The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

VtirlY Ebition FRANCE. The Patrie, which is the official journal of the present French Ministry, publishes the following im portant article on the affairs of Italy : - • "All the powers desire to re-establish the head of the Church at Rome, and to ensure his independence, ; all consider it a point of honour to co - op erate is the matter. Portugal and Spain cannot dispose of soldiers, but they offer money ; Russia and Naples are getting ready. Can France remain inactive ? Can she, in particnlar, in presence of Austria ? Austria, it is known, takes care to have published in the journals in her pay, even in the Augsburg Gazette, that she is obliged to send reinforce ments to the Imperial army on its march to Pesth. And whilst her journals hold that language she strips Hun gary, where matters may be considered now as termi nated, and causes numerous regiments to pass hit° Italy, where they are concentrating themselves on the frontiers of Piedmont and on the side of the Legations. She seems to menace at the same time Bologna and Turin. Radetzky is waiting for orders, and is in a posi tion to proceed to either side. In both these cases, has not France a part to play, a part active and energetic, not precisely hostile, but, to employ a term lately intro duced, a preservative, one ? If it be the cause of the Pope which Austria pretends to serve, if it be on Bologna that she is directing her forces, France, the eldest daughter of the Church, cannot permit that the throne of the successor of St. Peter should be restored without her. She will consequently place herself at Civita Vecchia, and from that point will press with the weight of her sword on the deliberations of the powers. Nothing will be effected in spite of her, or independently of her. If it be only on the side of Piedmont that the efforts of Austria were di rected, there alas it is necessary for Frauce to be pre sent, and present in arms. The actual situation of affairs is well known—Charles Albert, whether be wages war or does not wage it, is certain to receive anything but maledictions. If alarmed at the chances of a struggle evidently disproportioned, he should avoid en gaging in war, Lombardy will call for vengeance from all Italy. Who knows in that case to what extremities the Piedmontese people may allow itself to be carried, mis led, as it is, as to its real interests, fanaticised by revo lutionary journals, deaf even to the voice of Gioberti, already -outstripped by events ? If, on the contrary, Charles Albert engages in war, it is not nearly certain that in a very short time, the Austrian army, so nu merous, and so strongly organized, will have beaten the Piedmontese army? Will not Radetzky easily find the way to Turin ? It being possible that such serious eventuali ties may be realised. France ought to be in a situation to meet them. If the Austrian army should appear to desire to remain in Turin, the French army would have its eondact ready traced out for it ; it ought in its turn to take up a triple position at Chambray, Genoa, and Nice, and thence call on Austria to withdraw. But it will be said, if Austria should not comply, a war must follow. War,perhaps, would follow if Franee was not in a posi tion from the present time to cause her will to be respected. It would not be war if wise precautions were taken. Austria, who after all, does not want a conquest which she could not keep as she well knows, would evacuate Piedmont, declaring that she had: not attacked, that she had merely defended herself. But as she would certainly be ofctorious, she would affirm not without reason that it ie the vanquished who ought to pay the cost of the war, particularly as it was they who com menced it. In order that that cost should not exhaust Piedmont, already at the end of her resources, it would be well for France to be there to cause, in a firm manner, the voice of humanity to be heard. In that case, the conferences of Brussels, could hare their utility. It is therefore good policy to prepare at the same time for war, and tor diplomatic negotiations. As to the ques . tion of Lombarday, properly so called, is there any thing to expect from these double prfpa,rations? We me sorry to be obliged to say it, but we do not think 50.% AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 12.—The first paragraph of the Fun damental Rights, that the whole power of GovOmment emanates from the people, and will be carried out in the manner fixed by the Constitution—against which the Ministers had entered a protest—was thrown out by a large tnajority upon the amendment of the De puty Ullipitsch, in the sitting of the Diet on the 10th. The amendment was as follows :—" That section 1 of the fundamental law will be omitted as not apper taining hereto, and that it be referred to the Com mittee charged with the drawing np of the other parts of the Constitution. The differences between the Ministers, and the Diet a', Kremsier, may there fore be considered as'-settled, in consequence of the mutual and satisfactory explanations on both sides. Prince Wiridischgrati has publicly thanked the Israelite community of Presburg'for sending a hand .: some donation of woollen stockings and other gar mients of the same material for the Imperial troops in f Hungary. The acknowledgment is dated Head quarters, Presburg, Jan. 3." THE ACADEMIC LEGIONS.—The Prague Gazette contains a decree of the National Pre-ioium to the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, inform ing him that, since the bearing of arms is a service requiring much time and attention, wholly incom patible with the studies to which youth must be devoted, the Ministry has commanded that the Academic Legions be dissolved, until such time as the new law for the National Guard service be issued, in which respect will be had to the wishes of the students. The decree concludes with a high enco mium upon the Prague Academic Legion, both as a body and individually. When this decree was made known to the young men they immediately deter mined to enter a protest against the dissolution of the Austrian Academic Legion, :which has hitherto been considered an integral part of the National Guard. ITALY. The fallowing is the passage in the speech of the Grand Duke of Tuscany to the Chambers in which he speaks of the affairs of Italy. " As respects war, the blood generously shed in Lom bardy by the brave Tuscans, so far from discouraging them, only tends to redouble their ardour. The reasons for prosecuting the war, besides, still exist, and the dan ger is always the same. I cannot accordingly refuse to concur in the wishes of my people. Our relations with the Sovereigns and States out of Italy, are not only pacific but cordial, with the exception, however, of Austria. We do not in the meantime forget that we must remain united with the Princes and States of Italy, like the fingers of the same hand, destined to grasp the sword of valour and concord, which alone can secure real liberty to our country. Piedmont has replied to our remonstrances relative to certain facts that took place on our frontier, by sending two commissioners to inquire into them, and promising to grant the satis faction due to us. Powerful mediators have interfered to adjust the trifling difficulties that have arisen between the Courts of Naples and Tuscany, and which, we hope, will soon be terminated. At the same time that we de plure the interruption of good harmony between the Sovereign Pontiff and his subjects, which we hope may so,, n be - re-established, we cannot pursue a policy that would condemn us to isolation. We will follow that of the other Italian States, to which it is important we should strictly adhere, if, as we have reason to believe, that policy continues to be inspired with that respect to which the Supreme Pontiff of the Church, the Chief of the Catholic re ligion, is so eminently entitled. Gentlemen, the Con stituent Assembly proclaimed in Tuscany must not be a principle of discord and dissolution, but on the contrary, one of harmony and strength. Our constitution rejects no practicable form of organization. It willingly accepts all that can bring it nearer to the desired term. It ex pects to obtain the adhesion of the other parts of Italy, with which it behoves us to unite in bonds of frater nity rather than in bonds of actual confede ration. Courage, Honourable Senators and Depu ties, the country has lost nothing if we maintain a firm will, which will increase with events. You are aware that everything becomes dearer to us rather by the sacrifice which it costs than by the pleasure which it procures, The sacrifices demanded by our country are not suc h as our courage can fear or such as are When you con f erred on me above our strength . t h e t itl e of Father, I accepted it with joy, for I feel a truly paternal affection for men whose wi s h es I , have always studied, and whom I will study to go . vern with love. If my cotemporaries and if will be if poste rity confirm the title of Father of my Peopl e, the most glorious reward to which your Prince ever aspired. Our ambassador will assist at the Congress of Brussels. It is the most ardent wish of my soul that Christian blood may cease to flow, and that peace, so long desired,may be established throughout the world. Let US be, however prepared for war. It is t hus onl y • that we ca n defend' our existence and our property, and maintain intact the honour of our country. Cer tain people, our brothers by nature, and by ancient friendship, have spontaneously devoted themselves to us. I am am happy, Gentlemen, to remind you of the c , a fi dence they have reposed in us, and we must consider them as attached to us by indis soluble bonds. I cannot disguise from you bow often in the midst of so many motives of bitterness my heart finds consolation by reflecting that nations have devoted themselves to the Tuscans, and I know not whether this . fact proves more the merit of the Tuscans, or the great . friendship of the inhabitants of the Appenines, although • lam convinced that it honours them both in the highest • degree." THE POPE and ROMAN ASSEMBLY The following is the address of the Pope to the Roman people, threatening with excommunicati on all those who take part in the election of members of the Assembly : " In this peaceful abode, whither it has pleased Divine Providence to lead us, in order that we may be en abled in all freedom to manifest our senti• ments and our wh.hes, we wait in hope that remorse will be felt by our erring children fur the sa crilegious and other crimes committed against persons attached to us, of whom some have been killed, and others outraged in the most barbarous manner, as well as for the sacrileges and crimes consummated in our re sidence, and even against our own person. And y et we have, up to the present, received only a barren invita tion to return to our capital, without even a word being uttered in condemnation of the attempts we have re• ferred to, and without the least guarantee against the acts of fraud and violence of that inveterate band whose barbarous despotism still tyrannises over the State and Church of Rome. We have waited in the hope that the protests and decrees which we have issued would recal to their duties as subjects, and as of the faithful, those who in the very capital or our states have despised these duties and trampled them under foot. But, instead of returning, a new and still more mon strous act of hypocritical felony and genuine rebellion, audaciously committed by them, has filled the measure of our grief, and excited our just indignation, as it will afflict the universal -church. We speak of that act, so detestable in all its bearings, by which it has been pretended to order the convocation of a soi-disant general National Assembly of the Roman States by a decreee of the 29th December last, for the purpose of establshing new political forms in the Pon tifical States. Thus heaping iniquity upon iniquity, the promoters of demagogical anarchy are endeavouring to destroy the temporal authority of the Roman Pon tiff over the domains of the Holy Church, believing, and seeking at the same time to make it believed, that his sovereign power is subject to contro versy, and depends upon the caprice of factions, although its rights are so irrefragably founded upon the most ancient and solid bases, and although they are ac knowledged, defended, and venerated by all nations. We will spare our dignity the humiliation of dwelling upon all the monstrosity of this abominable act, arising from the absurdity of its origin, the illegality of its forms, and the impiety of its object. But it certainly belongs to the Apostolic authority with which, unworthily, we are invested, and by the responsibility to which we are bound by the most sacred oaths taken in tt.e presence of the Almighty, not only to protest, as we now do, in the most energetic and efficient manner, against this act, but, moreover, to denounce it in the face of the universe as a monstrous and sacrilegious attempt against our independence and sovereignty— an aqesupt which merits the chastisement inflicted by divine and human laws. We are convinced that, on receiving this audacious appeal you have cast it far from you with indignation as an insult and a crime. Nevertheless, that none of you may hereafter have the pretext of having been deceived by fallacious seductions, and by artful preachers of subversive doc trines, or of having been ignorant of the machinations of the enemies of all order, of all law, of all right, of all true liberty, of even your own felicity, we have this day again raised and exalted our voice so that you 'may be rendered perfectly as sured of that absolute command, by which we forbid you, whatever may be your ranks or conditions, from taking any part in the elections of persons to be sent to the !Assembly which we have condemned. In the mean time, we remind you that this absolute interdic tion is sanctioned by our predecessors and by councils, especially by the Holy Council of Trent (Sess. xxii., c. xi., de Refer.), in Which the Church has repeatedly fulminated its censures, and particularly that' of the greater excommunication, as incurred, without the necessity of any previous declaration, by whomsoever shall render himself guilty of any attempt whatever against the temporal authority of the Sovereign Pontiffs of Rome, as we declare all those have unhappily in curred who have contributed (Tutti choloro the hanno date opera) to the above-mentioned act, and those which preceded it to the 'detriment of the, same sove reignty, or who in any other manner, and under false pretences, have disturbed, violated, and usurped our au thority. But, if we feel ourselves compelled by our conscientious duties to, preserve and defend the sacred deposit of the patrimony of the spouse of Jesus Christ, confided to our care, And to employ the mold of just severity which God hiniself, our Judge, has given into our hands to be thus used, we cannot, however, arainy time forget that w© hold on earth -the 'place of Him who, in the exercise of His ,justice, never failed to use mercy. Raising then our 'hands to Heaven, remitting and recommending to I-lies once more this just cause, His much more than ours, and declaring that we are ready, with the aid of His powerful grace, to drink to the dregs, for the defence and glory of the Catholic Church, the cap of bitterness which He himself was willingly the first to taste for the salvation of His church. We shall never cease tc ' supplicate and conjure Him to deign, in His goodness, to grant the ardent prayers which we address to bins day and night for the conversion and salvation of those who have wandered from the true path. Assuredly no day can rise which 'will be more joyful to us than that on which it shall be given to us to see re-entering the pale of the Lord such of our sons as are now causing us so ,much tribulation and bitterness. The hope of soon seeing a day so happy is strengthened in us by the thought of the universality of the prayers which, joined to ours, ascend to the Throne of liivine Grace from the lips and the hearts of all the faithful of the Catholic world, and who incessantly urge Him to change the hearts of the sinners, and bring them back into the paths of truth and justice. Given at Gaeta, this Ist day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1849. " PIUS P. P. IX." INSTITUTION OF CIVIL EN- GINEERS. The annual general meeting of this institution was held on Tuesday evening, January 16th, when the following gentlemen were chosento form the Council for the ensuing year :—J. Field, President; W. Cubitt, J. M. Rendel, J. Simpson, and R. Stephen son M.P., Vice-Presidents ; J. F. Bateman, G. P. Bidder, J. K. Brunel, J. Cubitt, J. Fowler, C. 11. Gregory, J. Locke, M..P., J. R. M'Clean, . May, and J. Miller, members; and W. Harding and T. Piper, Associates of Council. The report of the Council was read, and from the statement of its financial position the society appeared to be governed by men of foresight, who had very properly restricted the ordinary expenditure within prudential limits, whilst the pressure of the times was felt so heavily by all classes. It, however, held out cheering hopes for the future, for, as it ob served, "in a country like Great Britain, whose distinguishing characteristic is energetic and in domitable courage in circumstances of difficulty, it is not probable that any foreign political excitement can long continue to exercise a prejudicial effect ; al ready the horizon is brightening, and a little reflection will demonstrate, that in proportion to the injury arising from the late stagnation, must be the activity on the resumption of the works.; and it appears to be acknowledged that the 'foiced economy, which has been practised' during the past year, has caused such a necessity for supplies of working stock, and for the improvement of works, that the engineering pro fession must be generally benefited on the return of Confidence in financial affairs." Satisfactory reasons were given for the unusual de lay in the publication of the Minutes of Proceedings, and a simple but effective plan was detailed for paying off the debt incurred for the alterations of the house of the institution. Telford Medals were presented to the Right Hon. the Earl of Loirelace ' Messrs. Harrison, Mitchell, and Ransome ; Council Premiums of Books to Messrs. Harrison and Jackson, and Telford Premiums of Books to Messrs. Redman, Green, and Rankine ; the President addressing a few complimentary words to each of these gentlemen on presenting the medals and premiums. Memoirs were read of the, deceased members : Messrs. B. Cubit; T. Hopkins, 'S. -Fowls, members; Lieutenant Colonel Brandreth, P. L. Campbell, F. Carleton, and T. E: Steele, 'associates ; and J. Pope, graduate. These contained some very interesting biography, and, as a speCimen, we may give that of the late Tom Steele, who was a very old associate of the institution. " Mr. Thomas Ennis Steele was the descendant of an ancient and honourable family in the County Clare, where he inherited a beautiful estate, and few men have commenced their career with brighter pros pects. He graduated and took his degrees at Trinity College, Dublin, about the year 1817 ; he then re moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1820, and obtained the degree of Master of Arts in that Uni versity, on the books of which his name was always retained, and he regularly appeared at the elections. He was an elegant classical scholar, but more parti cularly directed his attention to mathematics, me chanics, and the application of chemistry to the arts; he also, at one period, devoted much of his time to the study of geology, with the avowed object of pre paring himself for travelling in the East; a project which was probably prevented by his entanglement in politics. "His attention being directed to the bad state of the navigation of the river Shannon, he determined to make a personal survey of the bed of the river, which he did in the most complete manner, employing some times very original means; such, for instance, as stepping along the line of a reef or shoal, supporting himself with one hand upon the stern of a boat, whilst he measured and recorded all the inequalities of the surface, and ascertained the nature of the rock or ground. An account of this survey was published by him ; and no greater proof of its utility can be given, than the fact of the greater portion of his suggestions having been followed in the works that have been since executed. " His attention being thus directed to the diving bell, be devised several alterations in its construction and application ; particularly a method of lighting the divers, during their submarine labours. All these, with many similar subjects, were published in the current periodicals of the . day, .and . some of them were communicated to m t e ht u s olnnswtithuitclhon. he rAetpeaatleattielyr r t e h s a a t r s va h t a to k n .. addressed the Institution, e :as the purchase of the period, a favourite theme by the sientific world, in t birth-place of Sir Isaac h Newton, same and man i n ts er P of literary and dramatic men.. h spere's house has since been e obtained by the exertions the year " embarked deeply in Ins the devoted follower of O'Connell, about politics, and became 1425 ; b u t upon t h a t por ti on o f his career, the in cumbrance of his fortune, and the melancholy ter mination of the life of a man,who might have been an invaluable member of society, this memoir cannot dwell. His political opponents, however, all ac knowledged his honourable feelings, and the entire absence of selfishness in all his actions; and in his last hours he had the gratification of seeing the bit terest among them vieing with each other in their anxiety to serve honest Tom Steele. " He was the most chivalrously -minded of men, the most affectionate of friends, and the most devoted of followers, still preserving his independence of mind. He entertained no private resentments which might not instantly be extinguished by the slightest approach to conciliation, even on the part of one who might have deeply injured him ; and it may with truth be said, that he never deliberately committed an act by which he thought he should lose a friend, create an enemy, or injure a fellow-creature. " After the decease of his chosen leader, Mr. Steele abandoned politics, and though visibly declining in health and spirits, he stedfastly rejected all offers of assistance from his friends, who desired to cheer the evening of his days, and on the 15th of June, 1848, he expired, a man of fallen fortunes, a crushed spirit, and a broken heart, but universally beloved by all who knew and could estimate the man, apart from the politician." Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to the President, Vice-Presidents, Members, and Associates of the Council, and the Secretary; and the Presi dent, in returning thanks, gave a memoir of the late George Stephenson, and his connexion with the com bination of the Fire Tubes and the Blast Pipe in the Locomotive, which constituted it the life of the pre sent railway system. The address was responded to very warmly, and the meeting adjourned until Tuesday, February 6th, when the following paper was announced to be read 1 —" On the Abbattoirs of Paris."—By R. B. Gran tham, M. Inst. C. E. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst The Tartar 40 to 1 agst Great Western. 50 to 1 agst Chanticleer 50 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 15 to 1 agst Proceed 20 to 1 agst Chandler DERBY. Not a bet laid. FOREIGN ARRIVALS.—In the absence of the usual arrivals of cattle, provisions, &c., from Rotterdam and other of the continental ports, some supplies have taken place from Harlingen, Nardwyk, and Nieu Diep. The arrivals from Rotterdam as well as Hamburgh are at present entirely suspended, owing to the severity of the frost on the Continent, and merchants have in the emer gency availed themselves of the port of Ostend for the transmission of continental merchandise to this country. A steam-ship has just arrived in the river from that port, heavily laden with merchandize of every descrip tion, a considerable portion of which has been brought from the inland parts of Germany for shipment to this country. We understand that Mr. Pryse, the son of the late lamented Member for . the Cardigan boroughs, has con sented to come forward, with every prospect of success. TUE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.-- , A. meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras was held yesterday afternoon, at the new vestry-rooms, Camden-town, to consider the proposed erection of a new gaol for Middlesex, as sug cested by the county magistrates. A memorial to the magistrates, strongly deprecating the proposed erection, on account of the enormous increase it would cause in the county rates, at a time when the inhabitants were ill able to bear the present burdens, was moved, and unani mously agreed to. "INTENDED PRESENT TO JENNY LIND.—We have had the pleasure of seeing this week a beautiful bible, which the Lord Bishop intends for presentation to Jenny Lind. It is a Swedish copy of the Holy Scriptures, in quarto, magnificently bound in purple morocco, having the arms of the see on the covers, and being beautifully tooled. The edges are gilt and burnished with great skill. The binder is Mr. Coote, of Hay-hill. We also hear that some specimens of Norwich manufacture, the work of those for whom she expresses so much sympathy and whose cause she comes to serve, will be presented to Mdlle. Lind.—Norfolk Chronicle. COTTON FROM PORT NATAL.—On Monday last, at the annual :meeting of the Manchester Commercial Association, two samples of cotton were exhibited, which had been grown at Port Natal, by Mr. Sydney Peel, the brother-in-law of Mr. John Peel, one of the di rectors of the association, on land belonging Ito the lat ter, who holds a very large quantity of land in the co lony. One of the samples is of the indigenous cotton of the country ; it is of a yellow colour, almost amounting to " nankeen," which could, however, be taken out by bleachinz. The staple is fair, but not very strong ; it would be worth about 41d. per lb. The other sample is grown from Sea Island seed ; the colour is good, and the staple long and silky ; it is worth '6d. per:lb. 'Both samples are hand-picked. The capabilities of Port Natal for the growth of cotton and other agricultural produce, without the expenditure of a heavy amount of capital and labour, may be judged from the fact that Mr. Peel had several hundred acres (we believe we might say thousands) of virgin land, through which the plough (mild be run without removing a stump ; and the whole is but thinly wooded.—Manchester Guardian. THR FIRE IN NEW -SQUARE, LINCOLN'S-INN—Yes terday the several gentlemen who held chambers at No. 2, New-square, Lincoln's Inn fields, met together, and a committee was formed for the purpose of seeing that proper care was taken in searching the ruins for the re covery of the remaining documents known to be still in the rubbish. It was also agreed that no person what ever was to be allowed to go upon the ruins to search for missing property until the remaining *ails are pulled down. So flexions were many gentle men the preceding day to search the ruins for their property, that notwithstanding every gust of wind made the walls reel to and fro, not the least attention was psid to the warning, and in order to protect the lives of the unfortunate sufferers by the fire, this order was deemed indispensably necessary. This morning, at an early hour, the work of levelling the walls will be commenced. Mr. Martin, a gentleman whose chambers have been totally consumed, has fortunately succeeded in getting out of the ruins a vast number of documentary papers of many thousand pounds value, and in order to allay the excitement which has been caused amongst several members of the nobility respecting the fate of their title deeds, we are in a position to state that most of them have' been recovered, either uninjured, or so triflingly scorched as not to be illegible. The police are still obliged to be kept on duty within the square to pre vent the crowd of spectators from getting into danger. LAW IN COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. ]7. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENAIAN and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and kRLE.) TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1849: pensation to be awarded for manorial rights of copy hold land at Holloway, required for the direct York line, and also For a small portion of freehold property adjoining the same. Sir. F. Thesiger and Mr. Bovil appeared for the claimants, and the Hon. Stuart Wortley (with whom was Mr. Denison) for the company. The case occupied five hours before the jury re tired, and they consulted for another hour. It was described in the opening address on the part of the claimants as an important and difficult inquiry, inasmuch as the claim was principally made in respect of manorial rights and for a small portion of freehold property. The property was situate near the Hornsey-road, with one part to Duval's-lane. The copyhold land comprised four acres, one rood, and eighteen perches; and the freehold twenty-two perches, with a frontage to Holloway-road, which made the latter of great value, especially for building purposes. The plaintiffs, Mr. John Wainwright and Mr. Kemp, were lords of the manor of St. John of Jerusalem, and held one undivided moiety of the pro perty as such, and the other moiety as trustees for a Mr. Jacomp. A gentleman named Jackson was the copyholder, and the company had paid him a sum of 3,5001. by way of compensation. The property com prised thirteen acres, only four acres of which with a little more were required for the purposes of the com pany, and the remainder would be determined by the line of railway about to be constructed. There was no principle to guide the jury in estimating the compensa tion to be awarded to the lords of the manor. Lords of manors were paid by fines on death and alienation. They were entitled to the improved value of the property when a life dropped, and, in the case of the manor of Kennington, on which a sum of 240/. was formerly paid by way of fine on a death, on a recent occasion, in consequence of the great increase in the value of the property, the Crown, in whom it vested, bad demanded and obtained, by way of fine on a life being dropped, the sum of 75,0001. The property at Holloway was valuable, and the jury would not only consider the present value, but, estimate the sum to be given to the lord for what was in effect an enfran chisement of the property required by the company. The plaintiffs had made a claim for 2,568/., which the company had declined to pay, and the jury were consequently required, difficult and important though the case might be, to assess the amount to be awarded. Several witnesses were called on the part of the claimants. The property required was extremely valuable for building purposes. An offer of 1,000/. an acre on it being enfranchised had been refused. Mr. Harrison, a surveyor, was of opinion that a lord of a manor was entitled, out of 1,000/. an acre, to 2701. There was no principle or calculation to be made ; it was a matter of arrangement between the parties. The effect of the railway would, in his judg. went, be to damage the adjoining property to one third of the value. A death occurred in 28 or 30 years, and an alienation once in about the same period. Mr. S. WORTLEY admitted that the question was a difficult one, to ascertain the amount to be awarded to the lords of the manor. The entire claim made was 2,568/., and after deducting 3501. for the free hold, the sum deManded by the claimants was 2,218/., on the supposition that their right on fines and aliena tion would, on the property improved, eventually amount to that sum. Sir F. TBESIGER stated that the value of the land in the whole was 3 024/., from which the.value of an under-lease from Mr. Jackson, the copyholder, was to be deducted. Mr. S. WORTLEY apprehended that the demand made for the manorial rights was very great, more than one-third of the sum awarded to the copyholder, Mr. Jackson, who had made a claim for 4,5001. in respect to the proPerty, but had accepted 3,500/. The jury had heard a good deal of the value of the land for building purposes, and a plan had been exhibited of intended improvements in that respect ; but they would bear in mind that the plan was projected in the year 1845, when many melancholy failures occurred with respect to schemes of presumed value. Thei Learned UNDER-SHERIFF told the jury that they had to assess the value to be awarded in respect of the property in question, and also damage to the adjoining property. It was undoubtedly a difficult question. There were no principles to guide them, and they must " pick their way," as it had been de scribed in the best manner they could adopt. The whole claim might be stated at 2,568/. 103. The sum of 1,3001. 10s. was asked for the enfranchisement, 918/. for the severance, or damage, and 350/. for the freehold. The jury would consider the evidence, and assess the sum to be awarded. The jury retired for an hour, and at five o'clock, on their return into court, assessed the value of the freehold at 275/., for the enfranchisement 975/., and 306/. by way of damage, or compensation ; making 1,556/. to be paid by the company. THE REV. RICHARD HARVEY V. THE SAME. This was another compensation case, in respect to property near Hornsey Church. Sir P. THESIGEZ informed the jury that 1,0001. had been agreed upon ; 7601. for the land, and 2501. by way of compensation. The jury accordingly assessed the amount at 1,0001. OSTERMAN V. BATEMAN. This was an action on the case for maliciously, and without probable cause, causing the plaintiff to be taken into custody and carried before the Lord Mayor, on a charge of riot, and afterwards preferring against him an indictment for a riot at the Central Criminal Court. The case arose out of a disputa as to the validity of an order made.by two Aldermen of the city of London, in the year 1840, under Michael Angelo Taylor's Act, for the stopping up of a court called Angel alley, in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate. In the year 1843 the defendant had come into the occupa tion of some premises adjoining the court in question, and finding there the fence complained of he con tinued it ; and being subsequently indicted for a nuisance, the indictment was removed into this court, by whom it was finally decided that the order of the aldermen was bad, and the fence a nuisance, the requisite number of consents not hav ing been obtained. But previous to the decision on that case the plaintiff went, with several other per. sons, to destroy the fence, when the plaintiff, with another person was taken into cust o dy, an d b e i ng taken before the Lord Mayor, an indictment for a riot was preferred and found against him at the Central Criminal Court. Before the trial of this indictment the decision of this Court was given, by which the fence in question was declared to be a nuisance ; and, in consequence, when the indictment for the riot came on to be tried, the prosecutor declined giving any evidence. Subsequently this action was brought, and was tried at the sittings after last term, before Mr. Justice Erle, when the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 2001. damages. Mr. GURNEY, Q.C., now moved for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground that there was no evi dence to support the plaintiff's case, and that evidence had been improperly received. The evidence pro duced at the trial showed that the charge made against the plaintiff before the Lord Mayor was not that of a riot, but of maliciously destroying a fence ; and the Learned Judge had, as he (Mr. Gurney) submitted, improperly received parole evidence of the evidence given before the Lord Mayor by the defendant. That evidence had been taken down in writing, which ought to have been produced. Mr. Justice ERLE—I admitted the evidence sub ject to the objection; but it turned out that the charge made by the defendant was neither one of felony nor of misdemeanour. Mr. GURNEY—The evidence was tendered in sup port of the allegation that the defendant had made a charge of riot. The COURT granted a rule nisi. GADSBY V. ESTHALL. In this case, which was an action to recover com pensation in damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, the plaintiff had moved for a rule for a new trial on the ground of surprise, and that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. The case had been twice tried, and on both occasions the jury gave a verdict in the defendant's favour. Lord DENMAN now said the Court were of opinion that there should be a rule on er ground. Rule nisi granted. LOWE V. PENN. This was an action for the infriugement of a patent for the manufacture of a screw -propeller which has been successfully employed in steam-vessels. At the trial the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, but sub sequently n rule nisi was granted for a new trial on several grounds. Lord DENMAN now said that the-Court were of opinion a th b a so t l t u h t e e. rule should be made absolute. Rule SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 17. 'Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL and a Special Jury.) WAINWRIGHT AND ANOTHER'. THE GREAT IPORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an inquiry to assess the amount of com- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) THE CASINOS. Yesterday morning the grand jury brought in true hills against James Ellis, Henry Laurent, John Adams, and James Thompson, for illegally allowing music and dancing at the Adelaide Gallery, in the Lowther Bazaar, not being licensed ; against the proprietor of the National Hall, in Holborn, for the same offence ; and against William Clements, for the like offence, at a certain room in Theobald's-road. The informations were laid by Thomas Stowell, of No. 11, Church-street, Trinity-square, Southwark, who stated that he was employed by a society of per sons who had had a license for music and dancing granted to them by the magistrates. A true bill has also been found against the Wal halla Rooms, in Leicester-square. The bill which was preferred against the Rev. Henry Charles Sellers, charging him " with unlaw fully and indecently assaulting Samuel Cooper, a soldier," was ignored. W. Smart was indicted for having stolen a quantity of furniture, the property of a person of the name of Groves. Mr. Payne appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that the prisoner had taken a lodging in his house about four months since, but he had left in con sequence of some unpleasant words having passed between them. A fortnight ago he went out in the morning as usual, leaving his wife and four children at home, and on his return was much astonished at finding that his wife and one of his children had gone off, and that the whole of his furniture had been removed. In the course of a day or two he ascer tained that his wife was living with the prisoner at No. 5, Duke-street, and upon going there he dis covered that not only had his wife gone there, but that the place was fitted up with his furniture. 0 n his arrival he was informed that his wife had left ; but, by further inquiries, he learned that they had just taken up their abode at a house in Tabernacle walk. Thither he went about ten o'clock at night. He found his wife in a bedroom, and she denied that the prisoner was with her. He however, searched the room, when he discovered him concealed under the bed. By the advice of his brother he gave the man into custody. Cross-examined—He had been married nine years, but his wife and himself had not lived happily to gether; so much so, that they hadilived apart on several occasions. The Learned JUDGE intimated that the course which'the Learned Counsel was pursuing in his cross examination was not at all necessary for the purposes of the present inquiry. The question was, whether the prisoner had committed the felony with which he was charged. Mr. PAYNE said that upon that point he had a good answer in la w; b u t, as the crime of adultery had been imputed to the prisoner, he had felt it to be his duty to attempt to release him from that imputation. There was not any adultery, but the truth was that the story had been got up because the prosecutor wanted to rid himself of the liability of supporting his wife. The Learned J UDG E said, that as to the charge of adultery, arrive at w h en a man 's wife having run away was such a supposition was n o t v e r y difficult to found living in a bedroom with another man, and was found there as late as ten o'clock at night, especially when, the wife having denied that her paramour was there, he was discovered secreted under the bed. In his opinion there could not be much doubt as to the truth of the imputation. After some further cross-examination, The Learned JUDGE told the jury that the charge of felony against the prisoner could not be sustained upon the evidence which had been brought forward, for doubtless the furniture had been removed with the consent, and in all probability by the direction of the wife. The jury therefore Acquitted the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Frederick Jaques, the young man who was charged with intent to commit suicide, was again placed at the bar before Alderman HooP". A gentleman stepped up and informed the Alder man that he had visited the lodging of the prisoner, which exhibited great cleanliness, and was certainly a great credit to his wife. The Chief Clerk said that the landlord had called. and denied pressing fur his rent, as had been repre sented. Alderman HOOPER asked the prisoner if he wished ;o say anything in answer to so serious a charge as ;hat of attempting to destroy himself. Jaques replied, that he had nothing to say but that he was exceedingly sorry for having contemplated such an act, and the worthy Alderman might rest assured that such a thing should not occur again. Alderman HOOPER called the wife forward and asked her what rent she owed in her present lodg ings ? She replied that the first week was due on Tuesday last, and that she had been enabled to pay 2s. 6d., leaving ls. owing. The Chief Clerk informed the Alderman that a person named Toplis, a grocer in Powis -street, Wool• wich, had left his card, desiring that if the prisoner was discharged he should call upon him. Alderman HOOPER was glad to say that he had received a very favourable account of him, both from the chaplain and surgeon of the Compter, and, there fore, on receiving his promise not to offend again, he should discharge him. Since he was last at this court some benevolent individual had forwarded 1/. towards his relief; which would be given to his wife for paying their rent, &c. The prisoner, who was deeply- affected, gave the required protnise,aod was accordingly discharged. BO W-STREA'T. Thomas Waller, an elderly gentleman, was brought before Mr. Henry, by warrant, charged with having written and published certain false, malicious, and scandalous libels of and concerning John Edward Buller, of the firm of Smart and Buller, solicitors, of 65, Lincoln's Inn-fields. 114 r. Rymer stated that the prisoner was formerly possessed of considerable property, and for many years prior to 1840 the prosecutor, Mr. Buller, acted as his solicitor. Owing to speculations in buildings or otherwise, his property was sunk or mortgaged, and at the present time Mr. Waller had none what ever—although Mr. Buller, from having known him so long under more favouraule circumstances, had very chari.ably allowed him a small sum to live upon (12s. a week). In 1840, when Mr. Buller ceased to be the prisoner's attorney, there was some dispute between them respecting accounts, and the matter was referred for arbitration to Mr. Gattie, then one of the Clerks in Chancery ; the result of a minute investigation into the whole particulars being that there was a balance due from the prisoner to Mr. Buller of about 1,3001., which remained un paid till the present day. Shortly afterwards the prisoner went through the Insolvent Court, and very close upon this occurrence he became a bankrupt. From this period the prisoner, although dependent upon Mr. Buller's charity for his means of support, had never ceased to annoy him in every possible way, imputing to him acts of dishonesty, injustice, and even felony ; and latterly his language had assumed such a violent and threatening character that Mr. Buller went in danger of his life, and was, therefore, com pelled to take the present proceedings. He was sure it was quite unnecessery to add that there was not the slightest foundation in fact for any of the libellous charges preferred against Mr. Buller by the prisoner, whose conduct towards that gentleman was as disre putable as it was unjust. A letter, addressed by the prisoner from " Soho Chambers" to Mr. Buller, at his country residence, Chase-house, Enfield, and dated the 12th of January, and another addressed by him to his brother-in-law, Mr. C. Smith, of the firm of Daniel Smith and Son, auctioneers ; together with a printed placard which had been enclosed in each, were then put in and read. The letters referred to the alleged injuries sustained by Waller at the hands of Mr. Buller, and threatened the latter gentleman with immediate exposure of the placards in all the courts of Westminster, the Chan cery Courts, clubs, &c., if some redress were not af forded him. It was also stated that copies would be or had been sent to Lord Denman and Lord Brougham, the latter of whom was partially ac quainted with the particulars of the case. The prisoner said he would not put the parties to any trouble as regarded the author of the libels, for he readily admitted the fact. He had no notion, how ever, that the magistrate had jurisdiction in such cases. His object had been to induce Mr. Buller to put him to the proof before one of the superior courts. He was taken at six o'clock on Tuesday night and had been kept in custody from that time, or he should have had a professional gentleman present to consult with. At any rate, he hoped and presumed the ma gistrate would not dispose of the case summarily. Mr. HENRY' explained that the offence imputed to him was an indictable one, and all that he had to do in the matter was to send the case to the Old Bailey Sessions. lhe prisoner said that would answer his purpose equally well. Mr. Buller, the prosecutor, proved that the letters addressed to him and to Mr. Smith, and containing the placards referred to, were in the prisoner's hand writing. On being asked if he had any defence to offer, and at the same time cautioned in the usual way, The prisoner said—ln 1827, Mr. Buller, upon the recommendation of Mr. C. Smith, my brother-in-law, became my solicitor, and received from me, between that date and the year 1830, sums of money amount ing in all to 15,0001., for which he has never ac counted. Between 1830 and 1839 he received a further sum of 10,0001., and no account of that sum either was rendered, until I applied to Mr. Justice Gazelee, and obtained an order to compel the producti'n of an account. During the inter val Mr. Buller allowed all my furniture and library to he sold by auction in my absence, and by a bill of sale; having at that very time, according to his own admission, 3,0001. of my money in his hands. From 1839 till the present year, 1849, Mr. Buller has received every shilling of my income of 1,200/. or 1,4001. per annum, rendering no account of it to any one. True, I have been unfortunate ; I have creditors ; but Mr. Buller is not my only creditor. He says my property is all mortgaged ; but the charges upon these mortgages are not more than 6001. per annum. What, then, is done with the balance of my income ? Then as to the bankruptcy spoken of, it was a friendly brankruptcy effected for the purpose by my sister, my best friend. lan Buller knows that neither of the courts would take cognizance of my case. I did not owe enough to enable them to do so. All I want, all I seek, is an account of the disposal of my money by Mr. Buller. This I have sought by every legitimate means in my power, but in rain. lam too poor to compel him by a bill in Chancery. lam perfectly in his hands. For the last four or five years Mr. Buller has allowed me 12s. a week for my support out of my income. He calls it charity. I pay 3s. 6d. out of it for my lodging, and 2s. for my poor child. I have been reduced to a state bordering on starvation— humiliating to conceive, dreadful to suffer. A short time back, when my bed and everything was taken from me, I sent a young person to implore Mr. Butler to give me 61. That request was refused, and I have that witness here to-day to swear, if you will permit her, that Mr. Buller told her the reason why he did not give me more money was, because " he should then be supplying me with weapons against himself." lam worn out and destitute, and if the 12s. a week is now withdrawn from me I have only the workhouse for a refuge. In conclusion, the pri soner repeated his avowal that he could prove every allegation he had made against Mr. Buller, and anxiously waited an opportunity of doing so. Mr. Rymer presumed that it was quite unnecessary to repeat his former assertion, that the prisoner's statement was totally false. Mr. HENRY said that, even if true, there could be no doubt that the placard was a libel. His course was, inevitably, to commit him for trial. His wor ship asked if the allowance of 12s. would be continued to the defendant ? Mr. Buller replied, certainly not. The prisoner was then committed for trial, his Worship consenting to admit him to bail, on pro viding two sureties in 401. each. Th© prisoner thanked his Worship, and said he should have no difficulty in finding sureties, he be lieved. Shortly after the disposal of the above case, Sir Francis Knowles, Bart., waited upon the magistrate and said that, having just had his attention called to the libellous placard, he was anxious to state in pub lic that he did not authorize Mr. Waller to append his name to it as a referee. He had the pleasure of knowing some members of Mr. Waller's family, and had occasionally conversed with him respecting the disputes with Mr. Buller, but he had never made himself sufficiently acquainted with all the documents or particulars of the case to justify him in giving any advice upon the matter. lie repudiated all sanction or knowledge of the libel in question. The prisoner, on being again placed in the dock, admitted that he had inserted Sir Francis's name without consulting him, and apologised to him for so doing. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A foreign gentleman yesterday addressed Mr. Hardwick, in French, stating that he was the owner of the picture produced in court some short time ago, in the proceedings against persons who were endea.. vouring to dispose of a large quantity of diamonds and other valuables alleged to have been stolen from the palace of the Tuileries and the Chateau de Neuilly, after the abdication of King Louis Philippe, and that this picture was detained from him by the Baron de Bassagnes. When the charge against Baron de Bassagnes, and Madame Delorice, and M. Saulnier, was undergoing investigation, he had been summoned from Paris with other parties, to give evidence of the fact of the Baron de Bassagnes having become lawfully possessed, by purchase, or otherwise, of all the property found in -his possession, and seized by tic police on the plea that it was the private property of King Louis Philippe. The picture in question he (appli cant) had bought in Paris after the abdication for 3.5 f., and he bad intrusted it to M. Saulnier to dispose of in London. When the proceedings were com menced against the Baron de Bassagnes and others his expenses were paid over to this country, and he was prepared with proofs that he was the proprietor of the picture found in the rooms occupied by the Baron. The proceedings had terminated, as the Ma- ; gistrate was aware, by the Custom-house officers tak ing possession of ad the property until it could be satisfactorily proved that it had paid duty on being brought ever. The picture in question had paid the regular duty, and it was now in the possession of the Baron de Bassagnes. When he applied for its re storation, the Baron, who was a most honourable man and a man of large property, had refused to deliver it up, and consequently, by way of reprisal, he had seized a valuable Cashmere shawl belonging to the Baron, which he intended to keep possession of until he got back his picture. Mr. HARDWICK asked the applicant if he was aware General Chabannes had stated that the picture had been cut from a larger picture in one of the Royal palaces of France? The applicant said, so he had heard. Tie had bought it at the time on speculation, as there were bargains of the same kind to be picked up after the revolution in February, and he had intrusted it to M. Saulnier, who was going over with the Baron de Bassagnes to England, to dispose of some valuable property which the partie3 had disposed of at a sacri fice in consequence of the then unsettled state of atfAirs. Tne picture he expected to be able to sell lor about 6001. in England. As soon, however, as he heard that, among other things, this picture had been claimed as the private property of King Louis Phi lippe, he had written to. the King to say that, pro vided he were repaid the 35f. he had given for the picture, he would at once restore it. He had received a reply from General Chabannes, referring him to Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor. The applicant here produced the letter and answer, in corroboration of his statement. Mr. Ilaitnwicx said, if the Baron de Bassagnes was the liberal and honourable man which the appli cant said he was, how was it that he detained the picture from the presumed owner ? The applicant said, this was not the least curious part of the affair. The fact was the Baron was com pletely under the control of the woman Delorice. About.twelve years ago the Baron became paralyzed, and meeting with Madame Delorice, who was the daughter of one of his slaves, she persuaded him that his infirmities were the result of an " evil--eye;" that he was bewitched ; and that she knew the secret of baffling his enemy and restoring him to his bodily faculties. The Baron took Madame Delorice to live with hith as companion, and since that period she had assumed an empire over him that would appear to border on romance, were he not prepared to authenti cate his assertions. It was Mdme. Delorice who made the acquaintance of M. Saulnier, a cashmere manufac turer, and who had introduced him into the Baron's household as the Baron's secretary. Mr. HARDWICK said, the ownership of the picture was very questionable; and he did not see how he could interfere. The applicant would do best if he waited until the Baron went back to France, and then the question of ownership could be submitted to a French tribunal. The applicant thanked the magistrate and with drew. WORSHIP-S7'REET. A respectably-dressed woman, whose name, for reasons which will be apparent, we forbear from giving, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hamrnill under the following disgraceful circumstances : Mr. Daniel Pepper, landlord of the King's Arms, in the Whitechapel-road, stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoner, whom he had not seen before, presented herself at his bar, and called for one penny worth of gin, with a request that she might be per mitted to look at the newspaper. She was furnished with both articles, and, sitting down on a bench, pre tended to be perusing the advertisements ; but pre sently afterwards, when she thought she was unob served, he distinctly saw her stealthily secrete the gin-glass beneath her shawl, from under which at the same time she took a second gin glass and unconcernedly placed it upon the counter. She then returned the paper, and, thanking him for the loan of it, left the house ; but, suspecting she had " rung the changes," he at once examined the last glass, and, finding upon it the name of another publican, it was evident that she had stolen that also, and that, not being able to sell it so marked, she hed changed it for his own, upon which there was no thing by which it could be recognized. It was obvious, from the dexterity she had shown, that she had been in the habit of such practices, and he there fore closely followed her down the street until he met a policeman, when he gave her into custody, and the officer, upon searching her, found the witness's glass still underneath her arm, where before he had seen her place it. The constable who apprehended the prisoner stated that, from inquiries he had made respecting her, he found that she belonged to a highly respectable family, but that they had been obliged to discard her, from her vicious and degrading propensities, and that upon searching her at the station- house a letter was disco vered upon her person, addressed to her by her father, a solicitor, formerly in extensive practice, and couched in the most affecting language, reproaching her bit terly for her habits of drunkenness and crime, which had compelled him, after repeated forgiveness, to turn her from his roof and abandon her to the world, and, warning her that if she did not reform she would end her days in a prison or penal settlement, expressing his intention to refuse her all support after that week, and concluding with a conviction that he should shortly descend into the grave disgraced and dis honoured, leaving her to penury and starvation, solely in consequence of her infamous and heartless conduct. The prisoner witnessed the reading of this letter with the most callous indifference, and upon being questioned by the magistrate, merely replied that her tamily were desirous of sending her to South Aus tralia or some other place out of this country; and that she was determined not to comply with such an unreasonable exaction. Mr. HammiLL said it was melancholy to see a person so respectably connected, and on whom so much care and kindness had been lavished, but in vain, placed in so disgraceful a situation; but as it was a deliberate act of robbery, and appeared not to be the only one she had committed, he felt it his duty to remand her, in order that the police might have time to make further inquiries about her. THE CHOLERA AMONG THE PAUPER CHILDREN AT TOOTING, &c. OFFICIAL REPORTS. Yesterday the following official statements were received by the Board of Health, and the other authorities, with respect to the state of the children still remaining at Tooting, and who have been re moved therefrom : " Surrey-hall, Touting, Jan. 17. "We have much pleasure in reporting that matters here are progressing favourably. There has been no fresh case of cholera since Sunday, and the cases under treatment are so rapidly improving as to leave no doubt but the health of this establishment will in the course of a few days be perfectly restored — Number now under treatment ... 65 Died .• ••• ••• 1 New cases... 0 Convalescent ... 16 " W. HOME POPHAM, Surgeon. " WILLIAM J. KITE, Resident Surgeon." The following were received by the authorities of St. Pancras at the sitting of the Committee of the Board of Directors yesterday : " Temporary Hospital,, St. Pancras, Jan. 16. " The night has again passed over without any fresh cases or deaths occurring among the children, but I regret to add my head-nurse ,(Blake) was at tacked last evening; and now remains in extreme dan ger on account of her age (74). Two of the females are not quite so well this morning, having experi enced a slight relapse. " HENRY BIRD, Surgeon." " Temporary Hospital, St. Pancras, Jan. 17. " The children generally are quite well and exceed ingly cheerful. There have been no fresh cases or deaths, and poor old nurse Blake I consider rather better, but, of course, she has age to contend against. The two children alluded to in my report dated yes terday remain in nearly the same state. "There are two cases of diarrhoea amongst the boys, but not of that character to justify me in calling them even of a premonitory appearance. " HENRY - BIRD, Surgeon." The reports at the Holborn Union and Strand Union last evening were that the condition of the children removed from Tooting to the Royal Free Hospital, and to the Refuge for the D:stitute in Ogle-street, Marylebone, was favourable, only a few cases of diarrhoea having occurred since the last reports. LITTLE STORIES FOR LITTLE POLITICIANS, IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.—There was a small boy, whose name was John Bull, and he felt much pain from a rod; not that he was a bad boy who ought to have the the rod, but that those who did rule him did love to lay it o❑ to him so hard that he could not bear it. Now one day John did find the rod, and when he saw it, he was much struck by some twits, which he did twig as those which had much struck him, and struck him too much, as he thought. And he had good cause to think so. So when he saw the twigs which did bear on him too hard, he did make up his mind to pull at them till he should pull them quite out, and make an end of them. So a friend did chance to call on him, whose name was Dick Cob, who said if John would lend his own hand to pull out the twig that stung the most, he, Dick Cob, would lend his hand too, and he had no doubt !hat they would both gain their end if they both gave a long pull. a strong pull, and a pull at the right mot.. S • John Bell and Dick Cob did give the long pul', and the tit, ong pull, and the twig came out quite well; so that the rod did not hurt poor John Bull halt so much as it once had done, and his back could now bear all that fur his good it was right to put on it.—Platch. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTII.—On Sunday morning the wife of a pi e ir shoemaker, residing in Rochester-row, Westminster, was deliver.-d, by Mr. C. Russell, surgeon, of Holywell-street, Millbank, of five well-formed, still born children. We are happy to say the poor woman is doing well. The mother is 23 years vf age. THE Cu , UIsITRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JAN. 16.—Thero were in tau• market; to-thy 69 , asks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b ituperivll, which :;old thus:— . . ____ .....,. 11 at 2at 36 at 17 at - -- i Average price of the whole, 1/ 7s lld 3-12 tbs. 13 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 335, 2 at 325, and 8 at 30 , ; 7 sacks barloymeal, whereof 1 sold at 265, and 3 at 25J; 2 sacks pewstncal, whin!, were not sold; 24 sacks .roc-barley, whareot 21 sold thus:- lat lat lat -1/ 4s od 2 sacks brosemcal, whereof 1 sold at 293, and 1 at 28s. EAST LINTON, JAN. 15.—T0-day supplies were small and 5 , ..l es dull. Top of wheat, 50s, weighing 6441 b per bushel. Barley, 29s 564 ditto Oats 21s Gd 444 ditto Thsans 00s 00 ditto New ditto 00s 00 ditto AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat... ... 2/ 55 14 I ()tits ... I? Os 5/ ... 1/ 9s 0 Bans 01 Os 0 DUBLIN, JAN. 16.—There was a small supply of a heat at our corn exchange to-day, which met a dull :ale, without any alteration in price. Oats and barley are 3d lower; Indian corn Is. Foreign wheat might be bought on lower terms, but buyers for the present hull off. Flour is without any material alteration, and difficult of sale even at a reduction. Coarse flour and meals aro only selling in a trifling way. ConK. JAN. 15.—Flour—First quality, 15s Oil to 16s Od; second ditto, 14s Oil to 15s Od; household, Ils to 13s; third ditto, 9s to lOs per awl. Oatmeal, lls 6cl to 12s per cwt. Indian corn, 71 10s to 815 s 01; Indian meal, 91 to 915 s per ton. Bran, 5/ 5 to 01 Os per ton. Hay— Fanners', 25s to 44s Od; average, 38s ; retailers, 42s to 50s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far men', 15s to 325; average, 265; retailers', 30s to 32s per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6, Od per imperial gallon. Bread, 6d to lid per 4lbs. Fresh butter. 10d to 124 per lb. Beef, 4d to 7d; mut ton, 5d to 61d ; veal, .sid to 7d; pork, 4d to Sid ; bacon, 7d to 84 ; sausages, 6d per lb. Coals—New port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Cahn, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 104 to 124; Minions, 19d. Hides—Market ditto, 11 s to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins, 2d to 24d; calf ditto, 24 to 24d; veal skins, 3d to 3id per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 3/; deal, 171 to 201 per hundred ; Bangor Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings, 18s to 00s per barrel; Norway ditto, 00s. New foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow, 4Ge. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone. BELFAST, JAN. 12.—We have a large supply of grain forward at this morning's market, which met a slow sale at a reduction of 3d on wheat barley, 14 to 2d on oats, and 2d to 3d on oatmeal. Jan 15.—Grain—The supply since Friday has been smell, and prices same as then quoted. Wheat, 9s to lOs 3d; barley, 55 6d to 7s; oats, 5s 64 to 6s 2d; and oatmeal, 9s 6d to 10s 4d per cwt. COAL MARK ET.—YzszEaruir. Carr's Hartley ......... 14s 6d Morrison l4s 3d Chester Main............ 143 6d Shotten East Adairs Main...., 12s 9d'Stewart's New Tanfield 133 6d: Kelloe l6s Od "Canfield Moor .... ..... 143 6d Adelaide Walker's Primrose ... lls 6d Seymour Tees Wall's End, &c. 'Anthracite 24s Od Hedley _. __ • 14s 9d Hilda Belmont lss 6dLlangennech 22s 6d Braddyll's 'letter'...... 16s OW Ships at market, 244. RAILWAY SHAME MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been much more active, with prices tending upwards. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2 1 4 dis. —Ditto, 171. Shares, 1% dis. —Eastern Counties, 11 5-S—Newcastle and Berwick (Ori ginal), 27. 5 ,4—Wi1t5, Somerset, and Weymouth, 13 dis.-- York and North Midland, a 6%. .... Li VERV 061 a, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANOK.—We have hardly so brisk a market to-day. The speculators for the rise seem to be desirous of securing their profits. The sales are—Caledonian, Preference, 3 / 4 c. p.— East Lancashire, 19 , / k —Ditto, 25/. Shares, 434 dis. —Great Northern, 101. Is. 3d. dis.—Ditto (B Shares), 2 dis. Great Western, Fifths, 19—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 19--. 4 Pifths, 58s. 9d. dis. —Ditto, 10/. Preference, 1 p. ex int.—Ditto, Halves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 13 dis. ex int.—Ditto, Halve (late Liverpool and Bury), 13% 4 dis.—London and North- Western, Fifths, 6 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 5 / s p.—Man chester, Sheffield. and Liheolns.hire, 54—Ditto, Quarters, No. 1, 6 1 / 2 dis—Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, 5% —Midland Stock, 89.4—Ditto, New Halves, dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late Shrewsbury, °awes try, and Chester), 4% dis.—Ditto, New, 3 4 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, 25,c.—Ditto No. 4, Thirds, 7 3 / 4 ex int. —Ditto, Regist-red, 7%—York, c.—Ditto, and Berwick (Gr• N. E. Purchase), 6s. 3d. p. MANCHESTER, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANOK.—The sales are—North Staffordshire , 3 1 ,E dis.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4 3-16 dis! West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Leeds, 32/. Shares, 7 5-16 dis. Ditto, Quarters, 5 dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 1214 die. Wharfdale, 2 1 % dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter s (C), p.—East Lancashire, New, 4 3 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 9-16 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (A and B), 2%—Caledonian, Preference, 1 p• BIRMINGHAM. JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are the day's quota tions :—London and North-Western, 129—Midland, 89- - North British, Thirds, 41. 12s. 9 d.—North Staffordshire, 3 dis.— Shrewsbury. and Birmingham (A), 5/. Ss. dis.—Ditto (13), 3!/ dis. YORK, JAN. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-dav was as follows :—East Lancashire, Preference, 6 1 / 4 —Great Northern, 9 ex int.—North British, Halves, 61. 18s. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, 20 1 / 4 Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwick s ), 20 4 —Di tto (G . Purchase), N. N 6%. HULL, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen , and 13,dton, Preference, No. 1,17 1 A, c. int. —Hull and Selby, It) per cent. guaranteed, Io()—Leeds and Thirsk, 25 North British, 16—Ditto, Quarters, 71s.—Ditto, Thirds► 6d. GLASGOW, JAN. 16 :yrocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, lfik" Clydesdale Junction, 62—D un d ee an d P ert h , 26—Gi a sgoiff Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1, 5 1 1 1 —Great Northero' 8•N —North British, Thirds, 925. 6d.--Scottish Central, 26% [ADVERTISEatENT.]—Another Important Cure by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, of a Wound in the Leg' —Mrs. Malcornb, wife of the light-house keeper a t the entrance of the river Tees, near R e d car , h a d b een a ealf krer tor upwards of ten years, with a severe wound a l , the kg, which, durin g th e l ast f our years of that per iod was so bad, that it made her quite incapable of walking without crutches. To heal it many remedies had been tried in vain before Holloway's Ointment and Pills were used, but these ex ce ll ent reme di es b e i ng at l ast resor ted to, effectualy healed the wound in about nine weekot and the patient is able to walkabout, even without the support of a stick. Sold by all Druggists, and at Pro' lessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. EADVERTISEMENT.]—CARAIAGB FREE.---Farrigl eS and economists residing in the country will derive con; siderablo advantages by purchasing their Teas sine Ciilfees at the wholesale warehouse of Mansell and CO.' 2, Buckiersbury, Cheapside, an establishment expresslf devoted to the interests of large consumers, who arl supplied at the lowest wholesale prices. Six pounds se' up.ards delivered free of expen se to any part of Eng land. Lists of prices and samples forwarded free ° ll application. Where parties are unknown to the firm, g' reference expected. DARING HIGHWAY ROBDIzy IN WAKEFIELD.-- . 1 91 Wednesday evening Mr. Bunks, one of the clerks Messrs. rlorner and Sons, Phoenix Corn Mill, Wakede7 was robbed of a bag of money, cons i sting of notes, g°„ 1 "; and silver, amou nt i ng i n t h e whole to not less than Inv". The custom of the h ouse f or some t i me past has b ee n S „ " remove the money s f rom t h e count i ng -h ouse to the Prr vate residence of one of th e p a rt ners eac h d ay , an d al it wa, being done on t h e even i ng i n quest i on, at a bout eight o'clock, when as the clerk was passing Uni° ll r square, which h as an entrance f rom Ki r k- gate (bya clo- usually locked) fro m w h a t i s ca ll e d t h e R e d Liiin-Yorli he was seized by t wo or th ree ru ffi ans, w h o wren che d the money from his gra s p, k noc k e d hi m d own , al l . , made their escape. The thieves ha ve not y e t b e en dts, covered, but a reward of twenty pounds is offered ff; their discovery. From the precautions tak e n by tu o , thieves in fastening the private door, and posses 3ll3 ! themselves of the mean of re-opening it at their leisur v o ' and from other circumstances which are as well not t r mention at present, it is very evident that the thi eve s their accomplices were in full possession of all the par% culars of the custom of the house, and h a d ma d e fit preparations fur their daring feat.— Wakefield Examiner BIRTHS. On the 14th inst , at Devonshire-street, Portland-Phi ce ' the lady of Charles M. Lushington, Esq.,of a son. On the 15th inst., the wife of F. Symonds, Esq., n esll. wont-street, Oxford, of a daughter. • ti t P it Taylor, the 16th inst., at Eccleston-square, the wife of J. - Taylor, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Devonshire-terrace, Mrs. GA rla Dickens, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Lewisham, Edward, son of S. lingwood, Esq., of Blackheath. to Anne, only daughterthe late T. W. Day, Esq., o f G reenw i c h. • of On the 16th inst., at Randwick, R. F. Well 4 E sc Viest Artillery-place, Finsbury. square , to Sarah Sophia, ~.,°„,( 1 , daughter of the Rev. J. Elli ot t, M.A . , i ncum b ent of w"" wick. DIRD. On the 4th inst., Lieutenant-Colon e l R o b er t Fernis, - atli Regitneu , Bengal N. 1., aged 63. fiftlie On the 10th inst., at Oxford, Caroline Mary Lucy , daughter of the late Rev. S amue l W ood fi eld P au l, I nc` , c, , Finedon, Northamptonshire. lgi l ' On the I,th inst , a t G reenw i c h , aged 33, William 4,,- banke Huskisson, E sq ., o f the Foreign-office, eldest surlol ing son of the late C apta i n Thoma• Huskisson, li•N'' nephew the lat Rt Hon. W. ton fluskisson. On, the 14th in e st., a ig t h West Brix, aged 39, Sarah M ari' the wife of Lieutenant R. J. Morrison, R.N. l' , On the 14th i ns t . , at S out h ampton -street, Strand, .1"-. Morris, aged 88. d JO h° On the 14th inst., a t C ar b ur t on - s t ree t, P ort l an d-rox-, Pratt, Esq., Id.R.C.S., aged 57. f I V. On the 14111 inst., Katherine Elizabeth, the wi f e ° Altho t, Esq., of Critehill-place, oxton. plac e ' On the Inth inst., G -o ge Cleeve H , Esq., of Dunsanerr WOnandthe sw.orth lsth ins -road t. aged . 40, Moses B. Gronow, any ed tt3. 1., surv i ,: ing son of the late Rev. J. Gron ow , W ee d on Beck, No amptonshire. 001 . On the 15th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Timbrell, of Ch a house. Bradford, Wilts, aged t 6. t. Ellen Kent , On the 16th inst., at Bridgen-place, Bexley, .- e- D Kate, youngest daughter of C. Rawson, Esq. ______./1 j, 01 London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOgt o . 114! No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t Th e Sun Office, on ti w Strand, in the Pre c i nc t o f th e S avoy , ill the ALiddleauf„Thuadity, Juartry.lB, 1819. I ], mr, tr Mi Tv lcu Mot J