The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-04 00:00:00

'-.COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday, a Court was held at three o'clock. One 0 clock was the time appointed, and numbers of per k% were from that hour in waiting in the lobbies, an ddid not f orge t t o utter comp l a i n t s at the absence ( : ) f f s " le a the members of the Court, in consequenco• which so serious ' a d e l a y had taken place. Alderman COPELAND presented a petition against rain pe rsons w h o kept open a c l o th es exchange,.iii neighbourhood o fC u tl er - s t ree t, and exposed clothes / ,".. for sale i n h ouses i n that vicinity.on t h e S a bb a th. It vas referred to the City Solicitor. A LDERMAN THOMAS WOOD AND THE MAYORALTY... Al derman THOMA S W OO D rose to apply to the. court.,, to in ves ti gate t h e c h arges ma d e ag ainst hi m .. tte stated th at notwithstanding the f requent applica tions which he h a d ma d e t o th e C o urt to give him an h l liortunity of showing that the attacks made upon 1 were altogeth er groundless, and founded fn aa = -3 as well as fal s ehood, his brother Magistrates r refused to do him that justice. which he had h e i asen to exp ec t at t h e i r h an d s, an d h a d fi n ally rejected Iladr° "'hce en returned to the Court by the Livery. He that event searched the decisions of the Court, thic, he could find no record of their proceedings' tin A stthjeet. H e did no t consider that the Court th,",ne credit to itself by the course it had adopted a po - Ti t the whole of the transaction, and he calla& an to say what his offence was, and to afford him .opportunity of answering any accusation which. 'night b t D h tm rought against into. him. His earnest wishh waf. his " e an iminediate and searching investigation ti on -c anduct. He would leave the mode of investiga -, s t °,the Court it se lf. Th o ' r ''r - E,TER , LAURIE asked whether it was Alderman Wood's intention to submit any motion upon ez,bject to the Court. aottilerroali THOMAS WooD—Certainly not. It is for• Or me to make any motion. I call upon the Courtlkiitir. - • kyle P •t ozw, LAURI E said he would not hesitate to agree it I Proposition to that effect. He, however, thought toit esa arY to mention that twelve months ago he rio,4l.lderman Thomas Wood that if he (Sir P. Lau legl'ad been grossly and unjustly attacked by a libel- , teed.: 311 ° 1 ild certainly have at once instituted pro 1, Ivy In vindication of his character. Alderman th e ,°"" Observed, in answer, to that assurance, that po w T, rs ° ll who had written the libel was not worth r and shot. That might he the case, but a ma persant slanderer ought to be compelled to pay in w as o i n i f linable to pay in purse, and an Alderman lvhi e b )°un d 1 , in duty to himself, and to the body to e, he belonged, to prevent such an individual from 11,` ( - - om Pl n g- It had been suggested to Alderman Thai. t ° let the present year pass, and to show in the interval that the charges against him were , ground visabi lie (Sir P. Laurie) thought such a course ad- And h e after he had read the opinion of Lord Denman, new approved of the application of Alderman Ar, i as Wood, and should move for inquiry. h e r e ' er Maß FAREBROTUER said he had, on the day ace rea,the election advised Alderman Thomas Wood, si ne ° :"Lng to the best of his judgment, and from a e ots " r e wish that a complete exoneration would be the \V„ - n e A c i n ence• His object was to enable Alderman T. slat-d• to show that the imputations against him were eff eet • rs • But he could not see that any one could W 'rely proceed in such a case but Alderman T. Lively W as self. There was no absolute charge. Who p r i at 'ne prosecutor in that Court ? Nobody. If the Al t he of the attack was a rich man he was amenable Ai dp ,' ° law in pocket, and, if poor, in person ; and. tr at ' lla ao T. Wood could, if he chose, as a Magis tiat°, obtai n a criminal information against a calum ass:°,r,bY a very speedy process. If the Court could t 0 , 1 44 , 1 ain in establishing a complete vindication, the tssig 't 'ems would feel happy in rendering the necessary th a rtnee. It struck him (Alderman Farebrother) s ' we t negreat.point which it would be necessary to an titer, was the imputation of having pasted off coal of the quality, belonging to another mine, t er I ,° produce of the Talacre mine. As for the mat war?' entering into a speculation, this world was a must of speculati on , and those who 'ran the risk take the responsibility, and might engage in a g," but nr a bad one w ith ou t i ncurr i ng moral censure; to the imputation to which he had alluded, referred moral criminality. If there existed no ground for ri i . ,the ship's book, the officer's book, and other autho -IZ,s could easily be produced to prove the false ofton the statement Alderman Farebrother added at he had been given to understand that the publica n, in which the attack was made repeated that a ttack. al derman T. Wool) said he had never heard that a n Y,,l'epetition o f th e libel had been made. L a rlerman C oruLa - v u and Sir P. LAURIE said they s een the repetition of the attack in th e Minin g o a - rnai it o ,, Sir C. MARSHALL said he wished it to be under -1 that the Court of Aldermen were not making lt p7,,eharge 'against Alderman Thomas Wood. A h• - ,7, 1e statement had been made by a solicitor of very ir', - ,,, s tanding to the prejudice of Alderman Thomas t haf f: That statement comprehended the charges ther in the newspaper, and he wished to know whe be prov ed to b e all w ithout foundation. ""tigationt e() PELAND said he would not oppose an apr ecede but he protested against such a thing as ViStrat e 4 " Re would repudiate the office of Ma inderie alt° ether rather than give up his right to act voteb e ride atl g Y of the Livery. He had grounded the by Lo r d g D ave On the election upon the judgment given alitii n „ 7 "man. With respect to the attack in the hav e r ,° ""rna/, Alderman Thomas Wood ought to ra c t e r's,,ecuted so grave an imputation upon his cha procke.d. When he (Alderman Copeland) saw that no he read i lgs were taken against the printer, and when help the judgment of Lord Denman, he could not wa "ming t o the th e e conclusion that the Alderman w ho not e t a nu.lect of such charges and comments was co rg i bible to th e o ffi ce o f L or d M a y o r while they Ai red unr e f ute d . an erin an THOMAS WOOD declared that he had hiin to everything in the shape of a charge against I T a " the sati s f act i on o f t h e C our t o f Queen's Bench ag a i n affidavit. Th e on ly gr ave charge brought n nat s, , dm, and c er t a i n l y it was one of a very serious lo n e r .' - was that of h av i ng substituted the coal of one hod ",place of that of another. A more infamous w as "Pant falsehood could not be imagined than ingestgtwat foul imputation. He had denied it in the e manner in his affidavit, and the Court of t ~_ll's well believed his denial. He had denied hissl4s.,_N 'ell as every other atrocious aspersion uon A id araeter. He now only called upon his brother b e r n e j n l 6 n to afford him the opportunity which he had ththai`e asked for in vain. He solemnly requested a t t he. would- rigorously investigate the whole of Sir -,,, -°ce e ( lings with which his name was connecte d. re LAURIE thought it necessary to say, with P a r, c t to the spirit of speculation to which Alderman gr ea e t "T t her had adverted, that he could not give so entered latitude as was often yielded to gentlemen who Wh o into speculations. He thought that gentlemen e ent° red without caution into enterprises were not l ie l , free from moral respotsibility.—(A laugh,) nad • Pett ed tluvestigatecl and exposed several, and he ex - upo n b.° have more business of the kind very shortly L td is hands. He was glad that Alderman T. Wood he (s tn ir e t„the matter charged againstinvesti him fairly. If glisttei o te n r Laurie) were upon the committee If had b e _ he would call upon the attorney wh ch ar 4D a ° i ken of as having been employed to bring call , iagain Alderman Thomas Wood. He would transactions'' • tran 11 .taet, upon all who knew anything of the vi' as the Tulacre as then Mining Company. it i „,:°Ruest of resolve that a Committee should, at Alderman T. Wood, be appointed to to then te the charges made against him with respect .lacre Mining Company. tp,„ WEIGHTS AND MEASURE 3. i,efethe motion of Alderman COPELAND, it was tsid, f ' l ll to a Committee of the whole Court , to c on- Weci;,` e expediency of appointing an Inspector of Char d an d Measures in aid of the funct ions dis- JcarC" b y the Ward Inquests of the City.—Ad . 1ftm0...0 • ••= . .111111 . .... 11 I‘ll,, '4er lN G OF THE LAMBETH lt. • WATER-RATE PAYERS.. . b () , 114blic meeting of the water-rate payers of tlie ~,,:ogli of Lambeth, Southwark, and adjacent,parts K ning ton lield last night at the Horns"favern, uf m n,receiNe a to ."nlni° . • Report of the Committee en hiaic ai lagenient, • appointed at the last meeting . eir tt e inquiries and arrangements for carrying Into tx 't tile resolution then agreed to. The room w he e a ee . di ngly crowded, and Mr. Hawes, M.P., Was -,;?inaciusly voted to the Chair. 4 .11 e C ii Mit, _, AIRMAN immediately rose, and said he was gri R. to linOw what was the nature and extent of the ri t tr all ees which it was said existed in the borough, , eie ler than to give an decided opinion upon it him.- ~ I),, ri . As the subject might hereafter be discussed in ro t , - , I t at nent, it became his duty as Member for the bo d - L ee il to remain neutral between all parties. It had th en n said that the water supplied to the inhabitants in te _, outh of . London was to be charged at a higher I or not, he ': et te than it ever was.before. Whether this were the gave no opinion at at all. if that great , 116 ° 4g.'il chose to exert itself to obtain water plenty of t V 411 1), they could do so better than other portions Vin e 7 U nited King.lom.—(Cheers.) At the same capi tal 'as w_ "z not by any - means an easy matter to get tc ! in k' tl gether. Whatever were their plans respect- , Ant,• l t e for mation of a new company, it would be his tart ° abstain from taking anything like a proprie putry.art, but strictly to watch the proceedings for the t if „4 g' )o(l .—(Clieers.) ' He was desired to sayt a 1-I 'inn : • I r sun Was present from either of the Water th e , . ‘ an 'es, if they wished to make any observations a la i x°lll d be listened to with attention. He hoped tati,7ery person addressing the meeting would be TheT. tIY heard.—(Cheers.) triee,., BxCRETARY then read the Report of the last ` l l ig,. Which has been published. Lie 11 , which th tort of th e C omm i ttee was then ren d, i n fi.,,s i npany , , eey recommend the formation uf a new Water .- ) Lo be commenced immediately; and that tip shares be 11. each, with the deposit a ls. per share. The holder of 500 shares to be eligible to be elected a Director.—The Report was adopted. Mr: Bum Err, in a very long speech, proposed the first resolution—" That it is expedient to establish a Company. for the purpose of supplying the inhabi tants of this_large and populous district with cheap and wholesome water, upon principles that will effec tually secure them from the possibility of being sub ject to any monopoly." This resolution being seconded, was carried unani mously, amidst laud cheers. Mr. BLACKWOOD, who was met with loud cries of " Chartist," rose to propose an amendment to the Re pol.t. lie did not agree to the clause that fixed the amount of shares to be held by a Director. This was only creating monopoly. The CHAIRMAN said he could not propose an amend ment to the Report, as the Report had passed. Mr. PALMER then moved that a committee of ma nagement be formed, with power to add to their number, and to receive subscriptions, and make the necessary arrangements. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WYLD said he wished to make one remark re specting the Southwark Company. Because he re fused to sign a pledge that he would continue their water for three yehrs, theyhad cut off the pipes of all his tenants.—(Cheers and laughter.) A Committee of gentlemen was then formed for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the meeting, by consulting the best plans upon which to found a Com pany, and the best locality. In answer to a question from a gentleman on the platform Mr. 13IRKETT stated that there were three plans before the Committee for obtaining water. One was to obtain it from the river Wandle. One gentleman had pledged himself to obtain twenty-five millions of gallons daily of water in Lambeth, and he would spend 30,000/. in the work, and not ask to be paid until it was accomplished, and another plan was to drive shafts. Two of the plans were to take the water from the chalk. The SECRETARY stated that another meeting would be held shortly, when the progress of the Company would be reported, with other particulars not yet ready for publication. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman, who, in returning thanks, said that he should watch as jealously this Bill, when it came before Parliament, with a view to the public good, as though he had not presided at that meeting. He should ever consider it his duty, while he represented the borough, to hold himself entirely unconnected with any Company in the borough whatever. The meeting then separated. • GRAND POLISH BALL AT GUILD HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16. The Committee of Management for conducting the Polish Ball, met yesterday at the Guildhall, Deputy Peacock in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended, and we noticed amongst those present Lord Dudley Stuart, the Lord Mayor Elect, Sheriff Filcher, Sir James Stuart, Mr. M.'Donnell, Mr. Rogers, and se veral members of both Courts of the Corporation. Lord DUDLEY STUART stated to the Committee that he felt much pleasure in announcing that Mrs. Alfred Shaw and Miss Rainforth had promised to con tribute the aid of their splendid talents at the intended concert, and that nearly all the other artistes of dis tinction in the metropolis had volunteered their ser vices on this interesting occasion. Indeed the only difficulty the Committee were likely to experience would be In making a selection where all had such merit.— (Cheers.) Sheriff PILCHER said, that on no previous occasion was_ there exhibited such general anxiety in the City, particularly amongst the fairer portion of the commu nity, to bear a part in a fete which had a double claim to the support of all, the brilliancy with which it was always got up, and the noble objects of the charity it was intended to support.—(Cheers.) Letters inclosing requests for tickets, in all exceed ing 400, were then laid on the table, and The CHAIRMAN observed, that the Committee had never had so many applications at so early a meeting. It was then resolved, that as some dissatisfaction had been expressed on a former occasion at the man agement of the refreshment department, that depart ment should be entrusted, on the 16th instant, to the proprietors of the London Tavern, who would be bound to furnish abundance of ices and every other species of refreshment. It was also resolved that, nevertheless, no charge should be made in the price of tickets, which should still be as on former occa sions viz., half a guinea for a lady's ticket , 15 s. for a gentleman's, and a guinea for a double ticket. Mr. Carr and Mr. Eagleton were appointed Secre tary and Treasurer, and it was arranged that the Committee should meet every day at two o'clock, until the day of the ball. Before the Committee separated, Lord Dudley Stuart said he should have a more distinguished list of patrons and patronesses, on the present occasion, than he liad ever been able to procure, and that many of the most illustrious persons in the land had signified to him their intention of gracing the fete with their presence.—(Cheers.) The applications for tickets towards the conclusion of the day were as numerous as were those which were made after the Queen's memorable visit to WINTER CIRCUIT. It is understood that the Judges, from the informa tion they have received in reference to the state of the gaols throughout the country, and the number of pri soners already confined in them awaiting their trial, have come to the conclusion that it will be necessary to have a winter gaol delivery, and it is expected tha a Commission will be issued for that purpose in the commencement of the month of December. It has long been felt to be a serious evil that for a great many offences there could be no gaol delivery between the Summer and Spring Circuits, comprising an in terval of more than eight months, and it frequently happened, from peculiar circumstances, that a prisoner was twelve or thirteen months in gaol before trial, thus not only entailing a great expense upon the coun try, but, at the same time, inflicting upon individuals presumed to be innocent . a very severe punishment. A case of this description occurred two or three as sizes ago upon the Home Circuit. A woman was committed shortly after the Spring Circuit upon a charge of poisoning her husband. She was at the time in the family way, and when the Summer Cir cuit came on, the evening previous to the day on which the trial was fixed to take place, she was de livered of a child, and was consequently unable to take her trial, which was postponed to the next Cir cuit. She then remained eight months longer in gaol, and was ultimately tried at the Spring Cir cuit, and acquitted after remaining under such a dreadful charge for more than a twelvemonth. This is not a solitary instance, and many others of a similar kind might be adduced. It also frequently happens, that during the long interval be tween the committal of the prisoner and his trial, material witnesses die or leave the country, and thus the ends of justice are defeated. The recent altera, tion of the law limiting the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions, will cause a much greater number of prisoners to be committed to the Assizes, as the Justices are now precluded from trying all offences involving the punishme nt of transportation for life, and several others, specially mentioned in the Act. In consequence of this alteration, there are already a much greater number of prisoners in the different gaols throughout the country awaiting their trial at the Assizes, than under the old arrangement there would have been at the time for the usual Circuit. In Essex there are thirty prisoners for trial, and sup posing the same average number to be committed up to the Spring Circuit, there would, by that time, be ninety prisoners for trial, besides those that would be committed to the Assizes, at the first gaol de livery. In Rent the number will be still larger, and it would be impossible for the Judges to get through the criminal business without occasioning the Circuit to extend over a very long period. It is therefore ex pected that there will be a gaol delivery at the time above mentioned, and one Judge will go upon each Circuit for that purpose. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The only Derby bets laid ; yesterday were 13 to 1 to 1001. agst Sir G. Heathcote a 16t ; 25 to 1 to a small amount eget Winesour ; 125 to 25 (five points less than the odds) agst the Progress colt, 500 to 20 agst Phillip, 300 to 10 agst Aristides, 400 to 10 agst the Oxygen colt, 400 to 10 agst the Languish colt, 50 to 1 to 7a agst 1,000 to 15 agst Del i g htful colt. Offers lo)ftl8nitPolillgt; and gstAßritish Yeomatt(take 17 to 2). Oaks —9 to 1 laid to 251. agst Maria )ay, and 300 to 10 agst sister to Sarcasm. As Thursday has always been a sort of dies non in the winter months, it has been suggested that the room might as well be closed on that day until after Christ mas ; it would certainly improve business on the Monday. WORCESTER AUTU IN 11144g1 —YEsTERDA Y. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 2.0 added, The second saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Cowley's Adrian, Ivied ...... (Darling , j un.) 0 1 1 Mr. J. Dixon's Lady Georgians, 5 yrs 1 3 2 Mr. Hotham's Little Nell, 5 yr s ............... • 0 2 0 Mr. J. Day's Curator, 3 yrs ............. 2 0 dr Mr, Ilewitt's Rebecca, 4 yrs Sweepstakes of 6 ISOM each, end p adrled. Heats, one mile and a quarter, Mr. Varley's Tresillia, 3 yrg ...... (Drewett) 4 1 1 fby Bran, out of Greenfinch's d,3 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Raworth,s Chance, 5 yrs.. Mr. Carter's Linnea, 3 yr s ..... • Match—Two miles, Jr. Darling's 's Perjury-no - obj ect (Marlow), beat Mr. Williams' Coca. A Forced Handicap Heats, of m s ile ands°vs each, quarter.v Mr. Collatt's Rory O'Mor e , 6 y rs ...(Whitehouse) 1 1 lit h 20 added... Mr. J. Day's mby Nimrod, out of Busk, 5 yrs... 4 2 Mr. Higgins' March of Intellect, 3 yrs, „ ........ 3 3 Captain rettat'a Bugle, 4 yrs . 2 4 THE SUN, LONDON , _FRIDAY MORINTING. NOVEMBER 4, 1842. MUSIC. THE MUSICAL liIJOEI FOR 1843. Edited by F. H. Burney. The "Musical Bijou" for 1843 falls nothing short of its predecessors in beauty of exterior, or in the in. trinsic value of its contents. The embellishments are of the most gorgeous description, and in the list of contributions (comprising no less than sixty-six pieces, vocal and instrumental), we are pleased to observe the names of many of our popular native composers, in addition to those of several foreigners of distinction. Among the most attractive features we may individualise the " Cujus Animam " and two other gems from Rossini's celebrated " Stabat Mater" —two new and capital sets of quadrilles (the "Royal Naval," and the "Neapolitan") by the prince of quadrille writers, Jullien—two ballads by Crouch, the composer of " Kathleen Mavourneen," and various morceaux of distinguished merit .from the favourite pens of Sir H. It. Bishop, E. J. Loder, John Barnett, John Parry, J. P. Knight, C. Horn (author of the " Deep, deep Sea"), and other esteemed composers. Among the instrumental contributors we observe, also, the names of Musard, Weippert, C. Glove r, &c. &c. On the whole we are inclined to think this the best Number of the "Musical Bijou" that has hitherto appeared. MONUMENT TO THE SCOTCH REFORMERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sin,—lt is now some weeks since I troubled you with a letter connected with the memory of the above men, which you were so obliging as not only to in sert in your liberal and intelligent paper, but also to prelude with some most pointed and valuable re marks of your own. During the above interval our Town Council have been giving their attention to various matters, but carefully avoiding the question, whether they would recommend a site being given to the subscribers who wish to commemorate the great sacrifices made by these martyrs in the cause of Reform? The osten sible excuse for this was the sickness of the Honour able and Knightly Member who opposed the grant .when before the Council. That gentleman, however, is so well as to be able again to attend to his duties, yet the consideration of the subject is still delayed. Whether the delay has really arisen out of the cause assigned, or whether the ascendancy of Tory principles has damped the spirits even of those who are considered our steady Reformers, I cannot pretend to determine ; but, at all events, I may be allowed to contrast the conduct of the men whose memory it is proposed to honour, with that of this man who opposed the contemplated honour upon the disproved aspersion that these Reformers were not truly honourable men. The Members of this Town Council have been fighting for places with the Non-Intrusion party, and the Honourable Member and his party (who fasti diously objected to granting the site wanted for a public monument to commemorate the sufferings of menlwho exposed themselves to danger and to death in advocating a cause that has since been approved of by the whole community, and has ultimately flou rished under the sanction of the Legislature), under pretence that these men did not show due respect to the laws of their country, have themselves been de voting their energies to a party who have put the laws of their country at defiance. This is a line of conduct that cannot be approved of by any party. How much more ingenuous would it be for a party whose avowed principle it is to maintain Church and State in their pristine vigour to say—" While we support the Constitution, let us give honour to those who fell a sacrifice to its invigoration I am, Sir, your obliged and humble servant, W. M., AN OLD REFORMER. Edinburgh, Nov. 1, 1842. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREWS ()PI NION ON INTERMENTS IN CHURCHES. I could wish (said he) all burials in churches might be disallowed, which is not only unwholesome, but the pavements can never be kept even, nor pews upright; and if the churchyards be close about the church, this also is inconvenient, because, the ground being conti nually raised by the graves, occasions, in time, a de scent by steps into the church, which renders it damp and the walls green, as appears evidently in all the old churches. It will be inquired, where, then, shall be the bu• rials ? I answer, in cemeteries seated in the out skirts of the town ; and since it is become ,the fashion of the age to solemnize funerals by a train . of coaches, though the cemeteries should be half a mile or more distant from the church, the charge need be little or no more than usual. But for the poor, and such as must be h t ;erred at the parish charge, a public hearse of two wheels and one horse may be kept at small expense, the usual bearers to lead the horse, and take out the corpse at the grave. A piece of ground of two acres in the fields will he purchased for much less than two roods among the buildings. This being inclosed with a strong brick. wall, and having a walk round, and two cross walks, decently planted with yew trees, the four quarters may serve for parishes, where the dead need not be disturbed at the pleasure of the sexton, or piled four or five upon one another, or the bones thrown out to gain room. In these places beautiful monuments may be erected ; but yet the dimensions should be regulated by an architect, and not left to the fancy of every mason ; for thus the rich, with large marble tombs, would shoulder out the poor, when a pyramid, a good bust, or statue on a proper pedestal Will take up little room in the quarters, and be more proper than figures lying on marble beds. The walls will contain escocheons and memorials for the dead, and the area good air and walks for the living. It may considered, further, that if the cemeteries be thus thrown into fields, they will bound the excessive growth of the city with a graceful border, which is now encircled with scavengers' dungstalls. DEATH FROM LOCK Jaw.—Wednesday an inquisi tion was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the King's Head Inn, Mill-hill, in the parish of endon, on the body of John Burrell, aged 34. Mr. Henry Heaton, surgeon, of Mill-hill, deposed, that on the evening of Saturday, the 18th inst., he was at his house, when he was informed that the deceased was lying dead in the road, having been run over. It was between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and dark. He found the deceased lying in the road about 30 yards from that house, with the integuments of the left arm lacerated in a frightful manner. On bringing him into the house and examining him more minutely, he found the blade bone of the shoulder broken in two or three places. He attended him until Friday last, when symptoms of lock-jaw set in, of which he died, and which resulted from the injuries. On inquiring of deceased as to the cause of the occurrence, he said he was riding a young colt in front of his cart laden with manure, and the colt all at once became restive. He was struggling with the animal, and was suddenly thrown, in consequence of the horse being startled by the noise of some boys near. Before he could recover himself the wheels of the cart went over him. By the Jury—He attributed great blame to the boys, who, he said, were clapping their hands and shouting very loud. A juror said he also un derstood that one of the boys had thrown a stone, and he hoped that something would be done to prevent their unruly conduct. The Coroner said, surely they could not inflict punishment on the boys for shouting. Pleasure was not so abundant that they need en. cleavour to put a stop to it. In a dull place like that he thought it must be a great luxury to the inhabi tants to hear the mirthful vociferations of a few boys. A Juror—Yes, but it is no great luxury, Mr. Co roner, to have your windows, and probably your head, broken with stones being thrown, which was nearly my ease once. After a long discussion and further evidence, it was found impossible to inculpate the boys in the death of the deceased, and ultimately the Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died of lock-jaw, occasior.ed by an accidental fall and being run over." THE STOKNI 011 THE SCOTCH COAST.--INVSANESS. —The boisterous weather which commenced upon Monday last week has continued ever since, with little or no intermission. Wind N. and N:E. The Duke of Richmond steamer left Granton at her usual hour, and encountered the gales on Tuesday on her way to Aberdeen, off which she dodged for some time, but the sea ran so high upon the bar that it was impossible to get in. Captain Campbell then steered for Stonehaven, hoping to be able to land his passengers there; and this being equally impracticable, he judged it his most prudent course, for the safety of all, to run out to sea, and lie-to till the storm abated. This he accordingly did, and upon Thurday, it having moderated a little, he again made for Aberdeen, off which he found the Sovereign and Bonny Dundee steamers waiting for the signal to,cross the bar. The Sovereign, as drawing less water, entered first, then the Bonny Dundee, followed by the Duke. After a most tem pestuous passage, the Duke reached Inverness next day (Friday), and left for Leith at two o'clock next morning. The North Star was also out in the storm of last week, which came on upon this side of Flamborough Head. She was obliged to put into Bridlington Bay, where she remained for twelve hours, and reached Inverness fin SittPTllay! Thia 1 44iti 0 Alomn, upon the second day of the gale, after leaving Burghead, was watched with deep anxiety and alarm by groups of people upon the Moray side, the wind at the time blowing a most terrific hurricane, the sea running fearfully high, and the vessel being on a lee shore. It was feared by the spectators that she would be cast upon the Findhorn sand-banks, but the captain of the Mai 4, equally Oiyp to the danger, ordered sail to be made. The first hoisted was blown to rags, but a second attempt was more successful, and with this aid the little witch got to windward, sometimes completely buried out of sight from land in the yawning gulfs between each successive billow. She arrived all well that same afternoon at five o'clock in Inverness. Tuesday night and Wednesday we had a long fall of snow, and upon the latter night the wind again increased with heavy showers of rain, accompanied with frequent flashes of lightning,— 033-shire Advertiser, • THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONg.: BRIDPORT, Nov. 2. The following; persons were duly elected Coun cillors for the arough of Bridport NORTH WARD. Mr. John Pike Stephens (Reformer) Mr. Joseph Ralston (Reformer) Mr. John Smith (Tory) SOUTH WARD. Mr. Walter Eustace Gundry (Reformer) . '235 Mr. Richard Tucker (Tory) . 181 Mr. Joseph CI undry (Reformer) ... . . ..... 152 GREAT YARMOUTH, Nov. 2. The following persons (all Reformers) have been elected Councillors for Great Yarmouth: — NORTH OR ST. NICHOLAS WARD.—Charles May and William Henry Bessey. MARKET WAnn.—Edward Sewell and Stephen Miller. REGENT WARD.—Cufaude Davie and John Fish. ST. GEORGE'S WAuli.—Philip Pullyn and Thomas Lettis, sen. NELSON WARD.—Samuel Robinson and. John Sy- monds. GORLESTON AND SOUTHTOWN OR ST. ANDREW'S WARD.—Aaron Thrower and William Hurry Palmer. The following is the result of elections which have take taken place in other boroughs : BOSTON.--The Tories have obtained the majority. BURY ST. EDMUND'S.—No opposition by the Li berals. CAMBRIDGE.—Four Liberals retired and six Tories, in whose places were elected 8 Tories and 2 Liberals. COLCIIESTER. — The Tories in a majority. Dovr•.R.—Five Tories returned and one Liberal; the strength of parties in the Council remains as before the election. llARwrcif.—Liberals, 9 ; Tories, 9. Irswicii.—The parties here stand at present—Li berals, 19; Tories, 21. It is stated that this election has cost the Tories upwards of 2,0001. LEEDS.—The Council here nosy consists of 42 Reformers and 22 Tories. LEICESTER.—There have been elected here 10 Li berals, 3 Tories, and 1 Chartist. LUDLOW.—The parties here are equally balanced. MANCRESTER.—Every Councillor elected is a Li beral. _ . ---- PRESTON.--The majority returned are of Conser vative politics. • STOCKPORT.—•A gain of one to the Tories. SOUTIIAMPTON.—The elections in this town have ended most fiwourably for the Liberal party. WALLINGFORD.—Three Tories and one Liberal re turned without opposition. WIGAN.—The Reformers offered no opposition. WINDSOR.—Five Tories out of six were returned. WORCESTER.—AII who have been elected are Liberals. YORK.-Eight Conservatives to four Whirs, being one Conservative more than was elected last year. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) I am happy to inform you Glasgow has done its duty. Four o'clock closed the poll this day in favour of the free trading party—there is now a majority of Liberal men in the Council. The struggle was hard by both parties, but I am happy to say justice has gained the day. The Conservatives, by this election, have ruined themselves by the means they brought to bear on the electors. Bribes to the amount of ten pounds were offered, but, as far as I have yet heard, only in one instance was it taken. The majority in favour of the Liberals is such (I have not learned the amount) that farewell to monopoly in Glasgow for ever may be pasted in placards on the four corners of the city. The Tories were to-day and yesterday like men escaped from Bedlam. One gentleman in particular, of church-building notoriety, was (I am told) cau tioned by his medical attendant to take a day's fishing on Loch Lomond, for fear of consequences. This he would not do, but should anything occur his medical adviser has nothing to answer for.—Glasgow, Nov. 1. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—On Monday the Orestes corvette, Commander the Hon. S. Carnegie, got under weigh, and proceeded through the Needles on her way to the West India station, taking dispatches for Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., which she will land at Ber muda, and thence go to Jamaica and the Leeward Islands. On Monday the Success hulk, with the mooring lighters, was towed into the har bour for the winter season, operations on the wreck of the Royal George at Spithead being discontinued until next summer. Major-General Pasley will quit this neighbourhood in a few days for London. On Sunday the Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, arrived from Quebec, where she arrived from Plymouth on the 30th September, and left on the Bth October, bringing home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under Colonel Lascelles, which disembarked on Monday, per Echo steamer, at Spithead. She will return ptai n t t o Iton. M. s it t h atopo dayfordt rto . w • 'The Pique, 36, Captain is hourly expected from the same quarter, with two companies of the Grenadier and Colstream Guards; also, the Crocodile, 26, Mr. Elson, Master, commanding. The crew of the Jaseur, 16, Commander Willis, is to be turned over to the new sloop Frolic, lately launched at this port. The brig Racer, 16, Commander Harvey, recently from the West Indies, is paid off, and is to be surve y ed for re-commissioning. The 'l'hunderer, 84, Captain Prins, is refitting in Plymouth Sound, destined, a c cor ding to report, to proceed to Rio de Janeiro with di s patches. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, may be ex pected to arrive from the Mediterranean in about a fortnight, to be paid off. The Inconstant, 36, Cap tain Mitchell, was at Malta on the 12th October, but had received no orders at that date to proceed to England. At Spithead—Calcutta, 84. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Resistance, Jaseur, Nautilus, Echo, and Austrian frigate 13ellone.—BrightouGazette. WooLwicu, Nov. 2.—Th e Dee steam-vessel, Master Commander Thomas F. aen , which sailed yes terday with two companies o f th e Royal Artillery for Barhadoes, has been ordered to call at Portsmouth and Plymouth on her passage out. Immediately on the two companies of the Royal Artillery being landed in the West Indies, the two companies they are sent to relieve at that station will embark in the Dee and return to England. The employment of s team troop-ships to convey regiments and detach ments from one distant station to another, and the use of railways for the same purpose at home, will be found equivalent to the addition of 2,000 or 3,000 occupied in an inactive state by the men, when con voyedm en to i in the h t e r a a n r s i p n o y r , t i s f a i t l the comparative periods of. ng time vessels instead of steam, when marching on land instead of being conveyed or by railways, be taken into consideration. The Gorgon steam-vessel, one of the present first class steam-vessels, has been ordered to be brought forward immediately at Woolwich for commission. The Acheron and Megwra steam-vessels, which have been refitted at Woolwich, have been ordered to Sheerness, for the purpose of being commissioned at that port. The Sulphur, late surveying vessel, and at present used as a hulk for the crew of the Sultana, belonging fitted up for the use of the engineers' apprentices to o nd t e h r e a icionuarsmen of of instruction. ha s been ordered to be on. They are to be under the superintendence of Commander G. Smith, who Na appointed additional to the William and I‘l ' a s ry yacht, ri ith Mr. Willia m Shaw as first engi neer.Ninstructed by Mr. Shaw, who will have the entire control of the mess depart ment,he recently boys are to.be &c. There are upwards of thirty boys at pre sent receiving instruction in this branch of the naval service in the dock and school, under the superintend- L ence of Mr. John Dennin, one of the engineer fore men belonging to the factory. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. John Thomas Selwin, Esq., Mrs. Selwin, and family, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat at Harlow ; Mr. and Mrs. Barry, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, at ditto, from Somersetshire ; Hon. William Petre, at ditto, from Southampton; John Bainbridge, Esq., and Captain Waters, at ditto, from Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Grant de. Longueville, and the Misses Colmore, at Markwell's London Family Hotel, Bond-street, from the Continent; Mrs. Lindsay, and the Miss Cruikshanks, at ditto, from Scotland; Capt. Lindsay, at ditto, from Scotland; Lady Macdonald, at ditto , from erks ; John Blayds, Esq., at ditto, from York shire ; Hon. Henry St. John, at ditto, from Cranford. IiEPARTURE S. ou r manu f ac turers F AILUR E IN BIRMINGHAIL — A. letter from Bir says, a good, deal of m an i xnigel:rnwl,ilsdeaxtepderieNnocevd. amongst‘, this morning by the rumour of the failure of the house of Messrs. Goddard and Hill, American merchants and factors, which unfortunately turns out to be true. The firm carried on an extensive business, chiefly with the small hardware manufacturers in the adjoin ing towns, who will be the, principal sufferers. The liabilities of the concern are. stated at 60,0001., and the embarrassments which. have.led to the present failure are attributed to the gradual decline of our trade with America for some years past, Owing to the competi tion of the German manufacturers, and also to the operation of the new tariff, which prohibits a large proportion of our goods. Societies for putting down the smoke nuisance have during the season been formed at Manchester and Leeds. The Society at Manchester states that the difference between the . wea r of linen on ordinary days and on Sundays, or holiday, when the fires of the furnaces of that town ar e not in full action, Was found, on a low estimate of the destruction of clothing and extra expense of was hing, from sooty particles in the air, to be a loss of one-halfpenny per head each week for every working man's family. This for Man chester alone would amount to a charge upon the in habitants of 30,000/. per annum, and in London, at the same average, to an annual charge of 16'2,520/. TRIAL AND C ONV ICTION OF TWO KINfiSWINVORD CONSTABLES.—WiIIiRII(I Onions, constable of King- SWinford, William ['rice, his assistant, and William Roberts, butcher, were indicted for compounding with Phcehe Millward, for the sum of 31., a felony which had been committed by her son Jesse Millward, at ' the parish of Kingswinford. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty against both defendants. The Chairinan, after expressing his regret at seeing an old constable like Onions brought before them on such a grievous charge as that which they thought had been clearly proved, sentenced Onions to pay a fine of 101. F to the Crown, and Price 51. The tines were paid.-- Worcestershire Chronicle. Mr., Mrs., and iKsterOliver, from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Melton ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, from ditto, for Pope's Lodge, Bracknell; Captain Levett, from ditto, for Devonshire ; Rev. H. T. Young, from ditto, for Colchester; henry Surtees, Esq., from ditto, for Norfolk; Monsieur, Schirmacher, from ditto, for Liverpool ; Baron Ay me, for Ham burgh ; Mr. and Mrs. Mad Thomas, from Markwell's London Hotel, Bond-street, fur Swansea; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Corbally, from ditto, for Worcester shire ; Mr. and Mrs. Charleton, from ditto, for De vonshire. TUE COURT.—We are enabled to state on the beat authority, that the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have given up their intended visit to Brighton for the present, and instead will go to Walmer Castle, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, on the Kentish coast. We understand extensive pre parations have already commenced there for the re ception of the Queen and Court in the course of the ensuing week, the Noble and Gallant Duke having given up the use of the Castle solely for her Majesty's convenience. The Duke left Apsley House before nine o'clock yesterday for Walmer Castle, in order to make every necessary preparation for the residence of the Queen and Prince. The whole of the Noble and Gallant Duke's domestic establishment leave Walmer Castle for town to-morrow, on which day a portion of the Royal Household will arrive there. It is very probable that her Majesty, after a sojourn of ten days or a fortnight at Walmer Castle, may pro ceed from thence to spend a few weeks at the Pavi lion, at Brighton, where the necessary preparations are still in progress for the reception of the Court. Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor to Padding ton by the Great Western Railway, and from thence through Kent by the usual route to Deal. PROPORTION OF VALUE OF MONEY AND PRICES IN DIFFERENT PERIODS.—Taking two periods of twenty years each, if from 1440 to 1460, the average prices of wheat were 6s. Bd. per quarter, and from 1686 to 1706, it were 40s. the quarter, it is plain that 51. in the time of Henry VI. would have purehased 15 quarters of wheat, for which quantity in the latter period 301. must have been paid. So that 301. in 1706 would be no more than equivalent to Si. in the period 14404460 (Henry VI.) Again, if oats in the former period were generally at 2s. the quarter, and from 1686 to 1706 12s. the quarter, it is mani fest that that 12s. in the latter period would be no more than equivalent to 2s. in the former, though but a sixth of it. Ale in the former of the two periods named was only lid. the gallon; in the latter, Bd.; or rather more than five-fold more. Si. in the former period would purchase no more ale than somewhat above 251. in the latter. Good woollen cloth, in the former period, was 3s. 7id. per yard, at which rate 51. would have purchased 28 yards or thereabouts. In the latter period, the same quantity of fine cloth cost some what under 351. There is good reason to believe, that beef, mutton, bacon, and other common provisions of life were six times as cheap in the former as in the latter period ; so that 281. or 301. a year between 1686.1706 was really no greater sum • than 51. be tween 1440 and 1460. SLEEP or ANIMALS AND MAN.—MOSt animals sleep more than man ; some, indeed, for months, as the hibernating tribes of bats, dormice, marmots, and bears. Cats and dogs would seem to have the faculty , at will, as have some idiots and persons of a low order of intellect. The ideas or impressions upon their minds are so feeble or so few, or are made at such long intervals, that succession is lost for want of con tinuity; hence the organ retains imperfectly, and but for an instant, the image which the external senses have presented to it ; weariness supervenes, uncon sciousness follows, and lastly sleep, as a necessary con sequence of inanition, is induced. It is observed, however, that monkeys do not sleep as much as other animals. Whence is this apparent deviation from the ordinary law of nature affecting animals ? Is a mon key a reasoning animal ? Observe a dog chained ;he twists his chain, shortens it, and cuts himself off from his platter. Does he seek to untwist it, to re store the links to their wonted extension ? No ;he continues tugging and howling till some friendly hand frees him from his toils, and restores him to his former range. But how is it with the monkey under similar difficulties ? Why, he deliberately untwists the chain which he cannot sunder, and hence evinces something like reason. Is the sleeplessness of monkeys, then, a proof of reason ? We think so. But infants, they are frequently sleepless. Yes, but never in a state of health. Restlessness in them is always an indication of hunger, or a symptom of disease. The absence of sleep cannot be long sustained. Damiens slept on the rack ; Luke in his iron crown ; and a battalion of in fantry have been known to slumber during a march ! Muleteers frequently sleep on their mules, post-boys on their horses, and seamen "on the high and giddy mast." " Massa call you," said a negro to his com rade, who had fallen asleep near him ; " Sleep has no massa," replied the wearied boy ; and he was right. We may bear the privation of fire, food, and even drink, longer than we can the want of sleep.—Dr. Bian's Anatomy of Sleep. A CHINESE DANDY.—This mandarin was one of the finest specimens of a man I had till then seen in China. He stood about six feet two or three inches,_ and was apparently stoat in proportion. He wore the winter cap, the 'crown of which was of a puce-coloured satin, shaped to, and fitting close to the head, with a brim of black velvet turned sharply up all round, the front and hinder parts rising rather higher than the sides— in fact, in shape much resembling the iiaper boats we make for children. On the dome-shaped top of this lie wore a white crystal sexangular button, in a hand some setting. Beneath this was a one-eyed peacock's feather, falling down between his shoulders. This feather was set in green jade-stone about two inches long, beyond which about ten inches of the feather projected, and though apparently but . one, is in fact formed of several most beautifully united. His ma kwa, or riding-coat, was a fine blue camlet, the large sleeves of which extended about half down the fore arm, and the skirts nearly to the hip. Under this he wore a richly-figured blue silk jacket, the sleeves equally large, but reaching nearly to the wrist, and the skirts sufficiently long to display the full beauty of it below the ma-kwa. These loose dresses always fold over the right breast, and are fastened from top to bot tom with loops and buttons. His unwhisperables were of a light blue figured Nankin crape, cut much in the modern Greek style, being immediately below the knee tucked into the black satin mandarin boots, that in shape much resemble the old hessian, once so com mon in this country, with soles some two inches thick, the sides of which were kept nicely white, Warren's jet not yet having been introduced. To this part of his dress a Chinese dandy pays as much attention as our requisites do to the formation of a " Humby." The figure was completed by his apparently warlike, but really peaceable implements, which no respect able Chinaman would be seen without, viz., the fan with its highly-worked sheath; the purse or tobacco pouch, in the exquisite embroidery of which great ingenuity is displayed : a variety of silver tooth and ear picks, with a pocket for his watch, the belt to which these are attached having a small leather case fixed to it, to contain his flint and steel. I had nearly forgotten his ta:l—his beautiful tail, the pride of every Chinaman's heart—and in this case, if all his own, he might well be proud of it. lam afraid to say how thick it was, but it reached half-way down his leg, and I would defy Rowland's Macassar to give a finer gloss. In short, he was the very epitome of a dandy Chinese cavalry officer.—Bingham 's Narrative. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.—The Postmaster-General has again issued bills all over the country, warning persons of the danger of enclosing coin in letters that pass through the post, and recommending the adop tion of Post-office orders for the transmission of small sums. A person who was in the habit of sending small amounts in letters to a poor correspondent through the post, had one stolen, and being unwilling to give his correspondent, who was bedridden, the trouble to attend to Post-office orders, he bought a number of buttons such as are bought by tailors to be covered with cloth. These buttons were the precise size of a half-sovereign. When he wished to send a remittance, he placed a half-sovereign on a button, and covered it with a thin piece of cloth in the manner a tailor would do it, which scarcely occupied the la bour of a minute. The button was then fastened in a letter, and the eye of the former was made to pro trude through the latter, so as to make it appear as if a pattern button was merely sent through the post. This ingenious device evidently deceived the Post office gentry, and secured several half-sovereigns from the appropriating claws of postmasters and their as sistants. Every button came safe to hand. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR• liEUSCHELL. .the obsequies of the late Dr. Herschel!, Chief Rabbi of England, were on Wednesday performed with great so lemnity. Precisely at ten o'clock the corpse, in a lain deal coffin, covered with black cloth (in which It had been deposited by the express desire of the de ceased), was removed from his late residence in Bury court, St. Mary - Axe , to the chief Synagogue, Duke's place, supported by Sir ses Montefiore and 23 other leading memb ers the progress of M " o the Bethdin." During front the doo r of the s ynagogue to the ar k, a n appropriate; service was chanted by the Rev. Air. Asher, the princ ipal reader; and after the bier ; had been placed before the ark, an impressive cere monial in accordance with the Jewish faith was I gone through. The ark was covered with black cloth, the numerpus windows were darkened, the synagogue was illumined by wax tapers, and the whole arrangements had a sombre and most im pressive effect. This portion of the religious observance having been completed, the procession was formed to convey the mortal remains of the much-respected and deeply-lamented deceased to their last resting-place in the Jews' Bu rial-ground, North-street, Mile-end. The proces sion comprised the children of both sexes belonging to the Spanish, German, -and Portuguese charity schools, the youths training up for the p r i es th o od, the readers of the various metropolitan sy nagogues , th e hearse conveying the corpse, and the carriages of the leading Jewish laity, includi9g those of Sir Moses Montefiore, Barons Rothschild, Mr. D. Salomons, Mr. 1). W. Wire, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, &c. The ca valcade comprised upwards of 100 carriages. The deceased left orders - tlrat no mourning-coaches should attend his funeral. The principal mourner was his granthon. On arriving at the ground in North-street, the body was carried into the -Hall, and placed in the centre, and the reader taking his position at the head of the coffin, repeated the usual burial-service in a very impressive manner. At the conclusion of the prayers the corpse was borne to the grave. Several brown-paper parcels, sealed with wax, containing papers and documents, were ...thrown into the grave, by order of the deceased, and* large box, containing one of the laws of Moses, written by himself on parch ment, was also consigned to the grave, by special orders of the deceased. The, shops of the tradesmen of the Jewish faith in the line . where the procession passed were all closed. The ceremony lasted from 10 in the morning till near 3 in the afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, a robbery was committed in one of the Pad dington omnibuses,on the road from the Bank of Eng land to Paddington, on the person of Mr. Robert Lasterman, a stock-broker, residing in Star-street, Edgware-road, who was robbed of pocket-book, containing three 1001. Bank of England notes, num bers 3,841, 3,842, and 3,843, dated January 18, 1842 ; also a 501. note, number 1,646, dated May 11, L 1842. Mr. Lasterman had_ sold stock out of the Bank• for a person to whom he intended to pay over • the notes on his return home, but to his utter as tonishment he found on his arriving at his residence . that some dexterous thief had abstracted his pocket • book with its contents, and effected his escape. The time the robbery was committed must have been in Oxford-street, when two well-dressed young men, in passing Mr. "Lasterman, for the purpose of quitting the omnibus, pretended to stumble, and one of them on getting up asked Mr. Lasterman's pardon as he left the omnibus. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—The absence of the British Queen was a matter of much anxiety among the mer chants connected with the Atlantic trade. The loss of the President, a vessel built on the same scale and dimensions, naturally increased the fears enter tained for her safety. At Lloyd's on Wednesday the insurance upon the British Queen advanced to fifteen guineas per cent., and before the close of the room a speculative risk for a small amount had been taken at twenty guineas, THE ARBIL—The 27th Regiment, which so dis tinguished itself under the command of their brave officer, Captain Smith, in the recent affair with the Boers at the Cape of Good Hope, has been 9111 '.-eed to embark for the East Indies. DARING ROBBERY OF WILLV :s : —On F ridgy last a most , c., AT BATTERSEA. oaring robbery was com mitted at the residence o f M r. Ashness, an indepen dent gentlemanlivi,;,gin Battersea-rise, and the cir cumstances under which it took place leave but little doubt that it was planned and executed by a dishonest servant. Two tin boxes were found to have disap peared ; one was filled with wills, deeds, and other valuable documents, and the other contained, in addi tion to a number of papers, bet ween 501. and 601. in gold, a diamond ring of great value, and a mourning ring set with hair, encircled with pearls, and engraved " Anne Ashness, died April 9, 1832, aged 81." In formation was immediately sent to the Clapham and Wandsworth station-houses, and Sergeants Emmer son and Burchett, of the V division, were employed to investigate the circumstances, and if possible trace out the perpetrator or perpetrators of the robbery. On Saturday and Sunday the premises underwent a strict search. During the rigid search the police were making in the garden and fields in the rear of it, they found one tin box embedded in the mud of a ditch. This had been forced open, and it was soon ascer tained that it was the one which was filled only with wills, deeds, and securities. Some idea of the value of the papers may be formed when one which was lying exposed on the top of the others was a bond for 40,0001. The other box, containing the money, &c., being still missing, it was determined to search the house thoroughly, and ultimately it was found upon the top of the house. The papers that were in it previously remained, but the gold and rings were gone. The whole of the servants were strictly ex amined, but nothing was elicited to fix the offence upon any one of them. The ancient world was only a little world. Al though warlike, it derives its chief glory from the works of genius—from the writings of poets, histo rians, and philosophers. Viewed through this glow ing but exaggerated medium, that looks great and magnificent, which in reality was stinted, meagre, and desolate. Alexander vainly thought he had conquered the universe, when he had only ravaged a district. Nations were then only tribes, empires cantons, and their half-savage rulers hardly more potent than Emirs of Lebanon, or Khans of Tartary. Most of what now constitutes the earth, and fills it, was unknown ; the great seas and continents were hid below the hori zon of the ancients ; even the swell of an ocean tide had scarcely been felt by them ; and all their con quests, battles, and bustle—the sites of their great cities and kingdoms, as well as of their histories and epic poems—never ranged far from the tranquil shores and islets of the Mediterranean lake. The number of people corresponded to their narrow geographical limits. How, indeed, could mankind be numerous with out the means of sustenance, when there was little commerce, and no manufactures; when they were strangers to the useful arts, by which a dense popula tion can alone he fed, clothed, and lodged ? All, there fore, which has been transmitted as to the extreme po pulousness of the ancient world, may be considered almost as deceptions as its oracles. Carthage,according to Strabo, contained 700,000 inhabitants ; Athens, inclu sive of slaves, about half amillion ; Rome, four millions, It is not improbable, that in these representations there is a wrong figure or a redundant one. State ments of numbers are very liable to errors, and the errors to be copied or multiplied, as the grammatical construction does not detect them. Besides, it must be remembered of Athens and Rome, that, though termed cities, they , were more properly districts or provincesi walled in. The present remains of the Roman walls show that they were of vast extent ; but they encompassed large tracts of country —were truly rus in urbe, and included in their circuit woods and water, and corn-fields, as well as mansions and spa cious gardens. And Rome, as is well known, com prised. the chief of Italy. Genoa, Milan, Florence, Leghorn, and other noble cities, are of recent founda tion, and pertain entirely to modern history. Italy, even in the Augustan age. must have been P thinly peopled, and doubtl ess a ff or d e d a free passage enough for those va s t h er d s o f sw i ne (one thousand in number' of which Polybius writes, and which were guided in their pastoral migrations by the blowing of horns. The severity o f th e climate in the most busy regions of the old world attests the scantiness of population. In Ovid's time, the Black Sea was often frozen, which would be quite a phenomenon at present. That Italy is warmer now than formerly, we have many testimonies. From various passages of Horace, we may suppose, that the streets of Rome were full of snow; and Juvenal refers to a woman breaking t he ice of the Tiber to perform her ablution. I never met with a tourist who had seen snow in Rome; and the Tiber is hardly more liable to freeze than the Nile or Ganges. This increase of temperature is satis factory proof of an increase of people ; for numbers tend much to the civilization of climates, as of manners and institutions. --jade's Lecture on Ancient and Modern Society. An adjourned meeting of the letter-press printers was_ on Wednesday held at the Three Herrings , Bell- y ard, Temple-bar, which was attended by upwards o of the unemployed compositors of London thea r lri4e.'seesntt minster, in order to take into considerationpresent depressed. state of the trade, when a resolution was passed to the effect, that the unexampled distress printers s r m in th t i e c rs h prevails among the unemployed letter-press of the metropolis, through laxity utmost the objects gelled the promoters of a subscriptionof fborusitnheessir, relief t va o ,h c i ca h t t h h e e y t r trade e t o i n g e t v h i e e w r , i a n n o d r t der o u t s o e e t ff h ec eir t ex ertions to promote their interests generally. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETI.—The 'first ordinary meeting for the winter session was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the Society, in Regent street. Amongst the specimens was some fruit of oxalis deppii, a new edible vegetable, from Mr. Cock. burn, which bears out all the remarks which have been made in its favour. Some specimens of Coe ' s drop plum was exhibited, in a perfect state of preser vation, in which condition they were kept by being contained in muslin bags. From Mrs. Lawrence was exhibited a fine specimen of the gesnera sabring, with ; to eachb ited of some t fine several other plants ; and M r . A pp l e b y, of the Fence, n orc ea h r idac Ma e c o c u le s s p fi l e a l n d is exhibited specimens of e heses n ilver Knig htian Silver medals were awarded. B an sian medals were awarded to Mrs. Lawrence, ,for a collection of plants; Mr. Crawshay and M r . Roberts,for grapes ; Judd, for grapes ; and certificates of merit to Mr. Fleming, for pines; Mr. Cockburn for oxalis d9Pii and Mr. Waller, fo r a plant of tillandsia give &flora. The meeting adjourned till the Btl2 of Demobs -~ , =.,a~,,~ LAW INTELLIGENCE COWRT OF CHANCERY, N ov. 3. The Lord Chancellor sat in hip Court at Westmin ster to-day, for the first time since the termination of the long vacation, and proceeded with the hearing of cause and lunatic petitions. Many of the cause and charity petitions on the paper were struck out, in consequence either of the absence of counsel, or having previously been disposed of. IN RE DURHAM CHARITIES. This was the petition of the . surviving trustees of certain estates in the city of Durham, - which had been left for the benefit and support of two bridges in the town, and the surplus rents were to be applied to the support of a lecturer. The charities were formed as long ago as 1698, by the ancestors of Henry Baines, and the trustees of them had always been appointed by the Corporation of Durham. It so happened, how ever, that, in the petition presented in 1336, under the Municipal Act, for the appointment of new trustees, these two charities were omitted ; since then, two of the trustees of the other charities of the town had uied, and what the petition prayed was, either that it might be referred to the Master to appoint new trustees, and to include those two charities, or that they might be conveyed to the trustees of the other charities, under the order of the Court. Mr. ROMILLY appeared for the petition. Mr. LLOYD did not oppose the petition, but sub mitted that the nomination should remain in the Cor poration, where it had been for the last century. Mr. ROMILLY had no objection to the adoption of such a course. The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered it to be referred to the Master to appoint two new trustees, and declared that the nomination of the lecturer was in the Corpo ration of Durham. IN THE MATTER , OF SMITH, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. This case came before the Court upon the petition of the wife of James Smith, praying that a Commis sion de luntdieo inquirendo might issue 'against him. From the affidavits in support of the petition, it ap peared that Smith was so confirmed a lunatic, that it had been found necessary to place him in a private lunatic asylum. Mr. WIGRAM appeared for the petitioner. Mr. MOODY was counsel for the brothers and sister of the supposed lunatic, and submitted that they were entitled to attend the Commission, together with the lunatic. The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order for the Commission, observing that there coP l ia be no objectio n to the lunatic and his brothe and sisters attending the Commission, but it : dus t b e a t their own expense, 7s LORD ALVAN - LEY V. THE EARL OF KINNAIRD. On the application of Mr. Wakefield, the LORD CHANCELLOU ordered that the supplemental bill that had been filed in this case, which had been set down before Vice-Chancellor Wigram, be transferred t o the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England, the ori ginal cause having been set down before his Honour. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 3. SPARKS V. TILE DEVON AND CORNWALL. BANKING COMPAN Y. This cause, which had been p a rt -heard yesterday, was resumed to-day, after d o me unopposed motions and petitions had been d;: spose d o f. The application Sparks, late of was on behalf of Mr. Henry 'le Banking Company of Sparks an d Co., of - E- seter, for an injunction to restrain the de fell". - Ant, 'Mr. Deny, who is registrar and public officer of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, from issuing execution on a verdict obtained against the plaintiff in the Court of Queen's Bench, for up wards of 5,000/. ; also to restrain the said officer from proceeding in a suit to recover another sum of 18,8414 mentioned in the pleadings. It ap peared that Thomas Henry and Joseph Sparks had been bankers in Exeter, and in the year 1836 they agreed that Joseph should treat for selling and transferring the business of their bank to the Devon and Cornwall Bank for 10,000/. ; that the latter were to wind up the affairs, assume the debts, and discharge the liabilities of Sparks and Co. A part of the arrangement was that the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company should pur chase certain freehold and leasehold estates belonging to the firm of Sparks for 24,000/. A private arrange ment had also been made by Joseph Sparks on his own. account with the Devon.and Cornwall Company, that he (Joseph) was to purchase back the estates mentioned at the price they (the Devon and Cornwall Bank) were to give, and Joseph accordingly had. given a•note for that sum, namely, 24,0001., and, had since, from time to time, paid 6,0001. of it. Joseph Sparks had since died, and the Devon and Cornwall Company had proceeded against the only surviving partner, henry Sparks, for the balance of 18,0001. On the part of the De von and Cornwall Company it was stated that they had not made good the titles of the estates to be pur chased, while the surviving partner, Ilenry Sparks, stated that he had nothing to do with any private arrangement of the Company with his brother Joseph, and denied his liability to be bound thereby. Mr. PEMBERTON having concluded his reply, Lord LANGDALE, in passing judgment, said that the question to be decided was, whether the plaintiff was to be required to pay any money into Court, and if so, what sum. As the transaction then appeared to his Lordship, he thought he ought not to permit the defendant to go on to com pel the plaintiff to pay the large sums of money which the defendants claimed as due from him to. them. There were undoubtedly in the case a great. many important questions, which, if not settled by the parties without the intervention of the Court, would require a great deal of discussion before they were satisfactorily settled. But the single question now to be considered was, whether one party was to proceed on a legal right, which he might have, thus having all the advantages of, perhaps, hav ing those questions decided in his favour. His Lord ship then went on to recapitulate the facts above mentioned, and declared it his opinion that the injunction must be granted to restrain the proceedings. lie would read over the answer with a view to determine whether any sum, and if any, what sum should be paid into Court. Ile wished to avoid giving any opinion on the matters to be determined in the case, but he did not wish the defendant to take away the whole of the sums when the questions had not been determined, which might be determined in favour of the plaintiff. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 3. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) PARISH OF ST. JAMES'S, CLERKENW ELL—SCOTT V. PAS• CALL, AND PASCALL V. SCOTT. His HONOUR, gave judgment in this double case, the circumstances of which, and the decision now given on it, are of great importance and interest -to the officers and ratepayers of the large and } wpulous parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. His Honour stated that he meant to give judgment in be cases, the substantial question of which was, whether a deed executed by Mr. John Scott on the 27th of October, 1837, should be allowed to stand as security, as the parties filing the cross bill insisted it should - do, for a sum of money said to be due from the said Joh n Scott to the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. ".The plead ings were very extensive, but the facts appea red to be these. In the month f March, 1834, John Scott filled various public offices in the above: parish, an he being Guardian of the Poo r, and Overseer, d also a Trustee for some Church. In that month some suspicions were entertained by the parish that Mr. John Scott bad not acted faithfully in the offices he sustained, but that he had appropriated to his own use large sums belonging to tile parish. A Committee was appointed by the parish to investigate the truth of these circumstances, and John Scott took alarm at what was going forward in the parish. By certain documents executed on the 13th 41.nd 14th of April, 1834, it appeared that all the tangik le property of the said John Scott was vested in hit. brother, Wil liam Scott, and a gentleman named .Turner. Thi s property consisted of a freehold, a leasehold tenement, a mortgage, and in addition a sweepiny conveyance assigning over a ll his personal estate. hese were all conveyed in trust for the use of Mrs. John Scott. On 'Tuesday, the 15th of April, a warrant was taken out for the apprehension of M r , J o h n Scott. The above deeds ere of e i executed • on the night of the 14 t h, . o r the the 15th of April, and on the morning of the day Mr. J. Scott absconded, and rem •_ ed abroad from the time he first left till the 26th of Oct., 1837. At the time he left placards were issued about the parish, offering a rewardwfohratthme?asapprehension of Mr. J. Scott, and the terror of operate very strongly _ going forward appeared to the warrant, in the m ° o n nt t h hem mind of Mr. Scott. Besides indict ment of outlawry o f June, 1835, an did not appear was brought against him, and as he person to plead to that indictment, the proceedin of him gs outlawry were made perfect against in August, 1836. It was fairly to be inferred that the real object of these proceedings was to enable those conducting the prosecution, by means of sonic grant from the Crown, to obtain dominion over the personal property of Mr. Scott , eit her to de p rive him of it, or to compe l him to appear to the indictment; in the meantime his situation a broad appeared to be one of very great distress. On the 13th of July, 1837, a letter, stated to have been drawn up by Mr. Bodkin, the eminent Counsel, who throughout acted as the adviser of the parish, was sent to the Committee, in the name of Mr. J. Scott. If really written by Mr. Bodkin, this letter did him a great deal of credit, for it showed a great degree of feeling and regard, both for the cir cumstances of Mr. J. Scott and the parish.. The pro posals, however, contained both in this letter and in a subsequent one senton the 20th of July, were rejected by the parish. It appeared as if the parish was im moveable, and that nothing could satisfy it but the having secured to it the whole of that sum which, in the Report of the Committee was, in a certa in manner held out t o be due to it from 31r. Scott. On the 26th of October, 1837, Mr. Scott re turned from F rance , and imuzadiatev procee4 led to the Central Cri m i na l C o urt, anti pleaded to the pro-_ ceedinzu of outlawry, which grove him the pot x e r of