The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

n !,14. , t i ; t * tttO QUEEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.) QUELCII V. WAKLEY. This was an action brought by Charles Quelch, a bootmaker, in forma pauperis, to recover dama , es from the defendant, Mr. Thomas Wakley, son of Mr. Wak ley, M.P•, and one of the surgeons of the Royal Free Hospital, for neglecting his daughter whilst placed under 'ds care in that institution. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins appeared fur the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Brammill for the defendant. The case seemed to excite much interest, as the court was much crowded. Mr. Wakley, M.P.: sat uncle; the Attorney-General. Sergeant \\TimmNs having opened the case, called evidence to substantiate it. Charles Quelch, the father of the child, was the first witness. He eaid his child was now thirteen years of age. On the 29th of March last his daughter, Emma Quelch, fell down stairs and fractured her thigh. He had her immediately removed to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn-road, where she was placed under the care of the defendant. The limb was set. Afterwards she was much neglected. On the sth of April a woman afflicted with the small pox, named O'Connor, was brought into the same ward with his daughter, and two days after his daughter showed symptoms of labouring under the same malady. Shortly after he found that the child was also labouring under syphilis, in consequence of having had bandages applied to her which had been used by women afflicted with that loathsome com plaint. sore 3 showed themselves on her body, and she suffered much from them. His child was also so much neglected that the bandages and splinter gave way, and the leg could be moved about. The fracture had not been reduced. He determined to remove her from the hospital, and intimated to the defendant that he should do so in consequence of the disgraceful conduct pursued towards her. The defendant asked him to call upon him at his private residence, which he did. In the course of a conversation which he had with him, he told him his child had the venereal disease. He said, " How the devil can you know that ? " He told him of the proofs. He added, "It is beyond human power to save her, and when she dies all evidence of that will die with her." He said further that he would rather give him 1,0001. than that he should remove the child, as he was in great expectation of obtaining a professorship at the University Hospital. He (witness) said his prospects were nothing to him; in consequence of the way in which he had treated his child he should remove her —that he had obtained the interest of some influential gentlemen connected with a public institution, and that he should certainly remove the child. The de fendant said he would turn the nurses who had neglected his child out of the ward, and have the place fitted up fit for a princess, and in the event of his child becoming a cripple she should be provided for for life by the interest of his father. He had no doubt he could give her the place of a lodge-keeper at his country house. He also promised to aid him in his business. He begged him to allow her to re main, and asked him to call and see him the next morning (Sunday). He produced a sheet of note paper, and asked him to sign it, which he (witness) declined to do, as it would have exonerated the de fendant from all blame, and expressed his surprise that he should hare made such a proposition to him, after the determination he had expressed the previous day to take his chill away. He consented, at the request of the defendant, to meet him and his father at the Lancet office the following Monday. After some consideration Mr. Wakley, sen., putting his hand. into his pocket said, " The man is an intelli gent man, but poor, and it is nothing but right that he should be remunerated for his trouble." He (the witness) said he Idid not ; come there to listen to any proposal of the kind, and said, if they had nothing more to say, that he would take his leave. He told them that he should lay the matter before the committee of the hospital on the succeeding 'Wednesday, and Mr. Wakley, M.P., said in reply to a question, that he should be there if possible. In the course of this interview, on the 21st of May, Mr. Wakley, sen., exclaimed—" Why, Tow, what have you been doing with the limb all this time ?" He replied, "He threw that aside altogether ;" to which Mr. Wakley, M.P., replied " That's a d—d pretty thing." Young Mr. Wakley, on his leaving, said, " When you are before the committee, don't say anything about me, and I will rise up and be your staunch friend." On the 22d May, 1848, he took the child to St. Bartholomew's. She was there seventeen weeks, but the fracture had never been reduced, and his child's leg was 2* inches shorter than the other the bones lapped over each other. Her condition was very filthy when he removed her ; her leg was loose, and moved about like a thresher's fail. He had frequently been obliged to remove her excrement and water in order to relieve her pain. She was always a healthy child before she went to the hospital. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL— Mr. Peacock was the physician to the hospital, and the defendant was one of the surgeons. The wards were divided into partitions, with curtains before them. Mr. Jackson performed the operation of setting the leg, with some other person whom he did not know. The small-pox patient came in on the sth, and was placed three beds off on the same side of the ward. There was but one partition between the patient and his daughter. There were three sores on the child, one of which was on the bottom of her back and another on the instep. Dr. Peacock attended the child on the 12th, and wrote prescriptions in con junction with the defendant. Could not swear that he saw the defendant write any prescriptions after the 12th of April. Mr. Jackson saw the child every day in common with the other patients. Saw the defendant three or four times after the 12th, but could not say that he had attended his daughter. He had admitted that his child had con tracted the venereal disease in consequence of using bandages and sponges used by persons so afflicted. Knew the child bad the disease because she siselt of copaiba. He gathered from the expres sions of the defendant, with respect to the traces of the disease dying with her, that it was intended to bury the child. He had published a pamphlet upon the natter, but did not send a man with placards opposite Mr. Wakley's door in Bedford-square. He had heard that a man he had employed to walk about with one had gone there, but not with his instruc tions. He did not think the man knew where he lived. The placard was headed " Caution to Parents —History of a Child experimentalised upon in the Royal Free Hospital, by Air. Thomas Wakley, jun." Knew Mr. Healey, of the Medical Times. He sent for him to come forward with his child as a witness in a case in the Exchequer. He saw him in 1848, whereas the pamphlet was not published until 1849. Had seen Dr. Worthington, Dr. Cronin, and a person connected with the newspapers. They did not counsel him as to publishing this pamphlet. Did not say, when he took the child away, with an oath, "that he would have some of Waklay's shiners." Never made improper overtures to two women in the hospital, named Agnes Williams and Mrs. Weston. He had lived five years at 10, James-street, Clerken well, and was a shoemaker. He had taken the child to several eminent surgeons. Mrs. Quelch, the mother of the child, deposed that the name of the surgeon over her daughter's bed was that of the defendant. On the ith of April the defendant said to her (Mrs. Quelch) we have just been re-setting your daug'eter's "limb, to which she replied she was very glad of it, for you made a sorry job of it last time. The position of the splinters was altered on the 12'h. During the time she was in the hospital she was frequently obliged to clean the child herself. Cross-examined—The nurses never told her that the child soiled the bed because she never told them when she wanted the bed-pan. Re-examined—The child was of clean habits, and was sorely grieved at the dirty state she was kept in. Mary Collins, formerly a nurse at St. Bartholo mew's, said the child was so dirty that not only soap but soda were required to clean her. There were five wounds upon her, Her health was good, but she required much nourishment. She improved in the course of a week or two. She was placed on a water bed for thirteen weeks. She was not a child of dirty habits. Mary Steer, another nurse, corroborated the above evidence. By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The child screamed very much, nevertheless they washed her. Mr. Edward Stanley, one of the surgeons at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was next examined—He said that from the 29th of March to the 7th of April there would h,,ve be en more t h an ordinary difficulty in re ducing the fracture. That difficulty was insur mountable under the circumstances stated. The fever and weakness from which she bad suffered rendered it indispensable to remove the b an d age an d sp li nts. When not suffering from either fever or exhaustion, there would be more than the ordinary difficulty in consequence of the unusual positi on o f t h e fracture, which was situated in . the upp er third of the thigh-bone. Such a fracture was most difficult to deal with in an adult—most unusua l in a young person, and most difficult to deal with i n consequence of the motion of the muscles of that part. It was a case requiring much attention. He doubted whether with the utmost skill the difficulty he spoke of could be surmounted. He would not say it was insurmountable. He did not find the child in a filthy state, as she had been in the hands of the nurses. Though the ulcers were large, they were not un healthy ; there was nothing that denoted neglect. By the ATTORNEY' GENERAL— It was of paramount importance to attend to the health of a patient. Such was the state of exhaustion of the child, that it was useless to examine the limb ; but he judged that the bones were in process of union, and afterwards he found the union complef:.. Scarb-t fever would pro duce such sores as those on the child. The cure was as good as the circumstances of the case would admit of. In the adult as in the youth a shortening of the limb was a common result. His attention had been most:directed to the case, consequence of intending to write about it. Could not say there was any de fect in the surgical treatment. Re-examined—Under the circumstances it was correct to re-set the thigh on the The muscular resistance was greater in the child than man. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired if the lapping over of the bones of the limb was, according to his view, a proper setting of the bones ? Mr. Stanley replied that setting of the limb con sisted in placing it in the best position. The best was done under the circumstances. The ATTORNEY GENERAL then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant. He contended that the prosecution was one of the most cruel that could be brought into a court of justice. It was evidently set on foot by parties who wished through the son to aim a blow at'the father. The defendant was a young man of much intelligence, and was rapidly rising in his profession, and he begged them to consider that the investigation was one of character and not of da mages. The defendant attended the hospital without fee or reward, and his days of attendance were Wed nesdays and Saturdays, but he came almost every other day to the hospital to tender his services. He gave his best attention to the case, under the direction of the house-surgeon, who, being a paid servant, should have been selected as the defendant. Every attention was paid to the child, as he should prove ; and, in conclusion, he implored them to consider that in their hands depended the very existence of a young professional man. The case had not concluded when we went to press. EXCHEQUER.—(THiS DAY.) (Sitting at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) DATEY V. WATSON AND OTHERS. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for an alleged obstruction of light and air, occasioned to the plaintiff's premises by the erection of a very elegant building in Pall-mall (at the corner of George-street, St. James's•square), for the use of the Army and Navy Club, of which the defendants are the trustees. The damages were laid at 500/. Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Lush, and Mr. Wells appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Peacock for the defendants. The plaintiff it appeared carried on the business of a tailor at 42, Pall.mall, and was also in the habit of letting out the upper part of the house to lodgers during the fashionable season in London. He had formerly occupied No. 38, which he sold to the club in order to enable them to erect their mansion, and being desirous to continue his business in the same vicinity, he became the purchaser of a lease for twenty-one years of No. 42, which previously belonged to a neighbour named Tattersall. The plaintiff put the premises in thorough repair, and spent a considerable sum upon them. Soon after the building of the club commenced the plaintiff happened to go to Glasgow, and on his return, two or three months afterwards, he found that the light behind the house, which was before free and uninterrupted, had been diminished so much as to render the lower rooms al:nost useless. Applications were made to the club to have this remedied, but without avail, and the consequence was that he had been compelled to apply to a jury for compensation. Several witnesses were called for the plaintiff, and they agreed in stating that the effect of the erection had been to greatly diminish the light in the rooms, one saying that the back parlour was so dark that he could scarcely find the way to his mouth at dinner, and another that he was unable to distinguish leaders from advertisements in a newspaper unless he stood close to the window. The defence was that the portion of the building complained of had been erected with the entire sanction of the plaintiff, and on the understanding that if there should be any diminution of light, it would be a matter of no consequence to him, and it was further alleged that there was no actual inter ference with th• ordinary rays of light, and that, in stead of obstructing the free progress of air, a portio❑ of a building which previously existed had been pulled down, and given the plaintiff's house the benefit of the breezes from the Green Park and the south-west. The defendants asserted likewise that, having re ceived a large sum of money, viz. 3,8001., to quit one set of premises, it was neither fair nor just for the plaintiff to obtain the possession of another house contiguous to the club, in order to give a colour for a further claim to compensation. Several witnesses were also called on the part of the defendants, and they gave it as their opinion that so far from the plaintiff being injured by the erection, he had been benefited by an additional quantity of air, which was admitted by a narrow passage that had been thrown open by the defendants, but only one of these witnesses had been inside the plaintiff's house to see the effect produced, as far as regarded light. The CniEF BARON having summed up the evidence, The jury retired, but had not returned into court when our reporter left. In the course of the trial, one of the jury expressed a wish to be allowed to visit the premises, as from the contradictory nature of the evidence it was im possible to know what was the real injury sustained by.the erection, but the Chief Baron said he could not give his sanction to such a course without the consent of both parties. He was there, he observed, to try the legal part of the case, and as that was the last day of the Westminster sittings, it would be highly . inconvenient to allow the jury to leave, as the Court must remain unoccupied until their return. THE SUN, LONDON, AUSTRIA. The Kolner Zeitung contains the following tele graphic dispatch from Vienna, of the sth inst.:-- " We are informed of a crisis in the Cabinet, owing to dissensions between the Prince Schwarzenberg and Minister Bach. It is but too likely that M. Bach will retire from office. The treaty respecting the railroad between Vienna and Posth has bees concluded. The Government has purchased that railroad for 8,000,000 florins, to be paid by instalments of from eight to eight years, and to be rated at an interest of four per cent." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, DEC. B.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Euxine, Captain R. W. Evans, arrived here at eight o'clock this morning, with ship letter bags of the following dates, which were her days of sailing : Constantinople, Nov. 19; Dardanelles, Nov. 20; Smyrna, Nov. 21; Malta, Nov. 26; Gibraltar, Dec. 2. The Euxine experienced boisterous weather throughout the voyage. She waited nearly two days at Malta for the passengers by the Bombay mail, but left on the 26th in consequence of its non-arrival. Amongst her passengers are Lord Mandeville, Captain and Mrs. Lang, &c. The freight list comprises eight packages specie, value about 18,0001. sterling ; 50 boxes of oranges ; 29 skeleton cases of figs ; 1,958 drums of figs ; 12 cases of scamony ; 20 cases of opium ; 126 bales of silk ; 265 bales of goat's hair ; 58 bags of yellow berries ' • 23 tubs of leeches; three cases of otto of roses ; 54 bales sheep's wool ; and 61 packages of sundries. On the 20th ult., the Euxine passed the British fleet lying in Beiska- bay ; it consisted of the following ships—Queen, 110; Caledonia, 120; Howe, 120 ; Prince Regent, 92 ; Bellerophon, 80 ; Powerful, 84 ; Vengeance, 84 ; Thetis, 36; with several steamers. The French feet, consisting of six ships of the line, with frigates and steamers, was at anchor in Vourla-bay. On the 7th of Nov., off the Wand of Pantellana, the Euxine exchanged signals with her Majesty's ship Hercules, steering to the eastward ; on the 29th spoke the steam-ship Indus with the outwardbound India and China mails, 50 miles to the eastward of the island of Gallia; on the Ist of Dec. saw the Penin sular and Oriental steamer Madrid, 20 miles eastward of Gibraltar, bound to Genoa; Dec. 3, exchanged signals with the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Sultan, 25 miles to the northward of Cape St. Vincent, bound to Constantinople; passed a screw steamer at the same time going south; spoke also, on the same day, the Psyche off Cape St. Vincent. The screw-steamer Brigand arrived at Constanti nople at noon, on the 19th ult. BRUTAL ATTACK.—CAUTION TO TUB PUBLIC.-- On the night of Tuesday last, or early on Wednesday morning, as a gentleman was passing down Gloucester square, nearly opposite Hyde Park, he was suddenly attacked by a ruffianly-looking man, wearing a fur cap and a great coat, who pinioned his arms, thrust his hand against his mouth, and then rifled his pockets. The gentleman immediately raised an alarm, but there not being a policeman near the spot the scoundrel got off. LEITH.—FATAL ACCIDENT.—We regret to state that Mr. G. T. Page, civil engineer, acting at the dock improvements under Mr. Rendall, met with an accident on Thursday afternoon that terminated fatally a few hours afterwards. Mr. Page left his office at four P.X. to impect the inner dock wall, which, to protect it from the frost, WP9 recently covered with a coping of straw, which projccted a little over the wall. Here Mr. Page incautiously put his foot, and fell a height of nearly twenty feet, striking his head upon a cross beam in his descent. When carried home it was found that his skull was fractured, but a fatal result was not apprehended till ten o'clock, when the medi ca l gent l emen remarked symptoms of congestion, and M r . P age died at one o'clock next morning. He stood high i n his profession as an engineer, and his sudden death has caused a gloom among th e many workmen under his ch arge . He has left a Nsife and young family to Lament his loss. --Scots. man. IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRFSFONDENT LUItlaS, EVEIN.ING, Dkc o.— one of the most foggy days I have ever seen here. It was far more like a day one might expect in tha fuliginous atmosphere of Manchester than in this usually clear-aired city. I scarcely ever, even in London, witnessed a fog so damp, palpable, and oppressive. The weatherwiie say it is the forerunner of frost and snow, and agriculturists hope it may be so. The provincial papers received to•day do not con tain any additional news of much novel import. The Limerick and other western papers contain melan choly statements of the condition of some unions. The following is their report : STATE OP KILRLTSII UNION.--A crisis has taken place at last in the Kilrush Union. Notwithstanding the exertions of the local board and poor-law inspector, the indoor paupers were obliged to go to bed without dinner on Thursday night. The master brought the state of the house, as regards want of provisions for that day, before the board, when soup and chopped turnips grown on the land was the only food available. The outdoor paupers are in a desperate state, crowding the depots, and following the relieving officers by thousands to town to get into the workhouse: but one day's admissions (300 admitted) so crowded the auxiliary that admission was impossible. Barley, the produce of the land about the workhouse, has been ordered to be threshed; but are 2,600 paupers to be fed on the principle of " live horse and you'll get grass?" It is fearful to think of the state of the Kilrush Union—nothing but starving creatures from the country to be seen pouring in to a starving workhouse. The board meet every day; but if we are to judge from the general confession of that body, they are able to effect no good. The chairman, Col. C. M. Vandeleur, took the chair cn Friday, and his pre sence was sufficient, it was thought, to get the "needful," but to no purpose—outdoor paupers and relieving officers were sent home, and indoor paupers recommended to go to bed. The coroner attended an inquest on a man wbo was found in a dying state on the side of the road near Kilmurray. Mortality in the workhouse has been small, but owing to the able-bodied on the out-door relief being struck off, the deaths in that department are every day increasing to a frightful extent. Relieving officers complain that they must bury their dead without coffins. The board on Friday agreed to petition the Poor-law Commissioners on the state of the union, and said that the guardians vt ould not be morally respon sible for the deaths that may occur through starvation.— Limerick Chronicle. Communications reached us at an advanced hour on Saturday, stating that between six and seven hundred people, who, in the hope of relief were brought into the workhouse on Friday, from the districts of Kilmurray, Kilkee, and Lilkofin, had to be sent back, not a particle of food remaining in the workhouse.—Limerick Ex aminer. Tuest UNlON.—Robert Bodkin, Esq., chairman of the Tuam board of guardians, at the ordinary weekly meet ing of the board, on Wednesday, brought forward a report of the financial state of the union, from which we take the following extract:—" I regret to state my un qualified conviction, that the affairs of this union have been greatly mismanaged; and although I am far from attributing corrupt motives, as its came, the figures I shall submit to you will show that the result has been equally disastrous to the already overburdened ratepayers. Referring to the last published report of the Poor-low Commissioners, we find the expense of the Tuam Union for the year ending the 29th of September, 1818, amounted to 18,663/. Os. 7d., and fur the year ending the 29th of September, 1849, the expenditure increased to the enormous sum of 32,4191. 193. 9d., during a season when food was more than twenty per cent. cheaper than in the preceding One. I hare, in vain, looked for any grounds for this immense outlay, and comparing the expenses of the Galway union for the Fame period, I have ascertained that they did not exceed 36,705/. 178.8 d. When wo consider the acknowledged poverty of a very largo portion of that union—when we take into occount that its population is larger by 13,997 (almost I.4th) than that of Tuam—when we find the Lumbers in it re lieved so very much greater—it cannot. I apprehend, be denied that our funds have been, at least, most carelessly disposed of. You may judge of the abuses which have eharaeterised the administration of your affairs from the fact of the vice guardians having entered into con tracts for the supply of articles to the workhous on the very day previous to their remova!; and amongst them we find ono for meat, for six months at the exorbitant price of 41d. per lb., the same being con tracted for, for a similar period, at the South Dublin union, as lam informed, at the rate of 211. per lb. It must be in the recollection of the board that, when it was dissolved, tho debts of the union amounted to 6,4011. 17s. 4d., and, I lament to say, they have been allowed to accumulate to the sum of 12,2651., though our rates have been larger, and more promptly paid than those of any of the neighbouring unions.' --Tuam Herald. The Court of Appeal—a court modelled somewhat on the principle of the Court of Cessation, in Paris— held its first sitting here on Saturday. The following is the report : COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL. This Court, constituted under the provisions of the 11th and 12th Vic., c. 78, sat on Saturday at twelve ojelock (for the,first time in this country) in the matter of Samuel Otway, who was convicted at the last Dublin Commission for having arms and ammunition in his custody without a:licence, as required by the 11th Vic., chap. 2. The Judges present were—the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief Justice of tho Common Pleas, and Judges Perrin, Jackson, and Ball. Mr. J. A. CURRAN, on behalf of the traverser, stated that this was a case reserved by Judges Ball and Crampton at the last commission, on the ground that the Crown had failed in proof of the posting of copies of the proclamation and abstract, as required by the 2d section, and of the notices to deliver up arms, as required by the 11th section, near all places of public worship, and on every police station and barrack within the district named in the proclamation, in order to give information to all persons likely to be affected thereby—such posting being, as counsel contended, indispensable and necessary before any offence could be committed under the provisions of this Act. He argued that the words were mandatory and not directory, as alleged by the Attorney-General ; and further, that baying averred the posting as an essential in gredient in the charging part of the indictment, in both counts, they were bound to prove in the atEirmative a full compliance with the conditions precedent as by law required. The Learned Counsel then read and collated the several sections of the Act, and cited several cases in support of his view of the case. Mr. Curran having concluded his clear and able argument, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, stated that he only intended to support the second count, which was for having arms elsewhere than in his dwelling-house, which did not require the posting of the notice, as re quired by the 11 th section—the second count having been framed under the 9th section only, and not under the 12th, which did not allude to the posting. He said that, in his opinion, the 2d section was only directory, at least so far as the offeLce charged in the second count. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL followed, and cited several cases to show that the portion of the averment as to posting might be rejected as surplusage. Mr. CURRAN having replied, After a long consultation, the CIIEIv JUSTICE an nounced that the Court would deliver judgment on Monday, at three o'clock. Counsel for the Crown—The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Baldwin, Q C., and Mr. Smyly ; agent, Mr. Kemmis. Counsel for the traverser, John A. Curran ; agent, Mr. C. Fitzgerald. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORM STArFORDSIIIRE. A meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle-under- Lyme was held on Thursday at Newcastle, in com pliance with a requisition to the Mayor, who presided on the occasion, for the adoption of measures to insure the speedy completion of the Newcastle branch of the North Staffordshire Railway. The meeting was con vened in consequence of the North Staffordshire Company having given notice of applicatiou to Par liament for powers to abandon that branch, together with two other branches, and also to repeal a clause in the company's Act, which provides that, unless the Newcastle branch be completed within twelve months after the opening of the North Staffordshire line from Macclesfield to Colwick, it shall not be lawful for the company to declare any dividend until the Newcastle branch shall have been completed. After some dis cussion on the propriety of compelling the company to construct the line, and the necessity of opposing the proposed application to Parliament, resolutions were passed to the e ff ec t th at t h e meet i ng was of opinion that the ex t ens i on o f t h e ra i lway was of vitalimportance to the prospe r ity o f th e di s t r i c t , and viewed with great dissati s f ac ti on t h e proceed ings of the directors, having for their object the aban donment of the branch, in violation of an agreement, and approving of the prompt and energetic proceed ings of the town-council in protesting• against the proposed abandonment of the branch; that the mem bers for the borough and the members for the county be requested to oppose the Bill in Parliament by every means in their power; and that the Duke o f Sutherland and other Peers be solicited to give thei r earnest com oppositio n mittcommittee was as to appointedthe B carryth e the House resolutions of Lords. A into :effect, consisting of Messrs. Turner, Cooper, wright, Spark, and Slaney. Beardmore, Tilsby, Phillips, Mason, Crew, Cart- SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. It appears that the London and Iti orth-Western Company have recently commenced an active op position to the above company by running two omni buses twice a day to Wrexham and Ruabon, at about half the usual fare charged by the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, owing to the latter having carried on similar operations on the Liverpool road in op position to the railways of the other company. It is believed that this omnibus opposition, commenced, in the first instance, by the Shrewsbury and Chester parties, and which has been going on for some time, is nothing more than a scheme of the directors to alarm the shareholders, and bring about an amalga mation of the two companies. IsIANCIIESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. It appears that considerable dissatisfaction exists among certain merchants, traders, and others, in consequence of the manner in which the goods traffic on this line is conducted, and the unequal charges per mile on certain portions of the railway. It is MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1849. stated that 85. 4d. per ton is charged on certain articles from Lincoln to Manchester, a distance of 90 miles, frc,zo 81ki - lield t 0 drncH:..sr, tance of 41 miles, for the same article, is 105. per ton.; the charge for the former distance being at the rate of lid. per mile, and for the latter 3d per ton per mile. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held at Manchester on Friday, Mr. RJ. Jones in the chair, to consider the resolution of the directors with reference to the Hull and Selby purchase shares. It appeared that the directors, in conjunction with a committee of shareholders appointed to consider the matter, had determined that the guaranteed dividend at the rate of 61. per cent. on the 101. already called up in respect of the Hull and Selby purchase shares shall cease from the Ist of July, 1850 ; and, for the future ; that amount of capital shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to a preference dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum ; that the sum of 151. per share remaining to be called up on those shares shall be en titled, in perpetuity, to a preference dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum from the respective times of calling the same up ; that future calls shall be made only for the purpose of completing the pur chase of the Hull and Selby Railway, when resolved upon, or for paying off the debentures of the com pany. The holders of the preference shares shall be entitled to the benefit of any dividend above the several guaranteed rates of dividend which the holders of the general stock of the company may receive. After some conversation, a resolution was passed to the effect that the meeting recommend that the Hull and Selby purchase should be completed, and that the directors should take the necessary steps for effecting that object; that the meeting learned with surprise and regret the proposal for the conversion of the Hull and Selby preference shares into capital ; that such proposal was unreasonable, and ought to receive the most decided opposition. A committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Ashton, Jones, Joynson, and Hampson, to take such steps as may be deemed exp. dient to oppose the proposed measure. DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER. On Saturday a prolonged argument took place be. fore the Master in Chancery (Brougham), with refe rence to the alleged liability of the directors who bad the management of this concern, and the charges of fraud preferred against them by the official manager in his report of investigation. A number of counsel appeared for the parties arraigned. Mr. SELWYN, who appeared for Captain Pope, one of the directors, contended that if fraud existed, the directors were not liable to be charged as a body in equity, but per se at common law by the contributories. Mr. H. CLARK, on behalf of Sir Bruce Chichester, argued that the official manager was going .beyond his province and his functions as defined by the Act, which declared his duties to be simply the reporting the liabilities and assets, and making out the list of the contributories. Mr. HETHERINGTON, who appeared for Dr. Philli more and Mr. Chambers, said that the former, as Chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury, and the latter as Recorder of the same city, had connected them selves with the company with the view of benefiting it locally, and had disbursed the assets in their hands as members of the Committee of Finance, in accord anee with the expressed views of the shareholders, and had not meddled with these moneys until after a meeting of the company had been held to wind up its affairs under Lord Dalhousie's Dissolution Bill. The official manager had no right to dictate what the law was upon these questions. His report in all probability would give rise to further proceedings on the subject, and this system if pursued would render the operation of the Joint-stock Winding-up Act a curse, instead of a blessing to the country. The MASTER observed that if the official manager should not be the proper party to conduct the case against the alleged mismanaging directors, then he took it to be in the power of any contributory to do so. After much further argument it was agreed to adjourn the consideration of the question until Friday, when other parties, with Mr. Daniel for the official manager, will be heard in reply. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. During the past week this company have success fully launched broadside, and deposited at the end of their pier in the Humber, opposite Hull, the great pontoon of iron plates, 400 feet long, forming a landing-place, by means of descending platfotms from the pier, on to which out of the railway car riages alongside passengers will embark in the steam boats that are to ferry them in a few minutes across with the least possible detention. The fabric is fifty feet wide, eight deep, weighs 700 tons, and was towed to its destination by six steamers. MR. HUDSON AND THE YORK AND BERWICK. Mr. Hudson paid to the above company 75,0001. last week, in quittance of all claims upon him, except a balance of interest of some 10,0001., which it is supposed the company will either give up or divide between them and Mr. Hudson. This includes his bill for forty odd thousand pounds for the Sunderland Docks.—Herapath's Railway Journal. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING SIB O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy .50 to 1 agst Lady Evel}n 66 to 1 agst Vesta 66 to 1 agst Lismahagow 66 to 1 agst Chanticleer 66 to 1 agst Cossack 100 to 1 agst Dough 100 to 1 agst Hotspur 100 to 1 agst Blucher METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Sir Arthur 4 to 1 agst British Yeoman DERBY. 30 to 1 agst John•o'-Groft ; 33 to 1 agst Mavora No change in the favourites. There is good reason to believe that. early in the ensuing session of Parliament, the Attorney-General will bring forward, with the consent of her Majesty's Ministers, a measure having for its object an immediate extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts. — Weekly Chronicle. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Edward Nairne, late of No. 3, Warnford court, stockbroker, was brought before Sir James Duke for final examination, charged with not surren dering to be examined as a bankrupt in the Court of Bankruptcy at the time notified in the London Gazette. Mr. Lucas appeared on behalf of the creditors ; and Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, defended the prisoner. There were two charges against Mr. Nairne—that of not surrendering; and also his having, as an agent, unlawfully disposed of certain Exchequer-bills which had been intrusted to him for safe custody, and with• out authority to sell or negotiate them. The facts, as proved at the different examinations, are shortly these :--The prisoner carried on the busi ness of a stockbroker in Warnford-court, and while so doing :a Mr. Spurgin, from the neighbourhood of Hounslow, wrs recommended to him by a friend, as a person who could lay out some money for him to advantage. Mr. Spurgin came to London, and was recommended to invest 1. ; 0001., which he had brought with him, in Exchequer-bills, at 48s. That advice was followed, and the Exchequer bill deposited with Nairne for safe keeping, who said he would place it in his iron safe at the Exchange, where he had property to the amount of thousands of pounds. A few days after Mr. Spurgin placed 7001. more in the prisoner's hands, who purchased two Exchequer bills, one for 5001., the other for 200/. These were likewise left with Nairne to be deposited with the 1,0001. bill, all to be kept safely, and not to be nego • tiated or transferred in any way. However, it ap peared that the prisoner suddenly disappeared, and it was then found out that he had resold the Exchequer bills shortly after they were left in his care, to Messrs. Brown and Co., dealers in Exchequer-bills, on the Stock Exchange. A warrant was issued under the Act which lately came into force against absconding bankrupts, and was placed i n th e hands of Daniel Forrester, who apprehended the prisoner at Boulogne sur-Mer, and brought him to London. The two charges were clearly established against the prisoner (who reserved his defence), and ho was fully committed for trial. Mr. Helleary, solicitor, observed to Sir James Duke, that as his client, the Rev. Mr. Muntz, was obliged to return to his duties in the country he could not call any evidence respecting the 1,8001. which that gentleman had sent to , the prisoner to be invested in Russian bonds, and which he had made use of, but should, at the next sitting of the Central Criminal Court, prefer a bill of indictment before the grand jury. Mr. Humphreys was surprised that a respectable solicitor should be so indecent as to advise his client to pu:sue such an objectionable course when he could so easily come before a magistrate and let the prisoner hear all that was said against him, instead of taking him completely by surprise as to the nature of the charge. Sir J:k ' NIES DIDT_E thought the prisoner would get a copy of the depositions. Mr. Humphreys said that was not the case. A person, or a set of persons, might go before a grand jury and prefer a bill of indictment ; notes of the evi dence were not taken, or, if taken, were not sent to the court below, but destroyed, so that any one might be sent for trial for murder -.without knowing one word of the evidence he vva* - to be prepared to meet on the day of his trial. Not only was a pri soner entitled to hear the whole that the witnesses had fo say h- was d.,;titkd to erc,;L examine those witnesses—advantages he was deprived of when the case went at once to the grand jury. Mr. Hilleary, so far as regarded himself, would, if the matter was so serious as Mr. Humphreys seemed to think, have brought it before the magistrate; but this was a charge of the prisoner getting money and transferring it to his own benefit, which was only a misdemeanour, and quite a different case to that which Mr. Humphreys had alluded to. The prisoner's legal adviser could expect no commiseration when it was considered that his client had made away with upwards of 30,0001. Mr. Humphreys did not want commiseration. He only wanted justice. Mr. Hilleary should most certainly do what the law empowered him. _ _ _ Mr. Humphreys thought the proceeding a very in decorous one, and he protested against it as it was rarely resorted to in these times. The prisoner, having heard the depositions read over to him, was conveyed to Newgate. An Irishman, named George Hetherington, who gave his address as 3, Mitre-court, Temple, barrister at law, was brought up for final examination, charged with obtaining goods under false pretences, and also with getting money on pretended cheques. The prisoner has been remanded five or six times, and during those examinations it appeared that he had represented himself as a barrister, solicitor, agent to the Duke of Richmond, and, in fact, any character that suited his convenience. He had taken lodgings and houses in different parts of London, running away before the quarter was due, and duping all the tradesmen in the neighbourhoods where he located himself. His versatile genius knew no bounds, and the latest of his achievements, which was the principal cause of his being at present in trouble, was his trying to become the lessee of the Theatre Royal, South ampton, but the landlord, not liking his customer, and ascertaining that he was not worth a farthing, refused to accept him as a tenant. It was to go down to Southampton to effect this object that he borrowed the money and gave a cheque on the firm of Messrs. Harris and Capper, of Cornhill, who said there was no account there, nor did they give the prisoner any authority to write orders upon them. When taken into custody he had three sets of chambers. There were a number of persons in the court who had been duped, but their cases all resolved themselves into debts. Sir J. DUKE committed him for trial, and the de positions being made out, were about to be read when it was found that Mr. Harris and his brother had left the court, upon which Sir J. DUKE remanded the prisoner until Thursday next, and told the officer to be sure to have all the witnesses in attendance. BOW-STREET. A woman named Mary Davis, of 19, Frances place, Blackfriars road, and a man named John Pike, of no settled address, were brought before Mr. Henry, by Perry, a policeman, charged as follows : It appeared that Perry was on duty in plain clothes, on Waterloo-bridge, at seven o'clock on Friday even ing, when he saw the female prisoner, who was well dressed, coming from the Surrey side of the water, followed by two men, one of whom was the male prisoner. The woman walked into different streets, followed by the men, occasionally speaking to them, during which time she accosted several gentlemen who declined going with her. The policeman then took the two prisoners into custody, but the other man escaped. The woman was well known to the police as having lived with thieves for some time past, and both parties had been seen together and followed by the police on a previous occasion, and were suspected of having committed robberies upon gentlemen. The two prisoners were fined 40a. each, or three weeks to the House of Correction. A young woman named Miry Ann Phelps, who stated that she was formerly a servant, but now obtained her living in the streets, was charged on sus picion of being concerned with others in manufactur ing base coin. The prisoner occupied a room opposite the Model Lodging-house of St. Giles', in the house 43, Charles street. Sergeant Thompson, of the detective force, having occasion to suspect her, ascended the roof of the Model Lodging-house, from which he could see into her room, and thence saw the prisoner, with two men and another woman, actively engaged in melting down Britannia metal spoons, &c., and pouring the matter into moulds, apparently of halfcrowns, shillings, and sixpences. Before he could reach her room (which he entered at the window by means of a ladder), her associates had left the apartment, doubtless with the base coin in their pos session, some of which he had seen them filling and rubbing up after taking them out of the moulds. He, however, succeeded in capturing the woman and all the melting apparatus, moulds, ladles, &c., which had been used for the purpose. The prisoner declared that she had no hand in bringing the things to her room, which wag visited by the men, who knew her, and said it had been done by a well known smasher," who had quarrelled with her in order to " fix a plant upon her." She was committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. John Frewin (alias Rainy) and Erheard Crewe (alias Mitchell) were charged before Mr. Long with having burglariously entered the honse of Colonel Robert Anstruther, 7, Monmouth-road, Bayswater, and stolen property to a large amount. It appeared from the Colonel's evidence that, on the preceding morning, about a quarter to six o'clock, he was awoke by one of his servants, and from what he said he hastened down stairs, and found, upon entering the drawing-room, that six drawers had been taken from a wardrobe and placed on the carpet. Upon making examination of the room, he ascertained that from various parts thereof there had been stolen a silver snuffbox, made in the reign of James 1., another richly carved Indian one, which belonged to his uncle, General Anstruther, and a third, enamelled and gold mounted, having on the lid a miniature portrait of the Duchess cf Hamilton, all of which he set a great value on; and, in addition, he ini.ssed a Scotch mull, silver mounted, a powder horn, a dirk, some silver spoons, candlesticks, wearing apparel, &cc. He afterwards discovered that an entry had been made by the back kitchen window, the bar of which had been forced, and the sash thrown up. He immediately gave information of the robbery to the police, who, suspecting the prisoners, succeeded in apprehending them in William-street, Lisson-grove. A third party was with them, but he instantly made off as fast as he could. As the prisoners were being taken to the station house, and when near to it Frewin was heard to say "Ding it," and Crewe threw something away. On Frewin there were found a box, a knife, and some duplicates. The box proved to be the one which had belonged to the colonel's uncle. The prisoners were remanded to Thursday next. WORSHIP-STREET. Peter Young and Henry Dickenson, two deter mined-looking fellows, both recognised by the police as convicted thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with burglariously breaking into the premises of Mr. Frederick Biglin, proprietor of extensive wine stores in Old Swan Brewery-yard, IVhitechapel. The evidence given in the case proved that the pro secutor's premises had been forcibly entered upon a second occasion, only about a fortnight previously to the present, when property to a considerable amount was carried off by the thieves, and, information of the burglary having been communicated to the police, they made inquiries after the perpetrators, hut unsuccessfully until the preceding night, when Sergeant Kelly and Gifford, two detective officers of the LI division, received an intimation that the burglars intended a second attack upon the same premises, and they therefore went to the neighbour hood at 10 o'clock, and secreted themselves in an out house which commanded a full view of the yard leading to Mr. Bigiin's stores. They remained so concealed for more than an hour without anything occurring to arrest their attention ; but at length they heard the sound of footsteps approaching, and immediately afterwards saw the two prisoners and another man stealthily creeping up to the side en trance of the wine stores, with a hamper, apparently empty, on each of their heads. On reaching the trapdoor leading into the cellarage, the third man threw down his hamper and returned to the street, to keep watch whilst his associates committed the bur glary, and almost at the same instant the officers heard a loud report, resembling the discharge of a musket, succeeded directly after by the sound of glass and bottles rattling in the cellar. They now thought it high time to snake their appearance, and on hastening from the outhouse where they had lain concealed to the cellar, it became evident that the report they had heard had been caused by the violent forcing up of the iron bar which secured the front of it, and on descending into the cellar, the flap of which was wide open, they detected the prisoner Dickenson in the very act of removing a hamper of claret from the back of the store to the front, in readiness to be carried off. Before he had time to attempt an escape or give the slightest intimation to his confederate, he was pounced upon and flung to the ground by Sergeant Kelly, who held him down to preclude resistance, and the second man (Young) was secured immediately after by Gifford, who found him crouching down upon his hands and knees behind a pile of hampers at the back of the cellar. Upon getting the men up and searching them a heavy life-preserver was discovered upon the person of one of them, and on examining the cellars a box of lucifer snatches, a crowbar, a hammer, and other housebreaking implements, were found in different parts of them, which, together with the prisoners and a claret bottle, nearly the whole contents of which they had poured down their throats i❑ the short time they had been there, were safely transferred to the station. Air. AR11014) directed the depositions to be tAlicill and the prisoners, who declined offering any defence, were fully comrniqed for trial upon this cbargo, but On week, the officers expressing their conviction that they should be able to substantiate other charges against them if an opportunity were afforded them for the purpose. L .4 MBETIL Mr. James Wilkins Russell, a gentleman well known in the musical world, appeared to answer to a summons taken out by the overseers of the poor of the parish of Lambeth, and calling upon him to show cause why he refused and neglected to support his wife, by which she had become chargeable to the parish. The parties had been before the same magistrate about twelve months no, when Mr. Norton made an order upon the husband for the payment of 6s. a week, and this sum had been paid for some time, but was latterly discontinued, and its non payment led to the present proceenings. The defence now set up against the wife's claim was that of her being guilty of adultery, and therefore not entitled to any main tenance from her husband. To prove the adultery three witnesses were called —two on a former day and one on Saturday. A re spectable couple named Powell deposed that in the month of August last Mrs. Russell took apartments in their house, when she represented herself as a widow, and said that had it not been for her son, a youth of 17, she could soon, and most favourably, change her condition. She soon got rid of her son, and after this had been constantly visited by Mr. Webb, a musician, a former friend and companion of her husband's. This person, it appeared, had been in the habit of calling on her three or four times a week, and sitting with her in her bedroom for several hours, and staying to one and two o'clock in the morning; and on one occasion he was supposed to have remained all night. The witnesses spoke of a circumstance which took place on a particular night, when the parties had an oyster supper, which left no doubt on their minds that Mrs. Russell and Mr. Webb had been to bed together, and that the act of adultery had been committed. To disprove this Mr. Webb was called into the wit ness box and sworn, and though he admitted that he had been in the frequent habit of calling in and smoking his pipe in the room of Mrs. Russell, yet he swore in the most solemn manner that no act of adultery had been committed. In reply to Mr. Norton, he said that the room in which he visited and sat with Mrs. Russell for several hours at a time was one in which there was a bed, and no third party was pre,ent. Mr. NORTON told him he should have found some other room to smoke his pipe in than that of the bedroom of a married woman. A respectable witness named Rose was, on Satur day, called, who flatly contradicted a part of the statement made by Mr. Webb on the former day; that peroon having denied that he had ever visited Mrs. Russell while living at Mr. Rose's house, whereas he had been in the constant habit of calling on her. Mr. Salomons, on the part of the wife, contended, that though acts of considerable indiscretion were proved, yet that no proof of actual adultery had been given. Mr. Renett, for the defence, argued contra, and Mr. NORTON, having no doubt that in an action for damages a jury on the testimony adduced would infer criminality, and give a verdict for the plaintiff, refused to make any order on the husband, and dis missed the summons. THAMES. James Hall, a man about fifty years of age, by trade a gun-finisher, and employed in the small arms department of the Tower, was charged before Mr. Inghatn with stealing eleven pieces of gun steel plates, the property of her Majesty. It appears that for some time a great number of gun-makers and others have been employed in the Tower breaking up muskets, &c., and other warlike instruments, the materials of which are reserved for various purposes. It having come to the knowledge of the authorities that an extensive system of plun der was going on, policemen vt ere stationed at the gates to watch and search the labourers on leaving the place, and many have been already convicted of making free w ith the Government pro perty. On the prisoner being stopped by James O'Connor, 177 11, coming out of the eastern entrance with the above stated property in his possession, the prisoner immediately said he had been made the dupe of others, and he would take the officer to a place in the gun factory where gun-springs, locks, and other things were concealed in a box. The constable went with him, when he pointed out the stolen property, and implicated four other men, who were discharged immediately, and a special report sent to the Board of Ordnance. The prisoner, in his defence said, that a fellow workman, whose name he mentioned, gave him the pieces to take out, and give them back to him outside the Tower. That man had got his Wellington boots made large for the purpose of concealment. He then gave the names of other persons who were concerned in the plunder. Mr. INGHAM said, it was clear there was a whole sale system of plunder going on in the Tower, and he had no doubt that the prisoner and his companions thought that as the property belonged to the Govern ment there would be no notice taken of it. In con• sideration of his previous good character he would not commit him for trial, hut fine him 4/. for the unlawful possession, and in default commit him for four weeks. FOREIGN HoPs.—The importations of hops which we have recently been called upon to notice as baying taken place from the United States of America, and also from Belgium, have just been followed by, we believe, the largest arrival of the kind which has taken place from abroad this season, the first of such importations to any remarkable 'extent. The American line-of-packet ship Hendrick Hudson, arrived in the docks from New York, has brought 78 bales of hops to order, and also st) bales of the articles cansigned to an eminent house, the growth and produce of the United States of America. The duty leviable on foreign hops on importation into this country from abroad is 21. ss. per cwt., which would argue well for the value and quality of these hops from America to bear an import duty of so heavy a nature. The supplies from Belgium continue to take place to some extent. The vessel Fanny, since arrived in the docks from Boston, has also brought 26 bales of hops, conbigned to an eminent house as a portion of her cargo, the produce of the United States of America. _ ACCIDENT ON THIN NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.—On Thursday, when the mail train, which passes through the Newark station at 4 A.M., had pro. ceeded about three miles down the line towards Culling ham, the brickwork abutments of one of the numerous wooden bridges in that neighbourhood gave way under the weight of the engine, and caused the coupling chains connecting it with the carriages to snap asunder. The extreme velocity with which the train was travelling at the time enabled the engine to get clear of the frightful chasm which had been so suddenly created; but the violent breaking of the chains causiug the carriages behind to rebound, each was driven with a crash upon the other, and after rocking fearfully for a second or two, the whole fell into the vast sea of water which the late floods had collected in the valley of Trent. Hap pily there were no passengers in the train, or the effect would have been very distressing. The stoker was seriously injured about the head, and the guard some what injured about the hip, but the engine -driver and post-office guard escaped with a fright. It is scarcely necessary to explain that the accident was caused by the flood sapping the foundation of the bridge. USE OP GUTTA. PERCHA IN HOUSE REPAIRS.— Hitherto the remedy to make good defects occasioned by shrinking, &c., as in floor boards, has been to let in be tween the joint slips of wood, putty, &e.; but this can not be depended upon, as in case of further shrinking it drops through, neither is it waterproof. I propose that glace percha be used. Thus : Warm the gutta percha till it become glutinous, then with a heated iron or chisel point all along the joint, and it will be found that the adhesiveness of gutta percha is such, after two or three minutes, that the whole surface becomes as one board, the great merit being that there is no occasion to use any solution or cement to make the gutta percha unite to the woodwork, as is the case when applied to leather and other purposes ; but there exists such an affinity between the two, that, for example, supposing a hole six inches square were cut in the flooring, with nothing underneath for rapport, and to make good the same a new piece were let in, well set all round in gutta percha, it will so unite with the boards as to enable that portion to bear as great a weight as any other part. What has been said of making good the space between the floor boards will equally apply to all joiners' work, as in the panels of doors; and a shake in them has hitherto been without any,effectual remedy. Also to the skirting running round the rooms, which is often to be found leaving the floor boards, &e. The great feature gained is, that gutta percha not only fills up the space, but, at the same time, hardens and unites the whole.— Correspondent of the Builder. APPALLING EFFECTS OP DISSIPATION.-00 Satur day, Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest in Foley-place. Marylebone, on Emma Lovesing, an unmarried female, aged thirty -four. It appeared that, although most re spectably connected, she gave herself up to such habits of dissipation that she was seldom sober. She had been drinking the day previous to her death, and on the morning of her death one of her companions left her,as she supposed, asleep on her wretched pallet, but she was then insensible and dying. When her companion re• turned deceased was dead. One of the jury, horrified at the wretched appearance of deceased's room, where her body lay on some planks, asked her companion whether that was the bed on which deceased lay ? She replied, " No; and that she had a few rags that formed her bad." Deceased's mother, addressing the coroner, said, "My daughter, but for ber dissipated habits, might have had her carriage." Verdict—Natural Death. [ADVERTISBMENT.]—The following extraordinary Cure of a Swollen Leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is published in the Adelaide Observer, South Australia : " George Mundon, a settler in the colony, had been suffering for many months with a swollen leg, and the pain was so intense as deprive him of sleep. He was recommended to try Hollo way's Ointment and Pills, and by using them as directed for about a fortnight, a cure was so far effected as to permit him to walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give this state ment to the editor of this journal, for the information and bene. fit of his fellow-creatures."—Sold by all Vendors of Medicine, and at Profetior Altabliiiment, 244, Stroll Loudon. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. P"0, s —The trldo tn• - 1-!- s77 , ir”tfl, /).Tees. MANCHESTER, DEC. S.—Although rather more bU3i teas has been passing in flour during the present week, ocing to some of the dealers and bakers being compelled to purchase, all whose stocks enabled them to do so have continued to act on the reserve, and the transactions collectively were only to a limited amount, some reduc tion on the previous currency being generally conceded by factors. Oatmeal has met a languid demand, without change in value. The imports of oa t s, oatmea l , an d flour fr.'rc Irelsnd, at LiVerp,iol and Runcorn, are only to a moderate extent, and of other articles thence the supplies are very scanty. From abroad the chief arri vals consist of 7,553 barrels of fl )ur and 5,384 quarters of Indian corn. No Material alteration in the state of the trade was apparent at our market this morning; all articles met a slow sale, and (with the exception of flour, which must be noted rather lower) we do nut vary the quotations of this day se'enieht. COLCHESTER, DEC. B. The markets of this district have been dull and declining again this week. The price of the best white wheat iu our market to day was only quoted at 49a, and the finest red at 42i. Barley was also the turn cheaper. On Friday, at Chelmsford, sales of wheat could not be effected unless a reduction of is to 2e per quarter was consented to. Barley was 1 s lower. White wheat 44s to 475; red, 40s to 445; malting barley, 27s to 295; grinding, 23s to 245. At Witham the best white wheat realised only 455. In tho markets of Suffolk the supplies have been good; in some instances very large; and prices have every where declined. At Woodbridge wheat was 2s; the best barley 2a; and inferior samples, 3s per quarter cheaper. At Bury the wheat trade was heavy, and beans and peas were cheaper. A t Stowmarket, on Thursday, wheat was reduced is, and barley Is to 2, per quarter. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 6.—At our market to-day the numbers were —oxen, 581; sheep, 2,916. The supply of cattle being small, prices had 'an upward ten dency. Best ox beef realised fully 50s per cwt, second quality from 45s to 48s per ditto, inferior from 34s to 405, per ditto, sinking the offal. A good clearance was effected. B. st mutton brought 5d per lb, current from 41 to 4i per ditto, oil ewes 3d to 3id per ditto, sinking the offal. A few turned out unsold. DALKEITH, Dec. 6.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 176 t 91b, and 16st 111 b. Oats. 12st 121 b, Ilst 91b, and 10st bib. Barley, 16st 01b, 15st 91b, and 113 st 131 b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 18st 51b, and 16st tOlbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 276 Wheat .........£2 4 0 £1 14 0 £1 1 0 1520 Oats 1285 Barley 39 Peas and Beans 1 10 6 1 5 6 0 18 0 Average of wheat 33s bid. AIERDEEN, DEC. 7.—Grain—Oats 13s to 136 6d, 401 b per bushel; oats, new, Ohs Od to 00s; foreign oats, CO: Od to 00s Od per qr.; barley, 19s to 00s Od, 52Ibs per bu s h e l ; bear,l9s to COs, 521bs per bushel ; wheat. 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, 11 s6d to 12s 6d per boll ; flour, 31s to 38. per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, bd to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4 5 6d t o 5 s ; l am b, per lb, Ed to 7d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, Is to Is 2d ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each is to 152 d; hares, each, to to Is 3d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8d; eggs, per dot, Is to Is 2d ; cheese, per stone, Os to O s ; he n s, per pair, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickns, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducks, ditto. 3s 4d to 4s Od; ducklings, ditto, is ltd to Is 8d; turkeys, each, 48 to 4s 6d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cat, 50 3 to 525; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 10d ; 41b loaf, 63 ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stogie of 14110, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork large. 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to is 3d; barley dust, 7d to Ed; peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 8d; aids, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, is 2 ,1 to h 31 , dour, Is led to 2s ; barley, per Ib, lid to 2d; barley dour, Is 3d to Cs 03. DUBLIN, DEC. 7.—We had a small supply of all de' scriptions of grain at our market to-day, and we have oo alteration to report in the currencies of Tuesday; we therefore report that day's quotations. The sale of Indian corn continues in retail, but holders are rather firmer as to price :—White wheat (new), 18s to 225; lied , ditto, 16s to 20a; barley, 103 to 14s; oats, old (per brl), 8a id to 9s 93; Oatmeal, 10s to 1 is 63; second flour (per cwt), 12s to 16s; Indian corn (per 48016), 25s to 28s. Conic, Dec. 7.—We have to report a few arrivals of foreign grain. Those of home growth continue mode rate, the receipts for the week Leine :—W heat ,2,780 brig at 15s to 21s 93 per brl; barley, 3,400 brls at 7s 93 to lls 8d per brl; oats, 5,997 brls at 6s 6d to 93 id per url. In the green market, whett er for wheat, barley, or oats , we have little change to notice, the prices obtained bed's% much the same as those of last week. In prepared Irish wheat we know of one sale of 500 barrels having take ° place at 225. Prime foreign wheat, however, is scarce , and in demand, and if to be had, would fetch high prices , the greater part of what is offering being of inferior quality. In prepared barley we have no transactions te, record. Malting samples are still scarce and sough' after. In oats little, it any, business has been don. , while prices continue nominally the same as last quote d : In fact, as regards the prepared market—and the remark applies to all descriptions of grain—holders are unwilling to give way in value, while purchasers, deterred by th: poor prospect of realising at the other side the Priee asked here, are equally unwilling to enter into engage . meats. Irish flour continues a very dull sale. Foreigol and foreign mixed flours, however, aro in goo d demand, and sell readily at full prices. Coarse descriptions continue to be inquired for. India° corn meets a very slow and restricted sale at the air' rency of last week. Indian meal is tctally neglected. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ed ; extra 14s rid ; seconds, Its to 12s 6d ; households Os to 10, 6o1; thirds, 6s tot" per cwt. Oatmeal 95 6d to 10s; Indian nseal6s6d to 6( Ili; wheat' meal, 956 d to lhsper cwt. Indian corn 125 s Od to 13010(1pm' too. Bran 31 Os to 3/ las 6 , 1 per ton. Hay—Farmers 26a to 40s; average 348; dealers 34s to Ios Od; average 381 per ton. Str aw—Farm e r lisOd to 25s Od ; average sOs; dealers 271 Odto 00s 0 0 average Ohs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to did; household loaf 5d to bid per 416. Fresh bitter, Sd ti 3 93 per lb. Eggs -6s 63 to 6s 8d per hundred. Coals; Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Land ore 14 s ; B es t Nea Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per n'_!, Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 14 7 4 , —Beef 3id to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4d Od ; pork 3f i d to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d Pw lb. Hops el Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31 51 1 ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Val on i a 141 t e 01 ; Fres co 7153; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stollei Hemp 321 to SO/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 18s to lila; re ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundl an d 00/ 00 s t o 0 01 , h P e ton. Timber—.Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality, l cw ' t second quality, 16s per 100. Hide s —M ar k e t 12. to l i b ' . salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; ca lf s ki ns 2d to per __, Potatoes, white 6k3 to 3d; Minions lid to 12d; Gnaa Peruvian, 11/ 11)s ; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar —Arekallg e 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 8. SToci EXCHANGE.— The share market was rather do ll to-day, and prices were lower. The transactions were follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late C. a l l, It.), 6 per cent till 1850, 12%—E as t Lancashire, 121/6"-d Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves, 20 dis.—London North-Western, 112—Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Midlan d , 49 3 4—Ditto, Halves, 21% dis.— Belfast and Ballymena, 18/5 MANCtIESTER, thtc. S. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The transactions t o -d a y we re gi follow : East Lancashire, 12—West Riding Union, 6'% —Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1 9-16 P,°" - a , North Staffordshire, 9 , A ! dis.—South-Eastern and . 1)51- (No. 4), Scrip, 6 9 -16. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were ° follow :—London and North-Western, 113—Midland, 504 - " . Chester and Holyhead, 10 1 4—Eastern Counties, New, 11U d ranteed 6 per cent., 11 4 p. Midland Con. (Derby gm„, Birmingham), 2614—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (v 6 dis. YORK, Dzc. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.--.The transactions to-day were t b follow:—Gre a t N or th ern , VA Midland, 50% Staffordshire, 8 1 / B —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preferen c e 10—York, Newcastl e , an d B erw i ck (Newcastle Eaten/011i 113 A. - N EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 8. Szoox tucksArewt.—The transactions to-day were 11 , g , follow :—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 5 1 ,4 per cello', 10 —Eastern Counties, 7 , 4 Ditto, New, 6 per cent. gue 64 ,, teed, 11% ex in.—Great Northern (B), 6 per cent., 4A , North British, IIA —York, Newcastle, and Berwick t N. E. Purchase), 3X: 'GLASGOW, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. The transactions to-day were -SS follow :—Glasgow , Kilmarnock, and Ayr, H a l v es (N O. 1 ' 6 1 A Clydesdale Junction, 48 1 4—Edinburgh and Glasg o,f, 57% Glasgow and G. ecnock. Preference, 7 MOO"' Halves, 8 1 4—North British, PreferenCe, Scrip, 54 Is. COMMISSION OF LUNAC Y ox A NOBLEMA,• A Within the last few days the Lord Chancellor has isstl'i a cotneaission de lunatic° inquirendo to inquire into as ascertain the real s t a t e o f m i nd of the Right Bon. t Earl of Albemarle. The commission was issued Inf o the applicati on o f t h e i mmediate friends of the 14, Earl, and w ill b e opentl i on Wednesday next, at _,°"„ ratnce's Hotel, before Mr. Barlow, a Commissioner 1 Lunacy, and a special jury.—Sunday Paper. MTH& On the 2d inst., at the Free Manor of Yester, East Lothian Mrs. M'Kenzie Fraser, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Reigate, surrey, the wife of J. P .- Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Halton, the wife of the Ret. ue Hill, of a son. On the sth inst., at Thomas P arsonage , W a k e field, ; 1 ' .6. H. Smyth, of a daughter. On the 6th inst, at B r adf or d, Wilt s , th e w if e o f CAP taio S. H. Palairet, ot a daughter. On the Gth ins , ., the wile of Mr. C. F. Hancock, of O rti° ton-street, of a daughter. the On the ith inst , at Brunswick-house, HanoTer-squar e, f , lady of S. Wetmore, j un ., E sq ., o f C anton, Chi me , ofd . O On the 6th inst., at St NARRIED . George's, Hanover square, top Rev. R. W. Thack era y, rec t or o f Hunsclon, Herta, only pd of the late R e v. Ri c h ar d Th ac k eray. o f Hadley, iler„tsl:lett, Downhatn, N o rtOlk, t o A nn , dau. Liter of the late W. ur'''' Esq., of Ovendon-house, Sevenoaks, Kent. ___..------ DIED „ the, ' On the 4th j e st., a t C romwe ll- co 't age, Old Brotel)'°' of n. Thomas Stapl e t on , F.S.A. L II Vicc-Presidentrd the Society of Anti quar i es , brother of the Right He n. e Beaumont, aged 44. On Wednesday last, at Raywell, Sophia, the Ye" — su On rviving daughter of Joseph Sykes, Esq. the 4th inst., at Margate, Elizabeth, widow of the late Latham Osborn, Esq.. aged 80. On the sth inst., Charles Wy a tt, E sq , son of the late /Ir. Wyatt, Esq , of the New Forest. 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