The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

710 NE Y MARKET! BHARE CONG4T.IRCIAL INTELLIGFNOL, A ND JITY, Two •s' ll l,,s- The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed quietly, and prices of all descriptions were 0 5 unchanged. Th e sa l es amounted to 5,000 bales. ti V The Rail wa y Sh are M ar k et ruled quiet, prices s s were fully maintained, and a moderate amount of business was t ransac t e d . Th 27; e commercial ad v i ces from New 'f ork mention ; 5 J that th e r e was lat h er less demand for money at the 26 latest date, but the rates were fully supported. it. First-class bills w ere di scounted at 10 to 12 per St. oent., and inferior descriptions at 12 to 15 per S s t. o cent. Th e b anks were still contracting their dis counts, and th e l ast weekly returns showed a di- - SO minution in this respect of 638,454 dollars. The lg Specie movement is described as being more 50 favourable, the shipments having been compara tively limited. In the week ending the Bth inst. l o the exports of gold and silver amounted to St. 631,287 dollars. During the same week the ex- ) 1 5 t ' ports o f merchandise exceeded the imports to the 25 value of 955,223 dollars. The stock market has been exc it e d and very buoyant, but the day before 1 4t o io these a d v i ces l eft prices rather tended downwards. a• There i s muc h l ess i nqu i ry for money in Loin- 1 3. u t bard -str ee t as we ll as at the Bank of England, and in consequence of the favourable symptoms which s s t t . • are apparent th e pro b a bili ty of an early decline in o the minimum term of discount is now exciting .4 4 . t.. s ome attentio n . E ven b e f ore t h e l ast B ank return t t. Was publish e d a f ee li ng o f i ncrease d conf i dence was, it. engendered through the diminished pressure for lt: a ccommodation, an d th e f avoura bl e c h aracter of t the m onetaryadvicesfrom Paris. When this balance s ' , was pre sente d , however, it was at once supposed / that th e turning point in the crisis had been at- t , Wiled, and in the expectation that a further ameli oration would soon take place, the inquiry for discount accommodation is comparatively limited. A parcel of 60,0001. in gold, by the James Baines, was taken into the Bank of England oil Saturday, and there seems a reasonable prospect of a further amount being retained in this country. The shipments of specie last week amounted to 601,5001., and the imports to 1,516,700/. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6k 7 ; Mexi can, 221 i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i 2 ; ditto Deferred, 231 4; ditto Certificates, 5 5i ; ditto Passive, 6 6i. About 300,0001. of Australian gold, by the James Baines, will be deposited in the Bank L of England to-day. There is again a buoyant market for Publio Se curities, a further advance of to per cent. having taken place in the quotations. The im proved appearance of the money market encourages speculation for a rise, and the public are invest ing to a fair extent. The fact also that some of the gold recently received from Australia has been sent into the Bank of England has imparted a firmer tone to the market. Consols opened at 941 for the 6th proximo, and have since been 944 The January quotations have been 95 to 95k, and 0 4i- 95. For money they have been 94k and 94 tO i• The New Three per Cents, are 931 ; the Reduced 921 934. Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 4s. Ban prem. , b e i ng b etter ; and the Bonds 98i k Stook is 217. 1 Foreign Securities have also been at enhanced rates, Turkish 6 per Cents, have been as high as 94i bid have since receded to 931 94. The 4 p er been 41 Cents. are 100 i 1011. Spanish Threes have 'I-4 42.1. Portuguese 3 per C en t s. 45i , Dutch 2i per Cents. 641, and Buena-. Ayres, 86. :),! A moderat e amount of business has been done in "` the Railway Sh are Market this morning, and an st improvement in the value of some of the leading 8 2 t : lines may be q uo t e d to the extent of abort 1- per 0 cent. Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and , 2 n () Yorkshire, North•Wostern, South-Western, and 2') . ' Midland were about ss. higher ; Brighton and 10 South -Eastern were at previous quotations. The 6 Canadian lines ruled firm, and Northern 5 of France advanced 1. Joint-stock Bank g shares have exhibited but little alteration, with the exception of Bank of Egypt and Ottoman Bank, to whichiii h ave slightly improved. Miscellaneous _____ ( 1 h ave also s h own a slight improvement. '' Canada Government 6 per Cents. advanced 55., and Lo n d on General Omnibus Company about ss. 20 23 it st. 4t. 20 20 111ZITIII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (From the Officuzi Lie.) , e . ” . n.111k aone. sank S tock 3 per Cent. Reduced A nnuities 217 93i 2i 15i 3 P e r Cent. C onsols Annaitioq I)4i i 4 . 93iiiii 3 Der Cent. Annuities India Stock ............. 227 In:ii‘ uoriß..iiiii . 4 7 1 . ... .. .. .. .............. ................... Consoate, under PlOOO ........................... par 4 p ls for A ccount ............................. 91i I 4 Ez .negner Bills, 2id. .ClOOO ........... ...., ...... ............... 4 2 p smell .......... .. ..................... p DittDitto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cont. .......... 984 4 1 o, 1859 ............ .. ..................... 984 PRICES OF FOREIGN- F Brazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent... ...UNDS THI S DAY. .... Ditto New, 1852 , 4 ......... 99t 4 per ent. . ......... 80., N ew , 1829 and 1839, C 97 5 per C en B uenos A yres Bo n d s, 6 per Cent.... t.. 991......... --. Ditto Account .................. ...••.. ........ P ortugues e Bonds, 5 per Cent., C on. 1811 8i„ Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent..... b itto Account .... ......................... 45i .... tardinian bonds, 5 p er Cent. . ......... 41 i 5 .... bi tto Account ..... 92 Dit to Account 813,r, h rio , i(is, 3 per Cent ... ............ ... 414 A , ..... 42 . } T a - ki,,it , ends, 6 p er cent .• ................ Ditto cct 94i 4 3i r 4 Ditto Guaorunanteed, 4 pe r Cent. Ditto Account . ........................... en ~, 2 t , fih)vt , , avar , , In Loll , on. btitcl i Exchan g e, :1 . per C0n . :,., 12 Guilders 64i THREE O'CLOCK. ........ ....... 94k i .. ................. 91i i Ditto recentnebir ** _ _ _ , --,......... Maths,OS DEPOT BATTALION AT AIERDREN.—COIoneI with two engineer smears, visited Aberdeen on Thuraday, with a view to ascertain if sufficient accom- Modation could be found there for the erection of a bar l'ecks with rifle practice ground, far a battalion of 2,000 troops. The provost and magistratea accom tarried Colonel Mudie, pointing out a spot on the south aide of the river at the base of the ea,tern brink of the Grampian chain, where it abuts into the German Ocean, 4141 which was considered to be very favourably situate for military practice. A military depot at this point, 'would, it ie believed, be of great ,%dvantage both to the service and as a mewls of defence ou this part of the twit coast of Scotland. STRANGE DEATN.—An investigation having been in• atituted into the sudden and mysterious death of a young woman when in company with an elderly man at a re taurant on the Boulevard de Sebastopol, the following explanation of the affair has been arrived at :—he Cabinet in which the two pe were placed to take their dinner being rather cold aimsmal portable calorifere was brought in, containing burning embers and charcoal. As long as the door was frequently opened to allow the Waiters to enter with the dinner the quality of the air was not sensibly deteriorated, but when afterwards the door remained shut the carbonic gas disseminated itself and produced th© effects already narrated. The man has since so fir improved as to leave no doubt of his ultimate recovery. The body of the woman has been given up to her friends. ATROCIOUS MURDER. —On Satnroay night, of Sunday Morning last, while Thos. and John Maxwell, miners, Iv ere on their Way home to Durham Town, a newly-erected villagenearßathgate,Linlithgowshire they wereattacked bY two men named Peter M`Lean and Wm. ansfield, ~,al4° Miners, assisted by M`Lean'a wife and dauglatcr. 41108. Maxwell, who was found dead on the road, Was stabbed to the heart several times with a knife, and his body otherwise fearfully cut and mutilated, there being " 43 4 than seven wounds inflicted upon him. The other brother was also stabbed and severely wounded. The mur 4er. 14 the more alartning from the cool and premeditated „ smaer in which it wae committed. It is reported that 4'Leati purchased a knife for the Purpose of committing cMurder upon one of the brothers Maxwell. 'Tie same criminal is also said to have stated that he has not not !atisfaction, because he had not murdered the brother he riminal is It seems that there had been sorne dispute beF oveen the parties who lived in adjacent houses, on the ,',ujct of religion—the- brothers being Bowen Catho pri)clua aed the other parties Orangemen. Cu the ibforrnft leL,rnl of the young man who survived the pqliee facers e eded to apprehend the mnrderers. It is said that offierra folind the men in the very act of washing the -) Nod from their hands. With tbe aid of their neigh. t;1,0all 000 of whom was knocked down by the woman, all of the m were apprehended and lodged in Linlithgow I 1- The Maxwells and the other party in custody are So Irish. They had all bs!en indulging freely in dtink. Snow STOnat.—The put week hag been stormy and Cold, A good deal of snow has fallen. A corolnunica. tion from the tru e of Glenlivat, dated Wednesday, says ::!:5.."-`` The graund ie covered with , snow .to tla.e depth of ' six or e,ight inches!, and in 'heaters i places it la much per. At Temintoul on Tuesday, the snow was up aria of 12 inches in deith ; sleet fell on Wednesday and i Q 4 14/48481- a good f A il of inow,—Bca krgurtud. I raid TI.ALILWAYS 9z Ambg, Noc,tog. Bo:t and Eastn. Janet . all Lieleast & liallymen, al: ilirming. Wolverta. .' Stour Va11ey,...,, all 'irkeah'l. Lostrmi:.., O Chesl'ir 4 Junet r"...11 r)0. Chesh. t Bil 4 k. all ).f.,, do. . ... all Blackburn all .-;; r4 !. 04 ryae or igli. £25 (issd. at .£4: - ,100 Bristol and Exeter.. 1.00 Caledonian. 100 'Mester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon al' Cork, Black, & Pao, all ),)rnwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 4r entiblithtßolfastJun, all (bin. P. di Ab2 , r. Jne 1100 East Augllan ...... „.. all i Eastern Co anties.. 100 k;ast. 'Tnion, A 8t; 10 as., B. Stock 8i Do., New A......, 17.; East Kent .......... . 100 gilast TAneashire ..... a'l East Suffolk 4 Do. [OO Edinboro dt (41asgo all Edinb. and Peebles MO Edin.Prtt 4Dund , all I Forth & Clyde J on 00 !Furness 00 Glasgow dt S. Westrn all Great N. of Scotio, 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock ..... : 1 00 Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West. art 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val, Ra Gila. Stk. ......... all Irish South-Easter. all LLneaster & Carlir 141 Do., Thirds ..... .. 12 Do. New Thirds 1.00 Lancash.andYorko'r i no., Wst. Riding Ur all Do. Southrorz. .... all London & Blackwa 100 Lond.Bright & S.Ci,,, 100 Load. and N. West , 16 Do. Fifth s 5, i;Do. 1 01.1311.,111&11...( 2 'Do. Eighths......,, 10C London and% Wo s tu. all ~LiduttrryetColerail. all ":mindrry.& Ennist. U/' , i anch.Shef.& Linch 4 etropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement... _ b..); , fillau: .. :GO •,, .11irrang.& Der 41 fidld. G. West. (I all i ho. [all Snares._ . t.l •Teireastle & Carlisb , all Niwpt.Aberg. & lirr, Fi Newry & Enniskillt. all , rewry, Warrenpoitn and Rostrevor... )0 lorfolk 3; ,vorthn.Coanties re: .OC. , North ' British... . 00 l ~,o Devon Rail, Dock Stock... 100 : :0., A Stock ..... . 100 ;,'• , B Stock .... .00 N.Kastern—l3orwi I 233 'o. do. Extension 16i )o.do. G.N. E. I'orel. al Do. Leeds .00 v)o. York • [OO .North London ...... i is 4.&S.Wstrn.,llall st3ad, and City J:., 17? North Statfordshir sll'forth Western „. all !'r.&S.Westrn.Jor,; -, x., Wore., & Woi 7 14 .rtsmonth .......... 9 Rhymney . .._.,,.. 1, :',,otti.l-, Control,. 10) Scot. N E.Abrdn St ..00 Do. Soot. Mid. St in(.o 4 ...!,,JiirA TT.. ' 2 Sitingbourne&Sheor. a . .-.i')utu D.Jvou .... South Eastern, 00 , oath Wales ... . 1 ~ Yrk.sh. & Riv In do ................... All 4 :sines, W o k . &W, . Stockton & Darling 12" /,‘,., do., 1 854 ..... 3 Do., do., 1855, l• • ito2kten dt Hartle') 1 1 gaff V a l e .... ........ L , ho. Pref., No. L.:. '2 Names Hay. D. It, all Vale of Neath Al Pi r aterfd. & Kilkenr, All WaterforidtLimer: e • all West Cornwall.,.,, all West End of Lonclo, and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B ...... al West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wimbledn Arrr.., 9 ,41-utt, g. 5 p, e , all Do. los. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do 17? 4.1 'fitneran. 20 25. Eastern Bengal z 0 all at Indian A and B g• 5 P• ....... 20 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c lO All Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. DO all D 0.43 p.c.Bnde.,'s7 ali do. do., '59, dr, , a() al Geelong S Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. . 25 all 'id. Trunk of Canada DO AD no. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till's. DO ! )o. Comp. 6 p. c., do MI all it In. Pen. g. sp. c 10 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 0 4 xi' it. WepternofCanadr /0 R Do. New., ')0. Bds., payable 'E' at Do. do., '76, p. '6O . t)o. do., '73 do. al Do. do., '73, withou option.. all Amino, guar. 4 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i n. c. Exton 5 Do. 3(lEx., g. sp. c 5 iciude, guar. sp. c qll D 0... .................. St. Andrew's rn. t.h.ebec Ai FOR ntwerp4ltott, rthre 14) Ardennes ............ all tuleian Eastn. June `6 leziers to Graissefm e 101 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. a Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 )utcb Rhenish,,,,,.. all astern of France 19 Do, New 2s. Euphrates Valley ... 10s. Eur...ln.Jn.Tel.Rail. 8 .jt. Central of Fran e 16 qreat Lnxembonrg... 4 Italian Junction all Lahr ConBt & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. 15 p. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons es Mediterran all Maria Antonia ..... all Do. do. New a li v'imnr its Liege all Do. do.; - 6 - p; e. Prof a ll Northern of France au) NorwogianTrunkPre all Paris and Lyons a ll Paris and Orleans. 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7/ 1 Rome and Frascati ali -‘oyal Danish ...... all all -4‘mbre end Meuse_ Royal Swedish ... a ll Do. 61 p. cent. Prof. all iouthern of France 'Vest Flanders all Do. 6A nor 0. Pref . I .v . t,,N, W. of Franc 6 Western of Austria Ni , Wee,. of Switzerland al] Wiesbaden .... all Z all Do. 8 per cent. Pref. 6, 10 28 JOINT-B'N 11 1 all Austrbia.e.,„ ~„. 18 Rank of Egypt ; - ii, Bank o f L on d on ‘ll , 4.1. Col. Bk.&Ln. C 41. :iritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Buk. of 1nd1.4,, Anstrada, &Latina 50 City B: Oolonial 2(.. Commercial of Lon.d ~.i, Rlng.Scot.&Ans.Cht all Lond. Mart. Rk. of Australia ..... all Ditto N0w....... . ZU O London ftsd foenty hod.&E.P.nkg.Corp IC London. Jo' at Stock 20 Load. & Wootminstel .3!. 'National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. Now ........... ~., 22' National Bank all INew South Wales__ all I ( briental 1 k. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank Provinci&l of Ireland tl. 1,0. New ......Go 1 g Ana B & Im . 0 , c.: , •11nth tuatralia ..., all Unica of A.natr.ila,. 2 Do. New ............... in U:,'n.: ~f roprOma 50 Unity Mutual 64 Pre. 6 l4rl2Bk cf ,L•cv3l .. 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(This Day). Business done SO this day -- St. Lena2L•;; Comran” London & N. West. L. &N.W dr.E.O lat.Nrtitn. E. Count. Caldonian. IGt. Wenn Tx. Now. & Borw. Y. &NW Do Do S. Eastern 'Pot° & Co Do I Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midld. Stekton Ps Darlinzt., Midland..l En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... L. &N.W, Do !at Northn Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey lif. hiClean Stock t. Stf Dar tingt Do igtW-stn I THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK, IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. LEE v. AITCRESON. This morning Vice -Chancellor Kindersley gave judgment in this important case, which was in effect to decide the question in whom the right to distribute the funds was vested amongst the creditors and depositors. In his opening observations, his Honour alluded to the circumstances that had led to the present proceedings, and also to the different motions that had been made in the cause. The present proceedings involved a new lega: point, and on a late occasion he had noticed the fact, but it was not the wish of either party that it should be settled by an action at law, and he, therefore, had undertaken to settle the point as far as it was possible for him to do so. His Honour then at great length alluded to the intention and effect of the Winding-up Act with respect to proceedings like the present, and said the first question he was called upon to decide was, in whom wise vested the legal title to the effects and estates of the Royal British Bank ? and in viewing the whole of the circum stancee connected with this case, he could come to no other conclusion than that the legal right was vested in the official assignee under the bankruptcy. The second question he had to decide was, whether there was any grounds upon which this Court was called upon to in terfere with the legal right of the official assignee in the ' distribution of the funds. He did not see that there was any equitable right for such interference with respect to the property of the bank. Such, therefore, would be the decision of the Court. This being his judgment the next thing that had to be considered was the books and papers at present in the hands of the official manager. Now having decided that the proceedings are to be gone on with in bankruptcy, he thought the whole of tht books, p a p ers, & c., at present in the hands of Mr. Harding ou g ht t o b e given up, and he should make an order to that e ff ec t , b ecause if he did not do so, be did not see that any proceeding that might be instituted for their recovery could be successfully resisted, and, having arrived at the decision he had done, and which he had already mentioned, he thought he was bound to render every assistance in his power to effect a speedy settlement of the affairs of the bank. In making this order ho should direct the expenses incurred by the official manager, Mr. Harding, to be ascertained, and deducted from the funds already in hand. The injunction that had been obtained by the learned counsel for the keeping the proceedings of the bank in slate quo until the decision of the Court was given with respect to the authority of the official assignee and the official manager was decided, and would therefore now be dissolved. Then there remained the question whether any contempt had been committed by Mr. Lee and Mr. Johnstone. There could be no doubt that whenever a receiver had been appointed by this Court, and that receiver was interfered with by cer tain persons, those persons would be guilty of contempt, and this Court would always punish that contempt and vindicate its authority. Mr. Lee and Mr. John stone had disturbed Mr. Harding in his possession, after ho had been appointed by this Court, and therefore they had committed a contempt. The proper course for those persons to have pursued would have been to have applied to this court to ascot' tain whether their authority was sufficient, and had it been so, they would have been justified in acting as they had done. But they had acted otherwise, and there could be no doubt but that both Mr. Lee and Mr. Johnson had been guilty of contempt, but he thought that contempt was committed more through not being suffi cieetly informed than any other circumstance ; and, tak ing into consideration that all steps against Mr. Harding in the Bankruptcy Court had been withdrawn, that jus tice would be satisfied by the Court in this instance passing over the proceedings. The payment of the costs of the rule nisi would be paid out of the estate. In reply to an observation of Mr. Rolt, His Honour said he should not make an order for the immediate handing over of the funds in hand by Mr. Harding. The expenses properly incurred in the col lecting and realising the assets would have to be ascer tained, and after that bad been done then would be the proper time to make the order. A discussion here took place relative to the payment of certain other expenses, in which his Honour observed that the struggle in the present case was not so much as to the speedy distribution of the funds, but as to who should receive the percentage. He should therefore make no immediate order for handing over the money, as the legal expenses of Mr. Harding must be ascertained and !mid before the money passed from the authority •f this court. Sir F. Kelly addressed a few remarks to the court relative to an appeal before the Lords Justices, but no permission being necessary it was not noticed by his Honour. The appeal is to be made to the Lords Justices imme. diately, but his Honour refused to make any order bind ing the court not to part with the money of the bank until that appeal was disposed of. During the delivery of the judgment by the Vice. Chancellor the court was densely crowded, and the greatest excitement prevailed during the whole of the proceedings. What can we say on the passage of arms between the Marquis Townshend and Sir Robert Peel re specting the latter's judgment in commenting on Sir Charles Napier's doings ? Of course the charge is, that the Baronet's observationss savoured of " indiscretion." Be it so. Sir Robert Peel, as con nected with the admiralty, should lave been silent on all matters connected with the high seas, and neither in his capacity as borough member, nor of returned Moscow lion, should he have uttered one word concerning Cronstadt or the Baltic campaign. Certainly, were we to measure our official people by past standards, such reticence would be praise worthy, and, indeed, i n dispensable. According to the old etiquette, we cannot doubt that for a subal tern to give in public any opinion on his depart ment or the officers employed by it would be the greatest of offences. But, unhappily, these whole some traditions are no more . The Gracchi com plaining of sedition would be as much on false mund as are our military and naval people when they disclaim public discussion of official or pro fessional questions. What Crimean hero has not made his speech in his county town or written his two or three letters to the newspaper What wronged or mis compre h ended commander has ab stained from a tt ac ki ng rivals or superiors in the public press ? Every officer is as much a servant of her Majestyas Sir Robert Peel, and yet the spirited, polemics, to which the world is now accustomed are to pass blameless, while the com mentary of the Admiralty baronet, in his capacity of country gentleman and popular member, is to be judged with pristine severity. Such is the opinion of the Marquis Townshend, or, at least, such it was at the earlier period of the evening which was dedi cated to the honour of the late Mayor of Tamworth. If harmony was restored at a later hour, it was due to the common-sense view of the case, and the general conviction that whatever Sir Robert Peel bad said was fully justified by facts, however much official decorum might have prescribed silence on the matter. Indeed for a man of good feeling, good sense, aid full acquaintance with the subject to abstain from remarking on Sir Charles Napier's proceedings is more than is to be expected from human mode ration. Here is an officer who has for many years taken credit for conspicuous boldness in the attack of fortifications on land, who is appointed to con duct a campaign whet e such defences will be chiefly , relied on by the enemy, and who goes to his com mand amid the general belief of his countrymen that be is about to perform some brilliant exploit. How far Sir C. Napier encouraged such a belief, or now far this anticipated greatness was thrust upon him, we shall not discuss. It is enough that he went forth with the good wishes of every one, and, so fax from there being any intention to thwart him on the part of the Admiralty, it will be remembered that his subsequent adversary, Sir James Graham, went even beyond the limits of good taste in dilat ing upon his expected triumphs. Well, the thing failed. The Admiralty was censured, the fleet was censured, the co mman d er was censure d . The criticism may have been hasty ; perhaps it was. On the one side numerous instances of attacks on land batteries were cited ; on the other we were told of the long blockades of Toulon and Cadiz, when the bravest of the brave would not trust oak against stone walls. The end was that Sir C. Napier was not reappointed to the fleet of 1855. The Admiralty, his superiors, considered that the national interests would be served by a change of command. What was the duty of the Admiral in such circumstances ? Evidently to do what Jervis and Parker and many a great man had done before him—to submit to the judgment of those who had intrusted him with command, and had au equal right to resume their trust. But already the spirit of folly and insubordination had shown itself. The Admiral could not be content with sharing the blame of any shortcomings with the Admiralty, with his officers, his men, and with the circum stances of the case—all of which the nation was disposed to beli eve i n some way respons ib le for the failure. No, he must endeavour to clear himself and preserve his popularity at the expense of every one connected with the service. In so doing, it is needless to say, he has only damaged his own case. Two years ago there were thousands still willing to believe him a hero thwarted by circumstances, to whom it was wrong not to give a second chance. Now he stands self-convicted of almost every fault which unfits an officer for command. He has spoken, written, and electioneered against the Admiralty, to the confidence of which he owed the highest appointment to which a naval officer could aspire. Sir Robert Peel, as the representative of the Ad miralty, was in some respects on the defensive. If the Board had provided the Admiral with unwieldy ships, manned by land-lubbers ; if it knew nothing about the defences of Constradt, and had placed false descriptions of their vincibility at his dis posal ; if it had restrained him through tenderness for the enemy, or insufficiently supported him from matters of parsimony, it was much to blame. Sir C. Napier and his friends had asserted or insinu ated all these things.' Southwark had rung with denunciations of the department to which Sir R. Peel belongs. The Admiral, an officer bearing the Queen's commission and a Grand Cross of the Bath, had harangued mob after mob against the men who superintended during the war the most im portant part of the national forces. Seeing, then, what the provocation was, what the habits of the times are, how far the old etiquette has been in fringed by those who are most bound to conform to it, we certainly cannot find any great harm in Sir Robert Peel stating a fact within his knowledge which contradicted the arguments of the noisy Ad miral. When Sir Charles Napier makes a visit to St. Petersburg, and has an interview with the Grand Duke, who was opposed to him merely in order to get matter for the enlivenment of the beer-shops of the Borough, it may certainly be permitted to those who in the due fulfilment of a public mission have become acquainted with the truth to utter it in their private and unofficial capacity. We cannot therefore but rejoice that the Mar quis Townshend, in hissubsequent speech, acknow ledged the essential fairness of Sir R. Peel's re marks. In fact, it is evident that the two speakers are pretty much of the same opinion in the main. The Marquis Townshend is intimate with Sir C. Napier, and " told him from the beginning what a scrape he would get into." He owns that the admiral bas disappointed the country, and thinks that it would have been better for him to remain quiet, and he deplores " that unfortunate cacoethes scribendi, that eternal love of talking, that perpe tual hatred of leaving things quiet, which has been Sir Charles's " worst enemy." Sir Charles may well pray to be spared from his friends. If these be the opinions of a man who is sufficiently his par tisan to disturb a festive meeting in his defence, the admiral may form some notion of the verdict of the impartial and uninterested public. Per fectly agreeing that " far too much has been said" on this subject, we are willing to leave it in the position in which the two speakers at Tamworth have combined to place it. (Prom the Morning Advertisot.) A meeting of the Property and Income-tax As sociation is to be held to-day, at the London Tavern, Alderman Sir J ames D u k e i n the chair, to promote the obje c t s o f the association--to agitate against against this unequal, oppressive, and immoral tax. We know no subject of the'present day—whether of horre or foreign politics—that either deserves or is so likely to comman d the attention an d sym pathy of the publi c i n b e h a lf o f an association which is doing what it can to put an end to an impost that presses most severely on those very persons who are least able to bear it, and places thousands of Englishmen in the position of having to support an often unequal struggle between poverty and conscience. The association comes forward to fight the battle of those thousands ; and the least the thousands can do is to stand by the association. The first object is to obtain an immediate reduction of the tax from 16d. to 7d. in the pound, and then to fight for an equitable adjustment of this much abused impost—much abused on both sides, and on one side deservedly. There is not a man in England worthy to live ' under the protection of its laws who would not readily, and heartily, contribute his fair share to the support of the public burdens. He who would refuse to do so would be unworthy the name of Englishman. But he would be equally unworthy of it were he tamely to submit to be robbed, even though the process is sanctioned by Act of Parlia ment. It is nothing less than legal robbery—im moral, if it were sanctioned by the whole statute book—to make A, who works ten hours a day, pay the same tax on his income which B pays, whome work is play, and whose income flows into his hand whether he plays or works. It is a monstrous and immoral law which compels the poor teacher of lan guages, the toiling student, the writer, the artist, the clerk, to pay as much upon his income as the landed potentate, who could, without being poverished, give his twenty or thirty footmen and lacqueys incomes as good as theirs for handing his plate, answering his bell, running his messages. It is a monstrous and an immoral thing to say that an income, which will scarcely keep the pot boiling, and preserve a decent boat on the owner's back, shall be taxed in the same proportion as the thou sands and tens of thousands which form the modest incomes of the men who have made the law which enforces this iniquity. Englishmen have submitted to this extortion long enough already. Now is their time to be up and doing it G ood earnest. Down with the boom-Uzi" Let that be the (Frost the Daily News.) It is with much gratification wo find that Go vernment have lost no time in appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the present arrange ments for transacting the civil and criminal business of the Superior Courts of Law at Westminster, and into the manner and times of holding the circuits. Among other points on which the commission is more particularly directed to report, is the ques tion whether the number of the common law judges can be reduced without detriment to the public service. The commissioners appointed are Lord Campbell, Lord Wensleydale, Mr. Baron Alderson, ' Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley (whose "appointment as Solicitor-General is now finally confirmed), Sir Frederic Thesiger, and Mr. Horatio Waddington, Under-Secretary of State for the Home Dapartment. Having taken an opportunity on several recent occasions of pointing out the urgent necessity that has arisen for a thorough and searching inquiry into the whole subject of the judicial arrangements of the Superior Courts, especially with reference to the present manner of holding the circuits we are of course well sati s fi e d t o fi n d t h at the subject has so promptly been put in a course of investigation. The constitution of the commission is more open to stricture. Without objecting to any one of the lawyers nominated to serve on it, the remark in evitably arises that an inquiry of this kind ought not to be entrusted entirely to professional men. As the commission stands at present this is the case, Mr. Waddington, the only apparent exception, having been for years a practising barrister before his ap pointment to the under-secretaryship. There can be no doubt that in this respect Government have proceeded on an erroneous principle of selection. Upon one of the most important points of inquiry to be submitted to the Commission, viz., the work ing of the existing Circuit arrangements, there are many lay members of the House of Commons who, from frequent attendance at the assizes as sheriffs, magistrates, and members of the grand jury, are quite as competent to pronounce an opinion as judges and practising barristers. Nor should it be forgotten that, in investigations of this kind, the unprofessional mind brings to bear a breadth of view and a freedom from class prejudices, which in those trained in the habits of professional life it would be unreasonable to expect. Take, for in stance, another of the leading points on which the ' Commission are requested to report—the expe diency of reducing the existing number of Common Law Judges—is it not clear to common sense that a body of inquirers exclusively composed of those who are, have been, or aspire to be Common Law Judges is hardly so likely to come to a satisfactory conclusion on this point as a Commission comprising a due share of w e ll-i n f orme d l ay mem b ers ? The ! point indeed is so clear that we trust Government will give a convincing proof of their being in earnest in the inquiry by speedily adding to the Commission the names of some of those members of the House of Commons whose breadth of view, general acquaintance with pub lic business, and administrative ability, would qualify them to consider the question in all its bearings, and not merely or mainly as affecting the supposed interests of the legal profession. Amongst many other names that might be mentioned, those of Mr. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, Sir John Pakington, or Mr. Henley, at once suggest them selves as those of men able, if willing, to do good service to the public in a matter of this kind with which politics have absolutely nothing to do. On the importance of the inquiry, after the fre quent comments we have so recently made on the matter, we need add very little. If further evi dence were wanting of the necessity for some speedy re-distribution of judicial force and re -arrangement of judicial business, it has been amply supplied by the state of business in the Superior Courts of Com mon Law at Westminster during the term which is just drawing to a close. I n th e Court of Common Pleas it has more than once happened of late that, after a formal interchange of bows between the Bench and the Bar, the venerable tribunal has h a d to rise from an absolute failure of any public de mand for its services. The sittings in the Court of Exchequer have been less indecorously brief, but they have been to a great- extent filled up with discussions on mere points of practice which might be decided quite as satisfactorily, and far more economically, before a single Judge sitting, as is the case with the Queen's Bench, in a se parate Court. In the Court of Queen's Bench, where the amount of solid and serious business transacted is generally greater than in either of the co-ordinate Courts, it has this term sunk below anything that has been usual of late years ; nor do the most sanguine habitués of the Hall look for ward in this respect with much hope of amend ment. Of course " this effect defective comes by cause"—and the cause is no mystery. The in creased and still increasing jurisdiction of the County Courts is rapidly tending to decentralisethe practice of the Bar. There is no help for this change, Professional people are naturally enough disposed to be elegiac about it, but 4 as far as the public are concerned, it is the most simple thing getting gin the world. The laity in want,of law prefer it at a low price instead of a high price, and close at home instead of Westminster Hall. Voila tout. Well, we have sanctioned the change, we have ' recognised it as a necessity, we see clearly enough e that the tendency, the irresistible tendency, of public mind is to go still further in this same direc tion,e and yet with true British want of method w have taken no pains to alter our judicial system to meet the new needs of the new time. There they are still, the three old co-ordinate Courts, with their concurrent but separate jurisdiction ; they still sit in Banco during the four legal terms, with their full stall of four Judges a-piece ; these Judges when they visit the provinces still do so only twice a year, as in the days when they rode i the circuits on horseback, and they still persist i n going to the same set of towns which were princi pal centres of business in the days of the Ed wards, but have dwindled into insignificance in the days of Victoria. Verily, it is high time, on all grounds, that these things were thoroughly in quired into. Government deserves the thanks, no less of the legal profession than of the public, for setting the investigation on f oo t ; i t will do still more towards conciliating general confidence in the results of the inquiry if it adds a few eminent lay menlom the to the eminent lawcyoerspoofsewdl . Commis sion is now exclusively m ABOLITION OF THE I NCOME -TAX.—O n Friday night a public meeting was hell at the Assembly Rooms, Dean street, Soho, to take into consideration the beat means to be adopted for the repeal of the income-tax. Mr. J. George, the chairman, opened the proceedings, and at some length denounced the income-tax as unjust, un fair, and improperly levied. The proposition for fixing the amount at sevenpence in the pound. as some were agitating for, sounded ver much like a permanent continuance o f th e tax, and be for one could not recog nise such a proposition fora moment. Mr. Jefftrys, the churchwarden of the parish, moved—" That this meet ing is of opinion that the present income-tax is urjust 60 and inqui s it or i a l , and ought to b e a b o li s h e d on the first 1 /. of every person's income." He did not object to a fairly imposed i ncom e-tax, but he certainly was Mr.n not satisfied with th e wa y the existing tax was levied. Underwood seconded the resolution, which was , unani mously adopted ; and a committee having been appointed to carry out measures in oppaition to the tar, the pro- Goading% terminated. 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 - 14 133 - 136 4 ... 44 ••• ...... .. ••• '.." .. A 6 1 les - 2.. IU 112 I 110 , 1 pi Spirit of the Public Journals. ( From time Times,) cry for next session ; and that it may be a loud cry, let the people begin it now. Weknow what we have to expect from our representatives in the early session of Parliament. We know how soon they forget their hustings pledges, their many and glorious promises, their protestations of immaculate purity and sturdy patriotism. But when the pros pect of the hustings comes once more in view, we may expect that for their own sakes they will do something popular, if only to pave the way for their re-election. Now, if ever there was a Parlia ment which had the credit of being renegade from the faith it professed at the hustings, it is this. Others may have been quite as bad—in fact very probably they were so ; but none have had the ill luck to:get the same credit for their dishonesty. What" chance have the men who compose it of being re-elected ? They have the chance which their votes during next session will give them. The last week at school is universally the week in which master and matron overflow with affection for their pupils—the week of cakes and wine and smiles, instead of frowns and short commons and the birch. For the first six sessions of this veteran Parliament we had plenty of the latter; now let us hope we shall have a little of the former. And in order that we may succeed, let us make up our minds to ask one thing—relief from this odious burden in its odious form. And let us ask in a tone which will show that we are determined to have it. The iniquities of this tax are positively untold; no language can describe the disaffection they have created, nor the extent to which they have loosened the ties of morality. We do not for a moment sanction or excuse the man who makes a false return of his income ; but we can quite understand howjit comes that hundreds do make false returns. The fact is that, right or wrong, men will take the law into their own hands, if they can. If a law is manifestly unjust they will evade it by any means in their power. They are to be blamed ; but the temptation and wrong under which they mislead are not without weight in the scales of Justice. Let the Government bear some portion of the blame of actions to which they have urged their subjects. But at the same time i let the people remember that this is a considera tion which will sit very lightly on the consciences of our rulers ; and that, if they would be free from this immoral and extortionate impost, they must win their freedom by their own determined resolu tion to submit no longer. costs." IRXLAND. DUBLIN,— SATIIRDA:r MORNING. THB TIPPZHARY BANB.. I The dreary arguments, in the cage of " O'Fle herty v. Dowell,' were at length brought to an end yesterday, and the Lord Chancellor has inti mated the probability of his being prepared to give judgment on Tuesday next. In the Court of Bxeliequer yesterday the Chief Baron delivered the unanimous decision of that Court in th e long_ pending case of " Carroll v. Kennedy." The judg ment is considered very important, as bearing upon the case which has just been argued in the Court of Chancery " The Chief Baron said that the case came before the Court upon a demurrerjaken by the plaintiff to the plea in answer to the scire facias filed by the plaintiff. The plea, the subject of the demurrer;stated that the co-part nership known as 'the Tipperary Joint-Stook Bank' w a banking company, and its members bankers within the meaning of the old statute, the 33d of George IL, and that it had stopped payment, and was at the time of its stoppage largely Indebted to divers persone, and therefore its affairs became liable to be administered in the Court of Chancery, and were, in fact, then under the administration of that Court ; and that by reason thereof the provisions of the act of the 6th Goose IT., known as the Joint Stock Companies' Winding -up Act,' were not applicable. Ills Lordship observed that it was net stated in the plea how the affairs of the bank came under the administration of the Court of Chancery, and that Court could not assume that they were taken under the provisions of the 6th George IV., and, therefore, they did not, and (lonia not, express any opinion as to whether the statute of the 33d George IL was repealed or not by the 6th George IV. There was nothing, as appeared to the Court in the proceedings of the old a c t of George IL to p r e ven t a proceeding by action at com mon law until that act was put in force; and the same principle, as to allowing an action to be brought at com mon law, was applicable to the proceedings under the remedies given by th e l a t e act. Stich being the opinion of the Court, there was nothing to prevent the party from p rocee di ng i n the present action and issuing execu ;sa" The demurrer should therefore be allowed with THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE. Although no very striking facts calculated to in crease the chances of the discovery of the murderer have publicly transpired since Thursday, there is ample reason for believing that the dreadful affair will, ere the lapse of many days, celiac) to be the mystery that has so far almost set speculation at defiance. The police authorities seem to be quite sanguine of the ultimate success of their exertions ; but from the very proper secrecy with which all their movements are shrouded it is impossible to say what foundation there may be for the hopes thus entertained. The following particulars are compiled from the papers : "From the pertinacious and almost unheard of at tempts at secrecy which are being made by those employed in prosecuting the inquiry it is generally surmised that they are at last in possession of some clue to the party or parties implicated in the fearful deed. Up to a late hour on Thursday night Mr. Kemmis, the Crown solicitor, was engaged in holding a private investigation at the terminus, when Bernard Gunning, clerk in the locomo tive department, and who also resides in the house ; Catherine Campbell, Fervent to Mrs. Gunning, the housekeeper ; Robert Phayre, an audit clerk ; and one or t‘to others were examined at great length and with the utmost minuteness, and their depositions committed to writing. The key has not yet been found, and ft would appear as if the police either despaired of its re. covert' or entertained hopes of coming upon something more important, and had therefore abandoned further search, as the canal has been permitted to refit its bed by means of the syphon. We have heard on good au thority that but for the peremptory remonstrances of the police the canal would not have been suffered to re main dry on the second day, when the razor was got, and it is thought that the key is still in the same place, and that if a proper search had been made it would, in all probability, have been also recovered. It has been a subject of remark to many that the search in this quar ter was conducted with considerable carelessness, some of the workmen being often engaged in killing eels, in- • stead of working steadily under the guidance of compe tent officers, such as the company might be naturally supposed to have at their disposal. The smallness of the reward offered has also been the subject of general ob servation. There are good grounds for believing that the remains of Mr. Little were privately exhumed this day and again examined by the medical men in connexion with the instruments lately found, to see if the injuries were such as they would be likely to inflict, and the Crown Solicitor, with the superintendents of the detec tive police, subsequently entered the chamber in which the murder took place, and were engaged for some time in closely inspecting its appearance, size, and general de. tails, with a similar object. The resu t has satisfied the police that beyond doubt these were the actual instru ments used in the commission of the crime. The most positive instructions have been given to exclude stran gers, and more especially the representatives of the pub lic press, from the scene of the occurrence, and should the inquiries new making lead to the immediate errata' the supposed guilty party there may be some show of reason in the precaution ; but the hope of keeping from the few what must be known to the many is simply ab surd, not to say mischievous. Nothing that has yet appeared can be considered as in any way calculated to defeat the ends of justice and all a tt emp t s at en f orced secrecy in a c ase o f the kind are altogether futile. "It is now well ascertained that no stranger to the railway terminus perpetrated the murder. Thin conclu sion has been arrived at after an examinatien of the vari ous facts and incidents which have come to ;he know ledge of the officers charged with the investigation. One of these facts is the mode of procedure of the assassin after the committal of the murder, including his egress from the car-gate, at the west side of the terminus, be traying an acquaintance with the locality impossible to be obtained by any person who had not been either con nected with the company, or %es° had not familiarised himself with the various details. Westated on Wednesday that suspicion had fallen on some person of this class, and we find now that that statement was fully justified by the circumstances which have since transpired. The police are fully satisfied that the murderer still lurks on the pre• mixes of the company, or has bees till within a re cent period in their employment. No reasonable doubt can now be entertained but that the hammer, the discovery of which we announced in our last impres sion, was the instrument with which the assassin be gan his work, and from the fact that the head of that weapon was in store, and unapproachable except by parties properly authorised, it would seem that ' those suspicions are well founded. Notwithstanding, however, all the difficulties in the way of the officers in their efforts to bring to justice the party concerned in this foul crime we have good reason to think that those efforts are continued as unabatingly as ever, and with more prospect than ever of a suecessful result. From information which has corns to their knowledge they are at present engaged in an investiga tion of the where abouts connexiono nt h e even ing w i wit h th e o f facts the a murder, lready a a n b d outs thi e g f p known to the public, lead to the belief that ere l ong t h e suspected person will be in custody. With ref erence to c ta er k t e a n in i P n e to rs the parties brought Wore the sitting magistrate at Capel-street police-office it is but just to say that the melee are of opinion that they had not any band in the crime. Respecting the razor, it is now ascertained that the blade was set in a white, not a black haft, and it appears to be such a one as might have been taken out of a dressing-case, the property of a gentleman. It bears the name of ' Reid,' the celebrated cutler, as ma nufacturer. No trace of blood is apparent on the blade or handle ; but from its having remained in the water for, as is presumed, some few days, all appearance of blood, must, no doubt, have been washed away. I t will, however, be subjected to a microscopic examination." THE RECENT RAILWAY COLLISION. The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate victims of the collision on the Kilkenny and Waterford Railway was resume:: yesterday, and the following verdict returned : " We find the deceased persons were killed at Dunkitt siding, on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, by the Kilkenny midday mail to Waterford coming into colli sion with the ballast train in such siding, in consequence of the points of the siding having been unlawfully and improperly left open ; that such points were in the par tioular care of Michael Brien, gauger, in charge of the ballast train, who neglected to see them olesed. Our finding is that of Mans aighter against the said Michael Brien, through whose wilful and unlawful neglect the deaths have occurred ; that no blame can be attached to any of the officers of the traffic department on the line, whose driver and fireman used every effort in their power to prevent the catastrophe." The prisoner Brien was removed in custody, aid the ens u i ng ass i zes. will be comm i tted to Kilkenny G ao l f or toal at VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS nt THE CIVIL BERVIOE.--The Foreign Department.—There ot Th A e re C ha mi ng su e l l, are three principal diplomatic posts at present vacant-- that of Minister to Ranover,salary 3,0001.; thrst of Mi n ., inter to Washington, sa l ar y 4,50 a ; and that of Minis terynsti3OisOhOird. ent. Th to the Two o S de ic s i oa lie , Generalship and several vice consulships in the Turkish. territory are Legal Department.--The Recordership of vacant. Leg Bristol becomes vacant by the elevation to the bench of 6 'tli ß e al Go ar _There • erB is aSirraAcalenxcayufdoerr aCojcukubiourrocierkStiantitohniesryd-eopuflt Mint.—Mr. Robert Anderson Hill has been appointed° junior clerk on the establishment at a progress iveS a l a ra‘i; commencing at 100/. per annum ; Mr. Creorfts F. - has been appointed a supernumerary clerk in jthsell the coin. ing department; Mr. Joseph Newton, late weigher, bas been a ppointed a junior clerk at a fixed sal ary per annum. Customs. — A landin gwait of 220/. erA k i at PSouth ampton bas become vacant by the death of Mr. Henry W. Mfor iall. There are six vacancies boatmen at Hartlepool. Mr. Freder ick and Ashton has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks. Mr. G. M. GUM], has been appointed a cl erk o ffi ce , London. Mr. H. Lloyd; Controller at Shoreham, h a s been appointed Contro ller at Gal MJ . H a tt, Controller at Whitb y , h way. r.• J as been appointed Controller at Shorehaus. Coastguard. 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Registered. .. 20 5 rraFitt Li , • 100 , 2 4 Van Dieraea' s L an d loi 16i si t ; 1,. • Y.Cfraitip.ct.tax,o(jula IN "'" /N - 98 - 5 112 102 St. St. St. St. St. 83 i 191 60} do 17 74 1i 2i (2 12 12i St. St. St. St. St. '4 g 88 11i 12 11ei 1101 103 CRIMINAL. COURT.—{This Day.) OLD COURT. The first sessions during the present mayoralty com mcneed this morning. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, observed that they would perceive that the calendar contained about the usual number of offences, but there was nothing in any of the cases to be submitted to them involving any question of difficulty. There was, he regretted to observe, an increase in crimes of a serious description, which called for the most serious consideration and such a circumstance was to be exceedingly regretted. One of the offences that seemed particularly on the in. crease was that of highway robbery with violence. The calendar contained a case, of murder the whole facts of which would be submitted to them in due course. With respect to any question of law that might arise therein they would have nothing to do, but their duty would simply be to bear the whole of the evidence that would be adduced before them, and upon the facts then elicited it would be their duty to find a bill accordingly. With these few observations he should remit the grand jury to the performance of their duty. After a short absence several true bills were brought up to the court and the trials proceeded. lip to the time of our report leaving nothing of the slightest interest occurred in either of the courts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Michad Pit z. gibbon, an ill-looking old fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with violently assaulting an elderly woman named Jane France, of 3, Park-street. The prosecutrix, whose head was bandaged up, stated that she was on her way home on Saturday night, about half-past 12, and when in Oxford -street the prisoner stopped her and asked her if she knew where be could get some drink. Sho told him the public-houses were closed, and he then invited her to take coffee with him. She ac cepted his invitation, and after leaving the coffee-house he made a very improper proposal to her, w hi ch she in. dignantly rejected. The prisoner then struck her a dreadful blow between the eyes, knocked her down, and immediately ran off. A constable pursued him, and took him into custody. and f e ll e d h er Police-constable 202 C said, about half-p as t 12, on Saturday night, he was in Southmolten-street, w h en he saw the complainant and the prisoner standin g near the pconrsrownre,rinstrcuocnkverthsaetiwonomtaongeotnbert,heanhdeadad at once th e to the ground. She fell with the back of her head against the kerb, and broke her comb, several of the teeth of which entered her head. Witness pursued the prisoner and took him into custody, and the war:eau was subsequently taken to the hospital, where her wounds were dressed. The prisoner, in defence, said . he was very drunk at the tribe, and having an idea that.the woman had robbed him h knocked her down. Mr. Beadon said that was a most large defence to such a charge. The prisoner bad been guilty of a violent and unprovoked assault upon a defenceless woman, for which he must be severely punished. He (Mr. Beadon) should therefore commit him to the House of Correction for one month, with hard labour. HUDDERSFIELD MECHANICS' INSTITU TION. --The an nual soiree in connection with this institution is to be 21(1 on Wednesday and Timrsday next, and promises to he of en unusually interesting c!;aracter. Lord Gode rich, M.P., the Right Hon. Si!. J. S. Pakin,gton, M.P. Major-Gen. Windham, C.B , SirW. M. B. Milner, M.P.,, - Col. Smyth, M.P., Mr, H.W. Wickham, Al-P ,and Rev. Dr. Booth have accepted invitations to be pres en t on t h e occasion. On Wednesday evening the annu a l distribu tion of prizes will take place, under the pr es id ency o f Lord Goderich, and the soiree will be held on the follow ing evening. It is also proposed to honour Ma i jor- General Windham by a public reception and to entertain him at a public banquet on the Friday ; but it is not quite certain that the general will be able to visit Hud dersfield at all during the week, an intitnation having been received on Friday which throws doubts upon, the question. 164 4447 V, ". c. p.c. 93 -- 5 1 ••• per c. , I bor ). 6 A Sh 3p. c. 107 —ll 'p. c. 97 —lO No. ' A ). 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