The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

ELECTIONEERING. 1 11111 election of the metropolitan Chartist dele- P I ", to se rve a t th e forthcoming Birmingham Con ,lrenrie, to be held on the 27th of D ecem b er , t oo k Place last night, at the subjoined localities, when four Zl r ldidates were cho se n for each of th e di v i s i ons o f th e 4 3'1 Southwark, Marylebone, and Tower Hamlets. NAVAL aND MILITARY. „An examination of the students of the Royal Mili 'l7 Academy took place at Woolwich on F r id a y, 'when sixteen - gentlemen cadets were examined for Ilmissions, and considered proficient ; 21 passed for pittance to the first class studying at the Royal 4rsenal, and 28 were examined from private acade- I llies and admitted to the school. her Majesty has confirmed the sentence passed by e Court-martial at Chatham, in October last, on l i tivate Robert Onn, for an attempt to murder a non- Z l nmissioned officer of the same corps. lie is to be ' l4l sported for life. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. h cave, containing a quantity of the b ones o f th e TtYfta, has lately been discovered in a quarry on Irdham•down. Thalber g l e ft L on d on on S un d ay f or B russe l s. li e ,7 1 . 11 proceed t o P ar i s , an d rema i n t h ere d ur i ng t h e "Inter. THEATRICAL. GPiss Emma Murray, a favourite actress at the ael hi Th ea t re , di e d on S un d ay a f ternoon at h er chilence in Upper Berkeley-street. t iir. A rne ' s ce l e b rate d opera o f A rtaxerxes i s i n ~,,._e llea rsal at Co ven t G ar d en . Mi ss R a i n f or th per ates Mandane, and Mrs. Alfred Shaw Artaxerxes. Th COURT-TASHIONAHLE. Duke of Rutland's party, at Belvoir Castle, R ake's begin to assembl e on M on d a y next. The Noble bi r thd ay w ill b e k ept on the 4th of January, "tb the usual festivities. h The Duke and D uc h ess o f S omerse t w ill p ass th e Z ° days at th e Cl aren d on Hotel, where their Graces till remain until their mansion in P a rk-l ane s h a ll b e for their reception. R i The Duke and D uc h ess o f S u th er l an d re t urn t o "ford House after the holidays. Lord and Lady F rances E ger t on are expec t e d t o '`main in Lancashire until the meeting of Parliament. th a lle last letters received from Wynyard Park state N t LadysAlexandrina Vane had nearly recovered , L in her rec en t severe illn ess , which caused such 'rni to the family. The Noble and Gallant Mar ts had no t en ti re l y recovere d f rom t h e acc id ent b y ,nh his arm was b ro k en . h; 4l , e Duke of Northumberland has purchased the f i nlngham property adjoining to his Northumber- Property. Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Ra cl Russell are still at Howick Hall, Northumber -I,ou a visit to the Earl and Countess Grey. W oburn Abbey is now full of visitors—the dinner rtj on Saturday last mustered thirty-three. Th e 13 111) I te Lords Francis, Cosmo, and Edward Russell, It ti re daily expected from a tour. Lord William sse,. 11 had arrived from Vienna. -!..he Earl of Belmore, who has been visiting his e a 7fes in the county of Tyrone, has returned to ~..The Earl and C o u n t ess o f G u ilf or d an d f am il y h ave gived at Old Aylresford, Hants, from Waldershare tic, Rent. hi-be Countess de Salis arrived in town on Saturday 62,5 from Paris, after a lengthened absence on the 7..tinent. crib, Earl o f M ans fi e ld i s s till a t S cone P a l ace, near ab, where the Noble Earl has been entertaining a all p arty. 4h i l le Earl and Countess of Limerick are assembling T rge family circle at South Hill P ar k, i n B er k s hire. f,„:'°rd and Lady Ernest Bruc e l e ft t o w n l a st we e k, of Paris, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness to ZAylesbury. The Noble L or d w ill r e turn previous " 1 ;e meeting of Parliament. 0, 4 81 - 1 ' George Murray arrived at his mansion in Bel ve-aquare last week, from a tour. IVIISCELLANEOI7B. We observes, that during the plague the conta na'„depended more on the disposition of the air than th e t he effluvia of men's bodies, and considered f l „- fact manifest by the sudden increase of it in 1636 14 " . La 1 18 one week to 927 in the next, and from the pZen decrease from 990 in one week to '258 the 1 1 and then again to 852. ' I —NEY and ER - di AL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. lj e Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was • e • Sales 3,500 bales ; of which 700 bales Ame -0 Thl i on speculation ; 250 Surat, at 34d. to 4d.; 100 qattham, at 51d.; and 3,150 American, at 44d. to the railways lb. Prices were therefore much the same. In nailways there was also but little activity. Edin 11L)3h and Glasgow w e re 48+; Grand J unc ti on , 186 ; JZningliam, 188; Brighton, 36 ; Manchester and 7 8 4 , Half, 32 ; North Midland, Thirds, 204; and ~ :th ' Eastern New, 174. ks i l memorial has been drawn up by the provision Ch ti m els ; or the firms engaged in importing foreign e, butter, &c., addressed to Government, and el ett Ying for a reduction of the duties upon those arti- V Which are now too high for the consumption of t v ,Poorer classes, who have, in consequence of their 1 4 Zeed means, purchased less than last year, while a thir Portion of the quantity imported has been re d, not being saleable here at the current rates. k,' dealers desire a reduction of one-half in the pre ;t,titnpost. laZlie exchange comes over the same from Hamburgh, . 1 „ 7 1d. on London, and the price of gold 4311. aen e American tariff affects nearly all the Conti ,l'4l States as well as ourselves, and appears to be tl• 7 , injurious to the Russian manufacturers of sail • and other fabrics peculiar to that country. 4" l 'n English still manage, somehow, to get their n • twist into France, and so far the advance in th l_ntity has not quite excluded them yet. The Irish R i nfacturers at Belfast have even received some ‘ 44 rs of magnitude lately, for shipment to France, thi,_ the Belgians complain on this score as though try had a p er f ec t r i g ht t o see us wholly excl u d e d ' ll the market of their neighbour. b tu the English Market there is rather more firm etrZ though the affair of the French Consul being so t t Ogly implicated in the Barcelona insuarection, ope h es both suspicion and mistrust. Consols for the A44Wing, were quoted 931 to 931; Reduced Three- V 5 -Ilalf per Cents., 101 to 1014 ; the Three per 11 4 ., 944 to 941; and the Long Annuities 12 9 - 1 6 ; tl li gic Stock has been firm at 1714 to 1721 ; Exche ; tills are 495. to 51s. premium. t° ll. l 1 and 1 per cent. premium, which were the tVnt rates yesterday, the Canada Debentures have Morning improved to 11 per cent. premium. are now regularly introduced into the English 4 a ar ket, and will be sold as a Scrip until the 9th of I,,i;linary next, by which time the second instalment d a „ become du e , th e fir s t b e i n g required on Thurs t4'next. The name they bear is " Canada Guaran- Peli . r per Cent. Debentures." Foreie Market has been rather more ani blied • • Spanish Five per Cents have fluctuated from ' 4. 1L 0 181 ; an d th e Th ree p e r Cents. from 234 to 11; the French Five per Cents. have been done at hi' 50 c.; Mexican Bonds have been higher for Ac 4t, having touched 32 and 321, but they have li q : given way to 311; Russian Bonds are worth t ii `Z ; and Dut c h Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 1 52i e Railway Shares are quite neglected, but k e 'ers keep firm. Great Western are 251 ; Ditto, 141 ; and York and North Midland, 431 prem. i ßbton are 144, and Birmingham and Derby, 591 18 k1) unt. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares are nremium. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per share. Qt, ib ,...gham and Derby b. west ern ate New l',4 l °n and lirighton and North Midland lO ..... 93*. t. rt • ,'JOINT STOCK BANKS. facial Bank of Ireland ifs )7 4- NCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 19 —There ti 0 material alteration in our market; prices con 60e tolerably firm. Midland Counties' Fifths, 21. E'' Manchester and Birmingham, 20 ; Bristol and ai l t er, 471 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 211 to 22 ; Man %ter and Salford Water Works, 524. CLOSING PRICES. Nil BRITISH FUNDS. 4 "toe k Pet• 1714 'lndia Stock — pm 3 1 , Cent. Red. ........ 94i Ditto ' Bonds „ .-- pm ar m Cent. Co ns Ditto Old Annuities ... NCr Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities... tl,, a i Per Cent Ex. Bills, 1, 0001. ... 2d. 49 pm 6 per Cen - Ditto 5OO l. —..• 61 pit Ji ll Annuities to expire Ditto Small ()::* 1860 ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 4 t • 18 59 4 . 1860 , Consols for Opg. ..... . 93i A s t urian FOREIGN FUNDS. ~ 5 per cent. ... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent. tip.??•na 1 ) per cent — 'Ditto, New Ditto — 1 11 4 7 i lian Bonds... 694 Prussian, 5 per cent. ei i ii i i i % Ayres 6 p er cent . Russian, 5 pei cent 1124 b01 0 6 per cen bi t It inian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent C l 4) 1824 Ditto, Deferred.... . 1 4 1 i L 6 cmds, 6 per cent BO ll French, 5 per cent.llBf. 50e. ,Clr t ,„ l "t u . 3 per :ent Exchange f —c 41 - " .0 825, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. „e l i„ n i . s uitt o "n, 5 per cent 3l Dutch, 2k per cent s2a eer,.,;. 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... 100 1 411 1825,6 per et. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ... ...... 40% Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) ...... 36 York and North Midland (50 paid) bt l‘ll. it, `X CRAIN Pijit.-A curious experiment is now th cl ig made at the head of the chain pier, Brighton, °f raising fresh water from below the ocean by th e s of an Art es ia n we ll. It i s intended to bore to ti oti ".tent of 70 feet, at which depth the chalk forma oh will, it is expected, be penetrated, and fresh water jet ailed, which will be applied to the formation of a 1 4t er e au. The attempt, if successful, will be a most tetr i :!,t!ng w ork of art and science, as well as a great ' 4lO ll to the pier. MARKET NEWS. (THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—A fair business has been done in British Plantation, about 400 hhds having been sold at pre vious rates, and the market is rather firmer. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 81 hhds Barba does and 568 bags Bengal. The Barbadoes sold at 64s to 68s for good greyish to fine yellow, being about previous prices, nearly all the Bengal was taken in (being chiefly of brown quality), at 52s to 55s for good brown to low bright yellow. There were none landed last week at the East and West In dia Docks ; there were taken for home consumption 1,064 hhds, 90 tierces, 30 barrels. The stock in the same places was 12,368 hhds, 1,612 tierces, 1,385 barrels. COFFEE.-795 bags Ceylon, 512 bags East India, and 400 bags Rio were offered by auction. All the Ceylon was disposed of (with the exception of a few lots) at 60s for good ord palish quality, which is a further reduction of ls; the East India taken in at 28s to 295, for low good to good ord Padang, being rather above the value ; the Rio found buyers at 32s 6d, and one lot 33s for good ord even palish, which are pre vious rates. ltum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2 hhds., and there were taken for home consumption 206 puns 39 hhds, and exported 94 puns 3 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,573 puns 2,621 hhds. SALTPETRE.--Of 2,726 bags at auction, the greater part sold at 25s to 26s 6d, and one lot 275, for 9- to 4 per cent refraction, which prices are on a par with the decline previously noticed. SPICES.—One hundred and seventy-one chests Cassia Lignea, and 401 bags Pimento, found buyers, the former at 765, one lot 76s 6d, for good mid qua lity, being again from 2s to 3s lower; the Pimento brought 20 to 24d for ord to good quality, which are former rates. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is at 48s per cwt on the spot. TEA.—Public sales are coming on again to-mor• row, and private business is consequently quite ne glected. Prices are heavy, and expected to go lower, HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s; useful ditto, 4/ tto 4/ 5s ; fine upland ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/ lis ; Clover Hay, 4/ to 51 105 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 163 to 11 18s; Wheat straw, 2/ to 2/ is per load. Trade throughout dull, at about last quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse meadow Hay, Si 5s to 41; useful ditto, 4/ 4s to 4/ 8s ; fine upland ditto, 41 10s to 4/ 13s ; Clover Hay, 41 to Si 105; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade heavy. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse meadow hay, 2l 15s to 3l 10s ; useful ditto, 3l 15s to 4/ 4s ; fine upland ditto, 41 5s to 4l lOs ; Clover Hay, 4l 5s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ per load. A good supply. and a heavy inquiry. PRICE OF BREAD. the highest price of Rread in the Metropolis Is 7%d for the 41b. Loaf. GniAl Bread may be had at Mid. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. 1 Per Quarter New nglish Rea Clover...6os 75s St. Fein OM Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass..... ........... ..—s c.is 401 New Foreign Ditto —e 56s 75s Pacey Grass .-3 —II R Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for feeding ...—s 50s 56s New White Oover 503 563 60s;Ditto, for sowing .—s 608 66s Old Ditto Ditto —1 —s —sjDitto, for crushing ....—s flees sfs New Trefoil —s 17s 255,Hernp..... —s 42s 4113 Old Ditto —s 12s lis;Canary .—s 70s WA frefoliurn s —s —AI Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 401 45s1White Mustard.... Os Od to lit Od Foreign Ditto —s 40e 46sArown Ditto lOs Od to 12s td Coriander —s 14s 20siTares ......... ...... .. Ils 6d to 5s Od PRICE JF OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton £4l ill Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 32 U Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) ll 0 Rape' ake. per ton •••••• ...... 00 .... WA 00 6 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP . kc.. per 112 Town Tallow £2 11 6 Melting Stuff £1 14 C Yellow Russia White u U 0 raves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 8 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of albs. rice of fallow (as stated by the 'fallow Melters) la. 101. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last marXet.day, 61. —.. e. d. Adair's Charlotte l7 6 Holywal Main l7 6 Ord s Redheugh l5 0 Ravensworth West Hartley 17 0 Tanfiold Moor Bute's l5 0 Wylam Walls End Clennell l7 3 Walls End tgosforth Walls End Hedley I9S3 Walls End Hilda ls 0 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch lB a Walls End Northumberland 18 9 Walls End Todd's Bcnsham'l4 Walls End Belmont 2O 0 W. E. Braddyll'sHettoti 21 9 Walls End Haswell. ...... 21 6 Walls End Hetton ....... 21 6 Walls End Lambton 2l 6 Wall's End Morrison ...... 19 6 Wails'End Shincliff l9 0 Walls - End Caradoc 2l 9 Walls.Eud Quarrington 2O 0 Walls End South Durham 19 6 Walls End Tees Hetton Walls:Eh d Tees Walls End West 18 9 LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 20.—Wind this day at noon, Wes terly, light winds and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Caiseir, Demerara ; Glasgow, America. Sid. Neder waard, Batavia; Romance, razil ; Stratheden, Syd ney ; Sumatra, Ceylon ; ames, Trinidad; Glaphyra, St. Kitts; Bonne Mere, St. Thomas; David Lyon, Jamaica • Philadelphia, New York ; Mary, Bordeaux and Bombay, and the rest of outward bound. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Homely, Gibaut, Maceio, left Nov. 17 i • Severn, Wil liams, Pernambuco, sailed Nov. 11 ; Thomas Bennett, Habsay, Charleston ; Lady Milton, Quebec. Sailed, Governor, Jamaica; Franconia and Don Juan, New Orleans; Postboy, Azores; Loo Choo, Savannah. Arrd. off, Indian Chief. HULL, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Reward, Frost, Quebec. Orr DOVER, DEC. 18.—Eclipse, Hamburgh, from Rio Janeiro ; Lucie, Rotterdam, for Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to W.— Sld. Pakenharn, Vera Cruz. BRISTOL, D e c. 19.—Arrd. Catherine, Whiteway, Monte Video. DUNBAR, DEC. 18.—The Anna Catherina, Maack, from Clackmannan to Altona, is ashore four miles to the eastward, full of water, and expected to become a wreck. LINEurooL, DEC. 19.—The Renown, from Sydney to this port, which put into Rio Janeiro with damage, had been repaired, and was to leave about Oct. 24. The Oberon, hence to Callao, was spoken Aug 14 in hat. 57 S., lon. 70 W., with juryforemast and loss of bowsprit, and was supplied with provisions and water by an American vessel arrived at St. Catharine's, Brazil. The Christian, from Valparaiso to Swansea, after repairing at Rio Janeiro, sailed thence, but re turned dismasted Oct. 19. The Sea, M`Queen, hence to Messina, has put back with decks swept, loss of boats, bulwarks, and stanchions. HONG-KONG.—There are at present five vessels in the East India, West India, London, and St. Katha rine's Docks, loading for the island of llong-Kong (lately ceded by the Chinese to her Majesty in per petuity) and Macao. Two of these had commenced loading prior to the late glorious intelligence from India and China. There are now 224 vessels in the Docks, entered outwards at the Custom-house for foreign ports. We regret to state, however, that there is nearly that number in the Docks, either for sale or unemployed. A DinEmila:—Last week a lady with two chil dren, one an infant, travelling by the Great Western railway from Bristol to London, having occasion to get out of the train with a little boy; while it stopped at Swindon, requested another lady, a fellow-pas senger, to hold her infant. In descending from the carriage the little boy stumbled and fell, and during the time his mother was occupied in brushing his clothes the unearthly shriek of the whistle of the en gine gave the signal for starting, leaving the lady and her child behind, to the no small consternation, not only of herself, but of her fellow-passenger, in whose care she had placed her infant, and to whom it oc curred that it was a trick on the part of the mother to get rid of the child. On arriving at the Steventon station she related the circumstance and begged per mission to leave the child there, which being refused she determined on waiting the arrival of the next tram, in the hope, although as it seemed to her a for lorn one, that the mother of her charge might be amongst the passengers, which to her great joy hap pened to be the case, thereby relieving her from a most unpleasant dilemma.---Berkshire Chronicle. ABSOLUTION AT A TURKPIKE GATE.—On a Sun day evening, last autumn, a lady of the Roman Ca tholic religion, visiting Ilarrogate, hired a carriage to convey her to the priest's house, a few miles distant, and on her way hail to pass through a toll-gate, at tended by a collector well known in the neighbour hood as " Joe," and who, in his blunt honesty, boasts of being a " Leeds joiner." On her arrival at the gate Joe demanded the toll, on which, supposing herself exempt, when on her way to a place of worship, she said, "I'm going absolution," which latter word sorely puzzled poor Joe, who replied he did not " know sake a place hereabouts," and believing that the little demur in paying the toll arose from the lady having no change, he civilly consented to allow her to pass, if she would pay on her return. This caused her to explain that she claimed exemption, and Joe having been partially enlightened that absolution was some ceremony at the priest's house which he did not understand, brought all his knowledge into play to contest the claim. In vain the lady asserted she was going for absolution to the nearest place of worship, for Joe smartly replied, " Absolushun ! Abso lushun ! ! it woant do for me,—absolushun woant pay tibar." She then attempted to rea son with Joe on the unreasonableness if not illegallity, of demanding toll under the circumstances, but Joe continued inflexible, and showed " absolution stuck in his gizzard," as he often repeated the word in a low grumbling tone. The lady, notwithstanding, persisted in her claim to exemption until poor Joe waxed warm, and delivered himself as follows : " Alarm, I've been a bar tenter these foive-and-twenty years, and I ne'r heerd o' absolushun afore." The claimant became annoyed at Joe's pertinacity, and proceeded to lecture him pretty freely, but he an swered, " I care nout abowt the noise ye make i'th hoile—l must havc't toll ; there's 'lout abawt abso lushun on my board, and I ne'r see'd it in't Genral or Loocal Act." Baffled by Joe's law and eloquence, the lady paid the toll, and threatened to summon him. —Leeds Intelligencer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) JUDGMENT.—BEYDON V. WATSON. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case. An indenture of lease and release had been executed by a Mr. Charles Snow, conveying certain lands and premises to Wm. Watson and others, as trustees, with power to sell absolutely, by public or private sale, the lands so conveyed, and with power also to make them over to the purchasers of such lands, with or without the consent of the said Charles Snow. The money arising from these sales was to be applied to the discharge of the debts of certain creditors of Charles Snow, the residue, if any, to go to Mr. Snow himself, his executors, or assigns. The trustees, it appeared, did not sell these lands, or any part of them, and Charles Snow died in 1818, the debts remaining unpaid. The main ques tion now arising was, whether the surplus re maining after the discharge of the above-named debts, could be still considered to form part of the real personal (state of the original holder of the pro perty. The trustees having absolute power to sell the remainder of the property after the payment of the debts, and not being authorised to raise money in any other way, this must be considered conveyance out and out, though the purpose of the conveyance was only the payment of certain debts. The character of the property remained unchanged up to the time of the death of the holder, and though the deeds were executed in 1815, and the testator did not die till three years afterwards, this did not affect the question. The owner might have availed himself of the interval, but he did nothing. The surplus in question must, there fore, be considered part of the testator's property, and be administered according to the deed of conveyance. TILE NEW CHANCERY ORDERS. Mr. RICHARDS applied to his Lordship on the sub ject of the new orders in Chancery, referring to th• fees for copies in the Masters' office. By the last orders the charge fixed for office copies was Gd. a folio, and a further charge of 4d. a folio was also made for entering that copy ; this made a charge of 10d. a folio; it was considered that the second charge of 4d. a folio ought not to be made. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, before the date of the last orders the copy money was lid. a folio, and then a charge was made of Gd. a folio for entering the ac counts, such entry being considered a copy. The copy money was now 4d. a folio, and it had therefore been represented to him that by analogy the two charges should be 6d. and 4d. That was the point presented for his consideration. Mr. RICHARDS said, his Lordship would find, on referring to the 32d section, that the officers receiv ing the fees for the examination of affidavits and other copies, charged 6d. a folio, but they were directed to deduct lid. a folio out of it, before it was paid over to the fee fund. It was submitted, therefore, that by analogy, the 11d. paid to the Master's clerk for the entry, should be deducted before it was paid over. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would ascertain the point. Every one knew that the money belonged to the public, and not to the Master. He would take care that it should be put on the right footing. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) COOK AND OTHERS V. PRITCHARD.-IN HITCHCOCK ' S BANKRUPTCY. The plaintiffs are the assignees of William Hitch cock, formerly carrying on an extensive business in Regent-street as a linen-draper, whose examination in the Court of Bankruptcy lately attracted so much of public attention. The defendant is a gentle man of property, retired from business, and the brother of the bankrupt's solicitor, of the firm of harden and . Pritchard, at whose instance, it appeared, he gave the bankrupt at different times consider able pecuniary assistance, out of the transactions con nected with which the present case arose. The action was brought to recover, for the general benefit of the bankrupt's estate, the sum of 2,0001., with interest thereon, alleged to have been paid to the defendant by undue and fraudulent preference, and with collusion, after Hitchcock had committed acts of bankruptcy, to the knowledge of the defendant. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Sir Thomas Wilde, with whom were Mr. Platt, Q.C., I Mr. Watson, and Mr. B. Chambers. The Attorney- General, Mr. Sergeant Channel], and Sir John Bailey, appeared for the defendant. The main facts as they were made out in the evidence of the plain tiff's witnesses, whose examination occupied the whole of yesterday to five o'clock, were as follows :—ln the latter part of the year 1840, the bankrupt requested his solicitors,'Marden and Pritchard, to raise him a loan of about 1,0001., which he undertook to secure upon the lease of the valuable premises in Regent street. At their request the defendant advanced the sum of 1,785/., receiving a bill of exchange for 2,0001., deducting the difference by way of interest, and taking the lease as a collateral security. In some months afterwards, Hitchcock applied for an other loan, and through the same means it was advanced to him by the defendant, who, it appeared on the se cond occasion, received a guarantee for the whole sum from Mr. George Hitchcock, the brother of the bank rupt. In the meanwhile the affairs of the latter grew daily more involved, and the bill for 2,000/. beingcon siderably over due on the 13th of August, 1841, the defendant in a peremptory manner on that day in sisted that his brother's house should take i:nmediate steps to enforce the payment ; accordingly they sent their clerk to Hitchcock, threatening that if he did not pay they would commence an action and make an affidavit of debt, whereby he would be compelled to become a bankrupt. They had at this time in their possession six notices of action, with affidavits of debt which had been served upon him by other creditors, so that it would seem they knew the critical state of his affairs. A clerk from the house of Ellis and Everington proved that upon that day he called on the bankrupt for payment of a bill of exchange over due for 290/. and upwards, and that upon his asking Hitchcock whether he could pay even a portion of it, the latter replied, that there were other houses who had treated him well, and deserved a preference, only that he was resolved to give none, though Everington's had done him a great deal of injury, and it was through their reports and the badness of trade he was unable to meet his engagements. A clerk from Messrs. Wreford and Co., and other witnesses, gave evidence of applications to the like effect, with similar answers. The examination of the defendant before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy was read at great length, the most material part of which was, that he had never held any conversations with his brother or the partner on the subject of the debt, further than to insist upon the 13th of August, that th money should be recovered ; that he did not know and never inquired how the payments were made, but that the whole was paid into his bankers between the 18th and the 21st of August. For the plaintiffs it was shown that in that interval the bankrupt had made great sacrifices of property to raise a sum about sufficient to meet the defendant's demand, and that the property was disposed of in a very unusual manner for that of a retail dealer. Goods of the value of 2,600/. at the cost price were sold, through the medium of a commission broker and others for about 1,7.501. It was also shown that the lease of the house, the acceptances to Pritchard, and George Hitch • cock's guarantee were given up about the same time. For the defendant, it was contended by the ATTOR PIET-GENERAL, in an eloquent speech of two hours' duration, that his conduct throughout had been, upon the plaintiff's own showing, perfectly free from every thing like fraud or collusion. Being a man of ample means, he had, at the instance of his brother, who was in business, given to the bankrupt that pecuniary as sistance by which he was enabled to carry on his business for some months longer than he otherwise could have done. It was not to be supposed that if Mr. Pritchard, the solicitor, had been faithfully in formed by the bankrupt of the real state of that per son's affairs, he would have advised his brother to lend so large a sum, and in two months afterwards to make a further loan of an equal amount As the issue depended upon the motives upon which the bankrupt acted, it was clearly shown by the plain tiffs themselves that he had not acted as free agent in making the payment. He was not a free agent, nor did he give a voluntary preference. Although his affairs seemed to others, and really were desperate at the time, they did not seem so to him, and, perhaps, he contemplated a means of extrication through Pritchard, in payment of this debt. The defendant had done only what was natural and reasonable, and if, as he trusted, the jury were satisfied that the bank rupt did not willingly give a preference with intention I to defraud the other creditors they would find for the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up the evidence Eaid it was for the Jury to say whether, under all the circumstances, the bankrupt, who, as well as his solicitor, must have been aware in the in terval between the 18th and 20th of August, that his affairs were irretrievable, contemplated his bankruptcy at the time he made the payments to defendant. if so, however hard the case might seem to be to Mr. Pritchard, their verdict must be for the plaintiffs, and the defendant must share in the losses of the other creditors. But, if they believed, on the other hand, that Hitchcock expected to get over his diffi culties, and made the payment by compulsion, and not voluntarily or by fraudulent collusion, they must find for the defendant. The Jury retired to considertheir verdict, and after an hour's deliberation found for the plaintiffs, damages 2,0001. INSOLVENT COURT-(TRIS DAY) A MONEY LENDER.-IN RE THOMAS WILLIAM TOTTING• HAM PRESCOTT. The insolvent's petition to be discharged was op posed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Mr. Cox, a hatter in Nassau-street, with whom he contracted a small debt in August, 1839, under false pretences. In the evidence of the opposing creditor but little appeared of general interest. The insolvent having been sworn and examined, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 20, 1842. said that in the month of June, 1841, -he inserted an advertisement in the daily papers to the following effect :—" Money Lent.—A gentleman having money unemployed, is willing to invest a portion of it at inter rest on loans, to ladies and gentlemen of rank and posi tion in society, in the Army, Navy, and the Church. Ap ply by letter only, confidentially, to A. B , at 40, Rath - bone Tlace." In consequence of this announcement he got cards struck after the name Andrew Barlow, under which he intended to carry on his monetary dealings. At this time he had not a farthing of his own, nor had he any chance of raising it from other sources; but his mother, who resided at 49, Park street, Grosvenor-place, lent him about 1501. In February, 1841, a trial at the suit of Captain Na thaniel Boyce French Shaw for crim. eon. was insti tuted against him, and a verdict, with 1001. damages given, which he (the insolvent) never paid. Previous to that time he received a sum of aboutsoo/., butfrom whom, or on what account received, he obstinately re fused to make known. Mr. Nicimm.s, on behalf of the insolvent, con tended that he had no right to answer the question, inasmuch as, owing to the peculiarity of the circum stances, he might thereby subject himself and other parties to an indictment for conspiracy. The COURT desired that the question should be answered. The insolvent—l decline answering that question, under the direction of my Counsel. The COURT having stated its determination to send the insolvent back to prison if the question was not answered, The insolvent said he received about 1501. about three months before the trial, all of which was paid in sovereigns. He would not say whether it was from Captain Shaw he got it or not. Mr. COOKE contended that inasmuch as the receipt of the 5001. was not mentioned in the schedule, he was bound in justice to the body of the creditors to state from whom he received it, and under what circumstances it was disbursed. The peculiarity of the circumstances connected with the trial fbr trim. con. rendered this the more impera tive, because the very first question put before the highest tribunal in the kingdom in divorce cases to a husband seeking to be divorced from his wife, was whether any collusion existed between him and the defendant, with respect to the trial in which the suit of divorce was founded. A long discussion here ensued with regard to the light of the insolventto answer the question. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that as the insol vent showed so much pertinacity in the matter, he (the Learned Commissioner) would allow the time of the Court to be no longer occupied. The case was then adjourned; and the schedule was ordered to be amended by the insertion of the circumstances under which the above 5001. were received and disbursed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. Shortly before twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor en tered the Justice room, when the prisoner, William Cam - tell, was placed at the bar. _ _ _ Mr. Wilkinson, a solicitor, attended for the pro secution. The prisoner stood at the bar quite unconcerned at the awful situation in which he was placed. Police-constable Chapman, 648, deposed to being on duty nearly opposite the Auction Mart Tavern, on the night of the 12thinst., when he heard the report of fire-arms, and almost immediately afterwards a female called out "Mrs. Magnus is shot !" After making several unsuccessful attempts to effect an entrance he was let in by Mrs. Baker; he saw Mrs. Magnus lying on the floor near the bar, and Mr. Baker informed him the prisoner was up-stairs ; he went up, when the pri soner exclaimed " Here lam ;" he then charged him with shooting at Mrs. Magnus, and brought him down, when he in s t an tl y f e ll, an d he then p erce i ve d h e h a d cut, with a razor and clasp knife, his throat in two places. Mr. Adams, a surgeon, happening to pass by at the moment, be came in and strapped up the wound, after which he (prisoner) was conveyed to the station house in Bishopsgate-street, and from thence to St. Thomas's Hospital. Mr. Adams, the surgeon, stated that he had been with Mrs. Magnus, ever since the act was committed, with the exception of two nights ; the ball entered at the back, passed through the lungs and came out within one inch of the heart (great sensation); he assisted in undressing her, and the ball dropped from her clothes. It was a most extraordinary case, and her recovery, up to that time, was astonishing. There was no im mediate danger; but she still kept her bed, and would not be able to get down stairs in less than a week. The pistol, clasp-knife, and a razor, were here pro duced, the latter being very bloody. Mr. Wilkinson prayed for a remand. The prisoner was here asked if he had any thing to say, and e xc l a i me d , " Th e po li ce man' s statement is the greater part lies, but I have nothing more to say until Mrs. Magnus is here herself?' The prisoner was then remanded to the Compter for a fortnight, the Lord Mayor giving strict orders to have him watched night and day. BOW-STREET.—(TIIIS DAY.) A black man, named Joseph Howard, was charged by police officer P 86, with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. Th e off i cer s tated that th e prisoner was drunk i n t h e Strand l as t n i g ht, a n d on his attempting to take him into custody he knocked him down, and bit his hand. The prisoner in his defence said he had a little drop in his head, and did not know what he was about. Mr. JARDINE asked what he was ? Prisoner—l am crossing-sweepa,Sa. Mr. JARDINE-LWell, I sentence you to 14 days' mprisonment. Prisoner—Oh, dear, I shall lose ma crossing. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Mr. Fitzpatrick, who for twenty-seven years has been chief clerk of this Court, this morning, just on entering on his official duties, at about half-past nine o'clock, suddenly fell on the floor, without any pre vious indication of ill health, an d on b e ing raised u p was found to be insensible, an d to h ave b ee n att ac k e d with paralysis of the right sid e , an d to such an ex tent that but very slight hope s are en t e rtained o f hi s surviving. Win. Morgan, John Francis, and Thomas Batty, mere boys, the eldest being only 11, were charged by police-constable Wm. Russell, C 11, with attempt ing to commit felony. The prisoners were observed lurking about differ ent shops in Oxford-street, where goods were exposed outside, and the first named boy was seen to go up to a book-stall and blow out the gaslight, and the two others taking advantage of the darkness, began helping themselves to numerous volumes, with which they were stopped as they were endeavouring to escape. They were committed for two months each • IVIARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY). Charles Martin, a private in the 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards, was charged with defrauding the. London and Birmingham Railway of 10s. 6d., the amount of fare from Rugby to London. Charles Benson, ticket -collector at the terminus, said that the prisoner had no ticket on his arrival, and payment, he sa id th a t h e h a d pa id the askedfl are,b for utthathe wind had blown the ticket from his cap. The soldier produced his furlough, and said the above was the true statement. Mr. RAWLINSOI said it WAS possible his story was true, and discharged him on the understanding that should the advices from Rugby say th a t h e h a d no t paid, he should be apprehended again. Mr. Benson, from the Company, coincided in this decision, and the prisoner was discharged. Edward Manning, an Irish labourer, was charged by the same Company with defrauding them of 55., the fare between Leighton Buzzard The prisoner said that he intended com i ng t o Lon don, and went to the Company's and London. offices at Bosworth, and saying 3s. was all his money, asked them if they would take him to London. They • promised to take got i ns id e . H e fell taken on to London, when, as he w as f ound penn il ess, Leighton, and he was Mr. R.s.wLnisox said he could only l oo k u pon the h ah s e i line w e a ' p a s s f g ar i when lf a e as they t the i h n e yt rcoulda chargein arrived b and d I r h . ate Benson, asleep, and he would therefore discharg e him. fault as committed by mistake while theprisoner was priso nithiS DAY.) assaulting Mr. Hospital, under the .John U N D I o O o re y li wa A s L ch L ar . g — ed Cr w , f ß o r ii o . w w e i l n i g , e th ir e cu s in te s w ta a n r e d es. of (guy s While the and his com panions The defendant having a son that died in Guy's Hospital, went with a dozen mo , re . of his countrymen the porters were bringingthat morning ;the coffin n t h d e o wil corpse. the of getting pos wattem-pt to effect the steward of the seson of the made tile a de r c u e s a h sed NN:ith lr t i h t e he y i i r e that Hospital,obj ec ta,ntdhe deknock ed fenda defendant m struck do wn down. It appeared that the body of his son was going to be dissected, but this impression that the defendant and his friends . had a n was removed by the steward, w h o sa i d t h a t the practice of the Hospital was to deliver up deceased persons to their friends, and that the porters were in the act of bringing down the corpse of the defendant's son when the assault was committed. The MAGISTRATE having remarked on the absurd notion that many of the lower orders of the Irish had with respect to persons who died in the Hospital being dissected, the defendant was fined 10s. sterday, in reference app W ea e re a d re in re s q o u m e e st o ed f t t h o e sptiatpteersthyaet a paragraph which to an extensive failure in the corn-trade (that of Mr. Dunn, at Wakefield), is incorrect. IMPORTANT FREE TRADE MEET. ING IN THE POTTERIES. The great Pottery meeting, to receive a deputation ' from the Anti-Corn-law League, took place in ' Bethesda School, Shelton, on Thursday evening. ' The spacious room was crammed from end to end ; and frequently as we have attended heart-stirring meetings in this district, we do not recollect an occasion on which the speakers seemed more completely to carry the convictions of their hearers along with them. Not only were the feel ings aroused, but the understanding was convinced; as the proceedings advanced, the "question of ques tions " appeared present to every mind in true magni tude ; and we are greatly mistaken if there has not been made an abiding impression, arousing the apa thetic to exertion, and stimulating the active to more enterprising efforts in the contest with monopoly. About 1,500 persons, it is thought, were present. On the seats in front of the platform were perhaps 150 or 200 ladies, comprising members of many of the principal families in the neighbourhood. Among other gentlemen present we ob se r ve d C. J. M ason , Esq., Sampson 13ridgwood, Esq., John Ridgway, Esq., William Ridgway, Esq., Edward Ridgway, Esq., J. R. Bale, Esq., T. S. Bale, Esq., F. Morley, Esq., J. K. Knight, Esq., Timothy Dimmock, Esq. S. Amos, Esq., W. D u t ton, E sq., Mr. Abington, 'Mr. Thomas Green, Mr. Wm. B rown fi e ld, M r. Ri c h ard Daniel, Mr. lackwood, Mr. Tittensor, Mr. Duffort, Rev. W. Ford, Rev. J. Fletcher, Rev. S. B. Schofield, Rev. C. F. Vardy, Rev. W. Chambers, &c. &c. The deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League consisted of Colonel Thompson, Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., John Bright, of Rochdale, Esq., and --Moore, Esq., of Manchester. A s th ese gent lemen were successively announced, and introduced to the meeting, there were repeated bursts of applause. Mr. Ridgway was called to the Chair. We are not using, says the Editor of the Stafford shire Mercury, the language of hyperbole, when we say that the free-trade meeting held in this town, on Thursday night, was one of which the Potteries have more reason to be proud, perhaps, than of any other, on any political subject, ever held in the district. We allude not to the questions discussed, or the character of the resolutions ; but to the num bers present, the deep attention of the audience, the calm argumentation of the speakers, and the unani mity that prevailed. The issue of the tickets of ad mission was necessarily limited to the capacity of the room ; but such was the desire to be present, that could a place thrice the size have,been found, it would have been equally well filled. Early this morning the inmates of 123, Leather lane, were roused by a loud moaning, proceeding ap parently from the back part of the house. On lights being procured and search made, a young man, named Manoel Gabez, an Italian, who lodged in the back attic of the next house, was discovered bleeding upon the ground ; and from all that could be ga thered from him, he had in his sleep opened the window, and endeavoured to reach the roof of an out house ; in so doing, however, his foot slipped, and he fell a distance of twenty feet. The right shoulder was found to be severely dislocated, in addition to a slight fracture of the skull. SURCHARGES IN THE RETURNS OF THE PROPERTY AND INCOME-TUE.-0B Monday week the Commis sioners met at the Town Hall, Ipswich, with the Sur veyor of Taxes, to hear the appeals of persons who had been surcharged. Many appealed; but few were relieved. Ido not impugn the motives of the Com missioners, but certain I am that their judgment has been at fault. The commonest observer can discover cases most palpably unequal. The tax has already operated against the charities of the town : subscrip tions having been withheld by persons compelled to economise. —[We have received the foregoing from a correspondent. The only way to remedy the grievance is to compel Sir Robert Peel, by petitions, to repeal the tax, or retire from office.—Editor of the Ipswich Express.] CHARITABLE CHRISTMAS BEQUEST IN BERMOND SEY.—Yesterday the Trustees under the will of the late John Harcourt, Esq., the eminent tanner, of Ar tillery-place, Bermondsey, met at the Workhouse, Bermondsey. 1,0001. has been left at interest for ever, at the disposal of the Churchwardens and Over seers for the time being, to appropriate to 20 poor widows who have never themselves received parochial relief. The applicants were very numerous, and of course the most urgent claims vs ere selected. In the adjoining parishes many charitable donations will be distributed previous to Christmas day. FIRE AT MARBURY IIALL.—A letter was received by a gentleman in this city yesterday, which stated that a fire broke out in the mansion of James H. Smith Barry, Esq., Marbury Hall, Cheshire. The letter stated that fires were lighted in ten of the rooms, for the purpose of airing the building, when unfortu nately a conflagration took place in the Picture Gal lery, which contained a number of valuable paintings, and which, before it was checked, destroyed several of them. The fire, however, was confined to the apart ment in which it originated.—Cork Sonthernßeporter. We are authorised to contradict a statement which has appeared respecting the cause of the death of the Countess of Denbigh. Her Ladyship expired on Fri day evening from the effects of disease of the brain, which had been in progress for months. She had been confined to the house for two days preceding that on which the accident alluded to occurred. Her death, therefore, could not be attributed to fright occasioned by witnessing it. THE NEW TARIFF.—On Saturday last several hun dred fowls and turkeys were brought over to Brigh ton, from Havre, in the General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Lord Melville. They were re markably fine, and some of the turkeys were sold in Brighton market wholesale at Gs. each. A quantity of them was sent by the train to London. THE STRATHBOGIE AND AUCIITERARDER CASES.— On Thursday the Lord President intimated to the Counsel in the Strathbogie and Auchterarder cases, in which Lord Cuninghame has recently given out interlocutors and notes, that there would be a hear ing in presence of both divisions of the Court in the course of the second week after the Christmas recess —Strathbogie to be first heard. The pleadings will be limited to one Counsel on each side of the bar in both cases.—Scotsman. TILE DUCIIESS OF ORLEANS.—A legitimist journal, which passes for being well informed on the most minute details of what passes at Court, makes the fol lowing statement :—" When it was in contemplation to instal the Duke of Nemours as future Regent in the Palace of the Tuileries, it was proposed to the Duchess of Orleans to yield her apartments to the Duke of Nemours, and to remove her Royal High ness to a small apartment in the pavilion of Flora, close to that occupied by Madame Adelaide, the King's sister. This arrangement- would have the advantage of giving to the Duke de Nemours a more spacious apartment, and would likewise place the Duchess Helene and her children under the eyes of Louis Phi lippe and the Queen. This application was first made by a third person, to whom the Duchess com municated her refusal. When this fact was made known to certain great personages, they reiterated their proposal and their desires; but the Princess Helene declared that too many recollections connected with her husband had rendered those apart ments so dear to her, that she could not consent to abandon them. It was even added, and we guarantee this fact, that she would not quit her apartments ex cept by force and by a formal order, but that she ex pectedthat her feelings would be spared that shock. This determined language had the desired effect, and the Duchess of Orleans occupies her ancient apart ments. The Duke de Nemours !continues to be as reserved and as cold as usual. A demand of 1,000,000 of francs for the education of the Count de Paris, is to be made at the meeting of the Cbambers.---Pari.rparer. DEATII OF A CONVICT.—Robert Moir (formerly a merchant), who was convicted before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, last week, for fraudulent bankruptcy, and sentenced to transportation, has since died from the effects of an illness under which he had been labouring for some time before his trial. FESTIVITIES AT lIIMLEY HALL. --- Lord Ward gives a splendid fete to-night at Himley Hall in ce lebration of the birthday of his only brother, the Hon. Dudley Ward, who will attain his majority to-day. Avery large party is assembled at the hospitable , mansion, and the invitations to the nobility and gentry for the ball to-night are exceedingly numerous. To morrow there is to be a sumptuous entertainment in honour of the occasion. SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday, after Mr. John Ed wards, of Little Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, butcher, had dined with his family as usual, he was about to take a walk to call on a friend, as he was accustomed to do, when just as he had passed the threshold of his door, he was suddenly seized with a violent paralytic stroke, which, in an ins tant, r deprived him of the use of his speech and limbs. 'Phis was observed by Mr. Fish, a neighbour of his, who was passing at the time, when he caught hold of him, to prevent him from falling, and he was soon conveyed back again to his parlour, and at ten o'clock at:night death relieved him from his earthly sufferings : MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Earl of IN orthesk will shortly be united to Miss Elliot, the eldest daugh ter of the Hon. Admiral Elliot, and niece to thq Earl of Minto. We have been informed that the authorities of the City of London are desirous of receiving tenders from persons willing to contract for cleans ing the streets witqin their jurisdiction. The gentlemen on whom that duty formerly devolved left town for the season at the end of August, and it is understood that they do not intend to resume their onerous duties until after the close of the next session of Parliament. In order to reduce the ex pense as much as possible, the Commissioners of 'Sewers have already contrived to render several of the streets impassable.—Times. The tradesmen of Beccles have unanimously agreed to suspend business altogether, on Monday, the 26th inst.—lpswich Express. RAILROADS IN GERMANY. We have already, on two occasions (Aug. 15 and Sept. 20), noticed at some length the progress making in Germany in the construction of railroads. That progress continues, and the extent to which the system is likely to be carried, bids fair, at no distant period, to exercise a most powerful influence over all Europe. It is our intention, therefore, from time to time, to direct the attention of the readers of the Morning Chronisk to what is doing in this matter among our neighbours. Since our last report, another has been added to the list of active German railroads, by the opening of that between Berlin and Frankfort on the Oder. The number of German railroads is, consequently, now twenty-one, and the following table, made up from official returns, will show the number of passengers who availed themselves of each during the first ten months of the present year, and the gross receipts during the same time : During October, During the first ten Names of Railroads. 1842. months of 1842. No. of Money No. of I Money passengra received. passengrs, received. 1,409 21,82211 14,274 206,47811 Linz- Gmunden 11,212 21,72311 108,140 170,3758 Berlin-Stettin Breslau-Oppeln 13,306 6,644d' 112,6811 45,744 d Hamburg-Bergedorf 15,366 7,039 ms 135,020 1 81,659 m Leipzig-Altenburg 19,263 10,7044 t 29,4621 16,577 d Brunswick-Harzburg !Munich-Augsburg Mannheim-Heidelberg 28,919 9,19011 272,758 ; , 85,97411 Vienna•Brunn-Olmutz 29,183 111,2358 252,291'910,3438 Vienna-Stockeran Cologne-Aix-la-Cha- 1 pelle Berlin- Anhalt ...... . Dusseldorf-Elb er f e ld 31,685 9,670 d 346,274; ... Leipzig- Dresden .... • • 34,718 44,735 d! 335,937; 428,621 d Berlin-Potsdam Nuremberg-Furth Magdeburg-Leipzig.., 52,419 56,9684 1 487,837, 452,787 d Mentz-Frankfort ...... 67,286 41,32211 737,191,413,880 d Vienna-Raab ... 81,662 56,36011 1,070,223, 638,3031 Berlin-Frankfort was opened in October, and has as yet made no return. N.B. D. signifies Prussian dollars; fl. florins; and M marks currency. From this table it appears that 635,527 persons tra velled on the several railroads of Germany during the month of October. During the corresponding month of 1841, the number was only 544,442, so that the present year shows an increase of 90,985. The number of travellers from the Ist of January had been 6,055,075. During the corresponding months of 1841 the number was 4,276,416. The first line in the above list—that from Linz to Budweis—is remarkable as being' the first railroad ever constructed for the conveyance of passengers ; the progenitor, therefore, of the goodly family that have since sprung into existence in various parts of Europe. Budweis, in Bohemia, is the highest point to which the Moldau, a tributary of the Elbe, is na vigable; Linz, in Upper Austria, is an important manufacturing city on the Danube. This railroad may, therefore, be said to connect the navigation of the Danube with that of the Elbe, and though the number of passengers is not great, the receipts, it will be seen, are considerable, owing to the large amount of merchandise constantly conveyed along this road. This railroad has been in existence for about twenty years. It was built by M. Von Gerstner, an enterprising speculator, whose name is well known on the Continent, and ought to be better known in England than it is. He was afterwards invited to St. Petersburgh, where he directed a great part of the construction of the railroad to Zarskoje! Zelo. He subsequently went to America, to examine the railroads in the United States, and after completing his journey, was just preparing to return to Europe, when he was suddenly taken ill and died in a few days. His widow, who had accompanied him on his American journey, has since published M. Von Gerstner's papers relative to the railroads of the United States, but a work of such a nature can scarcely fail to be very imperfect and unsatisfactory, composed, as it must often be, of hasty remarks, which more mature consideration might have led the author to modify. Immense difficulties had to be surmounted in the construction of the railroad from Linz to Budweis. The whole intervening country is mountainous, and the consequence has been that, though in a straight line the two cities are only ten German miles apart, the railroad, owing to its many windings, is not less than 17 German miles long. Even the carriage road from the one town to the other has been obliged to snake a number of bendings, to avoid the mountains, and measures not less that 14 miles. The railroad from Linz to Gmunden, ten German miles in length, is, properly speaking, a continuation of the former, and has been constructed chiefly with a view to the important saltworks of which Gmunden is the centre, and whence all Austria and Bohemia are supplied with salt; but though originally con structed only for the conveyance of salt, the existence of the railroad seems to have created a trade that did not before exist, many articles of merchandise now finding their way from Italy to Bohemia that were formerly rarely, if ever, deemed likely to repay the cost of transport. The traveller would be grievously disappointed who expected to find in these primitive railroads anything capable of rivalling the magnificent constructions that now intersect our own country in every direction. The road was, in the first instance, constructed in a rude manner, and has since been allowed to go very much to decay. A recent German traveller says— " The rails, some of wrought, and some of cast iron, are in many places loose, and rattle as the carriages pass over them, and every now and then a very de cided jolt announces a marked difference between the elevation of two succeeding rails. In some places the descent is so great that the wheels have to be locked ; and in some places, again, the rails have sunk so far into the earth, that the wheels of the carriages touch the soil as they pass over it. The importance of this line is, however, so great, that it is impossible the Austrian Government should allow it to remain much longer in its present state of neglect." The cost of the Linz and Budweis railroad was originally 1,700,000 florins, or about 100,000 florins (not quite 10,0001.) a mile. It has only one pair of rails, but at certain distances arrangements are made to enable two trains to pass each other. The car riages are not drawn by steam, but by horses, and one horse, it is calculated, can draw upon the rail road, with ease, seven times the weight which it would be possible for him to draw upon a common road. At Leopoldschlag, its highest point, the railroad reaches an elevation of 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,000 feet above the plain of Budweis; there is, probably, no other railroad in the world that can boast of an equal ascent. The Berlin-Stettin railroad, originally opened (on the 30th of July) only to Newstadt Eberswalde, has since been opened as far as Angermunde t being one half of the whole line. The present traffic affords but an imperfect criterion for estimating its eventual importance. It is only when the whole line has been opened, that merchants will be able to avail them selves of it, to any great extent, for the conveyance of goods. The small railroad between Hamburgh and Berge dorf continues to be used chiefly for holiday excur sions to the Bergedorf-wood. During the Sundays of October, the passengers were 5,046; during the rest of the month 10,320. The. Sunday traffic, conse quently, is about three times that of a working day. There seems now to be every probability, that this line will be continued to Berlin, and that this will be done without crossing over to the left side of the Elbe, which it was at first thought would be neces sary, in consequence of the hostility of the King of Denmark. That Sovereign, it seems, has not only rbandoned his opposition, but has even expressed a aeadiness to contribute to the construction ; and as the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg has testified an equal readiness, the works, there is now little doubt, will in a very short time commence. The only ques tion still under discussion, we believe, is the extent to which the King of Prussia may be induced to gua rantee the dividends. It is generally understood that he is willing to guarantee a dividend of 3i per cent. for one-half of the line, being that portion of it which traverses his own dominions. It is not likely, how ever, that the Company will ever call upon his Ma jesty for any pecuniary assistance to make up the in terest on the capital. Almost the whole of the country between Berlin and Hamburgh is an unbroken level, and no railroad of equal length has ever yet been built, where so few natural difficulties had to be over come. The estimates have already been made, from which it appears that the cost of the whole line will not exceed eight millions of Prussian dollars, and it is but justice to Mr. Lindley, the engineer of the Hamburgh- Bergedorf Railroad, to add, that the expense of its construction was not found to exceed the original estimate. In our next report we hope to have it in our power to afford more definite information respect ing this railroad, than which there is none likely to be of greater interest to the British public. The Austrian Government manifests at present great zeal in the cause. The Vienna-Raab railroad will certainly be continued to Trieste, although it seems not yet to have been decided in what way the mountains are to be passed. Vienna will also soon be .united by one railroad with Prague, and by another, over Breslau, with Vienna. The Berlin and Frankfort railroad was formally opened on the 22d of October, but the trains had been running upon it for several weeks previously, the formal opening having been delayed, in the hope of its being honoured by the presence of Royalty. The ab surdity of such a state of things became too mani fest, and the Directors were at length obliged to de clare their railroad open, without waiting any longer for the King. We are sorry to announce the death of Miss Mur ray, of the Adelphi Theatre. This fascinating actress expired on Sunday, after an illness of only arm days. Her loss will he greatly felt by the play-going Phil' -- 1 RAILWAYS. - We take the following statement regarding the length of railways in this country, and the capital expended in their formation, from a pamphlet recently . published by Pelham Richardson, entitled, " Rail-. ways, their Uses and Managements :" The number of miles of railroad amount to 1,8602, at a cost of 58,149,1591., being on an average about 31,2461. per mile. With 12 acres of land to a mile,. ' there will be 22,332 acres of la n d f orme d i nto new ' roads, which, at 4001. an acre, would have paid 8,932,8001. If we suppose 100,000 cubic yards of earth-work per mile, this would give 186,100 cu bi c yards of earth moved in their construction, and if we allow the cost per yard to be Is., 9,305,000/. will have been expended in manual labour, but the proba bility is, that the earthwork averages nearer 150,000 cubic yards a mile, and at Is. per cubic yard for moving it, would give 279,150,000 cubic yards, and 13,957,5001. Suppose the weight of the rails to ave rage sGlbs. per yard, some being lightef' and some heaver, reaching to 751b5., and taking off sets and sta tions, to make all the lines as having a double set of rails,. and allow the average cost to be 101. 10s. per ton, 13,101,440 yards of railway would give 327,536 tons of rails, costing 3,439,2181., besidei sleepers, blocks, chairs and pins, turn-plates, &c. There are also the viaducts, bridges, stations, and works of all descriptions ; warehouses, inclined planes, &c. All these materials and labour are, with the exception of some of the timb er , home produce. The number of locomotive engines may equal in number, perhaps, 970, which, with their tenders, must have cost at least 145,5001.; and when we look at this beautiful piece of machinery, and see that power,,equal to 70 and 80 horses, is embowelled in so small a compass, fitted with a delicacy and neatness more resembling a watch than could have been expected from, a draft of such power, we must admit that some capital may fairly have been sunk in the invention, construction, and perkction of such a piece of mechanism. Again, there are the carriages of all classes, giving employ ment to an immense variety of persons, and which must have cost not less than 2,000,0001., besides trucks, horse carriages, sheep and cattle pens, &c. These machines carry yearly upwards of 15,000,000 person, besides goods, coals, stock, horses, carriages, letters, and parcels ; and through these means, wherever rail ways exist, distance is reduced at least one-half, the cost of travelling much reduced, and the comfort in creased a thousand fold." SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 11.—The official accountsfrom Bar celona, published in the Gazette thislnorning, are of the 7th instant. The city enjoyed thatliud of tran quillity which defeat and necessity produce amongst a coerced mob—and which decision and energy on the part of the Government can preserve. Barcelona indeed can be kept quiet; but the degree of provin cialism manifested on this occasion by thel3arcelonese indicates clearly that this can only be effected by a combination of judicious and rigorous measures. The cry of " death to the Castilians," heard pretty gene rally in the streets of Barcelona on the 15th and 16th ultimo, should not be lost on the central Government of Spain. To leave arms in the hands of the lower orders of the population of that city would be mad ness. Fifteen thousand muskets, we are told, were accordingly already taken from the insurgents. It being supposed that there were still out five or six other thousands, twenty-four hours more were given for their delivery. The houses shut.up and suspected of containing arms were also to be opened and searched in the presence of the Magistrates in their respective districts. Of course, for some time at least, a national guard will be dispensed with in Barcelona, and the garrison be kept by troops of the line alone. Down to the date of our latest news, no executions had taken place. Military tribunals, however, had been appointed, both for the trial of the officers of the army who had surrendered, and the prisoners made on the surrender of the place. That which has been talked of as news here for the last few days would be better called lies. Reports, for example,, of a change of Ministry, and the exile of the Infante, cried about the streets in all shapes and forms, come properly under this head. The trash written in all the opposition journals, too, about our ships having fired upon Barcelona, and having sup plied Montjuich with shells for the destruction of the cotton manufactories in the city, is all false, and de signedly inserted to injure the British name and cha racter here. These falsehoods, though most mali ciously intended, cannot fail to recoil upon the authors of them, and the parties who pay for their publication. From the provinces the news confirm& to be most satisfactory. With a few exceptions, the municipal - elections will have gone in favour of the Govern ment and of public tranquillity. The old majority of the Congress, or as it is now called the minority, is actively employed in preparing for a new election, in the event of that measure becoming necessary. Fives Active 26k cash yesterday. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WOOLWICH, DEC. 19.—Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.11., arrived at the garri son on Thursday evening from Ireland, for the pur pose of being present at the half-yearly examination of the students at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. At precisely ten o'clock on Friday morning the whole of the gentlemen cadets connected with the institution assembled under arms on the parade-ground in front of the Royal Military Aca demy, and marched past, at slow and quick time, the officers composing the Board of Examination, amongst whom were observed Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; Lieutenant-General Sir F. W. Mulcaster, K.C.11., Inspector-General of Fortifications ; Colonel Paterson and Colonel Lacy, Royal Artillery ; Colonel Sir George Hoste, C. 8., Royal Engineers; Brigadier. Major Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery; and Brigadier-Major Sandhaw, of the Royal Engineers, with the various officers at tached to the institution, and others belonging to the garrison. - The examination lasted until four o'clock P.M., with only a short intermission, and the following . sixteen gentlemen cadets were examined for commissions :- 1. Frederick 11. Rich 9. Frederick C. Standish 2. Alexander C. Gleig 10. George T. Field 3. Francis R. Chesney 11. David M. Fraser 4. Thomas A. L. Murray 12. Horace P. Newton 5. George H. Vesey 6. Hon. W. C. Yelverton 13. Arthur C. Pigou 14. Char les Frye 7. Richard Gregory 15. Charles J. Strange 8. Edward B. Ilamley 16. James D. Telfer. It appears to be not only indispeusable that the gentlemen cadets should be proficient in their studies to entitle them to commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, but their conduct must also be of the most satisfactory nature during the period they h of ar s 'e om b e ee d n e s fi t e u te d n y c i studying the A nt thatrcaesdpeemety, duringln consequenc e the last six months' duty at the Royal Arsenal, the abovenamed gentlemen cadets' have been placed in the same posi tion as those examined previous to the Christmas vacation last year , and will have to remain at their studies until the laster-General is Pleased to relieve them on receiving a satisfactory report of their exem plary conduct. Twenty-one gentlemen cadets have passed their examination for admittance to the first class studying at the Royal Arsenal, and will assemble at that branch of the institution after the vacatiot have been examined from private aca iesaiihl the Royal found so ry so mil proficient ita A c as ad t e o: ny, a and five here be admitted to study at Twenty-eight found after twelve months' trial that the studies are greater than they have been able to accomplish in a satisfactory manner, and consequently have notified that they will not return after the vacation, and others will be examined on the opening of the academy to fill up the requisite number to be instructed at the institution. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A SOLDIER.—It will be remembered that a General Court-martial assembled at Chatham in the month of October last, for the trial of private Robert Onn, alias James Brown, of the 80th Regiment, for having, in the yard of a pub lic-house called the King's Head, at Wye, in the county of Kent, on or about the 3d of Jaiy, 1841, fired a musket, loaded with powder and ball, at Lance. Corporal Allen, of the 80th Regiment, with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm ; for having deserted from the depot of his corps at Wye, as aforesaid, on or about the 3d of July, 1841, and continuing in a state of desertion from the 80th Regiment until brought back to Chat ham by a military escort, on or about the 14th of September, 1842 ; and for having, whilst in a state 6f desertion from the 80th Regiment, as stated in the second charge, enlisted into the 734 Regiment. The Court found the prisoner guilty of the several charges preferred against him, and sentenced him to be trans ported for the term of his natural life. Her Majesty having approved the finding and sentence of the Court, the same was read publicly yesterday, and the prisoner was conveyed under escort to the hulks of the dockyard. At the Court of Assizes for the Herault, held at Montpellier, a man named Pomarede, after a trial which lasted thirteen days, was on the 7th inst. found guilty by the Jury of arson, 19 highway robberies, 31 attempts to commit other robberies, two actual murders, and five attempts to commit murder! and the Court pronounced the awful sentence of death upon him. .The execution is ordered to take place at Pezenas, at and near which place the chief of these numerous crimes were committed. During the de livery of his sentence the priioner was dreadfully agitated, but endeavoured to conceal his emotion as much as possible by keeping his hand 'over his face.— French PN)er. LAST W ORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ON THE SCAF FOLD.--" I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing to carry on their designs ; and I am heartily sorry that so many 'Protestants give their helping hand to it."