belonged to him, and would not therefora carry the demand so far back as absolutely to crush him, espe cially when there was a person living from whom it had been taken. The MASTER of the RoLLs—The principle on which the order was made was that the defendant should pay the value reported to have grown due since the time when he had notice of the foundation. lam not aware of what could be more lenient (I might say) than that. Mr. KINDERSLEY -- The effect of that will be that he will have to pay about 22,0001. The MASTER of the RoLLs.—Then see what the Cha rity has lost. All this was lost because this gentleman, after notice of the deed which deprived him of it, thought fit to apply it to his own use. Mr. KINDERSLEY—NO, my Lord, not after notice that he was not entitled to it. The MASTER of the ROLLS—It comes to that, for though he has not received the rents he has received and enjoyed, and does enjoy, the consideration for these rents. Mr. KINDERSLEY — He has received that undoubtedly, but before his attention was called to the fact that he was not entitled to it as he had conceived, and as his prede cessors had conceived also. The period for renewal of the lease, in the usual course, has arrived, but defendant has not renewed, nor has he done anything since the Commissioners made their inquiry in 1836. The MASTER of the ROLLS—He objected to repay the fines, thinking it wouldbe better for him to pay the value. He then finds payment of the real value would be a greater charge than payment of the fines, without in terest, and be solicits a remission. I have no objection to allow him to apply to the Attorney-General. Mr. KINDERSLEY — The effect of his repaying the fines would be to charge him with 13,000/., with interest from the time he received it. Now, although I cannot ask your Lordship to take into consideration the circum stances of the individual, I believe the Court will take into its consideration the general principle on which it acts in these cases. The MASTER of the Itom.s—The Court has done so, very much. Mr. KINDERSLEY—I must leave the matter in your Lordship's hands. When the Commissioners made their inquiry the lease had nineteen years to run, and nineteen years' rack rent of the property, the annual value being about 1,2001., would be deducting the rent 22,1921. There are now about fourteen years to run. If you deducted discount on account of these, it will leave about 20,0001. The defendant has no more means of paying 20,000/. than of paying 200,0001. Mr. PEMBERTON—I think these considerations might be addressed to the Attorney-General with great force and propriety. I must confess I think that the Attorney- General could not be asked to accept less than the twp last fines, except on the ground of the total inability of this gentleman to pay them. But I think the better way would be for the defendant to make these representations to the Attorney-General, and to satisfy him that it would not be expedient to press for more. Mr. KINDERSLEY-I also think that would be best. The MASTER of the BoLLs—I think so too. I can not measure what ought to be the decree by the amount of pressure on the individual. Mr.P,E3IBERTON—It is not the intention of the Attor ney-General to require more than the fines without in terest. I cannot understand how the payment of these fines should be less than the value of the lease subsisting after it had run a certain number of years. If it be so the defendant may accept the arrangement proposed by the Attorney-General, to pay the amount of the princi pal money received for fines without interest. Oft the part of the Attorney-General I have nothing to do here but to submit to the decree of the Court. If any per sonal discretion is to be exercised, the party must refer to the Attorney-General himself. The MASTER of the Rou.s—l think the better way would be for you to consult the Attorney-General. Let the matter stand over for a month, with liberty to apply in the meantime. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) SALISBURY V. MORRICE. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England wits en gaged the whole morning with the further arguments in this case, which have already occupied the Court several days. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) HOBBY AND OTHERS V. COLLINS AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs in this case were infants, claiming under a deed of settlement against their trustees and their guardian Collins. A supplemental bill had also been tiled by the plaintiff's against the assignee of Collins, who had become a bankrupt pending the original suit. The bill charged the trustees with a breach of the trust, and prayed the restoration of that portion of the trust-fund, which had been lost, the removal of the pre sent trustees, and the appointment of new trustees in their stead. The arguments in the_cause, engaged the Court during the greater part of the morning, but were of a nature by no means interesting to the public. Mr. COOPER appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr. PID MILLY for the co-trustee, and Mr. itOLFE for the tenant for life. His Honour decreed the discharge of Hobby and Eck ley from the trust ; the Master to appoint new Trustees, and to inquire what portion of the estate had been sold, when, and for what price ; an account to be taken of all the sums, in respect of the estates sold, which had been renewed by Hobby, Eckley,' and Collins, or any of them, and the application thereof ; the Mater also to inquire whether there were any after-born chil dren who would be the objects of the trust, with liberty to state special circumstances. The costs to be paid by the trustee:'. Several other causes which stood on the paper for this day, were called on, but owing to the parties not bein i g, ,ware 'to what Court their suits were allo tted; Attey wel e not prepared, and in consequence, his I - lonour rose PRI ly. It is expected that such order will be established in the distribution of the several causes, among the Equity Courts against the sittings after term, that no disap pointment or loss of time, shall be experienced by either counsel or their clients. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) • THE QUEEN V. ANDERSON. In this case a rule had been obtained calling upon the defendant to show by what authority he claims to fill the office of a burgess of the borough of Ludlow, and the ground on which the rule was obtained was that he was not the occupier of any house within the borough during the year 1840, or the two preceding years—that he was not an inhabitant householder, and not entitled to be rated as such. Mr. J Eavis now appeared to show cause against the rule, which he said was one of a v ast number obtained at the instance of Mr. Lechmere Charlton, of Ludlow. Mr. Charlton had previously attempted to raise the ques tion which was now before the Court by a man damus which he had obtained, and which he had after wards refused to try. Now, in the first place, he sub- THE S! , N, LONDON, 'TVESDAY,NOVENBER 23, lB4l. mitted that Mr. Charlton was not in the capacity to be a relator in the present case, because he was not a burgess of the borough. In order, however, to place himself in the position of a relator he had set out the ancient charter of the Corporation, and maintained that his property of Ludford on the Herefordshire side of the bridge was within the limits of the borough. That had been done when he applied for the mandamus, calling upon the Mayor of Ludlow to place him on the burgess roll, but he had been met by the answer that Ludford was not within the county of Salop, and that the Ma gistrates had no jurisdiction on the other side of the bridge. He apprehended, however, that the Court would not now try the question a second time, as Mr. CI - 111'1- ton had not tried it in the legitimate form by man damus.. His first objection, however, was that the affidavit of Mr. Charlton as relator, was not ,in com pliance with the rule of Court of Hilary Term, 1839, in, asmuch as he did not depose on oath that the application for the quo warranto was made by him , and at his in stance. The affidavit said, that the rule would be made at his instance, and, if the Court made it absolute, that he should be deemed and taken to be the relator. Now it was in the event of the Court refusing to make the rule absolute, that it would be necessary for them to know who the relator was, inasmuch as they would otherwise be deprived of their costs. The COURT wished to hear what answer there was to that objection in the first instance. Mr. KELLY submitted that the affidavit was in strict compliance with the rule of Court, and that the relator could not make an affidavit that a motion was made at his instance a week before the application was brought before the Court; he could only depose to it as a matter that was to be done at his instance. The COURT having decided that the affidaiit was iu compliance with the rule of Court, Mr. hnivis proceeded with his other objections to the quo warranto, and cited the decision of the Queen's Bench in the cases of the " Queen v. Fripp, Mayor of Bristol," the " King v. Quail," and others, and sub mitted that there was no good ground for the present application. Mr. KELLY was heard in support of the rule. It had been urged that Mr. Lechmere Charlton did not stand in the proper . position to be a relator, not being an in habitant or householder of the borough ; but his affi davit set forth that he was of right a burgess. .That had been met by the assertion that his house was not within the limits of the borough ; but he submitted that that was not the question which the Court was called upon to try. After hearing the arguments of Counsel, . _ . The COURT took time to consider its judgment. THE QUEEN V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a rule directed to the Sheriff of Warwick shire, commanding him to review his taxation of the costs incurred at an inquisition taken on the 19th of June, for the purpose of assessing the sum to be paid by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company to the plaintiff, Mr. Parkes, for certain land belonging to him, and which had been taken for the purposes of the Railway. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared . to show cause against the rule. The affidavit on which the rule had been obtained set forth that Mr. Parkes was a claimant upon the Company, and they having refused to issue a precept to assess the damages, application was made to that Court for a mandamus, and the order of the Court was at once complied with. When the inquisition was taken the Jury assessed damages at 5201. The Com pany had previously made no offer, conceiving that Mr. Parkes had no legal right to compensation, and the clause in the Act of Parliament,which related to costs, apparently referred only to cases, in which the sum awarded by the Jury was equal to or exceeded the sum offered by the Company. In the present case the Company having made no offer, contended that they had no right to pay any costs. The plaintiff; however, considered that this was a casus omissus, and that he was entitled to the costs of the inquisition. The costs which had been taxed and allowed by the plaintiff amounted in the whole to 1061. 9s. 4d., but certain items in .the list had been ob jected to by the defendants, on the ground that they did not come within the meaning of the 81st section. He submitted, however, that the whole of the costs of sum moning the Jury and of taking the inquisition were costs for which the Company were liable, and that if the rule were made absolute at all, it should only be to re view the taxation as regarded the expenses of damages which the Court had intimated ought not to be included. Mr. CHILTON followed on the same side. The I. I ouRT, without calling upon the Counsel on the other side, was of opinion that the large sum which had been charged by surveyors for making preparatory plans, and others not contemplated in the 81st and 83d section, were beyond the fair meaning of the Act of Parliament, and ought not to have been included. They were of opinion, therefore, that thi rule for reviewing the taxa tion of costs must be made absolute. THE QUEEN V. JOHN MORRIS TREHERN. Mr. KELLY moved in this case for a rule to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue, directed to the defendant, one of the Assistant Tithe Commissioners, and commanding him to bring into that Court his adju dication of the undaries of the parish of Eversleigh, in the county of Southampton, and Finchhampstead, in the county Berks. The application was made on be half of Mr. Fyshe Palmer, who complainvd that a large piece • of land in the former parish had been trans ferred by the Assistant-Commissioner to the latter. The Learned Counsel having referred to the Act 2d and 3d Victoria, chap. 62, which authorised the application for a writ of certiorari, in cases where the adjudication of the Commissioners was objected to, on complying with certain conditions, and having stated that these forms had been complied with in the present case, The COURT granted the rule. .EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE SOANE AND OTHERS. Mr. ARCHBOLD moved for a rule to discharge three persons from custody under the following circumstances. The applicant Soane was taken into custody in the West Riding of Yorkshire on the charge of being in possession of a quantity of worsted without being able to show an invoice for it, in contravention of the provisions of the Worsted Act. The other two persons who joined in the application became bail for him, and were put under terms to render him on the first day of the July Assizes to be held in Bradford. Accordingly on the day named they took Soane to the ,Court-house, Brad • ford, and gave him into the custody of the constable there, and then they went away. Soane now deposed that he was innocent of the charge made against him ; that the constable, after detaining him some time, handed him over to an inspector appointed under the Worsted Act, who took him to a public-house ; they returned to the Court-house, where the, inspector asked him if he was going to pay any money; he said no, he had nothing to pay with, and was innocent ; and that then the in spector asked the constable what he was going to do with him, who said he had better go about his business ; and that he was so discharged after being in custody for for some hours. Neither of the three persons heard any thing more of the matter until the 15th of September following, when they were all taken into custody and com mitted to York Castle. They were very indigent persons. The COURT—Do you state that the recognizances have been estreated ? Mr. ARCHBOLD—They must have been so, but it is not sorn ; these parties know nothing about it. The COURT—WouId it not have been better to have given notice of the petition to the Attorney-General ? He would cause an investigation to be instituted, which may save both time and expense. Mr. ARCHBOLD was not aware that' such a course was necessary. As the term was so far advanced, he would prefer a rule nisi for the discharge of the parties. The COURT—We cannot grant that. We can only give a rule to show cause why the recognizances should not be discharged ; and your affidavit does not disclose whether they have been estreated or not. There must be something more in the case, or the Magistrates would not have taken such harsh steps. Mr. ARCHBOLD—The case was clear enough. The bail ought to have given Soane into the custody of the gaoler, not into that of a constable. The case never went before the Magistrates, and when called upon by another party they were bound to estreat the recogni zances, as a matter of course. They were very poor, and it would be very hard upon them to be kept in cus tody until next term. The COURT—Take a rule to show cause why the es treat of the recognizances should not be set aside and the prisoners discharged—to be served upon the Attorney. General and the jailer of York Castle. A gentleman behind the bar moved for a rule to show cause why the Master should not review his taxation of the bill of costs. The plaintiff and defendant had settled the action, and all was about to be amicably settled, when the defendant's attorney demanded to have the bill taxed Before the Master they disputed respecting an item of 45., which being disallowed, the attorney . went before Baron Alderson at Chambers, who thought the Master right, and decided accordingly. He now came before the Court to have the order, then made, set aside. Lord ABINGER said this was a case in which the Court would attempt so to modify any rule they might grant as to make the costs fall upon the attorney. They dis pute about 45.; the client has no interest in it; they then incur costs to the amount of 61. to 81. When the rule comes on again we will take care that such costs do not tall upon the client. With such an intimation of the opinion of the Court, you may take a rule.--(A laugh.) BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY). Justice PATTESON was engaged in the early part of the morning in disposing of undefended causes, after which the Court sat in Banco. In the course of the mornin& the Westminster Grand Jury was discharged, as there was no business before them, COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)I (Sittings in Banco.) HODGES V. COOPER. This was an action brought by a silk mercer against the defendant, a gentleman of private fortune, to recover the value of a large quantity of silks and other merceries, supplied to the wife of the latter. The defence was, that the plaintiff had not used proper caution to ascortein the situation of Mrs. Cooper, who was at the time of the credit, separated from her husband under circumstances which led to a divorce ; secondly, that the goods were not ne cessaries. It was proved. on the.ttial that the lady was supplied in one day with silks to the value pf more than 1004, anti of such bulk that two cabs were employed in taking them away. The Jury found for the plaintiff ; but the Court, thie flay ? upon a tale obtnined by Mr. Sergeant Channell for the defendant, granted a new trial. branch of the company. The defence was, that the de fendant was not liable as the drawer, inasmuch as the plaintiff had not duly presented the document, which was of the nature of a bill of exchange. On the other hand, it was contended that the introduction of the words " without acceptance " deprived the paper of that character, and released the plaintiff from the usual obli gation to present a bill of exchange to the drawer in due time. The - verdict was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wylde this day showed a cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Sergeant Channel' for a new trial. The Collar, having heard Mr. Sergeant Channell in reply, decided that the defendant was individually liable, and that the verdict was rightly found for the plaintiff.— Rule discharged: MARLBOROUGH.STREET. (THIS DAY.) Charles Watson and James Grant, young men who described themselves of Barnard's Inn, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Maltby, the presiding Magistrate, charged with knocking and ringing in a violent manner at the doors of several houses in James'-street, Hay market, Panton-street, and Whitcomb-street, and doing wilful damage by wrenching off sundry knockers, and bell and name plates. Mr. Joseph Higgs, of Panton•street, eating-house keeper, produced a brass name-plate that had been wrenched off his door-post. His family were alarmed at two o'clock this morning, by a violent knocking at the door. The amount of damage done was about 21. Mr. Henry Pettingale, of No. 24, Whitcomb •street, stated, that he was aroused this morning by a tremen dous knocking at his street door, and, on getting up, found that the knocker had been wrenched off, and broken in pieces. The damage was to the amount of ss. Police Constable No. 182 of the C division, saw the defendants actually commit both these offences, and took them into custody on the spot. This morning several broken knockers that had been wrenched off doors in the neighbourhood were found in the street. The defendants merely denied the charge. Mr. MALTBY fined each of them the sum of 21. 55., Which was paid directly. WOOLWICH -MONDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. The officers of the royal artillery were highly gratified by the intelligence communicated to them last evening at the mess by a brother pfficer of high rank in the service, that an extensive brevet was resolved upon in honour of the birth of the Duke of Cornwall, the heir to the throne of Great Britain. It is fully anti cipated the brevet will extend to lieutenant-colonels of 1835 or 1836, and that it will promote nine of the senior captains, who at present rank as majors, to be lieutenant-colonels. The following remarks as to the protection against fire in a town of such importance as Woolwich may prove the means of allaying any fears existing regard ing it in consequence of the reports which have been spread throughout the country. In the dockyard there are five engines kept in good order, and during the time the Trafalgar was building, when nearly finished, there were always two engines upon that vessel with water tanks, and every necessary preventive against fire. In the Royal Arsenal there are six engines, the largest named the Globe, capable of discharging a ton of water per minute when its services are required. There are two other patent engines;of the best construction, and three of a smaller description. The gunners and drivers of the Royal Artillery take these engines to the canal in the Royal Arsenal, and exercise them on the first of every month, to ascertain that they are in good working order. The Globe engine has two levers on each side, and it is a stirring sight to see fifteen men attached to each, sixty in all, at one time, working this powerful machine. In addition to these engines, there are two at the Royal Sappers and Miners' Barracks, and two at the quarters of the Royal Artillery at the garrison, besides those of the Royal Marines, a sufficient proof that every human precaution is taken against the destruction of property in this quarter by fire. NEWPORT. GROSS CHARTIST INTERRUPTION. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Newport hav ing been convened by the Mayor, Mr. Lewis Edwards, for the purpose of joining in a loyal address to the Queen on the birth of a Prince of Wales, at twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting, the National School room was completely crowded, and • Mr. T. J. PHILLIPS having called on the meeting to appoint a chairman, Mr. TOWNSEND (the Chartist) moved, that Mr. Huges, the late Mayor, should take the chair, instead of the Mayor of the day, Mr. Lewis Edwards. The great majority of the meeting being Chartists, Mr. Hughes was appointed to the chair. A loyal and dutiful address was then moved by Mr. HAwRINs, and seconded by the Rev. J. FRANCIS, upon which, Mr. CRoNIN, the Chartist, moved a counter address calling upon the Queen to release Frost, Williams, and Jones.—(Great cheering by the Chartists.) Mr. WELLS said, the address was a most reasonable one, and he would second it. Mr. DOWLING rose and appealed whether this was a fitting occasion for any such motion, and whether they would allow Newport to be branded with disloyalty. W. EDWARDS, the Chartist, who was imprisoned with Vincent and the others, then said, he wondered that Mr. Dowling should be carried away by the warmth of his temperament. Now was the time for them to address her Majesty for themselves; they never before had such an opportunity, and never should again. Her present Majesty was the best Sovereign which had sat on the throne since the days of Edward I. She sat on a throne which was founded on a bad system, and the people could never know peace or happiness till that system was wholly reformed. He prayed God to bless her as long as she lived, and when she died he hoped the monar chical (Several gentlemen government sitting b be ta r o n uennd the d iil Engla nd. table here rose and left the meeting, s a yi ng that every loyal subject ought to do the same.) The CHAIRMAN begged to call the meeting to the re quisition, which was to address • her Majesty on the birth of a Prince. Mr. CRoNIN said he had no objection to the address, but he should insist on his address being added to it.— (Great uproar, and cries of "Put the amended address.") Much desultory conversation ensued, and every endeavour was used to induce the Chartists to withdraw their amendment. Mr. Cronin said he would not abate one iota of his amendment. The Chairman, finding further efforts useless, dissolved the meeting, without agreeing to any address. REPUDIATED BILLS. EXCHEQUER A Correspondent has communicated to us the follow ing list of persons who hold the above description of do cuments, to the amount of above 300,0001. The list, we apprehend, is not perfect : Bank of England 48,000 Coutts and Co., bankers 40,000 Ransom and Co., ditto 26,000 Price and Co., ditto 20,000 Curries and Co., ditto 12,000 London Commercial Bank ll,OOO Bell and Co., solicitors Bell and Broderip, ditto 33,000 Sh ea rman, merchant John and W. Scott, merchants lichens, broker Barnes, ditto l2OOO Solomons, ditto 4,000 Harrison, ditto 6,000 Shaw, City Treasurer 40,000 Major Anderson £311,000 TRANSYLVANIA. The Sualoian Mercury, under date Vienna, 12th inst., states that the aborigines or Magyars of Transylvania were endeavouring to gain the ascendancy in that province, but the German part of the population were resisting strenuously. The grt ater part of the Transylvanian comitats, inhabited by Hunga rians, had presented petitions to the Emperor, praying his Majesty to incorporate the principality with Hun gary. On the other hand, Transylvania, which enjoys a Constitution conferring many advantages upon the -inha bitants, would not wish to resign it. The opeaing of the Transylvanian Diet is fixed for the 15th inst. Among the exhumations that have lately taken place at Bakewell Church, for the purpose of laying the foundations of the part of the building about to be re newed; has been the coffin of the celebrated Dorothy Vernon, the story of whose elopement from Haddon Hall is familiar to all who have visited that romantic edifice. Lady Dorothy died in June, in the year 1584,, and though 257 years have elapsed since her interment, the hair was found to be undecayed, and firmly adhering to the bone of the skull. In the hair there were half a dozen pins in a state of excellent preservation. SALMON FISHING IN THE TAVE RIVER. Several' very fine fish have been taken in the Tare river, near St. Clears, with the fly, affording the gentlemen engaged some very excellent sport. Captain R owan , the week before last, took a fine fish, weighing u p war d s of 241bs, and several others of a smaller size. Sir J ose ph Leeds caught one, weighing up w ards of 201bs, in th e same river. Thomas Williams, Esq., an d several other hare also been very successful. Th e weat h er, for the last month, has been unusually fine f or t hi s gentlemen, season of the year, and very fairourable for this sport.— Carmarthen Journal. BRITISH INDIA.—No moment was ever more favourable for the publication of a new work on the pre sent state of India than that which has been chosen by Captain Fane. The war in China, the appointment of new officials, both civil and military, in that quarter ; and above all the appointment of a new Governor-Ge neral, all these circumstances have directed an extraor dinary degree of inte r e st and curi osity toward s our In dian p pos u se b s li s s i h ol e i d s ; is and, ulasstewdesounfudlelry to stand, no work gratifyre cently these as the forthcoming "five Years in India," of Captain Fane, whose position as nephe w andAA i d e. Camp to Sir Henry Pane, the Commander - in - Chief in Indi a , a ff or d e d him unequalled facilities for the task he has undertaken.. His journey, we are told, includes full and most interest ing details of the famous attack on Ghuznee, and the military operations which preceded and followed it, and a visit to the Court of Runret Signh; a residence in the Himalayah Mountains ; a'voyage down the Indus finally, an account of the journey overland to England. A heavy gale on Saturday. from the W.&W.' • to obliged several vessels to put in Fa harhopt.. AmOng ;hose which ran in for shelter Were her Majegmrs ship Illustrions;"i2, Captain Erskine, fro Portsrne4li, for New York, with the Governor-General of the:C•a nadas, Sir C. Bagot, on board ; and her Majesty's steamer Volcano, from Plymouth for Liverpool, VICTORIA THEATRE. A most effective melodrama was produced at this theatre last evening, under the title of Caspar the Doomed. It is, in fact, a dramatic version of the well known story of the unfortunate Caspar Ha user, with such alterations and additions as are necess ar y f or the puiposes of the stage. For instance, the mystery at tending Caspar's" birth is cleared up, by making him the child of a daughter of a certain high German Noble, . hight Count Hermann, the honour of whose house is concerned in the concealment •of this evidence of his daughter's shame—hence the im muring of the unfortunate Caspar. On his escape from his dungeon, after going through fl variety of adven tures, in the course of which: his friend and defender, Schwartz, is shot by Count Hermann, he discovers the secret of his birth, and on being appealed to by Count Hermann, Caspar swears never to name the Count as his persecutor, and never to bring shame on his mother, by revealing the relationship subsisting between them. Caspar has nothing then to live forbut 10ve.% He loves Eve (Mrs. Howard) the betrothed of Ernest (Mr. Seaman), a young physician, who has been his guardian and in structor. She tells him she pities, and has the greatest friendship for him, but that she is betrothed to Ernest. A commission arrives from Vienna, to inquire into the story of Caspar. He appears before it, performs his pro mise to Count Hermann and to his mother, and having done so, swa:l,,ws poison. The piece is of French origin, and therefore, as might have been ex pected, the love-making of Caspar is rather more sentimental and polished then could have been ex pected from a man who had passed the greater part of his life in a dungeon. It was too conventional. The introduction of many of the incidents also tended to dilute, if we may be allowed the expression, the charac ter of Caspar Hauser, down to that of a melodramatic hero. • There was, however, sufficient of the original character of that extraordinary being remaining to af ford an actor of talent such opportunities of displaying his powers as seldom occur on the boards of a minor theatre, and it was in the hands of an actor of the high est talent. Last night Mr. E. F. Saville's Caspar Hau ser was a personation of no ordinary character. His expression of admiration and delight, not unmingled with fear, on beholding light and life for the first time on his emerging from • his dungeon, was a very fine piece of acting, and in the scene he rushes at the Count, after the latter has shot Schwartz, he exhibited a wild and savage energy that was perfectly terrific. His panic terror at the lightning in the last scene was most beautifully and naturally given, and throughout the character he exhibited a power, a pathos, and a knowledge of picturesque effect which prove him to be not only a man of first-rate talent, but one who has deeply studied his profession. It is well worth a visit to. the Victoria to see Mr. E. F. Saville's Caspar Hauser. The piece was completely successful. The house, as usual, was crowded. MILLER V. TROMPSW, The plaintiff in this case is a tradesman at Dpaing, and brought the action against the defendant, one of the directors of a CompaTly now extinct, &led the "L on d on Trades Joint Stock Banking. Company," to recover the amount of a cheque or bank bill, signed by the de fendant, and addressed to the manager of the Dorking COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., had an interview with Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, and Lady Wharncliffe, left town yesterday morning for their seat, Wortley Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire. The Rev. Mr. Penny, and a deputation from Kensing ton, had an interview yesterday with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. _ _ The bulletin of he; Majesty's health, exhibited yester day at Marlborough-house to the Nobility and gentry, was as follows : " The Queen Dowager passed a good night, but all the symptoms attendant on her Majesty's complaint re main the same. " D. DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Nov. 21, 1841." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY.—No change was observable in the first favourite, who was backed for 1001., but a disposition to lay against Chatham was betrayed in three or four quar ters; 14 to 1 was taken once, but we suspect that the layer would have gone on without much pressing. Ro bert de Gorham was backed at 20 and 22 to 1, rather freely; and Lord of Holderness twice at the odds stated below. Wiseacre and the Dirce colt, and William de Fortibus, were also in some demand, and 1,000 to 15 (laid once) was offered to be taken repeatedly about Ca nadian. The Agreeable colt re-appeared at 1,000 to 15, which was taken to win 15,000/., without tiring out his numerous enemies, some of whom even offered 2,000 to 25; at the close no one would take less than 100 to 1. The afternoon's betting was fiat per se, but quite brisk compared with the transactions of the last fortnight. THE DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot 9i to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila—taken 14 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham—taken ' 22 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham—ta. 26 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clarke's Lord of Holderness—ta. 36 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt—taken 2000 to 55 agst Mr. Wreferd's Wiseacre—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinurus—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's William de Fortibus—ta. 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Morgan's Agreeable colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—t 1000 to 15 1000 to 10 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fire-away—taken 1000 to 6 agst Lord Albemarle's Dorothy—taken. THE OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Passion—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Topsail—taken. ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. MONDAY.—The Cup—Mr. W. Etwall's Westwind ran a bye ; Mr. Etwall's Eardrop beat Mr. E. Cripp's dog ; Mr. Baildon's Barrier, Mr. Stone's Saladin, M r . Good lake's. Gentility, Mr. Morant's Mischief, Mr. Agg's Aid de-Camp ran a bye ; Mr. Lawrence's Longstock beat Mr. Bennett's Berry ; Mr. Stone's Sprite beat Mr. Ciipp's dog; Mr. Baildon'sßashful ran a bye. The Derby Stakes.—Mr. Goodlake's Gladiator beat Mr. Lawrence's Lamborne ; Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy ran a bye ; • Mr. Baildon's Barricade beat Mr. W. Etwall's Whiffler ; Mr. Morant's Mussulman beat Mr. Bowles's Bagdad ; Mr. Morant's The Moor beat Mr. Cripps's ; Mr. E. Cripps's ran a bye ; Mr. Baildon,s Byron beat Mr. H. Etwall's Will Watch; and Mr. Bail don's Barkley beat Mr. W. Etwall's Exchequer Bill. The Oaks Stakes.—Mr. Bennett's Belter beat Mr. Lawrence's Lancet; Mr. Baildon's Barbara beat Mr. Morant's Margaret; Mr. Bowles' Bussora run a bye; Mr. W. Etwall's World's End brat Mr. Puzey's Parthinopo; Mr. Agg's Amazon beat Mr. Goodlake's Madame Grisi; Mr. W. Etwall's Excuse Me beat Mr. E. Cripps' —; Mr. Agg's Alcohol beat Mr. Bennett's •Buzzard; Mr. Baildon'S Baffle beat Mr. Cripps' The following extract from a letter written by en intelligent and most respectable gentleman of Boston, in the United States, confirms the statements we pub lished some time ago respecting the Hunters' Lodges. The letter is dated the 31st October Webster will continue in office, and his continuance is an assurance that peace will be preserved. I sat next to him at dinner last evening. He has in his possession evidence of an immense chain of lodges and secret associations for an invasion of Canada, extending from Cleveland, in Ohio, to Burlington, in Vermont, bound together by secret oaths, embracing two or three Members of Con gress, and having their head-quarters at Kingston, Upper Canada. It is supposed that these lodges number 60,000 people. The new Bankrupt-law, passed last Session, will disperse them, as this will discharge people who choose to take the benefit of it, from their debts, and the new patriots are thriftless vagabonds, who take up their new calling, as they have failed in their legiti mate business. A discharge from their debts will enable them to resume business."—Morning Chronicle. INCENDIARY FIRE AT CUDDESDON, CLOSE TO THE BISHOP OF OXFORD'S PALACE.—A most alarm ing and destructive fire broke out on Wednesday morn ing, the 10th, about five o'clock, on the farm of Mr. Gale, a large and most respectable farmer at Cuddesdon, about six miles from Oxford. It destroyed one large barn, about fifty yards long, twelve piggeries, and a loose place used for the same purpose, part of a cow house, one cart hovel, three hay ricks, one wheat rick (supposed to have contained forty loads of corn), two bean-straw ricks, a thrashing machine, two hay making machines, five chaff boxes, a great num ber of ploughs, four loads of wheat in sack s , s i x carts, three or four of them being nearly new, one waggon, and from two to three thousand sacks of pota to f a very fine sort. We understand there is no doub its being the diabolical act of some incendiary. The villa church was within a few yards of the fire, and at times was considered in danger ; had th e w i n d been in that direction, in all probability the sacred edi fiee would now have 'been a mouldering ruin. We were sorry to see the beastly Stilte 7 of intoxication which some of the parties were in, having drVink.,the beer belonging to others who had been hard at NiOrk. • The drunken fellows behaved in a very disorderly manner, so much so that Mr. Ashurst more. than once interfered to put a stop to such disgraceful fights and conduct. Mr. Gale bears a most excellent character in the parish as being a good neighbour and master, and no cause can be as signed for the perpetration of so diabolical an act. — Oxford Chronicle. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last evening an in quest was held before Mr., Payne, on the body of Robert Atkinson, aged 38, a carpenter. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was employed at the New Sun Fire Office, now being erected in Bartholomew-lane, near the Royal Exchange. On Friday afternoon last he was on a scaffold, 50 feet from the ground, holding a brace which they were fitting into the butments of the build ing. The brace slipped from his arms, caught him, and threw him backwards off the scaffold into the street. He was immediately after the accident brought to that hos pital. Mr. Wa lton, house sur g eon, said de ceased was admitted soon after the accident in a state of great col lapse. He died the following morning, from having th e breast-bone broken, and the vessels beneath it torn through, from having the left hip-bone fractured in two places, and the right thigh bone removed from it s 4rti. culation, besides rupture of the vessels tbe left kid ney. Verdict:—." Accidental Deqth," CHURcH,ItATE QUASHED. —On Thursday a meeting of the inhabitant householders was summoned to be held at the parish*Ohurch, Stoke, to levy a Church rate. The notice was short, and not extensive] rib lished. The people, however, met in PllnThers L I) did ' their duty by qua sh ing tllctAte.--,S`iai o rdshireExaminer. Dr. TioePek •is -a 'native of Northampton ; and a son of the bp, , Abjor Locock, who formerly commanded the volunteer: corps Of that town. His fellow-townsmen are speculating on 'the probability that the Doctor will sbortlyrbe elevated to the dignity of a B aronet. •-• . • • LITERATURE. FERRERS. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1841. The career of Lord Ferrers, who it may be re membered, figured rather awkwardly in the year. 1760, with a rope round - his aristocratic neck, at Tyburn, for the wilful murder of his steward, is pourtrayed with consummate skill in ,this ro malice.. which, commencing with the year 1750, when his Lordship was in the full vigour of - his manhood, tracks him through all 'his vicious courses, keeping carefully in view the. leading points of his character; and does not take leave of him till he stands at the foot of the gallows in a state of exceeding embarrassment and per plexity. The story opens with a night adven ture of this degraded Peer, who, accidentally en countering a young girl whom he had seduced, and who solicits his charity, fells her to the ground, and rushes from the spot in the full conviction that he has been her murderer. We next find him drinking with some congenial conipanions at a low public-house—and here we have a sketch of flash, life in the Ainsworth style, only much better, because not so repul sive or exaggerated—and then the scene changes, and we are introduced to a Prayer-meetin g at Lady Huntingdon's, which is interrupted by the sudden entrance of Lord . Ferrers, half-drunk, who contrives to pick a quarrel with one of the gentlemen of the party, and only escapes a duel with him, by the intervention of one of his low vagabond associates, Jem.Gahel, who gets scent of his intentions, and -rescues him from the clutches of his determined and incensed oppo nent. Shortly after this,....his Lordship marries an amiable but weak-minded young woman, the daughter of Sir William Meredith, and treats her in so ruffianly a manner, that, after many in effectual attempts to soften the (logged ferocity of his nature, she insists on a divorce, sues for, and obtains it. Unfortunately, Lord Ferrers' steward, Mr. Johnson, had interested himself warmly in the case of the ill-treated Countess, and on him, accordingly, the Peer's vengeance now falls. After annoying him in a variety of ways, and subjecting him to. the grossest insults, he at length comes to the determination of mur dering him, so sends for him one day, on the pretence that he is anxious to have a settlement of the accounts between them, and, while he is ex plaining certain business matters, shoots the un happy wretch through the body, who is immedi ately conveyed home, and expires in the arms of his daughter. Lord Ferrers is, ofcourse, though not w:thout some difficulty, apprehended for this atrocious act; is conveyed to London, lodged. in the Tower, tried before the House of Lords, found guilty, and hanged at Tyburn ! This is but a meagre sketch—in fact, a mete outline—of the story, the best portion of which is taken up with an account of the adventures of a young man, named Hugh Bernard, an unacknowledged rela tive of Lord Ferrers; ofhis early sufferings; his hair-breadth escape from a den of infamy in Bath, and his still more surprising escape from the clutches ofcertain assassins in a lone house at Pad dington ; of his intimacy with a repentant mur derer, named Foxton; and his final prosperity, and marriage with Sarah Johnson, the daughter of Lord Ferrers' steward. The whole of this epi sode—if episode it can fitly be called, which in cludes the greater portion of the narrative—is told with a terse, simple, manly vigour very un common among modern novelists. Vigour, in deed—but the vigour of health, not of convul- Sion—is the leading characteristic of Ferrers. There is no maudlin sentimality about it—no pandering to depraved tastes. The author treats vice as vice, and not as relaxed virtue. He does not interest us in his ruffians, or bid us admire the heroism and magnanimity of their nature. In a word, he is an anti-Jack-Sheppardist. When we say that we have read his tale with attention, and that that attention has Rever once flagged throughout its perusal, we pay hint no higher compliment than is his due. He has shown very superior powers of invention in weaving an interesting romance out of such meagre and unpromising materials as Lord Fer rers' life affords; and his.sketch of Foxton, the heart-broken penitent —an admirably conceived and most forcibly executed character —satisfies us that his imagination and sensibility are hilly capable of maintaining hint in the very highest walks of fictitious literature. Such a tale as " Ferrers " has not appeared since the days of •‘ Oliver Twist;" a n d i n some respects we prefer it to that well-known story, for, with equal spir;:„ it has far more refinement of thought and Pj rac 4 of expression. BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF W ALES the parish of Braintre e , an d a t a meetirv, of the inhabitants held on Saturday, it was resolye ? .., to commemorate the event by raising a subsetttipn to supply the poor with coals, &c., a Committee being formed for the pur pose, headed by the Vicki. and the Churchwardens.— Essex Herald. PLYMOUTH. The Resistance frigate was taken into the north new dock on Wednesday, to be ex amined previously to being fitted for a troop-ship, as the Apollo. The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, was paid advance yesterday, and will proceed to the coast of Africa. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, was also:L paid yesterday, and will sail for China. The F,erret, 10, Li eu t enant Commander C. H. Lappidge, was paid off yesterday, and immediately re commissioned by her present commander. The Bellona, 74, taken Into the head dock last week, is to be fitted for a hulk. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL. —We extract the following fr om th e M anc h ester Times. It is a most appropriate mode of celebrating the birth of the Prince, and we trust will be imitated throughout the country.— " We are glad to announce that a meeting, convened by the Mayor, of gentlemen of all political parties, was held in the Town-Hall yesterday, to consider whether any public manifestation should take place on the joyful event of the birth of an heir apparent to the throne of these realms, whether by a public subscription, as commemora tive of the event, to be expended in the purchase of blankets and warm clothing for distribution amongst the poor, or in any other way that the meeting may think de sirable." Amongst the gentlemen present we observed the 'am. R. Parkinson, C. D. Wray, and 0. Sergeant, canons of the Collegiate Church ; Mr. Maude, stipen diary Magistrate ; the:Boroughreeve ; Mr. M. Philips, M.P. ; Sir Thomas Potter, Sir Charles Shaw, and Messrs. James Heywood, Robert Gardner, Rupert Ingle by, W. Langton, G. Hadfield, H. Newbury, R. Gill, J. Bazley, S. Cay, W. C rew d son, J. Fowden..S.Fletch e r, T. W.Williams, Holland Iloole, T. Wheeler, J. Harter, and Aldermen Cobden, Kershaw, Armitage, Willed, Spencer, and Chappell. A resolution was passed unani mously, that, instead of the usual festivities on such oc casions, a Loyal Fund should be raised to supply the poor with warm clothing and bedding. A Committee was appointed to forward the object of the meeting, and a subscription was commenced in the hall, the amount of which, we cordially hope, will be swelled into three or four thousand pounds before our next publication, and that such amount will be doubled before thisclay fortnight." DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A LUNATIC AST LUM.—Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Manor house Tavern, Lordship-road, Stoke Newington, on the body of Andrea Bardese, aged fifty one, late superintendent of the Northumberland House Lunatic Asylum, who destroyed him Self under the following circumstances :—Robert Parker, groom to Mr. Birkett, the proprietor of the establishment, deposed that the last time he saw the deceased alive was on Friday last, about noon ; he then appeared perfectly sane. About a quarter past eleven the same night ha passed through deceased's sitting room, which he had to do for the purpose of reaching his sleep ing apartment, and saw deceased lying on the floor in one corner, with his waistcoat on fire. He went up to him, and, on extinguishing the flames, found blood flow ing from a wound in his left breast. He raised an alarm, and Mr. 13irkett, with Mr. Spencer, the medical gentleman of the establishment, came to his assist ance, and pronounced life to be extinct. He searched the place, and in the wainscotting h e found, firmly fixed by the butt, a rifle-barrel horse-P ist 1 which had recently been fired, d immediately above where the deceased was ly . ing. Mran. Spencer, the surgeon, said the deceased was quite dead when he saw him. ex amining the wound, he found th at the baltlhheaclieeftiitluerOnegnd, the chest, perforating the lo wer lobe of passed through the apex of the heart, and lodg e d i n the left shoulder de blade. saw d, and had He him on Thursday, wh en h e h presse no doubt of its being de ceased'sTe,Tporary insanity." own act. Verdict—" o j f u mi s t bic litn a e r s e se v, l c , l b a o . F iva, ( SCARBOROUGH) Nov. Extract tof a t I , have results owing to the criminal : apathy , and negli genceppalling accident, Letter.)— nl and . without any of the authorities of this town. After a st orm y night there w as , at 10 o'clock this morning, still a hard gale and a heavy sea, the wind E.S.E when a s ma p sleep, apparentl y o f 25 or 30 tons, was descried ing tor th e h ar b our. She had laboured through thelengths) waves few boats' till within a very short distance (a of the pi er , and of safety, when a heightened gust of wind and an enormous wave overact her in an instant. Her crew, consisting of two men and a boy, held on as long as their strength in a tempestuous surge pennitted. The poor boy was visible the latest, still holding up his hands as he sank. In a very short time they had all disappeared. Had the life-boat belonging to this place beets in readiness every one of them could have been saved. But it was twenty minutes after the accident before the lifeboat touched the waves ; and so hope less was then the effort that, after proceeding about half-way t owar d s t h e spot w h ere the already b b r a o ck ke a n g fisag p;n. me T n b ts e o f f a t c h t e i v s e , ss t e h l a w t e t r h e e fl f t . n i f o , a s t h , n r s e t t e v a i d o . e do d f being kept under a shed upon the pier, or slung el.ongsnt into It through its inner well (whence also it could be lowered i smooth watar, instead of beiag,as s now, forced the breakers), is kept in a building _ _ about ha!f-tide when .this accident mei!! eed ; and it was necessary to procure horses to draw the boat to the want of edge. to But mant the gherre.ateNstodneelaayrewaapspoochclats.?sdioin.oer. thedby service, nor is there any fund from which the labour o f men volunteers ca n be rewarded. The ill-fated vessel is said to have belonged to Boston, and to have been a regular trader between that place and Scarborough. Her cargo was corn and apples. EVENING SUN u • i - A FEMALE IMP .6R. --- ~ Some few years ago, a young a , 701utiful woman ' 1 1" : 0 _ v_ . :- , - rlse made her appearanc e in the Iles d' -.. re . s;'and became, the attraction of all the gallants of : place, but con-513 k ., ) • fined her favours to the veterinar -- ) . la3t ef a regi' `" meat of horse-chasseurs, recently arilvled•Arlii'lifeica, : 1 ' / and with whom she came to Paris, reflgralt447, kj of Arabian hor ses sent b y Abd-el-Kader as a present tir' the King. She was then known by no other appellee tive than "La Belle Laure." Yesterday the same being made her appearance before the Correctional Tri bunal, still young and handsome, but meagre, pale, and exhibiting all the traces of long distress or devouring passions. She was brought there on the complaint of A woman, named Dallichamp, and a journeyman boot maker, named Mahuret, who related the following story In March, 1839, the prisoner arrived at the Hotel des Etats-Unix, by the diligence, under the name of Mme Dubnst de Ligny, ar d immediately wrote to Madame Dallichamp, requesting a visit from her, and, on her re fusal to conic, went to her apartment, and by talking familiarly of several persons of Lyons known to Madame Dallichamp, gained her confidence, and prevailed upon her to receive her as an inmate, to furnish her with food and clothing, arid even money, though the poor woman had no more than what she earned by making umbrellas and parasols, a work she offered to teach her guest. Her first story was that she had formed a too close intimacy with a person at Lyons, named Dubost, an acquaintance of her hostess, who was to come to Paris to marry her. In course of time she changed her tone, and declared that she was the daughter of the Count de Ligny, wko had from mercenary motives forced her to marry the Count de Weracque,.who was 70 years of age : that having committed herself with Dubost, she bad fled from Lyons, to avoid the vengeance of her husband 4'4 father. This new tale only increased her interest w i t h her dupe, and drew also into the snare the eonridainant Mahuret. In the course of time the soi-di• sant Coun ters was delivered of a boy, who was seat •, 0 Montargis, the two deluded people paying all P:xpenses. This, however, was not without hope of 'profit, for by way of recompense the Countess gave t'aena a written engage ment for 40,000 f: She still 'Kept up the cheat by re ceiving and writing almost ()lily letters, as from persons of the highest distinction, the postages of which, to an amount of 600 f., were paid by her victims. At length, urged by their well-meaning instances, and probably finding this source beginning to fail her, she went to Aignan le.Duc, near Chatillon, under pretence of im ploring pardon of her offended relatives:but in truth only to explore a new mine. Here, however, she failed, and was taken up as a vagabond. At first, Madam. Dallichamp and Mahuret claimed her, and obtained her discharge, paying all the costs. Soon afterwards, how ever, they became enlightened as to the real character of their protegee, and placed her in the hands of justice as a swindler, who hail defrauded them of more them 7,000 f. The enterprising lady, at the bearing, confi dently asserted her being the daughter of Count de Ligny and the wife of the Count de Weracque, and that she had a right to assume the title of Countess d'Aidemont- 7 that all these branches of her family were rich and powerful, but refused to tell where they or their proper ty were, from fear of the anger of her father. The facts of the complaint, however, being proved, the triple Countess was condemned to imprisonment for 13 months. Gali,gnani's lliessen,ger. DRAMATIC IN TELL IGENCE, There is a strong rumour (we can yet treat, it as nothing else) that we are not only to have C. Kemble, but his daughter, Mrs. Butler, again on the stage titer Christmas. This, in fact, as far as regard one •,,f the individuals we have named, is only a repetition, o f infor mation which we communicated to our readers several months ago, when we adverted also tP, the supposed cause of the 're-retina of C. Kemble v., the stage. Since then we were tald (as we believed) that there was no such reason for the renewed expet'iment of fr.ir modern Betterte,u ; but the story is revived, and it seems put upon, a fair footing when it is said ;'bat the veteran still hankers after a new opportunity ;or public exhibition on the boards of Govent•gardea a: A to hear th a t hi s h ea lth an d str, n we are most happy gth are such as to en able him to sustain parts Penruddock. With re Hamlet, the Str anger , or card to the statement that C. Kemble is to be su Prr.,rted by M rs . B u tl er , we must b e permitted to d ou b It until the intelligence reaches us in a more authe-ntic shape. We can see no sufficient ground for se . ,h a course, and many against it, with to the fa c t s th a t M r . B ut l er i s a r i ch man, andou t atdhvietrtfrii:„s- rs. Butler always avowed her aversion to a profmno t , to which she was only driven by the necessi ties of ter family. Ttere is another report current of considerable in- IP . :est, to which we have not hitherto adverted, because we waited to hear some confirmation of it. We allude to the assertion that Mr. Young also is about to revisit the glimpses of the foot-lamps, and to go through a round of his principal characters. One of these ru mours seems inconsistent with the other, for C. Kemble and Young would take much the same line of partt— Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, &c. If, indeed, they could be induced to appear in the same tragedies, as for in stance in Othello, it would form a most singular attrac tion ; but Young would be quite sufficient of himself to fill a thi)atre for many nights. They could hardly act together in Venice Presei ved, for though Young was and would be famous as Pierre, a younger tragedian than Mr. C. Kemble, at seventy, must be found for Jaffier. It is said that the Queen has especially re quested,Mr. Young to take his place again upon the boards,- that she may have an opportunity of seeing what good tragic acting of the old school really is ; but we doubt the truth of what we are told upon this point now just as much as we did a season or two ago, when a report of the same sort was got up in town as an ex cuse for C. Kemble again to come forward in public. Such an excuse cannot be wanted by Mr. Young, if he think fit to give himself the trouble of getting up some of his great parts. He retired in the vigour of 11:s life, and that only a comparatively few years ago ; and if he will consent again to gratify the town, all we can say is, that the town ought to be, and will be, very much obliged to him. We mentioned some time since that the Sub-Com mittee of Drury-lane had come to the resolution of ex pending a considerable sum of money upon the house beyond what was originally calculated. It now appears that Mr. Beazley, the architect of the theatre, has made his report, and the result is, that 2,000/. will not cover the necessary outlay. Of course, in a building of such magnitude, even 2,000/. will go a comparatively little way ; but when, as some months ago, it was ge nerally stated that 5001. only would be expended by the Committee, t'ae inadequacy of the amount could not fail to strike everybody. We think that the pro prietors will have reason to think themselves very w e ll off if the whole of the first year's rent to be paid by Macready be not absorbed by the inevitable repairs. We are happy to learn that these works will not inter• fere with the commencement of Macready's experiment on the 27th of December next, as we announced early in the autumn. Of course, under the terms of his en gagement at the Haymarket, he will not be able to if they fo r reallys uc parts ar e produced Weilend his personal aid as an actor until a f ter the 15th of January. We see that Webster still k eeps in his bills he y, King announcemento Macreadyand t o wards the close of th e season at the H s t eho, a C o! , Haymarket, the performances will be v ery useful to Macready as a spe cies of public rehearsal before he undertakes them on his own boards. The great success of Peak 'e s compound comedy Court and City at Covent-garden • gives us unf e i gne d pleasure :it w i l l fill up the off-nights of Miss A. Kemble's vocal performances Vestris very will ha admirably, veso and cause hope pr o fi ta bl y. Mad to regret th at s h e deferred the repre sentation e c o a l . it from last season ; and certainly to put it in rehearsal just after Christmas, 1840, and then to lay it by in favour of some other pieces until the middle of Novem ber, 1841, was hardly giving the piece a fair chance. This was throwing cold water upon it with a ven geance : nevertheless it has been received with the hear tiest approbation ; and whatever may be said of Garriek's peformance in W. Farren's part (under a different name), we will venture to say that the great tragedian had not the physical capabilities to render it what his comic successor has made it. The comedy combines the whole strength of the company, and it is excellently acted throughout. We observe that Miss Homer, Wilson, and Giubelei are singing at Birmingham, and we hope to good houses. It is much to be lamented that they should at this mo ment be, as it were, banished to the provinces, as if they had been driven away by the success of Miss A. Kemble., We have often s3id that it is tile fault of our Engiish opera singers, and of themselves only, that they are not now at Drury-lace. Had they rallied round Eliason as they ought to have done, and supported him heartily in his undertaking ar Drury-lane, they might have had. good salaries, and have been in the enjoyment of a re putation which would have rendered Miss A. Ke m bl e ' s triumph less complete. We hear that Eliason has turned his attention to opera in another department as a composer—and that he has at this moment ready which has met with the high approbatio n o f a piece the musical judges who have had an opportunity o f hearing it. We d_o not know the subject, but we ror un derstand that Eliason has taken care to av o id the error of many modern composers, by procuri ng a weil e". strutted and an interesting story. It is a singular fact that Meyerbeer was obliged to come to Paris in order to obtain words adopted to his style of composition. Scribe has furnished him with them. When C. Kean quitted London it Was generally supposed that he would return to the 1-1 a3market bcs fore the end of the current season. It now appears that he is not expected in town until soon after the 15th of March, when Webster will commence his new season. As soon as C. Kean s h a ll have g a few of hi s p r i nc ip a l parts, he will bring sauotnetliberougb, play, with a Spanish story, which Sheridan Knowles new has written for him. He will be supported in it,ntl in the other plays where atragie actress eminenceof a required, by Ellen Tree, who has been Performing with it i h s him at Liverpool, Manchester, B, e. We shall al be most most happy to have her among us once more, being con vinced that she does not consult her own reputation being only seen in London at long •by intervals.—Sunday Paper.