The Sun. — London, England, 1833-11-20 00:00:00

,Y.) rex° of ac,# JN ay, Mo" ardisi:j geri er 'd ce b 3 11 ye o 93/ )roit"d te r ' t he ill " ast° eiri oa 0 . 0 9, sh • IC J f° - - Th. IN RE WILSON'S CHARITY. is petition, which was.ordered to stand over till to order that the Lord Mayor and other members of 144;orporation of London might make an affidavit, re ,t4 a Charity founded by a gentleman named Wilson, fit" purpose of forwarding young men in trade by k t ,!. t t them sums of money, not less than 1001., and not sow. • V the petition being called on, Mr. ANDERDON stated, pi nit clients had not been furnished with the affidavit, requested that the case might stand over till that had done 11 ;NDALL (who appeared ,for the Corporation) ;:d•that the affidavit had been furnished to the Attorney c, 44911 , and h e th ere f ore ' truste d t h e case might he t. to proceed. Mr. Anderdon might make himself I r j,,l' r. ef the contents of the affidavit while he (Mr. R.) Ili th« Court. P o Notla did not think that the matter pressed, Ow case to stand over till Saturday, to come t er the s h ort causes were disposed of. HUTCHINSON V. SMEE. 1 11 tb• . 15 case the bill was filed by the plaintiffs, who are 11.14fent children of a gentleman named Hutchinson, an account of the personal estate of their father, 44 0 fo r the appointment of a guardian and main- The testator was possessed of 12,000/. 8 ,0001.3 per cents. reduced, and 501. and 60/ b g A nnuities ; and the only question for the considera trhe Court was, out of wh at f un d, accor ding to th e t 4 fie mai n t enance was to be charged ; whether the It4 l were only entitled to the 501. or 60/. Annuities, or 14 1 / 4 " tweeds of the two large sums of stock. 4 , lo Notia thought that there could be no doubt . I ned that it was the i n t en ti on o f th e te s t a to r th a t titt: L ' e nts should hav e b ene fit o f th e w h o l e property I "ed in his will, an d di rec t e d accor di ng l y . the r. CHRISTY C. LLOYD. t 'ouß,T then proceeded with this part heard case, %. 14 eipal q ues ti on o f w hi c h re l ate d to t h e partner the pl a i n tiff an d d e f en d ants i n t h e S toc k port B an k , Ta partner elf • to certain mills employed in the cloth trade. e ase had not concluded when our reporter left. KING'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD WATER W as WORKS COMPANY. 4 46," an action on two bonds of 2001. each, which ve rdi `j It G u ildh a ll b e f ore t h e L or d Chief Justice, and oti found for the plaintiff, subject to a point of law The lek of non eat fact um. leaC r eUtnente came onto day, and were not concluded -Ur Reporter left. t h, k BAIL:COURT. 44 .1 4 1 %1. OF WEMYSS FREEET.--THE SING V. REEVE. At.stEß, on behalf of the defendant, who had s te 7 i . l onaitted to Norwich Castle on a cha r g e o f f e l on y :of t ug som e p ro p e rty from th e b o dy o f Mi ss R oc h e , 144 t he Unfortunate sufferers on the occasion of the loss icll v essel, stated that in pursuance of a habeas corpus 6 _ld been granted a few days ago on the motion of A ol a ' u t's Scirlett, his client was now in Court in the il Of the keeper of Norwich Castle, for the purpose t e ,, i - e gx(lnaitted to bail, and four gentlemen were also il, t o; become surety for his appearance to take his "di em !'" (Mr. Palmer), understood, however, that the ti,.. :° 0 was to be oppoied. `si 4 Xt.ty, on behalf of the prosecutor, opposed the d 41e 4 t present. He would not oppose it if the motion ilb er t ely been ma d e u p on th e d epos i t i ons , b u t a grea t ks fo O 1 affidavits had been put in which required some )I th ' c onsideration. Many of them were to character, kfuld not require any answer. The Magistrates 'I% e Would not require any answer. The Magistrates Othe r parties to the prosecution were only served t 4 4l, z,totic e o f this motion on Monday last. The kti ri lt° were at great length, very complicated, and t pr e t o numerous facts, and they required time to enabl e \ I 2 5 eutor to answer them, which would not have ti, le'3 e 7ssary if the defendant's counsel had only adverted t}, of tl epositions taken before the Alaeistrates. The '4, 1 , 4 few days would crea t e some e xp ense t o th e de ktibie but in ord e r t o avo id th a t as muc h as Isi d be (Mr. Kelly) w ou ld consen t th at t h e sure ti es 11,4 w r eturn at once to the country, and that if the It itnately admitted the party to bail, the recogni 4sr a t night be taken before a country migistrate. th r .:"se circumstances Mr. Kelly asked for the delay %,e ° Or four days. sh v Ata,t en submitted that no ground had been stated 4 i : . iel ay , 1. 1 , 1 ° absisar thought there was a ground for it. If ,„ ii, to ''isi was only served on Monday it was itopossi -4,,,tlwer the affidavits so early. h,. ILLy—Upwards of 80 affidavits were used. i rci . I " , ar.ssea said the prosecutor and his attorney ks. I tt London, and therefore there had been sufficient r As to the SO affidavits 60 related to charact e r, ierAtAed no answer ; besides, the attorn e y f or th e , I. u on _ 0. was present at the very lengthen e d in qu i r y 4 the Magisttates, and must therefore be cognizant o f ',4,.. tets without requiring further delay. !yiL e xt.r..ar said, it was true that the prosecut o r who ttte ot other of the lady, from whom the defendant was ~*4 , 4 t o have taken the property, lived in London, but l lt tt ot at Brancaster when the melancholy accident ka l l ' i lee, and it would be necessary to have affidavits 1 Al a • t‘r,, gtstrates and othurs on the spot. There would S oars )] by two or three days delay. and the prose % W ere desirous to agree to any course that might It 4 t , L ' at ecl, so that all the facts of the case might be fully 4 1 ....ut Court. A 4 ‘. l ll Ls's& said his learned friend Sir James Scar- Itie en "'tog for the habeas, reminded the Court of b y t ! made through the medium of the press, :, e Prosecution, to excite a prejudice against Mr. N. , 1 i 4 VLL'ir, on behalf of the prosecution, warmly I t is L 1 'fly such unworthy motives. y, (I ~4 d ship did not think the facts of the case war tlle4Y such observation. His opinion was, that it ' 4 , e o .. l4 ,tt i lt . of the def . endant if any further delay occurred, tit, ir l have applied .to this Court earlier than be did. L s er ,„Atuita said he could not, as the circumstance had 'l t\ 1., ("?._ O ccurred. t 1 4 1r tt e b e ` r L . r —Oh . why the defendant was committed la' 4 L A LIIER asked if his client was to return to gaol, "l i t upon gaol allowance, viz : a straw bed and '44 , ‘,., It Ater. i tttis t , LLY wished him to be treated with all possible ;:t is,' and consideration, and he would consent to his tt th e • - It sh interim sent to the prison, if the ', l t. ti tt ld think proper. ', l t, t _tstEa. asked Mr. Kelly if any objection would e 0 the bail, provided those gentlemen went back t, e ! . ty and tendered themselves before a magistrate ~,t, k°t of bail being allowed by his Lordship. c m . tie tt. ltty asked to see the names, and said as be was I:t h , s ° With the county of Norfolk, provided they `lt, rotabl e he would offer no objection to them. 1 4 1 1 4 A L/sue. handed in three o f t h e f our names to t ,Z o nsibility he had the certificate of a magistrate. k„ 4 " B t un Were Wse, h ; it tr. -‘er, - lceeper Thomas ; and Ric T hard urston Burge y ss, the y merc oung ant er, , Lll'= expressed binstelf satisfied with them, and ki tt4 eti nTrand li g hti ng o f th e pa r i s h i n whi c h th e y were Net. te d4 , His Lordship appe !led against it, but in e to save litiga(i n n, an d as the point was t o " i e w 'one, on which it was very important tatn a decision it was agreed that a declaration should riwrt out and approved of by Counsel on both sides, e k it 'ieh Mr. Brown, the clerk to the Commissioners, t i to be the plaintiff, and his Lordship the defendant. 1 16. 4 "as done, and upon argument in Court, the decision 10 a gainst t h e N o bl e L or d. Th e l atter t h en sue d out a "it of error. i N ir • Serg ean t P EAKE appli e d t o quas h t h e writ of ri on th e groun d t h at i t was agreed to abide by the 4 't ' is ion of the Court, and that the writ of error was l l ght by Lord Granville in breach of good faith. b,, tr . Justice LITTLEDALE could not see there was any ‘r : h of faith. One party was dissatisfied with the t o ,"rla and therefore brought the writ of error. He, C ev er, refused the applicati on , on th e groun d th a t as j t ,%.vrit o f error was i n the Exchequer this Court could i nter fer e . 1. • HUTCHINSON applied for a rule calling on two k7tiies to show cause why they should not pay tl) 'l , L , l adY, named Manning, 170/. 10s. and why they .11: 1 not pay the costs of this a pplication. The 4: t ittorn e y, in 1822, was the lady's attorney, and 1826t' invested some money in the funds for her. In is tt 72 she, li v i ng at M argate, received a letter from him, t t4t :urt that th ere was a goo d opportunity to lay out some e Y on mortgage, the security for which was very good. rite to consequence sent him a warrant of attorney, autho- P„g him and his partner to sell out as much stock, and ap- V as he had proposed. She had frequently since received i nterest, but latt e rly n o t b e i ng a bl e t o ge t any money tit:aused an i nqu i ry to h e ma d e , w h en i t was ascer 44'd that without her knowledge and consent they L t eeri ten a discharge for the annuity, and given up the to the grantor. Qe Cousz granted a rule to show cause. --,- CHANCERY CO URT.—(THIS DAY.) consented to release them from further attendance in London. It was then agreed that the defendant be brought before a Judge at chambers this day week, to have the motion argued._ _ _ . Mr. PALMER applied for permission to have the de fendant committed i❑ the meantime to the King's Bench _ _ _ His LORDSHIP said be had no power to do so. The gaoler of Norwich Castle took the defendant away, and it was understood would lodge him in some lock-up house. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MENDIZABEL V. MACHADO. This was an action brought to recover the amount of thirty_seven hills of exchange, and was tried last week at Guildhall before Mr. Justice PARE, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, for 146,8891. Mr. Sergeant JONES now moved for a rule to shew cause why a new trial should not be had for the purpose of taking the opinion of the Court upon the evidence adduced to prove, or rather to raise an inference of the acceptance by the defendant of the bills in question. The defendant, it appeared, had been ConsuLGeneral at the French Court from the Court of Spain, and in that capa city received a sum of upwards of 200,0001., for the pur pose of remunerating, pursuant to the terms of a treaty made between France and Spain in the year 1814, the subjects of other European State•, for losses sustained in Spain during the year 1608. That sum the defendant had lodged in the Funds to meet any demands that might be made upon him on foot of the treaty above alluded to. The bills in questio❑ were drawn in Cadia by the plaintiff, an opulent resident there, and had been sent to this country for acceptance, but had never been formally accepted by the defendant. To prove the implied acceptance a gentleman of the name of Vigors was called, and he proved that the defendant was arrested on his return from the Opera House for the sum of 80,0001., which he paid into the Court of Common - Pleas, and that while under arrest, the defendant hail said to the witness, that be meant to pay the hills in question as soon as he was in receipt of funds from France, and that he had so told the clerk of the plaintiff. It was for the purpose of taking the opinion of the Court as to whether the evidence proved such a conditional acceptance by the defendant as would bind him, that the present motion was made. . Mr. Sergeant WILDE contra was prepared to support the verdict upon the counts in the declaration for the money had and received. Mr. Sergeant JONES said, that on those grounds the jury had not found, for, if so, their verdict could not have exce ,, cled 45,0001. The amount of the verdict was now in Court, but the defendant bad felt it his duty thus to seek the opinion of the Court upon a point of such grave importance as that be had raised. The CHIEF JUSTICE (wi'hout calling upon Mr. Ser geant Wilde) said that, i❑ his opinion, the conditional acceptance was such as would bind the defendant. The case came within the principle hid down by Lord Mans field, i❑ 4 Burrow and Cowper, 571, and on those autho rities the rule must be refused. Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice PARK awl a Middlesex Jury.) STANLEY V. HAMPSFIELD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a builder, to recover from the defendant the balance of an account due fur work and labour and materials in the alteration of certain premises in York place, Regent's Park. The case was wholly destitute of public interest, and after the examination of numerous witnesses on both sides, whose testimony was of a contradictory character, the trial was proceeding when our Reporter left. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) ANDERSON V. THE EARL OF STIRLING. Mr. KNowl.as appeared to show cause against a rule to set aside the proceedings to outlawry issued in this case, which bad been obtained by Mr. Sergeant Toddy in the early part of the Term. He contended first, that upon the authority of three cases, reported in the 7th and Bth Bingham, in which the defendant in the present case was also defendant, he was not entitled to his motion, on the ground of his being a Peer of Scot land. The rule had been laid down that the Court would not interfere in any case where the Peerage was at all disputed. Ile had another objection, Ind it he considered as fatal to the case—the capias upon which the outlawry was founded, issued so far back as Nov. 1832 ; and his affidavits discicsed that the petitioner's attorney had given notice of such proceedings to the attorney of the defendant, and that the plaintiff himself had given notice of it to the son of the defendant, with instructions to tell his father. Such being the case the defendant came too late, and had no locus standi in the Court. Mr. Sergeant TADDY in support of the rule, contended that the defendant was not aware of the proceedings up to last week, and that the plaintiff had sworn extremely cautiously upon that point. . . . . The Court, however, were of opinion that the greatest caution in swearing had been ehewn in the affidavits on behalf of the defendant, and dismissed the rule with costs, upon the ground that a motion to set aside proceedings for irregularity must be made promptly, 'TWILL BE ALL THE SAME THING A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.—" This," as Sterne says, " I deny,"—founded upon the following brief, but well accredited fact of a former period. In the reign of George 1., about 120 years since, General Oglethorp was invited to dine with a Cibinet Minister, at eleven o'clock on the following day. The General could not go, and sent his excuses, being engaged, as he said, to shoot snipe the next morning at Marylebone. ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—About 10 o'clock yesterday morning cries of " Murder," in a female voice, were heard to proceed from the house No. 7, in South wark-square, occupied by Mr. Benjamin Bedwell, for merly master of a ship, and his wife, and also a lodger named Plummer, a student at one of the Borough hospi tals. The shrieks were beard in the first instance by Mrs. Leach, the wife of a classical teacher, residing at No. 13 in the same square, who immediately acquainted her hus band, and he went forthwith to Mr. Bedwell's house. Upon his arrival he saw Mr. Bedwell, who was standing within the kitchen with his foot against the door, to op pose his entrance. Mr. Leach then seized Mr. Bedwell, and commenced to remonstrate with him on the cruelty of striking his wife. On looking, however, towards the fire place, he saw Mrs. Bedwell lying down upon the hearth. rug on her left side, apparently suffering under agonising pain. On seeing Mr. Leach, she said in a weak voice, " Oh, he has stabbed me," and at' the tame time, raising her clothes, exhibited a wound in her right. side, from which the blood was issuing in great quantities. Mrs. Bedwell recognized Mr. Leach, and said " I know you, Mr. Leach ; if I die of the wound, I hope my husband will not be hanged." Soon after this Mr. Howell, the surgeon of Union.street, attended;, on being informed of the circumstance, and on examining the wound ascertained that it had been inflicted with a table-knife, was situated under the right ribs, and had penetrated so.deeply into the internal parts that her life is despaired of. _,She was im- . mediately carried into the house of a Mrs. Hartley, who resides at No. 10 in the same square, where she was immediately placed in , bed, and she then made the following statement, in a weak tone of voice : " A gentleman was lodging with us, and he said, last night, that he would go to the play. He did not go, however, but came borne and took his coffee, and went out again. We sat up until 12 o'clock, but the gentle man did not come home again until breikfaat this morn ing, at which time my husband told me that be should send our lodger away. I went up to the lodger, and told him not to be alarmed, adding, that my husband was coming up stairs to speak to him. My husband did come up into the lodger's room, and told him to quit, after which my husband and I walked down stairs together, and when he got into the passage, he locked the street•door. The servant girl upon seeing him became frightened, and I went out of the way, and he followed and took a knife, with which he stabbed me before I was aware of it. I did not know what was done until I saw myself bleeding from the side." She added, "I am sure that he did not knew what he was doing, for his mind has been affected for a long time." During the time Mr. Bedwell was in custody at Union-hall, be paced the room to and fro, and bid agitation was increased on the entrance of a young nam named Plummer, on seeing whom he exclaime,f, " You scoundrel, how dare you approach me?" It may be necessary to state here, that Alt. Plummer is the indi vidual alluded to in the examination of the prisoner's wife. The prisoner said that he was willing to be taken anywhere the Magistrate pleased, and directions were then given to convey him in a coach to the county gaol. Upon his ar. rival, the prisoner requested that he might be furnished with a bible and prayer-book, and also expressed a wish to have his cloak, which was at home. The prisoner's wife continued gradually getting worse throughout the day, and but faint hopes were entertained of her surviving 24 hours from the time she was first wounded. ALARMING FIRE.-(THIS DAY.) About one o'clock this day, a fire broke out in Drury lane, which for a time threatened destruction to a great portion of that dense neighbourhood. It commenced as some said, in the rear of the premises of Mr. Pound, coach lamp-manufacturer, No. 73, the corner of Long Acre and Drury-lane, but according to others in the rear of the adjoining premises of Mr. J. K. Walker, feather-bed manufacturer and upholsterer, and for some time it raged with great violence. It communicated also to a portion of the Anodyne Necklice Warehouse, next to Mr. Pounds, in Long-acre, and apprehensions were entertained for the safety of Messrs. Waller and Son's extensive premises and stock of carriages adjoining. The carriages, &c., however, were quickly removed, but we are happy to add that the speedy arrival of a number of engines, and a quick supply of water, had the effect of stoppin g the progress of the homes, and by about halfpast two o'clock the fire was so far got under, that there was no fear of its extending to other premises. The house of Mr. Walker was almost gutted from top to bottom. and considerable injury was done to that of Mr. Pound, The whole extent of the damage we could not so soon ascertain from the confusion naturally incident to so alarm ing an occurrence. We could not hear that any one received any personal injury. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 19 . —Wind W.N.W., light. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Light airs and variable. PLYMOUTH, NOV. 18.—Wind E.—Arrived off port the Mediterranean packet, Pugh, from Batavia; Maypole, Cragg, from Peru ; Elizabeth, from Alexandria; and Foreigner, from Malaga. FALMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E., fresh breezes.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Orestes, for Oporto and Lisbon, with mails ; and his Majesty's ship Algerine, for Sheerness. DOVER, Nov. 19.—Arrived off port the Olive Braila, Schirling, from the Cape of Good Hope—sailed the 6th September. PENZANCE, Nov. 18.—Arrived off port the Queen Adelaide, Booth, from Mirarnichi. Part of the stern, supposed of a small vessel, with " Fame" in yellow letters, was picked up off this port the 16th instant. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Majestic, Lawson, From Bombay—sailed the 17th July, and St. Heleua the Ist ult. DUBLIN, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Olive, James, and StPannan, Daniel, from London. CORE, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Norah, M'Donald, from Demerara ; J,mes, Scott, from Africa ; and Malcolm Brown, Atherden, from London. MILTORO, Nov. 19.—The Jessie, Creighton, from Newport to Ancona, will proceed without discharging, the leaks havine been discovered. The Wellington, Mitchell, from Cardiff, must discharge. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Lord Oakley, Coward, from Quebec. HULL, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Alexander Brandt, Gillaman, from Archangel. HAMBURG ) Nov. 15.—The Carl Frederick, Prinds, hence to London, has just put into Gluckstadt, with damage. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The express from Paris this morning says that a tele graphic dispatch from Bayonne announces that the insur gents had quitted the frontiers, in consequence of a con centrating movement in the direction of Tolosa, cawed either by the march of Saarsfield, or by an attack on Burgos by Merino, who has pushed his troops forward to Pagna Marga. The reported insurrection in Galicia is said to be confirmed. The French Funds come 74f. 95c. It was reported at Bayonne that General Harispe was going to commence operations. The Indicateur de Bor deaux also states that an intervention is about to take place in the affairs of Spain, and that General Harispe has given notice of it to General Castagnon ; but it was not known whether the intervention would take place by sea or land. Hobart Town papers to the 10th, and Launceston to the 12th July, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-hou,e. The Launceston papers state that the whale fishery on that coast this season was fl , turishing. The Hobart Town papers state that the numerous etni grants which arrived by the last two or three ships are now crowding the streets. Several have met with en gagements, but the great majority are still without em ployment, and, from their destitute condition, will be soon real objects of charity. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the price they left off yesterday, 87 to 88 for the Account; nothing doing as yet. Owing to the dastardly conduct of the Portuguese Con stitutionalists in the battle near St. Übes, the Portuguese Stock has receded to 59i ; Spanish, 221 HALF-PAST ONE. Private accounts from Paris state that General Saars field had retreated, as a great force of the Carlists were blockading him at Burgos. Consols were done, in the early part of the morning, at S7l for the Account; since which they have resumed their former price-87i, SS, and SS to I, for next time. The Foreign Market is heavy ; Portuguese Regency Stock, 59 to 60k; Spanish, 224. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 884. MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER.—Wednes day evening Richard Gripton, one of the gamekeepers of the E irl of Bradford, and an assistant, were inspecting one of his Lordship's covers, called Brockhurst coppice, near Ivetsea bank, when they separated. Soon after the keeper was seen pursuing a man down a field of wheat adjoining the cover, and bad got very near him as they approached the gate. At that instant the flash and report of a gun were seen and heard in that direction by a young woman passing along a footpath in the field, as well as by the as sistant, who happened unfortunately to be at a consider able distance, but immediately hastened to the spot from whence the flash and report of the gun had proceeded. The body of the unfortunate keeper was found near the gate lifeless. Upon a post mortem examination, the surgeon discovered a gun-shot wound in the chest, under the cartilage of the ribs, and a number of leaden shots in the cavity of the chest, by which the heart had been so lacerated that instant death must have ensued. From the small size of the exterior wound, and of the bole made in the unfortunate keeper's waistcoat, which was also smeared with the discharge of the gun, there can be no doubt that the muzzle of it was placed close to the keeper's breast when fired off. The perpetrator of this act has for the present eluded justice. An inquest was held on the body on Friday, when, after a minute investigation, a verdict was found of " Wilful murder against some person unknown to the jurors." A considerable reward will be offered for the discovery of the murderer. The Earl of Bradford and his brothers attended the inquest, and mani fested the deepest interest during the whole ino:Ary.— Staffordshire Advertiser. THE 'ATTEMPTED MURDFn. AT KlNO aToN.—James Gardner, who on Wednesday last, at King- ston fair, was stabbed in his left side below the heirt, by William Smith, alias Cobbler Bill, a member of the thimble-rig gang, left Kingston oa Sunday night. He walked over the bridge to the Middlesex side, where a cart was waiting for him, by which he went off, and has not since been heard of. The extraordinary circumstance of his departure, which has given rise to a variety of sur mises, and which was undertaken in the most sudden manner, appears to have been agreed upon between both parties, in consequence of an intimation being given by Mr. Marshall, the surgeon who attended Gardner, that be would the next day, Monday, state to the magistrate that Gardner was so far convalescent as to be able to appear as principal witness against the prisoner. When it became known, Smith appeared on Monday before Mr. Shrubsole, the magistrate, having been brought from Kingston Gaol, and as there was no evidence against him he was discharged. Gardner, it appears, bears not so good a character as was at first supposed, he being well known to some of the police of that neighbourhood. FLIGHT OF BlRDS.—During the late gales, immense flocks of birds, chiefly thrushes, have been fluttering about the light houses on the coast. At the Is'e of May they were sorely preyed upon by the owl, and at Girdleness the lightkeepers caught till they were tired, having collected no less than ten dozen of thrushes.— Greenock Advertiser. INCREASE OF BUILDING.—SeveraI acres of land have just been purchased in the Old Town, in the parish of Leamington, by an eminent physician, who is dividing it into small allotments for the erection of small and genteel houses. We understand 300 houses are to be built ihereou.— Warwick Advertiser. TRADE OF PERTH.—Such is the demand for shipping at this port, that freights, particularly in the coal trade, have advanced 50 per cent. Those for potatoes to the London market are at present much higher. The working classes in general are employed. The provision markets are well supplied, and the rates moderate. Scots/Pia n. IRELAND. THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE. The collee , ion, as far as we have yet been able to learn, will come near the general expectations. The sum from this city will, we understand, amount to nearly 150/. _Kilkenny Journal. DUNGARVAN. --The parishioners of Dungarvan have done honour to themselves ; the sum of 9.5/. was collected opposite to the chapel gate, besides a further sum of 10/., which will he received before next Sunday, making 1051. .--Waterford Chronicle. WATERFORD.—The total amount collected in Trinity Within was 120/.—lbid. CARRICK.—The sum of 781. was collected in Carrick and Carrickbeg, and, to any person acquainted with the misery, the sum contributed by the people will appear a splendid offering.—lbid. COKK.—The collec!ions raised at the different chapels were as follows :-.-North Chapel, 1231. ; North Friary, 591.: South Chapel, 411. ; South Friary, 471. ; Carey's lane, 621. ; Broad.lane, 37/. ; Brunswick -street, 781. ; Blackrock, 16/. In addition to the above returns there were individual subscriptions, which swelled the entire to 563/. ; and it is expected that before the list closes it reach 7001. Southern Reporter, MIDDLETox.—At Middleton the amount received was 601 , and the sum will be considerably increased on next Sunday, as many persons were not aware of its being the day appropriated for this manifestation of their regard.— Cork Herald. [The people of Middleton must be in the darkest igno rance, for surely the " best possible instructor" has never visited them.] NEWRY.-601. was collected here, but the collectors hope to get more during the week. kitatAct!.--50/. was collected in this town. DROGHEDA.-301. was collected,:and persons appointed to call on those who did not attend chapel. WEXFORD.—The amount collected was 601., but it is hoped it will, by the industry of the collectors, reach a hundred by the end of the week. We (D. E. P.) think the collectors entitled to great praise for perseverance and importunity. We recommend, however, the practice of a little gentle violence. A SAFE CRITERION. —" From every thing that can be collected, there is a certainty that the National An nuity to Mr. O'Connell will exceed on the present occasion the amount of any former year."—Southern Reporter. This is puttinz the issue on a right foundation. Should the glorious anticipations of the Renters he realized—we have no very sanguine notions about the subject—without all question it will be " from every thing that can be col lected."— Waterford Chronicle. Mr. O'Co NELL.—Mr. -O'Connell was in the hall ti the Four Courts on Saturday, and in ruddy health and vigour like a 'mountain hunter. His reception by his friends was enthusiastic in the extreme. From the Four Courts he proceeded to Mr. Coyne's in Capel-street, the original Catholic Association rooms, and from thence to the Corn Exchange committee rooms, where were several gentlemen who take an active part in Iris'n popular politics. The Liberator was greeted on his entrance by a shout of joy; and on taking his seat he, with buoyant spirits and hilarity, said "it was time to commence some agitation in Ireland !" and wrote the requisition for a meeting of his parish, which appears in our advertising columns.—Dublin Morning Register. TO MR.. HILL, M P. FOR HULL. Dublin, November IS, 1833. Sir—l have seen in a late paper, a speech said to have been delivered by you, at a dinner in the toe n you represent, and have read, with much astonishment, a statement in that speech, to the effect that o-te of the most constant public opponents, among the Irish members of the infamous Coercion Bill, declared in private to the Ministers that it would be impossible to live in Ireland if that Bill were not passed. Your refusal to give the name, leaves the imputation of treachery upon every individual of the Irish Members in opposition. As one of that body, I conceive I have a right to call upon you to clear the characters of those who were sincere in opposing it, by mentioning the name of the traitor. For myself, I will take this opportunity of stating, that if I thought myself capable of entertaining, even for a moment, the idea that the Coercion Bill was necessary, I would despise myself almost as much as if I ever forgot, or forgave it. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient Servant, JOHN O'CONNELL. There is a renewed tendency in the foreign exchanges to give way, and though they are not yet so low, referring to the current rates quoted, as to make the exportation of, bullion profitable, it appears that a very large amount both of gold and silver has been shipped for the Continent during the last week. Such operations can only have been undertaken, therefore, for the purpose of preventing, so far as is possible, a further decline in the exchanges, or of deriving a profit from it when it actually takes place. Whatever the motive may be, there is evidently a very strenuous effort making to export largely of the precious metals. About a fortnight ago similar efforts, by the same parties, had checked the decline, and even turned the scale in favour of a rise, but this new reaction taking place thus early has caused much doubt to be felt of the success of the second experiment. By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10*d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 91, and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13 9i, it follows that gold is * per cent. dearer at Hambuig than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 121 per mille, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10*d. per ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25 46*, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 37k, it follows that gold is 9-25 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING WORKS. --The following attractive literal} , novelties, we perceive are published by Messrs. Bull and Churton, Holles-street: 1. Liv e s of English Highwaymen, Pirates, and Robbers, from the Earliest Times, in 2 vols., with numerous plates, illustrating their daring exploits and remarkable adven tures. 2. The English Translation of Marshal Ney's Memoirs, in 2 vole. with Portrait, Maps, and Plara. 3. Dilemmas of Pride, by the author of " First Love," in 3 vole. 4. The Duchess of Berry in La Vemiee, by Ge neral Dermoncourt. 5. The Frolics of Puck, or Woman's Will, a Novel, in 3 vols. 6. A Second Edition of Aims and Ends, by Mrs. Sheridan : "In this work," observes the distinguished author of " Pelham," "you see the rarest of all literary beeuties—a beautiful mind." THs PLUMSTEAD MURDER.—After the verdict of the je:y was pronounced on Friday night, John Bodle, the deceased's grandson, was taken into a room adjoining that in which the jury had assembled, and shortly after Mr. Colquhoun, his solicitor, requested Mr. Bider, the surgeon, to visit him. Mr. Butler did so, and found him in a most distressing state ; the tears were streaming down his face, and he became quite hysterical; he partially recovered, and then, in the most emphatic manner, said "I am innocent." He continued to weep, and having several times exclaimed, "Oh my poor mother!" Mr. Butler instantly went to her house, and returned with' her 'in his photon to the inn. On be holdiog her the prisoner burst into a flood of tears, took hold of both.her hands, and with his head testing on them, wept bitterly. Oa Saturday morning the deceased was buried in Plumitead Churchyard. After the funeral 18 of the: party, inciadiag:th e prisoner's father, dined at the deceased's house. The father of the prisoner did not ap pear much disturbed at the melancholy situation of his son, but partook of dinner, and was apparently the least concerned or affected of the whole party. The prisoner, on the road to and at Maidstone, still persisted in his in nocence. He will be tried at the winter assizes, which commence on the 9th of next month. Yesterday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, two men in the garb of gentlemen, in a state of intoxication, drove furiously along Coventry -street, in a one horse chaise. Just at this instant a lady, attired in deep mourning, of most respectable appearance, was in the act of crossing the road, leading a little boy, about five years of age, by the hand, when the vehicle came upon her so suddenly that she was knocked down, and the wheel passed over her leg. The little fellow whom she was leading narrowly escaped being killed on the spot. Several persons who witnessed the shameful occurrence ran to the lady's assistance, and conveyed her and the child into the shop of Mr. Eddels, a hosier close by, where she received surgical aid. In the mean time the brutal fellows in the g i g passed on, at the same rapid rate, without once stopping to inquire the extent of the mischief they had done. They drove up Wardour-street, followed by the police and a number of other persons, amidst execrations and cries of they'v e kill e d a woman. " Finding they they l as h e d t h e horse, and drove with : ‘:e pursued, n e , Sr r t e o a p s ed th speed, so that many persons narrowly escaped being run over from the rapidity of their flight, and, as far , ultimat e ly escape d . Th e l a d y, w ho a h mostn severe inju r y o f th e l eg , h av i ng part i a lly recovered c wereeciovue f id r d o a ea m l th r e shock, was lifted into a hackney coach, together with the child, and conveyed to her residence, which was said to be in Sackville-street. COURT CIRCULAR. His. Majestyl3eld-,a--Cuurt on Mond iy afternoon, at the PAlace at Brighton, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treisury, ' the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign. and Colonial Departments, the Post Master General, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse to the Queen, the Treasurer of the Household, and Sir William Alexander. The King held a Privy Council, at which (it was un derstood) regulations as to the mode of appealing to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were submitted to His Majesty in Council for his approbation. The Hon. William Brthurst was the Clerk of the Council in w‘riiing. The Recorder of London was introduced, and made a report of the convicts capitally convicted during the ses sions at Justice H ill in the Old Bailey. Viscount Falkland and Sir Hiigrove Turner were the Lord and Groom in waiting. The Court broke up about half-past six o'clock. The Cabinet Ministers and officers of the Household attending the Court afterwards (lined with their Majesties. Covers were laid in the grand dining room for 36. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmer ston, Lord John Russell, and others of the Cabinet Mi nisters, returned to town yesterday from Brighton. A meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was held at three o'eock yesterday afternoon in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. It was atteryted by the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst, the Master of the Rolls, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Judee of the Prerogative Court, the Chief Justice of the Bankruptcy Court, the Vice-Chan cellor, Mr. Justice Parke, and Mr. Justice Bosanquet. The meeting broke up at half-past five o'clock. BRIGHTON, Nov. 19. The King gave audience to Baron Ompteda, the Hano- V Minister, on hie arrival here. Previous to which, his .Majtaty sat to Sir M. A. Shee for hi.r picture. His Majesty held a Council yesterday at the Pavilion. The Recorder of London made his report to the King in Council of all the prisoners now under sentence, whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite. • The petsons who assisted at his Majesty's Council yes terday had the honour of dining at the Palace. The fol lowing were also of the Royal dinner party :—Lieutenant- General Sir George Anson, Mr. George Byng, M.P., Sir M. A. Shee, Lord Howard de Walden, and the suite and household. Their Majesties did not leave the Palace during the whole of yesterday. Lady Harriet Hoste had the honour of visiting her Ma jesty Ity appointment in the morning. Lady Pulteney also paid her respects to the Duchess of Gloucester. A King's messenger arrived last evening from the Home-office, with despatches to Sir Herbert Taylor, which were immediately laid before his M tjesty. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wyn. yard, took an airing yesterday in a carriage and four through various parrs of the town. Their Majesties will attend the Fancy Fair about to be held at the Town-hall in aid of the funds of the Sussex County Hospital. The Council of the University of London have appointed Captain Maconochie, R.N., Sec - retary to the Royal Geographicra Society, to the professorship of geography; and tke Rev. Robert Vaughan, author of the " Life of Wycliffe," and of " Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty," to the professorship of history. REMOVAL OF THE CORNWALL SPRING Assizes.—The memorial and petition of the inhabitants of Truro praying that one of the assizes for this county may be held in that town, have been referred to a commit tee of the Privy Council tor their consideration and report, and W. Tooke, Esq., M.P., has been requested by the Truro Committee to take such steps as he may judge ex pedient infurtherance of the prayer thereof. —Falmouth Packet. A BUDGET OF NEWS.—Cerigo, the most eastet n of the lonian states, formerly had very little com munication either with Corfu, the seat of government, or the other islands. Such was the infrequency of it, that the officer commanding the small party there heild of the return of Napoleon, the battle of 'Waterloo, and the death of the Princess Charlotte, at the same time. On Monday the Recorder made his report to his Majtsty, at Brighton, of the prisoners in Newgate capit illy convicted at the last September Old Bailey sessions —viz., Henry Perry, 28 ; .Tames Hulls, 24 ; Robert Wright, 24 ; John Reynolds, 19; Joseph Steadwell, 18, highway robbery. John Williams, 22 ; John Willis alias Hutton, 20 ; Thomas Johnson, 22 ; Daniel . Clark, 13; Edward Pickard, 13 ; William Tilbury, 22, house• breaking. William Field, 21 ; George Trcagle, 23, cutting and maiming. Charles Reynolds, 19, shooting at. Lewis King, 35, stealing a letter from the Pcet Office ; and George Russell, 27, convicted at May sessions of burglary. Also of the following, convicted at the last October sessions—viz., James Bett, 25 ; Thomas Sinnott, 36 ; John Delaney, 19 ; Patrick Maloney, 20 ; Richard Ryan, 17; James Franklin, 34; William Hedger, 22 ; James Isaacs, 21 ; Alfred Green, 35; Francis Marryatt, 23 ; James Wood, 22 ; Joshua Woodcock, 21 ; Henry James Graves, 18, housebreaking. Thomas Knight, 28, returning from transportation ; and Samuel Johnson, 18, highway robbery. All of whom his Majesty was graciou•dy pleased to respite during his Roy il pleasure._ CAPTAIN ALEXANDER'S TRANSAT LANTIC SKETCHEII.- 44 There are few better natured, or more amusing travellers, than Captain Alexander. The Americans, as might he expected, are nit much to the taste of a young British officer, who looks to favour at headquarters; he confines his satire, however, within very narrow bounds, and speaks of the nation generally with kindly feelings. The upper ranks, if we may use the term in speaking of the United States, are even more favourably dealt with than by any other traveller: hi. ' fun' is reserved for the back settlements, and the Yankee traders—clas.es, who it must be allowed, afford consider able materiel for a man gifted with a relish for humour ; and Captain Alexander is evidently fond of a good thing, and tells not a few. He is preeminent in his sketches of scenery ; no author has been more successful in conveying striking impressions of the luxuriant vegetation of an intertropical climate, and the incredible variety, beauty, and splendour of its natural productions."—Examiner. WRITS UNDER THE NEW LAW ACT.— Several attorneys have applied at the Secondary's office, in consequence of the statement which appeared under the head of Sheriffs' Court, London, in which it was men tioned that a dispute arose between Mr. Potter, the secon dary, and Mr. Gude, as to the right of the secondary to make a return of the writ. The reply has invariably been that the secondary in that case insisted upon the right, and that finally the writ was given up to Mr. Potter, by Mr.Gude, who had possessed himself of it without having any legal power whatever to interfere. No case of the kind has been sent down front that time to the Sheriffs' Court from any of the superior Courts, and we are given to understand that the cause, after which the conversation on the subject of the right to return the - writ occurred, had bee❑ sent down by Baron Gurney, upon the applica tion of one of the city law functionaries, called clerks sitters—gentlemen who are vastly interested in increasing the business in the Sheriffs' Court. GLOUCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM lt WAY.—The meeting of the members of the Provisional Committee, appointed to forward this important under: taking, was held at the Tolsey, on Tuesday last, when much discussion of an interesting nature took place. The Committee, we understand, are busily engaged in the pro secution of inquiries as to the best line of road to be adopted, and in obtaining accurate information of the exact account of the present traffic betwtcn the two places. It was stated at the meeting that the country was very minutely surveyed by a Mr. Brunel, for a Birmingham Committee, about two years ago, and that that gentleman recommended that the line should go within about two miles of Cheltenham, the same distance from Tewkesbury and thence through Pershore, leaving Worcester about five miles to the left. This line, it will be perceived, is almost a straight one, and the country through which it would pass, is supposed to be most favourable to railways. Some of the gentlemen present computed that this line could be carried into effect at about one-half of the expense of the proposed line through Kidderminster and Stour. bridge. The grand question for consideration now re maining appears to be whether the traffic on the longer line would be so much increased as to remunerate the pro jectors for the extra expense its projection would occasion. Gloucester Chronicle. The small pox is at this time exceedingly pre valent in the city of Lincoln. Doncaster Gazette. A REPLY.—A gallant veteran, many years the commanding officer of one of the fine•t regiments in his Majesty's service, being at the governor's table at Corfu, was asked by Lady Ruthven (a blue), if he h.d iead Sir Walter Scott's last work? " Give you my honour, my lady, never read but two books, in my life— Bible and the Articles of War." The officer was John Frederick Brown, Col. 28th. u~t: ,11j, J O U RNALS. lvhichl.leas . i - , a ' ;)(1 obtained' The Municipal Comini-..414:!.,. t . ,..._,_ ts inquiries cited so great a degree of i 7 so vast a • body of informatT • into the provincial corporatio • ekingdom, is to open its court next week itrOnildhall, for the investigation of corporate abuses or corpo rate privileges in the metropolis. The ap proachyoftt,hvois i p n u t b er l e ic s a ti t n io g ns ev o e f nt a ha y s ery been signa lized opposite character, which now lie bef o r e us — name l y , I st , th e r e p or t o f a res p ec t a bl e comm i ttee o f t h e freemen a nd liverymen of London ( c hi e fly, we believe, memb ers of the Common Council), nominated by their fellow-citizens to aid the corn , missioners by all the information which they could collect ; and, 2d, the resolutions of rstit of the trading companies (the Merchant Tai lors) to resist all examination into their affairs, or, in the words of the Leicester corporation, to make no disclosures " which might criminate themselves." The latter document derives its chief interest (for it is note of very little import ance) from the support given to this refractory body by the opinion of Sir James Scarlett and two other learned counsel. The profoundly meditated design of " the Merchant Tailors" to keep their own secret and their own dinners as long as they could, is no secret to anybody, When the Committee of the House of Commons was appointed last session to inquire into the crin.4 duct and constitution ofthe municipal corporations of England, this body, by its master or wardens, was the first to take the alarm, and to protest against the anti c ip a t e d scrut i ny . Th e C omm i ttee , having foreseen the impossibility of an effectual and full investigatiOn into the subject of its ir quiry, by a body of gentlemen sitting for a cer tain number of days in a room near St. Ste phen's, - and having, upon abdicating its func tions, formally recommen d e d to the Crown the appointment of an itinerant or visiting commis iiril'iati'liet—lias btt commis sion to fulfil its duties, nobody sopposed that the gallant fraternity which had entertained in its hall so many Tory foes of reform Mould submit without a struggle to the new delegated authority. The commission was, indeed, nomi nated by the Crown, for whose prerogatives the Tory party on other occasions affect the greatest deference, and the nomination took place on the suggestion of an impartial Committee of the House of Commons, of which Sir Robert Peel and several other Tory representatives were ac tive members ; but what signifies the concur rence of the King and the Commons in a salu tary and useful measure, when they require the disclosure of corporation secrets or trust mis management of the Merchant Tailors of Lon don ? Had the Ministry taken a hint from the threatened resistance of this corporation (through its organ, Mr. Attwood) to a Committee of one branch of the Legislature, and introduced a short Bill which must easily have commanded the consent of the other, all pretexts for cabal, or remonstrance, or legal opinions would have been removed. We consider that the commis sion has already obtained, or is about to obtain, all its objects, notwithstanding the very tardy and clumsy attempts at secrecy and concealment by one corporation of proved corruption, and by another of doubtful virtue. The corporators of Leicester, and the Merchant Tailors of Lon don, may boast, if they please, that they stand alone in their heroic contumacy towards the royal commission ; but, happily, they cannot congratulate each other on the result of their shallow mancauvres. So far from seeing at first any illegality or deficiency of jurisdiction in the commissioners, the corporate officers of the former had been under examination for nearly a fortnight, and had admitted all its malpractices, before its town clerk, by the advice of its Recorder, thought of making a stand on the demanded production of a particular mortgage, which, indeed, was as little neces sary to establish its criminality as the pro duction of the written confession of a convict after the verdict of guilty by a jury. The Master and Wardens of the latter have begun their resistance earlier, but we are convinced they will find it equally inefficient and delusive in the end. They are not only opposed by the 1 1 great body of their fellow-freetnen of the city, but (as we are assured by a letter inserted in another column) by the great body of liverymen of their own fraternity. In fact, they object to the King's commission on the same grounds as the proprietors of a rotten borough objected last year to the Reform Bill—because they are conscious of abusing their trust and usurping the rights of their fellow-citizens. With these two exceptions, the King's commission has been everywhere respected, and the efforts of the commissioners have been everywhere successful. Everywhere they have been welcomed by the friends of liberty and reform ; everywhere vo luntary witnesses presented themselves in abun dance to be confronted with the corporators ; and the latter, though often overwhelmed with embarrassment and shame, could not, without Incurring still deeper disgrace, resist the demands of inquiry. And what a rich harvest of abuses have they not gathered from the east and the west, from the north and the south,—what ample tcsaeerohixtai' collected l d iremno e ica:p t ti l t ei c ,l voeod e hsifi o iabjot f ourff f s r sitn a diwc u ui eesdnehipacoaniidi accumulated des p l try e pac c ,onf u omidi l ri canal charitable It h i :s o art i r a n g ' i i e s ion - t . iipi w l:l eeaee l i l l; .1 teeming .fr a veu t eanirtn,sidliaim:ol;in o r ionfelitof corporate 1 an i y n b o d theiry read disclosures which have been made at Cambridge, at Leicester, at Coventry, at Tiverton, at War. wick, and in many of the boroughs of the mid land and western counties, and then say whether investigation was not necessary—whether reform could have been much longer delayed, and whe• titer any man; - not an actual participator in cor porate iniquities, can be conceived base and stupid enough to abuse or to resist the Royal Commission. The report of the Committee of Liverymen to which we have alluded shows, at least, that there will be no indisposition in the Corporation of London to afford the most ample corporatear tt b sehu o reeb d odj i feec subject ttthiti citizens done the fisncgoo mrm complaintcpe fa t ro r lel o i eii I p emps o ae l i i i s li iet among e e t osha s nen o gid m rn i g e ttthhii oi the information. Th e fact is, that the only close interferencetheass c greatest o h f oi Some of pi t no h ei o y s c e beyond of o ii sctei trutae t inn c i el civici s ei r a r cai pale, ld political exclusively or in privilegescomposed. of their members. A man must not only be free of one of these corporations, but must have taken up his li v e ry i n i t b e f ore he can vote for a Lord Mayor, Chamberlain, or Sheriff. For merly, befor e th e pass i ng of the Reform Act, the electi on o f t h e Ci ty Members of Parli ament was equally restr i cte d, while fre emen house holders, on the other hand, can elect Aldermen and Common Councilmen. Surely, by the way, we may find in the possession of this power of admitting to certain municipal privi- ;"'~.'^- SPIRIT OF THE PUBL,