The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday the ordinary weekly meeting of the board was held in the Council-chamber, Guildhall— Mr. Thwaites in the chair. THE PARK FOR FINSBURY. The first business entered upon was the further con sideration of the memorial from the vestries of the parishes of St. Mary, Islington ; St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; and the District Board of Works for St. Andrew, Holborn, on the subject of forming a park for the northern suburbs , of the metropolis. Mr. SATAGE, in supporting the prayer of the memo rial of the parishes, remarked that a park for the nor thern portion of the metropolis was manifestly needed, and referred to the recently amended act, which lully empowered the board to provide parks, pleasure-grounds, and open spaces. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the prayer of the memorialists be com plied with ; that the clerk be directed to take the necessary steps to adopt the Parliamentary notices already given by the parishes in order that the board might be prepared to apply for an act this session, and that it be referred to the Finance Committee to report upon the best means of raising the necessary funds. Mr. D'IFTANGER seconded the motion, because he was anxious to have Hampstead-heath secured to the public. Mr. TURNEII moved, as an amendment, that it be re ferred to the committee of works to consider the appli cation now before the board, together with the various other applications that had been made to the board for providing parks, &c., and to inquire into the probable expense, and to report upon the urgency and importance of the particular plans. Mr. WILKINSON seconded the amendment, deeming that that was the best way of dealing with these ques tions, which were not free from difficulty. After some observations from Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Nicholay, and Mr. Seeley, the motion was put and last. The amendment was then put, when Mr. Howes moved that a special committee of ten, instead of tie Works' Committee, wake the report. This amendment was loot, as was likewise another brought forward by Mr. Few, to the effect that the whole question of park accommodation be considered by the board, irrespective of any particular locality. The amendment of Mr. Tur ner being now the original motion, was put frum the chair, and carried, upon a -how of hands, by 20 to 11. THE OUTFALL INTO THE GERH<LV OCEAN. The subjoined letter from Sir S. M. Pete, directed to the clerk of the board, and dated " Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, Nov. 24, 1856," was read by Mr. Woolrych : "My dear Sir,—l am most anxious that before you finally decide upon the outfalls for the metropolitan sew age you should have all the points of Mr. M`Lean's plan before you, and I shall jo greatly obliged by your allow ing me to attend you with that gentleman to afford you the necessary explanation. The imperative importance of the subject will, I trust, be considered a sufficient excuse for thus troubling you The whole of the plans and sec tions of the proposed outfall sewer to the German Ocean being now completed, you can have all the necessary in formation with accuracy, so that your decision may be taken without delay. The levels taken show such a differ ence between the height of the top water of the aqueduct at West Ham, as shown in the sections of the engineer of the Metrop litan Board of Works, and the level of the spring tides of the German Ocean at the point of discharge, as will admit a velocity of nearly three feet per second. The sewer will be capable of discharging the whole of the sewerage and rainfall estimated by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, without auy additional pumping, in a continuous stream, and at all times of the tide. With the assumed velocity of three feet per second, there will not be any deposit of sewerage except at places selected specially for that purpose ; and this velocity is not only sufficient to prevent the deposit of any soil, but is equal to removing broken stones as large as those generally use , lfer metalling roads. As regards estimates, the sum of 1,600,0001. will be sufficient for executing the works, &c., between West Ham and the sea. The locality of the outfall is ad mirably adapted for chemical works of every description, if requisite, in connection with the sewerage, and is so far removed from habitations, or places where houses are likely to be built, that such works could never became a nui sance ; and it has the advantage of close proximity to the rivers Crouch and Blackwa.ter, both of which form excel lent harbours. From the beat data I can obtain, lam led to believe that the, proposed outfall at B in the metropo litan plans will cost (the writer here enumerates the seve ral items) 1,140,356/. The comparison will therefore stand in outlay at 1,600,0001., as against 1,140,356; and in making this comparison I assume that the cost of convey ing the sewage from the south side, including the sewage of Greenwich and Woolwich, to the outfall sewer of the north side, will not be greater than the cost of the pro posed outfall sower on the south side. Indeed, instead of a difficulty in adopting the system of sewage proposed by your engineer for the south side, it will much simplify the work of collecting the sewage at Southwark-bridge instead of at Deptford Creek, as it will not be necessary to make any portion of the sewer below low water, as at present proposed by the engineer of the board. You will, by the adoption of Mr. el`Lean's plan, entirely get rid of all re servoirs and pumping at the outfall, and the Thames will be left perfectly clear of sewerage matter; and the pro prietors of land in South Essex, by the memorial so exten sively signed, showed their great anxiety for the adoption of the plan, so that no opposition of a local nature need be feared by you, if after deliberation you should approve of the plan. I have no desire in any way to be connected with the execution of these works, my only object being that the plan should have ample consideration given to it. I feel a deep interest in the subject, from having sat two years in the Sewers Commission ; but, that you may feel the difference in expense is not an insuperable barrier to the execution of these great works, I am willing, with my friends, if you will pay, by way of a rent in per petuity for the use of the outfall sewer to the German Ocean an interest of 5 per cent, per annum on the cost of your own outfall and the works connected therewith, to construct the outfall to the sea, and that you have the free use of it for the rent so paid. I make this offer that the subject may be treated on its own merits, an advantage fully equivalent to any difference being obtained at the outfall into the sea; for, outside the present sea wall, and lying between the rivers Blackwater and Crouch, is an exten sive foreshore, capable of being reclaimed ' • and there is an area of about six miles l o n g an d one m il e broad, or nearly 4,000 acres, which might be at once treated in this way ; and there are upwsrds of 20,000 acres more which might be similarly treated, from time to time, by sewerage, not otherwise utilised, being discharged over it. Thus, that which will, in the ease of the Thames outfall being adopted (treat it as you will), become a nuisance on the south Essex shore, will become a public benefit and a source of income. It appears to me that this great subject should be grasped with a determination so to treat it that the works executed should be sufficient for all time, and able to meet the con tingency of any future increase of the metropolis ; and any little delay at the present moment in coming to your deter mination would be far more than counterbalanced by the right conclusion being arrived at." Mr. DIFFANGICR, after a few laudatory remarks upon the character and standing of Sir S. M. Peto, but with out, as he said, committing birnself to the plan pro pounded, moved that the letter be acknowledged, and that Sir S. M. Peto be requested to attend on Tuesday next to explain the details of his plan, Mr. NICHOLAY seconded the moti on . _ _ Mr. CABPMAEL said it was necessary the plan should be laid before the board previous to its being discussed. If it should turn out to be the old plan already proposed by Mr. M'Lean, and rejected by the board, he would advise the board not to listen to the course now suggested. The CHAIRMAN said it was desirable the public mind should be disabused of one or two matters which had been misunderstood. It was supposed that the board had under its consideration a plan proposed by Mr. M'Lean to accomplish the whole drainage of the metropolis for 1.600,000/. Nothing could be more erroneous than such a notion. It appeared, in answer to questions pet to Mr. Sl'Lean, that he proposed to bring all the sewage on the south side of the river to one great reservoir at the foot of Southwark-bridge, and then lift it op by means of pumps some 70 or 80 feet into tubes crossing the bri lge, and drop it again into another sewer which should carry it to Nest Ham, where again it would have to be lifted into a second sewer and car ried down to Crouch river. On being asked whether he knew that the present direction of the sewers was from west to east he did not appear to have entered into that question, or into the question how the sewage could be collected from all the outiyiog districts to the foot of Southwark bridge. Nor had he made any calculation of tue illion cost of such even a work — no t l ess than theee-quarters of ap if the people of Southwark wouLl consent to have the sewag e of the south side of the Thames collected in one vast reservoir at the foot of Southwark-bridge. When pressed upon the point of expense Mr. Mean said that was a matter for the board to consider. It was scarcely fair to contrast art estimate, from which was omitted so large an item, the estimate of the works proposed by the engineer of that board. He did not believe Sir 8. fete would wi lingly lend himself to anything so deceptive ; but that he had taken the question up purely from a desire to pro mote the general object which the b oard had to se- complish. After a few observations from Mr LESLIE, Mr. CREL. Lys, and other members, the motion was put artl negatived. The board then adjourned. THE GREAT MAIN DRAINAG E S, , Em 8 OF THE METROPOLIS. DEPUTATIONS TO LORD PALMERSTON, Yesterday at 11 o'clock, two deputations from the south-eastern section of the metropolitan suburbs hal an interview with the First Lord of the Treasury, at the nobly premier's private residence, Cambridge House, Pir.cadilly. The first wan from Erith, and was introduced by Sir Lolling Eardley, Bart.—Mr. James _Renshaw, cburz.l2- lv t arden; Mr. Cha r l e s Be a dl e , churchwardeo ; the Re?. r. Bernal!, an d o th ers . L or d Darnley, the Venerable Archdea con S m ith , an d M r. M as t ers Smith, one of th e m emhers for th e c oun ty, arr i ve d t o o lats.>, in cineequence of! a. misapprehension of the hour fixed by the noble viscount. Sir CULLI NG EARIZEY opened the object of the depu tation t)hislor,l ! thi p by stating that in consequi;nee (1 the intended proj,:ct, a short , time ago, to collect th..i I main drainage c,t the m.tropolls, a deputation had waited l i upon Sir B. Hall, a_l_l e , r a m nd_ were likely explained to him the evils that tivad the sr:he i r - 1 4 i: as far as such a emu" ' whe" he "g"- as Erith wa:; concerned. The inhabitants had, however, 'ar the beard with regret that plan No. 2 proposeJ to carrErith Church. of London to within ,three-quarters of a ( Sit. mile C I c l ' f i n E) ith Church. If such was - to be the case he inflict a very grievous wrong. Inwas sure that it would . by Sir Benjamin the Chief emi, an explanation granted he c,nsiders 1 imselt as acting for n t i h sk e ion t r had said that and in the interest of all the inhabitants.whal'' metropolis, storeys of houses in Paris the dwellers looked upon it es a constitutional right to empty their Slop street. If that !princ , ple was applied in this pails is into the I : case he I (Sir Culling) would ask what was to becom e o f Erith, l seeing it was so far below ? Slop pails must be emptied m.,3where, but he hoped that it would not he e I ton , ether at Erith or Gravesend. The deputa t i ons •;. hick the honour of attending uponlordship tot hie ' - 4h" s day I were strongly of opinion that the sewage should be car ried down into the estuary of the Thames, where it could not by any possibility return to pollute the river. The registrar-general informs us that in from 25 to 30 years the population of London will be doubled, and, assuming that data to be correct, Louden may then have actually extended itself to Erith—in fact, the legal limits went already to Plumstead, and then all the sewers which we were now making would have to be broken up again as being too small. Then he would just allude to the ques tion of the marshes on the banks of the Thames. It was well known that these marshes produce I fega and agues, affecting not only the vicinity of the marshes but even extending to the metropolis itself. This being so it was highly desirable that any plan to be adopted for the main drainage should include also the drainage of those marshes. Sir Morton Peto had published his plan, which was to carry the sewage from Southwark across the Thames, combine it with that on the north side, and then take the whole of it on to the sea. It was necessary that some plan of deodorisation and utilisation should be adopted. He would respectfully suggest to his lordship the advisability of a commission sitting upon the question, and there could not be any doubt, from the facts which would be elicited from engineers and other persons thoroughly acquainted with the subject, that some plan would be hit upon which would contain none of the obnoxious provi ' sions of those already in existence. He would conclude with the hope that his lordship would favourably con sider their position, and, from what had been already told him, extend to them his protection. Mr. RENSHAW said that there was one point to which he wished to allude, as it had been overlooked by the last speaker. As a merchant and shipowner of 40 years' standing, he thought that a river like the Thames, I which bore upon it all the riches of the world, should not be polluted near its estuary by such a vast accumu lation of filth as would flow into it under the intended arrangements. He was of opinion that nothing could be worse than foreign vessels coming into port meeting this abominable filthy stream. The Gravesend deputation was then introduced by Sir Culling Eardley, and consisted of W. Fletcher, E-q., mayor ; Alderman Dobson, Alderman Ditchburn, \V, S. Plane, Esq., Mr. Councillor Gould, Mr. Southgate, I Clerk to Commissioners of Improvements ; Mr. Shar land, town clerk. The MAYOR said that the inhabitants of this town strongly depreciated the proposed scheme, in proof of which he would read the following resolutions : "Resolved,—That it appears highly expedient that a scientific consideration, under Government, should be given to the practicability of deodorising the produce of the sewers of London, and rendering the same available fur agricultural or other purposes, " Resolved,---That if insuperable difficulties should be found to exist in the adopting of the above-mentioned course, it is most essential for the health of the inhabi tants of this town and district and all others on the banks of the Thames, and for avoiding the rendering their houses and property valueless, that the great nui sance of the discharge of a concentrated sewage into the river Thames at Erith Reach should be averted. " Resolved,—That the discharge of such sewage i❑ Sea Reach appears a course of discharge free from objection in a sanitary point of view to the inhabitants of property in any district, would ❑ot only avoid those injurious results to the health and property of the inhabitants on the banks of the Thames, but would, to use the words of the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, effect the entire purification of the river. " Resolved,—That the general purification of the river Thames may well be considered a great national object." The Mayor added, he had no hesitation in saying that the parishes affected by the scheme would use every weapon in their power, by means of the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Chancery, to assist then► in de feating the object. He hoped the noble lord would inter fere and prevent so undesirable a collision. Lord P - ALMERSTON —Of course you do not expect me to give you an answer at present. I will give due at tention to any statements which you say you will send me in writing, as well as to the veibal communications which you have now made to me. You are quite aware that this is a matter to which I will give my best consi deration as soon as I can. This is all I can say at present. The deputation having thanked the noble lord for his courtesy and kindness, then retired. (From the Times.) Exeter-hall for once at a nonplus ! Sir Culling Eard ley and Lord Palmerston, the Evangelical Alliance and the "powers that be," on the common platform of a sanitary nuisance, exchanging condolences and diffi culties ! Sir Culling Eardley appears in that character in which all Englishmen, of all orders, religious, pro fessions, or morals, ate sure to appear at one time or another,—the character of John Bull, defending his castle against invasion and an noyance. It's in them all, and is sure to come out. We have read many a religious biography, but never one of ordinary fulness in which the biographer was not proud to exhibit hie sub. jest in the attitude of just indignation and defiance. And has not Sir Calling Eardley a cause ? His Lares and Penates are threatened by a foe worse than palpable robber or good wholesome murderer. Plan No. 2of the Metropolitan Board of Works proposes to carry all the sewage of London to within three-quarters of a mile of Erith Church. The ,result of this would be that Erith, sweet Erith, with its healthy northern slope, its pretty church and villas, with Belvidere-house and its beautiful grounds, would be the very scapegoat of London miasma. The foul stream disgorged from the black jaws of a huge sewer would there meet the light and h,at of day. It would there begin its long term of wanderings up and down tke tide. Ups, indeed, we are promised there shall be none ; but what is the value of promises when sewage is concerned ? What promise, too, could bind the air, and compel it not to refund the atmospheric products up the valley of the Thames ? If, too—and we must say it is a most terrible " if,"—the vast apparatus that is to be, some time or other, for collecting, drying, deodorising, and reducing the more solid products should be just opposite Erith, one might as well be on the verge of that bottomless pit, whence, by the common consent of all authorities, sacred and profane,• there arises the foulest of stenches. Nor is Sir Culling Eardley unsupported in his complaint. The whole tide of insult and injury would come down upon Gravesend without even the flimsy subterfuge of being under orders not to touch the tuwu. It would go up and down no one can say how often. But the voice of remonstrance is heard still lower. A shipowner appears, and protests emphatically against the proposal to greet all strangers, arid our own homeward-bound vessels with a vast pool of filth just discharged, i❑ the best preserva tion, at the very mouth of the Thames. As everybody knows, at the end of a sea voyage, and in the change from one climate to another, the bodily heal 11 is always in a peculiar state, and unusually sensitive to malignant influences. Indeed the probability is that every ship passing through this zone of malaria would bring the cholera, or some fever, or we know not what morbid variety, right up the river into the heart of the metro polis. Ia fact, an outlet at Erith would be only a half ' sueasure. No measure, indeed, would be a whole one, but this would be literally half, for L mdon, it is com puted, will be twice as populous, and more than twice as extensive, in thirty or forty years, and then, it stands t, reason, an expedient which only just suffices now will be very far short of the occasion then. The particular spot, , too, is most unfortunate. This tidal estuary which we , call the Thames flows through an immense extent of marshes, considerably under high water, and always pro , duciog fog s and agues. Though the water of the Thames is carefully kept. by kigh banks from diffusing itself over those marshes, no doubt a poisonous effluvium from its banks would be a serious addition to the ordinary marsh air. These considerations have already had their weight in the proper quarters, and we have no doubt that the St. George of Belvidere will not have to fight a sewerage dragon at Erith. What, then, is to be done' The people on the Thames have all agreed that an outlet at Sea Reach will answer the purpose, and Sir Morton Peto will stand godfather to the plan—and father, too, if ne• ctaary. He will be glad to undertake the work. As for the drainage of the marshes, we should have thought that the conveyance of the metropolitan sewage through wore than 40 miles of artificial conduits was work enough by itself, and did not require the additional charge of some thousand acres of marsh land. The marshes - mu 4 take care of themselves ; and, in fact, they rtqaire nothing but a few steam engines here and tnere to lift the accumulations of rain water to the level of the Thames. Haarlem Lake and our own Whittlesea-mere have been drained of every drop of water, insomuch that the Great Northern Rail way, we believe, passes over the bed of the latter. There is no need to invoke the metropolis to drain Erith marshes, which are rich enough to pay for their own I draining. How far the two operations can be combined with a fair division of the charges is another question. We don't see, ourselves, how a combination is either possible or desirable, or what the two things can have to do with one another. So on this point we wait to be enlightened, and should be glad to hear what the engin eers say on this subject. Supposing this to be the plan adopted—and there seem s little doubt of it—will our readers just reflect on the fu elmmensity of the u n d er t a k ings t o w hi c h our cant of forethought, unity, and system has committed us ? Parliament, within these three or four years, has com pelled all the water companies to go up the river, above the reach of the tide 20 or 30 miles, in quest of the pure element. Thus, we go up the river 70 or 80 mil e -, fbri-ra'ale,itlsikmeloyuttn h b,takea considerabl e f rac ti on of it s via i apartcond uc e s t b y pipes to th e ocean , t a ki ng care to pass it, on the way, through our .streets and house... It certainty i s a grand operati on , lik e that of the East , ern conqueror who passed a river by dividing it into I least one of these operations many salad channels. It isthat • t evident, however, Pa o r a pollutiontit least . with served the river free fis auperfluotr-. Had we pre its water without fearro,:nightonly have such drunk filt ra. tion ad way be necessary at lug or Oxford. As it is, oar relatiohe with the great.' river on which London I s to be built will be prceasea rather doubtful We shall I neither drink of it nor dr a i n i nto it ; and the shall Igeogra phical expressions " watered by th e river There ''anll °r washed by the Thames," will no longer apply tie 3 to our I case. The river between bridges will be only a tho roughfare for steamboats and barg es , a pretence for m agnificent bridges and a tidal lake for the use of the Pool below. We are only adverting to the fact— for a fact it is, or will soon be— an d , as the im mense pipes to bring the water from the super-tidal stream are near y a ll sarnpletei, and will soon be in actual use, and as the water ;s said to he considerably more pure than that formerly in use,—above all, as co , • pliance with the act of Parliament has cost more th an ta-o millions and a half within these three years, We shall g ive this part of our water system at least a fair trial. Ent it is already time to look forward to the not very dista , t day when the doubling metropolis will want still mgr. water, when it will no longer be p:utient I to dranv on the upper stream of the Theme , , and when t that stream itself will be less pure than it now is, owing to the increase of the population on its banks. What are we to do then We shall have to do what Rome did, not only at Rome, but all over the world ; what Glasgow is doing, what New York and Boston have done, as well as other cities in the United States. We shall have to go far and wide in quest of such streams throughout the country as can be brought here, without injury to other interests. This should be done while the streams are still pure and the conflicting interests still unimportant ; otherwise, Ire shall only discover our wants when it is too late to rectify them. (Prom the Lancet.) When posterity hunts through the pages of history, seeking examples of extinct words, the records of the Metropolitan Board of Works will afford ample illustra tion of the word "muddle." Considering how great were the interests confided to them it seems incredible that so little should have been done. They at first en joyed an amount of public confidence seldom vouchsafed to any untried body of men. They ha 1 power to act, and ample means to enable them to act, with abundance of abuses, whereof their new brooms might have made a clean sweep. At first, when the performance fell so far short of our expectations, there was a plausible excuse in reserve. If profusion of talk, and time wasted in irrelevant discussion, suggested the query, " Quid dignum tanto feret hiatu ?" the vast subject of the sewage was held sufficient, like Charity, to cover a multitude of sins,—for there are sins of omission as of commission. On this great question there wae a mighty affectation of solemn discussion, the results of which are now before the public. The plans to be considered were marshalled in alphabetical array, and once threatened to employ all the letters, but were at last considerately limited to plans A, B, C, and D—John Bull expressing his opinion of this first evidence of feeble indecision by echoing the D, with a dash. After great debate Plan B was selected, and taken to Sir B. Hall for hie approval as the cleverest thing the Board of Works could accomplish. Then, and not till then, the pet scheme was discovered to be clearly op posed to the meaning of the law specially passed to guide the selection. The officer appointed to investigate the force of the sea tide in the Thames had reported that an outfall less than 15 miles from London-bridge would not carry away the sewage clear of the town. So it was laid clown in the law that this should be the minimum distance; that the discharge should be nowhere near the extremest point of the boundaries of London. In the plan proposed by the Board the outfall into the river was distant scarcely a mile from the limits of the metropolitan area. It was rejected by the Chief Commissioner, and, lest any one should wonder what possible motive led to its recommen mendation, the chairman volunteered an explanation at the interview. "Probably," said Mr. Thwaites," the most important element which guided thew was the question of finance." On the drainage of London depends the health and lives of millions of human beings, including those who are born and die without any account of them being in cluded in the census. Whatever scheme is now adopted can only be altered subsequently at an enormous cost. Yet, in the full knowledge of this, it now appears that the Board of Works have all along been higgling about an expenditure that no one ever thought of grud g ing for such a purpose. Whilst the authorities are incubating a fresh scheme, private enterprise has been Oirected to the accomplishment of the work, and several proposi tions of practical thinkers are now under consideration. To these we shall hereafter refer. THE MURDER IN PARLIAMENT-STREET. CRIMINAL COURT. The following appeared in our late edition of last night : (Before Baron Alderson and Ju,tice Coleridge.) Yesterday morning Robert Marley, alias Jenkins, was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Cope, a,:siltant to Mr. Berry, watchmaker, of Parliament-street. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecu- tion, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The facts of this atrocious ease have been so fre qeently and fully before the public that a detailed report on this occasion is wholly unnecessary. The pri soner, on taking his position at the bar, cast a hasty glance round the court, and ne.‘rly throughout the whole of the proceedings he maintained the greatest calmness. The witnesses who gave evidence against the prisoner at Bow-street were severally examined by Mr. Bodkin and cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh, the object of the learned gentleman engaged for Marley, for some time, evidently being to show that it was a case of mistaken identity. When the witness Croft was giving his evidence, in which he stated that he saw the prisoner striking at somebody in the shop of Mr. Berry in Parliament-street, :Marley fixed a steadfast gaze upon him, and it was come time before he again resumed his apparent calm ness. On Baron Alderson putting the question to Croft whether he had the slightest doubt in his mind as to the prisoner being the person he saw come out of Mr. Berry's shop on the evening of the shocking occurrence, and on his reply in the negative, the prisoner convulsively bit his lips, but shortly afterwards he regained his composure. The effect of the answer of Croft was completely to fix the prisoner's identity. Mr. Sleigh, the prisoner's counsel, did not attempt a cross-examination of this witness. The only other person whose evidence created the slightest sensation in court was Allen, the hackney carriage attendant, the brother in-law of the unfortunate man Cope, and when the witness left the witness-box the prisoner evidently felt great relief, as the whole tenour of evidence was greatly against him. The next incident that occurred was the examination of Mr. Barnaby, the chief clerk of the Bow-street police-court. This gentleman read the depositions takes before Mr. Jardine, the magistrate, at the Westminster Hospital. The witness having finished reading the document, Mr. Sleigh asked Mr. Burnaby whether the precise question " Is that the man who struck you l" was not put to Cope in the pre sence of Marley. Mr. Burnaby said it was not. The injured max was, of course, prepared for encountering the presence of the prisoner, immediately on seeing whom Cope gave a convulsive shudder, and in answer to the question, whether he could identify any person present as the man who had injured him, he pointed to the prisoner and said, "That's the man." At the relation of this incident in the dreadful tragedy a thrill of horror ran through the court, but the prisoner at this particular moment was not in the slightest degree disturbed. In the course of the examination of Mr. Marshall, the surgeon of Westminster Hospital, the witness was enter ing into a detailed description of the injuries that Cope lad received on the head, when Baron Alderson, addressing Mr. Marshall, said—Now, never mind all that ; we want to know what was the causo of the death of Cope, Mr. Marsha.ll—The deposition of matter in the lunge, Baron Alderson—What was the cause of that ! Mr. Marshall—lnjuries of the head. The opinion of Mr. Marshall was confirmed by Mr, B. limit, ar.d Mr. Lawrence, senior surgeon of Br►rtho lomew's Hospital. The latter gentleman said ha bad never known a case of a person recovering who had received such extensive injuries as the deceased had after the operation of trepanning had been performed. This closed the case for the prosecution. The court the❑ adjourned for a few minutes. Mr. Sleigb, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, said that the inquiry in which they were that day engag ed was one of the m ist awful, and involved upon himself a responsibility of great magnitude. But in any decision which they would arrive at he felt sure they would be guided by strict impartiality. He felt it his duty to inform the jury that he was not instructed directly by the prisoner himself, but he had been instructed on the part of the Sheriffs not to attempt to frustrate or impede the ends of justice, but to see that the prisoner had a perfectly lair and impartial trial. To find the man at the bar guilty of the charge imputed to him they must be satisfied that the prisoner was the man who committed the offence in Mr. Berry's shop. They must be satisfied that his hand was the one which caused the death of the unfortunate man Cope. The first point to which he would direct their attention was, aye or ❑o, is the man standing at the bar the man seen in Mr. B erry's shop inflicting injuries upon the unfortunate deceased 4 He had taken advantage of the recess that had taken place to shortly review the whole of the facts adduced that day, and he thought that when they came to ♦iew them they would arrive at the conclusion that the present case was one of mistaken identity. The fact that the basket which bad been stolen from Mr. Berry's had out. Leen discovered was a strong point in favour of• the prisoner ; and he put it to them whether it was not poviible for the person who had committed the robbery to have thrown away the life preserver and still pre:evved the produce of the robbery. The whole of this part the case was involved irs doubt, and he felt sure that th a jury would carefully consider the evidence in regard to it. The medical evidence was not at ail conclusive as t o the cause of death, and it had been stated that there w ere certain evidences that there had been some internal, disease. Before they could convict the prisoner of murder the jury must be fully satisfied that ho comcnit`eed the crime with malice aforethought, and he did nott see the slightest circumstance in the evidence that had been placed before them which would enable them f,o arrive at such a conclusion. There was co such mo tive in this case. Where was the malice shown ? "There was no laying wait. There was no motive, fig• rudge, or menace, as regarded the deceased, existing 'ea the prisoner's mind, and no intention to kill could b; We existed. Baron Alderson—But, if he went for the purpose of robbing:, and, in carrying out that purpose, took away the ina,n's life, I am of opinion—in fact, there is no dotbt about it—it is clearly murder. 7 4 ,1 r. Sleigh said that was undoubtedly BO ; bat, still, he should contend for a favourable con , truction of the doubt to which the prisoner at the bar was most unques tionably entitled to. The learned counsel concluded his speech by a forcible appeal to the feelings of the jury, beseeching them that, if the slightest doubt existed in the minds of any of theca with regard to the guilt of the prisoner, they would acquit him of the heinous crime of which he was accused. Baron ALDEMON then charged the jury, and in doing so laid before them the state of the law with respect to such crimes as the one they were now engaged in inves tigating. He said if they were satisfied that the prisoner at the bar was the man who entered Mr. Berry's shop and struck the blows for the purpose of silencing the man, in order that he might more easily convey the plunder away—although he did not intend to commit murder—still, if those injuries resulted in death, there could be no doubt that the crime of which the prisoner was accused came within the act of murder. The learned judge then proceeded to comment on the evidence that had been given, and said it was evident that the most favourable moment bad been selected for the commission of the crime. All the valuable property was supposed to have been placed in a parcel to be conveyed away from the premises for security during the night. The evidence further went to show that there were more than the prisoner concerned in this heinous offence, and it seemed to him (the learned judge) that the three men 1 who were outside the door of Mr. Berry's shop, and who, in answer to certain inquiries, said the noise was occa sioned by a man and his wife quarrelling, were acting in concert with the prisoner at the bar. Then, again, as to the identity of the prisoner. The evidence of the young man who stated that he looked through the open ing between the doors of the shop, and saw the prisoner inflicting blows upon some one, and then afterwards light a cigar and leave the premises, and the fact that 1 the prisoner when taken into custody had a lighted cigar in his hand, was strong evidence that he was the person in the shop of Mr. Berry on the night of the robbery. In addition to this circumstance, the whole of the evidence seemed to leave no doubt about the identity of the prisoner; but this part of the case they would most seriously consider. Then, with respect to the place in which the life-preserver was found, it was quite possible for a person to throw it to the place where it was picked up from the spot where the prisoner was take❑ into custody ; and supposing it was not so thrown, it did not seem at all likely that a person wishing to conceal such a weapon would not have thrown it inside the square and not left it on the pavement. It was for tiler stated that when the prisoner was taken into cus tody four fingers on his right hand were covered with blood. This would, in all probability, be the hand by which the blows upon the unfortunate man were adminis tered, and the suggestion of the learned counsel for the defence that the blood bad got upon the prisoner's hand in consequence of his contact with the persons who had been rendering assistance to the unfortunate man Cope, of course they would give that suggestion all the value it deserved. The learned judge having went through the medical evidence, said they would well weigh all the cir curnstances, and if they came to the conclusion that the blows on the head occasioned the death of Cope, and that they were dealt by the prisoner, then they would find him guilty, but if they had the slightest doubt as to the prisoner at the bar ,being the man they would acquit him of the charge. I now commit you to the care of God Almighty, and may He conduct you to a right conclusion. At half-past three the jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of 25 minutes, returned a verdict of " Guilty." The Clerk of the Arraigns having asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why he should not receive sentence, Marley, in a quick, sharp tone said, "I have nothing to say." The usual proclamation of silence having been made, The Learned Judge put on the black cap, and said— Robert Marley, after a patient and impartial investiga tion, the jury have found you guilty of the crime of murder, committed under circumstances of considerable aggravation. In the commission of the crime it was evident from the circumstances that have occurred dur ng the trial that you and three other persons had ma ured plans for its commission, and that you were selected to perpetrate the offence which they were cowardly enough to witness. This is not the first time that you have been tried and convicted in this court. You have been sentenced to a term of transportation, but through the mercy of the Crown you received a ticket of leave, and this dreadful crime is your gratitude for being allowed to return to the metropolis. Such a circumstance naturally causes us to doubt the wisdom of tkat mercy which had been extended to you. There will still be time given you for repentance for your awful crime, although you allowed your victim none. I trust that as he was permitted to lire so long after the injuries were inflicted that his prayers to Almighty God for for g,ivenese of hie murderers were heard, and that your heart will be so softened before the final execution of the sentence that you yourself may be induced to seek that pardon of which you stand so much i❑ need. I implore you to occupy the short time that you will now have in this world, in supplicating for mercy before the throne of an all-wise, all-merciful God. The sentence of the Court is, that you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to a place of execution, and that you be there hanged by the neck until you be dead, and that your body be afterwards buried within the precincts of the gaol. The prisoner, who had listened calmly to the exhorta tion of the learned judge, here shortly bowed his head, and turning on his heel was about quitting the dock, but the officers in attendance motioned to him that the sentence was not complete, when he returned, and the learned judge finished his observation with a prayer that the Lord would have mercy upon his soul. The prisoner again bowed his head, and trippingly lett the dock. At the conclusion of the trial Mr. Bodkin informed the e'mrt that the witness Lerigo had, in consequence of having to attend the various examinations in connection with this case, lost his situation. Baron Alderson said he greatly regretted such a cir cumstance, but if the recommendation of the judges would he of any service in getting him another he should have it. The conduct of Lerigo was worthy of the highest approval, arid he tendered the thanks of the bench to him. Although he had lost his employment by his attendance at this case, he had no doubt but that another and a better would be procured for him. He wished that a book was kept in that court that a record of the names of such indi viduals as Lerigo, who had acted so nobly, might be inserted as a pattern and an example to others. If such a book, after these observations be ever kept, he should give directions that the name of Lerigo should be inserted, and that a copy of the book be sent to him, in order that he might show to his friends the estimation in which his conduct bad been held by the Court. He was empowered to reward persons for meri torious services, and he should have great pleasure in giving directions that Lerigo should receive the sum of 201. (Suppressed marks of applause.) The learned Judge then called Allen forward, and said he had acted well on the occasion ; but, as he had not lost his situation, be should direct that the sum of 101. be paid to him. THE SUN, LONIDON, SATURDAY EVE.NING, NOVEIMBER 29, 1856, REMARKABLE TRIAL FOR MORDER. - An extraordinary trial for murder, at the late Toronto Assizes, has excited a very strong feeling in Canadian so ciety. Mr. Thos. Henderson, an attorney, had seduced the wife of Mr. George Brogdin, of Port Hope, a member of the same prof ess i on, B rog di n an d Henderson were young men ; they had b een sc h oo lf e ll ows and pupils in the same office. Bro g di n , w h o i s no w 25 years of age, was married two or three years ago, and has one child. Hen derson was paying hi s addresses to Mrs. Brogdin's sister ostensibly, but in August last he persuaded Mrs. Brogdin to elope with him, and afterwards, in letters to his friends, boaste t that he ha made her his mistress He also told several persons that he always carried arms, and that Bregilin was a poor fool and coward, who did not under stand the use of them, and that if they chanced to meet it would ho the worse for Brog.lin. These remarks came to the hearing of Brogdin; indeed, the affair had got into the local newspapers, much to Henderson's glorification. Some weeks passed over before they met. Henderson had pistols about him whenever he went out, and often talked Of fighting with Brogdin. Arrangements were made by Brogdin, after his wife went away, to settle an income upon her, as he said he loved her too well to let her die in a ditch, which she would do if she continued with Henderson. When Henderson heard of this he said he did not care for anything Brogdin could do after that, because he was perfectly satisfied that such conduct towards h, r would preclude Brogdin fro.rt getting a verdict against hien in an action for ennt. co,t. On the very next day, Sept. 23, they met accident a lly on th e s teamboat wharf. Hende rson nodded insolently t o B rog din, . and said, George Brogdin immediately drew a pistol from his pocket, and shot Henderson dead. These were the facts proved in evidence, without contradiction, and the Chief " flow d'ye do, Justice told the jury that ho could not imaeino " a plainer admit that Henderson's conduct was any excuse for case of murder." "The law (said his lordship)' does not mur der." The jary, however declared that Brog din was not guilty of the murd e r. The' Toronto Globe comments upon the case in the following terms :—" This was the form of their verdict, but we all know that the ir moaning was— ' Guilty of the killing, but it was justifiable.' It would have heart better if the jury had returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. It is an alarming precedent to declare a man innocent of all crime who has taken the life of a fellow creature. But this is not the feeling of the community generally. There is a strong, healthful detestation in the public mind of the seducer. There is no redress against him as a criminal by law ; and when the injured relative of the victim takes the law into his own hands he has the sympathy of the community. The jury at the trial wore, no doubt, influenced by this reasoning." Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT NIANCHESTER. FRIDAY. For the Derby 500 to 15 was take❑ about Ack worth, 300 to 12 about Sidney, 12 to 1 was offered on the field, 100 to 7 would have been taken about Blink Bonny, 40 to 1 to a little money was taken about Blue Jacket, a stable companion of Tournament. The Chester Cup was also touched upon ; Might was backed to win up wards of 2,000/., at 100 to 1 ; we may also mention that role Star, Alice Wentworth, Melissa, St. Giles, Tas mania, Gemma di Vergy, and Sprig of Shilelagh have received considerable support for that event, and more than 66 to 1 could not be obtained about any of them. WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES. FRIDAY. Grand Military Welter Steeplechase, a Sweepstakes of 20 sove each, h ft, for horses bona fide the property of, and to be ridden by, officers on full pay of the army, 14st each. About three miles. 3 subs._ Mr. Craven's (Ist Life Guards) Pickpocket (Wilkins) 1 Mr. Paxton's (4th Light Dragoons) Doubtful (carried 14st 31b) Mr. Peach's (Royal Horse Gds.) Vulcan (Capt. Leslie) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Pickpocket, 2 t , , I ag , t Doubtful. Vulcan and Doubtful refused soon alter starting, and the winner cantered in alone. Grand Handicap Steeplechase of 20 sous each, 10 ft., and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 added ; the owner of the last horse to pay 5 goys to the owner of the second ; the winner of a 1,000 fiOVB handicap steeplechase, after the weights were declared, 7lbs extra. About four miles. 18 subs., five of whom de• Glared. Mr. J. Brown's The Minor, by Coronation, lOst 61b (Green) 1 Mr. T. Golby's Prenez Garde, lOst 71b... ..(Kendall) 2 Captain Morgan's Teluti, 10st 101 b... (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Cupbearer, Little Yeoman, Janus, Theodine, and Titterstone. Betting-7 to 2 agst Prenez Garde, 9to 2 agst The Minor-6 to 1 agst Cupbearer-8 to 1 agst Janus. The Minor took the lead after rounding the far turn the last time, made the rest of the running, and won in a canter by four lengths. Veluti finished about ten lengths behind Prenez Garde, Titterstone fell soon after starting, at the small water jump, and was severely in jured. Cupbearer, Janus, and Theodine fell at the fence leadmg out of the winning field the first time round, and Little Yeoman fell within a short distance of home. Match, 1001., list 71b each. Three Miles. ___ Capt. Duff's Ganyaede, 5 yrs... (Sir E. Hutchinson) 1 Mr. Hunt's Sir Charles Napier, aged (Owner) 2 Betting-3 to lon Ganymede. Won very easily. Scurry Stakes, a sweepstakes of 2 soya each, with 25 added ; 12st. each About three miles. 6 subs. • Mr. Craven's Spinster (W. Griffiths) 1 Mr. B. Land a Sussex (Mr. Hunt) 0 Betting.-6 to 4 on Sussex. After repeated refn , ali Sussex was turned back, and the winner trotted in alone. Selling Steeplechase of 2 soya each, with 20 added. Ab.,ut three miles. 7 subs. Mr. Day's Marmaduke, 5 yrs, (1001.), 128 t (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. B. Land's Pioneer, aged (501), 118 t (R. Land, jun) 2 The following also ran :—Merry-go-Round, Doubtful, and Paintbrush. Betting—Even on Marmaduke, 5 to 2 agst Pioneer. Marmaduke made all the running. Doubtful, Merry.go- Round, and Pioneer, fell at different periods in the race, and Paintbrush was pulled up beaten. The winner was sold by auction for 215 soya. The Household Cavalry Brigade Stakes did not pro duce a race. DERBY. 12 to 1 aget Blink Bonny (taken) HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUND 3. Her Majesty's Thee. Maidenhead-thicket Fri. Adam and ETC, Hayes Cheltenham, Ct. West's Wed. Cleve-hill l2 0 Fri. Com b e-hill Fox HOUNDS. Albrighton (Mr. 0 Stabb's) Mon. Hilton-ball Thur. The Stewponey Sat. Bell Inn, Tong Norton Atherstone Mon. Barton-in the-Bevis Wed. Warton-village Fri. Shilton-village ll 0 Sat. Flansby-hall Badsworth Tucs. Redhouse lO 20 Thur. Fenwick lO 30 Sat. Notton-♦illage Beaufort's, Duke of ...Mon. Trouble-house lO 15 Tues. Yato Rocks lO 15 Wed. Foss-lodge Fri. Quemcrford-gate Sat. Plough, Kingston St Michael's lO 15 Berkshire, Old (Mr. Morrell's) ... Mon. Stanford-place Tues. Newbridge Fri. Red Lion, Buscot Sat. Tinker's-corner Berkshire, South Mon. Prioes.court Tues. Hare and Hounds, Been ham lO 30 Thur. Padworth-house lO 30 Fri. Burnt-hill Blackmoor Vale Mon. Redlynch-gate Thur. Evercreech Bramham-moor Mon. Parlington Wed. Hambleton-village lO 30 Fri. Marston Sat. Wyke Burton Hunt, Lord Hy. Bentinck's Mon. Burton lO 45 Tues. Wickenby-station IN ed. Wellingore Thur. Fillingham-park ll 0 Fri. Stapleford-moor ll 0 Sat. Branston-wood Cambridgeshire Mon. Megee-wood Fri. Long Stanton . . 10 30 Cheshire Mon. Bucklow-bill Wed. Bolesworth-castle ... Thur. Tarporley Sat. Sandyway-head Cottesmore, Trollope's Mon. Witham-common ...... Tues. Ayston ll 0 Thur. Burley ll 0 Sat. Market Overton ll 0 Crawley and Horsham Mon. Balcombe Thur. Pease Pottage Sat. Buck-barn Deacon's, Mr Mon. Sydenham•house Thur. Litton-bridge lO 30 Essex, the, H. Greaves'sMiin. Olives if. 0 Thur. Bentley-mill Sat. Roxwell Essex, South Tueq. Ingrave Church ll 0 Sat. Kennel ll 0 Essex, East Tues. Baythorn-end ll 0 Sat. Notley-gate ll 0 Essex and Suffolk Tues Donyland-heath ll 0 Fri. Semer-bridge Essex Union Mon. Ashirgton Wants lO 30 Wed. Danbury Griffin lO 30 Sat. Southminster-street Eastbourne Mon. The Links . Thur.Pevensey-station Farquharson's, Mr. _Mon. Buckland.wood — Thur. Wyniard's-gap Fri. Short-wood — Fitzwilliam's, Earl Mon. Elton-tollbar lO 30 Wed. Buckworth lO 30 Fri. Castor-haglands lO 30 Garth's, Mr. Mon. Ascot-kennel ............ ... 10 39 Id- '.to . Wed. Slierfield-gate Fri. Farley-hill lialsdon Men. Huntsham - w ood lO 30 H am bl e don Mon. Barn-green lO 45 Wed. Place-house lO 45 Fri. Holywell-house H. H. Tues. Tichbourne - down Thur.lllisfield-church lO 45 Sat. South Warnborough lO 45 Herefordshire ............ Tues. Eastwood's-oak Fri. Worrabridge Heythrop Mon. Boulser's -bard Wed. Addlesthorpe-gate ..... Fri. New-barn Sat. Wilcot lO 30 Hurworth Tues. The Kennels Sat. Kirklevington lO 30 Hursley Mon. Crawley Kennels lO 45 Fri. Cranberry - cross - roads, Stanley Lowe Ingram's (Mr. Meynoll) Tues. Markeaton Thur. Rodbourne lO 45 Sat. Elvaston-castle .. lO 45 Isle of Wight Tues. West. Side Cbale Fri. Horringford-bridge Kent, East Mon. Sandling-park Thur Lydden • Sat. Cheriton-wood Ledbury, J.ThackwersMon. Highleadon-green Fri. Halesend, Cradley. Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell's) Tues. Craven Arms ll 0 Fri. Gatley lO 30 -- - Middleton's, Lord late Mr. Willoughby s) _Mon. Kill in g ton ...... ............ 10 30 - 'Tues. Wilberforce-mill ............ 10 30 Thur. Hunmanby. ..... , ......... 10 30 F r i. Gaily-gap ......... .. ...... 10 30 Morpeth ... Mon. Rothley-village ............ 10 45 Fri. Acklington .............n .... 10 45 Now Forest Tues. St. Austin, Lymingto ... 10 45 Thur.Sherfield Hatchet ......... 10 45 Sat. Bartley-green .... . .......... 1.0 45 Norfolk (Ld. Suffield's) Toes. Duker's-brid ge ........ .... Fri. Wensenham ............... Oakley Mon Ashwood .................. ... 10 45 Thur. Easton -wood ............... 10 45 tat. Kimbolton- cas tl e Oxfordshire (South), Mr. Phillips's Tues. Stanton, St. John Fri. The Three Pigeons — Pembrokeshire (Phillips's Mr. L.) Mon. Wallastou-cross Thur. Lawrenny• park Portsmouth (Earl 0f)...M0n. Manydown-park Wed. Craven Arms, Emborne ll 0 Fri. Freefolk-wood Sat. New luu, L'aughurst pytohley Mon. Gib -wood Wed. North Kilworth Fri. Dodlord-village Sat. Clip' ton-windmill ...... Quorn, Earl of Stam ford and Warrington's Mon. Drooksby-gate Tues. Kegworth-station Thur. Staunton Harold-park Fri. Wymeswold ll 0 Baby .. ................... Mon. Grove Wed. Selaby-park Fri, Toft-hill Raiford Mon. Langwith-lodge _ _ , _ Tues. Oxton Thur, Kueesal-green Sat Cavendish-lodge lO 45 Rutland, Duke of Mon. Three Queens . - Tues. Syston-p irk Wed. Piper-h01l Fri. Newton-tollbar Scarborough (Earl of) Mon. Osberton lO 30 Tues. Dinuington Thur.Brarnley .. • Fri. Gringley 1 P 10 30 i Seale's, Sir Henry ... ...Tues. Stokefleming Selby's, Mr. Fri. Rolston-bridge Mon. Ilderton Thur. Netherton thropsh ire, C. J. Morris Tues Lea-bridge Fri. Sund. rue... Sinnington Tues. Helmsley ... Fri. \Welton Smith's, Mr. Assheton Mon. Langstock-down Tues. Oare•hill ... Thur. Netheravon Fri. Clarendon-park Somerset, West Tues. Kingwood, Nettlecomb... 10 30 10 30 10 39 11 0 11 0 10 30 _ . Fri. Willet-hill Southampton (Lord) ...Mon. Forster's-booth Wed. Wing Fri. Whitfield Sat. Hornton• inn Southdown, (A. Dono van's) Mon. Street-green 0: ed. Polegate ... Fri. Dye Southwold (Mr.Cook's)Tues. Ruckland-house Fri. Grisby Sat. Caleeby Beck Staffordshire, North Tues,Seighford Fri. Three Crowns, Stoke Tues. Walsham-hall Thur. Bradley-fox Sat. Horringer-green Surrey Union Mon. Wrotton-house .......... Thur. Cranley-village Sat. Farleigh-heath ...... Sussex, East Tues. Knelle Fri. Ewhurst-green .......... Tailby's, Mr. Mon. Holt Thur. Kilby-bridge Thompson's, Mr. A.... Mon, Grendon-villago Tues. Bucknell Thur. Shelswell Sat. Chipping Warden . Tiverton Mon. Cove Tivyside Mon. Pentgynon Thur. Pentre ...Tues. Carew Arms Sat. Scobscomb Tynedale Mon. Corbridge-station Wed. Stamfordham Fri. The Kennels Suffolk,. Trelawney's, Mr. 1. V Zll United Pack (Mr. Lu ther's) , . .Tues. Little Brompton lO 0 Fri. Strefford's - bridge V. W. H.,Lord Gifford's Tues. Hatherop - castle lO 45 Thur. Minety-pound Sat. Down Ampney-house Warwickshire Hon. Ladbrook-village Tues. Portobello-turnpike ... Thur Red-hill 10 45 Fri. Church Tysoe lO 45 Warwickshire, North...Mou, Henley-in-Arden Wed. Princethorpe ... 10 45 Fri. The Kennels Wemyss's (Earl of) ...Mon. Preston-by-Dunse Thur. Belford Fri. Chillingham Sat. Belford Wheatland Tues. Buildwas-bridge Fri. Spoonhill Worcestershire Mon. Martloy Wed. Plymouth . Arms, Tarde bigg Fri. Brockeiidge-common Wyndham's, Colonel... Mon. Shillinglee-park Wed. Selhurst -park Fri. Tisman's-house W.'o, Mr. E. Sat. Ward-bridge, near Walk hampton ....... Wynn, Sir W. W. Mon. Grindley-brook lO 30 Wed. Halsten Thur. New-bridge Sat. Overton-bridge Yarborough's (Earl of) Mon. Blyboro'-hall Wed Riby.cross-roads ll 0 Fri. Nettleton-lodge HARRIERS. B. V. H Wed. Milborne Port Sat. Lydlineh-bridge,.. l2 0 Brighton Mon. Patcham lO 45 Wed. Race-course Sat. The Dyke Brookend, Thanet ...... Mon. Acol Wed.Herne-street Fri. Dumpton Brookside Mon. Newmarket-hill ll 5 Thur Telscombe Tyo High Peak Tues. Duke of York Thur. Winster-turnpipe-gate Sat. Mouldridge Grange Huntingdonshire Tues. Woolpack, Cambridge ' road, near St. Ive's... 11 0 Fri. Warboy's-wood Newcastle & Gateshead Mon. Birtley-gato lO 30 Fri. Ovingham Somerset ............. Mon. Burton Monument .. lO 45 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened, 1856. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1856. 1855. BAITIBIL. Aberdeen .......... Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County D0wn..........., Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. Bristol and Exeter • • ........... Caledonian.... •••• • • • Chester and Holyhead Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Cork and Bandon.. •• .............. Dublin and Belfast 3" unction .... Dublin and Dr0gheda............... Dublin and Kingstown •• • • • • •• •• •• •• Dundee and Arbroath •• • • •• .• •• .... Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen'Junction Dundalk ana Enniskillen• • .. • • •• • • .. East Anglian.... • • •• •• • East Lancashire • • •• ....... Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... Eastern Union•. • ..... • . • • Edinburgh and Glasgow ............. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... Exeter and Crediton.. ••.•.•.• ••.• •• Furness Railway •• .......• Glasgow, and South-Western.• • ....• Great Northern. • • . Great Southern and Western (Ireland Great Western •• • • Irish South Eastern • ••••• .......... Lancaster and Carnee • ...... .. . Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... ....... Leeds Northern .. • • ..•••• •!•....... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.•.. London and North Western..• London and Blackwall•• • • • • .. • • • .. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, And Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • • • •• Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • M:dland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Monklands • • • • • • • • • • • " • • •"• -•••••••—•. _ _ Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • • • •• • • North British •• • • • • ............ North Staffordshire North-Western ••••••••••• • • • • • • • •• S co ttish Central ••••••• • • • • • • • • • .. ••• • • • S c ottish Midland ••••••• • •- •• • • Shrews b u ry and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .• .... • „ Sou th Devon .• • .• • • • • •• • • • . •• • • •• • • Sou th Eastern.• • . • . .......... South Wales •• • • .•• • • • South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Ulster. •• • ••• .................. Waterford• P. nd • Limerick .. .......... .. West Cornwall ...... ..... ....... Whitehaven Junction .•• .........„. York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. FOZEION. Dutch Rhenish Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyes •• • .. Namur and Liege Northern of France .• .• •• •••• •• • • Orleans and Central .. Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. • • • • .• • . •• Paris and Strasburgh ..........., Rouen and Havre..,,,,,,,,. • ,,, Western of France .... 1,982 37,894 2,212 42,239 THE NEW MEDICAL BILL—The .Apothecaries Coir• pany of Dublin bas formally expressed its dissent from the new bill proposed by the medical corporations. This looks -like the first shot of another skirmish, destined, like those during the last few sessions of Parliament, to continue until it is too late to bring in a bill of any sort; when the disputants will blame one another for throwing obstacles in the way, and Parliament will ask in despair what oan be d one foz a body of men who do not yet know their own minds ? As the bill of last session, after all the patching it underwent, was finally acknowledged to fairly represent the wishes - o n the profession, there is no very satisfactory reason why all' the trouble expended on it should be lost, and this inventio t of the medical . corporations substituted. It is tru e that . the bill of last r session rather curtailed the liberal allowance of loaves and fishes hitherto divided amongst these but the profession will hardly consider this a valid Ph' jection. The real object of a Medical Bill should be the protection and advancement of the welfare of the gene ral body of praotitioners ; not the conservation of cor porations that only nominally represent, and only lan guidly protect, the interests of the great body of the profession.— Lancet - - - [ADVERTISEMENT.)—The possibility of abandoning medicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordinary cures, without medicine, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, con stipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by En Barry's delicious Health - restoring Revaleuta Arabic., Food. The following are not tie 3 least remark: able :—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts ; a cure of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies, Cure No. 48,314. —Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool ; a cure of ten years' dyspc,psia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 3,9 l 6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent R evaleuta Arebica Food. — JAMES PORTER.—AthoI - stree t, • Perth. Cure No. 41 . 617 . — " Win chester, to e i s u t f o o t i • ;:n D y ec ou t Dec. 3trth person le —Gentlemen, for eui en.l am happy t o b e a bl e whom your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of d ro p s y , d y s p e psia , and constipation of long standing h a ve been removed, and a f ee li ng • f restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned ease, 1". eau with confidence recommend it, and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever au opportu nity offers, &C., &c.—JAMES SHORLAND, late sur geon 96th Reg. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Uro ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey , Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle. stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions, In canisters, Ilb., 2s. 9d. ; 6d.; slbs., 11e. ; 121b5., 225. ; Super-refined, Ilb. , 6s. ; 21bs., 11 a. ; slbs,, 225. ; 101bs., 335, Th e 101b s. and 121bs, carriage free, ea receipt of post-eseqce order, Barry du Barry and Co-, 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechnrch-street ; 33) and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside • Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 66 , Charing-cross; 64, Upper Baker-Street; 63 and 1,50, Oxford-greet. Cou-st - ~ • .. _,» LIVERPOOL—Nov. 28. The corn market this morning was largely attended by milers and dealers from- a distance. Rather a large busi ness was transacted in foreign wheat, at fully Tuesday's prices, and in some cases, for American red, ld to 2d per bushel advance was realised. Prime barrel flour com manded extreme rates, but Irish sack flour neglected. In dian corn barely supported Tuesday's rates, and only in limited demand. Oats and barley ld per bushel lower, and oatmeal 6d per load: Egyptian beans 6d per quarter lower. 1.058 9,433 ,a 57 WAKEFIELD—Noy. 28. There was a steady consumptive demand for wheat at last Friday's prices, and with a rather firmer tone than in the earlier part of the week. Barley, unless very fins, was rather lower. Beans, oats, and shelling were rather dull of sale. EXETER—Nov. 28. CORN.—Wheat, 7s 6 to 8s 3d ; barley, 5s bd to 6e , grinding do., Oe Od to Os Od. O a t s , 2 s 6d t o 3 3 Od. Beans, Os Oto Oe Od. Peas, Ods Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, —s Od to 46s Od; seconds, —s Od to 44a Od per sack. _ CATTLE. —The supply was moderate. Best beef was sold at from 9s Gd to lOs 6 , l per score ; inferior, 8s 6d per score ; fat calves, 61d to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calvee, 121. to 18/. ts ; butchers' calves, 6d to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to -- s each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 0/. Os per couple; ewes, bid to 6d; wethers, 6d 6 . (1; lambs, —to Od per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —a ; second size, —s to —s ; slips, —s to —5 ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 41d per bl. Pork carcases from Os Od to lOs Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 28. The market has again assumed a very firm appearance, and has quite recovered the decline noticed in our last. In the absence of supplies we have few transactions to report. The Refined market dull, but prices are firmly supported. Rum is much wanted, but the stocks are ex hausted. ET.—Nov. 28. the close of the market. Wallsond, &a COAL MARK. Prices of Coal per ton at e. d. Byass's Hartley l6 II Davison's West Hartley 16 0 tiett „ Hastings' Hartley ......16 0 Howard's West Hartley Kepier Grainge Lambton Netherton 16 0 Russell's Hetton Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 South Hetton Walker Primrose .........15 0 - itewart's Holywell ...................17 0 HartlepoolWylain Kelloo Tees ~19 3 ~18 9 18 9 18 6 19 0 19 3 18 9 I 8 0 18 6 19 3 Whitworth l7 0 South KaHoe 18 9 Hartlepool Hetton 18 6 Elarton Haswell 19 3 l 'eaham lB' '6 lEledley Montague 17 9 5 I Sold Wsllsond, &c. Eden Gosforth l7 3 Killingworth East 15 6 Northumberland l6 0 Riddell l7 3 Bell's Primrose l4 9 Eden Main lB t Framwellgato lB 0 Ships at market... 71 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YEsTERDAT• .m5terdam............ 11 4% Gibraltar •• • • Ditto, three months 11 17% Leghorn .. •• •• . • 29 80 Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa Antwerp •••••••••• •• •• 25 32% Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Brussels ••••.••• •• • • •• 25 32% Venice •• •••••••• •• • • • Hamburgh ............ 13 7% Naples .. .. 43% Aitona ................ Palermo .........•...• 130 Paris .• ••• • • • •••••• 25 25 Messina . 130 g Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Lisbon .. .... 51% Marseilles .• • •••••• •• 25 67% Oporto •• •• •••••••• •• •• 51% Bourdeaux • . • - Rio Janeir0..... ....... Frankfort-on-Maine • • .. 119% Berlin •• •• •• •• •• • • •• Vienna • • •• •• • • • • • • • • •• 10 42 trieste— •• •• •• •• •• 10 43 Petersburg • . . • •• •• •• •• 37% .........., 48% Cadiz • • • • • • • • • • • •• •... 48% Barcelona •• • • • • •• Seville.. • • •• •• •• • . Buenos Ayres.. • ..... .. Now York,6o days' sight Philadelphia .... ...... "' PRICES OF BULLION, ?TR OR. Foreign Gold In Bars 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 New Dollars ......0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 2A LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to•day Ad improved, owing to the more easy state of the mono/ market, and closed firmly. London and North Weater ° ' 1051 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 3 5 4 fr Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97, 1 , i—South Eastern, —East Lancashire, 214 4—Caledonian, 294—Midland, 8 " North Eastern, Berwick, 214—Eastern Counties, 91 Chester and Holyhead, 19i. MANCHESTER, 1 1 / 4 7•Y. 28. .STOOK EXOHANGE.—The market was firm to-daY, bub not much business doing. London and North Western, 1054—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolne, 974—East Lancashire, 214—South Eastern and Do e ' 224—Midlands, 834. SAABORNE MAILS. in signifies that the mail* are sent awn the General Foos-. la. , •,y the night—and hi by the morning-4espatch.) I Daywhen maw_ . p irroa. ‘;'. duo la (101).NTNL1sw. in Genera,. Poet- r or. Enfflan___4' Oface, London.* DispAtcf• - • ' ....---r- - --- ---- ----..--.•' Weekly — F+.' very Frida!, ... Liverpoo ••• , • 0 ii tm me eri ri c e p a . ( ( b b y y lr i i n t i . t p e a d cb. s , , N ,8. Weekly ...... _.N Every Tuesday .. floutheaa •, • America (by U. Stata packet) .N . ..... ~.. . LuverP oo ' -." ......... Australia (via Liver. Ditto (via Marseilles) N . pool) Live,' 4th and 13th .... . Liverpool Ditto (via Cape of '3ood 12th Uneertall ' Rope) ......•• .... •• 11 •• •• ___. a „ lith os me Africa (West Coast ) ..N 13,1 of the: mon _ L'g y "' er . .....,sd I. 19t1I .a. caandria........ .. /4 10th & 26th 9' '', :,.. southamr '4 &21 Alexandria...—. •• „111 4n; % 1 / 4 . At Dover •• •• • • Owl leiffinln •..•• •• • N DailY '..,;,; ra..o.tiih•• Southanir to km. •.: 3ra3ii ** • • •• •• •. • .y 1 9th of. s . . Eloutham4to. 16th .. ath th. Seathilfrif,t ' 1 16th '• I.lnCertai l *II of the month_ 01 , .., T 407 ~, I.3 , nce ~, , .0u ,,,,, an... , 0r 16th of In C ( ll: ; 3 l; ht e lamm of a tt gY o r. o .e d .: ll l o l p; 17 lith- t n b'': . l : l l: •.. iVarinun Ports Cape of Good liope ..., Caen do Verde .. • . • •• 10th and 26th....1 lb ac 29th Ceylon (see India) 4t , an d 20th .... 4th & 21g , ChannelCei Cey10n........ . Isles... ... •• ...... 7 , , :-:: s, 2,1„t„,77*v0ic.,,10.t,r0, nth soßOudtthfivaim7l; . o . o n 1 . tr d b i t. 6 41 • ohil i . - .•••• • • •.'' -'. 40 and 10th .... 4 and :4 9 China .•.- • • ******* ./.• iOth and 26th.... Dove. . .. 2 an d i 9 Constantinople . .• ~ . 4th & 20t0 of m.n. lBo,l lhArn , . 7 and 34 c CenstantincPle • • •. Trnco daily Dover ... TificcuP' - •• daily . - . Dover T wicad6 l26 France . • •..... M N . 24, Ind & 17th of men Bouthampt Daily Twic, I (1 id lit an , ;1 ° : e i : b e n lr ye tP a; o t i e l f t :a r( B irs r n eE eh e o u .. i . 1.. n . 1. d . P . d ... 1 : 11 ... a .. ) . 14 ). ..... :1 . .... MN ; 4,7, 17 , 20 , 27 .fi n . !f3 oath, im , , i i ; 6. 7 ' Lo i nd t o ia n n;p . • •• 1 1 0 117 1 00 savannah .... ~.... 51 2nd of the mo , th soa &Band ..5.........111 Daily Dover .. ? .mP .. - , IlY t h Honduras .......... Si 17to of the mon t h. B ou th a t., 4 and :, '-- 21 In India (viaSonthampt.)M 4th . 20th of mud. 1 &or 0 India (via Marsoilles)M 10th&26thof mothlDover ....... -6 lonian Isles (see India) .... Ireland ........1M & N Twice daily H D o o l v 3 e lt r ea . d .. ..... l6. •• • • Lisben•• •• •• •• .• •• •• M 2d n' , o. • Southampton band 111 Madeira .......... .51 9th of ilv , ll '1... Madeira ........ - N 234 of month .. ...Liverpool ... Malta (see India) . Malta ............ ,4, 10, 20, and 26 ( Dover ....• A — 16 .. Mauritius (see ladle 40 1161 Mauritius ........ , 20th of the inon4i 1 I N Li e p il l e e ° 8 . . . nads New Gra lit , :: :.. ... ~ 12 D d al it ly iit . h . 07 m .. 0 . a . it . , 130 Do u v t e h r ara ..;. to .; , tot au Id 2nd of the mont,-.. i fionthampt , o , a l6 New Zea1and.......... 4th and 19th mnth various port' , weld/ Papal litates ~ .. N Daily .... .• ••• • • • !Dover ...... ' • $ Peninsula .... .. •Si Mont:lamp:or . . & jilt Peru ......., ...... ..,/ ... ?, 17th of mon. g o nthampton ." Port Natal .. —. . .N sth of month .. • • Various Port' week)/ Elicit , •••• •• .... .N livery Saturday.. 'Dover ....... Tuscany ......,.....N D.11y..........••11)0ver ...• •• , k 161 P Venezuela ............M 2d & 17th ofraonth'goutha•upton I Van Diomen's loud (se. ' on:td 7 Australia) ...... 4th and 18th of m., ni- 16 -..-. • • ~ ~, ISonthamc'''' 1 __ 1 . _....--••• - " -..and West Indies . be ". Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails 111 spatchod on the following day, with the exception of the ' — hed t e " ~outhampton), and the Malta, both of whi c h w ill be dose preceding day The result of the poll for the e lection of a dir ecter n of the Eastern Counties Railway will not be 9.ol l °_ u f ribe until Monday next, to which d a y the meeting' shareholders has been further adjourned. r , • tIJ III [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills a f o lk , si r s Remedy.—Mr. Turner, chemist of Banham , 11°— o f has much pleasure in informing Professor HollnicO a . of wondrous cure effected by his medicines in the ,c ll OO James Turner, labourer, Kenning Hall-heath, r ati on of grievously a ffl icted for many years with a comPlicati disorder=, combining disease of the chest, drOenuite symptoms, and chronic rheumatism, rendering hi m o ver unable to gain his livelihood. Having been giv e° , jilt', by the entire faculty, he had recourse to Hollow a y ' ' n to and now gratefully testifies his miraculous re storat ie v — eo all medicine perfect health and strength."—Sold by 11 olio I.7citleti. Y , al dors throughout the world, at Professor establishments, 244, Str an d, L on d on , and 80, 3f lane, New York ; by A. St am p s , Constantin °}iale7i Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. M u i r , Malta. BIRTHS. A SOIL „ On the 28th at OP 49, York-terrace , Regerib'''' naritf the wife of Dou g h,' Hadow, Esq On the 27th i ns t., at Lynton Vill a , AbberN ad ` John's-wood, the wife tif Mr. Francis Barnard. OF A DAYGuiltat. Wife °f On the 28th inst-, at 40, Notti,nham-place, the the Rev. J. R. Baldwin. On the 27th inst., at 1, Cheapside, Aire. J. T . ..--/lortlins. MARRIED. 0 # Afarl ie ' On the 27th inst., at the Rectory Church, .'"• opvra bone, George Macartney Leese, Esq., Glocester;tro Portmairsquare, to Catherine, widow of Ramsay, Esq., Kent-terrace, Regent's-park. gr. On the 27th inst. at the parish church of Cliftrioi!•o.o% Henry Cutler, of B e dford - place, Russell-square. ci i ito of William-street, London-brid,ge, to Ann, only dol i g the late Mr. T. Butcher, of Rath. D I E D. beloved On the 26th inst., at Putney, Mrs. Parry, the mother of John Pally, Esq., Southses, aged 85- , • ow On the 2Stli inst., :Et Bolton, West BromPt",v",/3., rine, relict of the late Lieut.-Colonel Dales, LL , '''' aged 95. On the 26th inst., at 2 , Mount-street, Grosvenorso9'r°: Frederick Church, 23 years of her Majesty's Custotu° 133 aged 54 1 . e 26th inst., at 5, Dovonshire-sqnare, °l t l' On the ' of ' Graham, Esq., late of hackney , aged 35 On the 25th inst., at Icklingharu Rectory, count/ Suffolk, the Rev. Daniel Gwilt, aged 78. On the 25th inst., at Edinburgh, the Rev. W a lter if.._ir lie, late of Libberton, and formerly of Whitehaven, Cu' berl6.ud. _.--. _-------- G I LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOllO . v Icet 0 4 ., 0. of No. 112, Strand, Pri nter, at The Sun Odi... 112, Strand, in the Precin ct of the Savoy, in the cos of Middlepea, Satur,tay, November 29, 1850. , 11 0 10 30 10 30 11 0 11 0 116 37% 26% 117 194% 94% 6% 20 67 \ 93 417 183% 283 203% 388 25x 96 4861,i 16} 637 5% 183% 267 1733 f 211 498 N 126 52 78% 149 233 67% 289 171% ii% 12 682 87% 32 29(i 22,641 921 6,728 `23,861 5,977 25,501 5,836 21,343 57,032 1,255 12,783 13,053 727 1,100 2,173 5,509 13,003 5,612 11,649 243 256 1,115 1,394 518 1,013 401 1,020 5,922 931 5,302 21,706 5,206 5,205 5,678 6,152 847 6,148 25,774 6,557 23,34'; 5 642 19,916 58,381 1,094 11,300 12,389 809 9,526 725 9,819 G7f 1,109 28,760 3,256 4,873 6,720 868 1,789 2,867 1,41 2,722 837 2,341 16,145 5,481 966 2,181 17,014 6,684 4,747 1,508 1,095 680 393 1,7G9 157 261 1,109 1,537 546 1,143 5,023 6,625 911 3,726 1,370 1,289 f,62 361 I